1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:04,164 Narrator: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:04,204 --> 00:00:06,695 by two separate yet equally important groups—— 3 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:08,605 the police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:08,641 --> 00:00:11,610 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,644 --> 00:00:13,669 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:17,609 ( baflring ) 7 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:21,546 Man: Hey, what's happening? 8 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:28,320 ( distant siren wails ) 9 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,420 (dog whimpers) 10 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:38,696 ( dog baflrs ) 11 00:00:38,738 --> 00:00:40,933 Come on, baby. 12 00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:43,772 Riles——’? Come on! 13 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:51,273 ( dog whimpers ) 14 00:00:51,317 --> 00:00:53,717 Oh my God! 15 00:00:53,753 --> 00:00:55,880 ( staff chatter ) 16 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:02,524 What do we got’? 16—year—old found next to a dumpster. 17 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:05,122 Disoriented, racial stuff scrawled all over her. 18 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:06,860 Rape? Not sure yet. 19 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,299 I'd say more than likely. 20 00:01:08,334 --> 00:01:10,234 She's been pretty unresponsive so far. 21 00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:12,898 You get EMT results? They're finishing. 22 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:15,100 Got a name’? Astrea Crawford. 23 00:01:15,141 --> 00:01:17,336 Thanks. Excuse me. 24 00:01:19,012 --> 00:01:21,139 Who was at the scene’? 25 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:23,172 Patrini and Hanson. 26 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:28,410 Max: Anybody get pictures of that? 27 00:01:29,989 --> 00:01:31,752 Logan: Hey, you want to hold on those? 28 00:01:31,791 --> 00:01:33,782 We're gonna need to bag them. 29 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:37,489 Astrea? 30 00:01:37,530 --> 00:01:39,896 I'm Sergeant Greevey, this is Detective Logan. 31 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:42,993 We're here to find out what happened to you. 32 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:46,904 It's okay. It's all right. 33 00:01:48,641 --> 00:01:50,233 Astrea, can you open your eyes’? 34 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:52,403 Um—mmm. 35 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,504 I think you can if you try. 36 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:57,880 No one here is going to hurt you. 37 00:01:57,917 --> 00:01:59,509 Honey, they can't help you 38 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:01,577 if you don't tell them what happened. 39 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,885 Now come on, open your eyes. 40 00:02:05,058 --> 00:02:07,151 You did it once before. 41 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:08,854 Come on. 42 00:02:11,431 --> 00:02:12,591 Logan: Okay... 43 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:14,862 Okay, that's a start. 44 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:17,665 SNeetheart, 45 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:19,831 do you know who attacked you? 46 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:22,000 Mmm—hmm. 47 00:02:22,041 --> 00:02:24,032 Can you tell us who it is? 48 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:25,772 Um—umm. 49 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:31,743 Astrea, I'm gonna give the nurse my pad. 50 00:02:31,784 --> 00:02:33,775 She's gonna hold it for you. 51 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:36,050 All I want you to do 52 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:38,455 is to write down who did it. 53 00:02:56,309 --> 00:02:58,209 What? 54 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:12,756 ( theme music playing ) 55 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:32,530 No discernible contusions, 56 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:35,063 traumatized, disoriented. 57 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:36,973 EMT's original Glasgow coma was off. 58 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:38,477 It should be about 10 to 12. 59 00:04:38,511 --> 00:04:39,842 Did you administer a rape kit? 60 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:42,245 I didn't see bleeding or bruises in the perineal. 61 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,273 Humor me, just do one. 62 00:04:44,317 --> 00:04:46,285 She hasn't stated she's been raped. 63 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:48,412 She hasn't stated 64 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:50,513 that she hasn't been, either. 65 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:58,931 M ax: FBI should be notified, 66 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:01,433 at least to cover the civil rights vios. 67 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:03,059 Media catches a sniff—— whew! 68 00:05:03,102 --> 00:05:05,866 If these guys turn out to be ours, I want them fast. 69 00:05:05,905 --> 00:05:07,634 You order a kit? Yeah. 70 00:05:07,674 --> 00:05:08,868 Good. What else? 71 00:05:08,908 --> 00:05:11,138 I requested a rape intervention specialist. 72 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:13,407 She's already there. What about parents? 73 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:15,346 The mother arrived just as I was leaving. 74 00:05:15,381 --> 00:05:17,178 Mike's with her and the specialist. 75 00:05:17,216 --> 00:05:18,843 Nothing more from the girl? 76 00:05:18,885 --> 00:05:22,616 No, I figured to give her a day and let her calm down. 77 00:05:22,655 --> 00:05:28,252 I just knew something bad had happened. 78 00:05:28,294 --> 00:05:31,263 Did she stay away from home before, ma'am? 79 00:05:31,297 --> 00:05:34,425 Usually only for a night 80 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,958 if things were bad at home. 81 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:41,833 Were things bad? 82 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:44,968 We just didn't want her seeing this particular boy. 83 00:05:46,145 --> 00:05:48,340 Who is that? 84 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:52,477 Don't know. Only Hill-- 85 00:05:52,518 --> 00:05:54,816 M ax: Mike? 86 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:57,345 Excuse me. 87 00:06:02,428 --> 00:06:03,861 Anything? 88 00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:07,662 She didn't even file a Missing Persons Report until last night. 89 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,168 Three days? 90 00:06:11,437 --> 00:06:13,302 One of my kids is 15 minutes late 91 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:15,170 I go through the roof. 92 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,142 Are you finished? I'd like to get her with her daughter. 93 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:18,541 How long can you stay? 94 00:06:18,578 --> 00:06:20,011 As long as it takes. 95 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,946 If she comes out with anything at all—— 96 00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:25,473 location, names—— even if it sounds like nonsense, call us. 97 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:27,452 I knowthe drill, Sergeant. 98 00:06:27,487 --> 00:06:30,115 And when the press comes sniffing around on this, 99 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:32,317 nothing goes to them 100 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:34,292 that might jeopardize this investigation. 101 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:38,328 In other words, don't say anything. 102 00:06:44,303 --> 00:06:46,203 I didn't know she was gone. 103 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:48,298 They pretty much keep to themselves. 104 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:51,640 You don't know of any fights 105 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:53,702 or arguments they may have had lately? 106 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,509 Why? You ain't got none in your house? 107 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:58,540 Ma'am, do you know a young man, 108 00:06:58,584 --> 00:07:01,246 last name Hill, 109 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:02,845 that Astrea was supposedly seeing? 110 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,187 Never heard. 111 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:07,158 Do you knowthe friends she hangs outwith? 112 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:10,253 I got enough taking care of my own. 113 00:07:11,898 --> 00:07:14,731 She did used to run with this girl down the hall. 114 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:16,064 But they moved 115 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:18,502 to the projects up on 109th. 116 00:07:18,538 --> 00:07:19,732 Do you know her last name? 117 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:22,036 Hardison? 118 00:07:22,074 --> 00:07:24,065 Leona, I think. 119 00:07:29,615 --> 00:07:31,606 This one fits. 120 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:39,247 Leona Hardisonl 121 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:41,556 Hey, hey, come on. 122 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:43,653 We just want to ask you a few questions. 123 00:07:43,696 --> 00:07:45,288 I don't talk to the Man. 124 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:47,891 Logan: Do you know Astrea Crawford? Maybe. 125 00:07:47,934 --> 00:07:49,765 You know she's been missing? 126 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:51,997 What kind of "missing"? 127 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:54,006 Attacked missing. 128 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,531 Maybe raped missing. 129 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:57,907 So you say? 130 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:00,344 You don't seem too upset by that. 131 00:08:00,379 --> 00:08:02,347 Me and her—— we don't hang no more. 132 00:08:02,381 --> 00:08:05,782 Still-- No still, "Bill." We fell out. 133 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:07,786 Over a guy? 134 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,380 Do I look like I would lose a guy to her? 135 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:12,084 Do you know her friend Hill? 136 00:08:12,124 --> 00:08:13,887 Yeah. 137 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:15,917 Logan: Want to give us his first name? 138 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:18,294 Jordan. 139 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:21,960 Where can we find Mr. Jordan Hill, Leona? 140 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,730 Well, if he's out ofjail 141 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:25,964 he'd be doing community service. 142 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:30,272 "Remember a kid named Jordan Hill?" 143 00:08:30,309 --> 00:08:32,641 You gotta be kidding. 144 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:35,977 Any given day, I get 175 actives. 145 00:08:36,015 --> 00:08:39,007 If it ain't multiple homicide 146 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:40,678 the best I can do maybe 147 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,154 is notes on the day ofthe bust. 148 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:44,486 If we're lucky, 149 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,389 we're given a run—through of the day or days 150 00:08:46,425 --> 00:08:49,292 prior to the crime, see where they screwed up. 151 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:52,664 You saw Hill after the arraignment. 152 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:57,226 Yeah, I managed to slide him into a detox space. 153 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:59,067 He ever mention anything about a girl 154 00:08:59,105 --> 00:09:01,039 named Astrea Crawford? 155 00:09:01,073 --> 00:09:02,665 Sorry. 156 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,005 Ba—bingl 157 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:05,943 Says he spent the early afternoon with her 158 00:09:05,978 --> 00:09:07,843 the day he was arrested. 159 00:09:09,248 --> 00:09:11,478 That's him over there. 160 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:20,650 Worker coming off, man. Worker 161 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:26,893 Got a good job here, Jordan. 162 00:09:29,368 --> 00:09:31,302 500 hours of community service? 163 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:34,363 Hell of ajob. What do you want? 164 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:36,136 Seen Astrea lately? 165 00:09:36,175 --> 00:09:38,109 Why, is she in trouble? 166 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:40,112 When was the last time you saw her? 167 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:42,273 Four or five days. 168 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:44,180 Look, I want to know if Astrea's okay. 169 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:45,478 Where was that? 170 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:47,509 Some hanger on 103. 171 00:09:47,553 --> 00:09:50,215 Specifically what day, Jordan? 172 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,814 I don't know. 173 00:09:51,857 --> 00:09:53,984 Hey, don't grease us, okay? 174 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:56,051 I am not in the mood. 175 00:09:56,095 --> 00:09:57,960 Now, was she with you 176 00:09:57,997 --> 00:09:59,658 the day you got busted in the sweep? 177 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:01,792 I don't know. 178 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:04,064 You know, we pulled your yellow sheet, Jordan. 179 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:06,901 The last time you got busted for crack 180 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:08,804 you got a nice little program. 181 00:10:08,841 --> 00:10:11,332 Court's full of people who'd like to take your place. 182 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:13,504 Mike, Mr. Hill's had a tough week. 183 00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:14,774 Give me your hand. 184 00:10:14,814 --> 00:10:17,180 What? Give me your hand. 185 00:10:22,488 --> 00:10:24,479 Remember today, Jordan 186 00:10:24,523 --> 00:10:26,923 and call me... 187 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:31,086 before quitting time. 188 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:39,964 Logan: 12 people arrested in this dump? 189 00:10:41,707 --> 00:10:43,197 (whistles ) 190 00:10:43,242 --> 00:10:47,508 Snow cone in hell we find anything to place her in here. 191 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:49,946 Might as well call Forensics in anyway. 192 00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:52,780 What do you expect to find, Max? 193 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:54,945 This is gonna be a nightmare for a team. 194 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:57,421 You got prints in here going back to the Civil War. 195 00:10:57,456 --> 00:11:00,823 Maybe we'll get the goods on the guy who killed Lincoln. 196 00:11:01,927 --> 00:11:05,488 Anyway... that's all we got—— procedure. 197 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:08,432 Let's go see if the girl's calmed down any. 198 00:11:12,772 --> 00:11:15,002 P.A. : Dr. Miller. 3-5-4— 1, 199 00:11:15,041 --> 00:11:17,942 Dr. Miller, 3— 5—4— 1 . 200 00:11:19,211 --> 00:11:21,611 Guard: Sorry, gentlemen. No visitors at this time. 201 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:24,411 Consider yourjob well done. 202 00:11:25,484 --> 00:11:27,509 You got a second? 203 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:32,048 The family has hired itself an advisor. 204 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:34,252 Everything's got to run through him at this point. 205 00:11:34,293 --> 00:11:35,453 What? 206 00:11:35,494 --> 00:11:37,257 You may have some trouble 207 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:38,957 getting statements out ofthe girl. 208 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:40,260 Why is that? 209 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:43,166 Are you familiar with the good Ronald Eaton? 210 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:45,295 Congressman Ronald Eaton? 211 00:11:46,939 --> 00:11:48,531 Oh, great. 212 00:11:48,574 --> 00:11:50,439 No crime scene, no physical evidence. 213 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:53,274 No witnesses, holes appearing by the hour, 214 00:11:53,312 --> 00:11:54,745 a mute vic, and now we've got 215 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,873 "Mr. Civil Rights Soundbite" 216 00:11:56,916 --> 00:11:58,907 putting on his make—up. 217 00:12:02,688 --> 00:12:04,883 Problem, Detective? 218 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:06,482 Sergeant Greevey. 219 00:12:06,525 --> 00:12:08,015 This is Detective Logan. 220 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:09,891 And yes, I have problems 221 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:12,489 when prevented from doing myjob, Congressman. 222 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:15,762 I suffer the same frustrations, Sergeant. 223 00:12:15,801 --> 00:12:17,530 Meaning? 224 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,629 My concern is with the gin, 225 00:12:19,672 --> 00:12:22,334 That her cries forjustice are not steamrolled 226 00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:25,241 by the old white—boy power structure. 227 00:12:25,277 --> 00:12:27,336 Logan: Well, it's a little premature to be 228 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:29,438 shouting cover—up, isn't it? 229 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:31,279 Eaton: Premature? Yeah. 230 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:33,410 How many black homicide cases 231 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:35,886 does your precinct not clear every year? 232 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:38,287 And how many white cases? 233 00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:40,656 Now, you've seen the numbers. 234 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:43,491 Don't tell me what "premature" is. 235 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:45,963 And you think withholding pertinent information 236 00:12:45,998 --> 00:12:49,024 in this case is going to change all that? 237 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:50,695 I think it'll get the attention 238 00:12:50,736 --> 00:12:52,363 of state and federal authorities. 239 00:12:52,404 --> 00:12:54,167 The FBI has already been notified 240 00:12:54,206 --> 00:12:57,141 about any potential civil rights violations. 241 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:59,576 Thatjust means they'll be looking over your shoulder. 242 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,546 I want them staring you in the face. 243 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:07,080 Keep away from us. We don't need help from no white cops. 244 00:13:07,119 --> 00:13:09,383 Wife: Lester, please. 245 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,614 Excuse me. 246 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:15,483 Oh-— 247 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:18,929 one "g" in Logan, am I right? 248 00:13:18,964 --> 00:13:21,524 Yeah. Why? 249 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,159 Hate for you gentlemen 250 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:25,727 to see your names misspelled in the papers. 251 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:28,239 P. A. : Dr. MacKenzie, 2—9—4—3, 252 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:30,139 Dr. MacKenzie. .. 253 00:13:32,878 --> 00:13:34,368 ( knocking ) 254 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:39,511 Messengered in this morning. 255 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:40,917 Eaton wants a photo array. 256 00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:43,751 Max: "All the white cops 257 00:13:43,789 --> 00:13:46,189 working or residing on the Upper West Side"? 258 00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:47,954 He can't be serious. 259 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,756 This guy has got stones, huh? 260 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:52,491 Stone: Except for his mouth, the Congressman's got squat. 261 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:54,396 If there are wrong cops in this precinct 262 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:56,401 I want them as bad as he does, but I will be damned 263 00:13:56,435 --> 00:13:58,926 if he's going to put every cop on trial. 264 00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:00,734 What if he goes over your head? 265 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:04,573 He probably already has, but until I hear differently, 266 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:06,737 we conduct this like any other investigation. 267 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:08,474 We got anything on the parents? 268 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:09,947 Model citizens. 269 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:12,382 Mother's an x—ray technician. Father's a cab driver. 270 00:14:12,418 --> 00:14:14,613 Deacon of his church. Not even a traffic ticket. 271 00:14:14,653 --> 00:14:16,553 What about the FBI? 272 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:19,251 They're monitoring. Waiting on the results ofthe rape kit. 273 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:20,883 When's that girl due to be released? 274 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:22,086 Tomorrow morning. 275 00:14:22,127 --> 00:14:24,618 I want her in here before noon for questioning. 276 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:26,221 With or without Eaton? 277 00:14:26,265 --> 00:14:27,755 Without. He is not her lawyer. 278 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,428 He has a problem with that, he takes an obstruction charge. 279 00:14:30,469 --> 00:14:33,097 Let him see what his spin doctors can do with that. 280 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:34,571 Ooh, man. 281 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:36,632 You care to elaborate on that, Detective? 282 00:14:36,675 --> 00:14:40,076 I'm just wondering how much gas this fire can take. 283 00:14:40,112 --> 00:14:41,579 Meaning what? 284 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:45,744 Meaning she's the victim. We're treating her like a suspect. 285 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:07,234 Max: Let's keep this low profile. 286 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:08,831 I don't want you out of the car 287 00:15:08,874 --> 00:15:10,865 unless a riot's about to start. 288 00:15:20,986 --> 00:15:23,648 She already told you, she's not here. 289 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:26,556 Mr. Crawford, come on, we just want to ask a few questions. 290 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:28,924 The longer we wait, the greater the chances 291 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:30,895 of her forgetting details. 292 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,898 Good. I'm glad to see 293 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,059 you got her best interests at heart. 294 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:36,863 The congressman told us 295 00:15:36,902 --> 00:15:38,494 that you'd be coming here to get her. 296 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:41,700 Told us that you would grind her up 297 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,298 so you could bury her story. 298 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:46,368 He told us. It's okay, baby. 299 00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:48,039 Mrs. Crawford, 300 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,208 I'm sure that whatever Congressman Eaton told you 301 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:53,013 was well—intentioned but—— 302 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:54,952 Well, you can't get to her now 303 00:15:54,987 --> 00:15:57,114 You can't touch her. 304 00:15:57,156 --> 00:16:00,751 The police raped my baby—— 305 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,227 killed her inside. 306 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:06,254 He told us that you'd be coming here 307 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:09,756 with your filthy hands to protect your own. 308 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,531 Well, you can't get her. 309 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:13,470 She's safe now, do you understand? 310 00:16:13,505 --> 00:16:16,440 You can't get her! She's safe, you hear”? 311 00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:18,306 Lord, Ijust can't take no more——I Are you satisfied? 312 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:21,245 You think you got some kind of license to come and do this crap? 313 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,271 To rip open people's lives? 314 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:26,814 Max: The parents don't trust the police. 315 00:16:26,852 --> 00:16:28,683 Of course not. 316 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:31,019 That's 'cause Eaton's involved. 317 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:34,423 I give the bastard an hour to have the press out in full force. 318 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:36,223 Didn't know you knewthe man. 319 00:16:36,261 --> 00:16:38,456 Since the King assassination, 320 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:40,931 back when he was "Uhuru" Eaton. 321 00:16:40,966 --> 00:16:42,934 He staged a sit—in at City Hall. 322 00:16:42,968 --> 00:16:45,698 Demanded 1OO buses to take people to the funeral. 323 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:48,707 Not the worst reason in the world to have a sit—in. 324 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:50,834 That's what I thought, until he told me 325 00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:54,676 he was going to burn the place if he didn't get what he wanted. 326 00:16:54,713 --> 00:16:57,580 Things got out of control. People got hurt. 327 00:16:57,616 --> 00:16:59,550 The man is dangerous. 328 00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:04,551 See what... 329 00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:07,388 what's—her—name—— the rape specialist's got. 330 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:11,562 I'm out of the loop. 331 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:13,326 Your choice? 332 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:15,299 Let's just say 333 00:17:15,334 --> 00:17:17,802 I'm not about tojump on Eaton's bandwagon. 334 00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:20,134 Where's he taking this thing, you think? 335 00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:21,230 Off the record? 336 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:24,903 I'm sure he's got some political agenda. 337 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:26,535 He always does. 338 00:17:26,578 --> 00:17:29,570 Whether Astrea was raped or not has taken a back seat. 339 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:31,446 You don't know if she was raped? 340 00:17:31,483 --> 00:17:33,974 You got the lab report, you tell me, 341 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:37,586 End of business today. 342 00:17:37,623 --> 00:17:39,523 Something happened to her, 343 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:42,459 but I'll be surprised ifthe kit comes back positive. 344 00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:48,430 All right, suppose for whatever dimestore psychology reason, 345 00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:49,729 it is a hoax. 346 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:51,633 She had to stay somewhere for three days. 347 00:17:51,670 --> 00:17:54,161 I knowwhere you're going, Max. 348 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:55,798 And if you're thinking the boyfriend, 349 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:57,308 I'm telling you, the crack house 350 00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:58,934 is going to get us nowhere. 351 00:17:58,977 --> 00:18:01,275 Even if we're lucky with Forensics. 352 00:18:01,313 --> 00:18:04,180 I doubt they'll be able to timeframe it. 353 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:07,185 At best, it'll be weak, circumstantial evidence. 354 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:08,846 How about we get on the board 355 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:11,583 before we start second—guessing evidence we don't have? 356 00:18:12,858 --> 00:18:14,849 ( radio chatter) 357 00:18:14,893 --> 00:18:17,020 (cameras snap) 358 00:18:17,062 --> 00:18:20,327 Logan: Max, I was up till 2:00 in the morning last night, 359 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:23,095 watching one of those old Chaplin films, 360 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:25,330 "Modern Times. " 361 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:27,770 No wonder you drag your butt until noon. 362 00:18:27,806 --> 00:18:29,364 What do you want? 363 00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:31,239 I only had halfthe bed. 364 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:33,471 You still dragging things home? 365 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,673 Hey—— this one's different, man. 366 00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:36,738 Really. 367 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,443 She's an NYU film student. 368 00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:40,884 She's really, really smart. 369 00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:43,649 Right, let me guess—— she wears a lot of black? 370 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:46,249 She likes cops. 371 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:48,088 She says it makes her 372 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,958 feel connected to real life. 373 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:53,123 Oh, she loves guns. 374 00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:54,928 Snubnoses, too? 375 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:56,628 ( both chuckle) 376 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:01,303 quote, "Get in, it's really hit the fan." 377 00:19:01,340 --> 00:19:03,808 Reporter: ...to a live minicam where Congressman Eaton 378 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:06,743 has declared the former Baptist church a sanctuanl. 379 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:08,405 Cragen: So Eaton has no legal ground? 380 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:09,971 No, sanctuary doesn't apply. 381 00:19:10,015 --> 00:19:12,677 It certainly doesn't apply ifthe building isn't a church. 382 00:19:12,718 --> 00:19:14,549 That doesn't change people's perceptions. 383 00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:15,644 It used to be a church. 384 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:17,245 You yank her in for questioning now, 385 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:19,120 we'll have a massive backlash on our hands. 386 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:21,683 ( phone rings ) 387 00:19:21,727 --> 00:19:24,924 What? Yeah, put him through. 388 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:26,931 Max, what the hell is going on? 389 00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:30,094 10 minutes. 390 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:33,536 I think we better get over there. 391 00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,198 Eaton: You've heard the expression 392 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,105 "taking the law into your own hands"? 393 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:39,133 These are your hands. ( cheers ) 394 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,544 Is this a government ofthe people? Crowd: Yesl 395 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:44,572 Are you the people? Yesl 396 00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:46,550 Logan: And you are the government... 397 00:19:53,091 --> 00:19:55,252 Three rings. 398 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:57,558 Eaton's doing his "Barnum" imitation. 399 00:19:57,596 --> 00:19:59,791 3:00——just in time for the evening news. 400 00:19:59,831 --> 00:20:01,389 Why don't we lose the squad cars 401 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,264 and downplay the entire thing? 402 00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:05,327 That solve your perception problem? 403 00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:07,497 I say we go up and haul her butt in. 404 00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:09,905 We don't, it's going to look like he's got the names 405 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,500 and the entire force is on the run. 406 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:13,340 Eaton has named cops? 407 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:17,337 Teal and Rudolph, a couple of night shift uniforms from 7—3. 408 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,747 Don't know them. 409 00:20:18,784 --> 00:20:21,344 I'm advising you not to go in, Captain. 410 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:23,320 Max, go make the congressman an offer. 411 00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:25,186 Let him know you're here only to talk. 412 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:27,658 We're offering to hear Astrea's side of the story. 413 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:30,594 But it's got to come from the girl. Nobody else. 414 00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:32,722 You know him. You should go talk to him. 415 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:34,356 Max, I hate the man. 416 00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:35,730 Captain—— Forget it. 417 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:37,394 I want you to go on in. 418 00:20:37,436 --> 00:20:39,597 But no arrests and no removal for questioning. 419 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:41,162 You're making a mistake. 420 00:20:41,206 --> 00:20:43,902 Eaton: ...b y laziness, 421 00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:46,877 ...by acceptance of the status quo... 422 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:49,938 Those changes were prompted by a call to action! 423 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:51,847 ( crowd cheers ) 424 00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:53,248 We're not here to take her in, 425 00:20:53,285 --> 00:20:55,150 wejust want to hear her side of the story. 426 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:58,953 Astrea's presence here signifies her recognition 427 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:01,721 that any relief that she is to receive 428 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,558 will have to come from a higher authority. 429 00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:08,032 I cannot stop them from entering this church 430 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:09,727 but I will lay down my life 431 00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:12,430 to protect the rights of black women everywhere. 432 00:21:12,471 --> 00:21:13,961 ( cheering ) 433 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:17,567 Be it from you—— from your uniformed brethren, 434 00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:19,440 or an entire city. 435 00:21:19,478 --> 00:21:21,241 ( crowd cheers, shouts ) 436 00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:25,408 ( chants ) 437 00:21:29,554 --> 00:21:31,852 Eaton: Do you hear it? 438 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:39,695 That is the sound of rage, gentlemen. 439 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:44,129 And it's a rage that will be louder in 24 hours, 440 00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:46,831 and louder than that in 48. 441 00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:48,897 And that is the fault 442 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:50,908 of the New York City Police Department, 443 00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:53,035 which doesn't even have the sensitivity 444 00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:56,343 to send a black investigator up here. 445 00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:58,406 But it's also the fault... 446 00:21:58,450 --> 00:22:01,681 of corrupt and crumbling black officials 447 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,950 who will sell their very soul 448 00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:06,423 in the betrayal of their own people. 449 00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:08,619 It will not stop... 450 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:11,390 until the fires of oppression have been quenched. 451 00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:14,990 Until the racial inequities 452 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:17,365 and the sexual abuses of white—— 453 00:22:17,402 --> 00:22:19,199 Stopl Stop it! 454 00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:21,330 Astrea, do you want to talk to us? 455 00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:23,705 The child is traumatized. I won't allow her to be badgered. 456 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:25,107 Stay out of this. 457 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:27,941 M i ke-— Understand something, Detective. 458 00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:30,038 You are dangerously close to a civil suit. 459 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:32,016 Oh, that's fine, Congressman. 460 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:34,883 While you're hunting for some ink, what about her case? 461 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,820 Hey, come on now. 462 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:39,619 Let's please stick to the point. We're getting nothing—— 463 00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:42,183 You're getting nothing? 464 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:44,491 You got no business here. 465 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:46,394 You're just trying to break her emotionally. 466 00:22:46,431 --> 00:22:48,092 I can't do this! I don't want to hear it. Please! 467 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:50,897 Oh, my God. My baby! 468 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:54,099 Oh. my baby—— please, oh, Godl 469 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:15,950 Reporter: What's going on, Detective? Is the ambulance for Astrea? 470 00:23:15,994 --> 00:23:18,622 No comment. How come white cops are here to interrogate her 471 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:20,961 when there have been accusations that white cops raped her? 472 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:22,694 The department has no comment 473 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:26,261 other than to state that we were there only to listen. 474 00:23:26,304 --> 00:23:28,966 We're not asking Ms. Crawford to accompany us to the station. 475 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:30,736 There aren't even any black uniformed. 476 00:23:30,776 --> 00:23:33,677 What message is the city trying to send to the black community? 477 00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:36,237 ( reporters shout ) 478 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:38,875 Terrific, exactly what we needed. She accuses a white... 479 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:40,475 Cragen: You saw the statement. 480 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:42,043 We did not go in to take her out. 481 00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,885 The statement means nothing when she's carted off in an ambulance. 482 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:46,788 She accuses white cops and I don't even see—— 483 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:50,454 Damn it, don't come into my office and accuse my people. 484 00:23:50,495 --> 00:23:52,486 Use your head. You jumped into this 485 00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:54,465 like it's some by—the—numbers rape. 486 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:57,627 It's a whole collection of unverified accusations, 487 00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:59,864 news flashes and soundbites. Fine. 488 00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:02,100 You got anything under your hat besides speeches? 489 00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:04,870 Yeah, your people are yanked off this case as of now. 490 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,901 This is no longer a police matter. 491 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:19,321 "Police drive Crawford girl to breakdown." 492 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,350 Nothing like starting in your own end zone. 493 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:25,454 Nine yards in. 494 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:27,488 Cragen's office called last night. 495 00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:29,193 The two uniforms Eaton named 496 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:31,725 have substantiated alibis for the time in question. 497 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:34,398 Did you see this? FBI's rape kit results. 498 00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:37,840 No indications: gynecological tests, forensics, all negative. 499 00:24:37,876 --> 00:24:39,901 She faked it. 500 00:24:39,945 --> 00:24:42,470 At this point all we know is what's on paper. 501 00:24:42,514 --> 00:24:45,779 You think Eaton is willing to stake his political future on this? 502 00:24:45,817 --> 00:24:47,785 Ifthis plays out, he's a genius. 503 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:50,788 He goes from gang member to rabblerouser to congressman 504 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:53,484 to spokesman for the entire black community. 505 00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:56,153 He's an urban Horatio Alger. 506 00:24:56,194 --> 00:24:58,526 "Go militant, young man." 507 00:24:58,563 --> 00:25:00,690 Or it turns south and he loses whatever credence 508 00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:02,324 he has on both sides ofthe track. 509 00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:04,597 Do you see any indication of it turning south? 510 00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:06,695 Because the whole burden of proof is on us. 511 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:09,002 And he's put the whole system on trial. 512 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,564 So this isn't enough, then? 513 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:12,201 If we don't disprove a cover—up 514 00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:14,872 even! minority in this city will assume Eaton is right 515 00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:16,972 no matter how many lab reports we publish. 516 00:25:18,283 --> 00:25:20,308 So how do we counter the momentum? 517 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,343 Call Eaton. 518 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:33,123 An interesting place for a meeting. 519 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:37,533 I thought you should see first—hand what it's all about. 520 00:25:37,569 --> 00:25:40,094 Maybe the cobwebs will fall. 521 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:41,765 From our eyes? 522 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:43,535 From your heart. 523 00:25:43,575 --> 00:25:46,339 My best wishes for the girl's health aside, 524 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:47,970 I didn't come here for a speech. 525 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:49,173 I know that, Mr. Stone, 526 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,205 or I wouldn't have agreed to see you. 527 00:25:57,489 --> 00:26:00,185 You want to know where I'm planning on taking this. 528 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,989 You want me to give you 529 00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:04,996 a free glimpse of the future. 530 00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:07,225 It's fairly obvious you have a private agenda. 531 00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:09,563 Of course I have an agenda. 532 00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:13,162 Your system isn't serving the African—American segment ofthe population. 533 00:26:13,204 --> 00:26:15,434 Let's dial this back a a second. 534 00:26:15,473 --> 00:26:18,909 Does your system have any evidence the rape was committed? 535 00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:22,380 My system has found nothing to suggest a crime actually took place. 536 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:25,872 Nor do I have access to the victim. 537 00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:28,181 And you won't. 538 00:26:28,219 --> 00:26:30,619 I believe Astrea completely. 539 00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:34,250 But if I give you what she's got, 540 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:36,692 I run the risk of it being squashed. 541 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:38,889 You think I don't know how many people 542 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:40,955 would like to see this thing disappear? 543 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:42,364 Even if there was a cover-up 544 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,800 the press have made that impossible to stage. 545 00:26:44,836 --> 00:26:47,270 That's not a risk I'm willing to take. 546 00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:49,239 We've come too far. 547 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,071 But you are willing to risk 548 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:52,770 the emotional health of a teenager 549 00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:54,779 and my ability to try the perpetrators? 550 00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:56,838 (sighs) 551 00:26:56,881 --> 00:27:00,442 I'm only here to help the Cravvfords. 552 00:27:00,485 --> 00:27:01,713 Look—— you want to do 553 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:03,914 your Martin Luther King imitation, be my guest. 554 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:06,446 Don't think for one second that I'm giving up. 555 00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:09,790 I don't care if Astrea is black, white, yellow or polka—dotted, 556 00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:12,388 if she was raped, I'll find the cops 557 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:14,762 I'll prosecute them and I'll convict them. 558 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:18,929 White cops, black girl? 559 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:21,564 If? 560 00:27:21,606 --> 00:27:24,234 Who are you kidding? 561 00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:27,108 You don't want me to find them, do you? 562 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:30,842 Why shoot rats when you can go big—game hunting? 563 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:33,749 And whose heads do you want on yourwall? 564 00:27:33,785 --> 00:27:37,482 Cragen's, the Police Commissioner's... 565 00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:40,286 yours. 566 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:43,123 There he is. Can you a give us statement, Mr. Stone? 567 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:45,925 We are trying to investigate a crime 568 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:48,125 without any assistance from the alleged victim. 569 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:50,134 "Alleged"? Does that mean the DA 570 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,692 does not believe Astrea Crawford's story? 571 00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:55,172 The temperature on the nights in question was in the low 30s, 572 00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:58,107 yet emergency room personnel found no evidence of exposure. 573 00:27:58,143 --> 00:28:01,476 The FBI-— not the NYPD ran a rape kit. 574 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:04,676 The results were negative. You can draw your own conclusions. 575 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:08,174 Why was the request for a photo array ofthe cops denied, sir? 576 00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:10,847 The police have adhered to normal investigative procedure. 577 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:13,084 Eaton: What if the gin had been white? 578 00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:16,890 Would you have released photos of black cops? 579 00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:20,192 ADA Stone and I 580 00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:23,860 have just concluded a meeting on Astrea Crawford attack 581 00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:28,134 Unfortunately, Mr. Stone's myopic view of the case 582 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:31,904 only served to dampen any hopes I had harbored 583 00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:33,808 of a fair investigation 584 00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:35,813 into the action ofthis city's law enforcement officers. 585 00:28:35,847 --> 00:28:39,180 Do you believe the DA is capable of an impartial investigation? 586 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:42,015 I believe there is a tacit agreement 587 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:44,419 running through the power structure of this city. 588 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:48,324 If Astrea Crawford had been white and her attackers black.. 589 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:50,657 Stone: That's not the point, Adam. I know the facts—— 590 00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:53,721 you do, he does—— I'm certain Eaton knows the facts. 591 00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:57,201 But the press and thus the public hears what he wants them to hear. 592 00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:58,566 Is he lying? 593 00:28:58,603 --> 00:29:02,130 I think he believed her at first. Even if he doesn't now 594 00:29:02,173 --> 00:29:04,698 it's too good an opportunity for him to let go. 595 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:07,644 Every move we make rings cover—up—— we go too slow, 596 00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:09,909 we're dragging our feet; too fast, we're after the girl. 597 00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:12,917 I can read a lousy hand. Now, what do you want to do? 598 00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:15,385 I want a grand jury impaneled. I want to run it. 599 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:19,413 Last shot out of the gun. If it doesn't turn there... 600 00:29:19,457 --> 00:29:22,187 Stone: We're dead, I know But we're face down as it is. 601 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:24,092 And it could get worse before it gets better. 602 00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:27,292 The one hope is the boyfriend. If he admits she was with him—— 603 00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:29,391 I'll take a shot. 604 00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:36,639 That's different than what you had told your youth officer. 605 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:40,041 Plus, you told the police you had seen her a few days previous. 606 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:42,546 Maybe. Which is it? 607 00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:46,982 I didn't see her any of the three days before I got busted. 608 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:49,077 We have hair and fiber samples 609 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,213 from the crack house that say otherwise, Jordan. 610 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:53,486 I don't care. I didn't see her. 611 00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:56,323 Has anyone spoken to you about the three days? 612 00:29:56,361 --> 00:29:59,091 Some. Eaton? 613 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:02,657 My nephew does not lie, Mr. Robinette. 614 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,930 And certainly not to a man 615 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:07,301 as esteemed as Mr. Eaton. 616 00:30:07,338 --> 00:30:10,307 Thank you, ma'am. That's very helpful. 617 00:30:10,341 --> 00:30:12,809 If he told Mr. Eaton that's what happened, 618 00:30:12,844 --> 00:30:14,937 then that's what happened. 619 00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:19,816 I'll be in touch with Jordan ifl need him for the grand jury. 620 00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:23,548 I'm assuming you'd be willing to state the same under oath? 621 00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:26,853 You got that right. Watch your mouth, young man. 622 00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:29,553 Are you going to subpoena him? No, he'd lie. 623 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:31,027 We'd prove he perjured himself, 624 00:30:31,062 --> 00:30:32,620 he'd lose his work program. What for? 625 00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:35,098 Oh, the faint rumblings of a heart in there. 626 00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:37,033 No, that's a brain 627 00:30:37,068 --> 00:30:39,093 and it's decided to subpoena Ms. Crawford. 628 00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:41,105 Whewl Talk about backlash. 629 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:44,768 What choice have we got? If we don't let her testify, they'll scream "cover—up." 630 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:46,902 If we do, what do you think Eaton will scream? 631 00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:48,913 I don't know. We'll find out. 632 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:50,938 I think I'll subpoena him too. 633 00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:57,653 Stone: And in your expert opinion, Mrs. I/Ifilkes, 634 00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:01,056 would you say there are characteristics associated 635 00:31:01,092 --> 00:31:04,789 with false allegations of sexual assault in the Crawford case? 636 00:31:04,829 --> 00:31:09,198 There are certain characteristics present in this case 637 00:31:09,234 --> 00:31:11,896 that tend to appear more often in false allegations 638 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:14,769 than in the case of true sexual assault. 639 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:18,970 In the case, specifically, are there physical characteristics 640 00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:22,468 that match established guidelines for false allegations? 641 00:31:22,513 --> 00:31:25,448 Yes, there were. Would you list them, please? 642 00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,815 Mrs. Crawford's damage to her clothing 643 00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:30,514 was inconsistent with that of her injuries. 644 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,853 Writing on the body is also very common 645 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:36,827 in false allegations as is self—mutilation. 646 00:31:36,861 --> 00:31:39,659 And probably, most important of all, 647 00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:43,793 the expected laboratory findings of rape are absent. 648 00:31:43,835 --> 00:31:45,826 Eaton: The District Attorney office has, 649 00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:47,701 in an attempt to fracture our resolve, 650 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,867 issued subpoenas for myself and my clients, 651 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:53,139 Astrea Crawford and her mother. 652 00:31:53,177 --> 00:31:56,203 I've agreed to testify to show 653 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:57,942 the vicious indifference 654 00:31:57,982 --> 00:31:59,677 within this city's lily—white power structure 655 00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:04,450 as young Astrea's cries forjustice go unheeded. 656 00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:07,617 ( crowd cheers ) 657 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:11,117 So upon hearing of Mrs. Crawford's alleged rape in the papers 658 00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:14,598 you contacted her family with an offer of your services? 659 00:32:14,632 --> 00:32:17,123 My help to a constituent, Mr. Stone. 660 00:32:17,168 --> 00:32:18,362 I supply no "services." 661 00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:21,964 This help was in the form of a suggestion 662 00:32:22,006 --> 00:32:23,803 to Ms. Crawford and her family 663 00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:27,004 that she not cooperate with the duly—constituted 664 00:32:27,045 --> 00:32:28,842 authorities in this investigation? 665 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,314 I embraced the family's hope forjustice. 666 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:35,979 Only in subsequently bonding together as a whole, 667 00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:39,979 our desires forjustice for Astrea the individual 668 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:44,051 were only surpassed by those issues lying on the larger plane. 669 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:45,995 Which are? 670 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:48,794 Four centuries of oppression, Mr. Stone. 671 00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:53,003 We became front—line activists in the struggle 672 00:32:53,037 --> 00:32:54,561 to uproot a system of injustice 673 00:32:54,605 --> 00:32:56,095 through this particular case. 674 00:32:58,242 --> 00:33:00,642 Congressman, the purpose ofthis grand jury 675 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:02,976 is to determine whether a particular crime 676 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:05,244 has been committed, and if so, 677 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:07,274 was there an attempt to bury it, 678 00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:10,412 as has been charged in various public forums 679 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:11,979 by yourself. 680 00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:14,116 Therein lies, the problem, Mr. Stone. 681 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:17,491 For the real agenda here should be 682 00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:18,927 the American system ofjustice 683 00:33:18,963 --> 00:33:22,057 and its treatment of black Americans versus that of whites. 684 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:25,365 For better or for worse, it's the only system we've got. 685 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:26,995 Circumventing it, sir, 686 00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:28,938 no matter how noble the perceived ends, 687 00:33:28,973 --> 00:33:31,305 cannot bejustified. And if you persist 688 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:34,869 in preventing Ms. Crawford and her family 689 00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:37,380 from testifying before this jury, 690 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,246 I have no other alternative, sir, 691 00:33:39,283 --> 00:33:42,275 but go to warrant for their arrest. 692 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,984 We must have the truth, not only for the black community 693 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,220 but for every one of the citizens of this city. 694 00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:52,058 You leave me no other option. 695 00:33:52,096 --> 00:33:55,361 Then you'll have to excuse me, Mr. Stone. 696 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:03,003 I can find no justifiable reason 697 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,135 to be party to this mockery oftruth and equality. 698 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,687 Robinette: Your Honor, as the evidence of this hearing establishes, 699 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,087 the defendants were served subpoenas 10 days previous 700 00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:22,456 to the notice date of grand jury appearances. 701 00:34:22,493 --> 00:34:24,654 They have, as the evidence shows, 702 00:34:24,695 --> 00:34:27,289 willfully and deliberately failed to appear. 703 00:34:27,331 --> 00:34:30,164 The People request immediate determination of contempt 704 00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:32,169 and ask the Court to impose 705 00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:34,330 the maximum sentence provided by law. 706 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:36,670 Mr. Gaines? 707 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:42,436 The defendants' stated position has been clear for some time, Your Honor. 708 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,505 The DA's issuing of said subpoenas 709 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:46,380 was a clear attempt to break the resolve 710 00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:48,248 of this girl's stance on racial justice. 711 00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:49,913 Spare me the diatribe, Counselor, 712 00:34:49,954 --> 00:34:51,888 this is a hearing, not a trial. 713 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,619 While there is unfortunately much truth 714 00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:56,251 in the stated position 715 00:34:56,294 --> 00:34:59,627 that minorities in this city often fall onto uneven terrain 716 00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:01,291 within the Court system, 717 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:03,357 that is not reason enough for your clients 718 00:35:03,401 --> 00:35:06,370 to ignore the lawful mandates of this Court. 719 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:09,032 Is it your intention 720 00:35:09,073 --> 00:35:11,439 to show any pertinent information 721 00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:13,501 in the defense of this contempt citation? 722 00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:15,910 Apparently, none that would do any good, Your Honor, 723 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,778 as it is becoming readily apparent 724 00:35:17,815 --> 00:35:19,373 the Court's mind is already made up. 725 00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:23,410 Tread lightly, Mr. Gaines. I'm becoming annoyed. 726 00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:27,823 Given the legal documents submitted by the People 727 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:31,761 and the lack of any substantive defense, 728 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:36,495 this Court finds both defendants guilty of contempt. 729 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:39,002 You are hereby sentenced as followed: 730 00:35:39,036 --> 00:35:41,163 Mrs. Thelma Crawford, 731 00:35:41,205 --> 00:35:45,369 $250 fine along with 30 days' incarceration; 732 00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:46,967 Miss Astrea Crawford, 733 00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:49,844 30 days in a suitable juvenile facility. 734 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:52,042 At the end of that time, 735 00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:54,210 or before, if they wish to cooperate 736 00:35:54,252 --> 00:35:55,981 I will see them in this courtroom. 737 00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:58,250 Your Honor, request incarceration be delayed 738 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:00,723 until immediately after the next grand jury date 739 00:36:00,758 --> 00:36:04,524 so that defendants can reflect upon the Court's decision. 740 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:06,553 So ordered. 741 00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:10,360 Yes, Mr. Gaines? 742 00:36:10,401 --> 00:36:13,893 Congressman Eaton would like to make a brief statement. 743 00:36:13,938 --> 00:36:15,963 All due respect to Congressman Eaton, 744 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,407 he has no business in this Court, Mr. Gaines. 745 00:36:18,442 --> 00:36:22,208 Justice silenced is justice denied, Your Honor. 746 00:36:22,246 --> 00:36:26,114 Congressman Eaton, go ahead, sir. 747 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:32,589 Your Honor, for the record I'd like to state 748 00:36:32,623 --> 00:36:34,454 an overwhelming sense of disappointment 749 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:36,221 at the Court's handling of this affair. 750 00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:38,820 Excuse me—— sir. 751 00:36:40,164 --> 00:36:43,622 Yours and Mr. Gaines' clear implication 752 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:46,660 is that I have been sitting here oppressing black Americans, 753 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,262 and I will not have it. 754 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:50,433 And while I'm on the subject, 755 00:36:50,474 --> 00:36:53,136 this Court would like to advise the defendants—— 756 00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:57,310 in my legal opinion you have had reprehensible 757 00:36:57,348 --> 00:36:59,475 and irresponsible advice 758 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,849 from their retained counsel. 759 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:05,344 I hope you take what time has been granted 760 00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:07,550 to fully examine the situation 761 00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:10,026 and purge the contempt citation. 762 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:12,222 This Court does not relish 763 00:37:12,263 --> 00:37:14,197 having you spend one hour in jail, 764 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,496 for what it perceives to be 765 00:37:16,534 --> 00:37:18,866 the self—serving actions of others. 766 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:22,066 If Eaton convinces the girl and her mother to be martyrs 767 00:37:22,106 --> 00:37:24,700 and take the 30 days, 768 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,937 we're dead in the water. 769 00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:31,676 Now suppose that Angela I/Ifilkes' theon/ is right, 770 00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:35,777 that this thing started as a child's fib. 771 00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:39,449 You think you could prove that Eaton took the ball, 772 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:40,957 orchestrated it for the media, 773 00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:42,983 and keep the mother and the girl out of it? 774 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:46,729 I don't think that'II fly. 775 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:50,291 It'd be like a witch hunt. We'rejumping around, looking for a villain. 776 00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:53,098 And I actually think Eaton might still believe the girl. 777 00:37:54,672 --> 00:37:57,903 We may have one more shot. 778 00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,432 Gimme the day. 779 00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:02,571 Warren: Why me? Robinette: He'll see you. 780 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:04,945 Just your presence will defuse the situation. 781 00:38:04,982 --> 00:38:06,882 I'll do all the talking. 782 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:10,011 Paul, Ijust knowthe man from the "rubber chicken" circuit. 783 00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:12,648 Look, I know I can cut this short. 784 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:14,954 He's got to be feeling pressure at this point. 785 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:17,426 If I provide him with a graceful exit he might take it. 786 00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:19,258 Or he eats you for lunch—— 787 00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:20,924 holds you up to the press 788 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,490 as a "Tom" messenger, sent by the white establishment. 789 00:38:23,534 --> 00:38:25,297 So what? So what, we sit back 790 00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:27,201 and watch him tear the city in half? 791 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:29,934 He's already set back race relations 30 years. 792 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,568 I work with these people. I know howthey feel. 793 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:33,975 There is no cover—up. 794 00:38:34,011 --> 00:38:37,606 You know me. You think I'd be a party to it? 795 00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:40,613 This is unbelievable. 796 00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:43,245 I become a lawyer, turn down Wall Street, 797 00:38:43,287 --> 00:38:45,118 go into the one area I think I can help, 798 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:48,614 and everybody thinks I'm a damned "Oreo." Excuse me, Father. 799 00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:51,321 Maybe there's another way. Have you talked to the mother? 800 00:38:51,362 --> 00:38:53,853 Eaton's got his hand in her back. 801 00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:55,832 She's talking, but he's pulling the strings. 802 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:57,527 The Cravvfords are parishioners. 803 00:38:57,568 --> 00:38:59,399 If I can get her to talk to you alone...? 804 00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,496 I'll take a run at her. 805 00:39:01,539 --> 00:39:03,837 Mrs. Crawford: Mr. Robinette? 806 00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:14,012 You okay? 807 00:39:14,051 --> 00:39:15,609 Yeah. 808 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:18,486 Father Warren said you wanted to talk to me. 809 00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:21,821 How about we go get some coffee? 810 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,485 I can't stay long. 811 00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:27,895 This thing has gotten... 812 00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:30,924 I don't know what to do. 813 00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:33,095 It's gone too far. 814 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:36,106 Did it happen? 815 00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:38,131 Did any of it happen? 816 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,837 She's pregnant. 817 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:44,746 The Hill boy? 818 00:39:46,984 --> 00:39:48,952 But we're Catholic. 819 00:39:48,986 --> 00:39:51,454 She was terrified. 820 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:55,482 Her daddy, he has a terrible temper. 821 00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:58,017 She wanted to have an abortion. 822 00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:01,930 She thought by saying that white cops raped her that—— 823 00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:04,958 He'd let her have it. 824 00:40:10,274 --> 00:40:12,105 This is a part of it? 825 00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:15,244 I had to tell him the truth. 826 00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:21,683 Robinette: That's not the point. 827 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,552 You give me the view from where you sit, "Mr. Jive DA," 828 00:40:24,588 --> 00:40:26,681 and tell me I got no reason to be up behind this? 829 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,158 I'm saying there's no reason to go on with it, 830 00:40:29,193 --> 00:40:31,093 and I'm giving you an out. 831 00:40:31,128 --> 00:40:33,426 The city will drop the cross charges 832 00:40:33,464 --> 00:40:35,728 and the gag order will work both ways. 833 00:40:35,766 --> 00:40:37,825 No quotes, no fingerpointing from anybody, 834 00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:39,358 including us. 835 00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:41,894 And it'll just disappear from the papers? 836 00:40:41,939 --> 00:40:43,566 No fuel, no fire, Mr. Crawford. 837 00:40:43,607 --> 00:40:45,700 The press will print other people's speculations, 838 00:40:45,743 --> 00:40:47,574 but they're not going to print their own. 839 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:49,772 Look, I don't know what you need me for. 840 00:40:49,814 --> 00:40:51,213 She's already agreed to it. 841 00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:54,240 It won't work unless everyone's in agreement. And Eaton? 842 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,048 That'll be my problem. 843 00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:00,318 Fine. 844 00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:08,661 I'm sending a social worker by. 845 00:41:08,699 --> 00:41:11,361 Mr. Crawford: Look, we don't need any more help from you. 846 00:41:18,242 --> 00:41:20,642 That's not an option, Lester. 847 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,374 You beat her again, 848 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:26,144 I'll come at you every way I know how. 849 00:41:58,549 --> 00:42:01,450 If what you're telling me is true, 850 00:42:01,485 --> 00:42:04,010 you may be the most simplehearted, 851 00:42:04,054 --> 00:42:06,522 "down—the—river" nigger ever to wear a tie. 852 00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:08,320 You want to call them? 853 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:11,385 They won't pick up the phone. 854 00:42:14,498 --> 00:42:17,831 Don't you have any sense of connection to your people? 855 00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:19,893 Cut the crap, Congressman, 856 00:42:19,937 --> 00:42:21,802 there are no cameras here. 857 00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:23,739 The thing was a hoax. 858 00:42:23,774 --> 00:42:26,106 It's over. Let it go. 859 00:42:26,143 --> 00:42:28,373 A hoax? 860 00:42:30,014 --> 00:42:33,108 You know that now, 861 00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:35,448 I know that now.. 862 00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:42,848 What do you think the point of all this madness was? 863 00:42:42,893 --> 00:42:46,021 Besides the obviously self—serving aspects? 864 00:42:46,063 --> 00:42:48,429 How long do you think it will be again 865 00:42:48,465 --> 00:42:50,933 before our entire society 866 00:42:50,968 --> 00:42:54,404 is focused on an issue of racial equality? 867 00:42:54,438 --> 00:42:57,737 Ends justifying the means? 868 00:42:57,775 --> 00:42:59,174 You look me in the eye 869 00:42:59,209 --> 00:43:01,268 and you tell me this system isjust—— 870 00:43:01,312 --> 00:43:03,507 this system is equal. 871 00:43:03,547 --> 00:43:06,072 At times, the system stinks, Eaton. 872 00:43:06,116 --> 00:43:08,209 I knowthat as well as you do. 873 00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:10,277 But don't for one damn minute 874 00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:12,619 tell me that your self—aggrandizing polarization 875 00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:15,124 is going to solve the problem. 876 00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:18,060 Don't tell me that tearing down a 200—year—old justice system—— 877 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:19,653 no matter how flawed—— 878 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:22,188 is going to alter the consciousness of a society. 879 00:43:22,232 --> 00:43:25,395 We're past the separate— drinking—fountain stage. 880 00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:27,904 We 're past legal discrimination. 881 00:43:27,938 --> 00:43:31,101 We're at the hearts— and—minds stage. 882 00:43:31,141 --> 00:43:33,735 And believe me, 883 00:43:33,777 --> 00:43:35,768 there's no quick fix. 884 00:43:36,914 --> 00:43:39,314 Your intentions 885 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:41,818 might have been good... 886 00:43:41,852 --> 00:43:44,787 but your execution stunk. 887 00:43:44,822 --> 00:43:46,915 Another zombified soul 888 00:43:46,957 --> 00:43:49,221 casts his vote for order 889 00:43:49,259 --> 00:43:51,989 rather than justice. 890 00:43:54,865 --> 00:43:58,824 Negative peace over positive peace. 891 00:43:58,869 --> 00:44:01,337 Paraphrasing Martin Luther King's thoughts 892 00:44:01,372 --> 00:44:03,135 won't lend credence to yours. 893 00:44:03,173 --> 00:44:06,199 King walked with the angels. 894 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:09,542 You'd slide in slime on your belly 895 00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:11,480 to get what you want. 896 00:44:13,951 --> 00:44:16,943 Adam: So, he said we're out? 897 00:44:16,987 --> 00:44:18,921 And they agreed to what? 898 00:44:18,956 --> 00:44:21,390 Gag orders all around, we drop the cross complaints—— 899 00:44:21,425 --> 00:44:23,325 Drop the—— what the hell does that get us? 900 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,793 "Get us"? 901 00:44:24,828 --> 00:44:26,921 Granted, it's not the best deal on the surface, 902 00:44:26,964 --> 00:44:28,829 but it's livable, it'll work. 903 00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:30,128 It'll help the press deflate themselves. 904 00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:32,067 Cops were named. Records maligned. 905 00:44:32,102 --> 00:44:34,366 What, you want no casualties? 906 00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:36,270 Six months and people will know it was a hoax. 907 00:44:36,306 --> 00:44:38,297 It'll be back page news. 908 00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:45,940 He'll live with it. By morning he'll probably love it. 909 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:50,009 You think I sold out? 910 00:44:51,021 --> 00:44:52,750 Does it matter what I think? 911 00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:54,417 If it does, I'll tell you, 912 00:44:54,458 --> 00:44:56,323 but it's something you decide for yourself. 913 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,521 You got a "shave yourself in the morning" speech? 914 00:44:58,562 --> 00:45:00,086 Maybe. 915 00:45:00,130 --> 00:45:03,156 Do you think of yourself as a black lawyer, or a Iawyerwho's black? 916 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,134 Depends on the context. 917 00:45:07,137 --> 00:45:09,970 You made a decision based on something from within. 918 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:13,067 You live with it, examine it. It's all you got. 919 00:45:14,645 --> 00:45:17,978 You think by morning I'll come to love it? 920 00:45:18,015 --> 00:45:20,108 No, but I don't think you'll have any problem 921 00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:21,811 with the guy in the mirror. 922 00:45:21,852 --> 00:45:23,945 I'll see you tomorrow. 923 00:45:48,912 --> 00:45:51,005 ( theme music playing )