1 00:00:01,075 --> 00:00:02,872 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:02,872 --> 00:00:06,709 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:06,709 --> 00:00:08,681 The police who investigate crime... 4 00:00:08,681 --> 00:00:11,514 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,514 --> 00:00:13,247 These are their stories. 6 00:00:16,892 --> 00:00:20,055 645 West Fourth. 7 00:00:20,529 --> 00:00:23,861 10-4, this is Central verifying 10-31, 8 00:00:23,861 --> 00:00:26,399 507 East 45. 9 00:00:26,399 --> 00:00:29,800 Burglary in progress, rear-door warehouse, two white males. 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,804 Two officers on the scene. 11 00:00:31,804 --> 00:00:35,570 Suspicious vehicle, occupied, three males, green Chevrolet, 12 00:00:35,570 --> 00:00:37,441 55 and Second Avenue... 13 00:00:37,441 --> 00:00:41,073 repeat 10-85, call from 31-18, requesting backup. 14 00:00:41,073 --> 00:00:44,846 Two male suspects, Hispanic, 107 and Amsterdam. 15 00:00:44,846 --> 00:00:47,081 Possible drug sale in progress. 16 00:00:47,081 --> 00:00:50,716 10-85, 107 and Amsterdam, call from 31-18. 17 00:00:50,716 --> 00:00:52,419 Possible drug sale in progress. 18 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:54,724 He's alone out there, needs additional unit. 19 00:00:54,724 --> 00:00:56,594 Two suspects, male, Hispanic. 20 00:00:56,594 --> 00:00:58,361 31-Charlie to Central. 21 00:00:58,361 --> 00:01:00,766 Responding to 10-85. We're on the way. 22 00:01:00,766 --> 00:01:03,362 This is 31-5 to Central. 10-85, we are en route. 23 00:01:03,362 --> 00:01:05,338 Central to 31-18. 24 00:01:05,338 --> 00:01:07,272 Two units en route. Confirm. 25 00:01:07,272 --> 00:01:10,038 31-18 to Central. Confirm. Awaiting backup. 26 00:01:10,038 --> 00:01:11,578 I'm short three for Wednesday. 27 00:01:11,578 --> 00:01:13,671 You're short one more. It's my night with the kids. 28 00:01:13,671 --> 00:01:15,306 Well, then, hire a baby-sitter. 29 00:01:15,306 --> 00:01:17,374 And don't forget to pay the social security. 30 00:01:17,374 --> 00:01:18,943 Mac, please. 31 00:01:18,943 --> 00:01:22,184 Gardner's got the flu, Kelley's wife is in the hospital. 32 00:01:22,184 --> 00:01:23,350 You're gonna have to do it. 33 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:25,417 I've been on my hind legs for two weeks. 34 00:01:25,417 --> 00:01:27,121 I got vacation days I haven't used. 35 00:01:27,121 --> 00:01:28,163 What? 36 00:01:28,163 --> 00:01:30,461 31-18, 10-5, 10-5. 37 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,592 For God's sake. What is it? 38 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:35,296 31-18's alone, he's still waiting for backup. 39 00:01:35,296 --> 00:01:38,306 Central, this is 31-18, 10-85, waiting for backup. 40 00:01:38,306 --> 00:01:40,400 Did you say two units were on the way? 41 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,035 31-Frank, what's your location? 42 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:43,977 31-18 waiting for backup. 43 00:01:44,514 --> 00:01:46,038 Central, this is 31-Frank. 44 00:01:46,038 --> 00:01:47,844 We're at 107 Amsterdam. 45 00:01:47,844 --> 00:01:50,249 We can't find this drug sale. There's nobody here. 46 00:01:50,249 --> 00:01:51,547 Central to 31-Frank. 47 00:01:51,547 --> 00:01:53,714 Wrong location. Repeat, wrong location. 48 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:56,349 107 and Amsterdam. Confirm. 49 00:01:57,226 --> 00:02:00,252 Central to 31-Frank. Repeat, confirm wrong location. 50 00:02:00,252 --> 00:02:01,626 He's alone. Get some speed up. 51 00:02:01,626 --> 00:02:04,189 31-Frank confirming wrong location. 52 00:02:04,189 --> 00:02:06,031 En route. 107 and Amsterdam. 53 00:02:06,031 --> 00:02:08,503 Newhouse. 31-18. Make that a signal 10-13! 54 00:02:08,503 --> 00:02:10,665 Shots fired! They're firing from both sides! 55 00:02:10,665 --> 00:02:12,174 Where are those two units? 56 00:02:12,174 --> 00:02:14,039 10-13, 10-13, shots fired. 57 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:15,908 107 and Amsterdam. Shots fired. 58 00:02:15,908 --> 00:02:17,708 Officer alone. Officer alone. 59 00:02:17,708 --> 00:02:19,942 31-18 to Central. I'm pinned down! I can't move! 60 00:02:19,942 --> 00:02:22,008 Where the hell is the backup? 61 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:23,518 Oh, my God, I'm hit! 62 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:25,852 Newhouse, give me a report. 63 00:02:27,392 --> 00:02:30,656 Newhouse! 31-18, Are you okay? 64 00:02:31,962 --> 00:02:33,725 31-18, respond! 65 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:03,952 On the force three years. 66 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:06,548 Fired at from both sides. My favorite nightmare. 67 00:04:06,548 --> 00:04:07,614 Out here alone, 68 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:11,220 he might as well have had a bull's-eye painted on his chest. 69 00:04:11,220 --> 00:04:13,093 You find out where his partner was? 70 00:04:13,093 --> 00:04:14,928 Yeah. Night class at John Jay. 71 00:04:14,928 --> 00:04:16,024 Sergeant's exam. 72 00:04:16,024 --> 00:04:18,036 Newhouse started his foot patrol without him. 73 00:04:18,036 --> 00:04:20,766 Seven shells, .22. The dead dealer's got a. 38. 74 00:04:20,766 --> 00:04:23,240 Fiber, hair, buttons, anything? 75 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,403 Not yet. I already told the wife, don't hold breakfast. 76 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:28,675 Out here, with all these buildings, 77 00:04:28,675 --> 00:04:30,909 you might find a witness who saw the other guy. 78 00:04:30,909 --> 00:04:33,282 And maybe the Second Coming is tomorrow afternoon. 79 00:04:33,282 --> 00:04:35,013 Plastics. We may get prints. 80 00:04:35,013 --> 00:04:36,281 Forensics, tonight. 81 00:04:36,281 --> 00:04:37,947 We'll have somebody there in an hour. 82 00:04:37,947 --> 00:04:40,515 I'm gonna have to deal with the press. 83 00:04:43,063 --> 00:04:44,690 You got here after he went down? 84 00:04:44,690 --> 00:04:47,597 Dispatch screwed up. We got the location wrong. 85 00:04:48,368 --> 00:04:49,630 What's with him? 86 00:04:49,630 --> 00:04:51,636 Weddeker? On the force six months, 87 00:04:51,636 --> 00:04:53,569 his first killing, it's a cop. 88 00:04:54,841 --> 00:04:56,172 Hey, patrolman, you okay? 89 00:04:56,172 --> 00:04:59,700 POBA's got a reward. $50,000. 90 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:01,337 We'll do the fliers tonight. 91 00:05:01,337 --> 00:05:03,975 Thanks, we need your help, we'll call. 92 00:05:07,955 --> 00:05:11,015 You hear about it, but you never think it's... 93 00:05:11,015 --> 00:05:13,524 All right. All right. Weddeker, go home, get some sleep. 94 00:05:13,524 --> 00:05:14,925 All right? Go. 95 00:05:17,530 --> 00:05:19,430 You remember foot patrol? 96 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:23,900 Yeah. What I remember most is I never thought I'd get shot. 97 00:05:29,143 --> 00:05:31,270 Call at midnight... You know it's not a wrong number. 98 00:05:31,270 --> 00:05:32,573 He was a good cop. 99 00:05:32,573 --> 00:05:34,238 Yeah. Well, we got no witnesses yet. 100 00:05:34,238 --> 00:05:36,044 We get an ID on the dead dealer, 101 00:05:36,044 --> 00:05:37,675 maybe it leads us to his pal. 102 00:05:37,675 --> 00:05:40,117 This precinct hasn't lost a guy in nine years. 103 00:05:40,117 --> 00:05:42,587 Now, I know he crossed into your turf. 104 00:05:42,890 --> 00:05:44,824 The precinct line is just across the street 105 00:05:44,824 --> 00:05:46,520 and my guys don't want to be left out. 106 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,392 You use them, maybe it goes faster. 107 00:05:48,392 --> 00:05:49,953 Let's hope faster than they drive. 108 00:05:49,953 --> 00:05:51,020 What? 109 00:05:51,020 --> 00:05:52,123 Your guys were late. 110 00:05:52,123 --> 00:05:54,760 My cop is dead. I don't need this from you, Detective. 111 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,827 I had to call that kid's mother in Wisconsin. 112 00:05:56,827 --> 00:06:00,340 Fellows, why don't we see if Forensics has anything, all right? 113 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:04,769 You can't talk to O'Hara like that. 114 00:06:04,769 --> 00:06:05,869 Why not? 115 00:06:05,869 --> 00:06:08,176 Because he also wears blue, he's a captain and you're not, 116 00:06:08,176 --> 00:06:10,047 and he made the call to the kid's mother. 117 00:06:10,047 --> 00:06:11,517 They got prints off the baggie. 118 00:06:11,517 --> 00:06:12,610 They're runnir 'em now. 119 00:06:12,610 --> 00:06:14,314 Lot of guys knockir on doors tonight. 120 00:06:14,314 --> 00:06:15,549 No need for you to be there. 121 00:06:15,549 --> 00:06:17,558 Just get to Forensics early in the morning. 122 00:06:17,558 --> 00:06:18,923 Let's go. 123 00:06:20,562 --> 00:06:22,928 Three slugs in Off. Newhouse... at Ballistics. 124 00:06:22,928 --> 00:06:25,899 A print from your stiff, Romeo Romejas, 28. 125 00:06:25,899 --> 00:06:27,935 Latent identified our lifts from the baggie. 126 00:06:27,935 --> 00:06:30,494 Full thumb, full index. Lucho Martinez. 127 00:06:31,206 --> 00:06:33,539 Lucho Martinez. 128 00:06:34,544 --> 00:06:36,512 Assault, no conviction. 129 00:06:36,512 --> 00:06:38,774 Possession, intent to sell, no conviction. 130 00:06:38,774 --> 00:06:41,441 Robbery attempt, no conviction. 131 00:06:41,441 --> 00:06:42,505 Lucky guy. 132 00:06:42,505 --> 00:06:44,950 Not today. Let's go get a mug shot. 133 00:06:49,024 --> 00:06:51,322 O'Hara didn't even show up at the scene. 134 00:06:51,322 --> 00:06:53,794 Well, it was late, they couldn't find him. 135 00:06:53,794 --> 00:06:56,764 I happen to know he was at a VFA dinner in Brooklyn, 136 00:06:56,764 --> 00:06:59,392 waxing lyrical on community policing. 137 00:06:59,669 --> 00:07:03,230 He didn't want to leave his peach cobbler to see Newhouse's body. 138 00:07:03,873 --> 00:07:05,238 Hey, what's this about? 139 00:07:05,238 --> 00:07:07,970 It ain't about Newhouse, you didn't even know him. 140 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:10,171 You tell me. What's it about? 141 00:07:12,548 --> 00:07:15,210 Maybe it's about your two partners who got shot. 142 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:19,822 Well, just keep sittir there and tell me it hasn't occurred to you. 143 00:07:21,892 --> 00:07:25,349 Comir down the street. Opposite side. I'm in front. 144 00:07:45,249 --> 00:07:46,511 Freeze! 145 00:07:47,751 --> 00:07:49,548 Give us a chance. We'd love to try. 146 00:07:49,548 --> 00:07:51,087 Get 'em up! Now! 147 00:07:53,523 --> 00:07:56,083 You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, 148 00:07:56,083 --> 00:07:59,094 and if you move funny, I'll blow your head off. 149 00:08:00,297 --> 00:08:01,526 I want my lawyer. 150 00:08:01,526 --> 00:08:03,726 Good. Don't say another word. 151 00:08:04,302 --> 00:08:05,428 I want my lawyer. 152 00:08:05,428 --> 00:08:08,562 You killed a cop, you dumb son of a bitch! 153 00:08:08,562 --> 00:08:09,799 I didn't do it. 154 00:08:09,799 --> 00:08:11,431 Put a fist in it, Lucho. 155 00:08:11,431 --> 00:08:14,636 Your lawyer's not God, you don't walk on this one. 156 00:08:16,947 --> 00:08:17,971 Jerry! 157 00:08:18,548 --> 00:08:20,106 Whatever he said, you can't use it. 158 00:08:20,106 --> 00:08:23,050 He's got a problem with sentences that have more than four words. 159 00:08:23,050 --> 00:08:24,850 You could have a Miranda problem. 160 00:08:24,850 --> 00:08:26,253 Wrong, Counselor. 161 00:08:26,253 --> 00:08:29,725 And we got his prints on a bag of crack at the scene. 162 00:08:29,725 --> 00:08:32,854 Prints, huh? You know how I usually handle that? 163 00:08:32,854 --> 00:08:35,490 He bought a sandwich, threw the bag away, 164 00:08:35,767 --> 00:08:38,099 and then somebody filled it with crack. 165 00:08:38,099 --> 00:08:39,898 Let's talk to the DA. 166 00:08:47,012 --> 00:08:48,808 You're runnir on empty, Paul. 167 00:08:48,808 --> 00:08:50,370 The fingerprints are a coincidence? 168 00:08:50,370 --> 00:08:52,382 On a plastic bag, yes. 169 00:08:53,051 --> 00:08:54,643 You don't have them on a gun. 170 00:08:54,643 --> 00:08:56,812 Well, we're gonna arraign him and wait five days. 171 00:08:56,812 --> 00:08:57,980 Fine. 172 00:08:57,980 --> 00:08:59,580 But I promise you, 173 00:08:59,580 --> 00:09:02,125 if he gets into a knife fight at Riker's, 174 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:04,127 if he should get his throat cut, 175 00:09:04,127 --> 00:09:06,686 if he should trip and break his neck, 176 00:09:06,998 --> 00:09:08,489 I will drown you. 177 00:09:11,303 --> 00:09:12,292 Yeah. 178 00:09:13,038 --> 00:09:15,973 Five days. From here to eternity. 179 00:09:15,973 --> 00:09:17,633 Maybe a little closer. 180 00:09:17,633 --> 00:09:19,940 Call to 911. Somebody heard the shots. 181 00:09:19,940 --> 00:09:21,104 Maybe they saw a face. 182 00:09:21,104 --> 00:09:22,442 Yes! No. 183 00:09:22,442 --> 00:09:23,845 First you have to find him. 184 00:09:23,845 --> 00:09:25,508 He didn't leave a name. 185 00:09:32,157 --> 00:09:34,352 They're shooting, right... right below my window. 186 00:09:34,352 --> 00:09:35,688 There's a cop down there. 187 00:09:35,688 --> 00:09:37,592 Where are you calling from, sir? 188 00:09:37,592 --> 00:09:40,131 107th and Amsterdam. That's right, by the dry-cleaner. 189 00:09:40,131 --> 00:09:42,064 Yeah. You better send someone quick, okay? 190 00:09:42,064 --> 00:09:43,692 What's your name, sir? 191 00:09:44,002 --> 00:09:45,162 What's your name, sir? 192 00:09:46,305 --> 00:09:47,431 Again. 193 00:09:48,006 --> 00:09:50,167 You heard it six times already. 194 00:09:50,167 --> 00:09:51,937 I want to know his voice. 195 00:09:51,937 --> 00:09:53,273 We get a Coles Directory, 196 00:09:53,273 --> 00:09:55,439 we hit every apartment in the neighborhood. 197 00:09:55,439 --> 00:09:57,312 At 2:00 in the morning? 198 00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:05,988 If they were shooting, you would've heard them. 199 00:10:05,988 --> 00:10:09,153 No. All my neighbors, they didn't hear nothir. 200 00:10:09,963 --> 00:10:11,658 I got a pineapple cake in the oven. 201 00:10:11,658 --> 00:10:14,858 If you didn't hear anything, how come you were talking to your neighbors? 202 00:10:14,858 --> 00:10:16,492 No, I saw it in the paper, man. 203 00:10:16,492 --> 00:10:18,366 Hey, I love the police, man. 204 00:10:18,366 --> 00:10:20,167 You guys make us feel safe. 205 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,438 No, I was at the hospital seeing my wife. 206 00:10:23,438 --> 00:10:24,772 But nobody heard a thing. 207 00:10:24,772 --> 00:10:26,812 Nobody? I guess you talked to everybody 208 00:10:26,812 --> 00:10:27,972 in the building, huh? 209 00:10:27,972 --> 00:10:29,708 I was at the hospital, Saint Agnes. 210 00:10:29,708 --> 00:10:31,648 You wanna call my wife? 211 00:10:32,051 --> 00:10:33,848 I haven't been out of the apartment. 212 00:10:33,848 --> 00:10:35,387 I've seen no papers. 213 00:10:35,387 --> 00:10:37,013 I didn't know that somebody was shot. 214 00:10:37,013 --> 00:10:39,115 Mr. Nazarrio, everybody in the building 215 00:10:39,115 --> 00:10:40,956 knows a cop was shot. 216 00:10:41,195 --> 00:10:43,060 Hey, you called 911, didn't you? 217 00:10:43,060 --> 00:10:44,392 I didn't make no calls. 218 00:10:44,392 --> 00:10:46,831 No, mister, please. I know your voice. 219 00:10:48,035 --> 00:10:49,866 There's a policeman dead. 220 00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:52,132 Now we're trying to find anybody who... 221 00:10:52,132 --> 00:10:53,901 It wasrt me, no. 222 00:10:53,901 --> 00:10:55,907 Come here. Come here. Somebody... 223 00:10:56,476 --> 00:10:58,000 You want me to read you your rights? 224 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,377 You know what that means? It means you're under arrest. 225 00:11:03,217 --> 00:11:06,584 Look, I, I seen the cop. They was shooting at him. 226 00:11:07,521 --> 00:11:09,819 One of them got shot, the other guy ran to the car 227 00:11:09,819 --> 00:11:11,858 and he just drove real fast. 228 00:11:11,858 --> 00:11:13,416 What kind of car? 229 00:11:14,161 --> 00:11:17,221 One of those, you know, uh... Cost a lot of money... 230 00:11:18,532 --> 00:11:20,500 You know, sports car. Corvette. 231 00:11:20,868 --> 00:11:23,565 Would you recognize the man who ran away? 232 00:11:25,807 --> 00:11:29,800 Maybe. Uh, If I see him again, uh, maybe. 233 00:11:32,214 --> 00:11:34,079 Nobody's gonna kill you. 234 00:11:34,416 --> 00:11:37,316 His friends kill me. In San Juan they do. 235 00:11:38,486 --> 00:11:41,011 Just look at the faces, Mr. Nazarrio. 236 00:11:47,028 --> 00:11:48,689 He's number 4. 237 00:11:49,531 --> 00:11:51,192 He ran to the car. 238 00:11:52,634 --> 00:11:55,364 Thank you. We'll call you if we need you. 239 00:11:57,772 --> 00:12:01,208 Felony murder, 25-to-life. Drugs, 5-to-15. 240 00:12:01,208 --> 00:12:03,435 He didn't kill the cop. He had a. 22. 241 00:12:03,435 --> 00:12:05,446 The cop was hit with a. 38. 242 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:07,308 Save the cost of a trial. 243 00:12:07,308 --> 00:12:08,782 He pleads murder two. 244 00:12:08,782 --> 00:12:11,251 Forget the drugs. He does the 25. 245 00:12:12,955 --> 00:12:14,650 I didn't shoot him. 246 00:12:15,558 --> 00:12:18,083 Romero hit him in the leg. 247 00:12:19,928 --> 00:12:21,725 He was like an animal, man. 248 00:12:22,731 --> 00:12:24,164 He ran down, 249 00:12:25,634 --> 00:12:27,158 shot him again. 250 00:12:28,303 --> 00:12:30,397 He thought the cop was dead. 251 00:12:31,841 --> 00:12:34,071 Romero turned around to go, 252 00:12:35,177 --> 00:12:36,610 cop shot him. 253 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:39,509 I got the hell out. 254 00:12:40,816 --> 00:12:42,215 I was lucky. 255 00:12:42,919 --> 00:12:46,013 Two cops around the block sittir there in a car. 256 00:12:54,531 --> 00:12:58,399 He said he saw two cops in a squad car a block away. 257 00:12:58,399 --> 00:13:00,958 A coked-up dealer. That's very reliable. 258 00:13:00,958 --> 00:13:03,301 Yeah. So he saw a blue-and-white Jersey cab. 259 00:13:03,301 --> 00:13:06,205 Look, you're not gonna convince me they hung Newhouse out to dry. 260 00:13:06,205 --> 00:13:08,209 What? All cops are choirboys? 261 00:13:08,878 --> 00:13:10,004 I wanna see O'Hara. 262 00:13:10,004 --> 00:13:12,980 Uh, look, anything you have to say to him, you say to me. 263 00:13:12,980 --> 00:13:15,382 Thanks. I appreciate the confidence. 264 00:13:15,886 --> 00:13:19,788 Up until three months ago, Rick Newhouse had a perfect service record. 265 00:13:19,788 --> 00:13:21,551 Where did you get his service record? 266 00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:23,490 A leprechaun brought it. 267 00:13:23,490 --> 00:13:26,586 Three months ago, out of nowhere, bad performance reports. 268 00:13:26,586 --> 00:13:28,631 From perfect cop to screw-up, overnight. 269 00:13:28,631 --> 00:13:30,826 He also quit the precinct boxing team. 270 00:13:30,826 --> 00:13:32,528 What are we lookir at here? 271 00:13:32,528 --> 00:13:34,161 Why didn't he get backup? 272 00:13:34,161 --> 00:13:36,263 Maybe the 31's dirty, 273 00:13:36,263 --> 00:13:39,401 and maybe Newhouse was going someplace with a broom. 274 00:13:40,211 --> 00:13:43,236 It's a hell of a way to end a family squabble. 275 00:13:44,715 --> 00:13:45,841 Not in my precinct. 276 00:13:45,841 --> 00:13:47,577 The only thing's dirty are the windows. 277 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:49,881 Tom, was Newhouse in trouble? 278 00:13:49,881 --> 00:13:52,717 He was clean. He just had some kind of personal problem. 279 00:13:52,717 --> 00:13:55,189 Must've been serious to affect his service record. 280 00:13:55,189 --> 00:13:58,159 No big deal. He missed a couple of shifts. What's the problem, here? 281 00:13:58,159 --> 00:14:00,789 Two patrol cars never made it to a cop under fire. 282 00:14:00,789 --> 00:14:02,492 Is this about chewir ass? 283 00:14:02,492 --> 00:14:04,626 'Cause I don't need some detective in a striped suit 284 00:14:04,626 --> 00:14:07,296 telling me how to run my precinct. I already chewed ass. 285 00:14:07,296 --> 00:14:10,170 Rhodes, Davis, Harley, Weddeker, suspended. 286 00:14:10,170 --> 00:14:12,539 Three weeks from downtown because I demanded it. 287 00:14:12,539 --> 00:14:13,872 That settle it for you? 288 00:14:13,872 --> 00:14:15,503 The other dealer who was there 289 00:14:15,503 --> 00:14:18,344 saw a unit parked with two cops a block away. 290 00:14:18,344 --> 00:14:21,477 Don, if I'm hearing what I think I'm hearing, 291 00:14:21,477 --> 00:14:23,919 take him out before he hurts himself. 292 00:14:25,556 --> 00:14:27,421 I don't need an escort. 293 00:14:35,366 --> 00:14:36,731 Great performance, pal. 294 00:14:36,731 --> 00:14:38,666 Next time you wanna get bones broken, 295 00:14:38,666 --> 00:14:40,260 try falling down a flight of stairs. 296 00:14:40,260 --> 00:14:42,704 Next time I want advice, I'll write Dear Abby. 297 00:14:42,704 --> 00:14:44,902 Listen, I got a question for you. 298 00:14:44,902 --> 00:14:47,241 When Greevey and Cerreta got shot, 299 00:14:47,241 --> 00:14:49,405 was it your first thought to ask for a transfer 300 00:14:49,405 --> 00:14:50,914 to another precinct? 301 00:14:51,483 --> 00:14:54,418 See, while you were setting O'Hara on fire, I was lookir at his desk. 302 00:14:54,418 --> 00:14:58,081 Newhouse's partner, McGraw, put in a request for transfer. 303 00:14:58,857 --> 00:15:01,826 Your partner dies, you want to be with strangers? 304 00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:08,593 McGraw? Craig McGraw? 305 00:15:09,702 --> 00:15:11,431 You're Briscoe. Logan. 306 00:15:12,171 --> 00:15:14,139 You guys caught that dealer fast. Thanks. 307 00:15:14,139 --> 00:15:17,107 Your partner, he had a good record. He was a smart cop. 308 00:15:17,107 --> 00:15:19,007 We were wonderir how he ever got involved 309 00:15:19,007 --> 00:15:20,807 in an incident like that. 310 00:15:20,807 --> 00:15:22,312 Just bad luck, I guess. 311 00:15:22,312 --> 00:15:23,746 Very bad. 312 00:15:23,746 --> 00:15:25,681 Maybe he was distracted that night. 313 00:15:25,681 --> 00:15:27,116 Had something else on his mind. 314 00:15:27,116 --> 00:15:29,121 I wasrt there, I wouldn't know. 315 00:15:29,121 --> 00:15:31,157 You put in for a transfer? 316 00:15:33,626 --> 00:15:36,789 A change of scene may make it easier to deal with. 317 00:15:37,697 --> 00:15:39,028 I got a busy day, you guys. 318 00:15:39,028 --> 00:15:40,088 Hey, McGraw... 319 00:15:41,468 --> 00:15:43,333 31 is a good precinct. 320 00:15:43,837 --> 00:15:46,965 Did I say it wasrt? Thanks for comir by. 321 00:15:50,710 --> 00:15:53,543 If he tap-danced any faster, he'd win a prize. 322 00:15:54,347 --> 00:15:56,577 What do we know about Newhouse? 323 00:15:56,816 --> 00:15:59,307 Want to take a walk through his apartment? 324 00:16:04,557 --> 00:16:06,115 Mom and dad. 325 00:16:08,027 --> 00:16:09,824 You talk about wholesome. 326 00:16:09,824 --> 00:16:13,856 Donahue does a show on cops killed in action, he's gonna invite them. 327 00:16:14,201 --> 00:16:16,169 Intellectual. The New Republic. 328 00:16:23,477 --> 00:16:24,535 Lennie. 329 00:16:25,946 --> 00:16:27,971 You ever heard of a bar called The Wave? 330 00:16:27,971 --> 00:16:31,608 79th and Columbus. It's a gay bar. 331 00:16:35,556 --> 00:16:39,788 "Lambda Legal Defense Fund, serving rights for gay people everywhere." 332 00:16:43,364 --> 00:16:45,525 His backup was slow for a reason. 333 00:16:46,467 --> 00:16:48,230 We're gonna need some transcripts. 334 00:16:48,230 --> 00:16:50,532 The radio tapes from the shooting. 335 00:16:52,540 --> 00:16:53,598 You did what? 336 00:16:53,598 --> 00:16:56,234 You worried about the time, we'll dock ourselves a day. 337 00:16:56,234 --> 00:16:58,108 I'm worried about you losir your house 338 00:16:58,108 --> 00:16:59,943 and eatir macaroni the next 20 years. 339 00:16:59,943 --> 00:17:02,573 I lost two houses already and I like macaroni. 340 00:17:02,573 --> 00:17:04,812 Lennie, read him the transcript. 341 00:17:05,554 --> 00:17:07,249 Newhouse calls for backup. 342 00:17:07,249 --> 00:17:08,550 Two units respond. 343 00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:10,022 Dispatch is busy a while. 344 00:17:10,022 --> 00:17:11,581 Newhouse calls again. 345 00:17:11,581 --> 00:17:12,786 No backup. 346 00:17:12,786 --> 00:17:13,849 They're on their way. 347 00:17:13,849 --> 00:17:14,952 Sure they are. 348 00:17:14,952 --> 00:17:16,894 31-Frank got the location wrong. 349 00:17:16,894 --> 00:17:18,829 He didn't go to 107 and Amsterdam. 350 00:17:18,829 --> 00:17:21,596 He thought it was an address, number 107. 351 00:17:21,596 --> 00:17:23,729 Oh, come on. I could've heard that wrong. 352 00:17:23,729 --> 00:17:26,774 The dispatcher called twice to find out where the backup was. 353 00:17:26,774 --> 00:17:28,605 Two tries to get an answer. 354 00:17:28,605 --> 00:17:31,544 107 Amsterdam is at 65th Street, 355 00:17:31,544 --> 00:17:33,410 40 blocks from Newhouse. 356 00:17:33,410 --> 00:17:36,450 The first car got to Newhouse the same time as the second car. 357 00:17:36,450 --> 00:17:40,079 The second car started at 88th Street, 20 blocks closer. 358 00:17:40,079 --> 00:17:43,353 Twenty blocks difference, they get there the same time? 359 00:17:43,353 --> 00:17:46,452 Donny, they left him out there to die. 360 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,627 Did Oswald kill Kennedy? 361 00:17:52,627 --> 00:17:55,193 If he didn't, it's the greatest conspiracy in history 362 00:17:55,193 --> 00:17:57,067 and nobody said a word. 363 00:17:57,067 --> 00:17:59,971 One hundred and forty officers in that precinct. Nobody knew? 364 00:17:59,971 --> 00:18:01,872 You stick your head out, it gets cut off. 365 00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:04,207 You gonna risk that for a gay cop? 366 00:18:04,207 --> 00:18:06,111 All right. I'll call Internal Affairs. 367 00:18:06,111 --> 00:18:07,740 They'll run into a wall so big, 368 00:18:07,740 --> 00:18:09,876 a jackhammer won't get through it. 369 00:18:11,387 --> 00:18:15,551 We know some guys in the 31. We could, you know, sort of, accidentally 370 00:18:15,551 --> 00:18:17,855 run into 'em one of these days. 371 00:18:19,829 --> 00:18:21,456 I can't believe I'm doing this. 372 00:18:21,456 --> 00:18:24,055 One more penny drops, we go to IA. 373 00:18:28,939 --> 00:18:31,840 You walk around thinking, "There, but for the grace of God..." 374 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,503 Hey, you think like that, you hang up your badge. 375 00:18:34,503 --> 00:18:35,909 Those guys on backup 376 00:18:35,909 --> 00:18:38,173 must have a hard time gettir up in the morning, huh? 377 00:18:38,173 --> 00:18:40,613 Well, you didn't make it easier, bitching to O'Hara. 378 00:18:40,613 --> 00:18:42,674 Hey, a cop dies, you get upset. 379 00:18:43,386 --> 00:18:45,581 Newhouse was nobody's favorite anyway, right? 380 00:18:45,581 --> 00:18:47,122 I heard he was gay. 381 00:18:47,122 --> 00:18:50,819 Is that right? Newhouse? I never heard that. 382 00:18:52,362 --> 00:18:54,592 Hi, Ted. Logan, Briscoe. 383 00:18:55,332 --> 00:18:57,323 You guys are a little out of your neighborhood. 384 00:18:57,323 --> 00:18:59,301 What's the matter, you lonely? 385 00:18:59,603 --> 00:19:01,264 Hey, guys, look who's drinking with us. 386 00:19:01,264 --> 00:19:02,532 The 27. 387 00:19:04,675 --> 00:19:06,700 Congratulations. You caught a cop killer. 388 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:09,541 Thanks. Too bad about your suspension. 389 00:19:12,617 --> 00:19:14,778 I wish we'd been there on time. 390 00:19:15,386 --> 00:19:17,877 We take a mark on our record. It's... it's okay. 391 00:19:17,877 --> 00:19:20,185 Guess you werert in a hurry to make a good collar, huh? 392 00:19:20,185 --> 00:19:21,189 What? 393 00:19:21,189 --> 00:19:23,123 Hey, hey! Jack, come on. Come on. 394 00:19:23,123 --> 00:19:24,717 I gotta hear what he's saying. 395 00:19:24,717 --> 00:19:26,160 Let's go. 396 00:19:38,743 --> 00:19:40,768 Gotta take my kid to the Cub Scouts. 397 00:19:40,768 --> 00:19:42,107 Good night. 398 00:19:48,419 --> 00:19:50,410 I don't wanna believe this is possible. 399 00:19:50,410 --> 00:19:53,355 Briscoe and Logan don't shout fire where there's just smoke. 400 00:19:53,355 --> 00:19:55,051 Gays have been on the force for years. 401 00:19:55,051 --> 00:19:56,150 Out of the closet. 402 00:19:56,150 --> 00:19:57,252 But Newhouse wasrt. 403 00:19:57,252 --> 00:19:59,126 And a police captain wouldn't see this? 404 00:19:59,126 --> 00:20:01,257 Tom O'Hara is a well-liked cop. 405 00:20:01,257 --> 00:20:03,664 He's been decorated more times than my living room. 406 00:20:03,664 --> 00:20:05,202 He's not a mind reader. 407 00:20:05,202 --> 00:20:07,567 I don't like going after cops any more than you do. 408 00:20:07,567 --> 00:20:10,038 And it's not the whole force, it's one precinct. 409 00:20:10,038 --> 00:20:12,872 And you wanna prove this with a cop killer as a witness. 410 00:20:12,872 --> 00:20:14,309 Get me anything better than that. 411 00:20:14,309 --> 00:20:16,779 It's won'th discussing with O'Hara. 412 00:20:16,779 --> 00:20:18,713 What if I ask him to come over? 413 00:20:18,713 --> 00:20:20,649 Don't make it a royal command. 414 00:20:20,649 --> 00:20:22,118 I don't want a police riot. 415 00:20:22,118 --> 00:20:25,315 See him on his own ground and take Cragen with you. 416 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,482 Who knew the kid was gay? 417 00:20:27,482 --> 00:20:28,890 You have to acknowledge 418 00:20:28,890 --> 00:20:30,758 there are a few loose threads here. 419 00:20:30,758 --> 00:20:32,592 Arert there always? 420 00:20:32,592 --> 00:20:35,529 I'm 22 years in. You think I'm proud of this? 421 00:20:35,529 --> 00:20:37,626 I had four cops suspended. 422 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:39,637 So you thought something was wrong? 423 00:20:39,637 --> 00:20:41,571 I think they were sloppy. 424 00:20:41,571 --> 00:20:43,939 And you're convinced that's all? 425 00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:48,510 Hey, this isn't nursery school. 426 00:20:48,510 --> 00:20:49,774 A hundred and forty cops. 427 00:20:49,774 --> 00:20:52,942 I'm sure at home, some of them say, "nigger," "kike," and "fag." 428 00:20:52,942 --> 00:20:55,282 It affects the job, they're gone. 429 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:58,116 You want to talk to the two sergeants, do it. 430 00:20:58,116 --> 00:21:00,351 Don't destroy them for politics. 431 00:21:03,162 --> 00:21:05,063 Thanks for your time. Don. 432 00:21:15,675 --> 00:21:18,735 We didn't waste any time. A cop was in trouble. 433 00:21:18,735 --> 00:21:21,313 So you went directly to the incident? 434 00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:23,976 With all due speed. 435 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:26,042 Uh, Sgt. Harley, 436 00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:29,614 Off. Newhouse was gay. Did you know that? 437 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:32,556 I never heard that. He didn't look like one of 'em. 438 00:21:32,556 --> 00:21:34,616 What do you think about gay cops? 439 00:21:35,595 --> 00:21:37,358 Personally, I was taught that 440 00:21:37,358 --> 00:21:39,227 God didn't approve of that kind of thing. 441 00:21:39,227 --> 00:21:40,391 It's in the Bible. 442 00:21:40,391 --> 00:21:43,527 "Man shall not lie down with man as he does with woman." 443 00:21:43,527 --> 00:21:46,572 Does that mean they shouldn't ride in squad cars? 444 00:21:46,572 --> 00:21:48,835 Rick Newhouse wore the same uniform I did. 445 00:21:48,835 --> 00:21:52,276 I would've done anything to protect a fellow officer. 446 00:21:52,746 --> 00:21:55,840 We were at 65th Street. We had to go 40 blocks. 447 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,249 The other car went 20 blocks in the same amount of time, Sgt. Rhodes. 448 00:21:59,249 --> 00:22:00,844 We went straight up Amsterdam. 449 00:22:00,844 --> 00:22:03,651 They hit traffic, they couldn't get around it. 450 00:22:05,092 --> 00:22:08,152 I know an extra minute could have made a difference. 451 00:22:09,129 --> 00:22:11,860 Did you know that Off. Newhouse was gay? 452 00:22:15,069 --> 00:22:17,697 I didn't know he was a homosexual, no. 453 00:22:18,105 --> 00:22:20,699 But that wouldn't affect how I did my duty. 454 00:22:21,342 --> 00:22:24,709 Do you think that homosexuals should be on the force? 455 00:22:30,484 --> 00:22:32,452 Look, I know you're under pressure. 456 00:22:32,452 --> 00:22:35,649 These people have clout, they helped Clinton get elected. 457 00:22:39,327 --> 00:22:41,522 This is not about votes, Sergeant. 458 00:22:45,767 --> 00:22:47,257 I did my duty. 459 00:22:47,802 --> 00:22:50,964 And I didn't know Off. Newhouse was a homosexual. 460 00:22:52,173 --> 00:22:54,733 Why admit they don't like gay cops? Makes them look worse. 461 00:22:54,733 --> 00:22:57,710 It's a good line. "We're not perfect, but we're honest." 462 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:00,748 A man reads the Bible, it doesn't make him guilty of murder. 463 00:23:00,748 --> 00:23:03,409 They admit they're bigots but say it doesn't affect them. 464 00:23:03,409 --> 00:23:05,612 Newhouse's partner. McGraw. 465 00:23:05,854 --> 00:23:08,823 Briscoe and Logan said he knew something he wasrt saying. 466 00:23:08,823 --> 00:23:11,882 All right. Ask him to come in. Tonight. 467 00:23:14,029 --> 00:23:15,860 I don't know what you want. 468 00:23:16,097 --> 00:23:18,396 I wasrt on duty when it happened. 469 00:23:19,168 --> 00:23:20,829 I just stopped by the Property Clerk. 470 00:23:20,829 --> 00:23:22,461 I can't be gone this long. 471 00:23:22,461 --> 00:23:24,062 If you have to leave... 472 00:23:24,062 --> 00:23:25,767 I don't know what I can tell you. 473 00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:29,333 We think that your partner got in trouble that night 474 00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:30,936 because he was gay. 475 00:23:39,321 --> 00:23:41,051 I want to be a cop. 476 00:23:41,991 --> 00:23:43,822 I want to stay a cop. 477 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:46,086 Is there any reason you wouldn't? 478 00:23:57,907 --> 00:23:59,670 It was around the precinct. 479 00:24:05,349 --> 00:24:07,214 "Manood and police work. 480 00:24:07,214 --> 00:24:10,879 "In Romans 13, the Bible tells us we are ministers of God. 481 00:24:10,879 --> 00:24:13,889 "We have a duty beyond the rules of the force. 482 00:24:13,889 --> 00:24:17,915 The homosexuals apply for promotion when they don't belong here." 483 00:24:20,062 --> 00:24:21,552 Who wrote this? 484 00:24:22,198 --> 00:24:24,291 I don't know. I gotta go. 485 00:24:24,291 --> 00:24:26,666 You have no idea who wrote it? Where'd you get it? 486 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,297 It was on the floor. I really gotta go. 487 00:24:34,611 --> 00:24:36,579 Huh. "Ministers of God." 488 00:24:37,814 --> 00:24:40,715 Unbelievable. But this isn't motive. 489 00:24:40,715 --> 00:24:43,776 Establishes intent and state of mind. 490 00:24:43,776 --> 00:24:45,446 Yeah. Congratulations. 491 00:24:45,446 --> 00:24:47,457 You have flour and water. 492 00:24:47,457 --> 00:24:48,992 Get an oven, you can make bread. 493 00:24:48,992 --> 00:24:51,028 What connects state of mind to the crime? 494 00:24:51,028 --> 00:24:52,619 Suppose we break somebody? 495 00:24:52,619 --> 00:24:55,928 You have a responsibility. This goes into the tank, 496 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,997 I wouldn't want to be a gay cop the day after you lose. 497 00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:01,230 Four cops. Who's most likely to break? 498 00:25:01,230 --> 00:25:03,102 The youngest? Weddeker? 499 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:06,607 Briscoe and Logan said he was upset the night it happened. 500 00:25:06,607 --> 00:25:08,235 Couldrt even talk. 501 00:25:12,583 --> 00:25:14,175 We went as fast as we could. 502 00:25:14,175 --> 00:25:17,050 Off. Weddeker, according to the radio tapes, 503 00:25:17,050 --> 00:25:20,613 you and Harley answered the call first, you got there second. 504 00:25:20,613 --> 00:25:22,455 Traffic was bad on Broadway. 505 00:25:22,455 --> 00:25:25,724 Sgt. Harley's case report says you were on West End. 506 00:25:27,765 --> 00:25:29,790 I meant, I meant West End. 507 00:25:29,790 --> 00:25:32,837 You were parked around the corner, Patrolman. 508 00:25:32,837 --> 00:25:35,499 You waited until Rhodes and Davis arrived. 509 00:25:40,611 --> 00:25:42,977 Harley is your superior, right? 510 00:25:42,977 --> 00:25:45,241 It wasrt your decision to wait. 511 00:25:52,523 --> 00:25:54,047 Harley's my partner. 512 00:25:55,461 --> 00:25:57,292 Cops take care of cops. 513 00:25:57,963 --> 00:26:00,022 Nobody took care of Rick Newhouse. 514 00:26:00,022 --> 00:26:03,296 So don't tell me about taking care of your partner. 515 00:26:03,296 --> 00:26:06,495 You think you need a lawyer, call the POBA, now. 516 00:26:08,941 --> 00:26:10,909 Off. Weddeker, look at me. 517 00:26:11,710 --> 00:26:13,075 Look at me. 518 00:26:18,051 --> 00:26:19,678 You knew it was wrong. 519 00:26:19,678 --> 00:26:21,344 It wasrt your decision. 520 00:26:21,344 --> 00:26:22,978 You didn't wanna do it. 521 00:26:22,978 --> 00:26:24,420 We make a deal, 522 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:26,617 you won't be indicted for a felony. 523 00:26:32,598 --> 00:26:34,225 Who wrote the memo? 524 00:26:42,242 --> 00:26:44,608 Well, they just, they just wanted to... 525 00:26:47,380 --> 00:26:48,847 They just wanted to scare him. 526 00:26:48,847 --> 00:26:51,042 They didn't think he was gonna die. 527 00:26:51,785 --> 00:26:54,185 Did Capt. O'Hara write it himself? 528 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:58,886 No, I think... 529 00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:01,453 I think he knew. 530 00:27:08,768 --> 00:27:09,962 Rhodes. 531 00:27:10,537 --> 00:27:12,300 Harley and Rhodes. 532 00:27:21,548 --> 00:27:24,211 Next case. "Docket number 6913. 533 00:27:24,211 --> 00:27:25,843 "People of the State of New York 534 00:27:25,843 --> 00:27:29,515 "v. James Davis, John Harley, and Henry Rhodes. 535 00:27:29,990 --> 00:27:32,458 Charge is murder in the second degree." 536 00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:38,094 Are your clients ready to plead, Mr. Schell? 537 00:27:38,094 --> 00:27:40,395 Your Honor, we ask you to consider the merits 538 00:27:40,395 --> 00:27:42,629 and dismiss the indictments sua sponte. 539 00:27:42,629 --> 00:27:45,535 Merits? How would you know? 540 00:27:45,535 --> 00:27:47,335 I read the grand jury minutes. 541 00:27:47,335 --> 00:27:48,875 You don't have 'em yet. 542 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,935 Now it's an indictment. You don't like it, file a motion. 543 00:27:51,935 --> 00:27:54,674 Murder, second degree. How do the defendants plead? 544 00:27:54,674 --> 00:27:55,994 Not guilty. 545 00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:01,218 Consistency is the hobgoblin of little courtrooms. 546 00:28:01,522 --> 00:28:02,580 Let's talk bail. 547 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:05,124 Uh, again, Your Honor, considering the merits... 548 00:28:05,124 --> 00:28:07,183 Thank you. That's enough. 549 00:28:07,428 --> 00:28:08,622 Paul? 550 00:28:08,622 --> 00:28:10,995 The people request $200,000 each defendant. 551 00:28:10,995 --> 00:28:13,864 Granted. If the defense wants to appeal bail, 552 00:28:13,864 --> 00:28:15,334 submit it with your other motion. 553 00:28:16,505 --> 00:28:17,631 I'm still in shock. 554 00:28:17,631 --> 00:28:19,071 I'll call an ambulance. 555 00:28:19,071 --> 00:28:22,268 L... I knew we were looking at charges, but murder two? 556 00:28:22,268 --> 00:28:24,335 You're prosecuting bigotry, not murder. 557 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:26,710 Save the speech, Gordon. Even you don't believe it. 558 00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:31,343 Penal law, 125.25, Subsection 2. 559 00:28:32,354 --> 00:28:34,618 "You have a depraved indifference to human life, 560 00:28:34,618 --> 00:28:37,692 "you engage in conduct causing a risk of death, 561 00:28:38,693 --> 00:28:40,524 you thereby caused the death." 562 00:28:40,524 --> 00:28:43,530 Refresh your memory. We call it murder two. 563 00:28:44,366 --> 00:28:46,027 I call it counting the voters. 564 00:28:46,027 --> 00:28:47,796 Only on my fingers. 565 00:28:48,003 --> 00:28:49,971 That's all we'll need with a case like this. 566 00:28:49,971 --> 00:28:51,699 Every cop in this city is against you. 567 00:28:51,699 --> 00:28:53,138 Not all of them. 568 00:28:53,138 --> 00:28:55,200 Some officers are as appalled as we are. 569 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,802 Now, wait. This is gonna get ugly. 570 00:28:56,802 --> 00:28:59,541 Let's clean it up before it's too dirty to save. 571 00:28:59,541 --> 00:29:02,516 Reckless endangerment two, they keep their pensions. 572 00:29:02,516 --> 00:29:05,952 Pensions. Funny, that's the last thing that would've occurred to me. 573 00:29:09,858 --> 00:29:13,487 10-85, 107 and Amsterdam, call from 31-18. 574 00:29:13,487 --> 00:29:15,325 Possible drug sale in progress. 575 00:29:15,325 --> 00:29:17,491 He's alone out there, needs additional unit. 576 00:29:17,491 --> 00:29:19,330 Two suspects, male, Hispanic. 577 00:29:21,237 --> 00:29:23,296 What is the meaning of "31-18"? 578 00:29:23,296 --> 00:29:26,034 That's a foot patrolman identifying himself. 579 00:29:26,034 --> 00:29:27,905 31 is the precinct number 580 00:29:27,905 --> 00:29:30,241 and 18 is the foot-post assignment. 581 00:29:30,241 --> 00:29:32,473 And who was 31-18? 582 00:29:32,949 --> 00:29:34,814 Off. Richard Newhouse. 583 00:29:39,856 --> 00:29:42,324 Newhouse. 31-18. Make that a signal 10-13! 584 00:29:42,324 --> 00:29:44,326 Shots fired! They're firing from both sides! 585 00:29:44,326 --> 00:29:45,656 Where are those two units? 586 00:29:45,656 --> 00:29:47,754 10-13, 10-13, shots fired. 587 00:29:47,754 --> 00:29:49,492 107 and Amsterdam. Shots fired. 588 00:29:49,492 --> 00:29:51,090 Officer alone. Officer alone. 589 00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:52,259 31-18 to Central. 590 00:29:52,259 --> 00:29:53,700 I'm pinned down! I can't move! 591 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,498 Where the hell is the backup? 592 00:29:57,006 --> 00:29:59,031 My God! Oh, my God, I'm hit! 593 00:30:00,677 --> 00:30:02,167 I found the memo in my locker. 594 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:03,542 I wasrt surprised. 595 00:30:03,542 --> 00:30:05,946 There'd been a lot of talk about Newhouse. 596 00:30:05,946 --> 00:30:08,348 What kind of talk, Off. Weddeker? 597 00:30:08,819 --> 00:30:10,844 Newhouse passed the sergeant's exam. 598 00:30:10,844 --> 00:30:14,118 Sgt. Harley said we didn't need queer sergeants. 599 00:30:14,791 --> 00:30:16,486 And who wrote the memo? 600 00:30:16,486 --> 00:30:18,027 The word around the precinct was... 601 00:30:18,027 --> 00:30:19,528 Objection. 602 00:30:20,530 --> 00:30:22,657 May we approach, Your Honor? 603 00:30:27,639 --> 00:30:29,766 He wasrt there when it was typed, Ben. 604 00:30:29,766 --> 00:30:31,900 You know that. You shouldn't have asked the question. 605 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:33,773 He knows because it was common knowledge. 606 00:30:33,773 --> 00:30:36,642 No. It's not direct knowledge, Ben. 607 00:30:36,642 --> 00:30:38,704 Don't turn this into a marathon. 608 00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:40,613 Stay off the subject. 609 00:30:40,613 --> 00:30:42,345 Objection sustained. 610 00:30:42,345 --> 00:30:44,011 Uh, Off. Weddeker, 611 00:30:45,356 --> 00:30:47,483 where were you and Sgt. Harley 612 00:30:47,483 --> 00:30:49,458 when the call went out for help? 613 00:30:49,458 --> 00:30:51,460 103rd and Amsterdam. 614 00:30:52,163 --> 00:30:55,189 And did you go immediately to help Off. Newhouse? 615 00:30:55,189 --> 00:30:57,131 Sgt. Harley was driving. 616 00:30:57,131 --> 00:30:59,328 He stopped half a block away. 617 00:31:01,039 --> 00:31:02,370 Did he tell you why he stopped? 618 00:31:02,370 --> 00:31:04,499 Objection. Calls for hearsay. 619 00:31:04,499 --> 00:31:07,875 Res gestae, Mr. Schell, a verbal act. 620 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,077 The witness will answer. 621 00:31:11,316 --> 00:31:14,615 Sgt. Harley said Off. Newhouse was a fairy. 622 00:31:15,721 --> 00:31:19,622 Said if he was in trouble, he could flap his wings and fly out. 623 00:31:22,193 --> 00:31:24,457 Well, thank you. No further questions. 624 00:31:30,903 --> 00:31:34,805 So, um, so you wanted to do the right thing, and Sgt. Harley didn't. 625 00:31:34,805 --> 00:31:36,306 Uh, is that correct? 626 00:31:36,306 --> 00:31:38,843 Yeah. We should've helped him. He was a cop. 627 00:31:38,843 --> 00:31:40,776 So what if he was gay? 628 00:31:40,776 --> 00:31:42,245 Oh. Oh, I see. 629 00:31:43,482 --> 00:31:45,006 You're the hero. 630 00:31:46,085 --> 00:31:48,019 Uh, tell me, Off. Weddeker, 631 00:31:48,019 --> 00:31:50,783 is your testimony today part of a deal? 632 00:31:51,657 --> 00:31:54,752 Did you plead to a misdemeanor to avoid indictment? 633 00:31:55,028 --> 00:31:56,086 That's not the reason. 634 00:31:56,086 --> 00:31:57,356 Really? 635 00:31:57,356 --> 00:31:59,192 Then why didn't you leap out of the car 636 00:31:59,192 --> 00:32:02,028 and rush over to protect Off. Newhouse yourself? 637 00:32:06,238 --> 00:32:07,227 I... 638 00:32:11,276 --> 00:32:13,506 I went along with Sgt. Harley. 639 00:32:14,781 --> 00:32:15,770 Oh. 640 00:32:19,619 --> 00:32:21,018 Quite a hero. 641 00:32:22,689 --> 00:32:24,179 No further questions. 642 00:32:27,327 --> 00:32:29,557 No. Only your most crucial evidence. 643 00:32:29,557 --> 00:32:31,756 Half the precinct knows who wrote that memo. 644 00:32:31,756 --> 00:32:34,527 How can I prove it? She could've let it in. 645 00:32:34,527 --> 00:32:38,663 Judge Larkin? Her politics aren't with you when the law is against you. 646 00:32:38,663 --> 00:32:41,138 We have to connect the memo to Rhodes. 647 00:32:41,138 --> 00:32:43,801 What about the kid that brought it in? The partner? 648 00:32:43,801 --> 00:32:45,504 He says he didn't know. 649 00:32:47,213 --> 00:32:48,475 Don't tell me you believe him. 650 00:32:48,475 --> 00:32:50,072 I put him on the stand, he'll lie. 651 00:32:50,072 --> 00:32:53,916 He's scared of what the other cops will think. Is that what he's scared of? 652 00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:57,116 I can't do that. I don't know who wrote it. 653 00:32:57,423 --> 00:32:58,981 Three police officers. 654 00:32:58,981 --> 00:33:01,493 Should they wear the same badge you do? 655 00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:11,762 Why did you want a transfer? 656 00:33:13,541 --> 00:33:16,101 You think you know what this is about? 657 00:33:16,477 --> 00:33:17,466 You don't. 658 00:33:17,466 --> 00:33:18,978 I think we do. 659 00:33:19,914 --> 00:33:22,042 It's because you're gay, too. 660 00:33:31,992 --> 00:33:33,516 I can't do this. 661 00:33:34,295 --> 00:33:38,061 Will you feel that way when you cry for help and nobody comes? 662 00:33:38,465 --> 00:33:40,296 My parents don't know. 663 00:33:40,968 --> 00:33:43,300 This would be a hell of a way for them to find out. 664 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:46,465 We need you as a witness. You keep your secret, 665 00:33:47,843 --> 00:33:50,744 and you can die in an alley. Alone. 666 00:33:52,247 --> 00:33:53,714 Like Newhouse. 667 00:34:02,424 --> 00:34:04,653 We used to talk about our dates. 668 00:34:05,159 --> 00:34:07,219 Our women, me and Newhouse. 669 00:34:09,397 --> 00:34:10,830 We both knew. 670 00:34:12,067 --> 00:34:13,694 Kept it up anyway. 671 00:34:14,903 --> 00:34:18,031 You do anything to hide, even when you don't have to. 672 00:34:22,777 --> 00:34:25,302 I told Rhodes one night I had a hot date. 673 00:34:27,849 --> 00:34:30,580 Couple of hours later, he's on the street. 674 00:34:31,387 --> 00:34:33,480 I'm comir out of D'Agostino's. 675 00:34:33,923 --> 00:34:36,255 I went to get a six-pack with a... 676 00:34:38,194 --> 00:34:39,684 With a friend. 677 00:34:43,566 --> 00:34:46,433 Rhodes asks, "What happened to your hot date?" 678 00:34:49,371 --> 00:34:51,533 And I said, "She stood me up." 679 00:34:53,542 --> 00:34:55,772 I knew they were checking on me. 680 00:35:00,883 --> 00:35:03,113 The next day I had a new partner. 681 00:35:04,287 --> 00:35:05,549 Newhouse. 682 00:35:09,091 --> 00:35:11,082 Keep the queers together. 683 00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:18,496 Did anyone else in the precinct 684 00:35:18,496 --> 00:35:21,036 tell you that they knew that you were gay? 685 00:35:22,806 --> 00:35:24,433 Two weeks later 686 00:35:25,075 --> 00:35:28,340 Captain O'Hara asked me how I liked my new partner. 687 00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:31,374 I said he was fine. 688 00:35:32,782 --> 00:35:36,344 Captain says, "So, you're taking the sergeant's exam, too. 689 00:35:38,255 --> 00:35:40,155 I'll have two of you." 690 00:35:41,458 --> 00:35:43,255 I knew what he meant. 691 00:35:44,094 --> 00:35:46,562 I show you People's Exhibit 7. 692 00:35:48,332 --> 00:35:49,924 Have you seen this before? 693 00:35:49,924 --> 00:35:51,558 Sure. I gave it to you. 694 00:35:51,558 --> 00:35:54,832 Ah, yes, but when and where did you first see it? 695 00:35:56,940 --> 00:35:59,933 About two weeks before Off. Newhouse got shot. 696 00:36:01,279 --> 00:36:03,008 I was at the copy machine. 697 00:36:03,314 --> 00:36:05,111 Sgt. Rhodes was there. 698 00:36:05,917 --> 00:36:08,545 After he finished, I lifted the cover. 699 00:36:09,020 --> 00:36:11,988 He left the original. He wanted me to find it. 700 00:36:15,058 --> 00:36:17,083 And after the shooting, I... 701 00:36:18,362 --> 00:36:20,330 I put in for a transfer. 702 00:36:21,199 --> 00:36:23,565 I didn't want to end up dead, too. 703 00:36:25,003 --> 00:36:26,994 Thank you. Your witness. 704 00:36:28,973 --> 00:36:31,806 Did anybody in the 31st Precinct 705 00:36:32,377 --> 00:36:34,971 ever harass you because you were gay? 706 00:36:37,749 --> 00:36:39,546 I just said they did. 707 00:36:41,486 --> 00:36:42,475 Oh. 708 00:36:43,889 --> 00:36:47,347 Did anybody scrawl the word "queer" 709 00:36:47,860 --> 00:36:49,851 or "fag" on your locker? 710 00:36:53,431 --> 00:36:54,455 No. 711 00:36:54,455 --> 00:36:56,830 Did anybody ever call you names? 712 00:36:59,704 --> 00:37:00,762 No. 713 00:37:02,340 --> 00:37:04,638 Thank you. No further questions. 714 00:37:08,847 --> 00:37:11,407 The jury can't ignore it. It's cause and effect. 715 00:37:11,407 --> 00:37:13,178 You say it's cause. 716 00:37:13,485 --> 00:37:15,350 Maybe they don't see effect. 717 00:37:15,350 --> 00:37:16,945 They're changing strategy. 718 00:37:16,945 --> 00:37:18,319 You listening at keyholes? 719 00:37:18,319 --> 00:37:19,948 New witness list. 720 00:37:21,527 --> 00:37:23,324 They're putting on a shrink? 721 00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:26,957 They're gonna justify it. 722 00:37:26,957 --> 00:37:29,558 Yep. The last defense of the guilty. 723 00:37:29,558 --> 00:37:31,604 "We did it, but it's all right." 724 00:37:31,604 --> 00:37:33,366 Schell said it was gonna get ugly, 725 00:37:33,366 --> 00:37:36,340 but I never dreamed that this was what he meant. 726 00:37:37,543 --> 00:37:39,909 The fear of homosexuals is common. 727 00:37:39,909 --> 00:37:41,912 Well, why is that, Dr. Ross? 728 00:37:41,912 --> 00:37:45,973 In our culture, defining masculinity is complicated. 729 00:37:46,452 --> 00:37:47,942 What is it that makes a man? 730 00:37:47,942 --> 00:37:50,819 Well, how does that relate to homosexuals? 731 00:37:50,819 --> 00:37:54,926 Men are oftentimes afraid of gays making sexual overtures. 732 00:37:55,428 --> 00:37:57,988 Men make passes, women receive them. 733 00:37:58,398 --> 00:38:01,561 Somebody makes a pass at you, you feel like a woman. 734 00:38:01,561 --> 00:38:03,727 Which, to most men, means weak. 735 00:38:04,037 --> 00:38:06,767 Well, how are heterosexual men affected? 736 00:38:07,173 --> 00:38:10,506 A fear of seduction by another man makes them angry. 737 00:38:10,710 --> 00:38:13,339 Oftentimes, this anger can turn into hatred. 738 00:38:13,339 --> 00:38:15,211 Would you call that normal? 739 00:38:15,211 --> 00:38:16,806 I'd call it common. 740 00:38:16,806 --> 00:38:20,512 So these feelings are not voluntary or reckless? 741 00:38:20,512 --> 00:38:21,611 Yes, that's right. 742 00:38:21,611 --> 00:38:24,452 Recklessness implies its opposite: Control. 743 00:38:24,452 --> 00:38:26,355 You can't control these feelings. 744 00:38:26,355 --> 00:38:28,826 Thank you, Doctor. Your witness. 745 00:38:31,898 --> 00:38:35,494 Dr. Ross, are you saying 746 00:38:35,836 --> 00:38:40,330 that it is acceptable to hate homosexuals? 747 00:38:41,609 --> 00:38:43,577 I'm saying that men who have these feelings 748 00:38:43,577 --> 00:38:45,236 have difficulty controlling them. 749 00:38:45,236 --> 00:38:48,008 But you are suggesting that these officers of the law 750 00:38:48,008 --> 00:38:49,640 let a man die out of anger. 751 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,617 And you're making it sound okay. 752 00:38:51,952 --> 00:38:53,044 I would never say that. 753 00:38:53,044 --> 00:38:55,145 Hatred of homosexuals is unfortunate, 754 00:38:55,145 --> 00:38:57,019 not to mention pathological, 755 00:38:57,019 --> 00:38:59,958 and, like any pathology, it's not voluntary. 756 00:39:04,198 --> 00:39:06,530 Thank you. No further questions. 757 00:39:07,835 --> 00:39:09,200 It's a fact of life. 758 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,170 It's not just in the police department. 759 00:39:11,170 --> 00:39:13,502 Did any of the defendants express concern 760 00:39:13,502 --> 00:39:16,065 about homosexual officers in the precinct? 761 00:39:16,065 --> 00:39:18,236 I don't recall anything specific. 762 00:39:18,236 --> 00:39:20,338 I hear derogatory remarks. 763 00:39:20,338 --> 00:39:24,749 I hear men talk about dealing with a wounded officer who may have AIDS. 764 00:39:24,749 --> 00:39:27,014 But my men know the results of harassment: 765 00:39:27,014 --> 00:39:28,885 You are off the force. 766 00:39:28,885 --> 00:39:32,120 Now these defendants, you know them. You know them very well. 767 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,857 A witness has testified that they deliberately delayed 768 00:39:35,857 --> 00:39:39,560 helping another officer because he was gay. 769 00:39:40,735 --> 00:39:41,928 Now, do you believe that? 770 00:39:41,928 --> 00:39:43,334 No, I don't. 771 00:39:43,939 --> 00:39:46,464 Thank you, Captain. No further questions. 772 00:39:49,311 --> 00:39:50,744 Capt. O'Hara, 773 00:39:51,413 --> 00:39:54,246 uh, it was you that assigned Craig McGraw 774 00:39:54,246 --> 00:39:56,580 to be Rick Newhouse's partner? 775 00:39:56,580 --> 00:39:57,811 Yes, I did. 776 00:39:57,811 --> 00:40:01,788 And the fact that both of them were gay is just a coincidence? 777 00:40:01,788 --> 00:40:03,221 Yes, it was. 778 00:40:03,221 --> 00:40:06,352 So you are disputing not only Off. Weddeker's testimony, 779 00:40:06,352 --> 00:40:09,023 you also are disputing Craig McGraw's as well. 780 00:40:09,023 --> 00:40:10,588 Two witnesses are lying. 781 00:40:10,588 --> 00:40:12,156 I didn't say that. 782 00:40:12,156 --> 00:40:13,825 They saw what they wanted to see. 783 00:40:13,825 --> 00:40:17,031 So they only perceived hostility toward gay cops. 784 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:18,764 Intolerance isn't murder, Mr. Stone. 785 00:40:18,764 --> 00:40:20,672 My men may have made mistakes, 786 00:40:20,672 --> 00:40:22,142 but I don't think they intended 787 00:40:22,142 --> 00:40:23,576 for Off. Newhouse to get killed. 788 00:40:23,576 --> 00:40:26,011 But isn't it true, Capt. O'Hara, 789 00:40:26,011 --> 00:40:30,143 that Off. Newhouse, three months before he was shot, 790 00:40:30,419 --> 00:40:32,080 had a perfect service record? 791 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,452 A good record isn't everything. 792 00:40:34,452 --> 00:40:37,515 Officers have to believe that you're part of the team. 793 00:40:39,862 --> 00:40:42,023 Uh, we've heard that, Capt. O'Hara. 794 00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:45,534 You've already testified that your men are worried 795 00:40:45,534 --> 00:40:48,365 that they can't trust a gay cop to be there 796 00:40:48,771 --> 00:40:50,535 when a cop needs help. 797 00:40:53,443 --> 00:40:57,243 But in this case, it was the straight cops who didn't show up. 798 00:41:00,317 --> 00:41:01,409 Who should be worrying? 799 00:41:01,409 --> 00:41:02,679 Objection. 800 00:41:04,221 --> 00:41:06,654 Withdrawn. No more questions. 801 00:41:09,925 --> 00:41:12,520 The prosecution tells a simple story. 802 00:41:13,230 --> 00:41:17,690 Three good cops with good records let another cop die. 803 00:41:22,139 --> 00:41:24,198 Do you really believe that? 804 00:41:26,043 --> 00:41:30,002 Witnesses have told you that these men have malice in their hearts. 805 00:41:30,947 --> 00:41:33,040 And yet their own captain, 806 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,950 an exemplary officer, tells you they did not. 807 00:41:38,289 --> 00:41:39,984 You must decide. 808 00:41:41,426 --> 00:41:44,327 Did these men act recklessly 809 00:41:44,729 --> 00:41:46,424 or unconsciously, 810 00:41:47,332 --> 00:41:49,731 unaware of what they were doing? 811 00:41:52,436 --> 00:41:55,166 What the prosecution demands is unjust. 812 00:41:57,675 --> 00:41:59,734 To find these men guilty 813 00:42:00,912 --> 00:42:04,609 for upholding the very values of the society 814 00:42:04,609 --> 00:42:06,843 that they've sworn to protect. 815 00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:11,285 Ladies and gentlemen, 816 00:42:11,756 --> 00:42:13,656 in your deliberations 817 00:42:13,656 --> 00:42:16,591 please ask yourselves 818 00:42:18,396 --> 00:42:22,993 are their values really so different from your own? 819 00:42:28,474 --> 00:42:30,498 So let's suppose that it's true, 820 00:42:30,498 --> 00:42:32,907 what Defense Attorney Schell implies: 821 00:42:32,907 --> 00:42:34,968 That each of you, all of you, 822 00:42:34,968 --> 00:42:37,412 sympathize with the defendants, 823 00:42:38,116 --> 00:42:41,348 trapped as they are in their fears. 824 00:42:42,054 --> 00:42:46,252 That, in fact, more people hate homosexuals than are willing to admit. 825 00:42:47,826 --> 00:42:51,694 Now, I venture to say that in your family histories 826 00:42:51,694 --> 00:42:56,257 someone, somewhere hates you, or your relatives 827 00:42:56,257 --> 00:43:00,294 for no other reason than that they are black or white, 828 00:43:00,294 --> 00:43:02,602 Slovak instead of Czech, 829 00:43:02,602 --> 00:43:04,802 Protestant instead of Catholic, 830 00:43:04,802 --> 00:43:06,843 left-wing, not right. 831 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,672 And are you going to let officers of the law decide 832 00:43:10,672 --> 00:43:14,185 which of you they'll help based on who and what you are? 833 00:43:14,185 --> 00:43:17,017 If so, then don't dial 911. 834 00:43:19,391 --> 00:43:21,859 Even if you think you're one of them. 835 00:43:23,028 --> 00:43:25,019 Because you may end up 836 00:43:25,899 --> 00:43:27,924 being Off. Newhouse. 837 00:43:30,603 --> 00:43:33,868 These defendants let a man die. 838 00:43:33,868 --> 00:43:37,137 And for all of us, you must hold them responsible. 839 00:43:52,059 --> 00:43:54,390 Will the defendants please rise? 840 00:44:00,733 --> 00:44:02,997 Has the jury reached a verdict? 841 00:44:03,803 --> 00:44:05,464 We have, Your Honor. 842 00:44:06,439 --> 00:44:09,033 On the charge of murder in the second degree 843 00:44:09,033 --> 00:44:10,974 for the defendant, James Davis, 844 00:44:10,974 --> 00:44:12,876 how did the jury find? 845 00:44:13,314 --> 00:44:14,645 Not guilty. 846 00:44:14,645 --> 00:44:18,344 For the defendant John Harley, how does the jury find? 847 00:44:18,886 --> 00:44:20,615 Not guilty. 848 00:44:21,455 --> 00:44:24,913 For the defendant Henry Rhodes, how does the jury find? 849 00:44:25,659 --> 00:44:27,957 We find the defendant not guilty. 850 00:44:49,049 --> 00:44:50,380 Come in. 851 00:44:52,653 --> 00:44:53,881 Hi, Adam. 852 00:44:54,922 --> 00:44:56,447 What are you doir? 853 00:44:57,259 --> 00:44:59,318 Replaying the ninth inning. 854 00:45:00,095 --> 00:45:02,063 I should've crucified that shrink. 855 00:45:02,063 --> 00:45:04,121 No. They didn't want to convict. 856 00:45:04,566 --> 00:45:06,431 He gave 'em an excuse. 857 00:45:09,471 --> 00:45:11,769 Maybe it was the wrong summation. 858 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,338 You did your best. Did it right. 859 00:45:15,110 --> 00:45:16,441 You lost. 860 00:45:17,445 --> 00:45:19,208 They used to ask, "How can a man 861 00:45:19,208 --> 00:45:22,182 put a sheet on his head and lynch somebody?" 862 00:45:23,919 --> 00:45:26,183 Usually he can't, by himself. 863 00:45:27,122 --> 00:45:29,249 But when there's more than one... 864 00:45:30,125 --> 00:45:32,025 Four cops let him die. 865 00:45:32,928 --> 00:45:35,158 And twelve citizens did it again. 866 00:45:39,634 --> 00:45:42,035 And they voted their indifference.