All language subtitles for Law & Order s18e08 Illegal.eng

NARRATOR:
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.

I told Bill I was going to the
immigration rally, he got all concerned,

(CHUCKLING)
He's so cute.

You're lucky.
I got a lecture.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Tell my sister
where you're from.

I'm from Toronto.
Oh.

You see, Inez?
We're the NAFTA chicas.

(BOTH GIGGLING)

What's all the hubbub?

A big demonstration
about immigration.

Oh, great.

We're looking for
the John Lennon Memorial.

Oh, that's at 72nd.
Where you folks from?

Plymouth, Mass.
Let's go, kids.

Organizers expect
more than 50,000 people

to come out in support
of immigration reform.

So far, the crowd has heard from...
(WOMAN SCREAM I NG)

Hold on. There seems to be
some sort of disturbance.

Watch out, Dan!

(suns FIRING)

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Sanitation found her.

Looks like she crawled
in there and died.

ED: Is that what
it looks like?

Gunshot wound,
through and through.

LUPO: Time?

With the heat, hard to tell.
Everything accelerates.

Maria Soriano, 27,
lives on Second Avenue,

it's an ID for
an accounting firm.

We're going to need
everybody you've got

doing a canvass
10 blocks each way.

Everyone I got isn't much.

After the riot
in the park yesterday,

a lot of my guys
called in sick today.

Tell her that.

I saw her last time
yesterday morning.

She was going to work.

You remember what
she was wearing?

Khakis, uh, blue blouse, kind
of tight, plunging... You know?

Showing some...

What? He asked
what she was wearing.

Maria have a boyfriend?

Had a boyfriend.
They broke up.

ED: You ever see him?

Once, from the back. He was
getting on the elevator.

He was tall
and white...

And he had a tight butt.

Okay. We might need to
talk to you guys later.

You folks have
a nice weekend.

She left in same clothes
we found her in.

Maybe she met somebody
after work.

Okay. Her story so far...

This is an alumni letter from
NYSU, Class of '99, Accounting.

This is her green card,
issued in 2000.

A letter from her
mother, in El Salvador,

thanking her for the
money she sends home.

Oh, you read
Spanish, too?

So, you can write the "I'm sorry for
your loss" letter to Mrs. Soriano.

I'm not so good
with letters.

Anything in here
about a boyfriend?

No, but this is
an application

for a work visa
for an Inez Soriano,

dated three years ago
and denied last year.

Inez is her little sister.

This is her?
Yeah.

If she's an illegal, she's not going
to show up on the radar so quick.

We tried the immigration
lawyer listed on her form,

probably had
a Saturday tee time.

Well, there's no number for
Inez on Maria's cell phone?

There was no
cell phone on Maria.

I've appointed Assistant District Attorney
Josh Lethem to lead the investigation.

I want to assure
the citizens of our city

that any misconduct
during the rally,

whether by civilians
or police officers,

will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.

Thank you.

VAN BUREN:
That's all we need.

A bunch of knuckleheads with
badges beating up civilians.

You buy this
as a police riot?

I know what I saw
on the news.

You want to see a police
riot, go to Pakistan.

That's why people jump
the border to come here.

YouWelooHng for an Inez Soriano?
Yeah.

We pinched her
at the rally yesterday.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Did you see Maria
on Friday?

Si. At the demonstration.
We go together.

She... She says
it's important.

Now, what happened
at the demonstration?

At the beginning,
it's very good.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Troublemakers?
Si.

They throw bottles
at the police.

Maria shout at them
to stop.

They get mad at her
because she is, uh...

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Recording them?
Maria had a camera?

In her phone.

And, uh, one of them
tried to take it from her.

He run after her.

Then the police,
they shoot gas.

I cough and I...
And I cry and I...

And I never
see Maria again.

Okay, Inez, we're going
to get you out of here.

We're going to take you down to our station
so we can make a picture of this guy, okay?

La migra send me
back to El Salvador.

I know this.

But you keep Maria here.
Please?

She worked too hard to come here.
This is her home.

Please?

LUPO: We need to
find that phone.

With a little luck, maybe
TARU can hone in on a signal.

MAN: (SHOUTING)
I have a green card!

This is a hell of an idea,
to keep people like this.

Oh, right, you were
out of the country.

They started doing
this in '04

to control protesters during
the Republican Convention.

This ain't the same
country you left.

Our people said the
signal came from in here.

Be my guest. Just don't
beat anybody up, okay?

Let's see who lights up.
What's Maria's number?

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(RINGING CONTINUES)

We keep the phones
we find in the park...

In here.

ED: Gotcha.

ROWLAND: I'm up here
48 hours straight,

and then you hand me a cell with a
toasted screen and a mushed USB port.

Wow, you almost
make it sound sexy.

(SCOFFS)

Detective, you really know
how to push my pixels.

(ED CHUCKLING)

(SIGHING) Okay,
showtime.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(ALL CHATTERING)

(PEOPLE WHOOPING)

MAN: We broke the law
to come here,

but we are not here
to break the law!

We came here to work!

(CROWD CHEERING)

(ALL SPEAKING SPANISH)

We are American!

(ALL CHANTING IN SPANISH)

ALL". We are American!

(PROTESTORS SCREAMING)

Shut it off!
Yo, you deaf?

I said shut it off!

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

(sun FIRING)

Two gunshots.

Can you back it up?

Pause it. There.

�Yams Locos.�

If he's been pinched before,
his ink's in the system.

You got the
wrong dude, man.

LUPO: Yeah? Then you
know why we're here.

No, but whatever it is,
I ain't the guy.

(GRUNTING)

ED: Looks like a match to me.

So what? I didn't do
no misconduct at the park.

I was just exercising
my right to protest.

This is your third arrest, Ignacio.
You know the drill, right?

Yeah. I don't need
no lawyer for this.

All right. Great. You remember
this girl from the park?

We've got the video
from her cell phone.

You went after her because
she was taping you?

You got the video,
so why you asking me?

Right. We got the video
of you shooting her, too.

No, that's bull, man.

It was you guys
who did it. Cops.

One of you chotas
shot us, man.

See, look at my leg, man.

Bullet just nicked me, man.
I'm one lucky son-of-a-bitch.

If you're feeling
so cooperative,

why don't you show us
where it happened?

Here. Let's go.

IGNACIO: Right in there.

I saw her fall
right by that tree.

That's when
I bugged out.

Now, why did you
think it was cops?

Iturned back and I saw a bunch
of cops shooting rifles.

Those were tear gas
and bean-bag guns.

(SCOFFS) This look like
it came from a bean bag?

The cops was by the fountain. The
bullets came from the fountain.

It came from the cops.

Put him in the car.

(CLICKING TONGUE)

(CAMERAS CLICKING)

Wood's still blonde.
It's new.

Be careful. There's a lot
riding on that slug.

We tossed lgnacio's car, his home,
even his work. There was no gun.

Well, get with the D.A. and
let's hold him for assault.

All right.
Stay.

The blood from the slug
belonged to Maria Soriano.

Slug's a 9mm hollow point
round, fired from a Glock.

A cop bullet.

CSU also found two 9mm
casings about 10 yards away

from where
Maria went down.

I'll call the Chief of Ds and the D.A.
lgnacids our main witness.

Let's get him into
protective custody.

And mind who you talk to.

This is going to
get ugly, real quick.

You deaf?
I said shut it off!

(PROTESTORS SCREAMING)

(sun FIRING)

Our witness stated he
turned toward the shots

and saw a number
of officers in riot gear,

some with tear gas
and bean bag guns.

Two 9mm shells were later
found at the scene

and identified as being
fired from a Glock 19.

Your witness, that's
the felon we just saw

chucking bottles
at our people?

Yes, Chief.
Ignacio Perez.

And your theory is that Ms.
Soriano got to her feet

after being shot in the gut,
walked out of the park,

crossed the street
and died in an alleyway?

That's what
the evidence suggests.

What did her sister witness?

Not much.

She was separated from Maria
before the shots were fired.

What about this woman,
Susan Kessler?

Maria's co-worker.

She was also separated
from Maria early on.

Bring Ms. Kessler back in
for a more complete statement.

Well, shejust returned to
Canada for an extended stay.

She was here
on a work visa.

Damn it! Don't we have
any American witnesses?

Yes. Ignacio Perez, sir.

Thank you for your
report, Lieutenant.

I checked the UORs
regarding this incident.

No officer
fired his weapon.

I appreciate that,
Chief. Still...

I want every officer on duty in
that area of the park interviewed.

It's already done, during my
initial investigation of the riot.

The police used
crowd-control measures,

but no officer so much
as drew a weapon.

It's a different ball game now.
Interview them again.

Mr. McCoy, I think
we just heard,

the man you appointed to head your
investigation announce a finding.

Mr. Lethem misspoke.

We'll have our findings after
we have our investigation.

Fine. IAB will take
over at our end.

You're taking Lieutenant
Van Buren off the case?

IAB investigates all
officer-involved shootings.

So now you're conceding this was
an officer-involved shoofing?

I know how you gentlemen
feel about the Lieutenant.

I don't want her removed.

Mr. McCoy, for somebody
who's a place-holder,

you're not living up
to expectations.

A place-holder?

Let me be clear.

If anyone gets in the way
of this investigation,

I'll haul every cop who was in
the park before a Grand Jury

without immunity.

Anybody who pleads the Fifth,
I'll indict for obstruction.

Next time, Josh,
don't be so quick

to stake out a position before
you have all the facts.

I don't see cops
as the enemy, Jack.

Neither do I.

The IAB will give you
a good report.

But Van Buren's
independent.

Use her.

Six weeks on the job, Jack.
Bet you're sorry now, huh?

(CHUCKLES)

(DOOR OPENING)

IAB finished
ballistics tests

on the service weapons of the
officers on duty at the park...

No match for the slug.

So, lAB's taking this
off our hands?

Well, lAB's doing their
thing, and we're doing ours.

This is still
a homicide case.

It's kind of a hot potato.

We're already catching a lot of
crap on the street for this riot.

You're not begging
off, are you?

No, no, no.
We're on it.

Uh...

Maybe this isn't
the right case for me.

Look, Detective Lupo, I remember
you as a good patrolman.

Now, I know you've had
some rough spots since then.

Rough spots?

I fell asleep
hung-over in my car

while my partner got shot
getting me coffee in a bodega.

I know all that.

Well, you put... You put a guy
like me on a case like this,

investigating other cops...

I can take the heat.
Can you?

Get back to work.

I've got cops firing tear gas, shooting
bean bags, but no cop firing a pistol.

I got to get all this stuff ready for IAB.
They're coming in tomorrow.

That's IAB, a day late
and a dollar short.

Here you go.

So far the crowd has
heard from... Hold on.

There seems to be some sort of disturbance.
Watch out, Dan!

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

As you can see behind me, the police
have decided to break up the rally...

Shaw's over!
Move it!

You can't do that.
You can't tell me...

ED: What were you saying
about Pakistan?

What's the time code
on this footage?

It's one minute
after the shooting.

Can you rewind it
in slow-motion, please?

ROWLAND: Here you go.

Stop. Play it forward.

You see this guy back there?
ED: Yeah.

He's running from the area
where the shooting was.

He just put something
in his pocket.

Can you blow it up
and play it again?

Can't make it out. It looks
like it could be a weapon.

A back-up piece.

Can you give us a blow-up of
the other officer's name tag?

Him.

I'm being sued by reporters,
I'm on suspension.

It's a freaking headache.

I don't like
hitting people,

but jeez Louise, they were
throwing rocks at us!

Really, that reporter, she
was throwing rocks at you?

We're not here about
that, Officer Rizzo.

We want to know
about this guy.

And helping you is
going to help me how?

Oh, I don't know.
But I can promise you,

not helping us ain't
gonna help you at all.

I don't know his name.

He was in a unit of about 12
guys that was left of our line.

We got the order
to move in...

Next thing, I see this guy come run
out of this little wooded area.

The wooded area
by the footpath?

Yeah. Why,
what did he do?

There was a demonstrator who
was shot down by the path.

You think he did it?
He's not even a real cop.

He's a wannabe.

An Auxiliary?

Yeah, an Auxiliary. Those jokers
don't even carry weapons.

BRODY: You understand, the people
who become Auxiliary officers

do so because they have a sense
of community and public service.

We appreciate that.

It's only a few months ago
that the Department saw fit

to issue bulletproof
vests to Auxiliaries.

It's not just anybody who'd
wear a uniform and a badge

and walk the streets
like a sitting duck

without any means
of defending themselves.

We hear you, man.

You know what kind
of weapon was used?

Glock 19.

We'll run these names down,
see if anybody has a permit.

I can save you the trouble.

Officer Rodchenko.

I helped him get a permit
three months ago.

I can't talk.
I'm stuck here all day.

ED: It's okay,
we brought a replacement.

Let's go to
our car.

What's going on?

Uh, do you own a Glock?

Yes.

Okay, we need it.
You keep it at home?

Officer Rodchenko, you
can tell us where it is,

or we can have a search warrant
waiting for us at your house.

Either way, we're going
to find that gun.

Uh, I lost it.
Three weeks ago.

I was jogging
in Prospect Park.

It fell out of my pocket.

You file a report?

Okay, Officer, you should
consider yourself under arrest.

Turn around and put
your hands on the hood.

Turn around,
hands on the hood.

Why are you doing this?

A woman was shot
at the rally Friday,

a demonstrator,
shot dead.

Shot dead?

I've nothing against those people.
I'm an immigrant myself.

I came here from Bosnia with
my parents when I was 10.

Anything else
you want to tell us?

I... I get
a PBA lawyer, right?

Even though
I'm an Auxiliary?

Yes, you're entitled.
Just like a real cop.

He's not impressing me
by keeping his mouth shut.

Did you search his house?

And his car
and his locker.

No gun, but we found
a box of 9mm ammo,

same make as the rounds
fired in the park.

It's meaningless.
Anything else?

We're searching along the
jogging paths in Prospect Park.

(SCOFFS) Not finding his gun won't
prove that he didn't lose it.

I guess we could sit around
with our thumbs up our asses

and wait for this guy
to fess up.

All right. Let's put
Rodchenko back in holding.

I'll get the paperwork ready
for his arraignment.

No, no. I don't want
him arraigned yet.

I want to get
an indictment first.

That means we'd have to present to
the Grand Jury tomorrow morning.

Why not arraign him first,

then we take the time we
need with the indictment?

Because I won't drag him through
an arraignment in open court,

unless I'm sure that
I can get an indictment.

By the way, Lieutenant, putting someone
like Detective Lupo on this case,

with his history,

that's a brilliant
command decision.

Detective Lupo's history
is just that...

History.

This witness
makes me nervous.

Ignacio Perez?
Mmm.

Well, he's the only one
who saw Maria get shot.

Not to mention he's a
shooting victim himself.

He's a street thug.

Who knows where
his wound came from?

Josh, what's this I hear? You pushed
back Rodchenko's arraignment?

Well, yeah. Once we arraign
a cop for this shooting,

all hell's going
to break loose.

It puts us...

Well, puts you
in a better position

if we can back it up
with an indictment.

I certainly don't
want to blow it

with a slipshod presentation
to the Grand Jury.

Are you going
to be ready?

As soon as we agree
on our witnesses.

Ignacio Perez
is up for grabs.

What's the problem?

Indicting a cop on the
testimony of a two-time felon

might not sit too well
with the Grand Jury.

His criminal record
is immaterial.

You have no obligation
to raise it.

(SCOFFS) Got n.

I'll put him on last,
be a strong finish.

We should be in and out of there
in an hour with the goods.

I helped Officer Rodchenko fill
out a permit for a Glock 19.

I made sure he knew all the
rules and regulations.

He even came up to the
place my wife and I have

in the Catskills
for some target practice.

And you saw him carry the
weapon while on duty?

Never.
He knew better.

Ours is the only auxiliary
force in the state

that doesn't allow
its officers to be armed.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Something you want
to add, Lieutenant?

Yes. Rodchenko is
a dedicated officer,

and I don't believe that he
or anyone under my command

would violate regulations, let alone
shoot into a crowd of unarmed civilians.

Thank you.
You're excused.

I heard two shots
from behind me,

and I saw
the lady go down.

I felt the burning
in my leg...

Turned, saw the cops,
so I ran away.

When you went to the
hospital for your wound,

did you tell the doctors?

I didn't go to the hospital.

Why not?

Because they see
a gunshot wound,

and they have to call the cops,
and I didn't want no trouble.

How did you know that hospitals
have to report gunshot wounds?

Becausethafs how I got
arrested the last time.

The last time?
Yeah.

I've been
arrested two times,

for assault
and for drugs.

But you're sure that the
shots that you heard

came from the line
of police behind you,

the same ones you'd been throwing
bottles at just moments before?

Yeah, I'm sure.

This now concludes
the presentation

of the People's
case in chief.

Yes, what is the question?

Have the police scientists

matched Officer Rodchenko's gun
to the bullets found in the park?

Uh, no.

No, the police were unable to
match the bullets to aweapon.

You were right. We were in
and out of there in an hour.

Thank you.

(EXCLAIMS IN ANNOYANCE)
They no-billed it.

No, really?

I'm releasing Rodchenko.

I've been reading these Grand
Jury transcripts, Josh,

and I can't for the
life of me figure out

what the hell you think
you were doing.

I was trying to get
an indictment, of course.

HOW?

You let Lieutenant Brody turn himself
into a character witness for Rodchenko.

You practically
instructed Ignacio Perez

to tell the Grand Jury
about his criminal record.

And then, in answer
to a question,

you not only failed
to tell the Grand Jury

Rodchenko claims
he lost his gun,

you implied that we had his gun and
couldn't match it to the bullets.

That's your spin on it.

Right now, my spin is the only
thing that should matter to you.

I did the best I could with
the facts that I had, Jack.

If you hadn't let a malcontent
precinct lieutenant run this case,

maybe I'd have had
more to work with.

You're off the case.

Rodchenko,
the riot, all of it.

Jack...

I've tried very hard
to convince myself

that you're not
servicing an agenda.

Thenllooked at your
record as a prosecutor.

Twenty years and never once did you work
a case involving police misconduct.

The police in the park
were provoked.

If they can't stand up
to provocation,

they've got no business
being cops.

Sometimes somebody has to
protect us from the protectors.

I know.
I've been there.

So...

(CHUCKLES) There it is.

Some of us were wondering how long it
would take for the real Jack McCoy

to rear his shaggy
hippie liberal head.

You know,
when Arthur left,

the attorney general told me he
wanted me sitting in that chair.

And the Mayor
wanted somebody else.

But I was the guy
next in line for the job.

This way, everybody's
hands are clean,

and I don't have to
grind anybody's ax.

Except your own.

Josh, I think
you've said enough.

This is too much power for you, Jack.
You can't be trusted.

If you really believe that, you
shouldn't be working for me.

You can resign,
or I can fire you.

Either way, clean out your desk tonight.
You're done here.

(DOOR CLOSING)

(sums)

As of now, you've got
the Rodchenko case.

What happened to Lethem...
Lethem's out.

I want you to apply to
re-present to the Grand Jury.

No judge is going to let us
go near another Grand Jury

unless we have new
evidence, real evidence.

Find something.

Do I have to do
everything around here?

(SLAMS)

BARANEK: Tough break
today, Mr. McCoy.

Now that this Rodchenko
business is behind us,

when are we going to see your
report on the, uh, so-called riot?

When it's ready.

And I'm not done
with Officer Rodchenko.

Forget Rodchenko. He's off
the force as of today.

I signed the order myself.

You see? We do know what
to do with troublemakers.

And we don't need
more civilian oversight,

which could be a consequence of an
unfavorable report from you. So...

What do you say?

I say my $30 steak
is getting cold.

Cut the boys in blue
a little slack, McCoy.

It's good for the soul.

It has to be evidence that
wasn't available the first time

you went before
the Grand Jury.

You know, I've never had a boss fired
out from under me, or over me, I guess.

Lieutenant Brody's testimony
in the Grand Jury.

He said Rodchenko
did target practice

at his place in the Catskills
with his new Glock 19.

I wonder what he did
with his bullet casings.

They're from a private
shooting range.

We're looking for a match with the
casings from that park thing.

You from the city,
Detective?

Queens, Rego Park.
You?

Oh, here and there.
My parents were gypsies.

The Theory of Justice?

Oh, right. You've...
You've read it?

Yeah, during first year law.

It's my second time.

I'm taking a night class
at Brooklyn Law.

Night law school...

Like root canal
with a dull drill.

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

HARLAN D: Got it.

CUTTER: Not only
do the shells match,

a thumbprint belonging
to Officer Rodchenko

was found on the shell
from the shooting range.

Your Honor,
we have onlytheirword

that this is newly
discovered evidence,

as opposed to evidence
that they overlooked

because of their
own incompetence.

The fact that Mr. Lethem has been
replaced seems to indicate the latter.

We didn't know to
look for this evidence

until awitness alluded to it
during his Grand Jury testimony.

That makes it
newly-discovered in my book.

Leave to re-present to a
new Grand Jury is granted.

Your Honor, my client wishes to
appear before the Grand Jury

to tell them that
on that Friday afternoon,

he fired his weapon at the
demonstrators in response

to an order from
a superior officer.

An order? From who?

We're not ready to present
that evidence yet.

Well, then, Ms. Sanders, you'd better
be ready by the time we go to trial.

Until then, your request to
address the Grand Jury is denied.

(GAVEL POUNDING)

ROWLAND: I was in
way over my head,

so I called in a couple of
acoustical engineers from Boston.

They worked on the Kent State
and Dealey Plaza tapes.

They enhanced the audio
from three sources,

a cell phone call
to a radio station,

a police mike,
and a news feed.

Okay, Leo, show them
what you got.

MAN ON TAPE: Over there, close ranks.

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

Prepare ordinance. All officers
set and ready on my command.

Repeat, ready
on my command.

He's tense.

You can hear how his
voice is pitched higher.

Ready on the right.
Ready on the left.

Wait for my command.
Hold! Hold! Red light!

Red light! Red light!

He's telling them
to hold their fire.

Mmm-hmm.

Close ranks. Wait for it.
Wait! Wait for my command!

Green light! Green light!

(suns FIRING)

(TAPE STOPS)

Green light, command to fire.

MAN ON TAPE: Wait! Wait for my command!
Green fight! Green fight!

(suns FIRING)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Have you put a name
to this voice?

The police aren't
volunteering names.

Take the gloves off.
Issue subpoenas.

Unless every officer save
Rodchenko disobeyed the order,

its meaning
is pretty clear.

It was an order to fire
only tear gas or bean bags.

"Green light? Green light?"
In the middle of a riot,

Rodchenko's lawyer will argue
it could mean anything.

I can't imagine ajury
agreeing it meant

firing live ammo
at unarmed civilians.

No one ever went to jail for
shooting four unarmed students

at Kent State
37 years ago.

Thejury'll read into
this what they want.

And they won't care
all that much

if Officer Rodchenko

violated some department rule
by carrying a weapon on duty.

MAN ON TAPE: Green fight! Green fight!
SLOAN: That's me.

That's my voice.

It was an order to fire
non-lethal weapons.

And that was understood by
the men under your command?

Yes.

We discussed
the crowd-control measures

during a tactical briefing
prior to being deployed,

and then again
at the park.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Officer Rodchenko wasn't under
your command, isn't that right?

That's right.

So, he wasn't at
the tactical briefings?

No, he wasn't.

We heard testimony
that there was smoke,

flying debris,
rushing crowds.

Isn't it possible that an officer
could've heard your order

without actually seeing the non-lethal
weapons that your men were aiming?

Yes, it's possible.

Now let me ask you, these commands,
"Red light, green light,"

it's the same commands for non-lethal
and lethal weapons, isn't that right?

Well, the circumstances
determine the type of force...

Objection! Non-responsive.
Move to strike.

Sustained and stricken.

Same command for lethal
weapons, yes or no, Sergeant?

Yes. Same command.

Thank you.
No more questions.

Redirect. Sergeant,
please complete your answer

about circumstances that determine
the use of lethal weapons.

Unless threatened with the imminent
use of deadly physical force,

an officer may not
discharge his weapon.

Thank you.

RODCHENKO: There was 12
of us Auxiliary officers

on the left flank
of the main line.

We had helmets,

plastic shields,
pepper spray.

There was maybe 500
demonstrators in front of us,

and they were angry,
screaming, spitting at us.

We started getting hit
with rocks and bottles.

The regular officers
moved to the right,

and the Auxiliaries were cut off.
We had to fend for ourselves.

And then what happened?

Somebody with a bandana over his
face, he threw a bottle at me.

I was being attacked.

Then, I heard a command voice coming
from where the main line was,

saying, "Green light,
green light."

And what did you
understand that to mean?

It was an order
to fire my weapon.

I drew my weapon, I saw
movement, and I fired.

I fired twice.

And then
what did you do?

I was able to retreat
and rejoin my unit.

It wasn't until later I found out
one of my shots killed Ms. Soriano.

I didn't mean
for that to happen.

I am so sorry.

The firing of a live round
is a serious thing.

It means an officer is in danger
and has no other recourse.

I was in danger, and I
heard the order to fire.

"Green light, green light."

You're very diligent about
following orders, correct?

Yes, sir.

Red light, hold your fire.
Green light, fire. Correct?

Yes, sir.

Well, how about
Auxiliary Regulation 4.1?

Are you familiar with it?

It prohibits
Auxiliary officers

from bearing a firearm
while in uniform.

That's a regulation you
violated that Friday, correct?

Yes, sir.

You pick and choose which orders
to follow, depending on your mood?

It's not like that.

Then why did you violate
Regulation 4.1?

We wear a uniform,
a badge...

Walk the same streets, take the
same risks as regular cops.

Oh, you mean real cops?

We are real cops.

Well, the Police Department
doesn't seem to think so.

Isn't it true they assign you
to playgrounds and pools?

That in emergencies, the Department
calls up retired police officers

before they call in Auxiliary officers?
All true?

Yes.

And when they do need you
to face down an angry mob,

they send you out there with
nothing but a plastic shield

and a tiny can of
pepper spray, correct?

Yes.

It shows a lack of respect for your
dedication and service, doesn't it?

That's right, it does.

Then it was perfectly reasonable
for you to arm yourself,

because you can't allow yourself to
be gunned down like a dog, can you?

No, I can't.

Even if your department
treats you like one.

That is right.
That is how they treat us.

Is that what
you were thinking

when they ordered you
to just stand there

and get pelted by rocks and
bottles, they don't respect you?

No, they don't.

When they ordered you to
march into that angry mob

with your can of pepper spray?
No respect.

NO, sir!

No respect
from the real cops.

No!

But that angry mob, those thugs,
they were going to respect you.

Yes!

Those bottle-throwing thugs...
Yes!

Like Ignacio Perez?
Yes.

And Mafia Somme.
Y es!

Mark Somme,
an accountant'.!

A thug, Mr. Rodchenko?

You didn't need an order to shoot
somebody, did you, Mr. Rodchenko?

You'd already decided
before you got to the park,

and you didn't care who.

Withdrawn.

If there's no re-direct,
you're excused, Mr. Rodchenko.

Sidebar, Your Honor?

We have an addition to the
witness list, an expert witness.

Pertaining to what?

Prosecutorial discretion.

I want to call former Assistant
District Attorney Joshua Lethem.

That is completely improper.

Mr. Lethem was once the
prosecutor assigned to this case.

He's privy to confidential
communications relevant to the case.

He shouldn't be
allowed to testify.

If Mr. Lethem reveals anything that Mr.
Cutter feels is confidential,

he's free to object.

If your witness
crosses the line,

I'll object and
bounce him out of here.

Have Mr. Lethem here
first thing tomorrow morning.

Lethem. I should've known he wouldn't
go quietly into that good night.

Is there anything
I should know

that was said
between the two of you?

You already know
the gist.

Jack, if it's a problem,

I can whip up a Daubert Motion
tonight to exclude Lethem.

And look like we have
something to hide?

Let Lethem have his day.

Now I know why Adam
Schiff was so grumpy.

Mr. McCoy instructed me
not to bring up

Ignacio Perez's criminal
record to the Grand Jury.

He was right, I was
under no obligation to,

but I felt the Grand
Jury needed to know

so they could weigh Mr. Perez's
credibility as awitness.

And what did the Grand
Jury ultimately decide?

Well, they decided not to indict Mr.
Rodchenko.

And then what happened?

Mr. McCoy was very unhappy.

He removed me
as the chief prosecutor

investigating the
disturbances at the rally.

When I objected,
he fired me.

To what, if anything, do you attribute Mr.
McCoy's strong reaction?

Mr. McCoy is biased against
law enforcement officers.

During an acrimonious
meeting

with two high-ranking
police officials,

he threatened to indict every
police officer at the rally.

Later, he told me that he
believes that the public

needs to be protected
from the police.

Were you surprised
by that statement?

No. Mr. McCoy's record
speaks for itself.

As an Assistant
District Attorney,

he often used
his prosecutorial powers

to engage in social activism
on behalf of a liberal agenda.

He was often reprimanded for it
by previous District Attorneys.

But now that he is
the District Attorney,

there's no one
to rein him in.

Mr. Lethem,
as a former prosecutor,

do you have an opinion
as to whether my client

should have been prosecuted
for his actions at the rally?

Yes. Yes, in my opinion,

the first Grand Jury that heard this
case rendered the correct decision.

No indictment.

If Mr. McCoy hadn't
rammed an indictment

through a second Grand Jury,
we would not be here today.

Thank you.

(CLEARING THROAT)
During the 21 years

you worked
for the District Attorney,

how many police officers have been
prosecuted for misconduct, approximately?

Oh, I'm not sure, it's
probably in the hundreds.

How many of those
prosecutions did you lead?

None.

How many
did you assist?

None.

Is that because you believe a police
badge excuses every behavior?

Uh, he doesn't have to
answer that, Your Honor.

It's sour grapes from a fired employee.
Nobody believes it.

They will if we lose.

There's the case, and then
there's everything else.

How are you going
to answer this?

I spent my whole life
in the pursuit of justice,

and to have this punk...

What an idiot!

Where did I get the idea I could
do this job without the politics,

and stay above
the fray?

You're in the soup
now, my friend.

The Communications Office
suggested a press conference,

or maybe a couple
of strategic phone calls.

I'll answer them in the
arena I know best.

JACK: My entire career
has been dedicated

to the facts and the law,

without regard
for where they lead,

and it was clear to me
that the facts here

led directly to
an Auxiliary officer

blindly firing
an unauthorized weapon

into a crowd
of unarmed civilians.

No one is denying
these facts, so, to me,

no fair-minded person could
find their prosecution

unjust or politically
motivated.

Then explain why
you fired Mr. Lethem.

I didn't fire him because of his
failure to get an indictment,

even though that failure
was caused by

his own inability to
remain objective.

I fired him
because he told me

that I couldn't be trusted,

and I can't rely on an
employee who doesn't trust me,

not where people's rights
and freedoms are at stake.

Mr. McCoy,
do you like cops?

Some cops I like a lot.

I respect police officers, I appreciate
the difficulty of their job.

I respect the standard
they hold themselves to.

But you've
prosecuted cops?

I've prosecuted
individual cops.

On more than one occasion?

In fact, you've worked on more
prosecutions of police officers

than anyone in your
office, isn't that right?

Maybe because I've been
there the longest.

You prosecuted cops,

Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, pro-life
groups, anti-gay activists,

gun manufacturers, the whole liberal
hit list, isn't that right?

I took the cases that
landed on my desk.

In fact, you went out of
your way to fabricate cases

to service
your liberal agenda.

That's not true.
It's not true?

Didn't you bend the law so egregiously
in your illegitimate pursuit

of a gun manufacturer that
the judge had to set aside

the jury's guilty verdict
in the interest of justice?

Didn't the judge have to, as Mr.
Lethem testified, rein you in?

That's one side
of the ledger.

I was also reined in while
prosecuting a sexual predator,

I was reined in
for prosecuting

a bunch of Russian gangsters
who killed a prosecutor

and almost blew up
a police station.

Maybe sometimes,
by accident,

you are on the side
of the angels,

but Mr. Lethem is right.
You can't be trusted.

You're out of control, isn't that
the bottom line on you, Mr. McCoy?

The bottom line,
Ms. Sanders,

where there's a law,
I'll enforce it.

Where there's a crime,
I'll prosecute it,

and where there's a victim,
I'll speak for that victim.

That's my bottom line.

No more questions
for this witness.

As to the first count
of the indictment,

murder in the second degree, has the
jury reached a unanimous verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

We find
the defendant guilty.

As of the second count
of the indictment,

attempted murder in the second
degree, how do you find?

We find
the defendant guilty.

(GAVEL POUNDS)

That's it?

All 700 pages of it.

There's a copy
for each of you.

So what's the final verdict,
police riot or not?

I'll tell you this...

Both sides will be
angry with me.

Sounds like
you got it right, then.

What's this?

It's one of the tie pins from
Bobby Kennedy's campaign in '68.

I found it on eBay.

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