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Nothing.
Let's go back.

Yeah, yeah.

Move it.

Give me that,
Give me, give me that.

Hey.

What?

I think we got us a couple
Of battery boosters.

Wonderful.

Wouldn't it have been nice you
Didn't have to look at a shiv?

Yeah, well, this ain't it.

Look, through the lot.

We can still make night court.

Yeah.

I just hope
To god the kid's over 16

'cause I can't stand
Children's court.

It's a waste of time.

All right, fellas.
Police.

Where'd you get the battery?

Put it down.

You're under arrest,
Both of you.

Man, no comprendo.

All right,
Where you get the battery from?

It's mine.
I bought it around the corner.

Yeah, sure.

Why don't we all take a walk
And see where you bought it.

Hector.
Hector.

Ma, it's all right.
It's nothing.

Yeah, ma.

Alicia. Alicia!

Mama.

Alicia!

Mama.

Mama!

Jim, he's got my gun!

Hold it!

No!

Drop it, will you?
Drop it!

Mama.

Mama.

Mama.

You want to stay back,
People?

All right, where are they?

Right this way, chief.
I'll show you.

Hey, guys,
This is chief wilson.

Two kids.

Didn't have the battery,
They had possession,

They resisted arrest,
They grabbed garrett's gun,

And then pointed it at o'connor.

Get that kid
Out of here, for god sake.

Calm this crowd down.

What the hell you doing,
Hanging around?

Get these men out of here.

We're investigating
A shooting.

We're covering the scene.

It is a police officer
Shooting a boy.

Now get them away.

And what the hell
Are you doing? Prosecuting?

I'll tell you what I'm doing,
Lieutenant kojak.

I am ordering you
To cool this thing off and fast.

- captain.
- are you men finished?

Then get this area
Cleaned out now.

The boy can be moved.
Move him.

Kojak, is this your case?

Well, unless I've been
Transferred or promoted,

This is still manhattan south.

The promotion is doubtful.

The transfer is always possible.

Then what can I tell
You, baby?

The case is mine.

I expect to be kept filled
In on whatever you come up with.

You understand?

If we come up with anything,

Other than justifiable,
You'll be informed, yes, sir.

Justifiable.
Clearly defined.

Right out of departmental
Regulations, you hear?

We're investigating
A shooting,

Not a cop reciting dirty words.

Captain mcneil,
This is officer garrett,

Officer o'connor
From the anticrime squad.

Which one of you shot him?

I did.

Get these men over
To the precinct now.

Come on, guys.

From this moment on,
You make no statement

To anyone until
The p.B.A. Lawyer shows up.

You have the right
To protections

Of a private citizen.

Take advantage of them.

Hey, wait a minute.

What the hell is going on here?

It was the only thing
I could do.

What was I supposed to do,
Let the kid kill my partner?

Is that what
Would have happened?

- captain.
- hi.

- hi.
- how you doing?

Well?

What are they doing?

Choosing sides?

It may come to that.

It hasn't yet,

But let's go over the scorecard.

They are the police brass

That has to answer
To the public,

I am the p.B.A. Representative

Who has to answer
To the membership, and you two

Are the involved officers
Who have to tell your story

To somebody
Who's gonna fight for your side.

Almost a class reunion.

Captain, this call's for you.

Tell him.

Hey!
Tell him what happened.

The kid had me dead.

- I was gone.
- take it easy, o'connor.

All right, now what the hell
Did we do to be here like this?

Get them into my office.

The assistant district attorney
Is coming down.

I want to talk to the girl now.

How'd it go over
At the hospital?

The boy died.

If the cops were wrong,
They were wrong.

You gonna say so?

If these men committed a
Crime, we'll help convict them.

Believe me.

Sure, I believe.

The cop shoot my brother.

- I believe that too.
- did you see it?

- I was there.
- why?

Why? My mother
Was screaming so I ran.

Then you weren't there.

I got there,
And they were fighting.

- who was fighting?
- everybody.

Who is everybody?

I don't know.

I mean, I don't know the names,

But my brother had his hands up.

He was fighting
With his hands up?

He stopped.

Show us.

Were they open or closed?

Open.

Holding a gun?

I saw it.

I tell you my brother
Was with his friend

Who was showing him a battery
He bought,

And the cops came up,
And grabbed them,

And hit them,

And shot hector,

And my brother fell,

But now you want to tell me.

No gun.

Nothing. No gun.

I didn't see no gun
In my brother's hand.

He don't have no gun.

Why did they do that to him?

Two cops against two boys.

He shoots and shoots.

My poor brother hector.

Hector is dead.

Why?

I find that hard to believe

Because you were observed
Running from the scene.

Hey, man, they got crazy.

- I was scared.
- yeah, sure.

Yeah, you had the guts
To steal a battery.

Steal?
Hey, no, man.

We bought it off a man.

Hector paid him $10
And he gave us the battery.

- off a man?
- off a man.

Well, then you have a receipt?

What receipt?

Hector gave him $10,
And he gave us the battery.

A cab driver from a repair

Shop around the corner
Had this receipt.

It seems the battery
Was missing from his car right

Where the officer
Said it was missing.

Hey, man, they got lots
Of batteries, lots of receipts.

Customers come and go.

Hector paid $10,
And he got the battery.

Now, I saw it.

What they shoot my friend for?

It was our battery.

You didn't have to shoot him.

If it's stolen,

Why don't you shoot the cabby
That lies to you?

Yeah, but your friend
Tried to shoot the officer.

No!
He was on the ground.

And the cops shot him
Because he's puerto rican.

Easy, chino.

They shot him for no reason.

They always do it.

Hector, man,
He's a good friend of mine.

He don't make no trouble.

The cop is a pig.

So, okay,
Let's take this whole thing

Again all over
From the beginning, huh?

Sergeant o'connor, you're
Fully aware of all your rights,

And of course, you know that you
Do not have to make any kind

Of a statement at this time.

What happens
If I don't make a statement?

You'll be temporarily
Suspended.

I'll make a statement.

- wait for a lawyer.
- wait for a lawyer.

That's swell advice.

My wife's sitting home
Pregnant, worried sick.

How do I support her
Without any paychecks

While they drag this thing out?

Maybe I'll go on welfare.

On this date
At about 1800 hours,

My brother officer
And I were on patrol.

Diaz was chasing me around
The car, pointing my gun at me.

O'connor came running
Over yelling, "Drop it."

The kid turned to him,
Cocked the gun.

O'connor drew and fired.

Okay, that's it?

That's it.

Yeah?

Bueno, lieutenant,
The way it sounds so far,

It seems to me
That there is no case here.

However, the grand jury
Will be the ones to decide that.

Are there any questions
You'd like to ask him?

Were you scared?

Yeah, I was scared.

O'connor?

He was scared.

Would you say that you
And o'connor were in fear

Of your lives or of bodily harm?

He had my damn gun.

That gun kills anybody it hits.

Garrett, I just
Want to get it on the record,

You know, that cops get shot,

And they get killed too.

Thank you very much,
Officer garrett.

No further questions.

We also have the owner
Of the car,

Receipt for the battery, $26.

Uh-huh.

A boy's life for 26 bucks.

Oh, now,
Let's not get too profound.

Okay, counselor, you know,

The case adds up pretty clean
For all of us,

So when are you gonna get it
In front of the grand jury?

I don't know.

You're gonna
Put those two guys

Through the chinese water
Torture?

Ah, ah, ah, ah,
I'm a very sorry.

I'm going to do my best,

You know.

Okay, meanwhile, I
Want to keep tab on the family.

You know, they have a right

Also to testify
Before the grand jury.

Where are you holding
The kid's mother?

- what?
- you know, for interference.

Obstruction of justice,
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Isn't that your procedure?

Well, yeah, but this is
The dead kid's mother.

Well, besides being
The dead boy's mother,

She also happens
To be material witness.

The mother sees a guy
Drag away her kid,

She's hysterical,

She speaks no english,
She's in shock.

Now, what the hell
Do you think I am?

Yeah, well, gentlemen,

I bid both of you very good
Night, huh?

They will not move you out.

If they move you out,
I'll give you my apartment.

Now, go and see this man.
Please.

Did you read the letter
They sent me?

Yes.

Taxi!

Now, do it today,
Not tomorrow, okay?

I'll call him to expect you.

Hey, mr. Zerio,

Everyone's talking about it,
But there's nothing,

But a couple
Of lines in the anglo press.

That figures.

A defenseless boy shot

In front of his family
In this neighborhood.

It happens all the time,
Doesn't it?

Hey, hey, mr. Zerio,
I know this kid.

Defenseless he was not.
We had him in here.

Remember?
Gangs.

He was in a gang, we tried
To reach him, he laughed at us.

So we failed.

They're all in gangs here.

Hey, hey, the kid was a thief.

Sure, thief.

Only in those office buildings
It's done with accountants,

With lawyers, and english names,

And they tell themselves
It is different

When a kid steals a battery
Instead of corporate funds.

We have to do something
About this.

Okay,
And what's going to happen?

They're gonna give us
Another empty lot

And a bunch of grass seeds,
And we call it a park.

I am telling you
We're talking about a dead kid.

We start something over this,
We lit a bomb.

Look at them fighting
For their side already.

We have to do something, garcia,
For this mother, for the sister.

It's our job,
It's our moral responsibility.

Wait, wait,
Where are you going now?

To put their heads
On the mayor's coffee table.

Who's that?

Thomas zerio, the spanish
Community's representative

To the mayor's office.

Well, it looks
Like they're choosing sides.

That's too bad. Come on.

Let's go.

I said I want to know
What you were doing there.

What are you talking about?

I'm investigating a shooting
In my district.

I don't want
You making them nervous.

They're a very emotional people.

Oh, now that's a bigoted line
No matter who said it.

Damn it,
I want no fuses lit.

Understand?

I want no racial problems,
No matter who said what.

Are you reading me, lieutenant?

Chief,
I'm investigating a case,

And I'm gonna do it my way,
Thoroughly.

But you know how a thing
Like this can blow up,

A kid being shot down that way.

What way?

By pointing a loaded gun
At a police officer?

Okay, thomas zerio
Was in to see the mayor.

- you know the name?
- oh, do I know the name?

He grinds his axe
And I grind my axe,

But we both do the job.

Well, he already
Explained to me what his job is.

He wants to see justice done.

That's wonderful.

That puts us on the same side
For a change.

Look, I want to speak
To those two police officers.

Where'd you bury them?

Well,

Garrett's borough office,

And o'connor's in the department
Of records.

I see.

Well, it's bad enough
You made clerks out of them.

You had to split them up, huh?

Kojak, this thing goes sour,
You go with it.

It's too bad chief.

I bet when you used to be a cop,
You loved the job.

I didn't recognize
You all washed and scrubbed.

Look, you ought to stay
Out of the sunshine.

It gives you wrinkles.
You won't look pretty.

Ah, in order to keep
The conversation running along,

What do they got
You doing down here?

Oh, today
I put the a's before the b's.

Tomorrow I get into c's and d's.

Check with me on thursday.

Hey, o'connor, it could happen
To any one of us.

Yeah, and I could have stood
Back and let garrett die first.

Then if I blew the kid away,

I'd be a hero.

When you were firing,
What was the kid doing?

Pointing garrett's gun at me.

Was he standing?

What?

Come on, will you?
Hang loose.

I'm just digging into it.

- what are you digging for?
- witnesses.

On whose orders?

The d.A.'s office.

He wants to get
To the bottom of this.

The d.A.'s office wouldn't
Care less about two street cops.

Hey, I care,
The captain cares, my men care.

Now, who the hell are you
To say that nobody cares?

Here,
You read the latest papers?

Now, where does it say in there
That the boy had a gun

At my head?

You dig into that.

Well, was that the way
It happened?

The white cop, he killed him.

Just like we did.

What's the matter?

I thought he was standing.

Here.

Which way was it, chino?

I told you
He was on the ground.

She was scared.

She forgot.

He's dead.

That's what's important.

What's all this for anyway?

He was on the ground.

Was hector holding a gun?

I saw no gun.

No, man, no gun.

All of you who were here
When the shooting happened,

Give your name to garcia.

If you know any other witnesses,

But cannot remember
What happened,

Now that it is cleared up,
You can help them.

Tell the police,
Testify to it in court.

It will be the only way
We'll get justice here.

Justice?
My brother is dead.

The police did it.

Well, let them die too.

Frank, how you--

Ah, sometimes--it's pretty
Hard to take sometimes.

- now, print, will you, theo.
- yeah.

You're writing's
Like a chicken scratch.

I see you got sanchez.

They sure loaded the deck
On those two cops.

Yeah, what are the odds
In the hall?

Well, you got an assistant
D.A. With the right surname,

But a lot of people calling in,
Coming in, and going out.

It's the smell of politics,
Kojak.

- eat two cops and win a prize.
- mm-hmm.

Listen, now,

I don't know when it will go
To the grand jury, okay?

Now, when I know, you'll know.
Gracias.

Every damn reporter
In this whole country

Is looking for another watergate
To make him famous.

- hello, lieutenant.
- yeah.

The case was supposed
To go in front of the grand jury

Two days ago.

Ah, come on,
I'm gonna buy you lunch.

Yeah, well, that means,
"How do I tell him

What I don't want to tell him,"
Or something like that, right?

Right. Here.

What's this?

That's a little gift
From mr. Thomas zerio.

A list of witnesses
Who saw the shooting.

They'll all have to go
Before the grand jury,

And that means that you're gonna
Have to find them.

What, a list?

Where did the shooting
Take place, in yankee stadium?

I mean to say,
Did he get a parade pass

In order to get
All these witnesses together?

What is it that you're saying?

Yeah, well, I'm saying
That two police officers

With good records,

I think they're entitled
To know where they stand.

That's what I'm saying.

Where they stand.

Right now I'll tell you
Where they stand.

Where they stand is in trouble

Because the sister
Gave a sworn statement

Her defenseless brother
Was shot down in cold blood,

And she gave the same line
To the press.

You throw away the other kid's
Corroboration as his alibi,

But she has no record,
And she's a very good student.

Yeah, I talked to her.
She was hysterical.

Is she lying?

Yeah, well, you say cop
To her, and she throws up.

Lieutenant, was she lying?

Hey, the most I will say
Is that she's mistaken.

She was there,
And you weren't.

Mr. Sanchez, what are you,
You know?

Lieutenant,
I think it's about time

That we let it all out, huh?

I mean, we're going
To be working together,

What, the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, well, why don't you
Say it softly, counselor.

Softly.
Bien.

Kojak,
I'm a puerto rican,

And a puerto rican kid
Was shot to death,

And I'm going
To be trying the case, huh?

That worry you?

Just say it as it is,
Counselor.

I promised you lunch.

Yeah, that's right.

As I said before,
You know, I mean, in my opinion,

There is no murdering
Indictment here,

But my opinion goes only as far
As the grand jury.

So I suggest, lieutenant,

That you dig up really hard

As though the executioner
Was ready to pull that switch.

Don't worry about me.

I believe in upholding the law.

Go sue me.

Ah, you've got to be kidding.

When a guy takes me to
These high-class gourmet joints,

Oh, yeah.

What's the matter?

The city short of mustard?

Cheers.

Well, what a picture.

The upholders
Of justice breaking ground meat.

Hello, george.

Nice to see you.

Lieutenant kojak.

I heard that your people
Questioned the family

Of the murdered boy
Right after it happened.

It's a little cruel,
Wouldn't you think?

Murdered boy? I don't know
Anything about a murdered boy.

Well, that's the way it's
Beginning to look, isn't it?

Zero, murder's decided
By a grand jury

After they get the facts.

The facts are the boy is dead.

He had no gun.

The cops did.

Witnesses saw it clearly.

The cops had to shoot
Or get shot themselves.

Or having shot,
Lie to protect themselves.

- what are you talking about?
- murder.

I said it, you didn't like it,
I still say it.

We don't know that yet.

We haven't even begun.

Sanchez, those are your people
They shoot down every day.

Whose side are you on, huh?

Look, zerio, you crucify them,
You wind up even.

One's black and one's white.

I hear that o'connor
Is having it a little

Tough to live with what he did.

Sure he is 'cause
What he did bothers him.

Maybe also his conscious,
Conspiracy, false testimony,

Collusion.
One cop protecting another.

It happens, doesn't it?

Doesn't it, sanchez?

Bueno, it happens.

So where is the image
Of the good-guy cop, huh?

Where is it?

Too many times, kojak, the ends
Have justified the means.

You know it and I know it,

And maybe this time
To get away with murder?

Over my dead body.

I guess when I got pregnant,
I got to be a lousy cook, huh?

Well, you can find it
On the lunch tomorrow.

Got a family to support.

Waste not, want not.

Honey, it's gonna be okay.

Hey, jimmy--

- come on now.
- did I ever lie to my guy?

I'm laid out
For the slaughter.

Why?

Because I'm a cop?

I wanted to be a cop because I
Respected the profession.

Now a cop gets home, he can't
Wait to take his uniform off.

Jimmy, there's a lot of people
On your side.

Ah, people.
People saying what they saw.

Zerio reminded them what they
Saw when he wasn't there,

When they were no place around.

Jim, it's gonna be all right.

I know it.

I'm a dead man.

What does he
Got against me, huh?

Hey, you get freaks
In every case, jim.

You tell me every time.

Anyway, lieutenant kojak
Is on our side

And all the guys
In the division.

- everybody's helping.
- you okay?

- I'm all right.
- you sure?

- I'm okay.
- okay, come on.

You see?

Nobody helps.

Nobody, but me.

Nobody, but me.

Anybody for pizza?

Why'd you lie? Huh? Come on.
No, no.

- no! Help me!
- please. Now stop.

All I'm asking you to do
Is tell the truth.

- that's all I'm asking.
- no.

Tell the truth.

Oh, baby,
You really cut it all today.

I just got the call.

You want to tell
Me more about it,

Or I wait for the newspapers
Again?

Oh, it's nothing;
Almost started a riot

On that block where
The dead boy's sister lives.

What possessed
You to go over there?

I had to ask her why.

The story is,
You assaulted her.

I grabbed her arm, man.

I asked her to tell the truth.

You guys are too much.

Officer o'connor,
Let me tell you something.

For whatever reason, right
Or wrong, you're in trouble.

You don't understand
Why it's happening,

And you have every right
To feel that way,

But don't for one minute dare
To believe that the people

You work with don't want
To see you out of this mess

And with respect.

Captain, excuse me.

I volunteered
For the anticrime squad

You were in a couple
Of weeks ago. I'm glad I did.

Ah,
Another anticrime squad nut.

Taking over a thankless job.
Who knows?

You could be shot by your own
Fellow police officer

Without him knowing who you are.

O'connor.

Hold on.

Hello?

What is it?

His wife
Just had a miscarriage.

Aw.

I called in a civil engineer,

And he checked in all directions
With his level,

And according to him,
The shooting could only be seen

From the end windows
Of that tenement over there.

It's called the angle
Of declivity.

Oh, the angle of declivity.

Precisely.

You see, the truck

That was parked there
Obscured and precluded vision

From all the other windows
In that building,

And the only other
Possible views

Were from the abandoned
Buildings.

Am I clear, lieutenant?

Luminously.

Would you like
Me to explain further?

What I would like
You to explain,

Stavros, is
What the aforementioned people

Who reside
Behind those unobscured windows,

What they said to you
During your no-doubt precise

And accurate interrogation.

- nothing.
- nothing.

Let me clear that up,
Lieutenant.

Oh, please proceed.

Four of the apartments

At the end of the building
In question are empty.

The fourth-floor windows

Behind which it has been
Determined one mrs. Celia moore

Resides does not answer
When we knock.

You stay here, stavros, okay,

And keep your eye
On the angle of declivity.

Yes, sir.

There you go.

You know,

The police were knocking
On your door the other day,

And nobody answered.

How did I know
They were police?

How did I know someone,

Like I always
Read in the papers,

Say they're police,
Get let in, steal,

And plunder, pillage,
And rape wasn't out there?

True.

To crime.

Else you'd be out of a job.

There was a shooting

Across the street
A couple of days ago.

That's why I never
Open the door.

Did you see it?

Some of it.

When I heard the shouting,
I moved over to the window.

Ah, and what did you see?

When I reached the window,
There were shots.

I saw a boy, two men.

The boy, was he standing up
Or lying down

When you heard the shots?

I think he was standing.

A truck was partly in the way.

Did the boy have a gun
In his hand when you saw him?

I saw one man picked up
Something off the ground.

I think it was a gun.

Yeah, but you're not sure?

Could have been a gun.

Thank you, mrs. Moore.

Yes, here it is.
A picture of you and mr. Zerio,

And it says,
"The two men look like bums.

"They knocked my brother down,
He put his hands over his face,

"And then one of them shot him,

And I screamed."

Is this what you
Told the reporters?

Yes.

And the district
Attorney's office?

Yes.

Well,
It's not what you told us.

Ms. Diaz, now,

I don't want you to do
Or say anything my own daughter

Wouldn't say if she were asked
A question by a police officer.

- the truth.
- yes.

This was your statement to us.

"My brother had his hands up,
Fists open, I saw it.

"I tell you my brother
Was with his friend

"Who was showing him a battery
He bought, the cops

"Came up and grabbed them,
And hit them, and shot him,

And my brother fell."

"Standing or lying down?
Fists open or closed?"

Which is it?

I told you the moment
I got a call

That a police car picked her up,

I knew it could be
For only one reason.

Gentlemen, what are you doing?

Interrogating a witness
To a shooting.

But you already did that.

Now leave the child alone.

They haven't even
Had the funeral.

Her mother is still in a state
Of shock.

Mr. Zerio, you're confused.

This isn't the superior court
Of new york city.

You're pleading a case
In a dingy little room

In a midtown police station.

Ah, will you listen to them.

First a neurotic, bigoted cop

Goes to the sister
Of the boy he killed

And physically attacks her,
Intimidates her,

And then the lieutenant
Of police brings the girl

In alone for what?

To make her change
Her statement?

Maybe.

She already changed it.

That's why she's here.

She was confused
The first time.

It was right
After seeing her brother die.

Now, come on, honey. Let's go.

Hold it. Hold it, thomas.
un momento.

If alicia here is indeed

Telling the truth, then
What are you so upset about?

What's the matter with you,
Sanchez?

Look at her.

Our people are afraid
Of the police, to start with.

What's the matter with you?

Have you forgotten the ghetto?

You came from there once.

Yeah, that's right,

I came from the same place
That you did,

And maybe one block poorer,
Okay?

So?

So what does that make me,
Thomas?

Blind to the truth?

Their truth or ours?

Sanchez, understand
What the fight is.

It's our people against them.

The hell it is, thomas!

It is either right,
Or it is wrong.

It is false, or it is true,

And that is the law, thomas.

Okay?

Honey, it's all right.

Come on.
I'll take you home.

Alicia, look, honey,

Some day you're gonna
Have to answer those questions

I asked you.

Maybe only to yourself,

But you're gonna
Have to answer them, okay?

Let's go.

This whole thing
Was just dumb.

It was legal.

Oh, yeah, I know it was legal,

But in this case,
It was also dumb.

Yeah, I know,
Frank, it was legal,

But it was dumb.

No, I was gonna say
That we're doing the same thing

That zerio's doing,
Exactly the same thing.

That's the real heavy hit.

Everybody's fighting
For his side

When, in fact, there shouldn't
Be any dividing lines.

Well, there are, frank.
There always are.

Hey, look, I'm your partner.

I know how you feel,
Like it's all coming down,

But you're flipping out.

You've got to get a hold.

She lost the baby
After trying for 12 years.

What did she do for that?

I'll have a beer and whatever
You've got for the boys.

You're having us tailed.

I am.

Hey, look,

I can't take any chances
With your buddy over there.

One man against the world.

I'm on your side.
You can bet on it.

It used to be a cop
Knew what side he was on.

Now we're only on the right side
If we get killed.

Zerio had a play act
Of the crime

Today for all the witnesses;
You hear about that?

Don't worry about it.

Sanchez will shoot them down.

Sanchez is one
Of their people.

Sanchez is our assistant
District attorney.

Yeah, you're sure, you know,

You'll bet on it.

Go ahead.

Look, you got to understand
What's happening to him.

I understand.
Do you?

Me? I'm scared.

Hey, look, I was there,

But nobody's gonna believe me.

What's happening in the world,
Kojak?

If I go against him,
They say it's because he's white

And I'm black.

If I go with him, they'll say
It's because we're both cops.

Now, that scares the hell
Out of me.

Stay with him 'cause
Whatever the hell you are,

You're the only one
He trusts now--go ahead.

My brother the honkie.

Ain't that something?

Mm-hmm.

Cheers, world.

Captain, lieutenant,
I just came from the courthouse.

First they say three weeks,
Then

They turn around
And schedule it for tomorrow.

I mean, what's going on?

The d.A. Figures it's ready.

Got all the subpoenas
Lined up?

I don't know why so many.

The engineers say
The only possible person

That could have seen
The shooting

Was that little lady
In the end window.

Yeah, well, those people
On the street are scared.

I mean, the cops are scared.

There's a lot of hatred
Down there.

Some of it deserved.

Now they see a chance
To nail a cop,

And they're gonna do it.

To them it's right,
'cause

Once another cop
Leaned a little too heavy.

Well, I'll tell you
With a buy like zerio,

I wouldn't want to be o'connor.

Let's just hope that the grand
Jury's a lot more impartial

Than any of us.

Have a pleasant walk.

What do you say we
Pony express

These in the neighborhood,
And then we go and eat,

All right?

I'll take the stairs.
My legs are younger than yours.

All right, let's do it then
Before mine get any older,

And I'll tell you what.

If my legs
Don't collapse young 'un,

I'll buy you dinner;
Come on.

Hey, baby, what's your rush?

I'm worried about my mother.

The doctor came again.

I want to talk
To you a minute.

Then walk me down the block.

Hey, man,
What them pigs did to hector.

Please, I don't want
To talk about it.

You've been
Talking to the cops.

- they wanted to check my story.
- so?

So they asked
Why I changed it.

So?

So mr. Zerio came in,
So I didn't say nothing.

What do you want, chino?

I know where I come from.

Hey, it bothers you, huh?

I'm lying!

He's a cop!

Chino, my brother is dead.

We can't bring him back.

Hey, you could get me
Into a lot of trouble.

Don't put your hands on me.

Hey, you better not forget
Where you came from; otherwise,

I'll help you remember.

Leave that girl alone!

Leave her go! Police!

Police! Over there!

Kojak!

Under those steps!

The girl!

What are you doing here?

I mean,
I thought you lived upstairs.

Huh?
You like hitting girls?

You think they
Like being slapped, don't you?

Hey, man, I know my rights,

And I ain't gonna
Say nothing to nobody.

Oh, all right, then, crocker,
Don't bother reading it to him.

This is the way it ends up.

Lies on top of lies

Until everybody's afraid
To tell the truth.

You know something?
You changed your story.

If you lied, then it's more than
Just remembering your brother.

Chino won't let
You forget you lied.

He'll get you top lie again
Other times for other reasons,

And there you are.

So remember,
You lie tomorrow,

Chino will still be around
To pull your hair,

To hit you, whatever,

And for whatever reason,
He just did it.

Hector was my brother.

How could I say
He was going to shoot a cop?

He was my brother.

Victor ramos.

Lieutenant.

Oh, come on, lieutenant.

You know this is a battle.

We each fight for our side.
Let's look at it that way.

Mr. Zerio, do you feel
That the two police officers

Assigned
To your district are qualified?

Not now.

We are professionals.
You're an honest man.

I try to be.

So that's all this is?

You win some,
You get commendations.

I win some,
We get street lights and a park.

Alicia diaz.

So we might need
Each other one day.

There's no need for bitterness.

Mr. Zerio, we're not talking
About lampposts.

We're talking about two men.

Two of my men,
Two of your police officers,

And you know what you're doing?

You're crucifying them
Before the facts.

Lieutenant, I assure you
I do not wish to hang anyone.

Oh, I know.

You know why?

'cause she won't let you.

She's got guts,
She's got integrity,

And she don't want
To hang anyone either.

Mr. Zerio,

The judge would like
To see you again for a moment.

- excuse me.
- sure.

Waivers of immunity.

They want us to sign waivers
Of immunity.

She's gonna
Tell the truth now.

We got nothing to worry about.

You heard him.
You win some, you lose some.

My wife, baby,
Suspended, fired.

It's gonna be okay,
I tell you.

Yeah.

12 years we've been trying.

Now she'll never
Be able to have one.

Why?

Even if I'm left off, you know
As well as I do I'm finished.

Read the papers. I've already
Been tried and executed.

What did I do?

Lieutenant kojak.

Mr. Zerio, how does it look
For an indictment?

No decision yet.

That's a foregone conclusion,
Isn't it?

He did kill an unarmed boy.

Look, what is important here
Is that justice be served.

The officer's life,
The boy's life,

These are not the basics here.

What counts is the direction
We're taking in our society.

What counts is the end result.

Innocent people
Suffer while the guilty go free?

No, this must stop.

This must end once and for all.

Chief wilson?

Well, regardless of
What happens here today,

I can promise mr. Zerio
And the people

Of his neighborhood
Full satisfaction

Regarding the method

The department uses to screen
Men for the anticrime squad.

You believe officer o'connor
Was prejudice?

I just feel that a full
Interdepartmental investigation

Of officer o'connor,
His record,

His attitude toward the citizens
Of that area are in order.

I think that a tragedy like this
Must never happen again.

They voted no true bill.

You're both clean.

Hey, lieutenant, listen,
If I open my mouth,

What would I say?

Don't say anything.
Where's o'connor?

Across the street.

All right, come on,
Let's give him the good news.

Mr. Zerio.

Yeah?

How does it feel, mr. Zerio?

O'connor!

Do you know
What you just did to yourself?

Does it matter, lieutenant?

Sir, you all right?

Empty.