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In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate,
yet equally important, groups.

The police,
who investigate crime,

and the District Attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Oh, I can feel it.
It's gonna happen.

It's just a matter of time.

I know it's crazy right now

and there are all sorts of
rumors swirling.

No, it's more than that.

People are already digging into
my research.

Every article,
every book I ever published.

One missed quote.

One overlooked source.

They can't accuse you
of plagiarism

if you're not a plagiarist.

Sure, they can.
That's what's happening.

It's how the bastards
get their payback.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
right here.

- Hey!
- Hold on.

Get away from there.

Yo, what you gonna do?

- Better leave, bro.
- Hey!

I'm calling the police!
- Whatever.

- Mind yourself.
- Uh-huh.

What is going on?
Are you OK?

Go ahead, bro.

Oh, it's just a bunch
of kids.

Unbelievable.

What is it?

Nothing.

I, uh...

I just need a hot shower.

Want a hot cup of tea?

That sounds delightful.

Nate?

Nate, are you OK?

Nathan?

Nathan?

Nathan?

I love you.

911, what's your emergency?

I think something horrible
just happened to my husband.

Feels good to be
back in the game.

Yeah, I bet.

My first homicide case
in almost three years.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

You want to say it?

What have we got?

Two knife wounds
to the chest.

Name is Nathan Alpert.

Business card in his wallet
says he's the president

of Hudson University.

President, big job.

Still had his wallet, huh?

Watch and cell phone, too.

"Traitor"?

Sounds personal.

- Any witnesses?
- One.

He was across the street,
heard some commotion.

Looked over and saw someone
tall, thin,

in a camo parka, running west.

All units,
a man in a military-type

camouflage jacket
was just seen walking east

on Lispenard
between Church and Broadway.

Police.
Don't move.

I can move
wherever I want to move.

Hey, hey, hey.
Drop the attitude.

We just want to talk to you.
All right?

- Knife.
- Hey, hey.

You got to stop moving
and put that knife down

for your safety and ours.

You understand
what I'm saying?

Stop moving
and put down that knife.

I didn't do nothing,
so I ain't dropping nothing.

Drop that knife
or I will shoot you.

Hey, Vince, stand down.

Nobody needs to get
shot tonight, right?

Just put the knife down.

Put down that knife
or I will shoot you!

- Take him down to the 2-7.
- Got it. Come on.

Hey, man.
Don't ever do that again.

Do what again?

Play the hero like that
on my tab.

No.

I don't know anyone
with that name.

And I don't know
any presidents.

Oh.

How about that knife?
You know that knife?

It has blood on it.

Your jacket does too.
- Found the jacket in the trash.

Knife was in the pocket.

That's the truth.

The inconvenient truth.
- Inconvenient?

How's that?
- I know how y'all roll.

Love putting Black men
in prison

for crimes they don't commit,
for thoughts they never had,

for lives they never lived.

I'm not sure I understand
what you're saying, Jordan.

I'm saying
I know Tupac is alive

and that the government
is hiding him.

Um, hang tight
for a second, Jordan.

We're gonna--

we'll be right back.

Best I can tell,
he's telling the truth

about the jacket, not Tupac.

So Tupac is definitely dead,

and that's definitely
not his jacket.

Which means
it's probably not his knife.

And likely not
his lip balm, either,

especially with a fancy name
like "Paradies," Paradise?

All right, let's get
the evidence over to the lab.

I'm gonna go talk to Jordan,
try to get him some help.

And I'm sorry to say,
you two need to go

and notify
President Alpert's wife.

OK.

- Vince.
- Yeah.

I'm glad you're here.

Yeah, me too.

Thanks for looking out.

Oh, thank you.

I, uh, was on the phone
with him

when it happened.

I--

I heard him die.

I am so sorry, ma'am.

We just have a few questions
for you.

If that's OK.

Ms. Alpert, um,
could you tell us

what you and your husband were
talking about on the phone?

He thought, uh, people were
beginning to delve

into his research to look for
examples of plagiarism.

Popular tactic these days.

What kind of mood was he in?

Uh, paranoid.

Frustrated.

Exhausted.

It's been a long few months.

He was under a microscope.

There was so much pressure

about what to say,
about what not to say.

You're referring to
the Israeli conflict.

Nate was a--

a firm believer in free speech.

He didn't--

he didn't think it was his job
to articulate

his personal opinions.

He thought it might disrupt
campus discourse.

I can't imagine what you're
going through.

We just have one more question
that would be really helpful.

Do you know
where your husband was

earlier this evening,
prior to calling you?

I'm not sure.

I don't--

he's so busy, I don't--

I really never know where he is.

You can ask Nicole.

She's my husband's
chief of staff.

She'll know.

Hi there.

Do you know where
President Alpert was

earlier this evening?

He was at a party

to celebrate
the 100th anniversary

of the student newspaper.

And you didn't notice
anything unusual?

No arguments, no problems, altercations?

It was a wonderful event.

For the most part.

For the most part?
What do you mean?

Toward the end of the night,
a guest confronted Nate.

Started yelling at him.

Things got pretty heated,
so Nate left.

He didn't want to ruin
the event.

And what about the man
he was arguing with?

He left, too,
a few minutes later.

This hothead have a name?

That's ridiculous.

There was
no heated altercation.

We had a conversation.
- About what?

There have been accusations
that members of my team

have been hazing
the younger players.

And Alpert,
being a progressive,

cancel first,
ask questions later

type of president,
has retained a law firm

to investigate the allegations.

And?

I called him several times,
but he's ignoring me,

so I went to the party
to talk to him in person.

But Alpert didn't want
to talk about it.

And that was it?
No physical confrontation?

Look.

I didn't respect the man, but
I sure as hell didn't kill him.

Hey.

Lacrosse coach's story
check out?

Yeah, found some
surveillance footage.

He and Alpert
argued for a few minutes,

and then they walked off
in separate directions.

Look, we need to find a lead,

something, anything, fast.

This Alpert appears to have
a lot of important friends.

He's got a lot
of important enemies too.

I spoke to his chief of staff
again last night.

She confirmed
that Coach Herlihy

was going to get fired.

That got me thinking
about all the other

pissed off university
employees that got let go.

And?

Currently, there are 24

wrongful termination lawsuits

naming Hudson and Alpert
as defendants.

Well, that's a hell
of a lot of suspects.

Yeah, but only one of them
got slapped

with a restraining order.

Two days ago a guy by the name
of Professor Phillip Klein.

All right.
Track him down.

See if he happened
to be in lower Manhattan

last night around 9:30 or so.

I think that's our guy.

Yeah, I think so.

Phillip Klein,
a word, please.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Hey, hey, whoa.

Hey, where you going?

Sorry. I just--

I don't want to go to jail.

- Go to jail for what?
- For fighting anti-Semitism.

What are you talking about?

From the river to the sea.

Right, that's code
for destroying Israel.

It's vile.
You're the police.

You--you are arresting people

for tearing down posters,
for trying to remove

this filth from the city.

We're here to talk
about Nathan Alpert.

You know him?

Of course, I know him.
Why?

He's dead.

Well, that's good news.

Oh, that's good news?

Well, a little bad news--

you're gonna come with us
to the 2-7.

What kind of a relationship
did I have with Alpert?

A terrible one.

Shall I continue?
- No. We get it.

The question is, why?

What triggered all the rage?

Son of a bitch fired me
for having the audacity

to suggest that someone
born a man

shouldn't be allowed to compete
in women's athletics,

regardless of
how they identify.

A college campus is a place
to debate, express opinions.

But not here, not these days.

You express the wrong view,
you're canceled.

Unless, of course,
you're talking about Israel.

Yeah, on that topic,
you can say whatever you want.

The more hateful, the better.

I don't blame you
for being upset.

I don't even blame you
for threatening to kill him.

Yeah.
We read the restraining order.

I didn't mean it literally.

I was sitting at home
watching the news,

reading about Israel.
I-I--

I lost my mind.

I threatened Alpert.
- What about last night?

Did you lose your mind again,
around 9:30 p.m.?

This is you leaving
your apartment at 9:14, yeah?

And this is also you
coming back home at 9:42.

Now, what were you doing
for those 30 minutes?

I took a walk
up to Union Square Park,

then came home.

I stopped at a bodega
a few blocks from my apartment,

bought some aspirin.

If you let me grab my phone,
I can show you the receipt.

Be our guest.

Here, 9:34 p.m.

OK.

So who else hated Alpert?

Everyone,

especially the Jewish community.

- Alpert is Jewish.
- Exactly.

He refused
to issue a statement

after the October 7th
terrorist attack.

George Floyd,
Alpert issued a statement.

Roe v. Wade, statement.

Hamas slaughters
innocent Israelis,

no statement.

And then things, they just--
they got worse.

Last month,
this pro-Palestinian

student group hosted
a film symposium on campus,

and the movies were disgusting.

They were full of
anti-Semitic tropes.

Alpert said that
the filmmakers had a right

to express their views.

So you're saying
the Jewish community

is pissed off at Alpert
'cause of this.

Yes.

Well, do you know anyone
in that community

who actually
wanted to hurt him?

Hurt him? No.
Fire him, yeah.

There was a group
of influential donors

demanding that he resign.

But Alpert wouldn't budge.

He told 'em all to go to hell.

That's you outside Alpert's
home the day he was murdered.

We were supposed to meet
for lunch, but he wasn't there.

I guess he got called into some
sort of an emergency meeting.

Lunch?

From the articles I read,
you and Alpert

didn't like each other
very much.

Now you're lunch buddies?

No.

Nate was a good man.

He just wasn't a great leader.

So what was
the purpose of lunch?

To persuade him
to ban this hateful

pro-Palestinian student group.

The one that put on
the film symposium?

They're vile.

But Alpert said
they had a right to present

whatever films they wanted.

It was all about
freedom of expression.

Didn't something like that
happen at the University

of Pennsylvania?
- Uh-huh. But this was worse.

I had a private detective do
some digging into these kids.

Wow. Private detective.
I'm intrigued.

Please, what did he find?

Video of a student
praising Hamas

for their courage on campus
at the film symposium.

That was a bridge too far
even for Alpert.

Finally, agreed to get rid
of these idiots.

So you met
with Alpert that day?

Yeah, I was still trying to
get him to release a statement

regarding the October 7th attack.

Better late than never.

But he wouldn't do it.

Said he didn't care how many
donors he pissed off.

Son of a bitch had his principles,

I'll give him that.

OK, well, in the interest
of moving along here,

where were you last night
at 9:30 p.m.?

At Madison Square Garden

watching the Knicks
get their ass kicked.

Man, I am pretty sure
that social media

is the worst thing
ever invented.

Yep.

That and cashew milk.

Mm. You don't know what
you're missing, brother.

Nut milk is the best milk.

Hey, man, I gotta ask

what happened with Cosgrove?

I knew him a little bit back in
the day; he was a good cop.

Great cop.

He just got jammed up.

On what?

Being too honest about things

people aren't too honest about
these days.

Yeah, it is not a great time
to have an opinion, is it?

It is not.

Hey, you ever hear
of Chloe Esper?

- Yeah, the actor.
- Yeah, I guess so.

She's a student at Hudson.

And founder of the
pro-Palestinian student group

Geller was talking about.

13 million followers,

and some very aggressive opinions

on what's going on in Gaza.

Looks like she just posted
a new video too.

Well, let's check that out.

Yeah.

Hudson University
president Nathan Alpert

is a coward and a puppet
of the Zionist regime.

His decision today
to ban our student group

is filled with hate
and proves that his goal

is to help the Israel regime
oppress and slaughter

innocent Palestinians.

In short, he is a traitor.

Traitor, huh?

Hell of a word.

Can I help you?

Looking for Chloe Esper.

May I ask what this is about?

No, you may not.

Chloe? Hi.

I'm Detective Riley.
This is Detective Shaw.

Like to ask you a few questions.

Let me guess.
You saw the video I posted.

We sure did.

You said
some pretty horrible things.

I spoke the truth.
My truth.

Your truth?

Because you have
some unique insight

into the situation?

My mother was born in Gaza,

lived there until she was 22.

And I still have family there, so

I know how people are treated
over there,

even before this war,
but now it's--

it's beyond horrific.

Innocent people are dying
every day.

I-I know it's a very tough situation,

and I can see why
you're so passionate.

And angry.

You think I killed
President Alpert?

We saw the video you made.
You called him a traitor.

Yeah, because he wanted
to destroy this organization.

He was gonna ban us from campus,

just because a bunch
of rich donors were offended

that we sponsored
a Middle Eastern film symposium.

Where were you
Tuesday night at 9:30 p.m.?

I'm not going to answer that.

If you're innocent, it's in
your best interest to do so.

- Please leave.
- You heard what she said.

You have no right to harass her.

No one's harassing anybody.

What's going on?

Is there a problem?
- No, ma'am.

We just wanted to talk to one
of your students here.

Sounds like
she doesn't want to talk to you.

This won't take long.

She doesn't want
to talk to you.

- Just a few simple--
- You have no right

coming in here,
harassing my students.

So I'm going to ask you
one more--

And I'm gonna tell you
one more time,

nobody's harassing anybody,
so just relax.

There's no need
for this type of attitude.

Don't you dare spin this
around on me.

You come here to our home
without a warrant,

accusing my students of--

No one has accused anyone
of anything, okay.

This is all very stand--
- Riley. Riley.

Um...

the lady has a point.

Thank you for your time.

You see the lip balm
on Chloe's desk?

Paradies.

What the hell just happened?

What'd you do
to those students?

Excuse me?

My phone has been ringing
off the hook--

Chloe Esper's agent,
her lawyer, her publicist.

Social media is on fire.

Chloe posted
that we were harassing her,

that we're in the pocket
of the Israeli government,

that we're trying
to silence the opposition

to the war crimes
that are happening in Gaza.

Lou, I promise you,
all we did

was ask some questions.

And I can promise you,
I have not been in touch

with anybody
from the Israeli government.

Hey, check it out.

Just found video from the
Paradies boutique near campus.

That looks like the same camo
parka the killer was wearing.

Can you find
another angle of that?

Need to get a better look
at that face.

Detectives.

What the hell are you guys
doing here?

I don't wanna talk to you.

And we don't wanna talk
to you.

Cameron Lawson.

Do not move. Do not move.
Do not move.

Don't move.

You're under
arrest for murder.

Murder? That's a lie!

We'll see about that.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Out of the way.

Out of the way.
- Leave him alone.

- Hey, back up.
- Leave him alone.

Back up!
Everybody back up.

- You can't do this.
- Officers!

Everybody back up.

Order.

Order in this courtroom.

Order!

People versus Cameron Lawson,

charging murder
in the second degree.

How do you plead, sir?

Not guilty.

- Question on bail?
- There is.

The defendant was a member
of a student organization

at Hudson University,
which sponsored

a film symposium
rife with insensitive

and offensive content.

After one of the screenings,
he toasted Hamas

for its courage in executing

the horrific October 7th attack
on Israel.

As a result,
university president

Nathan Alpert
chose to dismantle

the student organization.

This enraged the defendant.

So he lay in wait and,
without warning or provocation,

he stabbed Mr. Alpert to death.
- Objection.

Let Miss Maroun finish.

The defendant's parka
was found near the crime scene

covered in the victim's blood.

The murder weapon
was in the pocket

along with some lip balm,
which contained

the defendant's DNA.

The people seek remand.

Now.

My client is
a 20-year-old history major

who lives
on the Upper East Side.

He's not a terrorist
or a murderer,

and he's certainly
not a flight risk.

Moreover,
the government's case is weak.

They can't put
my client anywhere

near the scene of the crime
because he wasn't there.

He's innocent.

Bail is set at $1 million.

I'm surprised
the judge granted bail.

I'm surprised you described
the content of those films

as offensive and insensitive.
- As opposed to?

Hateful and malicious.

I'm not going to debate adjectives.

You chose them.

I know you have family
in Lebanon.

I don't want to talk about
that, Nolan.

There's no point.

It's not in the best interest
of the case.

I think it's better to ignore
politics and personal opinions

and direct our energy towards
the case,

and getting justice
for Nathan Alpert.

Right now,
that means finding a way

to put Cam Lawson
near the crime scene.

This is from
a surveillance camera

a few blocks
from the German boutique

that you and Cam both frequent.

All I see is someone
getting into a car.

Well, we believe
that's Cam Lawson.

- Why?
- His jacket.

He's not the only guy
in Manhattan

who owns a camo parka.

He's the only guy
in Manhattan

with a camo parka getting into
a car registered in your name.

Where are you going
with this?

This is Cam getting out of
your vehicle 20 minutes later,

a block from where
Alpert was murdered.

You can't even see his face.

You need to tell us
what you know, Chloe, now.

This is not a movie.

You only get one take.

And you better get it right.

Unless she tells us everything
that really happened,

we're gonna charge her with
being an accomplice to murder.

OK. Fine.

I--

I ran into Cam outside
my boyfriend's apartment.

He asked for a ride
and I said yes.

That's it.
That's all I know.

He tell you what he was
planning to do that night?

No.

Where'd you go
after you dropped him off?

To dinner with my agent

Chloe Esper's alibi
check out?

Still waiting to hear back
from the restaurant manager

and her agent.

Uh, wait a second.

The manager of the restaurant
confirms Chloe was there.

All right, so Chloe wasn't at
the crime scene.

No, but she's pissed off,
that's for sure.

She's blowing up social media
right now, as we speak.

She did a livestream with
Nasser, that professor.

Cam Lawson is
my dear friend,

and he's a good person and
a true believer in our cause,

and he's being framed by
the New York Police Department

and the Manhattan District
Attorney's Office.

They're trying to punish Cam
for having the courage

to speak out.

Well, this is not surprising,
of course,

since both organizations
have close ties to Israel.

The American government is
trying to squelch dissent

and obscure what's really
happening in Gaza.

And trying to hide the fact
that Israel

are repressing innocent men,
women, and children.

So take a stand.

Voice your outrage!

This is the only way
we can change the status quo.

Wow. That's subtle.

"Chloe needs to condemn Hamas
first, then worry about Gaza."

"Chloe Esper is a self-promoting
anti-Semite."

"Rot in hell."

She's definitely passionate.

She's passionate
and irresponsible.

No.

She's just a kid.

A kid with a massive platform,

trying to give voice to all her
anger and frustration.

No, it's more than that.

Maybe, but...

she believes what she believes.

- And you agree with her?
- No!

I most definitely don't.

But that doesn't mean that
what she's saying is crazy.

Like it or not,
she's the queen of the far left.

They are begging her
to take center stage,

to be the mouthpiece
of the Palestinian cause.

They want her to be a martyr.

A young photogenic martyr.

And she's taking the bait.

I just think she's a lot less
naive than you do.

Either way, we need a gag order.

Chloe and her friends are
polluting the jury pool

with all this hyperbole
and misinformation.

The righteous
will not be silenced.

The oppressors will not prevail

because you will not let them.

Thank you, everyone,
for coming out--

So much for the gag order.

And now,
some words from Chloe Esper.

Thank you, Professor Nasser,
for your inspiration.

And thank you, Cam Lawson,

for your commitment
to the cause.

This guy's about
to stand trial for murder,

and he's up there
putting on a show.

Will you fight
for a free Palestine?

From the river to the sea!

It's a reflection of our hope
for a free Palestine.

Shooter, brown jacket,
gray hat.

I see him.

Move, move!

Chloe.
Chloe.

Chloe. Chloe.

Hey, Chloe.
Can you hear me?

Chloe.
Chloe.

We need an ambulance!

Stop!
Stop!

Hey, hey!

On the ground! Stop!

Stay down!

Hey, drop it!

Drop the gun,
Professor Klein!

Put it down.

Drop that gun, Phillip.

Hey.

My college roommate,
he's dead.

They killed him.
They killed his whole family.

You need to drop that gun.

They're trying to destroy us.
Never again.

No, never again.

Hey, listen, listen,
listen, listen to me.

- No, never again.
- Listen to me. I get it.

You're trying
to protect your people.

You're trying
to be a good person.

I get that.
I get that.

But this is not how you do it.

Nobody else needs to die today.
Look at me.

I need you to put the gun down.
Come on.

Drop the gun.

Drop the gun
or I will shoot you.

Drop the gun!

He's dead.

Riley,

just want to thank you for--

I appreciate you.
- Yeah.

I wasn't expecting him to--

You OK?

Yeah, I think so.

I never shot anyone before.

Chloe didn't make it.

Two more dead bodies

in the name of free speech.

When did expressing
your beliefs

become so fraught?

When it comes to Israel
and Palestine,

forever.

The court
gave us two days

to see if we can still
make a case,

so let's dig in.

Chloe was the only witness

who could put Cam
near the crime scene.

I know.

So we need to find
a different way.

What about her boyfriend?

What do you mean?

Well, she was leaving
his place

when she ran into Cam
that night, right?

Yeah.

So talk to him.

Maybe he knows something.

I want to help.
I do.

But, like I said,
I didn't see Cam that night.

Who else were they
hanging out with?

This history professor,
Kendra Nasser.

They're both obsessed with her

and her extreme
pro-Palestinian propaganda.

Wait, what do you mean?

Before they met her,
they barely talked

about all this,
but she brainwashed them.

She started preaching
and manipulating.

She's hardcore too.

She thought October 7th
was justified.

I mean, I support
innocent Palestinians,

but come on.

That was a flat out
act of terror.

We found this video of Cam
in the lobby

of Kendra Nasser's apartment
an hour after the murder.

This is the two of them
walking into her apartment.

So what are you suggesting?

That she may have
indoctrinated him,

used him to do her bidding.

Based on this?

There's more.

Police executed
a search warrant

at Nasser's apartment today.

They found a knife missing
from her cutlery set--

the exact same type of knife
that was identified

as the murder weapon.

Sounds to me
like it was her idea.

Sounds to me
like you're gonna need

a lot more evidence.
Talk to the defendant.

See what he has to say.

If your theory is right,
we'll give him a deal.

A deal?

No. He stabbed Alpert
in the chest twice

and dropped a card on his body
calling him a traitor.

That is murder all day long.

But you just said
that you believe

Nasser manipulated him.
- She did.

Then she's more culpable.

I agree, but Cam still
needs to pay for what he did.

He killed the Jewish president
of a university

for political reasons.

Think about the optics.

Let me worry
about the optics.

You worry about the case.

Talk to the defendant.

See if he's willing
to cooperate.

Professor Nasser
is a leader, a visionary.

She's the only person
who tells the truth

no matter the consequences.
- Cameron, please.

She treats me like an adult.

She sees me.

What are you talking about,
she sees you?

What the hell
is wrong with you?

OK. Enough.

Let's hear
what Mr. Price has to say.

We're offering you
a lifeline, Cam.

In a few months,

Nasser won't even remember
your name.

She'll have moved on

and found another
young, cute disciple.

Tell them what happened.

Tell them how she convinced you
it was the right thing to do.

Is that what happened?

Did she tell you
to kill Alpert?

If you cooperate,
I will recommend

you serve 10 years.

If not, you're looking at life.

It's now or never.

Anyone who tells you October
7th was a terrorist attack

is categorically wrong.

It was but a necessary step--
- Detectives.

Kendra Nasser,
hands behind your back.

You can't do this!

You have the right
to remain silent.

- Leave her alone.
- Let her go!

It means
you've got the freedom

to keep your mouth shut.

Good luck with that, Detective.

She has the right
to speak the truth.

Back up, everybody.
Back up, please.

Hey,
what are you doing to her?

Take a seat.
Take a seat.

Mr. Lawson,
could you please

tell the members of the jury
about your relationship

with the defendant.

She was my professor.

Did you have
a relationship with her

outside of the classroom
as well?

She was also my mentor.

So you still feel
a strong affinity towards her?

Yes.

Permission to ask
leading questions.

Go ahead.

Did the defendant invite you

to private study sessions
in her home?

Yes.

Sometimes it was just
the two of you late at night.

Yes, sometimes.
So what?

And she served you wine,

talked about the plight
of the Palestinians.

It's important.

And we both feel passionately
about that.

And, ultimately,
the defendant

urged you to kill
Hudson University president

Nathan Alpert, didn't she?

Well,
she may have suggested it,

but it's not like
she forced me to.

The defendant also
told you where Alpert

would be that night, correct?

I could have found him
on my own.

She was angry
that Alpert banned

the Palestinian
student organization,

so she told you
where he would be.

She gave you a knife
from her kitchen.

I can't remember
how I got it.

It came from her kitchen.

Well, she may have
given it to me, but--

May or did?

Did.

Nothing further.

Professor Nasser
wasn't with you

when you killed
President Alpert?

That's correct.

You committed
this murder alone.

You, not Professor Nasser,
plunged that knife

into Alpert's chest.
- Yes.

It was just me.

And she never told you
to kill Alpert ever. Correct?

Like I said,
she suggested that--

But she never told you.

- Correct.
- Nothing further.

So, to be clear,
she suggested

that you kill Alpert,
and then she gave you a knife.

Yes.

Nothing further.
People rest.

The Jewish elite
will stop at nothing

in order to silence me.
- Why?

They're terrified
of Middle Easterners

with a platform and a brain.

So they'll do anything they can

to squelch free debate
and expression,

including these
baseless charges.

Professor Nasser,
you believe

this is a political prosecution?

That's for
the jury to decide.

The defendant's beliefs about
this case are irrelevant.

See?

I can't even speak my truth
in this courtroom.

Sustained.
Next question.

Did you conspire
with Cam Lawson?

- I did not.
- Give him a knife?

Tell him to kill Nathan Alpert?

Absolutely not.

Thank you.

You use people--

young, malleable students--
to fight your holy war.

That's a lie.

A number of your students
have been cited

for tearing down posters
of Israeli hostages,

for engaging in hateful,
anti-Semitic speech.

Two of them even threatened
to hurt Jewish students,

as they left the campus
Hillel House--

I have no knowledge of this.

None.

Look, my lectures are emotional

and convincing based on facts.

If students decide
to take action

based on these facts,
based on

their own moral constitutions,

there's nothing I can do.

You directed Cam Lawson
to kill Nathan Alpert.

You gave him a knife.

You told him where Alpert
would be that night.

That's not true.

And when he was done
carrying out your wishes,

he came to your home
where you comforted him.

He told me what
he had done after the fact.

And I was proud of him.

Proud?

That a young man
killed a college president?

Yes.

Nothing further.

Please rise.

In the matter of
People v. Kendra Nasser,

has the jury reached a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

How do you find?

We find the defendant...

not guilty.

I'd like to thank the jury
for your service.

You are now excused.

My son is going to prison
for 10 years,

and that woman walks free?

Did you convince him to kill
President Alpert?

- Miss Nasser, what is--
- Miss Nasser.

Do you plan to return
to Hudson University?

No comment.

Did your lectures
encourage violence?

No comment.

Miss Nasser.

At the very least, it's over.

It'll never be over.

That's the problem.

Oh, what? You think it's OK
to kill innocent Jews?

Go to hell!