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Officer down.

Officer down.

Officer down.

Get on the ground.

Come on, get down.

Get down.

Oh, God, I didn't do anything. Get off
of me. Who is he? What's his name? Get

off me. I didn't do anything.

Corner of Columbus and Temple.

I said, who is he? Get the hell off me.
I didn't do anything.

I swear to God, I didn't do anything.
Shut up.

We're in the alley off of 93rd Street.

How late are you going to stay?

I can't study at home.

How about sleeping at home? It's almost
11 o 'clock.

I'm almost done.

Hello. Hello, yes, I need to speak with
Jimmy Blutie.

Mr. Blutie isn't here at the moment. Our
office hours... You have to find him.

This is an emergency. Page him. Who are
you, sir? My name is Joe Moran. He knows

me. The police are torturing a friend of
mine, and I need to get a lawyer down

here right now. Hold on. No, no, no, I
can't hold on. They got him in a room,

and he's been shot.

Who's been shot?

My friend.

The police think that he shot a cop.

Now, they got him in a room. We're at
Brookford's Hospital. They threw the

doctors out, and now he's screaming. All
right, wait, wait, wait. No, no, no,

fine Jimmy Baluti. I'm going to put you
on with Jamie Stringer. She is a fine

lawyer, and she's very anxious to speak
with you. No, I want Jimmy. Hold on,

sir.

Jamie Stringer, how can I help you?

Just had to fob it off on me. I'm a
member of the bar.

Midnight. You were a member of the bar
last week to laugh at that Chinese guy.

Keep pacing, Jimmy.

Excuse me, are you Miss Stringer? Joe.
Yeah, they have him back here.

They're going to kill him, I swear to
God. Well, wait, before... I think he

a cop, but he didn't.

That's him screaming. They got him back
there. Are doctors with him? No, it's

just the police.

You can't go in there. Yes, I can. I'm
his lawyer. I don't care who you are.

You can make it easier for yourself.

This man is not represented by counsel.
You need to leave.

Let's go. Get her out of here.

Get your hands off of me. Get your hands
off me.

Now, take these off of me. Shut up.

Move that chair. I don't want to hear
her.

Eugene, we have a situation.

She's right through there. They
handcuffed her? Yes.

Get the cuffs off now. She's interfering
with an investigation.

Get those handcuffs off that woman now
or I will make it my mission in life to

bring down your entire department.

Eugene. What the hell's going on here?
What's going on is your client shot a

police officer who's now in surgery.

That's a brutality claim?

That's a civil rights criminal
violation.

Take the handcuffs off.

Keep her away from us.

We want to see our client. That's not
possible.

Your client's currently being
questioned.

He asked for his lawyer. Fine, file your
motion to suppress, but you're not

going in that room. If he's being denied
medical treatment, the doctor said his

injury isn't life -threatening. He's
been shot, and those thugs in there are

sticking a flashlight into an open
wound.

The next lawyer that goes into that room
will be arrested for obstruction of

justice. We have a right to see our
client. No, you don't.

We have a right to hold him for 48
hours.

Who's the DA on call?

Don't know.

Mike?

Eugene, your guy shot a cop.

I'm not helping you out here.

Hey.

Hey, I want to see your chief of staff.

I'm the chief of the ER. Your hospital
is looking at a lawsuit. Don't lecture

on liability, please.

Police have taken over.

Jimmy, what the hell's going on?

Wait.

Everybody over here now.

Jimmy, talk to this, uh... Moran.

Moran, find out what happened.

Tara, borrow a computer, draft a habeas
petition.

Down and dirty. What good will that do?
We haven't got a judge.

Mike, who's the duty judge?

Don't know.

Does anybody here know a judge we can
call?

Roberta Kittleson. You got a home
number?

Yeah. Call her up.

Eleanor, go to the FBI office. Report
what's going on here. Tell them a civil

rights crime is being committed and it's
ongoing.

We haven't actually stayed

current.

Anybody else know a judge?

How can none of us be friendly with a
single judge?

They all know our work.

Look, call Alan.

Maybe he's bribed some judge along the
way. Jimmy, get his story.

Eleanor, FBI, let's go.

Another retractor? No.

Get another PT, PTT, and adenogenase as
well.

What do we know?

I can't tell.

Seems like it'd take a long time just to
get a bullet.

You need something?

Just checking to see what the charges
are going to be.

Mike.

He's bleeding out.

More suction.

Give me the thermal saw. We've got to
crack this test. Put more tension on

retractor. I need to get in and massage
the heart.

Let's push another 5 milligrams.

Here you go. 5 milligrams pushed.

All right. Hold.

Yes. No rhythm. Get a clip.

Continuing massage.

Irrigation. Hold the massage. Let me
check the rhythm. All right. Still

No spontaneous respirations.

Nothing? No.

Please don't see any edge.

One more time.

Anything? No.

Asystole. Atropine, intracardial?

No. No.

No.

Todd

came

out first.

He was going to get the car.

And we came out from... The bar.

So as I come out, I hear shots.

I hear shots real close.

And I see Todd take off to, you know,
run for cover.

How far away were you?

I don't know.

25 yards or something like that.

So then I see the cops suddenly chasing
him. And, you know, I think they see him

running, they must figure that he's, you
know, the shooter or something.

Well, if he's innocent, why did he run
from the police?

I don't know.

It's a parole violation for him to be
out past ten.

Plus, he may have had some drugs on him.
So I... Jimmy, he didn't shoot

anybody. I'm telling you. Look, Joe, I
know this guy is your friend.

But as your lawyer, if you can help
yourself here at all, a police officer

dead. Todd didn't shoot him. Listen to
me.

If they make your buddy...

You could be going up on conspiracy.

There's a window of opportunity to help
yourself. No, no, he's innocent, man. I

swear, I'm telling the truth.

You got nothing to do with this.

What's going on?

We need to get a court order to get a
client out of police custody.

Tara is drafted in a habeas, but we
don't have a judge.

Would you be able to find one?

At two in the morning?

Well, it's a little urgent.

Eugene?

I'm told you're looking for the DA on
call.

You.

Is there a problem?

Yes, there's a problem. The police are
back there coercing a wounded suspect.

A suspect who has a Fifth Amendment
right to remain silent. A suspect who

Sixth Amendment right to counsel. A
suspect who has a civil right not to be

tortured. All of those rights are
currently being trampled on.

Well, certainly any and all evidence
obtained in violation of your client's

constitutional rights would not be
admissible.

I'll be sure not to introduce it.

Anything else?

I want to see him.

When we're ready.

As I said, it's urgent.

I understand.

They're only screwing up their own case.
Why are they doing this?

Maybe they're afraid they don't have a
case.

Did you see him fire the gun?

No, I heard the shot and looked up.

But he was the only one there, the only
one around.

I need you to look at his face again and
confirm that.

Can you do that for me?

Yes.

You're sure?

That's him.

Were you able to get photos?

Photos? No, the police just yanked her
right out of the room. We're not even

being allowed access.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay? What okay? Aren't you going to go
down there? No, ma 'am. The procedure

between us and local law enforcement is
we don't get involved until either

they've charged your client or released
him.

I don't think you understand.

Local law enforcement is committing the
crime. The torture is ongoing as we

speak. Until they've completed their
investigation, we can't get involved.

You're the FBI.

A man is being tortured.

I can be your friend, Mr. Beck.

I can make these people stop, and I can
get you proper treatment.

But for me to help you, you need to help
me.

I didn't do it. Todd, we already know
you did it.

What we need is to find the gun so it
doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

A little cooperation here will go a very
long way.

I promise you.

Where's the gun?

I don't know.

I don't know.

You don't have any recording devices in
this entire hospital? Believe it or not,

we don't bug the rooms.

Tara, keep dialing our office.

Get as much of this as you can on our
answering machine.

Jimmy, I need you to find us a tape
recorder or something.

What happened?

They won't intervene.

He wrote up a 302. He filed it and
thanked me for reporting it. This is

unbelievable.

Here's the deal.

You give us a statement from Moran that
he saw Beck shoot the officer.

We'll then let you see Mr. Beck.

Moran didn't see Beck shoot anybody
because Beck didn't shoot anybody.

I'm trying to play nice here. Let me
tell you something. No, let me share.

I knew that officer.

Personally. I know his widow.

I know his two children.

Now what have you got to say?

Good heavens, you've woken up whoever he
is. What are you doing here?

You don't pick up your phone or answer
your bell. Luckily, I remembered where

you hide your key.

Alan! I have an emergency.

What the hell's going on? I'm very
sorry, sir.

Judge Pollack?

Hello, sir. I didn't recognize you
without your robe.

Alan Shore, I appeared before you in an
antitrust matter once. You were

terrific, by the way.

Alan, what in God's name?

I'm not here for sex. You'll be relieved
to know I'm sure you're relieved.

We have a client. The police are
currently trying to beat a confession

him. The man is wounded and in need of
medical attention. It's extremely

exigent. I have a habeas petition.

I just need a signature from either of
you, actually.

Are you out of your mind? Marsha, he's
20 years old, bleeding.

And the police won't let the doctor
remove the bullet.

Please.

She said no as soon as I mentioned his
alleged crime.

I don't know how much more he'll be able
to take, but they're going to keep him

in there until he confesses he's going
to break.

Does he even know anybody's out here
trying to help him? I said I was counsel

before I was hauled out, but I don't
know if I registered.

Were you able to talk to him? No.

Mr. Beck is going into surgery to have
his shoulder repaired. You people can

speak to him when he comes out, if you'd
like.

What did you do to him?

I'm surprised at that question, Eleanor.

Where is Joe Moran?

He's right there.

Joe Moran?

Yes?

You're under arrest for the murder of
Officer Peter White. What the hell's

on? Mr. Beck gave us a statement that
Mr. Moran here is the shooter.

What are you talking about? That's
crazy. Be quiet, Joe. Jimmy, I didn't

anybody. Do not say a word.

I'll see you in custody.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used
against you in the court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

You cannot afford an attorney.

Can't we just suppress the statement?
Obviously it was coerced. The guy was

tortured. But he's not the one being
charged. We can't assert Beck's

constitutional rights to suppress
evidence against Moran.

Tarver, when will Beck come out of
recovery?

They said 7 a .m. Good.

Eleanor, Jamie, you need to be there.
The police know they got reliability

problems on the statement, and they'll
probably try to get another one under

less coercive circumstances.

Look, regardless of whose constitutional
rights have been violated, can a

statement be quashed if it's given
involuntarily?

Good question.

Research that.

We keeping you up?

Yes, actually. It's four in the morning.

Eugene, we probably should try to get
some sleep. We have other cases that we

need to be awake for tomorrow. This is
the most important case, Eleanor.

I mean, we all went to law school.

The idea that a government agency...
They just tortured a man in front of us.

This! It's our most important case.

Why are they making us just sit here
like this?

Probably to play with your head a
little.

which seems to be working from the looks
of you.

My God, man, I still can't believe this
is happening.

Look, it's a good sign that they haven't
hauled you off to a raiment yet. It

could mean they know their case wobbles.
Well, what do they want to talk about?

I don't know.

But whatever goes down here, you say
nothing.

You hear me, Joe?

I will do all the talking.

You don't open your mouth. If you need
to breathe, do it through your nose.

Great.

It's my signature, but I don't remember
saying all that.

You don't remember?

They were sticking stuff into my wound.

I know that's what they were asking me
to say.

Whether I said it or not, I don't
remember.

I was practically blacking out the whole
time.

Okay, well, let's get to the heart of
it.

Is this statement true?

No. Joe didn't shoot anybody.

What happened last night?

We came out of a bar, and we heard
gunfire.

I got a little freaked, so I started
running to my car.

I then saw two cops coming at me.

I had been drinking, and I was out past
10.

I'm on parole, you know.

So I just took off.

I went down a dead -end alley.

I couldn't go nowhere else, so I put my
hands up, you know, to surrender.

And they shot me.

What's going to happen to Joe?

I don't know.

But obviously, he's in a little bit of
trouble.

Look, he didn't do anything, okay? I'm
sorry if I said he did.

I was out of it.

I swear.

Look, we probably need to get you new
counsel.

Why?

Joe Moran is a firm client, and we can't
represent both of you. Joe and I are

together. Yeah, well, you signed a
statement saying that he was the

even if you... I'll take it back.

Ms. Frutt, you people were there last
night. You saw what happened to me.

could make us witnesses on any civil
claim.

No lawyer who comes in now is going to
believe me.

I got a record.

A cop is dead.

My friend is charged.

Look, you saw what went down, or at
least you heard.

You know we didn't do this.

Okay, then.

This is my favorite kind of meeting.

The one where I, and only I, talk.

Your job here, Mr. Moran, is to listen
closely.

Pretend as if the rest of your life
might turn on what I say.

You already know your job, Counsel.

A police officer is dead.

somebody must, of course, go to prison.

At the moment, it appears as if that
person will be you.

If, however, you are to sign a statement
saying Mr. Beck is the shooter, if you

agree to provide testimony against Mr.

Beck, of course truthful, then we would
give you use and transactional immunity.

Your counsel can explain that. In
layman's terms, you go free.

Anything short of a statement and
testimony, we prosecute you for murder.

I'm going to give you some time to
discuss this with Mr. Berluti.

There will be an arraignment at 1 o
'clock.

It'll either be Mr. Beck's...

Or yours.

I should have seen it.

You know what? What the hell is going
on?

Here's a crash course in criminal
procedure.

If they coerce a confession from Beck,
they can't use it against him. It's

unconstitutional. So what they were
doing in the room with their torture...

was forcing him to give a statement
against you, which they can use against

Now, they come back to you with his
statement as leverage to get you to make

statement against Beck, which they can
legally use against Beck.

They're doing an end run around the
Constitution.

Is this legal? Legal? No.

Tortures against the law.

But is Beck's statement admissible
against you?

Yes.

Would your statement be admissible
against Beck?

Probably yes.

Look, I'm going to go discuss this with
my partners. We'll formulate a plan of

attack. I'll be back in an hour.

Make the deal.

I'm sorry?

If they guarantee that I go free, I'll
give them whatever they want.

First of all...

That isn't necessary. They got no real
case against you. They have enough to

arraign me in two hours, possibly enough
to put me on trial. I mean, that alone

screws me. And second, I can't commit
fraud.

You didn't see Beck shoot anybody.

You're his alibi that he didn't shoot
the guy.

I was mistaken.

Now that I think back, he did kill that
cop.

Joe. You can't do this.

Come on.

I've done prison. I can't go back. I
can't. Beck is the guy they're really

after. They're just using you. We don't
know that for sure. Even if that's true,

they're still going to try to get me on
conspiracy or something else. Listen.

No, no, I can't risk it. They're
offering me a chance to go free here.

sorry. Tom Beck is your friend. Who
tried to flip me. Because he was

For God's sake, Joe, don't do this.

What do I have to bank on, huh? A fair
trial or justice?

I got a glimpse of justice in that
hospital room. Five lawyers. You guys

couldn't do anything.

I don't want to hurt Todd, but I got to
save myself.

Make the deal.

I won't.

I'm telling you as my attorney. Then I'm
withdrawing as your attorney.

I will not commit fraud, especially to
help convict an innocent man.

I'm done here.

Jimmy.

I expect our privileged conversations to
stay privileged.

Wait just a second. They take a
statement that they get as a result of

use it to get another statement that
they then use against the guy who was

tortured? How is that not poisonous
fruit? Because it isn't. No court has

so. And Moran? He's already hired a new
attorney.

They're supposedly cutting a deal as we
speak.

Sometimes the only legitimate thing to
do is fight fire with fire.

Meaning? Well, I have several
professional lady friends. I say we

Walsh on camera and the act of getting
fellatio, blackmail him into dropping

charges.

Trust me, it works.

I've settled at least three cases this
way.

They've got him.

Well,

gee,

that's good to know.

I guess I better get down there. Hold
on.

I'm representing Beck.

Mrs.

White.

I'm Kenneth Walsh.

The district attorney.

We've actually met before.

Yes.

Please accept my sincere condolences.

Your husband was an exceptional man.

An outstanding police officer.

Why was he killed?

Nobody is telling me what happened.

We don't exactly know why yet.

Look.

We've got the guy.

We're about to arraign him. But you
don't need to be here for this. Go be

your family. Let me take care of things
on this end. I want to see him.

I want to see the face of the man who
killed him. I really don't recommend

today.

Look, he's not getting out.

There'll be plenty of time later at his
trial.

Let me handle things.

Okay?

Okay.

Case number 72334.

Commonwealth versus Todd Beck.

Charge of murder in the first degree.

Eugene Young, for the defendant, Your
Honor, waive reading, file a motion to

dismiss the charges.

And we ask, Your Honor, given the
illegal and outrageous conduct of the

and district attorney, we ask that this
motion be heard now.

Now? Isn't that jumping the gun
slightly?

There is no gun, Your Honor. There is no
case.

These charges are being fabricated. They
were done so by means... Did we

fabricate the death of Officer Peter
White?

Did we? There is no witness. There is no
evidence. There is no trace metal or

powder residue to indicate that my
client ever fired or even touched a gun.

have a signed statement. Which is the
product of torture, the product of...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Mr. Young, you seem a little on the
amped side here.

Todd Beck was shot by the police.

He was then put in a room, denied
counsel, denied medical treatment, while

police officers stuck a flashlight and
other foreign objects into the wound.

They did so for three hours until they
coerced him into giving a statement

against Joe Moran. They then used the
statement to leverage Mr. Moran against

Todd Beck. Mr.

Moran was, in fact, arrested for this
murder at 3 o 'clock. This morning. And

represented by you, by the way. Not
anymore. We now represent Mr. Beck.

a conflict of interest. Which pales in
the face of torture. All right.

Mr. Walsh, did you coerce a statement
from Mr. Beck?

I wasn't in the room, Your Honor, when
the statement was given. You heard the

screaming.

He'd been shot.

Mr. Walsh, if you get cute with me, you
will not like my finding.

What happened?

Let's assume it happened exactly as Mr.
Young says.

So what?

If the police coerced the statement from
Mr. Beck, it's not being used here.

We're relying on Mr. Moran's statement.
Which you only got by threatening him

with prosecution. Which we do all the
time.

Forsaking criminal charges is a
negotiating tactic used by every law

agency in the country.

Not every agency commits acts of
torture, Mr. Walsh. I don't know for a

that torture was committed, Your Honor.

But once again...

Any statements obtained through that
kind of coercion, we would never seek to

introduce. But they are using it. They
used a coerced statement to ultimately

get evidence against my client. That's
poisonous fruit. According to who?

There's no case law supporting that.

What evidence does the Commonwealth have
against the defendant?

The surviving police officer will
testify about being shot at.

She'll testify that she saw Mr.

Beck flee the scene.

He ran from the police.

Mr. Moran will testify that his friend
was the shooter.

Call me crazy, but that's a case.

Mr. Moran's statement is a lie. That's
for a jury to decide, not you. Your

Honor, I realize we live in different
times.

The Supreme Court has eroded the
exclusionary rule. We have laws called

Patriot Act. We detain suspects for
months, even years, without even giving

a hearing. We declare persons of
interest. You're getting off track. I'm

track.

I'm on the track.

With each passing day, we're becoming
more and more a police state.

We no longer hold dear civil rights. We
no longer lay claim to expectations of

privacy. In our new world, we even
embrace this loss of freedom so long as

makes us feel safe.

But when police officers commit acts of
torture, there comes a point where we as

lawyers, as judges, as guardians of
democracy, where we have to say enough.

locked a wounded man in a room.

Your Honor?

Enough.

The fact that he even took it under
advisement is a good sign.

For him to consider kicking it at the
arraignment stage, obviously their case

looks weak.

I still like my hooker idea.

Eleanor's right.

Even if we go to trial, all they have is
Moran's statement, which we can easily

attack. I still don't even know why
they're bringing this case, and with

rush. A cop is dead.

Jimmy, there still needs to be evidence,
for God's sakes.

I mean, this just doesn't make sense.

The judge is back.

All rise.

Be seated.

I have a 10 -year -old son.

Sometimes I help him with his homework,
and with math, he's required to show the

work.

It's too bad we don't require the same
of law enforcement.

The police don't have to show their
methodology, only the evidence that they

actually introduce.

And if anyone needs proof of the
potential for abuse, we need only look

case.

Mr. Walsh, I'm disgusted.

I wish that you had the guts to
prosecute the officers involved here.

Clearly, you don't, perhaps because of
your own culpability.

To think that my son might grow up in
your legacy, it horrifies me.

But, Mr. Young, the evidence being
introduced here against your client,

reprehensibly obtained, is technically
admissible.

Mr. Moran was not tortured.

His statement, though made under the
threat of criminal prosecution, was

voluntary.

It stands.

Your motion for dismissal is denied.

Trial date is set for June the 6th. The
defendant is held without bail.

We're adjourned.

Hard fought, Eugene.

I thought you argued well.

For the record, I consider your guy
guilty.

For the record?

You tortured him.

Look, Eugene, I don't know exactly what
happened on the street the other night,

and neither do you.

Six months.

Six months.

For a cop killer.

We dropped the murder charges. He pleads
guilty to unlawful discharge of a

firearm within city limits.

I need a response now.

My response is you'd never offer this if
you really thought he was guilty.

You can't find the gun. You have no
evidence. You know you'll lose. You want

run the risk of a trial, Eugene?

Fine.

But I'd certainly get your client's
input before exposing him to a life

with no parole.

You got a bad shoot, and then you
torture an innocent kid to cover your

maintain the shoot was justified.

I'm offering an out, Eugene.

For who?

I've offered your client six months for
a Class B misdemeanor. If you feel the

need to reject that, then please do.

But again...

you might want to run it by the client.

Beck took the deal.

He had to, Eugene.

He couldn't risk a murder trial.

And as weak as their case was, he had
to.

No argument.

You okay?

Of everything that happened in the last
24 hours, the most frightening to me

is the look of futility in your eyes.

Eugene, people like you, they can't give
up.

Most people don't want to live in a
police state. Most people still believe

civil liberties and human rights are
more important than just rounding up bad

guys.

And with the erosion of our basic human
rights and everything else that is going

on in this country, what most people
need right now, desperately need,

is for men like you, not.