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I warn you.

What you are about to see is shocking.

Stop, stop! Stop, stop!

- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.

Oh, no!

- My God. My God. - Why? Why?

This is Maria Storm

reporting from the Reno Sheriff's Department

where an unfolding scandal has rocked this city to its core.

Somebody's got to take out the trash

and I promise the citizens of Reno

that that person is gonna be me, Mike Powers. Thank you.

I'm Maria Storm, Channel 10, "News at Ten."

I have some questions to ask you

about the ongoing investigation against your department.

Oh, I have no comment on that.

'Lieutenant, I have some questions to ask you.'

Lieutenant Dangle!

Lieutenant Dangle, the people have a right to know!

What about the charges?

That's a fire lane. You can't stand there.

You can't stand there. It's a fire lane.

- Whoo! - 'Come here!'

- Right, up! - Whoa!

I feel like this department is standing

on a vast precipice

and the very first droplet of [bleep] is coming down

in the [bleep] storm that's gonna bury us all.

Uh, I hate to say I agree with Junior.

I think the department is on its last shaky legs.

It's like a long game of Twister that's coming to an end

and the DA's about to spin Left Foot Green.

Nobody's gonna be able to reach it.

It's all just gonna come tumbling down

like a house of cards.

S-some horrible game of Twister where it's all boys

and they kill you when you lose.

All I gotta say

is when I go before the Review Board

huh, huh

I'm going to be what?

One hundred percent professional.

State your name, please.

Officer Raineesha Williams.

And I didn't do nothing.

Officer Williams, would you mind removing your hat, please?

I keep a Kleenex under there

'because it sticks to my forehead.'

The Kleenex is fine, ma'am.

We just would prefer that you remove your hat, it...

This is an official investigation. Thank you.

Can I, can I just say my side of it?

- Please. - 'Okay.'

Only thing I know about

is, uh, people being racist on the force, okay?

When you ride in the car, okay, with them

they make the black officers sit in the back. Why?

Because they say, "Oh, your people

that's where your people used to be, in the back."

And, and, and they throw out the "N" word.

They use it all the time.

Uh, say, can you tell me exactly who has been using this word?

I got my fingers ready, okay? Watch, watch, watch, watch.

Dangle. Huh? Huh?

Junior, Wiegel, even Garcia. Uh, all of 'em.

And you know who I'm surprised at the most?

I'm surprised at Dangle.

I mean, he a *** and he calling everybody a ****.

Well, this morning we're serving a summons.

Pretty simple stuff, really.

Just got to put it in his hand and say, "You've been served."

Piece of cake.

- I got to go to work, fellas. - 'You Ian Meltzer?'

- This won't take a second. - Nice to meet you.

- 'You Ian Meltzer?' - Uh, yes, I am.

Hi, you've been served.

No, I'm not Ian Meltzer. I'm not Ian Meltzer.

- '"Meltzer. M-E-L..."' - 'Meltzer.'

Sir, you have to take this from me to be served, okay?

You just found a typo on my ID.

Actually, I don't if it's not for me.

Ian Meltzer's phone.

He just said, "Ian Meltzer's phone."

Yes, I'm here. What? Tell Gina she can get her own ship...

- Sir. Sir. - Covered.

I'm kind of indisposed right...

Yeah, there's some ridiculous men trying to serve me.

- Sir. - Okay.

Hang up the phone, sir. Hang up the phone, sir.

Could you not talk while I'm on the phone, please?

Please?

- It's really hot here. - No, no, no, no!

No, no, no, no!

- Ow! - Did he get hurt?

I'm going. We're going now. Oh, we're going now. Now we go.

'Oh, no, no, no.'

- Easy. - That's my boy.

I got this way blocked.

Kind of hard to put something in a fist, isn't it?

Kind of illegal to shove a summons in a fisted hand.

I don't think it is. I don't think it is, sir.

You fight like a proud toro, okay?

Well, thank you.

That's why we're gonna tear it up, okay?

'I'm the Emperor Nero and I'm saying...'

'Thumbs up, buddy.'

...let this one fight another day, okay?

You guys are absolutely cool. Please come by...

- Whoa! No, no, no, no! - Oh!

No! No eyewitness! No eyewitness!

- Joe. Eyewitness. - In your face.

'It's always easier serving the brothers, you know?'

Yeah, brothers just, you know--

Brothers just take it.

'[bleep] damn honkies.'

- What's up? - Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Weasel on the wall.

Now, when I sit down in front of that DA

I'm just gonna do my best

to look sophisticated and intelligent

keep my mouth shut and hopefully not piss myself.

That's good. You manage to do that in morning briefings.

'I want you to take a look at this photograph here'

'and tell me what you know about it.'

Bailiff, if you could take this up to Officer Junior...

Officer, could-could you remove your glasses, please?

Officer, can you s...

'Right. Can you see that?'

Can you tell me what's on that picture?

That's one of the boys in the department, sir.

Uh, no, that's actually a picture of a van.

Officer Junior, can you look up here?

Can you look up here for a second?

- Yes, sir. - Can you see me?

How many, how many fingers am I holding up?

- Five. - Five fingers?

Both hands or one hand, sir?

No, just one ha... It's just one hand.

Are those prescription glasses?

- No, sir, don't need 'em. - Do you operate a Cruiser?

I know these streets like the back of my hand, sir.

- 'The back of your hand?' - Yes, sir.

I guess you'd have to. Do you operate a firearm?

I'm the best shot in the department, sir.

Shh. Shh. Shh.

Shh, shh.

- 'Oh, God.' - June.

Travis? Travis?

You alright? Travis?

Did you get the weasel?

No, we lost him.

I think you should take the Fifth with the DA.

- Oh. - You know what the Fifth is?

You mean, tell him that I did it?

No, that's not the Fifth.

The Fifth is, is your right to not say anything at all.

Can you do that for me?

Why do you... Why?

Because you, you know the little bird in your mouth

who says terrible things sometimes.

Well, I have told him, specifically

"You stay home with the monkey in my brain

who I asked to please never come back again."

And I, this time I really yelled.

I yelled so much that my neighbor came to the door

and said, "Is everything okay?"

And I said, "Everything is fine.

"I've asked the monkey in my brain to please quiet down

and take the bird in my mouth with it."

So this time, Jim, I'm not worried about it.

Plus, I called my doctor

and he said I could up my meds just for the day.

It's gonna, it's gonna, you know

dry me up like there's no tomorrow

but it's worth it for this.

Is it true that you are

on three different kinds of antipsychotic medication?

- Yes, it is. - That's working out for you?

You're able to function on the job properly?

- No, not so well. - 'Not so well.'

Something here about a suicide attempt.

- Is that... - Yes.

They, they pick on you, don't they?

'They do. I get picked on a lot.'

'Trudy, they're not your friends.'

No, I know that, but, you know...

- You know who is your friend? - Who?

Mike Powers is your friend.

- Really? - You betcha.

Well, I do have some dirt, so I could be of--

What did you hear about Officer Jones?

He's a spiteful...

...hateful...

Violent?

...violent...

Danger...

...danger to this force.

And if I were in charge, I would get rid of him immediately.

- Thank you. - 'Who else?'

- Garcia. - Out.

Dangle.

He, uh, f-f-f...

Frust...

'He's fru, he's frustrated'

s-since...

Sexual...

...sex, since sexual...

Is that so?

Yeah, yes. Sir. Yes.

You say he's unprofessional.

- Oh, very unprofessional, - 'Very unprofessional.'

Uh, very, very...

- I'll tell you one thing. - Yeah?

Uh, Jones and Garcia...

...they, they killed that guy.

'Everybody knows it. Everybody knows it.'

Thank you, Officer Wiegel.

You're absolutely welcome. Can I go now?

You did good, Trudy.

My kingdom needs more children, but--

- Sheriff's department. - Excuse us, folks.

- Excuse us. - Excuse us. Excuse us.

- Hello. - 'Show's over.'

- Ca... Get on up here. - 'Back at 3:00. Back at 3:00.'

No, no back at 3:00. The show's over.

Uh, last time I checked, this was a free country.

Listen, listen, you've been warned a couple times

and you can't do the puppet show here in the park.

Oh! Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I didn't know I was in... Russia.

Look, and I'm doing this for funzy.

This is out of pocket for me, okay?

I don't, this is... I don't work because I'm on disability

so I have the free... I'm not, my wife is on disability.

And now we both have, if you just eat pancakes

you can stretch it like crazy.

Poor dear. She's 350 pounds.

When she walks, her legs break.

So, that's the problem at my home.

Someone called in and said that there was something

sexually suggestive goin' on here.

Lewd and lascivious behavior.

When I'm doin' a puppet show, I mean, I'm not here, okay?

I'm a channel for the puppets.

They have a story to tell. It's not up to me what they say.

Open the curtain.

Now!

- Oh! Oh! - Oh! Oh!

'No, let me explain this first. Please don't leave.'

- Nothin' to see here. - 'There goes my audience.'

- 'People, don't leave. Oh!' - What's the matter with you?

Now you've ruined... There was an illusion here

and now it's gone because they know

it's me and not a magical snake.

- Get out. Get out! - Come on out of there!

- Oh-h, man! - Oh-h!

Very bright out. My pants...

Please, this is puppet theater, like I have time

to worry about what I'm gonna wear.

I'm in a box, it's hot in there.

Plus, I need a lot of freedom of movement.

- Next show, 3:30! - No! No.

- No, no. - 3:30.

Wow.

That was some turkey dinner, huh, Carlo?

I'm stuffed. Let's hit the road.

Stuffed?

That's funny, 'cause we had stuffing

as a side d-dish with our turkey.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Now, hold up right there.

Y'all ain't goin' nowhere.

But we haven't had any alcohol, or booze or pills.

Oh, yeah? What do you call this?

A turkey leg. That's not drugs.

The hell it ain't!

People, don't let this happen to you.

Get the facts.

The truth is "Tryptophan," a hormone found in turkey

acts like a tranquilizer

and can be a silent killer behind the wheel.

So, the next time you have to drive...

Have a tuna sandwich and some melon

instead of turkey.

Number four, give me, like

you're-caught-in-a-funky- disco-wind-tunnel robot.

- 'Aw, see.' - 'I know.'

'Doesn't look like a wind tunnel.'

'I think that looks like a wind tunnel.'

Okay, pretty good, actually, guys.

- I thought it was really good. - Don't...

- What'd I say about the button? - I'm sorry, it was--

I'm in charge of the button.

'Number three, you've been sent from the future to rock us.'

'How about that? Give that a shot.'

- 'It's pretty good, that.' - 'That a lighter or somethin'?'

- 'Yeah.' - 'Knock it off. Stop.'

I can't [bleep] stand these [bleep].

If we can get them off the street, outta the public eye

for six or eight hours, we're doing a service.

Will you please let me out of here?

I'm startin' to feel like I'm exitin' a little bit.

The most important thing about this investigation with the DA

is that I know for a fact we have an ace up our sleeve.

And the ace up our sleeve...

...is Sheriff Walter Chechekevitch.

Who, believe it or not

is a very good man in a tight corner.

♪ I wish I were in Dixie away away ♪

- Is he sane? Is he alright? - 'Sir.'

Um, sheriff?

Sheriff?

♪ Look away ♪

♪ A way down south ♪

- Sheriff? - Sir.

- Good morning. - Good morning, sir.

There's some very serious accusations

regarding, uh, the Reno Sheriff's Department.

And you are sheriff of Reno.

- Is that correct, sir? - 'Sir, I am.'

'And how long have you been sheriff of Reno?'

Twenty two years, sir.

And how would you describe

the behavior of this department?

- Top-notch, sir. - 'Mm-hmm.'

Sir, how... I-if I can ask you...

How often are you actually in

the Reno Sheriffs' Department?

- Oh, I would say-- - 'And when I say that, sir'

'I mean the actual physical building.'

One or two days a week, at least.

Okay, it's sort of a part-time thing for you is what you're--

'Well, no, I mean, as the commanding officer'

I am called into the field for any kind of...

Well, is that field actually

in the state of Nevada, sir, is my question.

- The great State of Nevada. - The great...

I have over 67 counts from citizens of Reno

'against this department.'

Now... Are you... Are you alright, sir?

Wh-what is that?

Sheriff, that's a bulletin board.

'If you could please keep your attention focused up here'

that would, uh, that would help me a great deal.

♪ I wish I were in Dixieland away away ♪

♪ Away down South in Dixieland I wish I was... ♪

Sheriff. Sheriff?

'*** white boy, let me bone teeth.'

'Come on, roll 'em bones, roll 'em bones.'

'Oh, oh, oh! There you go!'

- 'Aye.' - Hey! Wassup?

- Yo, yo! - Go, go!

I'm gonna get you! I'm gonna get you!

I ain't goin' nowhere. I ain't goin' nowhere.

- Wassup? Wassup? - 'What's up? Yeah, what's up?'

- Got a little crap game goin'? - Just doin' a little do, man.

- Just doin' a little do. - "Doin' a little do?"

Those are my legitimate earnings, man. What you doin'?

You know you can't be doing this here, this is illegal.

The Lloyd's bar people called, they said you're runnin' craps.

You're compin' drinks, which you can't be doin' to their bar.

See, no. See, no, no. Now, see, that, under normal circumstances

if this was, like, your normal illegal-type situation--

- Which it is. What is it? Huh? - No, see, 'cause...

This, this is a legitimate Indian Casino.

Now is that your peace pipe there, hoss?

Yeah, look... Hey, I am one sixteenth, uh, Quashahaw.

- 'Excuse me?' - Come again?

- Quashahaw Indian. - Quashahaw?

- Quashahaw. - Hey!

Spell it for me real quick.

In Indian or i-in white man's?

You know, but you can come up here and deny me

my ethnicity and, and my heritage?

'You know, you come up here trying to take our land again!'

- What? You think I don't-- - Now, now, now. Sir, sir.

Sir, sir, you're not Indian

and you're not allowed to run a crap game.

I got a tribal permit.

- 'You got a tribal permit?' - Yes, I do.

- Can I see it, please? - It's in smoke signals.

''Cause, we don't... Hey! Our culture's different from yours.'

Man, we don't, like, write everythin' down on paper.

You know, we put things in, like, smoke and feathers

and stuff, man.

- Time to go. - He was gonna say same thing?

- Time to go. - That's right.

- Give me this. - 'Come on, man!'

'Give a brother a break.'

Hah! "Brother!" He said, [bleep] "Brother."

'Indians don't say "Brother!"'

'Indians don't say "Brother," !

'Watch commander to the bridge.'

'Watch commander to the bridge.'

Surprise!

- Happy birthday! - Oh, my gosh!

- I can't believe this! - 'What?'

I didn't even know... I didn't know it was my birthday.

Happy Birthday! Of course I knew it was your birthday.

Well, this is great.

- Do you want to blow 'em out? - 'Yeah.'

'Wait, blow harder.'

- I don't think it's-- - No, blow harder.

Good. You have good, strong, lung skill.

'You really thought I could do it from there.'

There's a surprise in there for you that I...

'Oh, really? What is it?'

She put a surprise in the cake.

'No, Craig. It's a surprise in the cake.'

'A surprise like a cracker jack surprise.'

Sort of.

Like-like, a special filling that's in the cake

that you might be able to find useful.

Useful filling?

Besides eating it, I can do something else with the filling?

'That sounds like fun.'

I don't... I don't think you're getting it.

It's...

Something I can eat and use at the same time.

Yeah, Craig, something you can eat and use at the same time.

You'll figure it out.

- I can't wait to figure this-- - 'Yeah, anyway.'

- Craig. - 'Yes.'

'What else, what else can I do with the fillings?'

- It's a file. - Oh.

Hey, what's up?

I'm... I... The walls are pretty thick.

Why are you bobbing? Am I... Is this...

Why are you bobbin' and weavin' on me?

'Are you tryin' to get me to say something?'

I feel like you're holding back.

I'm not holding anything back, I'm just trying

to make sure my balls don't pop out again, okay?

You ever get into any sexual indiscretions with him?

I'm just asking. It's... just you and me here.

And all these other people, but...

I think, sir, what we have here

is not so much a question of racial intolerance

but, perhaps lactose intolerance.

Would you say that's true?

This guy asked us to do this, okay?

'And I think the truth is often a very difficult'

and painful thing to confront...

...and you should all be commended

'for your honesty and your candor'

'during these proceedings.'

Chikawha, are they a plains Indian

or are they the ones who live in the--

No, man, w-we, we're beautiful! A beautiful, proud people!

Being one sixteenth Indian

then this area of roughly 15 square feet around me

is considered Indian land

so I can do whatever I want on it. Hey! Look.

You're just tryin' to oppress me.

This is like General Cu... It is General Custard all over again.

'Custer. Custer. It was "Custer."'

He wasn't a, he wasn't a delicious frozen dessert.