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by two separate
yet equally important groups:
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the police,
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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( whimpering )
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( barks )
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Come on, babe.
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Riles.
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Come on.
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( whimpering )
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Oh, my God.
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What do we got?
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16-year-old found
next to a Dumpster.
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Disoriented, racial stuff
scrawled all over her.
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Raped?
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Not sure yet,
I'd say more than likely.
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She's been pretty
unresponsive so far.
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You get the EMT results?
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They're just
finishing up.
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Got a name?
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Astrea Crawford.
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Thanks.
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Excuse me.
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Who's at the scene?
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Patrini and Hanson.
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GREEVEY:
Anybody get pictures of that?
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LOGAN:
Hey, hey.
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You want to
hold on to those?
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We're going to
need to bag them.
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Astrea?
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I'm Sergeant Greevey.
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This here
is Detective Logan.
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We're here to find out
what happened to you.
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It's okay.
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It's all right.
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Astrea, can you
open your eyes?
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Mm-mm.
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I think you can if you try.
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No one here's going to hurt you.
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They can't help you if you don't
tell them what happened.
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Now, come on,
open your eyes.
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You did it once before.
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Come on.
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LOGAN:
Okay.
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Okay, that's a start.
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Sweetheart,
do you know who attacked you?
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Mm-hmm.
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Can you tell us
who it is?
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Mm-mm.
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Astrea, I'm going to
give the nurse my pad.
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She's going to
hold it for you.
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What I want you to do
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is to write down
who did it.
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What?
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NBC/Universal
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No discernible contusions.
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Traumatized, disoriented.
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EMT's original
Glasgow coma was off.
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It should be ten to 12.
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Did you administer
a rape kit?
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I didn't see any bleeding
or bruises in the perineal.
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Humor me.
Just do one.
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She hasn't stated
she's been raped.
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She hasn't stated that
she hasn't been either.
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Dr. Kirtchey,
you're wanted in emergency.
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Dr. Kirtchey, you're
wanted in emergency.
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GREEVEY:
FBI should be notified
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at least to cover
the civil rights vios.
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Media catches
a sniff... whew.
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If these guys turn out to be
ours, I want them fast.
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You order a kit?
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Yeah.
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Good, what else?
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I requested a rape
intervention specialist.
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She's already there.
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What about parents?
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Mother arrived just
as I was leaving.
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Mike's with her
and the specialist now.
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Nothing more from the girl?
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No.
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I figure to give her a day
to let her calm down.
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I just knew something bad
had happened this time.
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She stay away from
home before, ma'am?
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Usually only for a night
if things were bad at home.
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Were things bad?
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We just didn't want her
seeing this particular boy.
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Who is that?
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Don't know.
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Only, um... Hill?
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GREEVEY:
Mike.
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Excuse me.
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Anything?
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She didn't even file
a missing persons report
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until last night.
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Three days?
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One of my kids
is 15 minutes late
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and I go through the roof.
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Are you finished here?
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I'd like to get her
with her daughter.
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How long can you stay with her?
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Long as it takes.
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If she comes out
with anything at all--
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location, names-- even if it
sounds like nonsense, call us.
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I know the drill, Sergeant.
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And when the press comes
sniffing around on this,
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nothing goes to them that might
jeopardize this investigation.
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In other words,
don't say anything.
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I didn't know she was gone.
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They pretty much
keep to themselves.
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You don't know of any
fights or arguments
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they may have
had lately?
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Why? You ain't got none
in your house?
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Ma'am, do you know a young man
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last name Hill
that Astrea
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was supposedly seeing?
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Never heard.
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You know any of the friends
she hangs out with?
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I got enough
taking care of my own.
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She did used to run with
this girl down the hall,
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but they moved--
the projects up on 109th.
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You know her last name?
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Hardison? Leona, I think?
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This one fits.
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Leona Hardison.
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Hey, hey, come on.
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I just want to ask you
a few questions.
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I don't talk
to the man.
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You know
Astrea Crawford?
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Maybe.
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You know she's been missing?
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What kind of missing?
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Attacked missing.
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Maybe raped missing.
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So you say.
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You don't seem too upset
by that.
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Me and her, we
don't hang no more.
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Still...
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No still, Bill.
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We fell out.
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Over a guy?
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Do I look like I would
lose a guy to her?
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You know her friend Hill?
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Yeah.
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You want to give us
his first name?
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Jordan.
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So where can we find
Mr. Jordan Hill, Leona?
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Well, if he's
out of jail,
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he be doing
community service.
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Remember a kid
named Jordan Hill?
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You got to be kidding.
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Any given day,
I get 175 actives.
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If it ain't multiple homicide,
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best I can domaybe is notes on
the day of the bust.
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If we're lucky,
we get them to run through
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the day or days
prior to the crime,
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see where they screwed up.
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You saw Hill after
the arraignment.
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Yeah, I managed to slide him
into a detox space.
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He ever mention anything about
a girl named Astrea Crawford?
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Sorry.
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Ba-bing.
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He says he spent the early
afternoon with her
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the day he was arrested.
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That's him over there.
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Got a good job
here, Jordan.
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500 hours of
community service?
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Hell of a job.
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What do you want?
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Seen Astrea lately?
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Why, is she in trouble?
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When was the last
time you saw her?
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Four or five days.
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I want to know if Astrea's okay.
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Where was that?
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Some hang on 103.
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Specifically what day, Jordan?
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I don't know.
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Hey, hey, don't grease us, okay?
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I am not in the mood.
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Now was she with you
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the day you got
busted in the sweep?
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I don't know.
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You know, we pulled
your yellow sheet, Jordan.
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Now the last time
you got busted for crack,
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you got a nice,
little program.
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Courts are full of people
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who'd like to
take your place.
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Mike, Mr. Hill's
had a tough week.
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Give me your hand.
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What?
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GREEVEY:
Give me your hand.
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Remember the day, Jordan,
and call me.
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Before quitting time.
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LOGAN:
in this dump?ested
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( whistles )
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Snow cone in hell
we find anything
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to place her in here.
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Might as well call
forensics in anyway.
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What do you expect
to find, Max?
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This place is going to be
a nightmare for a team.
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They got prints in here
going back to the Civil War.
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Maybe we'll get the goods
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on the guy
who killed Lincoln.
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Anyway, it's all we got.
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Procedure.
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Let's go see if the
girl's calmed down any.
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Dr. Miller, 3541.
Dr. Miller, 3541.
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I'm sorry, gentlemen, there
are no visitors at this time.
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Consider your job
well done.
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You got a second?
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The family has hired
itself an advisor.
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Everything's got to run
through him at this point.
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What?
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You may have some trouble
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getting statements
out of the girl.
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Why's that?
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Are you familiar
with the good Ronald Eaton?
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Congressman
Ronald Eaton?
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( sighs )
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Great.
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No crime scene,
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no physical evidence,
no witnesses,
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holes appearing
by the hour, a mute vic
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and now we've got
"Mr. Civil Rights Sound Bite"
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putting on his makeup.
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housekeeping to 409.
Housekeeping to 409,
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Problem, Detective?
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Sergeant Greevey.
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This is Detective Logan.
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Yes, I have problems
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when prevented
from doing my job, Congressman.
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I suffer the same frustrations,
Sergeant.
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Meaning?
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My concern
is with the girl--
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that her cries for justice
are not steamrolled
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by the old white boy
power structure.
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Well, it's
a little premature
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to be shouting
cover-up, isn't it?
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Premature.
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Yeah.
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How many black homicide cases
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does your precinct not clear
every year, Detective?
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And how many white cases?
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You've seen the numbers.
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Don't tell me what premature is.
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And you think withholding
pertinent information
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in this case
is going to change all that?
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I think it will get
the attention
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of state
and federal authorities.
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The FBI's already been notified
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about any potential
civil rights violations.
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That just means they'll be
looking over your shoulder.
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I want them
staring you in the face.
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Keep away from us.
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We don't need no help
from no white cops here.
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Lester, please.
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Excuse me.
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Oh, uh...
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One "G" in Logan, am I right?
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Yeah. Why?
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Hate for you gentlemen
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to see your names misspelled
in the papers.
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Dr. MacKenzie, 2943,
Dr. MacKenzie...
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( knocking )
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Messengered in
this morning.
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Eaton wants
a photo array.
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All the white cops
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00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:44,522
working or residing
on the Upper West Side?
269
00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:46,291
He can't be serious.
270
00:13:46,293 --> 00:13:48,693
This guy's got stones, huh?
271
00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:51,094
CRAGEN:
Except for his mouth, the
good congressman's got squat.
272
00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:52,497
If there are wrong cops
in this precinct,
273
00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:54,098
I want them as bad as he does.
274
00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,433
But I will be damned
if he's going
275
00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,468
to put every cop on the force
on trial for this.
276
00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,337
What if he goes over your head?
277
00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:00,438
Probably already has.
278
00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,340
But, until I hear differently,
279
00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:05,343
we conduct this like
any other investigation.
280
00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:07,145
We got anything on the parents?
281
00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,213
Model citizens.
282
00:14:08,215 --> 00:14:09,480
Mother's an X-ray technician.
283
00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:11,983
Father's a cab driver,
deacon of his church.
284
00:14:11,985 --> 00:14:13,251
Not even a traffic ticket.
285
00:14:13,253 --> 00:14:15,220
What about the FBI?
286
00:14:15,222 --> 00:14:18,256
They're monitoring, waiting
on results from the rape kit.
287
00:14:18,258 --> 00:14:19,490
When's that girl due
to be released?
288
00:14:19,492 --> 00:14:21,376
Tomorrow morning.
289
00:14:21,377 --> 00:14:23,261
I want her in here before noon
for questioning.
290
00:14:23,263 --> 00:14:24,596
With or without Eaton?
291
00:14:24,598 --> 00:14:26,848
Without.
He is not her lawyer.
292
00:14:26,849 --> 00:14:29,099
He has a problem with that,
he takes an obstruction charge.
293
00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:30,468
Let him see what his spin
doctors can do with that.
294
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,238
Ooh, man...
295
00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,273
You care to elaborate on that,
Detective?
296
00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:38,476
I'm just wondering
how much gas this fire can take.
297
00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:40,178
Meaning what?
298
00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:42,280
Meaning she's the victim
299
00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:46,317
and we're treating her
like a suspect.
300
00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:05,403
Let's keep this low profile.
301
00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,472
I don't want you guys
out of the car
302
00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:09,207
unless a riot's
about to start.
303
00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:20,618
She already
told you once.
304
00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,937
She's not here.
305
00:15:22,938 --> 00:15:25,255
Mr. Crawford, come on, we just
want to ask a few questions.
306
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,392
The longer we wait,
307
00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:29,527
the greater the chances
of her forgetting details.
308
00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:31,379
Good, I'm glad to see
309
00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:33,230
you've got her best
interests at heart.
310
00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:34,399
The congressman told us
311
00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:36,567
that you'd be coming
here to get her.
312
00:15:36,569 --> 00:15:39,604
Told us that you
would grind her up,
313
00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:41,606
so you could
bury her story.
314
00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:42,607
He told us...
315
00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:45,109
It's okay, baby. It's okay.
316
00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,512
Mrs. Crawford, I'm sure
317
00:15:47,514 --> 00:15:50,181
that whatever
Congressman Eaton told you
318
00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:51,582
was well-intentioned, but...
319
00:15:51,584 --> 00:15:53,451
Well, you can't
get to her now.
320
00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:55,553
You can't touch her.
321
00:15:55,555 --> 00:15:59,490
The police
raped my baby.
322
00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:01,693
Killed her inside.
323
00:16:01,695 --> 00:16:05,129
He told us that you'd
be coming here
324
00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:08,099
with your filthy hands
to protect your own.
325
00:16:08,101 --> 00:16:10,301
Well, you can't get her!
326
00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:11,536
She's safe now.
Do you understand?
327
00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:13,304
You can't get her.
328
00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,206
She's safe, you hear?
329
00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:16,691
You satisfied?
330
00:16:16,692 --> 00:16:18,175
You think you got
some kind of license
331
00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:19,577
to come and do
this kind of crap?
332
00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:22,246
To rip open
people's lives?
333
00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:25,383
GREEVEY:
The parents don't
trust the police.
334
00:16:25,385 --> 00:16:26,517
Of course not.
335
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:29,687
That's because Eaton's involved.
336
00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:31,322
I give the bastard an hour
337
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:33,224
to have the press
out in full force.
338
00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:35,226
Didn't know you knew the man.
339
00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:37,228
Since the King
assassination.
340
00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:39,130
Back when he was
Uhuru Eaton.
341
00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:40,732
Staged a sit-in
at City Hall.
342
00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:42,500
Demanded 100 buses
343
00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,469
to take people
to the funeral.
344
00:16:44,471 --> 00:16:47,438
Not the worst reason
in the world to have a sit-in.
345
00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,340
That's what I thought,
right up until he told me
346
00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:50,508
he was going
to burn the place down
347
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:52,643
if he didn't get
exactly what he wanted.
348
00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:54,545
Things got out of control.
349
00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:55,713
People got hurt.
350
00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:58,583
The man is dangerous.
351
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:06,324
See what... what's-her-name,
the rape specialist's got, huh?
352
00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:10,628
I'm out of the loop.
353
00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:13,581
Your choice?
354
00:17:13,582 --> 00:17:16,533
Let's just say I'm not about
to jump on Eaton's bandwagon.
355
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,669
Where's he taking this thing
you think?
356
00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:19,737
Off the record?
357
00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:23,608
I'm sure he's got
some sort of political agenda.
358
00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:25,209
He always does.
359
00:17:25,211 --> 00:17:27,378
Whether Astrea was raped or not
360
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:28,479
has taken
a back seat.
361
00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:30,415
You don't know if she was raped?
362
00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:31,549
You got the
lab reports.
363
00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,418
You tell me.
364
00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:36,421
End of business today.
365
00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:37,789
Something happened to her,
366
00:17:37,791 --> 00:17:41,426
but I'll be surprised
if the kit comes back positive.
367
00:17:42,429 --> 00:17:44,495
All right, suppose,
for whatever
368
00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:48,199
dime-store psychology
reason, it is a hoax.
369
00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:50,635
She had to stay somewhere
for three days.
370
00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,470
I know where
you're going, Max,
371
00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:54,605
and if you're thinking
the boyfriend,
372
00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:57,608
I'm telling you, the crack
house will get us nowhere.
373
00:17:57,610 --> 00:17:59,710
Even if we're lucky
with forensics,
374
00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:02,613
I doubt they'll be able
to time-frame it.
375
00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:05,650
At best, it will be weak
circumstantial evidence.
376
00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:07,552
How about we just
get on the board
377
00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:11,322
before we start second-guessing
evidence we don't have.
378
00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:19,464
So, Max, I was up till 2:00
in the morning last night
379
00:18:19,466 --> 00:18:22,467
watching one of those
old Chaplin films.
380
00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:23,701
Modern Times?
381
00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:26,604
No wonder you drag
your butt until noon.
382
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:28,539
What do you want?
383
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,808
Only had half the bed.
384
00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:33,377
You still dragging things home?
385
00:18:33,379 --> 00:18:35,546
Hey, this one's
different, man, really.
386
00:18:35,548 --> 00:18:37,515
She's an NYU film student.
387
00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:39,650
She's really, really smart.
388
00:18:39,652 --> 00:18:40,751
Right, let me guess.
389
00:18:40,753 --> 00:18:42,487
She wears a lot of black.
390
00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:45,389
She likes cops.
391
00:18:45,391 --> 00:18:48,626
She says it makes her feel
connected to real life.
392
00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:51,295
Oh, she loves guns.
393
00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,431
Oh? Snub-noses too?
394
00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:56,434
Max, Captain Cragen
just called.
395
00:18:56,436 --> 00:18:57,602
Said, quote,
396
00:18:57,604 --> 00:19:00,271
"Get in.
It's really hit the fan."
397
00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:02,540
where Congressman Eaton
...our live mini-cam,
NEWSCASTER:
398
00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:04,809
Baptist church a sanctuary.
has declared the former
399
00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,811
CRAGEN:
So Eaton has no legal grounds?
400
00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,579
No. Sanctuary
doesn't apply,
401
00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:09,614
and it certainly
doesn't apply
402
00:19:09,616 --> 00:19:11,566
if the building
isn't even a church.
403
00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:13,517
But that doesn't change
people's perceptions.
404
00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:14,785
It used to be a church.
405
00:19:14,787 --> 00:19:16,521
You yank her in
for questioning now,
406
00:19:16,523 --> 00:19:18,356
we'll have a massive
backlash on our hands.
407
00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:20,525
( phone ringing )
408
00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:21,759
What?
409
00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:24,495
Yeah, put him through.
410
00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:27,732
Max, what the hell is going on?
411
00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:29,600
Ten minutes.
412
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:32,436
I think we better
get over there.
413
00:19:32,438 --> 00:19:33,838
You've heard the expression
414
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,541
"taking the law
into your own hands."
415
00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:37,808
These are your hands.
416
00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:39,944
Is this a government
of the people?
417
00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:40,945
CROWD:
No!
418
00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:42,680
Are you the people?
419
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:43,948
CROWD:
Yes!
420
00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,950
Then you are
the government.
421
00:19:45,952 --> 00:19:48,352
( crowd cheering )
422
00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:53,424
Three rings.
423
00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:55,593
Eaton's doing
his Barnum imitation.
424
00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:58,629
3:00-- Just in time
for the evening news.
425
00:19:58,631 --> 00:20:00,431
Why don't we
lose the squad cars,
426
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:01,832
and downplay the entire thing.
427
00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:03,901
That solve
your perception problem?
428
00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:05,670
I say we go on up
and haul her butt in.
429
00:20:05,672 --> 00:20:06,837
If we don't,
it's gonna look
430
00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:08,706
like he's got a jackpot
on the names
431
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,408
and the entire force
is on the run.
432
00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:11,909
Eaton has named cops?
433
00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:13,544
Teal and Rudolph,
434
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,846
couple of night shift
uniforms from 73.
435
00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:17,582
Don't know them.
436
00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:19,951
I'm advising you
not to go in, Captain.
437
00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:22,553
Max, I want you to go make
the congressman an offer.
438
00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:23,955
Let him know
you're here only to talk.
439
00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:26,524
You're offering to hear
Astrea's side of the story
440
00:20:26,526 --> 00:20:28,659
but it's got to come
from the girl, nobody else.
441
00:20:28,661 --> 00:20:29,760
You know him.
442
00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:31,629
You should go talk to him.
443
00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:32,630
Max, I hate the man.
444
00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:33,731
Captain...
445
00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:34,732
Forget it.
446
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:36,351
I want you to go on in
447
00:20:36,352 --> 00:20:37,969
but no arrests,
no removal for questioning.
448
00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:39,870
You're making a mistake.
449
00:20:39,872 --> 00:20:42,873
EATON:
...those changes
were not prompted by apathy
450
00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:45,743
by laziness, by acceptance
of the status quo.
451
00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,645
Those changes were prompted by
452
00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:49,380
a call to action.
453
00:20:49,382 --> 00:20:51,749
We're not here
to take her in.
454
00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:54,685
We just want to hear
her side of the story.
455
00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:57,655
Astrea's presence here
signifies her recognition
456
00:20:57,657 --> 00:20:58,956
that any relief
457
00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:00,825
that she is to receive
458
00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:03,828
will have to come
from a higher authority.
459
00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:06,731
I cannot stop them
from entering this church,
460
00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:09,000
but I will lay down my life
461
00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:11,035
to protect the rights
of black women everywhere.
462
00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:12,770
( crowd cheering )
463
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:16,507
Be it from you,
from your uniformed brethren
464
00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:18,442
or an entire city.
465
00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,845
( cheers and applause )
466
00:21:20,847 --> 00:21:24,048
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
467
00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:29,820
EATON:
Do you hear it?
468
00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:38,763
That is the sound
of rage, gentlemen.
469
00:21:38,765 --> 00:21:42,533
And it's a rage
that will be louder in 24 hours
470
00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,669
and louder than that in 48.
471
00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:46,771
And that is the fault
472
00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:49,774
of the New York City
police department,
473
00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:52,610
which doesn't even
have the sensitivity
474
00:21:52,612 --> 00:21:54,979
to send a black
investigator up here.
475
00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,014
But it's also the fault
476
00:21:57,016 --> 00:22:00,551
of corrupt and crumbling
black officials
477
00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:02,687
who will sell their very soul
478
00:22:02,689 --> 00:22:05,456
in the betrayal
of their own people.
479
00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:06,824
It will not stop
480
00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:09,927
until the fires of oppression
481
00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:11,562
have been quenched.
482
00:22:11,564 --> 00:22:13,064
Until the racial
iniquities
483
00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:15,666
and the sexual
abuses of white...
484
00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:17,902
Stop! Stop it!
485
00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:19,970
Astrea, do you want
to talk to us?
486
00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:21,005
The child is traumatized.
487
00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,673
I won't allow her
to be badgered.
488
00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:23,841
Stay out of this!
489
00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,343
Mike.
490
00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:26,844
EATON:
Understand
something, Detective.
491
00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:28,779
You are dangerously
close to a civil suit.
492
00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:30,114
Oh, that's fine, Congressman,
493
00:22:30,116 --> 00:22:31,916
but, while you're hunting around
for some ink,
494
00:22:31,918 --> 00:22:33,818
what about her case?
495
00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:34,919
Hey, hey, come on now.
496
00:22:34,921 --> 00:22:36,854
Let's please stick to the point.
497
00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:38,556
We're getting nothing...
498
00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:39,990
You're getting nothing?
499
00:22:39,992 --> 00:22:41,859
You got no business here.
500
00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:45,096
You're just trying
to break her emotionally.
501
00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:47,598
I can't do this!
I don't want to hear it, please!
502
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,568
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
503
00:22:50,570 --> 00:22:51,669
Oh, my baby.
504
00:22:51,671 --> 00:22:52,903
Oh, God...
505
00:23:11,758 --> 00:23:13,891
REPORTER:
What's going on,
Detective?
506
00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:15,426
No comment.
507
00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:16,960
How come white cops are
here to interrogate her
508
00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:18,629
when there have been
accusations made
509
00:23:18,631 --> 00:23:19,630
that white cops raped her.
510
00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:21,665
The department has no comment
511
00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:24,769
other than to state that we
were there only to listen.
512
00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:26,771
We did not ask Miss Crawford
513
00:23:26,773 --> 00:23:27,972
to accompany us to the station.
514
00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:29,673
There aren't
any black uniforms.
515
00:23:29,675 --> 00:23:31,142
What message is
the city trying to send
516
00:23:31,144 --> 00:23:32,777
to the black
community, Detective?
517
00:23:32,779 --> 00:23:34,979
( reporters clamoring )
518
00:23:34,981 --> 00:23:36,714
Terrific.
Exactly what we need.
519
00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:38,115
CRAGEN:
You saw the statement.
520
00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:39,784
We did not go in
to take her out.
521
00:23:39,786 --> 00:23:41,051
The statement?
The statement means nothing
522
00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:43,854
when she's carted off
in an ambulance.
523
00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:45,790
She accuses white cops,
I don't even see...
524
00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:48,192
You don't come into my office
and accuse my people.
525
00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:49,193
Use your head!
526
00:23:49,195 --> 00:23:50,761
You jumped into this
527
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,197
like it's some
by-the-numbers rape.
528
00:23:53,199 --> 00:23:56,667
It's a whole collection
of unverified accusations,
529
00:23:56,669 --> 00:23:58,702
news flashes and sound bites.
530
00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:00,905
Fine! You got anything
under your hat besides speeches?
531
00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:04,575
Yeah. Your people are yanked off
this case as of now.
532
00:24:04,577 --> 00:24:06,777
This is no longer
a police matter.
533
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:19,156
"Police drive Crawford girl
to breakdown."
534
00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:22,159
Nothing like starting
in your own end zone.
535
00:24:22,161 --> 00:24:24,595
Nine yards in.
536
00:24:24,597 --> 00:24:27,031
Cragen's office
called last night.
537
00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:29,600
The two uniforms Eaton named
have substantiated alibis
538
00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:30,935
for the time in question.
539
00:24:30,937 --> 00:24:32,470
Did you see this?
540
00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:34,505
The FBI's rape kit results.
No indications.
541
00:24:34,507 --> 00:24:37,074
Gynecological tests, forensics--
all negative.
542
00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:39,543
She faked it.
543
00:24:39,544 --> 00:24:41,077
Well, at this point,
all we know is what's on paper.
544
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,913
Do you think
Eaton's willing
545
00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:45,149
to stake his political
future on this?
546
00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:47,485
If this plays out,
he's a genius.
547
00:24:47,487 --> 00:24:51,088
He goes from gang member
to rabble-rouser to congressman
548
00:24:51,090 --> 00:24:54,058
to spokesman for
the entire black community.
549
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:55,960
He's an urban Horatio Alger.
550
00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:57,828
Go militant, young man.
551
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,680
Or it turns south
552
00:24:59,681 --> 00:25:01,531
and he loses credence
on both sides of the track.
553
00:25:01,534 --> 00:25:03,667
Do you see any indication
of him turning south?
554
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:06,003
The whole burden of proof
is on us.
555
00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:08,072
He's put the whole system
on trial.
556
00:25:08,074 --> 00:25:09,540
So this isn't enough then.
557
00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,642
We don't disprove
a cover-up,
558
00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:13,978
every minority in this city
will assume that Eaton is right,
559
00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,180
no matter how many
of those lab reports we publish.
560
00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:19,517
So how do we
counter the momentum?
561
00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:21,051
Call Eaton.
562
00:25:30,062 --> 00:25:33,631
Interesting place
for a meeting.
563
00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:36,100
I thought you should
see firsthand
564
00:25:36,102 --> 00:25:37,535
what it's all about.
565
00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:39,537
Maybe the cobwebs
will fall.
566
00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:40,638
From my eyes?
567
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:41,972
From your heart.
568
00:25:41,974 --> 00:25:44,575
My best wishes
for the girl's health aside,
569
00:25:44,577 --> 00:25:46,644
I didn't come here
for a speech.
570
00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:48,012
I know that, Mr. Stone,
571
00:25:48,014 --> 00:25:50,548
or I wouldn't have
agreed to see you.
572
00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:52,917
Nurse Kent to nurses station.
P.A.:
573
00:25:52,919 --> 00:25:55,986
to nurse's station three.
Nurse Kent
574
00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:59,890
You want to know where
I'm planning on taking this.
575
00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:03,894
You want me to give you
a free glimpse of the future.
576
00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:07,031
Look, it's fairly obvious
you have a private agenda.
577
00:26:07,033 --> 00:26:08,933
Of course
I have an agenda.
578
00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:12,336
Your system isn't serving
the African-American population.
579
00:26:12,338 --> 00:26:14,338
Let's dial this
back a second.
580
00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:16,574
Does your system
have any evidence
581
00:26:16,576 --> 00:26:18,275
that the rape
was committed?
582
00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:20,744
Because my system
has found nothing
583
00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:22,913
to suggest a crime
actually took place,
584
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,149
nor do I have access
to the victim.
585
00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:27,351
And you won't.
586
00:26:27,353 --> 00:26:30,688
I believe Astrea
completely, but...
587
00:26:30,690 --> 00:26:32,590
if I give you what she's got,
588
00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:35,025
I run the risk of it
being squashed.
589
00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:37,027
Do you think I don't know
590
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:40,097
how many people would like
to see this thing disappear?
591
00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,032
Even if there was a cover-up,
592
00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,134
the press has made
that impossible at this stage.
593
00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:47,037
That's not a risk
I'm willing to take.
594
00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:48,305
We've come too far.
595
00:26:48,307 --> 00:26:50,240
Yeah, but you are
willing to risk
596
00:26:50,242 --> 00:26:53,010
the emotional health
of a teenager
597
00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:55,646
and my ability to try
the perpetrators?
598
00:26:55,648 --> 00:26:59,249
I'm only here
to help the Crawfords.
599
00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:01,435
Look, you want to do
600
00:27:01,436 --> 00:27:03,620
your Martin Luther King
imitation, be my guest,
601
00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:05,322
but don't think for one second
that I'm giving up.
602
00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:07,057
I don't care if Astrea's
603
00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:09,193
black, white, yellow
or polka-dotted.
604
00:27:09,195 --> 00:27:11,395
If she was raped,
I'll find the cops,
605
00:27:11,397 --> 00:27:14,131
I'll prosecute them
and I'll convict them.
606
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:16,367
White cops?
607
00:27:16,369 --> 00:27:18,302
Black girl?
608
00:27:18,304 --> 00:27:20,704
If?
609
00:27:20,706 --> 00:27:23,340
Who are you kidding?
610
00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:26,210
You don't want me
to find them, do you?
611
00:27:26,212 --> 00:27:30,214
Why shoot rats when you
can go big-game hunting?
612
00:27:30,216 --> 00:27:33,083
And whose heads do you
want on your wall?
613
00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:35,119
Cragen's...
614
00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:37,688
the police commissioner's...
615
00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:39,356
yours.
616
00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:40,791
There he is.
617
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,225
Will you give us
a statement, Mr. Stone?
618
00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:44,728
We are trying
to investigate a crime
619
00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:48,032
without any assistance
from the alleged victim.
620
00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:49,756
Alleged? Does that
mean the D.A.
621
00:27:49,757 --> 00:27:51,479
does not believe Astrea
Crawford's story?
622
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,202
The temperature
on the three nights in question
623
00:27:53,205 --> 00:27:55,606
was in the low 30's,
624
00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:58,008
yet emergency room personnel
found no evidence of exposure.
625
00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:01,078
The FBI, not the NYPD,
ran a rape kit,
626
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,746
the results were negative.
627
00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:04,381
You can draw
your own conclusions.
628
00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:07,351
Why was the request
for a photo array denied?
629
00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:10,220
The police have adhered to
normal investigative procedure.
630
00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:13,090
What if the girl
had been white?
631
00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:16,760
Would you have released
the photos of black cops?
632
00:28:16,762 --> 00:28:19,363
ADA Stone and I
have just concluded
633
00:28:19,365 --> 00:28:23,233
a lengthy meeting
on the Crawford attack.
634
00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:26,303
Unfortunately, Mr. Stone's
myopic view of the case
635
00:28:26,305 --> 00:28:28,038
only served to dampen
636
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,408
any hopes I had harbored
of a fair investigation
637
00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:35,179
into the action of this city's
law enforcement officers.
638
00:28:35,181 --> 00:28:36,647
Do you believe
the D.A. is capable
639
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,114
of an impartial
investigation, Congressman?
640
00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:40,818
I believe there's
a tacit agreement
641
00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:43,487
running through the power
structure of this city.
642
00:28:43,489 --> 00:28:46,056
If Astrea Crawford
had been white
643
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:47,424
and her attackers black...
644
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:48,892
That's not the point, Adam.
645
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:51,161
I know the facts,
you do, he does.
646
00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:52,296
I'm certain Eaton
knows the facts.
647
00:28:52,298 --> 00:28:54,331
But the press,
and thus the public
648
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,300
hear what he wants
them to hear.
649
00:28:56,302 --> 00:28:57,768
Is he lying?
650
00:28:57,770 --> 00:29:00,137
I think he believed her
at first.
651
00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:01,505
But even if he doesn't
believe her now,
652
00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:04,141
it's too good an opportunity
for him to let go.
653
00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:05,509
Every move we make
rings cover-up.
654
00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:07,344
We go too slow,
we're dragging our feet.
655
00:29:07,346 --> 00:29:09,146
Too fast, we're after the girl.
656
00:29:09,148 --> 00:29:10,748
I can read a lousy hand.
657
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:12,149
What do you want to do?
658
00:29:12,151 --> 00:29:13,751
I want a grand jury impaneled.
659
00:29:13,753 --> 00:29:14,752
I want to run it.
660
00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:17,121
The last shot out of the gun.
661
00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,355
If it doesn't turn there...
662
00:29:18,357 --> 00:29:19,890
We're dead,
I know.
663
00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:21,391
But we're face down
as it is.
664
00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:22,860
It could get worse
before it gets better.
665
00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:24,394
The one hope
is the boyfriend
666
00:29:24,396 --> 00:29:26,396
if he admits
that she was with him.
667
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:28,265
I'll take a shot.
668
00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:35,806
That's different than what you
told your youth officer.
669
00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:37,207
Plus you told the police
670
00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,409
you had seen her
a few days previous.
671
00:29:39,411 --> 00:29:40,444
Maybe.
672
00:29:40,446 --> 00:29:41,912
Which is it?
673
00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:43,313
All I know is I didn't see her
674
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:46,216
the three days
before I got busted.
675
00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:49,319
We have hair and fibers
samples from the crack house
676
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:50,420
that say otherwise, Jordan.
677
00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:52,823
I don't care.
I didn't see her.
678
00:29:52,825 --> 00:29:56,226
Has anyone spoken to you
about the three days?
679
00:29:56,228 --> 00:29:57,227
Some.
680
00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:58,362
Eaton?
681
00:29:58,364 --> 00:30:01,965
My nephew does not
lie, Mr. Robinette.
682
00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:03,901
And certainly
not to a man
683
00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:06,503
as esteemed
as Mr. Eaton.
684
00:30:06,505 --> 00:30:08,138
Thank you, ma'am.
685
00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,506
That's very helpful.
686
00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:12,476
If he told Mr. Eaton
that's what happened,
687
00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:14,378
then that's
what happened.
688
00:30:14,380 --> 00:30:16,380
I'll be in touch with Jordan
689
00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:18,582
if I need him
for the grand jury.
690
00:30:18,584 --> 00:30:20,851
I'm assuming you'd be willing
691
00:30:20,853 --> 00:30:22,519
to state the same
under oath?
692
00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:24,221
You got that right.
693
00:30:24,223 --> 00:30:26,256
Watch your mouth,
young man.
694
00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:27,558
You going
to subpoena him?
695
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,559
No, he'd lie.
696
00:30:28,561 --> 00:30:30,260
We'd prove he
perjured himself,
697
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:31,261
he'd lose
his work program.
698
00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:32,796
What for?
699
00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:34,330
The faint rumblings
of a heart in there?
700
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:35,499
No, that's a brain
701
00:30:35,501 --> 00:30:38,302
and it's decided
to subpoena Miss Crawford.
702
00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:40,304
Talk about backlash.
703
00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:42,273
What choice have we got?
704
00:30:42,274 --> 00:30:44,241
If we don't let her testify,
they'll scream cover-up.
705
00:30:44,243 --> 00:30:46,343
When we do, what do you think
Eaton'll scream then?
706
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:47,344
I don't know.
707
00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:48,312
We'll find out.
708
00:30:48,314 --> 00:30:50,380
I think I'll subpoena him, too.
709
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,254
STONE:
In your expert opinion,
Miss Wilkes, would you say
710
00:30:57,256 --> 00:31:00,290
there are characteristics
most often associated
711
00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:02,860
with false allegations
of sexual assault
712
00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:04,294
in the Crawford case?
713
00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:06,230
There are certain
characteristics
714
00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:08,332
that are present in this case
715
00:31:08,334 --> 00:31:11,401
that tend to appear more often
in false allegations
716
00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:14,238
than in the case
of true sexual assault.
717
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,873
In the Crawford case,
specifically,
718
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:17,908
are there any physical
characteristics
719
00:31:17,910 --> 00:31:20,277
that match
the established guidelines
720
00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:21,879
for false allegations?
721
00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:23,280
Yes, there were.
722
00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:24,648
Would you list them, please?
723
00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:27,451
Miss Crawford's damage
to her clothing
724
00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:30,587
was inconsistent
with that of her injuries.
725
00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:35,292
Writing on the body is also
very common in false allegation
726
00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:36,660
as is self-mutilation.
727
00:31:36,662 --> 00:31:39,396
And probably
most important of all,
728
00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:43,233
the expected laboratory findings
of rape are absent.
729
00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:45,502
EATON:
The district attorney's office,
730
00:31:45,504 --> 00:31:48,338
in an attempt
to fracture our resolve,
731
00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:50,958
has issued subpoenas
732
00:31:50,959 --> 00:31:53,577
for myself and my clients,
Astrea Crawford and her mother.
733
00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,379
I've agreed to testify
734
00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:57,681
only to show
the vicious indifference
735
00:31:57,683 --> 00:32:01,285
within this city's
lily-white power structure
736
00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:05,289
as young Astrea Crawford's
cries for justice go unheeded.
737
00:32:05,291 --> 00:32:06,990
( crowd cheers )
738
00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:08,458
So upon hearing
of Miss Crawford's
739
00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:10,944
alleged rape in the papers,
740
00:32:10,945 --> 00:32:13,429
you contacted her family
with an offer of your services?
741
00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:16,333
My help to a
constituent, Mr. Stone.
742
00:32:16,335 --> 00:32:17,668
I supply no services.
743
00:32:17,670 --> 00:32:20,337
And this help was in the form
of a suggestion
744
00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:22,339
to Miss Crawford
and her family
745
00:32:22,341 --> 00:32:23,941
that they not cooperate
746
00:32:23,943 --> 00:32:26,476
with the duly constituted
authorities
747
00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:28,345
in this investigation?
748
00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:31,415
I embraced the family's
hope for justice.
749
00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:34,985
Only in subsequently
bonding together as a whole,
750
00:32:34,987 --> 00:32:38,655
our desires for justice
for Astrea, the individual
751
00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,390
were only surpassed
752
00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:43,393
by those issues lying
on the larger plane.
753
00:32:43,395 --> 00:32:45,295
Which are?
754
00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:48,532
Four centuries of oppression,
Mr. Stone.
755
00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:51,668
We became front-line activists
in the struggle
756
00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:56,340
to uproot a system of injustice
through this particular case.
757
00:32:56,342 --> 00:32:59,309
Congressman, the purpose
of this grand jury
758
00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:02,145
is to determine whether
a particular crime
759
00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:03,680
has been committed
760
00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:07,117
and if so, is there
an attempt to bury it
761
00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:10,754
as has been charged in various
public forums by yourself.
762
00:33:10,756 --> 00:33:13,423
Therein lies the problem,
Mr. Stone,
763
00:33:13,425 --> 00:33:14,758
for the real agenda here
764
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,461
should be the American
system of justice
765
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:19,997
and its treatment
of black Americans
766
00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:22,566
versus that of whites.
767
00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:25,134
For better or for worse,
it's the only system we've got
768
00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:26,603
and circumventing it, sir,
769
00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:29,172
no matter how noble
the perceived ends,
770
00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,808
cannot be justified.
771
00:33:31,809 --> 00:33:34,443
If you persist in preventing
Miss Crawford and her family
772
00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:36,113
from testifying
before this jury,
773
00:33:36,115 --> 00:33:38,382
I have no other alternative,
sir,
774
00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:41,618
but to go to warrant
for their arrest.
775
00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:43,620
We must have the truth, sir.
776
00:33:43,622 --> 00:33:46,023
Not only
for the black community,
777
00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:49,192
but for every one
of the citizens of this city.
778
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:51,395
You leave me no other option.
779
00:33:51,397 --> 00:33:54,765
Then you'll have
to excuse me, Mr. Stone,
780
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:02,372
for I can find
no justifiable reason
781
00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:04,174
to become a party
782
00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:07,144
to this mockery
of truth and equality.
783
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,720
ROBINETTE:
Your Honor, as the evidence
clearly establishes,
784
00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:18,972
defendants were served subpoenas
785
00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:21,223
ten days previous to notice
of grand jury appearances.
786
00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,293
They have, as
the evidence shows,
787
00:34:23,295 --> 00:34:26,096
willfully and deliberately
failed to appear.
788
00:34:26,098 --> 00:34:29,299
The people request immediate
determination of contempt
789
00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:31,068
and ask the court
to impose
790
00:34:31,070 --> 00:34:33,136
maximum sentence
provided by law.
791
00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:35,439
Mr. Gaines?
792
00:34:35,441 --> 00:34:38,408
The defendants' stated position
793
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:41,244
has been clear on this issue
for some time, Your Honor.
794
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:42,813
The DA's issuing
of said subpoenas
795
00:34:42,815 --> 00:34:44,815
was a clear attempt
to break the resolve
796
00:34:44,817 --> 00:34:46,850
of this girl's stance
on racial justice.
797
00:34:46,852 --> 00:34:48,785
Spare me the diatribe,
Counselor.
798
00:34:48,787 --> 00:34:50,754
This is a hearing, not a trial.
799
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:52,756
While there is,
unfortunately,
800
00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,858
much truth in
the stated position
801
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,660
that minorities in this city
802
00:34:56,662 --> 00:34:58,295
often fall
onto uneven terrain
803
00:34:58,297 --> 00:35:00,130
within the court system,
804
00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:03,200
that is not reason enough
for your clients to ignore
805
00:35:03,202 --> 00:35:05,202
the lawful mandates
of this court.
806
00:35:05,204 --> 00:35:07,170
Is it your intention
807
00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:09,739
to show
any pertinent information
808
00:35:09,741 --> 00:35:12,309
in the defense
of this contempt citation?
809
00:35:12,311 --> 00:35:14,744
Apparently none that
would do any good, Your Honor,
810
00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:16,246
as it is becoming
readily apparent
811
00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:18,215
that the court's mind
is already made up.
812
00:35:18,217 --> 00:35:20,283
Tread lightly, Mr. Gaines.
813
00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:22,252
I'm becoming annoyed.
814
00:35:22,254 --> 00:35:27,791
Given the legal document
submitted by the People
815
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:31,294
and the lack
of any substantive defense,
816
00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:35,265
this court finds both defendants
guilty of contempt.
817
00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:37,400
You are hereby sentenced
as follows:
818
00:35:37,402 --> 00:35:39,803
Mrs. Thelma Crawford
819
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:44,207
$250 fine along with
30 days incarceration.
820
00:35:44,209 --> 00:35:48,512
Miss Astrea Crawford, 30 days
in a suitable juvenile facility.
821
00:35:48,514 --> 00:35:50,747
At the end of that time
822
00:35:50,749 --> 00:35:52,716
or before if they
wish to cooperate,
823
00:35:52,718 --> 00:35:54,518
I will see them
in this courtroom.
824
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,187
Your Honor, request
incarceration be delayed
825
00:35:57,189 --> 00:36:00,323
until immediately after
the next grand jury date,
826
00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:03,360
so that defendants can reflect
upon the court's decision?
827
00:36:03,362 --> 00:36:05,896
So ordered.
828
00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:09,232
Yes, Mr. Gaines?
829
00:36:09,234 --> 00:36:10,934
Congressman Eaton
would like to make
830
00:36:10,936 --> 00:36:12,502
a brief statement, Your Honor.
831
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,571
With all due respect
to Congressman Eaton,
832
00:36:14,573 --> 00:36:17,274
he has no business
in this court, Mr. Gaines.
833
00:36:17,276 --> 00:36:20,877
Justice silenced
is justice denied, Your Honor.
834
00:36:20,879 --> 00:36:24,881
Congressman Eaton,
go ahead, sir.
835
00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:30,754
Your Honor, for the record,
I'd like to state
836
00:36:30,756 --> 00:36:32,455
an overwhelming sense
of disappointment
837
00:36:32,457 --> 00:36:34,591
at the court's handling
of this affair.
838
00:36:34,593 --> 00:36:36,193
JUDGE:
Excuse me.
839
00:36:36,195 --> 00:36:38,195
Sir.
840
00:36:38,197 --> 00:36:42,199
Yours and Mr. Gaines'
clear implication
841
00:36:42,201 --> 00:36:45,202
is that I have been sitting here
oppressing black Americans
842
00:36:45,204 --> 00:36:47,204
and I will not have it.
843
00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:50,307
And while I'm
on the subject,
844
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:53,476
this court would like
to advise the defendants.
845
00:36:53,478 --> 00:36:55,345
In my legal opinion
846
00:36:55,347 --> 00:36:58,615
you have had reprehensible
and irresponsible advice
847
00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:00,550
from their retained counsel.
848
00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:04,621
I hope you take
what time has been granted
849
00:37:04,623 --> 00:37:08,825
to fully examine the situation
and purge the contempt citation.
850
00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:10,827
This court
does not relish
851
00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:12,996
having you spend
one hour in jail
852
00:37:12,998 --> 00:37:15,465
for what it perceives to be
853
00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:17,534
the self-serving actions
of others.
854
00:37:17,536 --> 00:37:20,837
If Eaton convinces the girl
and her mother
855
00:37:20,839 --> 00:37:23,907
to be martyrs
and take the 30 days,
856
00:37:23,909 --> 00:37:25,642
we're dead in the water.
857
00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:30,513
Suppose Angela Wilkes'
theory is right--
858
00:37:30,515 --> 00:37:34,918
that this thing started
as a child's fib.
859
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,586
Do you think you could prove
860
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:39,589
that Eaton took the ball,
orchestrated for the media,
861
00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,658
and keep the mother
and the girl out of it?
862
00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:43,660
I don't think that will fly.
863
00:37:43,662 --> 00:37:46,263
It would be like a witch hunt.
864
00:37:46,265 --> 00:37:48,665
We're jumping around
looking for a villain,
865
00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:51,901
and I actually think Eaton
might still believe the girl.
866
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,406
We may have one more shot.
867
00:37:56,408 --> 00:37:58,408
Give me the day.
868
00:37:58,410 --> 00:37:59,676
MAN:
Why me?
869
00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:01,411
Because he'll see you.
870
00:38:01,413 --> 00:38:03,947
Just your presence
will diffuse the situation.
871
00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:05,682
I'll do the talking.
872
00:38:05,684 --> 00:38:07,284
Paul, I just know the man
873
00:38:07,286 --> 00:38:09,019
from the rubber
chicken circuit.
874
00:38:09,021 --> 00:38:11,421
I know I can
cut this short.
875
00:38:11,423 --> 00:38:13,657
He's got to be feeling
pressure at this point.
876
00:38:13,659 --> 00:38:15,692
If I can provide him
with a graceful exit,
877
00:38:15,694 --> 00:38:17,294
he might take it.
878
00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:18,812
Or he eats you for lunch,
879
00:38:18,813 --> 00:38:20,329
holds you up to the press
as a "Tom Messenger"
880
00:38:20,332 --> 00:38:21,631
sent by the white
establishment.
881
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,750
So what?
882
00:38:23,751 --> 00:38:25,868
So what, we sit back and watch
him tear the city in half?
883
00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:28,872
He's already set back
race relations 30 years.
884
00:38:28,874 --> 00:38:30,573
I work with these people.
885
00:38:30,575 --> 00:38:31,641
I know how they feel.
886
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:32,642
There is no cover-up.
887
00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:34,344
You know me.
888
00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,513
You think I'd be
a party to it?
889
00:38:36,515 --> 00:38:39,049
It's unbelievable.
890
00:38:39,051 --> 00:38:42,352
I become a lawyer,
turn down Wall Street,
891
00:38:42,354 --> 00:38:43,987
go into the one area
I think I can help
892
00:38:43,989 --> 00:38:46,456
and everybody thinks
I'm a damn Oreo.
893
00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:47,924
Excuse me, Father.
894
00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:49,142
Maybe there's another way.
895
00:38:49,143 --> 00:38:50,359
Have you talked to the mother?
896
00:38:50,362 --> 00:38:51,895
Eaton's got his hand
in her back.
897
00:38:51,897 --> 00:38:53,930
She's talking,
but he's pulling the strings.
898
00:38:53,932 --> 00:38:55,665
The Crawford's
are parishioners.
899
00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:58,468
If I can get her
to talk to you alone...
900
00:38:58,470 --> 00:39:00,570
I'll take a run at her.
901
00:39:00,572 --> 00:39:02,972
THELMA:
Mr. Robinette?
902
00:39:10,515 --> 00:39:12,515
You okay?
903
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:13,917
Yeah.
904
00:39:13,919 --> 00:39:17,487
Father Warren said
you wanted to talk to me?
905
00:39:17,489 --> 00:39:20,924
How about we go get some coffee?
906
00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:24,027
I can't stay long.
907
00:39:24,029 --> 00:39:27,364
This thing has gotten...
908
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:29,599
I don't know what to do.
909
00:39:29,601 --> 00:39:32,001
It's gone too far.
910
00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:34,604
Did it happen?
911
00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:37,006
Did any of it happen?
912
00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:40,777
She's pregnant.
913
00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:43,713
The Hill boy.
914
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:48,385
But we're Catholic.
915
00:39:48,387 --> 00:39:50,787
She was terrified.
916
00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:53,656
Her daddy,
he has a terrible temper.
917
00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:56,059
She wanted to have an abortion.
918
00:39:56,061 --> 00:39:59,496
She thought by saying
that white cops raped her
919
00:39:59,498 --> 00:40:00,697
that she would...
920
00:40:00,699 --> 00:40:03,767
He'd let her have it.
921
00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:08,037
I never thought
it would get this big.
922
00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:10,807
And this is a part of it?
923
00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:14,444
I had to tell him the truth.
924
00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:20,083
ROBINETTE:
That's not the point.
925
00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:21,518
Yeah? You give me the view
926
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:22,986
from where you sit,
Mr. Jives DA.
927
00:40:22,988 --> 00:40:25,688
and you tell me I got no
reason to be up behind this?
928
00:40:25,690 --> 00:40:28,458
I'm saying there's no reason
to go on with it.
929
00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:30,460
I'm giving you an out.
930
00:40:30,462 --> 00:40:31,694
The city will drop
the cross charges
931
00:40:31,696 --> 00:40:34,597
and the gag order
will work both ways.
932
00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:38,201
No quotes, no finger pointing
from anybody, including us.
933
00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:40,804
It will just disappear
from the papers?
934
00:40:40,806 --> 00:40:42,505
No fuel, no fire, Mr. Crawford.
935
00:40:42,507 --> 00:40:45,175
The press will print
other people's speculations,
936
00:40:45,177 --> 00:40:46,543
but they're not going
to print their own.
937
00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:48,678
Look, I don't know
what you need me for?
938
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,647
She's already
agreed to it.
939
00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:52,048
It won't work unless
everyone's in agreement.
940
00:40:52,050 --> 00:40:53,082
And Eaton?
941
00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:54,784
That will be my problem.
942
00:40:57,722 --> 00:40:59,189
Fine.
943
00:41:04,529 --> 00:41:07,697
I'm sending a social worker by.
944
00:41:07,699 --> 00:41:10,533
Look, we don't need
any more help from you.
945
00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:19,676
That's not an option, Lester.
946
00:41:19,678 --> 00:41:22,479
You beat her again,
947
00:41:22,481 --> 00:41:26,082
I'll come at you
every way I know how.
948
00:41:56,815 --> 00:41:59,549
If what you're
telling me is true,
949
00:41:59,551 --> 00:42:01,918
you may be
the most simple-hearted,
950
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,622
down-the-river-nigger
ever to wear a tie.
951
00:42:05,624 --> 00:42:07,223
You want to call them?
952
00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:10,560
They won't pick up the phone.
953
00:42:10,562 --> 00:42:16,866
Don't you have any sense
of connection to your people?
954
00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,801
Cut the crap, Congressman.
955
00:42:18,803 --> 00:42:20,803
There are no cameras here.
956
00:42:20,805 --> 00:42:22,572
The thing was a hoax.
957
00:42:22,574 --> 00:42:23,840
It's over.
958
00:42:23,842 --> 00:42:24,908
Let it go.
959
00:42:24,910 --> 00:42:27,911
A hoax?
960
00:42:27,913 --> 00:42:31,681
You know that now.
961
00:42:31,683 --> 00:42:34,183
I know that now.
962
00:42:34,185 --> 00:42:37,587
But does it really
make a difference?
963
00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:41,858
What do you think the point
of all this madness was?
964
00:42:41,860 --> 00:42:44,827
Besides the obviously
self-serving aspects?
965
00:42:44,829 --> 00:42:48,598
How long do you think
it will be again
966
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,266
before an entire society
967
00:42:50,268 --> 00:42:53,269
is focused on an issue
of racial equality?
968
00:42:53,271 --> 00:42:56,739
Ends justifying the means.
969
00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:58,841
You look me in the eye
970
00:42:58,843 --> 00:43:02,612
and you tell me this system
is just, this system is equal.
971
00:43:02,614 --> 00:43:04,914
At times the system
stinks, Eaton.
972
00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:07,617
I know that as well as you do.
973
00:43:07,619 --> 00:43:08,851
But don't for one damn minute
tell me
974
00:43:08,853 --> 00:43:11,287
that your self-aggrandizing
polarization
975
00:43:11,289 --> 00:43:14,457
is going to solve the problem.
976
00:43:14,458 --> 00:43:17,626
Don't tell me that tearing down
a 200-year-old justice system,
977
00:43:17,629 --> 00:43:19,429
no matter how flawed,
978
00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:21,230
is going to alter
the consciousness of a society.
979
00:43:21,232 --> 00:43:24,634
We're past the separate
drinking fountain stage.
980
00:43:24,636 --> 00:43:27,303
We're past legal
discrimination.
981
00:43:27,305 --> 00:43:29,973
We're at the hearts
and minds stage.
982
00:43:29,975 --> 00:43:32,742
And believe me,
983
00:43:32,744 --> 00:43:35,812
there's no quick fix.
984
00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:40,883
Your intentions
might have been good,
985
00:43:40,885 --> 00:43:43,886
but your execution stunk.
986
00:43:43,888 --> 00:43:45,922
Another zombified soul
987
00:43:45,924 --> 00:43:51,894
casts his vote for order
rather than justice.
988
00:43:51,896 --> 00:43:57,967
Negative peace
over positive peace.
989
00:43:57,969 --> 00:44:00,903
Paraphrasing
Martin Luther King's thoughts
990
00:44:00,905 --> 00:44:03,039
won't lend credence to yours.
991
00:44:03,041 --> 00:44:05,041
King walked with the angels.
992
00:44:05,043 --> 00:44:10,680
You slide in slime on your belly
to get what you want.
993
00:44:12,651 --> 00:44:16,953
SCHIFF:
So you said we're out
and they agreed to what?
994
00:44:16,955 --> 00:44:18,688
Gag orders all around.
995
00:44:18,690 --> 00:44:20,256
We drop
the cross complaints...
996
00:44:20,258 --> 00:44:22,025
Drop the... What the hell
does that get us?
997
00:44:22,027 --> 00:44:24,661
Get us?
998
00:44:24,663 --> 00:44:26,963
It's not the best deal on the
surface, but it's livable.
999
00:44:26,965 --> 00:44:28,798
It'll work, it'll help the
press deflate themselves.
1000
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,800
Cops were named,
records maligned...
1001
00:44:30,802 --> 00:44:32,969
What? You want
no casualties?
1002
00:44:32,971 --> 00:44:35,805
Six months, the people
will know it was a hoax.
1003
00:44:35,807 --> 00:44:37,006
It'll be back page news.
1004
00:44:41,413 --> 00:44:43,746
He'll live with it.
1005
00:44:43,748 --> 00:44:46,416
By morning,
he'll probably love it.
1006
00:44:46,418 --> 00:44:48,284
You think I sold out?
1007
00:44:48,286 --> 00:44:51,688
Does it matter
what I think?
1008
00:44:51,690 --> 00:44:53,546
If it does, I'll tell you,
1009
00:44:53,547 --> 00:44:55,403
but it's something you got
to decide for yourself.
1010
00:44:55,404 --> 00:44:57,260
You-got-to-shave-yourself-
in-the-morning speech?
1011
00:44:57,262 --> 00:45:00,296
Maybe. You think of yourself
as a black lawyer,
1012
00:45:00,298 --> 00:45:01,931
or a lawyer who's black?
1013
00:45:01,933 --> 00:45:03,833
Depends on the context.
1014
00:45:03,835 --> 00:45:09,005
You made a decision
based on something from within.
1015
00:45:09,007 --> 00:45:10,807
You live with it,
you examine it.
1016
00:45:10,809 --> 00:45:11,874
It's all you got.
1017
00:45:13,912 --> 00:45:16,112
Think by morning
I'll come to love it?
1018
00:45:16,114 --> 00:45:18,848
No, but I don't think
you'll have any problem
1019
00:45:18,850 --> 00:45:20,983
with the guy in the mirror.
1020
00:45:20,985 --> 00:45:23,086
I'll see you tomorrow.