1 00:00:02,267 --> 00:00:04,043 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:04,103 --> 00:00:08,021 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:08,078 --> 00:00:09,854 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:09,947 --> 00:00:12,760 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:14,459 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,858 --> 00:00:17,771 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 7 00:00:18,430 --> 00:00:19,535 Hey, so who do you like in the third? 8 00:00:19,598 --> 00:00:20,634 Alby's Gal. 9 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:21,805 You gotta be kidding. Her last start... 10 00:00:21,869 --> 00:00:23,873 She was over-matched. But I still lost. 11 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:25,352 Who told you to bet? 12 00:00:25,409 --> 00:00:26,411 You did. 13 00:00:26,545 --> 00:00:28,618 Hey, I just told you who I liked. 14 00:00:31,020 --> 00:00:33,525 Sam, Alby's Gal in the third. 15 00:00:33,591 --> 00:00:34,935 When's the last time you picked a winner? 16 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,132 Maryland Princess. 17 00:00:36,196 --> 00:00:37,335 Get out of here. 18 00:00:37,398 --> 00:00:38,400 (GUNSHOTS) 19 00:00:38,467 --> 00:00:39,606 (WOMAN SCREAMING) 20 00:00:39,702 --> 00:00:41,182 (MACHINE GUN FIRING) 21 00:00:41,238 --> 00:00:42,651 (ALARM RINGING) 22 00:00:42,808 --> 00:00:44,083 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 23 00:00:53,294 --> 00:00:55,468 MAN 1: Are you all right? Are you okay? 24 00:01:00,306 --> 00:01:02,345 MAN 2: Oh, my God, what happened? 25 00:01:03,312 --> 00:01:05,054 (BLARING CONTINUES) 26 00:01:10,792 --> 00:01:13,070 It was their scheduled run. They come twice a day. 27 00:01:13,364 --> 00:01:14,811 You notice anyone casing the place? 28 00:01:14,901 --> 00:01:17,075 No. I was just walking with them, talking. 29 00:01:17,138 --> 00:01:18,948 About what? The third race. 30 00:01:19,008 --> 00:01:23,050 I gave them a good tip, too. Alby's Gal. Came in 38 bucks to win. 31 00:01:24,183 --> 00:01:25,254 They should have bet. 32 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,355 Thanks. 33 00:01:26,756 --> 00:01:30,332 All this body armor, and they forgot the bullet-proof ski mask. 34 00:01:30,596 --> 00:01:32,133 The other one's on the way to the hospital. 35 00:01:32,299 --> 00:01:33,802 Tell me this hump has a wallet. 36 00:01:34,336 --> 00:01:37,912 "Audentes fortuna juvat"? 37 00:01:38,009 --> 00:01:40,013 CURTIS: "Audentes fortuna juvat." 38 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,787 Yeah. Jesse James and his dead partner both have the same tattoo, 39 00:01:43,853 --> 00:01:45,128 an eagle with what? 40 00:01:45,189 --> 00:01:46,863 "Fortune favors the brave." 41 00:01:48,061 --> 00:01:49,406 What'd you get from that guy? 42 00:01:49,464 --> 00:01:53,040 Along shot. Alby's Gal. Paid $38 to win. 43 00:01:53,104 --> 00:01:54,550 He thinks the guards should have bet. 44 00:01:55,475 --> 00:01:57,114 I guess it wasn't their lucky day. 45 00:02:45,248 --> 00:02:48,596 RODGERS: Male, 45 to 50. No needle marks. 46 00:02:49,021 --> 00:02:52,028 Drug panel was clean. He kept himself in shape. 47 00:02:53,363 --> 00:02:56,904 Thickened skin on the index finger of the left hand. 48 00:02:57,403 --> 00:02:58,782 He could have been a carpenter. 49 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,184 Hammer kept missing the nail? 50 00:03:00,443 --> 00:03:05,692 Or a do-it-yourself er. These scars, from the knee to the hip, 51 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,734 fragments of something hit him at fairly high velocity. 52 00:03:08,825 --> 00:03:10,636 The bird house he was building blew up? 53 00:03:10,695 --> 00:03:11,902 Maybe a car accident. 54 00:03:11,964 --> 00:03:14,913 Or shrapnel. See how the skin is stretched? 55 00:03:15,905 --> 00:03:17,715 Old wounds. 20, 30 years. 56 00:03:17,774 --> 00:03:19,050 What about the tattoo? 57 00:03:19,344 --> 00:03:22,327 Within the year. Mid-life crisis. 58 00:03:22,383 --> 00:03:24,524 Some guys get a Harley, some get a tattoo. 59 00:03:24,587 --> 00:03:25,658 (RINGING) 60 00:03:25,722 --> 00:03:27,567 And what did you get? 61 00:03:27,626 --> 00:03:29,538 27-year-old boyfriend. 62 00:03:30,933 --> 00:03:32,311 Good for you, Rodgers. 63 00:03:33,136 --> 00:03:36,382 SHRIER: MAC-11s. Both of them. Take a look at the slide mechanism. 64 00:03:37,244 --> 00:03:38,986 The releases are filed down. 65 00:03:39,415 --> 00:03:41,418 It's been modified from semi to full auto. 66 00:03:41,986 --> 00:03:44,491 Yeah. Our do-it-yourself er isn't just a carpenter. 67 00:03:44,557 --> 00:03:46,231 Modifications like that aren't hard, 68 00:03:46,293 --> 00:03:47,672 if you know what you're doing. 69 00:03:47,830 --> 00:03:50,004 What about the bullet that killed the guard? Wells? 70 00:03:50,134 --> 00:03:51,580 Didn't come from these guns. 71 00:03:51,637 --> 00:03:52,708 The guy that got away? 72 00:03:53,239 --> 00:03:56,314 The residue in the casings indicates that all three guns 73 00:03:56,379 --> 00:03:57,916 used the same kind of ammunition. 74 00:03:58,015 --> 00:04:00,497 Centerfire. American-made, most likely. 75 00:04:00,786 --> 00:04:03,702 From the proportions of lead, barium, and antimony, 76 00:04:03,759 --> 00:04:05,707 I'd say a non-standard mix. 77 00:04:05,796 --> 00:04:07,868 Extra kick. Something they cooked up at home? 78 00:04:07,933 --> 00:04:09,573 Sure, depending on the home. 79 00:04:09,670 --> 00:04:12,152 Yeah, but not something you'd find in Martha Stewart. 80 00:04:14,278 --> 00:04:16,692 The good news is, the second guard's gonna make it. 81 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:18,196 And the perp in the hospital? 82 00:04:18,285 --> 00:04:19,822 John Doe's still unconscious. 83 00:04:19,888 --> 00:04:22,097 But Latent rolled his prints and the DOA's. 84 00:04:22,159 --> 00:04:24,163 And the third guy disappeared into thin air. 85 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:25,801 The guy in the red windbreaker. 86 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,506 Not just red. 87 00:04:27,569 --> 00:04:29,710 Witnesses from the NYB, from the street, 88 00:04:29,774 --> 00:04:31,686 we got fire-engine red, cherry red. 89 00:04:31,743 --> 00:04:32,848 Crimson. 90 00:04:32,912 --> 00:04:35,019 So our fugitive's windbreaker's noticeable. 91 00:04:35,083 --> 00:04:38,033 Everyone's looking at the windbreaker. They don't see anything else. 92 00:04:38,256 --> 00:04:40,738 Prints taken off the DOA and the one in a coma. 93 00:04:40,794 --> 00:04:44,506 Matthew Brant, the DOA, and our Mr. Doe is Greg Kubie. 94 00:04:44,567 --> 00:04:47,015 Both guys are from the suburbs, Hastings. 95 00:04:47,138 --> 00:04:48,140 Criminal records? 96 00:04:48,207 --> 00:04:51,987 Not a traffic ticket between them, Brant was a vet. 97 00:04:52,716 --> 00:04:53,923 Kubie's a cop. 98 00:04:54,886 --> 00:04:56,525 Yeah. Hastings PD. 99 00:05:02,233 --> 00:05:04,181 It's him. 100 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:05,238 (SNIFFLES) 101 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:06,717 I know this is hard. 102 00:05:08,311 --> 00:05:09,791 Was your husband having money problems? 103 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:11,359 Any trouble at work? 104 00:05:12,552 --> 00:05:13,656 No. 105 00:05:14,322 --> 00:05:16,133 The third man we're looking for, 106 00:05:16,192 --> 00:05:17,729 do you have any idea who that might be? 107 00:05:18,997 --> 00:05:22,311 Other wives, how do they react? 108 00:05:23,639 --> 00:05:24,812 Everyone reacts in a different... 109 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:27,721 Have any of the other wives called you sadists? 110 00:05:28,848 --> 00:05:30,852 My husband was a good man. 111 00:05:31,186 --> 00:05:33,065 Two or three times a week, at dinnertime... 112 00:05:33,123 --> 00:05:34,228 Mom. 113 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:38,072 ...his old students stopped by to tell him how he changed their lives. 114 00:05:39,234 --> 00:05:42,912 He was not a criminal. What right did you have to kill him? 115 00:05:43,141 --> 00:05:44,644 PHIL: Kay? (DOOR OPENS) 116 00:05:48,451 --> 00:05:50,933 Hey, Kay. Kay, Kay, Kay... 117 00:05:50,989 --> 00:05:52,060 (SOBBING) 118 00:05:53,527 --> 00:05:54,563 Easy. 119 00:05:58,002 --> 00:05:59,846 If you'll excuse me. 120 00:06:03,178 --> 00:06:05,251 I'm Mrs. Brant's brother, Phil Christie. 121 00:06:05,416 --> 00:06:07,055 Your sister's having a hard time. 122 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,864 Is that a photo of Matt? Do you mind? 123 00:06:13,397 --> 00:06:14,501 (EXHALES) 124 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,876 It really is him. It's unbelievable. 125 00:06:18,373 --> 00:06:20,513 Did you know your brother-in-law owned a gun? 126 00:06:20,577 --> 00:06:22,182 That's not unusual up here. 127 00:06:22,647 --> 00:06:23,649 A MAC-11? 128 00:06:25,018 --> 00:06:26,761 Do you know a guy named Greg Kubie? 129 00:06:26,989 --> 00:06:31,373 Yeah, once or twice a year, he sat in on a poker game we got going. 130 00:06:32,064 --> 00:06:34,876 Was your brother-in-law tight with anyone in particular besides Kubie? 131 00:06:35,404 --> 00:06:39,082 This is a friendly community. Matt had a lot of friends. 132 00:06:39,411 --> 00:06:41,290 Any of them with eagle tattoos? 133 00:06:41,382 --> 00:06:42,589 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 134 00:06:42,651 --> 00:06:44,963 Your brother-in-law and Kubie had the same tattoo. 135 00:06:45,422 --> 00:06:46,869 It's the first I heard of it. 136 00:06:48,161 --> 00:06:52,579 Two days ago, I was having breakfast with him. 137 00:06:53,771 --> 00:06:56,812 Today, they tell me he's murdered 138 00:06:56,877 --> 00:06:59,086 because he's trying to rob an armored car. 139 00:06:59,782 --> 00:07:03,598 He wasn't murdered. The guard he was robbing shot him in self-defense. 140 00:07:07,496 --> 00:07:11,777 Matt was one of the most decent men I have ever known. 141 00:07:14,008 --> 00:07:15,683 I'm gonna go check on my sister. Excuse me. 142 00:07:17,448 --> 00:07:18,655 That was Profaci. 143 00:07:18,717 --> 00:07:21,599 Nothing at Kubie's place except for three-day-old pizza. 144 00:07:22,290 --> 00:07:24,602 Brant and Kubie had the same tattoo. 145 00:07:24,661 --> 00:07:27,075 You want to give me odds the third guy has one, too? 146 00:07:27,366 --> 00:07:29,848 How many tattoo parlors can there be in a town this size? 147 00:07:31,073 --> 00:07:35,821 Yeah, 10-12 guys, right, came in maybe last March, April, 148 00:07:36,182 --> 00:07:38,060 eagle tattoos with something in Latin. 149 00:07:38,185 --> 00:07:39,358 All at the same time? 150 00:07:39,422 --> 00:07:40,423 Three together. 151 00:07:40,624 --> 00:07:44,302 Then, a couple of guys three weeks later ask for the same design, 152 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:46,169 the next week, two guys. Like that. 153 00:07:46,234 --> 00:07:47,236 You keep a record? 154 00:07:48,772 --> 00:07:52,747 They came in with a picture, something from a computer thing. 155 00:07:52,846 --> 00:07:55,590 Did they tell you what it was for? A club or a gang? 156 00:07:55,684 --> 00:07:57,495 It's not my business to ask. 157 00:08:02,330 --> 00:08:05,006 Here. One of them paid by check. 158 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:08,918 Thomas Robbins. 159 00:08:13,717 --> 00:08:15,665 The tattoos? A gag. 160 00:08:15,788 --> 00:08:18,168 A few of us got drunk one night, made a bet. 161 00:08:18,226 --> 00:08:20,572 The next morning, I forgot I had it. 162 00:08:20,897 --> 00:08:23,470 I get out of bed. Boy, was my wife pissed. 163 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:25,044 Who made the bet? 164 00:08:25,139 --> 00:08:28,088 Tony Lapella, AI Goodman, Matt Brant... 165 00:08:28,311 --> 00:08:29,849 You know Brant well? 166 00:08:29,981 --> 00:08:31,859 Since high school. A decent guy. 167 00:08:31,985 --> 00:08:35,025 History teacher, basketball coach, active in the church. 168 00:08:35,124 --> 00:08:36,729 What about Greg Kubie? 169 00:08:36,961 --> 00:08:40,639 Never met him. I guess he saw the tattoo on one of my buddies. 170 00:08:41,101 --> 00:08:42,342 Yeah, I guess so. 171 00:08:42,470 --> 00:08:44,748 Everybody in town's been talking about it, 172 00:08:44,808 --> 00:08:47,017 and I don't know what did or didn't happen, 173 00:08:47,479 --> 00:08:50,952 but one thing I do know is, Matt Brant couldn't hold up anyone. 174 00:08:51,052 --> 00:08:53,398 And the 20 or 30 witnesses? 175 00:08:53,457 --> 00:08:54,733 (PAGER BEEPING) 176 00:08:55,896 --> 00:08:56,897 Mind if I use your phone? 177 00:08:56,963 --> 00:08:58,068 Yeah. 178 00:08:59,334 --> 00:09:02,944 So, where were you on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.? 179 00:09:04,278 --> 00:09:07,956 A bunch of guys get a tattoo, they got to be crooks? Is that it? 180 00:09:08,351 --> 00:09:10,765 Two guys rob an armored car, they both have the same tattoo, 181 00:09:10,822 --> 00:09:12,461 we have to take that into consideration. 182 00:09:14,362 --> 00:09:15,865 Day before yesterday, 2:00 p.m., 183 00:09:15,932 --> 00:09:18,210 I was just finishing meals-on-wheels. 184 00:09:19,338 --> 00:09:22,720 Every week, same time, same day. 185 00:09:22,778 --> 00:09:24,486 We're not like you guys in New York. 186 00:09:25,115 --> 00:09:27,154 Kubie just regained consciousness. 187 00:09:31,227 --> 00:09:32,536 If I wanted a lawyer, I'd hire one. 188 00:09:32,596 --> 00:09:33,701 But, Mr. Kubie... 189 00:09:33,998 --> 00:09:35,445 Who have you talked to about my case? 190 00:09:35,501 --> 00:09:36,879 No one, but I still think it's important... 191 00:09:36,937 --> 00:09:37,973 Get out. 192 00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:39,451 These are detectives. I'd advise you... 193 00:09:39,508 --> 00:09:41,079 KUBIE: Get the hell out! 194 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:45,090 You can get out, too. 195 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:46,188 Why don't we just... 196 00:09:46,255 --> 00:09:47,291 I have the right to remain silent. 197 00:09:47,357 --> 00:09:48,358 Officer Kubie... 198 00:09:48,425 --> 00:09:50,372 Anything I say can be used against me in a court of law. 199 00:09:50,428 --> 00:09:53,708 Look, I got nothing to say to you. 200 00:09:56,239 --> 00:09:57,241 (SIGHS) 201 00:09:58,143 --> 00:10:00,989 Cops. What a pain. He's not gonna roll easy. 202 00:10:01,482 --> 00:10:03,725 Hey, that tattoo artist, she said they came in 203 00:10:03,786 --> 00:10:05,358 with a picture printed from a computer. 204 00:10:07,159 --> 00:10:10,075 I type in what we're looking for, eagle graphics 205 00:10:10,132 --> 00:10:13,947 and the motto "Audentes fortuna juvat." 206 00:10:14,306 --> 00:10:16,720 The search engine does the rest. 207 00:10:16,777 --> 00:10:18,588 If it's anywhere on the Internet, we'll get a hit. 208 00:10:18,914 --> 00:10:20,223 One of these days, you'll have to teach me 209 00:10:20,283 --> 00:10:21,763 how to play solitaire on that thing. 210 00:10:21,819 --> 00:10:22,855 (COMPUTER BEEPS) 211 00:10:22,921 --> 00:10:26,896 Bingo. This shows us where to find it. 212 00:10:27,430 --> 00:10:28,842 Let's surf the Net. 213 00:10:32,238 --> 00:10:36,782 CURTIS: The New Sons of Liberty homepage. It's a militia. 214 00:10:37,515 --> 00:10:39,120 Maybe Jesse James and his pals 215 00:10:39,185 --> 00:10:40,996 were trying to finance a revolution. 216 00:10:44,795 --> 00:10:47,334 What you're saying is, I've got this tattoo, 217 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,406 it means I belong to this group, the New Sons of Liberty? 218 00:10:50,706 --> 00:10:51,947 Do you? 219 00:10:55,348 --> 00:10:58,763 How about you, Detective? Are you active in politics? 220 00:10:58,887 --> 00:11:00,391 How about answering my question? 221 00:11:00,624 --> 00:11:02,468 I figure you for a disappointed Democrat, 222 00:11:02,528 --> 00:11:04,600 or maybe a disappointed Republican? 223 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,006 You're disappointed in something. 224 00:11:06,235 --> 00:11:07,715 BRISCOE: it's a nice computer you got there. 225 00:11:08,271 --> 00:11:10,651 Is that where you keep your virtual clubhouse? 226 00:11:10,709 --> 00:11:13,191 You thinking of dropping in? Maybe signing up? 227 00:11:13,381 --> 00:11:16,091 Depends on the dues. Cops get a special rate? 228 00:11:19,359 --> 00:11:22,638 "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech 229 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:25,046 "or the right of the people to assemble, 230 00:11:25,102 --> 00:11:28,712 "and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." 231 00:11:31,281 --> 00:11:33,729 I don't have to tell you anything about my politics. 232 00:11:37,625 --> 00:11:39,196 CURTIS: "What about Waco? 233 00:11:39,261 --> 00:11:42,302 "The Feds pumped the Davidian compound full of CS, 234 00:11:42,367 --> 00:11:47,047 "which is highly flammable, and then started the fire which killed women and kids." 235 00:11:48,779 --> 00:11:53,163 BRISCOE: The FBI infrared surveillance tape made at Waco 236 00:11:53,221 --> 00:11:57,731 shows flashes coming from the FBI forces 237 00:11:57,796 --> 00:12:01,076 that could have been incendiary fire. 238 00:12:01,870 --> 00:12:02,906 It's 3:00 in the morning. 239 00:12:03,005 --> 00:12:04,748 That's when they come out of the woodwork. 240 00:12:06,778 --> 00:12:09,090 "it was a show of force to scare off anyone 241 00:12:09,149 --> 00:12:10,789 "who wants to fight Big Brother. 242 00:12:11,754 --> 00:12:14,328 "We've got to learn how to defend ourselves." 243 00:12:14,894 --> 00:12:20,007 I'm ready. Do you know any Web sites where I can find out more? 244 00:12:20,237 --> 00:12:21,342 What are you doing? 245 00:12:22,140 --> 00:12:23,415 (GRUNTS) 246 00:12:24,979 --> 00:12:26,891 I'm looking for the black helicopters. 247 00:12:27,116 --> 00:12:28,791 They don't come near urban centers. 248 00:12:30,322 --> 00:12:31,495 (COMPUTER BEEPS) 249 00:12:31,691 --> 00:12:32,966 Lennie, we're in. 250 00:12:36,567 --> 00:12:38,071 You got this from a chat room? 251 00:12:38,137 --> 00:12:39,879 A New Sons of Liberty sub-site. 252 00:12:39,940 --> 00:12:41,614 Which we found through a chat room. 253 00:12:41,710 --> 00:12:45,216 This tells you how to modify a semi-automatic weapon to full auto 254 00:12:45,283 --> 00:12:47,925 in the same way the guns used in the robbery were modified. 255 00:12:48,722 --> 00:12:51,296 Are we sure one of the New Sons of Liberty posted it? 256 00:12:51,394 --> 00:12:53,933 No, but it's a connection. 257 00:12:54,834 --> 00:12:55,835 It's a stretch. 258 00:12:55,969 --> 00:12:58,008 Your Honor, if I publish a magazine article 259 00:12:58,073 --> 00:13:00,282 by an anonymous author on how to make a bomb... 260 00:13:00,344 --> 00:13:01,688 You're gonna protect your anonymous author. 261 00:13:01,746 --> 00:13:04,160 But if that article advocates using that bomb... 262 00:13:04,217 --> 00:13:06,996 Can I subpoena your notes to find out the identity of the author? 263 00:13:07,958 --> 00:13:09,233 We're on very murky ground here. 264 00:13:09,327 --> 00:13:11,330 This is speech protected by the First Amendment. 265 00:13:11,397 --> 00:13:13,379 With these instructions, the New Sons of Liberty 266 00:13:13,434 --> 00:13:15,939 advocate illegal use of automatic weapons. 267 00:13:16,072 --> 00:13:20,024 It's no longer free speech, it's a verbal act. An illegal act. 268 00:13:21,116 --> 00:13:23,792 I don't know. I don't like this. 269 00:13:26,091 --> 00:13:29,131 My daughter just had a baby. A girl. Two weeks ago. 270 00:13:29,196 --> 00:13:31,405 I want her to have the same freedoms I've had. 271 00:13:31,601 --> 00:13:33,810 And if she becomes an armored car guard? 272 00:13:37,445 --> 00:13:39,051 Give me the paper. 273 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:42,925 I figured you'd be back. 274 00:13:42,989 --> 00:13:44,060 With a warrant? 275 00:13:45,226 --> 00:13:49,371 I was going to say with stormtroopers. 276 00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:51,310 Look, why don't you make it easy on all of us 277 00:13:51,371 --> 00:13:53,546 and just give us a list of the New Sons of Liberty? 278 00:13:55,344 --> 00:13:57,019 Am I under arrest? No. 279 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:05,905 Lock up when you're done. 280 00:14:05,964 --> 00:14:07,273 Keep an eye on him. 281 00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:14,053 The New Sons of Liberty membership list. Twenty in all. 282 00:14:14,513 --> 00:14:16,119 A nice round number. 283 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:17,889 Not enough to start a revolution. 284 00:14:18,086 --> 00:14:19,726 More than enough to rob an armored car. 285 00:14:19,823 --> 00:14:22,169 We need search warrants for their homes and workplaces 286 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:24,072 to be executed simultaneously. 287 00:14:24,131 --> 00:14:25,509 6:00 a.m. 288 00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:26,774 A big show of force. 289 00:14:27,737 --> 00:14:29,184 Will the department back you up on this? 290 00:14:29,241 --> 00:14:30,414 I'll get the money. 291 00:14:31,578 --> 00:14:33,115 Then, I'll get the warrants. 292 00:14:42,632 --> 00:14:45,877 What are you looking for? My son is only 17! 293 00:14:45,938 --> 00:14:48,386 The New Sons of Liberty don't have an age limit. 294 00:14:49,410 --> 00:14:52,485 Read the warrant. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer them. 295 00:14:55,556 --> 00:14:58,004 COP: Why don't you check out that cabinet over there. 296 00:15:10,182 --> 00:15:11,958 Hey, Sergeant. Yes, sir? 297 00:15:12,152 --> 00:15:13,633 Open this up. 298 00:15:18,264 --> 00:15:19,972 We hit the mother lode in the crawl space. 299 00:15:20,033 --> 00:15:23,882 "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, 300 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,720 "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." 301 00:15:28,782 --> 00:15:32,426 Look at this, full autos, AK-47s, a couple of MAS .223s, 302 00:15:32,490 --> 00:15:34,801 a bunch of M16s, boxes of ammo. 303 00:15:35,161 --> 00:15:37,541 Yeah. Enough guns to take over Staten Island. 304 00:15:37,633 --> 00:15:39,545 Take a picture and send it to Charlton Heston. 305 00:15:39,670 --> 00:15:42,243 Pack this stuff up. Take everybody downtown. 306 00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:43,887 Okay. Let's go now. 307 00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:50,294 Cray, Lewis, March 21, 1965. Private, New Sons of Liberty, 016. 308 00:15:50,355 --> 00:15:54,398 Okay, Mr. Cray, Lewis. We're gonna need to know your whereabouts 309 00:15:54,463 --> 00:15:57,105 on the afternoon of Tuesday, August Sth. 310 00:15:57,569 --> 00:16:00,017 Cray, Lewis. March 21st... 311 00:16:00,241 --> 00:16:03,748 1951. Sergeant, New Sons of Liberty, 004. 312 00:16:04,281 --> 00:16:07,493 004? What are you, James Bond minus three? 313 00:16:07,854 --> 00:16:09,927 Robbins, Thomas. October 15th... 314 00:16:09,992 --> 00:16:13,499 1980. Private, New Sons of Liberty, 018. 315 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:18,112 Listen up, tin soldier, this is no game. 316 00:16:18,774 --> 00:16:21,086 Felony murder means a needle in the arm, 317 00:16:21,145 --> 00:16:25,962 so if you don't want to be the sucker on the slab, wise up. 318 00:16:26,456 --> 00:16:30,737 Brant, Matthew Jr. December 18th, 1980. Private... 319 00:16:30,796 --> 00:16:34,474 Automatic weapons, munitions, body armor. 320 00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:39,513 Is that what the robbery was for, more guns? Bigger guns? 321 00:16:39,813 --> 00:16:43,093 Christie, Philip. August 4th, 1962. 322 00:16:43,153 --> 00:16:46,797 Major, New Sons of Liberty, 002. 323 00:16:47,995 --> 00:16:49,339 LT, you have a call. 324 00:16:51,067 --> 00:16:53,572 Make sure the Major is comfortable. 325 00:16:59,817 --> 00:17:03,164 So far I've got calls from the ATF, the FBI, 326 00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:05,534 the whole alphabet soup down in Washington. 327 00:17:06,162 --> 00:17:07,506 Let them take a number. 328 00:17:07,564 --> 00:17:10,376 It's our case, New York City. They have no jurisdiction. 329 00:17:10,503 --> 00:17:12,415 They took jurisdiction in Waco. 330 00:17:12,807 --> 00:17:13,809 JACK: The murder weapon? 331 00:17:14,377 --> 00:17:15,789 VAN BUREN: Not among the ones we found. 332 00:17:15,946 --> 00:17:17,985 ROSS: They're smart. Probably tossed it in the Hudson. 333 00:17:18,184 --> 00:17:21,065 If it's any consolation, we have the militia members' prints 334 00:17:21,122 --> 00:17:22,227 all over the guns. 335 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:24,500 But no connection to the murder. 336 00:17:26,099 --> 00:17:29,275 So after all that, we charge them with simple gun possession. 337 00:17:29,772 --> 00:17:34,246 They post bail. We look like fascists or idiots, take your pick. 338 00:17:34,313 --> 00:17:35,521 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 339 00:17:36,150 --> 00:17:39,327 McCoy. It's for you. 340 00:17:40,892 --> 00:17:42,236 Yeah? 341 00:17:45,634 --> 00:17:47,114 Thanks for calling. 342 00:17:47,872 --> 00:17:50,548 Ballistics. The special powder in the ammunition, 343 00:17:50,610 --> 00:17:52,113 the home-load used in the robbery, 344 00:17:52,179 --> 00:17:54,822 they found it in the arsenal seized in Christie's house. 345 00:17:58,056 --> 00:18:00,197 But we don't have the murder weapon. 346 00:18:01,831 --> 00:18:02,832 (EXHALES) 347 00:18:06,071 --> 00:18:07,745 The hell with it. 348 00:18:07,808 --> 00:18:10,654 Conspiracy to commit murder and robbery. Charge them all. 349 00:18:14,459 --> 00:18:17,409 "Docket number 57643, 350 00:18:17,465 --> 00:18:20,380 "the People v. Philip Christie, Thomas Robbins, et al. 351 00:18:20,670 --> 00:18:23,347 "Murder in the First Degree, Attempted Murder in the First Degree, 352 00:18:23,476 --> 00:18:24,649 "Conspiracy in the First Degree, 353 00:18:24,712 --> 00:18:26,659 "Attempted Grand Larceny in the First Degree." 354 00:18:26,781 --> 00:18:28,956 Ms. Mandel, how do they plead? 355 00:18:29,052 --> 00:18:31,056 PHIL: Your Honor, as ranking officer 356 00:18:31,123 --> 00:18:34,972 my co-defendants have chosen me to act as our own counsel. 357 00:18:35,063 --> 00:18:36,236 Are you a lawyer? 358 00:18:36,332 --> 00:18:39,475 I've worked as a bailiff. I know about your rules and procedures. 359 00:18:39,538 --> 00:18:41,577 You file the motion, the court will consider it. 360 00:18:41,643 --> 00:18:42,782 Now enter a plea. 361 00:18:42,845 --> 00:18:46,625 Your Honor, for all defendants on all charges, not guilty. 362 00:18:47,052 --> 00:18:48,692 Your Honor, the People request remand. 363 00:18:48,756 --> 00:18:51,204 Your Honor, we move that all charges be dismissed 364 00:18:51,427 --> 00:18:54,205 on the grounds that we are prisoners of war 365 00:18:54,265 --> 00:18:56,076 under the terms of the Geneva Convention. 366 00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:57,309 What? 367 00:18:57,973 --> 00:19:01,856 Mr. Christie, this is a civilian criminal court. 368 00:19:01,913 --> 00:19:03,257 I have no authority to rule on your motion. 369 00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:04,489 PHIL: You do, 370 00:19:04,551 --> 00:19:07,967 Your Honor. That flag has fringes on it, 371 00:19:08,091 --> 00:19:10,334 which means it is a military flag. 372 00:19:10,395 --> 00:19:12,900 Which means this court is a military tribunal. 373 00:19:13,434 --> 00:19:17,716 You must recognize us as prisoners of war exempt from trial. 374 00:19:17,775 --> 00:19:18,777 Our motion... 375 00:19:18,844 --> 00:19:20,917 Mr. Christie, I don't care how many fringes, 376 00:19:20,982 --> 00:19:23,020 bells and whistles are on this flag, 377 00:19:23,252 --> 00:19:25,962 this is a civilian criminal court. Got it? 378 00:19:26,859 --> 00:19:30,309 Bail is set at $1 million for each defendant. Next case. 379 00:19:30,366 --> 00:19:31,505 (GAVEL POUNDS) 380 00:19:31,568 --> 00:19:34,244 Prisoners of war? What's he talking about? 381 00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:37,552 The New Sons of Liberty believe they're at war with the US Government. 382 00:19:37,612 --> 00:19:40,493 And Son of Sam got his marching orders from a dog. 383 00:19:40,617 --> 00:19:41,619 It's nonsense. 384 00:19:41,686 --> 00:19:44,396 Have you read their manifesto? 385 00:19:44,457 --> 00:19:46,132 "For the sake of global trade, 386 00:19:46,194 --> 00:19:49,940 "low wages and high profits, the US Government has mortgaged its sovereignty 387 00:19:50,001 --> 00:19:53,884 "to global interests, and has endowed the FBI, the ATF, and the CIA 388 00:19:53,941 --> 00:19:56,982 "with extraordinary powers to enforce this new world order." 389 00:19:57,248 --> 00:19:58,489 You could make a case for that. 390 00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:00,959 Have you started wearing fatigues under your clothes? 391 00:20:01,188 --> 00:20:03,636 Jack, these are not religious fanatics living on a compound. 392 00:20:03,693 --> 00:20:05,173 They're articulate... Misguided... 393 00:20:05,296 --> 00:20:08,245 Definitely, but don't underestimate them. They've got lots of support. 394 00:20:08,334 --> 00:20:11,181 They've already raised six of the $20 million they need, 395 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,447 from every state in the union, 396 00:20:12,509 --> 00:20:14,548 not one contribution over $500. 397 00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:17,254 And who was this guard they killed? A redcoat? 398 00:20:18,053 --> 00:20:19,761 You need to prove there was a conspiracy. 399 00:20:20,658 --> 00:20:24,268 Seventy rounds fired, two dead. No problem with the overt act. 400 00:20:24,598 --> 00:20:26,841 And your proof of the agreement to commit the robbery? 401 00:20:26,902 --> 00:20:28,541 So far no one's rolled on that. 402 00:20:28,605 --> 00:20:30,348 The agreement can be inferred 403 00:20:30,409 --> 00:20:32,482 from membership in the New Sons of Liberty. 404 00:20:32,847 --> 00:20:34,054 ROSS: Guilt by association? 405 00:20:34,116 --> 00:20:37,726 If it's an association dedicated to murder and mayhem, why not? 406 00:20:44,335 --> 00:20:46,373 Now I have to take him seriously. 407 00:20:47,707 --> 00:20:50,212 Christie got his motion in front of Judge Scarletti. 408 00:20:51,147 --> 00:20:54,427 Just be sure we don't have to go to The Hague to try this case. 409 00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:56,091 Ha! 410 00:20:56,290 --> 00:21:00,070 The Geneva Convention defines prisoners of war 411 00:21:00,130 --> 00:21:03,546 as "persons who have fallen into the power of the enemy." 412 00:21:03,937 --> 00:21:05,679 The enemy being the District Attorney? 413 00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:07,653 And any office or branch of any government 414 00:21:07,710 --> 00:21:10,249 which is not constituted of and by the people. 415 00:21:10,583 --> 00:21:12,997 Your Honor, how long are we going to humor this man? 416 00:21:13,388 --> 00:21:15,961 On its face, this is a patently absurd motion. 417 00:21:16,092 --> 00:21:18,301 Mr. McCoy, please. 418 00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:21,604 Go on, Mr. Christie. 419 00:21:22,370 --> 00:21:25,513 Under the convention, such prisoners of war 420 00:21:25,577 --> 00:21:28,219 include the armed forces of a party to a conflict, 421 00:21:28,281 --> 00:21:31,163 as well as members of militia or volunteer corps, 422 00:21:31,221 --> 00:21:34,227 including members of an organized resistance movement. 423 00:21:34,292 --> 00:21:36,501 Your Honor, the convention protects combatants, 424 00:21:36,563 --> 00:21:37,941 not common criminals. 425 00:21:38,367 --> 00:21:41,179 It requires the existence of an open, armed conflict. 426 00:21:41,272 --> 00:21:43,481 Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, 427 00:21:43,543 --> 00:21:45,957 the Revolutionary War was fought for months 428 00:21:46,014 --> 00:21:48,087 before hostilities were officially declared. 429 00:21:48,151 --> 00:21:49,722 JACK: They didn't attack an Army base. 430 00:21:49,787 --> 00:21:52,201 They robbed a New York State Betting Office. 431 00:21:52,426 --> 00:21:53,804 At best, they're terrorists. 432 00:21:53,862 --> 00:21:56,902 Mr. Christie's so-called army amounts to 20-odd hoodlums. 433 00:21:56,967 --> 00:21:58,471 Twenty? 1,000? 10,000? 434 00:21:58,838 --> 00:22:00,409 How many have to believe what I believe 435 00:22:00,474 --> 00:22:02,149 before you recognize my right to say, 436 00:22:02,211 --> 00:22:05,251 "This is wrong, this must be changed"? 437 00:22:05,917 --> 00:22:09,129 Mr. Christie, this isn't a First Amendment issue. 438 00:22:10,091 --> 00:22:12,266 Your motion has been tried in the past 439 00:22:12,329 --> 00:22:14,834 by the Black Panthers and by other groups. 440 00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:19,643 Granting it would give license to any criminal organization 441 00:22:19,809 --> 00:22:22,349 to circumvent the criminal justice system 442 00:22:22,415 --> 00:22:27,300 by declaring themselves at war with the government. Motion denied. 443 00:22:28,058 --> 00:22:31,565 As to your motion to act as your own counsel, it's granted. 444 00:22:31,899 --> 00:22:37,182 But I want Ms. Mandel to serve as your legal adviser. 445 00:22:38,711 --> 00:22:41,786 Now, we're going to trial. 446 00:22:45,490 --> 00:22:48,473 Did you compare the gunpowder found in Mr. Christie's basement 447 00:22:48,563 --> 00:22:50,009 to that found at the crime scene? 448 00:22:50,065 --> 00:22:51,204 Yes, sir. 449 00:22:51,468 --> 00:22:52,641 And what did you find? 450 00:22:52,737 --> 00:22:54,274 "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." 451 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:55,911 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Silence! "... that all men are created equal." 452 00:22:55,976 --> 00:22:57,320 Silence in the court! 453 00:22:57,379 --> 00:22:58,518 ROBBINS: "That they are endowed by their creator..." 454 00:22:58,581 --> 00:22:59,652 Silence in the court! 455 00:22:59,716 --> 00:23:01,196 "...with certain unalienable rights..." 456 00:23:01,252 --> 00:23:02,664 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Bailiff, please remove the defendant. 457 00:23:02,721 --> 00:23:03,928 (GAVEL POUNDING) Order in the court. 458 00:23:03,990 --> 00:23:05,163 ROBBINS: "...that among these are life, liberty, 459 00:23:05,227 --> 00:23:07,139 "and the pursuit of happiness. 460 00:23:07,230 --> 00:23:11,512 "That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men..." 461 00:23:11,905 --> 00:23:14,410 Your Honor, I object to this removal. 462 00:23:14,844 --> 00:23:16,222 Overruled. 463 00:23:16,547 --> 00:23:18,620 We will make provisions for the defendant 464 00:23:18,684 --> 00:23:20,687 to observe the procedures of this court 465 00:23:21,022 --> 00:23:23,300 through closed-circuit television. 466 00:23:23,427 --> 00:23:25,739 You may sit down, Mr. Christie. 467 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,284 Mr. McCoy, you may continue. 468 00:23:36,551 --> 00:23:40,001 Did you compare the gunpowder found in Mr. Christie's basement 469 00:23:40,891 --> 00:23:43,032 to the gunpowder at the murder scene? 470 00:23:43,095 --> 00:23:46,636 Yes, sir. Both had the same distinctive chemical composition. 471 00:23:46,869 --> 00:23:49,078 In my opinion, they were from the same batch. 472 00:23:52,346 --> 00:23:53,382 Thank you. 473 00:23:53,448 --> 00:23:54,450 Do you pay taxes? 474 00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:56,388 JACK: Objection. Sustained. 475 00:23:57,121 --> 00:23:59,262 Have you ever read the Constitution 476 00:23:59,326 --> 00:24:00,704 of the United States of America? 477 00:24:00,761 --> 00:24:02,469 Objection. Sustained. 478 00:24:04,602 --> 00:24:05,946 (EXCLAIMS) 479 00:24:08,643 --> 00:24:09,884 No more questions. 480 00:24:15,255 --> 00:24:19,104 Yeah, I carried a gun. But I never thought I'd have to shoot anyone. 481 00:24:19,630 --> 00:24:20,701 It was crazy. Suddenly... 482 00:24:20,765 --> 00:24:21,870 KUBIE: "That whenever any form of government..." 483 00:24:21,934 --> 00:24:23,005 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Order in the court! 484 00:24:23,069 --> 00:24:24,708 "...becomes destructive of these ends... " I warned you! 485 00:24:24,772 --> 00:24:26,150 "...it is the right of the people to alter..." 486 00:24:26,208 --> 00:24:27,552 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Bailiff, remove the defendant! 487 00:24:27,610 --> 00:24:29,387 "...or to abolish it and to..." Get him out of my court. 488 00:24:29,447 --> 00:24:30,984 "...institute new government laying its foundation..." 489 00:24:31,050 --> 00:24:32,155 You hear me? "...on such principles 490 00:24:32,219 --> 00:24:34,930 "and organizing its powers in such form..." 491 00:24:34,991 --> 00:24:36,232 (GAVEL POUNDING) 492 00:24:36,494 --> 00:24:38,304 "Governments are instituted among men..." 493 00:24:38,363 --> 00:24:39,901 (KUBIE CONTINUES YELLING) 494 00:24:43,172 --> 00:24:44,778 You were saying, Mr. Parent? 495 00:24:46,312 --> 00:24:48,658 Suddenly, everybody was shooting. 496 00:24:50,853 --> 00:24:52,857 What do you know about the new world order? 497 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,804 Before this trial, I never heard of it. 498 00:24:55,862 --> 00:24:57,342 JACK: Do you work for it? 499 00:24:57,633 --> 00:24:58,772 PARENT: No, sir. 500 00:24:58,835 --> 00:25:01,113 What branch of the government do you work for? 501 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,718 No branch. I work for the Stevens Securities Transfer Company. 502 00:25:06,415 --> 00:25:07,759 Thank you. 503 00:25:13,362 --> 00:25:17,643 Mr. Parent, who owns the Stevens Securities Transfer Company? 504 00:25:18,304 --> 00:25:19,340 I don't know. 505 00:25:19,406 --> 00:25:20,408 Who's on the board? 506 00:25:22,244 --> 00:25:23,246 I don't know. 507 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,060 Could they be working for a multinational corporation... 508 00:25:26,118 --> 00:25:27,154 Objection. 509 00:25:27,220 --> 00:25:28,222 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Sustained. 510 00:25:28,690 --> 00:25:29,829 PHIL: How about New York Bets? 511 00:25:29,892 --> 00:25:30,927 What? Who owns it? 512 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:34,275 The State, I guess. New York State? 513 00:25:35,268 --> 00:25:36,270 Yeah. 514 00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:38,978 Do you know who actually runs New York Bets? 515 00:25:40,310 --> 00:25:41,415 No. 516 00:25:41,479 --> 00:25:43,051 And you didn't vote for any of them, did you? 517 00:25:43,116 --> 00:25:44,653 Objection. JUDGE SCARLETTI: Sustained. 518 00:25:44,952 --> 00:25:48,927 Mr. Christie, if you have no relevant questions, you may sit down. 519 00:25:49,027 --> 00:25:51,201 I have questions the jury may find relevant. 520 00:25:52,299 --> 00:25:56,080 Your cross-examination is over. The witness is excused. 521 00:26:06,692 --> 00:26:09,403 KAY: They weren't called the New Sons of Liberty then. 522 00:26:10,934 --> 00:26:14,350 A few years ago, my brother, Phil, and my husband 523 00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:16,251 used to sit around the kitchen table 524 00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:20,626 and talk about how the FBI shot that woman and her baby at Ruby Ridge, 525 00:26:21,153 --> 00:26:23,635 about how no one in the government cared about anything 526 00:26:23,691 --> 00:26:25,433 but the special interests. 527 00:26:25,494 --> 00:26:26,940 Special interests? 528 00:26:27,096 --> 00:26:30,569 If you're rich or poor, the government pays attention. 529 00:26:30,937 --> 00:26:34,478 But the average family in America doesn't stand a chance. 530 00:26:35,178 --> 00:26:36,853 Like what happened with my brother 531 00:26:36,915 --> 00:26:39,921 when the government wouldn't let him see his kids after the divorce 532 00:26:39,987 --> 00:26:42,435 and they gave custody to his wife. 533 00:26:43,527 --> 00:26:48,071 At any time, did your husband discuss plans for a robbery with you? 534 00:26:49,504 --> 00:26:55,619 The more involved Matt got with the group, the angrier he got. 535 00:26:56,517 --> 00:26:59,797 And it wasn't like he was angry at anything in particular. 536 00:26:59,857 --> 00:27:02,840 It was almost like he was angry at our life, 537 00:27:03,897 --> 00:27:06,277 at what we had, at what we didn't have. 538 00:27:07,805 --> 00:27:10,310 After a while, I could hardly talk to him anymore. 539 00:27:11,579 --> 00:27:16,657 Mrs. Brant, did he ever talk about a robbery with you? 540 00:27:18,324 --> 00:27:22,674 Matt woke me up one night, after Phil and the others had been there, 541 00:27:22,732 --> 00:27:28,050 and he told me they had planned a robbery, 542 00:27:29,612 --> 00:27:33,119 and that he had volunteered for the mission, 543 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:34,859 and there was some danger involved, 544 00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:37,460 and that if anything happened to him, 545 00:27:38,929 --> 00:27:41,775 he wanted me to know that he did it for my sake 546 00:27:42,869 --> 00:27:46,376 and for Matt Jr., for the country. 547 00:27:47,411 --> 00:27:49,221 JACK: And what did you say? 548 00:27:50,283 --> 00:27:52,526 I told him I didn't understand. 549 00:27:54,424 --> 00:27:55,961 I didn't understand. 550 00:27:56,995 --> 00:27:59,033 The government wasn't bothering us. 551 00:27:59,099 --> 00:28:01,911 I didn't understand why they had to commit a crime. 552 00:28:06,746 --> 00:28:08,090 Thank you. 553 00:28:24,679 --> 00:28:26,057 Mrs. Brant, 554 00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:31,097 was your decision to testify coerced in any way? 555 00:28:31,592 --> 00:28:32,628 Objection. 556 00:28:32,694 --> 00:28:33,901 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Sustained. 557 00:28:35,666 --> 00:28:37,375 Did Mr. McCoy offer you anything 558 00:28:37,436 --> 00:28:39,110 in exchange for your testimony? 559 00:28:39,741 --> 00:28:40,811 Objection. 560 00:28:40,875 --> 00:28:42,413 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Overruled. 561 00:28:42,779 --> 00:28:44,658 Answer the question, Mrs. Brant. 562 00:28:49,124 --> 00:28:54,135 Mr. McCoy said if I testify, he'd sever my son's case 563 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,680 and try him on reduced charges. 564 00:28:55,736 --> 00:28:58,742 No! No, Mom! You shouldn't have done this! 565 00:28:58,876 --> 00:29:00,550 Turning mother and son against each other. 566 00:29:00,612 --> 00:29:01,717 Order in the court! 567 00:29:01,781 --> 00:29:02,783 Mr. Christie, please sit down. 568 00:29:02,849 --> 00:29:03,885 Do you think the American people 569 00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:05,454 are gonna stand by and watch as you tear a family apart? 570 00:29:05,521 --> 00:29:07,434 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Bailiff, will you sit the defendant back down? 571 00:29:07,491 --> 00:29:09,529 Remove those defendants! 572 00:29:09,595 --> 00:29:10,904 Remove those defendants! 573 00:29:10,964 --> 00:29:12,000 No! 574 00:29:12,133 --> 00:29:13,442 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Remove those defendants! 575 00:29:14,170 --> 00:29:15,708 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 576 00:29:22,685 --> 00:29:24,530 (CLAMORING CONTINUES) 577 00:29:27,419 --> 00:29:30,403 Christie's master plan. Look at his witness list. 578 00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:33,668 The directors of the CIA, the NSA, the President. 579 00:29:33,932 --> 00:29:36,642 The judge excludes them, Christie yells cover-up. 580 00:29:36,803 --> 00:29:38,478 When you have no case... JACK: Right. 581 00:29:40,009 --> 00:29:42,514 It leaves him with just one witness, 582 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:43,650 himself. 583 00:29:43,716 --> 00:29:45,128 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 584 00:29:46,187 --> 00:29:47,394 (SIGHS) 585 00:29:48,792 --> 00:29:50,774 Ross. Uh-huh. 586 00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:54,041 We'll be right over. 587 00:29:55,438 --> 00:29:57,077 That was Judge Scarletti's clerk. 588 00:29:57,140 --> 00:29:58,746 There's a problem with one of the jurors. 589 00:29:58,811 --> 00:29:59,950 (SCOFFS) 590 00:30:03,318 --> 00:30:04,924 Mr. Shelby, it has come to my attention 591 00:30:04,989 --> 00:30:08,940 that you passed some reading material on to another juror. 592 00:30:09,464 --> 00:30:11,103 Yes, sir. To Bob Clark. 593 00:30:11,902 --> 00:30:13,541 It's a newspaper. 594 00:30:13,604 --> 00:30:15,813 Is this it? The Crisis. 595 00:30:15,875 --> 00:30:20,089 Yes, sir. It's named after the newspaper published in 1776. 596 00:30:20,484 --> 00:30:23,524 How would you characterize this newspaper? 597 00:30:26,962 --> 00:30:31,108 "Our new army at both ends of the continent is recruiting fast, 598 00:30:31,337 --> 00:30:36,290 "and we shall be able to open the next campaign with 60,000 men." 599 00:30:37,915 --> 00:30:39,328 isn't this inflammatory? 600 00:30:40,554 --> 00:30:43,970 It's a quote. From Thomas Paine, one of the founding fathers. 601 00:30:44,695 --> 00:30:47,268 In the voir dire, you were asked 602 00:30:47,333 --> 00:30:48,642 if you had any opinions 603 00:30:48,702 --> 00:30:52,381 which might prevent you from judging this case objectively. 604 00:30:53,578 --> 00:30:55,388 I believe I can judge it objectively. 605 00:30:55,448 --> 00:30:58,489 You told Mr. Clark that you and some of the other jurors 606 00:30:58,554 --> 00:31:01,036 had made up their minds to acquit. 607 00:31:03,496 --> 00:31:06,536 You said you wanted to send a message. 608 00:31:07,871 --> 00:31:10,011 What message would that be, Mr. Shelby? 609 00:31:11,678 --> 00:31:14,524 In this country, the people and not the courts are sovereign. 610 00:31:15,218 --> 00:31:16,323 Isn't that right, Your Honor? 611 00:31:18,456 --> 00:31:21,235 Thank you, Mr. Shelby, you can go. 612 00:31:26,038 --> 00:31:28,316 So, Your Honor, he's dismissed? 613 00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:31,449 Why? He's going to exercise his right as a citizen 614 00:31:31,547 --> 00:31:33,756 and decide the case on its merits. 615 00:31:34,018 --> 00:31:36,900 Your Honor, I move you excuse the entire jury and declare a mistrial. 616 00:31:37,024 --> 00:31:38,265 Because they might acquit? 617 00:31:38,326 --> 00:31:40,934 Because Mr. Shelby is encouraging them to nullify. 618 00:31:41,031 --> 00:31:44,243 Which is his right in an illegal trial, 619 00:31:44,604 --> 00:31:46,517 and you've already thrown out all my co-defendants. 620 00:31:46,608 --> 00:31:48,316 Now you want to throw out the jury, too? 621 00:31:48,546 --> 00:31:52,292 It's not enough you have the whole power of government behind you, 622 00:31:52,352 --> 00:31:53,764 you also have to rig the verdict. 623 00:31:53,822 --> 00:31:55,929 You entered the courtroom with the presumption of innocence, 624 00:31:55,992 --> 00:31:56,994 just like anyone else. 625 00:31:57,061 --> 00:32:01,012 The rights that I am fighting to protect are your rights, too. 626 00:32:01,102 --> 00:32:02,981 I can defend my own rights, Mr. Christie. 627 00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:04,110 Please... 628 00:32:04,475 --> 00:32:07,014 We'll replace Mr. Shelby and Mr. Clark with alternates. 629 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,052 Your Honor. Gentlemen. 630 00:32:11,254 --> 00:32:13,428 All that Christie needs is one hold out. 631 00:32:13,491 --> 00:32:15,268 In the world of public relations, 632 00:32:15,394 --> 00:32:17,205 a hung jury is as good as an acquittal. 633 00:32:17,599 --> 00:32:20,343 If we can knock just one more juror off, 634 00:32:20,403 --> 00:32:22,885 we exhaust the jury pool, we get a mistrial. 635 00:32:23,443 --> 00:32:24,787 How do you propose we do that? 636 00:32:25,379 --> 00:32:28,192 I think we should find out everything we can about the other jurors. 637 00:32:31,457 --> 00:32:33,029 I'll talk to Briscoe and Curtis. 638 00:32:33,094 --> 00:32:36,806 Shady stuff. This fellow Christie, 639 00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:38,279 he's really gotten under your skin. 640 00:32:38,336 --> 00:32:39,338 JACK: He's a fanatic. 641 00:32:39,405 --> 00:32:40,885 Because he believes what he's saying? 642 00:32:40,941 --> 00:32:44,448 When you first applied for a job here, we had an argument 643 00:32:44,715 --> 00:32:46,320 about some anti-war protesters. 644 00:32:46,385 --> 00:32:47,524 Oh, come on, Adam. 645 00:32:47,587 --> 00:32:49,830 They broke into a draft board 646 00:32:49,891 --> 00:32:51,770 and poured blood over the records, 647 00:32:52,162 --> 00:32:53,267 and you defended them. 648 00:32:54,533 --> 00:32:58,986 You said a bad law sometimes demands an illegal act. 649 00:32:59,042 --> 00:33:01,718 Nobody got killed. 650 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:04,524 It was a protest and they took their punishment. 651 00:33:10,964 --> 00:33:16,611 PHIL: I know some of our ideas sound crazy, or extreme. 652 00:33:17,876 --> 00:33:20,017 I could talk to you about Ruby Ridge or Waco 653 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,929 or I could tell you how I came to believe that our government, 654 00:33:23,987 --> 00:33:28,440 a government I was brought up to love, is a threat to our liberty. 655 00:33:29,731 --> 00:33:32,304 But none of that would explain what's happened, 656 00:33:32,369 --> 00:33:33,816 why we're on trial here. 657 00:33:35,241 --> 00:33:38,851 The prosecution says we robbed and murdered. 658 00:33:39,616 --> 00:33:41,756 And that's all this trial is about. 659 00:33:43,757 --> 00:33:46,433 But let me tell you how I see it. 660 00:33:49,234 --> 00:33:53,151 Let's say someone breaks into your house 661 00:33:54,476 --> 00:33:55,956 and they threaten you and your family... 662 00:33:56,012 --> 00:34:00,192 Your Honor, objection, the defendant is on the stand as a witness. 663 00:34:00,254 --> 00:34:01,757 This is summation. Your Honor, 664 00:34:01,823 --> 00:34:03,736 as the counsel for the defense, 665 00:34:03,794 --> 00:34:06,538 I am laying the groundwork for a line of questioning, 666 00:34:07,267 --> 00:34:10,273 a line of thought that goes to the heart of my testimony. 667 00:34:10,505 --> 00:34:12,487 I'll give you a little leeway, Mr. Christie. 668 00:34:12,543 --> 00:34:13,716 Thank you, Your Honor. 669 00:34:15,214 --> 00:34:18,164 So, if you killed someone 670 00:34:18,220 --> 00:34:20,725 who broke into your house and threatened your family, 671 00:34:20,925 --> 00:34:23,841 most of you would see that as an act of self-defense. 672 00:34:24,264 --> 00:34:26,906 Now, what if an enemy army occupies your town, 673 00:34:27,169 --> 00:34:29,743 and what if you and your neighbors decided to resist... 674 00:34:29,808 --> 00:34:30,843 Objection, Your Honor. 675 00:34:30,909 --> 00:34:31,945 Overruled. 676 00:34:32,012 --> 00:34:33,287 Get to the point, Mr. Christie. 677 00:34:33,348 --> 00:34:34,383 Okay. 678 00:34:34,449 --> 00:34:36,624 So, what if, as part of the resistance movement, 679 00:34:36,687 --> 00:34:39,967 you robbed somebody who was collecting taxes. 680 00:34:40,260 --> 00:34:42,606 Taxes that would be used to increase 681 00:34:42,664 --> 00:34:44,168 the enemy control of your town... 682 00:34:44,235 --> 00:34:45,271 Your Honor! 683 00:34:45,337 --> 00:34:47,147 New York Bets is a scam to collect taxes... 684 00:34:47,206 --> 00:34:48,311 Objection sustained. 685 00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:49,377 ...through a levy on gambling. 686 00:34:49,444 --> 00:34:51,949 Limit yourself to direct testimony, Mr. Christie. 687 00:34:52,015 --> 00:34:53,017 Your Honor... 688 00:34:53,084 --> 00:34:54,393 I am not going to allow it, Mr. Christie. 689 00:34:54,453 --> 00:34:56,298 And if I don't knuckle under, you'll drag me from court, too! 690 00:34:56,357 --> 00:34:57,701 Don't try my patience! 691 00:34:57,759 --> 00:34:59,638 And then who will be left to defend us? 692 00:35:06,008 --> 00:35:07,147 That's all. 693 00:35:12,686 --> 00:35:17,731 According to Mrs. Brant's testimony, the night before the robbery, 694 00:35:19,132 --> 00:35:24,313 you met with Matthew Brant, his son, Thomas Robbins, Lewis Cray, 695 00:35:24,575 --> 00:35:27,525 and half a dozen others. Is that true? 696 00:35:28,081 --> 00:35:30,860 Did you study the Bushell case in law school, Mr. McCoy? 697 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,559 Please answer the question. 698 00:35:32,623 --> 00:35:34,536 1670. The case established 699 00:35:34,594 --> 00:35:35,699 the right for juries to nullify. 700 00:35:35,762 --> 00:35:36,833 Answer his question, Mr. Christie. 701 00:35:36,898 --> 00:35:38,503 I am trying, Your Honor. 702 00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:42,117 The right for juries to protect defendants by finding them not guilty, 703 00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:44,154 evidence of their guilt notwithstanding. 704 00:35:44,211 --> 00:35:47,457 A right that goes back in America to John Peter Zenger, 705 00:35:47,618 --> 00:35:50,294 and had been used by black juries to acquit black defendants 706 00:35:50,356 --> 00:35:52,201 when they had been tried unfairly. 707 00:35:52,293 --> 00:35:55,208 Mr. Christie, what did you discuss that night with your co-defendants? 708 00:35:55,265 --> 00:35:56,974 It is a right used in anti-war cases 709 00:35:57,035 --> 00:35:59,483 and was defended almost 25 years ago 710 00:35:59,540 --> 00:36:00,884 in an article published... 711 00:36:00,942 --> 00:36:02,547 JACK: Objection. Non-responsive. 712 00:36:02,611 --> 00:36:05,754 Published by the NYU law school entitled, 713 00:36:06,118 --> 00:36:09,261 "Jury Nullification in the Criminal Justice System" 714 00:36:09,324 --> 00:36:10,633 by Jack McCoy. 715 00:36:10,693 --> 00:36:12,196 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Sustained, Mr. Christie. 716 00:36:12,262 --> 00:36:13,640 You wrote this. 717 00:36:16,137 --> 00:36:19,348 In many ways, you and I are alike, Mr. McCoy. 718 00:36:19,409 --> 00:36:22,484 No, we're not. I don't rob armored cars. 719 00:36:23,584 --> 00:36:24,757 You were the third robber, weren't you? 720 00:36:26,255 --> 00:36:27,599 You killed Walter Wells. 721 00:36:35,505 --> 00:36:37,885 What's the matter, Mr. Christie? 722 00:36:39,613 --> 00:36:44,566 If you believe what you did was justified, why won't you answer? 723 00:36:49,765 --> 00:36:51,871 "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case 724 00:36:51,936 --> 00:36:53,780 "to be a witness against himself." 725 00:36:59,349 --> 00:37:01,159 No further questions. 726 00:37:01,654 --> 00:37:03,692 JUDGE SCARLETTI: Mr. Christie, do you have any other witnesses 727 00:37:03,757 --> 00:37:04,998 or evidence to present? 728 00:37:05,260 --> 00:37:09,109 Since you've excluded all of my witnesses, no, Your Honor. 729 00:37:10,936 --> 00:37:15,822 The defense, the resistance to tyranny, rests. 730 00:37:23,060 --> 00:37:25,302 I think we've got what we need to bounce another juror. 731 00:37:25,364 --> 00:37:26,502 Howard Lam m. 732 00:37:26,566 --> 00:37:28,103 The blonde guy with the glasses. 733 00:37:28,369 --> 00:37:31,353 Late '60s, at Harvard, he was one of the leaders of the SDS. 734 00:37:31,442 --> 00:37:32,581 A real firebrand. 735 00:37:32,644 --> 00:37:35,217 Implied prejudice against the government. 736 00:37:36,150 --> 00:37:39,361 Kick Lamm off the jury, you got your mistrial. 737 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,263 Where'd you get this information? 738 00:37:42,428 --> 00:37:43,840 Police Red Squad records. 739 00:37:43,897 --> 00:37:45,172 The creeps who took our pictures 740 00:37:45,233 --> 00:37:47,545 during demonstrations in the '60s? 741 00:37:47,838 --> 00:37:50,286 These files were supposed to be destroyed years ago. 742 00:37:51,244 --> 00:37:53,783 Governments are like elephants. They never forget. 743 00:38:06,539 --> 00:38:07,985 We're not gonna do this. 744 00:38:11,983 --> 00:38:16,492 We're not gonna become the people Christie thinks we are. 745 00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:32,595 "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. 746 00:38:34,089 --> 00:38:37,972 "Yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, 747 00:38:38,465 --> 00:38:40,343 "the more glorious the triumph." 748 00:38:43,006 --> 00:38:45,386 Tom Paine wrote that in a pamphlet 749 00:38:45,444 --> 00:38:47,824 that helped rally Americans to the cause of liberty 750 00:38:47,882 --> 00:38:52,391 in those dark days of December 1776. 751 00:38:53,658 --> 00:38:55,799 We again face dark days. 752 00:38:57,198 --> 00:38:59,977 Our founding forefathers fashioned a government 753 00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:04,113 based on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 754 00:39:05,180 --> 00:39:10,258 Today, instead of life, we have a job, we have sometimes two jobs. 755 00:39:11,558 --> 00:39:15,601 Instead of liberty, we have crushing debt. And happiness? 756 00:39:19,606 --> 00:39:24,491 We work hard, husbands and wives, 10-12 hours a day. 757 00:39:24,782 --> 00:39:27,561 We work weekends, and at the end of the week we have less. 758 00:39:27,621 --> 00:39:33,440 We have less real income, less benefits, less time with our kids. 759 00:39:34,834 --> 00:39:37,476 The American dream used to be, 760 00:39:38,575 --> 00:39:41,285 each generation was better off than the previous one. 761 00:39:42,582 --> 00:39:44,495 Are you better off than your parents? 762 00:39:45,554 --> 00:39:48,059 Will your children be better off than you? 763 00:39:49,194 --> 00:39:53,373 We believe that our government has been sold to global corporations 764 00:39:53,435 --> 00:39:57,011 that are sucking the blood and the life out of this country. 765 00:39:57,843 --> 00:40:00,291 It's all right there in the newspapers, what they're doing. 766 00:40:00,716 --> 00:40:04,758 NAFTA, illegal campaign contributions by foreign businessmen, 767 00:40:04,823 --> 00:40:06,930 the sale of foreign policy. 768 00:40:07,929 --> 00:40:09,409 These people don't care about us. 769 00:40:09,465 --> 00:40:10,740 They don't care about Americans. 770 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:13,908 They care about their bottom line. 771 00:40:18,815 --> 00:40:24,668 We are not common criminals. We are... We are ordinary people like you, 772 00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:28,267 with jobs and mortgages, who are willing to lay it all on the line 773 00:40:28,333 --> 00:40:30,906 because we are afraid of losing our freedom. 774 00:40:31,438 --> 00:40:35,891 But today, you have a chance to tell the government what you think. 775 00:40:36,447 --> 00:40:37,985 Seize that opportunity. 776 00:40:38,651 --> 00:40:41,099 We, the defendants, are not the only ones on trial here. 777 00:40:41,156 --> 00:40:43,536 You are on trial here. 778 00:40:44,930 --> 00:40:48,141 The State tells you to follow its laws. 779 00:40:48,335 --> 00:40:51,945 But who lends the State its power? Who can take it back? 780 00:40:53,479 --> 00:40:57,157 The judge? Mr. McCoy? No. 781 00:40:58,021 --> 00:41:03,907 You do. You are the State. You have the power. 782 00:41:07,572 --> 00:41:09,575 Freedom starts with a no. 783 00:41:10,577 --> 00:41:14,551 Will you turn to the State and say no? 784 00:41:32,751 --> 00:41:34,698 Okay. Okay. 785 00:41:40,265 --> 00:41:43,977 This country began as an experiment in freedom. 786 00:41:49,281 --> 00:41:56,262 The foundation of that freedom is equality before the law. 787 00:41:58,164 --> 00:42:02,708 Everyone, whoever they are, whatever they may believe, 788 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,747 must be equally accountable. 789 00:42:10,286 --> 00:42:16,298 Mr. Christie hopes you will ignore the evidence and nullify. 790 00:42:17,032 --> 00:42:19,878 A power, he says, derives from a higher law. 791 00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:23,346 I agree that such a higher law exists. 792 00:42:24,546 --> 00:42:30,229 And each of you, as members of the jury, bound yourselves to it 793 00:42:30,991 --> 00:42:36,070 when you swore, on your conscience, before God and as a citizen, 794 00:42:36,601 --> 00:42:39,642 that you would decide this case on the facts. 795 00:42:40,174 --> 00:42:42,213 You are asked to judge one thing, 796 00:42:43,347 --> 00:42:47,025 were the defendants, whatever their reasons, whatever their beliefs, 797 00:42:47,254 --> 00:42:52,640 part of a criminal conspiracy to commit armed robbery 798 00:42:53,565 --> 00:42:55,046 and murder! 799 00:42:58,508 --> 00:43:01,253 These guys did a great job of memorization. 800 00:43:01,314 --> 00:43:02,953 Too bad they didn't learn from it. 801 00:43:03,116 --> 00:43:06,362 We all remember that phrase from the Declaration of Independence 802 00:43:06,423 --> 00:43:09,839 about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, 803 00:43:09,896 --> 00:43:13,847 the unalienable rights of everyone. 804 00:43:16,709 --> 00:43:20,421 Notice that life comes first. 805 00:43:22,987 --> 00:43:24,935 You can forget everything else about this case, 806 00:43:24,991 --> 00:43:27,131 if you remember one thing, 807 00:43:28,597 --> 00:43:33,140 these defendants, these conspirators, targeted an ordinary citizen, 808 00:43:33,306 --> 00:43:39,751 someone just like yourselves, a guy with a job and in the private sector, 809 00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:44,668 with bills to pay and a family to take care of, 810 00:43:45,762 --> 00:43:47,037 and they took his life. 811 00:43:48,968 --> 00:43:51,541 They took his life! 812 00:43:54,044 --> 00:43:57,221 If it's okay for them to shoot him, 813 00:43:57,283 --> 00:43:58,888 it's okay for them to shoot anyone, 814 00:43:59,453 --> 00:44:01,867 including any one of you. 815 00:44:05,264 --> 00:44:07,405 Without the law there can be no freedom, 816 00:44:10,507 --> 00:44:13,251 and without justice there can be no law. 817 00:44:26,503 --> 00:44:29,281 Your Honor, we've been out nine days. 818 00:44:29,776 --> 00:44:33,727 We've had 40 ballots. We're unable to reach a verdict. 819 00:44:38,158 --> 00:44:41,370 Is there any chance you could agree if you had more time? 820 00:44:43,802 --> 00:44:44,940 No, Your Honor. 821 00:44:50,914 --> 00:44:51,950 (INHALES DEEPLY) 822 00:44:52,016 --> 00:44:53,759 All right. 823 00:44:53,820 --> 00:44:57,862 Ladies and gentlemen, I have no choice but to declare a mistrial. 824 00:44:58,929 --> 00:45:00,307 Yes! 825 00:45:00,365 --> 00:45:01,971 The jury is dismissed. 826 00:45:02,569 --> 00:45:06,042 ROBBINS: You did it! See, see, see. 827 00:45:06,810 --> 00:45:08,791 MAN 1: Hey, man. MAN 2: All right. 828 00:45:13,088 --> 00:45:15,934 Admit it, McCoy. We won. 829 00:45:16,428 --> 00:45:19,810 You didn't win anything. The system you want to destroy won. 830 00:45:20,870 --> 00:45:22,544 See you back here in a couple of months. 831 00:45:23,140 --> 00:45:25,088 Enjoy your freedom while you have it. 832 00:45:28,383 --> 00:45:30,091 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 833 00:45:30,153 --> 00:45:32,101 REPORTER: Mr. Christie, over here. 834 00:45:32,959 --> 00:45:36,238 If he only knew. You could've sunk this trial and you didn't. 835 00:45:37,032 --> 00:45:40,642 You played it straight, Jack. That rates as a moral victory. 836 00:45:41,741 --> 00:45:43,380 It could be a hollow one 837 00:45:44,346 --> 00:45:47,660 if those clowns could find even one person who'd acquit them. 838 00:45:47,986 --> 00:45:49,490 What does that tell you about this country? 839 00:45:49,556 --> 00:45:51,868 PHIL: We want to thank you all for being objective 840 00:45:51,927 --> 00:45:54,169 in covering this trial and being supportive... 841 00:45:54,370 --> 00:45:55,571 .srt by GeirDM Communica7ion.org