1 00:00:00,334 --> 00:00:03,669 In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:07,005 by two separate, yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:07,008 --> 00:00:09,125 the police, who investigate crime, 4 00:00:09,126 --> 00:00:11,243 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:13,312 These are their stories. 6 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:20,619 ( garbled radio transmission ) 7 00:00:22,223 --> 00:00:27,192 Course 1502, Wednesdays, 7:00. 8 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:30,596 College degree isn't good enough for you. 9 00:00:30,598 --> 00:00:32,498 Something wrong with me improving myself? 10 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:34,199 Improve my stomach. 11 00:00:34,201 --> 00:00:35,467 Roast beef on rye. 12 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,486 Coffee... 13 00:00:37,487 --> 00:00:39,504 BOTH: Very light, no sugar, no mayo, no mustard. 14 00:00:39,507 --> 00:00:41,407 Very good. 15 00:00:47,214 --> 00:00:48,647 ( men arguing ) 16 00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:50,582 You get off my back! 17 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:52,151 Get! 18 00:00:53,621 --> 00:00:57,656 ( siren blaring, tires squealing ) 19 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:13,539 Hold it! 20 00:01:15,276 --> 00:01:17,276 Don't move! 21 00:01:17,278 --> 00:01:19,645 Don't even breathe. 22 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:25,150 Drop down! 23 00:01:25,152 --> 00:01:27,086 Now! 24 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:29,555 ( gunshot ) 25 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:47,639 He drew on me. 26 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:07,526 Call it in, Freddo. 27 00:02:09,663 --> 00:02:11,563 Now, Freddo. 28 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,700 The kid's dead. 29 00:02:30,284 --> 00:02:38,390 Captioning sponsored by NBC/Universal 30 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:29,608 ( siren wailing ) 31 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:50,462 The kid I was after, I never got a decent look at. 32 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:53,465 He was young-- 13,14. 33 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:55,000 What about the one that got away from Freddo? 34 00:03:55,002 --> 00:03:56,335 Him I saw. 35 00:03:56,337 --> 00:03:57,603 Had a blotch. 36 00:03:57,605 --> 00:03:59,504 A birthmark on his face 37 00:03:59,506 --> 00:04:02,975 running from here down to here. 38 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:09,281 Somebody heard that shot. 39 00:04:09,283 --> 00:04:10,549 In this neighborhood? 40 00:04:10,551 --> 00:04:13,518 You couldn't get a witness to a sunrise. 41 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,953 Well, bang on some windows. 42 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:16,955 I.D. on the dead kid? 43 00:04:16,957 --> 00:04:19,491 Nothing. Great. 44 00:04:19,493 --> 00:04:20,859 Freddo, go home. 45 00:04:20,861 --> 00:04:22,461 Get some sleep. 46 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:24,529 Yeah... sleep. 47 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:31,303 Snitch told them drug sales was going down on the block. 48 00:04:31,305 --> 00:04:32,571 No muss, no fuss. 49 00:04:32,573 --> 00:04:34,573 Punk drew on him, self-defense. 50 00:04:34,575 --> 00:04:36,375 That's it, wrapping up? 51 00:04:36,377 --> 00:04:39,311 As far as Internal Affairs is concerned, yeah, it's closed. 52 00:04:39,313 --> 00:04:41,713 We still got to do our investigation. 53 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,715 We're all one family here, Sergeant. 54 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:45,450 You an only child? 55 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:47,386 I got people in my family 56 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:48,587 I wouldn't believe 57 00:04:48,589 --> 00:04:51,423 if they told me the sky was blue. 58 00:04:51,425 --> 00:04:53,558 You think I like investigating cops? 59 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,661 It's like I've got something stuck in my throat. 60 00:04:55,663 --> 00:04:57,596 It's not what it looked like to that lieutenant-- 61 00:04:57,598 --> 00:05:00,332 what's his name?-- Gowdy from Internal Affairs. 62 00:05:00,334 --> 00:05:01,600 What, open-and-shut? 63 00:05:01,602 --> 00:05:02,734 You buy that? 64 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,736 What are you selling, Max? 65 00:05:04,738 --> 00:05:07,339 No witnesses, a dead kid. So? 66 00:05:07,341 --> 00:05:10,475 If a civilian shot a kid, no witnesses, all I'm saying is, 67 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:13,478 they wouldn't wrap it up in ten minutes. 68 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,714 Four dollars an hour I pay him. 69 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:17,616 Good money for delivery. 70 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:19,318 Disappears. 71 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:21,019 This shooting in the neighborhood. 72 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:22,587 You hear about it? 73 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:24,623 We're canvassing all the merchants, looking for 74 00:05:24,625 --> 00:05:30,028 a young man, 22-23, black, with a birthmark on his cheek. 75 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:33,532 I got five orders waiting to deliver. 76 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:35,134 How long do you have to wait 77 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:36,735 before you report somebody missing, huh? 78 00:05:36,737 --> 00:05:38,637 A birthmark? 79 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:39,738 Like this? 80 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,507 He comes in every afternoon. 81 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:45,644 He buys two chocolate moon pies. Two. 82 00:05:45,646 --> 00:05:47,512 Hangs out in the schoolyard. 83 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:51,083 ( hip-hop music playing ) 84 00:05:51,085 --> 00:05:53,652 How you doing? 85 00:05:53,654 --> 00:05:55,087 ( rapping ): You ain't cool. 86 00:05:55,089 --> 00:05:57,089 Get out of my school. 87 00:05:57,091 --> 00:05:58,623 I'm no fool. 88 00:05:58,625 --> 00:06:01,093 You see a guy with a birthmark on his face? 89 00:06:01,095 --> 00:06:04,363 The name of the game is finding fame. 90 00:06:04,365 --> 00:06:05,597 Silky's the name 91 00:06:05,599 --> 00:06:06,965 and he's to blame. Silky? 92 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:08,567 I wouldn't tell them nothing. 93 00:06:08,569 --> 00:06:10,502 Silky who? 94 00:06:10,504 --> 00:06:14,539 Ford. Lives over on Vyse Avenue, 108. 95 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:24,616 Silky... Silky Ford. 96 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:26,385 Live around here? 97 00:06:26,387 --> 00:06:28,653 Don't I wish he didn't. 98 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:30,522 Hmm. One of your favorites, huh? 99 00:06:30,524 --> 00:06:35,160 Some boys make trouble 'cause they got trouble. 100 00:06:35,162 --> 00:06:38,096 Silky? He's looking for trouble. 101 00:06:38,098 --> 00:06:39,698 What'd he do, walk off a white man? 102 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:41,800 Is it this building here? 103 00:06:41,802 --> 00:06:45,737 You all only come up here when a white man gets hurt. 104 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,440 Why aren't you here all the time? 105 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:50,008 Silky Ford? 106 00:06:50,010 --> 00:06:52,444 Fourth floor. 107 00:06:52,446 --> 00:06:55,113 He just come in. 108 00:06:55,115 --> 00:06:56,581 Nah, man, nobody here but me. 109 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:57,716 Let's take a look. 110 00:06:57,718 --> 00:07:00,152 Oh, no, you're blind without a warrant! 111 00:07:00,154 --> 00:07:03,172 Well, let me see that. 112 00:07:03,173 --> 00:07:06,191 GREEVEY: Black male, 5'7", birthmark on his right cheek. 113 00:07:06,193 --> 00:07:08,193 Birth mark, right cheek. 114 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:11,062 Oh, yeah, that sound like Silky. 115 00:07:11,064 --> 00:07:13,265 You seen him lately? 116 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,467 No. He's been in Philadelphia, visiting his sister. 117 00:07:15,469 --> 00:07:19,638 She's in the hospital. Mumps. 118 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,173 Whoa, be gentle! 119 00:07:21,175 --> 00:07:23,508 You want to tear my suits? 120 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:24,743 Where you going, man? 121 00:07:24,745 --> 00:07:26,178 That's just the kitchen. 122 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:27,813 Ain't nobody in there. 123 00:07:32,186 --> 00:07:34,753 Waxing the floor, Silky? 124 00:07:34,755 --> 00:07:38,623 Yeah, yeah, we're cleaning up. 125 00:07:38,625 --> 00:07:39,825 Whoa, man! 126 00:07:39,827 --> 00:07:41,193 Who did you clean up last night? 127 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:43,662 I was home all night long. 128 00:07:43,664 --> 00:07:44,763 Doing the floor? Yeah. 129 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:46,765 They got dirty real fast. 130 00:07:46,767 --> 00:07:48,200 We had a party. 131 00:07:48,202 --> 00:07:49,634 Who was here? 132 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:51,236 Me and Richard. It was a private party. 133 00:07:51,238 --> 00:07:53,104 Let's takes a ride, Silky, huh? 134 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:55,640 I got, I got things to do, man. I got a busy day... 135 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:58,777 Your first appointment is with us, okay? 136 00:07:58,779 --> 00:08:00,645 What you looking at? Let go, man. 137 00:08:00,647 --> 00:08:04,483 GREEVEY: Take Davis out the back before Freddo comes in. 138 00:08:04,485 --> 00:08:06,852 Davis? 139 00:08:06,854 --> 00:08:09,654 What, you think he's going to lie for Freddo? 140 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:13,124 No, they're both choirboys. 141 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:15,794 Ready? Yeah. I even found another black guy 142 00:08:15,796 --> 00:08:17,529 with a birthmark. Go ahead. 143 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:27,606 Number three. 144 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:29,674 Number three, 145 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:31,610 step forward, please. 146 00:08:38,819 --> 00:08:41,786 Yeah, more than the others. 147 00:08:41,788 --> 00:08:45,223 I'm playing elimination here. 148 00:08:45,225 --> 00:08:47,792 I saw him ten seconds in the dark. 149 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:50,295 You want me to say I'm sure? 150 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:51,730 I'm not. 151 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,164 Hey, Davis. 152 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,866 Take it easy, all right? 153 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:57,702 I'm not asking you to lie. 154 00:09:06,947 --> 00:09:08,713 Could be... 155 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:10,815 could be number three. 156 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:15,654 Geez, I'm not sure enough for an I.D. 157 00:09:17,591 --> 00:09:19,324 It was dark. 158 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:23,695 What was that about, keeping those two apart? 159 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:26,231 Ten years ago, I'm working Central Park 160 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,700 in the fall. The whole place smells like a sewer. 161 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:30,669 The captain says I'm imagining it. 162 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:32,170 Lieutenant says I'm imagining it. 163 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,272 Turns out it's some tree with flowers that rot. 164 00:09:34,274 --> 00:09:36,741 Lasts about a week. 165 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:39,678 Hey, what... am I missing something here? 166 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,814 This thing smells, too. 167 00:09:42,816 --> 00:09:45,617 Internal Affairs says I'm imagining it. 168 00:09:45,619 --> 00:09:47,252 Cragen says I'm imagining it. 169 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:49,654 And you're not imagining it. 170 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:51,723 On Silky? Two maybes? 171 00:09:51,725 --> 00:09:53,592 Both cops aren't sure? 172 00:09:53,594 --> 00:09:55,727 Max, these guys are cops. 173 00:09:55,729 --> 00:09:57,729 They're cops. 174 00:09:57,731 --> 00:10:01,266 90% of all police officers forget about killing. 175 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:02,867 They go 30 years, never fire a gun. 176 00:10:02,869 --> 00:10:04,803 Freddo? I heard this morning-- 177 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:05,804 second time. 178 00:10:05,806 --> 00:10:10,041 Makes you wonder, that's all. 179 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:12,711 Yeah, it also makes you wonder how many cops died thinking 180 00:10:12,713 --> 00:10:15,013 "that's not a gun in his hand." 181 00:10:17,684 --> 00:10:20,885 Well, we can't hold Silky. 182 00:10:26,727 --> 00:10:28,827 I sent the prints out. 183 00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:30,395 No I.D. 184 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:31,696 No record? 185 00:10:31,698 --> 00:10:32,964 Came up blank. 186 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:35,400 You see that evidence bag? 187 00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:36,835 What evidence bag? 188 00:10:36,837 --> 00:10:38,403 I sent it over. 189 00:10:38,405 --> 00:10:41,540 Wheel of fortune. 190 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,676 The kid had 3,000 bucks on him in his sock. 191 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:48,713 Here's one set of prints. 192 00:10:48,715 --> 00:10:49,814 The dead kid? 193 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:51,282 Yeah. 194 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:54,786 Only one set of prints, like somebody wiped the gun. 195 00:10:54,788 --> 00:10:56,688 Hey, Max, you're drawing conclusions. 196 00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:58,823 Let's just say I heard a dog bark. 197 00:10:58,825 --> 00:10:59,958 Serial number? 198 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:00,959 It's clean. 199 00:11:00,961 --> 00:11:02,961 Not a file job, acid. 200 00:11:02,963 --> 00:11:04,396 Dog's barking louder. 201 00:11:04,398 --> 00:11:05,764 Ballistics. 202 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:31,856 Beautiful piece, that Magnum. 203 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:35,727 Tender loving care to clean it off. 204 00:11:35,729 --> 00:11:37,862 Has it been worked on? 205 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:40,065 By someone very good. 206 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:45,403 R-ten twist. 207 00:11:45,405 --> 00:11:46,771 Clear as a bell. 208 00:11:46,773 --> 00:11:49,708 Let's go back a few months. 209 00:11:49,710 --> 00:11:52,777 See if we can find a match. 210 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:56,147 LOGAN: The Magnum's clean. 211 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,716 Sources? 212 00:11:57,718 --> 00:11:59,884 Hoover and Washington heights. 213 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:02,454 Bernie on 116th Street. 214 00:12:02,456 --> 00:12:04,889 Silky would stay close to home. 215 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:06,391 Bernie. 216 00:12:06,393 --> 00:12:07,792 Bang. 217 00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:08,893 Magnums? 218 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,862 They're like opinions. 219 00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:12,864 Everybody's got one. 220 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:15,366 It's been cleaned up. 221 00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:19,003 Yours? 222 00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:21,773 Nice work, whoever did it. 223 00:12:21,775 --> 00:12:23,775 New kind of lock? 224 00:12:23,777 --> 00:12:25,477 Double cylinder, spring release. 225 00:12:25,479 --> 00:12:27,979 Yeah, illegal in this city. 226 00:12:27,981 --> 00:12:29,948 To install, not sell. 227 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:31,116 Unpickable. 228 00:12:31,118 --> 00:12:32,984 Yeah, for six months. 229 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:34,352 Single cylinder? 230 00:12:34,354 --> 00:12:36,454 Wait a minute. 231 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:37,789 This one hot? 232 00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:38,990 No? 233 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:40,992 Bust me for a misdemeanor. 234 00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:42,994 I'll be out in an hour. 235 00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:46,765 We keep busting you and them hours add up. 236 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:47,532 He dead? 237 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:49,901 Never laid eyes on him. 238 00:12:54,474 --> 00:12:57,075 Lose a lot of business when the door's locked. 239 00:12:57,077 --> 00:12:59,544 The Magnum's his. 240 00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:02,480 A month ago, six weeks. 241 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:03,915 You positive? 242 00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:05,850 What do you want, the name of his dog? 243 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:07,452 Yeah, that's him. 244 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:08,887 ( pounding on door ) 245 00:13:08,889 --> 00:13:10,488 Great. 246 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:11,956 Hey... what?! 247 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:13,825 The kid, the one the cop shot-- 248 00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:15,393 he had your gun in his hand. 249 00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:18,963 Sing a song for me, Silky. This is murder. 250 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,565 If you're involved, it won't be probation. 251 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:22,000 The other night when you were waxing the floor, 252 00:13:22,002 --> 00:13:23,501 this kid with you? 253 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:26,171 I seen him around here, man, but I don't know his name. 254 00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:27,472 How did he get your gun? 255 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:30,041 I sold it to him. 256 00:13:30,043 --> 00:13:31,476 You don't know his name and you sold him your gun? 257 00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:32,844 I didn't need to know his name. 258 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:34,546 A sister I know brought him over. 259 00:13:34,548 --> 00:13:35,814 What's her name? 260 00:13:35,816 --> 00:13:37,515 Doris. She's real fresh. 261 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:39,551 Turn around and put your hands on top of your head. 262 00:13:39,553 --> 00:13:40,852 For what? Turn around 263 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:41,519 and put your hands on top of your head! 264 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:43,521 Felony, Silky. Oh, man! 265 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:45,523 You just confessed to selling a weapon. 266 00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:48,560 You have the right to remain silent. 267 00:13:48,562 --> 00:13:49,828 Anything you say... 268 00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:51,496 What is this, a class D? 269 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,498 It's a walk, mabn. I'm out in a day. 270 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,600 You have the right to an attorney... 271 00:13:56,503 --> 00:14:00,438 Hey, youu know what this is going to cost me? 272 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,007 My lawyer gets $300 an hour, man. 273 00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:06,010 Think about where you were the other night, Silky. 274 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:07,946 I'd like to know. 275 00:14:10,851 --> 00:14:13,284 You know the kid Freddo shot? 276 00:14:13,286 --> 00:14:15,553 Maybe he did have the gun. 277 00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:20,291 Right. Silky sold him a Magnum, he gave him an I.O.U. 278 00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:21,993 and then stuck 3,000 in his shoe. 279 00:14:21,995 --> 00:14:23,628 Max, he could have bought the gun a week ago. 280 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:25,964 Run this by me again? 281 00:14:25,966 --> 00:14:28,633 Freddo and Davis saw a guy with a birthmark 282 00:14:28,635 --> 00:14:32,804 but it wasn't Silky. 283 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:36,974 Silky sold the dead kid a gun, but he wasn't there that night. 284 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:43,581 I don't know any Silky, 285 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:44,983 and I don't know nothing about dope. 286 00:14:44,985 --> 00:14:48,086 Who said anything about dope? 287 00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:49,654 Well, I got nothing to tell you. 288 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:51,522 Well, how about we take you down to the precinct? 289 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:54,259 Come on, you can't take me. You got no charge. 290 00:14:54,261 --> 00:14:55,994 Doris, a guy is dead. 291 00:14:55,996 --> 00:14:58,229 Yeah, well, like you care. Wrong. 292 00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,565 You care so much, you probably belong to the N.A.A.C.P. 293 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:02,600 You introduced this kid to Silky? 294 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:05,336 He had Silky's gun in his hand when he died. 295 00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:07,171 Silky says you were there 296 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:09,574 when he sold the kid the piece. 297 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:11,042 No way. 298 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:12,577 No wah. That's a lie. 299 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:15,246 Who is he, Doris? 300 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:19,984 It's Tommy Richardson. 301 00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:21,953 Where does he live? 302 00:15:24,324 --> 00:15:27,992 103rd, Lexington and Park. 303 00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:32,063 You seen your brother Tommy? 304 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:34,065 He ain't here. 305 00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:35,934 Well, where is he? 306 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:37,602 I don't know 307 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:42,040 but you'd better come back, when my mom gets home. 308 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:44,609 Where is your mom, Abel? 309 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:45,710 Working. 310 00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:47,712 Where does she work? 311 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,547 In an office building. 312 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:51,249 She's a cleaning lady. 313 00:15:51,251 --> 00:15:53,651 She doesn't get back till late. 314 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:58,323 Abel, you'd better come with us. 315 00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:02,060 Hey, boy, take a chair right here, all right? 316 00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:04,395 Did you call Reverend Thayer? 317 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:07,131 Yeah, we called him. 318 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:10,335 So when was the last time you saw your brother? 319 00:16:10,337 --> 00:16:11,602 Abel? 320 00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:12,737 It's all right. It's all right. 321 00:16:12,739 --> 00:16:14,605 Detective Logan, Sergeant Greevey. 322 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,607 Bringing a boy down here? 323 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:17,709 What's the reason? 324 00:16:17,711 --> 00:16:19,310 What did he do? 325 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,679 Well, eems his brother pulled a gun on a policeman 326 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:23,865 night before last. 327 00:16:23,866 --> 00:16:26,050 No... no, no, no, you got the wrong boy. 328 00:16:26,052 --> 00:16:28,686 I don't think so. 329 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:57,048 Tommy Richardson wouldn't have a gun. 330 00:16:57,050 --> 00:17:00,651 Tommy Richardson was a... 331 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:04,355 an honor student at Pinceton University. 332 00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:14,632 ( crowd chantiing angrily ) 333 00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:31,582 MAN: Why would a Princeton honors student shoot a policeman? 334 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:33,217 WOMAN: Did you know that Tommy Richardson 335 00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:35,620 lectured at his old high school against drugs? 336 00:17:35,622 --> 00:17:38,289 Can you make some kind of a statement? 337 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:40,291 ( camera shutters clicking ) 338 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,260 Whatever happened that night, 339 00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:44,062 we just got shoved out a plane 340 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:47,231 at 30,000 feet, no parachute. 341 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:50,234 ( angry shouting ) 342 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:52,637 Nice, straightforward little case, huh? 343 00:17:52,639 --> 00:17:55,706 So the wrap-it-up- no-problem boys said. 344 00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:57,642 Why did Freddo and Davis 345 00:17:57,644 --> 00:18:00,344 go soft on Silky at the lineup? 346 00:18:00,346 --> 00:18:02,230 They made a mistake. 347 00:18:02,231 --> 00:18:04,115 Yeah. They thought nobody would know they were lying. 348 00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:06,250 If you're wrong and you go after cops... 349 00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:08,186 If I'm wrong, 350 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:10,121 I'll go to the grand jury and say I killed the kid. 351 00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:19,130 Yeah, I can use the time off. 352 00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:20,198 You heard about the kid? 353 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,166 Princeton? 354 00:18:22,168 --> 00:18:24,836 Yeah, just goes to show you. 355 00:18:24,838 --> 00:18:28,406 Homeboys-- no matter how fancy you dress them up, 356 00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:31,309 they can still gun down a cop just like any street scum. 357 00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:35,313 The dude you and Davis passed on in the lineup, Freddo, 358 00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:38,349 it's hard to believe that his gun was there and he wasn't. 359 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:42,186 Now, if he happens to say he was there, 360 00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:44,222 that contradicts you. 361 00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:45,823 What is this?! 362 00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:48,159 I got 23 years in the force! 363 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:49,894 Now, who you going to trust 364 00:18:49,896 --> 00:18:51,696 me or some eggplant?! 365 00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:53,898 Gee, Mike, he sure sounds 366 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:55,833 trustworthy to me. 367 00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:56,701 How about you? 368 00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:57,535 Hey! Hey! 369 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:03,641 Easy, Freddo. 370 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:05,643 Next time you want to ask me something, 371 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,912 talk to my P.O.B.A. Rep. 372 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:11,349 The man has two decades, 373 00:19:11,351 --> 00:19:12,783 and where the police officer's 374 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:14,285 benevolent association stands, 375 00:19:14,287 --> 00:19:15,386 that merits a certain respect. 376 00:19:15,388 --> 00:19:17,688 Benevolent means I don't investigate? 377 00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:21,325 Max. You know, you arrive at his home unannounced 378 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,728 and you treat him like some punk murderer. 379 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:24,729 Freddo's no punk. 380 00:19:24,731 --> 00:19:26,397 Oh, but he is a murderer. 381 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:28,366 That's what we're investigating. 382 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:30,735 Look, it is Sergeant Greevey's job to investigate, 383 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:32,470 but Max, if you are all over this officer, 384 00:19:32,472 --> 00:19:33,671 it's gonna have to stop. 385 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,374 We'll talk. 386 00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:44,248 Rock and a hard place. 387 00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:46,350 My butt, Max-- mine, not yours. 388 00:19:46,352 --> 00:19:48,452 This is not a bad cop. 389 00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:51,923 Neither are you, neither am I, but some things we don't do. 390 00:19:51,925 --> 00:19:53,457 If we don't fix this fast, 391 00:19:53,459 --> 00:19:54,892 the brotherhood is going to crucify us. 392 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:57,461 If we do, the black community is going to crucify us. 393 00:19:57,463 --> 00:19:59,463 Then let's do it right. 394 00:20:13,513 --> 00:20:15,246 Careful. 395 00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:17,848 Yeah, we all got to be careful. 396 00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:20,785 More careful than Freddo was. 397 00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:23,521 Enough people have already gotten hurt. 398 00:20:23,523 --> 00:20:25,856 Which is why we're investigating. 399 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,925 Detectives. 400 00:20:27,927 --> 00:20:29,860 You sit behind a desk. 401 00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:32,463 You guys have no idea what it's like 402 00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:34,332 on the streets these days. 403 00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:36,267 Come on. What's that supposed to mean? 404 00:20:36,269 --> 00:20:37,535 Close ranks, Logan. 405 00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:39,403 Hey, I have, okay? 406 00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:40,538 With my partner. 407 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:41,772 Your partner? Get off me! 408 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,474 ( shouting angrily ) 409 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:45,776 Tell him to join the A.C.L.U., huh? 410 00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:48,779 This... this punk... 411 00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:51,382 okay, he went to some fancy school. 412 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:52,883 I don't care if he was head of the class. 413 00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:56,854 Those three skells were doing a drug deal. 414 00:20:58,725 --> 00:21:02,893 Yeah, well, we're all on the same side, right, Davis? 415 00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:06,264 You could have fooled me. 416 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:18,943 This week-- not easy, is it? 417 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,013 ( chuckling ) 418 00:21:22,015 --> 00:21:26,450 Well, we're out there all alone, Max. 419 00:21:26,452 --> 00:21:29,420 Let me tell you something. 420 00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:32,023 Everybody else is wrong 421 00:21:32,025 --> 00:21:34,458 and I think you like that. 422 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:38,562 I don't like being told to roll over. 423 00:21:38,564 --> 00:21:40,564 Davis swears the kid was doing a drug deal. 424 00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:41,899 He swears it. 425 00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:44,035 Okay. Fine. 426 00:21:44,037 --> 00:21:46,604 Assume everybody's telling the truth. 427 00:21:46,606 --> 00:21:48,572 A Magnum on the street-- what's it go for? 428 00:21:48,574 --> 00:21:49,974 500. 429 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:52,009 Right. Half a pound of crack? 430 00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:53,477 2500. 431 00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:56,480 Richardson kid had 3,000 bucks in his socks 432 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:59,350 supposed to buy a gun and drugs. 433 00:21:59,352 --> 00:22:02,320 Drug dealers don't take credit. 434 00:22:04,791 --> 00:22:07,358 All right, the deal never went down. 435 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:12,029 Which means the kid never had the gun. 436 00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:15,599 Freddo shot him, put the Magnum in his hand 437 00:22:15,601 --> 00:22:17,535 and he gave Silky a walk. 438 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:18,969 That's why nobody's talking. 439 00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:24,442 We still got to turn up the third guy. 440 00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:26,544 GREEVEY: If Silky's not your friend... 441 00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:28,412 I don't have any friends. 442 00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:29,547 They die too quick. 443 00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:31,382 How about enemies? 444 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:32,917 Enemies, too. 445 00:22:32,919 --> 00:22:35,419 Up here, nobody gets to 40. 446 00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:38,089 Three people that night, Doris. 447 00:22:38,091 --> 00:22:40,858 You knew Tommy, you know Silky. 448 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:44,128 And I know whatever I tell you, it only means you lock them up. 449 00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:46,864 Hey, hey, now, we're trying to find out 450 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:49,533 why Tommy Richardson is dead. 451 00:22:49,535 --> 00:22:51,402 The way we heart it, he was your friend. 452 00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:55,139 Seems to me you owe him his propers. 453 00:22:55,141 --> 00:22:58,943 Who was the third guy? 454 00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:02,046 He's just a scared little boy. 455 00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:06,450 Abel. Tommy's little brother. 456 00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:09,520 GREEVEY: Tommy and Silky were doing a drug deal. 457 00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:12,490 LOGAN: You think Tommy would shoot a cop? 458 00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:14,658 Tommy never had a gun. 459 00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:19,530 If your brother was here now, what would he tell you to do? 460 00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:26,437 Tommy was going to buy the gun. 461 00:23:26,439 --> 00:23:28,072 For 500. 462 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:31,942 And the dope? 463 00:23:31,944 --> 00:23:34,412 Crack, a half a pound. 464 00:23:34,414 --> 00:23:36,113 For 2500. 465 00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:37,181 20 extra. 466 00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:40,518 We were going to go to the movies, 467 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,987 but the cops came. We ran. 468 00:23:42,989 --> 00:23:45,589 Silky still had the gun. 469 00:23:52,165 --> 00:23:54,465 Okay. 470 00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:55,933 Okay what? 471 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:59,904 Sometimes when I don't want to see something, 472 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:02,072 then I put blinders on. 473 00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:04,141 What's that, a confession? 474 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:08,145 An apology. 475 00:24:12,685 --> 00:24:14,685 Richardson had the money. 476 00:24:14,687 --> 00:24:16,954 Silky had the gun. 477 00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:19,223 What happened to the dope? 478 00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:21,225 There was no dope. 479 00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:22,726 Never had it. 480 00:24:22,728 --> 00:24:25,496 Oh, yeah, Richardson met you to buy groceries, huh? 481 00:24:25,498 --> 00:24:28,666 My lawyer-- he'll have me out of here in an hour. 482 00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:31,669 You could still go up on that gun charge, Silky. 483 00:24:31,671 --> 00:24:35,206 I never been convicted of no felony. 484 00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:36,674 Even if you prove I sold him the gun, 485 00:24:36,676 --> 00:24:37,942 I still walk. 486 00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:40,778 Jailhouse lawyer here. 487 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:43,614 A witness puts you at the scene that night. 488 00:24:45,184 --> 00:24:46,750 Abel. 489 00:24:50,056 --> 00:24:51,622 All right. 490 00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:53,157 I was there. 491 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:54,258 That what you want to hear? 492 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:55,793 Tommy had the gun. 493 00:24:55,795 --> 00:24:57,528 He drew on the cop, the cop shot him. 494 00:24:57,530 --> 00:24:58,796 That's what happened. 495 00:24:58,798 --> 00:25:01,565 Playing this all wrong, Silky. 496 00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:05,536 I'm still breathing, ain't I? 497 00:25:05,538 --> 00:25:07,271 What did this guy do? 498 00:25:07,273 --> 00:25:08,706 Shoot the pope? 499 00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:10,674 What are you talking about? 500 00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:12,009 Pretty popular. 501 00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:14,211 Had another cop in this morning. 502 00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:15,546 Who? 503 00:25:15,548 --> 00:25:18,048 Parisi. 504 00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:20,718 Freddo Parisi. 505 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,220 GREEVEY: Well, the kid say, "I'm breathing" means Freddo threatened us. 506 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:24,822 I admit, it doesn't sound good. 507 00:25:24,824 --> 00:25:27,091 Silky's lying, Freddo's lying. 508 00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:29,693 Davis is covering for him. 509 00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:32,596 Freddo's arrested-- maybe somebody breaks. 510 00:25:32,598 --> 00:25:34,298 D.A. says the same thing, 511 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:37,568 but it's a cop, so it's got to be an Internal Affairs collar. 512 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:41,605 I.A.D. cuts a guy some slack and his own precinct burns him. 513 00:25:41,607 --> 00:25:43,641 What a world. 514 00:26:04,864 --> 00:26:06,797 You're under arrest 515 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:09,333 for the murder of Thomas Richardson. 516 00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:12,236 You have the right to remain silent. 517 00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:14,238 Anything you say can and will be... 518 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,140 Save it, wise guy. 519 00:26:16,142 --> 00:26:18,309 I know it by heart. 520 00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:23,898 You're dreaming, Counselor. 521 00:26:23,899 --> 00:26:25,783 And the Richardson boy-- no record and no gun. 522 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,117 Yes, says his 13-year-old brother. 523 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,019 With no reason to lie. 524 00:26:29,021 --> 00:26:31,322 The kid's a lousy witness. He wasn't even there. 525 00:26:31,324 --> 00:26:32,957 When I get finished with him, 526 00:26:32,959 --> 00:26:35,993 a jury won't take his word on what he ate for breakfast. 527 00:26:35,995 --> 00:26:37,061 And Patrolman Parisi? 528 00:26:37,063 --> 00:26:38,228 LAWYER: A veteran cop. 529 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:41,231 His word, Davis's word, Silky's word-- 530 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:42,750 all against the kid 531 00:26:42,751 --> 00:26:44,268 who wants to protect his brother's reputation. 532 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:47,037 And who's a jury gonna believe? 533 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,807 By the time we go to trial, Patrolman, 534 00:26:49,809 --> 00:26:52,876 Silky will be telling the truth. 535 00:26:52,878 --> 00:26:54,595 It turns out Abel's not clean, 536 00:26:54,596 --> 00:26:56,313 they scuff him up on the stand, Freddo walks. 537 00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:58,182 Abel has no record. 538 00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:00,050 Neither did his brother. I don't want a last-minute sandbag. 539 00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:01,852 Make sure, Paul. 540 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:06,290 Abel's been in no trouble. 541 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:09,026 Are you going to see your brother-- 542 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:10,027 Tommy Richardson-- 543 00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:11,195 gets justice? 544 00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:12,930 I'm an officer of the court. 545 00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:15,032 I'll investigate every aspect of the case. 546 00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:16,066 Color has... 547 00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:17,868 Nothing to do with it. 548 00:27:19,939 --> 00:27:24,241 Well, maybe I'm mistaking who you are. 549 00:27:24,243 --> 00:27:30,381 You grow up on Park Avenue, south of 96th Street? 550 00:27:30,383 --> 00:27:33,017 That isn't relevant to this. 551 00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:34,251 No? 552 00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:35,886 No father? 553 00:27:35,888 --> 00:27:37,054 That's right. 554 00:27:38,257 --> 00:27:40,024 Took off? 555 00:27:40,026 --> 00:27:42,259 Even you, Mr. Robinette? 556 00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:46,196 All black fathers leave their children? 557 00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:50,000 Tommy Richardson's father was a subway motorman. 558 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:52,269 Usually worked two shifts. 559 00:27:52,271 --> 00:27:56,774 Somebody shot him for 20 bucks he'd won at O.T.B. 560 00:27:56,776 --> 00:27:59,343 Now, Tommy Richardson was a hero 561 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:00,911 in this community. 562 00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:03,881 He came from a good family. 563 00:28:03,883 --> 00:28:05,416 He went to a good college. 564 00:28:05,418 --> 00:28:08,285 He brought home money for the church, 565 00:28:08,287 --> 00:28:11,021 for the children's enrichment program, 566 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,023 for the boy's choir. 567 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,291 Well, how much money? 568 00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:15,859 From where? 569 00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:19,430 Family named Harriman. 570 00:28:19,432 --> 00:28:22,032 Tommy's college roommate. 571 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:25,035 They gave $48,000 in secret. 572 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:30,040 How much? 573 00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:32,309 $48,000. 574 00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:34,044 My God. 575 00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:36,914 Your family didn't give the money? 576 00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:38,048 No. 577 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:41,051 Where did he get it? 578 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:45,289 Till the end of the semester, I really liked Tommy. 579 00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:47,157 He was smart, funny. 580 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:51,061 Exam period, I'd come back at night and... 581 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:53,964 People he was hanging out with. 582 00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:54,932 Street people? 583 00:28:54,934 --> 00:28:55,999 Yeah... 584 00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:57,201 Wall Street. 585 00:28:57,203 --> 00:29:01,105 J. Press suits, Fisher skis, Beamers... 586 00:29:01,107 --> 00:29:03,073 Trust fund babies. 587 00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:06,210 Tommy-- it was like he was in China. 588 00:29:06,212 --> 00:29:08,078 Didn't know the language. 589 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,947 He couldn't make friends. 590 00:29:09,949 --> 00:29:12,983 These guys wanted to score some coke 591 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:14,284 and Tommy's black-- 592 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:15,953 like he ought to know. 593 00:29:15,955 --> 00:29:18,088 Friendship wasn't the point. 594 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,356 Customers. 595 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:20,958 You know any of them? 596 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,026 Wesley Parker. 597 00:29:23,028 --> 00:29:24,495 Have a seat. 598 00:29:24,497 --> 00:29:27,965 I want to talk to you about Tommy Richardson. 599 00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:29,233 What about him? 600 00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:33,137 He sold you drugs. 601 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:36,373 No, hey, man, I don't know who you've been talking to. 602 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:38,359 There's no way. 603 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,344 I take a walk around here, you think I'll find some dope? 604 00:29:40,346 --> 00:29:43,347 Whatever you want to know. 605 00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:45,149 Why did you hang with Tommy? 606 00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:48,418 I don't want to get myself arrested here. 607 00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:54,224 Let's say Tommy never got me any drugs. 608 00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:56,093 But your friends? 609 00:29:56,095 --> 00:29:57,528 Tommy was tough. 610 00:29:57,530 --> 00:30:00,130 He knew how the world worked. 611 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,999 Know what I mean? 612 00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:04,501 He was going to be real major. 613 00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:06,937 Yeah, Wesley. 614 00:30:06,939 --> 00:30:09,273 A major homicide. 615 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:10,974 CROWD: We want justice! 616 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:13,043 We want justice! We want justice! 617 00:30:13,045 --> 00:30:14,111 We want justice! 618 00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:15,445 To them, he's a hero. 619 00:30:15,447 --> 00:30:18,081 We're going to destroy that dream. 620 00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:20,184 The truth will set you free, it won't always make you happy. 621 00:30:20,186 --> 00:30:22,085 But he wasn't all bad. 622 00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:23,053 A trial, Ben? 623 00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:24,488 His name's dirt. 624 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:26,957 In Harlem, kid goes away 625 00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:28,091 to a good school, 626 00:30:28,093 --> 00:30:30,561 brings back money to the community... 627 00:30:30,563 --> 00:30:32,095 A candidate for sainthood? 628 00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:33,997 The good part of him, yeah. 629 00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,967 Maybe he needed the bad part to make the good part work. 630 00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:40,103 Maybe being the tough black kid in college, the street kid, 631 00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:43,006 helped him to come home and give away money. 632 00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:45,309 Robin Hood? You think that'd play with the jury? 633 00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:47,044 They find out he's a drug dealer, 634 00:30:47,046 --> 00:30:48,345 they'll never believe he didn't have a gun. 635 00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:50,047 Then make a deal. 636 00:30:50,049 --> 00:30:53,183 Freddo does a couple years, Tommy's name stays clean. 637 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,384 Can't do it, Paul. 638 00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:56,320 You can't let killers walk. 639 00:30:56,322 --> 00:30:57,988 ( phone rings ) 640 00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:59,056 Stone. 641 00:30:59,058 --> 00:31:01,058 Yes, send them in. 642 00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:03,126 The Richardsons. 643 00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:06,330 Mrs. Richardson, thanks for coming down. 644 00:31:06,332 --> 00:31:07,965 Is this Abel? 645 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:09,199 Yes, it is. 646 00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:10,334 How you doing? Come in. 647 00:31:10,336 --> 00:31:12,169 Sit right down. Thank you. 648 00:31:16,976 --> 00:31:20,344 Mrs. Richardson, when this case goes to trial, 649 00:31:20,346 --> 00:31:24,214 there may be unpleasant things said about your son. 650 00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:27,384 I read in the papers 651 00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:30,153 that the policeman could go free. 652 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:34,157 Mrs. Richardson... 653 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:37,361 My husband was killed. 654 00:31:37,363 --> 00:31:41,031 Tommy was ten years old. 655 00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:47,204 That boy... he started coming home from school late. 656 00:31:47,206 --> 00:31:48,372 Two, three hours. 657 00:31:48,374 --> 00:31:49,439 I thought he was hanging out 658 00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:51,508 on the streets. 659 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:53,510 After-school job 660 00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,279 made him late. 661 00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:59,549 Delivering groceries to help me out. 662 00:31:59,551 --> 00:32:03,287 Tommy spent his whole life 663 00:32:03,289 --> 00:32:07,024 just taking care of other people. 664 00:32:07,026 --> 00:32:09,192 He had some problems. 665 00:32:11,230 --> 00:32:13,497 My boy got out of Harlem. 666 00:32:13,499 --> 00:32:17,401 That's what white people wanted him to do 667 00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:19,536 and it's what I wanted him to do. 668 00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:24,541 Mr. Stone, could I talk to you outside for a second? 669 00:32:24,543 --> 00:32:27,110 You're going to kill my mom. 670 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:30,514 This drug deal on the street, Abel, this wasn't a one-shot thing, was it? 671 00:32:30,516 --> 00:32:32,382 You can't do this to my mom. 672 00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:34,117 It's not us doing it. 673 00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:37,521 Reverend Thayer, your mother-- everybody wants justice. 674 00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:39,256 But I have to know what really happened. 675 00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:42,159 Tommy was moving a ton of dope. 676 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:43,260 At Princeton? 677 00:32:43,262 --> 00:32:44,428 Every two weeks. 678 00:32:44,430 --> 00:32:46,096 He buy it here? 679 00:32:46,098 --> 00:32:49,266 Um, he had this mule... 680 00:32:49,268 --> 00:32:52,135 moved it down on the train. 681 00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:54,071 This mule have a name? 682 00:32:54,073 --> 00:32:55,305 A girl. 683 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:58,208 A girl named Doris. 684 00:32:58,210 --> 00:33:01,611 I don't know nothiing, okay? He's dead and I'm still here. 685 00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:02,612 That's all I know. 686 00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:04,448 When you were on the stroll... 687 00:33:04,450 --> 00:33:05,716 Yeah, well, that's old news. 688 00:33:05,718 --> 00:33:07,718 Not old enough for the statute of limitations. 689 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,420 You jumped bail. 690 00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:11,121 Yeah, well, I forgot to show up at court. 691 00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:12,623 You want a reminder? 692 00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:14,124 Okay, you want it straight up, Oreo? 693 00:33:14,126 --> 00:33:16,159 Tommy asked me to score some coke. 694 00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:17,661 Gave me money. Train ticket said 695 00:33:17,663 --> 00:33:19,463 to bring it to down to someplace in Jersey. 696 00:33:19,465 --> 00:33:21,331 Smart move, Doris. He paid me so much, 697 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:22,599 I stopped turning tricks. 698 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:24,201 'Cause of him, I got out of the life. 699 00:33:24,203 --> 00:33:25,736 Oh, great. Hooking to drug dealing? 700 00:33:25,738 --> 00:33:27,537 Yeah, which would you rather sell-- 701 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:30,540 drugs or your body? 702 00:33:33,445 --> 00:33:37,581 CROWD: We want justice! We want justice! 703 00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:46,156 New york's finest! New york's finest! 704 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:58,602 Yeah, real stupid, Stone. 705 00:33:58,604 --> 00:34:00,337 Grand jury's decision, not mine. 706 00:34:00,339 --> 00:34:02,472 We're not gonna have to smear that kid. 707 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:03,774 He already smeared himself. 708 00:34:03,776 --> 00:34:05,542 Tommy Richardson's dead. 709 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,778 He's not on trial for drugs or anything else. 710 00:34:07,780 --> 00:34:11,281 Freddo had every reason to believe that the kid was going to shoot him. 711 00:34:11,283 --> 00:34:13,583 When Freddo shoots, what would you have done? 712 00:34:13,585 --> 00:34:16,386 I wouldn't put a gun in a dead kid's hand. 713 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:20,390 I hope you're prepared to go to trial and prove that 714 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:21,658 and soon. 715 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:23,493 I'll see you there. Yeah. 716 00:34:25,631 --> 00:34:28,165 I don't care, I want you to try for a deal with Freddo. 717 00:34:28,167 --> 00:34:30,400 Am I mistaken or did you just take a stand 718 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:31,802 about a community having to have its laws? 719 00:34:31,804 --> 00:34:34,104 That is a public position. 720 00:34:34,105 --> 00:34:36,405 I'm telling you right now that you do not have enough to convict Parisi. 721 00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:37,674 Then don't shut me down. 722 00:34:37,676 --> 00:34:39,409 The partner won't roll. 723 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:41,411 You've got nothing to offer Silky. 724 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,280 And if Freddo's not interested? 725 00:34:43,282 --> 00:34:44,414 Make it sweet. 726 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,283 Down for four, out in two. Convince him. 727 00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:48,785 Adam, really... 99% of the time, I let you run with it. 728 00:34:48,787 --> 00:34:51,288 I've got to do what's best for the office. 729 00:34:53,358 --> 00:34:55,792 Gentlemen, come in. 730 00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:06,436 FREDDO: My lawyer, Mr. Hillery, says I could use the company. 731 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:09,239 HILLERY: I'm sure we remember each other. 732 00:35:10,843 --> 00:35:13,510 My, uh... my ex-wife cleaned up. 733 00:35:14,847 --> 00:35:16,713 Would you like a drink? 734 00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,448 No, thanks. 735 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:22,719 No wife, no friends, no nobody. 736 00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,454 From what I've seen, you have 737 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:25,589 plenty of friends. 738 00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:27,591 Protecting their own, pal. 739 00:35:27,593 --> 00:35:30,227 Most of them, they don't even know me. 740 00:35:30,229 --> 00:35:32,829 A lot of people downtown would really prefer it 741 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:34,731 if you didn't go to trial. 742 00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:36,600 If you plead to manslaughter, 743 00:35:36,602 --> 00:35:38,435 you can be out in one year-- 744 00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:39,569 two at the most. 745 00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:42,739 You guys ,with your jobs and your suits 746 00:35:42,741 --> 00:35:44,641 and your press conferences... 747 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:45,709 Freddo... 748 00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:47,644 You want to take from me 749 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:49,713 the one thing I got left. 750 00:35:49,715 --> 00:35:51,848 My trial is going to prove 751 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,885 that Ivy League moulanyan was a punk! 752 00:36:00,626 --> 00:36:03,693 I want my day in court. 753 00:36:10,269 --> 00:36:12,536 Before you ran from the police, 754 00:36:12,538 --> 00:36:15,739 did your brother or Silky Ford have a gun? 755 00:36:15,741 --> 00:36:18,575 Silky had a gun stuck into his jeans. 756 00:36:18,577 --> 00:36:19,843 Did you see the gun? 757 00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:21,878 I could see the handle. 758 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,915 It was a Magnum, like Dirty Harry. 759 00:36:24,917 --> 00:36:27,584 You know, "make my day." 760 00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:29,553 On the street that night, you had a fight. 761 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:30,787 What was that about? 762 00:36:30,789 --> 00:36:35,525 Uh, Silky short-weighted Tommy. 763 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,327 I said something. 764 00:36:37,329 --> 00:36:38,628 He pushed me. 765 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,830 Tommy pushed him... 766 00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:43,400 I'm going to ask you one more time. 767 00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:44,801 Did you ever at any time 768 00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:46,870 see your brother carry or fire a gun? 769 00:36:46,872 --> 00:36:49,539 No, never. 770 00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:51,474 No further questions. 771 00:36:53,779 --> 00:36:55,912 Let's start from the beginning, Abel. 772 00:36:55,914 --> 00:36:59,816 Isn't it true that your brother was planning to buy a gun 773 00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:01,551 from Silky Ford that night? 774 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:03,420 Yeah, but he... 775 00:37:03,422 --> 00:37:05,355 He was planning on buying a .357 Magnum? 776 00:37:05,357 --> 00:37:06,356 Yeah, but he... 777 00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:07,924 Just answer yes or no, please. 778 00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:12,495 Your brother was a student at Princeton University, 779 00:37:12,497 --> 00:37:13,496 is that right? Objection, Your Honor. 780 00:37:13,498 --> 00:37:15,649 This has all been covered. 781 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:17,801 I'm trying to establish something important here, Your Honor. 782 00:37:17,803 --> 00:37:21,571 We'll let Mr. Hillery travel this road again. 783 00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:22,706 Overruled. 784 00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:24,808 HILLERY: He was a student at Princeton? 785 00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:25,809 ABEL: Yes. 786 00:37:25,811 --> 00:37:27,844 HILLERY: Were you proud of him? 787 00:37:27,846 --> 00:37:29,779 Everybody was. 788 00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:32,549 Everybody was. And you told people all the time 789 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:33,883 how proud you were of him? 790 00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:36,202 Of course I did. 791 00:37:36,203 --> 00:37:38,520 Please tell the jury, if you were so proud of him 792 00:37:38,523 --> 00:37:39,789 whether you would honestly admit 793 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:42,826 that he was capable of shooting a policeman. 794 00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:44,561 Objection, hypothetical. 795 00:37:44,563 --> 00:37:45,562 Sustained. 796 00:37:45,564 --> 00:37:47,597 No more of that, Mr. Hillery. 797 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:53,870 Abel, were you in the alley the night your brother was shot? 798 00:37:53,872 --> 00:37:55,538 You know I wasn't. 799 00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:57,941 So you don't know what went on there, do you? 800 00:38:02,581 --> 00:38:03,580 Had to happen, Ben. 801 00:38:03,582 --> 00:38:04,781 You watch the jury? 802 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:06,683 They didn't believe a word he said. 803 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:07,984 Freddo's going to walk. 804 00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:10,920 We could get Davis to roll if Silky does. 805 00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:13,623 But Silky won't roll unless he's set up 806 00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:14,924 for a felony. 807 00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:21,931 Set him up. 808 00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:23,833 Is that ethical? 809 00:38:23,835 --> 00:38:25,769 It's legal. 810 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:27,704 In the criminal justice system, that makes it ethical. 811 00:38:27,706 --> 00:38:29,606 Silky was committing a felony that night. 812 00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:30,607 Half a pound of crack. 813 00:38:30,609 --> 00:38:31,875 He's a drug dealer. 814 00:38:31,877 --> 00:38:34,644 What do you think happened in that alley? 815 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:39,416 Best bet? Freddo got trigger-happy. 816 00:38:39,418 --> 00:38:40,784 Shot the kid. 817 00:38:40,786 --> 00:38:43,787 Told Silky to take the crack and run. 818 00:38:43,789 --> 00:38:45,655 Call Greevey and Logan. 819 00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,891 Set Silky up for sale weight. 820 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:51,861 Hello, Silky. 821 00:38:51,863 --> 00:38:53,697 You're looking fine, baby. 822 00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:55,432 I thought with Tommy gone 823 00:38:55,434 --> 00:38:57,534 you'd be out of business, though. 824 00:38:57,536 --> 00:38:59,703 Yeah, well, I got other customers. 825 00:38:59,705 --> 00:39:00,804 The wire works. 826 00:39:00,806 --> 00:39:02,806 Thank God for small miracles. 827 00:39:02,808 --> 00:39:04,074 You got my rocks? 828 00:39:04,076 --> 00:39:05,508 You know it. 829 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:06,976 A pound of the best. 830 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,878 Five grand, baby. 831 00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:13,616 Countdown... 832 00:39:13,618 --> 00:39:14,818 three... 833 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:15,919 two... 834 00:39:15,921 --> 00:39:17,921 Here, babe. 835 00:39:17,923 --> 00:39:18,922 Later. 836 00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:19,923 One. 837 00:39:19,925 --> 00:39:21,524 Go! 838 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:22,826 Go, go, go. 839 00:39:22,828 --> 00:39:23,860 Freeze, police! 840 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,095 I ain't moving! 841 00:39:25,097 --> 00:39:26,096 Don't move. 842 00:39:26,098 --> 00:39:27,964 ( siren approaching ) 843 00:39:27,966 --> 00:39:31,835 So are you going to protect me for the next 30 years? 844 00:39:31,837 --> 00:39:34,671 STONE: You're a predicate felon, Silky. 845 00:39:34,673 --> 00:39:38,007 You can get put away for 15 years to life. 846 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,613 Okay, sports fans. 847 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:46,549 Let's go to the videotape. 848 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:51,087 Did you see Freddo Parisi shoot Tommy Richardson? 849 00:39:51,089 --> 00:39:53,690 Freddo says, "Don't move." 850 00:39:53,692 --> 00:39:56,793 Tommy turns to say something and... 851 00:39:56,795 --> 00:39:58,595 the cop shoots him. 852 00:39:58,597 --> 00:40:00,864 Tommy didn't have no gun. 853 00:40:00,866 --> 00:40:02,966 Freddo takes my gun. 854 00:40:02,968 --> 00:40:04,601 He wipes it on his shirt. 855 00:40:04,603 --> 00:40:05,602 Twice. 856 00:40:05,604 --> 00:40:08,605 He puts it in Tommy's hand. 857 00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:11,808 Freddo tells me to take the dope and leave. 858 00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:13,643 Says it's my lucky day. 859 00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:14,944 Did he say anything else? 860 00:40:14,946 --> 00:40:16,146 Oh, yeah. 861 00:40:16,148 --> 00:40:19,582 He says if I tell anybody, he'll kill me. 862 00:40:19,584 --> 00:40:21,718 At my cell at the tombs, 863 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,987 he tells me again. 864 00:40:23,989 --> 00:40:27,624 Keep your mouth shut or you're dead. 865 00:40:27,626 --> 00:40:31,895 Even if I burn him, his partner will get me. 866 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:33,563 Well? 867 00:40:33,565 --> 00:40:37,634 You have five kids, a terrific wife, nice house. 868 00:40:37,636 --> 00:40:39,536 Massapequa, isn't it? 869 00:40:39,538 --> 00:40:40,637 Yeah. 870 00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:42,038 You've earned five or six citations. 871 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,840 You have a great record. 872 00:40:43,842 --> 00:40:46,910 Don't let misguided loyalty ruin your life. 873 00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:49,913 You stay with Freddo, he'll take you down. 874 00:40:49,915 --> 00:40:53,149 He's my partner. 875 00:40:53,151 --> 00:40:55,885 Something you don't know. 876 00:40:55,887 --> 00:40:57,887 When they brought the Richardson boy to the morgue, 877 00:40:57,889 --> 00:41:02,659 he had $3,000 on him. 878 00:41:02,661 --> 00:41:05,628 The transaction never took place. 879 00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:08,031 He never bought Silky's gun. 880 00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:14,704 You weren't even there. 881 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:22,612 After the incident was called in to Internal Affairs, 882 00:41:22,614 --> 00:41:24,848 what did Patrolman Parisi tell you? 883 00:41:24,850 --> 00:41:29,118 He said if there was ever a lineup, 884 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,889 he didn't want me to identify the guy with the birthmark. 885 00:41:32,891 --> 00:41:34,691 STONE: Did he tell you why? 886 00:41:34,693 --> 00:41:36,960 DAVIS: He said I didn't have to worry. 887 00:41:36,962 --> 00:41:41,798 If they picked him up, he would say he wasn't there. 888 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:46,236 Did Patrolman Parisi tell you why he was so certain 889 00:41:46,238 --> 00:41:48,004 you didn't have to worry? 890 00:41:50,075 --> 00:41:55,245 He said... he let him take the crack. 891 00:41:55,247 --> 00:41:58,915 The stuff he was going to sell. 892 00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:02,986 Were you at all concerned 893 00:42:02,988 --> 00:42:05,955 that Patrolman Parisi might be wrong? 894 00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:09,092 That the suspect in question might admit 895 00:42:09,094 --> 00:42:11,194 to being there that night? 896 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:12,829 No. 897 00:42:12,831 --> 00:42:16,833 Freddo... 898 00:42:16,835 --> 00:42:20,970 Patrolman Parisi said it was a sure thing. 899 00:42:20,972 --> 00:42:23,907 The guy didn't dare open his mouth. 900 00:42:23,909 --> 00:42:25,141 STONE: No more questions. 901 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:27,744 No questions of this witness. 902 00:42:27,746 --> 00:42:29,012 JUDGE: You may step down. 903 00:42:30,916 --> 00:42:33,783 Prosecution calls Dorian "Silky" Ford. 904 00:42:33,785 --> 00:42:37,086 ( door opening ) 905 00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:46,763 JUDGE: Mr. Stone, is this going to take some time? 906 00:42:46,765 --> 00:42:48,465 Yes, Your Honor. 907 00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:50,166 JUDGE: In view of how late in the day it is, 908 00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:52,902 let's continue tomorrow. 909 00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:54,170 Any objections? 910 00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:56,239 Court is adjourned. 911 00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:07,016 Well, I can't say 912 00:43:07,018 --> 00:43:09,752 I'm not glad at the way it turned out. 913 00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:11,087 I don't understand cops. 914 00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:14,190 There is such a thing as an honorable mistake. 915 00:43:14,192 --> 00:43:15,925 Okay, he shot the kid. 916 00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:17,994 Did he have to plant a gun on him? 917 00:43:17,996 --> 00:43:19,929 If he'd just admitted it 918 00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:21,965 and said, "I was scared. I panicked. I was wrong." 919 00:43:21,967 --> 00:43:25,068 No jury in the world would convict him of murder. 920 00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:27,504 If nothing else, 921 00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:29,939 Freddo will never have a gun in his hand again. 922 00:43:29,941 --> 00:43:32,075 And that's better for everybody. 923 00:43:32,077 --> 00:43:38,314 ( phone ringing ) 924 00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:41,951 Schiff. 925 00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,287 Thanks for calling. 926 00:43:49,094 --> 00:43:52,228 Well, we don't have to worry about a verdict. 927 00:43:53,898 --> 00:43:55,898 Freddo just ate his gun. 928 00:43:59,104 --> 00:44:08,011 THAYER: Now is the time to remember the real Tommy Richardson 929 00:44:08,013 --> 00:44:12,382 and what he meant to this community. 930 00:44:12,384 --> 00:44:15,184 He was a symbol 931 00:44:15,186 --> 00:44:24,060 of what every child born into poverty could achieve. 932 00:44:24,062 --> 00:44:28,231 He gave back to his people, 933 00:44:28,233 --> 00:44:34,370 his time, his energy, 934 00:44:34,372 --> 00:44:38,274 his love. 935 00:44:38,276 --> 00:44:42,979 And he tried to help even more. 936 00:44:42,981 --> 00:44:49,385 He tried to help others by giving money, 937 00:44:49,387 --> 00:44:55,892 but to get that money, he sold drugs. 938 00:44:55,894 --> 00:45:02,965 And he was shot to death in the gutter because of it. 939 00:45:02,967 --> 00:45:09,972 What Tommy Richardson wanted to do for his people was right, 940 00:45:09,974 --> 00:45:13,209 but he did it the wrong way. 941 00:45:13,211 --> 00:45:18,915 And the policeman who shot him-- 942 00:45:18,917 --> 00:45:22,051 that was wrong, too. 943 00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:29,258 But it would not have happened without drugs. 944 00:45:36,034 --> 00:45:39,902 Wandering the halls? 945 00:45:39,904 --> 00:45:44,974 I wanted to say thank you. 946 00:45:44,976 --> 00:45:47,376 I know this was a tough one. 947 00:45:47,378 --> 00:45:49,412 It's the last one. 948 00:45:49,414 --> 00:45:51,214 No more cops. 949 00:45:51,216 --> 00:45:53,282 It's too hard. 950 00:45:55,220 --> 00:45:58,287 Know why I wouldn't let go? 951 00:45:58,289 --> 00:46:02,258 Because there but for the grace of God, go I 952 00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:04,026 or any cop. 953 00:46:04,028 --> 00:46:06,229 You get caught. 954 00:46:06,231 --> 00:46:09,465 You get prosecuted. 955 00:46:09,467 --> 00:46:13,202 Didn't know you were a philosopher, Max. 956 00:46:13,204 --> 00:46:13,235 Just an ex-altar boy with a gun.