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PREVIOUSLY ON "NYPD BLUE"...

MARIA OLIVEIRA.

WHY WASN'T I NOTIFIED

BEFORE MY MOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL?

IT'S HECTOR ACEVEDO.

SHE'S YOUR MOTHER, BUT THIS IS MY CASE.

I CAN'T LET YOU LOOK FOR HIM ALONE.

DID YOU BREAK IN ON MY MOTHER, OR ARE YOU A DEAD MAN?!

GO TO THE CAR.

I'M STAYING HERE. GO TO THE CAR!

YOU RECEIVED TWO COMPLAINTS FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE

WHEN YOU WERE IN NARCOTICS, RIGHT?

YOU'RE IN THE FIELD AS MUCH AS I WAS, YOU RUFFLE FEATHERS.

IT GOES WITH THE TERRITORY.

ANOTHER COMPLAINT WHEN YOU WERE IN UNIFORM.

GOES WITH THE TERRITORY, RIGHT?

I WAS NEVER DISCIPLINED FOR ANYTHING,

AND I'D PUT MY RECORD UP AGAINST ANY COP'S.

MR. ACEVEDO, WHERE DO YOU PRESENTLY RESIDE?

GREEN HAVEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

AND WHAT ARE YOU INCARCERATED FOR?

BURGLARY, ROBBERY, ASSAULT.

AND WHO WAS THE ARRESTING OFFICER?

ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ.

COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT ARREST?

YEAH, HE BUSTED INTO MY APARTMENT.

HE ACCUSED ME OF BREAKING IN ON HIS MOM.

AND WHAT HAPPENED THEN?

HE STUCK A GUN IN MY FACE,

SAID IF I DIDN'T CONFESS THAT I'D BE A DEAD MAN.

DID YOU CONFESS AT THAT TIME?

AS FAST AS I COULD.

THAT WASN'T YOUR FIRST CONTACT

WITH LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ, WAS IT?

NO. HE ARRESTED ME IN '93 FOR SELLING CRACK.

I SERVED EIGHT YEARS.

MR. ACEVEDO, WERE YOU GUILTY

OF ALL THE CRIMES YOU'VE BEEN CONVICTED OF?

YES, I WAS.

LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ PUT YOU IN JAIL TWICE.

CAN YOU SEE WHY YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY

MIGHT BE VIEWED WITH SOME SKEPTICISM?

LOOK, I'M PAYING FOR WHAT I DID, AND I'M OWNING UP.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING HAPPENED REALLY HAPPENED, OKAY.

WHATEVER BAD THINGS I DONE IN MY LIFE‐‐ I'M SORRY‐‐

A COP SHOVING A GUN IN MY FACE IN MY HOUSE,

THAT'S WRONG, TOO.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

Judge: YOUR WITNESS.

MR. ACEVEDO...

YOU SAY YOU CONFESSED BECAUSE LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

THREATENED TO KILL YOU, CORRECT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

DID YOU CHALLENGE THAT CONFESSION IN COURT?

NO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY YOU'RE TESTIFYING NOW.

WERE YOU SUBPOENAED?

NO.

THEN HOW DID YOU COME TO BE HERE?

I READ ABOUT THE CASE.

I WROTE A LETTER TO MR. SINCLAIR,

AND I SAID I HAD INFORMATION THAT HE MIGHT FIND USEFUL.

SO YOU'RE HERE OUT OF YOUR DEVOTION TO THE LEGAL PROCESS?

OBJECTION.

WITHDRAWN.

ANY CHANCE YOU MIGHT BE HARBORING A LITTLE ILL WILL?

NOTHING THAT WOULD MAKE ME LIE IN THIS COURT TODAY.

OF COURSE NOT.

CONVICTIONS FOR DRUG DEALING, ROBBERY, ASSAULT‐‐

LYING'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT MORAL CODE.

OBJECTION.

SUSTAINED.

NOTHING FURTHER.

YOU CAN STEP DOWN, MR. ACEVEDO.

CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS, MR. SINCLAIR.

THE DEFENSE CALLS DETECTIVE MARIA OLIVEIRA.

SIDEBAR, YOUR HONOR.

APPROACH.

THE PROSECUTION REQUESTS AN OFFER OF PROOF

AS TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS WITNESS'S TESTIMONY.

DETECTIVE OLIVEIRA WAS IN THE ROOM

WITH LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ AND MR. ACEVEDO.

SHE'S A CORROBORATING WITNESS.

JUDGE, THE JURY HAS ALREADY HEARD FROM MR. ACEVEDO.

THE DETECTIVE WILL BE OFFERING CUMULATIVE TESTIMONY

ON A COLLATERAL MATTER.

THE IMPEACHMENT OF LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

IS HARDLY COLLATERAL.

I'LL ALLOW IT.

I HAVE A MATTER IN ANOTHER CASE, SO WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.

THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU TIME TO GET UP TO SPEED, MISS HAYWOOD.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

COURT IS ADJOURNED UNTIL 11:30.

TAKE THE JURY OUT, EDDIE.

WHAT'S UP?

YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING

ABOUT ANOTHER DETECTIVE BEING THERE FOR THE ACEVEDO ARREST.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO JAM HER UP.

SHE'S JAMMED UP, TONY. SHE'S BEEN CALLED TO TESTIFY.

SHE'S NOT GONNA CORROBORATE ACEVEDO.

SHE'S A STAND‐UP COP, AND THERE'S NO WAY‐‐

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW YOU THINK SHE'LL LIE

TO COVER YOUR ASS BECAUSE I HOPE YOU'D KNOW

HOW BAD A POSITION THAT WOULD PUT ME IN.

IF SHE CORROBORATES THAT WITNESS,

YOU'LL LOOK LIKE A VIOLENT COP WHO'S QUICK TO PULL HIS GUN,

AND I'LL LOOK LIKE I'M PROSECUTING A GUY

WHO ACTED IN SELF‐DEFENSE.

[ INHALES DEEPLY ]

I GOTTA GO.

WHOA.

HE GOING OUT OF THE PICTURE?

50/50.

RON SZUDAREK‐‐ STOMPED, CIGARETTE BURNS.

THEY DID A NUMBER ON HIM.

THE VICTIM SAY ANYTHING?

ALL HE COULD DO TO MOAN.

NEIGHBOR DOWN THE HALL CALLED IT IN‐‐ DAN SPOLEN.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T HEAR ANY BEATING.

YOU TALK TO HIM? NO, NOT YET. HE'S ALL YOURS.

ALL RIGHT.

[ CLEARS THROAT ] MR. SPOLEN...

THE WIFE‐‐ SHE'S TERRIFIED.

SURE.

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW MISTER, UH, SZUDAREK?

I WISH BETTER, BUT HE'S NOT A REAL NEIGHBORLY TYPE.

HOW DID YOU COME ACROSS HIM THIS MORNING?

I WAS HEADING UP TO READ THE PAPER ON THE ROOF.

I HAVE AN OUTDOOR SET UP THERE‐‐ CHAIRS, UMBRELLA.

AND I NOTICED HIS DOOR WAS OPEN,

SO I KNOCK, AND I FOUND HIM ON THE FLOOR.

THAT'SYOUR APARTMENT?

MM.

HOW DID YOU SEE THAT THE DOOR WAS OPEN?

JUST, UH, DID.

WHY DID THE COLOR JUST DRAIN OUT OF YOUR FACE?

I WAS GOING TO THE ROOF TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE.

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT ONCE IN A WHILE‐‐

THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE DOING DOWN THERE.

I KEEP THE CIGARETTES IN THERE...

AND MOUTHWASH AND HAND SANITIZER.

IF...

IF WE COULD JUST KEEP THIS BETWEEN US...

[ SIGHS ]

[ GASPS ]

GREAT.

I AM IN FOR A RATION OF HELL.

REMIND HER HOW YOUR NEIGHBOR'S FACE

GOT TURNED TO GROUND CHUCK.

THAT MIGHT TAKE HER MIND OFF YOUR HORRIBLE LITTLE SECRET.

GO HOME.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I GUESS THE DEFENSE CALLED THIS DETECTIVE FROM THE 83‐‐

A MARIA OLIVEIRA.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT NAME.

WHEN THE LIEUTENANT'S MOM GOT ASSAULTED, SHE CAUGHT THE CASE.

SHE WAS THERE WHEN THE BOSS GOT THE CONFESSION OFF THAT GUY.

YEAH. THAT AIN'T GOOD.

AND I GUESS IT KIND OF TOOK VALERIE BY SURPRISE.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

WHAT DO WE HAVE ON THAT ASSAULT CASE?

VICTIM'S AT BELLEVUE. HE SHOULD MAKE IT.

MEDAVOY AND JONES ARE ON THEIR WAY

TO INTERVIEW AN EMPLOYEE AT THE VICTIM'S BARBERSHOP.

John: CAN I HELP YOU?

MY NAME'S ANDREA MINER,

AND I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT MY HUSBAND BEING MISSING.

DETECTIVE CLARK. MY PARTNER, DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

WHEN DID YOU SEE YOUR HUSBAND LAST? YESTERDAY MORNING.

HE HAD AN INTERVIEW AT E. N. L. MOVING AND STORAGE

TO DRIVE A TRUCK.

AND I CALLED, BUT HE NEVER SHOWED UP.

HIS NAME'S TROY MINER.

AND HE'S NOT ANSWERING HIS PAGER, HIS CELL.

HOW OLD IS YOUR HUSBAND?

30.

AND, NO, THERE'S NOT SOME HO ON THE SIDE,

AND, NO, HE'S NOT IN A GANG, AND, NO, HE DOES NOT HAVE

A DRUG OR AN ALCOHOL OR GAMBLING PROBLEM.

HE'S A FAMILY MAN.

AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG.

WELL, SEEING AS HE'S AN ADULT,

AND IT'S BEEN LESS THAN 48 HOURS‐‐

CAN YOU JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT?

WE CAN'T TAKE AN OFFICIAL MISSING‐PERSONS REPORT,

BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO IT.

I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, THE LAST NUMBER I PUT ON THERE

IS TROY'S COUSIN COREY MACK.

HE'S A THUG. HE MAY HAVE TRIED TO MIX TROY UP IN SOMETHING.

WE'LL TALK TO COREY.

AND WE'RE ON THIS, OKAY?

THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME. BOB DRAZIN?

DETECTIVES MEDAVOY AND JONES.

OH, HOW YA DOIN'? ANY WORD ON RON?

HE'S HANGING IN.

I BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT THEY WON'T LET ME TALK TO HIM.

WELL, HE'S STILL BEING TREATED.

SO I CAME BACK HERE TO KEEP BUSY, BUT I CAN'T OPEN UP.

IT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

SURE. WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT RON.

A GOOD GUY. DIDN'T DESERVE THIS.

YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT WOULD WANT TO HURT HIM?

NO, BUT WHOEVER DID... YOU TWO CLOSE?

YEAH. KNEW RON A LONG TIME.

HE GOT ANY ENEMIES?

EVERYONE LIKED HIM.

HE OWE MONEY? NO.

HE GOT A DRUG PROBLEM?

COME ON, YOU'RE TOTALLY OFF.

WE'RE OFF? THIS ISN'T 20 QUESTIONS, BOB.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M SORRY.

I WAS THINKING OF TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON MY OWN,

AND AT THE SAME TIME,

HOPING THAT SOMEONE WOULD COME ALONG AND STOP ME.

YOU'RE JUST NOT QUITE GETTING IT.

GIVE US A HAND.

YOU WANT TO TALK TO OUR LANDLADY‐‐ DORIS VIDI.

SHE UPPED THE RENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO,

TRYING TO GET US OUT.

HOW HEATED DID IT GET?

WELL, THERE WAS A LOT OF YELLING ON THE PHONE.

YEAH, WELL, HOW DID THAT GET TO TORTURE?

SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF DEGENERATE SONS.

THEY COLLECT EVERY MONTH. I COULD SEE THEM DOING IT.

ANYBODY ELSE COME TO MIND?

'CAUSE HE WAS BEAT WORSE THAN A RENT DISPUTE.

NO, NO, HE'S A WELL‐LIKED GUY.

AND THOSE BROTHERS‐‐ THOSE BROTHERS ARE TRASH.

THIS IS WHO YOU'RE GONNA PAY A VISIT TO

IF WE HADN'T COME ALONG?

WITH A BAT IN MY RIGHT HAND AND A PIPE IN MY LEFT.

BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NOW

'CAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN.

YEAH, IF I KEEP BUSY, I'LL BE FINE.

ALL RIGHT, THIS, UH, DORIS VIDI'S PHONE NUMBER.

IN YOUR INITIAL INTERVIEW WITH MR. ACEVEDO,

WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY YOURSELF AND A FELLOW DETECTIVE,

DID MR. ACEVEDO CONFESS?

NO.

WHY WAS THE INTERVIEW ENDED?

IT WAS TIME TO REGROUP, SO WE RELEASED MR. ACEVEDO.

AND HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE

THE PROGRESS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION AT THAT POINT?

WE FELT WE HAD OUR GUY, AND IT WAS JUST GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.

WHAT WAS MR. RODRIGUEZ'S REACTION

WHEN YOU TOLD HIM THAT THE MAIN SUSPECT

IN THE ASSAULT ON HIS MOTHER WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR?

HE WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED, WHICH WAS UNDERSTANDABLE.

WHEN DID YOU SEE MR. ACEVEDO AGAIN?

AT HIS APARTMENT IN BROOKLYN, LATER THAT AFTERNOON.

WITH WHOM DID YOU GO TO MR. ACEVEDO'S APARTMENT?

LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ.

HOW DID YOU GAIN ENTRY INTO MR. ACEVEDO'S APARTMENT?

WE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. HE LET US IN.

HE LET YOU IN?

YES.

DID MR. ACEVEDO CONFESS

TO THE ASSAULT ON LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ'S MOTHER?

EVENTUALLY, YES.

DID LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ THREATEN MR. ACEVEDO'S LIFE

IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT CONFESSION?

NO, HE DID NOT.

YOU DIDN'T HEAR LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

TELL MR. ACEVEDO,

"YOU'RE A DEAD MAN. I'LL KILL YOU,"

ALL THE WHILE WITH A GUN IN MR. ACEVEDO'S THROAT?

OBJECTION‐‐ LEADING.

YOUR HONOR, PERMISSION TO TREAT DETECTIVE OLIVEIRA

AS A HOSTILE WITNESS.

GO AHEAD, MR. SINCLAIR. THE WITNESS CAN ANSWER.

LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ NEVER SAID ANY OF THAT.

LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS INTERVIEWING A SUSPECT

HE BELIEVED ASSAULTED HIS MOM, WAS WHAT‐‐ CALM?

HE WAS PROFESSIONAL.

ARE YOU ASKING US TO BELIEVE THAT HECTOR ACEVEDO,

CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM,

SUDDENLY AND SPONTANEOUSLY GAVE IT UP?

WE CONVINCED HIM A CONFESSION

WOULD GET HIM FAVORABLE TREATMENT.

OH, THAT'S ALL IT TOOK?

A COMMON LAME TACTIC ABOUT FAVORABLE TREATMENT

THAT MR. ACEVEDO HAS DOUBTLESS HEARD A MILLION TIMES

AND KNOWS FIRSTHAND IS NOT TRUE.

OBJECTION. I DON'T RECALL THAT TESTIMONY FROM MR. ACEVEDO.

SUSTAINED.

DETECTIVE...

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE BLUE WALL OF SILENCE‐‐

COPS BACKING UP COPS REGARDLESS OF THE TRUTH?

OBJECTION.

I'LL ALLOW IT.

I'VE TESTIFIED TO HOW IT WENT DOWN, COUNSELOR.

IF YOU SAY SO, DETECTIVE.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

SO, YOUR COUSIN TROY‐‐ YOU TWO ARE TIGHT?

YEAH.

HIS WIFE, ANDREA, CAME IN,

WANTED TO REPORT HIM AS MISSING.

YEAH, SHE CALLED ME ABOUT THAT.

HEARD FROM HIM?

NO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FOOL'S AT.

SEEING AS WE'RE LOOKING TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR COUSIN,

AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO JAM EITHER OF THE TWO OF YOU UP,

YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

THAT WE'D HAVE A LITTLE HONEST CONVERSATION HERE, COREY?

OH, ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S POSSIBLE.

'CAUSE WE'D RATHER CLEAR THIS UP WITH YOU

BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO TROY'S WIFE

AND ASK HER QUESTIONS MAYBE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR.

YEAH, THAT'S COOL.

OKAY, THEN, SO WHAT'S GOING ON?

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TROY IS.

HE GOT FIRED FROM HIS JOB TWO MONTHS AGO.

HE GOT A DWI THREE MONTHS AGO.

YEAH, COMING BACK FROM A BIRTHDAY PARTY.

THAT'S HOW HE ENDED UP LOSING HIS JOB.

SO, HE'S GOT A WIFE, TWO KIDS AT HOME,

HE'S OUT OF WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE.

WOULDN'T BE UNHEARD OF FOR A GUY IN THAT SITUATION

TO LOSE HIS WAY A LITTLE.

DRINKING, DRUGS, LEAVING TOWN.

LET'S HEAR IT, COREY.

TROY...

[ SIGHS ]

HE GOT HIMSELF A GIRL ON THE SIDE.

MY GUESS‐‐ THAT'S WHERE HE'S AT.

WHO'S THE CHICK?

HE MET HER ON ONE OF HIS DELIVERIES.

[ LAUGHS ]

OH, SORRY, MAN. YOU GOTTA KNOW TROY.

I MEAN, HE HAS NO GAME AT ALL.

THAT'S WHY I COULD SEE HIM PULLING A ROOKIE MOVE

LIKE NOT COMING HOME.

THAT'S REAL FUNNY AND ALL, COREY,

BUT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME ON THIS.

OH, NO, I GOT YOU.

AND TROY'S WIFE,

SHE'S OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION

THAT TROY'S A FAMILY MAN.

HE'LL TURN UP, ALL RIGHT?

HE'S JUST OUT GETTING SOME NEW ASS.

IF YOU WERE MARRIED TO ANDREA, YOU WOULD, TOO.

IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM HIM TODAY,

THE NEXT TIME HIS WIFE PUSHES US FOR AN ANSWER,

SHE'S GONNA GET ONE.

I'LL MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS. HE'LL TURN UP.

GET ON IT.

[ SIGHS ]

YOU TALK TO SZUDAREK'S LANDLADY?

YEAH. DORIS VIDI. BATTLE‐AX.

SHE BARELY GAVE US THE TIME OF DAY,

AND THEN SHE NEARLY THREW A LAMP AT US

WHEN WE ASKED FOR A PLACE TO LOOK FOR HER SONS.

WHO SZUDAREK'S EMPLOYEE THINKS DID THE DIRTY WORK.

THEY'VE BOTH GOT RECORDS FOR ASSAULT,

BUT NO ANSWER AT THEIR APARTMENTS.

THE HOSPITAL. SZUDAREK'S AWAKE, APPARENTLY LUCID.

[ PAGER BEEPING ]

YOU TALK TO THAT MISSING GUY'S COUSIN?

YEAH, HE'S PRETTY SURE THIS TROY'S OUT DIPPING HIS WICK.

HE'S GONNA REACH OUT, GET TROY BACK HOME.

LIEUTENANT...

WE'LL HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL, TALK TO SZUDAREK.

GOOD. AND KEEP WORKING ON THE LANDLADY'S SONS.

Jones: YOU GOT IT.

SO, UH...

MEDAVOY, WHATEVER YOU'RE ABOUT TO BRING UP, DON'T.

I WAS JUST GONNA ASK

IF ANYONE HAD TRIED THE NEW CHINESE PLACE AT 9th AND 2nd.

UH‐HUH.

[ SIGHS ]

BUT IF I WAS GONNA BRING UP THE FACT

THAT OLIVEIRA DID THE RIGHT THING ON THE STAND TODAY,

THAT'S MY PREROGATIVE.

BUT SINCE YOU WERE GONNA ASK ABOUT THE CHINESE RESTAURANT,

AND NOBODY'S BEEN THERE, END OF CHAT.

WHAT IS SO WRONG

WITH ME TALKING ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY'S THINKING?

BECAUSE IT'S PICKING A SCAB.

IT'S AIRING IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, YOUR CENSORSHIP IS STARTING TO RANKLE ME, ANDY.

THEN QUIT PICKING THE SCAB.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS.

ANDREA MINER WAS JUST ASSAULTED IN HER APARTMENT.

WHAT'S UP?

NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT, GIVE US A MINUTE HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

THESE GUYS PUSHED ME IN WHEN I WAS OPENING THE DOOR,

PUSHED ME RIGHT DOWN ON THE FLOOR,

AND THEN THEY YELLED AT ME, "WHERE'S TROY?"

AND I TOLD 'EM, I DIDN'T KNOW.

AND THEN THEY STARTED YELLING TO GET TROY ON THE PHONE,

AND I TOLD 'EM I DIDN'T KNOW, AND SO THEY STARTED HITTING ME.

AND YOU'D NEVER SEEN THESE GUYS BEFORE?

NO. NEVER.

ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN BEFORE THEY LEFT?

THEY SAID TO TELL TROY WHEN HE CALLS

THAT HE NEEDS TO CONTACT WHO HE NEEDS TO CONTACT,

OR I'M DEAD.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

NONE OF THIS IS MAKING ANY SENSE.

DID YOU TALK TO HIS COUSIN COREY?

HE SEEMS TO THINK THIS MIGHT INVOLVE ANOTHER WOMAN.

TRUST ME, TROY'S A FAMILY MAN‐‐

FAMILY MEN DON'T DISAPPEAR, LEAVING THEIR WIVES

TO GET KNOCKED AROUND BY THUGS LOOKING FOR HIM.

DO YOU SEE HOW THIS LOOKS TO US?

JUST TALK TO COREY. OKAY? I KNOW HE'S BEHIND THIS.

OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA GET TROY'S CELL PHONE RECORDS.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA NEED A LOOK AROUND THE APARTMENT.

I KNOW MY MAN.

HE'S NOT OUT THERE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

I WAS JUST WALKING IN MY PLACE.

SUDDENLY, THERE'S A PILLOWCASE OVER MY HEAD.

A GUY'S WRAPPING TAPE AROUND IT.

THEY'RE GAGGING ME, SHOVING ME IN THE APARTMENT.

GET A LOOK AT THE GUY?

IT WAS ALL TOO QUICK.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

THEY TAPED ME TO THE CHAIR.

THEN THEY START IN, "WHERE'S THE CASH?"

I'M LIKE, "WHAT CASH?"

'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT 'EM TO ROB YOU?

I GOT NO CASH.

AND YOU DON'T OWE ANYBODY? NO.

THEN WHERE DOES SOMEONE GET THE IDEA YOU GOT CASH AROUND?

MAYBE I LET THE OCCASIONAL IDIOT

THINK I GOT A WAD TO TAKE HIM DOWN A PEG.

WELL, SO, YOU'RE A BIG TALKER.

ARE YOU SAYING I BROUGHT THIS ON MYSELF?

JUST GETTING THINGS STRAIGHT.

HOW MANY GUYS WERE INVOLVED HERE, MR. SZUDAREK?

TWO WAS BEATING ON ME.

THEN THERE WAS THE PUSSY.

THE PUSSY?

YEAH. KEPT BACK, WHINED A LOT.

SO HE WAS TRYING TO REASON WITH THESE GUYS, THE THIRD GUY?

THE OTHERS KEPT TELLING HIM TO SHUT UP.

I NEARLY TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP.

YOU EVER TALK TO YOUR LANDLADY'S SONS, TOMMY AND PAUL VIDI?

NO, NO, NO, NO. THESE WERE BLACK GUYS.

"YO" AND "G" AND "YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'"...

BLACK STUFF.

THE VIDI BOYS ARE GREASE BALLS.

SO, THERE'S NO ONE YOU CAN THINK OF WHO MIGHT HAVE DONE THIS?

YOU GOT NO ENEMIES, NO ONE'S MAD AT YOU?

NOT THAT MUCH.

YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED IN ANYTHING ILLEGAL?

GETTING A LITTLE SICK OF YOUR ATTITUDE.

I'M CLEAN. NO GAMBLING, NO DRUGS, NO DEBTS.

IF ANYTHING, PEOPLE OWE ME.

BIG SUMS?

YEAH, THE ASSHOLE WHO WORKS FOR ME, BOB‐‐

HE OWES ME 10 GRAND.

FOR WHAT?

HE PLAYS THE HORSES.

STUPID STUFF, STUPID GUY.

SEE, MR. SZUDAREK, THAT'S SOMETHING HELPFUL.

SORRY I DIDN'T GET TO IT RIGHT AWAY,

BUT, SEE, MY FACE WAS CRUSHED IN THIS MORNING.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

YEAH, CAN'T WAIT.

AND WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ?

ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, WHEN I BEGAN INVESTIGATING HIS SQUAD.

BUT YOU BECAME AWARE OF HIM LONG BEFORE THAT, WEREN'T YOU?

YES, AS A ROOKIE COP,

I FOUND MYSELF IN A COMPROMISING SITUATION

THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN.

WITHOUT INQUIRING INTO THE FACTS,

HE REPORTED ME TO I. A. B.

I WAS FORCED TO TESTIFY ABOUT IT TO SAVE MY CAREER.

AND IS THAT HOW YOU WOUND UP WORKING FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS?

YES.

DID YOUR SITUATION LEAVE YOU

WITH ANY BAD FEELINGS TOWARD LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ?

I WAS ANGRY AT THE TIME, BUT IT PASSED.

MY CAREER TOOK OFF, AND I FORGOT ABOUT HIM.

FACT IS, UNTIL I WAS GIVEN A NEW COMMAND,

I HAD NO CONTACT WITH HIM FOR 16 YEARS.

AND WHAT CONTACT HAVE YOU HAD WITH HIM

SINCE GETTING A NEW COMMAND?

I HAVE OVERSIGHT OF MANHATTAN DETECTIVES,

INCLUDING THE 15th SQUAD,

WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS.

AND HOW HAS LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ REACTED

TO THOSE INVESTIGATIONS?

HE'S BEEN HOSTILE, UNCOOPERATIVE,

IGNORED DOCUMENT REQUESTS,

AND REFUSED TO MAKE DETECTIVES AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS.

WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF SHARP EXCHANGES.

WERE YOUR INVESTIGATIONS COLORED BY YOUR HISTORY WITH HIM?

I WON'T DENY DEALING WITH HIM STIRRED UP MEMORIES.

IF THAT MADE ME GIVE THE 15th AN EXTRA HARD LOOK,

THEN IT WAS FOR THE BEST.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

BECAUSE I UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF RAMPANT CORRUPTION.

OBJECTION‐‐ ASSUMING FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE.

THERE'S BEEN NO FORMAL FINDING OF MISCONDUCT.

SUSTAINED.

CAPTAIN...

DID YOU RECEIVE ANY BAD NEWS THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT?

YES, I LEARNED THAT MY RELATIONSHIP

WITH A FEMALE SUBORDINATE

HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO MY WIFE AND MY SUPERIORS.

I ALSO LEARNED THAT I HAD BEEN PASSED OVER FOR A PROMOTION.

AND DID YOU HAVE OCCASION

TO VISIT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ THAT DAY?

TWICE‐‐ THE FIRST TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE FINDINGS

OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE SQUAD.

WHAT WERE THOSE FINDINGS?

DETECTIVES MOONLIGHTING AS BOUNCERS

IN CLUBS SERVING ALCOHOL,

ASSOCIATING WITH DEALERS AND THE LIKE.

AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO ANNOUNCE YOUR FINDINGS THAT DAY?

WHEN NEWS OF MY RELATIONSHIP BROKE,

I KNEW THE LIEUTENANT HAD TIPPED OFF I. A. B.

I REALIZED HE'D DO ANYTHING TO STOP MY INVESTIGATION,

SO I HAD TO MOVE ON HIM FAST.

OBJECTION AS TO WHAT THE WITNESS KNEW.

SUSTAINED.

HOW DID LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

RESPOND TO NEWS OF YOUR FINDINGS?

HE WAS CONFRONTATIONAL.

I ASKED POINT‐BLANK

IF HE HAD GONE TO I. A. B. ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP.

HE SAID HE HAD AND THAT HE WAS GONNA BE RID OF ME.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

HE STOOD UP, SAID IT WAS ME AND HIM ALONE IN THAT OFFICE,

AND NO ONE WOULD ASK WHAT HAPPENED.

DID YOU ASK HIM WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT?

I DIDN'T NEED TO, BECAUSE HE WENT FOR HIS GUN.

WHAT DID YOU DO? I DREW MY GUN AND FIRED.

DID YOU BELIEVE LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

INTENDED TO KILL YOU?

I HAD NO DOUBT.

AND DID YOU THEN MOVE TOWARD HIM

WITH THE INTENTION OF FIRING AGAIN?

NO.

I FOLLOWED PROPER PROCEDURE BY COVERING HIM WITH MY GUN

WITH THE INTENT OF DISARMING HIM.

NEXT THING I KNOW, I'M SHOT IN THE BACK.

ARE YOU ON SUSPENSION NOW?

I AM.

IS IT YOUR INTENT TO RETURN TO WORK?

REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE,

MY PHYSICAL DISABILITY WILL PREVENT THAT.

MY WHOLE LIFE, ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO BE A COP.

[ Voice breaking ] AND EVERY DAY FOR 18 YEARS,

I WAS THE BEST COP THAT I COULD BE.

NOW IT'S OVER

'CAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT I WAS DOING MY JOB.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DAY YOU SHOT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ.

ON MAY 20th, YOUR AFFAIR WITH A SUBORDINATE BECOME PUBLIC.

YOUR WIFE THREW YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE,

AND YOU WERE PASSED OVER FOR A PROMOTION.

CORRECT?

IT WAS A BAD DAY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND ON THAT BAD DAY,

THE SUBORDINATE YOU'D BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH

WAS FILING A SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT, RIGHT?

I DON'T DENY ANY OF THAT.

AND IN THE WAKE OF THIS TIDAL WAVE OF BAD NEWS,

YOU WENT OUT AND GOT DRUNK, DIDN'T YOU?

I WON'T DENY I HAD A FEW DRINKS TO STEADY MYSELF,

BUT I CAN HOLD MY ALCOHOL.

IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY

THAT WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT OF .25,

THREE TIMES THE LIMIT TO LEGALLY DRIVE,

YOU WERE ABLE TO SPOT THE LIEUTENANT GOING FOR HIS GUN,

DRAW YOUR OWN PISTOL, AND SHOOT HIM

BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO UNHOLSTER HIS WEAPON?

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU'RE THE FASTEST GUN IN THE EAST, AREN'T YOU, CAPTAIN?

OBJECTION.

Judge: SUSTAINED.

BEFORE SHOOTING THE LIEUTENANT,

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT TELL SERGEANT MARTENS

THAT THE LIEUTENANT HAD SCREWED YOU FOR THE LAST TIME?

I MEANT THAT I HAD EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS A DIRTY COP,

NOT THAT I WAS LOOKING TO TAKE HIM OUT.

AFTER SHOOTING THE LIEUTENANT,

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT TELL DETECTIVE ORTIZ,

"HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED"?

I DON'T RECALL THAT, BUT SINCE HE TRIED TO KILL ME

FOR DOING MY JOB, HE GOT BETTER THAN HE DESERVED.

AND DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT

ASK DR. DEVLIN IF THE "BASTARD" WAS DEAD?

I WOULDN'T WISH ANYONE WHO TRIED TO TAKE ME OUT

A SPEEDY RECOVERY.

YOU WERE DRUNK AND ENRAGED, AND YOU TRIED TO KILL A MAN

YOU'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH FOR YEARS.

THAT'S A BALD‐FACED LIE.

YOUR ENTIRE STORY'S A BALD‐FACED LIE,

ISN'T IT, CAPTAIN?

OBJECTION‐‐ COUNSEL IS BADGERING.

SUSTAINED.

NOTHING FURTHER.

REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR.

CAPTAIN...

WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF, TO USE AN EXPRESSION,

A "TRIGGER‐HAPPY COP"?

NO.

IN YOUR 18 YEARS ON THE JOB,

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU FIRED YOUR WEAPON ON DUTY?

ONCE.

SO, IN LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ'S OFFICE,

THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU'VE EVER USED YOUR WEAPON?

THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

WE TALKED TO THE TORTURE VICTIM, SZUDAREK.

HIS EMPLOYEE BOB DRAZIN IS INTO HIM FOR 10 GRAND.

HE'S A GAMBLING ADDICT, LOST HIS APARTMENT.

OKAY, SO WE LIKE DRAZIN. WHERE IS HE?

HE'S COMING IN.

HOW'S TROY MINER'S WIFE?

BANGED UP.

WE HAVE A FEMALE UNIFORM STAYING WITH HER.

ANYTHING ON THE ASSAULT?

NOT YET. [ SIGHS ]

BUT IT'S CONNECTED TO TROY BEING MISSING.

PRETTY SURE.

AND WE'RE THINKING HIS COUSIN'S INVOLVED?

WE DON'T KNOW YET.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN ALL THAT FROM YOUR FISH.

MAYBE I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED HERE, LIEU,

'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON YET.

WE'RE WAITING FOR TROY AND ANDREA'S PHONE DUMPS.

WE GOT HER LOOKING AT MUG BOOKS. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE HIT SOME HARD LUCK, BOB.

LIVING IN A SHELTER?

YEAH, YOU KNOW, FOR, LIKE, A WEEK.

MY PLACE HAS A RODENT INFESTATION.

YOUR OLD NEIGHBOR SAYS YOU GOT THE BOOT.

SIX MONTHS DELINQUENT.

THAT GUY'S A METH FREAK. SERIOUS.

AND PLAYING THE PONIES‐‐

HOW YOU MAKING OUT RECENTLY?

SOME DAYS UP, OTHERS DOWN. WHAT'S WITH YOU TWO?

YOU IN DEBT, BOB?

NO.

NOT TO YOUR BOSS?

WHO SAID THAT?

HE DID, YOU DOPE.

HE'S AWAKE AND LUCID,

AND HE SAYS THAT YOU'RE A BUM WHO'S INTO HIM FOR 10 GRAND.

GOT YOUR WHEELS TURNING?

RON'S A LIAR.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

SEE, YOU WERE JUST ABOUT TO GET IN FRONT OF IT

AND MAKE SURE WE GOT THE BEST POSSIBLE TAKE

ON HOW THIS WENT WRONG, BUT THEN YOU TOOK ROAD "B,"

WHICH IS TO LIE AND ACT LIKE AN ASSHOLE.

EXCUSE ME?

EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?

THAT YOU SET YOUR BOSS UP TO GET ROBBED.

YOU'RE A REAL PAIR OF BASTARDS.

I'LL GIVE YOU 10 SECONDS TO SAY HOW MUCH YOU LOVED HIM.

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I LOVED HIM.

LOVE HIM. HE'S MY BEST FRIEND.

AND I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HURT HIM.

IF YOU'RE TO SUGGEST...

DONE?

YOU GO TO HELL.

WHEN WE GET THE GUYS IN HERE WHO TORTURED RON,

DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THEY'RE GONNA STAND UP FOR YOU, BOB?

OR DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA ROLL ON YOUR ASS

TO SAVE THEMSELVES TIME IN JAIL?

SUGGESTION‐‐ SINCE YOU'RE HERE FIRST,

SAVE YOURSELF THE TIME IN JAIL.

HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GET TORTURED LIKE THAT.

WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?

SIMPLE ROBBERY.

HE'S GOT CASH IN THE APARTMENT.

GET HIM TO GIVE IT UP, WE SPLIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

BUT THAT BLACK KID DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING

ABOUT BEATINGS OR BURNING RON WITH A CIGARETTE.

WHO DID YOU HIRE THIS OUT TO?

SOME KID I MET AT THE SHELTER‐‐ TROY MINER.

WE KNOW THIS TROY MINER.

HE'S NOT HOMELESS.

HE WAS DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE ON A DWI.

HE LOST HIS JOB. HE NEEDED CASH. SO DID I.

MAYBE A LITTLE PAYBACK TO RON

FOR BEING THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LOUDMOUTH SCHLONG.

CALLING ME "IDIOT" IN FRONT OF PEOPLE...

HUMILIATING ME 'CAUSE I GOT A RUN OF BAD LUCK.

YOU'VE SEEN TROY TODAY? YOU KNOW WHERE HE'S AT?

NO, NO CLUE.

WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU TOLD US.

I'LL GET THE OTHERS UP TO SPEED ON TROY.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TROY?

YOU GET STRAIGHT WITH US, OR WE'RE LOCKING YOU UP.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU?!

WE JUST GOT WORD

THAT TROY HATCHED A PLAN WITH A GUY NAMED BOB DRAZIN,

WHO HE MET DOING HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE OFF THAT DWI.

FIRST I HEARD OF THAT.

THEY DECIDED TO RIP OFF THIS BARBER NAMED SZUDAREK.

AND THAT PLAN WENT DOWN, COREY.

OKAY, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING'S UP. LET ME GO‐‐

NO, YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE UNTIL TROY TURNS UP.

HE'LL TURN UP IF YOU LET ME TURN HIM UP!

YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE.

NOW YOU'RE A SUSPECT. YOU'RE STAYING HERE.

TROY HAVING PIECE OF ASS ON THE SIDE, THAT WAS ALL BULLSHIT.

I WAS TRYING TO BUY SOME TIME SO I COULD FIGURE THIS OUT.

IF YOU'D LET ME‐‐ WHERE'S TROY?!

AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME I ASK THAT QUESTION

WITHOUT FOLLOWING IT WITH A SMACK.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY, ALL RIGHT! HE CALLED ME ALL FREAKED OUT.

HE WAS SAYING THAT THEY WERE AFTER HIM

AND HOW HE JUST NEEDED A PLACE TO LAY LOW.

WHO WAS AFTER HIM? HE WOULDN'T SAY.

I JUST TOLD HIM TO GO TO MY APARTMENT.

WHY AREN'T YOU THERE, THEN?

HEY, COREY, LET GO OF THIS DUMB‐ASS NOTION

THAT YOU CAN FIX THIS ON YOUR OWN, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T.

WE CAN.

[ SIGHS ] I GOT SOME CATS HASSLING ME,

WHO I HOPE TROY AIN'T MIXED UP WITH.

AND I DON'T WANT THEM FOLLOWING ME BACK TO MY APARTMENT.

SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER ASKING ME TO GIVE YOU ANY INFO ON 'EM,

'CAUSE I WON'T DO IT.

WHERE'S YOUR PLACE?

WILLIAMSBURG, BY THE BRIDGE. 1820 SOUTH 9th STREET.

IF THIS COMES BACK TO YOU, SLICK...

I DIDN'T DO A DAMN THING.

YOU KNOW, EXCEPT L‐LIE TO Y'ALL EARLIER.

SIT TIGHT.

TAKE THE BACK.

[ POUNDING ]

WHAT?

POLICE! OPEN THE DOOR!

BACK UP.

I SAID BACK UP, OR I'LL BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT.

PUT THE GUNS DOWN.

THAT AIN'T HAPPENING.

I'M GONNA SHOOT HIS ASS!

WE'RE NOT PUTTING OUR GUNS DOWN.

I'M GETTING IN THIS CAR, AND WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE.

GET IN THE CAR. RELAX.

GO, GO.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER, TIRES SQUEALING ]

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER, TIRES SQUEALING, SIREN WAILING ]

YEAH, 15th SQUAD TO CENTRAL, K.

THIS UNIT IN PURSUIT OF A SILVER SEDAN

IN THE 94 PRECINCT.

[ HORNS HONKING ]

WE GOT THE SUSPECT WITH A KIDNAP VICTIM,

GUNS INVOLVED, TURNING NORTH.

STUPID SON OF A BITCH.

WATCH OUT!

[ HORNS HONKING ]

UNIT'S HEADING WEST ON 5th STREET.

TURNING NORTH ON 10th.

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

COME ON!

LOOK AT THIS DUMB ASSHOLE.

WHOA! WHOA!

OH, MAN!

LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS!

LET'S GO. LET'S GO. GET OUT. GET OUT.

THIS GUY NEEDS AN AMBULANCE.

YOU JUST TAKE IT EASY, TROY.

I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE.

YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. MY FAMILY‐‐

SHUT UP AND SIT STILL.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO TALK TO MY WIFE.

YOU NEED TO TALK TO US FIRST, TROY.

I WANT TO LET HER KNOW I'M ALL RIGHT.

SHE KNOWS.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT BACK ON THE STREET?

IF I'M HONEST, DOES THAT COUNT FOR ANYTHING?

ABSOLUTELY.

I LOST MY JOB.

ME AND MY WIFE, WE GOT TWO YOUNG GIRLS.

I'M LOOKING AT LOSING EVERYTHING.

I KNOW IT WAS WRONG‐‐

WE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT TODAY.

WE KNOW HOW YOU MET BOB DRAZIN AT A HOMELESS SHELTER,

AND HE TIPPED YOU OFF

TO HIS BOSS HAVING A LOT OF MONEY AT THE APARTMENT,

BUT HOW DID IT GO DOWN?

THOSE TWO GUYS BACK THERE, T. K. AND ROBBIE,

I WAS IN IT WITH THEM.

BUT THE OLD MAN, ONCE WE GOT IN THE APARTMENT,

HE WOULDN'T GIVE UP THE MONEY.

SO T. K. AND ROBBIE, THEY STARTED TO LAY INTO HIM.

I WASN'T DOWN FOR THAT.

I TOLD THEM TO CHILL. THEY DON'T LISTEN.

SO I GO IN THE BACK TO BOOK‐‐ ROBBIE CATCHES ME,

PULLS OUT HIS GUN LIKE HE'S GONNA TAKE ME OUT.

HE TURNED HIS BACK. I HIT THE FIRE ESCAPE, AND I WAS GONE.

SO THEY FOLLOWED YOU TO YOUR COUSIN'S APARTMENT?

THEY MUST HAVE.

ALL I KNOW IS THEY GOT THERE JUST BEFORE YOU GUYS DID.

THE OLD MAN, HE LIVE?

YEAH.

GETTING HOOKED UP WITH T. K. AND ROBBIE,

DID YOU GO THROUGH YOUR COUSIN FOR THAT?

NO. WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

WE WAS JUST GONNA GIVE THE WHOLE DEAL TO COREY AND TAKE A CUT,

LIKE DRAZIN WAS DOING, BUT I LEFT COREY OUT OF IT

AND WENT STRAIGHT TO T. K. AND ROBBIE ON MY OWN,

AND THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE.

WHEN "WE TALKED ABOUT IT"? WHO'S "WE"?

YOU AND YOUR WIFE?

SHE NEVER DID NOTHING.

ALL WE DID WAS TALK ABOUT IT.

CAN I PLEASE JUST TALK TO HER?

THIS IS A SIMPLE STORY OF VENGEANCE.

THE DEFENDANT'S PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES

HAD COME APART.

HE TOLD EVERYONE IN EARSHOT

LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ WAS TO BLAME.

THEN HE SOUGHT OUT HIS VICTIM AND HE SHOT HIM

IN AN ALCOHOL‐INDUCED RAGE.

YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING MORE TO CONVICT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

BUT YOU HAVE MORE‐‐

18 MONTHS OF FRIVOLOUS INVESTIGATIONS

THAT FAILED TO YIELD RESULTS

AND YEARS OF SMOLDERING RESENTMENT

AND THE DAMNING TESTIMONIES OF SIX WITNESSES,

INCLUDING THE DEFENDANT'S OWN CO‐WORKERS.

WHAT TESTIMONY DOES THE DEFENDANT OFFER?

A CAREER CRIMINAL THE LIEUTENANT HAD PUT AWAY TWICE,

A COP WHO CONTRADICTED THAT CRIMINAL,

AND THE DEFENDANT'S OWN SELF‐SERVING STATEMENTS.

BUT THE DEFENDANT ASKS YOU TO BELIEVE THE UNBELIEVABLE‐‐

THAT THE LIEUTENANT WOULD RISK EVERYTHING

TO KILL A DISCREDITED MAN

WHOSE BOGUS INVESTIGATIONS WERE AT WORST A NUISANCE,

THAT A DRUNK DREW HIS PISTOL AND FIRED

BEFORE A SOBER MAN UNHOLSTERED HIS WEAPON.

ON THAT DAY, CAPTAIN FRAKER, A DRUNK, DISGRACED ADULTERER,

WALKED INTO LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ'S OFFICE

AND, UNPROVOKED, SHOT HIM.

I ASK YOU TO FIND CAPTAIN FRAKER GUILTY.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

LET'S LOOK AT THE PROSECUTION'S VAUNTED WITNESSES‐‐

DETECTIVES IN TONY RODRIGUEZ'S OWN COMMAND,

A DOCTOR WHO WAS SLEEPING WITH ONE OF THOSE DETECTIVES,

AN UNDERLING BUCKING FOR A PROMOTION,

AND AN ANGRY EX‐GIRLFRIEND.

THE PROSECUTION HAS NOT OFFERED YOU A SINGLE UNBIASED WITNESS,

NOT ONE.

SO FORGET THE WITNESSES

BECAUSE ONLY TWO MEN KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THAT OFFICE.

CAPTAIN FRAKER HAD BEEN COMING FOR TONY RODRIGUEZ‐‐

FIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN 18 MONTHS,

THE LATEST CONCERNING SERIOUS CHARGES

THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN REFUTED.

YOU DON'T THINK TONY RODRIGUEZ WANTED TO BE RID OF THE CAPTAIN?

YOU BET HE DID.

AND WHETHER THESE TWO MEN DISLIKED EACH OTHER

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON

IS IRRELEVANT TO THE ONLY FACTS THAT MATTER.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHO YOU WANT TO BELIEVE‐‐

A COP WHO'S BEEN THE TARGET OF INVESTIGATIONS

INVOLVING CORRUPTION AND EXCESSIVE FORCE

OR A COP WHO HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER

PROTECTING OUR CITY, FIGHTING CORRUPTION,

AND ROOTING OUT COPS WHO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE.

REMEMBER YOUR JOB, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT ABOUT THE PROSECUTION'S CASE,

YOU MUST FIND CAPTAIN FRAKER NOT GUILTY.

YOU GET TROY TO CENTRAL BOOKING? YEAH.

HOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO CLOWNS?

THEY'RE BEING TREATED AT BELLEVUE.

ONE'S GOT A BUSTED PELVIS.

THE OTHER GUY'S UNDER THE KNIFE FOR INTERNAL BLEEDING.

UNIFORMS ARE SITTING ON BOTH OF THEM.

I NOTIFIED THE BOROUGH TO KEEP TABS.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

UH, BOSS...

DOWN AT MAC'S, THEY HAVE THIS THING‐‐

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF IT BEFORE‐‐ "COLD BEER."

AND LET ME TELL YOU,

THEY INVENTED IT IN RESPONSE TO THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE.

MAYBE.

APPARENTLY, MONEY‐‐

WHICH I CURRENTLY HAVE IN MY POCKET‐‐

CAN PURCHASE THIS ITEM.

WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE BUYING.

FIELD TRIP DOWN TO MAC'S, ANYBODY?

I'M IN. FINE. SURE.

SEE IF YOU CAN GET VALERIE TO JOIN US, HUH?

I'LL MEET YOU OVER THERE.

GO AHEAD, JOHN. I GOT IT.

I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

WHERE'S TROY?

JAIL.

OH, MY GOD. UM, FOR WHAT?

HE DIDN'T HAND THAT JOB OVER TO COREY

LIKE THE TWO OF YOU TALKED ABOUT.

TALKED ABOUT?

BECAUSE YOU PLAYED GAMES THIS MORNING

TO KEEP YOUR NAME OUT OF IT, YOUR HUSBAND ALMOST GOT KILLED.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT COREY.

AND YOU LEFT OUT THE OTHER 99%.

WE'RE COMPLETELY BROKE.

TROY WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO TELL COREY ABOUT‐‐

THE ONLY REASON I'M NOT LOCKING YOU UP

IS 'CAUSE YOU GOT KIDS AT HOME,

AND THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE IN SOME INSTITUTION.

HOW LONG IS TROY GOING AWAY FOR? ASK YOUR LAWYER.

CAN YOU PLEASE JUST TELL ME?

HE'S LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF YEARS...AT LEAST.

OH, MY GOD.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE.

GO HOME NOW TO YOUR KIDS.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE SQUAD DOING A LATE TOUR,

AND McCUSKY COMES BACK FROM DINNER

WITH THIS HUGE HICKEY ON HIS NECK.

I KNEW McCUSKY IN QUEENS HOMICIDE‐‐

BIG‐TIME SKIRT CHASER.

SO, HE'S GOT TWO HOURS LEFT

BEFORE HE HAS TO HEAD HOME TO HIS WIFE,

AND HE'S BEGGING US TO HELP HIM GET RID OF IT.

THEY DON'T COME OFF.

SO, McCUSKY GOES TO THE UTILITY CLOSET,

AND HE COMES OUT WITH A WIRE BRUSH.

HE TAKES TWO PULLS OF WHISKEY FROM HIS HIP FLASK,

AND HE RAKES HIS NECK BLOODY TO COVER THE HICKEY.

HE GOES HOME, HE TELLS HIS WIFE A PERP DID IT,

AND SHE ACTUALLY BUYS IT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

YEAH, I THINK I'M GONNA GET GOING.

YEAH? YEAH, I'M BEAT.

THANKS FOR THE BEER.

I THINK I'M OUT, TOO. I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL SETTLE UP AND WALK YOU TO YOUR CAR.

OH.

HEY, WANNA LOSE AT DARTS?

UM, I THINK I'M HEADING OUT, TOO.

GOOD NIGHT.

I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT.

IT WAS FINE, GREG. IT LIGHTENED THINGS UP.

I'M SURE ANDY HAS A DIFFERING OPINION.

IN FACT, I'M CERTAIN OF IT.

LOOK, IF I BEEN ON YOU TOO HARD, I DON'T MEAN NOTHING BY IT.

I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS BEING OVER.

YEAH.

[ CAR ALARM BEEPS ]

HEY.

WHAT'S UP?

NOTHING.

UM, CAN I CATCH A RIDE HOME?

I WAS GONNA DRIVE DOWN TO THE SEAPORT, TAKE A WALK.

I GOT TIME.

SURE, OKAY.

MY FIRST REAL COLLAR WAS THIS GUY RALPH MALDONADO.

I FINALLY GOT HIM ON RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS,

BUT HE WAS NOTORIOUS

FOR SHAKING DOWN LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR PROTECTION MONEY.

IT WAS SO SATISFYING

BECAUSE RALPH WAS THE EXACT TYPE OF GUY

THAT MADE ME WANT TO GET ON THE JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE‐‐

A BULLY.

THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BECOME A COP.

YOU'RE GETTING WAY AHEAD OF YOURSELF.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I'M JUST TELLING YOU A STORY.

YOU'RE GIVING YOUR OWN EULOGY.

YOU GOT IT WRONG.

NO, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND YOU'RE WAY OFF BECAUSE THE JURY'S GONNA CONVICT FRAKER,

AND EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE EVERYTHING.

I GUESS I'M JUST SAYING

THAT I'M PROUD OF THE TIME I PUT ON THE JOB.

WELL, YOU GOT A LOT MORE YEARS AHEAD OF YOU,

A LOT MORE GOOD YOU CAN DO.

I HOPE SO.