All language subtitles for Hill Street Blues s07e10 More Skinned Against Than Skinning

Is that Layton? Was.

Where's the man who shot him, his
partner? What's his name? Dan.

Night shift?

Task force.

Andy Crack. Yeah. He says they observed
a suspect heading up the alley. Layton

circled around. Dan was jumpy. He shot.

I'm Captain Farrell. I screwed up, man.

I screwed up.

How long were you partners?

Eighteen months.

It's no secret. I didn't like the dude.

He was a pretty boy. He dressed like a
pimp.

You know how they are.

They?

But I didn't mean to kill him.

They?

Let's have a little attention up here.

Thank you.

Now, I know that we're all upset over
the shooting that took place this

involving two members of our night
watch, Officers Layton and Gant. They

special assignment to Division's
Anticraft Task Force. Many of you will

Hal Layton. It was a young man that Neil
Washington took under his wing and

helped him get on the force.

His death is tragic.

What happened to Gann? Yeah, Gann. Is he
being charged? Officer Gann is in the

custody of the police surgeon for the
standard 639 exam.

Is he busted? Who pulls the case?

All right. Shooting case assignments.

Officers Canby, Welch, Kuznowski, and
Morantz, you will substitute for the

watch on crime site crowd control. And
Detectives LaRue and Washington, you

pull primary investigation and liaison
with internal affairs.

Captain Ferillo has requested that all
officers maintain a blanket press

silence. Now, that's with special
emphasis on this point, since you may

noticed upstairs a number of
photographers among us.

The Hill and its guardians of law and
order has been chosen the

subject for the Evening Tribune View
Magazine weekly feature, One Day in the

Life of... They have been given
permission...

to follow individuals around on
assignment at the discretion of the

involved. Use your common sense.

All right, item five.

After 38 years as the department
accountant, Larry Winston is retiring.

Item six.

Because of the continuing slowdown of
the medical examiners, those of you

unfortunate enough to encounter a corpse
today may also encounter a harried...

Paramedics filling in. Expect an extra
half hour sitting each step.

Item seven.

Lieutenant Bunce to the ophthalmologist
this a .m. 8 to 9 .30. Lieutenant

Goldbloom to cover.

And item last.

Our neighborhood Visigoths continue
mugging excessive numbers of bums.

Unfortunately, Mick Belker, who was
working an undercover lure, was

by some of the potential victims, and as
a result, we are stalemated.

Dismissed.

Common sense with the photographers
today, but also common sense with each

other, with speaking out of turn to each
other about the shooting. We all want

facts, not fictions.

And in situations as these, I know from
painful personal experience, truth

is a precious commodity.

What about this new gang?

What gang?

The Visigoths. Are they from the
Heights? I was out at the site.

They didn't even bust it. Who, Gant?

Chalk another one up to their side.

What do you mean, their side?

Gant's a stone racist.

He hasn't been charged.

And little Abney here doesn't really get
it, does he? Don't you work the night

shift, man? Why don't you go back to the
night shift? This is sweet. Hey, you're

the one that's got to wake up.

This far, up to these doors.

Any pictures you want except for
civilians, suspects, anyone in for

booking, relatives or precinct
employees?

Yes. Who's left?

Hey, you can't take a picture like that.

Come on, come on, huh? What are you
going to do? A picture of me adjusting

acorns. I'm photographing a day in the
life. It happens to be a part of life. I

know, I know. You scratch, I scratch.

I just don't want the women and children
of this city seeing me scratching my,

uh, gentle area.

Yeah, well, I won't give you the film.

I stand on my first amendment rights.
Yeah? Which one is that?

Freedom to be a peepin', Tom.

I'm going to get my eyes examined.

Watch your back. Come on.

Don't worry about me. Come with your
hand here. I'll give you your hand, all

right? Come on. Hey, help us out. Come
on. It's heavy. Look at that. Look at

that. You crunched my film.

We have a 9 -11.

We're in progress.

See surplus store corner People's Drive.

So, one of these kids dealing crack on
the street, and this is a corner worth

half a million a month.

A month.

Takes out the kid who owns that corner.

We got the scratch on the case. We saw a
kid who matched the description, and we

gave chase.

Sorry. You on tape?

Glad you could make it.

Officer Gant is filling us in on details
of what happened this morning.

The kid looked like Layton.

Both tall, black, same build, smoothie.

They both had on down jackets.

They're both black.

You mentioned that.

Streetlights were out. It was dark, man.

I was edging along the wall and Layton
came around the corner and I clutched. I

screwed up.

Came around the corner like he was
coming at me. What do you mean by that?

fast. Like attacking. Like maybe he
thought I was the perp. He said the perp

black. Or another perp, man. I don't
know. You hear me? I screwed up.

I knew Layton ever since I picked him up
for boosting cars.

I straightened him out. Got him on the
force. That right.

That's right.

Oh, I'm sorry he's dead, but the guy was
a jerk. He never would have made a

mistake like you did.

What happened to the suspect?

How did he get past Layton?

Was he in the alley when the shooting
happened?

Hiding? What about Gann's record? He
said something about missing his monthly

practice on the ranch. Excuse me, Frank.
I need it.

Also, anything at all you can find out
about Layton and Gann's relationship.

Update from SID, update from the
nightguys. Frank.

Keep it low -key.

Some people are still edgy about what
happened over in the pub. We don't want

this becoming something that's not.

Oh, Neil.

You know Layton better than anybody.

No problem.

I'll keep him in line.

Eleven o 'clock.

The brothers are meeting in Rome.

Looks like the black officer scout
troop's on the warpath.

And it's important.

It's about the shooting. We don't want
what happened in the post to happen

Funny. That's what Ferillo just told us.

I don't think we mean the same thing.

Excuse me. You Detective Washington?

Right. I hear you're working the
Cotkills cop case.

Hey, look, I don't have time to talk
now. I got a lot on my plate. Because

been out there since early. I want to
cover that in the course of today.

Hey, J .D., what's the story on the
photographer?

At our discretion.

See you around.

Oh, I'm sorry, sorry.

Hey, who is that?

I, doctor, put these drops in my eyes. I
can't see my freaking nose.

Blind man, Bun?

LaRue? Hey, read the Bible, pal.

Samson was blind, too. Excuse me.

Oh, excuse me, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Sorry, excuse me. Excuse me, everybody.

I need some help. Ah, Bill, listen,
uh...

I was thinking maybe I could help you. I
heard about your problems with the bum

mug. Be thankful you can see.

Spare change, mister?

You want to go undercover?

I don't want to hang around here all
night. Norman, you can't see anything.

Hey, you can protect me, all right?

What do you think?

What do you think of his state?

You mean his gang's suicidal?

It's hard to say. He's all over the
place. One minute moaning about how he

screwed up, next minute blaming Layton
for screwing up.

Yeah, he's pretty racked up.

What about his family situation?

Nothing great.

No boys, no kids.

Oh, sorry.

Chief on line three. Thanks a lot.

I think Dan needs to talk to somebody
professionally.

Chief?

I understand.

I'm sure you would.

Chief, I appreciate that, but I don't
think that would be necessary, not at

time.

Right.

Thank you.

He offered division help with the
Leighton Gann case.

Outside of IAD?

I declined.

Probably scared because of the Polk. He
didn't mention the Polk.

Why would anybody want to skin a corpse?

Call the skin right off, even the toes.
You know, a grown man, big old hump like

that, big dangly arms.

What did he die of?

Hard to tell. No bullets, stabs, or
anything.

Oh, Lord, think about that. Poor guy,
big old head, humped over, comes into a

bar, sits down, orders a beer, talks to
a little girl, scares the daylights out

of him. None of the typical signs you'd
expect in a situation like this. What do

you mean typical?

You've seen something like this before?
And shirts!

How would an individual that looks like
this find a shirt to fit him? From the

subcutaneous bleeding, which, of course,
after the unfortunate skinning, would

no longer be subcutaneous, and the
relatively even drying of the flesh, I'd

the victim was skinned alive.

Or he died a natural death and then was
skinned. I don't know.

Just a paramedic. When they pay me to be
M .E., then I'll let you know.

What an undignified way to go. You
remember my sofa when I was having to

reupholster it? All the stuff was out.
It looked just like that.

Now, we all know what happened in the
Polk. And we know about the hidden

racism in the department.

And we know about the efforts to pretend
that it doesn't exist.

Want to cover it up?

And we know about Gann. We know about
the cracks he made about Layton. About

so -called practical jokes.

What I'm saying is attitude.

Yeah, we all know about attitude.

Now, we are not out to get anybody, as
some of our brother officers, white

officers, will suggest.

And we are not on a witch hunt, as some
of our brother officers, white officers,

will suggest.

But early this morning, Howard Layton
walked into an alley, a police officer

with a future.

And he never walked out of that alley
because a white cop, a cop that everyone

knows is a racist, a cop who tried to
refuse duty with a black officer, shot

him.

And is that cop indicted? No.

Is he under arrest?

No.

Now,

brothers, I am not saying what went
down, but I am saying...

We are gonna find out Now we know that
there will be no cover

-up because there's a member of the
black officers coalition participating

the case Detective Washington

No

cover -up you can believe it

Hey, you got business up here?

I told you, I'm covering the crime scene
down to dusk. Well, just stand behind

the lines.

Why?

So we go through it.

You be late and I be gang.

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

You just circle the building. Come down
the other alley, around the corner, down

this alley.

Okay.

And he falls.

It all checks out. Look how close we
were.

Even in the dark, don't tell me that
Gann couldn't recognize his partner.

Unless, like he says, he screwed up. At
this distance, uh -uh. I don't call that

screwing up.

If Layton was facing Gann the way you're
facing me, and why would Layton turn to

his right and stagger back up the alley,
huh?

Why wouldn't he stagger toward the wall?

Because he didn't. Unless Gann was
standing at the mouth of the alley as

came toward him.

Layton's off guard.

Alley's empty. No perp. No danger.

Layton starts to put away his gun.

Bang!

Gan set Layton up? Everyone knows Gan
didn't like blacks.

Didn't like Layton. Come on, man. Don't
go native on me, okay?

Another thing.

Oh, here we go again. Tell us more about
the skinned person, would you, Renko?

The movies.

Can you imagine a poor guy trying to fit
into a seat?

His hump was pushing so far forward that
he wouldn't have no leg room.

Have you ever tried to sit through a
whole big movie with your legs all

up against the seat in front of you?
Please.

Hey, Noose.

Hi, Dad. Hi.

How are you?

Not bad.

Can we go to dinner some night? Sure.

Next week?

Yeah, well, call me.

My life's been like a demolition derby
lately.

All right, I will.

Take it easy.

Disturbance outside grocery store,
corner green and women.

Let's see what the bad guys are doing.

Hey, Phillips.

So how'd the VOC meeting go? Pretty good
turnout.

Mason thinks it's a cover -up. No
arrest?

Only good thing is Washington's on the
case.

So now I can buy cornflakes from the
Nazis?

You want to just go step inside for a
moment?

Do you have a permit for this antique?

You know how many times I've been robbed
in the last month? Four times.

The cops, they put gates on their
windows. Well, the gates don't help.

Cops, they put PBA stickers on the door.
The PBA stickers don't help. Look at

this. Look at that. See that?

Last Thursday, punks hit me right in the
face with a can of green beans.

So I decided to try to scare them.

Since I've been wearing this, I ain't
been robbed once.

Do you ever permit for this gun?

No. Where'd you get all this stuff?

What stuff?

The picture of Hitler, the flags.

You really a Nazi?

I ain't saying nothing.

It's a free country.

Well, Fritz, we're going to have to take
you in for this gun.

In your testimony before the Sullivan
Anti -Corruption Subcommittee, you were

asked about some questionable
associates.

My brother -in -law and his jerky son.

They were involved in mob -related
activities.

What does this have to do with Layton?
That's what I'm asking. What was your

relationship with your brother -in -law?
My ex -brother -in -law.

Layton knew you'd been questioned by the
Sullivan Commission.

The commission wasn't after me.

I wasn't suggesting it was.

Check my jacket. Except for some Mickey
Mouse stuff like missing target practice

on Mother Teresa.

Did the business with the Sullivan
Commission cause any trouble between you

Layton? Nobody said we were in love with
each other. Is that why you kept

requesting reassignment? He didn't like
my relatives.

I didn't like his.

Are we to take that as a racist remark?

Chief wants to see you. I'm sorry.

Harry, would you take over here a bit?

Chief?

I want you to call off the Gann -Layton
investigation. We're going to carry it

on downtown.

Why?

I can't tell you that.

For God's sake, Frank, one cop kills
another cop. That's a big story, and

got photographers crawling all over the
place. There are going to be leaks all

day. I want it out of here. Gan Layton
is the hill case.

You take it away, you cast suspicion on
the ability and integrity of my people.

I'm not casting suspicion.

I'm relieving you of a hot potato.

Only one IAD shipment is on it.
Everything is strictly need -to -know.

there's a compelling argument, there's
no reason to transfer this case.

Captain, be reasonable.

We're on the verge of closing in on some
cops who are involved in big drug buys.

What does that have to do with Gann and
Layton?

Investigation of Gann leads to
information that queers the bust.

Gann's dirty.

Layton knew it, and Gann killed Layton.

Both.

Both? Both were dirty. I don't know who
said what to who, who cheated who, but

they were both dirty.

How many others? How deep does this go?
For God's sake, Captain, do I have to

spell it out to you? That's exactly what
you have to do, yes, when you ask me to

pull my men off.

The Black Officers Coalition had a
meeting on this case. I'm sitting on an

explosive situation here.

The whole ring's in the anti -crack
force. I've set up a special team to

investigate.

You haven't seen this. This doesn't
exist.

Do you have proof, or is this some vague
surmise one of your special teams is

working on? Proof, statements,
witnesses.

One dirty cop kills another dirty cop
because of some dirty piece of business.

Correct.

You can have 24 hours.

On the condition that when the bust goes
down, my men participate.

How many? Who? The Rue in Washington.

You got it.

You and Patsy still on for 7 .30
Saturday dinner?

Let's put a hold on that, huh, Frank?

Patsy and I are having trouble.

Serious? It's serious.

Howard.

Could you raise the Rue in Washington
for me, please? Sure.

Here you go, buddy.

Oh, thank you.

Who's there? Know what I was just
thinking?

Every year kids let go of how many
balloons would you think? 10 ,000? 100

balloons?

These balloons do not go up into space.
They don't vanish, you know. They pop or

they lose their air. They fall back to
Earth.

But we never see them.

Where do all these balloons land?

What time is it? It's lunchtime.

Good. I'm starved. Let's go for a slice.

Oh, no.

Oh, it's freezing.

Now, of course, I'm not a Nazi.

But after I put up all that Nazi stuff,
I haven't been robbed once. Not once.

But you've got to understand that there
are many people in your community that

find anything having to do with Nazis
offensive.

Yeah, and I feel very bad about that.

You think I like going out and saying
I'm a Nazi? I've got to survive here.

My brother had that storm for years.
Last May, he had a heart attack.

You want to know why he had a heart
attack? From being robbed.

Monked. Persecuted.

So you think you're going to scare
people off by being a Nazi?

You're going to have your windows broken
every single night. The charge against

you is serious.

You had an unlicensed handgun. I took
that gun off a German soldier in 1944.

Mr. Leonard, if you remove the Nazi
material, I think we'll be able to do

something about the gun charge.

I'm sure my client would consider taking
down the objectionable items of Nazi

memorabilia.

Just as I am sure that the department
will understand that the gun in question

is not a firearm for use, but a
collector's item.

Hey, Hitler, is what you're saying
right?

Take down all the Nazi stuff?

What about my store?

We'll put you down for added pass -by.
That's very encouraging.

My client is fully ready to comply.

Aren't you, Mr. Lange?

Yeah. We'll take down the Nazi stuff.

I'm temporarily taking you off the Gan
Layton case.

What? Just 24 hours, maybe less.

Why? I can't tell you. You pull us off
the case, you know what's going to

happen, Captain?

People are going to think something's
being covered up. I give you my word,

there's no cover -up. And I gave my word
to the Black Officers Coalition that

I'd see this through.

Sorry, that's it. Thank you, gentlemen.

No way. Hey, man. Come on.

Captain, you can't pull us off the case.

I told you.

24 hours.

It's from the chief's desk.

Neil. Come on.

It's cheap, huh?

Look, detective, I know you're busy, but
if I could just ask you this one favor?

I need photos, Jay. In order for them to
use them, they've got to have releases

of the people.

Who do I sign?

No, not you. I mean, we can get you
later.

No, I got a photo of the witness this
morning.

What witness?

The witness.

The witness you guys picked up at the
crime scene. Where are they keeping him?

just need his name.

What are you talking about?

Hey, Neil, we're off the case.

You saw some cops pick a witness up this
morning?

Uh, well, I was out early, taking some
pictures of, uh, you know, the street at

dawn, stuff like that, for the photo
essay.

Yeah? Yeah?

Uh, so I heard the gunshot.

I figured some pusher wasting some other
pusher. I head over to the sound,

figure I might get some real hot shots.

And by the time I arrived, there's this
cop heading up the alley, and this other

cop hustling this kid, this witness,
into a car.

How do you know the guy was a witness?

I don't know.

I mean, I heard someone say it was.
That's all. The shooter cop was sitting

the ground.

Did he see the witness?

I don't think so, no.

What cop took the witness?

Oh, a cop. It was a cop. I don't know. A
cop.

Playing close.

Hey, look, I want to see that picture.

Go get it developed.

Yeah, all right.

One hour or regular service?

One hour.

You help me get my releases?

Definitely.

We gotta ease up, man.

A witness?

Tagged by someone downtown this morning,
before the priest was on the case. I

don't know, man. But if Ferillo says
we're off, he's gotta have some

explanation. Yeah?

Try this.

Someone's coming for gang.

Right. Who, Ferillo?

You gotta be out of your mind. Hey, hey,
hey, look, man.

What's the one thing the department
don't want, huh? A race war.

White cop, choose black cop.

The department's looking at a bad scene,
man.

Everybody gets told to back off. Which
is what we're going to do.

Well, I gave my word to Mason that I
wouldn't back off. Not me, man.

If you do this, you're on your own. Hey,
look, man, I'm telling you.

I hope this ain't no cover -up. Because
if it is, I'm done as a cop.

Turn around. Sit down here.

What's the matter? You ain't hungry?

I bring my own lunch.

You figure that costs what?

Suck on a quarter for the sandwich, 50
cents for the soda. That's $1 .75. It

costs you for lunch.

And I make my own sandwiches. I want you
to try this. Here.

That costs me 25 cents a day.

I save $1 .50. That's $7 .50 a week, $30
a month, $360 a year I save on lunch.

And I'll tell you something else. In a
family situation, you always got to

about those things. And to maximize
savings, you got to be a little

You like that stuff?

What is it? This is a spread that I
make.

Chopped cabbage, sardine paste, mashed
lungs, boiled, and a schmear of chicken

fat. Chicken fat?

What's the matter? You got a bone?

What?

Washington.

Hey, fellas.

I'll show you something.

You're still blind.

What do you want to know?

Polyesters are detected.

Quinlan on night shift said you used to
work with him, Noah. I don't know.

Describe him.

He's 5 '10", overweight, red cheeks, big
nose.

Looks like he's got a mole in his
forehead.

It's Maxie O 'Connell. He used to be
over at the Heights.

And it's not a mole. It's more like a
big, ugly red dot.

Yeah, that could be red.

Yeah. Mole O 'Connell. He's division,
though.

Hey, thanks, fellas.

Yeah. What I needed.

Hurst to Robert.

We have a radio contact here.

I just want the captain to make a
statement.

About what?

About Gannon and Layton. Everybody's
talking about a cover -up. Not to me.

I guess not.

Possible homicide, Sycamore and 139.

2202 in response.

Is that a possible because the
individual is not deceased yet or

don't know the cause of death?

one's skinned, too.

I noticed.

That's two skinned corpses today. I
noticed that, too. Within a dozen

Right.

You know, this one looks more like a
sumo wrestler or something. At least the

guy's not a hunchback.

In the opinion of my superiors, that
hunchback was a gorilla.

A gorilla?

And if you ask me, this looks like a
grizzly bear.

You're trouble.

Yeah, all right, Mr. Charleston. Thank
you.

Any news?

Don't you have a shift coming up, Mason?

First, we're off the case.

What? Second, Division's been working
the streets from the jump, man.

Let's get the brothers downstairs.

I want Farilla down there, too.

Hey, what?

What's the word?

Detective O 'Connell of Division's got a
witness stash.

Downstairs, as soon as we get to Pete.

You know, there's a hell of a thing, an
incident like this, people get all

screwed up.

Mason's doing it.

Yeah, well, if I was Mason, I'd be
wondering, too.

There's going to be a BOC meeting.

We want you there.

Where you go take a look at Detective
Moe O 'Connell out of the vision.

5 a .m. at the crime site.

I told you I can't say anything. I'm
under orders.

But I can assure you there's been no
cover -up. Why were we taking up the

Captain, we heard the vision grabbed a
thing before we ever got a chance to

it. Or hiding stuff while we were trying
to work.

Well, that part's inexcusable and
there'll be an accounting. But there's a

reason. Yeah, there's a reason, all
right.

Yeah, and we know what that reason is.

You got a white cop that killed a black
cop.

Yeah. You talking about racism?

White and black, Captain.

White and black. No, two officers.

One dead, one alive in tragic
circumstances which are being

Who's investigating?

You know who's investigating.

And we all know what happened at the
Polk.

Any attempt to make this case bigger
than it is could light a fire in this

community that would be very hard to put
out.

And that wouldn't do you or anybody any
good. Everyone knew Gann had it in for

late. He can't protect Gann forever. You
accusing me of obstructing justice?

Just giving justice a little too much
room to operate in, Captain. Let me

you, this is not a debating society.

If anybody has a complaint or a specific
charge to make, let him file it with

proper authorities.

Neil, J .D., and my office.

This isn't for Mason. It's not for the
coalition.

It's just for you. Yeah?

You don't hear it unless I know it goes
no further. And if you don't hear it,

I'm taking you off the case permanently.

Come on, man.

Hey, look, I don't want to get in a
position, Captain. I mean, I'm betraying

anybody. I'm not betraying you, so you
won't be betraying anybody else.

Okay. Gann and Layton were tied in with
some cops who were using the anti -crack

team to make drug deals. Major deals.

Apparently, Layton wanted out. Gann
killed him.

Division has it all.

Statements, everything.

Jug deal?

Mason is wrong.

Hey, brother, I told you. Things ain't
always what they appear to be.

And that's worth taking us off the case
for? A deal's going down this afternoon.

The chief isn't sure, but he thinks it's
a six -figure payoff.

He's afraid if word leaks out that we
know about Gann, the others will figure

know about everything else and they'll
just go into hiding. So when the

task force hits, I want you with them.

Oh, excuse me, Frank.

A detective Mayo called.

Tell her I'll call back on it. With some
kind of an apology about Saturday night

dinner? She sounded rather upset. Later,
Howard.

Look after them.

About the meeting.

I think it gave everybody a chance to
get their fears out.

Right.

Another gorilla.

I think we gotta leave here.

Larry Bush, purveyor of fine meats and
meat products. Larry, is that your

gorilla? Who says so?

I do. There's a trail of dead animals
leading to your place here.

Hey, Mr. Bush, we're missing six sides
of specialty.

The lock of the truck busted again.

Every time we hit a pothole, we lose
another carcass.

So what if it's mine? You're in serious
trouble.

And for what?

False revenge on the public?

What are you guys talking about, huh?
Don't you read the papers about people's

changing tastes?

These days, trying to make it in beef,
lamb, pork, forget it. You never heard

venison, boar, quail, beefalo, huh?

Gorilla, too.

They give them what they want. They love
it.

Meat novelle, huh?

Come back when you got a legitimate
beef.

What are you going to charge them with,
Rinko? Littering? Let's get out of here.

You're the one that don't have a
legitimate beef.

I've been there, buddy. I've been right
there where you sit, buddy.

This very street.

This very corner.

I sat right where you are.

I was as down and out as you.

I figured life was all over for me.

But look at me now.

Just look at me now.

I was drunk as bad as you.

And...

Vacuum cleaner bags.

My company makes vacuum cleaner bags.

Grosses a quarter mill a year.

Leave me alone.

That's what I said when everybody tried
to help me.

You can get out of the gunner like I
did.

It can be done.

Come on.

You can do it. You got a shot left.

Come on.

That's it.

Get up on your haunches. Look, buddy.

You're going to have your spot back in a
minute. The way you're drinking, you're

going to need it. Now leave me alone.

Come on, pal.

You don't have to beg.

You can do it on your own. You can do
it. Oh, no.

No.

Don't mug him.

Oh, that was me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Easy, man. You're
just doing your job.

...weapons seminar.

Not too great an individual.

Layton I never met.

Nice kid.

Little flash.

Little.

If he were a baseball player, call him a
foot -long dog.

Disturbance outside grocery store,
corner of Green and...

Damn it, you want me to get shot, too?

We can't find him. Come on, let's take a
drive around.

Get in.

Lock it up.

I was doing fine before.

Come on, we'll show you some books or
pictures. You never know.

I know. I'll look at pictures for an
hour. Then you tell me you'll give me

pass -by. The ASPCA. So they said that
you would know.

The zoo.

The department.

The gorilla house.

I'll ask you what your name was,
hairbag.

These eye drops are starting to wear
off.

I can see stuff.

Yes, sir.

They are?

How long?

All right.

Yes, sir. We'll be back to you soon.
Thank you.

What's missing from the morgue at the
zoo?

The morgue at the zoo? Two gorilla
carcasses, a bear, and three other

deceased. Notting Hill meat.

That's right. Notting Hill meat.

This ain't nodding young me.

Yeah, why?

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Somebody care for a sandwich here? Oh,
there.

Excuse me. Go ahead.

Oh, here.

Laramie. Have a sandwich.

Sandwich, Mason?

Why don't you beg Gay in a sandwich? So
he can take it downtown.

Come, come, man. Give Justice time to
work.

Meanwhile, the list in here is 38 years
in accounting.

Oh, 38 years?

Well, Leighton didn't even make three.

You know what I think about you, 38
years.

Mason!

You're on report.

Howard, this is not the time for a
party.

Pack it up.

All I got's change.

Don't put anything.

Nothing over here. Three hundred, four,
five hundred bucks. This gonna be it,

guys? Moron who is setting this guy up
for bribery. Yeah, yeah. Teachers get

bigger payoffs than this in the third
grade classroom on the corner. Told you,

this is Mickey Mouse, man.

Keep looking, okay?

Two grunt -level cops and a six -fifth
scam.

You think maybe this is just a tip for
the iceberg meal? Right. I mean, the

iceberg is about the size of my toaster.
Hey, brother, you got a minute here?

Hey, man, what's your problem? Oh,
what's my problem?

My problem is a brother who was on the
case, promised there'd be no cover -up,

promised to deal straight.

Hey, look, I ain't the chief, all right?
No, no, no. I'm just the cop who rolled

over. Hey, you don't know anything!

Hey, some stuff I don't need to know
why! You don't know, man! You don't

don't even know! And that's good enough
for you! Come on!

Come on!

Put Mason on report. Starting this
couple by logic, I should put you on,

Well, that's just great then, Captain.

Let's go right ahead.

How'd the bus go?

It wasn't any six -figure deal. It
wasn't even a buy. It was just a cheap

low -level payoff.

Two detectives, thirds, Rogers and
Hamlin. Division has got them.

Now, you put me out there, Captain.

I told you I gave my word to the
brothers. You took me up the case. I

with that. You played me this song and
dance about the big bus getting quit. I

went along with that.

Let me find out. It's too late for
finding out now, Captain. It's too late

me with a lot of people. Let me find
out.

Going over to Division, Howard. Call the
chief. Tell him along the way.

The animals die in natural causes. They
keep the bodies frozen.

Once a month, we pick them up.

Oh, once a month, you steal them.

You the owner of Natting Hill Meats?
Yes, sir. Larry Bush.

Sir, could you help me out of this
misunderstanding?

I tried one of your meat products.

You like it?

You had a witness to the shooting all
day.

You were on the case six hours before
you informed me, at which point you pull

us off with assurances of a major
arrest, which I reluctantly go along

pull my men away, make them promises
based on your promises, and it's all

I can't help it if the haul was smaller
than expected.

What about the witness?

The one O 'Connell snatched at five this
morning? Frank, I told you about the

need for secrecy. You lied to me. Now,
that's a little harsh, don't you think,

Captain?

Detective Mayo's here to see you. I'll
wait five minutes. Excuse me, it doesn't

wait. Patsy, Detective, excuse me. No,
stay.

Patsy, whatever our personal relations,
I've got a captain in my office and I

won't tolerate... Won't tolerate what?

Won't tolerate this?

You know what he did?

Patsy, come on.

I told him a month ago it was finished.

He had me tailed. He found out who I was
going out with and now... And now you

set up Ricky.

He set up my boyfriend.

He set up an innocent cop, Captain. I
didn't set anyone up. To hurt me, you

ruined Ricky Rogers' career.

Patsy, that is preposterous. Go to hell!

Rogers was guilty of sin.

I don't know which is worse, a cover -up
or a penny -ante personal vendetta.

Frank, this whole thing has been hell on
me. Hell on you.

I have one of my best cops, one of the
best cops in the city, about to do

exactly what Patsy did because he thinks
I lied to him.

Neil Washington would give his life for
this department, and you cost him face

in front of every black cop on the hill.

I'm sorry.

Sorry doesn't cut it, Chief. If it costs
me my own badge, you're going to

apologize to him and my black officers.

What? I have a scandal here.

I have 20 cops who think of you, me, and
everybody as racist crooks. There was

never a hint of racism. Tell them that.

I'll talk to you B .O .C. immediately
after shift. Thank you.

If you can think of any way to keep
Patsy from blabbing, I could use a favor

back.

Your apology isn't a favor.

Hey, we just thought we'd swing by to
see how you were doing.

No matter what happened today, I think
it was a good idea to take down all

that... Nazi stuff.

Yeah, you were right about that,
Hatchings.

Mafia's better.

Just to be clear,

Officer Gann has been arrested.

Charged with murder one in the death of
his partner, Hal Layton.

Gann has also been charged, along with
officers Rogers and Hamlin of the anti

-crack task force with bribery and
public corruption.

Until this matter is resolved, all three
officers are on suspension.

We delayed in arresting Officer Gann.

on the murder charge until we could
bring charges in the bribery case. We

this for reasons that I thought were
necessary and that turned out to be

insufficient. The extent of the bribery
was neither as widespread nor as

pervasive as surveillance suggested.

Sometimes you have to do something
extra.

I asked your captain for silence, and he
obliged me.

In executing my wishes, he commanded
Detectives Washington and LaRue...

temporarily off the Gann case, which I
understand, if left to his own excellent

devices, Detective Washington might have
solved in a matter of hours.

As for racism, I will not tolerate it in
this department.

I apologize for any misunderstanding
that may have been due to my own

miscalculation.

Neil, I want to thank you for your
support today.

I hope I was able to give a portion
back.

You were, Captain.

What'd he say?

Said I was too good for my partner.

Hey, everybody knows that.

Let me tell you about Gannon, Layton.

No, it doesn't matter.

What doesn't?

What happened out there?

Who shot who? Why?

Yeah, it matters.

But once you start wondering, man, you
see it everywhere anyway.

This drives you crazy.

It really does.

I think I've been crazy out there kind
of all.

No, you're the same. You're the same as
the one out there.

Just keep moving along.

Just keep doing your job.

Saying hello, goodbye.

Pass the salt.

You know what racism is. It ain't just
hatred. Yeah, yeah, it's hatred.

And it's things people do, but it's
also... It's what you got to think

Some damn thing happens out there, you
just can't keep saying, well, what went

down?

Somebody like Mason starts asking
questions. You want to pretend that he's

for thinking that way. And then some
white guy starts looking at black guys

funny, wondering what the hell are they
stirring up all that trouble for?

And the black guys start looking at
white guys that they know.

Brother officers, pardon us.

Just because they're white, they don't
know what it's like.

And then you get angry, man. You get
angry because the white guys don't see.

And you get angry at yourself because
you can't stop seeing it.

Well, you know, you're angry at me,
right?

You're angry. No, no.

Maybe I was.

Damn things when you got to keep
thinking about it when all you really

do was live your life.

Yeah.

It's hard enough just to live your life,
Ben.

Yeah, it is.

Mrs. Layton?

Detective Washington.

I just... I just wanted to tell you
this.

You might hear some things about the
circumstances of your son's death.

Yes. About racial problems and some
other things.

I wouldn't pay any of it any mind.

Not any of it.

I'm sorry.

You know what? I'm sorry.

I'm sorry you ever helped my son be a
cop.

Me too.