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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Hey, look, you want a donation
to your favorite charity, fine.
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Just tell me what
it's gonna cost.
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You'd rather pay a kickback than to
put a black man on your payroll.
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Let me tell you,
my white brother,
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you do business
in this community,
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you hire people
from this community.
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The hell with that.
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Bobby, we're here
to make this happen.
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It ain't happening.
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Just think what you're doing, Books,
and who you're doing it to.
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You don't like
sweet potato pie?
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It's like a damn
sauna in there.
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What happened is not good, Leo.
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Books is gonna tank
the whole project.
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Hey, how about calling us
a car service, huh?
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Call 911. It's Mr. Books.
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EMS took Roland Books
to Columbia Pres.
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The bodyguard
Otis Cooke was laying
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on top of him when we got here.
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Doing what he was
getting paid to do.
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We got four shells on the ground.
.25 Caliber.
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This Books' car?
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Belongs to his organization.
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See the decal? AAC,
African American Congress.
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All their cars have them.
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Where was Books coming from?
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Around the corner. Viena's.
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The hostess, Corrine Samuels,
she said Books had an argument.
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Thanks.
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Miss Samuels, I'm
Detective Lennie Briscoe.
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You witnessed an argument
involving Mr. Books?
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With three white men.
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He was having dinner with them,
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and one of them got
mad and left early.
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Any idea who they were?
No.
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The short one offered
me his business card.
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He said he could
fix our ventilation.
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You have the card?
No.
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I told him we only use people
from the neighborhood.
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Well, we'd like you
to try and describe
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these three men to a sketch
artist, if you would.
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This officer will take you down
to the precinct house, okay?
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See anyone on
the street? Maybe a car?
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Well, when
I came around the corner,
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I heard a car hauling
ass toward Amsterdam.
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What about the two white
guys who called 911?
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They were over there.
I don't know where they are.
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Okay, thanks.
Look, just give your number
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to the officer over
there, all right?
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All right.
This is cold, man.
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Mr. Books was down for his people.
Yeah.
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Right now, his people
look a little down.
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The second time in four years a
leader of the AAC has been shot.
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What do they say, "It's
lonely at the top"?
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Yeah. Now we know why.
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Books is in ICU
under heavy sedation.
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Do we have any good news
for the Commissioner?
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Does no news still count?
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We got no witnesses,
no prints on the shells...
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Let's go with
the obvious suspects.
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Books' people forward his
hate mail to our bias unit.
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Volume one of four.
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The man loves controversy.
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A lot of his pen pals blame him
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for his predecessor's
murder four years ago.
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Yeah. Marcus Tate.
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Mike Logan worked on that case.
It's still open.
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Not according to these people.
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They claim Books
staged a palace coup.
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Yeah, with Elvis and Bigfoot.
Pass these off to Profaci and Gia.
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In the meantime, find out who
knew Books would be at Viena's.
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Oh, right. That means talking to
the friendly folks at the AAC.
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Is that a problem?
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I've read their literature.
They just love white, middle-aged cops.
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Mr. Books lectured at the
Historical Society at 7:30.
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I don't know what his
plans were after that.
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You're his executive assistant.
Isn't it your job to know?
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It's not my job to take
attitude from public servants.
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We're all a little
jumpy, Miss Watkins.
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We don't like this shooting
any more than you do.
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Mr. Books keeps
his schedule loose
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precisely to avoid
what happened last night.
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Well, last night he went to
dinner with these three men.
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Any idea who they are?
I don't know.
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You'll have to wait
and ask Mr. Books.
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Maybe if we take a look at his
desk, see what he was working on.
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If you think I'm going to let
two cops search his desk...
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If we think you're hiding evidence,
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you're gonna have
50 cops up here.
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These are
his current projects.
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Sickle cell research.
Robeson choir.
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Harlem retail mall.
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Building contracts.
AAC going into the construction business?
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Mr. Books is pushing
for minority hiring.
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Yeah, that always makes
contractors happy.
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"Hudson Airworks,
Incorporated."
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The guy who wanted to fix the
restaurant's ventilation.
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I've heard of affirmative action before.
50% quota. Come on.
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We understand one of your dinner
companions was pretty upset about it.
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I don't know what you're
talking about. Right.
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You were the only one who
didn't hear him yelling?
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Who is it,
Mr. Robertson?
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Robert Falco.
Falco Structural Steel.
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Books was putting him
in a jam with the unions.
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How big a jam?
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Last year, Falco borrowed
three-quarters of a million dollars
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from the pension
fund at Local 838.
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Falco's having a hard
time paying them back.
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He's been underbid on
a couple of projects.
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And the union is leaning on him
hard to make good on the loan.
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And the Harlem contract would
solve all his problems.
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Yeah, sure, as long as everyone
in Local 838 is on his payroll.
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And the union don't have a minority
hiring program, you know what I mean?
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After you left the restaurant,
where did you go?
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Eddie and me drove to
Cardi's for a nightcap.
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I needed a glass of Barolo to
wash down the collard greens.
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Who's Eddie?
Eddie Page.
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He's married to a cousin.
He drives me around.
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What time did
you get to Cardi's?
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20 minutes after we
left the restaurant.
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Hey, guys, am I a
suspect here or what?
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Well, we couldn't
help but notice
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how getting Books
out of the way
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helps you square
things with Local 838.
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Oh, sure. I chew out Books in front
of a restaurant full of people,
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then I clip him an hour later.
That's subtle.
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In your line of work,
subtlety isn't required.
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You want subtle?
Get out of here.
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Next time you want to talk
to me, call my lawyer.
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Last night?
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Yeah, he was here.
What time did he come in?
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You see a clock on the wall?
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Maybe one of your patrons
looked at his watch.
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You know, we can post
a couple of uniforms outside
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and ask everyone who comes in.
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Falco came in around 10:30.
He sat at the bar.
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How long
did he stay?
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He was waiting for his driver.
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Eddie showed up
45 minutes later.
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What? Eddie was
running an errand?
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Falco didn't say.
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Do you happen to know
what they talked about?
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Yeah, right.
Eavesdropping on your customers.
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They teach you that
at bartender's school.
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We went to Eddie's place in Bay Ridge.
He wasn't home.
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His super said
he might've taken
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a couple days off
to go gambling.
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Yeah. We faxed his
photo and particulars
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to Foxwoods and Atlantic City.
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So, he's got 45 minutes unaccounted for.
What else?
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Well, he's been
upstate a few times.
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Truck hijack, trafficking in
stolen goods, weapons possession.
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And state troopers found him in
possession of a.25 caliber in his belt,
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and a.38 in
the glove compartment.
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Sounds promising.
Dig a little more,
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you get enough for
an arrest warrant.
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Briscoe. Yeah?
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Until what time?
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Okay. Thank you.
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Books is awake
and ready to talk.
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Otis opened the door.
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I heard a shot.
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Then Otis pushed me down.
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Did you see who
did the shooting? No.
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Otis was on top of me.
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He saved my life.
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Do you have any suspects?
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We're looking at a few people.
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We understand you had words
with a Robert Falco?
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Yes.
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Is he one of those people?
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Should he be?
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Mr. Falco's beholden
to powerful interests.
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I was a fly in his ointment.
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Detectives, it's time for Mr.
Books to rest. Sure.
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Mr. Books, if you think of
anything else, let us know.
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The doctors say I can go
home in a couple of days.
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I'll be watching you.
We'll all be watching you.
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This time we want results.
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He's the reason
I switched to homicide.
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The victims don't
usually mouth off to you.
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Hey, he wants to look over
my shoulder, be my guest.
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Yeah, this is Curtis.
You beeped me?
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Uh-huh.
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All right. Tell them to stay with him.
Thanks.
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Eddie Page showed up at the
Paradise in Atlantic City.
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Local cops are sitting on him.
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He's rolling sevens
at the craps table.
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Mr. Page?
It's hotel security.
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What's the problem?
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We need to come in, sir.
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We have a smoke alarm signal
coming from your room.
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All right ladies, you can get dressed now.
What is this?
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This is between Eddie and us.
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Who the hell is "us"?
What is this?
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Detective Curtis, Detective
Briscoe, New York City Police.
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New York City. Come on, guys.
I came down here to relax.
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Well, relax by answering
a few questions.
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Tuesday night.
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Your boss was drinking alone at Cardi's.
Where were you?
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I don't remember.
What's so special about Tuesday night?
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Roland Books and his bodyguard were
shot outside Viena's that night.
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Why, and I'm the guy?
You gotta be kidding me.
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There's an ADA drafting
a search warrant
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for your apartment in
Bay Ridge as we speak.
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Okay, stop right there.
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I ain't got nothing in there as
it relates to this Books thing.
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So tell us a story we like, and maybe
we'll hold off on the warrant.
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When Bobby was having
dinner with Books,
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I caught this black
kid staring into our car.
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He was looking to
boost the stereo.
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He already had a backpack full
of Alpines and Blaupunkts.
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Yeah, so?
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So, he said he had another
20 units to unload,
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so I told him to meet me outside
the Guggenheim at 11:00.
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I dropped Bobby off at Cardi's,
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but then the kid never showed.
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This kid give you his name?
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KO. Something like that.
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Hey, guys, none of this
gets back to Bobby, okay?
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Go put your pants on.
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I couldn't
commit the crime because
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I was busy committing
another crime.
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That plays.
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Well, we can check with the
28, the smash-and-grab unit,
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see if they heard of this kid KO.
Yeah.
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Your client had a slap
hammer and three car stereos
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in his backpack
when he was arrested.
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It's his first offense,
Your Honor.
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Of course it is.
I'm giving him ROR.
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Mr. Orgell,
AP7, January 9th.
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Stay away from cars until then.
All right.
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Yo, yo, KO.
Let's take a walk.
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Looks like
a lot of white mos.
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This one said you were supposed to
meet him in front of the Guggenheim.
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Yeah. But I got clicked
before I got down there.
242
00:11:53,997 --> 00:11:55,396
And you were
outside of Viena's
243
00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:57,626
just before Roland
Books got shot, right?
244
00:11:57,935 --> 00:11:59,800
Yeah.
You see anybody hanging around?
245
00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:00,994
Not on the street.
246
00:12:01,238 --> 00:12:03,967
I saw somebody in a car, about a
half a block from the corner.
247
00:12:04,206 --> 00:12:06,071
What were they doing?
Just sitting.
248
00:12:06,409 --> 00:12:08,138
I mean, I only saw
them from behind.
249
00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:10,337
I didn't get any kind of look,
you know what I'm saying?
250
00:12:10,846 --> 00:12:12,143
Can you describe the car?
251
00:12:12,281 --> 00:12:13,305
Blue Ford.
252
00:12:13,382 --> 00:12:14,815
It was one of
Mr. Books' people.
253
00:12:14,884 --> 00:12:15,873
How do you know that?
254
00:12:16,018 --> 00:12:18,816
I saw their sticker
in the window. AAC.
255
00:12:19,021 --> 00:12:21,182
You see that on a car,
you stay away.
256
00:12:21,390 --> 00:12:22,721
You don't want
one of those people
257
00:12:22,792 --> 00:12:25,317
catching you boosting their
stereo, you know what I'm saying?
258
00:12:25,561 --> 00:12:28,121
So, am I done?
259
00:12:28,230 --> 00:12:31,131
Yeah. Just remember what the judge
told you, know what I'm saying?
260
00:12:34,102 --> 00:12:37,333
You know, I don't remember seeing a blue
Ford on that street after the shooting.
261
00:12:37,405 --> 00:12:39,896
A blue Ford
belonging to the AAC.
262
00:12:41,176 --> 00:12:43,144
Another palace coup?
263
00:12:43,211 --> 00:12:45,111
Unless it was Elvis in the car.
264
00:12:47,916 --> 00:12:49,474
We lease 26 cars.
265
00:12:49,551 --> 00:12:52,884
Five Town Cars, the rest
are Tauruses and Tempos.
266
00:12:52,954 --> 00:12:54,148
14 of them are blue.
267
00:12:54,356 --> 00:12:57,382
We'll need the names and addresses
of the people with those cars.
268
00:12:57,459 --> 00:13:00,121
But you're talking about
the entire executive board.
269
00:13:00,295 --> 00:13:01,386
Are we all suspects?
270
00:13:01,495 --> 00:13:03,656
You know, Roland Books
is your leader, not ours.
271
00:13:03,897 --> 00:13:06,388
So why does it seem we care more
about who shot him than you do?
272
00:13:14,009 --> 00:13:16,806
For your information,
I was home with my family
273
00:13:16,877 --> 00:13:19,107
in Saddle Brook
Tuesday all night.
274
00:13:24,818 --> 00:13:27,378
Satima Tate? She related
to Mr. Books' predecessor?
275
00:13:27,454 --> 00:13:30,513
Yes. She's
Marcus Tate's widow.
276
00:13:31,057 --> 00:13:34,026
She serves as the honorary
chairperson of our women's group.
277
00:13:34,494 --> 00:13:36,223
And she drives a blue Taurus.
278
00:13:40,199 --> 00:13:41,599
I'm not sure
I can help you.
279
00:13:42,736 --> 00:13:46,466
I'm no longer as involved as I'd like
to be in my husband's organization.
280
00:13:47,306 --> 00:13:49,365
Well, where were you
Tuesday night?
281
00:13:50,309 --> 00:13:54,746
I played bridge at
the Third Baptist Church.
282
00:13:54,847 --> 00:13:59,647
Same as every Tuesday night.
Why do you ask?
283
00:13:59,985 --> 00:14:02,954
A blue car similar to
yours with an AAC decal
284
00:14:03,021 --> 00:14:05,455
was seen in the area just before Mr.
Books was shot.
285
00:14:05,824 --> 00:14:09,124
And you see me driving around
Harlem with a smoking gun?
286
00:14:09,629 --> 00:14:12,358
A lot of people hold Books responsible
for your husband's death.
287
00:14:13,632 --> 00:14:16,192
So did I at one time.
But I was wrong.
288
00:14:17,502 --> 00:14:19,265
We've buried the hatchet.
289
00:14:19,838 --> 00:14:22,864
Did you drive your car to the
bridge game Tuesday night?
290
00:14:22,941 --> 00:14:24,203
Yes, I did.
291
00:14:24,276 --> 00:14:26,244
If you don't mind, we'd
like to have a look at the car.
292
00:14:28,012 --> 00:14:30,071
Well, my son Huey keeps it.
293
00:14:30,548 --> 00:14:33,244
So, he had the car
Tuesday night?
294
00:14:33,317 --> 00:14:35,547
Yes, but he was home.
295
00:14:36,253 --> 00:14:39,951
He called right after 11:00.
He heard on the news about Roland.
296
00:14:40,525 --> 00:14:42,822
I went to a movie across the
street from Lincoln Center.
297
00:14:42,893 --> 00:14:45,828
It was with that Chinese
actress, Gong Li.
298
00:14:45,896 --> 00:14:47,591
You go by yourself?
299
00:14:47,665 --> 00:14:49,462
I don't need company
to sit in the dark.
300
00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:50,997
Did you take your mother's car?
301
00:14:51,635 --> 00:14:53,865
I took the subway.
I don't like to drive in the city.
302
00:14:54,138 --> 00:14:55,900
So, the car stays where?
303
00:14:56,072 --> 00:14:58,563
In a parking garage down
the block from my house.
304
00:14:59,375 --> 00:15:02,003
I haven't used it since I went
up to Litchfield last month.
305
00:15:02,712 --> 00:15:05,273
You know, your mother lied to us at
first about your having the car.
306
00:15:05,349 --> 00:15:07,442
Maybe she suspects you had
something to do with the shooting.
307
00:15:07,718 --> 00:15:10,345
I bet there's a lot more your
mother hasn't told us, right, Huey?
308
00:15:11,287 --> 00:15:13,118
Leave my mother alone.
That's up to you.
309
00:15:15,225 --> 00:15:16,453
I have to go back to work.
310
00:15:18,161 --> 00:15:19,560
Is there any other way in?
311
00:15:19,696 --> 00:15:21,425
There's a pedestrian
entrance on the other side.
312
00:15:22,499 --> 00:15:24,591
The mud in the tire treads isn't dry.
313
00:15:24,700 --> 00:15:26,531
This car's been out in
the last couple of days.
314
00:15:26,668 --> 00:15:29,068
Mr. Dobbs, does Mr. Tate
always park like this?
315
00:15:30,205 --> 00:15:32,071
No, he's usually
plumb in the middle.
316
00:15:32,142 --> 00:15:34,007
Except when he's in a hurry.
Hmm.
317
00:15:34,077 --> 00:15:35,271
All right. Thanks.
318
00:15:35,678 --> 00:15:38,373
The Chinese movie was
playing at a multiplex.
319
00:15:38,447 --> 00:15:42,383
Six screens. 1,600 tickets.
Nobody remembers seeing him.
320
00:15:42,451 --> 00:15:44,851
Well, how about
the other 13 blue cars?
321
00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,410
All those alibis checked out.
322
00:15:46,755 --> 00:15:49,781
Well, if Books' secretary didn't even
know he was gonna be at Viena's,
323
00:15:49,858 --> 00:15:51,018
how would Huey Tate?
324
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,320
Books' lecture at
the Historical Society
325
00:15:53,394 --> 00:15:54,793
was announced in
all the papers.
326
00:15:54,862 --> 00:15:56,124
Huey could've followed
him from there.
327
00:15:56,197 --> 00:15:58,131
So could everyone
else at the lecture.
328
00:15:58,199 --> 00:16:00,031
LT, he lied
about his car.
329
00:16:00,102 --> 00:16:02,536
Damp mud?
Did you check his aura too?
330
00:16:02,671 --> 00:16:06,038
Hey, we checked the computer.
For what it's worth, he has a jacket.
331
00:16:06,108 --> 00:16:09,201
Criminal mischief, disorderly
conduct, trespass.
332
00:16:09,277 --> 00:16:13,805
In 1991, he broke into the South
African consulate with a friend,
333
00:16:14,115 --> 00:16:17,209
chained himself to a desk
to protest apartheid.
334
00:16:17,285 --> 00:16:19,515
Hey, at 18, I'd do the same.
335
00:16:19,620 --> 00:16:22,213
Even his mother
acts like he did it.
336
00:16:22,289 --> 00:16:23,517
Talk to people who know him.
337
00:16:23,623 --> 00:16:25,022
He didn't give us
any references.
338
00:16:25,959 --> 00:16:29,623
Well, what about the girl he was
arrested with. Angela Roney?
339
00:16:30,898 --> 00:16:33,867
That was like five years ago.
I mean, we were in high school.
340
00:16:34,202 --> 00:16:35,998
What makes you think
we stayed in touch?
341
00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:39,527
Oh, getting arrested together
can be a bonding experience.
342
00:16:39,606 --> 00:16:42,837
You know, Bonnie and Clyde,
Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden.
343
00:16:42,909 --> 00:16:44,774
Look,
I gotta get to work.
344
00:16:44,844 --> 00:16:46,334
We'll give you
a note for your boss.
345
00:16:47,747 --> 00:16:49,543
You know, I don't
have to talk to you.
346
00:16:50,416 --> 00:16:52,907
And even if I did
have something to say,
347
00:16:52,985 --> 00:16:55,113
I wouldn't tell it
to two city cops.
348
00:16:56,122 --> 00:16:58,488
Hey, didn't you
learn anything from Mr. Rogers?
349
00:16:58,758 --> 00:17:02,285
A policeman's your best friend.
Now you can leave.
350
00:17:03,797 --> 00:17:06,196
Besides the consulate
arrest, Roney's clean.
351
00:17:06,298 --> 00:17:08,425
She's been on the road.
I checked the national system.
352
00:17:08,734 --> 00:17:10,634
'93, shoplifting in Santa Cruz.
353
00:17:10,703 --> 00:17:13,103
'94, vagrancy in
Colorado Springs.
354
00:17:13,172 --> 00:17:15,140
'95, she bounced
a check in Tampa.
355
00:17:15,207 --> 00:17:16,697
Never showed up for
court on that one.
356
00:17:16,909 --> 00:17:18,375
I bet she's got
a friend named Thelma.
357
00:17:18,876 --> 00:17:20,810
The bounced check, is
there a bench warrant?
358
00:17:21,312 --> 00:17:22,940
Yeah. But it's like
a $50 fine, Lennie.
359
00:17:23,015 --> 00:17:24,642
Hey, it's enough
to get her attention.
360
00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:32,549
Angela left two hours ago.
Suddenly she's very popular.
361
00:17:32,690 --> 00:17:34,590
So we're not the only
ones looking for her?
362
00:17:34,859 --> 00:17:36,850
She found two cops
with nicer suits.
363
00:17:36,928 --> 00:17:39,362
I doubt that.
They show you any ID?
364
00:17:39,430 --> 00:17:41,591
I made them before
they flipped their wallets.
365
00:17:41,666 --> 00:17:43,429
Federal Bureau of Intimidation.
366
00:17:44,435 --> 00:17:45,925
One of their
names was Fletcher.
367
00:17:46,004 --> 00:17:47,470
They put Angela under arrest?
368
00:17:47,971 --> 00:17:51,066
I don't think so. She had a big
grin on her face when she left.
369
00:17:52,777 --> 00:17:54,472
After you contacted Miss Roney,
370
00:17:54,545 --> 00:17:57,912
she knew she could no longer avoid
being involved in this case.
371
00:17:58,483 --> 00:18:01,144
She was extremely concerned
about her safety.
372
00:18:01,218 --> 00:18:02,776
That's when she called us.
373
00:18:02,853 --> 00:18:03,979
What's she afraid of?
374
00:18:04,321 --> 00:18:06,721
She has evidence
against Huey Tate.
375
00:18:07,157 --> 00:18:09,455
His father still has followers
in the black community.
376
00:18:09,526 --> 00:18:12,256
Yeah, well. We know how to
protect witnesses, too.
377
00:18:12,663 --> 00:18:16,530
Yes, well, I've heard about your
witness protection program.
378
00:18:17,134 --> 00:18:18,999
It's called Woodlawn Cemetery.
379
00:18:19,703 --> 00:18:21,000
Let's get one thing straight.
380
00:18:21,071 --> 00:18:24,097
Books is our case, and
this girl is our witness.
381
00:18:24,174 --> 00:18:25,971
We're not poaching, Detective.
382
00:18:26,810 --> 00:18:28,744
For now, this is
a local matter.
383
00:18:28,845 --> 00:18:31,677
But we are taking an interest
in Miss Roney's safety.
384
00:18:31,747 --> 00:18:33,612
What evidence does
Miss Roney have?
385
00:18:34,517 --> 00:18:36,280
You guys are gonna love this.
386
00:18:37,353 --> 00:18:38,615
It's a lot of money.
387
00:18:40,690 --> 00:18:42,248
What if we ask
the wrong person?
388
00:18:42,325 --> 00:18:46,421
Hey, look, if you want
to back out, hey, that's okay.
389
00:18:46,495 --> 00:18:48,622
No, no.
390
00:18:50,766 --> 00:18:53,326
I think of him standing
over my father's casket,
391
00:18:53,703 --> 00:18:55,694
that phony look
on his face.
392
00:18:55,771 --> 00:18:57,363
I know, baby.
393
00:18:57,573 --> 00:19:01,941
I want that bastard dead.
Blood for blood.
394
00:19:03,011 --> 00:19:04,273
I have to do it.
395
00:19:05,780 --> 00:19:08,476
That's mine. Let me
call you right back.
396
00:19:09,017 --> 00:19:10,041
Okay.
397
00:19:11,419 --> 00:19:12,546
When was
this recorded?
398
00:19:12,621 --> 00:19:15,646
About two weeks ago.
I used my answering machine.
399
00:19:15,857 --> 00:19:17,825
Did you people know?
No.
400
00:19:18,126 --> 00:19:19,616
First thing we heard about
it was this morning
401
00:19:19,694 --> 00:19:20,991
when she called us
out of the blue.
402
00:19:21,229 --> 00:19:23,026
Why did you tape
the conversation?
403
00:19:23,331 --> 00:19:26,562
Well, I ran into Huey
a couple of months ago.
404
00:19:26,634 --> 00:19:29,033
And I hadn't seen him
for about four years.
405
00:19:29,870 --> 00:19:32,395
And all of a sudden he starts
talking about killing people.
406
00:19:32,906 --> 00:19:34,237
I don't know,
I just got scared.
407
00:19:34,308 --> 00:19:36,708
I made the tape
to protect myself.
408
00:19:38,946 --> 00:19:40,778
We have problems
with your story, Huey.
409
00:19:40,849 --> 00:19:43,442
You said you hadn't used
your car since last month.
410
00:19:44,084 --> 00:19:45,574
Well, we have physical evidence
411
00:19:45,652 --> 00:19:47,119
that suggests you
used it last week.
412
00:19:47,321 --> 00:19:48,345
That's not true.
413
00:19:48,422 --> 00:19:49,548
And there's your alibi.
414
00:19:50,157 --> 00:19:52,284
We showed your picture
to the ticket takers,
415
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,293
the ushers, the candy vendors.
416
00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:55,588
Nobody saw you.
417
00:19:56,062 --> 00:19:57,620
Somebody must have.
I was there.
418
00:19:57,797 --> 00:20:01,893
You weren't there. You were outside
Viena's, waiting for Roland Books.
419
00:20:01,968 --> 00:20:03,799
Waiting to avenge your father.
420
00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:05,131
I don't think like that.
421
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,603
Didn't you
love your father?
422
00:20:09,877 --> 00:20:12,538
Yes. If someone did that
to somebody I love,
423
00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:14,477
I'd be out of my
mind with hate.
424
00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,276
My father taught
me not to hate.
425
00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:17,941
It's natural, Huey.
426
00:20:18,184 --> 00:20:19,651
A jury will understand that.
427
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:22,017
You were right next to your
father when he was shot.
428
00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:28,187
I let it go.
I was angry, but I let it go.
429
00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:33,329
No.
430
00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:35,867
I think of him standing
over my father's casket,
431
00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,196
that phony look on his face.
432
00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:39,463
I know, baby.
433
00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:44,474
I want that bastard dead.
Blood for blood.
434
00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:47,436
I have to do it.
435
00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:53,141
Tell me what happened
Tuesday night.
436
00:21:02,059 --> 00:21:06,121
I want to call my mother.
I want to talk to a lawyer.
437
00:21:08,232 --> 00:21:11,292
Huey Tate, you're under
arrest for the murder of Otis Cooke
438
00:21:11,368 --> 00:21:14,030
and the attempted murder of Roland Books.
Stand up.
439
00:21:14,104 --> 00:21:16,129
You have the
right to remain silent.
440
00:21:16,307 --> 00:21:20,004
Anything you do or say can be used
against you in a court of law.
441
00:21:22,111 --> 00:21:26,104
Case number
91608, People v. Huey Tate.
442
00:21:26,182 --> 00:21:27,843
One count
murder in the Second Degree.
443
00:21:27,917 --> 00:21:30,284
One count attempted murder
in the Second Degree.
444
00:21:30,554 --> 00:21:33,352
What's your plea, Mr.
Tate? Not guilty.
445
00:21:33,424 --> 00:21:35,688
Your Honor, this was a
premeditated assassination.
446
00:21:35,759 --> 00:21:38,022
The people ask for
remand without bail.
447
00:21:38,094 --> 00:21:41,552
Your Honor, the only evidence
they have is a recorded utterance
448
00:21:41,631 --> 00:21:43,360
made in the heat of the moment.
449
00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:45,128
I see that in the write-up.
450
00:21:45,368 --> 00:21:48,166
Miss Ross, give me a
number you can live with.
451
00:21:48,404 --> 00:21:51,270
In view of the seriousness of
this crime, two million dollars.
452
00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:54,100
Come on.
My client doesn't have that kind of money.
453
00:21:54,176 --> 00:21:56,610
Your Honor, may I speak
as a friend of the court?
454
00:21:57,346 --> 00:21:59,508
Who are you?
Roland Books.
455
00:21:59,849 --> 00:22:01,783
I'm one of the victims of this crime.
456
00:22:02,385 --> 00:22:05,012
My organization will post any
amount of bail necessary
457
00:22:05,087 --> 00:22:07,180
to secure the release
of Mr. Tate.
458
00:22:07,389 --> 00:22:09,914
We believe he is the target
of a government frame-up
459
00:22:10,058 --> 00:22:12,618
And is in no way
responsible for this cowardly...
460
00:22:12,694 --> 00:22:14,924
Your Honor.
Sit down, Mr. Books,
461
00:22:15,597 --> 00:22:17,064
and get out your checkbook.
462
00:22:17,366 --> 00:22:19,492
Bail is set at
two million dollars.
463
00:22:22,537 --> 00:22:24,937
That was just the warm-up.
You wait till trial.
464
00:22:25,307 --> 00:22:27,537
Books will be in front of
the camera every night.
465
00:22:27,776 --> 00:22:29,141
Can't do anything about that.
466
00:22:29,344 --> 00:22:30,811
Maybe you can,
Mr. Schiff.
467
00:22:31,113 --> 00:22:34,138
We'd like this case disposed
of through a plea bargain.
468
00:22:34,882 --> 00:22:35,974
The reason being?
469
00:22:36,050 --> 00:22:38,644
Angela Roney can help
us with other investigations.
470
00:22:39,420 --> 00:22:42,321
A trial could compromise her usefulness
as a confidential informant,
471
00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:44,255
and expose her to reprisals.
472
00:22:44,525 --> 00:22:46,356
Well. We'll
see what we can do.
473
00:22:46,861 --> 00:22:48,691
Always nice doing business
with the Bureau.
474
00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:54,967
Well, you think
the boy will deal?
475
00:22:55,636 --> 00:22:59,265
We have the tape, but no direct
evidence he did the shooting.
476
00:23:00,675 --> 00:23:01,800
Find some.
477
00:23:02,008 --> 00:23:04,977
I must've been napping when they
made us a field office of the FBI.
478
00:23:05,045 --> 00:23:07,775
It's not what they want.
It's what I want.
479
00:23:07,847 --> 00:23:10,873
A conviction, not a
media free-for-all.
480
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,147
We detected trace amounts
of lead and barium
481
00:23:16,555 --> 00:23:18,147
on the door latch here.
482
00:23:19,758 --> 00:23:21,021
And on the steering wheel.
483
00:23:21,127 --> 00:23:22,560
Gunshot residue?
Yeah.
484
00:23:22,729 --> 00:23:25,129
Whatever was on his hands,
it rubbed off here.
485
00:23:25,231 --> 00:23:26,220
All right.
Thanks.
486
00:23:26,299 --> 00:23:27,732
I'd rather have
the murder weapon.
487
00:23:27,801 --> 00:23:29,200
Yeah, I'd rather be in Hialeah.
488
00:23:29,302 --> 00:23:33,237
Well, we tossed his apartment, his
building, his garage, his workplace.
489
00:23:33,572 --> 00:23:35,005
Here's what we
found in the car.
490
00:23:35,641 --> 00:23:39,873
Hiking the Adirondacks. Rock Climber's
Field Guide. A regular boy scout.
491
00:23:39,945 --> 00:23:41,139
He believes in being prepared.
492
00:23:41,213 --> 00:23:43,647
Here's a pamphlet on
self-defense classes.
493
00:23:44,383 --> 00:23:46,407
I wonder if they include
small-arms training?
494
00:23:49,455 --> 00:23:52,151
Huey teaches self-defense
twice a week.
495
00:23:52,224 --> 00:23:54,215
He started as a student
four years ago.
496
00:23:54,460 --> 00:23:57,554
When our instructor moved away
last year, he took over the class.
497
00:23:58,063 --> 00:23:59,393
Are guns part of
the curriculum?
498
00:23:59,464 --> 00:24:01,489
No. Just hands,
feet, knees.
499
00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:03,158
We're not the Harlem militia.
500
00:24:04,202 --> 00:24:06,727
Does he ever talk about his
father's death or Roland Books?
501
00:24:07,038 --> 00:24:09,097
It's obvious
he misses his father.
502
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,175
Whatever he thinks about Mr.
Books he keeps to himself.
503
00:24:12,377 --> 00:24:14,776
It's hard for me to
believe he shot him.
504
00:24:15,045 --> 00:24:16,513
But not impossible?
505
00:24:16,681 --> 00:24:18,239
You don't think we're
trying to frame him?
506
00:24:18,316 --> 00:24:21,342
If you were, you wouldn't be
here looking for evidence.
507
00:24:22,754 --> 00:24:24,278
Do you know if he owns a gun?
508
00:24:25,657 --> 00:24:27,454
Ms. Scruggs, I need you
to tell me what you know.
509
00:24:29,226 --> 00:24:31,285
Huey was always concerned
about his safety.
510
00:24:31,828 --> 00:24:35,286
He told me he carried a gun.
I even saw it in his backpack once.
511
00:24:36,733 --> 00:24:40,669
Why can't we find the gun, Mr.
Tate? Was it stolen?
512
00:24:41,705 --> 00:24:43,104
Did you leave it on the bus?
513
00:24:43,707 --> 00:24:45,698
How about your witness
is imagining things?
514
00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:48,600
We didn't imagine the
gunshot residue on the car.
515
00:24:48,812 --> 00:24:50,939
We're prepared to
be lenient, Mr. Tate.
516
00:24:51,748 --> 00:24:54,148
You plead to manslaughter
in the first degree,
517
00:24:54,217 --> 00:24:56,878
you serve eight and
a third to 25 years.
518
00:24:57,186 --> 00:24:58,585
We're not interested.
519
00:24:59,121 --> 00:25:00,554
The offer is final.
520
00:25:00,623 --> 00:25:01,885
The offer is irrelevant.
521
00:25:02,358 --> 00:25:04,121
My client was entrapped.
522
00:25:04,193 --> 00:25:06,661
Your Miss Roney violated
his due process rights.
523
00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:08,830
So now you're saying
he committed the crime?
524
00:25:08,931 --> 00:25:10,660
We're not admitting
to anything.
525
00:25:10,733 --> 00:25:12,792
But if you insist
on prosecuting him,
526
00:25:13,402 --> 00:25:14,960
we are going to
plead entrapment.
527
00:25:15,104 --> 00:25:17,004
First of all, whatever
Angela Roney did,
528
00:25:17,106 --> 00:25:18,573
she was acting as
a private citizen,
529
00:25:18,641 --> 00:25:20,233
not as an agent of the police.
530
00:25:20,943 --> 00:25:23,070
Didn't your FBI
friends tell you?
531
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,646
Two years ago, she testified
as a confidential informant
532
00:25:28,850 --> 00:25:32,377
in a Federal trial of four
cult members in Colorado.
533
00:25:33,488 --> 00:25:37,925
So, once a government snitch,
always a government snitch.
534
00:25:37,992 --> 00:25:39,755
I doubt a jury
sees it that way.
535
00:25:39,961 --> 00:25:41,861
This case is never
gonna make it to a jury.
536
00:25:43,098 --> 00:25:46,499
I'm moving for an Isaacson
hearing and a dismissal.
537
00:25:47,402 --> 00:25:48,426
Come on, Huey.
538
00:25:55,342 --> 00:25:57,936
I didn't do it, but if
I did, she made me.
539
00:25:58,011 --> 00:26:00,104
People v. Butts.
It's a brilliant strategy.
540
00:26:02,316 --> 00:26:04,682
I wonder what else we haven't
been told about Miss Roney?
541
00:26:06,721 --> 00:26:08,210
We didn't tell
you about Colorado
542
00:26:08,288 --> 00:26:11,621
because the Bureau has a
confidentiality agreement with Angela.
543
00:26:11,925 --> 00:26:14,223
And the New York District
Attorney can't keep a secret?
544
00:26:14,294 --> 00:26:17,195
It's ancient history, Mr. McCoy.
When she recorded Huey Tate,
545
00:26:17,264 --> 00:26:18,959
she wasn't acting
under anyone's orders.
546
00:26:19,833 --> 00:26:21,892
I'm hungry.
Anyone want anything?
547
00:26:22,068 --> 00:26:23,262
We'll pass.
548
00:26:25,037 --> 00:26:27,665
I'm gonna need three hours with
her before she takes the stand.
549
00:26:28,174 --> 00:26:30,506
What do
you mean, take the stand?
550
00:26:30,610 --> 00:26:32,874
Huey Tate claims
you entrapped him.
551
00:26:32,979 --> 00:26:34,971
A hearing is set for
the day after tomorrow.
552
00:26:35,516 --> 00:26:38,484
You told me all I would have to
do was to authenticate this tape.
553
00:26:38,718 --> 00:26:40,413
Now I'm not testifying
about anything else.
554
00:26:40,486 --> 00:26:41,748
You don't
have a choice.
555
00:26:41,821 --> 00:26:43,186
Oh, I wasn't talking to you.
556
00:26:43,723 --> 00:26:46,658
Look, these guys have me
living here in this hotel room
557
00:26:46,726 --> 00:26:49,092
because there are people running
around Harlem gunning for me.
558
00:26:49,195 --> 00:26:52,186
Now, nobody is putting
my face on the 6:00 news.
559
00:26:52,264 --> 00:26:54,664
Angela, he's right, you don't...
No. No. No. It's about time
560
00:26:54,833 --> 00:26:57,597
somebody started treating me
with respect around here.
561
00:26:58,770 --> 00:27:02,832
Look, if it weren't for me, you
would have squat on Huey Tate.
562
00:27:03,276 --> 00:27:05,937
Mr. McCoy, you need
to secure a gag order,
563
00:27:06,011 --> 00:27:09,242
and an order to close the
courtroom during her testimony.
564
00:27:14,619 --> 00:27:18,055
After I ran into her at the book
store, we hung out a few times.
565
00:27:18,824 --> 00:27:21,986
She came on to me, talking
sweet, that sort of thing.
566
00:27:22,626 --> 00:27:24,685
It wasn't long
before we became lovers.
567
00:27:26,197 --> 00:27:29,998
Who first brought up Roland
Books and your father's murder?
568
00:27:30,402 --> 00:27:31,528
She did.
569
00:27:32,137 --> 00:27:35,367
She said a friend of hers
that worked at the AAC
570
00:27:35,439 --> 00:27:37,464
told her Roland Books
had my father killed.
571
00:27:37,875 --> 00:27:41,868
At that time did you harbor
any animosity toward Mr. Books?
572
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,704
No.
573
00:27:44,248 --> 00:27:46,978
I told Angela I wasn't
interested in any rumors.
574
00:27:47,384 --> 00:27:50,216
Did she do or say anything
to change your mind?
575
00:27:51,354 --> 00:27:52,412
Yes.
576
00:27:53,122 --> 00:27:56,559
She said she heard there was
a plot to kill my mother.
577
00:27:57,328 --> 00:27:59,956
Mr. Books was worried she was
gonna take over the AAC.
578
00:28:01,665 --> 00:28:02,790
I didn't believe it.
579
00:28:03,199 --> 00:28:06,134
But every day Angela would tell
me that my mother was in danger
580
00:28:06,202 --> 00:28:07,794
and I started to
think it was true.
581
00:28:08,438 --> 00:28:13,501
So she created a fear in your
mind, is that what you're saying?
582
00:28:14,077 --> 00:28:17,102
Yes. What did Angela
suggest you do about it?
583
00:28:19,047 --> 00:28:21,572
She said I should find a
way to kill Mr. Books.
584
00:28:22,751 --> 00:28:24,083
She kept bringing it up.
585
00:28:24,387 --> 00:28:29,222
At dinner, on the phone,
at night after we made love.
586
00:28:30,026 --> 00:28:31,583
She kept after me to say yes.
587
00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:35,061
She said killing Roland Books
is what a man would do.
588
00:28:36,698 --> 00:28:37,995
It's what a son should do.
589
00:28:38,901 --> 00:28:42,962
And after weeks of
persistent solicitation,
590
00:28:43,038 --> 00:28:44,972
what did you
finally say to her?
591
00:28:49,277 --> 00:28:50,403
I said I would do it.
592
00:28:52,714 --> 00:28:56,309
But then I couldn't go through with it.
I told her that.
593
00:28:58,186 --> 00:29:00,483
I did not shoot Mr. Books.
594
00:29:01,822 --> 00:29:02,880
Thank you.
595
00:29:05,693 --> 00:29:07,923
Did you tell your mother about
this threat to kill her?
596
00:29:09,563 --> 00:29:11,463
No, I didn't want to worry her.
597
00:29:12,166 --> 00:29:13,360
Did you call the police?
598
00:29:15,402 --> 00:29:16,926
They didn't do anything
to help my father.
599
00:29:17,003 --> 00:29:18,904
Why should they lift
a finger to help my mother?
600
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,337
Did you tell anyone?
601
00:29:20,441 --> 00:29:21,806
There was no one I could trust.
602
00:29:21,876 --> 00:29:24,276
Or is it because this whole
story is a fabrication?
603
00:29:26,213 --> 00:29:28,305
No. You always wanted
Roland Books dead,
604
00:29:28,381 --> 00:29:30,611
didn't you? You blame him
for your father's death.
605
00:29:33,753 --> 00:29:35,015
That's not true.
606
00:29:40,727 --> 00:29:43,194
"Marcus Tate was murdered
by men he trusted,
607
00:29:43,262 --> 00:29:45,890
"by men who stole
his mantle of leadership."
608
00:29:45,965 --> 00:29:47,763
Your words, Mr. Tate?
Objection.
609
00:29:47,934 --> 00:29:49,333
I'm reading from
a letter to the editor
610
00:29:49,402 --> 00:29:50,994
of Barricade
magazine attributed
611
00:29:51,071 --> 00:29:54,097
to Huey Tate in
their June 1994 issue.
612
00:29:54,174 --> 00:29:55,402
It's irrelevant,
Your Honor.
613
00:29:55,508 --> 00:29:59,671
Under Isaacson, even if he was
pre-disposed to commit the crime,
614
00:29:59,845 --> 00:30:01,005
he can still
have been entrapped.
615
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,709
It goes to credibility.
He just said that he didn't blame Mr. Books.
616
00:30:06,719 --> 00:30:10,746
Objection overruled. Mr.
Tate, answer his question.
617
00:30:15,361 --> 00:30:17,124
I wrote it.
I was very angry and...
618
00:30:17,196 --> 00:30:18,891
Thank you.
No more questions.
619
00:30:21,467 --> 00:30:23,059
He was obsessed with Books.
620
00:30:23,435 --> 00:30:27,734
He talked about him all the time.
He really hated the man.
621
00:30:28,973 --> 00:30:30,907
Who's idea was it to kill him?
622
00:30:31,442 --> 00:30:32,431
Huey's.
623
00:30:33,644 --> 00:30:36,875
He asked me if I thought I
knew how much it would cost.
624
00:30:37,015 --> 00:30:38,573
And I made up
some crazy amount,
625
00:30:38,649 --> 00:30:40,411
thinking that maybe
he'd forget about it.
626
00:30:40,951 --> 00:30:42,920
Did he?
No.
627
00:30:43,621 --> 00:30:47,216
He decided to do it himself.
I tried to talk him out of it,
628
00:30:47,291 --> 00:30:49,691
but it was like, you know,
talking to a stone wall.
629
00:30:50,194 --> 00:30:52,389
During that time, were
you acting under the direction
630
00:30:52,463 --> 00:30:55,260
of any law enforcement agency?
No.
631
00:30:56,633 --> 00:30:57,691
Thank you.
632
00:30:59,636 --> 00:31:04,573
Angela, how did you become an FBI
informant two years ago in Colorado?
633
00:31:06,710 --> 00:31:09,770
I was a member of the
Children of the Seventh Seal.
634
00:31:10,213 --> 00:31:12,704
It's a bunch of
whacked-out people
635
00:31:12,783 --> 00:31:14,876
stockpiling guns for doomsday.
636
00:31:15,719 --> 00:31:18,381
I was arrested with an
automatic rifle in my car,
637
00:31:18,688 --> 00:31:20,849
and I was facing
a 10-year sentence,
638
00:31:21,992 --> 00:31:26,018
and Agent Fletcher said that
if I informed on the cult,
639
00:31:26,562 --> 00:31:27,688
they'd drop the charges.
640
00:31:27,930 --> 00:31:29,761
Did you receive
other compensation?
641
00:31:32,701 --> 00:31:35,602
Don't look at those gentlemen over there.
Just answer my question.
642
00:31:38,174 --> 00:31:39,801
They paid me $40,000.
643
00:31:43,079 --> 00:31:47,982
That's 10,000 for each cult
member that you put in jail.
644
00:31:48,818 --> 00:31:52,480
I believe the FBI calls
that pay-for-performance.
645
00:31:55,523 --> 00:32:00,017
Now, how much were you earning from
the bookstore when you met my client?
646
00:32:00,462 --> 00:32:01,929
$7 an hour.
647
00:32:01,996 --> 00:32:03,156
$7.
648
00:32:03,798 --> 00:32:06,892
And you never thought of
earning thousands of dollars
649
00:32:06,968 --> 00:32:08,629
by badgering my
client into making
650
00:32:08,703 --> 00:32:10,295
incriminating
statements on tape?
651
00:32:10,371 --> 00:32:12,464
No. Then why did you
secretly record
652
00:32:12,540 --> 00:32:13,564
your conversations with him?
653
00:32:13,641 --> 00:32:16,166
Because I was afraid
that if he killed Books,
654
00:32:16,244 --> 00:32:18,678
the police would think that I
had something to do with that.
655
00:32:18,746 --> 00:32:20,178
Well, if you were so concerned,
656
00:32:20,247 --> 00:32:22,579
why didn't you just go to the
police before the shooting?
657
00:32:22,649 --> 00:32:26,983
Well, I couldn't do that.
Huey was my friend.
658
00:32:27,654 --> 00:32:30,054
Weren't the people
in the cult also your friends?
659
00:32:32,393 --> 00:32:36,123
You don't have to answer that.
Nothing further.
660
00:32:37,531 --> 00:32:41,058
Angela hasn't served as a confidential
informant since Colorado.
661
00:32:41,201 --> 00:32:44,102
She was never directed to gather
evidence against Huey Tate.
662
00:32:44,605 --> 00:32:45,629
Thank you.
663
00:32:46,907 --> 00:32:48,999
Are you saying
you had no contact
664
00:32:49,075 --> 00:32:50,667
with Angela
since you transferred
665
00:32:50,743 --> 00:32:51,937
to the New York field office?
666
00:32:52,044 --> 00:32:53,375
That wasn't my testimony.
667
00:32:53,646 --> 00:32:55,910
I'll take that to
mean you had contact.
668
00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:58,274
Go on, Counselor.
669
00:32:59,419 --> 00:33:02,388
This contact, was it
of a social nature?
670
00:33:02,456 --> 00:33:04,150
I'm not at liberty
to discuss it.
671
00:33:04,957 --> 00:33:07,221
Your Honor, could you please
direct the witness to answer?
672
00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:11,523
Agent Fletcher, you will answer Mr.
Dubois's question.
673
00:33:11,597 --> 00:33:14,691
I can't, Your Honor.
It would compromise Bureau operations.
674
00:33:14,767 --> 00:33:17,360
Move to strike the
witness's entire testimony.
675
00:33:17,702 --> 00:33:20,000
He can't pick which
question he'll answer.
676
00:33:20,405 --> 00:33:23,306
My client has the right to confront
the witnesses against him.
677
00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:26,139
Your Honor.
The question is material, Mr. McCoy.
678
00:33:26,645 --> 00:33:28,170
Your answer, sir.
679
00:33:31,716 --> 00:33:34,276
The witness' testimony
is stricken.
680
00:33:34,352 --> 00:33:36,513
You are excused,
Agent Fletcher.
681
00:33:40,792 --> 00:33:43,226
Mr. McCoy,
any other witnesses?
682
00:33:43,295 --> 00:33:44,319
No, Your Honor.
683
00:33:44,396 --> 00:33:46,056
Then for the purposes
of this hearing,
684
00:33:46,130 --> 00:33:48,963
I find the informant was
acting as a government agent.
685
00:33:49,133 --> 00:33:51,658
Your Honor, the informant's
testimony still stands.
686
00:33:51,735 --> 00:33:53,862
She denied acting
on orders of the FBI.
687
00:33:53,938 --> 00:33:57,204
I don't believe her, Mr. McCoy.
I'm granting the motion.
688
00:33:57,542 --> 00:34:01,705
The informant manufactured a crime by hounding Mr.
Tate into an agreement.
689
00:34:03,447 --> 00:34:05,472
The charges are dismissed.
Yes.
690
00:34:14,791 --> 00:34:18,522
Books is all over the news saying it's
a great day for American justice.
691
00:34:18,628 --> 00:34:22,258
Thanks to the FBI hanging us out
to dry with a tainted witness.
692
00:34:22,967 --> 00:34:26,095
You're not the first D.A.
To end up on the Federal clothesline.
693
00:34:26,237 --> 00:34:27,465
I want to know
what they're hiding.
694
00:34:27,538 --> 00:34:28,664
What do you think
they're hiding?
695
00:34:28,738 --> 00:34:30,729
That Roney was really
working for the FBI.
696
00:34:30,807 --> 00:34:32,832
Why not?
Common sense.
697
00:34:32,909 --> 00:34:35,503
I don't think the FBI put
a gun in Huey Tate's hand
698
00:34:35,578 --> 00:34:36,875
and let him shoot Books.
699
00:34:36,980 --> 00:34:39,608
I see. FBI never
makes mistakes.
700
00:34:39,882 --> 00:34:41,747
Ever hear of Ruby Ridge?
701
00:34:42,652 --> 00:34:43,879
So now it's a cover-up.
702
00:34:43,952 --> 00:34:45,852
Jamie, there's no
question Fletcher was
703
00:34:45,921 --> 00:34:47,889
in touch with Roney
before the shooting.
704
00:34:48,523 --> 00:34:51,015
If we find out why,
we might find grounds
705
00:34:51,094 --> 00:34:53,187
to re-argue
the entrapment decision.
706
00:34:54,264 --> 00:34:58,666
Well, Angela didn't come to work wearing
a shirt that said "Property of the FBI."
707
00:34:59,034 --> 00:35:00,763
Had you seen her with
Agent Fletcher before?
708
00:35:01,103 --> 00:35:02,263
No.
709
00:35:02,337 --> 00:35:05,431
How about other visitors?
Or strange phone calls?
710
00:35:05,507 --> 00:35:07,304
Everything about
Angela was strange.
711
00:35:07,776 --> 00:35:10,711
You work for six months in a bookstore,
and you never read a book?
712
00:35:12,213 --> 00:35:13,874
What did she spend
her time doing?
713
00:35:14,348 --> 00:35:16,475
Talking to customers,
714
00:35:16,550 --> 00:35:18,746
getting herself invited
to political meetings.
715
00:35:19,254 --> 00:35:22,314
Maybe she aspired to be the Perle
Mesta of the New York underground.
716
00:35:22,524 --> 00:35:25,459
What about money? Did you see any
change in her spending habits?
717
00:35:25,627 --> 00:35:28,527
No. She hit me up for an advance
a couple of months ago.
718
00:35:28,596 --> 00:35:29,824
Said she was coming into some money,
719
00:35:29,897 --> 00:35:31,762
but I'm still waiting
to get paid back.
720
00:35:32,667 --> 00:35:34,897
That was about the time she
started seeing Huey Tate?
721
00:35:36,103 --> 00:35:38,663
That seems right.
He came in about then.
722
00:35:39,940 --> 00:35:42,407
I don't know much
about their relationship.
723
00:35:42,475 --> 00:35:43,874
You should talk
to her old roommate.
724
00:35:45,112 --> 00:35:48,513
I always thought Angela was lying when
she said she had friends in high places.
725
00:35:49,083 --> 00:35:50,778
We're not Angela's friends.
726
00:35:51,552 --> 00:35:52,712
Oh.
727
00:35:54,021 --> 00:35:55,453
I'm not, either.
728
00:35:55,588 --> 00:35:57,749
I just shared a place with
her for a few months.
729
00:35:57,824 --> 00:35:59,917
I found her off the
bulletin board at NYU.
730
00:36:00,026 --> 00:36:02,187
What did she say about these
friends in high places?
731
00:36:02,329 --> 00:36:04,889
They were supposed to help
her with some major score.
732
00:36:05,031 --> 00:36:07,090
Did you spend much
time with her and Huey Tate?
733
00:36:07,434 --> 00:36:09,993
No, they usually
went to his place.
734
00:36:10,336 --> 00:36:13,306
She said I might get jealous
of all the good sex she was having.
735
00:36:13,573 --> 00:36:14,562
How thoughtful.
736
00:36:15,742 --> 00:36:17,573
Did you get the idea
she was using Huey?
737
00:36:19,479 --> 00:36:23,812
Yeah, I mean, Marcus Tate's little boy.
That's a catch.
738
00:36:24,450 --> 00:36:27,248
She was definitely taking
advantage of the situation.
739
00:36:27,319 --> 00:36:28,343
What do you mean?
740
00:36:29,488 --> 00:36:31,615
Like when I moved out,
she offered to help.
741
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,749
She borrowed Huey's
car without telling him.
742
00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:35,622
She even had her own keys made.
743
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:39,353
I checked her bank records.
744
00:36:39,464 --> 00:36:42,764
Roney's deposited the same
$300 paycheck every week
745
00:36:42,835 --> 00:36:44,029
for the last six months.
746
00:36:44,169 --> 00:36:46,467
Whatever money she was
expecting from the FBI,
747
00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:47,698
she never got it.
748
00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:50,835
She's not on the FBI payroll.
That's good, isn't it?
749
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,808
You can re-argue.
There's a wrinkle.
750
00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:56,676
Roney was in the habit of using
Tate's car without his knowledge.
751
00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:59,647
And we think she took his
car to go shoot Books.
752
00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:05,117
She shot Books?
Why would she do that?
753
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,990
If I knew where the FBI was
hiding her, I'd ask her.
754
00:37:08,926 --> 00:37:12,555
Her landlady said she came by her
apartment a few days ago with the FBI.
755
00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:14,790
They filled a few
suitcases and left.
756
00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:20,231
Get me the US Attorney.
Right away.
757
00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:22,065
Convene a grand jury,
get a subpoena.
758
00:37:25,842 --> 00:37:29,471
She's in witness protection I can't
tell you any more than that.
759
00:37:30,614 --> 00:37:32,878
You have to comply.
760
00:37:32,949 --> 00:37:34,678
We have 30 days,
Mr. McCoy.
761
00:37:34,751 --> 00:37:37,982
Right now, we're inclined to
move to quash your subpoena.
762
00:37:38,722 --> 00:37:41,520
The Federal interest
in protecting informants
763
00:37:41,591 --> 00:37:43,855
overrides the needs
of local authorities.
764
00:37:44,461 --> 00:37:45,655
Why do you want to talk to her?
765
00:37:45,862 --> 00:37:48,695
To begin with, we'd like to know where
she was on the night of the shootings.
766
00:37:48,999 --> 00:37:52,263
What? Now she's a suspect?
What the hell have you been smoking?
767
00:37:52,635 --> 00:37:56,503
If you really think she's
involved, get an arrest warrant.
768
00:37:56,872 --> 00:37:58,100
Then we'll hand her over.
769
00:37:58,207 --> 00:38:01,142
If we had enough to arrest,
we wouldn't need a subpoena.
770
00:38:01,210 --> 00:38:04,008
This kid stuck her neck
out to make cases for us.
771
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:05,603
I won't put her through this bull...
Ron.
772
00:38:06,282 --> 00:38:09,012
We'll be in touch with your
office about the subpoena.
773
00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:13,719
I'd like a word
with Agent Fletcher.
774
00:38:25,266 --> 00:38:27,359
You misjudged Angela
Roney, didn't you?
775
00:38:29,437 --> 00:38:31,633
What? She approached you
before the shooting.
776
00:38:31,707 --> 00:38:35,904
She offered to serve up Huey
Tate in return for money.
777
00:38:37,078 --> 00:38:38,545
I don't know what
you're talking about.
778
00:38:38,913 --> 00:38:41,643
She told everyone she was
expecting a windfall.
779
00:38:42,650 --> 00:38:44,777
We're off the record
here, Agent Fletcher.
780
00:38:44,853 --> 00:38:47,616
On or off, I don't
have anything to say.
781
00:38:49,223 --> 00:38:52,249
Roney warned you Huey Tate
wanted to kill Books.
782
00:38:52,726 --> 00:38:55,126
You didn't believe her.
You told her to get lost.
783
00:38:55,195 --> 00:38:57,026
No. Never happened.
784
00:38:57,097 --> 00:39:00,590
When Books was shot, you panicked.
You thought you screwed up.
785
00:39:00,968 --> 00:39:04,870
That's why you're protecting her
now, to keep her mouth shut.
786
00:39:08,542 --> 00:39:10,806
But Angela Roney shot Books,
787
00:39:13,146 --> 00:39:15,045
to prove that you were wrong,
788
00:39:16,415 --> 00:39:17,712
to make you look foolish.
789
00:39:17,783 --> 00:39:19,011
That's a load of crap.
790
00:39:19,318 --> 00:39:23,550
Her old roommate told us she has
duplicate keys to Tate's car.
791
00:39:24,457 --> 00:39:27,086
She drove his car
to shoot Books.
792
00:39:32,565 --> 00:39:35,932
My next subpoena's gonna be
for you, Agent Fletcher.
793
00:39:37,136 --> 00:39:41,232
If you cooperate, you
might save your career.
794
00:39:41,874 --> 00:39:45,001
If not, I'm having
you cited for contempt.
795
00:39:46,077 --> 00:39:49,069
At best, you failed to
stop an assassination.
796
00:39:50,882 --> 00:39:54,478
At worst, you protected a murderer.
797
00:39:55,821 --> 00:39:57,220
Wait.
798
00:40:02,694 --> 00:40:06,357
Angela was always calling me
799
00:40:07,132 --> 00:40:10,863
about dope deals
and weapons sales,
800
00:40:11,570 --> 00:40:14,504
but every time I gave her
a polygraph, she failed.
801
00:40:15,706 --> 00:40:18,698
Then she came in with
this story about Tate.
802
00:40:18,776 --> 00:40:20,608
She wanted $20,000.
803
00:40:21,580 --> 00:40:24,310
I gave her another polygraph.
She failed again. I blew her off.
804
00:40:27,551 --> 00:40:33,080
After Books was shot, I thought
I was finished in the Bureau.
805
00:40:33,991 --> 00:40:36,221
You just said she
failed a polygraph.
806
00:40:40,631 --> 00:40:44,532
An informant warned the Bureau
807
00:40:44,601 --> 00:40:47,297
about Arab terrorists
and bombs.
808
00:40:48,505 --> 00:40:51,099
They gave him a polygraph.
They told him to get lost.
809
00:40:52,042 --> 00:40:54,237
Six months later, the World
Trade Center blew up.
810
00:40:56,446 --> 00:40:59,006
What do you think happened to the
agent that screwed that pooch?
811
00:41:05,088 --> 00:41:07,147
This just came from
Fletcher's office.
812
00:41:09,158 --> 00:41:10,715
A set of car keys.
813
00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:14,387
And an affidavit signed
by Agent Fletcher,
814
00:41:14,496 --> 00:41:16,658
stating the keys were
found during a search
815
00:41:16,733 --> 00:41:18,826
of Angela Roney's
belongings yesterday.
816
00:41:21,104 --> 00:41:22,503
Send them to forensics.
817
00:41:23,972 --> 00:41:26,236
There's also an address
of a motel in Long Island
818
00:41:26,308 --> 00:41:27,969
where Angela Roney's
being kept.
819
00:41:32,981 --> 00:41:36,781
The keys fit Huey Tate's car.
Your prints are on them.
820
00:41:37,185 --> 00:41:38,651
We examined your clothing.
821
00:41:39,253 --> 00:41:41,346
We found traces
of gunshot residue
822
00:41:41,422 --> 00:41:43,220
on the right sleeve
of a leather jacket.
823
00:41:44,259 --> 00:41:46,853
And finally, we can't
corroborate your alibi.
824
00:41:47,162 --> 00:41:50,063
It's not an easy case, but
we've convicted with less.
825
00:41:51,433 --> 00:41:52,524
What's the offer?
826
00:41:54,568 --> 00:41:57,059
Murder two, 20-to-life.
827
00:41:57,905 --> 00:41:59,133
Uh-uh.
828
00:41:59,674 --> 00:42:01,141
You offered Huey man one.
829
00:42:01,208 --> 00:42:03,142
You didn't kill to avenge
your father's death.
830
00:42:03,210 --> 00:42:04,609
You killed to impress people.
831
00:42:09,049 --> 00:42:10,311
I can give you Huey.
832
00:42:12,553 --> 00:42:13,918
He lied at the hearing.
833
00:42:14,522 --> 00:42:16,752
Now, he never backed
out of killing Books.
834
00:42:17,558 --> 00:42:20,152
I mean, he didn't want to
know who or when or where,
835
00:42:20,227 --> 00:42:22,456
but he wanted it done.
836
00:42:23,530 --> 00:42:24,656
Nice story.
837
00:42:25,699 --> 00:42:28,532
You can tell it to your
cellmate for the next 25 years.
838
00:42:28,802 --> 00:42:31,202
Hey, smart guy,
839
00:42:31,271 --> 00:42:34,138
why do you suppose he never
reported the gun missing?
840
00:42:34,507 --> 00:42:36,133
He supplied the gun to kill Books?
841
00:42:36,842 --> 00:42:42,281
Yeah, that's right, and for man
one I'll tell you where it is.
842
00:42:43,083 --> 00:42:45,574
Murder two,
15-to-life.
843
00:42:48,421 --> 00:42:49,581
Now where's the gun?
844
00:42:56,361 --> 00:42:57,521
Man.
845
00:42:59,431 --> 00:43:00,762
I knew Huey'd go for it.
846
00:43:02,468 --> 00:43:03,992
He wanted Books dead.
847
00:43:05,069 --> 00:43:08,597
All I had to do was
suggest the means.
848
00:43:10,008 --> 00:43:12,169
But then Fletcher and
his stupid polygraph...
849
00:43:17,382 --> 00:43:19,611
For 20 grand,
850
00:43:19,684 --> 00:43:23,950
I could've handed him a conspiracy
count on a silver platter.
851
00:43:25,790 --> 00:43:28,657
I filed a motion to re-argue
the entrapment decision.
852
00:43:29,460 --> 00:43:31,655
With Fletcher's new testimony,
the judge has to find
853
00:43:31,729 --> 00:43:33,959
Roney wasn't acting under
orders from the FBI.
854
00:43:34,699 --> 00:43:38,100
Well, whatever she did
can't be entrapment.
855
00:43:38,936 --> 00:43:41,063
We can re-instate the
charges against Huey Tate.
856
00:43:41,172 --> 00:43:42,366
Good.
857
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,408
Ballistics matched
the gun to the slugs.
858
00:43:44,475 --> 00:43:47,534
But latent found no prints on it.
We can't link it to Tate.
859
00:43:47,644 --> 00:43:50,636
Until you do, you can't
corroborate the girl's story.
860
00:43:51,248 --> 00:43:52,545
You have no case against Tate.
861
00:43:52,716 --> 00:43:55,048
At least we can return the
gun to its legal owner.
862
00:43:55,552 --> 00:43:57,986
Five years ago, it was
licensed to Otis Cooke.
863
00:43:59,256 --> 00:44:00,553
Books' bodyguard?
864
00:44:02,692 --> 00:44:03,716
Good night.
865
00:44:08,465 --> 00:44:11,161
Mr. Cooke was our
chief of security.
866
00:44:11,234 --> 00:44:13,099
He had permits for
a number of weapons.
867
00:44:13,603 --> 00:44:15,195
There's nothing
unusual about that.
868
00:44:16,772 --> 00:44:20,367
Huey Tate gave one of those weapons
to the woman who shot you.
869
00:44:22,077 --> 00:44:23,977
You don't know when
to quit, Mr. McCoy.
870
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,944
Now why can't you leave
that poor brother alone?
871
00:44:27,049 --> 00:44:28,779
We talked to
your executive assistant.
872
00:44:28,885 --> 00:44:31,114
She remembers after
Marcus Tate was killed,
873
00:44:31,187 --> 00:44:33,951
Otis Cooke gave the Tate
family guns for protection.
874
00:44:34,223 --> 00:44:36,088
Does she have any direct
knowledge of this?
875
00:44:36,158 --> 00:44:38,285
No. She said you would.
876
00:44:38,561 --> 00:44:40,791
That it could only have been
done under your authority.
877
00:44:41,630 --> 00:44:44,462
I don't have any recollection of
any gun being given to Huey Tate.
878
00:44:44,532 --> 00:44:46,830
So, you don't have
any idea how that gun
879
00:44:46,901 --> 00:44:48,766
ended up in
Angela Roney's hands?
880
00:44:49,037 --> 00:44:50,834
For all I know, she
found it on the street.
881
00:44:50,905 --> 00:44:52,873
She claims she got
it from Huey Tate.
882
00:44:53,441 --> 00:44:56,411
She claims he conspired
with her to kill you.
883
00:44:56,579 --> 00:44:58,274
That would make
them accomplices.
884
00:44:58,780 --> 00:45:02,546
Meaning her story doesn't mean
a thing without corroboration.
885
00:45:02,784 --> 00:45:04,183
That's why we're
talking to you.
886
00:45:04,252 --> 00:45:06,186
I have a better
story, Mr. McCoy.
887
00:45:06,621 --> 00:45:08,782
To create a schism within
the black community,
888
00:45:08,990 --> 00:45:12,790
the FBI used a misguided,
pathetic sister to shoot me
889
00:45:13,126 --> 00:45:15,924
and frame the son of
a revered black leader.
890
00:45:16,163 --> 00:45:17,187
It's ridiculous.
891
00:45:17,264 --> 00:45:18,925
Ten years ago, if I told you
892
00:45:18,999 --> 00:45:21,331
the CIA was selling crack
in my neighborhood
893
00:45:21,401 --> 00:45:23,301
to finance a war
in Central America,
894
00:45:23,370 --> 00:45:25,669
I would've called
you ridiculous.
895
00:45:27,641 --> 00:45:30,474
Far as we're concerned, this
government is capable of anything.
896
00:45:31,945 --> 00:45:34,846
I don't see how protecting a
murderer advances your cause.
897
00:45:35,048 --> 00:45:37,414
Does the spectacle
of black fratricide?
898
00:45:38,518 --> 00:45:40,986
My people need unity
far more than truth.
899
00:45:41,721 --> 00:45:43,211
What they need is justice.
900
00:45:44,690 --> 00:45:49,093
What that is depends on which
end of the bullwhip you're on.
901
00:45:51,365 --> 00:45:53,492
I'll take my chances with Huey Tate.
902
00:45:54,201 --> 00:45:56,760
You still think we're
trying to frame him?
903
00:45:56,836 --> 00:45:58,269
You might be right about him.
904
00:45:59,105 --> 00:46:03,371
I don't know. And what's more, Mr.
McCoy, I don't care.
905
00:46:08,681 --> 00:46:12,673
Roland Books arm-in-arm with
Huey Tate and his mother.
906
00:46:13,652 --> 00:46:15,643
Nice to see everyone
getting along.
907
00:46:16,521 --> 00:46:17,886
Got to
hand it to Books.
908
00:46:19,025 --> 00:46:22,791
He turned a first-class goof-up
into an FBI conspiracy.
909
00:46:23,863 --> 00:46:25,489
He's preaching
to the converted.
910
00:46:26,298 --> 00:46:28,027
A black community
primed to expect
911
00:46:28,099 --> 00:46:29,464
the worst from its government.
912
00:46:32,537 --> 00:46:33,799
Whose fault is that?