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You know, Chief, former mayor gave me

a couple words of advice.

First thing he said was, always remember that

the people put you in office.

The next thing he said,

politics and Jack Manion don't mix.

Was he smiling when you said that?

I'm a crime fighter, Mr. Mayor.

I'm not a politician.

Ah, well, I'm gonna remember that.

Chief Manion. Chief Manion.

Aaron Neely, DC 24 7.

June 11, 1970.

- Mean anything to you, sir? - Back away.

- Back away. - I'm talking about Vietnam.

The massacre of those women and children.

Is it true that you and five other men in your platoon

slaughtered 18 innocent people in the village

- of Mito in Vietnam? - Neely.

- No comment. - Did you hear that, sir?

That's what the Vietnamese government's calling it.

What are you calling, Chief?

Like I said, no comment.

Come on, Chief, level with me.

You like this job?

Did you, sir?

Listen, did you or did you not participate in the killing of

- those innocent women and show. - Just back away.

Come on.

There's got to be something you want to tell me, sir.

Did you or did you not participate in killing...

- Get out of here. - of innocent women and children.

Chief Manion, there's got to be something

you have to say to that. What was it like to bury...

them Chief?

This is our bullpen where our officers and detectives

file crime reports, handle complaints, follow up on tips.

And this is the office of the Chief of police.

Okay, who wants to go down processing and get

their fingerprints taken?

Here's the Chief now?

Top of the morning to you, ladies.

Did you see the morning papers, Chief?

I certainly did, Lockhart.

Congratulations on your new appointment, deputy mayor.

Oh, nice.

I'm talking about page one.

Next time you decide to slug a reporter,

could you please not do it in the company of the mayor?

Certainly.

Hey, uh, help me out with something, Miss Lockhart.

I'm kind of confused now.

Um, a week ago, you're battling this guy.

I mean, you're neck and neck.

Now all of a sudden, you're working for him.

How does that happen?

You know, the mayor's phone is ringing off the hook,

and somebody should answer it.

That's your job, isn't it?

You're the deputy mayor.

So is Neely pressing charges?

Not if you give him an interview.

Forget about that.

You know, the mayor expects you to make a public apology

and at the very least, a statement, Chief.

Not gonna happen.

How you enjoying your first day?

You know, I don't know what was said yesterday.

The mayor's not sharing that information with anyone.

But right now is the perfect opportunity

for you to get out front on this and put your spin on it

before Neely tells his story.

No spin, no statement.

That's final.

Hey, let's have lunch sometime, Lockhart.

Celebrate your new job.

Hey, Chief.

Punch anyone today?

No, but it's early.

Do you want to talk about it, or should I save

my interrogation for later? Much later.

I can wait.

What is it?

Ferris?

Come here.

Yes, sir.

Where'd this come from?

This envelope.

It's got no return address, no stamp, no postage or anything.

It was on my desk with the rest of the mail.

Gus Mendoza from gang task force id the graffiti.

They're called the three tiers. They're a new group.

They're offshoot of the J street D's.

I've seen their tags before.

They run in our patrol area, move around.

They haven't established a corner of their own yet.

This clown's a player.

Lester Richards.

He's in the system.

We had him on a felony distribution charge a year ago.

DA dropped the charge.

The witnesses kept disappearing.

All right, we need to find out who sent the photos and why

they want us to arrest this kid and not the others, right?

He's not on our radar, but we got gang tats.

Well, maybe they're a rival gang trying to squeeze them out.

They wanted him gone, they'd just take him out.

All right, we'll see if forensics can get a hit

off the envelope.

And, Temple, find out from Gus about this three tier

thing, would you?

First tier, you get when they jump you in.

Beat the hell out. You one of the ladies.

Do it with the pen and ink.

Second and third tier is empty. Only the outline.

You fill them in when you do the crime.

Rob a store. Steal a car like that.

Third tier...

You off somebody...

They give the gat,

point out the target.

Get y'all real close so you can see the eyes...

Smell the fear.

All you gots to do is pull the trigger.

Get some blood on you.

What's the clock on something like that?

Days, weeks

after you steal the car.

48 hours, maybe.

See anybody you know?

Badass Lester.

That's the dangerous man.

What about the other kid?

He must be new.

You know where they hang?

Never just one place. Always moving...

Muslin now, huh?

How'd that happen?

I lied. My brother.

I left my heart up. And he came in.

Food's better, too.

There's a warrant of this guy Lester.

He's Mia. Blew off his parole officer.

And we ran the plates on the car, on the photo,

and it's stolen.

Police found the car in Richmond, Virginia.

Mm hmm.

So it could be the kid's second tier, right?

If Tyree's telling the truth, we're running out of time.

Yeah, but we don't even know who the kid is.

And we couldn't arrest him if we did.

We can't prove that he did anything.

What we do have is the possibility

- of preventing a crime. - That's good enough.

- Yeah. - Go after it.

All right.

Ellen.

Sneaking out?

- Ricky was suspended from school. - What did he do?

they wouldn't tell me over the phone.

- I have to go pick him up. - Well do you need a ride?

No.

Pepper spray. What?...

What were you thinking?

Wasn't mine aunt Ella?

- I was holding it for a friend. - Oh, yeah?

Who's this friend?

- What's his name? - It's nobody.

You don't know him.

It's no big deal.

Ricky, you were just suspended from school.

It is a very big deal.

Come on, let's go.

We searched the hooches and gathered everybody up,

questioned them...

And found out that our target was gone.

Now our mission was compromised...

And we were saddled

with 15 prisoners.

If we let them go, our chances

of getting out alive were zero.

And you were no more than six, 8ft away.

Is that right?

That's correct.

They didn't run?

They didn't put up a fight?

No.

And you were simply obeying orders, is that correct

to say, Mr. Renson, don't question authority.

You do as you're told.

And who gave that order?

Who ordered the massacre of those innocent people?

Jack Manion.

Jack Manion,

Jack Manion.

Manion.

Sorry, man.

I just couldn't live with it.

Where are you, Chip?

I'm nowhere.

Tell me.

You know.

- You been there. - Chip.

Tell me where you are. I'll come get you.

It's too late.

I can't lie for you anymore, Jack.

Chip, listen to me.

Chip.

Damn.

- Nancy. - Yes, sir.

Give me an address for this number and call me

before I leave the parking lot.

Chip...

It's Jack.

Hey, Chip.

Well, hey.

Wanna see a movie?

A movie?

Yeah, a movie.

There's a multiplex around the corner.

We could get out of here, you know?

I can't now. I've got something I gotta do.

Sure.

Well, I mean, I'll drive.

You can go with me.

I'm sorry, Jack.

Yeah.

Why didn't you call me?

I wanted to.

Yeah?

Well, what the hell am I gonna do with you, huh?

I'll hold on to that.

You did the right thing bringing him here.

It looks good.

That's why I did it.

- He was in bad shape. - He looks crazy.

- Is he on something? - No.

Neely hounded him into the story.

Broke him down.

I reread your report two hooches. Destroyed.

18 VC killed is all it says.

How much of what Renton says is true?

- You were there, sir? - I was 60 miles away.

But that doesn't let you off the hook, general.

Be careful, Manion.

Sir?

You did the flyover.

You set up the mission.

You said the VC Chief was in the village.

Go in, grab him, get out.

No resistance.

And like a lot of things back then, just

went to hell, didn't it?

That was 32 years ago.

You're a smart man.

You've got a second act ahead of you, Manion.

So you listen up, Jackie boy.

We're gonna take a hit.

The Department of Defense has opened

a preliminary investigation and they're calling you in.

Now, you have a choice.

You stand shoulder to shoulder with me, close ranks and

dump this mess in Renton's lap. Or I swear.

What?

I wouldn't leave a wounded man on the field back then.

I sure as hell I'm not going to do.

it now, sir.

You see these stars?

That's my damn life right there.

I am lined for promotion of Chief of staff, and I'm not

gonna stand by and let some drug addict ruin what

I've worked my whole life for.

War is over, isn't it?

We'll throw it in the river, sir.

Let it go.

Morning, Chief.

Hey, morning, Joe.

Gotta get rid of her, huh?

Yeah, I have to.

Car seats won't fit in the back.

Need a van.

Gale said, take your pick.

Your baby or mine?

How's the engine?

Like butter.

- Really? - Please.

Yeah.

I always wanted a car like this.

I'll name your price, you could be yours.

I've got the tugboat, Joe.

Can't afford another albatross.

What?

It's a kid.

That's who sent the photograph.

Kid sent the photographs?

Yeah. Look.

See this?

Handlebars?

And from the low angle, let's say it was a kid

that took the photographs.

Kid about this high.

- How old? - Ten.

10.. 11 maybe.

Oh, there's no postage on the envelope.

No return address.

This could be one of those kids that Nancy

was giving a tour to.

Dropped it on the desk, right?

Yeah.

Well, check it out.

Oh, you're looking tired, Joe.

Weary anticipation.

What was I thinking, having a baby at my age?

Well, in my opinion, the fact that you weren't

thinking is the reason you're having a baby at your age.

Yeah.

I had a friend at the Pentagon run a check on Renson.

Guy's a walk in train wreck.

Ex-junkie, alcoholic, DUI, spousal abuse.

I could have him picked up.

No.

Well, it's okay.

- I'll take care of it. - Thanks, Joe.

Okay.

The mail.

It's all arranged alphabetically.

And everyone has their name

on their door or on their desk.

This will take me all day.

That's the idea...

Ricky.

It's work.

You're being punished.

Suspension is not vacation.

- What are you doing? - Coachman.

wore them on earlier, I've seen him.

Got him in forensics. Fine.

Whatever.

Did you watch DC 24/7 last night?

Pretty amazing, huh?

Yeah.

- What? - That's amazing.

Nothing. You just get in there.

How could they put something like that on the air without

any rebuttal from the Chief?

I hope he sues them.

You don't think he did it, do you?

Ella?

He couldn't have.

Do I think it was possible for something like that

to happen in that war? Yes, I do.

Do I think he did it?

No, I don't.

Can you be sure?

Nancy...

We live our lives.

And along the way, we each pick our own families.

He's one of mine.

I trust him.

Check this out.

Chinese takeout boxes?

Yeah, but they're almost in every picture.

No, it's I-N-E.

And then his hand covers the rest.

What about this one?

Side view mirror.

Check the reflection.

Shine gardens.

Family orders.

Mu shu and kung pow every time.

You got an address?

I have to go in and get it.

We'll wait.

We'll follow.

Come here to question my boy about something you think he

might be involved in?

We're following through on a report.

Where were you last year when my oldest son OD'd?

Why couldn't you put the animal away

that sold that poison to him?

Come in here.

These detectives think you might be involved in a car theft.

- You know anything about that? - No, sir.

Mister Dutton, can we talk to your son alone, please?

Anything you have to say to him, you say to him.

Now with me here.

Fine. Do you know Lester Richardson?

- No. - What about the three tiers crew?

- You know anything about that? - Yeah, I heard of it.

... so what?

You been jumped in?

No, man, you trippin'

What about that tattoo on the side of your neck, huh?

Is that just for fun?

I noticed that second tear is filled in.

Is that the car we found in Richmond?

I don't know what they're talking about.

You're lying.

Don't make this any harder than it has to be.

Hey...

He told you. He told you.

He doesn't know anything.

Now you leave my house.

- Take a good look, man. - Temple.

- Come on, let's go. - We're gonna be watching you.

Her name is Liu Tai ling.

She's from the city of Mito.

15 of her relatives were killed.

Her story corroborates Charles Renison.

Where'd you get this?

Neely sent it over as a heads up.

It's front page of the times in the morning.

If she's alive. She wasn't there.

Fought in a very unpopular war, Mr. Mayor.

Vietnam.

If the press feels the need to twist the reality

of what happened over there and destroy some very good

men's lives in the process.

Nothing I can do about it.

- Well, tell your story, Chief. - Don't have a story.

Just a lot of bad memories, want to forget them?

This is national coverage, Chief.

It's personal.

Miss Lockhart.

You're a public figure.

Look, Chief, I don't care if you punch an Neely in the nose,

embarrass me in front of the entire city...

But right now they're questioning your ability to command.

That's coming back to me.

I'll give you my resignation.

Oh, no.

No.

But I do want to be perfectly honest with you.

You know your contract is not guaranteed after this year.

Come on, Chief.

Help me out.

Don't put me in the position of having to consider

other candidates for the officer Chief of police.

Some of us are warriors.

And some of us

are politicians.

You do what you have to do.

I know we did, Jack.

General Noble was here today.

I think he wants to dump all this on me.

Why did you just let me kill myself?

Cause you're not that good a shot.

You'd have missed.

It was a free fire zone,

remember, Jack?

That's what they kept telling us.

Free fire zone.

Take out anything that moves.

Does your wife know you're here, Chip?

You want me to call her?

How about your son?

For years,

I thought what we did was okay.

And then the horror of it

broke over me.

And that reporter, Neely, kept calling,

coming by

where I worked...

asking me the

same questions over and over.

My son doesn't talk to me anymore.

Jack

Barbara left

me three years ago.

Chip...

I'm gonna tell you

what happened.

I want you to listen to me

and shut everything else out.

They fired first.

It was an ambush.

I saw the tracers.

They fired first?

Then I returned fire.

That's when I heard your voice.

What'd you hear me say?

I don't know, Jack.

I said pull back.

That's what I said.

Oh...

Christ, Jack...

Jesus Christ...

Ricky...

Are you holding your breath?

As much as I can.

Gotta be extra careful, right?

Sure.

Hey, did you know that if one of those envelopes touched

an anthrax letter in a sorter.

Even though it went through the zapper things, still

had enough germs on it to get into your body cavity,

eat your lungs, and then stop your heart from beating.

Creepy, huh?

It can be.

- I try not to think about it. - Ricky.

Come on.

Let's get some fresh air and take a break...

Okay?

What are you so afraid of?

Planes crashing, people blowing themselves up,

Sniper shooting out of nowhere.

I see it on tv.

Okay. All right,

I want you to listen to me.

I'm not gonna lie to you

and tell you that the world is

totally safe, because it's not.

It's not totally safe.

There are people out there who want to hurt us.

But if we live our lives afraid

of them...

Then they've won.

And you've got to be strong.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yeah. But what if they get one of us?

- What if you were me? - No.

No.

I will do everything I can

to keep you

totally safe.

Everything?

Will you do everything you can to keep me safe?

Yeah.

Then I think we're pretty safe, huh?

Yeah.

There we go.

All right, take it easy.

All right.

Where'd you go to lunch today?

This restaurant called Godhead it said it is supposed

to bring on labor.

If I eat any more spicy food, this baby's gonna

come out with powder burns.

You're telling cop jokes now?

Isn't this adorable?

This is from Ella?

Mm hmm.

You sell that car yet?

Have I told you how much I love you today?

There are no high tech doo dahs on a classic like this.

You understand that, right...

... Sergeant?

Can I?

Thanks for my lunch break.

You know, I...

Tap the pedal a couple of times.

- She likes that.

Okay.

Oh, yeah.

I got it.

Officer Parris?

Hello?

They were here.

Why didn't they arrest him?

Who is this?

Why won't somebody help me?

How can I help you if I don't know who you are?

I can hear you breathing.

Please tell me your name.

Polly Dutton.

Her name is Polly Dutton.

She sent you the pictures?

She begged me not to take her home.

She's afraid her parents will be mad at her.

Where's Temple and Dobrino?

Sitting on her brother Joey, waiting for his next move.

Hi, Paulie.

I'm Jack Manion, Chief of police.

How do you do?

Um.

Boy, you are a brave little girl.

Hey.

Jelly bean or licorice?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Not many people I know that would do what you did.

You must love your brother very much.

It wasn't supposed to happen this way.

What way, Polly?

If you arrest him, he won't die.

He won't. He won't die like Reggie did.

Her older brother. Reggie.

He OD'd February last year.

He hung with the same gang.

They found him in a ditch.

Somebody stole his clothes and his shoes.

Mom said he was frozen stiff.

Is that why you took the pictures of Joey?

So he wouldn't end up like Reggie did?

Paulie...

I think we can help you.

You and your brother.

But I don't think I can arrest Joey.

He hadn't done anything.

He will...

... today.

You weren't in Vietnam, Temple.

You can't compare the Gulf war with what went on over there.

I don't think the Chief had women and children

massacred, and I don't think he would allow that to happen.

Unless he couldn't stop it.

Nah, something else happened.

It's a part of the story that we're not getting.

- Like what? - I don't know.

And I don't know if anybody knows.

Different people remember the same thing differently.

But whatever happened, I don't think there's any one story.

Except for the one that they agreed on.

Hey.

Who's that?

I believe that would be badass, Lester...

Temple.

It's showtime.

Graduation day little bro...

6041, we're at M on 46 street

Suspects in a green Chevrolet heading east

towards Canterfield museum.

All units stand by.

Stay on silent run over get me, I ain't ready to go getting

to go as soon as I get a target is gone, hair blown stand

strong, that's my mo no remotes when I lay you down

let a couple bullets fly walk away with a smile leave you

leaking face down nose all in the ground retaliation

- is a must see em bust at the crown. - What's he doing?

Looking for a target.

He's going down.

All units it's going down.

Stand by.

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Do him.

Do it.

trophy, a reminder until I find him again.

And I will find him again.

I don't remember much about the village.

I remember the faces.

We were children, Ellen.

18, 19... years old?

Chip Runson...

... was the oldest.

He was 22.

Our orders were to go into this village.

Get this VC commander get out

and take no prisoners.

It was dark.

It was two, three in the morning, something like that.

Pitch black.

And back then he didn't have night vision goggles.

So...

We waited outside

the village until the candles

went out in the hooches.

We knew they were asleep.

We went in,

we emptied out the hooches.

The soldiers we were expecting weren't there.

Just...

Some old men, women and children.

But we knew they'd been there.

The beds were warm.

They knew we were coming.

And we found out later that if we continued a couple hooches

further into the village, they set up a fire line.

They were waiting for us.

They were gonna ambush us.

So you walked into a trap?

Yeah.

Now we got the people

and I got my orders.

Take no prisoners.

So Renton was telling the truth.

You killed them.

We gathered them up together.

We were in a semi circle and they were about 10ft

in front of us. Renson was here.

He was covering the prisoners.

Narvi was over here.

He was doing the same thing.

And I'm standing there and I'm thinking,

oh, God, what can I do?

Well, I can tie him up. I can take him with us.

At least that way we get a head start and I'll.

So you were going to ignore your

orders to take no prisoners?

Women and children.

We started getting fire from the tree line.

You could see the tracers.

You see, it only takes...

A few seconds

to fire off 30, 40 rounds.

And that's what chip did.

He emptied his clip

into the people.

And for those few seconds, it was hell.

So I'm yelling, pull back, pull back.

And they're caught between us and them and we're laying down

this covering fire and it's.

Everything...

Gets destroyed.

So you didn't order rinse and to fire into those people

like he said?

No.

No.

Well, why can't you just say that?

Because...

I didn't

tell him not to.

He's a friend.

He's a brother in arms.

He saved my life more than once.

Ella,...

You are the only one

I've ever told.

All right.

You changed the oil once a month, minimum.

You use regular gas.

You'd be good to her, she'll be good to you.

Right?

She likes the tires rotated every 3000 miles

and don't we all.

- That's not funny, son. - Chief.

- Yeah? - Chief.

Nolan. It's time.

What?

Gail's on her way to the hospital.

- She's having the baby. - The baby?

- Yes. - Give me my keys.

- Give me my car. - Get out of my way.

- Now. - Yeah, I'm just.

I'm having a baby, man.

The baby.

Yeah, baby.

Sorry, dumpster.

She couldn't wait a half a push.

And voila.

I think she's my favorite child.

Hello, baby girl.

Hello, Ashley.

Pearl, I'm your daddy.

She is beautiful, just like a mama.

Are you familiar with the articles of war, Chief Manion?

The provision dealing with POWs?

A commander may not put his prisoners to death.

Because their presence retards his movements or otherwise?

Yes, sir.

If you'll allow me to finish the.

Sir, this is not a court of law.

I'm here as a friendly witness at your request.

I filed a report on the operation 32 years ago.

Nothing's changed.

Did you or did you not on your own initiative?

Sir, I was ordered to go in, get out and take no prisoners.

- There was never a direct order. - Huh?

Come on now.

Sir, with all due respect, your nose is gonna grow.

Chief Mannion, the CID is willing to open hearings

using a testimony before house subcommittee.

We can subpoena Charles Renson and bring this matter

to a close.

We've prepared a statement for you to sign.

No.

This is an indictment of Charles Renson.

I'm not going to sign this.

I was in command that night, not him.

We were hoping you wouldn't see it that way.

We were hoping you'd assist us in our search for the truth.

Well, now, I would be very careful here, gentlemen.

That night was a tragedy.

It was not a war crime.

We can subpoena you, Chief Manion.

Oh, fine.

You can go ahead.

But I suggest that we stop this right here.

I stand by my report.

I stand by the men that were with me that night.

And God rest the souls...

... those men and women...

And children

that were killed that night.

But if you are looking

for someone to blame...

... then go to the wall...

... and you look at

the names of the 58,169...

... men and women immortalize there.

Then look closer.

Beyond the names,

you'll see your reflection.

To the people crying,

let the dead bury the dead.

It's time.

They'll be free.

I don't

have to tell

you where dying.

Just wake up...

And take a look.

What do you see?

I see young man,

my own age in coffins.

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