1 00:00:05,405 --> 00:00:05,506 . 2 00:00:05,689 --> 00:00:07,374 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:07,441 --> 00:00:08,809 the people are represented 4 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:11,236 by two separate, yet equally important groups: 5 00:00:11,303 --> 00:00:13,071 the police, who investigate crime, 6 00:00:13,171 --> 00:00:15,974 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 7 00:00:16,008 --> 00:00:17,885 These are their stories. 8 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:19,486 - Whose house? all: Our house! 9 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:20,621 - Whose house? all: Our house! 10 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:21,980 - Whose house? all: Our house! 11 00:00:22,014 --> 00:00:22,890 - Whose house? all: Our house! 12 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:24,124 - Whose house? - Our house! 13 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:25,751 - You were eating tonight, bro. 14 00:00:25,851 --> 00:00:27,477 [all cheering] 15 00:00:27,511 --> 00:00:28,795 That paint belongs to you! 16 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:30,030 - What the hell are you doing out there? 17 00:00:30,097 --> 00:00:31,198 - Come on, Coach! 18 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:32,649 - You will not show disrespect like that! 19 00:00:32,683 --> 00:00:34,868 No! No! Not here! 20 00:00:34,968 --> 00:00:36,828 I should rip your head off! 21 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:43,043 [tense music] 22 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:50,175 ♪ ♪ 23 00:00:56,924 --> 00:00:59,142 - Man, you OK? - Man, shut up. 24 00:01:02,379 --> 00:01:05,098 [dramatic music] 25 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:07,526 - Student ID was in his pocket with some cash. 26 00:01:07,559 --> 00:01:08,835 His name is Miles Booker. 27 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,971 20 years old, went to Piermont. 28 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,673 One GSW to the heart. 29 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,608 Call came in at 9:38 p.m. 30 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:17,444 - OK, got one casing, 9 mil. 31 00:01:17,511 --> 00:01:18,679 - Knuckles are bruised-- right hand. 32 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,013 - Who called this in? 33 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:21,306 [siren chirping] 34 00:01:21,406 --> 00:01:22,616 - That lady over there. 35 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:24,209 She works at that check-cashing store. 36 00:01:24,242 --> 00:01:25,978 Only place on the block open this late. 37 00:01:26,078 --> 00:01:27,921 - All right. Thank you. 38 00:01:30,649 --> 00:01:32,059 - I heard two guys arguing. 39 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:33,393 Poked my head out, see what's going on. 40 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:35,821 I saw this guy and, um... 41 00:01:35,887 --> 00:01:36,822 a white guy. 42 00:01:36,922 --> 00:01:38,824 - Young? Old? 43 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:40,300 - Couldn't see his face. 44 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:41,868 30, maybe? 45 00:01:41,969 --> 00:01:43,036 They squared up. 46 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:44,171 Chest to chest, sort of. 47 00:01:44,271 --> 00:01:45,672 Jawing at each other. 48 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:47,074 - What were they saying? 49 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:49,276 - One of them called the other a chump. 50 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:50,377 [scoffs] 51 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:51,395 Haven't heard that word in a while. 52 00:01:51,428 --> 00:01:53,238 What is it, 1978? 53 00:01:53,271 --> 00:01:55,674 Other than that, I couldn't make out words. 54 00:01:55,774 --> 00:01:59,286 Then this dude punched the white dude in the face. 55 00:01:59,353 --> 00:02:01,513 Bam--white dude went down. 56 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,949 White dude pulls a piece, shoots this guy, 57 00:02:04,016 --> 00:02:05,425 gets up, runs off. 58 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:07,185 - Could you make out any distinguishing features? 59 00:02:07,285 --> 00:02:08,929 Any little thing helps. 60 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:11,131 - No, not in the dark. 61 00:02:11,198 --> 00:02:12,399 Oh, wait, no, no. 62 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:16,169 He was wearing a backpack with, like, um--like, 63 00:02:16,236 --> 00:02:17,963 like, shiny reflective stuff on it 64 00:02:18,030 --> 00:02:19,139 in the shape of a triangle. 65 00:02:19,206 --> 00:02:21,633 I saw it in the streetlight when he ran off. 66 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:23,577 Once he was gone, I ran out. 67 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:25,871 This guy was already dead. 68 00:02:25,971 --> 00:02:27,648 - Two guys get into a fistfight. 69 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:31,018 One guy is losing, decides fists aren't gonna cut it, 70 00:02:31,084 --> 00:02:33,654 takes it to the next level. 71 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,823 - If you can't beat 'em, shoot 'em. 72 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:38,458 [tense music] 73 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:40,986 - Yeah, no, I don't think that's the way it goes. 74 00:02:41,053 --> 00:02:43,096 ♪ ♪ 75 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:46,366 [dramatic music] 76 00:02:46,433 --> 00:02:53,507 ♪ ♪ 77 00:03:29,276 --> 00:03:31,745 - Unfortunately, our canvass for cameras was a bust. 78 00:03:31,812 --> 00:03:33,663 The CCTV at that check-cashing store 79 00:03:33,697 --> 00:03:34,981 has been down for a month. 80 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:36,374 Thank you. 81 00:03:36,441 --> 00:03:38,485 The camera down the block picked up the two men arguing 82 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:41,988 right before the shooting, but super grainy and far away. 83 00:03:42,122 --> 00:03:43,849 - I'm assuming facial rec is a non-starter? 84 00:03:43,882 --> 00:03:45,926 - And it ends before things got violent. 85 00:03:45,992 --> 00:03:49,020 It's more than nothing but less than something. 86 00:03:49,054 --> 00:03:51,665 - I talked to Miles Booker's parents on the phone. 87 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:53,683 They're on their way up from Baltimore, where he grew up. 88 00:03:53,717 --> 00:03:55,736 - They said if he had anything weird going on lately? 89 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:56,903 Problems? - No, nothing. 90 00:03:57,003 --> 00:03:58,338 They said he wasn't just a student at Piermont. 91 00:03:58,371 --> 00:03:59,840 He was on the basketball team. 92 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,374 And they had a game against Fenwick last night. 93 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:02,442 - Uh-huh. Huge rivalry. 94 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:03,944 - Uh-huh. 95 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:06,471 - Well, Piermont won big last night, 96 00:04:06,538 --> 00:04:08,807 and the game ended at 8:53 p.m. 97 00:04:08,907 --> 00:04:10,951 - Miles was dead 45 minutes later, 98 00:04:11,051 --> 00:04:12,552 a quarter mile from the arena. 99 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:14,521 - I can get access to the arena footage. 100 00:04:14,554 --> 00:04:16,957 There's gonna be a ton of it, so it might take a minute. 101 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:19,593 - Meantime, that arena sound like a good place to start? 102 00:04:21,578 --> 00:04:25,031 - I liked Miles, but we had a tough relationship too. 103 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:26,925 - How so? How tough? 104 00:04:26,992 --> 00:04:29,186 - Well, not that tough, if that's what you're asking. 105 00:04:30,595 --> 00:04:33,874 Miles was a star in high school. 106 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:35,575 But this is a big-time program. 107 00:04:35,642 --> 00:04:38,478 I mean, all these kids were stars in high school. 108 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:40,714 Here, Miles is a bench guy, 109 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:42,883 but he did not agree with that assessment. 110 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:44,518 - He wanted more playing time. 111 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:45,886 - He was frustrated. 112 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:48,013 Sometimes he lashed out. 113 00:04:48,113 --> 00:04:49,222 I mean, bonehead stuff. 114 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,891 - What kind of stuff? 115 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:53,794 - Well, last night, game's a blowout. 116 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:56,663 Next thing I know, one second left, 117 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:58,899 he throws up a three and makes it. 118 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:00,400 - Can't imagine the Fenwick players 119 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:01,735 thought that was too cool. 120 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:03,403 - Yeah, well, I didn't either. 121 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:05,772 So players get into it in the tunnel. 122 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:08,867 Miles takes some punches, gets a few back. 123 00:05:08,967 --> 00:05:10,577 I broke it up. - Right. 124 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,637 - Think that other kid went and got a gun, 125 00:05:12,704 --> 00:05:14,314 came back to finish what he started? 126 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:18,443 - He did say, "This ain't over." 127 00:05:21,638 --> 00:05:22,906 - Nick Snyder. 128 00:05:24,975 --> 00:05:26,484 NYPD. 129 00:05:26,551 --> 00:05:28,662 Detective Walker, Detective Calvino. 130 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:30,931 We want to talk to you about Miles Booker. 131 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:32,782 - Yeah, I heard about it on the socials. 132 00:05:32,816 --> 00:05:33,733 Sucks. 133 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:35,435 - Yeah, we heard about the fight. 134 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:37,437 - I did what I had to do. 135 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:39,306 - You got a gun, Nick? 136 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:40,607 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 137 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,509 You don't think I had anything to do with that? 138 00:05:42,576 --> 00:05:45,178 - Yeah, we just connect dots. That's all. 139 00:05:46,238 --> 00:05:47,639 - [sighs] 140 00:05:49,666 --> 00:05:51,117 Look. 141 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,854 Yeah, maybe I was pissed after the game. 142 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,122 But if you thought I was pissed about that stupid shot, 143 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:58,024 just check out what they're saying on WiWager. 144 00:05:58,091 --> 00:05:59,593 - What's WiWager? 145 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,027 - The prediction market? 146 00:06:04,923 --> 00:06:06,600 - Nick Snyder's alibi checks out. 147 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:08,335 - He was right about WiWager. 148 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:10,637 - So the betting line had Piermont winning by 19, 149 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:13,173 but Piermont was winning by 18 as the clock wound down. 150 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,975 - So Miles Booker throws up that prayer. 151 00:06:15,008 --> 00:06:16,701 Piermont wins by 21. 152 00:06:16,768 --> 00:06:17,944 He blows the line. 153 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:19,079 - First place your mind goes-- 154 00:06:19,145 --> 00:06:20,747 if he was caught up in some gambling thing? 155 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:24,117 - I hear you, but I don't know, man. 156 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:25,952 Box score said he played nine minutes. 157 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,654 Five points, two boards. 158 00:06:27,687 --> 00:06:29,281 It's tough to throw a game with those numbers. 159 00:06:29,381 --> 00:06:30,490 - Wait, guys. 160 00:06:30,523 --> 00:06:32,851 Look at this WiWager pinboard. 161 00:06:32,884 --> 00:06:35,520 You won't believe the flood of hate that Booker got. 162 00:06:35,553 --> 00:06:37,497 - "Oh, that garbage shot cost me my mortgage payment. 163 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:39,232 That scrub ruined my weekend." 164 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:40,834 - All this for a 20-year-old kid? 165 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:42,335 Damn. - Well, even in this 166 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,904 sewer of humanity, one guy stands out. 167 00:06:44,971 --> 00:06:47,699 This guy claims to have lost 40K. 168 00:06:47,732 --> 00:06:49,142 - "Gonna find Miles Booker on the street. 169 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:51,344 I'm gonna teach that punk about a different kind of shot." 170 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:53,580 - That guy posted that from the game. 171 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,415 He was there, saw the shot go in. 172 00:06:55,482 --> 00:06:57,017 - We know his handle on WiWager, 173 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:58,752 but who the hell is he in real life? 174 00:07:05,241 --> 00:07:05,425 . 175 00:07:05,609 --> 00:07:07,260 - "Going to find Miles Booker on the street. 176 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,428 "Gonna teach that punk about 177 00:07:08,495 --> 00:07:10,422 a different kind of shot." 178 00:07:10,488 --> 00:07:12,190 Outrageous, truly. 179 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:14,034 - Yeah, we need a name. 180 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,094 We need to know who made that threat. 181 00:07:16,194 --> 00:07:17,762 - Can't help you there. Sorry. 182 00:07:17,829 --> 00:07:19,172 - So it doesn't bother you? 183 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:21,733 Athletes getting death threats on your platform? 184 00:07:21,833 --> 00:07:24,044 - Moral decay is baked into my business model 185 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,204 only because the demand exists. 186 00:07:26,271 --> 00:07:27,681 That, we didn't create. 187 00:07:27,714 --> 00:07:30,533 If someone predicts the next 9/11 on WiWager, 188 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,043 makes a fortune-- 189 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:34,220 more power to him, and the bigger my cut. 190 00:07:34,321 --> 00:07:37,349 That math is contingent upon one thing: 191 00:07:37,382 --> 00:07:39,759 anonymity. 192 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:42,387 Thanks for stopping by, friends. 193 00:07:42,454 --> 00:07:43,563 - Well, just one problem. 194 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,048 We're talking about a person of interest 195 00:07:45,115 --> 00:07:47,067 in a murder investigation, 196 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:48,860 so refusing to cooperate violates 197 00:07:48,927 --> 00:07:50,395 Know Your Customer laws. 198 00:07:50,462 --> 00:07:53,239 We'd have no choice but to report it to the CFTC. 199 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:54,966 - Yeah, see all that math you were talking about? 200 00:07:55,033 --> 00:07:56,076 I think that's contingent on 201 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:59,312 you still being in business... friend. 202 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:03,917 - Understand you own 203 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:05,986 a Smith and Wesson handgun, Mr. Barrett-- 204 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:07,812 CSX? 205 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:08,947 - Yeah. 206 00:08:09,047 --> 00:08:10,248 Registered, legal. 207 00:08:10,315 --> 00:08:13,251 - People use legal guns to do illegal things, sir. 208 00:08:13,284 --> 00:08:14,661 - We got a shell casing, 209 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,363 and the bullet was fired from a gun 210 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:17,989 that was made by one of two manufacturers. 211 00:08:18,089 --> 00:08:19,366 Now, the first one's a Glock. 212 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:21,634 And I'm gonna let you guess what the second one is. 213 00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:24,170 - Miles Booker's basket at the end of the game 214 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:26,072 cost you 40 grand. 215 00:08:26,106 --> 00:08:28,274 People have killed for a lot less. 216 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,677 - Look, I was not happy about that stupid shot. 217 00:08:30,744 --> 00:08:32,278 OK, that is true. 218 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,105 I went looking for Booker after the game. 219 00:08:34,172 --> 00:08:36,341 That's true too. - OK. 220 00:08:36,441 --> 00:08:37,434 OK, you have a plan? 221 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:38,785 - I don't know. 222 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:40,245 Raise hell. 223 00:08:40,311 --> 00:08:41,354 - Then what? 224 00:08:41,388 --> 00:08:42,422 Change of heart? 225 00:08:42,489 --> 00:08:43,957 - [sighs] I saw him outside the arena. 226 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,125 He was with some kid. 227 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:46,276 - What kid? 228 00:08:46,342 --> 00:08:47,394 - Some kid--like, 229 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:50,497 doesn't even shave kind of dude. 230 00:08:50,597 --> 00:08:53,032 They seemed tight, but the kid looked scared 231 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,335 or--or bummed out. 232 00:08:55,402 --> 00:08:56,870 Miles was, like, talking to him, 233 00:08:56,936 --> 00:08:58,304 taking him really serious. 234 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:00,173 - Then what'd you do? - Nothing, bro. 235 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:01,808 I was like, what, I'm just gonna go 236 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:03,109 sucker punch this guy 237 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:04,828 while he's straightening out this kid? 238 00:09:04,861 --> 00:09:08,648 I...went to Bub O'Malley's instead, 239 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,676 had a heart-to-heart with my friend Jack Daniels. 240 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:14,054 I swear. 241 00:09:16,147 --> 00:09:17,290 - Barrett's telling the truth. 242 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:19,492 He was at Bub's, drinking his feelings. 243 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,060 - Well, we found the mystery kid. 244 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:22,887 - Yeah, over here. 245 00:09:22,987 --> 00:09:25,398 Look, Booker exits the arena at 9:25. 246 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:27,826 This kid's waiting outside. 247 00:09:27,859 --> 00:09:29,068 - Can you zoom in a little bit? 248 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:30,236 Right there, on the jacket? 249 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:34,240 Gowanus High, Brooklyn. 250 00:09:34,307 --> 00:09:35,358 - Huh? 251 00:09:35,391 --> 00:09:36,509 - They're diamondback terrapins. 252 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:37,669 They live in the Gowanus Canal. 253 00:09:37,735 --> 00:09:39,045 I mean, they got, like, three eyes 254 00:09:39,112 --> 00:09:40,572 'cause of that water, but you know, they're cool. 255 00:09:40,672 --> 00:09:43,374 - And these are things that you know? 256 00:09:44,484 --> 00:09:45,835 - Want to go find the kid? 257 00:09:49,722 --> 00:09:51,124 - How do you know Miles Booker? 258 00:09:51,191 --> 00:09:53,985 - I met Miles two years ago at summer basketball camp. 259 00:09:54,018 --> 00:09:56,062 - Piermont College? 260 00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:59,190 - He was like a mentor, I guess. 261 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:01,301 You know, he looked out for me. 262 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:04,028 - What were you guys talking about last night? 263 00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:05,271 We heard you were upset. 264 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:13,571 - That night, I was walking to the game, 265 00:10:13,671 --> 00:10:16,116 and then this white guy came out of nowhere, 266 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:17,884 yelling at me--crazy stuff. 267 00:10:17,984 --> 00:10:20,053 - Crazy how? - Racist. 268 00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:23,081 I mean, he had his phone out, filming the whole thing. 269 00:10:23,181 --> 00:10:24,883 He wouldn't leave me alone. 270 00:10:24,949 --> 00:10:26,451 So I panicked. 271 00:10:26,551 --> 00:10:28,753 Then I ran all the way to the arena. 272 00:10:28,853 --> 00:10:30,964 - That's what you told Miles after the game? 273 00:10:31,064 --> 00:10:32,332 - Yeah. 274 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:34,534 And he told me he was proud of me for walking away. 275 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,469 And he called me an Uber to go home. 276 00:10:37,795 --> 00:10:39,088 - Was that it? 277 00:10:39,122 --> 00:10:41,724 [tense music] 278 00:10:41,791 --> 00:10:45,904 - Except, uh, he asked where it happened, 279 00:10:45,970 --> 00:10:48,248 and he pulled up a picture of the guy on his cell. 280 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:52,152 And I said, "Yeah, that's him." 281 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:54,112 - What did he say? 282 00:10:54,212 --> 00:10:55,989 - That he was gonna take care of it. 283 00:10:56,089 --> 00:11:03,121 ♪ ♪ 284 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:07,225 - According to Booker's cell phone data, 285 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:10,136 after he sent Elijah home, he pulled up RiotWire, 286 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:12,096 a crypto-based streaming platform 287 00:11:12,163 --> 00:11:14,407 that hosts influencers, mostly the ones 288 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,009 that get kicked off other platforms. 289 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:17,435 - Whose page did he visit? 290 00:11:17,502 --> 00:11:19,504 - Stone Freedom. - Who? 291 00:11:19,604 --> 00:11:20,914 - He's an internet celebrity. 292 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:23,341 His real name's Tyler Duncan. 293 00:11:23,408 --> 00:11:25,276 He's a professional racist. 294 00:11:25,343 --> 00:11:27,136 - I'm sorry. He's a what? 295 00:11:27,170 --> 00:11:28,313 [tense music] 296 00:11:28,413 --> 00:11:29,822 - Right here. - Where you going? 297 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:32,350 Where you going? Look what I found, huh? 298 00:11:32,450 --> 00:11:34,352 Look, I found one, guys. Look what I found. What's up? 299 00:11:34,452 --> 00:11:35,762 - Hey, get that camera out of my face, man. 300 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:38,122 - Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah! 301 00:11:38,189 --> 00:11:39,365 Come on, say something. 302 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:40,633 - Move on! Move on! - Or what? 303 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:41,926 What are you gonna do? 304 00:11:41,993 --> 00:11:43,261 Hey, cornbread, I'm talking to you. 305 00:11:43,328 --> 00:11:44,629 Come on, smile for the camera. 306 00:11:44,696 --> 00:11:45,663 Hey-- [clicks off] 307 00:11:45,763 --> 00:11:47,365 ♪ ♪ 308 00:11:47,465 --> 00:11:48,875 - This mutt gets off on this? 309 00:11:48,975 --> 00:11:50,510 - Oh, this mutt makes money on this. 310 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:52,036 There's a few of these out there. 311 00:11:52,103 --> 00:11:54,013 A guy named Chud the Builder is another one, 312 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,649 says the most outrageous stuff for views. 313 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:59,135 But our guy here, Stone Freedom, 314 00:11:59,202 --> 00:12:01,613 his videos get, like, 200,000-- what, 300,000 views? 315 00:12:01,646 --> 00:12:03,056 - His fans think he's a hero, 316 00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:07,143 some sort of "anti-woke" First Amendment warrior. 317 00:12:07,210 --> 00:12:08,328 - He got a sheet? 318 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:09,996 - No, he's never been arrested. 319 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:12,198 But guess where he was doing his thing 320 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,067 the night of the murder-- 321 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,361 four blocks from the crime scene. 322 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,642 - Open up! NYPD! 323 00:12:22,709 --> 00:12:25,136 [knocking] 324 00:12:25,203 --> 00:12:27,171 - Tyler Duncan? - That's me. 325 00:12:27,205 --> 00:12:28,281 Can I help you fellas? 326 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,583 - We have a warrant to search the premises. 327 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:31,918 - Do you? 328 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:36,673 OK. 329 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:39,759 Come on in. 330 00:12:44,188 --> 00:12:45,690 - Hey, Tyler, you bump into this guy 331 00:12:45,757 --> 00:12:47,992 in Sugar Hill last night? 332 00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:50,903 - Uh, I don't know, man. 333 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:53,840 You know, uh... faces, you know? 334 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:56,209 - Right, we all look the same. - No. 335 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:58,736 No, those are your words, man, not mine. 336 00:13:00,263 --> 00:13:01,773 Jeez. 337 00:13:01,873 --> 00:13:03,249 He always this sensitive, bro? 338 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,717 - No. 339 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:05,952 And I'm not your bro. 340 00:13:07,011 --> 00:13:07,920 - Got it. 341 00:13:08,021 --> 00:13:10,390 [tense music] 342 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,383 - Turn around and put your hands behind your back. 343 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:13,393 - First, first, first, 344 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,695 say hello to the Freedom Fighters, boys. 345 00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:17,689 Yeah, it's finally happening. 346 00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:20,124 The WokeStapo is trying to silence me. 347 00:13:20,224 --> 00:13:21,501 - Turn it off. - Nah, man. 348 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:22,885 White guys can't be too careful these days. 349 00:13:22,952 --> 00:13:24,095 - Now! 350 00:13:24,195 --> 00:13:25,638 - Hey, I got rights. I got rights. 351 00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:27,273 All right? Hey, dude! Don't! 352 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:28,299 Hey! 353 00:13:28,399 --> 00:13:31,310 [grunting] 354 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:33,046 [dramatic music] 355 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:34,547 - Tyler Duncan, you're under arrest 356 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:35,682 for the murder of Miles Lee Booker. 357 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:36,808 You have the right to remain silent. 358 00:13:36,874 --> 00:13:37,950 Do you understand? 359 00:13:38,051 --> 00:13:39,152 You have the right to consult an attorney. 360 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:40,278 Do you understand? 361 00:13:47,977 --> 00:13:48,161 . 362 00:13:48,344 --> 00:13:51,989 - That's you, Tyler, climbing into your car 363 00:13:52,090 --> 00:13:54,158 two minutes after the murder, 364 00:13:54,258 --> 00:13:56,369 three blocks from where it happened. 365 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:59,922 Our witness says the killer was wearing this backpack, 366 00:13:59,989 --> 00:14:02,500 which we found in your apartment. 367 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,144 Come on, man. We know you did this. 368 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:07,430 - I don't know what you're talking about. 369 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:10,266 - All right. 370 00:14:16,514 --> 00:14:18,274 I want to hear your side. 371 00:14:20,084 --> 00:14:21,494 Oh. Oh. 372 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:24,021 You think silence is your friend? 373 00:14:24,088 --> 00:14:25,431 It's not. 374 00:14:26,265 --> 00:14:30,336 If something happened that might help explain this, 375 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:32,597 now's the time to talk. 376 00:14:32,663 --> 00:14:34,165 [door opens] 377 00:14:36,434 --> 00:14:38,044 - Got the ballistics report back from the gun 378 00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:40,471 we found in your apartment. 379 00:14:40,538 --> 00:14:42,982 Dead match from the slug we recovered from the body. 380 00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:45,468 It's the murder weapon. 381 00:14:45,535 --> 00:14:46,969 It's over, Tyler. 382 00:14:47,036 --> 00:14:49,647 [dramatic music] 383 00:14:49,714 --> 00:14:52,016 - [clears throat] I want a lawyer. 384 00:14:52,116 --> 00:14:56,621 ♪ ♪ 385 00:14:56,654 --> 00:14:58,314 - Good luck to you. 386 00:15:03,561 --> 00:15:05,196 - Your Honor, the defendant is charged 387 00:15:05,296 --> 00:15:06,973 with murder in the second degree. 388 00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:09,175 On the night of September the 2nd, 389 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,836 Mr. Duncan shot and killed Miles Booker, 390 00:15:11,903 --> 00:15:14,680 an unarmed man-- a good young man. 391 00:15:14,781 --> 00:15:18,309 An athlete, a beloved son, and a mentor. 392 00:15:18,342 --> 00:15:20,353 He then fled the scene and concealed the weapon. 393 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:21,913 We have an eyewitness. 394 00:15:22,013 --> 00:15:23,856 We have physical and forensic evidence, 395 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,391 and we ask for remand. 396 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:28,027 The defendant has a public platform 397 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:30,897 with a large following, fundraisers on his behalf. 398 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:32,515 He presents a flight risk. 399 00:15:32,582 --> 00:15:33,591 - Mr. Dressler. 400 00:15:33,691 --> 00:15:35,660 - Your Honor, the reason my client has 401 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:38,187 such passionate support is that he is innocent. 402 00:15:38,254 --> 00:15:39,430 We will show that 403 00:15:39,530 --> 00:15:42,608 the aggressor in this incident was Miles Booker. 404 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:46,938 He hunted down my client, struck him, advanced on him. 405 00:15:47,038 --> 00:15:50,049 In that moment, Mr. Duncan reasonably believed 406 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:54,278 his life was in imminent danger and acted in self-defense. 407 00:15:54,378 --> 00:15:57,256 Your Honor, bail is appropriate here. 408 00:15:57,356 --> 00:16:00,284 Mr. Duncan is an entrepreneur with no criminal record, 409 00:16:00,384 --> 00:16:01,561 long-standing ties-- 410 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:03,362 - Mr. Duncan is an entrepreneur 411 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:06,232 to the degree that he runs a social media platform built 412 00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:09,026 around confronting strangers with hateful language. 413 00:16:09,060 --> 00:16:10,136 - Save your breath. 414 00:16:10,169 --> 00:16:12,129 The defendant's remanded. 415 00:16:12,196 --> 00:16:13,506 [gavel bangs] Next case. 416 00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:15,608 - This is a travesty of justice! 417 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,009 [crowd chanting] USA! USA! 418 00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:19,912 - Bailiff, clear these people out of this courtroom. 419 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:23,316 [crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA! 420 00:16:27,612 --> 00:16:29,322 - Mr. and Mrs. Booker. 421 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,390 - Don't let this turn into a circus. 422 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:33,576 Just get justice for our son. 423 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,262 - Yeah. 424 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,097 - If the races were reversed, 425 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:40,324 the DA would not have brought charges. 426 00:16:40,424 --> 00:16:43,160 Anyone with eyes and a brain can see that. 427 00:16:43,261 --> 00:16:45,638 Do you have any other questions? 428 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:49,108 - Tom Phillips is making a cause out of Tyler Duncan, 429 00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:51,410 a match made in hell. 430 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:52,778 Is this all hot air, 431 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,947 or is there substance to the self-defense claim? 432 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,482 - We don't know exactly what was said, 433 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,351 but we know from our eyewitness, 434 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,585 the two men argue. 435 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:00,786 After a few minutes, 436 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,281 Miles strikes Tyler Duncan in the face. 437 00:17:03,347 --> 00:17:05,283 - Duncan falls, pulls out a gun, 438 00:17:05,349 --> 00:17:06,759 shoots Miles Booker dead. 439 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:09,195 - We will hammer the proportionality gap. 440 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:11,497 Punch and a fatal gunshot 441 00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:13,783 occupy very different tiers of violence. 442 00:17:13,849 --> 00:17:15,768 - Did Duncan have an opportunity to retreat? 443 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,862 - Yes, and a duty to retreat. 444 00:17:17,962 --> 00:17:19,639 - He showed consciousness of guilt. 445 00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:22,934 He didn't call 911 and fled the scene, went home, 446 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,710 hid the murder weapon by duct taping it 447 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:26,504 to the underside of his toilet lid. 448 00:17:27,363 --> 00:17:29,140 - This is murder. 449 00:17:29,206 --> 00:17:30,950 You don't get to incite violence and then 450 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:33,277 use it as a pretext to get away with killing someone. 451 00:17:33,344 --> 00:17:36,380 - Duncan has a long history of goading Black men 452 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,658 into verbal and physical confrontations-- 453 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,726 all on video, which speaks to motive. 454 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,028 We will show that to the jury too. 455 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:44,230 - Well, maybe. 456 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:46,365 Defense is challenging the videos. 457 00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:49,393 [tense music] 458 00:17:49,460 --> 00:17:52,038 ♪ ♪ 459 00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:54,523 - [hooting] 460 00:17:54,557 --> 00:17:55,825 Come on. Isn't that how you talk? 461 00:17:55,891 --> 00:17:57,677 [hooting] What are you gonna do, boy? 462 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,178 Come on, say something. Do it. 463 00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:00,947 - I get it. 464 00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:02,548 How many of those are there? 465 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:06,410 - We've counted 152 on various streaming platforms, 466 00:18:06,477 --> 00:18:07,912 so far. 467 00:18:08,579 --> 00:18:11,682 - Just so I'm clear, this Stone Freedom, 468 00:18:11,749 --> 00:18:14,193 that's the alter ego of your client, Tyler Duncan? 469 00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:15,820 - Yes, Judge. 470 00:18:15,853 --> 00:18:17,830 - And you're OK with all this? 471 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:19,590 - God, no. 472 00:18:19,690 --> 00:18:22,201 But if we truly believe in the law, 473 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:24,203 then my discomfort is not 474 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,671 a sign I'm doing something wrong. 475 00:18:25,738 --> 00:18:28,007 It's a sign I'm doing something right. 476 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,435 That's the whole reason we're here, in fact, 477 00:18:31,535 --> 00:18:33,512 because our system of law doesn't ask 478 00:18:33,579 --> 00:18:35,573 whether a defendant is a good person. 479 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:38,384 Molineux is clear. 480 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:42,521 Evidence of prior bad acts is presumptively inadmissible, 481 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:46,859 even if this case was about race, and it's not. 482 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:52,248 Yes, my client says hurtful, terrible things. 483 00:18:52,281 --> 00:18:54,500 But in this case, he was attacked 484 00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:56,669 and believed he had to resort to deadly force. 485 00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:58,671 - Your Honor, we're not offering the videos 486 00:18:58,738 --> 00:18:59,964 as prior bad acts. 487 00:19:00,031 --> 00:19:01,741 They are direct evidence of motive 488 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:04,810 and the falsity of the self-defense claim itself. 489 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:07,405 - These confrontations are not spontaneous. 490 00:19:07,471 --> 00:19:09,081 They are a business plan, 491 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:12,485 relevant to whether this encounter was an ambush 492 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:15,187 that left Tyler Duncan genuinely afraid for his life 493 00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:19,083 or part of a deliberate pattern. 494 00:19:19,150 --> 00:19:20,593 - I hear that. 495 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,763 But suggesting a defendant's general disposition 496 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:26,432 as evidence is inherently prejudicial. 497 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,300 It runs the risk that we convict someone 498 00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:30,569 for who they are. 499 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,997 It seems to me-- and I think this is 500 00:19:33,097 --> 00:19:35,141 what you were getting at too-- 501 00:19:35,207 --> 00:19:39,679 the vile nature of Tyler Duncan's conduct 502 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:43,607 only makes the legal protection more critical, not less. 503 00:19:43,674 --> 00:19:44,934 - Your Honor, we're not-- 504 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,720 - That's the decision, Mr. Price. 505 00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:52,858 The videos are out, all 152. 506 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:57,988 ♪ ♪ 507 00:20:03,227 --> 00:20:03,369 . 508 00:20:03,552 --> 00:20:04,970 - If the judge won't allow the videos, 509 00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:06,305 I'll do her one better. 510 00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:07,640 - How's that? 511 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:08,966 - Let's supersede the indictment 512 00:20:09,033 --> 00:20:11,510 by charging Tyler Duncan with a hate crime. 513 00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:13,212 That way, the defendant's bigotry 514 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:15,247 speaks to his state of mind. 515 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:16,882 It's no longer propensity evidence, 516 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:19,009 so Molineux can't touch it. 517 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,352 - It's creative. 518 00:20:20,453 --> 00:20:22,213 Obviously, Tyler Duncan is a bigot. 519 00:20:22,313 --> 00:20:24,957 The jury should know that, one way or another. 520 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:26,859 - I'm sensing a "but" coming. 521 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:27,726 - [chuckles] 522 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,720 But... 523 00:20:29,787 --> 00:20:32,531 based only on the direct evidence 524 00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:35,234 we have in hand right now, 525 00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:37,236 do we know that race was a motivating factor 526 00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:38,471 in this murder? 527 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:39,797 Not really. 528 00:20:39,864 --> 00:20:41,807 - My gut says Miles Booker died 529 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,801 because he was Black. 530 00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:46,036 I'll sleep just fine with a hate crime. 531 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,215 - Do it. 532 00:20:49,315 --> 00:20:50,516 Go back to the grand jury. 533 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:51,951 Add the hate crime. 534 00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:53,552 Find Duncan's other victims. 535 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,821 Put them all on the stand. 536 00:20:55,888 --> 00:20:59,884 Show this jury exactly who this son of a bitch really is. 537 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:06,031 - I was walking home from the hospital in Bed-Stuy, 538 00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:07,366 just minding my own business. 539 00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:09,201 - And what did you see? 540 00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:10,936 - It was more what did I hear. 541 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:12,263 - I kept hearing these weird, like, 542 00:21:12,329 --> 00:21:13,873 monkey sounds or something. 543 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:15,441 - Next thing I know, 544 00:21:15,541 --> 00:21:17,543 dude's shoving his phone in my face, 545 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:18,911 recording me. 546 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:20,012 - So I told him, "Man, 547 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,547 man, get out of here!" 548 00:21:21,647 --> 00:21:22,615 And he wouldn't listen. 549 00:21:22,681 --> 00:21:24,608 He kept chasing me around. 550 00:21:24,675 --> 00:21:25,818 "What are you gonna do, boy? 551 00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:27,086 You chimping out?" 552 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,947 - He flashes his gun. 553 00:21:30,047 --> 00:21:31,023 He says... 554 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:34,059 - "What are you gonna do, boy? 555 00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:37,263 I got 15 rounds for you, boy." 556 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,632 - The words he says... 557 00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,667 ♪ ♪ 558 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:44,361 They're not words. 559 00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:49,675 They're like a hand around your throat, you know? 560 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:52,244 - No, Elijah, I don't know. 561 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:56,148 - I would do anything to make it stop. 562 00:21:56,215 --> 00:22:02,087 You can't help but wonder if fighting is the only way. 563 00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:05,716 - But, Elijah, you didn't fight. 564 00:22:05,783 --> 00:22:08,060 You didn't punch my client in the face, 565 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,288 knock him to the ground, advance on him. 566 00:22:11,322 --> 00:22:13,666 You walked away. 567 00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:15,668 - Yeah, but I-- 568 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:19,104 - It didn't turn to violence 569 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:24,068 until you told Miles Booker about it. 570 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:29,682 And Miles told you he was going to take care of it. 571 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,475 Now we know what he meant. 572 00:22:31,508 --> 00:22:33,252 - No. - Sure we do. 573 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,821 He was going to kill my client. 574 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:37,857 - Not true! 575 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:41,994 He was only going to do what I was too scared to do. 576 00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:45,698 Tell that man, go to hell! 577 00:22:47,124 --> 00:22:49,285 - Nothing further, Your Honor. 578 00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:52,071 - It was dead that night, 579 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:53,672 and I poked my head out of the shop, 580 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:55,474 and I saw that man right there. 581 00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:57,334 - Mr. Duncan? 582 00:22:57,368 --> 00:22:59,545 - And a tall Black guy. 583 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:03,349 That's him. 584 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:04,942 - Your Honor, let the record reflect that 585 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:06,585 the witness has identified Miles Booker 586 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:08,354 and the defendant, Tyler Duncan. 587 00:23:08,454 --> 00:23:09,922 - Done. Go ahead. 588 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:12,558 - I heard Duncan call Miles a chimp. 589 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:18,697 - And then? - It was on. 590 00:23:18,797 --> 00:23:21,066 Miles punched Duncan in the face. 591 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:22,201 Duncan went down. 592 00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:24,637 Miles took a step forward. 593 00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:27,273 Duncan pulled a gun, shot him. 594 00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:29,074 - Did you witness Mr. Duncan 595 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:32,244 make an attempt to retreat or call for help? 596 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:35,748 - No, he just pulled a gun, shot. 597 00:23:35,814 --> 00:23:38,317 - Did you witness Mr. Duncan rendering aid 598 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:40,152 to Mr. Booker after shooting him? 599 00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:41,220 - Hell no. 600 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,414 He just ran. 601 00:23:43,514 --> 00:23:45,090 - Thank you. Nothing further. 602 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:53,132 - You told the police you heard the word chump, not chimp. 603 00:23:53,198 --> 00:23:55,134 - Yeah. 604 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,669 But now I know it was chimp. 605 00:23:56,735 --> 00:23:58,037 Who the hell says chump these days? 606 00:23:58,137 --> 00:24:00,097 - You not only told the police the word was chump-- 607 00:24:00,197 --> 00:24:02,374 you told them you didn't know which man said it. 608 00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:06,312 - I realized I was wrong. 609 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:09,073 - And how'd you come to this miraculous realization? 610 00:24:09,106 --> 00:24:11,317 You must have viewed my client's content. 611 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:12,551 - Sure. 612 00:24:12,651 --> 00:24:14,653 It's been all over the place since the trial started. 613 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,449 - And you're sure, "chimp"? 614 00:24:18,515 --> 00:24:20,250 You remember it more clearly today 615 00:24:20,284 --> 00:24:22,227 than you did 19 minutes after the murder, 616 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:24,163 when the police interviewed you? 617 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:27,266 - Sometimes things come back to you. 618 00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:28,934 [tense music] 619 00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:30,703 - Or sometimes, 620 00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:35,140 when the world is determined to make things about race, 621 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:37,476 maybe a word starts to sound like the word 622 00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:38,802 everyone wants you to hear. 623 00:24:38,869 --> 00:24:40,813 - Objection. - Withdrawn. 624 00:24:40,913 --> 00:24:42,081 ♪ ♪ 625 00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:44,208 I've got nothing more, Judge. 626 00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:46,118 - Mr. Price. 627 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:47,945 - People rest, Your Honor. 628 00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:51,949 - Hey, Alexis. 629 00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:55,961 What was that? - What was what? 630 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,429 - We told you in prep, 631 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:59,323 stick to what you told the detectives. 632 00:24:59,423 --> 00:25:01,125 - Maybe I ran with the assignment a little bit, 633 00:25:01,158 --> 00:25:03,827 but every word I said was the God's honest truth. 634 00:25:03,894 --> 00:25:04,970 Isn't that what you wanted? 635 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,305 - Yes, but it-- 636 00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:07,573 - Once I saw that prick's videos, 637 00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:09,908 once I heard him saying chimp, 638 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,111 I knew that's what I heard too. 639 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:15,180 That man, Stone Freedom-- 640 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:17,116 the only saving grace of this whole thing 641 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:20,310 is that Miles Booker beat his ass before he died. 642 00:25:25,015 --> 00:25:28,460 - Miles Booker just wouldn't take no for an answer. 643 00:25:28,494 --> 00:25:30,187 - What do you mean? 644 00:25:30,287 --> 00:25:32,664 - Well, he found me in the streets. 645 00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:34,867 I was walking to my car, 646 00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:36,702 and he just started yelling at me. 647 00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:39,738 "Yo, say that to me! Say that stuff to me!" 648 00:25:39,805 --> 00:25:40,939 And I told him, I was like, 649 00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:45,010 "No, dude, I am off the clock, man." 650 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:46,311 - And? 651 00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:49,181 - He goes, "You can't do what you do and clock out," 652 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:50,549 followed by some words 653 00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:54,086 that I'm probably not supposed to say here. 654 00:25:54,153 --> 00:25:55,954 And he started following me. 655 00:25:56,021 --> 00:25:58,282 We trash-talked each other for a little while, 656 00:25:58,348 --> 00:26:02,027 and then out of nowhere, 657 00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:05,230 he hit me real, real hard. 658 00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:09,168 - And what were you thinking in that moment? 659 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,303 - Yeah, not really much of a game plan. 660 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:16,175 Um, on my back, I can't really see well. 661 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,310 My ears are ringing. I'm tasting blood. 662 00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:20,846 And he goes, "Get up! Get up right now! 663 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:23,348 Get up right now! Let's finish this!" 664 00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:25,042 So what was I thinking? 665 00:26:25,075 --> 00:26:29,521 I was thinking that a man double my size 666 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:32,658 just hit me harder than I've ever been hit, 667 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:36,328 and I was sure he was gonna kill me. 668 00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:38,397 - Did you consider retreating? 669 00:26:38,497 --> 00:26:40,532 - Where? 670 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:42,401 [chuckles] It was dark. 671 00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:44,520 My knee's a mess. Where am I going? 672 00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:52,578 Look, I had a fraction of a second to think, 673 00:26:52,678 --> 00:26:55,347 and I just acted. 674 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:58,750 - Did you call Miles Booker a chimp that night? 675 00:26:58,851 --> 00:27:00,118 - No. 676 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:01,753 - Did you want Miles Booker to die? 677 00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:05,415 - No, I just wanted to go home. 678 00:27:06,617 --> 00:27:08,293 - Why'd you have the gun? 679 00:27:09,528 --> 00:27:11,630 - I get death threats every day, 680 00:27:11,697 --> 00:27:15,067 people saying they're gonna hunt me down. 681 00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:17,769 - Nothing further, Judge. 682 00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:19,796 - Mr. Price. 683 00:27:19,897 --> 00:27:21,673 - Had Miles Booker ever threatened your life? 684 00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:23,408 - No. - And you'd never met him? 685 00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:24,801 - Correct. 686 00:27:24,902 --> 00:27:26,570 - Why do people threaten your life? 687 00:27:26,637 --> 00:27:29,648 - Because of what I do and the language that I use. 688 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:30,816 - The N word. - Yeah. 689 00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:32,050 - "Boy"? - Yes. 690 00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:33,385 - So you use the most hateful words 691 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:36,421 in the English language routinely for profit, 692 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:37,881 but the one time somebody finally 693 00:27:37,948 --> 00:27:39,316 punches you in the face for it, 694 00:27:39,383 --> 00:27:41,894 you want us to believe you were all peaches and cream? 695 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,495 - I get how that sounds, 696 00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:45,397 and I wouldn't believe me either. 697 00:27:45,464 --> 00:27:46,365 - You heard the man. 698 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:49,092 - But you have to understand that 699 00:27:49,159 --> 00:27:52,170 Stone Freedom is just a character that I made up. 700 00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,439 - A character? - Yeah. 701 00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:58,944 I didn't have a lot of opportunity growing up, OK? 702 00:27:59,044 --> 00:28:00,445 My mother died when I was a kid. 703 00:28:00,546 --> 00:28:01,980 I was in and out of foster care. 704 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:03,348 I didn't do too good at school, 705 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:07,911 so I always had to hustle to make ends meet. 706 00:28:07,978 --> 00:28:14,293 And I stumbled upon this weird little lane in the internet. 707 00:28:14,326 --> 00:28:18,463 But I'm an entertainer, a provocateur--whatever. 708 00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:19,665 And there is a-- 709 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:22,167 there is a long tradition of guys like me. 710 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,202 - I'm sorry. 711 00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:25,529 You believe that what you do is entertaining? 712 00:28:25,596 --> 00:28:27,005 - Call it whatever you would like, 713 00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:29,333 but comedy, entertainment. 714 00:28:29,366 --> 00:28:32,411 Take a guy like Andy Kaufman or Andrew Dice Clay-- 715 00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:33,637 even Howard Stern. 716 00:28:33,704 --> 00:28:35,080 The character that he plays on the radio, 717 00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:36,381 that's just part of his gag. 718 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:40,043 - Are you trying to tell this jury you're not a racist? 719 00:28:40,143 --> 00:28:43,455 - Yes, that is exactly what I'm trying to say. 720 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:48,552 Tyler Duncan is-- I'm not a racist, OK? 721 00:28:48,652 --> 00:28:52,497 But Stone Freedom is a racist. 722 00:28:52,531 --> 00:28:55,801 But when Miles approached me, I wasn't filming. 723 00:28:55,867 --> 00:29:02,374 So he was talking to me, Tyler Duncan. 724 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:03,742 - I see. 725 00:29:03,809 --> 00:29:06,178 So you--you switch your racism on and off? 726 00:29:06,278 --> 00:29:08,714 - Yeah, sort of. 727 00:29:08,814 --> 00:29:10,816 - Luckily for us, it doesn't matter 728 00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:12,985 what character you were playing that night. 729 00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:15,354 What does matter is that you, 730 00:29:15,454 --> 00:29:17,247 the person sitting directly in front of me, 731 00:29:17,347 --> 00:29:20,692 shot and killed an unarmed young man named Miles Booker. 732 00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:22,294 - Yes, in self-defense, 733 00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:24,863 because I was afraid he was gonna kill me. 734 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:26,732 - All Miles did was punch you. 735 00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:28,433 He didn't even jump on you 736 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,735 when you were down on the ground. 737 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:30,802 He told you to get up 738 00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:33,764 so you could finish your fist fight. 739 00:29:33,864 --> 00:29:35,173 You weren't afraid. 740 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,309 You just wanted to kill a Black man. 741 00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:39,611 - Objection! - Sustained. 742 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:46,585 ♪ ♪ 743 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:48,612 - Ms. Cook, 744 00:29:48,679 --> 00:29:52,391 how long have you been married to Tyler Duncan? 745 00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:54,926 - We went to Martin High together in New Jersey, 746 00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:57,262 got together after we graduated, 747 00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:58,497 got married. 748 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,132 It'll be two years in the spring. 749 00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:01,333 - Like Mr. Duncan, 750 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:04,002 you are a social media influencer by trade? 751 00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:05,337 - Yeah. 752 00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:08,440 We both came from the dirt, but we're online savvy. 753 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:10,242 We created our characters. 754 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:12,210 - What's your character? 755 00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:15,881 - Her name is Ava Star, so beautiful that life is hard. 756 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:18,316 - If the conceit of your character is that 757 00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:23,755 being beautiful is hard, people must be upset. 758 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,291 - That's the whole point. Get people mad. 759 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:28,960 - Mr. Duncan uses the same model. 760 00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:30,429 - Of course. 761 00:30:30,462 --> 00:30:33,432 He's not racist, if that's what you mean. 762 00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:35,492 I wouldn't tolerate that. 763 00:30:35,559 --> 00:30:38,403 And neither would my family. 764 00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:41,873 I have two little brothers, and they're with us a lot. 765 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,467 And he's awesome with them. 766 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:45,836 - Thank you. 767 00:30:45,902 --> 00:30:47,596 - Nothing further. 768 00:30:55,846 --> 00:30:58,924 - As a Black woman, you're comfortable being with 769 00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,351 someone who says hurtful, hateful things 770 00:31:01,451 --> 00:31:04,196 about Black people for profit? 771 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:08,333 - Are you telling me how to live my life, Mr. Price? 772 00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:11,403 [tense music] 773 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:13,705 - Let me put it another way. 774 00:31:13,772 --> 00:31:19,211 The mere fact that Mr. Duncan is nice to your family 775 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:21,913 does not mean he's not a racist. 776 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,282 It's like saying, "I'm not a racist. 777 00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:26,551 I have lots of Black friends." 778 00:31:26,651 --> 00:31:29,154 ♪ ♪ 779 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:31,690 - When my grandmother got sick last year, 780 00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:33,650 Tyler figured out a way how to ship turnip greens 781 00:31:33,717 --> 00:31:37,662 on dry ice back from where she grew up in Houston. 782 00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:40,532 When she ate them, she cried. 783 00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:43,101 Cried. 784 00:31:43,168 --> 00:31:44,402 You do those sort of things 785 00:31:44,503 --> 00:31:46,438 for your Black friends, Mr. Price? 786 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:53,578 ♪ ♪ 787 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,581 - I didn't think it was possible, 788 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,717 but the defense made a pretty compelling case 789 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:01,353 that Tyler Duncan is not actually a bigot. 790 00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:03,380 He just plays one on social media. 791 00:32:03,413 --> 00:32:04,623 - That's better? 792 00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:07,659 - Well, the average age of our jury is 28. 793 00:32:07,726 --> 00:32:10,720 Young people understand nothing you see online is true. 794 00:32:10,754 --> 00:32:11,863 It's all an act. 795 00:32:11,897 --> 00:32:13,732 This distinction the defense is making 796 00:32:13,832 --> 00:32:16,668 is less surprising to those jurors than it is to you. 797 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:19,229 - But we can't ignore the fact that we haven't documented 798 00:32:19,262 --> 00:32:21,473 a single instance in which Tyler Duncan has 799 00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:23,208 said or done anything racist 800 00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:24,876 when the cameras aren't rolling. 801 00:32:24,976 --> 00:32:26,011 - When the camera's on, 802 00:32:26,077 --> 00:32:28,013 that's when he becomes Stone Freedom. 803 00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:29,881 - Right, so we might not be doing ourselves any favors 804 00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:33,518 by insisting that Stone Freedom shot Miles Booker. 805 00:32:33,585 --> 00:32:34,953 It was Tyler Duncan. 806 00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:37,856 And to the jury, there might be a difference. 807 00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:39,850 - I feel like I'm going crazy. [phone buzzing] 808 00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:43,228 Pretending to be a racist because it's profitable 809 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:44,888 is one of the few things more offensive 810 00:32:44,955 --> 00:32:46,731 than being a racist in the first place. 811 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:47,866 - That's odd. 812 00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:50,126 The defense wants to call a new witness, 813 00:32:50,227 --> 00:32:51,770 somebody we never heard about before. 814 00:32:51,870 --> 00:32:52,871 - Now? 815 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,106 - Some guy named Barry Vaughan? 816 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:57,309 Supposedly, he heard Miles 817 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:59,511 threatening Tyler Duncan's life. 818 00:32:59,578 --> 00:33:05,066 ♪ ♪ 819 00:33:10,347 --> 00:33:10,488 . 820 00:33:10,589 --> 00:33:12,148 - My name is Barry Vaughan. 821 00:33:12,282 --> 00:33:15,093 I work at a bar in Sugar Hill, Coogan's. 822 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,788 - Two blocks from the location of the incident that night. 823 00:33:18,822 --> 00:33:19,931 - I was bussing tables. 824 00:33:20,031 --> 00:33:21,825 This was 9:30. 825 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:23,293 This Black guy walks up. 826 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:26,905 Yeah, that's him. 827 00:33:26,972 --> 00:33:29,332 - He had Stone Freedom's stream pulled up on his phone. 828 00:33:29,466 --> 00:33:31,610 He was looking for him, asked a couple customers. 829 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,111 They said, "Yeah, you just missed him." 830 00:33:33,211 --> 00:33:35,272 He went down the block that way. 831 00:33:35,338 --> 00:33:38,650 - And before Mr. Booker left to hunt down Mr. Duncan, 832 00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:40,018 what did he say? 833 00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:41,820 - He said, "I'm gonna put that son of a bitch 834 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,146 in the ground." 835 00:33:44,339 --> 00:33:46,149 - Nothing more. 836 00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:49,019 - Your witness, Mr. Price. 837 00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:55,133 - You tell anyone about any of this before today? 838 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:58,036 A friend? A roommate? 839 00:33:58,103 --> 00:33:59,195 - No. 840 00:33:59,296 --> 00:34:00,505 - A lot of people-- 841 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:02,666 I mean, dare I say, most people, 842 00:34:02,699 --> 00:34:05,310 if they hear someone make a death threat, 843 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:07,112 they call the police. 844 00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:09,481 - I didn't think it was my business. 845 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:13,151 - Then what made it your business, Mr. Vaughan, 846 00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:14,836 after all this time? 847 00:34:14,869 --> 00:34:16,521 [tense music] 848 00:34:16,588 --> 00:34:19,824 - Tom Phillips has been talking about this case for a while. 849 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:22,218 And I'm a fan. 850 00:34:22,352 --> 00:34:25,163 He believes there's a real injustice being committed here. 851 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:27,566 - Holding a man accountable for taking another man's life? 852 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:29,668 Heaven forbid. - Objection! 853 00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:30,835 - Sustained. 854 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,529 - Phillips said the other night 855 00:34:32,562 --> 00:34:34,472 this case is gonna come down to the wire. 856 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:37,242 Anyone with information that could help Stone Freedom-- 857 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:40,779 sorry, Tyler Duncan-- should stand up. 858 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:43,515 - So you found the courage. 859 00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:46,242 And there's no record of this memory, 860 00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:49,788 so until Tom Phillips, a carnival barker 861 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,657 with a well-documented aversion to the truth, 862 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:54,659 begged you to come to Stone Freedom's rescue-- 863 00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:56,061 - Objection, Judge! 864 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,062 - Sustained. 865 00:34:57,195 --> 00:34:58,897 ♪ ♪ 866 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:01,591 - You'd never met Miles Booker before that night? 867 00:35:01,691 --> 00:35:03,059 - Correct. 868 00:35:03,093 --> 00:35:05,220 - So you have no sense of his temperament, his way? 869 00:35:05,253 --> 00:35:07,005 You can't tell us if he was being hyperbolic 870 00:35:07,072 --> 00:35:08,974 or venting, joking. 871 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,075 - Didn't sound like a joke. 872 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:12,394 ♪ ♪ 873 00:35:12,427 --> 00:35:13,812 - Not that you would know. 874 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:16,239 ♪ ♪ 875 00:35:16,272 --> 00:35:17,649 Nothing further. 876 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:24,789 ♪ ♪ 877 00:35:29,953 --> 00:35:31,621 - We knew from the get-go not all the facts 878 00:35:31,755 --> 00:35:32,931 were convenient here. 879 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,933 - Well, we're past that. 880 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,584 - Please tell me you're not asking me 881 00:35:36,618 --> 00:35:38,236 to feel empathy for Tyler Duncan. 882 00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:39,404 - Hell no. 883 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:43,933 No, it's not-- it's not about empathy. 884 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:46,211 It's about the law, Nick. 885 00:35:46,277 --> 00:35:48,747 It is possible that, 886 00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:51,307 no matter how much we might despise Duncan, 887 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:54,586 that strictly, by the letter of the law, 888 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:56,571 this was self-defense. 889 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:00,784 - So what's the play? 890 00:36:03,311 --> 00:36:05,664 - We push to include manslaughter 891 00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:07,924 as a lesser included offense. 892 00:36:07,991 --> 00:36:10,168 That way, the jury doesn't have to conclude 893 00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:11,661 that Duncan wasn't afraid, just that 894 00:36:11,795 --> 00:36:15,106 his fear didn't justify deadly force. 895 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,375 Hey, it's not perfect. 896 00:36:17,442 --> 00:36:20,845 - Hey, you need to see this. 897 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:24,015 So after Barry Vaughan's surprise testimony, 898 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:26,418 I tracked down the recording of Tom Phillips 899 00:36:26,484 --> 00:36:28,303 asking his listeners for help. 900 00:36:28,336 --> 00:36:31,389 Phillips mentioned that he first bonded with Duncan 901 00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:33,058 during a podcast appearance. 902 00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:35,643 So I subpoenaed the raw recordings 903 00:36:35,677 --> 00:36:37,812 from the podcast-- unaired stuff. 904 00:36:37,846 --> 00:36:39,114 - And? 905 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:42,434 - Thank you so much having me. Appreciate that. 906 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:43,993 - No, I didn't think we were gonna get you. 907 00:36:44,027 --> 00:36:45,804 I mean, you do some outrageous stuff. 908 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,173 The Big Apple is ripe. - Oh, yeah. 909 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:51,810 - You gotta admit, though, killing one would be badass, 910 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:54,112 making the world safer one brother at a time. 911 00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:55,980 - Of course. Are you kidding me? 912 00:36:56,081 --> 00:36:58,083 That's the dream, right? 913 00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:00,085 Make money and get a free kill? 914 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:01,836 ♪ ♪ 915 00:37:01,870 --> 00:37:03,646 - Seven weeks before the murder. 916 00:37:03,713 --> 00:37:05,356 - That's intent. 917 00:37:05,490 --> 00:37:08,560 ♪ ♪ 918 00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:13,031 He just said killing a Black man is a bonus. 919 00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:15,200 Tyler Duncan thought he'd found a loophole, 920 00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:19,337 thought he'd figured out a way to get away with murder. 921 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:24,359 In a self-defense case, this is the Holy Grail. 922 00:37:24,392 --> 00:37:26,703 - You're right. 923 00:37:26,736 --> 00:37:28,546 But who knows if he really meant it or not? 924 00:37:28,613 --> 00:37:30,340 We know Tyler exaggerates 925 00:37:30,406 --> 00:37:33,218 when he's pretending to be Stone Freedom. 926 00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:35,120 - Does it matter? 927 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:39,916 ♪ ♪ 928 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:42,494 - Making the world safer one brother at a time. 929 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,028 - Of course. Are you kidding me? 930 00:37:44,129 --> 00:37:45,964 That's the dream, right? 931 00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:48,349 Make money and get a free kill? 932 00:37:49,859 --> 00:37:53,071 - Your Honor, these words discovered by the People 933 00:37:53,204 --> 00:37:55,106 might sound shocking on their face, 934 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,935 but this was a moment of dark humor, bravado. 935 00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:01,613 It does not reflect Tyler Duncan's state of mind 936 00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:03,206 at the moment of the shooting, 937 00:38:03,273 --> 00:38:04,983 which is the only legally relevant moment 938 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:06,417 in a justification defense. 939 00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:07,519 - Wrong. 940 00:38:07,552 --> 00:38:08,912 Your Honor, this obliterates both 941 00:38:08,945 --> 00:38:11,422 the subjective and objective planks of the defense. 942 00:38:11,523 --> 00:38:15,084 - A man who planned and hoped for the circumstances 943 00:38:15,118 --> 00:38:17,929 that would allow him to kill can't then claim that 944 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:20,098 he was an unwilling victim of necessity 945 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,900 when those circumstances occur. 946 00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:24,469 This was the plan, the mission. 947 00:38:24,569 --> 00:38:27,705 - He was letting off steam, trying to fit in. 948 00:38:27,739 --> 00:38:30,275 - Your Honor, we now know that Tyler Duncan 949 00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:32,902 was not a reasonable person responding to a threat. 950 00:38:32,969 --> 00:38:36,105 He was an armed man executing a premeditated plan, 951 00:38:36,139 --> 00:38:40,418 wearing the language of self-defense as a disguise. 952 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:41,903 We know that. 953 00:38:45,924 --> 00:38:49,160 - And the jury must know that too. 954 00:38:49,227 --> 00:38:52,197 [dramatic music] 955 00:38:52,263 --> 00:38:56,134 ♪ ♪ 956 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,669 Members of the jury, 957 00:38:57,802 --> 00:39:00,939 I understand you've reached a verdict. 958 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,632 - We have, Your Honor. 959 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,077 - How do you find the defendant, Tyler Duncan, 960 00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:08,980 on the charge of murder in the second degree? 961 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:11,007 Guilty or not guilty? 962 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:14,819 - We find the defendant guilty. 963 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:17,322 - As to whether the defendant committed this offense 964 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,457 in whole or substantial part because of a belief 965 00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:22,126 or perception regarding the race of the victim, 966 00:39:22,227 --> 00:39:23,361 how do you find? 967 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:24,829 - The People have also proven this 968 00:39:24,929 --> 00:39:26,481 beyond a reasonable doubt. 969 00:39:26,514 --> 00:39:29,033 The defendant is also guilty of a hate crime. 970 00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:31,169 - This is an outrage! [crowd shouting] 971 00:39:31,269 --> 00:39:33,638 [gavel banging] - Order! Order! 972 00:39:33,738 --> 00:39:35,974 Order! Order! 973 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,510 We will not tolerate outbursts in this courtroom. 974 00:39:39,644 --> 00:39:40,812 ♪ ♪ 975 00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:42,347 - I love you. 976 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,382 - I'm sorry. 977 00:39:48,044 --> 00:39:49,320 - Are you OK? 978 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:50,755 - Thank you. 979 00:39:50,822 --> 00:39:53,157 Thank you for giving us some sense of peace. 980 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,292 - Of course. 981 00:39:54,359 --> 00:39:56,060 Let me walk you out. 982 00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:57,562 - OK. 983 00:39:57,629 --> 00:40:00,031 [solemn music] 984 00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:01,766 - Nice work. 985 00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:04,035 ♪ ♪ 986 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:06,170 Tyler Duncan got what he deserved 987 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:09,073 in the eyes of God and the law. 988 00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:14,178 - Damn right, he did. 989 00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:16,781 - Let's go get a drink. 990 00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:21,336 ♪ ♪ 991 00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:25,673 [wolf howls] 992 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,562 [dramatic music] 993 00:40:31,696 --> 00:40:38,686 ♪ ♪