1 00:00:16,559 --> 00:00:17,894 [indistinct chatter] 2 00:00:18,728 --> 00:00:21,898 -[reporter 1] Ms. Harper! -[reporter 2] KJ! Can we get a comment? 3 00:00:21,981 --> 00:00:24,567 -[camera shutters clicking] -[reporter 3] Look this way, please! 4 00:00:26,652 --> 00:00:27,528 KJ! 5 00:00:27,612 --> 00:00:29,113 -Right here! -[reporter] Ms. Harper! 6 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:30,990 [reporters continue chattering] 7 00:00:31,115 --> 00:00:32,408 -KJ! -[reporter] Ms. Harper! 8 00:00:34,577 --> 00:00:35,578 [Fish] KJ! [elevator dings] 9 00:00:45,838 --> 00:00:46,964 [sobbing] 10 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,550 [grunting] 11 00:00:50,426 --> 00:00:51,302 [sniffling] 12 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,554 -[Wilcox] Yeah! All right, baby! -[whistling, clapping] 13 00:00:53,638 --> 00:00:55,139 You're almost there. Almost there. 14 00:00:55,223 --> 00:00:58,559 -Almost out of the woods, baby. -I told you we'd get past this. 15 00:00:58,643 --> 00:01:01,437 Three down, one to go. Fuck that prosecutor. 16 00:01:01,521 --> 00:01:05,399 And that's thanks to you. You and your brass fucking balls. 17 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:11,405 We need to make a statement, press our advantage. 18 00:01:11,489 --> 00:01:13,866 Stand behind me, keep your mouth shut. 19 00:01:18,329 --> 00:01:19,622 It is over. 20 00:01:25,336 --> 00:01:26,295 Let's go. 21 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:29,048 [Sam] My client is a victim of a hate-fueled campaign 22 00:01:29,131 --> 00:01:31,634 by a race-baiting zealot of a prosecutor. 23 00:01:31,717 --> 00:01:33,719 Ms. Harper is making a name for herself, 24 00:01:33,803 --> 00:01:38,015 but police officers who risk their lives every day for us are paying the price. 25 00:01:38,099 --> 00:01:39,642 Officer Jablonski, a number of your colleagues 26 00:01:39,725 --> 00:01:41,936 have been calling in sick, not reporting for duty, 27 00:01:42,019 --> 00:01:44,105 and now the city's facing a surge of violent crime. 28 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,316 As far as what's going to stop the unrest, who knows? 29 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,527 The governor calling in the National Guard? 30 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:50,736 Another dead cop? 31 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:54,157 There were 64 police officers killed in the line of duty this past year. 32 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,534 Well, our son was murdered this year. 33 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,579 Along with too many black boys to even count. So you do that math. 34 00:01:59,662 --> 00:02:02,707 -Okay, thank you for your time. -Well, where's your outrage for them? 35 00:02:03,124 --> 00:02:05,126 Where's the outrage for my son? 36 00:02:05,835 --> 00:02:07,879 -What if it was your child? -[reporters clamoring] 37 00:02:08,004 --> 00:02:09,755 Where are our children in all of this? 38 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:11,716 [woman] Mrs. Butler, how can this be a hate crime 39 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:14,010 if the officer didn't know your son was black? 40 00:02:14,093 --> 00:02:16,971 We're simple people, we don't have money for fancy lawyers like you. 41 00:02:17,054 --> 00:02:18,890 -But we work hard. -[man] Was your son in a gang-- 42 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:20,975 We live life right, we just want what's fair. 43 00:02:21,058 --> 00:02:24,103 -[protestors yelling indistinctly] -We deserve justice! 44 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:26,272 Our son deserves justice! 45 00:02:27,565 --> 00:02:29,400 [woman on TV] In a surprising development today 46 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:30,860 in the Brenton Butler trial, 47 00:02:30,943 --> 00:02:33,154 Prosecutor KJ Harper's mistake in court 48 00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:34,947 -may have cost her the case. -[door opens, closes] 49 00:02:35,031 --> 00:02:36,699 [man on TV] It was a stunning mistake 50 00:02:36,782 --> 00:02:38,451 for her to make in the courtroom. 51 00:02:38,534 --> 00:02:40,745 And as you can see, the response from the public, 52 00:02:40,828 --> 00:02:43,789 as in the courtroom, has really been quite dramatic. 53 00:02:43,873 --> 00:02:44,957 [turns TV off] 54 00:02:45,291 --> 00:02:46,792 -Get up! -[KJ moans] 55 00:02:47,627 --> 00:02:49,003 We got work to do! 56 00:02:49,378 --> 00:02:52,298 I know you've got a "Fuck off" in there, so let it out now, save some time. 57 00:02:52,381 --> 00:02:53,341 Gonna make coffee. 58 00:02:53,424 --> 00:02:55,051 I'm out of coffee. 59 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:59,055 -I want to watch TV. -I fucked up. 60 00:02:59,138 --> 00:03:01,474 I let that kid die. Now get up. 61 00:03:01,557 --> 00:03:03,476 -I can't. -You do it. 62 00:03:03,559 --> 00:03:04,810 -[KJ groans] -God! 63 00:03:05,227 --> 00:03:06,062 [KJ moans] 64 00:03:06,145 --> 00:03:09,273 Pull yourself together. Come on. Jesus! 65 00:03:09,357 --> 00:03:10,274 Whoa. 66 00:03:11,776 --> 00:03:12,818 [Fish sighs] 67 00:03:13,778 --> 00:03:14,904 No, I... 68 00:03:16,322 --> 00:03:18,741 I walked right into it. 69 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,704 I just handed her this prop for her goddamned show-and-tell. 70 00:03:24,580 --> 00:03:27,416 -I fucking blew it. -Join the fucking club. 71 00:03:27,959 --> 00:03:29,961 Doesn't mean you get to take your ball and go home. 72 00:03:30,086 --> 00:03:33,005 It doesn't matter. He's not going away. 73 00:03:33,089 --> 00:03:36,425 You do realize he's not gonna do any real time. 74 00:03:36,509 --> 00:03:38,719 -We still have death by auto. -We have shit. 75 00:03:38,803 --> 00:03:41,055 -And get off of me! I can walk! -Okay, then-- 76 00:03:41,138 --> 00:03:41,973 Ow! 77 00:03:43,266 --> 00:03:44,642 -Really? -[KJ sighs] 78 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:48,437 I picked up the purchase report from Jablonski's blue SUV. 79 00:03:48,521 --> 00:03:52,566 Oh, Jesus. We looked at that a million fucking times. 80 00:03:52,650 --> 00:03:55,903 Yeah, but we never looked for the grille guard. 81 00:03:56,696 --> 00:03:57,863 Look. 82 00:03:58,197 --> 00:04:00,199 It was there when Marie Jablonski bought the car, 83 00:04:00,283 --> 00:04:02,535 but not when he drove to the hospital the morning of the hit-and-run. 84 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:03,869 See? It's gone. 85 00:04:04,287 --> 00:04:07,540 And I checked the hospital footage for the day before the accident. 86 00:04:07,623 --> 00:04:10,126 They had a visit with the doctor and it was there. 87 00:04:10,668 --> 00:04:14,088 -[sighs] So? -So, it could be direct evidence 88 00:04:14,171 --> 00:04:16,424 linking Jablonski to the accident. 89 00:04:16,507 --> 00:04:18,301 Forensics can match it with Brenton's injuries. 90 00:04:18,384 --> 00:04:21,637 You can make the case that this specific car hit Brenton. 91 00:04:21,721 --> 00:04:25,975 It's gone, with the car, with every fucking thing, and-- 92 00:04:26,058 --> 00:04:29,478 You've got two choices here: you crawl back in that bottle and you die, or you get up off your ass and do your job. 93 00:04:33,566 --> 00:04:35,276 We broke a lot of promises. 94 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:39,739 Pretty fucking epic ones. 95 00:04:40,698 --> 00:04:41,907 We don't get to quit. 96 00:04:45,244 --> 00:04:48,080 Bring up the grille guard in court and see who flinches. 97 00:04:53,419 --> 00:04:55,880 Ain't nobody tryin' to see him play the black papa. 98 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:57,214 [audience laughing on TV] 99 00:04:57,298 --> 00:04:58,507 Ciao. 100 00:04:59,550 --> 00:05:00,885 Wow, Daryll, was that really... 101 00:05:00,968 --> 00:05:03,262 [DiAngelo] Your mom's gone, God rest her soul, 102 00:05:03,346 --> 00:05:06,265 and you still sucking them fucking cancer sticks. 103 00:05:06,349 --> 00:05:08,684 One of my vices. We all got 'em. 104 00:05:09,769 --> 00:05:11,896 Like you with that cop Jablonski. 105 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:15,524 The advice was free, my time isn't. I came here to talk business. 106 00:05:15,858 --> 00:05:16,901 Business? 107 00:05:17,443 --> 00:05:20,363 What, with all the trouble your boy caused? Please. 108 00:05:20,863 --> 00:05:22,656 Time for me to find a new partner. 109 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:25,576 One of you bitches under every rock in the pond, man. 110 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,536 The pond you refer to... 111 00:05:28,454 --> 00:05:30,039 is the size of a Dixie cup. 112 00:05:30,122 --> 00:05:34,085 You better be grateful for what you got and you watch your fucking tone with me. 113 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:36,670 I wonder what your boy Jablonski would think 114 00:05:36,754 --> 00:05:40,633 when he finds out that you're the one that put the nine mil in the uncle's hand? 115 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:44,970 He won't. 'Cause you're the only one privy. Ain't that right? 116 00:05:45,054 --> 00:05:46,514 [sirens wailing in distance] 117 00:05:48,307 --> 00:05:49,475 Blaze don't know. 118 00:05:49,558 --> 00:05:50,893 Nigga don't even fucking talk. 119 00:05:51,727 --> 00:05:52,645 But me? 120 00:05:52,728 --> 00:05:56,565 I'm a born conversationalist. Fucking soliloquies and shit. 121 00:05:57,983 --> 00:06:00,402 You threatening me, you cripple motherfucker? 122 00:06:00,903 --> 00:06:01,946 [Messiah] Look at you, man. 123 00:06:03,114 --> 00:06:05,783 You so soft for that boy, it makes me wonder, 124 00:06:06,242 --> 00:06:10,246 that prosecutor drag my ass into court, you gonna be soft then too? 125 00:06:12,498 --> 00:06:14,375 Throw me under the fucking bus? 126 00:06:23,092 --> 00:06:26,595 You should've fucked that little white boy when you had the chance, man. 127 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:33,269 [Messiah] What the fuck? 128 00:06:39,108 --> 00:06:40,276 [sniffs] 129 00:06:44,446 --> 00:06:46,323 You still good with 14 percent? 130 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,244 -I'll make it work. -Yeah, you will. 131 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:53,956 Throw this piece of shit in the river. 132 00:07:07,219 --> 00:07:08,304 [sighs] 133 00:07:17,021 --> 00:07:18,230 [sighs] 134 00:07:21,984 --> 00:07:23,194 Father God, 135 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:25,821 I come before you today to... 136 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:30,075 ask for your help and your guidance in Brenton's case. 137 00:07:39,460 --> 00:07:42,838 Why did you let this happen to an innocent child? 138 00:07:44,173 --> 00:07:45,841 Where was your mercy? 139 00:07:48,260 --> 00:07:51,347 I can't even close my eyes without seeing his... 140 00:07:52,181 --> 00:07:53,641 last seconds. 141 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:56,519 How alone he must have been. 142 00:07:58,437 --> 00:08:00,064 Show me something. 143 00:08:02,107 --> 00:08:03,943 Show me something... 144 00:08:04,485 --> 00:08:07,613 besides what's in my head. Please. 145 00:08:09,782 --> 00:08:13,702 'Cause I can't see past it right now. 146 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:23,546 Show me that you were there with him. 147 00:08:24,672 --> 00:08:25,756 Please. 148 00:08:31,971 --> 00:08:32,930 [sighs] 149 00:08:34,098 --> 00:08:36,308 [inhales and exhales sharply] 150 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,646 [protestors, group 1] Black lives matter! Black lives matter! 151 00:08:40,729 --> 00:08:43,065 [protestors, group 2] Blue lives matter! Blue lives matter! 152 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:45,693 Blue lives matter! Blue lives matter! 153 00:08:45,776 --> 00:08:47,403 She's gonna push to have all charges dismissed, 154 00:08:47,486 --> 00:08:49,905 so you have to convince the judge on this grille guard business. 155 00:08:49,989 --> 00:08:51,907 -Yeah, I know. -Emphasize, use the actual words, 156 00:08:51,991 --> 00:08:54,660 -see if one of them cracks. -Will you give me some space here, okay? 157 00:08:55,119 --> 00:08:56,120 [KJ sighs] 158 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:11,093 I thought she was the one with the conscience. 159 00:09:12,970 --> 00:09:14,179 She was. 160 00:09:14,263 --> 00:09:15,097 [door opens] 161 00:09:16,307 --> 00:09:17,308 [deputy] All rise. 162 00:09:18,601 --> 00:09:21,520 Court is now in session. The honorable Judge Robert Dolan presiding. 163 00:09:21,604 --> 00:09:22,855 [Dolan] Please be seated. 164 00:09:22,938 --> 00:09:26,191 Outbursts like the one yesterday will not be tolerated. 165 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:28,110 I hope I am making myself very clear. 166 00:09:28,694 --> 00:09:31,196 Ms. Hennessy, before I recall the jury, 167 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,699 I'll hear arguments on your motion to dismiss. 168 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:34,700 [Sam] Yes, Your Honor. 169 00:09:35,284 --> 00:09:38,287 Given that we heard testimony from the State's own witness 170 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:41,290 proving that the victim's race was indeterminable, 171 00:09:41,749 --> 00:09:45,044 I move to dismiss the hate crime charge against my client. 172 00:09:46,003 --> 00:09:49,381 Furthermore, the State hasn't proven any elements of the other charges. 173 00:09:49,465 --> 00:09:53,469 -Therefore, I move to dismiss all charges. -This is a gross overreach, Your Honor. 174 00:09:53,552 --> 00:09:56,055 The State is far from finished presenting its case. 175 00:09:56,138 --> 00:09:58,974 Upon redirect with Mr. Lee, we will establish evidence 176 00:09:59,058 --> 00:10:02,519 directly tying Officer Jablonski's car to the accident. 177 00:10:04,647 --> 00:10:08,400 The defendant's SUV originally had a grille guard attached to the front. 178 00:10:08,984 --> 00:10:12,321 We believe it sustained the lion's share of the accident impact. 179 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,915 [Sam] For the prosecution to introduce new evidence at this late stage-- 180 00:10:22,998 --> 00:10:24,541 [KJ] Hardly new evidence, Your Honor. 181 00:10:24,625 --> 00:10:27,670 It's a separate line of questioning based on evidence already in record. 182 00:10:27,753 --> 00:10:32,299 Evidence which, even if true, is nowhere near establishing my client's guilt. 183 00:10:33,592 --> 00:10:36,178 I think that's for the jury to decide, Ms. Hennessy. Not you. 184 00:10:38,180 --> 00:10:39,848 And the State will be presenting further evidence 185 00:10:39,932 --> 00:10:41,642 substantiating the hate crime charge. 186 00:10:43,060 --> 00:10:46,063 I'll give you some leeway, Ms. Harper, but not much. 187 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,190 Defense's motion to dismiss is denied. 188 00:10:48,899 --> 00:10:51,068 Your Honor, I still need time to prepare. 189 00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:52,277 You have an hour. 190 00:10:52,695 --> 00:10:54,947 Then I'll be bringing the jury back in to hear testimony. 191 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:56,865 Court stands in recess until 2:00 p.m. 192 00:11:04,665 --> 00:11:05,749 Should I be worried? 193 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:16,093 Right. 194 00:11:18,637 --> 00:11:19,596 We're good. 195 00:11:22,558 --> 00:11:23,559 Trice. 196 00:11:27,229 --> 00:11:28,647 Did you know about Brenton? 197 00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:31,066 I had thoughts. 198 00:11:32,776 --> 00:11:34,486 I believed he told me everything. 199 00:11:34,570 --> 00:11:35,487 [chuckles] 200 00:11:36,447 --> 00:11:38,198 Well, you raised him so he could. 201 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:40,701 I'm not sure I did. 202 00:11:43,162 --> 00:11:45,747 Isaiah, I had no right to say that to you. 203 00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:49,126 To say that you didn't love him. I know you did. 204 00:11:56,675 --> 00:11:57,801 [sighs] 205 00:12:03,599 --> 00:12:06,518 -What the fuck is going on? -Shut the fuck up, man. 206 00:12:06,602 --> 00:12:09,438 -The prosecutor knows where it is? -If she did, it'd be on display right now, 207 00:12:09,521 --> 00:12:10,606 front and center. 208 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:16,195 If Jablonski cracks, that grille guard's the only thing 209 00:12:16,278 --> 00:12:18,947 guaranteeing this shit lands squarely on him. 210 00:12:19,031 --> 00:12:20,032 All right? 211 00:12:20,782 --> 00:12:23,869 You think I'm gonna listen to you of all people on strategy? 212 00:12:23,952 --> 00:12:25,037 [chuckles] Yeah. 213 00:12:27,831 --> 00:12:32,377 'Cause out of all of us, my hands are the only ones stayed clean. 214 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:46,099 -Doing okay? Look a little queasy. -Get outta my face. 215 00:12:46,183 --> 00:12:48,477 If you're not feeling well, you should go to the hospital. 216 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,938 Maybe have the doctor take a look at those scratches on your arm. 217 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:56,443 Did she look you in the eye when you shoved the needle in her? 218 00:12:59,404 --> 00:13:01,448 Oh, you motherfucker, it was you. 219 00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:05,077 Hey, you better believe I'm coming right at you. 220 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:11,542 [man] The presence of a grille guard could certainly account 221 00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:15,295 for the low number of paint samples found in the victim's hair, yes. 222 00:13:15,379 --> 00:13:18,674 Are Brenton Butler's injuries consistent with this type of grille guard? 223 00:13:18,757 --> 00:13:19,591 [man] They are. 224 00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:23,929 [KJ] Mr. Lee, can you show the jury which of the victim's wounds 225 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,014 match the pattern of the defendant's grille guard? 226 00:13:26,098 --> 00:13:28,684 [Lee] These marks on the victim's scalp at the anterior side of the skull 227 00:13:31,436 --> 00:13:34,481 match the metal rod on this particular grille guard. 228 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,317 -Objection, Your Honor. -[KJ] On what grounds? 229 00:13:37,401 --> 00:13:39,403 [Dolan] Counselors, approach the bench. 230 00:13:41,196 --> 00:13:42,864 Your Honor, this is a blatant attempt 231 00:13:42,948 --> 00:13:45,200 to interrupt the flow of this witness' testimony. 232 00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:48,912 I'd like to renew my argument the trial be continued 233 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:50,914 until after I have a chance to study this new evidence. 234 00:13:50,998 --> 00:13:53,250 [KJ] Your Honor, you already ruled on this motion. 235 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:55,919 [Sam] That was until I understood the scope of the State's questions. 236 00:13:56,003 --> 00:13:58,505 [KJ] The State should at least be allowed to finish questioning. 237 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:02,884 [Sam] Your Honor, the defense needs ample time to study this new evidence. 238 00:14:02,968 --> 00:14:05,220 At least over this coming weekend. 239 00:14:05,304 --> 00:14:07,306 -[Sam continues indistinctly] -[Teresa gasps] 240 00:14:07,431 --> 00:14:08,390 [woman] Oh, my God! 241 00:14:08,473 --> 00:14:09,641 -[man] Back up! -[Wilcox] T! 242 00:14:11,018 --> 00:14:13,478 -[man] Come on, give her some room! -[low chatter] 243 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:16,398 -[Marie] Teresa! -[Wilcox] Take it easy, take it easy. 244 00:14:16,481 --> 00:14:18,317 -[man] She's all right. -[Wilcox] Easy, easy. 245 00:14:28,619 --> 00:14:32,664 Oh, my God, you're shaking like a leaf and you're so pale. 246 00:14:32,748 --> 00:14:35,751 -Are you sure you're okay? -Stop, I'm fine, I told you. 247 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:39,671 But you're not fine. You just passed out in there. 248 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:44,343 You need to take her to the urgent care. She needs to see a doctor. 249 00:14:44,426 --> 00:14:45,761 -No. -No, she don't. 250 00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:50,265 We got news. 251 00:14:50,766 --> 00:14:51,892 What news? 252 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:55,354 I guess she's still got that conscience. 253 00:14:55,437 --> 00:14:57,439 -Oh, my God! [laughs] -Yeah. 254 00:15:00,192 --> 00:15:03,153 None of the others even blinked at the mention of the grille guard. 255 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:05,322 Osorio's the one that killed Nadine. 256 00:15:06,531 --> 00:15:08,533 He's got scratch marks up and down his arm. 257 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:10,744 [KJ] I can get one of the office detectives to follow Teresa. 258 00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:12,579 You probably shouldn't be around them. 259 00:15:12,663 --> 00:15:13,705 I'm doing this. 260 00:15:14,539 --> 00:15:16,249 Something to keep in mind though about this crew 261 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:17,960 and how they handle loose ends, 262 00:15:19,002 --> 00:15:20,504 Messiah's missing too. 263 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:21,922 They're cleaning house. 264 00:15:22,381 --> 00:15:24,925 Which means we need to be extra careful with how we handle Teresa. Look, offer her immunity, just whatever you need. 265 00:15:27,928 --> 00:15:30,973 I'll do some research, dig up any skeletons if I can. 266 00:15:32,307 --> 00:15:34,726 Just don't let her out of your sight, okay? 267 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,146 -Mrs. Butler. -Today went well, right? 268 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:40,649 The testimony today establishes damage. 269 00:15:40,732 --> 00:15:42,484 Is it enough to put him away? 270 00:15:43,235 --> 00:15:46,488 Probably not. Uh, but court's in recess until Monday 271 00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:49,950 and I have another lead. It could be the break that we need. 272 00:15:50,325 --> 00:15:54,705 That man has the cops, the press, the entire justice system on his side. 273 00:15:57,207 --> 00:15:58,417 I have you. 274 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:17,686 [indistinct chatter] 275 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:35,829 [siren wailing in distance] [gasps] Get the fuck outta here. 276 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:33,762 We need to get you to a hospital. 277 00:17:33,845 --> 00:17:35,764 -Don't touch me! -All right. I won't, I won't. 278 00:17:35,847 --> 00:17:38,517 [whispers] Don't touch me. Don't touch me. 279 00:17:41,853 --> 00:17:42,938 How about... 280 00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:46,233 I just sit here? 281 00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:53,615 For as long as you want. 282 00:17:59,621 --> 00:18:01,540 [Teresa] Seriously, you didn't have to do this. 283 00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:02,749 [Marie] Yeah, we did. 284 00:18:02,833 --> 00:18:06,086 -It's a big deal. You're having a baby. -[rock music playing] 285 00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:08,922 -[men chatter indistinctly] -[Marie] You need this, especially now. -[DiAngelo] Hey, come on, get off. -[Marie] You gotta have some fun. 286 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,009 [Teresa] Isn't that bad luck? 287 00:18:13,093 --> 00:18:16,805 -Hey, listen up. Ladies, shut up. -[Marie] You're gonna be a great mom. 288 00:18:16,888 --> 00:18:17,889 All right, get up. 289 00:18:18,223 --> 00:18:22,018 I know it's early, but fuck it. We have got to celebrate good news for once. 290 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:23,770 Watch your fucking language, babe. 291 00:18:23,854 --> 00:18:26,189 Speech, speech, speech, speech. 292 00:18:26,273 --> 00:18:27,816 You're one hell of a cop. 293 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,193 You're gonna be one hell of a dad. 294 00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:32,654 [Osorio] The fuck is the matter with you? ¿Que te pasa, coño? 295 00:18:32,779 --> 00:18:36,032 Yo, get the fuck off of me with that shit! Are you serious? 296 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:38,368 -No! No! -Hey, hey, hey! Get the fuck off! 297 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:40,495 -Walk away! Walk away! -He's fucking drunk! 298 00:18:40,579 --> 00:18:41,830 -He's a fucking idiot. -Bitch! 299 00:18:41,913 --> 00:18:43,582 Hey! Watch your fucking tone. All right? 300 00:18:43,665 --> 00:18:45,625 [Crystal] Come sit down. He's an asshole. 301 00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:48,086 [Jasmine] Don't know what's wrong with him. He's acting crazy. -Manny, you know what's wrong? -[Wilcox] Nah, it's nothing. 302 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:52,883 -[Jasmine] He's not sleeping. -[Wilcox] Forget about it. 303 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,802 -[Marie] It's cute, right? -[Crystal] It's so cute. 304 00:18:55,886 --> 00:18:59,181 Our kids are gonna grow up together, just like we did. 305 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:01,808 We're gonna be mommies together. 306 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,521 You're gonna do great in court. 307 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:08,857 I trust you. 308 00:19:11,026 --> 00:19:11,860 Mm-hmm. 309 00:19:11,943 --> 00:19:14,446 -All right? You drink with me. -[rock music continues] 310 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:16,072 Salud. 311 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:17,741 Here's to us. 312 00:19:19,701 --> 00:19:21,786 To justice. Right? 313 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:26,374 [women chuckling, chattering indistinctly] 314 00:19:29,252 --> 00:19:30,295 Fuck him. 315 00:19:32,297 --> 00:19:33,465 Fuck him. 316 00:19:35,050 --> 00:19:36,885 Petey, I need to tell you something. 317 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:39,221 -DiAngelo-- -No, hey, hey. 318 00:19:39,304 --> 00:19:43,558 -I need to talk to you about something. -Let me grab you another beer. All right? 319 00:19:44,059 --> 00:19:46,561 -I ain't going to let them hurt you. -Hey, no. 320 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:49,981 [Wilcox] No, no, no, no, no, no. 321 00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:52,692 -You can't smoke, you're pregnant. -Come on, stop, T. 322 00:19:52,776 --> 00:19:54,819 -You're pregnant. -Come on, you gotta quit that shit. 323 00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:56,738 You want your kid to come out with crab claws? 324 00:19:56,821 --> 00:20:00,033 I know a girl on the shore, her kid came out with fucking pincers, I swear to God. 325 00:20:00,116 --> 00:20:03,036 -Oh, it's my last one. Promise. -Come on, you don't need to do that. 326 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,163 -Promise. -Come on, stop, stop, stop. 327 00:20:21,304 --> 00:20:24,391 [tarp crackling] 328 00:20:46,329 --> 00:20:49,624 [muttering] Fuck! What the fuck? What the fuck? 329 00:20:51,710 --> 00:20:52,752 [Fish] Hey. 330 00:20:54,713 --> 00:20:55,630 [chuckles] 331 00:20:55,714 --> 00:20:57,882 I guess congratulations are in order. 332 00:20:58,258 --> 00:21:01,052 -Little girls, man, they're the best. -You're spying on us now? 333 00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:03,805 First time you see that face, it's gonna break your heart. Break your kid's heart too, knowing she's gotta visit you in the clink. 334 00:21:06,891 --> 00:21:08,977 Get out of here. You can't be here. It's trespassing. 335 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,979 I think it's good that you know the law. 336 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:13,315 It means you know what an accessory is. 337 00:21:13,857 --> 00:21:17,235 So you know not talking about those cops killing that kid 338 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:20,322 and crushing his head under that SUV that you like to drive around-- 339 00:21:20,405 --> 00:21:22,073 You don't leave now, I will call them out here. 340 00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:23,742 Let's do it. You should do it! 341 00:21:24,242 --> 00:21:25,243 Call them! 342 00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:29,748 Ask them about Nadine, the other little kid they killed. 343 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:32,584 What are you talking about? 344 00:21:36,546 --> 00:21:39,341 Yeah. She was 15 years old. 345 00:21:39,424 --> 00:21:41,092 She was gonna put 'em all away. 346 00:21:41,176 --> 00:21:42,135 Look at her. 347 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:46,097 Your friends in there... 348 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:49,809 left her to rot in some swamp. 349 00:21:49,893 --> 00:21:52,020 -Look at her! -Stop it! 350 00:21:52,103 --> 00:21:54,689 They're worse than animals, 351 00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:56,399 those people in there. 352 00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:59,652 And they're all lying to you. 353 00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:01,696 Even that cousin of yours. 354 00:22:02,864 --> 00:22:05,533 -Don't talk about my cousin, you asshole. -No. Why? Hey. 355 00:22:05,617 --> 00:22:08,370 You stay away from her, you stay away from me! 356 00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:09,621 -Okay! Hey, okay! -Hey, guys! 357 00:22:09,704 --> 00:22:11,122 Hey, shh. 358 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:13,708 Know how to reach me if you change your mind. 359 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:15,543 Same place your old man works. 360 00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:28,139 [engine starts] 361 00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:41,319 [gasps] 362 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:43,404 [breathing heavily] 363 00:22:44,781 --> 00:22:46,157 Come get breakfast. 364 00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:52,747 [woman on TV] Whether or not Brenton Butler was a gang member, 365 00:22:52,831 --> 00:22:56,626 the 15-year-old did in fact have a juvenile record for drug possession. 366 00:23:03,341 --> 00:23:04,843 All I got is cereal. 367 00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,096 That'll work. 368 00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:26,698 What about you and Mrs. Butler? 369 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,534 Y'all ain't checking for each other no more? 370 00:23:33,163 --> 00:23:35,415 Just saying, Brenton would've wanted y'all to work it out. 371 00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:37,083 Ain't that what you want? 372 00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:38,626 Not everything's up to me. 373 00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:41,546 Finally made my peace with that. 374 00:23:46,676 --> 00:23:48,928 I am thinking about starting a new job though. 375 00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:52,098 Doing what? 376 00:23:53,224 --> 00:23:54,225 Painting. 377 00:23:55,518 --> 00:23:57,520 Something I been into since I was a kid. 378 00:23:57,604 --> 00:23:59,480 So you trying to be an artist now? 379 00:24:00,023 --> 00:24:02,108 -Like museums and shit? -Nah. 380 00:24:02,192 --> 00:24:04,485 Just, you know, painting old houses, buildings. 381 00:24:04,569 --> 00:24:05,987 Putting some color back. 382 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:07,071 Some light. 383 00:24:08,281 --> 00:24:09,199 Life. 384 00:24:12,994 --> 00:24:15,121 I might need some help if you're interested in a job. 385 00:24:15,455 --> 00:24:16,831 I ain't no employee. 386 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:18,333 Shit. 387 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,793 If you're looking for a partner though... 388 00:24:21,628 --> 00:24:22,670 we could talk. 389 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:25,256 I just might be. 390 00:24:26,841 --> 00:24:29,636 You know, you always got a place to stay if you need it. 391 00:24:45,944 --> 00:24:48,029 I appreciate the offer, but... 392 00:24:48,863 --> 00:24:50,615 I got an aunt out in Mobile. 393 00:24:51,241 --> 00:24:53,201 She's been hitting me up for a while. 394 00:24:53,284 --> 00:24:55,036 Everything that's been going down, 395 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,788 seems like a good idea. 396 00:24:58,081 --> 00:25:01,459 Think I could make it as some country Alabama boy? 397 00:25:02,460 --> 00:25:03,461 I do. 398 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:11,010 Dear Heavenly Father, may you bless this food 399 00:25:11,719 --> 00:25:15,598 for the nourishment of our bodies, minds, and spirits. 400 00:25:15,682 --> 00:25:17,350 Bless all our loved ones and... 401 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,644 those who aren't here to be loved. 402 00:25:41,916 --> 00:25:43,042 I spooked her. 403 00:25:43,668 --> 00:25:46,212 She knows something, but she's not talking. 404 00:25:46,296 --> 00:25:49,799 And she's in deeper than we thought too. She's about to have Wilcox's demon child. 405 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:51,217 But other than that... [scoffs] 406 00:25:52,010 --> 00:25:53,094 How about you? 407 00:25:53,177 --> 00:25:54,053 Nothing. 408 00:25:54,137 --> 00:25:56,764 Past jobs, old boyfriends, 409 00:25:56,848 --> 00:25:59,309 I couldn't come up with anything to use as leverage. 410 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:00,560 What about the cousin, Marie? 411 00:26:00,643 --> 00:26:03,396 One mention of her and she went nuts, like a Pekingese on PCP. 412 00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:05,440 They grew up on the same block together. 413 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:08,276 But if she's about to start a family with Wilcox, 414 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,236 there's no way she's turning any of them in. 415 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:11,738 What about the other witnesses? 416 00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:14,198 Messiah's AWOL, she's the last one. 417 00:26:14,699 --> 00:26:18,536 Without that grille guard, auto death is mostly speculation. 418 00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:20,038 And hate crime's a Hail Mary. 419 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:23,750 He had to have seen that blood near the ditch. 420 00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:25,960 And those shoes, they were right there in plain sight. 421 00:26:26,044 --> 00:26:27,920 Can't introduce the Timberlands without Nadine. 422 00:26:28,004 --> 00:26:28,921 I know. 423 00:26:29,380 --> 00:26:30,673 But Jablonski must've seen them. 424 00:26:30,757 --> 00:26:33,217 If he did, he had to have known there was a kid in that ditch. 425 00:26:33,301 --> 00:26:36,179 Have to do better than that. "Must have's" are not gonna sway a jury. 426 00:26:37,388 --> 00:26:39,932 We got a couple hours before the trial. I'm gonna help you prep. 427 00:26:40,058 --> 00:26:43,061 I'm gonna get some moo shu and we're gonna do a little mock trial here. 428 00:26:43,144 --> 00:26:44,020 -No. No. -Huh? 429 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:47,231 You sat on Teresa all weekend, you did your part. 430 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:51,319 I just... I need to think, okay? 431 00:26:52,362 --> 00:26:53,654 Let me do my job. 432 00:26:53,738 --> 00:26:54,864 You sure? 433 00:26:55,490 --> 00:26:56,908 I do a mean Jersey girl. 434 00:26:58,076 --> 00:26:59,619 I already got the gum. See? 435 00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:01,371 Go. 436 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,040 You're gonna do good tomorrow. 437 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:05,917 -Goodnight, Fish. -[door opens] 438 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,126 Night. 439 00:27:08,002 --> 00:27:09,879 -[door closes] -[sighs] 440 00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:19,055 [footsteps] 441 00:27:21,599 --> 00:27:23,267 [DiAngelo] I didn't mean to scare you. 442 00:27:24,435 --> 00:27:25,561 You didn't. 443 00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:31,401 You know what kind of message it sends, you disrespecting me in public. 444 00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:36,823 -Don't walk away from me! -I'm walking to my car, Officer. 445 00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:38,908 There's a time and a place to discuss legal matters. 446 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:41,661 How is it you still don't get that we're a team? 447 00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:46,290 The N.A.P. wanted their best man on this case, 448 00:27:46,374 --> 00:27:48,376 and like it or not, it was me. 449 00:27:49,377 --> 00:27:52,797 You wanna be a part of a team, join a softball league. 450 00:27:53,631 --> 00:27:55,174 With a little more conviction. 451 00:27:56,968 --> 00:27:58,094 Excuse me? 452 00:27:59,137 --> 00:28:00,638 You didn't really own it. 453 00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:03,724 I caught a little quiver in your cheek. 454 00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:06,936 I got something for you. 455 00:28:14,277 --> 00:28:16,821 You want to shake her up tomorrow, use this. 456 00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:19,323 What is it? 457 00:28:19,657 --> 00:28:22,160 That's a little thing called "inherent bias." 458 00:28:22,243 --> 00:28:24,078 It works both ways. 459 00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:27,457 People gunning for us, 460 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,375 'cause they can't raise their own families without asking us for our help. 461 00:28:33,838 --> 00:28:35,423 At the end of the day, 462 00:28:36,382 --> 00:28:39,802 this whole thing is one big clusterfuck of Mommy and Daddy issues. 463 00:28:39,886 --> 00:28:43,639 Like I said, you're gonna enjoy what is on that. 464 00:28:47,101 --> 00:28:49,103 And whatever you think about me... 465 00:28:52,356 --> 00:28:53,775 he's a good kid. 466 00:28:54,358 --> 00:28:55,526 A naive one... 467 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:58,029 with his own Daddy issues. 468 00:28:59,697 --> 00:29:03,493 But that's how you like 'em. Fatherless sons. 469 00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:05,119 Do your job. 470 00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:08,581 Get Jablonski off. 471 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:25,223 Is it-- Is it true, in fact, Ms. Tonelli, that-- 472 00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:27,141 -[indistinct TV chatter] -[sighs] 473 00:29:27,225 --> 00:29:28,476 Come on, KJ. 474 00:29:29,227 --> 00:29:30,561 That you are... 475 00:29:30,645 --> 00:29:32,230 [banging on door] 476 00:29:32,647 --> 00:29:33,773 [sighs] 477 00:29:34,774 --> 00:29:36,275 [doorbell rings continuously] 478 00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:38,778 -Oh, shit. -[banging on door] 479 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,406 You ready to go? 480 00:29:42,490 --> 00:29:45,535 -Give me a minute, I gotta change. -We're gonna be late, giddyup. 481 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,329 Put the yellow folders in my bag. 482 00:29:48,412 --> 00:29:50,039 -Please. -Where are they? 483 00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:52,250 On the couch or somewhere. 484 00:29:53,376 --> 00:29:54,961 The city's gonna condemn this place. 485 00:29:55,044 --> 00:29:56,921 I'm telling you, it looks like my Uncle Joe's, 486 00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:58,548 and that guy was a bona fide hoarder. 487 00:29:58,631 --> 00:30:01,968 -He used to use plastic bags as a toilet. -[news report plays indistinctly] 488 00:30:02,051 --> 00:30:03,970 I'm telling you, it's a slippery slope, KJ. 489 00:30:04,053 --> 00:30:06,973 [woman on TV] ...Ms. Harper's bias against the police may prove her unfit 490 00:30:07,056 --> 00:30:08,808 to try the Brenton Butler case. 491 00:30:08,891 --> 00:30:12,228 -Like you know how to do your [bleep] job. -[officer] Excuse me? 492 00:30:12,562 --> 00:30:17,316 -[KJ] Agh! Now you want to act like a cop. -[officer] What'd you say to me? 493 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,195 [KJ] You heard me the first time. So tell that [bleep] 494 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:25,157 -to give me my [bleep] car back! -[officer] Calm down, ma'am. 495 00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:30,580 Why don't you mind your [bleep] business? 496 00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:32,456 -You're all racist... -Let's go. Come on. 497 00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:34,125 -Let's go. -...every one of you cops! 498 00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:37,253 I am an assistant prosecutor. 499 00:30:38,254 --> 00:30:40,214 [low murmurs] 500 00:30:41,007 --> 00:30:42,466 [chuckling] 501 00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:46,095 [woman] Seriously. Come on. 502 00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:48,472 [chuckles, murmurs continuing] 503 00:31:01,152 --> 00:31:02,737 Sit down. Cool your jets. 504 00:31:04,405 --> 00:31:05,323 Sit down. 505 00:31:07,783 --> 00:31:08,910 [deputy] All rise. 506 00:31:09,994 --> 00:31:12,204 The honorable Judge Robert Dolan presiding. 507 00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:17,543 [Dolan] Bring the jury in. 508 00:31:26,886 --> 00:31:28,054 Everyone be seated. 509 00:31:32,183 --> 00:31:33,643 May counsel approach? 510 00:31:41,484 --> 00:31:45,112 Your Honor, we're all painfully aware of the news cycle this morning. 511 00:31:45,196 --> 00:31:46,405 Your point, Counselor? 512 00:31:47,198 --> 00:31:51,118 Frankly, it makes these proceedings look like an episode of the Jersey Shore. 513 00:31:51,494 --> 00:31:53,579 The State may benefit from new counsel. 514 00:31:53,663 --> 00:31:57,041 With all due respect, Your Honor, that's not the court's decision to make. 515 00:31:57,124 --> 00:32:00,920 Agreed. Now, ladies, can we get back to the point at hand? 516 00:32:01,003 --> 00:32:03,339 Yes? Good. Thank you. 517 00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:05,883 Ms. Harper, you may proceed. 518 00:32:08,177 --> 00:32:09,512 I know you did it. 519 00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:12,932 And what are you gonna do? Throw a punch at me too? Go ahead. 520 00:32:15,810 --> 00:32:16,686 [baby coos] 521 00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:26,570 The State calls Teresa Tonelli. 522 00:32:49,510 --> 00:32:50,594 Raise your right hand. 523 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:52,638 -It's the other hand, ma'am. -Sorry. 524 00:32:52,722 --> 00:32:53,973 Left hand on the Bible. 525 00:32:55,266 --> 00:32:57,727 Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, 526 00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:58,894 so help you God? 527 00:32:59,437 --> 00:33:01,272 I do. Okay. 528 00:33:03,774 --> 00:33:04,817 [KJ] Ms. Tonelli, 529 00:33:05,443 --> 00:33:08,362 when you borrowed the blue Ford Escape 530 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,490 on the morning of February 22nd, 531 00:33:12,908 --> 00:33:16,203 you had an altercation with the defendant, correct? 532 00:33:16,287 --> 00:33:17,538 I don't remember. 533 00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:20,124 I just, um-- 534 00:33:20,207 --> 00:33:21,584 Petey was upset, whatever. 535 00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:24,086 [KJ] Because you drove his car seven days after the hit-and-run? 536 00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:25,963 No, 'cause Marie had been in the hospital. 537 00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,591 They lost their baby girl last year. 538 00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:30,593 She was stillborn. 539 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:31,802 It was terrible. 540 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:36,223 "You ever touch this truck again, 541 00:33:36,307 --> 00:33:38,976 and I swear to God, I'll fucking kill you." 542 00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:44,065 Do you recall the defendant saying those words to you? 543 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,484 Can the clerk please mark the interview with the neighbor, 544 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:49,153 Mr. Howard Beggs, as State's Exhibit S-3. 545 00:33:50,654 --> 00:33:54,033 I'd like to direct your attention to line ten, page five. 546 00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:56,827 And I remind you, you're under oath. 547 00:33:59,872 --> 00:34:01,207 Yeah, he said that. 548 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:05,961 Whatever. He told me to get out of the car. It wasn't a big deal. 549 00:34:06,045 --> 00:34:09,090 He grabbed you by the neck, dragged you out of the car, 550 00:34:09,173 --> 00:34:10,341 and threw you against it. 551 00:34:10,424 --> 00:34:11,675 -Really? -Objection. 552 00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:14,136 -Is that a question, Your Honor? -It is. Sit down. 553 00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:17,181 I'll be the arbitrator of that, not you, Ms. Harper. 554 00:34:17,515 --> 00:34:19,475 Your objection, Ms. Hennessy, is overruled. 555 00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:24,271 Counselor. 556 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,568 Are you afraid of the defendant, Ms. Tonelli? 557 00:34:30,694 --> 00:34:31,904 No. 558 00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:34,031 Are you afraid he might hurt your cousin? 559 00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:37,952 He better not. 560 00:34:39,662 --> 00:34:42,706 [KJ] Yet he left a boy out in the cold to die. 561 00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:45,209 A child, a black child-- 562 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:46,710 Objection, speculation. 563 00:34:46,794 --> 00:34:48,254 [Dolan] Sustained. 564 00:34:48,337 --> 00:34:50,172 Why did you go to Brenton Butler's vigil? 565 00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:56,804 He was just a kid. 566 00:34:59,056 --> 00:35:01,433 He shouldn't have died like that. 567 00:35:02,685 --> 00:35:04,353 [KJ] He could have lived. 568 00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:07,731 If one person spoke up. Just one. 569 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,734 I know you're scared. 570 00:35:11,527 --> 00:35:13,445 And I know how easy it is 571 00:35:13,529 --> 00:35:16,532 to walk away and to say nothing, 572 00:35:17,366 --> 00:35:20,286 but you know the truth, and you know right from wrong. 573 00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:21,537 Objection! 574 00:35:21,996 --> 00:35:23,873 Don't leave him out in the cold, Teresa, please. 575 00:35:23,956 --> 00:35:26,292 [Sam] Objection! Is there a question here, Your Honor? 576 00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:28,169 [Dolan] Ask the question, Counselor. 577 00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:30,671 -Where's the blue SUV? -I don't know. 578 00:35:31,213 --> 00:35:33,924 [KJ] You do know, that's why you went to the park, to the vigil. 579 00:35:34,008 --> 00:35:36,886 -I said I don't know where it is. -This is outrageous, Your Honor. 580 00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:39,597 -Where's the missing grille guard? -She's harassing her own witness. 581 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,058 -Where is it, Teresa? Tell me. -[Dolan] Counselors, approach now. 582 00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,769 [KJ] He was bleeding and screaming 583 00:35:45,853 --> 00:35:49,148 -and dying alone. A child. -Objection! Your Honor, please. 584 00:35:49,231 --> 00:35:51,233 -Be that one person, Teresa... -She is violating-- 585 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:52,985 ...and tell me where the missing grille guard is. 586 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:54,361 It's not missing! 587 00:35:54,445 --> 00:35:56,530 [Teresa crying] 588 00:35:59,408 --> 00:36:01,035 It's in his backyard. 589 00:36:01,118 --> 00:36:02,453 [indistinct murmuring] 590 00:36:07,124 --> 00:36:08,542 [Marie] Teresa! 591 00:36:08,626 --> 00:36:09,710 [Marie sobbing] 592 00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:12,463 Teresa! 593 00:36:15,132 --> 00:36:16,217 How could you do that? 594 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:17,426 Get Mikey. Go quick. 595 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,762 -We can go now before it's too late. -You're crazy! 596 00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:23,515 Me? How can you not see what they are? They planted that thing in your pool. 597 00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:25,351 -They don't care about you. -Fucking bitch! 598 00:36:25,434 --> 00:36:28,562 -You fucking bitch! You fucking bitch! -[DiAngelo] Get off! 599 00:36:28,646 --> 00:36:29,813 You fucking bitch! 600 00:36:29,897 --> 00:36:31,482 You son of a bitch! 601 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:32,483 The baby! 602 00:36:32,566 --> 00:36:34,485 [Teresa] There won't be a baby! 603 00:36:34,568 --> 00:36:37,988 You think I'm gonna bring your child into this world? For what? 604 00:36:38,072 --> 00:36:39,949 What kind of father are you gonna be? 605 00:36:40,032 --> 00:36:42,368 You kill kids and you're looking at me like that? -Yo, stop! Stop! Come on. -Fuck you. 606 00:36:45,454 --> 00:36:49,208 Now we got something in common, Pete. You and me. 607 00:36:50,501 --> 00:36:51,627 We're the same. 608 00:36:53,379 --> 00:36:55,089 -Fuck! -[Teresa sobbing] 609 00:36:58,092 --> 00:36:59,426 [engine starts] 610 00:37:02,263 --> 00:37:03,847 [tires screech] 611 00:37:06,517 --> 00:37:09,353 Hey, hey. I didn't have nothing to do with this. 612 00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:11,313 I told them to get rid of it. Fuck. Babe, come on, let's go, let's go. 613 00:37:14,441 --> 00:37:15,943 You stupid fuck! 614 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:19,280 Hey! I'm talking to you! I'm fucking talking to you! 615 00:37:19,363 --> 00:37:20,906 Back the fuck off! 616 00:37:21,532 --> 00:37:23,867 No one is listening to you no more! 617 00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:27,204 You destroy everyone around you! 618 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:29,415 Everything you fucking touch! 619 00:37:30,708 --> 00:37:32,209 Just look around you, man. 620 00:37:33,127 --> 00:37:34,128 Just look. 621 00:37:37,798 --> 00:37:39,550 Let's get the fuck out of here. 622 00:37:51,979 --> 00:37:53,856 [indistinct police radio chatter] 623 00:38:01,989 --> 00:38:03,365 -What is this? -Mrs. Butler, Mr. Butler. 624 00:38:03,449 --> 00:38:05,451 What is this? What does this mean for the case? 625 00:38:05,534 --> 00:38:06,744 It means we got him. 626 00:38:07,244 --> 00:38:10,706 And we can get the other three now too by turning Jablonski against them. 627 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:12,708 -In exchange for a plea. -A plea? 628 00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,252 We won't agree. He's got to pay for what he did. 629 00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:17,171 He'll still do time, I promise you that. 630 00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:19,882 -But we can get all of them with this. -How much time? 631 00:38:20,758 --> 00:38:24,094 I have to be reasonable or he won't agree to it. Eight years. 632 00:38:24,678 --> 00:38:26,096 [Latrice sighs] 633 00:38:26,180 --> 00:38:28,349 You make him get on that stand and say what he did. 634 00:38:28,432 --> 00:38:29,266 Yeah. 635 00:38:30,142 --> 00:38:33,187 You're right. He's got to. He's got to get up on that stand, KJ. 636 00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:35,939 I need to hear those words come out of his mouth. 637 00:38:36,023 --> 00:38:38,108 -I want that whole courtroom to hear it. -I understand. 638 00:38:38,192 --> 00:38:40,694 -I need to hear what happened to Brenton! -He will. I understand. 639 00:38:40,778 --> 00:38:43,739 All right, baby. It's almost over. 640 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:46,617 -I need to hear him say it. -It's almost over. 641 00:38:54,083 --> 00:38:56,710 [car door opens, closes] 642 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:00,130 [car door opens, closes] 643 00:39:00,214 --> 00:39:01,298 [engine starts] 644 00:39:02,925 --> 00:39:05,219 [Sam] He'll give a written statement, that's it. 645 00:39:05,636 --> 00:39:08,097 I won't have my hands tied if this thing goes south. 646 00:39:08,722 --> 00:39:11,809 There's no deal if your client doesn't testify in open court. 647 00:39:12,893 --> 00:39:17,356 Okay. I know your experience is limited, so let me break this down for you. 648 00:39:17,898 --> 00:39:22,528 My client is guaranteed death by auto, five to ten years, 649 00:39:22,611 --> 00:39:25,072 if the jury hears him confess to the accident. 650 00:39:25,531 --> 00:39:27,408 Would you rather gamble with 30? 651 00:39:27,950 --> 00:39:29,660 That's if you can prove a hate crime. 652 00:39:29,743 --> 00:39:31,745 Which you've failed at miserably up to now. 653 00:39:39,336 --> 00:39:41,839 Wait, we want a plea. 654 00:39:41,922 --> 00:39:43,966 -I ain't no rat. -Petey. 655 00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:45,843 They put that thing in our pool. 656 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:49,012 You don't have to be loyal to them. 657 00:39:49,096 --> 00:39:51,265 Mrs. Jablonski. Please. 658 00:39:54,768 --> 00:39:56,478 Five years max, 659 00:39:56,562 --> 00:39:57,938 you get your confession. 660 00:39:58,021 --> 00:39:59,773 My last offer. 661 00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:01,608 Eight years. 662 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:07,114 Can we have a minute? 663 00:40:17,791 --> 00:40:20,711 Eight years for him and 20 each for the other three. 664 00:40:21,462 --> 00:40:23,297 That's almost 70 years in total. 665 00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:27,217 Think a lifetime's long enough for the Butlers? 666 00:40:27,301 --> 00:40:28,302 [Fish chuckles] 667 00:40:30,804 --> 00:40:32,890 Did you see the look on the jury's faces 668 00:40:32,973 --> 00:40:35,392 when she paraded around those autopsy photos? 669 00:40:35,476 --> 00:40:38,437 -They don't like you very much right now. -Fuck them. 670 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:39,646 No. Fuck you. 671 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:41,815 Fuck your wife, fuck your kid. 672 00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:44,902 He'll be 30 by the time you get out of prison. 673 00:40:47,237 --> 00:40:51,992 I urge you to consider eight years and a confession your best option. 674 00:40:54,912 --> 00:40:56,622 [protestors shouting indistinctly] 675 00:41:01,752 --> 00:41:03,086 [indistinct chatter] 676 00:41:04,922 --> 00:41:08,091 Hey, um, why don't you go inside? I'll be there in a minute. 677 00:41:08,425 --> 00:41:09,551 Okay. 678 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:19,311 [exhales] 679 00:41:32,824 --> 00:41:36,245 I'd kill you myself, but then I'd be no better than you are. 680 00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:39,998 But know this... 681 00:41:41,959 --> 00:41:44,378 you will meet your God. 682 00:41:46,255 --> 00:41:48,423 On that you can depend. 683 00:41:50,801 --> 00:41:51,969 You making threats? 684 00:41:52,052 --> 00:41:53,637 No, no need for threats. 685 00:41:54,888 --> 00:41:58,600 Prison's the one place a white man ain't no better than the rest of us. 686 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:01,687 They gonna kill you in there. 687 00:42:04,773 --> 00:42:06,692 [chuckles] 688 00:42:07,317 --> 00:42:08,402 Oh, you don't know? 689 00:42:10,571 --> 00:42:12,239 Your boy's gonna give you up. 690 00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:15,492 He's gonna save himself. 691 00:42:21,832 --> 00:42:23,125 I see what you are. 692 00:42:26,712 --> 00:42:28,171 I know what you are. 693 00:42:30,173 --> 00:42:32,009 You ain't nothing but a coward. 694 00:42:35,596 --> 00:42:38,390 And the whole world's gonna see it now, too. 695 00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:01,747 His diaper's soaked. Just give me a minute. 696 00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:03,081 -We gotta go now. -What? 697 00:43:03,165 --> 00:43:04,958 I'll get the bag. But let's go now. 698 00:43:05,042 --> 00:43:05,959 [baby coos] 699 00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:21,642 [elevator dings] 700 00:43:25,854 --> 00:43:27,481 I need to change Mikey. 701 00:43:30,859 --> 00:43:32,152 -I'll wait out here. -I'm fine. 702 00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:34,988 Just-- I'll meet you inside. Hennessy might need to talk to you. 703 00:43:35,947 --> 00:43:37,699 It's gonna be okay, babe. 704 00:43:38,450 --> 00:43:41,745 I'm proud of you for doing this. You're doing this for us. 705 00:43:42,621 --> 00:43:44,164 -Okay? -Yeah. 706 00:43:45,832 --> 00:43:46,667 I love you. 707 00:43:46,750 --> 00:43:48,168 [baby cries] 708 00:43:57,302 --> 00:43:58,804 I know what you're gonna do. 709 00:44:05,185 --> 00:44:06,186 Do it. 710 00:44:09,398 --> 00:44:11,525 Do it for your family, your son. 711 00:44:13,777 --> 00:44:14,695 I understand. 712 00:44:21,993 --> 00:44:23,078 It was me. 713 00:44:25,622 --> 00:44:28,125 I made you drive away. 714 00:44:31,753 --> 00:44:33,046 So you go in there, 715 00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:36,049 and you tell them the truth. 716 00:44:39,678 --> 00:44:40,721 Go on. Go. 717 00:45:16,214 --> 00:45:17,382 Mrs. Butler. 718 00:45:19,301 --> 00:45:20,510 I'm so... 719 00:45:21,887 --> 00:45:23,763 so sorry for your loss. 720 00:45:26,266 --> 00:45:27,350 I can't... 721 00:45:29,102 --> 00:45:34,316 I can't imagine what you're going through, and I can't imagine losing my child. 722 00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:36,359 I know... 723 00:45:37,319 --> 00:45:41,156 there's nothing I can do to make it up to you. I know that. 724 00:45:43,325 --> 00:45:44,868 But it was an accident. 725 00:45:47,954 --> 00:45:50,290 My husband is a good man. 726 00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:55,170 Your husband drove away from my child. 727 00:45:56,546 --> 00:45:58,715 How could you sit in that courtroom 728 00:45:59,174 --> 00:46:01,635 knowing what you know and say those words to me? 729 00:46:01,718 --> 00:46:02,844 He didn't know. 730 00:46:02,928 --> 00:46:05,764 He would've never done that if he knew. 731 00:46:06,389 --> 00:46:07,307 He wouldn't. 732 00:46:07,390 --> 00:46:10,560 There's a whole lot he doesn't know, that you don't know. 733 00:46:12,687 --> 00:46:14,606 That man you sit next to... 734 00:46:15,732 --> 00:46:16,733 in court... 735 00:46:18,026 --> 00:46:19,110 every day? 736 00:46:19,736 --> 00:46:21,488 The one you let hold your baby? 737 00:46:22,739 --> 00:46:24,407 He wanted your husband dead. 738 00:46:45,845 --> 00:46:47,264 [inaudible] 739 00:47:08,577 --> 00:47:09,703 [deputy] All rise. 740 00:47:11,871 --> 00:47:13,957 The honorable Judge Robert Dolan presiding. 741 00:47:21,590 --> 00:47:24,384 [KJ] Can you state your name and rank for the record? 742 00:47:24,467 --> 00:47:28,096 Officer Peter Michael Jablonski, Jersey City Police Department. 743 00:47:28,513 --> 00:47:31,224 You transferred from the East District to the South. 744 00:47:31,725 --> 00:47:33,602 What was the reason for this transfer? 745 00:47:33,685 --> 00:47:37,647 I joined the Anti-Gang and Narcotics Unit, which is based out of the South. 746 00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:41,067 Your ranking officer is Sergeant Michael DiAngelo. 747 00:47:41,651 --> 00:47:44,738 And you're expected to obey his orders, is that true? 748 00:47:46,906 --> 00:47:48,199 [Pete] That's correct. 749 00:47:48,283 --> 00:47:50,744 [KJ] Directing your attention to the morning of February 15th, 750 00:47:51,661 --> 00:47:55,165 can you recount the events that transpired in Liberty Park? 751 00:47:56,499 --> 00:47:58,918 I'd just gotten a call from my wife's cousin. 752 00:47:59,919 --> 00:48:02,255 Said Marie, my wife, 753 00:48:02,339 --> 00:48:03,590 was in the hospital. 754 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:08,678 I was driving, on the phone, 755 00:48:09,346 --> 00:48:10,680 not paying attention... 756 00:48:12,098 --> 00:48:14,225 and I, uh-- I hit something. 757 00:48:14,934 --> 00:48:15,977 Something? 758 00:48:18,855 --> 00:48:21,191 What did you hit, Mr. Jablonski? 759 00:48:22,233 --> 00:48:23,401 I didn't see. 760 00:48:24,986 --> 00:48:28,114 And when I got out of my car, I saw the grille guard hanging off. 761 00:48:29,407 --> 00:48:30,283 And... 762 00:48:31,368 --> 00:48:33,703 that bike underneath my wheels. 763 00:48:37,207 --> 00:48:41,252 Is it true that officers found that grille guard in your backyard 764 00:48:41,336 --> 00:48:43,505 after executing a search warrant last night? 765 00:48:49,010 --> 00:48:50,011 Yes. 766 00:48:51,012 --> 00:48:52,055 And this bike... 767 00:48:53,515 --> 00:48:55,433 is it present in the courtroom today? 768 00:48:56,309 --> 00:48:58,478 Yes. At the evidence table. 769 00:49:00,146 --> 00:49:03,733 So you were fully aware that you hit a human being? 770 00:49:04,818 --> 00:49:05,902 Not an animal, not a tree. 771 00:49:08,738 --> 00:49:09,906 Maybe a black teenager? 772 00:49:09,989 --> 00:49:12,033 Objection, conjecture. 773 00:49:12,117 --> 00:49:13,952 I'll rephrase, Your Honor. 774 00:49:20,834 --> 00:49:23,169 Are narcotics officers like yourself 775 00:49:23,253 --> 00:49:27,424 aware that this particular brand of bike, the Sarongo Series, 776 00:49:27,507 --> 00:49:31,511 is used by members of the Five Kings, a black gang in Jersey City? 777 00:49:33,763 --> 00:49:36,391 Yeah, but I didn't look too close at it. 778 00:49:36,474 --> 00:49:38,768 So it would be a reasonable assumption 779 00:49:38,852 --> 00:49:42,439 that whoever had been riding this bike could've been black? 780 00:49:45,942 --> 00:49:47,527 I wasn't thinking about the bike. 781 00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:50,071 Your Honor, the State agreed that questioning 782 00:49:50,155 --> 00:49:53,783 would be limited to the actual events of February 15th. 783 00:49:54,117 --> 00:49:56,369 Ms. Harper, you are aware of this. 784 00:49:58,496 --> 00:50:01,708 What happened next, after you exited your vehicle? 785 00:50:03,835 --> 00:50:06,254 I stood there on the road next to my car... 786 00:50:07,630 --> 00:50:09,299 looking at the statue. 787 00:50:09,591 --> 00:50:11,050 The Statue of Liberty. 788 00:50:12,427 --> 00:50:15,513 I could see her, even her torch, it was lit up. 789 00:50:15,597 --> 00:50:18,016 How long did you stand there, on the road? 790 00:50:18,099 --> 00:50:19,893 -I don't know. -Was it a few minutes? 791 00:50:19,976 --> 00:50:21,519 -A few seconds? -I don't know. 792 00:50:21,603 --> 00:50:23,605 Did you go to the ditch to see who was down there? 793 00:50:23,980 --> 00:50:26,191 I told you, I stood on the road looking at the statue. 794 00:50:26,274 --> 00:50:29,277 There was blood everywhere and you didn't think to go and look? 795 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,279 -[Sam] Your Honor-- -I was thinking about the statue 796 00:50:31,362 --> 00:50:34,324 and this time when I climbed the stairs inside her torch... 797 00:50:35,116 --> 00:50:36,826 when I was eight or nine. 798 00:50:38,077 --> 00:50:40,747 My mother was standing on the stairs in front of me. 799 00:50:41,706 --> 00:50:44,209 And I could see the bruises on the back of her legs. 800 00:50:44,918 --> 00:50:47,670 -That's what I was thinking about. -[KJ] Mr. Jablonski. 801 00:50:49,672 --> 00:50:51,132 That's why I became a cop. 802 00:50:51,633 --> 00:50:53,635 Because of animals like my father. 803 00:50:53,718 --> 00:50:56,721 -I was never gonna be a coward like him. -Mr. Jablonski. 804 00:50:57,388 --> 00:50:59,015 What did you do next? 805 00:51:03,812 --> 00:51:05,271 Mr. Jablonski. 806 00:51:16,950 --> 00:51:18,201 I drove away. 807 00:51:18,952 --> 00:51:20,286 [indistinct murmuring] 808 00:51:26,209 --> 00:51:28,211 Let me remind you that you're under oath. 809 00:51:28,294 --> 00:51:30,338 Your Honor, the question's been asked and answered. 810 00:51:30,421 --> 00:51:32,632 -What did you do next? -I said I drove away. 811 00:51:32,715 --> 00:51:35,468 -That's not what you did and you know it. -[Dolan] Counselor, approach now. 812 00:51:35,552 --> 00:51:38,012 -What did you do after you exited? -Ms. Harper, that is enough! 813 00:51:38,096 --> 00:51:40,473 -Say it. Say what you did. -[Sam] Your Honor, please. 814 00:51:40,557 --> 00:51:41,933 Say what you did, goddamn it! 815 00:51:42,016 --> 00:51:43,476 [Dolan] Remove Ms. Harper from my courtroom. 816 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:45,019 Say what you did. Say what you did-- 817 00:51:45,103 --> 00:51:46,229 -Let's go. -Don't touch me! 818 00:51:46,312 --> 00:51:47,230 Say what you did! 819 00:51:47,313 --> 00:51:50,400 -[Dolan] Arrest her for contempt of court. -Look at them and say what you did. 820 00:51:50,483 --> 00:51:52,569 -Get off. Get off of me. -Stop resisting. 821 00:51:52,652 --> 00:51:53,736 You're an asshole. 822 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:55,321 Stop resisting. 823 00:51:55,405 --> 00:51:56,656 Take it easy. 824 00:51:57,490 --> 00:51:58,908 [KJ] Get the fuck off me! 825 00:51:58,992 --> 00:52:01,244 [crowd murmuring] 826 00:52:21,681 --> 00:52:22,765 [door opens] 827 00:52:22,849 --> 00:52:24,684 [keys jingling] 828 00:52:32,317 --> 00:52:34,027 We gotta stop meeting like this. 829 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:35,904 [door lock buzzes nearby] 830 00:52:37,196 --> 00:52:39,657 Dolan wants to move forward, no bueno on the mistrial. 831 00:52:39,741 --> 00:52:41,993 And he's gonna let you do your closing tomorrow. 832 00:52:42,076 --> 00:52:43,494 Fair guy. 833 00:52:43,578 --> 00:52:46,831 Connelly, on the other hand, wants your resignation after. 834 00:52:46,915 --> 00:52:50,126 -And he sent you to deliver the message. -No, he told the press that. 835 00:52:51,419 --> 00:52:52,587 Of course he did. 836 00:52:55,214 --> 00:52:56,758 "Sit in the box, 837 00:52:57,967 --> 00:53:01,721 and see what the jury sees." It's Trial Prep 101. 838 00:53:04,724 --> 00:53:06,309 Today they saw 839 00:53:06,809 --> 00:53:08,561 a broken-hearted little boy 840 00:53:08,978 --> 00:53:10,897 gazing up at the Statue of Liberty. 841 00:53:11,773 --> 00:53:13,066 Fucking great. 842 00:53:15,443 --> 00:53:16,986 They don't get to see Brenton. 843 00:53:17,070 --> 00:53:19,280 -He doesn't get to take the stand. -Make them see him. 844 00:53:19,364 --> 00:53:21,366 I did, no one cares! 845 00:53:22,116 --> 00:53:24,994 I told you, no one puts cops away. 846 00:53:25,411 --> 00:53:28,790 I wasn't ever gonna win this. It was always about optics for Connelly, 847 00:53:28,873 --> 00:53:31,000 a black face for the black vote. 848 00:53:31,542 --> 00:53:33,670 It's the greatest show on earth, this shit. 849 00:53:36,631 --> 00:53:38,091 -Wanna know something else? -Hmm? 850 00:53:38,174 --> 00:53:39,759 -I'm a second-rate lawyer. -Mmm. 851 00:53:39,842 --> 00:53:42,261 I can't win. I won't win. So... 852 00:53:42,971 --> 00:53:44,055 just go. 853 00:53:44,138 --> 00:53:45,932 -That might be true. -It is fucking true. 854 00:53:46,015 --> 00:53:48,351 Okay, then it is. You suck. Now get up. 855 00:53:49,936 --> 00:53:54,065 You got a dead kid to speak for. You got two dead kids... to speak for. 856 00:53:54,524 --> 00:53:56,985 -You're all that they've got left. -It's over, Fish. 857 00:53:59,028 --> 00:54:00,196 Tell that to him. 858 00:54:01,864 --> 00:54:02,782 Not me. 859 00:54:03,408 --> 00:54:04,534 You wanna quit? But tell Brenton that. 860 00:54:10,456 --> 00:54:11,791 I'm sick of hearing it. 861 00:54:12,375 --> 00:54:14,877 -[KJ sighs] -[Fish knocks] 862 00:54:31,811 --> 00:54:35,857 [woman over PA] This is your last call for departure to Baton Rouge. The bus... 863 00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:37,942 [announcement continues indistinctly] 864 00:54:45,408 --> 00:54:48,077 Mr. Butler told me you were leaving, so I... 865 00:54:49,495 --> 00:54:50,747 Can I sit down? 866 00:54:52,331 --> 00:54:54,250 I'd like to ask you something. 867 00:54:56,294 --> 00:54:58,671 You were the last person that Brenton saw. 868 00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:03,426 -The last person he talked to-- -What do you want from me, Mrs. Butler? 869 00:55:05,178 --> 00:55:08,056 Anything. Just anything. I just... 870 00:55:08,598 --> 00:55:12,185 want to know what he... what he said, what he was thinking. 871 00:55:16,773 --> 00:55:20,610 I woke up that morning. Brenton was next to me. 872 00:55:21,527 --> 00:55:22,612 That's all. 873 00:55:26,282 --> 00:55:27,825 Was he happy? 874 00:55:35,374 --> 00:55:36,501 He was home. 875 00:55:40,713 --> 00:55:42,215 He sprayed that stuff... 876 00:55:44,092 --> 00:55:45,134 that cologne... 877 00:55:47,386 --> 00:55:48,846 before he left. 878 00:55:50,890 --> 00:55:52,141 He liked that stuff. 879 00:55:54,852 --> 00:55:56,729 My room still smelled like it. 880 00:56:00,566 --> 00:56:01,567 At night... 881 00:56:03,986 --> 00:56:06,739 he used to listen to the cars pass on the bridge. 882 00:56:09,367 --> 00:56:11,327 Brenton said it sounded like the ocean. 883 00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:17,083 [woman over PA] Mobile, Alabama bus departs from gate five. 884 00:56:17,166 --> 00:56:18,876 Mobile, Alabama bus. 885 00:56:19,335 --> 00:56:20,545 Kadeuce. Kadeuce, don't go. 886 00:56:22,672 --> 00:56:24,090 Please don't go. 887 00:56:25,174 --> 00:56:26,509 This is home. 888 00:56:27,552 --> 00:56:28,594 Nah. 889 00:56:30,096 --> 00:56:31,764 Home is where your people at. 890 00:56:33,474 --> 00:56:34,517 You know? 891 00:56:39,438 --> 00:56:41,274 Oh, sweetheart. 892 00:57:15,892 --> 00:57:16,726 [door closes] 893 00:57:27,737 --> 00:57:29,071 Thought you were gone. 894 00:57:30,990 --> 00:57:33,910 I was... I... 895 00:57:34,577 --> 00:57:36,037 You need a place to stay? 896 00:57:39,582 --> 00:57:40,500 Nah. 897 00:57:42,919 --> 00:57:44,754 I gotta find my own way. 898 00:57:47,507 --> 00:57:49,467 There's something out there, I just... 899 00:57:52,011 --> 00:57:53,721 I just gotta find it. You feel me? 900 00:57:59,644 --> 00:58:00,686 [Isaiah chuckles] 901 00:58:01,354 --> 00:58:03,272 It's too big for one person. 902 00:58:05,691 --> 00:58:07,360 And Tricey ain't coming back. 903 00:58:09,195 --> 00:58:10,154 [Isaiah chuckles] 904 00:58:11,948 --> 00:58:13,032 I don't blame her. 905 00:58:15,868 --> 00:58:17,161 Drove y'all away. 906 00:58:19,163 --> 00:58:21,374 My wife, my son, 907 00:58:21,874 --> 00:58:22,959 you. 908 00:58:26,045 --> 00:58:27,880 I could've done what she said. 909 00:58:28,965 --> 00:58:30,299 I could've just said it. 910 00:58:34,428 --> 00:58:35,638 At the hospital... 911 00:58:37,431 --> 00:58:39,475 she said, "Tell Brenton you love him." 912 00:58:44,313 --> 00:58:45,481 Now he'll never know. 913 00:58:48,776 --> 00:58:51,028 My son died not knowing I did. 914 00:58:55,116 --> 00:58:56,534 That day at the ocean... 915 00:59:01,414 --> 00:59:03,082 Yeah. 916 00:59:05,334 --> 00:59:06,335 You remember that day? 917 00:59:07,295 --> 00:59:08,379 You remember that? 918 00:59:12,425 --> 00:59:13,843 Isaiah, you gotta remember. 919 00:59:15,303 --> 00:59:16,304 You were there. 920 00:59:18,848 --> 00:59:21,309 I was working so much back when he was small. 921 00:59:22,852 --> 00:59:25,563 And Tricey got sick, there was so much to tend to. 922 00:59:26,772 --> 00:59:27,773 [exhales] 923 00:59:29,525 --> 00:59:30,735 Why you bring this up? 924 00:59:30,818 --> 00:59:33,362 Why you think Brenton loved them seagulls so much? 925 00:59:36,824 --> 00:59:38,743 Because his father brought him there. 926 00:59:40,411 --> 00:59:41,996 Isaiah, you took that picture. 927 00:59:46,626 --> 00:59:49,795 Showed him the best day of his life. 928 00:59:52,798 --> 00:59:53,966 That's what he said. 929 00:59:56,802 --> 00:59:58,721 You ain't gotta say the words, 'Saiah. 930 01:00:00,222 --> 01:00:01,182 He knew. 931 01:00:04,518 --> 01:00:05,645 Your son... 932 01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:08,564 knew... 933 01:00:09,190 --> 01:00:10,399 that you loved him. 934 01:00:22,995 --> 01:00:24,747 I'm sorry for driving you off... 935 01:00:26,832 --> 01:00:28,042 for what I did. 936 01:00:32,213 --> 01:00:33,297 I'm sorry. 937 01:00:35,424 --> 01:00:37,093 You ain't gotta apologize, bro. 938 01:00:49,188 --> 01:00:50,272 [exhales] 939 01:00:51,607 --> 01:00:52,817 I gotta go. 940 01:00:53,442 --> 01:00:54,527 Yeah. I gotta... 941 01:00:54,610 --> 01:00:56,445 Yeah. All right. 942 01:00:57,863 --> 01:00:59,073 [Isaiah] You'll find it. What you're looking for. 943 01:01:07,873 --> 01:01:10,042 And when you do, hang on. 944 01:01:29,478 --> 01:01:31,021 [birds squawking] 945 01:01:45,661 --> 01:01:47,663 [birds squawking] 946 01:03:23,634 --> 01:03:25,094 [Judge Dolan clears throat] 947 01:03:27,012 --> 01:03:28,722 [Dolan] Ms. Harper, you may begin. 948 01:03:48,117 --> 01:03:50,077 I went to the park this morning, 949 01:03:52,204 --> 01:03:54,915 to the place where Brenton Butler lay dying. 950 01:03:58,502 --> 01:04:00,129 I wanted to imagine... 951 01:04:01,005 --> 01:04:02,131 what he felt... 952 01:04:03,632 --> 01:04:06,218 as he watched the first light of the morning come, 953 01:04:07,094 --> 01:04:09,513 and the last light of day fade away. 954 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:12,850 As he lay there, 955 01:04:14,143 --> 01:04:15,394 in that ditch... 956 01:04:16,729 --> 01:04:18,147 for 12 hours... 957 01:04:20,232 --> 01:04:21,191 wondering what? 958 01:04:22,860 --> 01:04:23,986 For his mother, 959 01:04:25,070 --> 01:04:26,238 and for his father, 960 01:04:27,531 --> 01:04:31,076 it is a terrible thing to have to imagine, 961 01:04:32,286 --> 01:04:33,621 and not even know, 962 01:04:34,371 --> 01:04:35,581 but imagine, 963 01:04:35,956 --> 01:04:37,875 your child's last seconds. 964 01:04:40,419 --> 01:04:41,921 "Did he cry out for me? 965 01:04:43,923 --> 01:04:48,010 Did he wonder why I didn't come? Why no one did?" 966 01:04:50,262 --> 01:04:51,597 This is what we know: 967 01:04:52,056 --> 01:04:54,642 The defendant's blue Ford Escape 968 01:04:54,725 --> 01:04:58,270 collided with the victim's bike on an icy road 969 01:04:58,354 --> 01:05:00,397 on the morning of February 15th. 970 01:05:01,357 --> 01:05:04,276 The grille guard from Peter Jablonski's car, 971 01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:07,821 in addition to his own testimony, are proof of this. 972 01:05:08,656 --> 01:05:12,993 Ladies and gentlemen, the State submits you have no other choice 973 01:05:13,077 --> 01:05:17,539 but to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt 974 01:05:17,623 --> 01:05:18,874 of death by auto. 975 01:05:23,462 --> 01:05:25,381 Peter Jablonski testified... 976 01:05:27,007 --> 01:05:28,759 that after hitting Brenton Butler 977 01:05:29,635 --> 01:05:31,303 and exiting his vehicle, 978 01:05:32,262 --> 01:05:36,976 all he saw as he stood on the road next to his car 979 01:05:37,059 --> 01:05:38,477 was the Statue of Liberty. 980 01:05:39,103 --> 01:05:43,399 I want you to remember how he described that her torch was lit up 981 01:05:43,482 --> 01:05:45,317 like a beacon in the sun. 982 01:05:45,734 --> 01:05:48,862 And now I want you to think about the crime scene photos that I've shown you over the course of this trial. 983 01:05:54,368 --> 01:05:55,577 This morning... 984 01:05:56,662 --> 01:05:58,247 I too stood on that road, 985 01:05:59,081 --> 01:06:02,960 in the exact same spot the defendant stood. 986 01:06:03,669 --> 01:06:04,712 Right here. 987 01:06:06,380 --> 01:06:09,883 It's impossible to see the Statue of Liberty from the road. 988 01:06:09,967 --> 01:06:11,802 It is completely blocked. 989 01:06:11,885 --> 01:06:13,220 This... 990 01:06:13,512 --> 01:06:15,848 is the view from the edge of the ditch. 991 01:06:15,931 --> 01:06:16,890 [indistinct murmuring] 992 01:06:16,974 --> 01:06:20,894 So Peter Jablonski can only have seen the Statue of Liberty 993 01:06:20,978 --> 01:06:25,899 if he stood at the edge of the ditch, which means he saw Brenton Butler. 994 01:06:25,983 --> 01:06:27,151 [indistinct murmuring] 995 01:06:30,946 --> 01:06:34,241 How long did he stand there? 996 01:06:36,243 --> 01:06:37,619 How many seconds... 997 01:06:38,328 --> 01:06:41,290 did he look down at Brenton? 998 01:06:42,166 --> 01:06:43,292 One second? 999 01:06:44,501 --> 01:06:45,669 Two seconds? 1000 01:06:47,963 --> 01:06:49,006 Three? 1001 01:06:52,718 --> 01:06:53,886 Four? 1002 01:06:55,054 --> 01:06:56,180 Five? 1003 01:06:58,807 --> 01:07:00,059 Six seconds? 1004 01:07:02,186 --> 01:07:03,479 Seven seconds? 1005 01:07:08,817 --> 01:07:10,694 Peter Jablonski walked away. 1006 01:07:13,489 --> 01:07:14,990 And Brenton Butler died. 1007 01:07:17,242 --> 01:07:18,827 When he could have lived. 1008 01:07:21,371 --> 01:07:24,333 Would he have walked away if Brenton were white? 1009 01:07:27,086 --> 01:07:28,087 Would you? 1010 01:07:30,672 --> 01:07:35,344 You must also consider this a hate crime, because there is a bigger crime, 1011 01:07:36,595 --> 01:07:38,722 a bigger problem. 1012 01:07:38,806 --> 01:07:40,390 We have a problem, 1013 01:07:40,891 --> 01:07:43,477 and our country has a problem. 1014 01:07:43,936 --> 01:07:45,437 Our children are dying, 1015 01:07:45,521 --> 01:07:46,897 in plain sight, 1016 01:07:47,523 --> 01:07:50,317 left like roadkill on our playgrounds, 1017 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,194 our streets, and our sidewalks. 1018 01:07:52,611 --> 01:07:53,862 Turn on the news. 1019 01:07:55,114 --> 01:07:56,323 Open a paper. 1020 01:07:57,324 --> 01:07:59,159 And read their names. 1021 01:07:59,660 --> 01:08:04,832 Each is a clear message to every black woman, man, and child 1022 01:08:04,915 --> 01:08:08,710 that our lives and our bodies have no value. 1023 01:08:08,794 --> 01:08:11,130 So how many names are enough, 1024 01:08:12,131 --> 01:08:14,758 before we, before you say, 1025 01:08:15,759 --> 01:08:16,760 "Enough"? 1026 01:08:21,223 --> 01:08:24,852 The defendant said that he never saw Brenton Butler. 1027 01:08:25,811 --> 01:08:28,856 I'd like you to see Brenton now. 1028 01:08:29,815 --> 01:08:32,651 And not how he died, 1029 01:08:34,361 --> 01:08:35,612 but how he lived. 1030 01:08:36,321 --> 01:08:39,575 See those seconds near that icy road. 1031 01:08:41,994 --> 01:08:45,497 Before a car met a boy on a bike. 1032 01:08:47,374 --> 01:08:52,087 See the sky above and the earth below. 1033 01:08:53,380 --> 01:08:56,133 And in these last seconds of a life, 1034 01:08:57,301 --> 01:08:58,844 see how beautiful it is, 1035 01:09:00,137 --> 01:09:04,183 how endless and precious his life is. 1036 01:09:06,393 --> 01:09:07,603 Do you see him? 1037 01:09:09,897 --> 01:09:11,315 Then let Brenton know... 1038 01:09:15,527 --> 01:09:16,737 his life mattered. 1039 01:10:00,948 --> 01:10:04,910 Father God, look down on us today with your mercy, 1040 01:10:04,993 --> 01:10:06,954 -your great love. -[footsteps approaching] 1041 01:10:07,037 --> 01:10:09,748 Find justice for our child, your child, 1042 01:10:09,831 --> 01:10:11,208 -as you see fit. -[woman] Yes. 1043 01:10:11,500 --> 01:10:15,379 Give his mother and father the strength and fortitude 1044 01:10:15,462 --> 01:10:17,589 to bear whatever you bring to them today. 1045 01:10:17,673 --> 01:10:18,590 [man] Yes, Father. 1046 01:10:18,674 --> 01:10:20,842 Your wisdom is bountiful, 1047 01:10:20,926 --> 01:10:23,971 vaster than the oceans and mountains of your great earth. 1048 01:10:24,346 --> 01:10:26,682 -See us today, Father God. -See us. 1049 01:10:26,765 --> 01:10:28,684 -Hear us today, Father God. -Hear us. 1050 01:10:28,767 --> 01:10:30,394 -Amen. -[overlapping] Amen. 1051 01:10:47,703 --> 01:10:50,038 [Dolan] Mr. Foreman, do you have a verdict? 1052 01:10:50,414 --> 01:10:51,623 [foreman] We do, Your Honor. 1053 01:10:56,336 --> 01:10:57,629 [Judge Dolan exhales] 1054 01:11:05,178 --> 01:11:06,513 [Dolan] Mr. Jablonski. 1055 01:11:12,436 --> 01:11:15,230 All right, will the clerk please publish the verdict? 1056 01:11:15,480 --> 01:11:19,860 The State of New Jersey v. Peter Michael Jablonski. 1057 01:11:19,943 --> 01:11:24,990 On the charge of hate crime, the jury finds the defendant not guilty. 1058 01:11:25,073 --> 01:11:26,033 [indistinct murmuring] 1059 01:11:26,116 --> 01:11:31,705 On the charge of death by auto, the jury finds the defendant guilty. 1060 01:11:34,416 --> 01:11:38,378 [Dolan] Based on the outstanding record of the defendant as an officer of the law, 1061 01:11:38,462 --> 01:11:42,549 Mr. Jablonski is sentenced to 364 days in county jail, 1062 01:11:42,632 --> 01:11:45,218 eligible for parole in 30 days time. 1063 01:11:45,302 --> 01:11:47,220 -[woman 1] Oh, my God. -[woman 2] That ain't right. 1064 01:11:47,304 --> 01:11:48,472 [man] You can do it, Pete. 1065 01:11:48,930 --> 01:11:51,433 [Dolan] The defendant is remanded. [pounds gavel] 1066 01:11:52,225 --> 01:11:53,101 [handcuffs click] 1067 01:11:55,937 --> 01:11:56,897 Marie? 1068 01:11:58,106 --> 01:11:59,107 Marie! 1069 01:12:01,068 --> 01:12:04,112 Ladies and gentleman, thank you for your service. You are dismissed. 1070 01:12:04,196 --> 01:12:05,197 [pounds gavel] 1071 01:12:06,281 --> 01:12:07,366 [deputy] All rise. 1072 01:13:39,166 --> 01:13:40,792 ["Love and Hate" plays] 1073 01:13:56,516 --> 01:13:58,602 Today, justice was served. 1074 01:13:59,311 --> 01:14:02,147 We were given proof that no one is above the law. 1075 01:14:02,230 --> 01:14:04,691 And everyone, including the police, 1076 01:14:04,774 --> 01:14:06,902 will be held accountable for their actions. 1077 01:14:07,569 --> 01:14:11,448 Now this victory may not lessen the tragedy of a young life cut short, 1078 01:14:11,531 --> 01:14:15,494 nor heal the hearts of a family who suffered unspeakable loss. 1079 01:14:16,077 --> 01:14:17,579 But we must move forward. 1080 01:14:25,086 --> 01:14:26,671 ♪ Standing now ♪ 1081 01:14:27,964 --> 01:14:32,719 ♪ Calling all the people here To see the show ♪ 1082 01:14:33,845 --> 01:14:38,266 ♪ Calling for my demons now To let me go ♪ 1083 01:14:39,935 --> 01:14:43,855 ♪ I need something Give me something wonderful ♪ 1084 01:14:43,939 --> 01:14:45,357 [indistinct chatter] 1085 01:14:48,652 --> 01:14:50,278 ♪ I believe ♪ 1086 01:14:51,571 --> 01:14:55,992 ♪ She won't take me somewhere I'm not supposed to be ♪ 1087 01:14:57,494 --> 01:15:01,581 ♪ You can't steal the things That God has given me ♪ 1088 01:15:03,166 --> 01:15:07,295 ♪ No more pain and no more shame And misery ♪ 1089 01:15:10,423 --> 01:15:12,759 ♪ You can't take me down ♪ 1090 01:15:13,343 --> 01:15:16,221 ♪ You can't break me down ♪ 1091 01:15:16,304 --> 01:15:18,723 ♪ You can't take me down ♪ 1092 01:15:22,143 --> 01:15:24,229 ♪ You can't take me down ♪ 1093 01:15:25,063 --> 01:15:27,691 ♪ You can't break me down ♪ 1094 01:15:27,774 --> 01:15:30,235 ♪ You can't take me down ♪ 1095 01:15:35,365 --> 01:15:36,908 ♪ Love and hate ♪ 1096 01:15:38,159 --> 01:15:42,664 ♪ How much more Are we supposed to tolerate? ♪ 1097 01:15:43,915 --> 01:15:48,670 ♪ Can't you see there's more to me Than my mistakes? ♪ 1098 01:15:49,337 --> 01:15:53,925 ♪ Sometimes I get this feeling Makes me hesitate ♪ 1099 01:15:58,597 --> 01:16:00,015 ♪ I believe ♪ 1100 01:16:01,474 --> 01:16:05,854 ♪ She won't take me somewhere I'm not supposed to be ♪ 1101 01:16:07,397 --> 01:16:11,443 ♪ You can't steal the things That God has given me ♪ 1102 01:16:12,777 --> 01:16:17,115 ♪ No more pain and no more shame And misery ♪ 1103 01:16:31,671 --> 01:16:34,382 [KJ] I once thought that blindfold was a good thing. 1104 01:16:37,344 --> 01:16:39,179 [Fish] Her back's turned to us, too. 1105 01:16:40,221 --> 01:16:41,765 Unless that's her... 1106 01:16:43,016 --> 01:16:44,976 -Say it. -I wasn't gonna. 1107 01:16:48,063 --> 01:16:49,606 Then you've really changed. 1108 01:16:50,398 --> 01:16:51,733 Yeah, you have too. 1109 01:16:51,816 --> 01:16:52,817 [bicycle tires rattling] 1110 01:17:05,914 --> 01:17:06,998 We failed him. 1111 01:17:08,583 --> 01:17:09,876 Maybe we all did. 1112 01:17:14,714 --> 01:17:17,801 It was good working with you, KJ Harper. 1113 01:17:21,596 --> 01:17:23,223 Yeah. You too, Fish. -See ya around. -Yep. 1114 01:17:28,895 --> 01:17:30,855 -Don't forget about those mints. -Yeah. 1115 01:17:30,939 --> 01:17:32,524 [soft piano music plays] 1116 01:17:33,274 --> 01:17:34,317 [sighs]