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LAST SEASON ON "NYPD BLUE"...

WHAT'S THIS? TRANSFER REQUEST.

THIS IS TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE. WHY?

I JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO BROOKLYN.

THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU AND CLARK?

NO.

SLEEP ON IT, AT LEAST.

OKAY.

JUDGE EILEEN WALDEN. THIS YOUR FRIEND?

EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON HOLD?? THE FOOD, CAKE.

I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE IF SHE'S AVAILABLE.

BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT?

IF THE WEDDING'S IN A CHURCH OR A SHOE BOX,

IT DON'T MATTER TO ME.

I JUST WANT THE MARRIAGE PART.

YOU SURE PULLED A NUMBER ON ME?? DROPPED THAT DIME

ABOUT ME SLEEPING WITH A DETECTIVE IN MY COMMAND.

OR WAS IT SIPOWICZ WHO RATTED ME OUT?

EITHER YOU LEAVE, OR I MAKE A PHONE CALL.

YOU'RE A DIRTY SPIC RAT,

AND YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO THIS JOB!

NOW YOUR OPTIONS ARE

EITHER YOU LEAVE OR YOU GET YOUR ASS KICKED.

YOU RATTED ME OUT!

WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?

ON MAY 20th, PATRICK FRAKER WALKED INTO THE 15th PRECINCT

AND FIRED A SHOT POINT?BLANK

INTO THE CHEST OF LIEUTENANT TONY RODRIGUEZ.

THOSE FACTS ARE UNDISPUTED.

THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHY.

THE EVIDENCE WILL ESTABLISH

THE DEFENDANT WAS A MAN AT THE END OF HIS ROPE.

HE HAD BEEN PASSED OVER FOR A PROMOTION.

HIS AFFAIR WITH A SUBORDINATE HAD COME TO LIGHT,

AND HIS WIFE OF 12 YEARS HAD JUST SENT HIM PACKING.

THE EVIDENCE WILL ALSO ESTABLISH

THE DEFENDANT BLAMED LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAD GONE WRONG IN HIS LIFE.

HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?

BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT SAID SO.

SO HE GOT DRUNK

AND WENT LOOKING TO SETTLE A SCORE WITH A MAN HE HATED.

AND HE SETTLED IT IN BRUTAL, VIOLENT FASHION.

NO COP IS ABOVE THE LAW,

AND THE SWIFTER YOU FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY AS CHARGED,

THE QUICKER YOU'LL SEND THAT MESSAGE.

THE PROSECUTOR JUST TOLD YOU

THAT CAPTAIN FRAKER SHOT TONY RODRIGUEZ.

THAT'S TRUE.

NOW, HERE'S WHAT SHE DIDN'T TELL YOU??

SHE DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT CAPTAIN FRAKER

IS A HIGHLY DECORATED OFFICER

WHO SPENT 18 YEARS PUTTING AWAY DIRTY COPS.

SHE DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT THE 15th PRECINCT

IS A HOTBED OF CORRUPTION.

AND SHE DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT ON THE DAY IN QUESTION,

CAPTAIN FRAKER HAD ANNOUNCED I. A. B. INVESTIGATIONS

THAT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT DOWN TONY RODRIGUEZ'S COMMAND.

THE MAYOR, THE D. A.??

EVERYBODY WANTS YOU TO HEAR A STORY ABOUT ONE BAD COP

INSTEAD OF A PRECINCT OF BAD COPS.

BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT A TRIAL

IS THAT THE TRUTH COMES OUT.

YOU'LL HEAR HOW TONY RODRIGUEZ WENT FOR HIS GUN FIRST

IN AN EFFORT TO SILENCE HIS LOUDEST CRITIC,

AND YOU'LL CONCLUDE THAT THE WRONG MAN IS ON TRIAL TODAY.

THE ONLY THING CAPTAIN FRAKER IS GUILTY OF IS DOING HIS JOB.

WHAT HE DESERVES IS NOT A CONVICTION, BUT A COMMENDATION.

YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE?

SEND THAT ONE.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

ALEX LANGFORD?? ONE IN THE CHEST.

HIS BROTHER FREDDY LIVES HERE, TOO??

PERP GOT HIM IN THE ARM.

I JUST HEARD. FRAKER'S CLAIMING SELF?DEFENSE?

YEAH, IT'S A HAIL MARY.

NOT NOW, MEDAVOY.

I'D HAVE BET ANYTHING HE'D HAVE GONE FOR TEMPORARY INSANITY.

HE DIDN'T. GO START A CANVASS.

HEY, CAN YOU GIVE US A SECOND?

DETECTIVES SIPOWICZ AND CLARK. SORRY ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.

YEAH. WHAT HAPPENED?

UH, I'M IN MY ROOM, READING, BELL RINGS,

I HEAR A GUY YELL, "ROT IN HELL," AND THEN A GUNSHOT.

HOW'D YOU GET SHOT?

I RAN OUT HERE RIGHT WHEN THE GUY WAS ABOUT TO RUN OFF.

HE LOOKED AT ME, FIRED HIS GUN.

YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT HIS FACE?

HE HAD A MASK.

JUST YOU AND YOUR BROTHER HERE?

YEAH, I MOVED IN TWO MONTHS AGO.

ANYONE HAVE A BEEF WITH HIM?

I CAN'T EVEN THINK RIGHT NOW.

HE OWE MONEY, MAYBE GIRLFRIEND PROBLEMS?

I DON'T THINK SO.

UM...

THERE'S THIS OTHER THING, THOUGH.

UM...

WHAT?

I'M, UH??

I'M A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER?? FALSELY ACCUSED.

I'VE BEEN GETTING HASSLED SINCE I GOT OUT OF PRISON.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT UP FRONT

IN CASE THIS WAS SOMEBODY COMING AFTER ME.

I CAN BARELY THINK.

LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, FREDDY?

THIS WAS, UM...

THIS WAS LEFT UNDER MY DOOR LAST NIGHT.

"FREDDY LANGFORD IN 4B

IS A CONVICTED FELON WHO RAPES CHILDREN."

ANY IDEA WHO SENT THIS?

PROBABLY ONE OF THE DADS OF THE KIDS WHO ACCUSED ME.

HOW MANY KIDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? TWO.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED TO ALEX GETTING KILLED, BUT...

[ CRYING ]

HOW IS HE?

FOCUSED?? ALL BUSINESS.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

NEIGHBORS HEARD SHOTS, DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

D.O.A. GOT A SHEET? NO, HE'S CLEAN.

I CALLED HIS WORK. HE WAS A MACHINIST IN BROOKLYN.

HE FILED ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST A CO?WORKER, BRAD RIGGS.

HE'S COMING IN. WE'LL TAKE HIM.

WHAT'S THIS IS HEAR ON FREDDY?? SEX OFFENDER?

YEAH, YEAH, HE CLAIMS HE WAS RAILROADED.

REGARDLESS, HE THINKS SOMEBODY FROM HIS PAST

MIGHT HAVE BEEN GUNNING FOR HIM.

WELL, HE DID 8 YEARS. GOT OUT 18 MONTHS AGO.

BOTH OF HIS VICTIMS WERE PRETEEN MALES WHERE HE TAUGHT SCHOOL.

HOW OLD ARE THEY NOW? LATE TEENS.

SO, THE SHOOTER MAYBE KILLED FREDDY'S BROTHER BY MISTAKE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK TO HIM ABOUT.

RADIO CAR'S BRINGING HIM IN FROM BELLEVUE NOW.

I NEED TO GET DOWN TO COURT. I'M TESTIFYING THIS MORNING.

GOOD LUCK.

THANKS.

15th SQUAD.

UM, DETECTIVE, FREDDY LANGFORD'S ON HIS WAY UP.

IF FREDDY GIVES US ANYTHING ON BRAD RIGGS,

WE'LL GIVE YOU A HEADS?UP.

YEAH, GOOD.

YOU KNOW A BRAD RIGGS?

FREDDY, DO YOU KNOW A BRAD RIGGS?

UH, SORRY. THEY GAVE ME SOME PAIN PILLS.

THAT'S SOMEONE MY BROTHER USED TO WORK WITH.

THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG TOO GOOD.

WHY NOT?

WORKPLACE STUFF.

NOTHING ABOUT YOU?

MAYBE?? ALEX WOULDN'T HAVE TOLD ME IF IT WAS.

'CAUSE THIS RIGGS BUSTED UP YOUR BROTHER PRETTY GOOD.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

ALEX WAS PRETTY PROTECTIVE OF ME.

"ROT IN HELL"??

WHY'D YOU THINK THAT WAS MEANT FOR YOU?

I'M SAYING IT COULD'VE BEEN.

YOU RECOGNIZE THE VOICE?

NO, BUT I RECOGNIZE THE TONE, THE ANGER??

THEY ALL HAVE IT.

WHOA, WHO'S "THEY"? LET'S START GETTING SPECIFIC.

THE FATHERS OF THE KIDS WHO ACCUSED ME.

WHO LEFT THE FLYER UNDER YOUR DOOR?

PROBABLY RAY WALENZ.

HE'S BEEN HARASSING ME. MORE THAN THE FLYER?

FLYERS, LETTERS??

HE'S LED PICKETS OUTSIDE THE PLACES I'VE LIVED

UNTIL I WAS EVICTED.

IF THIS WALENZ IS THAT OBSESSED WITH YOU,

HOW DOES HE SHOOT YOUR BROTHER BY MISTAKE?

ME AND MY BROTHER LOOK ALIKE. I DON'T KNOW.

I HOPE IT WAS THIS CO?WORKER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,

BECAUSE IF WHOEVER KILLED ALEX WAS AFTER ME,

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH MYSELF.

WE'RE GONNA NEED THE NAMES OF THE BOYS YOU MOLESTED.

I DIDN'T MOLEST ANYBODY.

FINE. WRITE DOWN THE NAMES, ANYWAY,

ALONG WITH ANYBODY ELSE WHO YOU THINK'S GOT IT OUT FOR YOU.

I VOLUNTEERED MY OWN TIME TO TUTOR THESE KIDS.

AND WHEN I BUSTED THEM FOR STEALING MY CD's,

THEY COOKED UP THESE LIES ABOUT MOLESTING

TO KEEP FROM GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR PARENTS.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO RETRY YOUR CASE, FREDDY.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHY I'M HERE NOW?

SURE. SIT DOWN.

ALEX LANGFORD?? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

DO I NEED A LAWYER IN HERE?

WHY WOULD YOU NEED A LAWYER?

'CAUSE THE LAST TIME I GOT MIXED UP WITH ALEX LANGFORD,

IT ALMOST COST ME MY JOB AND TIME IN PRISON.

THIS IS WHEN YOU ASSAULTED HIM AT WORK.

THOSE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHY AM I HERE? OR I GET A LAWYER.

ALEX GOT ATTACKED THIS MORNING.

AND HE SAID I DID IT?! NO, HE DOESN'T KNOW.

WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE HE HAD BEEFS WITH.

IF THEY WANT TO MAKE IT UNFRIENDLY,

WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

WHY DID YOU ASSAULT HIM THREE MONTHS AGO?

LOOK, LIKE I TOLD THE D.A. BACK WHEN,

I WORK THE LATHE ON TUESDAYS, HE WORKS THE BAND SAW.

WE HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.

BROKEN NOSE, BUSTED LIP??

ALL BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULE MIX?UP?

PRETTY MUCH. THAT'S THE LAST TIME I TOUCHED THE GUY.

AND THIS ARGUMENT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ALEX'S BROTHER?

SINCE WE'RE TALKING MAN?TO?MAN HERE,

I DON'T LIKE CHILD MOLESTERS.

I GOT TWO KIDS AT HOME.

HE SAID WHAT HE SAID,

AND I GUESS I FACTORED THAT INTO THE SCHEDULING CONFLICT.

THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU MIXED IT UP? ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HEAR DIFFERENT FROM CO?WORKERS?

HIS BROTHER'S A SCUMBAG PEDOPHILE.

IF YOU THINK I DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO BE DISGUSTED, TOO BAD.

YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.

MAYBE WE HAD TO GET SEPARATED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE FLOOR.

YOU GOT A TEMPER PROBLEM, BRAD?

NOW, I TOLD YOU WHAT THE DEAL WITH ALEX IS.

NOW, HE'LL TELL YOU THE SAME IF HE'S A HALF A MAN.

HE'S DEAD, BRAD.

OH, YOU COPS, MAN.

I KNEW IT.

YOUR WHEREABOUTS THIS MORNING.

I PUNCHED THE CLOCK AT 8:00 SHARP.

YEAH, ANYBODY HUMAN TO VERIFY THAT?

I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T CARE. I WANT A LAWYER.

THAT'S TELLING US TO LOOK AT YOU EXTRA HARD.

LAWYER.

I WAS RETURNING FROM THE COFFEE ROOM,

THEN I HEARD THE SHOT.

WHAT DID YOU SEE?

CAPTAIN FRAKER

STANDING WITH HIS GUN POINTED AT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ.

HE WAS ADVANCING TOWARD THE LIEUTENANT

IN A THREATENING MANNER, SO I DISCHARGED MY WEAPON.

WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT?

I ENTERED THE OFFICE AND TOOK CAPTAIN FRAKER'S GUN.

THEN I BEGAN ADMINISTERING FIRST AID TO LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ.

DID YOU HANDCUFF THE DEFENDANT?

I WOULD HAVE, BUT THERE WAS NO NEED.

HE WAS CLEARLY INCAPACITATED.

AND DID YOU SAY ANYTHING TO HIM?

YES. I SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

DID THE DEFENDANT RESPOND?

HE SAID HE WASN'T SORRY,

THAT RODRIGUEZ GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.

NOTHING FURTHER.

YOUR WITNESS, MR. SINCLAIR.

DETECTIVE, DID YOU QUESTION CAPTAIN FRAKER

BEFORE OR AFTER ANYONE ELSE ENTERED THE OFFICE?

BEFORE.

DID HE SAY ANYTHING WITH OTHER PEOPLE PRESENT?

NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

SO, HE HAS A HABIT OF BLURTING OUT THINGS

ONLY WHEN YOU TWO ARE ALONE.

OBJECTION. SUSTAINED.

DETECTIVE, YOU TESTIFIED YOU HEARD THE GUNSHOT.

DID YOU SEE THE SHOOTING?

NO.

SO, YOU COULDN'T SAY

IF LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ REACHED FOR HIS GUN FIRST?

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

WOULD THE COURT PLEASE INSTRUCT THE WITNESS

TO ANSWER THE QUESTION?

DETECTIVE...

NO, I COULDN'T, BUT I?? THANK YOU.

YOU ALSO SAY THAT YOU DISCHARGED YOUR WEAPON

BECAUSE CAPTAIN FRAKER WAS ADVANCING

TOWARD LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ IN A THREATENING MANNER, RIGHT?

YES.

WHAT CONSTITUTES A THREATENING MANNER?

HIS GUN WAS DRAWN.

HE WAS POINTING IT AT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ.

AND YOU ASSUMED WHAT ABOUT CAPTAIN FRAKER'S INTENTIONS?

THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO SHOOT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ AGAIN.

BUT SINCE LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ WENT FOR HIS GUN FIRST??

OBJECTION?? ASSUMING FACTS THAT ARE NOT IN EVIDENCE.

SUSTAINED. COUNSEL, DON'T ARGUE YOUR CASE THROUGH THIS WITNESS.

CERTAINLY, YOUR HONOR.

WE'LL HEAR FROM CAPTAIN FRAKER SOON ENOUGH

TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

SO, DETECTIVE,

IF LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ REACHED FOR HIS GUN FIRST,

BASED ON HIS TRAINING, WOULDN'T CAPTAIN FRAKER

ADVANCING TOWARD LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ WITH GUN DRAWN

BE PRUDENT?

THERE'S NO WAY THAT HAPPENED.

DETECTIVE, I'M ASKING YOU A YES?OR?NO QUESTION.

IN A FICTIONAL SCENARIO LIKE THAT, SURE.

SO, WHEN YOU TESTIFIED EARLIER THAT CAPTAIN FRAKER SAID

LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ GOT WHAT HE DESERVED,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS IN REFERENCE TO, DO YOU?

THAT HE SHOT SOMEONE HE HATED.

DID CAPTAIN FRAKER SAY THAT,

OR IS THAT AN ASSUMPTION ON YOUR PART?

HE DIDN'T SAY THOSE EXACT WORDS, BUT??

DETECTIVE, DID YOU WITNESS WHAT TRANSPIRED

BETWEEN CAPTAIN FRAKER AND LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

PRIOR TO HEARING THE GUNSHOT?

NO.

YOU JUST SHOT FIRST AND ASKED QUESTIONS LATER.

OBJECTION. WITHDRAWN. NOTHING FURTHER.

REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR.

DETECTIVE, WHEN YOU CAME UPON THE SCENE,

WAS LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ'S GUN HOLSTERED OR UNHOLSTERED?

HOLSTERED.

THANK YOU.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, DETECTIVE.

THE WITNESS MAY STEP DOWN.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

HEY, JOHN.

HOW'D IT GO, DETECTIVE?

HARD TO SAY.

I READ AN ARTICLE REGARDING JURY BEHAVIOR,

AND, APPARENTLY, NONVERBAL CUES

LIKE FOLDED ARMS OR THE CLENCHING OF THE JAW

CAN GIVE YOU A POSSIBLE INDICATION

OF WHAT THEY THINK OF THE TESTIMONY.

EVENTUALLY, THEY ACTUALLY DO IT VERBALLY,

INDICATING EXACTLY WHAT THEY THINK.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY PART THAT MATTERS.

EVERYTHING OKAY?

SURE.

SO, WHERE WE AT?

WE CHECKED UP ON THE D. O. A.'s CO?WORKER, BRAD RIGGS,

BUT HE LAWYERED UP.

TIME CLOCK SAYS HE WAS IN AT 8:00, BUT NOBODY CAN VERIFY.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO HIM.

YOU FOUND ANY OF THE VICTIMS THE BROTHER GAVE YOU?

RAY WALENZ?? WORKS AT THE FULTON FISH MARKET.

WE'RE GONNA HEAD DOWN THERE, TALK TO HIM.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER KID?

MICKEY ECONOMIDES IS STILL IN THE AREA,

SHUTTLING BETWEEN FOSTER HOMES.

HIS CURRENT FOSTER MOM PAGED HIM FOR US, SO HE'S ON HIS WAY IN.

RITA AND I WILL TAKE HIM.

RITA, YOU GOT A SECOND?

SURE.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

SO, NO SURPRISES?

I SAID WHAT HAPPENED.

FRAKER'S GUY TRIED TO TWIST IT.

YOU WERE LATE ON THE SCENE. I WENT FOR MY GUN FIRST.

YEAH.

[ SIGHS ]

JURY WON'T BUY IT.

SO, IT TOOK A FEW DAYS,

BUT I FINALLY GOT CAUGHT UP ON MY PAPER WORK,

AND I FOUND THE TRANSFER REQUEST YOU GAVE ME.

ISSUES I MAY HAVE HAD BACK THEN?? THEY'RE BEHIND ME.

SO, ARE YOU STAYING?

I'D LIKE TO, YEAH.

THANKS.

THAT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR THE GIRL WHO SAVED MY LIFE.

THIS ALL GONNA WORK OUT, LIEUTENANT?

YOU GOT BUSINESS.

OH, AND, UM, IT'S PRONOUNCED "E?CON?O?MEE?DEES"??

YEAH, I KNOW. "HE DON'T LOOK GREEK."

WELL, MY FIRST FOSTER FOLKS WERE.

HEY, IT COULD BE WORSE.

I ALMOST LIVED WITH THE BERKLEBACKS??

MICKEY BERKLEBACK. HMM? NO THANKS.

SO, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CIRCUIT SINCE YOU WERE A BABY?

I MAKE THE BEST OF IT, YOU KNOW.

MICKEY, UH, WE'VE GOT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING,

AND IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO TALK ABOUT.

OKAY.

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE FREDDY LANGFORD?

OH, UH [EXHALES] I GUESS AT THE TRIAL.

YEAH. WHY?

WELL, LANGFORD WAS ASSAULTED.

AND PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR JOB

IS TALK TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T LIKE HIM.

WELL, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HIM,

AND HE DIDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING TO ME.

IT WAS THE D. A. THAT LUMPED ME IN WITH THAT OTHER KID,

'CAUSE ALL MR. LANGFORD DID WAS JUST SHOW ME SOME PICTURES

AND TOUCH HIMSELF.

WELL, WE READ THE FILE,

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID BACK THEN.

THEY MADE IT LOOK LIKE MORE HAPPENED TO ME

THAN WHAT REALLY DID, BECAUSE I'M NO FAG.

WHERE WERE YOU THIS MORNING?

AT SCHOOL.

WE CHECKED SCHOOL, AND YOU DIDN'T SHOW.

I WAS MORE JUST HANGING OUT INSTEAD OF GOING TO CLASS.

CAN ANYONE VERIFY THAT YOU WERE HANGING OUT?

YEAH, I MEAN, GUYS DON'T REALLY KNOW ME THERE,

'CAUSE I'VE ONLY BEEN AT THAT SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS,

BUT THEY'D RECOGNIZE ME.

I MEAN, SOMEONE SHOULD RECOGNIZE ME.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE

WHO WILL TELL US THAT YOU WERE THERE AT 8:00 A. M.?

I?I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME I GOT THERE.

I DON'T HAVE A WATCH.

ALL WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHERE YOU WERE THIS MORNING.

WALKING AROUND, OKAY?!

ANYWHERE BUT THAT STUPID SCHOOL

AND THAT STUPID RETARD CLASS THEY PUT ME IN.

PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES. IMAGINE WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE.

I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. IT'S THE TRUTH.

AND BESIDES, WHY WOULD I WANT TO HURT MR. LANGFORD?

I'M OVER IT.

WHAT HAPPENED AT YOUR LAST FOSTER HOME, MICKEY?

ME AND THE CHRISTENS JUST DIDN'T GET ALONG.

THEY WERE TOO STRICT.

WELL, THE REPORT SAYS YOU WERE KICKED OUT

FOR TOUCHING YOUR 7?YEAR?OLD FOSTER BROTHER.

NO ONE'S BLAMING YOU.

YOU'RE ACTING OUT. THAT'S ON LANGFORD.

BEING ANGRY, THAT DON'T MEAN I'D HURT HIM.

EITHER TELL US WHERE YOU WERE,

SO WE CAN PROVE YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED,

OR TALK TO US IF YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

WE WILL HELP YOU OUT NO MATTER WHAT.

[ SIGHS ]

I WAS AT AN ARCADE ON 23rd AND 1st.

WHY LIE ABOUT IT?

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO PLACES WHERE LITTLE KIDS ARE,

BUT ALL I WAS DOING WAS PLAYING GAMES.

LOOK, I SWEAR.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.

AND DID YOU HAVE OCCASION

TO TREAT CAPTAIN FRAKER THAT AFTERNOON?

YES. HE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE E. R.

WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS SPINE AT ABOUT 6:15.

I STABILIZED HIM, AND HE WAS SENT TO NEUROSURGERY.

DID YOU DRAW HIS BLOOD? I DID.

THE SAMPLE WAS SENT TO OUR LAB FOR ANALYSIS.

WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS?

MR. FRAKER'S BLOOD?ALCOHOL CONTENT REGISTERED .25.

AND IN YOUR EXPERT MEDICAL OPINION,

WOULD THAT B. A. C. BE SUFFICIENT TO IMPAIR THE MOTOR SKILLS

OF A MAN OF THE DEFENDANT'S HEIGHT AND WEIGHT?

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, THE SPEED AT WHICH ONE COULD, FOR EXAMPLE,

REACH FOR A GUN?? WOULD THAT BE IMPACTED?

HAND?EYE COORDINATION WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHED.

SO, IN YOUR OPINION,

IF A MAN AS INTOXICATED AS CAPTAIN FRAKER

SAW A SOBER MAN DRAW HIS OWN GUN,

WOULD CAPTAIN FRAKER BE ABLE TO OUTDRAW THE SOBER MAN?

OBJECTION?? SPECULATION.

THIS IS A MEDICAL WITNESS, NOT A COWGIRL.

SUSTAINED.

DR. DEVLIN, DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR TREATMENT OF THE DEFENDANT,

DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?

HE SAID, "I HOPE THE BASTARD'S DEAD."

HE KEPT REPEATING THAT.

THANK YOU.

DR. DEVLIN, WERE YOU PRESENT

DURING THE ORIGINAL ALTERCATION IN THE SQUAD ROOM

BETWEEN CAPTAIN FRAKER AND LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ?

NO.

SO, YOU DON'T KNOW, WHEN CAPTAIN FRAKER SAID,

"I HOPE THE BASTARD IS DEAD," WHO THAT WAS IN REGARD TO?

NO, BUT I?? THANK YOU.

DR. DEVLIN...

WHO ARE YOU DATING?

OBJECTION.

GOES TO BIAS.

THE WITNESS CAN ANSWER.

JOHN CLARK.

I'M SORRY?

JOHN CLARK.

A DETECTIVE IN THE 15th PRECINCT, RIGHT?

YES.

AND WERE YOU DATING DETECTIVE CLARK DURING THIS INCIDENT?

I WAS.

NOTHING FURTHER.

REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR.

GO AHEAD.

DR. DEVLIN, HAVE YOU DISCUSSED YOUR TESTIMONY AT ALL

WITH DETECTIVE CLARK?

NO.

AND HAS DETECTIVE CLARK INFLUENCED YOUR TESTIMONY

IN ANY WAY? NO.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

RAY.

WHAT'S UP?

DETECTIVES SIPOWICZ AND CLARK.

WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FREDDY LANGFORD.

YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM? NO.

RAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LETTERS YOU'VE SENT,

LEADING PICKETS, HANDING THESE OUT IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

LAST I HEARD, THAT WASN'T A CRIME, UNLIKE WHAT HE DID.

WHERE WERE YOU AT 9:00 THIS MORNING?

WHY?

SOMEONE TOOK A SHOT AT LANGFORD.

HE DEAD? NO.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

NOW, SEE, RAY, TALK LIKE THAT

DON'T HELP US ELIMINATE YOU AS A SUSPECT.

SO, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE?

'CAUSE I DIDN'T KILL THAT COCKROACH.

OKAY, SO ALL WE NEED IS SOMEBODY TO VOUCH

THAT YOU WERE HERE AROUND 9:00, AND WE CAN BE DONE.

MY FIRST SHIFT ENDS AT 8:00,

THEN I'M BACK HERE 3 HOURS LATER.

I SPENT IT IN TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK??

READING THE POST, WALKING AROUND,

SAME AS EVERY OTHER DAY.

CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THAT?

THE PIGEONS.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS RESPECTFUL,

'CAUSE WE KNOW YOU BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITH THIS GUY.

ADAM WAS 9?? 9!

WE'RE NOT HERE TO AGITATE YOU.

WE'RE HERE TO CROSS YOU OFF A LIST.

UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENED THIS MORNING,

IN WHICH CASE, WE CAN WORK IT OUT.

50 GRAND ON THERAPY FOR MY BOY.

I SOLD MY CONTRACTING BUSINESS

TO HIRE LAWYERS TO SUE LANGFORD,

COME TO FIND HE'S BROKE.

THE WIFE SPLIT.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN WORKED OUT.

I BUY MY PAPER AND COFFEE

AT A BODEGA ON THE CORNER OF 7th AND "A."

ASK THEM.

I'M GOING BACK TO WORK.

YOU TELL FREDDY LANGFORD

I WISH IT WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH HIS BRAIN.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT HERE, ADAM?

THIS, UH, ISN'T GONNA BE AN EASY CONVERSATION.

SOMETHING CAME UP, AND WE NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT.

OKAY.

SPECIFICALLY, IT'S ABOUT FREDDY LANGFORD.

OKAY.

YOU SEEN HIM RECENTLY?

NO. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

SOMEONE HURT HIM.

AND YOU THINK IT WAS ME?

WE'RE TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WHERE WERE YOU THIS MORNING?

TOURING NYU WITH MY MOM.

LAST WEEK WAS BROWN. NEXT WEEK'S CORNELL.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT GUY IN 8 YEARS,

NOT SINCE THE TRIAL.

AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO DREDGE STUFF UP.

THE SOONER YOU ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS,

THE SOONER YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIM?

HE'S BEEN IN TOUCH.

HE STARTED SENDING ME LETTERS A FEW MONTHS AGO,

OUT OF THE BLUE.

WHAT DO THEY SAY?

WELL, I ONLY READ THE FIRST ONE,

BUT HE WAS ASKING IF WE COULD PUT THE PAST BEHIND US,

IF I COULD GET MY DAD TO LEAVE HIM ALONE,

BUT HE STILL WON'T ADMIT WHAT HE DID.

HE STILL WON'T APOLOGIZE.

DID YOUR DAD FIND OUT ABOUT THESE LETTERS?

BY ACCIDENT.

MY DAD CAME BY TO PICK ME UP,

AND MY MOM LEFT THE MAIL ON THE KITCHEN TABLE.

WHAT WAS HIS REACTION?

HE DIDN'T THREATEN HIM, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.

OKAY, HE GOT A LITTLE ANGRY, AND THEN HE CALMED DOWN.

YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DAD WAS THIS MORNING?

WORK. I DON'T KNOW. I LIVE WITH MY MOM.

MY DAD WOULD NEVER HURT ANYONE.

SO, YOU WERE AWARE HE'S BEEN HOUNDING LANGFORD?

I DON'T THINK THAT KEEPING OTHER KIDS SAFE

IS NECESSARILY A WRONG THING.

ADAM, IF YOUR DAD DID SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION??

LOOK, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT??

MEDS, THERAPY THREE TIMES A WEEK.

LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT PAST IT.

DID YOUR DAD?

I'M AN ONLY SON.

HE BLAMED HIMSELF FOR NOT KEEPING A CLOSER WATCH.

AND YOU DON'T THINK HE COULD HAVE HURT LANGFORD?

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, AND NEITHER DID MY DAD.

THAT GUY RUINED OUR LIVES.

CAN'T YOU PLEASE JUST LEAVE US ALONE?

YEAH, SOON AS WE ELIMINATE YOU AS A SUSPECT, OKAY?

IT'LL HELP IF YOU WRITE DOWN

WHO YOU AND YOUR MOM SPOKE TO THIS MORNING AT NYU.

WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED.

NOTHING ABOUT THAT GUY MEANS ANYTHING TO ME NOW.

ANYTHING FROM THE KID?

WE'LL CHECK HIS ALIBI, BUT HE SEEMS SOLID,

OR HE DID BEFORE WE BROUGHT UP FREDDY LANGFORD'S NAME.

RUBBING SALT IN THESE PEOPLE'S WOUNDS

HAS BEEN A REAL HIGHLIGHT TODAY.

SO, FREDDY WAS BULLSHITTING?

A JURY PUT HIM AWAY.

MICKEY ECONOMIDES, THE OTHER KID, HE CHECKED OUT.

SO HE WAS AT THE ARCADE?

YEAH, AND I GOT HIS COUNSELOR HIT.

UH, WHEN YOU TALKED TO FREDDY EARLIER,

DID HE MENTION WHY HIS BROTHER CALLED FREDDY'S PAROLE OFFICER?

DIDN'T COME UP. WHY?

THE LANGFORD'S PHONE DUMP JUST CAME BACK.

FREDDY'S BROTHER PUT IN A CALL TO THE P. O. EARLY THIS MORNING,

A HALF?HOUR BEFORE THE SHOOTING, SO I CALLED THE P. O.

HE SAID FREDDY'S BROTHER LEFT A MESSAGE

SAYING HE NEEDED TO TALK TO HIM, NOTHING MORE.

AND THAT DIDN'T RAISE THE P. O. UP?

NO, HE'D HEARD FROM FREDDY'S BROTHER BEFORE,

SO THE CALL WASN'T UNUSUAL.

BUT THE TIMING IS. GET FREDDY BACK IN HERE NOW.

WE'RE INVESTIGATING THIS AS AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM YOUR PAST,

AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL TO THEM.

WELL, IT'S PAINFUL FOR ME, TOO.

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW, FREDDY, WHAT WE NEED TO BE CERTAIN OF,

IS THAT YOU'RE TELLING US EVERYTHING.

I AM.

SO, THE LETTERS TO ADAM WALENZ JUST SLIPPED YOUR MIND.

I WAS TRYING TO GET HIS DAD OFF MY BACK

FOR SOMETHING I NEVER DID, AND ADAM KNOWS THAT.

I DIDN'T TELL YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT'S A PAROLE VIOLATION.

OKAY, NOW, KEEPING IN MIND WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU,

WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU LEFT OUT FOR WHATEVER REASON?

NOTHING, I SWEAR, JUST THE LETTERS TO ADAM.

WE USED TO BE FRIENDS. I CONSIDERED HIM A SON.

ARE WE GONNA FIND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD VIOLATE YOUR PAROLE?

NO, HELL NO.

YOUR BROTHER CALLED YOUR PAROLE OFFICER

A HALF?HOUR BEFORE HE GOT SHOT.

YES.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THAT?!

BECAUSE IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I REALIZE YOU HAVE A CERTAIN OPINION OF ME,

BUT YOU'RE LETTING IT GET IN THE WAY

OF FINDING WHO KILLED MY BROTHER.

DON'T TELL US HOW TO DO OUR JOBS.

YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME TALKING TO ME.

EXPLAIN THE PHONE CALL TO YOUR P. O.

I WAS FEELING REALLY DOWN THIS MORNING

BECAUSE OF THE FLYER RAY WALENZ LEFT.

I SAW MYSELF HAVING TO MOVE AGAIN AND RE?REGISTERING.

ALEX SAID HOW PROUD HE WAS OF ME FOR KEEPING IT TOGETHER.

I SAID IT WOULD BE NICE IF MY P. O. FELT THE SAME WAY.

HE OFFERED TO CALL AND SING MY PRAISE A LITTLE.

SO, YOUR BROTHER WASN'T CALLING TO REPORT SOMETHING YOU DID,

SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOING?

LIKE WRITING TO YOUR VICTIMS, FOR ONE.

THEY WEREN'T MY VICTIMS.

ALEX DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

THINGS JUST AREN'T COMING TOGETHER, FREDDY.

WE GOT INCONSISTENCIES, OMISSIONS,

A MASKED MAN ONLY YOU SAW.

I EXPECTED A LITTLE BIAS HERE,

WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT MY HISTORY UP RIGHT AWAY.

WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING, FREDDY?

I TOLD YOU?? MY BROTHER WAS MURDERED.

I WAS SHOT.

I'M A VICTIM HERE, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

IF IT COMES OUT THAT YOU ARE KEEPING ANYTHING ELSE FROM US??

CAN I PLEASE GO ARRANGE THE BURIAL OF MY BROTHER NOW?

GO AHEAD.

HE EXPLAIN THE CALL TO HIS PAROLE OFFICER?

KIND OF.

WHERE'S FREDDY'S FILE? THERE'S THIS THING

ABOUT GOING TO SEE HIS GRANDMOTHER EVERY WEEK.

YEAH, FREDDY'S BEEN CHARGING UP BUS TICKETS

TO CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, ON HIS CREDIT CARD.

YEAH, BUT TO SEE HIS GRANDMOTHER, RIGHT?

CAN WE CONFIRM THAT?

PHONE'S BEEN BUSY EACH TIME I'VE CALLED.

IT'S WORTH A RIDE OUT THERE.

SURE.

HAYWOOD WILL CALL WHEN SHE NEEDS YOU.

YEAH, I'M?? I'M JUST CHECKING THE TIME.

AFTER THIS TRIAL'S OVER AND THE MICROSCOPE'S OFF US,

WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL.

WE'RE FINE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, MATRIMONIAL PLANS.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH, RIGHT AFTER THIS TRIAL'S OVER.

I JUST TALKED TO A CO?WORKER OF RAY WALENZ

DOWN AT THE FISH MARKET.

HE SAYS TWO WEEKS AGO,

RAY ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW WHERE TO GET A GUN.

SO, DID YOU GUYS PROVE I WAS AT THE PARK THIS MORNING,

OR DO YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DUST MY BOOTS FOR PIGEON CRAP?

OH, THE BODEGA OWNER PUTS YOU THERE AT 8:30.

OKAY, SO WHY AM I HERE?

SHOOTING WENT DOWN AT 9:00.

SO, YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

GREAT.

WHAT'S NEXT?

YOU BEING HONEST, AND US HELPING YOU OUT.

WE KNOW YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE LETTERS FREDDY SENT TO YOUR SON.

SO THE HUNCH HERE IS THAT YOU DIDN'T TAKE THAT SITTING DOWN.

HOW I FELT IS HOW I FELT,

AND THAT'S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS.

AS FAR AS WHAT I DID WHEN I SAW THOSE LETTERS,

NOTHING BEYOND WHAT I CAN LAWFULLY DO TO THAT GUY.

IS THAT WHEN YOU STARTED LOOKING TO GET A GUN?

WHO'S SAYING THAT?

WE ARE.

DID YOU GET A GUN, RAY?

IF THIS GUY TWISTS IT SO THAT I END UP IN JAIL??

IF WE SEARCH YOUR PLACE, ARE WE GONNA FIND A GUN?

NOT THE ONE THAT KILLED YOUR GUY.

GO AHEAD AND CHECK IT. WE WILL.

BUT YOU HAVING ONE SAYS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD ANOTHER.

IF I WAS GONNA KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH,

I WOULD HAVE DONE IT 8 YEARS AGO ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS.

AT LEAST THEN I'D BE ABLE TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT,

I'D BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MY SON IN THE EYE.

THEN WHY'D YOU GET THE GUN?

SOME DAYS, I KID MYSELF...

I GET THE BALLS TO TAKE HIM OUT.

SOME DAYS, I JUST WANT TO TAKE MYSELF OUT.

[ SIGHS ]

I JUST WANT THIS?? I JUST WANT THIS TO END.

NOW IS THE TIME TO WORK IT OUT IF YOU HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT.

I TOLD YOU THE TRUTH.

NOW I'M DONE TALKING ABOUT HIM.

I REMEMBER THIS ONE TIME

THEY CUT OUT ALL THESE PICTURES FROM MAGAZINES

AND DREW IN THE??

CAPTIONS.

CAPTIONS.

MM?HMM, MM?HMM, MM?HMM.

AND THEY HAD THIS ONE OF THIS GREEN TREE FROG

WITH A WORM HANGING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.

AND THE CAPTION WAS?? "MMM, NEEDS SALT."

[ LAUGHS ]

THEY WERE SO CUTE.

WELL, UM, ALEX IS IN A BETTER PLACE NOW, MA'AM.

AMEN.

UH, SO, UH, FREDDY COMES TO VISIT YOU ONCE A WEEK?

I REMEMBER THIS ONE TIME?? IT LASTED TWO WEEKS.

FREDDY ONLY WANTED TO SPEAK IN RHYMES.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT WORD FINALLY TRIPPED HIM UP?

"ORANGE."

SO, FREDDY COMES TO VISIT YOU ONCE A WEEK.

IS THAT RIGHT?

THAT'S FREDDY WHEN HE WENT TO GRAND CANYON.

MA'AM, DOES FREDDY COME TO VISIT YOU ONCE A WEEK?

HE BRINGS BARLEY SOUP FROM FOURTH STREET DELI.

SO THAT'S A YES.

EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS?

YES.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MA'AM.

WE'LL JUST LET OURSELVES OUT.

FREDDY DIDN'T DO THOSE THINGS.

THE BOYS LIED.

THE PARENTS LIED.

THE LAWYERS LIED.

SOMEONE WAS RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE,

AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK SOFT ON CRIME.

WELL, THANKS AGAIN.

AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, MA'AM.

YOU GET SO CAUGHT UP ON HOW HE RAPED KIDS

THAT YOU FORGET WHAT A SWEETHEART FREDDY WAS

TO HIS GRANDMOTHER.

YEAH, A REAL GOOD GUY.

HEY, BALDWIN...

HOW DID WE MISS THIS?

I THINK WE NEED TO GO ASK GRANDMA

FOR ONE OF THOSE PICTURES OF FREDDY ON THE MANTLE.

YEAH, GO AHEAD, DUMPLING.

AND NO HANGING UPSIDE DOWN THIS TIME.

YOU ARE NOT A BAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MA'AM. DETECTIVES JONES, MEDAVOY.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS GUY HANGING AROUND HERE?

OH, SURE. THAT'S MALCOLM.

MALCOLM?

YEAH, HE'S A GROUNDS KEEPER.

YOU KNOW, RAKES OUT THE SANDBOX, CLEANS UP.

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

UM, HOW OFTEN DOES HE COME BY?

EVERY SO OFTEN.

GROUNDS KEEPER?? SO HE HAS A UNIFORM?

GREEN COVERALLS, A CAP?? THAT SORT OF THING.

DOES HE INTERACT WITH THE KIDS MUCH?

OH, YEAH. THE KIDS LOVE HIM.

UM, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHAT'S GOING ON?

OH, IT'S JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING.

IS THIS SOMETHING I SHOULD WORRY ABOUT?

UH, NO, NOT AT ALL.

BUT UNTIL WE STRAIGHTEN THIS OUT,

IF HE DOES COME BY AGAIN, JUST GIVE US A CALL, OKAY?

OKAY. THANKS.

SIT.

HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT YOU, FREDDY.

YOU MOLESTED THOSE 2 BOYS 8 YEARS AGO.

I DID NOT. OW!

THEN YOU LIED ABOUT IT,

FORCING THOSE BOYS TO TAKE THE STAND AND RECOUNT EVERY DETAIL.

AND THEN, TODAY, YOU LIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

AND DRAGGED EVERYBODY THROUGH IT AGAIN.

PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

PEOPLE YOU SHOULD HAVE LETGET ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE TOLD THE TRUTH EVERIN YOUR LIFE, FREDDY,

BUT YOU WILL IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW.

I SWEAR TO GOD I HAVE BEEN TELLING THE TRUTH.

THERE'S ANOTHER LIE RIGHT THERE... MALCOLM!

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

DESPITE IT ALL, FREDDY, I'M GONNA DO YOU A FAVOR.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CH?? HEY, HEY! YOU LISTENING TO ME?

I AM GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO BE A MAN FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE

TO TELL THE TRUTH OR...

YOU LUNGE FOR DETECTIVE CLARK'S GUN.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT.

I'LL SAY YOU DID.

YOU'LL PUT US IN A LIFE?THREATENING SITUATION,

AND WE'LL HAVE TO REACT.

AND WHEN I TELL YOU

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME WHICH ONE YOU DO,

YOU BELIEVE IT.

NO! WAIT! WAIT! [ Choking ] I WANT TO KNOW??

WHERE'S THE CRIME IN IMPERSONATING A PARK OFFICIAL?

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NO, IT IS!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] MY STEPFATHER MOLESTED ME...

WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?

...I WAS 5 TILL I WAS 10!

THERE'LL BE TIME TO TELL THAT PART LATER, FREDDY.

SO I LIKE BEING AROUND CHILDREN THAT AGE,

TO ENJOY THEIR INNOCENCE, BUT I NEVER TOUCHED ANY OF THEM!

WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?!

I'VE MADE EVERY MEETING WITH MY P. O.

I TAKE ALL THE DEPO?PROVERA??

COLD SWEATS, HAIR FALLING OUT?? BUT I TAKE IT!

ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME!

ALEX SAW THE COVERALLS, AND HE CALLED MY PAROLE OFFICER.

ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT

WAS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME IN PRISON AGAIN.

WE'RE DID YOU GET THE GUN?

PEOPLE WON'T LET ME CHANGE.

THIS IS THE ONLY THING THEY'LL LET ME BE.

THE GUN, FREDDY!

ALEX KEPT ONE IN HIS CLOSET...

FOR PROTECTION.

WE WERE SO ANGRY.

I BARELY REMEMBER PULLING THE TRIGGER.

AFTERWARDS, I WANTED TO PUT ONE IN MY HEAD, NOT MY ARM, BUT...

I CO?? I COULDN'T.

HAVE YOU HURT ANY OTHER KIDS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN OUT?

NO, I SWEAR TO GOD.

WE TALKED TO ADAM AND MICKEY TODAY.

ALL THESE YEARS THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL

WITH SOME PEOPLE THINKING THEY'RE LIARS.

I'M SORRY.

TELL THEM I'M SORRY.

[ SOBBING ]

AND WHEN DID YOU FIRST SEE CAPTAIN FRAKER THAT DAY?

JUST BEFORE LUNCH.

WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT MEETING?

HE STORMED OUT OF THE LIEUTENANT'S OFFICE

AND TOLD ME HE WAS GONNA NEED MY OLD CASE FILES??

SAID I SHOULD STAY AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS.

MEANING WHAT?

I.A.B. PULLS YOUR CASES AND SAYS TO GEAR UP FOR INTERVIEWS,

IT MEANS YOU'RE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

DID YOU SEE THE DEFENDANT LATER THAT AFTERNOON?

YES. I WAS IN THE BATHROOM. CAPTAIN FRAKER FOLLOWED ME IN,

ACCUSED ME OF EXCESSIVE FORCE IN A 3?YEAR?OLD CASE??

SAID HE'D HAVE MY SHIELD.

WHAT WAS HIS DEMEANOR LIKE AT THE TIME, DETECTIVE?

AGITATED, LOUD, GENERALLY BEHAVING LIKE A HOTHEAD.

DETECTIVE, WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET THE DEFENDANT?

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT MEETING?

HE WAS INVESTIGATING LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ

FOR SUPPOSEDLY FAILING TO REPORT A BRIBE ATTEMPT.

DID YOU SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THAT INVESTIGATION?

YES. I KNEW THE CHARGES HAD NO BASIS.

AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT CAPTAIN FRAKER

WAS PERSECUTING THE LIEUTENANT FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

SO WE HAD A MAN?TO?MAN TALK.

AND WHAT WAS THE SUBSTANCE OF THAT TALK?

I HAD RECEIVED RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT CAPTAIN FRAKER

BELIEVED THAT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ REPORTED HIM TO I. A. B.

BACK WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN UNIFORM.

I TOLD HIM THE LIEUTENANT NEVER DID THAT,

AND THAT HE WAS TAKING HOSTILITIES TOO FAR.

WHAT DID THE DEFENDANT SAY? HE PLAYED DUMB.

BUT MY FEELING WAS THAT FRAKER WAS A DIRTY COP ON A MISSION,

AND HE COULDN'T BE REASONED WITH.

OBJECTION?? MOVE TO STRIKE.

DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ'S FEELINGS ARE IRRELEVANT TO THE CASE.

Judge: SUSTAINED.

DETECTIVE, WHAT DID YOU SAY TO CAPTAIN FRAKER?

I SAID IF HE DIDN'T BACK OFF THE LIEUTENANT,

I WAS GONNA TELL HIS WIFE THE TRUTH

ABOUT HIM SLEEPING WITH A SUBORDINATE.

AFTER, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR

TOWARD THE SQUAD?

SAME AS BEFORE?? HOSTILE, COMING BY ALL THE TIME,

INVESTIGATING EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING,

LIKE BRINGING DOWN THE SQUAD WAS HIS FULL?TIME JOB.

AND, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, ANYTHING COME OF HIS INVESTIGATIONS?

NOTHING.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, DETECTIVE.

FAIR TO SAY YOU DON'T LIKE CAPTAIN FRAKER?

THERE'S A LOT OF BOSSES I DON'T LIKE.

IS THAT A YES, DETECTIVE?

[ SIGHS ] YES.

FAIR TO SAY YOU DON'T LIKE I. A. B.

I GOT NOTHING AGAINST HONEST COPS WHO DO THEIR JOB.

BUT, AS A GENERAL MATTER,

YOU DON'T LOOK FORWARD TO INTERACTIONS WITH I. A. B.

NO COP DOES.

IN FACT, YOU HAVE THE WELL?EARNED REPUTATION

FOR BEING AN ANTAGONIST OF I. A. B., RIGHT?

OBJECTION. SUSTAINED.

YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT, MR. SINCLAIR.

YOU TESTIFIED THAT EARLIER THAT DAY,

CAPTAIN FRAKER SAID HE WAS INVESTIGATING YOU.

ARE YOU BEING INVESTIGATED NOW?

NO.

SO CAPTAIN FRAKER GETTING PUT AWAY SUITS YOU JUST FINE.

OBJECTION.

GOES TO BIAS.

SUSTAINED. MOVE ON.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR MAN?TO?MAN CONVERSATION

WITH CAPTAIN FRAKER.

JUST SO I DON'T MISUNDERSTAND, DETECTIVE,

ARE YOU TELLING US THAT YOU THREATENED TO EXPOSE

CAPTAIN FRAKER'S AFFAIR WITH A SUBORDINATE

IF HE DIDN'T BACK OFF HIS C. O.?

I WOULDN'T CALL IT A THREAT.

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

WE REACHED A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

THAT A TRUMPED UP INVESTIGATION WAS IN NO ONE'S BEST INTEREST.

MEANING YOU BLACKMAILED HIM AND HE SUCCUMBED?

YOU CAN CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT.

I PUT A STOP TO A PHONY INVESTIGATION OF A GOOD COP.

SO YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM COMMITTING A CRIME

TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.

OBJECTION. DET. SIPOWICZ HASN'T BEEN CONVICTED OF ANYTHING.

SUSTAINED.

DO YOU MAKE A HABIT OF BLACKMAILING SUPERIOR OFFICERS?

OBJECTION. SUSTAINED.

HE WAS A BAD COP DOING A BAD THING.

YOU BLACKMAILED A SUPERIOR OFFICER

WHO HAD YOU UNDER INVESTIGATION??

A MAN YOU ADMITTED YOU DON'T LIKE.

AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOUR TESTIMONY AT FACE VALUE?

HE'S A BAD COP. HE TRIED TO MURDER MY BOSS!

AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR REVENGE NOW, AREN'T YOU?

THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF TRIAL,

AND I'M INCLINED TO GIVE COUNSEL SOME LEEWAY,

BUT LET ME BE CLEAR?? IF I SUSTAIN AN OBJECTION,

AND YOU CONTINUE HEADING DOWN THE SAME PATH,

YOU DO SO AT YOUR PERIL. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?

YES, YOUR HONOR.

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER FOR THIS WITNESS.

THANK YOU, DETECTIVE.

THE WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

OH, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME 10 YEARS AGO

IF SINCLAIR COULD HAVE SUNK ANY LOWER

THAN THE HAIRLESS RAT HE ALREADY WAS...

IT'S OVER. YOU'RE DONE.

I GOT A SITTER. LET'S GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.

YOU'RE HALF WAITING FOR HIS BEADY EYES TO GLOW RED

AND A SCALY TAIL TO WHIP OUT OF HIS SLACKS.

YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IF HE WAS ANY DIFFERENT.

I BET HE'S IN HIS OFFICE ON ONE OF THEM WHEELS

AND GOING ROUND AND ROUND, GNAWING ON A FOOD PELLET.

COME ON.

I GOT RESERVATIONS AT SAN CANELLI'S.

DON'T WORRY.

WHEN IT'S MY ASS ON THE LINE, I'LL TAKE WHAT'S COMING.

BUT WHEN THEY GO THROUGH ME TO HURT SOMEBODY ELSE...

THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL.

THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.

[ SIGHS ]

HE GOT TO ME PRETTY GOOD.

ANDY, THIS DOESN'T HINGE ON YOU.

I HOPE NOT, BECAUSE IF IT DOES, RODRIGUEZ IS SUNK.

LET'S EAT, GO HOME,

JUST FORGET ABOUT STUFF WE GOT NO CONTROL OVER.

[ SIGHS ]

IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, I'D BE IN A BAR RIGHT NOW.

I SWEAR TO GOD.

I AM HERE.

[ SIGHS ]

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