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The Apostle Peter tells us that the testing of your faith is more precious

gold. The Bible is full of these examples.

Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac.

Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and was a prisoner for 20

But no other story in the Bible depicts the lesson of how God tests his people

than that of Job.

Job lost everything.

And in losing everything, he found life.

He found God.

What's going on?

Hunter, it's not nap time. It's police time. I'm sorry, Sergeant.

Come on.

I've got some visitors.

I don't know. Let me check.

Hey, last two in that silver sedan.

What are they doing here?

One of our resident's family members, all clear.

Look at that.

You think they bike much?

You know, when I was a kid, I had one bike.

What, these guys have two people here and ten bikes?

Ridiculous. They're probably just visiting their family.

Are you kidding me? These guys have too much money.

Tire goes flat, they buy a new bike.

I remember when this area had nothing on it. Now, look at these guys.

Looks like we've been invaded by the North.

South to Ramirez.

Tom?

Tom?

Doesn't look like he's here.

He used to wait on that pie.

Yeah.

Why don't we have a seat?

What's that?

It all has to do with this boss.

Tom.

What are you doing?

Who's that guy?

The pizza guy.

Alright, well... Alright guys, I'm gonna go hit the head.

Listen, don't be slackers.

You stay awake.

All right?

You guys got to at least pretend you're police officers.

Yes, sir. Mm -hmm.

So have you heard the latest?

No, tell me. So reviews came in.

Sergeant Calmus frequently deviates from standard operating procedure.

Dude's a regular cowboy.

Oh, no. It gets better.

Police hierarchy believes he should be terminated from the program.

Jeez. I'm shocked.

No, there's more. Goes on to say, quote, he is a detriment to the department.

You know, they don't even know what to do with him. What? His communication

skills. They say that he speaks to his co -workers and the general public and

his supervisors the same way that he speaks to the obnoxious and annoying

drivers. But the ending.

You're not going to believe what it says. What? Co -workers say that he's

difficult and hard to work with.

He's coming.

Any activity?

Dad?

So, uh... So happy you guys made it down.

I really wish Mom would have came.

You know your mom's not fond of flying.

Is she okay?

Yeah, they put her on some new meds. Sorry I didn't pick you up from the

airport.

Work's just been, work's crazy.

So, you guys have been together for a while now, huh?

Fraud, this is the guy that gave you your start.

Is that why you're here, Dad? No!

I come here and I see your boss, Simon, all over the table. There's

surveillance. There is fraud documents.

Police. What is all this?

Dad, I just found out that he was a crook. No!

He's a good man and he gave you a great job and he pays you an awful lot of

money. You told me last year that you were making $750 ,000.

Do you know how many years as a fireman I would have had to work to make that

amount of money?

Do the math!

I was making 17k a year. Dad!

Dad.

He was breaking the law.

And I couldn't let it go.

That's why you're here?

Come sit down!

Dad's just worried about you, man.

He got a call about you turning in your boss to the police.

They said you're being irrational.

First, it's not the police, it's the SEC.

Irrational? No. I've been doing this for years.

And I know fraud when I see it.

This?

This is theft.

And he's ripping people off. But did you really have to turn him in?

Yes, I did.

911, is this an emergency?

Yes, this is an emergency. There's a man in my backyard.

I noticed you downloaded some

account specs.

The Amen portfolio.

I believe in God.

The symbol caught my attention. You and I, we're Catholics through and through,

which means we're held to a higher standard. And this Amen portfolio, it's

sacrilegious and it's wrong.

You're preying on rich, religious people to invest in a fund solely based on the

name.

And on top of it all, it's filled with illegal fees.

There's nothing illegal with fees, brother. Oh, well, there is whenever you

don't disclose it. And it's triple SEC guidelines.

It's a charity. People are going to pay more.

Give me a break.

You and I, we've done a lot of legitimate charity. Yeah. And raised

money for a lot of good causes. But this, this is the Simon Green charity.

Bottom line, you're just pissed you didn't think of it first.

That's true.

No, no, no, no, no. You want to just change the name.

The Amen sounds like it's a religious fund, and it's not.

Just call it something else.

Okay?

Hey, that plaque on the wall?

Traitor of the Year?

I got you that award.

As a matter of fact, I got you your house, your car, this office.

You should be grateful you still have a job. I was grateful.

Oh, yeah? Yeah, I was. I built this trading department with my contact and

trading well and legally.

What's going to hit me? Karate man? Huh?

Change the name.

How about you watch your back?

Or what?

You heard me.

Why does nobody believe me?

Why?

God, why does this keep happening to me?

Go back and ask your dad and brother for forgiveness.

What?

They're supposed to be the ones that forgive me.

That's weird.

Never seen police here before.

Stop right there.

What's going on?

I know our argument got loud, but wait, wait. Someone call the cops. What are

you doing here?

I was going for a run. In a black coat and a hoodie? Yes, it's freezing up. Get

on your hands and knees. For what? What did I do? Hands and knees now, my man.

You know me. Tell him you know me. I live right there.

Ow, what the... Since I was in New York the last six months working on my

charity with Leonard Marshall, an armed burglar had been breaking into estates

in my gated community.

The police were on high alert to capture and arrest the criminal before he

walked again. What I did next wasn't smart.

But those cops made me look like a fool.

So I wanted to make him look like a fool. Suspect apprehended and disabled.

Go behind the house.

We will take care of him.

Go! I'm not resisting!

Move! I got it. Get out of the way.

Calmus must have felt like a fool.

Just what I wanted.

Shut up. I can't move. Shut up. I don't care.

Go call E .M.

Matt.

6 -1 -1 dispatch.

7418 Campo Frito. Man down. Need ambulance assistance.

Ambulance arriving on scene.

What's that?

Emotionally disturbed person.

Okay. Seriously?

You're not going to let us in?

Calmus didn't want to let them in because they weren't done torturing me.

Back up, back up.

Why are you doing this to me?

You were rejected.

No, I wasn't.

And then you went for my gun.

You're trying to kill me.

Yes. At that moment, I knew I was in serious trouble.

You'll never go for another cup of coffee. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so

Each time I almost caught my breath, they sprayed my nose and mouth point

-blank. I was sprayed at least ten times.

Maybe more.

Dad! I can't breathe!

I remember taking my last breath and passing away, like it happened

I was scared not knowing what would come after death.

Until I passed.

Immediately, I went from not breathing to being hit with a cool gust of wind

that instantly inflated my lungs.

It was the most peaceful feeling imaginable.

Dead naturally, exceedingly alive spiritually.

I was breathing again, but not in my physical body.

Do not appear those.

kill the body?

Who's in charge here? I am. And you asked? Sergeant Calmus.

Why the friggin' half -bottom of the leg?

Doing my job.

Try doing yours.

Anyone on traffic here?

Hey,

sir, it's our sponsor.

No heartbeat.

Starting compressions.

Pastor, deep fluctuations on both wrists.

What do you think happened?

Signs look like he was repeatedly doused with... Point blank.

Abuse? And torture.

Breath.

Feel for power.

Feel for heartbeat.

No signs of life. We need to move him now if he's going to have a chance.

Okay. On the count of three.

One, two, three.

Kalmas and accomplices finished inflicting grievous bodily harm with

intent to kill and destroy me.

Five police officers, forsaking their oaths and duties, watched unprovoked

murder. No one even attempted to stop Kalmas.

I know I died that night, and they do too.

I was dead for at least 12 minutes.

And anytime you're dead, it's too long.

Unless it's your point of time.

Nothing on the EKG.

Flatline. Three minutes.

I laid in that ambulance struggling to breathe.

One shallow, sporadic breath at a time. I just killed you.

It's Kelmis.

No air.

He's trying to kill me again. Trying to bury his dirty secret with me.

Who the hell turned off the oxygen?

The Bible says to be... absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.

I didn't see him, but I heard him.

First and foremost, I respect law enforcement.

I appreciate their hard work and dedication that keeps us safe. And even

my story may be troubling to a few, there are always going to be a few bad

But this story isn't about those guys. It's about how that experience changed

life. Okay, vital.

Tissature 103 .4, pulse 118, respiratory 28, blood pressure 148 over 68.

Thank you. We'll take it from here.

What happened to this man?

He is a suspect in a breaking and entering.

He attacked us.

Take off his cuff.

Now. I want to just say for the record, that man is a violent predator. He

attacked me and he reached for my weapon. I understand that, officer, but

now he is not a threat. Take them off.

Now.

What was the blood pressure?

130 over 30.

All right, let's check his OQ. You can go now.

Can we get some help in here?

It doesn't look good.

Dude, we got this. We've been through it. Guy, in here.

Sit down.

You two.

I want to be sure. So we need to review a few things.

We did ask for his identification.

I think so.

Yeah. Yes, we did. And he refused, right?

I don't know. Well, he did.

Then he attacked me and he went for my gun.

I didn't see that.

I just saw him standing there.

The gun was on the ground.

And then that's when you attacked him.

Yeah. I mean, you hit first, right? From behind?

Yeah. So you must have seen him attack me.

Or you never would have attacked him. He was going for your gun.

So you did think he was dangerous. Of course. He was going for that gun.

And after he attacked me, he took my gun.

We tried to subdue him.

And that's when you initiated the pepper spray?

Yeah, I got him once.

No, twice.

See, that doesn't matter.

What matters is that it worked.

And we were able to subdue the suspect.

But he lived there.

Here's the thing.

We didn't know that. He never identified himself.

He just attacked us.

Why aren't they telling us anything about my son Tom?

Well, I can tell you something.

He's lucky he's not dead.

He attacked us.

And you know what I'm thinking?

Must be steroids.

My son never used steroids.

Why would you say that?

Did you not just hear me? He attacked us.

Unless he's just crazy.

And then he started crying for his daddy and his brother.

How pathetic.

Watch your mouth.

Are you sure it's not something that you did?

So we had an EDP tonight.

Emotionally disturbed person.

Should have seen me.

It was incredible.

So, it was... Are you Sergeant Kelmas?

Well, now that all depends.

Who wants to know?

Your attorney.

Can we talk privately?

Sure.

Why

do

I need an attorney?

Shut up.

Have a seat.

I work for the police union. I'm here to make sure that tonight's arrest doesn't

embarrass the department or cost you your job.

Do I have permission to represent you should you need legal counsel?

I guess so.

At 1 a .m. this morning, when you were told that emergency medical services

would arrive on site, did you?

Tell Officer J. Hunter they can wait a few?

Excuse me?

Did you at any point tonight, did you instruct officers under your command to

detain medical personnel from treating the suspect?

Never. So if I ask Officer Hunter the same question, he can verify that

treatment was not detained?

He better.

Okay. Other than Officer Hunter and that whack -nut security guard, San Diego

Diaz, was there anyone else around you?

When you were told EMS arrived on site and you said to not let them in?

No, sir.

You mean that wannabe cop said that I said to hold medical? I said no

to be let in. Why would I stop the ambulance?

Why did you keep handcuffs on the suspect while you transported him to the

hospital? Was it because that you thought maybe he was a danger to himself

others?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Fine. Thank you.

Why don't you go talk to Officer Hunter and tell him that I'll be taking his

side of the story in a few?

I will.

The police cuffed him again?

Yeah, about ten minutes ago.

Okay.

Let's find out what happened to this man.

So, how's he doing?

He's stable.

Good. I'm mandating the Baker Act.

There's no need for that. His injuries were severe enough that we don't have

No, no. I want this guy mental health evaluation. He attacked multiple

unprovoked. I need you to sign this.

Oh yeah, I'm not signing that.

Okay, well, it's a good thing I'm in charge then.

Okay, let's get an x -ray of his lungs and do his wrist too.

Okay, I'm on it.

Lord, please watch over this man.

Give him the strength to heal.

And the determination to recover.

In Jesus' name.

Amen. I spent two days in the ICU restrained to that bed. The doctors told

that I shouldn't have survived.

My skin was on fire. I was sweating profusely and my lungs completely

But God saved me.

Is this everything?

Yep. Alright, you're dismissed.

Chief, I just want you to know that I... Please leave.

It was a good arrest.

Look, Matt, two counties over, a 27 -year -old male died from being

and pepper sprayed. I mean, that caused quite the ruckus over there. I don't

want a ruckus in my department.

What, were 50 deaths attributed to pepper spray over the past five years?

How many times did they pepper spray this guy?

Our suspect didn't die. No, but he came darn close, and he wasn't on anything.

Oh, no, no, we don't know that yet.

Look, this was a textbook.

The officers perceived him as a threat.

Who are you kidding? He lived across the street. He could have been going for a

walk for all we know. It's perception and reality.

Was he just going for a walk? Who knows?

Who cares? He failed to identify himself. He doesn't have to identify

I mean, maybe he didn't know that was a police officer.

Come on, Matt.

Look at his hands and his wrists. His face. His lungs were destroyed. Wait,

wait, wait.

Seeing is believing.

We believe what we see.

Juries believe what they see.

Here we see a man that was so out of control that cuts needed to stay on to

subdue him. That the hospital ordered an evaluation psych.

That he had a restraint, even in the hospital. We have to build a narrative

dramatic that the audience has to believe our side.

Because it's the truth.

Perception.

Reality.

Have a seat in the stroller. Let's go.

Thank you, Doctor.

My name is Dr. Sam Shapiro.

How are you feeling today?

Just fine.

Today I'll assess your mental condition to determine why you attacked all the

officers in a steroid rage.

I've never taken steroids a day in my life. What about Haldol?

Maybe you attacked them because you stopped taking Haldol. Never have. I've

never even had it prescribed.

Where are you getting this garbage?

Police report.

So what made you attack the officers?

I didn't attack anyone.

All the officers are lying? Yes.

You had a fight with your boss?

You were accusing Simon Green of fraud.

Uh, yeah, because he did it. And I've already contacted the SEC.

He's your friend?

Was my boss.

What does that have to do with your mental state when you attack the

I didn't attack anyone.

They came running down the street.

They ordered me on my hands and knees.

Then they handcuffed me, pepper sprayed me, humiliated and stripped me.

Then they pointed a gun at me.

And I reacted. And to top it all off, I got pepper sprayed at least ten times,

point blank, to my face.

So you did attack them, but you didn't... I'm well trained in two

martial arts.

Don't you think that if I had attacked the officers that maybe, just maybe,

they'd be bruised or hurt?

I'm the victim here.

And there's nothing wrong with my mental state.

I just want to get out of here.

I don't belong here anyways.

Fine. But you'll be going straight to jail.

I'd rather be in jail than here.

What are you writing?

Who are you calling?

Thomas Joseph Floresca?

Yeah? You're hereby officially charged.

One count resists an arrest. One count resists an arrest by force. Force? No,

no, no, no. I can't believe this. They killed me, and now they're arresting me?

I'm going to sue you. I'm going to sue all of you.

Okay,

okay. We need a scar. We need a scar.

Richard, thank you so much for hosting this today.

Clearly, we have a very serious problem on our hands, and it's only getting

scarier. I mean, where the children had been present.

We have strong ethic and moral clauses in the homeowner's agreement just for

cases like this. The question is, what do you want to do about it? Well, we

to evict him.

We can't have those types of people living here. What if he tries to sue us?

If the charges stick to Mr. Loresca, we can impose fines, possibly lean on the

property. But a lawsuit would not be in his center.

He should have never been allowed in here in the first place, Drew. He's not

like us.

He's new money.

You try to kill

yourself?

No. I can never cut myself.

Jump off a bridge, a building maybe, but cut myself and all that?

I didn't try to kill myself.

Okay.

What'd you do?

Nothing.

Yeah, we're all innocent here, man.

Your kids?

Simone is five.

Raymond's three.

Cute. You got any?

Nope.

Their mother put me here.

Child support.

Well, if you're in here, how are you paying child support?

That's my point exactly.

I get one dollar behind, I get picked up, I lose a job, and it goes round and

round. Well, that don't make sense.

That's okay. The good Lord's got a plan.

What? He's got it all worked out.

Whatever, man.

So where are you from?

New York.

A Yankee, huh?

So what'd you do?

Like I said, nothing.

My boss, I think he might be setting me up. I caught him doing some crooked

stuff.

Next thing you know, I get beat up, and I don't know.

Who beat you up?

The cops.

The cops here don't like Yankees.

He knows the way I take.

When he tests me, I show.

Come forth as gold.

What?

Job. The book of Job.

The Bible.

Is that that story about the guy who had it all and God, the devil, and they

took everything away from him?

Something like that, I guess.

You believe that stuff?

I believe there are barriers.

Walls.

Walls.

Blessings come over here and not over here, right?

But sometimes someone has a perfect life and everything's good, but sometimes

God tests that someone with trials, problems, to make sure we're all on the

page. You know what I mean? If they succeed, if they overcome, His is the

But you said gold.

Whatever.

Thomas Joseph Loresca.

Your Honor, Mr. Loresca

is an upstanding citizen.

No prior convictions and ties to the community.

It says he's from New York. He is, but he has a home here, which is where he

attacked by the police. This is a bail hearing, not his trial.

Save it.

Mr. Loresca, attacking police officers is a serious offense. There are a lot of

questions here about your psychological capacity.

Your Honor, I'm talking.

I order you to remain in jail until a psychological evaluation has been

performed five days from now. What? This is ridiculous!

What kind of argument did you give? No, no, this is ridiculous.

Get your hands off of me. Each count was up to five years in jail. I could go to

prison for ten years. Both felonies could cost me my trading license and my

career on Wall Street.

How could this be happening to me?

I'll be back for you.

You want a book?

No. Come on, man. It's the Bible.

I'm good.

Okay.

You're up, Loresca.

Roll J.

Robin's out.

Step out.

Thomas Loresca?

Uh, yeah.

Hi, I'm Dr.

Saul Wright.

Pleasure to meet you.

Likewise.

Are we treating you well here?

I mean, I guess so. I mean, three hots and a cut, if you know what I mean.

Yeah, not much more you could ask for, right?

I want to go home.

Well, that's why we're here today.

Mr. Laresca.

Tom. Just Tom.

Okay.

Tom.

As you know, the judge asked me to review your case file, and I have.

But I'd really like to know a little more about you.

So, what do you do for a living?

I'm a market maker, and I trade stocks using the firm's capital for short -term

gains. And I've been trading on NASDAQ for roughly the last 10 years or so

I've gotten out of college.

That's interesting.

You know, I got in on some Apple stock early.

What are your thoughts?

My thoughts would be that they make some pretty good products.

Any good tips on some other stocks?

I hate giving tips because if someone were to lose their money, I would feel

worse than if I lost my own.

Fair enough.

So, Tom, do you know why you're here?

Supposedly, I attacked five officers.

Was that true? Did you? Of course not. I have never been in trouble with the

police a day in my life. My uncle was a captain with the NYPD, and my dad was a

fireman. I have nothing but the utmost respect for our first responders. And

I've never been in trouble on Wall Street.

As God is my witness, I did nothing wrong.

You know, you don't belong here.

Finally, someone with some sense.

I am going to recommend your immediate release.

Thank you. Thank you so much. You're very welcome.

Can I use your phone?

I've got to call a taxi. Of course.

But only after we finish processing your release.

Right. I'm going to get a guard for you, okay?

All right.

Dear Thomas Oreske, you are hereby terminated effective immediately.

I would like to work for a couple anyways.

Tom Laresca.

Yeah?

You've been served.

For what?

They're trying to evict me?

Yes, I need to speak with Mr. Rosenberg. I need an attorney.

What do you mean he's not accepting new clients?

Well, tell him I'll pay double his rate, but I have to have him.

Just tell him, please.

Yeah, I'll hold him.

Mr. Rosenberg, hi, yes. My name is Tom Loresca, and I've been falsely accused

a crime, and I just need you to question the police, and you'll see that they

have nothing but lies.

Great.

And thank you.

I was obsessed with proving my innocence.

I spent tens of thousands of dollars on attorneys, private investigators, police

complaint centers, anyone that I thought would help.

I avoided everything and everyone.

And just a week after hiring my new lawyer, I got a call from him.

Tom Loresca.

Wait,

what for? I did nothing wrong. I'm not going to sign anything admitting any

guilt.

I suggest you accept this deal.

Okay, then. You're fired.

Oh.

There goes another one.

Well, as your attorney, I would advise that. That's why you're fired, too.

What are we going to do? What are we going to do?

What?

Hello?

Yeah,

I'm sorry. This is just really not a good time for me.

Test results?

Well,

what is it?

Like I said, this is really not a good time for me, so can you please just tell

me what it is?

Mr. Loresca, you have testicular cancer.

Man, what's going on?

I've been like that the whole season.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You don't want to do that here, buddy. Hey, he ruined my

Tom,

right?

Hey, I'm sorry for what happened to you.

Wait, wait, wait. You? You were there?

Yeah. Then you know. You know the truth!

Tell me! Hey! Hey!

Take it outside!

You know where you are? Get out of here!

Get out of my bar! Piece of crap!

They say every man has his breaking point. And this was mine.

I was never going to find justice.

I was broke.

And now I had cancer. It was time to go home.

If he would just apologize.

You know, I'll bet he could get those charges dropped.

And I know that it was all this stress that caused the cancer.

And what?

He spent $120 ,000 on attorney's fees? For what?

Nothing.

He's broke.

He just needs to move on.

Nobody's going to judge him.

He's here.

And please don't start this up tonight.

Son. Dad.

Mom. Welcome home. Hey, Tom.

How are you?

Good to see you, baby.

Yeah.

So

you

left us to go to Florida. Then you tried to have your boss arrested. And then

you got arrested.

Talk about karma. No.

What? I was just saying that karma is...

You don't know what you're talking about.

He doesn't know what he's talking about. I know what your dad tells me.

Attacking cops in your front yard. Doing great on Wall Street.

Now, for being righteous, losing your license and broke.

This is the last time that I'm going to address this. I did not lose my license.

I just have to get past these charges.

Fake charges.

Fake or not, it's going to be hard to beat the word of five cops.

I do not care.

I don't care if they bring the entire police force after me.

I do not care. Until the truth is told, I'm not going to stop. With or without

you.

I'm sorry. And I'm sorry about your health. But a toast to Tom and him

back on his feet.

To Tom.

I tend to keep it that way.

What? What did I say?

I was toasting here.

Why is Uncle Ralph such a... Look, dude, we're all just family here, and we're

trying to help you out.

But you heard what Uncle Ralph said to you. He said he only goes off of what

tells him, so what's he saying?

I guess he just wants to know.

Know what?

What, doesn't Dad believe me?

Look, he thinks you and I think you just need to let it go. Take the deal, drop

the charges, and move on. Okay, I thought you had my back. Look, I'm your

brother, and I'm with you, man, but you just have to... Have to what?

What? Let it go?

Let them win?

No.

No, not this time.

Absolutely not.

I'm going to keep fighting whether you, Mom, Dad, Uncle Ralph, Auntie, doesn't

matter who.

I'm going to keep fighting with or without you guys.

Make a decision.

To remove the cancer required surgery.

I had never been so scared.

Something about that word, cancer, that stops us all on our tracks.

Why was this happening to me?

If God was truly testing me, there had to be a purpose.

Maybe I was just paying for my sins.

Better off here on earth anyway.

I'm Dr.

Kendall. I performed surgery.

During the surgery, we found out your right testicle was cancerous.

We had to remove it.

I'm sorry.

And the cancer has spread to your stomach and lungs.

I suggest that you get started on chemotherapy immediately.

I'm sorry.

What strength do I have that I should hope?

And what is my end that I should prolong my life? Is my strength the strength of

stones? Or is my flesh bronze?

Is my health not within me?

And is success driven from me?

To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend.

I was in the hospital fighting for my life.

Again.

One week of chemo, and the next week I was sick as a dog.

The good news was that this kept me from thinking about Florida.

My mind kept thinking back to my friend Erwin in jail in the book of Job, and

then I found it in Job 33, verse 4.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

He gives me life.

That was it.

Go tell him the good news.

Son, can you come down here?

It's from Florida. State of Florida versus Thomas J. Loresca.

Although there was probable cause for arrest in charge of the defendant, the

state of Florida has entered a null process.

In this case, because of the severe health problems of Mr. Thomas Loresca.

Was it good news?

No. But I played the part. I was very disappointed.

All the fighting to have the cops question as to how I wound up in

care, all for nothing.

For the next year, I got better.

I got a job at a small firm in the city trading, and I was rebuilding.

But Florida never, never left my mind.

I can't get another kiss on me.

Dealing with too many charges is enough as it is.

Looking for something?

Yeah, did you know that Kalmas had seven different complaints against him?

Excessive force?

Cruelty?

I know you don't get it, and I don't expect you to, but I've been tortured to

the point where I couldn't breathe.

And they almost killed me. How could I forget that?

Sometimes you just can't win. You have to let it go.

I know you don't believe me, but I swear I was dead.

I need to have them questioned so that way people know what death is like.

Well, you're not dead.

And if you were dead, then God brought you back.

Your mom and I every night pray that you just repent. You think God is punishing

me? I don't know.

The only thing that God is telling me is to forgive.

Trust me, I've heard him. And I've never been closer to God than I am right now.

And I know that he's telling me to keep searching.

And that's exactly what I'm going to do.

For two years, you've been obsessed with this case.

For two years, you haven't worked. You lost your house.

Now, you don't go out. And even when you're here, you're barely here at all.

Son, it's over.

It is not over. And I'm not going to give up until the truth is told.

And that's never going to happen. What? Like, I'm...

I'm just supposed to forget what happened. I've seen these situations.

I mean, it's heated. There's a lot of adrenaline.

They thought that you were the suspect. You went for his weapon.

His weapon?

You don't believe me.

I do.

You don't.

I know how you can get.

Like what?

We're a lot alike.

Like what? I've never raised my hand to anybody.

Unless it was to protect myself or someone else.

Son.

Life hasn't been fair to you.

But you have been given a chance to start over.

And I can't watch you, watch you relive this again.

And don't worry, you won't have to.

I'll find a place next week. If my own father's going to betray me, then what

else do I have?

Maybe it's time I read it. I'll read it every night for a month. See what

happens.

That changed my life forever.

God.

I don't know what to do.

God, please. I forgive.

I forgave.

I'm sorry.

God, please.

Please, Lord Jesus, please come into my heart.

And I make you my Lord.

And I make you my Savior.

Awake, God.

Please, I give you this, and I shall be your servant.

Not me, Lord.

But you.

Betrayal is a harsh word, but that's what I felt.

I needed people to believe me. I needed my family and friends to support me.

Why was God doing that to me?

Tom, have you gave thought on the new first Boston IPO?

Yeah, actually, I have the printout right here.

It's overpriced, like all the other ones that Morgan Stanley has brought public.

I mean, and this one's been coming in at about 100 points higher than where they

were priced, which is crazy.

So, if it's me, I'd probably short as much as possible.

Oh.

Yeah. I stole it.

Seriously? Well, no.

They give it to you for free. Cancer patients at the hospital, so... I wonder

where you got it.

Do you read it?

I mean, yeah, I started to read, and it's helped me out a tad.

Do you read?

When I was going through my divorce, that right there gave me hope.

I'm not big on preachers and church, but after a little bit of

study and a little bit of reading, it worked.

Yeah.

Really turned you into a gem.

Thanks. Nice chat. If you ever need anything, or if you need to talk, just

me know.

Thanks.

Hey, Lou.

You wouldn't know of any apartments that are nearby the office, would you?

No. But I know a real estate lady.

She's good.

Even better.

Yeah, I hope you didn't mind. One of the workers let me in. He went to some of

the renovations here. We are working on renovations. Uh -huh.

What is it?

We did have a little bit of water damage.

A little bit?

Nothing structural.

Okay. Anything that you don't like, we can certainly fix.

I did have one question for you, though.

Okay.

This.

She is more precious than rubies?

Yeah, it's Proverbs 31.

My mother used to read that verse to me when I was a little girl. She would say,

Rubies, my little Katerinas are gold.

And she was telling the truth.

So listen, I'll tell you what, it's why I called you to have you meet me here.

I've been looking into some real estate investment properties.

It looks like a great location.

I'll tell you what, I'll take it.

Great. Fantastic.

Do you want to go back off the key? You can show me the apartment.

That sounds great.

Yeah, if you like the apartment, then maybe we can do a two for one.

How about a three for one?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. All right. Thank you. Thank you.

So, how's work?

Work?

It's good, thank God.

So, your dad tells me you're moving out?

Yeah, I'm going to move out. Why? Do you want my room?

Nah, sure. I'm really

sorry about your cancer and

everything.

I, uh... I really am.

Uncle Ralph.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, it's... Sure?

It's just that, uh... It's just that I don't like change.

You know?

I can tell. I've been seeing this sweatshirt a lot. I mean, a lot, a lot.

this, uh... Is this your way of telling me that you're gonna miss me?

No, no, I'm...

I'm just saying it's been nice having you back in the neighborhood.

Uncle, I'm just going to be right by the bridge.

No, right down the street.

Speaking of right down the street, I met a girl today.

Yeah, you'd love her.

She's beautiful.

God, is she beautiful.

Tom, I'm really happy for you. I'm glad you've met someone.

Me too.

So, Roger said you might want to hold off on those for a while. Oh, I needed

that commission.

And he was nice.

He was doing well, good paychecks. What is it with Wall Street guys and bad

credit?

He was so nice and kind of cute.

Cute? He was... different.

Different, like drama -free different? That's exactly what you need. A guy

that's drama -free. A clean slate.

Thanks. Hello?

Hello, Mr. Laresca? It's Katerina from Bridgestone Realty.

There's a concern about your application.

I was afraid you might say something like that. So, listen, a couple of years

ago I was going through some hard times, cancer and some other fun things like

that. So, anyways, before you say no, would you like to maybe

go out? I mean, talk.

Have lunch?

Sure.

The diner on Highland?

2 p .m.? That sounds great. I'll see you then.

Great.

Did you just make a lunch date?

Dad! Not really a date. You did.

Mm -hmm. Not a date.

Wow.

Yeah, it was, um... It was the worst two years of my life.

But... But God... At first I thought he was abandoning me.

But then I realized that he was only testing me.

How could you really live for him if you're not being tested?

And how would you know that you have faith until things go wrong?

So it was a good thing?

I met you.

And look, I'm stronger than I was two years ago. I won't let you down.

I'm going to approve the application.

I wasn't talking about the application.

Look, there's just something about meeting you that... And I know I don't

you, but I would certainly love to get to know you more.

I don't think you should give up.

It was horrible what was done to you.

That's just the thing. I can't... I can't give up.

In fact, I relive it most days.

So, what is it that you want from it?

I want people to know what death is like.

And not to fear death, but as long as we're going up when we die

and not down. And that's it.

Now, more importantly, I want people to know that there is God.

And unless I can get these officers questioned and get them to admit to the

truth that no one, not even my own family is going to

believe me.

We sat in the diner all day.

I told her how my family insists I give up on my pursuit to have the truth told.

Incredibly powerful movie.

Question they're going to ask, question I'm going to ask out there. People want

to know why did it take 20 years to get this story out there?

Okay, first of all, it was never meant to be a movie.

I spent years with lawyers trying to question police. I couldn't get

Then I had cancer, and I was depressed after that.

I wrote a book.

I tried two other times in a movie after that.

I've called thousands of people, emails, everything I could do. Me and my wife,

we tried to do. I got a few thousand of those emails, by the way. Thank you.

It's all good. It's all good. Thank you. So what exactly were the injuries? What

did you have to recover from?

My wrists were destroyed.

I had my handcuffs. I was cuffed the whole time while they were pepper

me point blank.

And people don't realize how bad pepper spray is. They admitted on the police

report that they pepper sprayed me four times, which is enough to kill anybody.

But it was a lot more than that over the half an hour that they did it while I

was in cuffs. So my lungs were destroyed and my wrist. Why did they keep pepper

spraying you?

I didn't comply completely because I was right in front of my house and he

wanted me on my hands and knees. And I don't believe in getting on my hands and

knees for anybody but God.

So I tried to talk to them to let me show them the house. And then they

sprayed me. They stripped me naked.

in front of my own house, and I wasn't very happy, and he pointed a gun in my

chest. What was the sense of shipping you naked?

They were looking for an on -burglar that had been in our development as an

exclusive development, and apparently I fit the bill. And they never caught the

guy? I don't even know.

I don't know.

And all these things he kept doing and redoing and not, you know, just ready to

give up, you came in and sort of just... kick them in the button, so we're going

to do this. So what made you make that next move?

I love law, and I love to investigate every detail, so why it didn't happen

why we should actually pursue it.

So I went through the whole entire case, and I see that everything that we can

actually make it together to practically put justice.

That was all the information we had to get. The lawyers didn't even do any

And I get to play one of those in the movie. Yeah, thank you.

So here is a guy who is a citizen in the state making almost a million dollars,

and he didn't have justice, paying always his taxes and everything else

that. So it makes me pursue everything that I was doing and just get it done.

you lost everything?

Yeah. I couldn't think of anything else but for the first two years of, you

know, they offered to drop the charges right away, but they wanted me to sign a

paper saying I was a little bit guilty, and I refused. And they're telling me,

listen, this is 10 years in jail.

You'll never trade again.

Just signed the papers.

Absolutely not. I want the question. I want the truth.

Ten years in jail for what reason?

Resisting arrest is a felony.

So I was arrested for resisting arrest.

Okay. And resisting arrest with force.

It's incredible.

I only think that if it happened in today's world, it would be a different

story. Hopefully it would be a different story. Or if it would have happened in

New York, it wouldn't have happened.

There's one other thing I'd like to say. Please do. Me and my wife have tried

everything, and this movie hopefully will help. But if it doesn't, we're

offering $100 ,000 for them to finally talk.

I want these questions answered. I want the truth.

We don't know what else we can do.

It is a true story. I've taken a lot of tests in the past. I'll take another one

and tell my whole story. I don't care.

Whatever needs to be done, I want the truth out there.

I love it.

So the challenge is out there.

The challenge is out there. All right.

I hope you find the truth. We will eventually. God bless you guys. Thank

and God bless you for all your help.