1 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:04,428 Narrator: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:04,471 --> 00:00:07,031 by two separate yet equally important groups—— 3 00:00:07,073 --> 00:00:08,938 the police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:08,975 --> 00:00:11,944 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,978 --> 00:00:13,639 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,647 --> 00:00:17,013 ( police radio chatter) 7 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,120 Course 1502, 8 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:27,490 Wednesdays, 7:00. 9 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:29,586 A college degree isn't good enough for you. 10 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:32,698 Something wrong with me improving myself? 11 00:00:32,732 --> 00:00:35,200 Improve my stomach, will you? 12 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:37,100 Roast beef on rye, coffee... 13 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:38,866 Both: Very light, no sugar, 14 00:00:38,905 --> 00:00:40,873 no mayo, no mustard. 15 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:42,397 Very good. 16 00:00:47,347 --> 00:00:48,837 M a n : I ain 't talking, first of all. 17 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,816 Let's get the stuff. You'll get your money back. 18 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:52,181 Yo—— Don't you put your hands—— 19 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,015 Freddo! 20 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,318 (siren blares) 21 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:00,083 ( horn blares) 22 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,894 Go! Go, man! Go! 23 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,373 Hold it! 24 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,366 Don't move! 25 00:01:18,611 --> 00:01:20,670 Don't even breathe. 26 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:26,485 Drop down! Now! 27 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:30,352 ( gunshot) 28 00:01:45,872 --> 00:01:48,033 He drew on me. 29 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:07,586 Call it in, Freddo. 30 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:11,821 Now, Freddo! 31 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:15,363 Kid 's dead. 32 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:22,998 ( theme music playing ) 33 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:50,391 Logan: What about your kid? 34 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:52,489 Cop: Kid I was after I never got a decent look at. 35 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:55,865 He was young—— 13, 14. 36 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:57,995 What about the one that got away from Freddo’? 37 00:03:58,037 --> 00:04:00,028 Him I saw. He had a blotch, 38 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,870 you know, a birthmark, on his face, 39 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:04,809 running from here down to here. 40 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:12,942 Somebody heard that shot. 41 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:15,955 In this neighborhood? You couldn't get a witness to a sunrise. 42 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:19,288 Bang on a few windows. ID on the dead kid? 43 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:21,919 Nothing. Great. 44 00:04:21,961 --> 00:04:24,725 Freddo, go home, get some sleep. 45 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:26,561 Yeah, sleep. 46 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:32,736 Snitch told him drug sale's going on down the block. 47 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:34,399 No muss, no fuss. 48 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,340 Punk drew on him. Self—defense. 49 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:38,276 That's it? Wrap it up? 50 00:04:38,311 --> 00:04:39,972 As far as Internal Affairs is concerned, 51 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:41,640 yeah, it's closed. 52 00:04:41,681 --> 00:04:43,581 We've still got to do our own investigation. 53 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:45,982 We're all one family here, Sergeant. 54 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:47,919 You an only child? 55 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,354 I got people in my family, I wouldn't believe 'em 56 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:52,449 they told me the sky was blue. 57 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,058 Max: You think I like investigating cops? 58 00:04:56,095 --> 00:04:57,995 It's like I've got something stuck in my throat. 59 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,022 That's not what it looked like to that Lieutenant—— 60 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:02,125 what his name, Gowdy? From Internal Affairs. 61 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,864 What, open and shut? You buy that? 62 00:05:04,904 --> 00:05:06,769 What're you selling, Max? 63 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:09,468 No witnesses, So? a dead kid. 64 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:11,602 If a civilian shot a kid, no witnesses—— 65 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:13,009 All I'm saying is, 66 00:05:13,046 --> 00:05:14,980 they wouldn't wrap it up in 10 minutes. 67 00:05:16,015 --> 00:05:18,882 $4 an hour I paid him. 68 00:05:18,918 --> 00:05:21,250 Good money for delivery. 69 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:22,811 Disappears. 70 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:25,016 This shooting in the neighborhood—— you hear about it? 71 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:26,616 We're canvassing all the merchants 72 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:29,526 looking for a young man, 22, 23, 73 00:05:29,562 --> 00:05:33,020 black, with a birthmark on his cheek. 74 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:36,467 I got five orders waiting to deliver. 75 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:39,528 How long you have to wait before you report somebody missing, eh? 76 00:05:39,572 --> 00:05:42,735 A birthmark? Like this? 77 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:45,437 He comes in every afternoon. 78 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:47,412 He buys two chocolate moon pies. 79 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:50,007 Two. Hangs out in the schoolyard. 80 00:05:50,049 --> 00:05:52,313 ( hip hop music playing) 81 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:57,386 How're you doing? 82 00:05:57,423 --> 00:06:00,950 J‘ You ain't cool get outta my school I'm no fool J‘ 83 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:03,484 You see a guy with a birthmark on his face? 84 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:06,259 J‘ Name ofthe game is finding fame J‘ 85 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:07,857 J‘ Silky's the name and he's to blame J‘ 86 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:09,299 Silky? 87 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:11,064 I wouldn't tell them nothing. 88 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:12,731 Silky who? 89 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:15,138 Ford. Lives over on Vice Avenue. 90 00:06:15,174 --> 00:06:16,801 108. 91 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:26,810 Woman: Silky? 92 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:28,115 Silky Ford. 93 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:30,622 Live around here? Don't I wish he didn't. 94 00:06:30,656 --> 00:06:32,749 He's one of your favorites, huh? 95 00:06:32,792 --> 00:06:36,626 Some boys make trouble 'cause they got trouble. 96 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:39,290 Silky, he's looking for trouble. 97 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:42,267 What'd he do, walk off a white man? 98 00:06:42,301 --> 00:06:44,292 Is it this building here? 99 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:47,135 You all only come up here 100 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:48,834 when a white man gets hurt. 101 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,672 Why aren't you here all the time? 102 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:52,439 Silky Ford? 103 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:55,640 Fourth floor. 104 00:06:55,681 --> 00:06:57,546 Just come in. 105 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:59,483 Naw, man, nobody here but me. 106 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:01,180 Let's take a look. 107 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,279 Oh, no, you blind without a warrant! 108 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:05,256 Let me see that. 109 00:07:05,291 --> 00:07:07,486 Max: Black male, 57", 110 00:07:07,527 --> 00:07:09,927 birthmark on his right cheek. 111 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:11,725 Birthmark, right cheek... 112 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:13,629 oh, yeah, that sound like Silky. 113 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:15,964 You seen him lately? No, he's... 114 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:17,936 been in Philadelphia visiting his sister. 115 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:19,961 She's in the hospital. Mumps. 116 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,499 Whoa, be gentle, you want to tear my suits? 117 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:27,206 Where you going, man? 118 00:07:27,246 --> 00:07:29,510 That's just the kitchen. Ain't nobody in there. 119 00:07:35,488 --> 00:07:37,649 Waxing the floor, Silky? 120 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:40,215 Yeah. Yeah, we're cleaning up. 121 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:42,454 Hey, come on, man! 122 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:44,292 Who'd you clean up last night? 123 00:07:44,330 --> 00:07:45,957 I was home, all night long. 124 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:47,966 Doing the floor? Yeah. 125 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,695 They got dirty real fast. 126 00:07:49,735 --> 00:07:51,293 We had a party. Who was here? 127 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:53,498 Me and Richard. It was a private party. 128 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:55,837 Let's take a ride, Silky, huh? 129 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:58,002 Hey, I got—— I got things to do, man. I got a busy day—— 130 00:07:58,044 --> 00:08:00,911 Your first appointment is with us, okay? 131 00:08:00,947 --> 00:08:02,881 What you looking at? Come on, man! 132 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:06,112 Max: Take Davis out the back before Freddo comes in. 133 00:08:08,354 --> 00:08:09,981 Davis? 134 00:08:10,022 --> 00:08:12,456 What, you think he's going to lie for Freddo? 135 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:14,289 No, they're both choirboys. 136 00:08:15,661 --> 00:08:17,026 Ready? Yeah. 137 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:19,725 I even found another black guy with a birthmark. Great. 138 00:08:28,107 --> 00:08:29,836 Number three. 139 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:33,309 Number three, step forward, please. 140 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,088 Yeah. 141 00:08:43,122 --> 00:08:45,352 More than the others. 142 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:47,621 I'm playing elimination here. 143 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,528 I saw him 10 seconds, in the dark. 144 00:08:50,563 --> 00:08:52,258 You want me to say I'm sure? 145 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:54,061 I'm not. 146 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:56,694 Hey, Davis, take it easy, all right? 147 00:08:56,736 --> 00:08:59,000 I'm not asking you to lie. 148 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:11,378 Could be—— 149 00:09:11,417 --> 00:09:12,941 could be number three. 150 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:15,180 Jeez. 151 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:18,019 I'm not sure enough for an ID. 152 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:21,024 It was dark. 153 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:24,419 What was that about, 154 00:09:24,463 --> 00:09:26,294 keeping those two apart? 155 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:29,199 10 years ago, I'm working Central Park in the fall. 156 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:31,294 The whole place smells like a sewer. 157 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:32,929 Captain says I'm imagining it. 158 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:34,769 Lieutenant says I'm imagining it. 159 00:09:34,807 --> 00:09:36,775 Turns out it's some tree with flowers that rot. 160 00:09:36,809 --> 00:09:38,504 Lasts about a week. 161 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:42,575 Hey——what, am I missing something here? 162 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:45,814 This thing smells, too. 163 00:09:45,851 --> 00:09:48,149 Internal Affairs says I'm imagining it, 164 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:50,212 Cragen says I'm imagining it... 165 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,814 And you're not imagining it? 166 00:09:51,857 --> 00:09:54,121 On Silky? Two maybes, 167 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,752 both cops aren't sure? 168 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:58,195 Max, these guys are cops. 169 00:09:58,230 --> 00:10:00,164 They're cops. 170 00:10:00,199 --> 00:10:03,225 90% of all police officers forget about killing. 171 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:05,362 They go 30 years, never fire a gun. 172 00:10:05,404 --> 00:10:08,202 Freddo, I heard this morning, second time. 173 00:10:10,843 --> 00:10:12,777 Makes you wonder, that's all. 174 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:14,541 Yeah, and it also makes you wonder 175 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:17,515 how many cops died thinking, "That's not a gun in his hand." 176 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:23,688 Well, we can't hold Silky. 177 00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:32,695 I sent the prints out. No ID. 178 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:34,324 No record? 179 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:37,097 Came up blank. You see that evidence bag? 180 00:10:37,136 --> 00:10:38,899 What evidence bag? 181 00:10:39,905 --> 00:10:41,702 I sent it over. 182 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:45,336 "Wheel of Fortune." The kid had $3,000 bucks on him. 183 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:47,039 In his sock. 184 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:51,573 There's one set of prints. 185 00:10:51,617 --> 00:10:53,175 The dead kid? 186 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:54,584 Yeah. 187 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:56,918 Only one set of prints, like somebody wiped the gun. 188 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:58,981 Hey, Max, you're drawing conclusions. 189 00:10:59,025 --> 00:11:00,856 Let'sjust say I heard a dog bark. 190 00:11:00,893 --> 00:11:02,190 Serial number? 191 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:04,958 It's clean. Not a file job—— acid. 192 00:11:04,997 --> 00:11:08,091 Dog's barking louder. Ballistics. 193 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:34,755 Beautiful piece, that Magnum. 194 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:38,726 Tender loving care to clean it off. 195 00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:40,459 Has it been worked on? 196 00:11:40,499 --> 00:11:42,490 By someone very good. 197 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:49,274 R- 1 0 twist. Clear as a bell. 198 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:55,403 Let's go back a few months, see if we can find a match. 199 00:11:57,216 --> 00:11:58,706 Logan: Magnum's clean. 200 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:00,184 Sources? 201 00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:02,084 Hoover in Washington Heights, 202 00:12:02,121 --> 00:12:04,385 Bernie on 116th Street. 203 00:12:05,591 --> 00:12:07,388 Silky'd stay close to home. 204 00:12:08,594 --> 00:12:10,255 Bernie. Bang. 205 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:13,427 Magnums. 206 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:15,195 They're like opinions—— everybody's got one. 207 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:17,099 It's been cleaned up. 208 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:22,802 Yours? 209 00:12:22,842 --> 00:12:24,469 Nice work, whoever did it. 210 00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:25,943 New kind of lock? 211 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:28,879 Double cylinder, spring release. 212 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:30,643 Yeah, illegal in this city. 213 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:32,617 To install, not sell. 214 00:12:32,651 --> 00:12:34,175 Unpickable. 215 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,620 Yeah, for six months. Single cylinder? 216 00:12:36,655 --> 00:12:38,714 Wait a minute... 217 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,157 This one hot? 218 00:12:40,192 --> 00:12:42,092 No? 219 00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:45,063 Bust me for a misdemeanor. I'd be out in an hour. 220 00:12:45,097 --> 00:12:47,088 We keep busting you and them hours add up. 221 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:51,867 He dead? Never laid eyes on him. 222 00:12:56,809 --> 00:12:59,505 You lose a lot of business when the door's locked. 223 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:04,980 The Magnum's his. A month ago. Six weeks. 224 00:13:05,017 --> 00:13:06,245 You positive? 225 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:08,150 What do you want, the name of his dog? 226 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:09,677 Yeah, that's him. 227 00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:11,519 ( knocking on door) 228 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:14,516 Oh, great. Hey! What?! 229 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,027 The kid-- the one the cop shot? 230 00:13:16,061 --> 00:13:17,790 He had your gun in his hand. 231 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:21,231 Sing a song for me, Silky. This is murder. 232 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:23,098 If you're involved it won't be probation. 233 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,763 The other night, when you were waxing the floor, this kid with you? 234 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:28,535 I seen him around, but I don't know his name. 235 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:29,700 How did he get your gun? 236 00:13:29,742 --> 00:13:31,801 I sold it to him. 237 00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:33,778 You don't know his name and you sold him your gun? 238 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:35,303 I didn't need to know his name. 239 00:13:35,347 --> 00:13:36,871 A sister I know brought him over. 240 00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:39,976 What's her name? Doris. She's real fresh. 241 00:13:40,019 --> 00:13:41,646 Turn around and put your hands on top of your head. 242 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:42,915 For what? 243 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:44,650 Turn around and put your hands on top of your head! 244 00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:46,317 Felony, Silky. Oh, man. 245 00:13:46,358 --> 00:13:49,088 You just confessed to selling a weapon. 246 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:50,823 You have the right to remain silent. 247 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:53,263 Anything you say... What is this, a class D? Class E? 248 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:54,823 Shut up! It's a walk, I'm out in a day. 249 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:56,858 You have the right to an attorney... Silky: Big surprise. 250 00:13:56,902 --> 00:13:57,869 Logan: Shut up! 251 00:13:57,903 --> 00:13:59,996 Hey. 252 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,940 You know what this is going to cost me? 253 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:05,102 My lawyer gets $300 an hour, man. 254 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:07,635 Think about where you were the other night, Silky. 255 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,307 I'd like to know. 256 00:14:13,152 --> 00:14:15,177 Logan: You knowthe kid Freddo shot? 257 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:17,485 Maybe he did have the gun. 258 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:20,424 Right. Silky sold him a Magnum, 259 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:22,324 he gave him an IOU 260 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:24,386 and then stuck $3,000 in his shoe. 261 00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:26,455 Max, he could've bought the gun a week ago. 262 00:14:26,498 --> 00:14:29,023 Run this by me again. 263 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:31,127 Freddo and Davis saw a guy with a birthmark, 264 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:33,161 but it wasn't Silky. 265 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:35,264 Silky sold the dead kid a gun, 266 00:14:35,307 --> 00:14:37,275 but he wasn't there that night. 267 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:45,307 I don't know any Silky, 268 00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:47,319 and I don't know nothing about dope. 269 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:49,651 Who said anything about dope? 270 00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:52,350 Well, I got nothing to tell you. 271 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:54,256 How about we take you down to the precinct? 272 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:56,625 Come on, you can't take me in. You got no charge. 273 00:14:56,662 --> 00:14:58,357 Doris, a guy is dead. 274 00:14:58,397 --> 00:15:00,592 Yeah, well, a lot you care. Logan: Wrong. 275 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:02,294 You care so much you probably belong 276 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:03,995 to the NAACP. 277 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:06,129 You introduce this kid to Silky? 278 00:15:06,171 --> 00:15:08,571 Logan: He had Silky's gun in his hand when he died. 279 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:11,440 Silky says you were there when he sold the kid the piece. 280 00:15:11,477 --> 00:15:15,072 No way. No way, that's a lie. 281 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:17,105 Max: Who is he, Doris? 282 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:22,246 It's Tommy Richardson. 283 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,188 Where does he live? 284 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:30,155 103rd. Lexington and Park. 285 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:33,627 You seen your brother Tommy? 286 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,361 He ain't here. 287 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:38,768 Where is he? 288 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:40,999 I don't know, 289 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,668 but you better come back when my mom gets home. 290 00:15:43,709 --> 00:15:46,337 Where is your mom, Abel? 291 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:48,278 Working. 292 00:15:48,314 --> 00:15:50,475 Where's she work? 293 00:15:50,516 --> 00:15:52,984 In an office building. She's a cleaning lady. 294 00:15:53,018 --> 00:15:55,612 She doesn't get back till 8:00. 295 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,614 Abel, you... 296 00:15:58,657 --> 00:16:00,716 you'd better come with us. 297 00:16:00,759 --> 00:16:03,284 Abel, why don't you take a chair right here, all right? 298 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:06,931 Did you call Reverend Thayer? 299 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:09,434 Yeah, we called him. 300 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,266 So when's the last time you saw your brother? 301 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:14,795 Abel? No, no, it's all right. 302 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,172 Reverend Thayer, Detective Logan, Sergeant Greevey. 303 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:19,302 Yeah. Bringing a boy down here, 304 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:21,313 what's the reason? What'd he do? 305 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:25,306 It seems his brother pulled a gun on a policeman the night before last. 306 00:16:25,351 --> 00:16:28,343 No. No, no, no. You've got the wrong boy. 307 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:30,514 I don't think so. 308 00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,606 Tommy Richardson wouldn't have a gun. 309 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,819 Tommy Richardson was a... 310 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:06,018 an honor student at Princeton University. 311 00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:17,833 (shouting, jeering) 312 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,614 Reporter: Why would a Princeton honors student shoot a policeman? 313 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:39,055 Reporter When is an arrest going to be made? 314 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:41,924 Reporter Did you know Tommy Richardson lectured against drugs? 315 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,394 Can you make some kind of a statement? 316 00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:48,162 Whatever happened that night, 317 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,159 wejust got shoved out a plane at 30,000 feet, no parachute. 318 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,670 Nice, straightforward little case, huh? 319 00:17:58,710 --> 00:18:01,076 So the wrap—it—up— no—problem boys said. 320 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:02,910 We're going to get strung up. 321 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:05,917 Why did Freddo and Davis go soft on Silky at the lineup? 322 00:18:05,951 --> 00:18:07,748 They made a mistake. 323 00:18:07,786 --> 00:18:10,152 Yeah, they thought nobody would know they were lying. 324 00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:12,054 If you're wrong, and you go after cops—— 325 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:14,059 If I'm wrong, I'll go the grandjury 326 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:15,720 and say I killed the kid. 327 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:23,461 Yeah, I can use the time off. 328 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:26,528 You heard about the kid? 329 00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:28,597 Princeton? 330 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,972 Yeah, just goes to show you. 331 00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:32,340 Homeboys. 332 00:18:32,377 --> 00:18:34,004 No matter how fancy you dress 'em up, 333 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:36,947 they can still gun down a cop like any street scum. 334 00:18:36,982 --> 00:18:39,450 The dude you and Davis 335 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:40,975 passed on in the lineup, Freddo, 336 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:43,988 it's hard to believe that his gun was there and he wasn't. 337 00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:47,549 Now if he happens to say he was there, 338 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:49,561 and contradicts you—— 339 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:51,392 What is this? What is this?! 340 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,625 I got 23 years on the force! 341 00:18:53,665 --> 00:18:55,496 Now who are you going to trust, 342 00:18:55,534 --> 00:18:57,263 me or some eggplant?! 343 00:18:58,670 --> 00:19:02,162 Gee, Mike, he sure sounds trustworthy to me. How about you? 344 00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:04,971 Hey, hey! 345 00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:09,111 Easy, Freddo. 346 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,082 Next time you want to ask me something, 347 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:13,414 talk to my POBA rep. 348 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:16,850 Man: The man has two decades. 349 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:19,255 From where the Police Officers' Benevolent Association stands, 350 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:21,521 that merits a certain respect. 351 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,495 "Benevolent" means I don't investigate? Max—— 352 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:26,828 You arrive at the man's home unannounced, 353 00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:29,493 and you treat him like some punk murderer—— 354 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,765 Freddo's no punk. Oh, but he is a murderer? 355 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:33,964 That's what we're investigating. 356 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:36,201 Cragen : It is Sergeant Greevey's job to investigate, 357 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:37,674 but Max, if you are all over this officer 358 00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:39,176 it's going to have to stop. 359 00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:42,341 We'll talk. 360 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:49,653 Rock and a hard place. 361 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:51,781 My butt, Max. Mine, not yours. 362 00:19:51,823 --> 00:19:53,882 This is not a bad cop. 363 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:56,019 Neither are you, neither am I, 364 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:57,494 but some things we don't do. 365 00:19:57,529 --> 00:20:00,498 We don't fix this fast, the brotherhood is going to crucify us. 366 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:03,092 If we do, the black community is going to crucify us. 367 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:05,126 Then let's do it right. 368 00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,143 Careful. 369 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:24,346 Yeah, we all gotta be careful. 370 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:27,051 More careful than Freddo was. 371 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:29,322 Enough people have already gotten hurt. 372 00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:31,386 Which is why we're investigating. 373 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,455 Detectives. 374 00:20:33,498 --> 00:20:35,591 You sit behind a desk. 375 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,902 You guys have no idea what it's like on the streets these days. 376 00:20:39,938 --> 00:20:42,236 Come on, what's that supposed to mean? 377 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:43,571 Close ranks, Logan. 378 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:46,009 Hey, I have, okay? With my partner. 379 00:20:46,044 --> 00:20:47,602 Your partner? Get off me! 380 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:48,908 Hey, break it up! 381 00:20:48,947 --> 00:20:51,415 He wants to be a crusader. Tell him tojoin the ACLU. 382 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:54,419 This-- this punk... 383 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,750 I don't care if he was head of the class—— 384 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:01,850 those three skells were doing a drug deal. 385 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,855 Yeah, well, 386 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:08,866 we're all on the same side, right, Davis? 387 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:10,663 You could've fooled me. 388 00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:24,505 This week—— not easy, is it? 389 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:27,542 ( chuckles ) 390 00:21:28,987 --> 00:21:31,581 Yeah, well, we're out there all alone, Max. 391 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,716 Let me tell you something. 392 00:21:36,728 --> 00:21:38,389 Everybody else is wrong, 393 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:40,057 and I think you like that. 394 00:21:40,098 --> 00:21:43,090 I don't like being told to roll over. 395 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:45,660 Davis swears the kid was doing a drug deal. 396 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:47,433 He swears it. 397 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:49,838 Okay, fine. 398 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:52,002 Assume everybody's telling the truth. 399 00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:54,410 A Magnum on the street, what's it go for? 400 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:55,811 500. 401 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:57,542 Right. Half a pound of crack? 402 00:21:57,582 --> 00:21:59,015 2500. 403 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:02,316 The Richardson kid had $3,000 bucks in his socks—— 404 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:04,982 supposed to buy a gun and drugs. 405 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:07,719 Drug dealers don't take credit. 406 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,986 All right, the deal never went down. 407 00:22:14,132 --> 00:22:18,034 Which means the kid never had the gun. 408 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,038 Freddo shot him, 409 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:23,064 put the Magnum in his hand, and he gave Silky a walk. 410 00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:25,941 That's why nobody's talking. 411 00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:28,844 We still got to turn up the third guy. 412 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:32,247 If Silky's not your friend—— 413 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:35,253 I don't have any friends. They die too quick. 414 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:36,811 How about enemies? 415 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:41,087 Enemies, too. Up here, nobody gets to 40. 416 00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:43,720 Three people that night, Doris. 417 00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:45,229 You knew Tommy, 418 00:22:45,263 --> 00:22:46,992 you know Silky... 419 00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,728 I know whatever I tell you it only means you lock 'em up. 420 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:51,360 Hey, hey. 421 00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:54,930 We're trying to find out why Tommy Richardson is dead. 422 00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:56,998 The way we hear it, he was your friend. 423 00:22:57,042 --> 00:23:00,478 Seems to me you owe him his propers. 424 00:23:00,512 --> 00:23:02,605 Who was the third guy? 425 00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:07,551 He's just a scared little boy. 426 00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:09,918 Abel. 427 00:23:09,955 --> 00:23:11,855 Tommy's little brother. 428 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:15,756 Max: Tommy and Silky were doing a drug deal. 429 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:18,627 Logan: You think Tommy would shoot a cop? 430 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:20,290 Tommy never had a gun! 431 00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:22,493 If your brother was here now, 432 00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:25,128 what would he tell you to do? 433 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:31,968 Tommy was going to buy the gun. 434 00:23:32,010 --> 00:23:33,568 For 500? 435 00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:35,580 Yes. 436 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:37,445 And the dope? 437 00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:39,677 Crack. A half a pound. 438 00:23:39,718 --> 00:23:41,413 For 2500. 439 00:23:41,453 --> 00:23:44,718 20 extra. We were going to go to the movies. 440 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:48,389 But the cops came, we ran-- 441 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:51,021 Silky still had the gun. 442 00:23:57,702 --> 00:23:59,397 Okay. 443 00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:02,129 Okay what? 444 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:07,534 Sometimes when I don't want to see something, I put blinders on. 445 00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:09,672 What's that, a confession? 446 00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:13,648 It's an apology. 447 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,324 Richardson had the money. 448 00:24:20,358 --> 00:24:22,258 Silky had the gun. 449 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:24,990 What happened to the dope? 450 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:26,895 There was no dope. 451 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:28,456 Never had it. 452 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:31,663 Oh yeah, Richardson met you to buy groceries. 453 00:24:31,703 --> 00:24:34,968 My lawyer, he'll have me out of here in an hour. 454 00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:37,702 You could still go up on that gun charge, Silky. 455 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:40,973 I ain't never been convicted of no felony. 456 00:24:41,012 --> 00:24:43,480 Even if you prove I sold him the gun, I still walk. 457 00:24:43,515 --> 00:24:45,244 ( chuckles ) 458 00:24:45,283 --> 00:24:47,012 Jailhouse lawyer here. 459 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:50,488 A witness puts you at the scene that night. 460 00:24:50,522 --> 00:24:52,387 Abel. 461 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:57,654 All right. 462 00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:00,324 I was there. That's what you want to hear? 463 00:25:00,365 --> 00:25:03,095 Tommy had the gun. He drew on the cop, the cop shot him. 464 00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:04,396 That's what happened. 465 00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:07,166 You're playing this all wrong, Silky. 466 00:25:08,306 --> 00:25:10,297 I'm still breathing, ain't I? 467 00:25:11,309 --> 00:25:13,743 What'd this guy do, shoot the Pope? 468 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:16,280 What are you talking about? 469 00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:17,975 Pretty popular. 470 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:19,711 Had another cop in this morning. 471 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:20,979 Who? 472 00:25:22,153 --> 00:25:23,950 Parisi. 473 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:26,355 Freddo Parisi. 474 00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:29,519 Max: The kid says, "I'm breathing, " it means "Freddo threatened us. " 475 00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:32,655 I admit it doesn't sound good. Silky's lying, Freddo's lying, 476 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:35,325 and Davis is covering for him. 477 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:38,234 Freddo's arrested, maybe somebody breaks. 478 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:40,830 DA says the same thing, but it's a cop, 479 00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:43,136 so it's got to be an Internal Affairs collar. 480 00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:47,110 IAD cuts the guy some slack, and his own precinct burns him. 481 00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:48,840 What a world. 482 00:25:54,352 --> 00:25:56,445 ( loud chatter) 483 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:10,766 ( chatter stops ) 484 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:14,294 You're under arrest for the murder of Thomas Richardson. 485 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:18,039 You have the right to remain silent. 486 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,737 Anything you say can and will be used——— 487 00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:21,370 Save it, wiseguy. 488 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:23,244 I know it by heart. 489 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,317 You're dreaming, Counselor. 490 00:26:31,356 --> 00:26:33,950 And the Richardson boy? No record and no gun. 491 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:35,619 Yeah, says his 13—year—old brother. 492 00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:37,150 With no reason to lie. 493 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:39,720 The kid's a lousy witness. He wasn't even there. 494 00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:41,595 When I get finished with him, 495 00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:43,863 a jury won't take his word on what he ate for breakfast. 496 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:45,927 And patrolman Parisi? 497 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:48,769 A veteran cop. His word, Davis' word, 498 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:50,775 Silky's word, all against the kid, 499 00:26:50,809 --> 00:26:53,505 who wants to protect his brother's reputation. 500 00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,376 Who's a jun! going to believe? 501 00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:57,643 By the time we go to trial, Patrolman, 502 00:26:57,682 --> 00:26:59,741 Silky'll be telling the truth. 503 00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:02,276 It turns out Abel's not clean, 504 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,481 they scuff him up on the stand, Freddo walks. 505 00:27:04,522 --> 00:27:06,490 Abel has no record. Neither did his brother. 506 00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:08,719 I don't want a last minute sandbag. Make sure, Paul. 507 00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:14,290 Thayer: Abel's been in no trouble! 508 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,236 You going to see your brother, Tommy Richardson, getsjustice? 509 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:21,101 I'm an officer ofthe court. 510 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,130 I'll investigate every aspect of the case. 511 00:27:23,174 --> 00:27:25,608 Color has—— Nothing to do with it. 512 00:27:30,548 --> 00:27:33,312 Maybe I'm mistaken who you are. 513 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,750 You grow up on Park Avenue, 514 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:38,517 south of 96th Street? 515 00:27:38,556 --> 00:27:40,615 That isn't relevant to this. 516 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,183 No? 517 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:45,025 No father? That's right. 518 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:47,926 Took off? 519 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:49,991 Even you, Mr. Robinette? 520 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:53,937 All black fathers leave their children? 521 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:58,031 Tommy Richardson's father was a subway motorman. 522 00:27:58,076 --> 00:28:00,476 Usually worked two shifts. 523 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:04,039 Somebody shot him for $20 bucks he'd won at OTB. 524 00:28:05,283 --> 00:28:08,616 Now Tommy Richardson was a hero in this community. 525 00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:11,679 He came from a good family. 526 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:13,623 He went to a good college. 527 00:28:13,658 --> 00:28:16,525 He brought home money for the church, 528 00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:19,621 for the Children's Enrichment Program, 529 00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:21,188 for the boy's choir... 530 00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:23,632 How much money? From where? 531 00:28:23,668 --> 00:28:26,694 Family named Harriman. 532 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:29,332 Tommy's college roommate. 533 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:32,571 They gave $48,000 in secret. 534 00:28:34,746 --> 00:28:36,646 How much? 535 00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:40,444 $48, 000. 536 00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:41,952 My God. 537 00:28:41,986 --> 00:28:44,011 Your family didn't give the money? 538 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:46,723 Where'd he get it? 539 00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:51,227 Till the end of the semester, 540 00:28:51,262 --> 00:28:53,423 I really like Tommy. 541 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,626 He was smart, funny. 542 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:58,693 Exam period, I'd come back at night 543 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,729 and the people he was hanging outwith... 544 00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:04,003 Street people. Yeah... 545 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:05,976 Wall Street. 546 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:09,104 J. Press suits, Fischer skis, Beamers. 547 00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:10,910 Trust fund babies. 548 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:14,248 Tommy... it was like he was in China. 549 00:29:14,285 --> 00:29:16,219 Didn't knowthe language, 550 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:18,245 couldn't make friends. 551 00:29:18,289 --> 00:29:19,916 These guys wanted to score some coke, 552 00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:24,190 and Tommy's black—— like he ought to know. 553 00:29:24,229 --> 00:29:26,026 Friendship wasn't the point. 554 00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:27,497 Customers. 555 00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:28,931 You know any ofthem? 556 00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:30,832 Wesley Parker. 557 00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:32,632 Have a seat. 558 00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:35,264 Robinette: I want to talk to you about Tommy Richardson. 559 00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:37,274 What about him? 560 00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:41,210 He sold you drugs. 561 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:43,077 No way, man. 562 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:45,981 I don't know who you've been talking to, but there's no way—— 563 00:29:46,017 --> 00:29:48,542 I take a walk around here, you think I'll find some dope? 564 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,315 Whatever you want to know. 565 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,219 Why'd you hang with Tommy? 566 00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:56,056 I don't want to get myself arrested here. 567 00:29:59,664 --> 00:30:02,292 Let's say Tommy never got me any drugs. 568 00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:04,130 But your friends... 569 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:07,327 Tommy was tough, he knew how the world worked. 570 00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:10,466 You knowwhat I mean? 571 00:30:10,508 --> 00:30:12,567 He was going to be real major... 572 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:14,407 Yeah, Wesley, 573 00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:16,174 a major homicide. 574 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:19,115 Crowd: We want justice! We want justice! 575 00:30:21,352 --> 00:30:23,752 Robinette: To them, he's a hero. 576 00:30:23,788 --> 00:30:25,813 We're going to destroy that dream. 577 00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:28,724 The truth will set you free. It won't always make you happy. 578 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,421 But he wasn't all bad. 579 00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:32,622 A trial, Ben—— his name's dirt. 580 00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:34,757 In Haflem, 581 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:36,357 a kid goes away to a good school, 582 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:38,699 brings back money to the community—— 583 00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:40,328 A candidate for sainthood? 584 00:30:40,371 --> 00:30:41,804 The good part of him, yeah. 585 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,365 Maybe he needed the bad part to make the good part work. 586 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:47,936 Maybe being the tough black kid at college, the street kid, 587 00:30:47,979 --> 00:30:50,812 helped him to come home and give away money. 588 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,215 Robin Hood? You think that” play with the jury? 589 00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:54,582 They find out he's a drug dealer, 590 00:30:54,619 --> 00:30:56,450 they'll never believe he didn't have a gun. 591 00:30:56,487 --> 00:30:59,615 Then make a deal. Freddo does a couple of years, 592 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:01,249 Tommy's name stays clean. 593 00:31:01,292 --> 00:31:03,783 Can't do it, Paul. You can't let killers walk. 594 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,625 (phone rings) 595 00:31:05,663 --> 00:31:07,494 Stone. 596 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:09,329 Yes, send them in. 597 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:10,959 The Richardsons. 598 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:15,195 Mrs. Richardson, thanks for coming down. 599 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,003 Is this Abel? Yes, it is. 600 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,009 How do you do? Come in, sit right down. 601 00:31:25,516 --> 00:31:27,245 Mrs. Richardson, 602 00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:29,014 when this case goes to trial, 603 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:32,250 there may be unpleasant things said about your son. 604 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:35,657 I read in the papers 605 00:31:35,693 --> 00:31:38,184 that the policeman could go free. 606 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:42,798 Mrs. Richardson—— 607 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:45,029 My husband was killed. 608 00:31:46,371 --> 00:31:48,896 Tommy was 10 years old. 609 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:51,340 That boy... 610 00:31:53,044 --> 00:31:56,502 he started coming home from school late, two, three hours. 611 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:59,607 I thought he was hanging out on the streets. 612 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:01,585 After school job made him late. 613 00:32:01,619 --> 00:32:04,554 Delivering groceries... 614 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:07,282 to help me out. 615 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:11,585 Tommy spent his whole life 616 00:32:11,629 --> 00:32:13,859 just taking care of other people. 617 00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:17,191 He had some problems. 618 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:22,032 My boy got out of Harlem. 619 00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:25,668 That's what white people wanted him to do, 620 00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:27,701 and it's what I wanted him to do. 621 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:32,638 Mr. Stone, could I talk to you outside for a second? 622 00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:35,679 You're going to kill my mom. 623 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,347 This drug deal on the street, Abel—— 624 00:32:37,388 --> 00:32:39,219 this wasn't a one shot thing, was it? 625 00:32:39,257 --> 00:32:41,748 You can't do this to my mom. It's not us doing it. 626 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,693 Reverend Thayer, your mother—— 627 00:32:43,728 --> 00:32:45,355 everybody wants justice. 628 00:32:45,396 --> 00:32:47,660 But I have to know what really happened. 629 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:49,326 Tommy was moving a ton of dope. 630 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:50,994 At Princeton? 631 00:32:51,035 --> 00:32:52,468 Every two weeks. 632 00:32:52,503 --> 00:32:53,936 He buy it here? 633 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:57,568 Had—— had this mule, 634 00:32:57,608 --> 00:32:59,906 moved it down the drain. 635 00:32:59,944 --> 00:33:02,037 This mule have a name? 636 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,048 A girl. 637 00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:06,209 Girl named Doris. 638 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:08,548 Doris: I don't know nothing, okay? 639 00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:11,146 He's dead and I'm still here, that's all I know. 640 00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:14,056 When you were on the stroll—— That's old news. 641 00:33:14,092 --> 00:33:16,492 Not old enough for the statute of limitations. 642 00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:18,324 You jumped bail, three times. 643 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,388 I forgot to show up at court. You want a reminder? 644 00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:22,422 Okay, you want it straight up, Oreo? 645 00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:24,332 Tommy asked me to score some coke. 646 00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:26,064 Gave me money, train ticket, 647 00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:28,197 said to bring it to him someplace in Jersey. 648 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:30,969 Smart move, Doris. He paid me so much I stopped turning tricks. 649 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:32,636 'Cause of him I got out ofthe life. 650 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,235 Great, hooking to drug dealing? 651 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:37,679 Which would you rather sell, drugs or your body? 652 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,953 We want justice! We want justice... 653 00:33:51,295 --> 00:33:54,992 New York's finest! New York's finest... 654 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:06,637 Yeah, real stupid, Stone. 655 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:08,907 Grand jury's decision, not mine. 656 00:34:08,946 --> 00:34:10,470 I'm not going to have to smear that kid. 657 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:12,312 He already smeared himself. 658 00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:15,808 Tommy Richardson's dead. He's not on trial for drugs or anything else. 659 00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:17,616 Freddo had every reason to believe 660 00:34:17,655 --> 00:34:18,986 that the kid was going to shoot him. 661 00:34:19,023 --> 00:34:21,583 You, in Freddo's shoes, what would you have done? 662 00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:24,356 I wouldn't have put a gun in a dead kid's hand. 663 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:27,558 I hope you're prepared to go to trial and prove that. 664 00:34:27,598 --> 00:34:29,532 And soon. 665 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:32,001 I'll see you there. Yeah. 666 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:36,504 I don't care. I want you to try for a deal with Freddo. 667 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:38,338 Am I mistaken, or did you just take a stand 668 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:40,640 about a community having to have its laws? 669 00:34:40,678 --> 00:34:42,942 That is a public position. I'm telling you right now 670 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:44,811 that you do not have enough to convict Parisi. 671 00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:46,510 Then don't shut me down. 672 00:34:46,551 --> 00:34:49,111 The partnerwon't roll. You've got nothing to offer Silky. 673 00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:51,553 And if Freddo's not interested? 674 00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:53,216 Make it sweet, down for four, out in two. 675 00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:55,191 Convince him. Adam, really—— 676 00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:57,194 99% ofthe time, I let you run with it. 677 00:34:57,228 --> 00:34:59,219 I got to do what's best for the office. 678 00:35:01,632 --> 00:35:03,031 Gentlemen. 679 00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:04,694 Come in. 680 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:14,300 My lawyer, Mr. Ellenl, says I could use the company. 681 00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:16,404 I'm sure you remember each other. 682 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:18,039 Hello. 683 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:21,684 My ex—wife cleaned up. 684 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,243 ( chuckles ) 685 00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:24,720 Would you like a drink? 686 00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:26,450 No thanks. 687 00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:31,484 No wife, no friends, no nobody. 688 00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:33,554 Robinette: From what I've seen, you have plenty of friends. 689 00:35:33,598 --> 00:35:35,190 Protecting their own, pal. 690 00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:37,895 Most of them, they don't even know me. 691 00:35:37,935 --> 00:35:40,130 A lot of people downtown would really prefer it 692 00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:41,468 if you didn't go to trial. 693 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:43,872 If you plead to manslaughter you can be out in one year. 694 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:45,500 Two at the most. 695 00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:47,374 ( chuckles ) 696 00:35:47,411 --> 00:35:49,242 You guys... 697 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,681 with yourjobs and your suits, 698 00:35:52,717 --> 00:35:54,981 and your press conferences-- Freddo—— 699 00:35:55,019 --> 00:35:58,011 You want to take from me the one thing I got left. 700 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:03,051 My trial is going to prove that Ivy League moulanyan was a punk! 701 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,058 ( chuckles ) 702 00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:11,992 I want my day in court. 703 00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:20,438 Before you ran from the police, 704 00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:23,538 did your brother or Silky Ford have a gun? 705 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:25,412 Silky had a gun 706 00:36:25,449 --> 00:36:27,110 stuck into his jeans. 707 00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:28,550 Did you see the gun? 708 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:29,985 I could see the handle. 709 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:32,387 It was a Magnum, 710 00:36:32,423 --> 00:36:34,084 like Dirty Harry, you knoW? 711 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:35,615 "Make my day." 712 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,560 On the street that night you had a fight, 713 00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:39,028 what was that about? 714 00:36:39,063 --> 00:36:43,523 Silky short—weighted Tommy. 715 00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,662 I said something, he pushed me. 716 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,729 Tommy pushed him... 717 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:51,264 I'm going to ask you one more time. 718 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:52,867 Did you ever, at any time, 719 00:36:52,910 --> 00:36:55,174 see your brother carry or fire a gun? 720 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,545 No. Never. 721 00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:59,482 No further questions. 722 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:02,614 Oh, boy. 723 00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:04,848 Let's start from the beginning, Abel. 724 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:07,754 Isn't it true your brother was planning to buy 725 00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:10,260 a gun from Silky Ford that night? 726 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:12,057 Yeah, but he—— 727 00:37:12,096 --> 00:37:14,462 He was planning on buying a 357 Magnum. 728 00:37:14,498 --> 00:37:16,898 Yeah, but he never—— Just answer yes or no, please. 729 00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:20,961 Your brother was a student at Princeton University, is that right? 730 00:37:21,005 --> 00:37:22,939 Objection, Your Honor, this has all been covered. 731 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:25,909 I'm trying to establish something important here, Your Honor. 732 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,544 We'll let Mr. Ellery travel this road again. 733 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:31,104 Overruled. 734 00:37:31,148 --> 00:37:33,116 Ellery: He was a student at Princeton. 735 00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:34,276 Abel: Yes. 736 00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:35,876 Ellery: Were you proud of him? 737 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,013 Everybody was. 738 00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:39,989 Everybody was. 739 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,356 And you told people all the time how proud you were of him? 740 00:37:42,393 --> 00:37:43,951 Of course I did. 741 00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:46,520 Then please tell thejury, if you were so proud of him, 742 00:37:46,564 --> 00:37:48,794 whether you would honestly admit 743 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:50,892 that he was capable of shooting a policeman? 744 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,493 Objection! Hypothetical. 745 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:55,596 Sustained. No more ofthat, Mr. Ellery. 746 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,542 Abel, were you in the alley 747 00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:01,909 the night your brother was shot? 748 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,436 You know I wasn't. 749 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:06,109 So you don't know what went on then, do you? 750 00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:11,920 It had to happen, Ben. 751 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:14,220 Did you watch the jury? They didn't believe a word he said. 752 00:38:14,258 --> 00:38:15,748 Freddo's going to walk. 753 00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:18,626 We could get Davis to roll if Silky does. 754 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:21,598 But Silky won't roll unless he's set up for a felony. 755 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:30,133 Set him up. 756 00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:31,801 Is that ethical? 757 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:33,503 It's legal. 758 00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:35,705 In the criminal justice system, that makes it ethical. 759 00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:37,737 Silky was committing a felony that night. 760 00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:39,511 Half a pound of crack—— he's a drug dealer. 761 00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:41,950 What do you think happened in that alley? 762 00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:47,415 Best bet, Freddo got trigger happy, 763 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:50,825 shot the kid, told Silky to take the crack and run. 764 00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:53,694 Call Greevey and Logan. 765 00:38:53,731 --> 00:38:56,097 Set Silky up for sale—weight. 766 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,967 Doris : Hello, Silky. 767 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:03,235 You looking fine, baby. 768 00:39:03,274 --> 00:39:05,606 I thought with Tommy gone, you'd be out of business though. 769 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:07,634 Yeah, well, I got other customers. 770 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:11,580 The wire works. Thank God for small miracles. 771 00:39:11,615 --> 00:39:12,912 Doris: You got my rocks? 772 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:14,941 Silky: You know it. A pound ofthe best. 773 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:16,680 Five grand, baby. 774 00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:21,523 Countdown. 775 00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:23,424 M ax: Three, 776 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:25,861 two... Yeah, baby. 777 00:39:25,896 --> 00:39:27,887 Later. . . . one. 778 00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:29,399 Go! 779 00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:30,832 Go, go, go! Come on! 780 00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:32,802 Co p : Freeze, police! 781 00:39:32,837 --> 00:39:34,532 I ain't moving, man. I ain't moving. 782 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:36,164 Don't move. Don't move. ( siren blares ) 783 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:39,134 So what, are you going to protect me for the next 30 years? 784 00:39:39,176 --> 00:39:41,644 Stone: You 're a predicate felon, Silky. 785 00:39:41,679 --> 00:39:44,773 You can get put away for 15 years to life. 786 00:39:50,154 --> 00:39:52,088 Okay, sportsfans, 787 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:54,421 let's go to the videotape. 788 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:57,791 Did you see Freddo Parisi 789 00:39:57,828 --> 00:39:59,352 shoot Tommy Richardson? 790 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,865 Freddo says, "Don't move." 791 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:04,094 Tommy turns to say something, 792 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:06,000 and the cop shoots him. 793 00:40:07,037 --> 00:40:09,528 Tommy didn't have no gun. 794 00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:11,006 Freddo takes my gun, 795 00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:13,532 he wipes it on his shirt—— twice—— 796 00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:15,875 and puts it in Tommy's hand. 797 00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:18,711 Freddo tells me to take the dope and leave. 798 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:21,582 Says it's my lucky day. 799 00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:23,177 Did he say anything else? 800 00:40:23,220 --> 00:40:25,154 Oh yeah. 801 00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:27,555 He says if I tell anybody, he'll kill me. 802 00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:30,584 At my cell at the Tombs, 803 00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:32,027 he tells me again. 804 00:40:32,062 --> 00:40:34,360 Keep your mouth shut, or you're dead. 805 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:38,401 Even if! burn him, his partner'll get me. 806 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:43,068 Well, you have five kids, 807 00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:45,337 terrific wife, nice house. 808 00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:47,503 Massapequa, isn't it? 809 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:49,069 Yeah. 810 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,705 You 've earned five or six citations, 811 00:40:50,748 --> 00:40:52,079 you have a great record. 812 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:55,347 Don't let misguided loyalty ruin your life. 813 00:40:55,386 --> 00:40:58,184 You stay with Freddo, he'll take you down. 814 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:01,358 He's my partner. 815 00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:03,360 Stone: Something you don't know—— 816 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:05,862 when they brought the Richardson boy to the morgue, 817 00:41:05,896 --> 00:41:08,490 he had $3,000 on him. 818 00:41:10,367 --> 00:41:12,835 The transaction never took place. 819 00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:15,737 He never bought Silky's gun. 820 00:41:18,742 --> 00:41:21,040 You weren't even there. 821 00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:30,720 After the incident was called into Internal Affairs, 822 00:41:30,754 --> 00:41:33,018 what did Patrolman Parisi tell you? 823 00:41:35,526 --> 00:41:37,756 He said if there was ever a line—up, 824 00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:40,821 he didn't want me to identify the guy with the birthmark. 825 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:42,526 Stone: Did he tell you wh y? 826 00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:45,091 Davis: He said I didn't have to wornl. 827 00:41:45,135 --> 00:41:47,626 Ifthey picked him up, 828 00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:49,696 he would say he wasn't there. 829 00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:52,971 Did Patrolman Parisi tell you why he was so certain 830 00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:54,477 you didn't have to worry? 831 00:41:58,082 --> 00:41:59,777 He said... 832 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,448 he let him take the crack, 833 00:42:03,487 --> 00:42:05,978 the stuff he was going to sell. 834 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,856 Were you at all concerned that Patrolman Parisi 835 00:42:12,897 --> 00:42:14,626 might be wrong? 836 00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:17,099 That the suspect in question 837 00:42:17,134 --> 00:42:19,364 might admit to being there that night? 838 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:21,633 No. 839 00:42:21,672 --> 00:42:24,038 Freddo—— 840 00:42:24,074 --> 00:42:26,099 Patrolman Parisi... 841 00:42:27,444 --> 00:42:29,139 said it was a sure thing. 842 00:42:30,514 --> 00:42:32,482 The guy didn't dare open his mouth. 843 00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:34,006 Sto n e : No more questions. 844 00:42:34,051 --> 00:42:36,076 No questions of this witness. 845 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,849 Bailiff: You may step down. 846 00:42:38,889 --> 00:42:41,687 Prosecution calls Dorian "Silky" Ford. 847 00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:43,693 ( door opens ) 848 00:42:50,868 --> 00:42:53,598 Judge: Mr. Stone, is this going to take some time? 849 00:42:53,637 --> 00:42:55,400 Yes, Your Honor. 850 00:42:57,207 --> 00:42:59,835 Judge: In view of how late in the day it is, 851 00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:02,277 let's continue tomorrow Any objections? 852 00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:04,406 Court is adjourned. 853 00:43:13,991 --> 00:43:17,290 Well, I can't say I'm not glad the way it turned out. 854 00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:19,319 I don't understand cops. 855 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:21,695 There is such a thing as an honorable mistake. 856 00:43:21,732 --> 00:43:23,461 Okay, he shot the kid. 857 00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:25,331 Did he have to plant a gun on him? 858 00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:28,668 If he'd just admitted it, and said, "I was scared, I panicked, 859 00:43:28,706 --> 00:43:30,298 I was wrong," 860 00:43:30,341 --> 00:43:33,003 no jury in the world would convict him of murder. 861 00:43:33,043 --> 00:43:34,704 Robinette: If nothing else, 862 00:43:34,745 --> 00:43:37,305 Freddo will never have a gun in his hand again, 863 00:43:37,348 --> 00:43:39,680 and that's better for everybody. 864 00:43:39,717 --> 00:43:42,185 ( phone rings ) 865 00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:48,216 Schiff. 866 00:43:51,428 --> 00:43:53,328 Thanks for calling. 867 00:43:57,701 --> 00:44:00,329 Well, won't have to worry about a verdict. 868 00:44:01,705 --> 00:44:03,673 Freddojust ate his gun. 869 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:11,137 Thayer: Now is the time 870 00:44:12,583 --> 00:44:15,484 to remember the real Tommy Richardson... 871 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:19,820 and what he meant to this community. 872 00:44:21,325 --> 00:44:23,589 He was a symbol 873 00:44:24,995 --> 00:44:28,897 of what even! child born into poverty 874 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:31,093 could achieve. 875 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:35,935 He gave back to his people—— 876 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:39,741 his time, 877 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:41,142 his energy... 878 00:44:42,546 --> 00:44:44,411 his love. 879 00:44:46,216 --> 00:44:49,049 And he tried to help 880 00:44:49,086 --> 00:44:50,849 even more. 881 00:44:50,888 --> 00:44:53,482 He tried to help others 882 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:55,856 by giving money. 883 00:44:56,860 --> 00:44:59,351 But to get that money 884 00:45:00,998 --> 00:45:03,694 he sold drugs. 885 00:45:03,734 --> 00:45:05,929 And he was shot to death, 886 00:45:05,969 --> 00:45:07,800 in the gutter, 887 00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:09,703 because of it. 888 00:45:11,041 --> 00:45:14,033 What Tommy Richardson wanted to do 889 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:16,376 for his people was right... 890 00:45:17,981 --> 00:45:21,314 but he did it the wrong way. 891 00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:25,787 And the policeman who shot him—— 892 00:45:25,823 --> 00:45:28,621 that was wrong, too. 893 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,923 But it would not have happened... 894 00:45:33,997 --> 00:45:36,727 without drugs! 895 00:45:43,874 --> 00:45:45,842 Wandering the halls? 896 00:45:48,078 --> 00:45:52,139 I wanted to say thank you. 897 00:45:53,417 --> 00:45:55,510 I knowthis was a tough one. 898 00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:57,543 (sighs) 899 00:45:57,588 --> 00:45:59,818 It's the last one. No more cops. 900 00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:01,290 It's too hard. 901 00:46:03,460 --> 00:46:05,621 Know why Iwouldn't let go? 902 00:46:06,797 --> 00:46:09,732 Because there, but for the grace of God, go I, 903 00:46:09,767 --> 00:46:11,200 or any cop. 904 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:14,336 You get caught... 905 00:46:15,472 --> 00:46:17,565 you get prosecuted. 906 00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:20,509 Didn't know you were a philosopher, Max. 907 00:46:21,745 --> 00:46:24,213 Just an ex—altar boy with a gun. 908 00:46:33,690 --> 00:46:36,591 ( theme music playing )