All language subtitles for NCIS NO s06e17_English

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1120. Dispatch.

10-55. Requesting backup.

In foot pursuit
of a robbery suspect,

black male, blue jeans,
dark shirt, headed west

on Robertson.

[dog barking]

[panting]

[grunting]

[panting]

[indistinct chatter]♪

♪ Shake your body,
let your body shake ♪

♪ Shake your body...

[scratching sounds]

NOPD!

What are you
doing here?

NOPD! Move!

You need to go!

Why are you here?!

Get the hell out of the way![gasping]

Whoa!Get the hell out of the way!

[shouting]

Drop the weapon! Drop it now!

[screaming]

♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom

♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang

♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom

♪ How, how, how, how

♪ Hey, hey

♪ You gotta come on.

HOLLOWAY:
When she calls me Granddad,

I just melt.

I mean, what can I
tell you, Loretta?

I am incapable of denying her
anything she wants.

But, Gene, pizza, cotton
candy, and ice cream,

all before lunch?

Well, moral of the story...
I spoil my girls.

Moral of the story is,
you took your granddaughter

home to her mother
in a sugar coma.

It's a granddad's prerogative.

[laughs]

Yeah, well, you're mighty
spry for a granddad.

Girl, you have no idea.
Mmm...

Come here.

Mmm.

[phone vibrating]Mm, damn.

Ah. Yeah, that's work.
I've got to leave.

Well, I've never been
on the receiving end

of that excuse before.

That's what happens when
you date a professional woman.

[siren approaching][indistinct shouting]

I'm Detective Cooper,
State Police.

You're the medical examiner.

Dr. Wade,
from Jefferson Parish.
Uh-huh.

This is New Orleans.
Why am I here?

Officer-involved shooting,
but the victim was Navy.

That's you, right?It is. NCIS been alerted?

They have.

WADE:
What is this?

Where's the body blind?

Honestly, I don't know.
I-I got here right before you.

I know PD's focused
on crowd control

and canvassing witnesses.Well, we can't have this.

And the man needs
to be uncuffed.

I'll look into it.

Excuse me, could someone
lend me some bedsheets

so that I can give this man
some privacy

while I do my examination?

I got a tarp in my truck.

Ah. That would be great. Thanks.

[angry chatter]

This don't make no sense!

Here you go, ma'am.

Thank you.You know he was unarmed, right?

Uh, I appreciate this,

but I can't talk about
the investigation.You don't have to talk.

I saw the whole thing.

That officer over there
shot this young boy down

in cold blood...
like a dog in the street.

Officers, do either of you have

a handcuff key?

Now, please?

I need you to stand here
and hold up the body blind.

PRIDE:
Loretta.

Evening.

Got a bit of a situation,
I see.

Understatement of the year.

This Petty Officer Mitchell?

WADE:
Yeah.

Looks like he was shot twice,
as far as I can tell,

by the detective over there

with the EMTs.

That's all I know for now,
except I need

to finish my initial examination

and get Petty Officer Mitchell
off the streets soon.

Okay.

I'll leave you to it, Loretta.

Dwayne.

There is one more complication.

The man over there
with the gray cap.

He says Petty Officer Mitchell
wasn't armed.

COOPER:
All I'm looking for

is Detective Bradley's
statement of what happened.

DRAKES: He's given his
statement six times

to NOPD's Force
Investigation Team.

I'm state police,
and I'm in charge now.

Well, I'm his union rep.

I don't mind going
over it again.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Evening, everyone.

Special Agent Dwayne Pride,
NCIS.

Oh, great, another
cook in the kitchen.

How you doing, son?
You all right?

Well, honestly
I've had better nights.

Want to catch me up
on what happened here?

Yeah, that man pulled a weapon.
I had to shoot.

That's a lie.That's a damn lie!

You murdered him!You murdered him!

Maybe we should move this
someplace where

there's more privacy.

Come on, let's go
down the street.

Okay, everyone needs
to clear this shop right now.

Come on, have a seat, son.

Come on.
Move along, fellas.

Thank you.

[door closes, bell jingles]

Let's start at the beginning.

Bradley's got a lawyer on
the way; let's wait for him.

I've got nothing to hide.

See, Drakes?
He wants to talk.

Yeah, I could give a crap.

Okay, let's just slow it down.

Detective Bradley
feels justified,

I, for one, would like
to hear his part.

I was in a foot pursuit
of a robbery suspect.

I attempted to subdue him,
and he assaulted me.

I pursued him onto Lamarque,

where he disappeared
into a crowd.

That's when I saw a man
in the crowd.

Petty Officer Mitchell?That's right.

He pulled a weapon,
and in fear for my life,

I proceeded to exercise
deadly force.

Story tracks.

Of course it does,
'cause that's what happened.

Yeah, just one question.

Where is the weapon
Petty Officer Mitchell

allegedly pulled?

Force Investigation Team
is searching for it now.

You didn't secure the gun
after you shot Mitchell?

It was chaos after
I discharged my weapon.

I dragged the suspect away

to cuff him and perform
life-saving measures,

but I was afraid
the crowd would turn on me.

We have two dozen officers
searching for the weapon.

We'll find it.

WOMAN:
No...!

No! No!

Ali!

I'm sorry, ma'am.
Ma'am, who is he to you?

That's my son.
That's my son.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
you can't come with us...

What did they do
to my son?

I'm sorry.

[woman sobbing]

No, no. Ali.

No...

WOMAN 2:
We got you.
We got you.

Ali!

PRIDE:
That's not the point.

It doesn't matter. It...[bell jingles]

[clears throat]

Holloway.

What are you doing here?

HQ sent me to support
Force Investigation.

And, well, Bradley,

I thought he could use
a friendly face.

Thanks, Gene.

Hey.

You two go back?

Oh.
I was Ted's training officer.

Though I was never trained
for something like this.Listen,

it's gonna be okay, kid.

Just do what the detectives
ask you.

Right now that means handing
over your service weapon.

It was a clean shoot. It was.

You're not being singled out.
It's all standard procedure.

You'll get it back once
the investigation's over.

You got to believe me,
Gene, he pulled a weapon.

I had no choice.

Of course I believe you.

You say he pulled?
He pulled a gun.

Respectfully, they've yet to
find the weapon in question.

They will.I don't need
to point out

the optics of the situation.

Not to me you don't, Dwayne.
That's why I'm here.

To make sure everyone
gets their fair shake.

Including Bradley.

Then your collective focus
should be on

finding that weapon.

Couldn't agree more.

Because the longer
this goes unresolved,

the bigger this
powder keg becomes.

CROWD [chanting]:
...police!

No justice, no peace,

no racist police!

No justice, no peace...

PRIDE:
Shooting victim is Petty Officer
Third Class Ali Mitchell.

Construction mechanic, he has
two years in the service.

And we know who killed him.

Question is,
was it justified?

Do we have Detective Bradley's
full statement yet?

Yeah, he was investigating
a series of robberies

over the last few months.

Caught the main
suspect Gerald Young

in the midst of a robbery
and... made chase.

Yeah.
He caught up to Gerald Young.

They fought.

Bradley pursued him into
a crowded street party.

He had his weapon unholstered?Yes.

And when he approached
that street party?

He claims that he announced
himself and his purpose.

Said he couldn't proceed due
to an uncooperative crowd.

Not a surprise, running
through a party

with his weapon out.

I'm sure it didn't go over
well in that neighborhood.

And that is when
Petty Officer Mitchell

allegedly pulled a firearm
on Detective Bradley.

When he didn't respond to orders
to drop the weapon,

Bradley fired twice,
killing Mitchell.

That is a harrowing tale
all the way around.

State police are running point
on the shooting investigation.

What's our role?

Focusing on Ali Mitchell.

See if we can determine how,

exactly, he fits
into this situation

and the role he played,
if any, in his own death.

I can tell you right
now, this story

of Ali pulling a weapon
on a cop is suspect.

Mitchell's service record
in the Navy is outstanding.

Two letters of commendation
from his commanding officer,

perfect evals,
and he's on the short list

for early promotion
to Petty Officer Second Class.

This is-- this, uh, was
a stand-up guy.

SEBASTIAN:
No, it doesn't sound

like someone that would pull
a gun on a cop.

Bradley's police record
is less impressive.

Seven years on the job

and as many complaints
for excessive force.

GREGORIO:
We've all got complaints.

Doesn't necessarily mean
the guy's a bad actor.

No, but given the circumstances,
it's worth noting.

Was there a
connection between

Gerald Young and Ali Mitchell?

Why? Because they're both black?

What?! No.

PRIDE:
Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Let's just take
a breath, okay?

Gerald Young and Ali Mitchell

both grew up in the same
neighborhood, okay?

It's a natural question.

The bigger question is:
where's the gun?

It's been 12 hours
since the shooting.

It still hasn't been found.

Maybe someone picked it up.

Or maybe there is no gun.

PRIDE:
Look, this is
a sensitive subject.

Let's not make any assumptions
till we've learned things. Yes?

Gene!I-I know I shouldn't be here.

You should not!

But under the
circumstances, Loretta,

Bradley spends holidays
at my house.

I'm godfather to his son.

Even more reason.

Gene, you're not impartial.

And I couldn't release
the findings if I wanted to.

You know what
they're saying, right?

White cop kills
unarmed black man,

business as usual
for the NOPD.

But that's not Bradley.

They're saying the same thing
about Ali Mitchell,

calling him a thug,
that he deserves to die.

All those opinions are asinine.

And none based in facts.

They're calling him
a racist, Loretta.

This same racist

is Big Brother to a
kid in the 9th Ward.

Doesn't mean he couldn't
make a mistake.

Not this kid.

And that'll be proven
once we find a gun.

If you find a gun.

Now, we are working hard
to get to the truth.

Hope the NOPD is doing the same.

I support Bradley,

and I will overturn
every rock there is to help him.

But I will not be placing
rocks where there are none.

You seem to be everywhere,
Holloway.

He was just leaving.

Actually, I was, uh,

hoping to get
a coroner's report.

As a courtesy?

I'm okay with that.

In the interest of transparency.

Petty Officer Ali Mitchell
was shot twice.

The first bullet
pierced the heart

and exited
through the lung cavity.

The second bullet hit the liver

and was lodged
inside the spinal cord.

Only thing that really confirms
is that Bradley is responsible

for Petty Officer
Mitchell's death.

What a waste of time.

Coming from the crime scene?

Yeah, watching NOPD
and state police

look for a gun
that doesn't exist.

What you got here?I'm watching
surveillance

and social media videos
from last night.

You find anything?Well, we got the shooting
from almost every angle,

backing Bradley's story
that he announced himself.

What we don't have is anything

showing us what was
in Mitchell's hand.

Learn anything else?Yeah.

The court of public opinion
has already taken sides on this.

[typing]

This is going viral.

Proof that Ali Mitchell
was a shot caller in a gang.

Well, that's
Alpha Phi Alpha.

Those are fraternity mentees.

[chuckles]
It gets worse.

Oh, clearly
somebody doctored this.

Ha, relax, bruh.

It doesn't take a computer
specialist to see that.

I got to dig up every bone
on Ali Mitchell

to see if he really had
a violent past.

Hold on.
Why help NOPD build a case?

That's not what
I'm doing at all.

Knowledge is power, baby.

Look, the more information

we have on
Ali Mitchell,

the better it is for us
to follow the evidence

to get to the truth.

Okay. What truth do you see?

That Ali Mitchell is dead.

[phone vibrates]

It's Pride.

State police got a warrant
to look for Gerald Young

at his girlfriend's place.

He wants me to meet him there.

[quietly]:
Thanks.

JASMINE:
You can't just barge
in here like this.

You need to focus and tell me
where Gerald Young is.

He's not here.
I can tell you that.

Haven't seen him in weeks.

Sure you haven't.This is an abuse

of power and
police brutality.

It's like y'all are just
looking to frame people.Hey, you need

to calm down, or I'll have you
removed from the premises.

You can't have
me removed.

My baby's in the other room
sleeping.

Then you better behave.

NCIS, ma'am.

I'm sorry
for the inconvenience.

Yeah. We'll be out of your
hair in no time, promise.

[baby crying]Great.

They woke up my baby,
and I just got him down.

Can you not hear him
crying in there?

Hey, hey, it's okay.
I'll escort her.

Thanks.

Hey, little man.

I got you.

[laughs]:
Hey.

How you doing, there,
little man?

Thanks for your help out there.

Come on.

Aw, I'd be upset, too.

Bunch of strangers in my house
during my nap time.

I'm sorry, buddy.

We're done here. Let's go.

PRIDE:
Ma'am.

Thanks for your help.

Hey. Look, not all cops
are jerks, okay?

If you need anything,
anything at all, give me a call.

All right?

You know, that could have been

handled differently.

I've been executing warrants
for 20 years, Special Agent.

Yeah, imagine what
you could accomplish

by showing some respect
when you did it.

PRIDE:
So, uh,

what is the status
on the weapon search?

Haven't found it yet,
but we got a tip

that someone in the crowd
may have swiped it.

Dumped it nearby.

I'll keep you updated
regardless.

You know, no matter how right

you may be, you don't
always have to express

every thought that crosses
your mind.

Yeah, I'll take that
under advisement.

But look what I found
in Jasmine's apartment.

I guess Gerald
and Mitchell were close.

Why would you confiscate that
and keep it from Cooper?

Please tell me you're not trying
to bury evidence, either.

No, Pride. I figure we should
get the complete story before

our friends over there jump
to all kinds of conclusions.

So, instead you're jumping
to conclusions,

ignoring procedure,
because you assume

that the system is rigged
against Mitchell.

It's not an assumption, okay?

It's experience living
in this world as a black man.

The staties are gonna
say Mitchell's a crook.

And you can bet the picture
they provide the media,

it won't be a graduation photo.

The entire team is working hard
to give Mitchell justice.

But that is not strategic,
it's not how we operate.

And if anyone found out, we
could get kicked off the case.

And that would not
help Mitchell.

Now I'm forwarding a copy
of that photo

to Detective Cooper.

You know, you're so busy
trying to remain neutral.

There's nothing neutral
about this situation.

New rule.

I don't assume to know
your experience

and you don't assume
to know mine.

Fair?

[sniffles]

PRIDE:
We know Ali Mitchell

and Gerald Young were friends.

But we don't know
how deep it went.

And if Mitchell was involved
in any criminal activity.

Well, we scrubbed
every inch of his past.

There was no hint
of criminal involvement.

He had a juvenile record,
but that's been expunged.

But Gerald Young's juvie
record hasn't been expunged.

HANNAH:
Maybe Young's record
could give us

insight into Ali Mitchell's
past.

Guilt by association.

Hey, I'm not
the enemy here, okay?

Hey! You're the one
who found the photograph.

SEBASTIAN:
Look, Gerald Young
didn't start violent.

There's some, uh,
grand theft auto,

shoplifting,

marijuana possession.

Gerald's list
of known associates

has two redacted names.

Ali Mitchell could've
been one of them.

CARTER:
Okay, even if it was,

this is eight years ago.

He's obviously
cleaned up his act,

or else he wouldn't
be in the Navy.

It's not relevant.GREGORIO:
Yeah,

but the NOPD
won't see it that way.

HANNAH:
They're gonna say
that he fell back

into his old life
with his old friend Gerald.

That he was
a probable accomplice

in the warehouse robberies.

HANNAH:
They're gonna say
that Gerald knew

exactly where to run
to save himself,

and Ali Mitchell
was there waiting, armed.

CARTER:
Yeah, sure.
Except for one little thing.

There is no gun. All this time,

Detective Bradley claims
to have seen Ali Mitchell

pull a weapon.

Close to 24 hours later,

and it's still not in evidence.

Not so sure about that.

State police just found a gun.

Been on the phone
with the governor's office.

They want a press conference
to update

the shooting investigation
and quell the growing unrest.

Bit premature
with no actual updates yet.

We found the weapon
Detective Bradley says

Petty Officer Mitchell
brandished.

Weapon hasn't
even been analyzed.

Bradley saw a gun,
we found a gun.

In my experience,

the straightest line
leads to the truth.

A gun was found three blocks
from the crime scene,

hidden behind a loose brick
in an abandoned building.

Not exactly a straight line.

COOPER:
It's progress.

And the governor
isn't asking.

He wants a joint press
conference. United front.

I'd just as soon wait
for the analysis of the gun.

And frankly,

I'd like my team to perform it.

The state's lab is perfectly
capable of analyzing a firearm.

You'll get the report
once it's complete.

And I'll be happy to participate
in your press conference

once I do.

HOLLOWAY:
Dwayne,

be reasonable.

This could lead to riots
in the streets.

It'll be worse
if we get it wrong, Gene.

HANNAH:
I wonder what
they're discussing.

Probably how far to throw
Mitchell under the bus.

Not Pride. Still too many
unanswered questions.

Yeah, like where that gun's been
this whole time.

And how it magically appeared.

We have all the pieces,
they just don't seem to fit.

There's one person who might be
able to shed some light on this.

Gerald Young.
Bradley was chasing him

before the shooting.GREGORIO:
No, He's a fugitive now.

Every cop in the state
is after him.

What if we take another crack
at his girlfriend Jasmine?

Not treat her like a suspect.

She could give us
the inside scoop.

Worth a try.

HOLLOWAY:
I'm not asking for
myself, Pride.

I'm asking for Bradley.

A press conference
could help him.

He's been receiving
death threats.

Last night they threw a
brick through his window.

He deserves a fair shake, too.

Oh, I'm not so sure he does.

And who are you?

Special Agent Carter,
investigating

Ali Mitchell's shooting.Well,

maybe Pride neglected to tell
you, they found the gun.

The investigation's over.

That's not
how investigations work.

Son, I know how
investigations work.

I don't need a lecture
from the freshman class.

Does the food taste better
in the house than in the field?

Boy, who the hell
do you think you are?

That's enough, Carter.No, no, no. He started this.

Let him finish.

Well?

Hmm.

Know what?

I got a lead I need
to follow anyway.

Hmm.

Who the hell is this kid?

I need this.

[quietly]:
Hannah.

Go with him, please.Okay.

HANNAH:
What was that about

back there, with Holloway?

Don't worry about it.

Oh, well,
I am worried.

'Cause we're about
to talk to a witness

that might be the only person
that can help us,

and you're distracted.

[exhales]
Believe it or not,

I want to help.

You can't.You're not
the only person

that's ever experienced
discrimination, you know?

I never said I was.Yeah,

but you made
a few assumptions about me

back there that weren't fair.

Maybe.

Let's work together
on this, okay?

Because, look, I may not have
walked in your shoes,

but I'm gonna have your back.

What can I do?

You can give me a hand.

Just brought you some things
for the baby.

Uh, diapers, snacks, milk.

I'll take the groceries, but
I'm not giving Gerald up to you.

CARTER:
That's okay.

I just want to give
this back to you, too.

Figured those
other cops took it.

Ali and Gerald were
real close, huh?

Almost like brothers.

But everybody
loved Ali.

He was a good man.

We know Gerald got
into some trouble

back then. Was
Ali part of that?

As teenagers, yeah.

But it was just
kid stuff,

and Ali grew out of it
after junior year.

He found
a new interest.

What was that?The Navy.

Recruiter came by the school.
Took to Ali.

Said he had
potential.

Helped clean up his record,
changed his life.

This is really
important, Jasmine.

Was Ali helping Gerald with
those warehouse robberies?

Ali? Hell no.

He was the one nagging Gerald
to quit the game.

And Gerald never would've even
asked him to join in.

He respected the path
that Ali took.

HANNAH:
Do you think
it's possible

that he had a gun on
him the other night?

No, ma'am.

Not possible.

And Gerald would tell you
the same.

I'd like to hear
what he has to say.

Come on, you've
seen the news.

How they're
portraying Ali.

Like some kind
of thug.

HANNAH:
Look, we're trying
to clear his name.

Okay, Gerald's statement
could really help.

Jasmine, you're the mother
of a son.

A black son.

Imagine something
like that

happens to
him one day.

Then his legacy was tarnished
by these lies.

Now think about
Ali's mother, Jasmine.

Tell us where Gerald is.

Jasmine doesn't know
where Gerald is,

but she gave Carter and I
this list of possibilities.

Okay, so this
is the closest we've come

to finding him so far.
Yeah.

Let's get warrants
and search them.
Yeah, yeah.

Hey, hold up, hold up.

Y'all need to see this.

My son Ali...

...was a good man.

He didn't deserve to leave
this life the way that he did.

And now they're calling him
a thug.

A-a gangbanger, a drug dealer.

They're saying he got
what was coming to him.

Why are they doing this?

God, this woman must be
in a living hell.

The Mitchell family
have been upstanding members

of this community.How many unarmed black
men have to die

before enough is enough?MAN: Danziger!

CROWD [chanting]:
Danziger! Danziger!

Danziger! Danziger!

Danziger!Why are they
chanting "Danziger"?

Danziger Bridge.

After Hurricane Katrina hit,

police shot six unarmed black
people waiting to get rescued.

Two died.

I never heard
about that.

It's not New Orleans'
finest hour.

They're not gonna put
that on the brochure.

But it happens
all the time.

Hell, I was almost a statistic.

Police pulled me over.

Said I fit the description
of a murder suspect.

Had me sprawled on the ground
with a gun in my face.

That was before
my accident, though.

Did things change after that?

Well, people feel sorry for me
because of the chair.

That accident's
probably the best thing

that ever happened
to me.

Oh, come on, Patton, really?

Look, don't get me wrong.
I miss walking.

But the police don't
treat me the same no more.

It's as if the chair
erased my race.

I'm no longer seen as a threat.

As if you could ever
be threatening.[chuckles]

Thank you, baby.

But it is a problem
for black men.

Carter probably has
his own stories.

And I'm positive that Wade had
the talk with her two boys

about how to act,
not if,but when

they get stopped
by the police.

It's just a fact of life.

At least for now.

Got your message.
What's so urgent?

WADE:
Well,

I'm not supposed to have this.

It's not official yet.

But a friend of mine
at the state lab

slipped it to me.

Analysis of the weapon
state police found?Yeah.

30 distinct different
fingerprints were lifted.

None belonging to Ali Mitchell.

My friend
at the lab thinks

it's a community gun,
whatever that is.

People on probation or parole
will hide guns in public areas,

rather than hold on their person
and risk going back to jail.

Well, whatever kind
of gun it was...

it didn't belong
to Ali Mitchell.

Watching all these videos,

I think I'm starting
to hallucinate.PATTON: Hey, Sebastian.

Check this out, man.
Think it's happening to me, too.

Look at this.

Well, that's definitely
on the video.

Think it might
be a gun?

I don't know. Looks more
like a shadow to me.

How we doing in here?Oh, we found
something, but

can't quite figure
out what it is.

Might not be good news
for Ali Mitchell.

It could be a gun,
could be a shadow.

But if it was anything,
it would have been

bagged and tagged
right after the shooting.

Unless...

[phone ringing]I mean,
unless it disappeared

in there.

I could go back to the scene,
take a look.

Uh, yeah, get on it, Sebastian.

Special Agent Pride speaking.

Uh, I-I-I understand, but...

well, I think
it's a terrible idea.

We still haven't...

Yes, ma'am.

Understood.

I've just been ordered

to participate
in the press conference.

Seems official Washington

wants a united front, too.

COOPER:
I'm Detective Christina Cooper

of the Louisiana State Police,
and lead investigator

for the officer-involved
shooting death

of Navy Petty Officer
Ali Mitchell

by NOPD Detective Ted Bradley.

Joining me today are
representatives from both

the NOPD

and NCIS.

All of our agencies
are working together

to uncover the facts
of what happened.

We're making good progress

and intend to release
a full report

that will bring satisfaction
to the people of New Orleans.

Is is true Ali Mitchell's gun
has been recovered?

I cannot comment
on any evidence.REPORTER: Which means you do

have a gun in evidence.COOPER: What we have

is being analyzed
by the state forensics lab.

WOMAN:
That's a lie!

That's a lie!

[clamoring]

Uh, hi. Listen...

Hang on!

I want to make it clear
that there is no evidence

linking Petty Officer Mitchell
to a gun at this time.

[crowd clamoring]

CROWD [chanting]:
No justice, no peace!

No racist police!

No justice, no peace!

What the hell was
that, Dwayne?

Setting the record straight.

More like setting the city
on fire.

CROWD:
No racist police!

No justice, no peace!

No racist police!

You want to tell me how Pride
got the forensics on a gun

when the state hasn't released
the report?

If you tell me
how the media knew

that the state even found a gun?

What are you
talking about?

Someone must have leaked it
to them, Gene.

Not me.

Unlike your saintly Pride,

my guys are running
this case by the book.

Please.And why did he

deliberately contradict Cooper
in front of the press?

Because he didn't want
the people to believe

that Ali Mitchell had a weapon
when he didn't.

But youknow
he had a weapon, Loretta.

It's in the state lab.

So you did slip
it to Pride?Just read it, Gene.

[scoffs]

A community gun?

And Cooper
knew it, too.

That just means
we have to redouble our efforts

in the search.

Why can't you consider
that Ali Mitchell

didn't have a gun?

Because the kid had
a criminal past, Loretta.

He was best friends
with the suspect

that Bradley was chasing.

You want to talk
about pasts?

Your friend Bradley has quite
a complaint record himself.

He's a good kid, Loretta.

A good cop.

Why won't you give him
the benefit of the doubt?

Because my CJ could have been
on the other side of his gun!

Or Danny!

Alton Sterling.

Tamir Rice.

Eric Garner.Loretta...

Charles Kinsey,
Oscar Grant,

Philando Castile.Stop.

Sandra Bland!
Stephon Clark!

Loretta, I get it!

I'm caught in the middle here.

If I go too far one way,

I'm a, I'm a traitor
to the badge.

Go too far the other way,
I'm a traitor to the race.

All I want is to be fair.

Stand by a man I've known
for seven years.

Make it better for all of us.

I fail to see how
standing by Bradley

is making it better
for anyone but Bradley.

When I joined this department,

there were still some cops

putting bananas in our lockers.

Calling us
"gorillas in the midst."

Then you should understand
why the people are upset

about Ali Mitchell.

Of course I do!

But this isn't Danziger.

NOPD has turned a corner.

I mean, the chief is black,

60% of the department
is black...

Still doesn't mean
Bradley isn't biased.

I was his training officer.

What does it say about me
if I could

support him in making
a racist move like that?

He's not that man.

I know his heart.

Maybe you do.

But I can't help
but wonder

if Bradley would have been
quick to pull the trigger

if Ali Mitchell was white.

GREGORIO:
Hey, Pride,

we're at the last location
Jasmine gave us

to look for Gerald Young.

It's a farm belonging to
his uncle outside the city.

PRIDE [over radio]:
Hopefully he's there.
Be careful.

[man speaking indistinctly
on TV]

NEWSMAN:
The mayor says the city
will be under curfew

until further notice.

Ready?
Yeah.

NCIS. Search warrant!

Gerald Young,
come out with your hands up!

Hey! Hey!

He's rabbiting out the back.

Gerald Young?

Boy, I can't tell you

how happy we are to see you.

Figured you might be hungry.

Don't need no friendly act.

Just take me to jail already.

I'm not the one
to take you to jail.

Yeah? Okay. Sure.

[chuckles]
Look around.

No NOPD.
No state police, just...

just me for now.

I want to know about

Ali Mitchell.

He's dead.
What else you need to know?

A lot, Gerald.

You two were tight.Yeah, so?

So I'm wondering... if maybe you

were partners in crime, too.

The warehouse robberies?No.

Man.

Look, Ali was
a citizen.

He was gonna
be somebody.

The fool thought
I could be somebody, too.

What do you mean?He was trying

to get me out the life.

Help me clean up my
record, get into the Navy

or at least a real job, but...

Man, I got a girl
and a baby, so...

Night Ali died, you were being
chased by Detective Bradley.

Did you run to the block
for Ali's help?

I ran to the block 'cause I knew
the party was going on.

Okay? I could get
lost in the crowd.

Didn't even know Ali
was gonna be there.

Or that he would even try
to stop me... from running.

He tried to stop you?

He got right up
in my face.

Just before that,
that cop shot him.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Okay, so you saw Ali
right before he died.

Do you remember seeing
anything in his hands?

I was running
for my life, man.

I wasn't thinking
about no hands.

Look, I just...

Gerald.

What?

The wrong person is dead.

It was the
wrong person.

It should have been me.

[crowd shouting in distance]

CARTER:
Yo.

Still at it, Slim?

Uh, yeah. Just doing my job.

You're willing to get into the
muck to find this phantom gun?

That is dedication.

I'm just not sure to what.

Yeah, look, I, uh, I get why
this case has you so, uh...

Angry?
Passionate.

But I am, too. You
know, it's our job

to figure out the truth
of what happened.

We know the truth.Yeah, but it hasn't
been proven yet.

We know that something flew

out of Ali Mitchell's hand
the other night.

We need to know what.

Mitchell deserves that.

[chuckles]
Hell, so does Bradley.

Okay. How can I help?

How expensive is that suit?

[grunts]
You know I meant "help"

in the moral support
meaning of the word?

What are you talking about?
This is the fun part.

You find all kinds of cool stuff
down here, like, uh...

Hepatitis?
That's...

Okay, yeah.
Well, my therapist says

we're not supposed to dwell
on communicable diseases.

How far down this tunnel
do we have to look?

It's hard to say.

Didn't get a lot of rain
yesterday,

so it's pretty shallow.

Maybe we'll get lucky.
I don't know.

Wait a minute.

Think I stepped on something.

Check this out.

What'd you find?

If this is round three,
I feel outnumbered.

We don't want to fight, Gene.

Out of courtesy,
Pride thinks it's best

we share this with you
before going to Cooper.

What'd you find?

PRIDE:
Detective Bradley
was correct when he said

he saw something in Ali
Mitchell's hands that night.

Mm-hmm.

Unfortunately for him,

it wasn't a gun.

You're sure it was Mitchell's?

WADE:
Ali was recording

as Bradley approached.

Captured his own death, too.

[dance music, indistinct chatter
on video]

Bro, he's behind me,
bro, he's behind me.

BRADLEY:
Out of the way!
Get the hell out of the way!

Drop the weapon, drop it now!

What are you doing?

Just not ready to go up there.

It's not on you, Gene,
or the NOPD.

It's on Bradley.

One man's actions.

We both know that's not true.

Bradley's a cop.

To the public,
he's just further proof

of police bias.

Not all the public.

Works both ways, you know?

When was the last
time you heard

of a heinous crime on the news

and prayed the suspect
wasn't black?

You can't fix it all today.

What you can do is go up there
and support your friend.

He'll need it.

Bro, he's behind me,
bro, he's behind me.

BRADLEY:
Get the hell out of the way!
Get the hell out of the way!

Get the hell
out of the way!

Drop the weapon! Drop it now!

[gunshots on video]

[device beeps]

I was so sure. I mean...

I was convinced he had a gun.

[crying]:
I messed up, Gene.

I messed up.

WADE:
What happens to Bradley now?

Will he be brought up
on charges?

Not likely.

Fired?

Probably not.

COOPER:
Fact is, Bradley

thought he saw a gun.

He feared for his life.

Maybe he could have
taken longer to react.

Maybe he was biased.

But the shooting was
within NOPD policy guidelines.

But where's the justice?

This mother's lost her child.

I've worked half a dozen cases
like this in my career,

and honestly
there is no justice.

Just compensation

from the police department's
insurance fund.

PRIDE:
Ali's mother can
take some comfort

in his vindication.

His legacy will remain

a positive one.

And Bradley?

What's his legacy?

Hey, baby. You heading out?

Yeah, I'm about to meet up
with a friend from the NOPD

for a drink
before the vigil.That's nice.

I don't blame you, man.

Hey. Turn that up.

I have served in law enforcement
for seven years.

And although I love my job

and I loved working
with the community,

I can no longer do the job
in good faith.

As a result, and to help
the city that I love to heal,

I am resigning from the
New Orleans Police Department

effective immediately.

[voice breaking]:
My sincerest apologies

to Petty Officer Mitchell's
family and friends.

I hope my resignation
can come as some small solace

during this difficult time.

I also hope the community can

look past my grievous mistake
and continue

to build bridges with the NOPD.

Thank you.REPORTER: Detective...

[exhales]:
Oh, wow. That was unexpected.

SEBASTIAN:
Yeah, well, at least he did
the right thing by resigning.

Split-second decision like that,

alone at night,
in a crowd,

adrenaline pumping?

I'd like to say I wouldn't fire,
but I just don't know.

PATTON:
One thing for sure.

Everybody has a bias,
even if you're unaware of it.

Things will get better. We
just got to just keep pushing.

Keep open. Keep real.

You really believe that, Patton?

Like MLK said, "The moral arc
of the universe is long,

but it bends towards justice."

Is this spot taken?

I was hoping I'd see you.

You know, I never did get
a chance to apologize to you

for, for everything.

No need to apologize.

Well, I did let
my bullheadedness

get the best of me.Yeah...

You're a good cop, Gene,
and a good friend.

And if I were
in your place,

I'd fight just as hard.

[quietly]:
Well, I'm... tired of fighting.

I just want to pay my
respects like everyone else.

My name is Nessa Mitchell.

Ali was my son.

I can't tell you
how gratified I am

to see all of New Orleans
come out together

in his honor.

My baby was the light of my life
and the joy in my heart.

He was taken too soon.

[crowd affirming]WOMAN: Yes, he was.

But his light and his joy
will shine on.

[crowd affirming]WOMAN: Yes, it will.

We will never forget you, baby.

May your days be filled
talking to God,

walking with Jesus...[affirming]

...and resting in power.

CROWD:
Amen.

♪ Lift every voice

♪ And sing

♪ Till Earth and heaven ring

♪ Ring with the harmonies

♪ Of liberty

♪ Let our rejoicing rise

♪ High as the listening skies

♪ Let it resound

♪ Loud as the rolling sea

♪ Facing the rising sun

♪ Of our new day

♪ Begun

♪ Let us march on

♪ Till victory

♪ Is won.

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