1 00:00:00,896 --> 00:00:02,705 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,764 --> 00:00:06,610 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,668 --> 00:00:08,545 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,603 --> 00:00:11,380 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,441 --> 00:00:12,852 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,043 --> 00:00:16,455 Yo, you gonna let Jaycee chill in your crib? 7 00:00:16,846 --> 00:00:18,484 Say, he's got no other place to go. 8 00:00:18,881 --> 00:00:20,155 Why don't he go home? 9 00:00:20,216 --> 00:00:21,957 His moms don't let him miss school, B. 10 00:00:22,018 --> 00:00:23,827 Oh, but it's all right with you, though. 11 00:00:24,020 --> 00:00:26,022 What am I, the principal? 12 00:00:26,522 --> 00:00:27,626 Damn! 13 00:00:33,297 --> 00:00:35,607 Yo, he a cop! 14 00:00:38,068 --> 00:00:40,309 SERGEANT BOWERS: His name is Jake Kearsey. Detective second grade. 15 00:00:40,370 --> 00:00:41,940 He worked out of our robbery squad. 16 00:00:42,005 --> 00:00:43,040 You knew him? 17 00:00:43,107 --> 00:00:45,883 I had a few beers with him. Wife and two kids up in Rockland. 18 00:00:45,943 --> 00:00:47,047 ED: How old? 19 00:00:47,111 --> 00:00:49,682 Girl's 14,15. Son's a few years younger. 20 00:00:52,249 --> 00:00:53,285 You check the weapon? 21 00:00:53,351 --> 00:00:54,921 Yeah, two rounds missing from the clip. 22 00:00:54,986 --> 00:00:56,988 We found the spent shells in the hallway. 23 00:00:57,055 --> 00:00:59,399 And entry craters in the plaster here. 24 00:00:59,457 --> 00:01:01,027 Uh-huh. ED: Any of the neighbors home? 25 00:01:01,392 --> 00:01:02,393 They must be at work. 26 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:04,235 BRISCOE: Which of your guys got here first? 27 00:01:04,295 --> 00:01:07,037 Muniz and Nelson. They're with the two kids who called it in. 28 00:01:07,232 --> 00:01:09,075 The apartment door was like this when they got here? 29 00:01:09,134 --> 00:01:12,081 BOWERS: No, it was locked When they saw Jake on the floor they busted it in. 30 00:01:12,137 --> 00:01:13,776 Whoever was in there is in the wind. 31 00:01:13,839 --> 00:01:15,341 Unless the shooter caught Kearsey's fire. 32 00:01:15,407 --> 00:01:16,750 You know what, check the local E.R.'s 33 00:01:16,809 --> 00:01:19,756 and get the borough to broadcast an alarm on reported gunshot victims. 34 00:01:20,412 --> 00:01:21,823 What happened up here, fellas? 35 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:26,227 I dunno. We was leaving my apartment to go to work. Then we just seen him like that. 36 00:01:26,285 --> 00:01:28,231 But we called 9-1-1 right away, though. 37 00:01:28,587 --> 00:01:30,123 You both live here? Just me. 38 00:01:30,189 --> 00:01:31,224 So what time did you get here? 39 00:01:31,290 --> 00:01:32,667 Like around, like 8:30. 40 00:01:32,758 --> 00:01:33,998 You heard any shots? 41 00:01:34,059 --> 00:01:36,097 KENNY: We had the music up real loud. 42 00:01:36,163 --> 00:01:37,369 Who lives in that apartment? 43 00:01:37,964 --> 00:01:40,137 Some lady. She just moved in. 44 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,941 Alone? KENNY: Far as I know. 45 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:43,811 I just got the page. Excuse me, fellas. 46 00:01:44,271 --> 00:01:45,750 Any idea how it went down? 47 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:46,840 No. Not yet. 48 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:48,716 Kearsey get any rounds off? Yeah, two. 49 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:50,686 Hopefully one of them's in the killer. 50 00:02:43,132 --> 00:02:44,167 It's okay we're in here? 51 00:02:44,234 --> 00:02:45,542 Yeah. The warrant's on the way. 52 00:02:45,668 --> 00:02:47,978 Lennie, there's women's clothes in the closets 53 00:02:48,137 --> 00:02:49,514 and all the drawers. 54 00:02:49,572 --> 00:02:52,280 (CHUCKLES) I don't suppose she wears a man's 11. 55 00:02:52,942 --> 00:02:55,479 Uh, would you bag these in case Cinderella shows up? 56 00:02:55,845 --> 00:02:57,586 Got something here. 57 00:02:59,950 --> 00:03:01,452 Bullet wipe on the window frame. 58 00:03:01,518 --> 00:03:02,622 Slug's still in there. 59 00:03:02,686 --> 00:03:04,495 So it's straight shot to the hallway. 60 00:03:04,888 --> 00:03:06,799 Pretty sure it's a 9mm. 61 00:03:06,924 --> 00:03:08,597 There's number two. 62 00:03:08,659 --> 00:03:10,696 Tommie Cannizaro, the 3-6. 63 00:03:10,761 --> 00:03:14,709 My partner, Detective Hart. Me and Jake, we went to the academy together. 64 00:03:14,999 --> 00:03:16,307 I'm sorry about your buddy. 65 00:03:16,367 --> 00:03:17,368 Yeah, me too. 66 00:03:17,434 --> 00:03:19,779 We thought maybe you needed a hand tossing the place or something. 67 00:03:19,838 --> 00:03:21,215 ED: It's actually a little tight up here. 68 00:03:21,273 --> 00:03:23,480 The bosses show up, see too many people, we're gonna catch heat. 69 00:03:24,576 --> 00:03:25,748 All right. 70 00:03:25,810 --> 00:03:27,016 Thanks. 71 00:03:29,748 --> 00:03:31,785 No recent gunshot victims at the local hospital. 72 00:03:31,850 --> 00:03:33,488 But Kearsey's partner's downstairs. 73 00:03:37,122 --> 00:03:40,229 We got notification on a robbery we worked about a year ago. 74 00:03:41,127 --> 00:03:44,631 The A.D.A. wanted one of us up on the stand first thing this morning. 75 00:03:44,864 --> 00:03:46,002 I lost the coin toss. 76 00:03:46,065 --> 00:03:47,942 So your partner didn't go to court? 77 00:03:48,234 --> 00:03:51,841 No, he was gonna run down the D.A.'s next witness, uh, a guy named Albert Rosa, 78 00:03:51,904 --> 00:03:53,110 bring him to One Hogan. 79 00:03:53,272 --> 00:03:54,478 This Rosa, he lived here? 80 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:58,085 No. Other side of town. East 122nd. 81 00:03:58,144 --> 00:04:00,681 So what was your partner doing over here on St. Nicholas Avenue? 82 00:04:00,746 --> 00:04:03,887 I wish I knew. He should have been Uptown. His wife know? 83 00:04:03,950 --> 00:04:06,829 I'm on my way up to their house. Do you mind joining me? 84 00:04:07,321 --> 00:04:09,096 That's a good idea. 85 00:04:12,726 --> 00:04:14,763 Jake calls tails, that's me on that gurney. 86 00:04:16,163 --> 00:04:20,077 The apartment's rented to a Selina Watts. Moved in about two months ago. 87 00:04:20,133 --> 00:04:22,307 VAN BUREN: That name register with your robbery case? 88 00:04:22,370 --> 00:04:23,644 No. I never heard of her. 89 00:04:23,705 --> 00:04:25,878 Nobody we canvassed in the building knew much about her. 90 00:04:25,973 --> 00:04:27,452 Anybody notice a boyfriend? 91 00:04:27,508 --> 00:04:29,954 No, and apparently Watts wasn't into small talk. 92 00:04:30,011 --> 00:04:33,185 She kept regular hours. Probably a nine-to-fiver. Nobody knew where. 93 00:04:33,314 --> 00:04:37,729 Well, find out how Kearsey got to her door from East 122nd Street. 94 00:04:37,819 --> 00:04:39,196 Come on. 95 00:04:44,727 --> 00:04:46,968 The detective was here first thing this morning. 96 00:04:47,029 --> 00:04:49,031 Buzzed me, asked me where Mr. Rosa was. 97 00:04:49,098 --> 00:04:50,099 What'd you tell him? 98 00:04:50,165 --> 00:04:53,840 That Mr. Rosa left Monday night with an overnight bag. Hadn't seen him since. 99 00:04:53,936 --> 00:04:55,313 He say when he was coming back? 100 00:04:55,371 --> 00:04:57,783 Nope. Just asked me to hold his mail. 101 00:04:57,840 --> 00:04:59,842 Oh, here's the D.A.'s trial subpoena. 102 00:05:00,309 --> 00:05:02,789 Oh, looks like he was shirking his civic duty. 103 00:05:03,245 --> 00:05:05,385 Did Mr. Rosa mention a robbery case? 104 00:05:05,582 --> 00:05:06,925 Uh. No. No. 105 00:05:06,983 --> 00:05:08,428 Did you tell the detective where he'd be? 106 00:05:08,485 --> 00:05:10,192 Well, I told him where he worked. 107 00:05:10,353 --> 00:05:13,232 Um, Ajax Transmissions. 108 00:05:13,556 --> 00:05:17,265 Yeah. The detective was here a few hours ago. What happened, you lost him? 109 00:05:17,327 --> 00:05:19,102 Did he ask you about Albert Rosa? 110 00:05:19,329 --> 00:05:23,209 And I told him Albert called yesterday, said he needed a few personal days. 111 00:05:23,266 --> 00:05:25,372 Did the detective talk to anybody else here? 112 00:05:25,970 --> 00:05:29,110 Hey, Louie, that detective was here ask you about Albert? 113 00:05:29,173 --> 00:05:30,880 Yeah. What did you tell him? 114 00:05:30,941 --> 00:05:32,614 Nothin'. I mean, I told him where he was. 115 00:05:32,676 --> 00:05:33,677 BRISCOE: And where was that? 116 00:05:33,744 --> 00:05:36,384 At his cousin's place. I'm supposed to bring his check over there tomorrow. 117 00:05:36,447 --> 00:05:37,983 It's 35 St. Nicholas Avenue. 118 00:05:38,315 --> 00:05:40,261 Did you give Detective Kearsey the cousin's name? 119 00:05:40,551 --> 00:05:42,861 No, but Albert wrote it down for me. 120 00:05:44,555 --> 00:05:46,035 Selina Watts? 121 00:05:46,158 --> 00:05:49,162 Maria Santiago. 35 St. Nicholas Place. 122 00:05:52,164 --> 00:05:53,336 You ever done this before? 123 00:05:53,398 --> 00:05:54,809 Yeah, twice. 124 00:05:55,567 --> 00:05:57,308 Two times too many. 125 00:06:04,342 --> 00:06:06,549 Ronnie, what are you doing up here? 126 00:06:07,213 --> 00:06:08,385 Annie. 127 00:06:09,015 --> 00:06:10,551 Oh, my God. 128 00:06:11,717 --> 00:06:12,991 Uh... 129 00:06:13,252 --> 00:06:14,424 Where's Jake? 130 00:06:16,456 --> 00:06:19,266 Annie. Oh, Ronnie, just tell me. 131 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:21,961 I'm sorry. Oh, God! 132 00:06:22,028 --> 00:06:25,874 Your husband was shot this morning in the line of duty, Mrs. Kearsey. 133 00:06:26,599 --> 00:06:28,238 I should have been been there for him. 134 00:06:30,137 --> 00:06:32,242 Is there anyone we can call for you? 135 00:06:33,674 --> 00:06:35,676 (SOBBING) I don't know. 136 00:06:37,511 --> 00:06:40,492 I'm gonna stay here. Call me if anything breaks. 137 00:06:48,489 --> 00:06:51,664 This idiot gave Kearsey the wrong address, he winds up getting killed. 138 00:06:51,726 --> 00:06:53,137 We're ruling out ambush? 139 00:06:53,194 --> 00:06:57,404 Aw, the kid gave himself up way too easy. I gotta figure wrong time, wrong place. 140 00:06:57,465 --> 00:06:59,274 What do we have on the woman who rents the apartment? 141 00:06:59,334 --> 00:07:00,836 We couldn't locate her landlord, 142 00:07:00,902 --> 00:07:03,314 so she's either at work someplace, or she took off. 143 00:07:03,371 --> 00:07:06,682 Get Byrne to run her name with BCI. How about our size 11? 144 00:07:06,741 --> 00:07:08,652 Well, Latent's got a stack of prints to read. 145 00:07:08,810 --> 00:07:10,620 Well, tell them to read faster. 146 00:07:10,679 --> 00:07:13,853 Thanks. The guys at the 3-6 are about to collar our shooter. 147 00:07:15,951 --> 00:07:19,057 CANNIZARO: One of my snitches puts him in the backroom in the bar around the corner. 148 00:07:19,121 --> 00:07:20,191 You got a name? 149 00:07:20,256 --> 00:07:24,602 Yeah, Junior. 18-year-old black male, 5'8", wears a goatee. 150 00:07:24,660 --> 00:07:26,697 Where'd your snitch get this information? 151 00:07:26,762 --> 00:07:30,733 He knows a surgical nurse. Dressed a minor bullet wound in his apartment 152 00:07:30,799 --> 00:07:32,473 he says belongs to the shooter. 153 00:07:32,903 --> 00:07:34,007 Who called the local news? 154 00:07:34,070 --> 00:07:35,105 They have scanners. 155 00:07:35,171 --> 00:07:36,650 You didn't put it on division radio? 156 00:07:36,706 --> 00:07:38,549 Hey, I'm sorry. I have more important things to worry about. 157 00:07:38,608 --> 00:07:39,780 Like are we gonna lose this guy or not. 158 00:07:39,843 --> 00:07:42,687 Now you wanna stand here and have this conversation or go grab him up? 159 00:07:44,614 --> 00:07:47,094 CANNIZARO: Okay, everybody up! Everybody, hands on the bar! Up! 160 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:48,888 What's going on here? Hands on the bar. 161 00:07:48,985 --> 00:07:50,020 Come on, get 'em up! 162 00:07:50,086 --> 00:07:51,429 Come on, pops, move it. 163 00:07:51,488 --> 00:07:53,400 Hey, hey, hey. There's no need. There's no need. 164 00:07:53,457 --> 00:07:55,562 Where's Junior? There's nobody named Junior here. 165 00:07:55,626 --> 00:07:56,661 Who's in the back room? 166 00:07:56,727 --> 00:07:58,400 There's nothing up there but some boxes. 167 00:07:58,462 --> 00:08:00,567 You lying to us, I'm gonna kick your black ass! 168 00:08:00,731 --> 00:08:02,733 Hey! Take the door. 169 00:08:07,872 --> 00:08:09,249 It's clear. 170 00:08:10,107 --> 00:08:11,415 It's a storage closet. 171 00:08:16,815 --> 00:08:19,921 Yo, you put your hands on an old man like that again, black or white, 172 00:08:19,985 --> 00:08:21,055 you and me are gonna have a problem. 173 00:08:21,119 --> 00:08:24,464 Oh, that's funny. 'Cause I was gonna say to you, if you ever interfere with me again, 174 00:08:24,523 --> 00:08:26,867 in the middle of an operation, we're gonna have a big problem. 175 00:08:26,925 --> 00:08:28,495 And I'm gonna solve it. Do it now. 176 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:29,937 Oh, aren't you a big shot! 177 00:08:29,995 --> 00:08:31,997 What, are you playing Al Sharpton in front of the "brothers"? 178 00:08:32,064 --> 00:08:33,908 Hey, man, I'll take you anytime, anywhere. 179 00:08:33,967 --> 00:08:36,277 Oh, like we don't know who'll wind up all jammed up out of that. 180 00:08:36,336 --> 00:08:37,644 It's certainly not the brother. 181 00:08:37,704 --> 00:08:39,479 You say brother like that one more time, I swear to God, 182 00:08:39,539 --> 00:08:40,950 I'm a stomp your ass into the pavement. 183 00:08:41,407 --> 00:08:42,909 Whose side is your partner on, Lennie? 184 00:08:42,976 --> 00:08:44,614 Same side I'm on, all right? 185 00:08:44,677 --> 00:08:45,747 Is our perp in there? 186 00:08:45,812 --> 00:08:46,916 No. Any problems? 187 00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:48,015 No, we're fine. 188 00:08:48,081 --> 00:08:49,492 You can read it in my report. 189 00:08:49,816 --> 00:08:51,227 What am I supposed to know here? 190 00:08:51,284 --> 00:08:55,028 Well, Officer Cannizaro could have used a little more discretion in the bar. 191 00:08:56,056 --> 00:08:58,662 You two back to your precinct. We've got work to do. 192 00:09:03,464 --> 00:09:04,772 DETECTIVE TINLEY: Word is you have a suspect? 193 00:09:04,832 --> 00:09:05,902 We thought we did. 194 00:09:05,966 --> 00:09:08,344 So now, I have to go back to the mayor and tell him you don't? 195 00:09:08,402 --> 00:09:09,403 Right. 196 00:09:09,470 --> 00:09:12,349 Your people know the importance of keeping City Hall appraised. 197 00:09:12,506 --> 00:09:13,507 They do? 198 00:09:13,574 --> 00:09:16,021 Sir, we just found out it was a false alarm. 199 00:09:16,077 --> 00:09:18,182 Otherwise, we would have saved you the trip. 200 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,024 Uh, any leads on the woman in the apartment? 201 00:09:21,082 --> 00:09:22,959 We're making progress. 202 00:09:23,084 --> 00:09:27,624 Joe, I have to get back. I'll tell the mayor the investigation's proceeding. 203 00:09:30,425 --> 00:09:32,564 Gimme something soon, Anita. 204 00:09:36,531 --> 00:09:38,409 Fallout from the bar and grill? 205 00:09:38,467 --> 00:09:39,502 What do you have? 206 00:09:39,568 --> 00:09:43,414 Byrne pulled a sheet on the woman in 3-D. Selina Watts, 29 years old, 207 00:09:43,472 --> 00:09:47,716 formerly of Brooklyn. We got a car in the 7-4, en route to her last known address. 208 00:09:47,777 --> 00:09:51,281 Priors? One recent arrest for fraud. Still pending. 209 00:09:52,248 --> 00:09:54,626 All right, find the A.D.A. on her case. 210 00:09:56,018 --> 00:09:57,999 We arrested Selina Watts about three weeks ago. 211 00:09:58,155 --> 00:10:01,227 She's an administrator at the Riverside Action Project. 212 00:10:01,325 --> 00:10:03,566 It's an eviction prevention program up in Harlem. 213 00:10:03,894 --> 00:10:05,202 She dipping into the till? 214 00:10:05,262 --> 00:10:08,175 No, we found some irregularities in their intake process. 215 00:10:08,231 --> 00:10:09,574 Irregularities? 216 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:12,409 Tenants enrolled in the program that aren't eligible. 217 00:10:12,469 --> 00:10:14,073 Hmm, that doesn't sound to serious. 218 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:17,084 Well, we charged Watts hoping she'd flip on the higher-ups. 219 00:10:17,407 --> 00:10:21,550 The place is run by an activist named Lateef Miller. Used to be Bobby Miller. 220 00:10:21,979 --> 00:10:23,287 The former Black Panther? 221 00:10:23,347 --> 00:10:24,655 One and the same. 222 00:10:25,049 --> 00:10:28,189 Yeah, he and his pals robbed some banks upstate, back in the '60s. 223 00:10:28,252 --> 00:10:30,493 They also ran a free breakfast program up in Harlem. 224 00:10:31,255 --> 00:10:34,862 So, how long's Robin Hood been running this Riverside Action Project? 225 00:10:35,059 --> 00:10:36,936 The board of directors hired him about five years ago. 226 00:10:36,994 --> 00:10:39,338 He's been successful in getting some pretty big grants. 227 00:10:39,732 --> 00:10:42,076 He turned the project into a real force in the neighborhood. 228 00:10:42,334 --> 00:10:43,608 You got anything on Miller? 229 00:10:43,669 --> 00:10:47,344 No. Watts isn't cooperating. Her lawyer insists they're not doing anything illegal. 230 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:49,851 I'm sure she's told him he's under investigation. 231 00:10:50,542 --> 00:10:52,783 Watts is still working for him at Riverside. 232 00:10:57,983 --> 00:10:59,462 Selina Watts? 233 00:10:59,518 --> 00:11:00,759 Can I help you? 234 00:11:00,820 --> 00:11:03,027 I'm Detective Green. This is Detective Briscoe. 235 00:11:03,089 --> 00:11:04,500 We just need to ask you a couple of questions. 236 00:11:04,557 --> 00:11:06,559 First off, where were you today at 9:15? 237 00:11:07,026 --> 00:11:08,061 Why? 238 00:11:08,128 --> 00:11:10,165 There was a detective shot in your building this morning. 239 00:11:10,964 --> 00:11:12,773 I don't know anything about that. 240 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,375 What time did you leave for work? 241 00:11:15,435 --> 00:11:16,641 What, am I a suspect? 242 00:11:16,703 --> 00:11:18,705 It's just a simple question, Miss Watts. 243 00:11:18,772 --> 00:11:21,378 And I have a simple answer. I don't have to account for my whereabouts 244 00:11:21,441 --> 00:11:22,750 to you or anybody else. 245 00:11:22,810 --> 00:11:24,812 What can you tell us about Lateef Miller? 246 00:11:25,112 --> 00:11:26,318 Not a damn thing. 247 00:11:26,380 --> 00:11:27,916 ED: He is your boss, isn't he? 248 00:11:27,982 --> 00:11:29,154 Right. He's my boss. 249 00:11:29,417 --> 00:11:30,418 Well, where is he now? 250 00:11:30,484 --> 00:11:31,519 No idea. 251 00:11:31,585 --> 00:11:34,759 Somebody at your apartment was involved in that shooting. 252 00:11:35,389 --> 00:11:36,424 How do you know that? 253 00:11:36,490 --> 00:11:38,026 ED: There was fresh bullet holes inside. 254 00:11:38,492 --> 00:11:41,336 You went inside my apartment? Who gave you the right to do that? 255 00:11:41,395 --> 00:11:43,501 I don't think you're seeing the big picture here. 256 00:11:43,565 --> 00:11:45,044 We're gonna have to ask you to come with us, Miss Watts. 257 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:47,478 Well, you can forget about it. 'Cause I'm not going anywhere with you. 258 00:11:47,536 --> 00:11:48,844 We're gonna have to place you under arrest. 259 00:11:49,004 --> 00:11:50,278 For what? 260 00:11:51,373 --> 00:11:53,353 Criminal possession of a handgun. 261 00:11:54,075 --> 00:11:55,349 I don't have a handgun. 262 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:57,583 You had one at your apartment. 263 00:11:58,780 --> 00:11:59,815 Please. 264 00:12:06,389 --> 00:12:08,300 Who's size 11's were in your living room? 265 00:12:08,357 --> 00:12:10,030 That is none of your business. 266 00:12:10,092 --> 00:12:12,368 There was a dead cop outside your door. 267 00:12:12,428 --> 00:12:13,702 I don't know anything about that. 268 00:12:13,763 --> 00:12:15,174 The shots came from inside your apartment. 269 00:12:15,231 --> 00:12:18,474 I don't know anything about that either. Including, I don't know it's true. 270 00:12:18,534 --> 00:12:20,878 Did Lateef Miller spend the night with you? 271 00:12:20,970 --> 00:12:23,473 That for sure is none of your business. 272 00:12:23,739 --> 00:12:26,277 Look, if you're not gonna help us out here, Miss Watts, 273 00:12:26,343 --> 00:12:29,256 we have three fraud counts pending we could use against you. 274 00:12:29,446 --> 00:12:32,222 Not to mention, accessory after the fact to murder. 275 00:12:32,282 --> 00:12:34,057 I've got nothing to do with that. 276 00:12:34,117 --> 00:12:36,597 Look, all you have to do to walk out of here is tell us about Lateef. 277 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,529 Then I guess I ain't gonna be walking out of here, 278 00:12:38,589 --> 00:12:40,091 'cause I don't know what you're talkin' about. 279 00:12:46,397 --> 00:12:48,001 STRAUS: So you have an unexplained shooting 280 00:12:48,066 --> 00:12:50,569 and your only suspect just happens to be Lateef Miller? 281 00:12:50,635 --> 00:12:53,878 Latent lifted four of his prints from inside the apartment. 282 00:12:54,105 --> 00:12:56,210 So, how do we know he wasn't there last Sunday for tea and crumpets? 283 00:12:56,841 --> 00:12:59,287 If you're jumping to conclusions because Miller was a Panther... 284 00:12:59,344 --> 00:13:02,018 He was under investigation by the D.A.'s Frauds Bureau. 285 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,150 So he shoots a cop? 286 00:13:03,214 --> 00:13:06,924 Miller's dropped off the radar and Watts is covering for him. 287 00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:09,192 It's just too big of a coincidence. 288 00:13:09,388 --> 00:13:13,495 You'd better be right. Race relations in this city what they are, 289 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:15,761 the Department can't afford another black eye. 290 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:17,531 They're fully aware of that. 291 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:19,301 Good. 292 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:21,270 So do we pick him up or not? 293 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,143 Yeah, pick him up. 294 00:13:27,574 --> 00:13:30,612 And make sure Miller's in one piece when you bring him in. 295 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:37,826 Last known for Lateef Miller, 2017 Amsterdam. 296 00:13:37,918 --> 00:13:38,988 So what are we waiting for? 297 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:42,693 A warrant. We got cars on his building and the R.A.P. office. 298 00:13:42,756 --> 00:13:47,102 Green and I will take ESU into his apartment as soon as the paperwork gets here. 299 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,195 What do you have on the gun? 300 00:13:48,261 --> 00:13:52,005 Ballistics makes the murder weapon a Glock 9mm. It's their new "compensated" model. 301 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:54,376 You've all see it. It has vents on the slide to reduce recoil. 302 00:13:54,435 --> 00:13:57,245 All right, people, keep working your eyes and ears on the street 303 00:13:57,305 --> 00:13:59,842 and be ready to move as soon as we see 304 00:13:59,907 --> 00:14:01,716 what turns up in Miller's apartment, all right? 305 00:14:03,911 --> 00:14:05,117 Police. Freeze! 306 00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:07,749 BOY: What are you doing? What are you... What are you doing? 307 00:14:08,049 --> 00:14:09,393 Up against the wall. 308 00:14:10,986 --> 00:14:11,987 It's clear. 309 00:14:12,054 --> 00:14:14,898 All right, he's a kid. We're looking for Lateef Miller. 310 00:14:14,957 --> 00:14:16,527 You just can't break down our door. 311 00:14:16,592 --> 00:14:17,764 We got a no-knock warrant. 312 00:14:17,826 --> 00:14:19,464 Can I see it? Yeah. 313 00:14:19,928 --> 00:14:21,601 BRISCOE: Do you know Lateef Miller? 314 00:14:21,663 --> 00:14:23,301 Lateef Miller's our father. 315 00:14:23,365 --> 00:14:25,003 "Murder in the First Degree"? 316 00:14:25,067 --> 00:14:26,410 He didn't kill anybody. 317 00:14:26,501 --> 00:14:28,003 Do you know where your father was the night before last? 318 00:14:28,070 --> 00:14:30,107 Here. We don't have to answer any questions. 319 00:14:30,172 --> 00:14:31,675 ED: You're right. You don't. 320 00:14:31,741 --> 00:14:33,778 Our father warned us about people like you. 321 00:14:35,611 --> 00:14:37,022 Uh, I'll take that back if you're done. 322 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:38,988 Or I'll wind up like my cousin? 323 00:14:39,449 --> 00:14:40,860 What happened to your cousin? 324 00:14:41,284 --> 00:14:43,525 He got shot by a cop like you. 325 00:14:46,522 --> 00:14:48,297 Anything turn up at Miller's apartment? 326 00:14:48,391 --> 00:14:50,200 Nope. Nothing but his two scared kids. 327 00:14:50,259 --> 00:14:51,568 The place was clean. 328 00:14:51,628 --> 00:14:53,733 Will you follow up at the R.A.P. office? 329 00:14:54,098 --> 00:14:58,774 We made visits to the staff. No Lateef Miller. No love from the staff or the community. 330 00:14:58,836 --> 00:15:00,816 Well, no one likes cops at their door. 331 00:15:00,871 --> 00:15:03,147 That's not all they don't like. 332 00:15:03,207 --> 00:15:05,585 Lateef's like a living legend. You know what that makes me? 333 00:15:05,843 --> 00:15:07,914 Oh, I know you're not buying into that. 334 00:15:09,279 --> 00:15:10,314 What do you have? 335 00:15:10,381 --> 00:15:12,122 I pulled some of Miller's old cases. 336 00:15:12,182 --> 00:15:15,096 I figured maybe he's hooked up with one of his old radical friends. 337 00:15:15,153 --> 00:15:18,657 Uh, he did a few robberies with a guy named Rolando August. 338 00:15:18,990 --> 00:15:21,561 Who has a real estate business in the Bronx. 339 00:15:22,227 --> 00:15:24,104 Ex-Panther makes good. 340 00:15:37,643 --> 00:15:39,452 I haven't seen Lateef in 10 years. 341 00:15:39,612 --> 00:15:41,489 You did time together. 342 00:15:41,781 --> 00:15:44,022 That's right. But I haven't seen him in 10 years. 343 00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:45,619 A vacant apartment in one of your buildings 344 00:15:45,685 --> 00:15:47,096 is a great place to stash an old comrade. 345 00:15:47,153 --> 00:15:48,154 I wouldn't do that. 346 00:15:48,220 --> 00:15:50,325 Would you make an emergency loan? 347 00:15:50,589 --> 00:15:52,000 No, I wouldn't. 348 00:15:52,057 --> 00:15:54,334 And I resent the accusatory tone in your voice. 349 00:15:54,394 --> 00:15:56,738 Well, you kinda made that bed 30 years ago, Mr. August. 350 00:15:57,164 --> 00:15:59,474 People change, Detective Green. 351 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:01,902 I do pretty well here for an ex-con. 352 00:16:02,335 --> 00:16:04,008 I wouldn't risk it all for Lateef Miller. 353 00:16:04,204 --> 00:16:07,117 I'm sure you'll understand we can't just take your word for it. 354 00:16:12,646 --> 00:16:15,890 Here are my listings. You want to bust down 200 doors, 355 00:16:18,252 --> 00:16:19,390 be my guest. 356 00:16:20,922 --> 00:16:22,663 We finally got the IUDs for Watts. 357 00:16:22,824 --> 00:16:25,270 Miller checked his answering service from her phone 358 00:16:25,326 --> 00:16:27,169 a half an hour before Kearsey was shot. 359 00:16:27,228 --> 00:16:29,208 Great, now all we gotta do is find the guy. 360 00:16:29,263 --> 00:16:32,073 Well, if we can't find Miller, maybe we can find the murder weapon. 361 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,670 I'm sorry, I'm late for my daily spanking at One Police Plaza. 362 00:16:37,806 --> 00:16:39,547 This doesn't make much sense. 363 00:16:39,608 --> 00:16:42,384 Maybe he thought Kearsey was there to take him back to jail. 364 00:16:43,645 --> 00:16:46,626 You know. I know this guy from Washington Park. 365 00:16:48,884 --> 00:16:50,955 I heard of this Lateef Miller. What did he do? 366 00:16:51,086 --> 00:16:52,724 You know about the cop on St. Nicholas? 367 00:16:52,788 --> 00:16:53,994 Big news, man. 368 00:16:54,056 --> 00:16:55,057 What you got for me? 369 00:16:55,124 --> 00:16:56,194 What you got for me? 370 00:16:56,258 --> 00:16:58,637 Same parole violation that's been hanging over your head for three years. 371 00:16:59,963 --> 00:17:01,203 I'm make some inquiries. 372 00:17:01,264 --> 00:17:04,802 He might be trying to sell off a state-of-the-art Glock 9mm. 373 00:17:04,868 --> 00:17:07,474 The C model. The one with flash holes on the slide. 374 00:17:07,670 --> 00:17:09,445 You heard about one on the market? 375 00:17:10,006 --> 00:17:11,349 Tough piece to turn over. 376 00:17:11,608 --> 00:17:14,179 Burner like that goes for 1,500, 1,800. 377 00:17:14,344 --> 00:17:17,120 Who do you know that handles that kind of high-end merchandise? 378 00:17:17,614 --> 00:17:19,822 I can think of two or three guys. 379 00:17:22,253 --> 00:17:25,097 MAN: Who's there? Lottery winner's payment unit. 380 00:17:25,389 --> 00:17:27,335 Also know as the Police Department. 381 00:17:27,625 --> 00:17:30,162 What's this? ED: Step into the hallway, Natron. 382 00:17:31,162 --> 00:17:32,573 You buy a gun from Lateef Miller? 383 00:17:32,630 --> 00:17:34,041 I didn't buy no gun. 384 00:17:34,098 --> 00:17:36,476 You know what, we're gonna wait till they get here with a warrant. 385 00:17:36,567 --> 00:17:38,638 Then we're gonna go in and tear your place apart. 386 00:17:38,702 --> 00:17:40,705 You got anything in there you'd rather we didn't find? 387 00:17:41,673 --> 00:17:42,708 What I gotta do? 388 00:17:42,774 --> 00:17:44,754 ED: Where's Lateef? I don't know. 389 00:17:44,810 --> 00:17:46,084 BRISCOE: Call for the warrant. 390 00:17:46,144 --> 00:17:48,181 Look, Lateef's a Muslim, right? 391 00:17:48,246 --> 00:17:50,385 All Muslims Friday afternoons are at jum'ah. 392 00:17:50,949 --> 00:17:52,326 What's jum'ah? 393 00:17:52,384 --> 00:17:53,454 It's prayer. 394 00:17:53,518 --> 00:17:55,054 Where? At the mosque. 395 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:56,394 Which mosque? 396 00:17:56,454 --> 00:17:57,933 135th Street. 397 00:17:59,558 --> 00:18:01,800 BRISCOE: Our source said Miller's been taking his meals 398 00:18:01,894 --> 00:18:04,272 at the mosque the past two days, sleeping there. 399 00:18:04,330 --> 00:18:05,400 Any muscle in there? 400 00:18:05,465 --> 00:18:07,638 He doesn't think so. So, we wait for ESU? 401 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:11,238 No, that'll bring out the whole neighborhood. 402 00:18:11,304 --> 00:18:13,079 You know what? I'm going in. 403 00:18:13,506 --> 00:18:14,883 What, you gonna go in the back? 404 00:18:14,941 --> 00:18:16,386 No. I'm gonna come out the back. 405 00:18:16,442 --> 00:18:17,785 VAN BUREN: You sure you want to do it this way? 406 00:18:18,711 --> 00:18:20,054 You want a riot on your hands? 407 00:18:25,686 --> 00:18:26,790 (GREETING IN ARABIC) 408 00:18:26,854 --> 00:18:28,265 (RESPONDING IN ARABIC) 409 00:18:28,322 --> 00:18:29,426 Are you Muslim? 410 00:18:29,490 --> 00:18:30,798 No, I'm a cop. 411 00:18:31,725 --> 00:18:33,227 I need to talk to Lateef Miller. 412 00:18:33,627 --> 00:18:35,436 Now you know you don't belong here, brother. 413 00:18:35,696 --> 00:18:38,438 Look, man, I know, but it's either me or an ESU team 414 00:18:38,499 --> 00:18:40,479 with assault rifles and tear gas. We don't need that. 415 00:18:40,734 --> 00:18:42,874 They're inside making salat. 416 00:18:43,171 --> 00:18:45,276 I won't interrupt. I swear. 417 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,693 (MEN CHANTING PRAYERS IN ARABIC) 418 00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:18,082 Mr. Miller, 419 00:19:18,307 --> 00:19:20,810 please don't make us disrespect your house of worship. 420 00:19:22,745 --> 00:19:24,384 You already have. 421 00:19:25,649 --> 00:19:27,754 I need you to come with me. 422 00:19:29,319 --> 00:19:31,321 I wanna go out the front. 423 00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:33,496 The back is better. 424 00:19:35,258 --> 00:19:37,033 So you can shoot me? 425 00:19:38,361 --> 00:19:41,001 If they shoot you, their gonna have to shoot me, too. 426 00:19:57,114 --> 00:19:59,151 I'll take it from here. 427 00:20:00,418 --> 00:20:01,920 There's gonna be press at the house. 428 00:20:01,986 --> 00:20:03,590 You okay with doing the walk-out? 429 00:20:03,654 --> 00:20:06,363 Uh... Lennie could go alone. 430 00:20:07,192 --> 00:20:08,796 No, I'll do it. 431 00:20:09,161 --> 00:20:10,401 All right. 432 00:20:16,201 --> 00:20:18,681 "People v. Lateef Miller. Murder in the First Degree." 433 00:20:18,737 --> 00:20:20,011 (PEOPLE EXCLAIMING) 434 00:20:20,072 --> 00:20:21,483 (GAVEL POUNDING) 435 00:20:22,441 --> 00:20:25,081 If I hear another word from the gallery, I'm going to clear the courtroom. 436 00:20:25,143 --> 00:20:26,315 (GAVEL POUNDING) 437 00:20:29,215 --> 00:20:30,421 How does the defendant plead? 438 00:20:30,483 --> 00:20:32,520 My client has a statement, Your Honor. 439 00:20:32,885 --> 00:20:36,094 Given that I'm here as a political prisoner... 440 00:20:36,222 --> 00:20:38,395 MAN: Tell 'em, brother. ...the Geneva Convention 441 00:20:38,458 --> 00:20:41,064 doesn't afford this court jurisdiction. 442 00:20:41,294 --> 00:20:42,364 (GAVEL POUNDING) 443 00:20:42,428 --> 00:20:43,668 That's enough. 444 00:20:44,997 --> 00:20:46,999 Mr. Miller, I'm entering a plea of "not guilty." 445 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:48,546 CARMICHAEL: People request remand, Your Honor. 446 00:20:48,602 --> 00:20:50,309 Mr. Miller killed a police officer 447 00:20:50,371 --> 00:20:52,180 and then fled the scene in order to avoid capture. 448 00:20:52,473 --> 00:20:55,750 He was praying in a mosque, Your Honor. He's a pillar of his community. 449 00:20:56,610 --> 00:20:58,556 The People are considering the death penalty. 450 00:20:58,712 --> 00:21:00,191 (PEOPLE EXCLAIMING) 451 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:01,725 (GAVEL POUNDING) 452 00:21:02,850 --> 00:21:06,297 No bail. Defendant is remanded. Move on to motion. 453 00:21:13,194 --> 00:21:16,732 I had to duck out the back exit on Baxter Street to avoid the mob. 454 00:21:16,831 --> 00:21:19,607 If you think the arraignment was a circus, wait for the trial. 455 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:20,702 Who's representing him? 456 00:21:20,769 --> 00:21:22,180 CARMICHAEL: Leon Chiles. Mmm. 457 00:21:23,705 --> 00:21:24,843 How's our case? 458 00:21:24,906 --> 00:21:25,941 We've had better. 459 00:21:26,007 --> 00:21:29,785 The shot that killed Kearsey came from Miller's girlfriend's apartment. 460 00:21:30,079 --> 00:21:31,490 We can put Miller inside. 461 00:21:31,547 --> 00:21:33,151 Any witnesses, a gun? 462 00:21:33,249 --> 00:21:34,319 Neither one. 463 00:21:34,383 --> 00:21:35,691 Any chance for a deal? 464 00:21:35,751 --> 00:21:39,028 You make a deal for manslaughter, you break faith with every cop in the city. 465 00:21:39,088 --> 00:21:40,533 Yeah, but was it manslaughter? 466 00:21:40,589 --> 00:21:42,694 No, I don't believe it was. 467 00:21:43,426 --> 00:21:46,964 Still, you prosecute for homicide, we could get accused of racism. 468 00:21:47,096 --> 00:21:48,473 In other words we can't win. 469 00:21:48,531 --> 00:21:49,703 JACK: Right. 470 00:21:50,433 --> 00:21:55,042 Okay, well, let's call it for what it is. Let's prosecute for homicide. 471 00:21:59,376 --> 00:22:02,482 A woman named Selina Watts lives in 3-D. 472 00:22:02,546 --> 00:22:04,856 Our Latent Print Unit lifted four fingerprints 473 00:22:04,915 --> 00:22:07,088 belonging to Lateef Miller from her apartment, 474 00:22:07,150 --> 00:22:10,495 and we also found a pair of shoes his size in her hallway. 475 00:22:10,687 --> 00:22:13,897 Was there anything that connected Mr. Miller to Ms. Watts' apartment 476 00:22:13,958 --> 00:22:15,266 on the morning of the incident? 477 00:22:15,426 --> 00:22:18,134 ED: When we subpoenaed Watts' telephone record, there was a phone call 478 00:22:18,196 --> 00:22:20,699 from her apartment to the defendant's answering service 479 00:22:20,765 --> 00:22:23,678 37 minutes before the 9-1-1 call. 480 00:22:24,035 --> 00:22:25,480 Could anybody do this? 481 00:22:25,603 --> 00:22:29,483 They would have to have Mr. Miller's private pin code, 4-2-4-4-8. 482 00:22:34,813 --> 00:22:38,317 4124148 is Mr. Miller's birthday isn't it? 483 00:22:38,417 --> 00:22:39,725 I believe it is, yes. 484 00:22:39,785 --> 00:22:43,255 It's fairly common, is it not, to use one's birthday for one's pin code? 485 00:22:43,722 --> 00:22:45,224 It may be, I don't really know. 486 00:22:45,290 --> 00:22:47,668 But wouldn't anyone who knew Mr. Miller's birthday 487 00:22:47,726 --> 00:22:49,433 have a good chance of accessing his messages? 488 00:22:49,928 --> 00:22:51,532 ED: Assuming they also had his phone number. 489 00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:55,210 And I take it the police department has access 490 00:22:55,268 --> 00:22:56,941 to both of those pieces of information. 491 00:22:57,036 --> 00:22:58,071 Right. 492 00:22:58,138 --> 00:23:01,847 When your lab ran all the prints found in Selina Watts' apartment, 493 00:23:01,908 --> 00:23:04,582 how many other individuals were there beside Mr. Miller? 494 00:23:04,811 --> 00:23:06,791 I believe there were 14. 495 00:23:07,180 --> 00:23:09,182 Fourteen. 496 00:23:09,416 --> 00:23:14,229 But only one belonging to a former Black Panther, right, Detective? 497 00:23:15,890 --> 00:23:17,836 Right. Ah. 498 00:23:17,892 --> 00:23:22,034 Oh, um, how many other individuals were there who had size 11 feet? 499 00:23:23,397 --> 00:23:24,967 We didn't run their shoe sizes. 500 00:23:25,666 --> 00:23:26,736 Hmm. 501 00:23:31,972 --> 00:23:34,316 I was Jake Kearsey's partner for 18 months. 502 00:23:34,842 --> 00:23:36,550 I've known him and his family for seven years. 503 00:23:36,912 --> 00:23:38,687 JACK: Which family members in particular? 504 00:23:39,881 --> 00:23:43,192 His wife, Anne, and his children, Julie and Brian. 505 00:23:43,718 --> 00:23:46,494 On the day Detective Kearsey was killed what happened? 506 00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:49,627 Oh, while Jake was running down a witness, somebody gave him the wrong address. 507 00:23:49,724 --> 00:23:52,068 JACK: Did the case you and Detective Kearsey were working on 508 00:23:52,127 --> 00:23:54,038 have anything to do with Lateef Miller? 509 00:23:55,363 --> 00:23:56,364 Nothing whatsoever. 510 00:23:56,464 --> 00:23:57,808 In the time that you worked with him, 511 00:23:57,867 --> 00:24:01,940 did Detective Kearsey ever mention Lateef Miller in particular 512 00:24:02,004 --> 00:24:04,484 or the Black Panther Party in general? 513 00:24:05,808 --> 00:24:07,344 No, he did not. 514 00:24:13,449 --> 00:24:18,331 Your, uh, partner didn't live in New York City, did he? 515 00:24:18,422 --> 00:24:20,766 No, he lived up in Rockland County. 516 00:24:21,158 --> 00:24:23,229 He was a member of the Emerald Society? 517 00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:24,495 Objection. 518 00:24:24,561 --> 00:24:28,941 I'm laying the foundation to establish an alternate reason for Detective Kearsey's visit. 519 00:24:29,733 --> 00:24:31,076 Overruled. 520 00:24:33,070 --> 00:24:35,107 Yeah, the Emerald Society. 521 00:24:35,606 --> 00:24:39,987 Which is a secret, all-white clique within the police department? 522 00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:44,184 It's a social club for Irish cops. A fraternal organization. 523 00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:47,388 But the only brothers this fraternal organization are white. 524 00:24:47,452 --> 00:24:48,487 Objection. 525 00:24:48,553 --> 00:24:50,157 JUDGE: Move along, Mr. Chiles. 526 00:24:50,221 --> 00:24:52,167 Isn't it a fact that Detective Kearsey 527 00:24:52,223 --> 00:24:54,396 belonged to a motorcycle gang called the White Knights? 528 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,066 Yeah. 529 00:24:56,127 --> 00:24:59,871 It's a group of overweight, middle-aged guys who like to ride bikes on Sundays. 530 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:02,969 But did not the son of one of the members of this gang 531 00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:06,073 get arrested for scrawling "KKK" on the wall of his high school? 532 00:25:06,205 --> 00:25:08,651 Objection. Move to strike. 533 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,549 The question is stricken. 534 00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:16,352 Did Detective Kearsey have six excessive force complaints filed against him at CCRB, 535 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,019 five by African-Americans? 536 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,528 The ones I know about were dismissed. 537 00:25:19,585 --> 00:25:21,293 What about the one that was sustained 538 00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,925 where he put a young black man in a choke hold 539 00:25:24,057 --> 00:25:25,127 that sent him to the hospital? 540 00:25:25,191 --> 00:25:27,933 That guy was a PCP freak resisting arrest. 541 00:25:27,994 --> 00:25:32,807 How many white PCP freaks did your partner overpower during his career? 542 00:25:39,005 --> 00:25:40,484 Nothing more. 543 00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:51,894 Mr. McCoy, can't you do something about that? 544 00:25:51,953 --> 00:25:54,661 The judge is giving him some leeway, Mrs. Kearsey. 545 00:25:54,789 --> 00:25:58,134 Leeway? He's making him look like Jake had it coming. 546 00:25:58,626 --> 00:26:00,628 Attacking the victim will probably backfire. 547 00:26:01,162 --> 00:26:02,163 Well, what if it doesn't? 548 00:26:02,229 --> 00:26:04,938 From where we sit, your case isn't going in all that great. 549 00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:06,842 These cheap shots won't make any difference. 550 00:26:06,902 --> 00:26:08,904 Well, they make a difference to me. 551 00:26:08,970 --> 00:26:11,075 My husband is not on trial here. 552 00:26:11,239 --> 00:26:13,344 JACK: I now it's difficult, Mrs. Kearsey. 553 00:26:13,408 --> 00:26:15,547 You'll have to excuse us. We have a witness to prep. 554 00:26:20,115 --> 00:26:21,890 I didn't come this way to let this guy go. 555 00:26:21,950 --> 00:26:23,088 What are you thinking? 556 00:26:23,151 --> 00:26:25,928 Well, nobody saw Lateef between the crime scene and the mosque? 557 00:26:25,989 --> 00:26:28,595 Yeah, but we struck out with the cab drivers and the bus companies. 558 00:26:28,658 --> 00:26:30,069 Maybe we were looking for the wrong address. 559 00:26:30,126 --> 00:26:33,198 You're Lateef Miller, you just gunned down a cop, who do you go see? 560 00:26:33,930 --> 00:26:35,204 A lawyer. 561 00:26:41,037 --> 00:26:42,414 I can't find this thing. 562 00:26:42,472 --> 00:26:45,044 Maybe tomorrow, guys, it's been a crazy day here. 563 00:26:45,142 --> 00:26:46,587 Hey, don't tell us about crazy. 564 00:26:46,643 --> 00:26:49,522 We've been running around looking at trip sheets for the last eight hours. 565 00:26:50,180 --> 00:26:52,592 Wait a minute I think I got it. 566 00:26:52,649 --> 00:26:53,923 Let me see that. 567 00:26:55,052 --> 00:26:56,156 Lennie, look at this. 568 00:26:56,220 --> 00:27:00,066 Morning of the shooting, drop off, 1840 Broadway. 569 00:27:00,190 --> 00:27:01,897 It's Leon Chiles' law office. 570 00:27:01,959 --> 00:27:04,030 Mmm-hmm, the driver's Jean Marchier. 571 00:27:05,397 --> 00:27:08,071 This is my trip sheet. But I don't remember every fare from that day. 572 00:27:08,133 --> 00:27:10,170 Well, how come you filed it a week late? 573 00:27:10,235 --> 00:27:13,739 I share my car with two other drivers. I don't go into the office that much. 574 00:27:13,805 --> 00:27:17,582 Wait, hold up. Hold up. Is this the guy you picked up in front of 33 St. Nicholas? 575 00:27:17,776 --> 00:27:19,278 Yes. Yes, it is. 576 00:27:19,444 --> 00:27:21,446 I remember he came out of the building and he hailed me. 577 00:27:22,013 --> 00:27:23,686 I remember he was a little bit upset. 578 00:27:29,321 --> 00:27:32,200 So after your officers broke down Selina Watts' door, 579 00:27:32,258 --> 00:27:35,068 they were in the apartment alone, without supervision? 580 00:27:35,127 --> 00:27:36,197 I was on the way. 581 00:27:36,262 --> 00:27:39,334 Which gave them the opportunity to tamper with the crime scene. 582 00:27:39,398 --> 00:27:40,843 Did it not? Objection. 583 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,243 JUDGE: Approach. 584 00:27:44,170 --> 00:27:46,912 He needs a good faith basis to pose these kinds of questions. 585 00:27:47,006 --> 00:27:48,611 I've given you some latitude, Mr. Chiles. 586 00:27:48,675 --> 00:27:49,847 My patience is running thin. 587 00:27:49,910 --> 00:27:51,014 (DOOR OPENS) 588 00:27:57,284 --> 00:27:59,491 Could I have a moment, Judge? 589 00:28:02,422 --> 00:28:03,423 (INAUDIBLE) 590 00:28:04,257 --> 00:28:06,237 (INAUDIBLE) 591 00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:14,506 The People would like to add a witness to our witness list. 592 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:16,271 A little late, aren't you? 593 00:28:16,337 --> 00:28:19,841 He saw the defendant exit the scene of the crime at the time of the murder. 594 00:28:20,475 --> 00:28:23,251 He drove from there to Mr. Chiles' office. 595 00:28:30,052 --> 00:28:31,122 I'll allow it. 596 00:28:31,186 --> 00:28:32,893 You wanna continue your cross, Mr. Chiles? 597 00:28:32,955 --> 00:28:34,025 I'll withdraw my objection. 598 00:28:34,089 --> 00:28:35,124 That won't be necessary. 599 00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:37,431 The defendant will be pleading self-defense. 600 00:28:49,104 --> 00:28:52,609 LEWIN: So now Miller's asserting a justification defense? 601 00:28:52,709 --> 00:28:54,518 Chiles left his options open. 602 00:28:54,577 --> 00:28:57,285 He didn't lock himself into anything inconsistent with that defense. 603 00:28:57,447 --> 00:29:00,860 Well, is there any reason to think that Detective Kearsey was the aggressor? 604 00:29:00,917 --> 00:29:02,055 CARMICHAEL: Well, it's subjective. 605 00:29:02,118 --> 00:29:03,392 If Miller had reason to believe it, 606 00:29:03,453 --> 00:29:05,194 then he was entitled to use deadly force. 607 00:29:05,355 --> 00:29:08,199 Do we have any evidence to refute the self-defense claim? 608 00:29:08,258 --> 00:29:09,896 The ballistics analysis is equivocal. 609 00:29:09,959 --> 00:29:11,997 Both men were standing when the shots were fired. 610 00:29:12,129 --> 00:29:13,802 He'll claim the officer shot first. 611 00:29:14,098 --> 00:29:17,807 I can't see it. Detective Kearsey went to that apartment looking for a witness. 612 00:29:18,168 --> 00:29:21,547 Yeah, except they've already set the table by insinuating Kearsey's a racist. 613 00:29:21,939 --> 00:29:23,350 I think this jury might buy it. 614 00:29:23,407 --> 00:29:26,752 Oh, he's hitching his wagon to the anti-police sentiment in the city. 615 00:29:27,077 --> 00:29:28,715 JACK: And that's just the beginning. 616 00:29:32,150 --> 00:29:34,289 What evidence are you seeking to admit, Mr. Chiles? 617 00:29:34,352 --> 00:29:36,798 Evidence of police violence against African-Americans. 618 00:29:36,855 --> 00:29:38,198 The Abner Louima assault. 619 00:29:38,556 --> 00:29:39,967 The Amadou Diallo murder. 620 00:29:40,025 --> 00:29:41,402 The police in that case were acquitted. 621 00:29:41,459 --> 00:29:43,439 (CHUCKLES) Not in my client's neighborhood. 622 00:29:43,695 --> 00:29:45,504 The Michael Stewart murder, Eleanor Bumpurs, 623 00:29:45,564 --> 00:29:48,602 Rodney King in LA, the Fred Hampton assassination in Oakland. 624 00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:50,112 Three thousand miles away. 625 00:29:50,168 --> 00:29:52,580 And some of these incidents happened over 30 years ago. 626 00:29:52,637 --> 00:29:55,312 And they all worked to shape Mr. Miller's distrust of the police. 627 00:29:55,408 --> 00:29:57,388 They are all relevant to establish his state of mind. 628 00:29:57,443 --> 00:29:59,047 JACK: I have my own list, Judge. 629 00:29:59,145 --> 00:30:03,321 Statements made by Mr. Miller, inciting his followers to kill police officers. 630 00:30:03,783 --> 00:30:06,923 A Black Panther newsletter from July 1969, 631 00:30:06,986 --> 00:30:08,465 in which Mr. Miller is quoted as saying, 632 00:30:09,121 --> 00:30:12,261 "When the pigs knock on your door, brothers, it's them or you. 633 00:30:12,592 --> 00:30:15,403 "The only way to stop oppression in Amerika," spelled with a "K," 634 00:30:15,696 --> 00:30:17,004 "is with a sawed-off 12-gauge." 635 00:30:17,164 --> 00:30:20,008 Colorful language for colorful times. It never meant to be taken literally. 636 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,645 He can argue that to the jury. 637 00:30:21,702 --> 00:30:23,511 It's an attack on my client's character. 638 00:30:23,570 --> 00:30:25,777 He put his client's character in issue. 639 00:30:26,039 --> 00:30:27,450 That's true, Mr. Chiles. 640 00:30:27,708 --> 00:30:30,086 I also plan to cross-examine Mr. Miller 641 00:30:30,143 --> 00:30:32,589 about improprieties at the Riverside Action Center. 642 00:30:32,679 --> 00:30:33,919 He was never charged with that. 643 00:30:33,981 --> 00:30:37,691 You two want a free-for-all? Fine. Let the jury sort it all out. 644 00:30:38,386 --> 00:30:39,387 (BANGS GAVEL) 645 00:30:39,654 --> 00:30:41,224 (INAUDIBLE) 646 00:30:44,692 --> 00:30:49,869 I first met Lateef Miller back in August 1967, at City College. 647 00:30:50,231 --> 00:30:53,337 We were recruiters for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 648 00:30:53,534 --> 00:30:55,411 How did the two of you get involved with the Black Panther Party? 649 00:30:55,903 --> 00:30:58,851 The Committee wasn't speaking to the times by the mid-'60s. 650 00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:03,188 After Martin and Malcolm were killed, 651 00:31:03,245 --> 00:31:05,020 there was a lot of pent-up anger on the streets. 652 00:31:05,414 --> 00:31:08,827 More militant brothers like me and Lateef gravitated toward the Panthers. 653 00:31:10,686 --> 00:31:14,691 What was the Panthers' experience with the police in those days? 654 00:31:15,057 --> 00:31:17,629 They hated us. And we hated them. 655 00:31:17,727 --> 00:31:19,764 How did that police hatred manifest itself? 656 00:31:20,997 --> 00:31:24,638 There was constant, day-to-day harassment of our people on the streets. 657 00:31:24,834 --> 00:31:27,212 Infiltration of our meetings by police operatives. 658 00:31:27,604 --> 00:31:31,051 The FBI led a campaign of disinformation against us. 659 00:31:31,141 --> 00:31:34,679 Several brothers were outright murdered in so-called police raids. 660 00:31:35,345 --> 00:31:37,347 What impact did these events have on you? 661 00:31:39,583 --> 00:31:41,995 Well, they left me pretty cynical about the police. 662 00:31:42,219 --> 00:31:43,994 Even after 30 years? 663 00:31:44,155 --> 00:31:45,964 Not much has changed. 664 00:31:46,223 --> 00:31:48,863 You recruit a bunch of white high school kids from up in New Paltz 665 00:31:48,926 --> 00:31:50,735 to come down and keep order in the hood, 666 00:31:50,961 --> 00:31:54,374 that's how you wind up with 41 shots on some poor black guy coming home from work. 667 00:31:58,135 --> 00:31:59,479 Thank you. 668 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,813 Do the police in your neighborhood know 669 00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:06,048 you were once with the Panthers, Mr. August? 670 00:32:06,411 --> 00:32:07,651 Some do. 671 00:32:07,746 --> 00:32:09,726 Any one of them ever take a shot at you? 672 00:32:11,349 --> 00:32:13,386 No. They ever single you out 673 00:32:13,452 --> 00:32:17,229 for persecution or harassment because of your past affiliation? 674 00:32:17,322 --> 00:32:20,429 I know that when a white cop looks at me, he doesn't see a businessman. 675 00:32:21,627 --> 00:32:23,038 He sees a potential criminal. 676 00:32:23,162 --> 00:32:27,702 The question was whether you were singled out for your past affiliation? 677 00:32:30,136 --> 00:32:31,376 Not to my knowledge. 678 00:32:31,838 --> 00:32:35,411 Prior to this trial, when was the last time you spoke to Lateef Miller? 679 00:32:36,242 --> 00:32:39,485 I couldn't give you a precise figure, Mr. McCoy. 680 00:32:40,213 --> 00:32:42,785 Six months, or a year? Couldn't tell you. 681 00:32:42,850 --> 00:32:45,956 Didn't you tell the investigating police 682 00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:51,470 that it had been ten years since you had spoken or seen Lateef Miller? 683 00:32:53,494 --> 00:32:54,768 It's possible that I did. 684 00:32:54,828 --> 00:32:58,139 Was that because you no longer wanted to associate 685 00:32:58,232 --> 00:33:00,473 with a person who was still committed to violence? 686 00:33:00,668 --> 00:33:05,049 I promise you, sir, his fear of cops is my fear of cops. 687 00:33:05,173 --> 00:33:07,119 And his anger is my anger. 688 00:33:08,276 --> 00:33:11,746 Every time a police siren pulls up behind me, I still get a feeling in my gut 689 00:33:11,813 --> 00:33:13,656 they're gonna pull over and mess with me. 690 00:33:13,715 --> 00:33:18,061 Does that mean that you could see yourself shooting a cop who came to your door? 691 00:33:18,319 --> 00:33:20,799 It means I'm tired of being messed with. 692 00:33:29,198 --> 00:33:34,307 A week before I was arrested, my 17-year-old nephew was shot by the police in Newark. 693 00:33:34,670 --> 00:33:36,172 What were the circumstances? 694 00:33:36,238 --> 00:33:37,979 They said he robbed a woman's jewelry. 695 00:33:39,508 --> 00:33:41,112 And he was "evading apprehension." 696 00:33:42,011 --> 00:33:43,923 Only they didn't find any jewelry on him. 697 00:33:45,248 --> 00:33:49,560 So the best we can figure, he ran because he had a joint in his pocket. 698 00:33:49,953 --> 00:33:51,364 What happened to your nephew? 699 00:33:53,023 --> 00:33:54,832 He's in a wheelchair. 700 00:33:55,425 --> 00:33:56,927 They say he may never walk again. 701 00:33:58,028 --> 00:34:01,407 Now I'm gonna bring your attention to the day in question. 702 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:04,104 Can you tell the jury what happened? 703 00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:09,181 I slept over at Selina's that night, on the couch. 704 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:11,743 I do that sometimes when we work late. 705 00:34:13,644 --> 00:34:18,150 After our morning prayers, she went to work. I made some phone calls. 706 00:34:18,783 --> 00:34:21,059 And then there was aloud banging on the door. 707 00:34:21,152 --> 00:34:22,358 What did you do? 708 00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:24,696 I said, "What is it?" 709 00:34:25,456 --> 00:34:26,697 Did you get a response? 710 00:34:26,758 --> 00:34:27,759 He said, "Open the door." 711 00:34:27,826 --> 00:34:29,828 I said again, I said, "Who is it?" 712 00:34:30,596 --> 00:34:33,099 And he said, "Open the door." 713 00:34:33,799 --> 00:34:35,142 What happened next? 714 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,670 Well, I went into the bedroom and I got a gun that Selina keeps for protection. 715 00:34:39,004 --> 00:34:40,779 Why did you do that? 716 00:34:40,873 --> 00:34:44,013 Well, there was this guy. He was banging on the door. 717 00:34:44,209 --> 00:34:46,314 He was cursing. He was abusive. 718 00:34:47,046 --> 00:34:49,048 So then I opened the door. 719 00:34:50,016 --> 00:34:51,962 And he was standing there with a pistol in his hands. 720 00:34:52,752 --> 00:34:54,129 Did he identify himself? 721 00:34:54,187 --> 00:34:55,291 At that time, yes. 722 00:34:55,355 --> 00:34:56,891 What did you do with your gun? 723 00:34:56,956 --> 00:34:59,232 Well, I had it by my side, by my leg. 724 00:35:01,327 --> 00:35:02,670 And then he looked at me. 725 00:35:03,796 --> 00:35:05,400 And I could see he recognized me. 726 00:35:05,632 --> 00:35:08,307 Move to strike. JUDGE: Last part of the answer is stricken. 727 00:35:08,369 --> 00:35:11,111 When you looked into that detective's eyes, what did you observe? 728 00:35:15,509 --> 00:35:17,489 I could see a look come over his face. 729 00:35:18,479 --> 00:35:19,958 I'd seen that look before. 730 00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:24,029 He raised his gun, 731 00:35:24,919 --> 00:35:26,262 and he pointed it at me. 732 00:35:27,922 --> 00:35:29,698 I stepped away. 733 00:35:31,326 --> 00:35:33,101 And I raised my gun and pointed it at him. 734 00:35:33,161 --> 00:35:34,640 It was reflex. 735 00:35:37,299 --> 00:35:38,642 And then we both started shooting. 736 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,446 You both started shooting at the same time? 737 00:35:42,370 --> 00:35:44,247 Yes. 738 00:35:46,374 --> 00:35:47,512 Then he got hit. 739 00:35:50,313 --> 00:35:51,553 And I went over 740 00:35:52,815 --> 00:35:55,694 and I put my fingers on his neck to try to feel a pulse. 741 00:35:58,621 --> 00:35:59,827 But he was dead. 742 00:36:02,425 --> 00:36:03,927 God, I panicked. 743 00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:06,206 I knew I couldn't stay there. 744 00:36:07,330 --> 00:36:09,105 Because nobody would believe me. 745 00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:12,974 Now, Mr. Miller, from the time that you opened the door 746 00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:15,482 to the time that you started shooting, how much time had elapsed? 747 00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:17,209 Oh, it was fast. It was real fast. 748 00:36:17,274 --> 00:36:18,878 It was maybe a second or two at the most. 749 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:20,578 Why did you shoot him, Mr. Miller? 750 00:36:20,644 --> 00:36:22,555 I was defending myself. 751 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:24,152 It was either him or me. 752 00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:28,526 No further questions. 753 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:41,000 You were convicted on multiple counts of armed robbery in 1971? 754 00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:44,045 It was an act of civil disobedience. 755 00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:47,708 Getting compensation for centuries of repression. 756 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:49,617 So you think what you did was right? 757 00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:51,683 It was justified by the times. 758 00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:56,691 And when you called on your supporters to murder police officers 759 00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:59,319 in the late '60s, that was justified? 760 00:36:59,418 --> 00:37:02,592 I've done positive things in this city for 15 years. 761 00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:04,695 For 15 years, Mr. McCoy. 762 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:08,099 You're aware that the District Attorney is investigating 763 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,663 the Riverside Action Project for fraud? 764 00:37:10,796 --> 00:37:15,712 There is no fraud. The government places restrictions on our services. 765 00:37:16,136 --> 00:37:18,116 And sometimes we have to push the envelope 766 00:37:18,405 --> 00:37:20,214 in order to keep families in their apartments. 767 00:37:20,807 --> 00:37:24,380 Selina Watts told you the D.A.'s office was targeting you. 768 00:37:24,444 --> 00:37:25,479 Yes. 769 00:37:25,545 --> 00:37:30,290 So for all you knew, Detective Kearsey had come to her apartment on that matter? 770 00:37:30,517 --> 00:37:32,963 But he wasn't from Frauds, was he, Mr. McCoy? 771 00:37:33,453 --> 00:37:34,865 And he never said he was. 772 00:37:34,922 --> 00:37:38,460 And he never identified himself as a police officer 773 00:37:38,526 --> 00:37:40,028 while the door was closed? 774 00:37:40,161 --> 00:37:43,438 When the banging started I was in the bedroom. 775 00:37:43,631 --> 00:37:46,077 Now if he said anything at all, I didn't hear it. 776 00:37:46,434 --> 00:37:49,210 Oh, and nevertheless, you chose to answer the door 777 00:37:49,303 --> 00:37:51,146 with an illegal gun in your hand? 778 00:37:51,272 --> 00:37:54,344 There was a maniac trying to break down the door. 779 00:37:54,475 --> 00:37:57,980 When you opened the door, he pointed his gun at you? 780 00:37:58,046 --> 00:38:00,754 Yes. Because he saw a gun in your hand? 781 00:38:01,016 --> 00:38:02,051 No. 782 00:38:02,350 --> 00:38:04,352 Because he recognized me. 783 00:38:05,187 --> 00:38:07,064 I could see by the way he looked at me. 784 00:38:07,456 --> 00:38:11,165 A look you say you'd seen before, Mr. Miller. What was It? 785 00:38:13,395 --> 00:38:14,772 It was hate, Mr. McCoy. 786 00:38:14,830 --> 00:38:16,708 Isn't it a fact, it was fear? 787 00:38:17,066 --> 00:38:20,172 You heard about him. He was a racist. 788 00:38:21,337 --> 00:38:23,010 Even if he was, 789 00:38:23,072 --> 00:38:25,746 you couldn't have known anything about that at the time. 790 00:38:25,842 --> 00:38:27,719 I could see it in his eyes. 791 00:38:27,844 --> 00:38:30,120 You were angry because of your nephew? 792 00:38:30,346 --> 00:38:32,019 Angry that he might have to Yes 793 00:38:32,081 --> 00:38:34,027 spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair? 794 00:38:34,217 --> 00:38:35,719 How would you feel? 795 00:38:35,818 --> 00:38:38,459 Isn't it a fact that you took out your anger on Detective Kearsey? 796 00:38:38,522 --> 00:38:40,729 No. I reacted. 797 00:38:41,225 --> 00:38:46,698 You overreacted because he was a police officer and because he was white. 798 00:38:47,197 --> 00:38:50,508 I had to make a judgment call in a split second. 799 00:38:50,601 --> 00:38:53,980 You made the same kind of racial assumption that you charge the police with? 800 00:38:54,071 --> 00:38:56,608 It's my life's experience. 801 00:38:56,774 --> 00:39:01,315 So your own racism justified this killing. Is that what you're saying? 802 00:39:03,548 --> 00:39:05,050 No, Mr. McCoy. 803 00:39:06,251 --> 00:39:08,094 You're twisting my words. 804 00:39:08,987 --> 00:39:10,830 You're twisting the truth. 805 00:39:12,657 --> 00:39:14,159 Who's truth, Mr. Miller? 806 00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:15,902 Objection. 807 00:39:17,696 --> 00:39:19,300 Nothing further. 808 00:39:24,270 --> 00:39:25,840 I think you have a very good picture 809 00:39:25,905 --> 00:39:28,010 of what the world looks like to Lateef Miller. 810 00:39:28,541 --> 00:39:32,318 A man whose suspicions of the police was nurtured by the racism that existed, 811 00:39:32,411 --> 00:39:34,254 and still exists in this country. 812 00:39:34,814 --> 00:39:39,194 A worldview shaped by the political foment of the '60s, 813 00:39:39,318 --> 00:39:41,731 and then crystallized by current events, 814 00:39:41,788 --> 00:39:45,133 a never-ending list of African-Americans 815 00:39:45,192 --> 00:39:48,969 that have been attacked or murdered by white police officers. 816 00:39:49,029 --> 00:39:51,737 And then personalized by a family tragedy 817 00:39:51,798 --> 00:39:54,677 that occurred a few days before the incident. 818 00:39:54,968 --> 00:39:58,142 Lateef Miller believed in his heart of hearts that 819 00:39:58,205 --> 00:40:00,082 that when he shot Detective Kearsey, 820 00:40:00,173 --> 00:40:02,484 that he was defending his life. 821 00:40:02,877 --> 00:40:07,087 That makes him not guilty of all charges. 822 00:40:08,282 --> 00:40:11,388 Now when you go to the jury room, I ask you not to be swayed 823 00:40:11,452 --> 00:40:15,730 by the sympathy that you will naturally feel for the victim and his family. 824 00:40:15,857 --> 00:40:18,701 I ask you, and the law requires 825 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,969 that you put yourself in Lateef Miller's shoes. 826 00:40:22,029 --> 00:40:26,877 If you are Lateef Miller and a police officer shows up at your door 827 00:40:26,935 --> 00:40:30,542 with hatred in his eyes, and pointing a gun at you, 828 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,147 what goes through your head? 829 00:40:34,610 --> 00:40:35,918 "Defend myself." 830 00:40:39,781 --> 00:40:40,782 Thank you. 831 00:40:48,491 --> 00:40:53,099 Jake Kearsey and Lateef Miller didn't go out on the morning in question 832 00:40:53,630 --> 00:40:55,371 to have a gun battle. 833 00:40:57,467 --> 00:40:59,970 One thing we'll never know for sure 834 00:41:00,136 --> 00:41:04,415 is what set off the explosion that left Detective Kearsey dead. 835 00:41:04,775 --> 00:41:08,723 The defendant has plausible explanations for everything that happened, 836 00:41:09,013 --> 00:41:15,692 but you also have the luxury of placing those explanations in context. 837 00:41:17,688 --> 00:41:22,728 Lateef Miller promoted cop-killing 30 years ago. 838 00:41:23,027 --> 00:41:26,771 He admitted dishonesty in his job 839 00:41:26,865 --> 00:41:31,280 and his claim of self-defense is belied by his own actions. 840 00:41:31,736 --> 00:41:35,650 He ran from the crime scene, hid from the police. 841 00:41:35,807 --> 00:41:39,084 When he was captured he proclaimed his innocence. 842 00:41:39,177 --> 00:41:43,387 And now that he's facing the death penalty 843 00:41:43,848 --> 00:41:46,728 it's not "I didn't kill him." 844 00:41:46,819 --> 00:41:48,821 It's "I had to kill him." 845 00:41:50,456 --> 00:41:52,732 So, ask yourselves, 846 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,734 if Detective Kearsey were here to give his side of the story, 847 00:41:59,265 --> 00:42:03,475 would it look anything like Lateef Miller's? 848 00:42:04,036 --> 00:42:08,486 The defense urges you to see the world through Lateef Miller's eyes. 849 00:42:09,142 --> 00:42:11,019 Do that, ladies and gentlemen, 850 00:42:11,078 --> 00:42:16,756 if you wanna contaminate the truth with Mr. Miller's anger and racial mistrust. 851 00:42:17,050 --> 00:42:18,825 Acquit Mr. Miller, 852 00:42:18,886 --> 00:42:22,095 if you think it fit to allow him to avoid 853 00:42:22,155 --> 00:42:25,364 the moral consequences of his actions 854 00:42:25,425 --> 00:42:29,033 by portraying himself as the victim. 855 00:42:29,264 --> 00:42:33,178 The victim here is Detective Kearsey, 856 00:42:33,468 --> 00:42:37,575 who innocently went to the wrong apartment looking for a witness 857 00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:39,016 and wound up dead. 858 00:42:40,174 --> 00:42:45,783 I don't doubt that Mr. Miller has encountered racism in his life, 859 00:42:47,682 --> 00:42:50,687 but it's not a free pass to commit murder. 860 00:43:11,608 --> 00:43:13,485 Has the jury reached a verdict, Mr. Foreman? 861 00:43:13,543 --> 00:43:14,817 JURY FOREMAN: Yes we have, Your Honor. 862 00:43:14,878 --> 00:43:17,791 On the count of Murder in the First Degree, how do you find? 863 00:43:17,881 --> 00:43:19,883 We find the defendant not guilty. 864 00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:21,786 (PEOPLE APPLAUDING) 865 00:43:35,299 --> 00:43:37,472 You're missing the Lateef Miller Show. 866 00:43:37,635 --> 00:43:39,137 Which channel? 867 00:43:39,470 --> 00:43:43,179 Two, four, five, seven, nine. 868 00:43:45,576 --> 00:43:47,078 Glad I have cable. 869 00:43:47,144 --> 00:43:49,988 Don't beat yourself up too badly over this one, Jack. 870 00:43:50,147 --> 00:43:54,756 A guy shoots a New York City police officer in the line of duty, 871 00:43:55,687 --> 00:43:57,098 and I can't convict him. 872 00:43:57,689 --> 00:44:00,169 Enough of the jury identified with his fear of cops. 873 00:44:01,827 --> 00:44:04,671 Used to be fear of cops didn't justify shooting them. 874 00:44:05,297 --> 00:44:07,243 Used to be a lot of things.