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My name is McGovern.

Mr. McGovern to you.

I am the assistant

t o the assistant deputy administrative assistant

t o the District Attorney of New York county.

Y o u are in training as assistant district attorneys

for New York county,

a n d my "assistant" title is a hell of a lot higher

than your "assistant" title.

S o watch your asses, or you're out of here.

You passed your bar exams, and you're here

b e cause you didn't get a decent offer after law school,

a n d you got to start some place.

I k now what you got in mind: you do your time here

b e cause you got to have something on your resumé.

O n e or two of you figure maybe you get lucky.

M a ybe Alan Dershowitz, maybe Bruce Cutler

w i ll see you in court one day,

w a iting for their cases to come up,

a n d your career will be made.

M o st of you just want a steppingstone

t o some Wall Street law office,

a d ivorce firm with society clients.

Y o u're in it for the money,

so do n't give me any crap about justice,

t h e law, the sacredness of your duty,

b l ah blah blah. You're out of here

as fa st as a decent offer comes around,

y o u figure you can do better chasing ambulances.

Y o u're going to fight judges that don't give a shit,

co ps in court only to see how much overtime

they can rack up,

r a pists, ganef, teenager who shot a guy

f o r a pair of sneakers, scam artists, pimps,

l u natics who think they should be outside

w a lking around Central Park

t r ying to diddle 7-year-old kids.

So now we know the truth.

[Sighs] OK.

Y o ur caseload may run 40 cases at a time.

I N STRUCTOR: You read your entire New York penal code

and your E.C.A.B. manual.

[Protesting]

Now, there are 5 divisions in the rackets division:

c o nstruction industry task force...

official corruption unit...

organized crime...

I 'll set bail at $500.

Y our honor...

t h is woman knifed a store security guard.

Come on, counselor,

$ 5 00 dollars for her is just like $50,000.

Have a heart.

Y o u weren't just caught with a nickel bag, Eduardo.

You got to help me help you here.

I can get you into rehab.

Y o u want to die in some toilet with a spike in your arm?

F uck you!

I r epresent the law. You show me respect, you hear?

Do you want to die in some toilet

with a spike in your arm?

[Woman screaming]

M A N: Somebody shut her up!

W h y do you think you should be released, Mr. Agonostes?

I s igned myself in, I can sign myself out.

I s igned myself in, I can sign myself out.

I s igned myself in. I can sign myself out.

I s igned myself in, I can sign myself out.

I s igned myself in, I can sign myself--

I signed myself in.

We cannot let these people

run wild in the streets.

I k now you will do right by the people of New York.

T hank you.

Your honor...

H i.

S orry I'm late.

The judge kept--

[ Splattering]

[ Coughs]

[Splattering stops]

[ Splatters]

[ Dog barking]

[ Police radio chatter]

I g ot to cut down on the coffee.

I ' m like a goddamn pipe.

I d rink it, piss it out 5 minutes later.

I keep telling you: decaf. Decaf.

I 've tried it.

I 'd rather piss.

H m.

You know...

I ' m still not used to it.

E v ery time we got to hit the door.

Y o u're a lucky son of a bitch.

Y o u know, I haven't slept for 2 nights?

W ell...

I think maybe I got no imagination

'cause I never think of nothing going wrong.

I sleep like a baby. No butterflies.

Then maybe it's...

because I got you to protect me.

Y eah, yeah.

M a ybe you're just stupid.

I'm definitely stupid.

I'm also bigger than you,

so why don't you let me hit the door this time?

L isten, you big slob,

h o w many times do I have to tell you?

Y o u're the junior member of the firm.

T h e little guy goes first.

OK?

T h at bastard could be up there now,

c ounting money.

Listen...

i f we go in tonight, you and me,

w e go fast, right?

E v erybody wants this bastard.

W e got all 3 goddamn precincts

c o ming together on the 4 corners

o f this one block.

I d on't want any of those pricks

f r om the 6-4, the 6-5,

h orning in on this.

R ight?

W e did the fucking work,

w e get the fucking collar.

What about backup?

W e got the warrant. We're the ones

s i tting here getting hemorrhoids.

W e get the collar.

Do you think, uh...

S h muellie the stoolie's gonna show up tonight or what?

H e 's a junkie. How can you trust a junkie?

[ Door opens]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

You're gonna buy one someday,

you come on me like that.

Oh, fuck you, cop.

T hink it's easy, huh?

I ' m crawling here so nobody spots me.

You think it's easy.

You're breaking my heart, scumbag.

You just knock next time

or I'm going to take your fucking head off.

W h y're you talking to me like that, huh?

L iam...

w h y's he talking to me like that for?

B e cause really he loves you, Shmuel.

Y o u're our favorite rat.

H e 's rough on you because he doesn't want

t h e other rats we got to get jealous.

Y eah.

O h , yeah? Well, fuck you, too.

Cut the bullshit. What you got?

W e ll, maybe I got nothing.

H mpf!

Here, dickhead.

Get the fuck outta here.

He's up there now.

He's up there now.

Apartment 3-D.

Alone? I don't know.

Maybe he's got some quiff with him, huh?

I s he carrying?

W ell...come on,

J o rdan Washington don't make a move

w i thout a rocket in his pocket, come on.

Get the fuck outta here.

H e y, you guys are swell, you know?

Yeah, really swell.

I h ope he gives you one in the kneecap, huh?

Boom!

OK?

L et's go.

Liam, I want to call for backup.

A h , we'll have him trussed up

like a deer on a fender by the time they get here.

7-4, this is Alligretto.

We got a fix on Jordan Washington,

1117 Barnard Street, Apartment 3-David.

We got 2 plainclothes going in with warrant,

s end backup.

C ome heavy.

[Door bangs, dog barks]

[Dog barking]

A ah!

[ Sobs]

1 0-13.

D I SPATCHER: 10-13. Location?

1 0 -13. We got an officer down.

1 1...17 Barnard.

1 117 Barnard.

[ Sirens]

A l l right, now, I want one man here...

Y o u two, around the back.

And you do not give orders around here.

B u llshit! I got a man bleeding up there!

Then get the hell up there and help him.

N ow...

W h at the fuck are you doing?

G e t the fucking ambulance here!

WOMAN: Stop it! My baby!

G e t the fucking thing here!

OK, where the Fuck is he, huh? No!

W h ere the fuck is he?

O p en window. Down the fire escape.

[ Woman shouting]

I'll go up, you go down.

All right.

C O P: He hit the light switch.

Shit! OK?

S E COND COP: Get out of here.

C harlie,

d o n't go up on that roof alone, you hear me?

A l l right, got you. Got you.

E asy.

[ Sirens]

Shit.

S h ine your light over here.

[ Tire blows out]

[Everyone yelling]

It came from up there!

Charlie!

C OP: I'm turned around.

Where's the door?

S E COND COP: Take it easy.

W e 're getting there. We're getting there.

R A DIO: I copy that, Cecil.

[ Cop groaning]

C O P: We need one in the back!

FEMALE COP: It's about fucking time.

Back...come back...

G e t him in there! Let's go! Come on!

A l l right, lock it up, lock it up!

[ Horn blaring]

E .S.U., come on!

C ome on!

T h ey need it bad. Come on.

In the back!

C o me on! In the back!

Come on! Back! Back!

Come on. Come on.

O ver here!

L i ghts! Lights! I can't see.

I g ot his home number. His wife's coming.

L i ghts up! Picture taken.

G et your Polident, pop.

S hut your mouth.

N e ver mind-- Shut your fucking trap.

H e y, get a radio over here!

H a s anybody got a radio that's working?

G e t on the radio, Snyder, Ramirez.

Come in, Ramirez, Snyder.

C o me in, Snyder, Ramirez, do you read me?

Yeah, I read you.

W e need some help over here right now.

...about 4 guys.

Y e ah. She got freezed for that.

I t 's too late for that.

[ Siren]

A l l the goddamn tax money in the city,

w e couldn't get an auditorium here?

W a tch it, watch it-- Aah!

Here, let me help you up this.

All right, listen up!

I ' ve just come from a meeting

w i th the mayor and the police commissioner.

We're going to get

t h is son of a bitch in 72 hours

o r a lot of you are going to be looking for jobs.

We got 3 dead cops...

O n e cop, we don't know if he's gonna live...

a n d the biggest dope dealer in the city

g ot away in an NYPD car.

W e have a fuckup of historical proportions,

a n d 3 precinct captains are joining the homeless,

I kid you not.

OK.

S o what is the district attorney--

t h at's me, for you new kids on the block--

d oing about it?

O n direct instructions from the mayor,

e v ery detective in our investigative division

i s to drop what he is working on

a n d to report to the 6-4 or the 6-5 or the 7-4

t o work with them. You're supposed to be

t h e best detectives in the city,

a n d we're goddamn well going to see

i f that is true.

F o r the rest of you in the trial division,

o r on the executive staff: if a cop or detective

n e eds a search warrant at 3 a.m.,

y o u are to type it up, go to a judge's house,

p u ll him off his wife or whoever else he's on top of,

and get it signed.

I f anybody calls

f o r a definition of "probable cause,"

" r easonable suspicion," "stop and search,"

Y o u look it up and fax it to him in 3 minutes

or your ass is mine!

A n d you bend the fucking rules!

I don't want

a n y goddamn civil liberties subtleties here!

W e get this cop-killing son of a bitch

a n d argue with the ACLU later!

D o you hear me?

Who the fuck are you, and why are you late?

H uh?

U h, Sean Casey, sir.

I w as at the hospital

w ith my father.

O h, my God.

Come here, kid.

E h!

F irst...

h ow is he?

U h...

h e's critical...

b ut he's stable.

U h , they think the operation went well.

H e was...

How bad was he hit?

H e got, uh... 3 bullet wounds,

a n d there was a lot of slivers from...

y o u know, damage from the door,

t h ere's some in his eyes.

You gave blood?

Y es. Uh...

t wice.

You hear that, you dead asses?

This kid just gave his blood, twice!

S o?

Get to work! Get to work! Now!

C ome on!

S ean.

E lihu.

I n my office.

Sean, I'm Elihu Harrison. O f course.

Sorry to meet under these circumstances.

C o me on, I'll show you the way to Morgy's office.

I t's down the hall.

Over here.

R ight down there.

R ight. I know.

H ere. Here.

S it, sit, sit.

H ave you eaten anything?

U h...no.

I t's all right.

E ileen, call downstairs.

2 e ggs over light, bacon very crisp,

t o asted bagel, butter, and jam,

a n d a large pot of coffee.

Get it here fast.

Does the--Oh.

Eli, you want a nything? No, thanks.

Does the hospital know how to reach you?

I think I, uh...

I l eft an office number.

Sean, those folks ain't gonna answer your phone

if you're not there.

E i leen, if there are any calls from the hospital

for Sean Casey, have them transferred here.

So, kid, tell me...

is he conscious?

U h...not yet.

B u t the operation, it--it went well?

W ell, I think--

I t hink that's what they said.

T here was, uh...

s o many technical terms,

I , uh...

Eileen, call Dr. Pritzker.

Tell him I want a no-bullshit report

on Sean's--Excuse me,

what is your father's first name?

Liam. Liam?

Liam Casey.

And to keep me informed.

Pritzker's the head of surgery.

He owes me.

T h ank you, Mr. Morgenstern.

Morgy. Morgy to you, Sean, but not in front

o f those assholes you came in with.

How old are you, kid? 3 3.

You're older than the rest of your class.

H ow come?

R i ght after college, I--

W hat college?

St. John's.

R i ght after St. John's, I joined the force,

b u t I was trying to get my law degree at night.

I w as working 3 shifts. It took a long time.

You hear that?

Not like you, Eli.

No ivy walls,

no cute little coeds

with high tits and tight asses...

Eli here, his folks have a private seat

r e served for family members at Harvard Law School.

M orgy's still angry

I d idn't have to go to city college.

Goddamn right. In this office,

it pays to know the street.

You know the street, kid?

I know the street.

I'll bet you do.

O K...

[Speaking Yiddish]

S ean...

you know why you're here?

U m , not really, Mr. Morgenstern.

M orgy.

M o rgy, you're being very kind.

It's not in my character.

I always want something in return.

R ight, Eli?

You don't mind if I call you Eli, right?

E l ihu, I don't know, it's almost hard for me to say.

E li,

it's more heimisch.

Heimisch. That's a word of my people.

It means...

C ozy.

"To feel at home with."

That's why your people use chintz.

S ean...

when we capture Jordan...

a nd we will...

he's gonna be tried.

I t 's the easiest case this office will ever have.

H e left one empty gun behind, his prints are on it,

I'll bet you whatever you want

ballistics will find bullets

i n one of those 4 cops that came from that gun.

He's the worst dope dealer in Harlem.

A murderer of his own people, a monster.

A s I said,

e a siest case this office will ever have.

I hope they get him alive...

b e cause I want him put on trial by this office.

And you know

who the prosecutor is gonna be?

You, Sean. You're gonna try him.

That's right. You, Sean.

You're looking at me like I'm crazy.

Morgy...

w i th apologies to you, Sean...

Morgy, this--

t his is a giant case.

S e an has never tried anything like this

i n size or importance.

U h , Mr. Morgenstern-- Morgy...

uh, Mr. Harrison is right.

I m ean, I'm new at this.

A m istake can ruin the case.

There's no problem here.

My son could win this case,

and he's not out of high school.

And he's stupid.

This case is not complicated.

M o rgy, are you serious?

You can always tell when I make a joke.

I'm the guy who laughs loudest.

Sir, Morgy...

L ook, kid,

whose father is laying out there

with tubes coming out of every hole he's got?

Whose blood is flowing in his veins now,

this minute?

And who put him there?

[Intercom beeps]

Case closed.

E I LEEN: Food is here. Shall I bring it in?

No. Put it in, uh... Di Angelo's office.

Kid, go eat.

There's a couch in there.

Di Angelo's in Florida on vacation.

Eat, grab some kip.

I ' ll wake you if there's any word from the hospital.

You got a career-making case coming up.

T hank you.

W hy are you doing this?

H e 's at the top of his class,

s imple case...

I d on't know. I got a feeling about him.

You mean that?

Ha ha ha!

Y o u bet your goy ass I do.

You realize I'll have to resign.

So? Resign.

Morgy, I'm senior trial counsel.

Turning this over to anybody but me

i s an insult that's incredibly damaging to me,

to my career.

But to turn it over to an A.D.A.

W i th 8 months experience is more than insulting.

I t 's shocking, humiliating, and it's unacceptable!

L isten to me, you prick!

Y o u think I don't know what's going on?

T h e walls have ears, my friend.

T h ose little planted stories in the papers--

" Morgenstern is old,"

" M orgenstern's got heart problems,"

" M orgenstern's lost his touch"--

t hat's your work, Eli,

y o u and that goddamn PR firm you hired.

A n d you thought I didn't know.

I g ot lots of friends, Eli. People owe me.

Y o u're gonna go against me in the primary, aren't you?

A n d if I whip your ass, and I will,

y o u'll return to the party of your people

a n d make the run against me that way.

A n d you think I'm gonna hand you

a c areer-making case so you can destroy me?

W h at do you think, I'm an idiot? You momser!

T h at's a word of my people.

Y o u want to know what it means?

Come here!

B astard!

ELI: So...

i f he lives...

y o u've got your hero cop as a witness,

b eing questioned

b y his heroic, self-made son.

Y o u've got Rivera, Oprah...

m a ybe even Charlie Rose,

e x plaining how you made this...

h eartwarming choice.

D o you think I'man idiot?

L e t me give you 3 words of my people:

g o fuck yourself.

Ha ha ha!

Up your ass.

[ Door slams]

Hey.

[ C hoked] How're you doing, Nails?

N ails?

N ails.

I u sed to call you that, remember?

A long time ago.

N ails?

Remembe r? Whenever you wanted me to do something,

y o u used to say, "Nail it, son."

A s long as I can remember.

Y o u'd pitch me a ball in the park,

y ou'd say, "Here...

n ail it, son."

Remember?

A tough exam,

" Nail it, Sean-o."

I liked it.

Y o u never said it to anybody else.

T h at's why I called you that.

I got it.

G ood, Pop.

I remember...

Liked you calling me that.

S o mething terrific has happened.

W h en they get Washington, um...

g u ess who's going to prosecute him.

I t's me, Pop.

H uh!

Whole career opening up.

G u ess who the...chief witness

i s gonna be, Pop.

W ho?

You.

F irst on the scene.

F irst to go down.

Y o u're gonna be on the stand.

I ' m gonna be asking the questions.

My god, Sean...

everything your mother and I worked for.

I know, Pop.

I t 's gonna happen, Pop.

Hm?

T hey're kicking me out.

Yeah, I know.

Y ou get some rest, OK?

S ean...

nail the son of a bitch.

I will, Pop.

And I love you.

G o od morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Good morning, Sam.

G o od morning, Sam.

I h ave an announcement to make.

I h ave agreed to defend Jordan Washington.

[Commotion]

So you know where he is?

Y e s, yes, I know where he is.

I w ant to arrange for a quiet surrender

t o the district attorney's office.

H o w and when did you contact each other?

T h rough an intermediary.

Talk about defense.

What possible defense

do you plan to offer in this case?

H a ha ha. You working for the D.A.'s office, Bill?

Y o ur paper certainly does.

Y o u're usually so willing to talk, Sam.

W h at's the point of being so coy?

N o , no. You're all going to have to

j ust wait for the trial.

A n d let me assure you that we want a trial.

In fact...

E m ily, would you send Mr. Washington in, please?

W h at? What?

MAN: You've had him here the whole time?

How long have you had him here?

Does the D.A. know that he's here?

M A N: Jordan, now's your chance.

M ake a statement.

[Overlapping]

P l ease, my client will not answer any questions.

W o uld you take off your shirt

a n d lower your trousers, please?

MAN: Sam, what...

W O MAN: Sam...

N o tice, ladies and gentlemen,

t h at he is completely unmarked.

Turn around, please?

T h ere are no bruises, no breaks of skin.

I w ould like you to notice particularly

t h e kidney area, which is a favorite police target.

A l so the buttocks and the genitals.

Thank you very much.

W e are delivering Jordan

in perfect condition.

W e have a car waiting downstairs.

W e are going downtown now to deliver Mr. Washington

t o District Attorney Morgenstern.

W e 'd like you all to come along as witnesses

so that we can all be sure

t h at Mr. Washington shows up for his first day of trial

i n exactly the same condition

as you see him here today.

[All talking]

H e 's bringing Washington down here to surrender.

T h at fucking Vigoda just wants to rub our noses in it.

W e couldn't capture him! He surrendered voluntarily.

Well, fuck Vigoda!

Lawrenc e, you get your men down there.

W h en that car turns into Worth Street,

y o u stop it, you drag the black son-of-a-bitch

o n to the street and cuff him!

I want 4 officers--

o n e on each arm, one on each leg,

t o drag that man into the building,

t h row him in a fucking cell,

' c ause that's what I promised the people of this city,

a n d that's what they're gonna get.

I ' m not gonna let that little Commie shyster

h umiliate this office.

And if he gets in the way,

arrest him for obstruction of justice!

Here they come!

W a ve them through, guys.

W a ve them through. Wave them through.

L i eutenant, I am surrendering my client

a c cording to legal procedure--

M y instructions are...

T h ere's no need for that!

Y o u are obstructing justice.

V I GODA: Damn it! Get the cameras over here!

[Commotion]

. . .unnecessary and excessive use of force...

WOMAN: Channel 11's legal expert,

Joshua Field...

W e ll, District Attorney Morgenstern

has had a disaster.

W hat was supposed to be

a q uiet surrender of Jordan Washington

t u rned into a 3-ring circus.

T h ere could be grounds for a change of venue--

[Door opens]

W h at the hell do you want?

You've buried yourself.

I've come to gloat.

Y o u know as well as I Vigoda's a great attorney.

If he's defending Washington,

t h en you know you've got something to worry about.

That's beside the fact

that he'll have every black militant

and left-wing group in the city

b l ocking every bridge, disrupting every highway,

and screaming police brutality

under your window every night

when you're trying to get some sleep...

and he'll eat your hero cop lawyer alive.

Fuck you.

I'm withdrawing my resignation.

Thank you for taking your time accepting it.

You, my Hebraic friend,

are in trouble on this case,

and I can't wait to see you take the fall.

Good night.

A N SWERING MACHINE: This is Liam Casey.

P l ease leave a message. [Beep]

H e y, Pop. I hope this means you're sleeping,

not out dancing somewhere.

T o morrow's the big day. Wish me luck.

Hey, Morgy, this is Sean.

I j ust wanted to call to say how much

I a ppreciate everything you've done for me,

and I won't let you down.

M r . Casey, your opening statement?

Y o ur honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

I'm going to be very brief.

T h is city just recently buried 3 police officers.

A f ourth is recovering from 3 bullet wounds.

O ne of the dead officers

w a s shot by another unidentified officer

b e cause of the confusion created

by the defendant's actions.

The other two dead officers

a n d the wounded police officer

had bullets in their bodies

t h at came from the defendant's gun.

It's that simple.

T h e case against the defendant

is defined by 3 gravestones

a nd a set of crutches.

I h ave no doubt of our proof,

a n d I have no doubt of your eventual verdict,

s o I thank you.

M r. Vigoda?

Your honor...

l a dies and gentlemen of the jury,

M r . Casey has stated the facts,

a n d we don't dispute one word of what he said.

H o wever, you have to be crazy

to shoot 3 cops,

a n d Jordan Washington is not crazy.

What Mr. Casey has left out

i s that my client was fighting for his life.

What Mr. Casey has left out

i s that my client was going to be executed.

What Mr. Casey has left out

i s that cops from 3 precincts:

t h e 6-4, the 6-5, and the 7-4,

w e re in business with my client

a nd had been for years.

A n d as in so many businesses,

t h ere was a falling out among partners.

Somebod y else was offering a better price

for the protection services

t h at these precincts were providing,

and when my client

r e fused to go along with that new price,

i t was decided that he had to go.

W h y do you think 3 precincts responded to that call?

J o rdan Washington knew what was happening

t h e moment that he heard footsteps in the hall,

a n d he was not going to sit idly by

a n d wait for his executioners to destroy him.

N ow, it is true

J o rdan Washington fired through that door,

a n d it is true that bullets from my client's gun

t o ok the lives of 2 more New York city cops,

but their dying began

w ellbefore that tragic night.

T h eir deaths began on the day that corrupt cops

a g reed to protect dope dealing in Harlem.

N o w, I grieve... for those dead policemen.

As far as I know,

t h ey were not part of any conspiracy.

B ut I cannot let a man

g o to jail for the rest of his life

f o r doing what is acknowledged

a s a man's most basic right:

the right of self-defense.

Thank you.

[Knock on door]

S E AN: Vigoda's witness list

i n cludes 17 cops from the 6-4, the 6-5, and the 7-4.

W h at do you mean, don't worry?

' C ause it's bullshit. It's a theory.

Theories are crap.

H e just wants to confuse and divert the jury.

J u st don't let it divert you.

3 d ead cops, one seriously wounded.

That's your case.

There are cops on the take, Morgy.

N o kidding. Thanks for the information.

Washington had to be paying somebody.

W i ll you stop worrying about it?

T h at's another tri-- Just take one--

T h at's another trial. This trial is about--

3 d ead cops, one seriously wounded. I know.

O h , Eileen, I told you not spicy!

Shit!

So you were completely occupied

w h en Detective Casey and you really knew nothing

about what was going on down on the streets?

Y e s, sir, that's correct.

Thank you, detective.

Your witness.

Detective Alligretto,

h a ve you ever heard of the name Kleinhoff?

W ho?

K leinhoff.

N o , not that I can recall.

T h ank you. That's all.

Witness is excused.

C L ERK: Detective Liam Casey.

D o you swear to tell the truth,

t h e whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

s o help you God?

I do.

G o od morning, Detective Casey.

Morning, counselor.

D etective Casey,

y o u are assigned to the 7-4 precinct?

Yes, sir.

H o w long have you been there?

9 years.

A n d you've been a detective for how long?

20 years.

A n d how long have you been a policeman?

36 years.

36 years.

S o you're well past your eligibility for retirement?

Oh, they'll have to carry me out.

In fact, they almost did.

C a n you tell us how you became involved with the defendant?

Well, we all knew him. Jordan Washington.

I mean, the word on the street was...

k ingpin...

top dog, numero uno,

M .M.

M .M.?

Yeah. Mean m--

Y es?

Mean motherfucker.

That's--that's what we called him: M.M.

A n d how did you specifically

g e t involved in the pursuit of him?

W e ll, me and my partner-- that's Joey Alligretto--

we have us a snitch.

Naturally, I can't tell you his name.

We understand. One day...

6 or 7 months ago we learned...

. . .we'd see him coming in or out.

So you cased that house for 2 1/2 weeks,

all day and all night.

Damn near.

O h , a couple of times we'd miss some hours.

O nce we both got sick

f r om some bad hero sandwiches,

things like that.

[Audience chuckles]

Why didn't you ask for help from the precinct?

I n narcotics you got to be careful.

O n a good lead,

y o u don't want too much word out.

What did you then do?

W e got lucky.

S u nday night the snitch showed.

That's Sunday, the 13th of October?

Y es, sir.

S o now we're in business...

So then you had absolutely no knowledge

of what was going on outside?

H e y, the next thing I saw was you...

s t anding by my bed at I.C.U. at Metropolitan.

T h ank you, detective.

Y o ur witness, counselor.

Good afternoon, Detective Casey.

You on sick leave now, detective?

Yes.

What's the p rognosis? Pretty good.

6 t o 8 months, I'll be as good as new.

Glad to hear it.

Now, I only have 2 or 3 areas

that I'd like to cover.

You--You had a warrant?

Y es.

Now, something that you said

has made me, uh, curious.

This--This thing about not getting any help

during what must have been an arduous...

even torturous, uh, surveillance.

You--You testified,

" O n a good lead, you don't want too much word out."

What did you mean by that?

N a rcotics are complicated.

T h e fewer people know about what you're doing,

t he better it is.

D o es that apply to your fellow officers?

Objection, your honor.

T h e charge here is murder, not police corruption.

T h e defense may tie the two together, your honor.

L i ne of questioning you opened up, counselor.

Overruled.

Y o u may answer, Detective Casey.

Y ou have to be careful.

I don't understand. Are you saying that

narcotics information is a two-way street,

t h at police officers can be informed about dealers,

and that dealers can be informed

about police officers?

I ' m not sure I get the question.

Well, then,

regretfully, I must be blunt.

Were you afraid

that if you involved any other officers,

that one of them might get word

to Jordan Washington?

L i ke I said, you gotta be careful.

I'm sorry to press you, detective,

b u t I must ask you to answer either yes or no.

Y es.

And since you didn't share this information

with men of your own precinct,

you certainly didn't share it with officers

of any other precinct,

am I correct,

yes or no?

I s hared it with nobody.

Except your partner?

E xcept my partner.

I just have one more question.

You ever heard of the name Kleinhoff?

N ot that I know of.

He's an ex-police officer.

In fact, the records indicate

t h at the two of you served in the same precinct

for a period of some 2 weeks.

It was a long time ago. About 20 years.

Kleinhoff?

Does that name sound familiar?

N o, counselor.

L i ke you said, a long time ago.

I understand.

Thank you. That's all.

T A PE: 7-4, this is Alligretto.

W e got a fix on Jordan Washington.

Shall I play it for you again, lieutenant?

We hear Detective Alligretto

very clearly calling in to the 74th precinct.

W h y did men from the 64th precinct respond?

T h ey thought maybe more help might be needed.

More help.

But just a few seconds had elapsed

before your men responded. Why?

H o w did your men know that more help was needed?

Did I hear you correctly, sergeant?

Men of the 6-5 responded

because an officer-down call had come in?

Y es, sir.

B u t the officer-down call did not go out

until almost 2 minutes

after the original call came in,

a n d men from the 6-5 were already on their way.

How do you explain that?

Y o u drove-- and I quote--

" L ike a bat out of hell."

Why?

It was a big collar.

We wanted in on it.

Ah ha ha ha ha...

F i nally someone gives me a straight answer.

Y o u were how old at this point?

6 or 7.

A n d this was your fifth foster home?

I d on't know. I lost count.

W h at about brothers and sisters, Mr. Washington?

5 o f us. Got split up early.

A i n't no foster home wanted 5 kids.

You were the youngest?

T hat's right.

Where was your mother during this time?

All over.

Mama was all over.

She was a user, an addict.

What happened to her?

I don't know.

F ather?

N ever knew him.

How old were you, Mr. Washington,

w h en you hit the streets permanently?

Maybe 10.

H ow did you live?

I became a runner.

A drug runner?

T hat's right.

C o uld you give us a description

o f how you lived

o v er the next few years?

I kind of moved up.

I learned where the money goes.

Then I got busted, did 2 1/2 at Elmira.

A n d when you got out?

Carved out a piece of turf for myself.

Took it... one block at a time.

Nobody stoppin' me.

S o now you were a full-time dealer.

That's right.

I n your experience, Mr. Washington,

w h at is the most important thing

a f ull-time dealer needs?

There's 3 different things:

a place to buy it, a place to sell it,

and protection.

P r otection from other dealers?

No. See, I takes care of that myself.

P rotection from what? All this shit!

[ Gavel pounds]

A n d how do you protect yourself from all this?

So how do you do anything?

M oney.

W h o is Kurt Kleinhoff?

Ex-cop. My bag man.

M e aning the one who pays everyone off?

That's right.

C a n you tell us how that works?

First of the month,

Kleinhoff go out with a little black satchel,

look like a doctor bag.

He stops by the bar, the precinct,

and the pizza parlor to pay off cops.

So much for the patrolman,

s o much for the sergeant, lieutenant, captain,

et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

How much?

600 grand a year.

How much?

600 grand a year. 50 grand a month.

3 precincts to pay off.

A n d those precincts were?

6-4, 6-5, 7-4.

A n d could you give us the names of the officers--

Objection, your honor.

T h e defendant was not present at the alleged payoffs.

We must not take his word on this.

He must not name names.

JUDGE: Sustained.

V I GODA: Who is Carlos Alvarez?

Guy tryin' to take over my operation.

And how did he try?

See, he moved the ante up.

He offered the cops 650 grand a year.

So my police friends

tried to shake me down for another 50.

But I said, "No. Get the fuck outta here."

See, once that shit starts, I'm finished.

So I said, "Nah."

A n d I figured I'd take care of Alvarez in my own way.

A nd did you?

Nah. See, I never got the chance.

S e e, Alvarez figured I'd be coming on after him.

So he tell the cops.

They don't want to give up their 50,

so they come on after me.

A n d that was the night of October 13th?

Y eah.

But I knew what was happening

maybe a month before that.

K l einhoff say, "First time they find you,

they comin' on after you."

N o w, we're perfectly aware

y o u grew up amid conditions

t h at were heartbreaking.

L e t me ask you something...

y o u remember the first time you hit somebody?

N o.

S e ems like I'm always

h i tting or being hit.

O h , yeah, because you said in your testimony here--

and I quote--

"I carved out a piece of turf for myself.

I took it." End quote.

T h at must have taken a lot of hittin', didn't it?

D id it?

When you were expanding your drug empire--

and I quote-- "One block at a time,"

Did you ever kill anybody?

Y o ur honor, I am instructing my client

n o t to answer that question

o n the grounds of self-incrimination.

JUDGE: Are you pleading

the Fifth Amendment, Mr. Washington?

Yes.

Did you ever order anyone killed?

S a me instructions, your honor.

W h en you were in jail for assault with a deadly weapon,

did you ever kill anybody? F ifth Amendment.

When your turf was firmly established

a n d you were now numero uno, top dog, kingpin, M.M.,

did you ever kill anyone? F ifth Amendment!

E nough of this.

W e 'll ask questions in a civilized way--

Y o ur honor, the prosecutor is baiting my client.

S i t down, Mr. Vigoda! I'll run this courtroom

w i th no help from you nor anyone.

Continue, Mr. Casey.

Thank you, your honor.

Let's go to the night of the shootout...

Sunday, October 13th.

Did you hear Detective Casey and Alligretto

coming up the s tairs? Yeah.

When you fired 15 shots straight at the door,

d i d you see Detective Casey go down?

T he door was there.

But by the end of your fusillade,

the door was in pieces.

D i d you see Detective Casey get hit?

No.

Did you see any b lood? No.

When you got down to the basement,

d i d you see 2 policemen? Oh, yeah.

Did you see their faces before you fired?

Y eah.

Were they young or old?

I don't know.

You just said you saw their faces.

N ot clear.

Which is it, yes or no?

I don't know.

When you fired your .357 magnum at them,

did you see where the bullets hit?

Y eah. Where'd they hit?

O n e in the head and one in the body.

Was there blood? O h, yeah.

L o ts of it? Yeah.

Did any get on your tiny white sneakers?

M otherfucker!

JUDGE: Remove the prisoner!

Remove the prisoner!

Get him outta here!

J ury's on the way.

2 hours. Good or bad sign?

G o od sign, but who knows?

Guilty on all 5 charges.

O K, everybody!

[Glass clinking]

Well, did I smell it, huh?

[Laughter]

You all thought I was nuts,

but I knew this kid had it.

Had it all!

S e an, come on up here. Sean Casey!

Y e ah. Yes!

Come on.

A b oundless love of the truth

a n d an instinct for the jugular vein.

T h at's what makes a great prosecutor.

A n d I cannot think of a better moment

t o announce my run for reelection.

I ' m glad that opposing counsel

h a s seen fit to join us here tonight.

W e lcome. Come on. Welcome.

Y o u know, I may offer Sam Vigoda

t h e chairmanship of my fund raising committee.

[ Laughter]

H e should live so long. All right!

Have a good time!

[ Cheering]

M r. Mayor!

S ir...

Sean Casey.

Sean, Mayor Williams.

C o ngratulations, Mr. Casey.

I couldn't imagine

t h is was your first major case.

B r illiantly done. Brilliantly.

W here's your father?

Liam! Over here!

M r. Casey.

G e ntlemen, right this way...

Smile...

One more this way, please?

Thank you.

I n ever knew I'd be helping the prosecution.

H i.

H i.

I'm Peggy Lindstrom.

I know.

We met once in an elevator.

M m.

I work for Sam Vigoda,

one of 12 irreplaceable assistants.

I know that.

I s aw you at the trial.

S i t. Hi.

H i . How are you?

F ine.

I don't know if you can make it erect.

I think I can.

SEAN: Classy car.

P EGGY: I'm lucky.

M y parents have money.

Where are we going?

H ome.

I live in Queens.

I don't.

B o o! Oh!

[Laughing]

M mm.

You're a miracle. I know,

b u t only to people that I want to like me.

H ow do you decide?

I nstinct.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing

when you cross-examined Washington.

I knew I was watching

the start of a great career.

I knew that, at the least,

I wanted to get you into bed.

H o w come you didn't wait to be asked?

I hate that coy bullshit.

I live my life as openly

and as honestly as possible.

You're completely attractive.

I know.

So now you get 3 a.m. scrambled eggs,

I get ice cream,

and I hope I'm impressing you enough

so that we'll see each other again.

I 'm very impressed.

W e 'll see each other again.

And, still,

tonight wasn't casual for me.

H m m. Well, it started casual for me.

I was a little loaded.

A b eautiful and sexy woman--

w hat's there to lose?

R i ght now, it feels like

t h e beginning of something.

Can you spend the night?

I m pelliteri is setting

t h e sentencing date tomorrow.

I s hould show up in my other suit.

See? The first heartbreak already.

I 'll make up for it.

H ow?

I don't know.

M mm. Good eggs.

C OP: What did you find?

DIVER: Ah, forget about it.

There's nothing left of that joker

but a skeleton.

God only knows how long he's been there.

Poor kids were crabbing.

One of their lines got snagged.

H ow do you like that?

O n the first charge...

W o uld you stand, Mr. Washington?

On the first charge--

t h e death of Patrolman Finney

t h e sentence is 25 years to life

w ith no parole.

O n the second charge--

t h e death of Patrolman Katz--

2 5 years to life, no parole.

On the third charge--

t h e wounding of Detective Casey--

2 5 years to life, no parole.

O n the fourth and fifth charges,

1 5 to 25 years each with no parole,

s e ntences to run consecutively.

Good-bye, Mr. Washington.

H e y, you know that floater

y o u fished out last week?

Y e ah. They finally got an ID on him.

N .Y.P.D. Medical.

N ame of Kleinhoff.

A n d that man is Pat DiStefano.

A n d if we stick together,

w e can win it all!

We can win it all!

H e ll of an acceptance speech, mayor!

O hh! Fuck!

A l l right, come on! Come on! Let's go!

L e t's stop fucking around.

N o w I'm sure you've each got somebody

w h ose name you'd like to put up,

a n d we're only 2 hours away from the 6:00 news.

N ow, I've got an idea.

M orgy's in ICU.

I ' d like to ask for your prayers for him tonight.

B u t we are a party rich in talent.

I w ould like to place in nomination,

and I would be proud

i f you accept it by acclamation,

f o r the office of district attorney,

I nominate...

Sean Casey!

[Cheering]

CROWD: Casey! Casey!

Casey! Casey!

Casey! Casey!

Casey! Casey!

Casey! Casey!

Casey! Casey!

Casey! Casey!

I w ish she could've seen it.

I w ish she could've heard it.

I j ust hope she knows.

She knows.

Y e ah. I think you're right.

S h e's gotta be as proud as I am.

Well, I hope she wasn't disappointed.

A t what?

S h e always had hopes of me joining the church.

I know she wanted me to.

T empted?

I was.

We were blessed, Pop.

T hat's the word.

W e were blessed.

Well, try it on.

Y eah.

Looks good on you.

M A N: Sean, Vigoda on 2.

S e an Casey headquarters.

H ello?

I know you're busy,

b u t it's important that we meet.

OK. What's good for you?

W e ll, I'll meet you anytime you want.

B ut, Sean, someplace

w h ere neither of us can wear a wire.

You heard that the body

that they fished out of the river

turned out to be Kurt Kleinhoff?

If you win,

I w ant you to pursue that murder...

as soon as you can.

Use the investigation division

of the D.A.'s office.

G o ing through any precincts is not the best way

to find out what you're looking for.

Sooner or later,

you're gonna run into dirty cops.

Y o u're not telling me

y o u believe your defense?

Y o u heard the tapes. You heard the testimony.

I t was total chaos on the street that night.

A l l right. Jordan Washington is scum.

Sometimes I just get so sick inside.

S o...

so discouraged, you know?

I feel like we have to just...

give up on an entire generation.

Lock 'em up,

throw away the key.

Am I hearing this

f r om the last of the sixties radicals?

A re you conning me?

Yes to the first and no to the second.

W h y'd you take the case?

Because I was after something else.

W hat?

Sean. The first rule of the drug world--

there can't be that much money around

without dirty cops.

That's what I wanted to get to.

W h y? Who appointed you?

My 15-year-old daughter...

when she OD'd.

[Quavering voice] You know,

when your kid dies before you,

i t 's, uh... it's not the natural order of things.

Your whole life changes.

W h en I was a cop with the 103 in Queens,

4 c ops got caught on the pad.

It was nothing big.

T h e usual-- C-note a month.

B ut I remember,

I w as ducking into the station house

b e cause I didn't want to get cornered

by the reporters.

I d idn't want to get caught on camera,

b ecause I was ashamed.

I n the meantime, those 4 cops

w e re being brought in by their buddies, you know?

T h ey had their coats over their hands

s o the cuffs wouldn't show.

T h ey had their heads ducked down low

s o nobody would recognize them.

I r emember feeling I wanted to...

p u ll their heads up by their hair...

s o everybody could see.

B e cause a cop like that,

t h ey're scum of the earth.

Y o u get me real evidence,

I ' ll follow it wherever it leads.

Wherever?

Y eah.

W herever.

You're a romantic.

And I think you're blushing.

H mm.

I t's the heat.

It's not the heat.

You're blushing.

I think I'm gonna vote for you.

M O DERATOR: Your final statement, Mr. Harrison.

You have 2 minutes.

T h ough constantly taking the high, moral ground,

M r . Casey's naiveté keeps trapping him

i n the depths of, well, to put it mildly,

q uestionable behavior.

H e 's in the midst of an affair with someone.

[ Audience boos]

N o , no, no, please. Please, listen.

I d on't bring this up as a smear.

It 's just that the person he's involved with

works for a law firm

t h at has been a consistent enemy

o f law and order in this city.

I n 2 instances,

t r affic was stopped for hours--

o n ce at the Brooklyn Bridge

a n d once at the Queens midtown tunnel.

T h ey've represented the pushcart peddlers

w ho drive away business

f r om legitimate, taxpaying merchants,

w elfare cheats,

c o rrupt local school boards.

I n other words, all the elements

t h at have made life in this city

almost unlivable.

T h e district attorney's office

i s therepresentative of law andorder

in this city.

W h o do you want sitting in that chair?

A n ewly graduated naive lawyer

w i th one easy victory behind him?

A m an who sees nothing wrong

w i th an involvement in a law firm

t h at at times has brought this city to its knees?

O r the calm, reasoned, objective point of view

o f someone who's devoted 18 years

o f public service to this city and its people?

Thank you.

[Applause]

MODERATOR: Mr. Casey.

I ' m not even gonna respond to the personal attack

o ther than to say that

w e are sort of living in sin

b e cause, uh, she won't marry me.

I've asked.

B u t I would like to address

w h at I think Mr. Harrison here

i s really talking about.

W e 're all perfectly aware of the complete loss of respect

t h at exists for government today,

particularly the law.

W e ll, I believe that the system can work.

B u t you, all of you, need one basic reassurance.

You need to know

t h at the law applies to everyone equally--

ri ch , poor, black, white, yellow, brown,

w i tness, jury, perpetrator, victim,

c o ps, judges, Wall Street, welfare.

A ll, everyone, equally.

T h e party ticket I'm running on

m a y not like what I'm saying,

b u t I'm telling you how I feel.

T h ere will be only one standard--

d i d that person break the law?

I f I am elected, the law will exclude no one.

A l l, everyone, will be equal before the law,

j u st like it says on the building.

Thank you.

[Applause]

Do we have to go back?

Y ou do.

M m.

B i g campaign stops tomorrow.

Right. This place is magic.

For what it's worth,

I ' d never thought I'd want a place like this...

until this morning

while making coffee for you.

I t's worth a lot.

Y o u make very good coffee.

I t hink we should get married.

W ill you marry me?

Let's not push it.

Marriage wasn't great for me.

Y o u weren't married to me.

How was your meeting with Vigoda?

I t was interesting.

C a n't tell you the content of it.

I understand.

When you're the D.A.,

we may wind up on opposite sides a lot.

W e 'll have lots of secrets from each other.

I hate that.

So, what do you suggest?

I s uggest we tell each other everything.

W e 'll leave it up to the other person

t o decide for themselves whether to use it.

G o d, you like to make things difficult.

Why not just keep quiet?

T hat's also an option.

[ Knock on door]

C ome in.

Thanks for coming in, Mr. Casey.

We've seen each other around for months,

but never really met.

I'm Captain Lawrence,

head of investigation for the D.A.'s office.

This is my assistant, Lieutenant Gentile.

How are you?

You did a helluva job, councilman.

I hope I'll be working for you

a fter November.

T h is is Lieutenant Wilson,

internal affairs.

W i lson, will you take over?

Harbor police fished out

what was practically a skeleton

in the east river some months ago.

Dental records identify the body

as Kurt Kleinhoff.

A few days later, we obtained a copy

o f a small, black address book.

I c an't tell you how.

T h e address book had the names

o f 15 police officers.

T h e 15 officers were and are presently

in the 6-4, the 6-5, and the 7-4.

As of yesterday at 4:00,

w e have officially taken over the investigation.

That's what we're here for.

That's what our department does.

And one of our first investigations

i s to find out how many officers named in that book

w e re present at the Jordan Washington shootout.

D o you know if Kleinhoff was dirty?

[ Snort]

Well, we don't know... yet,

but we sort of kept tabs on him

a fter he left the force.

H e was always around drugs,

o n the fringes.

W h ere there was dope and dealers,

there was Kleinhoff.

W e were getting close when he floated up.

N o point in looking for the killer

i f forensics can't give us a hint of how he died.

W hy am I here?

O n e of the names in the book was Joey Alligretto,

your father's partner.

W e have to bring him in, Sean,

b u t we don't want to hurt you

o r your campaign.

A nd god knows

w e don't want to hurt your father.

We thought it might be worthwhile

for you to talk to him first.

Maybe it's something. Maybe it's nothing.

But if it's something,

maybe he'll talk to you.

But maybe we can see if there's a way

of exercising some damage control

in this whole mess.

A n d I'm supposed to report back to you.

Is that it?

If I were you,

I'd do it, Mr. Casey.

It's better to know than not know.

A n ybody else you want me to talk to?

Not at the moment.

What the fuck,

they don't give you an office?

We got to meet out here? Huh?

Come here.

How you doing?

What's the matter?

What's the matter with you?

I ' d never wear a wire on you, Joe.

I'm sorry.

I know that. I'm sorry.

Come on. Come here.

I'm sorry.

It's just that ever...

ever since Kleinhoff floated up,

everybody's a little tense, that's all.

W h y are they tense, Joey?

Ah, people are talking.

W h at are they talking about?

Internal Affairs getting involved,

your office.

People are edgy.

J o ey, you said at the trial

y o u didn't know a Kleinhoff.

Yeah, well, I lied.

W hy?

' C ause committing perjury is a helluva lot easier

than admitting you know Kleinhoff.

W e ll, what are you gonna do? You gonna report me?

I 'll report as little

o r as much of this conversation

as I want to.

T hat's the deal.

You don't know Internal affairs.

You think that's the deal.

I ' m the next D.A. of this city.

T hat's the deal.

O K.

I 'm asking, Joe.

Y ou a dirty cop?

N ever.

W h y is your name in Kleinhoff s book?

Didn't know he had a book.

Anyway, he tried to call me a couple times.

I always said no.

W h y didn't you go after him?

T he truth?

Y eah.

I didn't have the balls.

He meant a lot of money to a lot of cops.

I figured I'd keep my own nose clean,

and that's that.

D i d he try to reach my father?

Look at me.

D i d he try to reach my father?

I swear to you,

as far as I know,

your father's clean.

O K?

W hy here?

You swear to me on mama's grave

you're clean on this Kleinhoff business.

Kleinhoff? Kleinhoff!

You know damn well who Kleinhoff is.

Don't look at me that way.

He had his hands all over some cops

in the 6-4, the 6-5, and 7-4.

Swear to me right here, Pop,

right here, you're clean.

I s wear to you at your mother's grave.

I'm clean.

Why'd you lie at the trial?

J o ey's already told you.

Joey told you about our meeting?

O f course.

What about Joe?

H e's clean.

Why is his name in Kleinhoff s book?

K l einhoff tried to reach him.

J oey comes to me

a n d he asks me what should he do.

W hat should he do!

I t old him I didn't want to touch it,

s o he turned him down.

How do you know?

H ow do I know what?

That he turned him down!

H e's my partner.

S orry.

I'm sorry, Pop.

H e 's clean, Captain Lawrence.

T hank you, Sean.

G lad to hear it.

S ean talked to him.

H e says Alligretto s clean.

That's what I'd expect him to say.

M A N: 9:00 results. Let's go!

[ E vening news theme plays on TV]

NE WS ANNOUNCER: The polls have just closed.

L e t's go to our correspondent Donna Hanover

f o r our special election coverage.

W ith voting just ended,

w e 've already got our first victory of the evening.

A n d considering how close the polls were,

i t comes as a big surprise.

A c cording to our exit polling,

S e an Casey will win easily over...

congratulations, Sean! [Cheering]

. . .with 64% of the vote by our projections.

T h ough not quite that conclusively,

i t looks by early count

t h at Mayor Williams should also waltz in comfortably.

I t can't go on like this, can it?

O n e wonderful thing happening after another.

In my experience,

no, it can't go on like this.

W h at's been your experience?

Nothing brutal.

In fact, on the whole, I'm lucky.

It's just that I keep picking guys

that I expect to be perfect.

I don't mean money and looks...

l ike you.

Just perfect.

And then we get close,

and the flaws show up.

I guess that's my flaw--

expecting Lancelot.

Y o u haven't picked wrong with me, Peggy.

I know.

And it frightens me even more.

W h at if you're everything I hoped for, and...

W hat?

A nd what?

And it turns out I'm not...

good enough for you.

If I'm not,

I don't want to know that about myself.

C ome here.

W ill you marry me?

M aybe.

I want to.

I 'm scared.

C a n we at least live together...

i n the same place?

OK. Your place or mine?

W hichever.

M ine.

G ood choice.

But don't give up yours.

Y et.

N o . I don't recognize the name of Kleinhoff.

I ' ve had over a thousand officers

w o rking under me in my command

for 32 years.

H o w do you expect me to remember a name?

Because he was paying you every month.

I f you're clean,

y o u got no reason to be so nervous.

Are you kidding me?

D o you know what it means to be even called in here?

Y o u got pictures? What do you got?

We don't have to tell you anything.

You have to tell us.

B u llshit. If you had pictures,

y o u'd be shoving them in my face

s o you turn me into a rat.

I d on't know nothin' about knocking off Washington.

I will not answer any questions

unless a P.B.A. lawyer is present.

I ' d like you to repeat that,

j u st one time, outside this room.

Y o u'd be swallowing your teeth by now.

I swear I'm innocent.

Kill Jordan Washington?

Are you crazy?

N ot a crack.

Mr. Casey.

It always starts this way.

Everybody's innocent.

They're all lying.

I f their lips are moving, they're lying.

Within a week,

s o mebody will come in to make a deal for himself.

T h en the whole house of cards collapses.

They're going down.

JOEY ON TAPE: Come heavy.

Barnard Street. Apartment 3-David.

We got 2 plain clothes going in with warrant.

Send backup. Come heavy.

H i.

S ean?

Y eah.

O ne of your perks...

W e ll, if there's anyone

y o u want as your secretary...

I mean, well,

y o u should have who you want.

Eileen, I'd you to stay on, please.

I need all the help I can get.

I 'd be honored.

Eileen, you know where that warrant might be,

the one that Joey and my father had?

I t 's in that stack I just brought you.

A l l the documentation's chronological,

so it should be...

right at the top.

That's a Xerox.

You know where the original might be?

W ho signed this? Impelliteri.

C o uld have gone back to his office.

C o uld be floating around the 74th precinct.

D o you want me to locate it?

P lease.

C o uld take a couple of days.

O K.

Hi. Hi.

H o w you feeling, Morgy?

L ousy.

What else do you want to ask me?

I came to thank you.

M m.

I owe a lot to you.

Don't thank me.

I may not have done you a favor.

It'll start soon. You'll see.

W hat'll start?

The pressure.

In fact, what I heard, it started already.

W hat'd you hear?

Internal Affairs, they're pressing you.

[ Coughs]

H ow'd you hear it?

People owe me.

How bad is it?

I don't know yet.

T h is is Internal Affairs business.

I ' m afraid to go through the door.

I d on't know know what to expect.

Expect the worst. So prepare yourself.

Everybody's gonna want a piece of you,

now that you're elected.

Leaves you in a damn good position, kid.

When they grab for you,

when they go for that piece of you,

you get something back.

B u t you always get back more than you gave.

You hear me, kid? More than you gave.

W h at are you saying to me?

I t 's gonna be one big deal I'm making?

N o . A hundred little ones. A thousand.

Deal after deal after deal after deal.

T h at's not why I became a lawyer.

Who cares why you became a lawyer?

Only you. Nobody else gives a shit.

Why? You want clean hands?

Become a priest.

Look, kid, what you're searching for,

you're not going to find it. Ha ha.

Not in this place, this time.

Maybe no place at any time.

But you'll be better than most.

T h at's what you're gonna have to be satisfied with.

Get the hell out of here, please.

You're depressing me.

H a ha ha ha ha.

C ome on.

O h, God.

P lease.

I ' d kiss you, but you're an ugly bastard.

So what do you think, lieutenant?

Can I do myself some good here?

Y o u're the first to come forward.

I ' m sure we can help.

B u t I'll need corroboration

f o r everything you tell us.

[ Sighs]

I don't see a problem.

M y old partner-- Estevez--

you had him in here.

For a deal,

he'll talk.

G ood.

T hat's it.

After the 2 of you, no more deals.

I ' m sad to announce the indictment this morning

of 5 police officers

o n charges of bribery and dealing in narcotics.

T h eir names are in the press release

you have been given.

T h e indictments are the result

o f a 2 month investigation

b y the Internal Affairs division.

The investigation was

conducted by lieutenant Wilson.

End of statement.

A n y more cops to come, Sean?

I t 's an ongoing investigation.

You're an ex-cop, Mr. District attorney.

How do you feel?

L ousy.

R E PORTER: I noticed--

I n oticed that 3 of the 5 names

w e re in the 74th precinct.

I s n't your father in the 74th precinct?

I f there's anything I hate as much as a dirty cop,

i t 's a scandal mongering reporter

l o oking for a sensationalist story.

Your smear of a good cop,

a c op who almost gave his life for this city,

i s despicable.

You find that funny?

H a ving said that, I can tell you that

t h is investigation will go wherever the evidence leads.

T h is press conference is over.

[ Shouting questions]

Y ou're welcome.

E i leen, any word on the warrant?

Oh, I forgot to tell you.

We can't find any trace of the original.

H ow come?

Happens all the time.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

I'll clear these.

H e re, let me help you.

For god's sake, just sit there.

Like you to volunteer

after all the hard work's done, right?

Making the roast beef,

that's when I could have used you.

Peeling the potatoes, scraping the carrots.

J u st sit there drinking and drink your Guinea Red

and I'll take care of it.

It was great, Pop.

W h en did you learn how to cook?

Oh, after your mom died.

Days off got so damn lonely around here.

And people were nice.

They kept inviting me over for Sunday dinner.

I knew I'd have to invite them back.

T h e restaurants around here ain't great.

Also, I tend to drink a little too much

in a restaurant.

I don't know why.

So I started cooking.

It made my days off go faster,

and I could repay my neighbors

like a civilized man.

Go ahead. Don't wait for me.

I'll get some milk.

I c an't take credit for that pie, I'm afraid.

I t 's store-bought, but Casey-heated. Ha ha ha.

T h ere we go. Want some coffee?

Y eah.

A h em--so, Sean, you, uh,

y o u wanted to see us and, uh, we wanted to see you.

So what's up?

G o ahead, take it.

Y ou first.

O K , uh, we got a little favor to ask you, Sean-o.

T ough one, Pop?

F o r you, I guess it will be.

G o ahead, Joey.

I g uess the only thing to do is just say it, right?

R ight.

M an.

I g ot caught with my hand in the cookie jar.

W hose cookie jar?

Oh, Kleinhoff.

Somebody ratted me out to Internal Affairs

and they called me in.

H o w long have you been on the take?

About 4 years.

S EAN: How much?

Over the whole time? Uh, I don't know.

About 60-70 grand.

Grand jury?

Yeah, in about, uh, 2 or 3 weeks.

W h at do you want me to do about it?

J o ey's offered to cooperate.

I told them, you know, they got me.

B u t that fucking prick Wilson, he turned me down.

He said he's got everybody he needs.

T a lk to him, Sean. He can use Joey.

O n e more witness never hurt the prosecution.

H e 'll listen to you. You're the D.A.

You know, it's a personal thing

with that fucking prick.

H e 's been after me for years. About 8-9 years--

Bullshit! Bullshit!

Y o u might as well be selling dope yourself.

S ean, don't.

W h at do you mean don't?

D on't what, Pop?

D o n't tell him he's a scumbag?

T h at's he's a disgrace?

W hat about it, Pop?

Y o u tell me, what do you want me to do?

S e an, he's my partner.

All right, hold it. Just hold it.

I don't want you 2 to...

I mean, that's not right.

Yeah, I'm your partner,

but this is your son.

I d on't want to cause no bad feeling between you 2.

And you, you can stop worrying.

'cause he had nothing to do with anything.

T h ere's no way I'm gonna talk

t o Internal Affairs about him.

JOE: What if I had something new to offer?

S o mething new to offer? Like what?

There were 8 cops...

S E AN: 8 cops who what, Joey?

S EAN: What?

Who talked about taking out Washington.

M y God.

S E AN: Including you, Joey?

Yeah, including me.

A n d that night of the shootout, they all came--

S E AN: And they were there

t h e night of the shootout, weren't they?

Yeah. Including the 2 rat fucks

that turned me in--

T h e 2 rat fucks?! Rat fucks?!

Y o u took money from Harlem's biggest dealer!

Y o u committed perjury at his trial!

Y o u engage in a conspiracy to kill him

w h en he wouldn't cough up more dough,

a n d now you're offering to turn in 7 other cops

i n order to save yourself,

a n d you have the nerve to call them rat fucks?!

Y o u were a cop, Joe, and now you're garbage!

Y ou're nothing!

I hope some crazy junky

t a kes you out in a-- in an alley one night!

[ Door opens]

[ Door closes]

S ean, I didn't know.

V igoda was right.

[ Sighs]

It's funny.

Y o u spend years with a partner.

You live--

s o metimes, you die together,

b u t you don't know him.

Was Jordan Washington the only honest witness

at the trial?

Y o u mean, did I lie about anything?

Of course not, Pop.

Did you?

The warrant.

T h at's what I came to see you about.

W hat about it?

T h e day of the stakeout, I made out a new one.

The old one expired the day before.

I m ade out a new one, signed Impelliteri's name.

Nobody checks the signature.

Why?

P op, why?

O h...

Nail it, son.

Remember?

We were this close.

This close to nailing that son of a bitch.

S n itch said he was gonna show that weekend.

Y ou get an extension.

H a ha.

It was a Friday.

Go find a goddamn judge after 3:00 on a Friday.

N o , you could have found one, Pops.

How many judges do you think I know?

Huh? And I don't trust half of them.

I wanted Jordan Washington.

You don't know how bad I wanted him.

T h e biggest fucking collar in my whole life.

And that bastard,

murderer,

a man who destroys his own people.

T h ey did it to him, now he was doing it to others.

A n d there were 15 cops helping him.

Don't give me that shit!

$600,000 a year!

Hear that? $600,000 a year.

Nobody could resist that.

How many doctors, lawyers,

those bastards who put the gas tanks

in the wrong place?

Those fucks that buy boats

with other people's life savings?

Tell me, who could resist $600,000?

I'll tell you who.

2 7 ,000 other cops on the force, that's who.

Or maybe it's 26,000 or 25,000.

Or maybe it's 20,000.

B u t it's more than the rest of the goddamn country.

And to top it all off, 2 of us go in:

me and Joey!

2 of us go through that door

because we want Jordan Washington.

O n ly Jesus Christ stops me from killing him on the spot.

And you think I'm gonna let him walk

when all I got to do is go down the hall,

pick up a blank, and make out a new warrant?

Make a copy, smudge it up a little?

L eave it on my desk?

S o help me, Sean, I'd rather do time

t h an not do what I did.

It could happen, Pop.

You can do time and Jordan will walk

if word gets out.

M mm!

I need some wine.

I still got it.

The warrant.

T h e original. The outdated one.

I g ot kind of superstitious.

I w anted the jacket around me

t o remind me how close I come to dying.

H o w lucky I've been after--

u h , you know how many years?

3 7.

3 7.

W h en I left the hospital, they gave me my clothes back.

The jacket, the shoes, are all that's left.

The shirt, the pants, they had to--

they had to cut them away.

And I reached in the pocket,

there it was.

J e sus Christ, what a mess I've brought to you.

I ' m going to head home now, Pop.

Listen, Sean...

if you can't live with this,

u h...

y o u know, just keeping a secret about a warrant,

j-j-j-just tell me.

I don't want you to carry the burden.

I ' ll go in and I'll tell them I did it.

I d on't want you to go against your feelings,

because you know what's right.

I'm just an old cop who--[Sighs]--

m a ybe who should have been put out to pasture long ago,

I don't know.

T h ere's so much going on I just don't understand anymore.

Don't. Don't.

[ Coughs]

[ Coughs]

[ Coughs]

H a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

[Gunshot]

Joey's dead.

He shot himself.

H ow did you hear?

The morning news driving down here.

D id he leave a note?

A n ote? Did he leave a note?

They didn't say.

F R ANK: Yeah? Frank?

C an I use your phone?

S ure.

Can't have Pop hear it alone.

A N SWER MACHINE: This is Liam Casey.

P l ease leave a message. Thank you.

[ Beep]

I got to get out there.

Pop?

Pop?

Pop?

Pop?

P op?

Pop?

Peggy, he's not here.

I want to get to the office. Come on.

Just in case he calls.

You want me to come up with you?

I 'll get some work done.

W O MAN: Hey, whose car?

M ine.

T hen move it.

Sean, are you all right?

Y eah.

D e tective Casey, nice to see you.

I ' m real sorry I had to call you at home, your honor.

But thanks for seeing me.

N o big deal. Come on in.

T hank you.

[ Knock on door]

C ome in.

[Door opens]

I s this what I think it is?

W h at do you think it is?

During the trial

there was a Xerox of the arrest warrant.

A s soon as I saw this, I knew this was the original,

a n d that there's probably a difference between the 2.

I s there?

Y eah.

T h e date was changed and the signature.

A r e you going to take it to Vigoda?

I have to.

I can't. Here, I work for him,

I'm in love with you.

I 'm the D.A.,

a n d I'm going to destroy evidence.

It's happened before.

I t wasn't supposed to happen to me.

It's not supposed to happen to any of us.

T h at's the story, your honor.

S o I came to turn myself in.

W ow.

[ Telephone rings]

[ Ring]

H ello.

Mr. Casey?

S EAN: Yes?

Impelliteri here.

Y o ur dad's sitting here with me.

H e 's just told me some cock and bull story

a bout an arrest warrant.

I t seems to me he's confused.

I d istinctly remember filling out the warrant form

o n the day of the raid.

W h at was that date again, Liam?

October 13th.

Right, October 13th.

I c an remember it as clearly

a s if I were doing it now.

I w as so excited at the idea

t h at we might bring in Jordan Washington,

I c ouldn't wait to fill it out.

I w ished him good luck, I remember that.

H e told me there's another warrant floating around.

D o you have it?

Yes, your honor.

Well, get rid of it.

I ' ve got the original right here.

I t must have been sent to the house

i nstead of the office.

I ' ll bring it in with me today.

Thanks, your honor.

Your honor, may I...

speak to my father, please?

Y our son wants you.

Hey, Sean-o.

Pop.

Pop?

D id you hear about Joey?

N o.

W hat?

It's bad news, Pop.

Pop?

S o I'm quitting.

W hy quit?

B e cause I can see where it's going.

I owe Impelliteri.

I d on't know who my father owes.

I o we Peggy, Peggy owes you

f o r not bringing in the warrant.

I t'll go on forever.

Ha ha ha. Damn.

Sean, things never work out

as simply as you want them to.

If Peggy had brought me that warrant,

I don't know that I would have used it.

I mean it. I was after dirty cops,

I got dirty cops.

W h y should I let that animal back out on the street?

W h at about his rights?

So, I'm not perfect.

I never thought I was perfect.

Do you think you're perfect?

N ot anymore.

My name is McGovern.

M r . McGovern to you. I'm the assistant

t o the assistant deputy administrative assistant

t o the District Attorney of New York county.

W e 're starting something new this year.

The district attorney

will be giving the opening orientation lecture.

L a dies and gentlemen, District Attorney Casey.

8 m onths ago, I was ready to resign.

B e cause it was all so much more complicated

t han I imagined.

I t started when I was an A.D.A.,

j u st as you hope to be soon.

M y first time out, first time in night court,

I had 18 cases to handle.

A n d as you'll soon find out,

y o u have to arraign your perps

w i thin 24 hours of their arrest.

1 /2 hour before court,

I f inally get all my yellow sheets down from Albany.

A n d the first guy up, I've never seen before.

But his yellow sheet shows

h e 's got one prior conviction for robbery.

B u t I don't know if he mugged an old lady

i n an alley to feed his habit,

o r he stole food from a supermarket

to feed his kids.

A n d later I get involved in a case

w h ere breaking the law was more just

t han upholding the law.

A n d upholding the law killed a man.

N o w, I don't have to prepare you for a job

w h ere circumstances are black and white.

I was lucky.

I h ad a case like that launch my career.

N o w, you're gonna spend most of your time

in the gray areas.

B ut out there,

t h at's where you're gonna come face-to-face

w ith who you really are.

A n d that's a frightening thing to ask of you,

a n d it might take a lifetime to figure out.

F o r me, I know I have 2 things.

I k now I still have complete faith in the law.

A n d I also know I'm fallible.

A n d I just hope God is not finished with me yet.

F o r you, it's gonna depend on who you are right now.

I f you're in it for the hustle,

I g uarantee you're gonna come across a case

t h at you actually believe in,

and you're gonna lose it.

I t 's gonna break your heart, and you'll be damned.

A n d if you think you're a saint,

w e ll, I guarantee you you're gonna come across a case

w h ere you're gonna have to make a deal,

a nd you're gonna win it.

A n d that will break your heart.

A nd you'll be damned.

S o you might as well believe in it from the beginning.

Hurts less that way.

I f you get tired, get out.

'cause I'll fire you.

I f you find that the funny stories

a r e starting to matter more than the case, get out

o r I'm gonna fire you.

A n d if, God forbid, you wake up one day

y o u just don't care anymore,

then please, just get out.

B e cause then I'm gonna really have to fire you.

B u t if you're ready to take that kind of risk...

w elcome.

A n d as an old retired cop used to say to me...

"Nail it."

And good luck to you all.