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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Dad?
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Dad?
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Dad?
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Oh, hi, hon.
You're home already.
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Dad, you're going to burn
the place down some night.
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Well, I got it all
under control.
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You're going to wake Mom up.
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No, she's not gonna wake up.
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No, Dad, Dad.
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What's wet? What's wet?
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Come on, get up.
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What is...
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Mom!
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Mrs. Merrick, why don't we step into the
other room so we can talk, all right?
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I was in here
watching some movie.
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James Bond movie, the one
with the painted girl.
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Where was your wife?
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She goes to bed early.
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When did you hit the sack?
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After the movie.
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Did you talk to her?
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She was already asleep.
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And you're sure
the front door was locked?
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I guess.
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She used to lock up,
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and now I can't believe this.
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You just sit right there,
Mr. Merrick.
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We're going to test for powder
residue on his hands, all right?
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The door wasn't locked,
sometimes Mom forgets.
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Your parents keep any
money or jewelry around?
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No.
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My father paints apartments,
they hardly get by.
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You keep a regular schedule
at the hospital, right?
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Yeah. In the E.R.
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Did I tell you my
father's deaf in one ear?
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So if he sleeps on his right
side, he can't hear anything,
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so if somebody was
in the house...
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Yeah, he would've slept
right through it.
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Ms. Merrick, how long has your
father had a drinking problem?
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My father doesn't drink.
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Neither did I.
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Come on, his hands are shaking,
he reeks of breath freshener.
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Why don't you tell us
what really happened?
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The door was locked
when I got home.
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Dad was asleep in bed.
He'd had too much to drink.
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Mom was next to him,
and she was dead.
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Did he say anything
about how that happened?
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He said he couldn't
remember anything.
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How did they get along?
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They fought,
but Dad never hit her.
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He loves her.
He didn't do this.
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That's why I got rid
of the bottles,
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because I knew
what you would think.
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Daddy's little helper.
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Yeah, I used to have
one like that.
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I keep telling you,
I can't remember anything.
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That happen a lot, when you
can't remember things?
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Yeah, but something
like this I'd remember.
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We found gun powder residue on your hands.
It has to be you.
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But I don't have a gun, so
how could I have killed her?
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Well, that's what
we're trying to find out.
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So let's take it step by step.
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You were watching Goldfinger
on TV and drinking rye and ginger?
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You're right.
I remember that.
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And your wife, she wasn't
happy you were drinking,
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was she?
Said it disgusted her.
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Well, what's it to her? You're a grownup.
You can do whatever you want.
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Yeah, right, that's what
I kept telling her.
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Yeah, fat lot of good it did.
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I bet she just never
shut up about it, right?
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No, never.
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Yeah, and you just want to sit there
in peace and watch your movie.
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So you go and you get your
gun from its hiding place.
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Well, how could I do that
if I don't have a gun?
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We already established
you have a lot of blackouts.
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Yeah, I know.
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All right, you're standing
there in front of the bed
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with the gun.
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Carol's flat on her back,
snoring, her mouth wide open.
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You remember that?
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Yeah, I remember that.
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And you pulled the trigger.
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I don't remember.
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That's the way
it happened, isn't it?
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I don't know.
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Yeah, come on.
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I don't...
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I don't remember.
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I don't know.
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I don't remember.
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Carol Merrick called in a complaint
against him two years ago.
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She had his handprint on her face.
She dropped the charges.
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Nothing new there.
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We find the gun, it's over.
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CSU's opening the drain
pipes as we speak.
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The canvass is batting zero with the neighbors.
No one heard a shot.
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We got to come up with
something to turn him around.
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As soon as he sobers up, he's going
to wonder why we haven't booked him.
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Yeah, and figure out we were pulling
his chain about the powder residue.
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M.E. Recovered a nine millimeter
slug out of Carol Merrick.
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They sent it to Ballistics.
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Six with a right twist.
Italian steel, Beretta 92-series.
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Big gun.
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Even if he fired it
from across the bedroom,
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the slug should've gone
clear through.
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Through the headboard
into the wall.
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Well, maybe the bullet
had a short load.
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They don't quality-test every
one of these at the factory.
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Still would've
exited the skull.
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We did a muzzle-
to-first-surface test,
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this little piggy was fired
from 50-100 yards away.
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Unless Merrick played a
bank shot around the room
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before it hit her,
we got a problem.
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Well, it didn't come through a brick wall,
and I didn't see any broken windows.
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But you weren't the
first one at the scene.
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You got the hump
that did it,
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does it matter if he sleeps with
the windows open or closed?
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If it didn't, we wouldn't be keeping
you from your busy schedule.
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It was closed.
Really?
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Well, the daughter told us her parents
had a running battle on the subject.
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Mr. Merrick liked it open.
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Well, I guess
that night he lost.
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You know what, Wheeler?
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We got a couple of unknown
prints off the window.
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We find they match yours...
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All right, all right, all right.
Look, look, look,
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I've been coming off
of this flu thing.
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The room was freezing.
The window was wide open. I closed it.
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You know, it would've been nice if
you included that in your report.
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Yeah, it would've.
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Thanks for the dog.
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First, the M.E. Ran a probe into the wound.
That gives us our first calculations.
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Then we fire a test shot
into a skull-like object.
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That gives us the angle
of the trajectory.
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Here, you want to see
what we did?
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I'll give it
to Mr. Peabody here.
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Yeah, you take in
the velocity, the drop rate.
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Yeah, I got that.
Fast-forward, please.
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That roof.
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We get this scum up here
all the time.
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Smoking dope,
having sex, drinking.
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I call the cops, they're too busy.
I try to keep them out.
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I put a new padlock on the door.
They don't care.
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What about last night?
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I was fixing the boiler.
I didn't come up for air until midnight.
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You hear that?
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You got animals taking drugs
and killing the weak.
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See, I'm taking my son
Eddie to Santo Domingo
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to live with his grandmother.
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I don't want him dying here.
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Lennie, nine mil, just to the
right of the line of fire
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into the Merrick's place.
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There's also some blood drops on the
ground near the edge of the roof.
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Yeah, you play with guns,
you're going to get hurt.
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We got a dozen sets of footprints
around your shooter's position,
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running shoes, boots, all
sizes, kids to grownups.
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Eddie, you ever come up
here with your friends?
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No.
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My dad says it's too dangerous.
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But you've seen other
kids come up here, right?
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Sometimes.
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How about last night?
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Answer the man.
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I saw a couple of older kids,
but they don't live here.
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You know them?
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I just seen them around
at Mr. Reyes' bodega.
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What do
they look like?
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One's a black kid,
the other one's white,
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he had on a red baseball
hat, you know, backwards.
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The black kid called him Nacho.
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The only nachos around here are
for sale, man. What'd he do?
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Nothing, it's what he might've
seen somebody else do.
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A white kid with a red
cap turned backwards?
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Yeah, about 12 or 13.
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If he wasn't wearing a red cap turned
backwards, maybe I would've noticed him.
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Sorry.
All right, thanks.
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Kids, they're like roaches,
for every one you see,
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there's a million you don't,
but they're out there.
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Well, try to stay focused on
this one kid, okay, Monty?
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He's a white boy, early teens.
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This him?
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No, that's my partner.
This kid's name is Nacho.
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Nacho?
Yeah, like the snack.
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Yeah, yeah, I know Nacho.
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He gave me a dollar once to help
him carry his groceries home.
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Where's home?
Two blocks.
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Ninth Street, fourth floor, no
elevator, nearly killed me.
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You remember what his name is?
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Nacho, like you said.
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He got a fine-looking mama.
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Listen, you take us
to where she lives,
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and maybe you can
buy her some flowers, huh?
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I don't know where Lonnie is.
He must be out with his friends.
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What do you want with him?
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He may be a witness to a crime.
We just want to talk to him.
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Well, leave your number.
When he gets home, we'll call you.
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It's a little more
urgent than that.
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Where does he go when he's
out with his friends?
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I don't get his
appointment schedule.
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He's around,
in the neighborhood.
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Fine, we'll just wait here.
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Come on, guys, I got to go now.
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See, we really hate to keep you
from your errands, Ms. Rickman.
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Hey, this number with the pager's
prefix, that's Lonnie's?
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No.
What's the "L" stand for?
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You know somebody else with a pager?
Maybe your dope connection?
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Look, sweetheart, we're
not gonna hurt your son.
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So why don't you just do us all
a favor and page him, huh?
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It's just for emergencies.
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Guess what?
You have an emergency.
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When he calls back, tell him
to come home right away.
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Mom, what's the matter?
What are they doing here?
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They just have some questions.
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I'm Detective Lennie Briscoe.
This is my partner, Rey Curtis.
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Want to take a seat?
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So, they call you Nacho because
that's what you like to eat?
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This is what you want to know?
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Some people saw you going up
on a roof over on Seventh
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a couple of nights ago
between 11:00 and midnight.
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We just want to know
what you saw up there.
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I wasn't up on any roof.
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Well, maybe you weren't
supposed to be up there,
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but nobody's making a big
deal out of that, see?
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You're here because it's no big deal.
I wasn't there, okay?
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So where were you?
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I was shooting hoops
over in Tompkins Square
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with my partner Clayton.
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What's his last name?
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Clayton Doyle.
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So you and Clayton were
shooting hoops till midnight?
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What, on a school night?
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Yep.
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After we did our homework.
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Look, Lonnie, if you're lying
'cause you're scared, then...
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I'm not lying. I'm not scared of
anything, and I'm not scared of you.
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Okay, all right, all right,
take it easy.
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Hey, you take it easy!
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00:12:07,331 --> 00:12:11,233
I know what you did. You come down
here to hassle my mom so she calls me.
244
00:12:11,301 --> 00:12:12,563
Who the hell
do you think you are?
245
00:12:12,636 --> 00:12:14,228
You got no right
to do that to her.
246
00:12:14,304 --> 00:12:16,101
Now, get out of here!
Sit down.
247
00:12:16,173 --> 00:12:17,834
Hey!
Rey, Rey.
248
00:12:18,742 --> 00:12:20,232
Listen to me.
249
00:12:21,078 --> 00:12:24,775
You can BS us all you want, but
we know you were up on that roof.
250
00:12:24,848 --> 00:12:26,475
Yeah, you know jack.
251
00:12:26,550 --> 00:12:30,146
We don't have to talk to you,
so why don't you just leave?
252
00:12:33,725 --> 00:12:35,955
There's one kid who doesn't
want to grow up to be a cop.
253
00:12:36,027 --> 00:12:38,928
If he grows up.
You see the burn marks on his fingers?
254
00:12:38,997 --> 00:12:41,056
Yeah, kid's on the pipe.
255
00:12:41,132 --> 00:12:43,532
I tell you what, Rey.
That kid's not a witness.
256
00:12:43,601 --> 00:12:45,228
He's the shooter.
257
00:12:49,608 --> 00:12:51,439
He's 13 and smokes crack.
258
00:12:51,510 --> 00:12:53,137
Or he's just clumsy
with matches.
259
00:12:53,212 --> 00:12:55,476
Anyway, it looks like it's
an old family tradition.
260
00:12:55,548 --> 00:12:57,072
And that makes him
Billy the Kid?
261
00:12:57,149 --> 00:12:58,980
Matches the description,
the street name fits.
262
00:12:59,051 --> 00:13:00,712
Well, that puts him
on the roof, period.
263
00:13:00,786 --> 00:13:02,310
If he saw someone
up there waving a gun,
264
00:13:02,388 --> 00:13:04,549
he might have an incentive
to keep his mouth shut.
265
00:13:04,623 --> 00:13:06,056
Well, he was seen
with a black kid,
266
00:13:06,125 --> 00:13:07,491
could be this Clayton
he mentioned.
267
00:13:07,561 --> 00:13:09,620
Yeah, the one he supposedly
cracked the books with.
268
00:13:09,696 --> 00:13:11,391
I don't think we're going
to find him at the library.
269
00:13:11,465 --> 00:13:13,092
Well, maybe they ditched
the same classes.
270
00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,828
Check with their school.
Find the kid.
271
00:13:19,339 --> 00:13:22,740
We're not telling you anything
till we know why you want him.
272
00:13:22,809 --> 00:13:25,243
Well, Lonnie Rickman told us he
was with Clayton on Monday night.
273
00:13:25,312 --> 00:13:26,438
We just want to verify that.
274
00:13:26,513 --> 00:13:29,074
Lonnie Rickman?
What's he done?
275
00:13:29,150 --> 00:13:30,617
We're not sure yet.
276
00:13:30,685 --> 00:13:32,209
Where was your son
Monday night?
277
00:13:32,286 --> 00:13:35,449
First, answer my question.
Why you looking at Lonnie Rickman?
278
00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:38,117
He may have been involved in a
shooting on Seventh Street.
279
00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:39,557
Oh, my God.
280
00:13:40,495 --> 00:13:43,089
Now, how about
answering my question?
281
00:13:44,198 --> 00:13:46,428
Clayton had told us
he was playing basketball.
282
00:13:46,501 --> 00:13:47,526
And was he?
283
00:13:47,603 --> 00:13:49,070
I don't know.
284
00:13:49,905 --> 00:13:53,841
Came home, he had a cut on the side
of his head just above his ear.
285
00:13:53,909 --> 00:13:56,571
Told us he got it jumping over
the fence at the playground.
286
00:13:56,645 --> 00:13:57,669
You didn't believe him?
287
00:13:57,746 --> 00:14:00,306
Well, he was shaking, but
he wouldn't tell us why.
288
00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:02,350
But we thought somebody
might have hurt him.
289
00:14:02,417 --> 00:14:03,475
Meaning Lonnie Rickman?
290
00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:06,647
That boy's always been getting
Clayton in trouble at school.
291
00:14:06,723 --> 00:14:09,715
Cutting class, being
kept after, kid stuff.
292
00:14:10,527 --> 00:14:11,551
But now...
293
00:14:11,628 --> 00:14:13,289
But now it's what?
294
00:14:15,832 --> 00:14:19,666
Couple of weeks ago, Luanne
found $300 in Clayton's pocket.
295
00:14:19,736 --> 00:14:22,034
Said he found it on the street.
296
00:14:23,139 --> 00:14:26,040
He's peddling dope,
him and that boy Lonnie.
297
00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:30,108
We weren't anywhere near that roof.
We were shooting hoops.
298
00:14:30,181 --> 00:14:31,546
Is that right?
299
00:14:31,615 --> 00:14:34,243
Well, your friend Lonnie told
me you were at the movies.
300
00:14:34,318 --> 00:14:35,376
That is some bull...
301
00:14:35,452 --> 00:14:37,010
You mind your mouth, if you
know what's good for you.
302
00:14:37,087 --> 00:14:38,748
Mr. Doyle, please.
303
00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,252
Clayton.
304
00:14:45,963 --> 00:14:49,491
You know about blood types, right?
Like type A, type B?
305
00:14:49,568 --> 00:14:51,229
Yeah, I seen it on TV.
306
00:14:51,303 --> 00:14:54,830
Yeah, well we got your blood
type from your family doctor,
307
00:14:54,906 --> 00:14:56,669
and our lab
is matching it up now
308
00:14:56,741 --> 00:14:59,835
against the blood that
we found up on that roof.
309
00:14:59,911 --> 00:15:04,143
Matter of fact, their report should
be on my desk right about now.
310
00:15:04,216 --> 00:15:05,979
Think I'll go check.
311
00:15:11,657 --> 00:15:14,751
Listen, Clayton, I know
you want to do the right thing.
312
00:15:14,827 --> 00:15:17,125
What have you got in there that looks
like it might be a lab report?
313
00:15:17,196 --> 00:15:20,825
Well, take your pick.
An expense report or a booking sheet.
314
00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:22,731
Tell the truth now, Clayton.
315
00:15:22,802 --> 00:15:26,364
You wait for him to come back with
those test results, it's over.
316
00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,067
You're going to be
in the same boat as Lonnie.
317
00:15:28,141 --> 00:15:31,599
For God's sake, Clayton, tell
them what they want to know.
318
00:15:31,678 --> 00:15:33,543
You little punk!
You show your mother respect!
319
00:15:33,614 --> 00:15:34,603
Hey, you're hurting me!
Frank! Frank!
320
00:15:34,681 --> 00:15:35,875
You're going to tell the truth!
321
00:15:35,949 --> 00:15:38,816
You're not going to ruin your
life for some dope dealer!
322
00:15:38,886 --> 00:15:40,444
Stop, stop!
He can't let him do that.
323
00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,112
Tell the truth!
- Stop! You're hurting me!
324
00:15:42,189 --> 00:15:43,850
Detective Curtis!
325
00:15:46,461 --> 00:15:48,588
Take Mr. Doyle outside now.
326
00:16:00,408 --> 00:16:03,343
Listen, young man, this
has gone on long enough.
327
00:16:03,411 --> 00:16:07,610
Now, you're going to tell me what
Lonnie did to you up on that roof.
328
00:16:13,455 --> 00:16:15,150
He put a gun to my head.
329
00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:16,418
Why?
330
00:16:16,558 --> 00:16:18,458
'Cause Ross told him to.
331
00:16:18,694 --> 00:16:19,956
Ross who?
332
00:16:20,429 --> 00:16:23,796
Ross Morales. I didn't want
to be in his crew no more.
333
00:16:23,866 --> 00:16:25,857
Selling dope?
Yes.
334
00:16:25,935 --> 00:16:28,700
Lonnie got me started.
I wanted to quit, though.
335
00:16:28,772 --> 00:16:31,104
Lonnie did say
Ross told him to kill me.
336
00:16:31,174 --> 00:16:35,270
He shot once and just missed,
and that's how I got hurt.
337
00:16:35,345 --> 00:16:38,678
And when he pulled the trigger
again, the gun jammed.
338
00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:40,739
He was gonna kill you?
339
00:16:42,953 --> 00:16:44,750
That's what he said.
340
00:16:46,257 --> 00:16:49,385
Roscoe Morales,
a.k.a. Ross Morales.
341
00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:52,759
Arrests for battery, possession,
carrying a concealed weapon.
342
00:16:52,830 --> 00:16:55,856
Investigated for two
shootings, one fatal.
343
00:16:55,933 --> 00:16:58,993
Never charged.
And he's all of 22.
344
00:16:59,070 --> 00:17:00,833
You talk to the D.A.
About murder charges?
345
00:17:00,905 --> 00:17:03,738
Yeah, they okayed it against
Lonnie, but not Morales.
346
00:17:03,808 --> 00:17:05,298
Well, you heard Clayton.
347
00:17:05,376 --> 00:17:07,242
Lonnie told him Morales
put him up to it.
348
00:17:07,312 --> 00:17:10,110
Well, it's a double-hearsay,
not evidence.
349
00:17:10,482 --> 00:17:12,609
Here's the paper on the boy.
350
00:17:13,785 --> 00:17:17,084
Lennie, give me a minute
with Detective Curtis?
351
00:17:23,128 --> 00:17:24,823
Your conduct was unacceptable.
352
00:17:24,896 --> 00:17:26,990
Why? 'Cause I let a father
discipline his kid?
353
00:17:27,066 --> 00:17:30,627
No one lays a hand on a suspect
in my interrogation room.
354
00:17:30,703 --> 00:17:34,104
Now, that man was out of control.
It was up to you to manage it.
355
00:17:34,173 --> 00:17:37,165
Well, that kid was out of control.
And you know what scares me?
356
00:17:37,243 --> 00:17:39,177
That somebody like that can go
to school with my daughter.
357
00:17:39,245 --> 00:17:42,237
You think you're the only
one who loses sleep?
358
00:17:42,315 --> 00:17:47,151
Look, if you don't like the way
this place is run, transfer.
359
00:17:55,662 --> 00:17:58,631
You were out of line, Rey,
just accept it and move on.
360
00:17:58,699 --> 00:18:01,634
As a cop, okay, I should've
stepped in, but as a parent?
361
00:18:01,702 --> 00:18:02,896
Man, that kid
was selling crack.
362
00:18:02,970 --> 00:18:06,270
That rates a big hug and
a trip to Disneyland?
363
00:18:06,341 --> 00:18:07,467
This really burns you, huh?
364
00:18:07,542 --> 00:18:08,566
Hell, yes.
365
00:18:08,643 --> 00:18:10,042
The guy's fighting
for his kid's life.
366
00:18:10,111 --> 00:18:11,339
What, by beating up on him?
367
00:18:11,413 --> 00:18:13,210
If it comes to that.
368
00:18:13,281 --> 00:18:14,612
I'm not one of those
parents who has a problem
369
00:18:14,682 --> 00:18:16,980
taking a strong stand against drugs.
I never took drugs,
370
00:18:17,052 --> 00:18:19,486
and I don't feel like a hypocrite
telling my kids not to.
371
00:18:19,554 --> 00:18:22,318
So if I tell my kids not to drink,
that makes me a hypocrite?
372
00:18:22,390 --> 00:18:24,688
Whatever, Lennie.
I don't want to get into personalities.
373
00:18:24,759 --> 00:18:27,490
Now I got Pat Buchanan
for a partner.
374
00:18:27,563 --> 00:18:28,757
Hello, again, Cassie.
375
00:18:28,831 --> 00:18:29,855
Don't you people have phones?
376
00:18:29,932 --> 00:18:30,921
We want to see Lonnie.
377
00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,024
He's not here.
378
00:18:32,101 --> 00:18:34,865
We want to see for ourselves.
We insist.
379
00:18:41,877 --> 00:18:44,277
Look all you want.
He's not here.
380
00:18:49,853 --> 00:18:52,287
It's okay,
they're homicide cops.
381
00:18:52,889 --> 00:18:54,754
All right, then.
382
00:18:54,825 --> 00:18:56,622
I'll see you around.
383
00:19:00,564 --> 00:19:02,031
A new acquaintance?
384
00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:03,498
Whatever.
385
00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:05,536
Look, Lonnie's not here.
I don't know where he went,
386
00:19:05,603 --> 00:19:07,628
and the batteries died
in his beeper.
387
00:19:07,705 --> 00:19:10,265
The story never changes
with you, does it?
388
00:19:10,341 --> 00:19:13,003
I stick with what works.
Now, goodbye.
389
00:19:14,479 --> 00:19:17,073
I'll get a unit to sit outside,
in case the kid turns up.
390
00:19:17,148 --> 00:19:19,343
Kid's selling crack,
mom's turning tricks,
391
00:19:19,417 --> 00:19:21,442
this is one family
Norman Rockwell never met.
392
00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:23,578
Hey, we arrest Lonnie,
we'll be doing him a favor.
393
00:19:23,654 --> 00:19:27,182
The kid worked for Ross Morales.
We tap Morales, maybe we get lucky.
394
00:19:27,259 --> 00:19:29,750
Funny, I didn't see Morales
in the business directory.
395
00:19:29,828 --> 00:19:32,160
Clayton would know where
he hangs his shingle.
396
00:19:35,701 --> 00:19:37,965
According to our informant,
Morales has been operating
397
00:19:38,036 --> 00:19:39,298
out of a ground floor apartment
398
00:19:39,371 --> 00:19:41,202
on 11th Street
for the past month.
399
00:19:41,273 --> 00:19:44,140
Now, twice a day, he comes by with
Lonnie Rickman to collect the receipts.
400
00:19:44,209 --> 00:19:45,871
We're aiming
for a 9:00 p.m. Pickup.
401
00:19:45,945 --> 00:19:47,742
They're both
considered dangerous.
402
00:19:47,814 --> 00:19:50,442
We've decided to take them
down inside the building,
403
00:19:50,517 --> 00:19:51,541
the super's cooperating.
404
00:19:51,618 --> 00:19:52,642
You want me inside?
405
00:19:52,719 --> 00:19:56,052
No, I need you outside with
Morrissey to ID Lonnie.
406
00:19:56,122 --> 00:19:59,387
Wilson and Dickerson will take the back.
Any questions?
407
00:19:59,459 --> 00:20:01,825
Yeah, who's got
a deck of cards?
408
00:20:06,467 --> 00:20:07,729
Come on.
409
00:20:07,801 --> 00:20:09,200
Number one?
410
00:20:10,371 --> 00:20:11,736
Number one.
411
00:20:12,239 --> 00:20:14,935
It's 10 past,
maybe they won't show.
412
00:20:15,843 --> 00:20:17,777
Give it another 30.
413
00:20:18,679 --> 00:20:20,806
Ten minutes.
Is he always that anal?
414
00:20:20,881 --> 00:20:22,542
Hey, I need somebody
around like him,
415
00:20:22,616 --> 00:20:23,947
otherwise I'd never
get out of bed.
416
00:20:24,018 --> 00:20:26,283
Well, chill him out, please.
417
00:20:26,354 --> 00:20:27,412
You know me.
418
00:20:27,489 --> 00:20:30,481
"I play it cool, I dig all jive
419
00:20:30,559 --> 00:20:32,857
"That's the reason
I stay alive"
420
00:20:32,928 --> 00:20:37,388
"My motto, as I live and learn
Is dig and be dug in return"
421
00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:41,269
You read Langston Hughes
on a men's room wall?
422
00:20:41,336 --> 00:20:43,736
Back when I was a beatnik
for about five minutes,
423
00:20:43,805 --> 00:20:46,468
it used to work pretty good on
the Jewish girls from Riverdale.
424
00:20:46,542 --> 00:20:49,841
It does pretty good with girls
from Washington Heights.
425
00:20:49,912 --> 00:20:52,608
Number one, they're coming in.
426
00:21:08,232 --> 00:21:09,756
Police! Freeze!
427
00:21:11,268 --> 00:21:12,257
All right, then!
428
00:21:12,336 --> 00:21:13,530
It wasn't me!
Help!
429
00:21:13,604 --> 00:21:14,593
Get over here!
430
00:21:14,671 --> 00:21:16,662
Help me! Get off me!
431
00:21:18,609 --> 00:21:20,600
Get down!
Get back here!
432
00:21:21,912 --> 00:21:23,607
Get up! Get up!
433
00:21:29,153 --> 00:21:31,917
All right, this one's clean.
No weapon.
434
00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:34,220
Same here.
Okay, turn around.
435
00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:37,622
What do we got, huh?
What do we got?
436
00:21:37,962 --> 00:21:39,088
Oh!
437
00:21:40,231 --> 00:21:41,630
Three vials of rock, okay.
438
00:21:41,699 --> 00:21:44,931
Roscoe Morales, you're under
arrest for possession.
439
00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:46,471
Lonnie Rickman,
you're under arrest
440
00:21:46,538 --> 00:21:48,005
for the murder of Carol Merrick
441
00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:50,064
and the attempted murder
of Clayton Doyle.
442
00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:51,200
Get them out of here!
443
00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:52,904
You have the
right to remain silent.
444
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,139
Anything you do say can and
will be used against you...
445
00:21:57,916 --> 00:21:59,474
This is an outrageous
abuse of authority.
446
00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:01,314
I am taking this to the
Civilian Review Board.
447
00:22:01,387 --> 00:22:04,755
You say police brutality.
We say resisting arrest.
448
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,622
I didn't resist nothing.
I thought y'all was heisting me.
449
00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:09,992
And where's my ice pack?
I been waiting here for an hour.
450
00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:12,588
They didn't tell you?
Somebody stole our ice cube trays.
451
00:22:12,666 --> 00:22:15,134
Come on, man, I got baseballs
growing down here.
452
00:22:15,201 --> 00:22:16,429
I'll lend you my jock
453
00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:20,030
as soon as we get this thing with you
and Lonnie Rickman straightened out.
454
00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:22,506
Look, the kid just follows me
around like I'm his big brother.
455
00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:24,566
Yeah. The big brother
who uses him
456
00:22:24,645 --> 00:22:26,545
to keep his other
employees in line.
457
00:22:26,614 --> 00:22:29,674
Mr. Morales is a part-time auto mechanic.
He has no employees.
458
00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:31,547
He does as a full-time
crack dealer.
459
00:22:31,619 --> 00:22:33,484
I don't know
anything about that.
460
00:22:33,554 --> 00:22:36,955
Let me guess, you were at that
apartment to visit a sick friend?
461
00:22:37,024 --> 00:22:38,116
Yeah, that's right.
462
00:22:38,192 --> 00:22:41,059
You can't connect him to any illegal
activity occurring in that apartment.
463
00:22:41,128 --> 00:22:42,823
We've got Clayton Doyle
to do that.
464
00:22:42,897 --> 00:22:44,125
And I would be
very surprised
465
00:22:44,198 --> 00:22:46,861
if your witness has any first-hand
knowledge of my client's actions.
466
00:22:46,935 --> 00:22:50,200
What about the three vials of
crack we found in his pocket?
467
00:22:50,272 --> 00:22:51,705
His dry cleaner
left them there?
468
00:22:51,773 --> 00:22:54,606
Look, I got a substance
abuse problem.
469
00:22:54,676 --> 00:22:56,371
I'm working on it.
470
00:22:57,112 --> 00:23:01,014
When you sent Lonnie Rickman up on that
roof with a gun to kill Clayton Doyle,
471
00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:04,052
you became liable for everything
he did with that gun,
472
00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,748
which includes
shooting Carol Merrick.
473
00:23:09,759 --> 00:23:11,249
Work on that.
474
00:23:16,766 --> 00:23:17,755
Have a seat.
475
00:23:17,834 --> 00:23:19,734
How long is this gonna take?
476
00:23:19,802 --> 00:23:22,703
First of all, I want to make
sure that you both understand,
477
00:23:22,772 --> 00:23:25,207
Lonnie has the right
to have an attorney present.
478
00:23:25,275 --> 00:23:28,438
He doesn't need a lawyer.
He'll tell you whatever you want to know.
479
00:23:28,512 --> 00:23:31,242
Lonnie, are you sure
you don't want one?
480
00:23:31,849 --> 00:23:33,510
Yeah.
Okay.
481
00:23:34,451 --> 00:23:36,419
We talked to Clayton Doyle.
482
00:23:36,487 --> 00:23:38,580
He told us what happened
on that rooftop.
483
00:23:38,655 --> 00:23:41,146
We'd like to hear your version.
484
00:23:41,225 --> 00:23:42,749
Nothing to say.
485
00:23:44,194 --> 00:23:46,186
Well, he told us you
worked for Ross Morales,
486
00:23:46,264 --> 00:23:48,391
and that Morales
told you to kill him.
487
00:23:55,540 --> 00:23:57,167
All right, let me explain
something to you, Lonnie.
488
00:23:57,242 --> 00:23:58,709
We've got an eyewitness
who saw you go up
489
00:23:58,777 --> 00:24:00,836
on that roof 15 minutes
before the shooting,
490
00:24:00,912 --> 00:24:03,380
so we got you dead
to rights for murder.
491
00:24:03,448 --> 00:24:05,280
But if Morales told you
to kill Clayton,
492
00:24:05,351 --> 00:24:07,979
if you were acting
on his orders,
493
00:24:08,487 --> 00:24:10,455
that changes everything.
494
00:24:12,158 --> 00:24:13,887
What do you mean,
it changes everything?
495
00:24:13,959 --> 00:24:15,790
He'll plead
to a lesser charge.
496
00:24:15,861 --> 00:24:19,524
We'll agree to a reduced sentence,
if you give us Morales.
497
00:24:19,598 --> 00:24:21,498
You understand, Lonnie?
498
00:24:22,768 --> 00:24:25,237
Any time you're ready,
little man.
499
00:24:26,573 --> 00:24:28,803
Go on, tell them what you did.
500
00:24:32,879 --> 00:24:35,746
Clayton's lying.
I don't work for Morales,
501
00:24:35,816 --> 00:24:38,080
and I wasn't gonna cap Clayton.
502
00:24:38,151 --> 00:24:39,778
I took him on the roof
on my own account,
503
00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:42,947
just to scare him,
because he pissed me off.
504
00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:45,993
I busted that bullet, and
nobody else was behind it.
505
00:24:46,060 --> 00:24:47,288
Just me.
506
00:24:49,997 --> 00:24:51,123
Okay.
507
00:24:52,467 --> 00:24:54,765
We'll be back in a few minutes.
508
00:24:56,971 --> 00:24:59,269
Either Morales was pulling
the strings or he wasn't.
509
00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:00,864
This kid walks on
his own two feet.
510
00:25:00,942 --> 00:25:03,376
This kid changed
his own diapers, too.
511
00:25:03,444 --> 00:25:05,572
It's moot, as long as he
says he acted on his own,
512
00:25:05,647 --> 00:25:07,308
I doubt we'll convince
a jury otherwise.
513
00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:09,816
So we send Mr.
Morales home in a limo?
514
00:25:09,885 --> 00:25:13,377
He stays. Resisting arrest,
possession with intent.
515
00:25:19,661 --> 00:25:25,032
"Case number 456020.
People v. Lonnie Rickman.
516
00:25:25,101 --> 00:25:28,366
"The charge is Murder
in the Second Degree."
517
00:25:31,307 --> 00:25:33,207
Your plea, Mr. Rickman?
518
00:25:34,210 --> 00:25:35,472
Not guilty.
519
00:25:35,545 --> 00:25:36,603
Your Honor, the People ask
520
00:25:36,679 --> 00:25:39,807
that the defendant be remanded
without bail to the youth authority.
521
00:25:39,883 --> 00:25:41,441
Without
objection, Your Honor.
522
00:25:41,518 --> 00:25:42,507
Done.
523
00:25:42,585 --> 00:25:44,417
Goodbye, Mr. Rickman.
524
00:25:52,396 --> 00:25:54,421
Does Lonnie know there's
no MTV where he's going?
525
00:25:54,498 --> 00:25:56,864
There's no Cassie Rickman.
That sold it to me.
526
00:25:56,934 --> 00:25:58,492
Me, too. We're off
to a good start.
527
00:25:58,569 --> 00:26:01,402
Don't get used to it.
Motion to exclude his confession.
528
00:26:01,472 --> 00:26:04,738
He was denied counsel.
It was nice while it lasted.
529
00:26:06,678 --> 00:26:08,873
It was by the numbers,
Your Honor.
530
00:26:08,947 --> 00:26:11,609
As the defendant's legal guardian,
his mother waived counsel.
531
00:26:11,683 --> 00:26:13,651
The defendant himself
acquiesced.
532
00:26:13,718 --> 00:26:15,583
The defendant's 13.
533
00:26:15,654 --> 00:26:17,212
His mother was high on crack.
534
00:26:17,289 --> 00:26:19,655
Neither of them was
competent to waive counsel.
535
00:26:19,724 --> 00:26:23,421
The police get waivers from drunken
drivers every day of the week,
536
00:26:23,495 --> 00:26:25,157
and the courts routinely
uphold them.
537
00:26:25,231 --> 00:26:28,689
Mrs. Rickman wasn't waiving her own
rights, she was waiving her son's.
538
00:26:28,768 --> 00:26:29,996
He was utterly at her mercy.
539
00:26:30,069 --> 00:26:32,503
Ms. Kincaid should have
disregarded the waiver
540
00:26:32,572 --> 00:26:34,164
and stopped the interrogation.
541
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,470
Your Honor, she wasn't
bouncing off the walls.
542
00:26:36,542 --> 00:26:39,477
She was coherent. She didn't
appear to be under the influence.
543
00:26:39,545 --> 00:26:41,706
I don't understand what
counsel expected us to do,
544
00:26:41,781 --> 00:26:43,078
run a drug test on her?
545
00:26:43,149 --> 00:26:45,311
Ms. Rubinoff, there's nothing
in the case law stating
546
00:26:45,385 --> 00:26:48,616
a defendant has to be stone
cold sober to waive counsel.
547
00:26:48,689 --> 00:26:51,749
You uphold my motion, Your
Honor, and there will be.
548
00:26:51,825 --> 00:26:54,020
Well, being first isn't all
it's cracked up to be.
549
00:26:54,094 --> 00:26:57,086
Your motion's denied, the confession stays.
Sorry to spoil your day.
550
00:26:57,164 --> 00:26:58,791
You can make it up to me,
Your Honor.
551
00:26:58,865 --> 00:27:00,856
I want the case remanded
to Family Court.
552
00:27:00,934 --> 00:27:03,027
Absolutely not, this
is a violent offender.
553
00:27:03,103 --> 00:27:07,200
He's committed a serious crime without
expressing an iota of remorse.
554
00:27:07,275 --> 00:27:08,936
Family Court's not
equipped to deal with him.
555
00:27:09,010 --> 00:27:11,501
The issue is,
with proper counseling,
556
00:27:11,579 --> 00:27:13,911
would he still pose
a danger to society?
557
00:27:14,849 --> 00:27:18,307
Mr. McCoy, you prove to me he should
be tried as an adult, he's all yours.
558
00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:20,081
Have your briefs
on my desk in a week.
559
00:27:20,154 --> 00:27:23,989
And I want this boy to have a
chat with a court psychiatrist.
560
00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:28,529
I didn't even know that lady.
561
00:27:28,597 --> 00:27:31,589
I didn't mean it to happen.
It just happened.
562
00:27:32,001 --> 00:27:35,562
Has anything like this ever
happened to someone you knew?
563
00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:37,497
Yeah.
564
00:27:38,941 --> 00:27:41,102
A friend at school got shot.
565
00:27:42,745 --> 00:27:45,874
And this other kid in the neighborhood
was pushed off a building.
566
00:27:45,949 --> 00:27:48,383
Did your parents
ever hit each other?
567
00:27:48,451 --> 00:27:51,181
My dad, before he dumped us,
568
00:27:52,022 --> 00:27:53,990
he used to hit my mom
when he got high.
569
00:27:54,057 --> 00:27:55,957
Did he ever hit you?
No.
570
00:27:57,627 --> 00:27:59,151
How about your mom?
Has she ever...
571
00:27:59,229 --> 00:28:01,254
She's not like that.
572
00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:04,426
Okay.
573
00:28:06,771 --> 00:28:09,399
You want to tell me
what she is like?
574
00:28:13,210 --> 00:28:15,303
What do you want me to say?
575
00:28:15,713 --> 00:28:17,442
She's funny.
576
00:28:17,515 --> 00:28:19,278
She makes me laugh.
577
00:28:20,851 --> 00:28:23,548
How do you feel
about her taking drugs?
578
00:28:24,322 --> 00:28:25,755
It's not her fault.
579
00:28:25,824 --> 00:28:29,282
My dad got her hooked, and
I'm helping her get off it.
580
00:28:30,028 --> 00:28:32,622
You think she takes
good care of you?
581
00:28:32,698 --> 00:28:33,790
Yeah.
582
00:28:34,399 --> 00:28:37,129
Because of her,
we got a place to stay.
583
00:28:38,103 --> 00:28:41,800
And this one time, they tried
to put me into foster care,
584
00:28:41,873 --> 00:28:44,604
but my mom fought
like hell to keep me.
585
00:28:47,380 --> 00:28:51,043
She always says I'm the most
important thing in her life.
586
00:28:53,252 --> 00:28:54,981
He's seen a good deal
of violence,
587
00:28:55,054 --> 00:28:57,249
but he doesn't seem
preoccupied with it,
588
00:28:57,323 --> 00:29:00,156
so it's possible
he's not dangerous.
589
00:29:00,226 --> 00:29:02,353
What about treatment?
Is he a candidate?
590
00:29:02,428 --> 00:29:05,296
Maybe. I don't know
enough about him.
591
00:29:05,365 --> 00:29:07,094
Good, more hedging.
592
00:29:07,735 --> 00:29:10,829
He's been abused by his
mother, this I'm sure of.
593
00:29:10,904 --> 00:29:11,962
He told you that?
594
00:29:12,039 --> 00:29:13,768
He denied it
a little too vehemently.
595
00:29:13,841 --> 00:29:17,368
He's very defensive on the
entire subject of his mother.
596
00:29:17,945 --> 00:29:18,934
That's it?
597
00:29:19,012 --> 00:29:21,242
No, I read the police reports.
598
00:29:21,315 --> 00:29:24,547
He gave Detectives Briscoe
and Curtis a very hard time,
599
00:29:24,619 --> 00:29:27,213
in contrast to how he behaved
toward me or Claire.
600
00:29:27,288 --> 00:29:30,985
He gets angry at men, but he's
very submissive toward women.
601
00:29:31,059 --> 00:29:33,391
That's the pathology
for maternal abuse.
602
00:29:33,461 --> 00:29:35,691
So what's your recommendation?
603
00:29:36,931 --> 00:29:38,592
I'd have to say Family Court.
604
00:29:38,666 --> 00:29:40,566
Because he was abused.
605
00:29:41,736 --> 00:29:43,705
Fine, we send him there,
606
00:29:44,406 --> 00:29:46,897
and when they let him out in a
few years and he kills again,
607
00:29:46,976 --> 00:29:48,136
we get another bite at him.
608
00:29:48,210 --> 00:29:49,370
That's right.
609
00:29:49,445 --> 00:29:52,573
What if we got him to roll on Morales?
He's the one we really want.
610
00:29:52,648 --> 00:29:54,172
We want them both.
611
00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:56,844
Papers are calling
this kid a super-predator.
612
00:29:56,919 --> 00:29:59,479
He's not getting a lollipop for
killing a woman in her sleep.
613
00:29:59,555 --> 00:30:01,386
A murder he claims
full credit for.
614
00:30:01,457 --> 00:30:03,483
He even denies
he works for Morales.
615
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,393
He's 13. He's probably
terrified of Morales.
616
00:30:06,463 --> 00:30:08,590
He doesn't want to be the only
one pointing the finger at him.
617
00:30:08,665 --> 00:30:09,654
What do you suggest?
618
00:30:09,733 --> 00:30:12,634
If we find evidence that
he was Morales' employee,
619
00:30:12,702 --> 00:30:14,693
we convince him we're going to
make the case against Morales
620
00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,170
with or without him.
621
00:30:16,239 --> 00:30:18,434
That should bring him around.
622
00:30:18,875 --> 00:30:21,639
Who made you
this kid's fairy godmother?
623
00:30:22,045 --> 00:30:24,276
I just know
what Lonnie told me.
624
00:30:24,348 --> 00:30:27,545
I never heard Ross telling
him to do no drug business.
625
00:30:27,618 --> 00:30:30,917
You ever see him give Lonnie
money or drugs to sell?
626
00:30:31,689 --> 00:30:32,849
No.
627
00:30:32,924 --> 00:30:36,519
Lonnie said Ross never got his
hands dirty with the small stuff.
628
00:30:36,594 --> 00:30:38,391
How did you get paid?
629
00:30:39,330 --> 00:30:42,060
Lonnie gave me money
for being a lookout.
630
00:30:42,133 --> 00:30:45,297
So as far as you knew, you could
have been working for Lonnie.
631
00:30:45,370 --> 00:30:47,338
Lonnie said Ross was the man.
632
00:30:47,406 --> 00:30:49,636
He even showed me where
Ross beat him on his back
633
00:30:49,708 --> 00:30:52,074
just for being short
five dollars.
634
00:30:52,611 --> 00:30:55,478
Is that why he was covering for him?
Because he was scared?
635
00:30:55,547 --> 00:30:57,481
Yeah, for his mom.
636
00:30:57,549 --> 00:31:00,746
Ross said if he ever went
against him, he'd hurt his mom.
637
00:31:00,819 --> 00:31:02,845
Lonnie is devoted
to that woman.
638
00:31:02,922 --> 00:31:05,584
He does her chores.
He cleans her up.
639
00:31:05,658 --> 00:31:07,455
He's even dragged her
from the crack houses.
640
00:31:07,527 --> 00:31:09,324
It is pathetic.
641
00:31:09,395 --> 00:31:12,592
Now, that boy came home with
Clayton a couple of months ago.
642
00:31:12,665 --> 00:31:15,133
He had not eaten in two days.
643
00:31:15,201 --> 00:31:16,600
So what happened?
644
00:31:16,669 --> 00:31:18,068
His mom sold their food stamps.
645
00:31:18,137 --> 00:31:20,264
She must have owed
a dealer a lot of money.
646
00:31:20,340 --> 00:31:22,399
So I gave him something to eat.
647
00:31:22,475 --> 00:31:24,876
Who feeds him the rest of the time?
Morales?
648
00:31:24,945 --> 00:31:29,143
I don't know, but Ross doesn't
like anybody messing with Lonnie.
649
00:31:29,216 --> 00:31:30,240
How do you mean?
650
00:31:30,317 --> 00:31:32,182
Well, a couple of weeks ago,
651
00:31:32,253 --> 00:31:34,881
I found Lonnie at the park,
and he couldn't breathe,
652
00:31:34,955 --> 00:31:36,752
so I called an ambulance.
653
00:31:36,824 --> 00:31:39,122
And when Ross found out,
he was real mad.
654
00:31:39,193 --> 00:31:40,319
And what did he do?
655
00:31:40,394 --> 00:31:44,764
He just went off, saying that I should've
called him, not the ambulance.
656
00:31:44,833 --> 00:31:47,631
And then he wanted to know
what hospital he was at.
657
00:31:47,702 --> 00:31:51,570
Paramedics brought him in.
He was in cardiac shock, too much crack.
658
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:52,629
So what's he done?
659
00:31:52,707 --> 00:31:54,197
He's charged with murder.
660
00:31:54,276 --> 00:31:57,905
Great. He was a mess.
We pumped his stomach, nothing came out.
661
00:31:57,979 --> 00:32:01,847
His back and legs were covered in bruises.
He looked like he hadn't slept in a week.
662
00:32:01,917 --> 00:32:03,385
Did he say
how he got those bruises?
663
00:32:03,452 --> 00:32:05,044
It was a fight just to
get a name out of him.
664
00:32:05,121 --> 00:32:06,349
He wouldn't tell us
where he lived.
665
00:32:06,422 --> 00:32:08,322
He didn't want us to call
Child Welfare.
666
00:32:08,391 --> 00:32:09,619
So why did you release him?
667
00:32:09,692 --> 00:32:11,683
We didn't.
This Hispanic guy came in.
668
00:32:11,761 --> 00:32:12,887
He paid the bill in cash,
669
00:32:12,962 --> 00:32:15,692
then before we could stop them,
he grabbed the kid and left.
670
00:32:15,765 --> 00:32:17,596
Kid didn't say a word.
671
00:32:17,667 --> 00:32:19,100
Just because he paid
the kid's bill
672
00:32:19,168 --> 00:32:20,931
doesn't imply that
Lonnie worked for him.
673
00:32:21,003 --> 00:32:22,767
He could just be
a good Samaritan.
674
00:32:22,839 --> 00:32:24,136
Who beat him like a dog.
675
00:32:24,207 --> 00:32:26,198
And again, it's all just
hearsay unless
676
00:32:26,276 --> 00:32:28,710
we get it directly
from Lonnie's mouth.
677
00:32:28,779 --> 00:32:30,440
Then we're back
where we started.
678
00:32:30,514 --> 00:32:32,345
That's too bad.
679
00:32:32,582 --> 00:32:37,110
Because Morales' attorney just filed an
Article 78 motion to get him released.
680
00:32:40,557 --> 00:32:44,324
He had less than three grams of rock
cocaine, all for his personal use.
681
00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:46,420
He's willing to plead to
Possession in the Seventh Degree,
682
00:32:46,497 --> 00:32:48,260
take his time served
and pay a fine.
683
00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:50,324
But Mr. McCoy won't even
take my calls.
684
00:32:50,401 --> 00:32:52,835
Mr. Morales
is a known drug dealer.
685
00:32:52,904 --> 00:32:54,428
He has numerous convictions.
686
00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:56,700
Only one for possession
with intent, Your Honor.
687
00:32:56,774 --> 00:32:59,174
We arrested him on the way
to one of his drug outlets.
688
00:32:59,243 --> 00:33:00,904
He was there to collect
the daily take.
689
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,471
He was arrested
in a common-use hallway.
690
00:33:03,549 --> 00:33:05,540
He could have
been going anywhere.
691
00:33:05,951 --> 00:33:08,818
Mr. McCoy, are you willing to
discuss a plea on Mr. Morales?
692
00:33:08,887 --> 00:33:11,447
Not at this time, Your Honor.
We're looking at other charges.
693
00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:12,547
For example?
694
00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:13,784
It's a continuing
investigation.
695
00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:16,054
I'm not going discuss it
in front of the defendant.
696
00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:17,220
He's stalling,
Your Honor.
697
00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:18,763
Mr. McCoy
is punishing my client
698
00:33:18,831 --> 00:33:20,822
because we filed a complaint
of police brutality.
699
00:33:20,899 --> 00:33:21,923
That's nonsense.
700
00:33:22,001 --> 00:33:25,335
But we'll drop the complaint
if Mr. McCoy agrees to a plea.
701
00:33:25,405 --> 00:33:27,873
Sounds reasonable,
Mr. McCoy, how about it?
702
00:33:27,941 --> 00:33:29,806
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
703
00:33:30,410 --> 00:33:34,972
Mr. McCoy, the police arrest 150
people a day for simple possession,
704
00:33:35,048 --> 00:33:36,675
there's just nowhere
to put them all.
705
00:33:36,750 --> 00:33:40,914
I'm not adding to the problem. I don't want Mr.
Morales in jail. Is that clear?
706
00:33:40,987 --> 00:33:42,011
May I approach alone?
707
00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:43,386
Objection.
708
00:33:44,258 --> 00:33:47,159
Your objection is noted.
Come up, Mr. McCoy.
709
00:33:52,199 --> 00:33:54,190
Your Honor, we're developing
another case against him.
710
00:33:54,268 --> 00:33:55,860
He may be facing
murder charges.
711
00:33:55,936 --> 00:33:58,404
If you release him, the chances
are he'll flee the jurisdiction
712
00:33:58,472 --> 00:34:00,030
and we'll never find him.
713
00:34:00,107 --> 00:34:02,668
You have any direct evidence
connecting him to this murder?
714
00:34:02,744 --> 00:34:04,268
No, Your Honor.
715
00:34:04,546 --> 00:34:06,343
Step back, Mr. McCoy.
716
00:34:09,618 --> 00:34:11,916
I can't order you
to accept this plea.
717
00:34:11,987 --> 00:34:13,887
But if you don't,
I'll dismiss the charge
718
00:34:13,955 --> 00:34:16,048
on grounds
of legal insufficiency.
719
00:34:16,124 --> 00:34:18,058
You have till tomorrow morning
to make up your mind.
720
00:34:18,126 --> 00:34:19,184
We're adjourned.
721
00:34:24,834 --> 00:34:28,497
It doesn't matter whether Ingles dismisses
the charges or we accept the plea.
722
00:34:28,571 --> 00:34:32,598
Once Morales walks out the door,
it's the last we'll see of him.
723
00:34:32,675 --> 00:34:34,506
You found him once,
you'll find him again.
724
00:34:34,577 --> 00:34:39,037
When we've got a witness in custody
who can nail him for murder?
725
00:34:39,115 --> 00:34:40,707
He's jumped bail before.
726
00:34:40,783 --> 00:34:45,187
Besides, Lonnie's more likely to
talk if Morales is already in jail.
727
00:34:45,255 --> 00:34:47,189
Maybe we can hit him
with another charge.
728
00:34:47,257 --> 00:34:50,192
As far as I know, you can't
walk into an emergency room
729
00:34:50,260 --> 00:34:52,820
and grab a minor
out of his bed.
730
00:34:52,896 --> 00:34:54,193
That could be kidnapping.
731
00:34:54,264 --> 00:34:56,198
Yeah. It could.
732
00:34:59,903 --> 00:35:01,929
Where'd you come up
with kidnapping, man?
733
00:35:02,006 --> 00:35:03,098
I didn't kidnap
that little slice.
734
00:35:03,174 --> 00:35:04,232
Ross, cool it.
735
00:35:04,309 --> 00:35:07,574
Mr. McCoy, you don't know the
storm of crap you are in for.
736
00:35:07,645 --> 00:35:10,842
You've just graduated from police
brutality to malicious prosecution.
737
00:35:10,915 --> 00:35:15,614
Your client forcibly removed a
sick child from a hospital bed.
738
00:35:15,687 --> 00:35:17,086
The boy went with him
of his own free will.
739
00:35:17,155 --> 00:35:19,521
Not according to the
attending doctor and nurses.
740
00:35:19,591 --> 00:35:21,081
Lonnie was scared
out of his mind.
741
00:35:21,159 --> 00:35:24,391
Not to mention the fact that Mr.
Morales has no legal standing
742
00:35:24,463 --> 00:35:26,590
to take the boy anywhere,
willing or not.
743
00:35:26,665 --> 00:35:28,326
That's bull.
744
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,095
I'm his de facto guardian.
745
00:35:30,169 --> 00:35:33,002
My client was acting with Mrs.
Rickman's knowledge and permission.
746
00:35:33,072 --> 00:35:37,304
You expect us to believe that she
entrusted her son to a drug dealer?
747
00:35:37,877 --> 00:35:39,708
Well, you ask her, man.
748
00:35:39,778 --> 00:35:41,713
She gave him to me.
749
00:35:41,781 --> 00:35:44,682
You see, I'm like a father
figure to the local kids.
750
00:35:44,751 --> 00:35:46,480
I'm their hero.
751
00:35:46,553 --> 00:35:50,114
He's right, I asked him to
keep an eye on Lonnie for me.
752
00:35:51,424 --> 00:35:53,415
You let him
baby-sit your son?
753
00:35:53,493 --> 00:35:55,085
Yeah, out there.
754
00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:58,330
I mean, Lonnie's a kid, he
needs somebody to protect him.
755
00:35:58,398 --> 00:36:00,298
Morales isn't all bad,
you know.
756
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,268
He turned him into a gangster.
757
00:36:02,336 --> 00:36:03,462
He did?
758
00:36:03,838 --> 00:36:05,772
I thought it was the rap music.
759
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:06,898
I don't see the humor.
760
00:36:06,974 --> 00:36:08,908
No, you're the joke here,
Mr. McCoy.
761
00:36:08,976 --> 00:36:11,103
You bitch and moan because
Morales owns the street,
762
00:36:11,179 --> 00:36:14,740
when it's you and your stupid
laws that gave him the power.
763
00:36:14,815 --> 00:36:17,545
I didn't come here
for an argument.
764
00:36:17,618 --> 00:36:20,086
If you think he's a suitable
guardian for your child...
765
00:36:20,154 --> 00:36:23,682
Yeah, well our last nanny quit, so
it was Morales or nothing, huh?
766
00:36:23,759 --> 00:36:26,819
Ms. Rickman, if you're just saying
this because he threatened you...
767
00:36:26,895 --> 00:36:28,726
I've said everything
I'm gonna say.
768
00:36:28,797 --> 00:36:31,197
All right,
keep talking that way.
769
00:36:31,266 --> 00:36:35,362
You'll be facing charges of reckless
endangerment and child abuse.
770
00:36:35,437 --> 00:36:36,927
Now, that's funny.
771
00:36:37,372 --> 00:36:38,532
Look at me.
772
00:36:38,607 --> 00:36:42,874
I can hardly get myself through the
day, so who's he better off with?
773
00:36:42,946 --> 00:36:46,575
Now, why don't you and your
skinny little friend get lost?
774
00:36:56,926 --> 00:36:59,554
Crackhead logic
never ceases to amaze.
775
00:37:00,296 --> 00:37:02,663
Maybe she's right
about one thing.
776
00:37:02,733 --> 00:37:05,463
Don't believe her,
you look fine to me.
777
00:37:06,036 --> 00:37:08,266
I was talking about Morales.
778
00:37:08,339 --> 00:37:09,499
Right.
779
00:37:09,573 --> 00:37:12,201
Let's all petition
to legalize drugs.
780
00:37:12,943 --> 00:37:16,174
That'll free Mr. Morales
to pursue his true calling,
781
00:37:16,247 --> 00:37:18,374
curing cancer or Alzheimer's.
782
00:37:18,983 --> 00:37:22,613
How many people does our office
put in jail every year for drugs?
783
00:37:22,687 --> 00:37:24,450
Five, six thousand?
784
00:37:25,357 --> 00:37:28,793
Not including repeat
offenders, maybe seven.
785
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,691
And it hasn't even made a dent.
786
00:37:30,762 --> 00:37:35,165
We're standing on the beach, bailing
out the ocean with a teaspoon.
787
00:37:35,233 --> 00:37:38,669
You want to reform sentencing rules,
you get no argument from me.
788
00:37:38,737 --> 00:37:42,174
But legalize drugs, open the
floodgates, it's not responsible.
789
00:37:42,241 --> 00:37:43,970
Jack, I can make
a couple of phone calls
790
00:37:44,043 --> 00:37:47,137
and have any kind of drug
delivered right here.
791
00:37:47,546 --> 00:37:49,707
Anyone who wants them
can get them.
792
00:37:49,782 --> 00:37:54,515
We have kids being terrorized by
dealers, innocent people being shot.
793
00:37:54,587 --> 00:37:57,886
We turned a disease into
a war, and we're losing.
794
00:37:58,824 --> 00:38:01,019
Anyway, here we are,
two grunts in the trenches,
795
00:38:01,093 --> 00:38:03,358
arguing about
whether war is bad.
796
00:38:03,430 --> 00:38:07,332
And we can't even put scum like
Morales in jail for kidnapping.
797
00:38:10,771 --> 00:38:11,795
Maybe there's a good reason
798
00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:15,706
that Cassie Rickman allowed
Lonnie to go to work for Morales.
799
00:38:16,476 --> 00:38:17,465
I'm listening.
800
00:38:17,544 --> 00:38:22,244
Didn't somebody tell you that she
was deeply in debt to her dealer?
801
00:38:23,418 --> 00:38:24,783
To Morales?
802
00:38:25,286 --> 00:38:28,744
And now, two months later,
she's buying drugs from him?
803
00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:31,692
How did she pay him off?
804
00:38:32,126 --> 00:38:33,821
You're wrong, she wouldn't
do that to me.
805
00:38:33,895 --> 00:38:37,626
How much money did she owe Morales?
$500? $1,000?
806
00:38:37,699 --> 00:38:40,327
Where did she find
that kind of money?
807
00:38:40,668 --> 00:38:42,660
I don't know.
I don't work for Morales, anyway.
808
00:38:42,738 --> 00:38:43,727
Can't you get that straight?
809
00:38:43,806 --> 00:38:45,239
Don't treat us
like idiots, Lonnie.
810
00:38:45,307 --> 00:38:47,935
You're going
to jail for him.
811
00:38:49,144 --> 00:38:50,702
How much dope is that
gonna buy your mother?
812
00:38:50,779 --> 00:38:52,838
It's not true.
My mom loves me.
813
00:38:52,915 --> 00:38:54,143
Jack, this is cruel.
814
00:38:54,216 --> 00:38:57,049
And selling your kid
to a drug dealer isn't?
815
00:38:57,853 --> 00:39:01,085
Young man, if you want to protect
your mother, protect her from me.
816
00:39:01,157 --> 00:39:04,285
I can put her in prison
for what she did to you.
817
00:39:04,361 --> 00:39:07,660
But if you testify against
Morales, I won't charge her,
818
00:39:07,731 --> 00:39:10,029
and you can go to Family Court.
819
00:39:11,568 --> 00:39:13,468
What exactly would
he have to say?
820
00:39:13,536 --> 00:39:16,835
That he was acting under Morales'
orders when he fired that gun,
821
00:39:16,906 --> 00:39:18,430
and that he obeyed
822
00:39:18,508 --> 00:39:21,876
because his mother agreed to let
Morales do what he wanted with him.
823
00:39:21,946 --> 00:39:24,574
It won't make
Mr. Morales a happy man.
824
00:39:25,783 --> 00:39:28,809
We'll make arrangements
for their protection.
825
00:39:28,886 --> 00:39:29,944
Let me talk to him.
826
00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:31,885
Forget it.
I'm not talking against my mom.
827
00:39:31,956 --> 00:39:34,789
Lonnie...
No, nobody made me do anything.
828
00:39:35,693 --> 00:39:39,459
Then you and your mother can
write to each other from jail.
829
00:39:39,530 --> 00:39:40,930
Empty threat, Jack.
830
00:39:40,999 --> 00:39:44,196
Selling your kid may be
despicable, but it's not illegal.
831
00:39:44,269 --> 00:39:47,932
As for Family Court, I think
we're halfway there already.
832
00:39:48,006 --> 00:39:49,598
Come on, Lonnie.
833
00:39:51,243 --> 00:39:52,676
She's right.
834
00:39:53,111 --> 00:39:55,011
No statute against
selling your kid.
835
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,346
His mother put him at risk for his life.
That rates as a felony.
836
00:39:59,418 --> 00:40:00,750
Yeah.
837
00:40:00,820 --> 00:40:04,312
You want him to testify against
Morales and risk both their lives.
838
00:40:04,390 --> 00:40:06,654
You're not giving
the kid much of a choice.
839
00:40:06,726 --> 00:40:09,695
He'd rather go to prison than
admit what his mother did to him.
840
00:40:09,762 --> 00:40:11,662
So we throw in the towel.
841
00:40:11,731 --> 00:40:15,292
Ross Morales goes home, Cassie
Rickman stays on crack,
842
00:40:15,368 --> 00:40:18,963
and her kid spends the
next 25 years in a cell.
843
00:40:19,038 --> 00:40:21,132
Is everybody happy?
844
00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:23,733
Didn't you say
that's where he belonged?
845
00:40:23,811 --> 00:40:27,941
That must have been some other
arrogant, moralistic son-of-a-bitch.
846
00:40:29,483 --> 00:40:33,817
Thirteen and living in a madhouse,
who knows what any of us would do?
847
00:40:33,887 --> 00:40:37,050
Give him a taste of reality.
He loves his mother.
848
00:40:38,826 --> 00:40:41,352
Does he know
how much she loves him?
849
00:40:44,232 --> 00:40:46,393
It's not going to be pretty.
850
00:40:48,136 --> 00:40:50,195
I'm not going to do it.
I'd have to be out of my mind.
851
00:40:50,271 --> 00:40:54,230
It'll prove to the jury Lonnie had
to do whatever Morales wanted.
852
00:40:54,309 --> 00:40:59,713
First of all, I did not give my son to
Morales, that is absolutely, 100% untrue.
853
00:40:59,781 --> 00:41:01,807
What kind of mother
do you think I am?
854
00:41:01,884 --> 00:41:04,216
Please. Let's cut through
the bull, lady.
855
00:41:04,286 --> 00:41:06,652
We all know what kind of mother
you've been to that boy.
856
00:41:06,722 --> 00:41:09,987
Blame it on the ex-husband or the
drugs if it makes you feel better,
857
00:41:10,059 --> 00:41:13,893
but right now, you have one
chance to help your son. Take it.
858
00:41:13,963 --> 00:41:17,694
If you testify against Morales,
Lonnie goes to Family Court.
859
00:41:18,234 --> 00:41:21,033
He gets a lighter sentence.
He gets help.
860
00:41:22,506 --> 00:41:24,406
What do I get?
I get my throat cut.
861
00:41:24,474 --> 00:41:25,907
We can offer you protection.
862
00:41:25,976 --> 00:41:27,944
Yeah, right.
863
00:41:33,583 --> 00:41:36,484
Lonnie pulled the trigger.
He killed that woman.
864
00:41:36,553 --> 00:41:38,020
You send him
wherever you want,
865
00:41:38,088 --> 00:41:40,785
I don't care,
he's a pain in the ass.
866
00:41:48,499 --> 00:41:50,228
Juvenile detention.
867
00:41:51,102 --> 00:41:52,501
Five years.
868
00:41:57,208 --> 00:42:00,337
Ross said Clayton was
trying to quit the crew.
869
00:42:00,412 --> 00:42:03,711
He gave me the gun and told me to
take Clayton upstairs and kill him.
870
00:42:03,782 --> 00:42:06,717
What specifically
did he instruct you to do?
871
00:42:11,189 --> 00:42:15,387
He told me to put the gun up against
the side of his head and shoot.
872
00:42:15,460 --> 00:42:17,121
Did you follow
these instructions?
873
00:42:17,195 --> 00:42:18,560
I tried to,
874
00:42:19,464 --> 00:42:20,989
but I couldn't.
875
00:42:21,534 --> 00:42:23,331
I couldn't kill him.
876
00:42:24,170 --> 00:42:26,730
The first time,
I missed on purpose.
877
00:42:27,740 --> 00:42:29,401
The second time,
the gun jammed.
878
00:42:29,475 --> 00:42:32,239
If it hadn't, would
you have killed Clayton?
879
00:42:32,312 --> 00:42:33,870
I don't know.
880
00:42:33,947 --> 00:42:36,313
I like Clayton.
He's okay.
881
00:42:37,116 --> 00:42:38,310
I didn't want to kill him.
882
00:42:38,384 --> 00:42:41,411
Then why did you
take him up on the roof?
883
00:42:42,790 --> 00:42:44,724
Because I was scared
of Ross Morales.
884
00:42:44,792 --> 00:42:47,124
But you could have run away.
885
00:42:47,194 --> 00:42:49,788
You could have gone to your
mother, or even to the police.
886
00:42:49,863 --> 00:42:51,228
I couldn't.
887
00:42:51,799 --> 00:42:53,027
Why not?
888
00:42:55,069 --> 00:42:58,505
Lonnie, tell these people
why you didn't run away.
889
00:43:04,679 --> 00:43:06,374
Because of my mom.
890
00:43:07,248 --> 00:43:09,910
She said I had to stay with
Ross and do what he said.
891
00:43:09,985 --> 00:43:10,974
Why?
892
00:43:11,052 --> 00:43:13,077
She owed him money, and
he was going to hurt her.
893
00:43:13,154 --> 00:43:15,816
How long were you with him
before you were arrested?
894
00:43:15,890 --> 00:43:17,881
I'm not sure.
It was a lot of weeks.
895
00:43:17,959 --> 00:43:20,360
What did you do
during that time?
896
00:43:21,764 --> 00:43:25,063
I went to the store for
Ross, I got him cigarettes,
897
00:43:25,935 --> 00:43:28,665
I took his clothes
to the coin laundry.
898
00:43:28,738 --> 00:43:30,535
What else did you do?
899
00:43:34,310 --> 00:43:36,608
I helped him sell drugs.
900
00:43:36,679 --> 00:43:38,647
I carried it for him.
901
00:43:38,714 --> 00:43:40,740
I watched the other kids.
902
00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:45,378
Did he pay you?
903
00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:47,648
No, sir.
904
00:43:47,724 --> 00:43:49,316
Did he feed you?
905
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:51,291
Sometimes.
906
00:43:52,729 --> 00:43:54,629
Didn't you get hungry?
907
00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:58,092
Yes, sir, but
908
00:43:59,469 --> 00:44:02,598
Ross told me to smoke crack
so my stomach wouldn't hurt.
909
00:44:02,674 --> 00:44:04,574
Didn't you ever complain?
910
00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:06,405
Yes, sir, once.
911
00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:07,967
What happened?
912
00:44:10,448 --> 00:44:12,882
He hit me on my back
and my legs,
913
00:44:13,685 --> 00:44:15,585
and he said he'd hurt my mom.
914
00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:17,985
How long were you supposed
to stay with him?
915
00:44:18,056 --> 00:44:19,546
I don't know.
916
00:44:19,624 --> 00:44:21,388
As long as
your mother needed drugs?
917
00:44:21,460 --> 00:44:22,927
I don't know.
918
00:44:24,997 --> 00:44:28,524
Lonnie, how much money did
your mother owe Ross Morales?
919
00:44:31,937 --> 00:44:33,666
$865.
920
00:44:41,481 --> 00:44:44,075
Thank you, Lonnie,
no more questions.
921
00:44:59,734 --> 00:45:02,202
Mr.
Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict?
922
00:45:02,269 --> 00:45:03,497
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
923
00:45:03,571 --> 00:45:05,766
In the first count of the indictment,
Murder in the Second Degree,
924
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:07,569
how do you find?
925
00:45:07,641 --> 00:45:11,202
We find the defendant,
Ross Morales, guilty.
926
00:45:23,191 --> 00:45:27,093
Has Ms. Rubinoff explained to you the
consequences of taking this plea?
927
00:45:27,162 --> 00:45:28,151
Yes, ma'am.
928
00:45:28,230 --> 00:45:31,427
You realize that you'll be
incarcerated in a juvenile facility
929
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:33,491
until your 18th birthday?
930
00:45:34,236 --> 00:45:35,601
Yes, ma'am.
931
00:45:36,538 --> 00:45:39,565
Then in accordance with the
provisions of the Family Court Act,
932
00:45:39,642 --> 00:45:42,634
I hereby sentence you
to a term of five years.
933
00:45:43,780 --> 00:45:45,611
Per Mr. McCoy's
recommendation,
934
00:45:45,681 --> 00:45:50,209
you will receive psychiatric counseling
during that term of incarceration
935
00:45:50,286 --> 00:45:53,119
and for a period
of five years thereafter.
936
00:45:56,025 --> 00:45:57,652
We're adjourned.