1 00:00:02,169 --> 00:00:05,214 In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:05,381 --> 00:00:07,758 by two separate yet equally important groups… 3 00:00:07,925 --> 00:00:09,635 the police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:09,802 --> 00:00:12,638 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:12,805 --> 00:00:14,223 These are their stories. 6 00:00:20,104 --> 00:00:22,732 Hey, what's happening? 7 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:42,084 Come on, baby. 8 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:44,920 Riles? Come on! 9 00:00:51,969 --> 00:00:53,512 Oh my God! 10 00:01:00,519 --> 00:01:03,564 - What do we got? - 16-year-old found next to a dumpster. 11 00:01:03,731 --> 00:01:06,025 Disoriented, racial stuff scrawled all over her. 12 00:01:06,192 --> 00:01:07,902 - Rape? - Not sure yet. 13 00:01:08,069 --> 00:01:09,320 I'd say more than likely. 14 00:01:09,487 --> 00:01:11,072 She's been pretty unresponsive so far. 15 00:01:11,238 --> 00:01:13,657 - You get EMT results? - They're finishing. 16 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:16,160 - Got a name? - Astrea Crawford. 17 00:01:16,327 --> 00:01:17,953 Thanks. Excuse me. 18 00:01:21,082 --> 00:01:22,166 Who was at the scene? 19 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:24,335 Patrini and Hanson. 20 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:29,423 Anybody get pictures of that? 21 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:32,802 Hey, you want to hold on those? 22 00:01:32,968 --> 00:01:34,386 We're gonna need to bag them. 23 00:01:36,013 --> 00:01:37,181 Astrea? 24 00:01:38,682 --> 00:01:41,060 I'm Sergeant Greevey, this is Detective Logan. 25 00:01:41,936 --> 00:01:44,021 We're here to find out what happened to you. 26 00:01:44,188 --> 00:01:48,067 It's okay. It's all right. 27 00:01:49,819 --> 00:01:51,195 Astrea, can you open your eyes? 28 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:53,364 Um-mmm. 29 00:01:53,531 --> 00:01:55,658 I think you can if you try. 30 00:01:56,826 --> 00:01:58,828 No one here is going to hurt you. 31 00:01:58,994 --> 00:02:00,287 Honey, they can't help you 32 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:02,081 if you don't tell them what happened. 33 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:05,042 Now come on, open your eyes. 34 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:07,753 You did it once before. 35 00:02:08,379 --> 00:02:09,630 Come on. 36 00:02:12,091 --> 00:02:13,551 Okay… 37 00:02:13,717 --> 00:02:15,803 Okay, that's a start. 38 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:17,471 Sweetheart, 39 00:02:18,597 --> 00:02:20,474 do you know who attacked you? 40 00:02:21,976 --> 00:02:23,060 Mmm-hmm. 41 00:02:23,227 --> 00:02:25,062 Can you tell us who it is? 42 00:02:25,229 --> 00:02:26,730 Um-umm. 43 00:02:30,401 --> 00:02:32,778 Astrea, I'm gonna give the nurse my pad. 44 00:02:32,945 --> 00:02:34,738 She's gonna hold it for you. 45 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:37,074 All I want you to do 46 00:02:37,241 --> 00:02:39,618 is to write down who did it. 47 00:02:57,469 --> 00:02:58,804 What? 48 00:04:31,313 --> 00:04:33,565 No discernible contusions, 49 00:04:33,732 --> 00:04:35,276 traumatized, disoriented. 50 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,653 EMT's original Glasgow coma was off. 51 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:39,530 It should be about 10 to 12. 52 00:04:39,697 --> 00:04:40,864 Did you administer a rape kit? 53 00:04:41,031 --> 00:04:43,284 I didn't see bleeding or bruises in the perineal. 54 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:45,077 Humor me, just do one. 55 00:04:45,244 --> 00:04:47,454 She hasn't stated she's been raped. 56 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:49,456 She hasn't stated 57 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:51,166 that she hasn't been, either. 58 00:04:58,299 --> 00:04:59,800 FBI should be notified, 59 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:02,219 at least to cover the civil rights vios. 60 00:05:02,386 --> 00:05:04,221 Media catches a sniff- whew! 61 00:05:04,596 --> 00:05:06,598 If these guys turn out to be ours, I want them fast. 62 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:08,434 - You order a kit? - Yeah. 63 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:09,727 Good. what else? 64 00:05:09,893 --> 00:05:11,979 I requested a rape intervention specialist. 65 00:05:12,146 --> 00:05:14,440 She's already there. What about parents? 66 00:05:14,606 --> 00:05:16,150 The mother arrived just as I was leaving. 67 00:05:16,317 --> 00:05:18,027 Mike's with her and the specialist. 68 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:19,695 Nothing more from the girl? 69 00:05:19,862 --> 00:05:23,449 No, I figured to give her a day and let her calm down. 70 00:05:24,742 --> 00:05:29,121 I just knew something bad had happened. 71 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:32,416 Did she stay away from home before, ma'am? 72 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:35,461 Usually only for a night 73 00:05:35,627 --> 00:05:37,504 if things were bad at home. 74 00:05:39,882 --> 00:05:41,759 Were things bad? 75 00:05:42,926 --> 00:05:46,138 We just didn't want her seeing this particular boy. 76 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:48,307 Who is that? 77 00:05:49,391 --> 00:05:51,602 Don't know. Only Hill… 78 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:54,646 Mike? 79 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:57,691 Excuse me. 80 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:04,573 Anything? 81 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:08,952 She didn't even file a Missing Persons Report until last night. 82 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:10,537 Three days? 83 00:06:12,331 --> 00:06:14,041 One of my kids is 15 minutes late 84 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:15,292 I go through the roof. 85 00:06:15,459 --> 00:06:17,961 Are you finished? I'd like to get her with her daughter. 86 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:19,380 How long can you stay? 87 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:20,839 As long as it takes. 88 00:06:21,006 --> 00:06:22,674 If she comes out with anything at all… 89 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:26,303 location, names. Even if it sounds like nonsense, call us. 90 00:06:26,470 --> 00:06:28,263 I know the drill, Sergeant. 91 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,974 And when the press comes sniffing around on this, 92 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:33,060 nothing goes to them 93 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:35,187 that might jeopardize this investigation. 94 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:39,191 In other words, don't say anything. 95 00:06:45,197 --> 00:06:46,949 I didn't know she was gone. 96 00:06:47,116 --> 00:06:49,034 They pretty much keep to themselves. 97 00:06:49,201 --> 00:06:51,829 You don't know of any fights 98 00:06:51,995 --> 00:06:53,747 or arguments they may have had lately? 99 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:56,333 Why? You ain't got none in your house? 100 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,378 Ma'am, do you know a young man, 101 00:06:59,545 --> 00:07:01,338 last name Hill, 102 00:07:01,505 --> 00:07:03,590 that Astrea was supposedly seeing? 103 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:06,009 Never heard. 104 00:07:06,176 --> 00:07:07,970 Do you know the friends she hangs out with? 105 00:07:08,137 --> 00:07:11,140 I got enough taking care of my own. 106 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:15,561 She did used to run with this girl down the hall. 107 00:07:15,727 --> 00:07:16,812 But they moved 108 00:07:16,979 --> 00:07:19,314 to the projects up on 109th. 109 00:07:19,481 --> 00:07:20,566 Do you know her last name? 110 00:07:22,025 --> 00:07:23,360 Hardison? 111 00:07:23,527 --> 00:07:24,945 Leona, I think. 112 00:07:30,826 --> 00:07:32,119 This one fits. 113 00:07:38,208 --> 00:07:40,127 Leona Hardison! 114 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:42,504 Hey, hey, come on. 115 00:07:42,671 --> 00:07:44,423 We just want to ask you a few questions. 116 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:46,049 I don't talk to the Man. 117 00:07:46,216 --> 00:07:48,719 - Do you know Astrea Crawford? - Maybe. 118 00:07:48,886 --> 00:07:50,596 You know she's been missing? 119 00:07:50,762 --> 00:07:52,806 What kind of "missing"? 120 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:54,766 Attacked missing. 121 00:07:54,933 --> 00:07:57,269 Maybe raped missing. 122 00:07:57,436 --> 00:07:58,729 So you say? 123 00:07:58,896 --> 00:08:01,148 You don't seem too upset by that. 124 00:08:01,315 --> 00:08:03,108 Me and her we don't hang no more. 125 00:08:03,275 --> 00:08:06,612 - Still - No still, "Bill." We fell out. 126 00:08:07,237 --> 00:08:08,614 Over a guy? 127 00:08:09,198 --> 00:08:11,200 Do I look like I would lose a guy to her? 128 00:08:11,366 --> 00:08:12,910 Do you know her friend Hill? 129 00:08:13,494 --> 00:08:14,620 Yeah. 130 00:08:14,786 --> 00:08:16,788 Want to give us his first name? 131 00:08:17,789 --> 00:08:19,124 Jordan. 132 00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:22,794 Where can we find Mr. Jordan Hill, Leona? 133 00:08:22,961 --> 00:08:24,463 Well, if he's out of jail 134 00:08:24,630 --> 00:08:26,673 he'd be doing community service. 135 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,261 "Remember a kid named Jordan Hill?" 136 00:08:31,887 --> 00:08:33,388 You gotta be kidding. 137 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:36,850 Any given day, I get 175 actives. 138 00:08:37,184 --> 00:08:39,770 If it ain't multiple homicide 139 00:08:39,937 --> 00:08:41,438 the best I can do maybe 140 00:08:41,605 --> 00:08:43,899 is notes on the day of the bust. 141 00:08:44,066 --> 00:08:45,234 If we're lucky, 142 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,152 we're given a run-through of the day or days 143 00:08:47,319 --> 00:08:50,155 prior to the crime, see where they screwed up. 144 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:53,492 You saw Hill after the arraignment. 145 00:08:54,493 --> 00:08:58,038 Yeah, I managed to slide him into a detox space. 146 00:08:58,205 --> 00:08:59,831 He ever mention anything about a girl 147 00:08:59,998 --> 00:09:01,875 named Astrea Crawford? 148 00:09:02,626 --> 00:09:03,502 Sorry. 149 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:04,753 Ba-bing! 150 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,672 Says he spent the early afternoon with her 151 00:09:06,838 --> 00:09:08,674 the day he was arrested. 152 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:12,344 That's him over there. 153 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:21,520 - This isn't coming - Scrub harder. 154 00:09:25,065 --> 00:09:27,776 Got a good job here, Jordan. 155 00:09:30,237 --> 00:09:32,030 500 hours of community service? 156 00:09:32,197 --> 00:09:35,117 Hell of a job. What do you want? 157 00:09:35,284 --> 00:09:36,952 Seen Astrea lately? 158 00:09:37,536 --> 00:09:38,912 Why, is she in trouble? 159 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,914 When was the last time you saw her? 160 00:09:41,957 --> 00:09:43,041 Four or five days. 161 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:45,002 Look, I want to know if Astrea's okay. 162 00:09:45,168 --> 00:09:46,336 Where was that? 163 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:48,255 Some hanger on 103. 164 00:09:48,422 --> 00:09:51,049 Specifically what day, Jordan? 165 00:09:51,717 --> 00:09:52,634 I don't know. 166 00:09:52,801 --> 00:09:54,720 Hey, don't grease us, okay? 167 00:09:54,886 --> 00:09:56,930 I am not in the mood. 168 00:09:57,556 --> 00:09:58,724 Now, was she with you 169 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:00,475 the day you got busted in the sweep? 170 00:10:01,059 --> 00:10:02,603 I don't know. 171 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:04,938 You know, we pulled your yellow sheet, Jordan. 172 00:10:05,731 --> 00:10:07,649 The last time you got busted for crack 173 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:09,568 you got a nice little program. 174 00:10:09,735 --> 00:10:12,070 Court's full of people who'd like to take your place. 175 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:14,239 Mike, Mr. Hill's had a tough week. 176 00:10:14,406 --> 00:10:15,616 Give me your hand. 177 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:18,076 What? Give me your hand. 178 00:10:23,832 --> 00:10:25,375 Remember today, Jordan 179 00:10:25,709 --> 00:10:27,169 and call me… 180 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:31,965 before quitting time. 181 00:10:37,387 --> 00:10:40,307 12 people arrested in this dump? 182 00:10:43,935 --> 00:10:47,272 Snow cone in hell we find anything to place her in here. 183 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:50,525 Might as well call Forensics j in anyway. 184 00:10:50,692 --> 00:10:52,277 What do you expect to find, Max? 185 00:10:52,444 --> 00:10:54,821 This is gonna be a nightmare for a team. 186 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:57,282 You got prints in here going back to the Civil war. 187 00:10:57,449 --> 00:11:00,160 Maybe we'll get the goods on the guy who killed Lincoln. 188 00:11:01,662 --> 00:11:05,499 Anyway… that's all we got - Procedure. 189 00:11:05,874 --> 00:11:08,251 Let's go see if the girl's calmed down any. 190 00:11:12,422 --> 00:11:14,883 Dr. Miller. 3-5-4-1, 191 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:17,511 Dr. Miller,3-5-4-1. 192 00:11:18,970 --> 00:11:21,473 Sorry, gentlemen. No visitors at this time. 193 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,975 Consider your job well done. 194 00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:27,312 You got a second? 195 00:11:28,939 --> 00:11:31,525 The family has hired itself an advisor. 196 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:34,111 Everything's got to run through him at this point. 197 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:35,112 What? 198 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:37,114 You may have some trouble 199 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:38,615 getting statements out of the girl. 200 00:11:38,782 --> 00:11:39,908 Why is that? 201 00:11:40,075 --> 00:11:42,828 Are you familiar with the good Ronald Eaton? 202 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:44,788 Congressman Ronald Eaton? 203 00:11:46,456 --> 00:11:48,041 Oh, great. 204 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:50,419 No crime scene, no physical evidence. 205 00:11:50,836 --> 00:11:53,130 No witnesses, holes appearing by the hour, 206 00:11:53,296 --> 00:11:54,631 a mute vic, and now we've got 207 00:11:54,798 --> 00:11:56,758 "Mr. Civil Rights Soundbite" 208 00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:58,552 putting on his make-up. 209 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:04,391 Problem, Detective? 210 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:06,143 Sergeant Greevey. 211 00:12:06,309 --> 00:12:07,894 This is Detective Logan. 212 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:09,521 And yes, I have problems 213 00:12:09,688 --> 00:12:12,149 when prevented from doing my job, Congressman. 214 00:12:12,315 --> 00:12:15,402 I suffer the same frustrations, Sergeant. 215 00:12:15,819 --> 00:12:16,945 Meaning? 216 00:12:17,112 --> 00:12:19,281 My concern is with the girl, 217 00:12:19,448 --> 00:12:21,992 That her cries for justice are not steamrolled 218 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:24,661 by the old white-boy power structure. 219 00:12:24,828 --> 00:12:26,747 Well, it's a little premature to be 220 00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:28,874 shouting cover-up, isn't it? 221 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,917 - Premature? - Yeah. 222 00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:32,836 How many black homicide cases 223 00:12:33,003 --> 00:12:35,422 does your precinct not clear every year? 224 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:37,716 And how many white cases? 225 00:12:37,883 --> 00:12:40,177 Now, you've seen the numbers. 226 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:43,138 Don't tell me what "premature" is. 227 00:12:43,305 --> 00:12:45,849 And you think withholding pertinent information 228 00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:48,685 in this case is going to change all that? 229 00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:50,103 I think it'll get the attention 230 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:51,980 of state and federal authorities. 231 00:12:52,147 --> 00:12:53,565 The FBI has already been notified 232 00:12:53,732 --> 00:12:56,777 about any potential civil rights violations. 233 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,987 That just means they'll be looking over your shoulder. 234 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:01,072 I want them staring you in the face. 235 00:13:03,617 --> 00:13:06,369 Keep away from us. we don't need help from no white cops. 236 00:13:06,536 --> 00:13:08,246 Lester, please. 237 00:13:10,791 --> 00:13:12,167 Excuse me. 238 00:13:13,543 --> 00:13:15,045 Oh… 239 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:18,590 one "g" in Logan, am I right? 240 00:13:18,757 --> 00:13:20,926 Yeah. why? 241 00:13:21,092 --> 00:13:22,594 Hate for you gentlemen 242 00:13:22,761 --> 00:13:25,263 to see your names misspelled in the papers. 243 00:13:25,597 --> 00:13:28,558 Dr. MacKenzie, 2-9-4-3, 244 00:13:28,725 --> 00:13:29,935 Dr. MacKenzie… 245 00:13:36,775 --> 00:13:38,443 Messengered in this morning. 246 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:40,445 Eaton wants a photo array. 247 00:13:41,613 --> 00:13:42,864 "All the white cops 248 00:13:43,031 --> 00:13:45,367 working or residing on the Upper west Side"? 249 00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:47,369 He can't be serious. 250 00:13:47,536 --> 00:13:49,162 This guy has got stones, huh? 251 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:51,665 Except for his mouth, the Congressman's got squat. 252 00:13:52,207 --> 00:13:53,792 If there are wrong cops in this precinct 253 00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:55,627 I want them as bad as he does, but I will be damned 254 00:13:55,794 --> 00:13:58,129 if he's going to put every cop on trial. 255 00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:00,257 What if he goes over your head? 256 00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:03,969 He probably already has, but until I hear differently, 257 00:14:04,135 --> 00:14:05,929 we conduct this like any other investigation. 258 00:14:06,096 --> 00:14:07,681 We got anything on the parents? 259 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:09,349 Model citizens. 260 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:11,601 Mother's an x-ray technician. Father's a cab driver. 261 00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:13,812 Deacon of his church. Not even a traffic ticket. 262 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:15,730 What about the FBI? 263 00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:18,650 They're monitoring. waiting on the results of the rape kit. 264 00:14:18,817 --> 00:14:20,068 When's that girl due to be released? 265 00:14:20,235 --> 00:14:21,278 Tomorrow morning. 266 00:14:21,444 --> 00:14:23,822 I want her in here before noon for questioning. 267 00:14:23,989 --> 00:14:25,407 With or without Eaton? 268 00:14:25,574 --> 00:14:27,409 Without. He is not her lawyer. 269 00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:29,619 He has a problem with that, he takes an obstruction charge. 270 00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:32,163 Let him see what his spin doctors can do with that. 271 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:33,748 Ooh, man. 272 00:14:33,915 --> 00:14:35,834 You care to elaborate on that, Detective? 273 00:14:36,918 --> 00:14:39,254 I'm just wondering how much gas this fire can take. 274 00:14:39,421 --> 00:14:40,714 Meaning what? 275 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:45,302 Meaning she's the victim. we're treating her like a suspect. 276 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:06,489 Let's keep this low profile. 277 00:15:06,656 --> 00:15:07,824 I don't want you out of the car 278 00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:09,951 unless a riot's about to start. 279 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:22,839 She already told you, she's not here. 280 00:15:23,006 --> 00:15:25,759 Mr. Crawford, come on, we just want to ask a few questions. 281 00:15:25,926 --> 00:15:28,136 The longer we wait, the greater the chances 282 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:30,096 of her forgetting details. 283 00:15:30,472 --> 00:15:32,307 Good. I'm glad to see 284 00:15:32,474 --> 00:15:34,476 you got her best interests at heart. 285 00:15:34,643 --> 00:15:36,061 The congressman told us 286 00:15:36,227 --> 00:15:37,938 that you'd be coming here to get her. 287 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,774 Told us that you would grind her up 288 00:15:40,941 --> 00:15:42,734 so you could bury her story. 289 00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:45,570 - He told us. - It's okay, baby. 290 00:15:45,737 --> 00:15:47,447 Mrs. Crawford, 291 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:50,325 I'm sure that whatever Congressman Eaton told you 292 00:15:50,492 --> 00:15:52,160 was well-intentioned but… 293 00:15:52,327 --> 00:15:54,162 Well, you can't get to her now. 294 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:56,539 You can't touch her. 295 00:15:56,706 --> 00:15:59,960 The police raped my baby… 296 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:02,629 killed her inside. 297 00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:05,465 He told us that you'd be coming here 298 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:09,177 with your filthy hands to protect your own. 299 00:16:09,344 --> 00:16:10,720 Well, you can't get her. 300 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:12,222 She's safe now, do you understand? 301 00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:14,975 You can't get her! She's safe, you hear? 302 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,394 - Lord, I just can't take no more - Are you satisfied? 303 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,647 You think you got some kind of license to come and do this crap? 304 00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:22,816 To rip open people's lives? 305 00:16:24,109 --> 00:16:26,236 The parents don't trust the police. 306 00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:27,529 Of course not. 307 00:16:28,363 --> 00:16:30,156 That's 'cause Eaton's involved. 308 00:16:30,615 --> 00:16:33,618 I give the bastard an hour to have the press out in full force. 309 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:35,620 Didn't know you knew the man. 310 00:16:35,787 --> 00:16:37,664 Since the King assassination, 311 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:40,333 back when he was "Uhuru" Eaton. 312 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,002 He staged a sit-in at City Hall. 313 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:44,921 Demanded 100 buses to take people to the funeral. 314 00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:47,882 Not the worst reason in the world to have a sit-in. 315 00:16:48,299 --> 00:16:49,926 That's what I thought, until he told me 316 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:53,096 he was going to burn the place if he didn't get what he wanted. 317 00:16:53,763 --> 00:16:56,099 Things got out of control. People got hurt. 318 00:16:57,142 --> 00:16:58,768 The man is dangerous. 319 00:17:02,105 --> 00:17:03,606 See what… 320 00:17:04,107 --> 00:17:06,943 what's-her-name— the rape specialist's got. 321 00:17:08,903 --> 00:17:10,572 I'm out of the loop. 322 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:12,532 Your choice? 323 00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:14,159 Let's just say 324 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:16,995 I'm not about to jump on Eaton's bandwagon. 325 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:19,330 Where's he taking this thing, you think? 326 00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:20,790 Off the record? 327 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,626 I'm sure he's got some political agenda. 328 00:17:23,793 --> 00:17:25,253 He always does. 329 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:28,381 Whether Astrea was raped or not has taken a back seat. 330 00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:30,759 You don't know if she was raped? 331 00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:33,428 You got the lab report, you tell me, 332 00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:36,556 End of business today. 333 00:17:37,098 --> 00:17:38,850 Something happened to her, 334 00:17:39,017 --> 00:17:41,770 but I'll be surprised if the kit comes back positive. 335 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:47,776 All right, suppose for whatever dimestore psychology reason, 336 00:17:47,942 --> 00:17:49,069 it is a hoax. 337 00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:51,071 She had to stay somewhere for three days. 338 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,490 I know where you're going, Max. 339 00:17:53,656 --> 00:17:55,116 And if you're thinking the boyfriend, 340 00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:56,618 I'm telling you, the crack house 341 00:17:56,785 --> 00:17:58,286 is going to get us nowhere. 342 00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:00,747 Even if we're lucky with Forensics. 343 00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:03,500 I doubt they'll be able to timeframe it. 344 00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:06,503 At best, it'll be weak, circumstantial evidence. 345 00:18:06,669 --> 00:18:07,921 How about we get on the board 346 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,715 before we start second-guessing evidence we don't have? 347 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:19,516 Max, I was up till 2:00 in the morning last night, 348 00:18:19,682 --> 00:18:22,560 watching one of those old Chaplin films, 349 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,646 "Modern Times." 350 00:18:24,813 --> 00:18:26,981 No wonder you drag your butt until noon. 351 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:28,316 What do you want? 352 00:18:28,858 --> 00:18:30,568 I only had half the bed. 353 00:18:30,735 --> 00:18:32,529 You still dragging things home? 354 00:18:32,695 --> 00:18:34,989 Hey- this one's different, man. 355 00:18:35,156 --> 00:18:35,949 Really. 356 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:37,784 She's an NYU film student. 357 00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:39,661 She's really, really smart. 358 00:18:40,245 --> 00:18:42,872 Right, let me guess— she wears a lot of black? 359 00:18:44,207 --> 00:18:45,708 She likes cops. 360 00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:47,210 She says it makes her 361 00:18:47,377 --> 00:18:49,420 feel connected to real life. 362 00:18:50,004 --> 00:18:52,465 Oh, she loves guns. 363 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,384 Snubnoses, too? 364 00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:57,512 Captain Cragen just called. He said, 365 00:18:57,679 --> 00:19:00,515 quote, "Get in, it's really hit the fan." 366 00:19:00,682 --> 00:19:03,143 to a live minicam where Congressman Eaton 367 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:05,562 has declared the former Baptist church a sanctuary. 368 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:07,522 So Eaton has no legal ground? 369 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:09,190 No, sanctuary doesn't apply. 370 00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:11,568 It certainly doesn't apply if the building isn't a church. 371 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:13,862 That doesn't change people's perceptions. 372 00:19:14,028 --> 00:19:14,988 It used to be a church. 373 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:16,573 You yank her in for questioning now, 374 00:19:16,739 --> 00:19:18,575 we'll have a massive backlash on our hands. 375 00:19:21,202 --> 00:19:23,538 What? Yeah, put him through. 376 00:19:24,414 --> 00:19:26,374 Max, what the hell is going on? 377 00:19:28,042 --> 00:19:29,335 10 minutes. 378 00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:32,755 I think we better get over there. 379 00:19:33,214 --> 00:19:34,299 You've heard the expression 380 00:19:34,465 --> 00:19:36,426 "taking the law into your own hands"? 381 00:19:36,593 --> 00:19:38,595 These are your hands. 382 00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:41,598 - Is this a government of the people? - Yes! 383 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:43,892 - Are you the people? - Yes! 384 00:19:44,058 --> 00:19:46,019 And you are the government… 385 00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:54,569 Three rings. 386 00:19:54,736 --> 00:19:56,696 Eaton's doing his "Barnum" imitation. 387 00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,990 3:00- just in time for the evening news. 388 00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:00,742 Why don't we lose the squad cars 389 00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:02,452 and downplay the entire thing? 390 00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:04,537 That solve your perception problem? 391 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,831 I say we go up and haul her butt in. 392 00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:08,958 We don't, it's going to look like he's got the names 393 00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:10,710 and the entire force is on the run. 394 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,545 Eaton has named cops? 395 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:16,466 Teal and Rudolph, a couple of night shift uniforms from 7-3. 396 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:17,926 Don't know them. 397 00:20:18,092 --> 00:20:20,553 I'm advising you not to go in, Captain. 398 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,639 Max, go make the congressman an offer. 399 00:20:22,805 --> 00:20:24,515 Let him know you're here only to talk. 400 00:20:24,682 --> 00:20:26,684 We're offering to hear Astrea's side of the story. 401 00:20:26,851 --> 00:20:28,978 But it's got to come from the girl. Nobody else. 402 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:31,940 You know him. You should go talk to him. 403 00:20:32,106 --> 00:20:33,691 Max, I hate the man. 404 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,193 - Captain - Forget it. 405 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:36,277 I want you to go on in. 406 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:38,655 But no arrests and no removal for questioning. 407 00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:40,448 You're making a mistake. 408 00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:43,243 by laziness, 409 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:46,204 by acceptance of the status quo… 410 00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:49,415 Those changes were prompted by a call to action! 411 00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:52,418 We're not here to take her in, 412 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,462 we just want to hear her side of the story. 413 00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:58,299 Astrea's presence here signifies her recognition 414 00:20:58,466 --> 00:21:01,010 that any relief that she is to receive 415 00:21:01,177 --> 00:21:03,888 will have to come from a higher authority. 416 00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:07,225 I cannot stop them from entering this church 417 00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:09,018 but I will lay down my life 418 00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:11,604 to protect the rights of black women everywhere. 419 00:21:13,481 --> 00:21:16,776 Be it from you— from your uniformed brethren, 420 00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:18,653 or an entire city. 421 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:29,664 Do you hear it? 422 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:39,048 That is the sound of rage, gentlemen. 423 00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:43,469 And it's a rage that will be louder in 24 hours, 424 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:46,180 and louder than that in 48. 425 00:21:46,347 --> 00:21:47,974 And that is the fault 426 00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:50,101 of the New York City Police Department, 427 00:21:50,268 --> 00:21:52,353 which doesn't even have the sensitivity 428 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,565 to send a black investigator up here. 429 00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:57,608 But it's also the fault… 430 00:21:57,775 --> 00:22:01,154 of corrupt and crumbling black officials 431 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,156 who will sell their very soul 432 00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:04,824 in the betrayal of their own people. 433 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:07,952 It will not stop… 434 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,331 until the fires of oppression have been quenched. 435 00:22:12,874 --> 00:22:14,459 Until the racial inequities 436 00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:16,711 and the sexual abuses of white… 437 00:22:16,878 --> 00:22:18,421 Stop! Stop it! 438 00:22:18,588 --> 00:22:20,548 Astrea, do you want to talk to us? 439 00:22:20,715 --> 00:22:22,925 The child is traumatized. I won't allow her to be badgered. 440 00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:24,302 Stay out of this. 441 00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:27,138 - Mike - Understand something, Detective. 442 00:22:27,305 --> 00:22:29,265 You are dangerously close to a civil suit. 443 00:22:29,432 --> 00:22:31,351 Oh, that's fine, Congressman. 444 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:34,103 While you're hunting for some ink, what about her case? 445 00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:36,147 Hey, come on now. 446 00:22:36,314 --> 00:22:38,775 Let's please stick to the point. we're getting nothing… 447 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:40,318 You're getting nothing? 448 00:22:41,444 --> 00:22:43,112 You got no business here. 449 00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:45,615 You're just trying to break her emotionally. 450 00:22:45,782 --> 00:22:47,408 I can't do this! I don't want to hear it. Please! 451 00:22:47,575 --> 00:22:50,244 Oh, my God. My baby! 452 00:22:50,411 --> 00:22:53,414 Oh. my baby— please, oh, God! 453 00:23:13,017 --> 00:23:15,269 What's going on, Detective? Is the ambulance for Astrea? 454 00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:17,939 No comment. How come white cops are here to interrogate her 455 00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:19,982 when there have been accusations that white cops raped her? 456 00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:21,901 The department has no comment 457 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:25,613 other than to state that we were there only to listen. 458 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:28,282 We're not asking Ms. Crawford to accompany us to the station. 459 00:23:28,449 --> 00:23:29,867 There aren't even any black uniformed. 460 00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:33,121 What message is the city trying to send to the black community? 461 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,792 - Terrific, exactly what we needed. - She accuses a white… 462 00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:39,794 You saw the statement. 463 00:23:39,961 --> 00:23:41,379 We did not go in to take her out. 464 00:23:41,546 --> 00:23:44,090 The statement means nothing when she's carted off in an ambulance. 465 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:46,134 She accuses white cops and I don't even see… 466 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:49,720 Damn it, don't come into my office and accuse my people. 467 00:23:49,887 --> 00:23:51,806 Use your head. You jumped into this 468 00:23:51,973 --> 00:23:53,683 like it's some by-the-numbers rape. 469 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:56,853 It's a whole collection of unverified accusations, 470 00:23:57,019 --> 00:23:59,063 news flashes and soundbites. Fine. 471 00:23:59,230 --> 00:24:01,315 You got anything under your hat besides speeches? 472 00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:04,193 Yeah, your people are yanked off this case as of now. 473 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,362 This is no longer a police matter. 474 00:24:15,872 --> 00:24:18,791 "Police drive Crawford girl to breakdown." 475 00:24:20,209 --> 00:24:22,336 Nothing like starting in your own end zone. 476 00:24:22,503 --> 00:24:23,838 Nine yards in. 477 00:24:24,422 --> 00:24:26,299 Cragen's office called last night. 478 00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:27,967 The two uniforms Eaton named 479 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,344 have substantiated alibis for the time in question. 480 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:33,973 Did you see this? FBI's rape kit results. No indications. 481 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,476 Gynecological tests, forensics, all negative. 482 00:24:37,435 --> 00:24:38,519 She faked it. 483 00:24:38,686 --> 00:24:41,397 At this point all we know is what's on paper. 484 00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:44,567 You think Eaton is willing to stake his political future on this? 485 00:24:44,734 --> 00:24:46,360 If this plays out, he's a genius. 486 00:24:46,527 --> 00:24:49,572 He goes from gang member to rabblerouser to congressman 487 00:24:49,739 --> 00:24:52,408 to spokesman for the entire black community. 488 00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:54,952 He's an urban Horatio Alger. 489 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,163 "Go militant, young man." 490 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:59,499 Or it turns south and he loses whatever credence 491 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:00,958 he has on both sides of the track. 492 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,377 Do you see any indication of it turning south? 493 00:25:03,544 --> 00:25:05,505 Because the whole burden of proof is on us. 494 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:07,632 And he's put the whole system on trial. 495 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:09,342 So this isn't enough, then? 496 00:25:09,509 --> 00:25:10,801 If we don't disprove a cover-up 497 00:25:10,968 --> 00:25:13,513 every minority in this city will assume Eaton is right 498 00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:15,723 no matter how many lab reports we publish. 499 00:25:17,141 --> 00:25:18,518 So how do we counter the momentum? 500 00:25:19,268 --> 00:25:20,353 Call Eaton. 501 00:25:29,612 --> 00:25:32,031 An interesting place for a meeting. 502 00:25:33,324 --> 00:25:35,826 I thought you should see first-hand what it's all about. 503 00:25:36,619 --> 00:25:38,871 Maybe the cobwebs will fall. 504 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:40,540 From our eyes? 505 00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:42,166 From your heart. 506 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:45,127 My best wishes for the girl's health aside, 507 00:25:45,294 --> 00:25:46,337 I didn't come here for a speech. 508 00:25:46,504 --> 00:25:47,505 I know that, Mr. Stone, 509 00:25:47,672 --> 00:25:49,340 or I wouldn't have agreed to see you. 510 00:25:56,389 --> 00:25:59,100 You want to know where I'm planning on taking this. 511 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:01,769 You want me to give you 512 00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:03,771 a free glimpse of the future. 513 00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:06,023 It's fairly obvious you have a private agenda. 514 00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:08,359 Of course I have an agenda. 515 00:26:08,526 --> 00:26:11,946 Your system isn't serving the African-American segment of the population. 516 00:26:12,113 --> 00:26:13,823 Let's dial this back a second. 517 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:17,493 Does your system have any evidence the rape was committed? 518 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:21,289 My system has found nothing to suggest a crime actually took place. 519 00:26:21,872 --> 00:26:24,500 Nor do I have access to the victim. 520 00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:25,960 And you won't. 521 00:26:27,378 --> 00:26:29,547 I believe Astrea completely. 522 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,050 But, if I give you what she's got, 523 00:26:33,217 --> 00:26:35,595 I run the risk of it being squashed. 524 00:26:36,304 --> 00:26:37,680 You think I don't know how many people 525 00:26:37,847 --> 00:26:39,599 would like to see this thing disappear? 526 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,142 Even if there was a cover-up 527 00:26:41,309 --> 00:26:43,436 the press have made that impossible to stage. 528 00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:46,063 That's not a risk I'm willing to take. 529 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:47,857 We've come too far. 530 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:49,567 But you are willing to risk 531 00:26:49,734 --> 00:26:51,110 the emotional health of a teenager 532 00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:53,696 and my ability to try the perpetrators? 533 00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:58,284 I'm only here to help the Crawfords. 534 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,494 Look- you want to do 535 00:27:00,661 --> 00:27:02,705 your Martin Luther King imitation, be my guest. 536 00:27:02,872 --> 00:27:04,874 Don't think for one second that I'm giving up. 537 00:27:05,041 --> 00:27:08,586 I don't care if Astrea is black, white, yellow or polka-dotted, 538 00:27:08,753 --> 00:27:11,172 if she was raped, I'll find the cops 539 00:27:11,339 --> 00:27:13,382 I'll prosecute them and I'll convict them. 540 00:27:13,549 --> 00:27:17,845 White cops, black girl? 541 00:27:18,512 --> 00:27:19,555 If? 542 00:27:21,015 --> 00:27:22,725 Who are you kidding? 543 00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:25,686 You don't want me to find them, do you? 544 00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:29,190 Why shoot rats when you can go big-game hunting? 545 00:27:29,899 --> 00:27:32,360 And whose heads do you want on your wall? 546 00:27:33,069 --> 00:27:36,530 Cragen's, the Police Commissioner's… 547 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:38,866 yours. 548 00:27:39,033 --> 00:27:42,036 There he is. Can you a give us statement, Mr. Stone? 549 00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:44,705 We are trying to investigate a crime 550 00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,916 without any assistance from the alleged victim. 551 00:27:47,083 --> 00:27:48,918 "Alleged"? Does that mean the DA 552 00:27:49,085 --> 00:27:50,252 does not believe Astrea Crawford's story? 553 00:27:50,419 --> 00:27:53,255 The temperature on the nights in question was in the low 30s, 554 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:56,884 yet emergency room personnel found no evidence of exposure. 555 00:27:57,051 --> 00:28:00,262 The FBI- not the NYPD ran a rape kit. 556 00:28:00,429 --> 00:28:03,182 The results were negative. You can draw your own conclusions. 557 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:06,769 Why was the request for a photo array of the cops denied, sir? 558 00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:09,647 The police have adhered to normal investigative procedure. 559 00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:11,857 What if the girl had been white? 560 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:15,361 Would you have released photos of black cops? 561 00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:18,823 ADA Stone and I 562 00:28:18,989 --> 00:28:22,493 have just concluded a meeting on Astrea Crawford attack. 563 00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:27,039 Unfortunately, Mr. Stone's myopic view of the case 564 00:28:27,623 --> 00:28:30,710 only served to dampen any hopes I had harbored 565 00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:31,961 of a fair investigation 566 00:28:32,128 --> 00:28:34,422 into the action of this city's law enforcement officers. 567 00:28:34,588 --> 00:28:38,092 Do you believe the DA is capable of an impartial investigation? 568 00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:40,511 I believe there is a tacit agreement 569 00:28:40,678 --> 00:28:43,013 running through the power structure of this city. 570 00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:46,934 If Astrea Crawford had been white and her attackers black… 571 00:28:47,101 --> 00:28:49,437 That's not the point, Adam. I know the facts… 572 00:28:49,603 --> 00:28:52,523 you do, he does. I'm certain Eaton knows the facts. 573 00:28:52,690 --> 00:28:55,818 But the press and thus the public hears what he wants them to hear. 574 00:28:56,152 --> 00:28:57,111 Is he lying? 575 00:28:57,528 --> 00:29:00,906 I think he believed her at first. Even if he doesn't now 576 00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:03,325 it's too good an opportunity for him to let go. 577 00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:06,412 Every move we make rings cover-up- we go too slow, 578 00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:08,539 we're dragging our feet; too fast, we're after the girl. 579 00:29:08,706 --> 00:29:11,500 I can read a lousy hand. Now, what do you want to do? 580 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:14,003 I want a grand jury impaneled. I want to run it. 581 00:29:14,336 --> 00:29:18,215 Last shot out of the gun. If it doesn't turn there… 582 00:29:18,382 --> 00:29:20,801 We're dead, I know. But we're face down as it is. 583 00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:22,887 And it could get worse before it gets better. 584 00:29:23,053 --> 00:29:25,806 The one hope is the boyfriend. If he admits she was with him… 585 00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:28,309 I'll take a shot. 586 00:29:32,646 --> 00:29:35,566 That's different than what you had told your youth officer. 587 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,819 Plus, you told the police you had seen her a few days previous. 588 00:29:38,986 --> 00:29:41,197 - Maybe. - Which is it? 589 00:29:42,198 --> 00:29:45,618 I didn't see her any of the three days before I got busted. 590 00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:47,870 We have hair and fiber samples 591 00:29:48,037 --> 00:29:49,830 from the crack house that say otherwise, Jordan. 592 00:29:50,164 --> 00:29:52,124 I don't care. I didn't see her. 593 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:55,377 Has anyone spoken to you about the three days? 594 00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:57,755 - Some. - Eaton? 595 00:29:58,339 --> 00:30:01,258 My nephew does not lie, Mr. Robinette. 596 00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:03,719 And certainly not to a man 597 00:30:03,886 --> 00:30:05,930 as esteemed as Mr. Eaton. 598 00:30:06,096 --> 00:30:08,933 Thank you, ma'am. That's very helpful. 599 00:30:09,099 --> 00:30:11,602 If he told Mr. Eaton that's what happened, 600 00:30:11,769 --> 00:30:13,813 then that's what happened. 601 00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:18,734 I'll be in touch with Jordan if I need him for the grand jury. 602 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:22,029 I'm assuming you'd be willing to state the same under oath? 603 00:30:22,196 --> 00:30:25,449 - You got that right. - watch your mouth, young man. 604 00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:28,327 - Are you going to subpoena him? - No, he'd lie. 605 00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:29,829 We'd prove he perjured himself, 606 00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:31,747 he'd lose his work program. what for? 607 00:30:31,914 --> 00:30:33,707 Oh, the faint rumblings of a heart in there. 608 00:30:34,124 --> 00:30:35,835 No, that's a brain 609 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:37,711 and it's decided to subpoena Ms. Crawford. 610 00:30:38,045 --> 00:30:39,713 Whew! Talk about backlash. 611 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,425 What choice have we got? If we don't let her testify, they'll scream "cover-up." 612 00:30:43,592 --> 00:30:45,553 If we do, what do you think Eaton will scream? 613 00:30:45,719 --> 00:30:47,471 I don't know. We'll find out. 614 00:30:47,638 --> 00:30:49,557 I think I'll subpoena him too. 615 00:30:53,686 --> 00:30:56,063 And in your expert opinion, Mrs. Wilkes, 616 00:30:56,230 --> 00:30:59,650 would you say there are characteristics associated 617 00:30:59,817 --> 00:31:03,195 with false allegations of sexual assault in the Crawford case? 618 00:31:03,988 --> 00:31:07,992 There are certain characteristics present in this case 619 00:31:08,158 --> 00:31:10,703 that tend to appear more often in false allegations 620 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:13,038 than in the case of true sexual assault. 621 00:31:13,706 --> 00:31:17,293 In the case, specifically, are there physical characteristics 622 00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:20,880 that match established guidelines for false allegations? 623 00:31:21,255 --> 00:31:24,049 - Yes, there were. - would you list them, please? 624 00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:26,594 Mrs. Crawford's damage to her clothing 625 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,096 was inconsistent with that of her injuries. 626 00:31:29,263 --> 00:31:31,640 Writing on the body is also very common 627 00:31:31,807 --> 00:31:35,603 in false allegations as is self-mutilation. 628 00:31:35,769 --> 00:31:38,439 And probably, most important of all, 629 00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:42,192 the expected laboratory findings of rape are absent. 630 00:31:42,902 --> 00:31:44,612 The District Attorney office has, 631 00:31:44,778 --> 00:31:46,488 in an attempt to fracture our resolve, 632 00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:49,658 issued subpoenas for myself and my clients, 633 00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:51,911 Astrea Crawford and her mother. 634 00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,622 I've agreed to testify to show 635 00:31:54,788 --> 00:31:55,748 the vicious indifference 636 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:58,459 within this city's lily-white power structure 637 00:31:58,626 --> 00:32:03,380 as young Astrea's cries for justice go unheeded. 638 00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:09,553 So upon hearing of Mrs. Crawford's alleged rape in the papers 639 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,015 you contacted her family with an offer of your services? 640 00:32:13,557 --> 00:32:15,643 My help to a constituent, Mr. Stone. 641 00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:17,269 I supply no "services." 642 00:32:17,686 --> 00:32:20,773 This help was in the form of a suggestion 643 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,107 to Ms. Crawford and her family 644 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:25,778 that she not cooperate with the duly-constituted 645 00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:27,446 authorities in this investigation? 646 00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:30,115 I embraced the family's hope for justice. 647 00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:34,578 Only in subsequently bonding together as a whole, 648 00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:38,374 our desires for justice for Astrea the individual 649 00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:42,169 were only surpassed by those issues lying on the larger plane. 650 00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:44,296 Which are? 651 00:32:44,964 --> 00:32:47,716 Four centuries of oppression, Mr. Stone. 652 00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:51,428 We became front-line activists in the struggle 653 00:32:51,595 --> 00:32:53,347 to uproot a system of injustice 654 00:32:53,514 --> 00:32:55,015 through this particular case. 655 00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:59,436 Congressman, the purpose of this grand jury 656 00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:01,772 is to determine whether a particular crime 657 00:33:01,939 --> 00:33:03,857 has been committed, and if so, 658 00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:06,068 was there an attempt to bury it, 659 00:33:06,235 --> 00:33:08,696 as has been charged in various public forums 660 00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:09,947 by yourself. 661 00:33:10,948 --> 00:33:13,033 Therein lies, the problem, Mr. Stone. 662 00:33:13,701 --> 00:33:15,995 For the real agenda here should be 663 00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:17,705 the American system of justice 664 00:33:17,871 --> 00:33:20,666 and its treatment of black Americans versus that of whites. 665 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:23,711 For better or for worse, it's the only system we've got. 666 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,546 Circumventing it, sir, 667 00:33:25,713 --> 00:33:27,715 no matter how noble the perceived ends, 668 00:33:27,881 --> 00:33:30,092 cannot be justified. And if you persist 669 00:33:30,259 --> 00:33:33,679 in preventing Ms. Crawford and her family 670 00:33:33,846 --> 00:33:35,889 from testifying before this jury, 671 00:33:36,056 --> 00:33:38,017 I have no other alternative, sir, 672 00:33:38,183 --> 00:33:39,768 but go to warrant for their arrest. 673 00:33:41,228 --> 00:33:45,774 We must have the truth, not only for the black community 674 00:33:45,941 --> 00:33:48,152 but for every one of the citizens of this city. 675 00:33:49,069 --> 00:33:50,529 You leave me no other option. 676 00:33:51,488 --> 00:33:53,991 Then you'll have to excuse me, Mr. Stone. 677 00:33:59,288 --> 00:34:01,331 I can find no justifiable reason 678 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:04,585 to be party to this mockery of truth and equality. 679 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:15,095 Your Honor, as the evidence of this hearing establishes, 680 00:34:15,262 --> 00:34:17,890 the defendants were served subpoenas 10 days previous 681 00:34:18,057 --> 00:34:19,808 to the notice date of grand jury appearances. 682 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,686 They have, as the evidence shows, 683 00:34:22,853 --> 00:34:25,355 willfully and deliberately failed to appear. 684 00:34:25,731 --> 00:34:28,317 The People request immediate determination of contempt 685 00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:30,194 and ask the Court to impose 686 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,071 the maximum sentence provided by law. 687 00:34:32,988 --> 00:34:34,073 Mr. Gaines? 688 00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:40,496 The defendants' stated position has been clear for some time, Your Honor. 689 00:34:40,662 --> 00:34:42,289 The DA's issuing of said subpoenas 690 00:34:42,456 --> 00:34:44,416 was a clear attempt to break the resolve 691 00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:46,085 of this girl's stance on racial justice. 692 00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:47,628 Spare me the diatribe, Counselor, 693 00:34:47,795 --> 00:34:49,755 this is a hearing, not a trial. 694 00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:52,341 While there is unfortunately much truth 695 00:34:52,508 --> 00:34:54,093 in the stated position 696 00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:57,679 that minorities in this city often fall onto uneven terrain 697 00:34:57,846 --> 00:34:58,972 within the Court system, 698 00:34:59,515 --> 00:35:01,391 that is not reason enough for your clients 699 00:35:01,558 --> 00:35:04,019 to ignore the lawful mandates of this Court. 700 00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:06,772 Is it your intention to 701 00:35:06,939 --> 00:35:08,982 show any pertinent information 702 00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:11,360 in the defense of this contempt citation? 703 00:35:11,527 --> 00:35:13,946 Apparently, none that would do any good, Your Honor, 704 00:35:14,113 --> 00:35:15,823 as it is becoming readily apparent 705 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:17,241 the Court's mind is already made up. 706 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:20,911 Tread lightly, Mr. Gaines. I'm becoming annoyed. 707 00:35:21,954 --> 00:35:25,999 Given the legal documents submitted by the People 708 00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:29,044 and the lack of any substantive defense, 709 00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:33,966 this Court finds both defendants guilty of contempt. 710 00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:36,677 You are hereby sentenced as followed: 711 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:38,762 Mrs. Thelma Crawford, 712 00:35:39,388 --> 00:35:43,225 $250 fine along with 30 days' incarceration; 713 00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:44,893 Miss Astrea Crawford, 714 00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:47,688 30 days in a suitable juvenile facility. 715 00:35:48,272 --> 00:35:49,898 At the end of that time, 716 00:35:50,065 --> 00:35:51,900 or before, if they wish to cooperate 717 00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:53,485 I will see them in this courtroom. 718 00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:56,280 Your Honor, request incarceration be delayed 719 00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:58,490 until immediately after the next grand jury date 720 00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:02,369 so that defendants can reflect upon the Court's decision. 721 00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:04,246 So ordered. 722 00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:08,208 Yes, Mr. Gaines? 723 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:11,753 Congressman Eaton would like to make a brief statement. 724 00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:13,839 All due respect to Congressman Eaton, 725 00:36:14,006 --> 00:36:16,258 he has no business in this Court, Mr. Gaines. 726 00:36:16,425 --> 00:36:20,053 Justice silenced is justice denied, Your Honor. 727 00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:23,599 Congressman Eaton, go ahead, sir. 728 00:36:28,604 --> 00:36:30,147 Your Honor, for the record I'd like to state 729 00:36:30,314 --> 00:36:32,107 an overwhelming sense of disappointment 730 00:36:32,274 --> 00:36:33,901 at the Court's handling of this affair. 731 00:36:34,067 --> 00:36:36,028 Excuse me. sir. 732 00:36:38,322 --> 00:36:41,241 Yours and Mr. Gaines' clear implication 733 00:36:41,408 --> 00:36:44,536 is that I have been sitting here oppressing black Americans, 734 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:45,704 and I will not have it. 735 00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:48,165 And while I'm on the subject, 736 00:36:48,624 --> 00:36:51,293 this Court would like to advise the defendants… 737 00:36:52,252 --> 00:36:55,339 in my legal opinion you have had reprehensible 738 00:36:55,505 --> 00:36:57,507 and irresponsible advice 739 00:36:57,674 --> 00:36:59,218 from their retained counsel. 740 00:37:00,677 --> 00:37:03,388 I hope you take what time has been granted 741 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,307 to fully examine the situation 742 00:37:05,474 --> 00:37:07,184 and purge the contempt citation. 743 00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:09,937 This Court does not relish 744 00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:12,022 having you spend one hour in jail, 745 00:37:12,189 --> 00:37:14,107 for what it perceives to be 746 00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:16,068 the self-serving actions of others. 747 00:37:17,236 --> 00:37:19,905 If Eaton convinces the girl and her mother to be martyrs 748 00:37:20,614 --> 00:37:22,366 and take the 30 days, 749 00:37:23,283 --> 00:37:24,451 we're dead in the water. 750 00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:29,456 Now suppose that Angela Wilkes' theory is right, 751 00:37:29,623 --> 00:37:33,210 that this thing started as a child's fib. 752 00:37:34,336 --> 00:37:37,256 You think you could prove that Eaton took the ball, 753 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:39,007 orchestrated it for the media, 754 00:37:39,174 --> 00:37:40,676 and keep the mother and the girl out of it? 755 00:37:42,552 --> 00:37:44,304 I don't think that'll fly. 756 00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:47,307 It'd be like a witch hunt. we're jumping around, looking for a villain. 757 00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:50,811 And I actually think Eaton might still believe the girl. 758 00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:54,940 We may have one more shot. 759 00:37:55,983 --> 00:37:57,234 Gimme the day. 760 00:37:57,401 --> 00:38:00,153 - why me? - He'll see you. 761 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,656 Just your presence will defuse the situation. 762 00:38:03,198 --> 00:38:04,449 I'll do all the talking. 763 00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:07,577 Paul, I just know the man from the "rubber chicken" circuit. 764 00:38:07,744 --> 00:38:10,372 Look, I know I can cut this short. 765 00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:12,749 He's got to be feeling pressure at this point. 766 00:38:12,916 --> 00:38:15,002 If I provide him with a graceful exit he might take it. 767 00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:16,837 Or he eats you for lunch… 768 00:38:17,004 --> 00:38:18,505 holds you up to the press 769 00:38:18,672 --> 00:38:21,091 as a "Tom" messenger, sent by the white establishment. 770 00:38:21,258 --> 00:38:22,884 So what? So what, we sit back 771 00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:24,761 and watch him tear the city in half? 772 00:38:24,928 --> 00:38:27,055 He's already set back race relations 30 years. 773 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,142 I work with these people. I know how they feel. 774 00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:31,685 There is no cover-up. 775 00:38:32,144 --> 00:38:34,938 You know me. You think I'd be a party to it? 776 00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:37,983 This is unbelievable. 777 00:38:38,775 --> 00:38:41,320 I become a lawyer, turn down wall Street, 778 00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:42,946 go into the one area I think I can help, 779 00:38:43,405 --> 00:38:46,575 and everybody thinks I'm a damned "Oreo." Excuse me, Father. 780 00:38:46,742 --> 00:38:49,161 Maybe there's another way. Have you talked to the mother? 781 00:38:49,911 --> 00:38:51,371 Eaton's got his hand in her back. 782 00:38:51,538 --> 00:38:53,248 She's talking, but he's pulling the strings. 783 00:38:53,415 --> 00:38:55,125 The Crawfords are parishioners. 784 00:38:55,292 --> 00:38:57,210 If I can get her to talk to you alone…? 785 00:38:57,377 --> 00:38:58,628 I'll take a run at her. 786 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:00,922 Mr. Robinette? 787 00:39:10,515 --> 00:39:11,725 You okay? 788 00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:13,018 Yeah. 789 00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:16,188 Father warren said you wanted to talk to me. 790 00:39:17,731 --> 00:39:19,524 How about we go get some coffee? 791 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:22,694 I can't stay long. 792 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,614 This thing has gotten… 793 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:28,283 I don't know what to do. 794 00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:30,619 It's gone too far. 795 00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:32,496 Did it happen? 796 00:39:34,331 --> 00:39:35,832 Did any of it happen? 797 00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:39,544 She's pregnant. 798 00:39:41,171 --> 00:39:42,464 The Hill boy? 799 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:46,760 But we're Catholic. 800 00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:49,179 She was terrified. 801 00:39:49,805 --> 00:39:52,641 Her daddy, he has a terrible temper. 802 00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,727 She wanted to have an abortion. 803 00:39:56,728 --> 00:39:59,981 She thought by saying that white cops raped her that… 804 00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:02,651 He'd let her have it. 805 00:40:04,694 --> 00:40:06,863 I never thought it would get this big. 806 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:09,366 This is a part of it? 807 00:40:11,368 --> 00:40:13,161 I had to tell him the truth. 808 00:40:17,791 --> 00:40:18,917 That's not the point. 809 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:22,129 You give me the view from where you sit, "Mr. Jive DA," 810 00:40:22,295 --> 00:40:24,256 and tell me I got no reason to be up behind this? 811 00:40:24,423 --> 00:40:26,425 I'm saying there's no reason to go on with it, 812 00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:28,343 and I'm giving you an out. 813 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:31,012 The city will drop the cross charges 814 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:33,306 and the gag order will work both ways. 815 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:36,017 No quotes, no fingerpointing from anybody, 816 00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:37,185 including us. 817 00:40:37,352 --> 00:40:39,688 And it'll just disappear from the papers? 818 00:40:39,855 --> 00:40:41,731 No fuel, no fire, Mr. Crawford. 819 00:40:42,149 --> 00:40:43,859 The press will print other people's speculations, 820 00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:45,277 but they're not going to print their own. 821 00:40:45,735 --> 00:40:47,362 Look, I don't know what you need me for. 822 00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:48,780 She's already agreed to it. 823 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:52,033 - It won't work unless everyone's in agreement. - And Eaton? 824 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,743 That'll be my problem. 825 00:40:56,872 --> 00:40:57,706 Fine. 826 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,465 I'm sending a social worker by. 827 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:09,050 Look, we don't need any more help from you. 828 00:41:16,516 --> 00:41:18,351 That's not an option, Lester. 829 00:41:19,394 --> 00:41:21,188 You beat her again, 830 00:41:21,354 --> 00:41:23,857 I'll come at you every way I know how. 831 00:41:56,765 --> 00:41:58,725 If what you're telling me is true, 832 00:41:59,976 --> 00:42:01,603 you may be the most simplehearted, 833 00:42:01,770 --> 00:42:04,231 "down-the-river" nigger ever to wear a tie. 834 00:42:04,773 --> 00:42:06,024 You want to call them? 835 00:42:06,983 --> 00:42:09,069 They won't pick up the phone. 836 00:42:12,489 --> 00:42:15,659 Don't you have any sense of connection to your people? 837 00:42:16,076 --> 00:42:17,744 Cut the crap, Congressman, 838 00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:19,496 there are no cameras here. 839 00:42:20,121 --> 00:42:21,456 The thing was a hoax. 840 00:42:21,915 --> 00:42:23,792 It's over. Let it go. 841 00:42:24,459 --> 00:42:25,752 A hoax? 842 00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:29,798 You know that now, 843 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,384 I know that now… 844 00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:36,304 but does it really make a difference? 845 00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:40,642 What do you think the point of all this madness was? 846 00:42:41,059 --> 00:42:43,728 Besides the obviously self-serving aspects? 847 00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:46,189 How long do you think it will be again 848 00:42:46,523 --> 00:42:48,525 before our entire society 849 00:42:48,692 --> 00:42:52,112 is focused on an issue of racial equality? 850 00:42:52,737 --> 00:42:55,240 Ends justifying the means? 851 00:42:55,699 --> 00:42:56,741 You look me in the eye 852 00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:58,535 and you tell me this system is just… 853 00:42:59,369 --> 00:43:01,288 this system is equal. 854 00:43:01,454 --> 00:43:03,790 At times, the system stinks, Eaton. 855 00:43:04,165 --> 00:43:05,709 I know that as well as you do. 856 00:43:06,835 --> 00:43:07,877 But don't for one damn minute 857 00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:10,338 tell me that your self-aggrandizing polarization 858 00:43:11,047 --> 00:43:12,257 is going to solve the problem. 859 00:43:13,592 --> 00:43:15,635 Don't tell me that tearing down a 200-year-old justice system… 860 00:43:15,802 --> 00:43:17,220 no matter how flawed… 861 00:43:17,387 --> 00:43:19,889 is going to alter the consciousness of a society. 862 00:43:20,890 --> 00:43:23,101 We're past the separate— drinking-fountain stage. 863 00:43:23,602 --> 00:43:25,478 We're past legal discrimination. 864 00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:28,189 We're at the hearts— and-minds stage. 865 00:43:29,608 --> 00:43:31,026 And believe me, 866 00:43:31,776 --> 00:43:33,486 there's no quick fix. 867 00:43:35,322 --> 00:43:37,032 Your intentions 868 00:43:37,616 --> 00:43:38,950 might have been good… 869 00:43:40,243 --> 00:43:42,495 but your execution stunk. 870 00:43:43,038 --> 00:43:44,497 Another zombified soul 871 00:43:44,664 --> 00:43:46,916 casts his vote for order 872 00:43:47,834 --> 00:43:49,419 rather than justice. 873 00:43:52,881 --> 00:43:56,718 Negative peace over positive peace. 874 00:43:57,177 --> 00:43:58,928 Paraphrasing Martin Luther King's thoughts 875 00:43:59,095 --> 00:44:00,722 won't lend credence to yours. 876 00:44:00,889 --> 00:44:03,892 King walked with the angels. 877 00:44:05,435 --> 00:44:07,103 You'd slide in slime on your belly 878 00:44:07,270 --> 00:44:08,813 to get what you want. 879 00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:14,778 So, he said we're out? 880 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:16,488 And they agreed to what? 881 00:44:16,655 --> 00:44:18,948 Gag orders all around, we drop the cross complaints… 882 00:44:19,115 --> 00:44:21,159 Drop the…? What the hell does that get us? 883 00:44:21,326 --> 00:44:22,369 "Get us"? 884 00:44:22,535 --> 00:44:25,246 Granted, it's not the best deal on the surface, 885 00:44:25,413 --> 00:44:26,414 but it's livable, it'll work. 886 00:44:26,581 --> 00:44:27,707 It'll help the press deflate themselves. 887 00:44:27,874 --> 00:44:29,876 Cops were named. Records maligned. 888 00:44:30,043 --> 00:44:31,961 What, you want no casualties? 889 00:44:32,128 --> 00:44:34,506 Six months and people will know it was a hoax. 890 00:44:34,673 --> 00:44:36,007 It'll be back page news. 891 00:44:41,304 --> 00:44:43,890 He'll live with it. By morning he'll probably love it. 892 00:44:46,226 --> 00:44:47,310 You think I sold out? 893 00:44:49,062 --> 00:44:50,438 Does it matter what I think? 894 00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:52,190 If it does, I'll tell you, 895 00:44:52,607 --> 00:44:54,275 but it's something you decide for yourself. 896 00:44:54,442 --> 00:44:56,277 You got a "shave yourself in the morning" speech? 897 00:44:56,444 --> 00:44:57,487 Maybe. 898 00:44:57,654 --> 00:45:00,865 Do you think of yourself as a black lawyer, or a lawyer who's black? 899 00:45:01,574 --> 00:45:02,826 Depends on the context. 900 00:45:05,412 --> 00:45:08,123 You made a decision based on something from within. 901 00:45:08,289 --> 00:45:10,750 You live with it, examine it. It's all you got. 902 00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:14,713 You think by morning I'll come to love it? 903 00:45:16,089 --> 00:45:18,258 No, but I don't think you'll have any problem 904 00:45:18,425 --> 00:45:19,592 with the guy in the mirror. 905 00:45:20,468 --> 00:45:21,720 I'll see you tomorrow.