All language subtitles for Law and order S18E08 - Illegal

(Male announcer)
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.

[Laughs]
He's so cute.

You're lucky.
I got a lecture.

Porque trajiste esta gringa
con nosotros?

Tell my sister
where you're from.

I'm from toronto.
Oh.

You see, inez.
We're the nafta chicas.

[Laughter]

What's all the hubbub?

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...

Hold on.

There seems to be some sort
of disturbance.

Watch out, dan!

[Gunshots]

[Man speaking spanish]

Corre.

Sanitation found her.

Looks like she crawled
in there and died.

Is it what it looks like?

Gunshot wound
through and through.

Time?

With the heat,
hard to tell.

Everything accelerates.

Maria soriano. 27.

Lives on 2nd avenue.

I.d. for an accounting firm.

We're gonna need
everybody you got

doing a canvass
ten 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.

Saw her last time
yesterday morning.

She was going to work.

Do you remember what
she was wearing?

Khakis. A blue blouse.
Kinda tight. Plunging.

You know, showing some...

What? He asked what
she was wearing.

Maria have a boyfriend?

Had a boyfriend.
They broke up.

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 the same clothes
we found her in.

Maybe she met somebody
after work.
Okay.

Her story so far:

It's, uh, alumni letter
from nysu, class of '99,

accounting.

This is 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.
Denied last year.

Inez is her little sister.

Is this her?
Yeah.

If she's an illegal,

she's not gonna 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.

(Mccoy)
I've appointed

assistant district attorney
josh lathem

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.

You're looking
for inez soriano?
Yeah.

We pinched her at the rally
yesterday.

Mi maria, como puedes
dios permitirlo?

Lo siento, inez.

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.

Then los mezcladores.

Troublemakers?
Si.

They throw bottles

at the police.

Maria shout at them
to stop.

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

Grabando.

Recording them?
Maria had a camera?

In her phone.

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

Uh, he run after her.

And the police, they shoot gas,
and I cough, and i--

and I cry, and I...

[Crying]

And I never see maria again.

Okay, inez, we're gonna
get you out of here

and we're gonna take you
down to our station

so we can make a picture
of this guy, okay?

La migra sends me back
to el salvador.

I know this.

But you keep maria here,
please?

She work too hard
to come here.

This is her home.
Please?

Oh, we need to find
that phone.

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

(Man)
They have a green card.

It's 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 protestors

during the republican
convention.

This ain't
the same country you left.

My people said
the signal came from in here.

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

See who lights up.

What's maria's number?

[Cell phone beeping]

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

In here.

[Cell phone beeping]
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.

Aw, you almost
make it sound sexy.

Detective, you really know
how to push my pixels.

[Laughs]

Okay.

Show time.

[Latin music]

♪ ♪

(Man)
We broke the law to come here,

but we are not here
to break the law.

We came here to work.

[Cheers]

[Chanting in spanish]

We are american!

(All)
Somos americanos.

We are american!

[Woman screaming]

(Man)
Yo. Shut it off!

Yo! You deaf?

Yo, I said, "shut it off."

[Screaming continues]

[Gunfire]

Two gunshots.

Can you back it up?

Pause it there.

Vatos locos.

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

You got the wrong dude,
man.

Yeah?
Then you know
why we're here.

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

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 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?

Yeah. 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?

I turned back and I saw
a bunch of cops

shootin' rifles.

Those were tear gas
and bean bag guns.

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.

[Scoffs]

Wood's still blonde.
It's new.

Be careful.

There's a lot riding
on that slug.

(Lupo)
We tossed ignacio'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.

The slug's a 9-millimeter
hollow point round

fired from a glock.

A cop bullet.

Csu also found

two 9-millimeter casings

about ten yards away
from where maria went down.

I'll call the chief of d's
and the d.a.

Ignacio's our main witness.

Let's get him
into protective custody.

And mind who you talk to.

This is gonna get ugly
real quick.

You deaf?
Yo, I said, "shut it off."

[Woman screaming]

[Gunfire]

Our witness stated
he turned towards the shots

and saw a number of officers
in riot gear.

Some with tear gas
and bean bag guns.

Two 9-millimeter 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.

(Baranek)
And your theory is

that miss 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.

(Lathem)
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 coworker.

She was also separated
from maria early on.

Bring miss kessler back in
for a more complete statement.

Well, she just 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 u-o-r's
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. Lathem misspoke.

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

Fine. I.A.B. Will take over
at our end.

You're taking
lieutenant van buren

off the case?

I.a.b. Investigates
all officer involved shootings.

So now you're conceding

this was an officer involved
shooting?

I know how you gentlemen
feel about the lieutenant.

I don't want her removed.

Mr. Mccoy, for somebody
who's a placeholder,

you're not living up
to expectations.

A placeholder.

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 I.A.B. 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]

[Opens door]

I.a.b. Finished
ballistics tests

on the service weapons
of the officers

on duty at the park.

No match for the slug.

So I.A.B.'S taking this
off our hands.

Well, I.A.B.'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.

Um...

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.

Like I fell asleep hung over
in my car

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

I know all that.

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 gotta get all this stuff
ready for I.A.B.

They're coming in tomorrow.

That's I.A.B.
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!

As you can see behind me,

police have decided
to break up--
show's over.

Move it.
You can't do that.
You can't--

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?

Here you go.

Stop. Play it forward.

You see this guy
back there?
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 backup piece.

Can you give us a blowup

of the other officer's
name tag?

Him.

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

It's a freakin' 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?

(Green)
We're not here about that,
officer rizzo.

We wanna know
about this guy.

And helping you is
gonna help me how?

Oh, I don't know.

But I can promise you

not helpin' 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.

Do 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.

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.
Do you keep it at home?

Look, 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 gonna find that gun.

I lost it three weeks ago.

I was jogging
in prospect park.

It fell out of my pocket.

Did you file a report?

Okay, officer.

You should consider yourself
under arrest.

Turn around.
Put your hands on the hood.

Come on. Around.
Hands on the hood.

Why are you doing this?

Woman was shot
at the rally friday.

A demonstrator.
Shot dead.

Shot dead?

I have nothing
against those people.

I'm an immigrant myself.

I came here from bosnia
with my parents when I was ten.

Anything else you want
to tell us?

I-I-I get a p.B.A. 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 9-mil 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.

Not finding his gun

won't prove
that he didn't lose it.

(Lupo)
Well, I guess
we could sit around

without 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. 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
to 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?
Mm.

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 gonna break loose.

It puts us--well, puts you
in a better position

if we can back it up
with an indictment.

Certainly don't want
to blow it

with a slipshod presentation
to the grand jury.

You gonna be ready?

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.

Got it.
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.

(Lathem)
And you saw him carry the weapon
while on duty.

(Brody)
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 was
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 burnin' 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?

'Cause 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?

'Cause that's how I got arrested
the last time.

The last time.
Yeah.

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's 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 a weapon.

You were right.

We were in and out of there
in an hour.

Thank you.

Ah. 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'da 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.

And I looked at your record
as a prosecutor.

20 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...
[Laughs]

There it is.

Some of us were wondering
how long it would take

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 axe.

Except your own.

Josh, I think
you've said enough.

It's 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.

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

What happened
to lathem?
Lathem's out.

I want you to apply
to re-present to the grand jury.

No judge is gonna let us
go near another grand jury

unless we have new evidence--
real evidence.

Find something.

Do I have to do
everything around here?

(Baranek)
Tough break today,
mr. Mccoy.

Now that this rodchenko business
is behind us,

when are we gonna see a 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?

Uh, queens.
Rego park. You?

Oh, here and there.

My parents were gypsies.

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.

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 only their word

that this is newly
discovered evidence

as opposed to evidence
that they overlooked

because of their own
incompetence.

The fact that mr. Lathem
has been replaced

seems to indicate
the latter.

We didn't know
to look for this evidence

until a witness
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 miss 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 bangs]

(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 dealy plaza tapes.

They enhanced the audio
from three sources.

A cell phone call
to a radio station,

a police mic,
and a news feed.

Okay, leo, show them
what you got.

[Spliced audio plays]

(Male officer)
Over there. Close ranks.

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.

(Male officer)
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.

Hold ranks.

Wait for it. Wait!
Wait for my command!

Green light!
Green light!

[Gunfire]

[Machine switches off]

Green light.

Command to fire.

Wait!
Wait for my command!

Green light!
Green light!

[Gunfire]

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
a jury 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.

The jury will 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)
That's me.
That's my voice.

It was an order

to fire
nonlethal 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 nonlethal weapons
that your men were aiming?

Yes, it's possible.

Let me ask you.

These commands.
Red light, green light.

It's the same commands

for nonlethal and lethal
weapons.

Isn't that right?

Well, the circumstances
determine the type of force--

objection. Non response.
Move to strike.

Sustained and stricken.

Same command
for lethal weapons?

Yes or no, sergeant?

Yes, same command.

Thank you.
No more questions.

(Cutter)
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.

There was twelve 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 miss soriano.

I didn't mean for that
to happen.

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, uh, 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.

Do 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!

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 out
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.

Shows a lack of respect

for your dedication

and service,
doesn't it?

That's right.
It does.

And 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
gonna respect you.

Yes.
Those bottle throwing thugs

yes!
Like ignacio perez

yes.
And mario soriano.

Yes.
Maria soriano.

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 redirect,
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 lathem.

(Cutter)
That is completely improper.

. Th w oe
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. Lathem
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. Lathem here
first thing tomorrow morning.

Lathem. 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 lathem.

And look like we have
something to hide.

Let lathem have his day.

Now I know why adam schiff
was so grumpy.

(Lathem)
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 a witness.

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.

Well, 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.

Are 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 reign him in.

Mr. Lathem,
as a former prosecutor,

do you have an opinion
as to whether my client

should've 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.

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.

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 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.

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. Lathem.

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 prosecuted cops.

I 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 manufactures.

The whole liberal hit list,
isn't that right?

I took the cases
the 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 interests of justice?

Didn't the judge have to,
as mr. Lathem testified,

reign you in?

That's one side
of the ledger.

I was also reigned in
while prosecuting

a sexual predator.

I was reigned in
for prosecuting

a bunch
of russian gangsters

who killed the prosecutor

and almost blew up
a police station.

Maybe sometimes by accident

you are on the side
of the angels.

But mr. Lathem 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,
miss 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.

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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