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Stop or I'll shoot!

Hey!

I said stop or I'll shoot, stupid!

Son of a...

You want to die?

Que?

Quieres morir.

No.

Good answer.

Good morning, Ben.

Counselor. How's it going?

Oh, in a world filled with defendants, defendants, defendants, things are

always well.

You in a dealing mood today?

Today, I'm a regular Monty Hall. Good.

Renfro, reduce the simple assault.

Excellent. Two May, drop counts two and three.

I said Monty Hall, not Santa Claus.

I'll go low terms on two and three.

I'm not sure I can make that fly.

Well, make it grow wings, Milt, because it's a one-day-only offer. Got it? I got

it. I'll get back to you. See you in court.

Sam! Sammy!

You're in a dealing mood today!

Rich!

Holland?

So you caught one about six weeks ago?

Shoulder, I heard.

Yeah. Right or left?

Left.

How does it feel?

It hurts.

I'll bet.

Will you take care, pal?

Oh, Holland.

Calling you now, Detective Cobb.

Detective Cobb, when you entered the apartment, did you announce that you

were a policeman?

Yes.

You showed your warrant?

Yes. Where's your gun drawn?

Yes. Was the defendant armed? We found weapons in the apartment. That's not

what I asked.

Was the defendant armed?

I don't believe so.

Would you explain to the court how the defendant ended up with a broken nose?

He resisted arrest.

Let me get this straight.

You were armed, your gun was drawn, the defendant was unarmed, and yet he

resisted arrest. How do you explain that?

Simple. He's stupid.

That's very good.

Broken noses seem to follow you around, don't they, officer?

I'm not sure what you mean. Well, isn't it true that six weeks ago you broke the

nose of another suspect?

Objection!

What the officer may or may not have done in some other case is hardly

relevant to this proceeding. Your Honor, I'm trying to establish a pattern of

recklessness and violence in this particular officer that I believe is

very germane to this case. I'll allow, but tread lightly, Mr. Cronish.

Yes, Your Honor.

Under what circumstances did that broken nose occur?

The suspect resisted arrest. Another resisted arrest. That seems to be a

common occurrence with you.

I'm just lucky, I guess.

More than I can say for the people you arrest.

In any case, I'm at a loss to understand how... And I'm at a loss to understand

how you can come in here and defend these lowlifes every day. That guy

doesn't deserve to breathe. That's enough, Officer Cobb. Your Honor, I move

forward. I know, Mr. Cronus, you may not have a mistrial.

You have something to say, Ms. Kaufman?

No, Your Honor.

Well, you signed something. The court would like to know what it was.

It was a private matter.

You have a pad of paper for private matters. When you sign, that's like

other people speaking.

Those are the rules as I understand them. Now, what was it you said?

Mr. Douglas, please inform Ms. Kaufman that I can hold you both in contempt.

Miss Kaufman says that I'm simply her interpreter and shouldn't be part of any

contempt citation Well when she's the judge she can make those rulings, but

right now I'm ordering you to tell me what was said

Maybe

I can help out here your honor

that would be a nice change I'm pretty sure she said they shouldn't let that

guy be a witness at a wedding

I think she was talking about me.

Hey, kid.

Hey, boss.

Hi, John.

Friendly as ever, I see.

I just got to get to know you.

I've known the mutt since he was a puppy.

Yeah.

Maybe he just doesn't like you.

That's okay, Scott.

First ones are on the house.

Thank you.

Heard you stuck your foot in it in court today.

Oh, you heard about that, did you?

Dickie, Dickie, I hear about everything.

So, you crack wise, and it turns out the cop knows sign language.

It's pretty funny, actually.

How are you doing, Tessie?

Good. I'm okay.

I miss you.

I miss you, too.

When are you coming home?

I don't know when I'm coming home.

I don't know if I'm coming home.

I'm still trying to...

You sort things out in my head.

I love you.

You love me.

You miss me.

I don't think you really need me.

And I need to be needed.

Tess, I think you need to start thinking about what your life can be like without

me. I won't do that.

I gotta run.

I'll see you Saturday.

Bye.

Hey, John.

Dickie. You guys okay?

Yeah, great. Fine.

If you need anything, just holler.

So you think there'll be any repercussions?

From what?

My court appearance.

You never can tell.

What?

What, John? You're back on the job tomorrow. We'll discuss it then. Come

on, John. We'll discuss it then, not tomorrow.

We got it.

Okay, go get him.

Hey, I heard you were great in court today.

What, does everybody know?

We gotta go. See you guys later.

What do you got?

Washington. That drug dealer that got smoked a couple of days ago. We got a

tip on the shooter.

It's another dealer named Alvarez.

Wouldn't it be nice if all these guys just got together and killed each other

off? I think being on the job's so much easier.

Gotta shake hands with Nixon. I'll be right back. All right.

Hey, where do you think you're going? You were just outside. Sit down.

Did

that

hurt? Yes.

I'm sorry.

Is that better?

How's that?

That's better.

Think that'll hold you till Saturday night?

I think so.

Good.

No, that's pretty much it.

I get in this morning, Lieutenant Dugan tells me I've been transferred to report

over here to you. Well, you've got a unique skill that we can use.

Well, I'm your commander, officer.

Pretty much.

You'll be working for, uh... It

wasn't

her idea, it was mine.

And she works for me.

Look, I'm going to make this real simple. I care about convictions. That

is all I am interested in. Now, Tess here is a good lawyer, a real

crackerjack, but she works at a bit of a disadvantage because of her, uh,

circumstance.

She can't work with the investigators as well as the other lawyers. Now she can.

What about her interpreter?

Interpreter's not a cop. Besides, he doesn't work here full time.

See, that's another thing.

I'm not an interpreter.

I know a little sign language. You know more than anybody else around here.

Plus, Tess reads lips pretty good. You'll do fine.

Look, I don't know what your problem is. This is a promotion.

There are guys lining up to get this job. Yeah?

Well, I wasn't one of them.

I'm happy on the streets.

Happy? Clams are happy.

Look.

They tell me you're a hard-ass, a real law-and-order type.

Well, here is where we put them away. You can make all the arrests you like,

but if we don't make good cases here, they walk.

I would think that would appeal to you.

But frankly, I don't care if it appeals to you or not, because here is where you

are.

And here is where you're gonna stay.

For what?

What'd she say?

She said if it makes me feel any better, she's not any crazier about this idea

than I am.

Perfect. You may kiss the bride.

So you know nothing about Washington?

I know he was scum.

I don't know who did him.

Ballistics show that the gun that murdered Washington was the same gun...

that the arresting officers found hidden in your apartment.

And the police officers also say that they have a witness who heard you

threaten Washington.

He said, you said.

You mess with me one more time, I'll kill you, you bastard.

Yeah, I said it.

I didn't do it.

Yeah, right.

I got a witness who said I was with her the whole night Washington got it.

Who's the witness?

Anita Torres.

She works over at Central Market.

She's my girlfriend.

Yeah, of course she is.

I trust you haven't violated my client's rights?

Your client?

How come you end up with all the top-of-the-line cases?

The hallmark cards of lawyers.

When you care enough to send the very best.

He was with me the whole night.

The whole night?

We're talking about Monday, a week ago? No, this past Monday.

Do you see anyone else?

Anyone else who could confirm your story?

No. We were by ourselves.

Isn't my word good enough?

That remains to be seen.

And you'll testify to all this in court?

Yes. Do you know what perjury is?

No. Perjury is when you lie under oath in court. It's a crime. You can go to

jail for it. But I am telling the truth. Maybe I haven't made myself clear, Miss

Torres. If you lie, you will go to jail.

Do you understand what I'm saying? If you lie, you will... Thank

you

for your time, Miss Torres.

I am telling the truth.

enjoy my

father

was deaf he's dead now i'm dying

He was a good man.

Very tough.

Never let his deafness get in the way of what he wanted.

Unlike you.

Thank you.

He was also the most hard-headed, intractable person I've ever known.

His handicap wasn't that he couldn't hear.

It was that he couldn't listen.

Excuse me.

Who's the suit?

I didn't know you were married.

We're separated.

He didn't seem too happy to see you with me. He the jealous type?

You told him not to worry because I'm a cop and you don't date cops.

Why's that?

Because cops are genetically unfaithful?

Genetically unfaithful.

That's good.

So, you have some serious doubts about the merits of this

case because you believe the alibi witness is telling the truth.

Yes.

And you believe that, uh, Miss...

Gomez. Torres.

Torres is a lying sack of garbage, and Alvarez should rot in burning hell for

all eternity.

Yes, sir.

Well, I'm glad to see that you two are working so well together.

To me, the solution seems simple. Please bargain it down to involuntary

manslaughter and move on.

Oh, he's not innocent.

Hey, I know. I mean, if he didn't kill that guy, then he killed somebody else.

What's the difference?

Involuntary manslaughter gets two to five. Two to five's a joke. Who are you,

Judge Roy Bean?

This is a case we could easily lose in court. Then your Alvarez just walks. Is

that what you want?

Plead it out and be done with it.

Okay.

Have a nice weekend.

I've never seen you shine so bright.

I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance.

Looking for a little romance.

Giving half a chance.

I have never seen that dress you're wearing.

Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes.

I've been blind.

Lady in red is

dancing with me.

There's nobody here.

It's just you and me.

It's where I want to be.

I've never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight.

I've never seen you shine so bright.

You were amazing.

I've never seen so many people want to be there by your side.

And when you turn to me and smile, it took my breath away.

I have never had such a feeling, such a feeling of complete and utter love

as I do tonight.

Lady in red is

dancing with me.

Oh,

now here's a swell way to start off a week.

Q, just interpret for me, okay, mouth? I took your offer of involuntary

manslaughter to Alvarez.

He says pass.

What? Said he'd rather take his chances in court than do two to five.

Almost sounds like an innocent man talking, doesn't it?

First one is on the house.

Thanks, Joe.

So, how's the new job?

Oh, yeah.

I forgot to thank you for that.

You'll thank me later. Believe me, kid, this is good for you.

Have I ever steered you wrong?

No. You've been a good rabbi. Bet you has.

So, how is it going?

Going all right.

Working on Alvarez.

Slam dunk, huh?

No, not really.

He's got a girlfriend, one Anita Torres.

Says she was with him the whole time.

Oh, these guys, they always come up with a girlfriend, don't they?

Oh, please, no.

So, the alibi witness is dead.

I think that strengthens the state's case. Thank you very much. You don't

want anything.

So now, maybe Alvarez won't be so cavalier in rejecting our plea bargain

offer.

Maybe now, we shouldn't be so cavalier in offering it.

That's it?

You don't find it odd that as quick as Alvarez has an alibi, that's as quick as

it disappears?

Aren't you interested in who killed Anita Torres?

Very, and as soon as the police give us a good suspect in that killing, I'll

hand it over to you to prosecute. But right now, I'm more concerned with

Alvarez.

I think the two murders are connected.

I don't think you can look at one without looking at the other. Fine,

fine. Pass your theory on to the police, and let's move on.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Slow down.

I can't keep up. Okay, okay, okay.

You

know,

with your reverence for the defendants, you might have been better off working

in the public defender's office.

Reverence for the truth.

With that outlook, you're not going to fit in anywhere in the justice system.

No, no.

The man said, I work for you. Let me nose around the street.

Talk to some old reliables.

See if they know something.

Okay, it's worth a shot.

Okay, see you later.

You know, she's not letting up on this.

Anita Torres getting killed just has her digging her heels in harder.

I guess you have to admire that.

Yeah, in a way, I guess I do.

You got anything on Torres?

Zip. I got the posse on it, but so far, nothing.

Showtime, huh?

Yeah, I hear they got you working for the deaf broad down in the DA's office.

I guess that works out good.

She won't be able to hear you when you trot out your lame excuses for why you

screw things up.

Easy, Tiki.

Yeah, well, she does have her talents.

What are you doing here?

I didn't make out at all.

I talked to every snitch and wise guy I know.

Nobody's heard anything.

No, it's not impossible.

Maybe you should start considering the possibility that Alvarez is guilty.

I guess when they look that good, they ain't got to talk.

What did she just say?

I didn't get it all, but it had something to do with your beer bottle in

a place where the sun don't shine.

have to talk to you that's right you don't i'm

way out of line here but that works good for you you want to know why i can't use

anything you tell me i could be wearing a wire and i could ask you did you kill

herman washington and you could tell me straight out yeah i did i couldn't use

it i can't use anything you tell me here today in court

you understand what i'm saying to you good i've got just one question

did you kill her in washington

yeah

i know i shouldn't have gone down there but you were driving me nuts with this

thing And so I ask him, and his eyes, they start darting all over the place,

and he can't look directly at me. He says he didn't kill Herman Washington.

See, that's the thing with these drug guys.

They're born liars.

They lie to their mother.

They lie to their girlfriends.

They lie to the cops.

They wake up in the morning, they're lying. They go to sleep, they're lying.

Lying just comes easy to them. It's second nature.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

They tell a lie like it's the truth.

And they tell the truth like it's a lie.

Now, I am sure that somewhere in his sorry life, Chico

Alvarez killed somebody.

But it wasn't Herman Washington.

You want another?

No, thanks.

You seemed to leave here in a big hurry the other night.

I guess.

Have a good time?

Look, I got some work to do, okay? Work? Yeah, work.

With your new boss?

Don't start, all right?

She's pretty you say so no if you say so I

Just come back a little later

That's up to you

Ah, impeccable timing as usual.

What the hell?

Huh?

Oh boy.

He's a cop.

It's a little wet for moonlight meetings, don't you think?

We used to walk this bridge all the time when I was a rookie.

You would impart your words of wisdom to me right here on this bridge.

I remember.

I, um... I didn't realize you were into nostalgia.

What are we doing here, Dickie?

Phil Hyde tried to kill Tess Kaufman tonight.

I stopped him.

He's dead.

Oh, sweet mother of God.

It was you I told about Anita Torres, John.

And about Tess not believing that Alvarez killed Washington.

I didn't talk about it to anyone else.

You think maybe it's time you talk to me?

Look, Dickie, I wasn't in on it.

I found out.

They came to me. Kramer, Adams, Polk, and Hyde.

It was a mistake.

Things just got out of hand.

I'll say.

Dickie, these are my guys. Good cops.

Good cops?

I just felt I had to protect them. You've been in the sauce too long, John.

Good cops?

Well, Dickie, I... I don't know what to do.

Don't know what to do.

You gotta do what you should have done in the first place, John.

You gotta do what's right.

They'd been shaking Washington down, taking money, taking drugs, but still

letting him stay in business.

They got greedy, he got froggy.

One thing led to another, tempers got short, Washington got dead.

Right.

Alvarez is tailor-made for this.

Everybody knows there's bad blood between him and Washington.

Planned a gun, got a case.

See, all along, they're working under the premise that no one's going to

believe a low-life drug dealer.

If they catch another assistant district attorney on this, they're probably

right.

Anyway, it's all here.

Personal tapes of John Dugan.

Happy?

These guys were friends of mine.

In, uh, Dugan.

I wasn't as close to my father as I am to John Dugan.

No.

No, I'm not happy.

You did what was right.

Funny.

That's exactly what I told Dugan.

rise.

This fifth division of the circuit court is now in session pursuant to

adjournment. The Honorable Ernesto Mayans presiding.

Please be seated and remain quiet.

I've seen some sad days presiding over this court.

But if these allegations prove to be true, this day will certainly be the

saddest.

Are you ready to proceed, Miss Kaufman?

Yes, Your Honor.

Hey, guys.

Something you want to say to me, Joe?

395.

Was it worth it?

Was what worth it?

What you did

I did my job, Holland.

Gotta try it sometime.

I do my job, pal.

And my job doesn't include letting some drug-dealing scum walk free while three

cops go to jail and two others wind up dead.

Two.

What two?

Well, there's Hyde.

But, of course, you already know about that one.

And there's Dugan.

What do you know about Dugan?

Oh, yeah.

He ate his gun last night.

See if you can swallow that with your beer.

Salvation Army time.

Bruce's.

How's your day?

Okay.

How was your day?

Sure you want to know?

John Dugan killed himself.

I know.

I feel responsible.

How come it feels like my fault?

How come everybody out there is blaming me?

Oh, you don't know?

I thought maybe you could help me, because you're the one who got me into

this.

That's not fair. I don't care about fair.

Having to take this stupid job wasn't fair.

I mean, what do you care anyway, huh?

You were right about Alvarez.

That's all that matters, right?

What is it with deaf people anyway?

Right and wrong, black and white. You're just like my father. It's all over

again. Same thing. He was a guy who wouldn't...

You've got your own problems.

Why

did I come here?

I had no place else to go.

Cops.