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Street name's Nova, aka Dorina Clark.

I arrested her a couple of times.

She worked out of high end hotels on Capitol Hill.

Cars reported stolen about 06:00 this morning

by a Richard Newman.

Found registration in the glove compartment

on a man's coat inside. No id.

We assume it was Newman's...

Trick book.

Protections, profits.

Grand total $650.

The motive wasn't robbery.

Weren't you supposed to be on vacation, Temple?

I am, sir. About 2 hours, ten minutes.

Do you hear he's going fishing.

Fly fishing with his father.

- The river runs through it, - You know, you two

should form a comedy team.

Other than her job description, can we tie her

to the K Street children?

Both shot at close range.

Both African American females.

- Nancy, give me the tweezers. - Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Respect the order.

Alexandria councilman Arthur Tarrant was

gunned down on Tuesday.

Today, a community mourns...

Where he stood and what he stood for.

Others were stand younger,

stronger, in larger numbers.

My husband's murder is not just a loss for my family,

but an entire community.

I hope I never feel her pain.

Tell me something.

Does the phrase

respect the order mean anything to you?

Aryan nations.

That's the first thing that comes to mind.

Why?

Somebody's killing black prostitutes.

They want to send a message.

Excuse me, Chief.

Dorina Clark's parents are here.

Thanks.

Our daughter was prostitute, Chief.

Kashmir Brown. That's all we know.

Dorina wanted her to have this money, and we'd

like to make sure she gets it.

We were gathering her things and found it.

It's $150,000.

And you don't want it?

Whatever she did to earn it is what got her killed.

We want nothing to do with it.

If you find Kashmir, do you think we could talk to her?

Jillian?

Maybe she could tell us about Dorina.

We did what we said we would do.

Let's just leave it alone.

If you don't find her, Chief, give the money to charity.

Either way, I don't think we need to hear any more about it.

Mr. and misses Clark.

I just want you to know we're going to do everything

we can to help you.

Reno. Good morning.

Keep the coat on, find your keys, get your coffee to go.

The day is starting out just the way I like it.

Cahill your rides here.

Is it by lottery that I always get to work with him,

or is it punishment?

You're very funny, lady.

Detective, CSU went over the car.

Found no sign of a break in or a hot wire.

The guy's playing us. His keys were in the ignition.

Totally agree. Let's go find him.

Bring him in for questioning.

- Where you going, son? - Get me coffee.

- Coffee dulls the mind. - Go to work.

- Go to work. - Come on, you can share mine.

- Thank you. - Coffee, Chief.

- Thank you very much. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, dad.

Okay, okay, okay.

I mean, the fish aren't even up yet.

All right, I'll see you in a minute.

It's cold out here. Come on, man.

Let me in.

Reese, I told you never to come here.

I am fully aware of that degree, my brother,

but it's an emergency.

Thank you.

Hey, fishing.

What you want? Reese's my way out.

I got a little proposition for you, man.

I was just wondering if I could possibly have

an advance on our next case.

I'm just a little bit short on this months rent.

Reese, get out.

Oh, man.

Come on, man.

We partners, baby.

How many times have I dragged my ass out in the middle of

the night to help you out, huh? Come on, now.

A CI for the cops is not a risk free occupation.

Then I'll get another one.

Don't forget to close the window on your way out.

You gonna do me like that, man?

You gonna let Reese live out on the streets?

This you rent, man, huh?

I thought you quit using.

I'm in trouble, okay?

I'm in big trouble.

I got a guy, my guy, he says I

owe him, and he cut me off.

Reese, you are not hearing me.

I want you to get out of my house, okay?

Or you could be jonesing in lockup.

Okay?

Be that way, shaft.

Be that way.

Reese. Got a long memory.

Don't make a racket on your way out.

My neighbors are trying to sleep.

Have a good fishing trip.

Mm hmm.

How'd I get there?

Reese, you gotta get off from under this junk.

Give me some money, man.

Just give me a little bit of money just

to get through today.

If you've been there, you know, I just need just a little bit

today for today, and I'm fine.

Reese, you are strong enough to get through this.

You won't. All right?

I'll help you.

Ella, big trouble.

No blueberry muffins today, so I got you banana walnut instead.

Jimmy Upland.

If you get over here, can you give me a hug?

Oh, national hug.

A cop day went through, huh?

Judy and the kids must be so proud of you.

- What'd I do? - What did you do?

Oh, you're just a hero, that's all.

Saving a woman from a burning building.

- Why didn't you say something? - Oh, yeah, that.

Oh, yeah, that.

You know, the paperwork just came through.

Joe Nolan has put you up for a commendation.

And I'm on the review board.

You finally noticed me after all these years.

You know, this might get you your sergeant's stripes.

Let's keep our fingers crossed, all right?

All right. Bye bye.

Thanks.

Okay, let me tell you what I think happened, Richard.

You picked up Nova on K Street.

That's near your office, right?

You had sex with her, then you killed her.

You panicked, ran, flagged a cab,

used the key under your front door mat to let yourself in,

then reported your car stolen the next morning after your wife

noticed it wasn't in the driveway when she

went out to get the paper.

Cab companies log every pickup and drop off location.

Okay?

Don't make me work any harder than I have to.

My car was stolen.

Why won't you believe that?

Car thieves aren't killers, Richard.

Come on. That's a proven fact.

It's out of character.

It's all about the joyride for them.

And besides,...

We found your keys in the ignition.

How do you explain that?

Does your wife know you have a thing for prostitution?

I mean, just as a point of fact.

Look,...

I don't know anything, and I didn't kill anybody.

I don't know what you're talking about, okay?

I'd help you if I could, but I can't.

Another prostitute was picked up on K Street

and murdered two days ago.

Maybe we should ask your wife what you were doing

that night, too, huh?

Should we get her on the phone?

Cahill, what are you saying, huh?

- Ask her to check the garbage. - Good idea.

Is that where you threw the blood splattered clothes

you were wearing?

Do you want to dial it, or should I?

I'm not a killer.

I didn't kill her.

Richard, come on.

I know you were in that car last night.

Don't insult my intelligence by pretending you weren't.

Okay,...

I was with her,

but I didn't kill her.

I heard a gunshot. The glass shattered.

I bolted. I didn't see what happened.

I didn't see who did it.

I don't even remember getting out of the car.

That's the truth.

I swear it.

I didn't kill that girl.

Better call your wife.

Let her know you're gonna be here a while.

This is something I won't miss.

Rounding up hookers and johns for what?

Can arrest him all over again tomorrow night.

Yeah, yeah.

You're coming back, and all this will still be here.

Hey, where do you think you're going?

Get back in line.

I said get back in there.

Nancy, this is all a big mistake.

I swear.

The girl was asking for directions.

I was just trying to help her out.

Why don't you step on your way in?

Nancy, please.

Wrong place, wrong time.

This isn't something I do.

Nancy, tell them who I am. Please.

Just tell them who I am.

Nancy.

Hey, you know that guy? Yeah.

He's my father.

Mind if I drive?

No.

There you go.

The gun used in Dorina Clark's killing was a nine millimeter.

We got one match on the bullet.

Same gun was used in councilman Arthur Terrence shootings.

You got three African American victims, two prostitutes,

one city councilman, two female, one male.

And a cryptic note, respect the order.

I just don't see a pattern here.

There's always a pattern, Joe.

- Ella? - Yeah.

The woman on the newscast was Arthur Terrance's

- wife, correct? - Yeah.

And the john had picked up Nova.

- What was his ethnicity? - Richard Newman.

- White. - Yeah.

See, there's.

a pattern.

So what, you were thinking of our next move?

Reno. Tell me something.

Hey, k. How you doing?

That killing on K Street, the victim had just

left the john, right?

Yeah, yeah.

Was the John, White?

Uh, CSU found blonde hair fibers at the scene.

I knew it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right.

- What are you talking about? - That's it?

I mean, this isn't about some freak killing hookers.

This is a different kind of animal.

We got three victims, all of them black,

all of them involved in interracial relationships.

Or at least that's the way it appears, right?

Huh?

There it is.

There's a pattern.

I knew it.

He's good.

Oh. Oh.

Chief.

Chief, Virginia State police said Arthur Terrence killer

left a message written on a piece of paper in his mouth.

The number 2057.

All right, let's say it's the same guy.

What does 2057 have to do with respect to the order?

Section 2057 of the Virginia state code.

All marriages between a white person and a colored person

shall be absolutely void.

Okay, that's the old Virginia state law

until it was overturned by the supreme Court, 1967.

And what'd you find on respect the order?

It's a book title.

Tells the story of a man who murders interracial couples.

Okay, he'll grab Dobrino, get over to Alexandria, and

talk to Arthur Terrence widow.

Joe, see if you can find out from the publisher

about sales in the area.

Can you tell us what happened that evening?

You could barely see it through the smoke,

but it was there, across,...

Burning, on our front yard.

Arthur...

Was out there with a hose.

He kicked it to the ground.

I still remember the look in his eyes.

Did you report this to the police?

No, Martha didn't want to.

He said it would just give them exactly what they wanted.

Publicity.

Give who what they wanted?

My husband called them skinhead wannabe's.

He'd instituted a new no gang policy in the city,

and for him, that meant white gangs as well.

He banned them from public places.

That was the night they burned the cross in our law.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm sorry.

But the fish will be there next week, right?

Yeah, well, I suppose.

But I've got plans for next week.

Yeah, I didn't plan for this.

It'll just be a few days.

This guy really needs my help.

Yeah, okay.

I understand, son. Okay.

Bye.

I'm not some hardcore junkie or anything, man.

Damn, I could probably sleep this whole thing off.

You'd be on the road in a couple of hours.

Nah, Reese, you got two options.

You either here or in jail.

Who crowned you the damn gatekeeper?

I told your mother I was a witness to a crime, a robbery.

So I'll just tell her that we questioned you all night and

that you were quite helpful.

You can pick the guy out of a lineup.

Think she'll buy it?

That make you feel any better? Hmm?

The chance to get back at your old man.

Does this make up for all the missed birthdays

and forgotten recitals?

All the punishments and groundings?

It might.

That's all you had to atone for.

It was cold in that jail cell, Nancy.

I'm sick.

Huntington's is not an excuse for your behavior.

It's not a get out of jail free card, and it sure

as hell doesn't get you off the hook with me.

I'm your father.

Why do you hate me so much?

Tell mom I'll call her.

- Ray. - Yes.

On Jimmy's commendation, you're listed as a witness.

I already filled out that paperwork, Miss Farmer.

Yeah, I know.

Well, fire Marshall thinks it was arson.

That wouldn't surprise me.

I mean, it went up pretty quickly.

- Is there a problem? - No, it's probably just me.

I'm trying to get these numbers to match up.

I compared the fire marshal's report to Jimmy's PD 10.

The 911 call came in at 840, and you got there at 845.

Jimmy was already on the scene.

You know what?

The dispatcher could have gotten the time wrong.

I mean, it does happen.

Miss Farmer,...

Nancy ever talked to you about.

About her family?

You mean her father?

Yes.

I think she wishes she didn't love him as much as she does.

Ray, could you get me a copy of your PD [indistinct]?

- Help me work this out. - Sure.

Thanks.

Chief.

Hey, Nancy.

Found Kashmir Brown.

Works out of her car around New York and 24th.

The click bar.

Apparently, you can't miss her.

She drives a red Dodge dart.

Great.

Good job.

Listen, um,...

Your father.

I mean, if there's anything I can do to help,

- you let me know. - No, thanks.

I mean, if you want to talk,

Let me get in here before...

I can talk.

Well, good evening.

Excuse me, but that's not how it works.

That's how it's working tonight.

Well, says who?

Says the Chief.

Of the world's second oldest profession.

Thanks.

Okay.

Do you know where the police department is?

Tell me.

♪ He is my king ♪

♪ Is my one woman ♪

♪ Yes, he's my father ♪

♪ Yes, he's my son ♪

♪ I can talk to him ♪

♪ Cause he understands ♪

♪ Everything I go through and everything I am is ♪

♪ my support system ♪

♪ I can't live without him ♪

♪ The best thing since life's been bread is his kiss ♪

♪ His hugs, his lips. His touch ♪

♪ And I just want the whole world ♪

♪ to know about my black brother ♪

Turn it off, man.

- Turn it off. - What is it?

I pissed myself.

I'm 27 years old.

I just pissed myself.

I'm sorry, man.

[music]

♪ One above you ♪

♪ I want you to know that I'm here ♪

♪ for you both and the truth ♪

♪ He's misunderstood ♪

♪ Some say that he up to no good ♪

♪ around the neighborhood ♪

♪ with all your information ♪

A ♪ lot of my brothers got education ♪

♪ Now check it ♪

♪ You got your Wall street brother ♪

♪ Brother. You down for whatever ♪

♪ Chillin' on the corner brother ♪

♪ Talented brother ♪

♪ And to every one of y'all ♪

♪ you know that angel loves y'all ♪

Yeah Temple. I got him.

Man, I was just dropping this off for a friend.

Yeah, let me help you with that.

Well, that's very generous of you...

Thank you very much.

Hey, keep the tunes coming, brother, all right?

It helps.

This place is supposed to be safe.

I work here, and he comes here all the time,

and we walk home together.

Can you describe the man who attacked you?

I don't know.

He came out of nowhere,...

And he was wearing a ski mask.

Take a look.

What are we looking at?

Sickle cell.

What?

If this blood sample is from your killer, there's a

98% chance is black, not white.

Yes, well, thank you for your help.

Hospital bureaucrats.

I remember when you just threatened to get a subpoena.

Oh, you actually had to fall through.

They've got a database of over 200 sickle cell patients.

This is gonna take forever.

Debrino Cahill, Ebony star bookstore.

Last month, they ordered 15 copies of respect the order.

Go.

I don't understand why it's not covered.

I don't care if the medication is experimental.

I've been with your insurance company for twelve years.

You're gonna hear from my attorney.

Cahill, listen to this.

I consider myself neither legally nor morally.

Morally bound to obey the laws made by a body in which

I have no representation.

I say violence is necessary.

It is as American as apple pie.

Personal philosophy, no.

H-Rap Brown.

Same guy.

- Brian Davis. - What can I do for you?

The MPD.

A lot of incendiary language on your shelves, Mr. Davis.

White supremacy, black nationalism.

Well, one man's enemy is another man's leader.

Yeah, we'd like to take a look at your sales records

for respect the order.

Oh, well, that sounds like a violation of

my customer's privacy.

This book may have inspired someone to commit murder.

Would sure appreciate your help.

Well, I wish I could, but it's gonna be impossible to

get any customer information.

Why is that?

Cash only.

No credit cards, no computers.

I run an old fashioned bookstore here, officer.

Well,...

Think of any names, give us a call.

Sure.

Keeping me here all night is a violation of

my constitutional rights.

I was giving my friend a ride.

That's not a crime.

You got in my car, remember?

Yeah.

Hey,...

- Tell me about Dorina Clark. - Who?

Well, I have a more recent photo.

It was taken a couple of days ago from the morgue.

She's dead.

Dorina Clark.

You remember now?

No.

No.

Well, that's strange, because she left something

for Cashmere Brown.

Something.

I think that cashmere Brown would be very interested in.

Oh, my God.

Nova said she was saving up for a rainy day.

- Look at that. - Yeah, look at it.

Boy, she sure saved.

- She left that for me. - No, uh uh.

She left it for Cashmere Brown.

Your name's...

Maria Rodriguez, right?

The last time I checked, there's no cashmere brown living in DC.

Or anywhere else in the country, for that matter.

Whatever game you're playing, it ain't working.

Yeah,

you're right.

What are you gonna do?

Hey, Ella could have said you had a problem.

Is there anything I can help you with?

Yeah, Jimmy, there is near PD 10.

There are no witnesses, but Ray has down here

a transient named Aldo Mason.

You remember him?

Ella, there were a lot of people floating around

down there, you know, there were looky loos,

people trying to get back in.

I mean, nobody saw anything, so I just.

- I moved him along. - Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

Ella, you know, this commendation,

I could care less.

I mean, let's blow it off.

It means nothing to me, honestly.

I'm sure a beautiful woman like yourself has better things

to do with your time than be sitting around

worrying about this.

I mean, go home, spend time with this beautiful family.

- I'm on my way. - All right, get out of here.

You work too hard.

All right.

Let me know if you need anything else,...

Miss Farmer.

I'm sure that's why Jimmy left the guy off his report.

The homeless aren't reliable witnesses.

- We have to find this man. - Impossible.

It's not impossible.

We did a CompStat on the homeless.

91% are in the shelters.

Jimmy's a good cop.

Now you seem like you're on some kind of hunt.

I am doing my job.

If we find this guy and we talk to him, you gonna let this go?

No matter what you think, Ray?

That is my hope.

Don't. Worse.

This is hot.

You know I can get a lawyer and sued your ass.

Yeah, or you could go.

Not without my money.

Well, I was told if I couldn't find cashmere Brown, I was

to give the money to charity.

Yeah, what charity would that be?

Well,...

How does the

Maria Rodriguez foundation

sound to you?

Here's how I'm thinking it would work.

I would take the money, I'd put it into an executor

account, and while it's sitting in there earning interest,

Maria is going to get into a drug rehabilitation program.

And when she's finished with that, she's going

to enroll in night school.

And then guess what?

Maria's going to get a job.

And then every month, she's going to bring me

her paycheck stubs.

And I'm going to give her $5, 000 because I figure

that's about how much she made working on the street

- seven nights a week, right? - Yeah.

I want you to know something.

You miss a month, you miss one class.

Even if I find you on the streets window

shopping late at night, the money gets forfeited.

The entire inheritance I will give to charity.

Do you understand that?

Yeah.

Good.

You look so frightened.

Well, we can hold him a while for loitering, but sooner or

later, we gotta cut him loose.

Where'd you find it?

In the alley behind St.

John's for a guy with a bum leg.

He agreed to talk to me after we played cat and mouse

for two blocks, and now he says he doesn't remember the fire.

Can I try?

I mean, he's not gonna talk to a uniform.

Go for it.

Who's gonna protect me?

Protect you from what?

The police.

Yeah.

And you work for them.

You can trust me.

Yeah?

Yeah,...

He started it.

- What do you mean? - The fire.

He set it I saw him do it.

Who?

Do you know his name?

Up me something.

Name's on the tag.

He threatened to kill me.

Is that what dad said?

Mommy?

Nothing.

Listen, I gotta go.

Yeah.

No, he's not in any danger for being a witness.

I'll call you.

I promise.

I love you, too.

Why can't I just tell her?

I keep lying for him.

First about the affair, and now this.

Well, it's not something you say over the phone.

Why is it that I feel guilty?

I was doing my job.

He committed a crime.

The truth, Ray.

If you were in the same situation, would you have

arrested your father?

No.

Your mother's not home.

I know.

I just wanted to say something.

And go...

Dad.

When I was diagnosed with Huntington's disease and

I was told it was hereditary,

There was a small part of me

that was thankful it was you and not mom, of course.

My just deserts?

No.

I thought, finally something dad

and I can share together.

I'm sorry.

I should have been a daughter,

not a cop.

I'll tell your mother you came by.

Yo, Reese, you still living?

What's going on in there?

So your folks couldn't help you out?

They was tapped out, man.

Physically, emotionally and financially.

After three tours of detox,

four TVs, a refrigerator car.

Three years of Georgetown.

You at the Georgetown?

Washington debate team, baby.

- Hello? - Hey, Temple.

Man, why'd you do this to me, man?

Why'd you help me?

Cause you asked me to.

No, no, no, no.

I did not ask for this hell, okay?

Tell the truth, man. You didn't want to go fishing.

Ain't no brother in his right mind take a vacation

and go fishing for a week.

Hmm.

Well, you're right. It wasn't about fishing.

It's about going with my dad.

That sounds nice.

Get to hang out with your pops.

Shoot, me and mine's man

say estranged would

be putting it nicely. I just.

I just wish.

I just wish I could look him in the eyes, you know?

I can't even look my own father in the eyes.

I bet yours is proud of you, though, huh?

- You ready? - For what?

To go fishing.

You said you needed a few days.

Well, it's been a few days,

so I repeat, are you ready

An eyewitness saw a 92 Toyota, four runner, dark green,

partial AQ - 500, log on.

He was spotted leaving the scene last night.

Here we go.

Registered owner is a Brian Davis.

Partial plate number matches.

Listen to this.

Davis's insurance company doesn't cover experimental

treatments. I saw his prescription bottle.

It's for hydroxyurea, a drug still considered experimental

- for sickle cell patients. - Get a warrant.

Bring the bastard down.

You are the proud descendants of African kings

and queens, and therefore entitled to that legacy.

Now, they can call us separatists or racists, but it

doesn't matter what they say.

And unnecessary for our economic uplift.

Carl.

A race without power or authority is a race

- without respect. - Yes, again.

A race without power or authority is a race

- without respect. - What's first race first.

What's first race first.

What's first race first.

Hands high, Davis.

Keep em where we can see him.

On the ground, now. Move.

Do it.

All right, kids, everything's cool.

Just back away from Mr. Davis.

Mr. Davis, you're under arrest

for the murder of James Green.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed

to you by the court. You understand these rights?

Race first.

The fight will go on.

Let's go.

Hey Ella.

Enter.

- I want your weapon in your belt. - Deputy Chief.

What's going on?

- You're under arrest for arson. - What are you talking about?

Are you kidding me? Wish I was.

Walk him out...

Yeah,

hold on.

Okay?

Please.

You wanna be a cop, Ella?

Is that what you really wanna be?

A cop?

How's it feel?

How does it feel to bring down a big bad guy like me?

Why would you do something like that, Jimmy?

Well, I got jammed up.

I owe people money.

All they had to do was start a fire.

One fire. That's all I had to do.

Why didn't. Can you say something?

Just ask for help.

I've been on this force for 20 years.

20 years.

It was an abandoned building.

I didn't know she was in there.

Don't say another word.

Walk him out.

Let's go.

- Come on, Jimmy. - I didn't know she was in there.

- Let's go. - I didn't know.

I would have never done anything to...

Never hurt anybody in my life, Ella.

I would have never done it.

No.

Jimmy Upland was a good cop for a lot of years

before he was an arsonist.

One day he made a bad decision.

And everything he did before that is just forgotten.

- You liked him. - Yeah, I did.

Brian Davis had the power to change people's lives.

And the passion.

When one day his best friend marries a white woman,

he decides to kill him.

And then he goes on a rampage.

Sometimes I don't like this world very much.

You ever date a white man?

No.

Were you ever curious?

I'm curious.

Huh?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Brave enough to go through with it?

No.

What about you?

You ever dated a black woman?

Nah, not really.

What do you mean, not really?

Either you have or you haven't.

How long we known each other, Ella?

Almost three years.

Mm hmm.

We make it to four?

- You asked me that question. - Oh, Chief.

- Come on. - Come on.

No, you've got it. What?

- What? - No, you don't need to know.

Everything about me.

Cuts into the mystique.

The mystique?.

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