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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.