1 00:00:01,354 --> 00:00:03,151 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,151 --> 00:00:06,988 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:06,988 --> 00:00:08,960 The police who investigate crime... 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,792 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,792 --> 00:00:13,525 These are their stories. 6 00:00:17,170 --> 00:00:20,333 645 West Fourth. 7 00:00:20,807 --> 00:00:24,139 10-4, this is Central verifying 10-31, 8 00:00:24,139 --> 00:00:26,677 507 East 45. 9 00:00:26,677 --> 00:00:30,078 Burglary in progress, rear-door warehouse, two white males. 10 00:00:30,078 --> 00:00:32,082 Two officers on the scene. 11 00:00:32,082 --> 00:00:35,847 Suspicious vehicle, occupied, three males, green Chevrolet, 12 00:00:35,847 --> 00:00:37,718 55 and Second Avenue... 13 00:00:37,718 --> 00:00:41,350 repeat 10-85, call from 31-18, requesting backup. 14 00:00:41,350 --> 00:00:45,123 Two male suspects, Hispanic, 107 and Amsterdam. 15 00:00:45,123 --> 00:00:47,358 Possible drug sale in progress. 16 00:00:47,358 --> 00:00:50,993 10-85, 107 and Amsterdam, call from 31-18. 17 00:00:50,993 --> 00:00:52,696 Possible drug sale in progress. 18 00:00:52,696 --> 00:00:55,001 He's alone out there, needs additional unit. 19 00:00:55,001 --> 00:00:56,870 Two suspects, male, Hispanic. 20 00:00:56,870 --> 00:00:58,637 31-Charlie to Central. 21 00:00:58,637 --> 00:01:01,042 Responding to 10-85. We're on the way. 22 00:01:01,042 --> 00:01:03,638 This is 31-5 to Central. 10-85, we are en route. 23 00:01:03,638 --> 00:01:05,614 Central to 31-18. 24 00:01:05,614 --> 00:01:07,548 Two units en route. Confirm. 25 00:01:07,548 --> 00:01:10,314 31-18 to Central. Confirm. Awaiting backup. 26 00:01:10,314 --> 00:01:11,854 I'm short three for Wednesday. 27 00:01:11,854 --> 00:01:13,947 You're short one more. It's my night with the kids. 28 00:01:13,947 --> 00:01:15,582 Well, then, hire a baby-sitter. 29 00:01:15,582 --> 00:01:17,650 And don't forget to pay the social security. 30 00:01:17,650 --> 00:01:19,218 Mac, please. 31 00:01:19,218 --> 00:01:22,459 Gardner's got the flu, Kelley's wife is in the hospital. 32 00:01:22,459 --> 00:01:23,625 You're gonna have to do it. 33 00:01:23,625 --> 00:01:25,692 I've been on my hind legs for two weeks. 34 00:01:25,692 --> 00:01:27,396 I got vacation days I haven't used. 35 00:01:27,396 --> 00:01:28,438 What? 36 00:01:28,438 --> 00:01:30,736 31-18, 10-5, 10-5. 37 00:01:31,275 --> 00:01:32,867 For God's sake. What is it? 38 00:01:32,867 --> 00:01:35,571 31-18's alone, he's still waiting for backup. 39 00:01:35,571 --> 00:01:38,581 Central, this is 31-18, 10-85, waiting for backup. 40 00:01:38,581 --> 00:01:40,674 Did you say two units were on the way? 41 00:01:40,674 --> 00:01:42,309 31-Frank, what's your location? 42 00:01:42,309 --> 00:01:44,251 31-18 waiting for backup. 43 00:01:44,788 --> 00:01:46,312 Central, this is 31-Frank. 44 00:01:46,312 --> 00:01:48,118 We're at 107 Amsterdam. 45 00:01:48,118 --> 00:01:50,523 We can't find this drug sale. There's nobody here. 46 00:01:50,523 --> 00:01:51,821 Central to 31-Frank. 47 00:01:51,821 --> 00:01:53,988 Wrong location. Repeat, wrong location. 48 00:01:53,988 --> 00:01:56,623 107 and Amsterdam. Confirm. 49 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:00,526 Central to 31-Frank. Repeat, confirm wrong location. 50 00:02:00,526 --> 00:02:01,900 He's alone. Get some speed up. 51 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:04,462 31-Frank confirming wrong location. 52 00:02:04,462 --> 00:02:06,304 En route. 107 and Amsterdam. 53 00:02:06,304 --> 00:02:08,776 Newhouse. 31-18. Make that a signal 10-13! 54 00:02:08,776 --> 00:02:10,938 Shots fired! They're firing from both sides! 55 00:02:10,938 --> 00:02:12,447 Where are those two units? 56 00:02:12,447 --> 00:02:14,312 10-13, 10-13, shots fired. 57 00:02:14,312 --> 00:02:16,181 107 and Amsterdam. Shots fired. 58 00:02:16,181 --> 00:02:17,981 Officer alone. Officer alone. 59 00:02:17,981 --> 00:02:20,215 31-18 to Central. I'm pinned down! I can't move! 60 00:02:20,215 --> 00:02:22,281 Where the hell is the backup? 61 00:02:22,281 --> 00:02:23,791 Oh, my God, I'm hit! 62 00:02:23,791 --> 00:02:26,124 Newhouse, give me a report. 63 00:02:27,664 --> 00:02:30,928 Newhouse! 31-18, Are you okay? 64 00:02:32,234 --> 00:02:33,997 31-18, respond! 65 00:04:01,888 --> 00:04:04,220 On the force three years. 66 00:04:04,220 --> 00:04:06,816 Fired at from both sides. My favorite nightmare. 67 00:04:06,816 --> 00:04:07,882 Out here alone, 68 00:04:07,882 --> 00:04:11,488 he might as well have had a bull's-eye painted on his chest. 69 00:04:11,488 --> 00:04:13,361 You find out where his partner was? 70 00:04:13,361 --> 00:04:15,196 Yeah. Night class at John Jay. 71 00:04:15,196 --> 00:04:16,292 Sergeant's exam. 72 00:04:16,292 --> 00:04:18,303 Newhouse started his foot patrol without him. 73 00:04:18,303 --> 00:04:21,033 Seven shells, .22. The dead dealer's got a. 38. 74 00:04:21,033 --> 00:04:23,507 Fiber, hair, buttons, anything? 75 00:04:23,507 --> 00:04:26,670 Not yet. I already told the wife, don't hold breakfast. 76 00:04:27,247 --> 00:04:28,942 Out here, with all these buildings, 77 00:04:28,942 --> 00:04:31,176 you might find a witness who saw the other guy. 78 00:04:31,176 --> 00:04:33,549 And maybe the Second Coming is tomorrow afternoon. 79 00:04:33,549 --> 00:04:35,280 Plastics. We may get prints. 80 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:36,548 Forensics, tonight. 81 00:04:36,548 --> 00:04:38,214 We'll have somebody there in an hour. 82 00:04:38,214 --> 00:04:40,781 I'm gonna have to deal with the press. 83 00:04:43,329 --> 00:04:44,956 You got here after he went down? 84 00:04:44,956 --> 00:04:47,863 Dispatch screwed up. We got the location wrong. 85 00:04:48,634 --> 00:04:49,896 What's with him? 86 00:04:49,896 --> 00:04:51,902 Weddeker? On the force six months, 87 00:04:51,902 --> 00:04:53,835 his first killing, it's a cop. 88 00:04:55,107 --> 00:04:56,438 Hey, patrolman, you okay? 89 00:04:56,438 --> 00:04:59,966 POBA's got a reward. $50,000. 90 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:01,603 We'll do the fliers tonight. 91 00:05:01,603 --> 00:05:04,240 Thanks, we need your help, we'll call. 92 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:11,280 You hear about it, but you never think it's... 93 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:13,789 All right. All right. Weddeker, go home, get some sleep. 94 00:05:13,789 --> 00:05:15,190 All right? Go. 95 00:05:17,795 --> 00:05:19,695 You remember foot patrol? 96 00:05:20,365 --> 00:05:24,165 Yeah. What I remember most is I never thought I'd get shot. 97 00:05:29,407 --> 00:05:31,534 Call at midnight... You know it's not a wrong number. 98 00:05:31,534 --> 00:05:32,837 He was a good cop. 99 00:05:32,837 --> 00:05:34,502 Yeah. Well, we got no witnesses yet. 100 00:05:34,502 --> 00:05:36,308 We get an ID on the dead dealer, 101 00:05:36,308 --> 00:05:37,939 maybe it leads us to his pal. 102 00:05:37,939 --> 00:05:40,381 This precinct hasn't lost a guy in nine years. 103 00:05:40,381 --> 00:05:42,851 Now, I know he crossed into your turf. 104 00:05:43,154 --> 00:05:45,088 The precinct line is just across the street 105 00:05:45,088 --> 00:05:46,783 and my guys don't want to be left out. 106 00:05:46,783 --> 00:05:48,655 You use them, maybe it goes faster. 107 00:05:48,655 --> 00:05:50,216 Let's hope faster than they drive. 108 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:51,283 What? 109 00:05:51,283 --> 00:05:52,386 Your guys were late. 110 00:05:52,386 --> 00:05:55,023 My cop is dead. I don't need this from you, Detective. 111 00:05:55,023 --> 00:05:57,090 I had to call that kid's mother in Wisconsin. 112 00:05:57,090 --> 00:06:00,603 Fellows, why don't we see if Forensics has anything, all right? 113 00:06:02,973 --> 00:06:05,032 You can't talk to O'Hara like that. 114 00:06:05,032 --> 00:06:06,132 Why not? 115 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:08,439 Because he also wears blue, he's a captain and you're not, 116 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:10,309 and he made the call to the kid's mother. 117 00:06:10,309 --> 00:06:11,779 They got prints off the baggie. 118 00:06:11,779 --> 00:06:12,872 They're runnir 'em now. 119 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:14,576 Lot of guys knockir on doors tonight. 120 00:06:14,576 --> 00:06:15,811 No need for you to be there. 121 00:06:15,811 --> 00:06:17,820 Just get to Forensics early in the morning. 122 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:19,185 Let's go. 123 00:06:20,824 --> 00:06:23,190 Three slugs in Off. Newhouse... at Ballistics. 124 00:06:23,190 --> 00:06:26,161 A print from your stiff, Romeo Romejas, 28. 125 00:06:26,161 --> 00:06:28,197 Latent identified our lifts from the baggie. 126 00:06:28,197 --> 00:06:30,756 Full thumb, full index. Lucho Martinez. 127 00:06:31,468 --> 00:06:33,800 Lucho Martinez. 128 00:06:34,805 --> 00:06:36,773 Assault, no conviction. 129 00:06:36,773 --> 00:06:39,035 Possession, intent to sell, no conviction. 130 00:06:39,035 --> 00:06:41,702 Robbery attempt, no conviction. 131 00:06:41,702 --> 00:06:42,766 Lucky guy. 132 00:06:42,766 --> 00:06:45,211 Not today. Let's go get a mug shot. 133 00:06:49,285 --> 00:06:51,583 O'Hara didn't even show up at the scene. 134 00:06:51,583 --> 00:06:54,054 Well, it was late, they couldn't find him. 135 00:06:54,054 --> 00:06:57,024 I happen to know he was at a VFA dinner in Brooklyn, 136 00:06:57,024 --> 00:06:59,652 waxing lyrical on community policing. 137 00:06:59,929 --> 00:07:03,490 He didn't want to leave his peach cobbler to see Newhouse's body. 138 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:05,498 Hey, what's this about? 139 00:07:05,498 --> 00:07:08,230 It ain't about Newhouse, you didn't even know him. 140 00:07:08,230 --> 00:07:10,431 You tell me. What's it about? 141 00:07:12,808 --> 00:07:15,470 Maybe it's about your two partners who got shot. 142 00:07:17,112 --> 00:07:20,081 Well, just keep sittir there and tell me it hasn't occurred to you. 143 00:07:22,151 --> 00:07:25,608 Comir down the street. Opposite side. I'm in front. 144 00:07:45,507 --> 00:07:46,769 Freeze! 145 00:07:48,009 --> 00:07:49,806 Give us a chance. We'd love to try. 146 00:07:49,806 --> 00:07:51,345 Get 'em up! Now! 147 00:07:53,781 --> 00:07:56,341 You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, 148 00:07:56,341 --> 00:07:59,352 and if you move funny, I'll blow your head off. 149 00:08:00,555 --> 00:08:01,783 I want my lawyer. 150 00:08:01,783 --> 00:08:03,983 Good. Don't say another word. 151 00:08:04,559 --> 00:08:05,685 I want my lawyer. 152 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:08,819 You killed a cop, you dumb son of a bitch! 153 00:08:08,819 --> 00:08:10,056 I didn't do it. 154 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:11,688 Put a fist in it, Lucho. 155 00:08:11,688 --> 00:08:14,893 Your lawyer's not God, you don't walk on this one. 156 00:08:17,204 --> 00:08:18,228 Jerry! 157 00:08:18,805 --> 00:08:20,363 Whatever he said, you can't use it. 158 00:08:20,363 --> 00:08:23,307 He's got a problem with sentences that have more than four words. 159 00:08:23,307 --> 00:08:25,106 You could have a Miranda problem. 160 00:08:25,106 --> 00:08:26,509 Wrong, Counselor. 161 00:08:26,509 --> 00:08:29,981 And we got his prints on a bag of crack at the scene. 162 00:08:29,981 --> 00:08:33,110 Prints, huh? You know how I usually handle that? 163 00:08:33,110 --> 00:08:35,746 He bought a sandwich, threw the bag away, 164 00:08:36,023 --> 00:08:38,355 and then somebody filled it with crack. 165 00:08:38,355 --> 00:08:40,154 Let's talk to the DA. 166 00:08:47,267 --> 00:08:49,063 You're runnir on empty, Paul. 167 00:08:49,063 --> 00:08:50,625 The fingerprints are a coincidence? 168 00:08:50,625 --> 00:08:52,637 On a plastic bag, yes. 169 00:08:53,306 --> 00:08:54,898 You don't have them on a gun. 170 00:08:54,898 --> 00:08:57,067 Well, we're gonna arraign him and wait five days. 171 00:08:57,067 --> 00:08:58,235 Fine. 172 00:08:58,235 --> 00:08:59,835 But I promise you, 173 00:08:59,835 --> 00:09:02,380 if he gets into a knife fight at Riker's, 174 00:09:02,380 --> 00:09:04,382 if he should get his throat cut, 175 00:09:04,382 --> 00:09:06,941 if he should trip and break his neck, 176 00:09:07,253 --> 00:09:08,743 I will drown you. 177 00:09:11,557 --> 00:09:12,546 Yeah. 178 00:09:13,292 --> 00:09:16,227 Five days. From here to eternity. 179 00:09:16,227 --> 00:09:17,887 Maybe a little closer. 180 00:09:17,887 --> 00:09:20,194 Call to 911. Somebody heard the shots. 181 00:09:20,194 --> 00:09:21,358 Maybe they saw a face. 182 00:09:21,358 --> 00:09:22,696 Yes! No. 183 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:24,099 First you have to find him. 184 00:09:24,099 --> 00:09:25,762 He didn't leave a name. 185 00:09:32,410 --> 00:09:34,605 They're shooting, right... right below my window. 186 00:09:34,605 --> 00:09:35,941 There's a cop down there. 187 00:09:35,941 --> 00:09:37,845 Where are you calling from, sir? 188 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:40,384 107th and Amsterdam. That's right, by the dry-cleaner. 189 00:09:40,384 --> 00:09:42,317 Yeah. You better send someone quick, okay? 190 00:09:42,317 --> 00:09:43,945 What's your name, sir? 191 00:09:44,255 --> 00:09:45,415 What's your name, sir? 192 00:09:46,558 --> 00:09:47,684 Again. 193 00:09:48,259 --> 00:09:50,420 You heard it six times already. 194 00:09:50,420 --> 00:09:52,190 I want to know his voice. 195 00:09:52,190 --> 00:09:53,525 We get a Coles Directory, 196 00:09:53,525 --> 00:09:55,691 we hit every apartment in the neighborhood. 197 00:09:55,691 --> 00:09:57,564 At 2:00 in the morning? 198 00:10:03,942 --> 00:10:06,240 If they were shooting, you would've heard them. 199 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,405 No. All my neighbors, they didn't hear nothir. 200 00:10:10,215 --> 00:10:11,910 I got a pineapple cake in the oven. 201 00:10:11,910 --> 00:10:15,110 If you didn't hear anything, how come you were talking to your neighbors? 202 00:10:15,110 --> 00:10:16,743 No, I saw it in the paper, man. 203 00:10:16,743 --> 00:10:18,617 Hey, I love the police, man. 204 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:20,418 You guys make us feel safe. 205 00:10:20,891 --> 00:10:23,689 No, I was at the hospital seeing my wife. 206 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:25,023 But nobody heard a thing. 207 00:10:25,023 --> 00:10:27,063 Nobody? I guess you talked to everybody 208 00:10:27,063 --> 00:10:28,223 in the building, huh? 209 00:10:28,223 --> 00:10:29,959 I was at the hospital, Saint Agnes. 210 00:10:29,959 --> 00:10:31,899 You wanna call my wife? 211 00:10:32,302 --> 00:10:34,099 I haven't been out of the apartment. 212 00:10:34,099 --> 00:10:35,638 I've seen no papers. 213 00:10:35,638 --> 00:10:37,264 I didn't know that somebody was shot. 214 00:10:37,264 --> 00:10:39,365 Mr. Nazarrio, everybody in the building 215 00:10:39,365 --> 00:10:41,206 knows a cop was shot. 216 00:10:41,445 --> 00:10:43,310 Hey, you called 911, didn't you? 217 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:44,642 I didn't make no calls. 218 00:10:44,642 --> 00:10:47,081 No, mister, please. I know your voice. 219 00:10:48,285 --> 00:10:50,116 There's a policeman dead. 220 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:52,382 Now we're trying to find anybody who... 221 00:10:52,382 --> 00:10:54,151 It wasrt me, no. 222 00:10:54,151 --> 00:10:56,157 Come here. Come here. Somebody... 223 00:10:56,726 --> 00:10:58,250 You want me to read you your rights? 224 00:10:58,250 --> 00:11:01,626 You know what that means? It means you're under arrest. 225 00:11:03,466 --> 00:11:06,833 Look, I, I seen the cop. They was shooting at him. 226 00:11:07,770 --> 00:11:10,068 One of them got shot, the other guy ran to the car 227 00:11:10,068 --> 00:11:12,107 and he just drove real fast. 228 00:11:12,107 --> 00:11:13,665 What kind of car? 229 00:11:14,410 --> 00:11:17,470 One of those, you know, uh... Cost a lot of money... 230 00:11:18,781 --> 00:11:20,749 You know, sports car. Corvette. 231 00:11:21,117 --> 00:11:23,813 Would you recognize the man who ran away? 232 00:11:26,055 --> 00:11:30,048 Maybe. Uh, If I see him again, uh, maybe. 233 00:11:32,462 --> 00:11:34,327 Nobody's gonna kill you. 234 00:11:34,664 --> 00:11:37,564 His friends kill me. In San Juan they do. 235 00:11:38,734 --> 00:11:41,259 Just look at the faces, Mr. Nazarrio. 236 00:11:47,275 --> 00:11:48,936 He's number 4. 237 00:11:49,778 --> 00:11:51,439 He ran to the car. 238 00:11:52,881 --> 00:11:55,611 Thank you. We'll call you if we need you. 239 00:11:58,019 --> 00:12:01,455 Felony murder, 25-to-life. Drugs, 5-to-15. 240 00:12:01,455 --> 00:12:03,682 He didn't kill the cop. He had a. 22. 241 00:12:03,682 --> 00:12:05,693 The cop was hit with a. 38. 242 00:12:05,927 --> 00:12:07,554 Save the cost of a trial. 243 00:12:07,554 --> 00:12:09,028 He pleads murder two. 244 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:11,497 Forget the drugs. He does the 25. 245 00:12:13,201 --> 00:12:14,896 I didn't shoot him. 246 00:12:15,804 --> 00:12:18,329 Romero hit him in the leg. 247 00:12:20,174 --> 00:12:21,971 He was like an animal, man. 248 00:12:22,977 --> 00:12:24,410 He ran down, 249 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,404 shot him again. 250 00:12:28,549 --> 00:12:30,642 He thought the cop was dead. 251 00:12:32,086 --> 00:12:34,316 Romero turned around to go, 252 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:36,855 cop shot him. 253 00:12:38,025 --> 00:12:39,754 I got the hell out. 254 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:42,460 I was lucky. 255 00:12:43,164 --> 00:12:46,258 Two cops around the block sittir there in a car. 256 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:58,643 He said he saw two cops in a squad car a block away. 257 00:12:58,643 --> 00:13:01,202 A coked-up dealer. That's very reliable. 258 00:13:01,202 --> 00:13:03,545 Yeah. So he saw a blue-and-white Jersey cab. 259 00:13:03,545 --> 00:13:06,449 Look, you're not gonna convince me they hung Newhouse out to dry. 260 00:13:06,449 --> 00:13:08,453 What? All cops are choirboys? 261 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:10,248 I wanna see O'Hara. 262 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:13,224 Uh, look, anything you have to say to him, you say to me. 263 00:13:13,224 --> 00:13:15,625 Thanks. I appreciate the confidence. 264 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:20,031 Up until three months ago, Rick Newhouse had a perfect service record. 265 00:13:20,031 --> 00:13:21,794 Where did you get his service record? 266 00:13:21,794 --> 00:13:23,733 A leprechaun brought it. 267 00:13:23,733 --> 00:13:26,829 Three months ago, out of nowhere, bad performance reports. 268 00:13:26,829 --> 00:13:28,874 From perfect cop to screw-up, overnight. 269 00:13:28,874 --> 00:13:31,069 He also quit the precinct boxing team. 270 00:13:31,069 --> 00:13:32,771 What are we lookir at here? 271 00:13:32,771 --> 00:13:34,404 Why didn't he get backup? 272 00:13:34,404 --> 00:13:36,505 Maybe the 31's dirty, 273 00:13:36,505 --> 00:13:39,643 and maybe Newhouse was going someplace with a broom. 274 00:13:40,453 --> 00:13:43,478 It's a hell of a way to end a family squabble. 275 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:46,083 Not in my precinct. 276 00:13:46,083 --> 00:13:47,819 The only thing's dirty are the windows. 277 00:13:47,819 --> 00:13:50,123 Tom, was Newhouse in trouble? 278 00:13:50,123 --> 00:13:52,959 He was clean. He just had some kind of personal problem. 279 00:13:52,959 --> 00:13:55,431 Must've been serious to affect his service record. 280 00:13:55,431 --> 00:13:58,401 No big deal. He missed a couple of shifts. What's the problem, here? 281 00:13:58,401 --> 00:14:01,030 Two patrol cars never made it to a cop under fire. 282 00:14:01,030 --> 00:14:02,733 Is this about chewir ass? 283 00:14:02,733 --> 00:14:04,867 'Cause I don't need some detective in a striped suit 284 00:14:04,867 --> 00:14:07,537 telling me how to run my precinct. I already chewed ass. 285 00:14:07,537 --> 00:14:10,411 Rhodes, Davis, Harley, Weddeker, suspended. 286 00:14:10,411 --> 00:14:12,780 Three weeks from downtown because I demanded it. 287 00:14:12,780 --> 00:14:14,113 That settle it for you? 288 00:14:14,113 --> 00:14:15,744 The other dealer who was there 289 00:14:15,744 --> 00:14:18,585 saw a unit parked with two cops a block away. 290 00:14:18,585 --> 00:14:21,717 Don, if I'm hearing what I think I'm hearing, 291 00:14:21,717 --> 00:14:24,159 take him out before he hurts himself. 292 00:14:25,796 --> 00:14:27,661 I don't need an escort. 293 00:14:35,606 --> 00:14:36,971 Great performance, pal. 294 00:14:36,971 --> 00:14:38,906 Next time you wanna get bones broken, 295 00:14:38,906 --> 00:14:40,500 try falling down a flight of stairs. 296 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:42,944 Next time I want advice, I'll write Dear Abby. 297 00:14:42,944 --> 00:14:45,141 Listen, I got a question for you. 298 00:14:45,141 --> 00:14:47,480 When Greevey and Cerreta got shot, 299 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,644 was it your first thought to ask for a transfer 300 00:14:49,644 --> 00:14:51,153 to another precinct? 301 00:14:51,722 --> 00:14:54,657 See, while you were setting O'Hara on fire, I was lookir at his desk. 302 00:14:54,657 --> 00:14:58,320 Newhouse's partner, McGraw, put in a request for transfer. 303 00:14:59,096 --> 00:15:02,065 Your partner dies, you want to be with strangers? 304 00:15:06,671 --> 00:15:08,831 McGraw? Craig McGraw? 305 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:11,669 You're Briscoe. Logan. 306 00:15:12,409 --> 00:15:14,377 You guys caught that dealer fast. Thanks. 307 00:15:14,377 --> 00:15:17,345 Your partner, he had a good record. He was a smart cop. 308 00:15:17,345 --> 00:15:19,245 We were wonderir how he ever got involved 309 00:15:19,245 --> 00:15:21,045 in an incident like that. 310 00:15:21,045 --> 00:15:22,550 Just bad luck, I guess. 311 00:15:22,550 --> 00:15:23,984 Very bad. 312 00:15:23,984 --> 00:15:25,919 Maybe he was distracted that night. 313 00:15:25,919 --> 00:15:27,354 Had something else on his mind. 314 00:15:27,354 --> 00:15:29,358 I wasrt there, I wouldn't know. 315 00:15:29,358 --> 00:15:31,394 You put in for a transfer? 316 00:15:33,863 --> 00:15:37,026 A change of scene may make it easier to deal with. 317 00:15:37,934 --> 00:15:39,265 I got a busy day, you guys. 318 00:15:39,265 --> 00:15:40,325 Hey, McGraw... 319 00:15:41,705 --> 00:15:43,570 31 is a good precinct. 320 00:15:44,074 --> 00:15:47,202 Did I say it wasrt? Thanks for comir by. 321 00:15:50,946 --> 00:15:53,779 If he tap-danced any faster, he'd win a prize. 322 00:15:54,583 --> 00:15:56,813 What do we know about Newhouse? 323 00:15:57,052 --> 00:15:59,543 Want to take a walk through his apartment? 324 00:16:04,793 --> 00:16:06,351 Mom and dad. 325 00:16:08,263 --> 00:16:10,060 You talk about wholesome. 326 00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:14,091 Donahue does a show on cops killed in action, he's gonna invite them. 327 00:16:14,436 --> 00:16:16,404 Intellectual. The New Republic. 328 00:16:23,712 --> 00:16:24,770 Lennie. 329 00:16:26,181 --> 00:16:28,206 You ever heard of a bar called The Wave? 330 00:16:28,206 --> 00:16:31,843 79th and Columbus. It's a gay bar. 331 00:16:35,790 --> 00:16:40,022 "Lambda Legal Defense Fund, serving rights for gay people everywhere." 332 00:16:43,598 --> 00:16:45,759 His backup was slow for a reason. 333 00:16:46,701 --> 00:16:48,464 We're gonna need some transcripts. 334 00:16:48,464 --> 00:16:50,766 The radio tapes from the shooting. 335 00:16:52,774 --> 00:16:53,832 You did what? 336 00:16:53,832 --> 00:16:56,468 You worried about the time, we'll dock ourselves a day. 337 00:16:56,468 --> 00:16:58,341 I'm worried about you losir your house 338 00:16:58,341 --> 00:17:00,176 and eatir macaroni the next 20 years. 339 00:17:00,176 --> 00:17:02,806 I lost two houses already and I like macaroni. 340 00:17:02,806 --> 00:17:05,045 Lennie, read him the transcript. 341 00:17:05,787 --> 00:17:07,482 Newhouse calls for backup. 342 00:17:07,482 --> 00:17:08,783 Two units respond. 343 00:17:08,783 --> 00:17:10,255 Dispatch is busy a while. 344 00:17:10,255 --> 00:17:11,814 Newhouse calls again. 345 00:17:11,814 --> 00:17:13,019 No backup. 346 00:17:13,019 --> 00:17:14,082 They're on their way. 347 00:17:14,082 --> 00:17:15,185 Sure they are. 348 00:17:15,185 --> 00:17:17,127 31-Frank got the location wrong. 349 00:17:17,127 --> 00:17:19,062 He didn't go to 107 and Amsterdam. 350 00:17:19,062 --> 00:17:21,828 He thought it was an address, number 107. 351 00:17:21,828 --> 00:17:23,961 Oh, come on. I could've heard that wrong. 352 00:17:23,961 --> 00:17:27,006 The dispatcher called twice to find out where the backup was. 353 00:17:27,006 --> 00:17:28,837 Two tries to get an answer. 354 00:17:28,837 --> 00:17:31,776 107 Amsterdam is at 65th Street, 355 00:17:31,776 --> 00:17:33,642 40 blocks from Newhouse. 356 00:17:33,642 --> 00:17:36,682 The first car got to Newhouse the same time as the second car. 357 00:17:36,682 --> 00:17:40,311 The second car started at 88th Street, 20 blocks closer. 358 00:17:40,311 --> 00:17:43,584 Twenty blocks difference, they get there the same time? 359 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:46,683 Donny, they left him out there to die. 360 00:17:51,231 --> 00:17:52,858 Did Oswald kill Kennedy? 361 00:17:52,858 --> 00:17:55,424 If he didn't, it's the greatest conspiracy in history 362 00:17:55,424 --> 00:17:57,298 and nobody said a word. 363 00:17:57,298 --> 00:18:00,202 One hundred and forty officers in that precinct. Nobody knew? 364 00:18:00,202 --> 00:18:02,103 You stick your head out, it gets cut off. 365 00:18:02,103 --> 00:18:04,438 You gonna risk that for a gay cop? 366 00:18:04,438 --> 00:18:06,341 All right. I'll call Internal Affairs. 367 00:18:06,341 --> 00:18:07,970 They'll run into a wall so big, 368 00:18:07,970 --> 00:18:10,106 a jackhammer won't get through it. 369 00:18:11,617 --> 00:18:15,781 We know some guys in the 31. We could, you know, sort of, accidentally 370 00:18:15,781 --> 00:18:18,085 run into 'em one of these days. 371 00:18:20,059 --> 00:18:21,686 I can't believe I'm doing this. 372 00:18:21,686 --> 00:18:24,285 One more penny drops, we go to IA. 373 00:18:29,168 --> 00:18:32,069 You walk around thinking, "There, but for the grace of God..." 374 00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:34,732 Hey, you think like that, you hang up your badge. 375 00:18:34,732 --> 00:18:36,138 Those guys on backup 376 00:18:36,138 --> 00:18:38,402 must have a hard time gettir up in the morning, huh? 377 00:18:38,402 --> 00:18:40,842 Well, you didn't make it easier, bitching to O'Hara. 378 00:18:40,842 --> 00:18:42,903 Hey, a cop dies, you get upset. 379 00:18:43,615 --> 00:18:45,810 Newhouse was nobody's favorite anyway, right? 380 00:18:45,810 --> 00:18:47,351 I heard he was gay. 381 00:18:47,351 --> 00:18:51,047 Is that right? Newhouse? I never heard that. 382 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,820 Hi, Ted. Logan, Briscoe. 383 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,551 You guys are a little out of your neighborhood. 384 00:18:57,551 --> 00:18:59,529 What's the matter, you lonely? 385 00:18:59,831 --> 00:19:01,492 Hey, guys, look who's drinking with us. 386 00:19:01,492 --> 00:19:02,760 The 27. 387 00:19:04,903 --> 00:19:06,928 Congratulations. You caught a cop killer. 388 00:19:06,928 --> 00:19:09,769 Thanks. Too bad about your suspension. 389 00:19:12,844 --> 00:19:15,005 I wish we'd been there on time. 390 00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:18,104 We take a mark on our record. It's... it's okay. 391 00:19:18,104 --> 00:19:20,412 Guess you werert in a hurry to make a good collar, huh? 392 00:19:20,412 --> 00:19:21,416 What? 393 00:19:21,416 --> 00:19:23,350 Hey, hey! Jack, come on. Come on. 394 00:19:23,350 --> 00:19:24,944 I gotta hear what he's saying. 395 00:19:24,944 --> 00:19:26,387 Let's go. 396 00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:40,994 Gotta take my kid to the Cub Scouts. 397 00:19:40,994 --> 00:19:42,333 Good night. 398 00:19:48,645 --> 00:19:50,636 I don't wanna believe this is possible. 399 00:19:50,636 --> 00:19:53,581 Briscoe and Logan don't shout fire where there's just smoke. 400 00:19:53,581 --> 00:19:55,277 Gays have been on the force for years. 401 00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:56,376 Out of the closet. 402 00:19:56,376 --> 00:19:57,477 But Newhouse wasrt. 403 00:19:57,477 --> 00:19:59,351 And a police captain wouldn't see this? 404 00:19:59,351 --> 00:20:01,482 Tom O'Hara is a well-liked cop. 405 00:20:01,482 --> 00:20:03,889 He's been decorated more times than my living room. 406 00:20:03,889 --> 00:20:05,427 He's not a mind reader. 407 00:20:05,427 --> 00:20:07,792 I don't like going after cops any more than you do. 408 00:20:07,792 --> 00:20:10,263 And it's not the whole force, it's one precinct. 409 00:20:10,263 --> 00:20:13,097 And you wanna prove this with a cop killer as a witness. 410 00:20:13,097 --> 00:20:14,534 Get me anything better than that. 411 00:20:14,534 --> 00:20:17,004 It's won'th discussing with O'Hara. 412 00:20:17,004 --> 00:20:18,938 What if I ask him to come over? 413 00:20:18,938 --> 00:20:20,873 Don't make it a royal command. 414 00:20:20,873 --> 00:20:22,342 I don't want a police riot. 415 00:20:22,342 --> 00:20:25,539 See him on his own ground and take Cragen with you. 416 00:20:26,182 --> 00:20:27,706 Who knew the kid was gay? 417 00:20:27,706 --> 00:20:29,114 You have to acknowledge 418 00:20:29,114 --> 00:20:30,982 there are a few loose threads here. 419 00:20:30,982 --> 00:20:32,816 Arert there always? 420 00:20:32,816 --> 00:20:35,753 I'm 22 years in. You think I'm proud of this? 421 00:20:35,753 --> 00:20:37,850 I had four cops suspended. 422 00:20:38,394 --> 00:20:39,861 So you thought something was wrong? 423 00:20:39,861 --> 00:20:41,794 I think they were sloppy. 424 00:20:41,794 --> 00:20:44,162 And you're convinced that's all? 425 00:20:46,868 --> 00:20:48,733 Hey, this isn't nursery school. 426 00:20:48,733 --> 00:20:49,997 A hundred and forty cops. 427 00:20:49,997 --> 00:20:53,165 I'm sure at home, some of them say, "nigger," "kike," and "fag." 428 00:20:53,165 --> 00:20:55,505 It affects the job, they're gone. 429 00:20:56,144 --> 00:20:58,339 You want to talk to the two sergeants, do it. 430 00:20:58,339 --> 00:21:00,574 Don't destroy them for politics. 431 00:21:03,385 --> 00:21:05,285 Thanks for your time. Don. 432 00:21:15,897 --> 00:21:18,957 We didn't waste any time. A cop was in trouble. 433 00:21:18,957 --> 00:21:21,535 So you went directly to the incident? 434 00:21:22,537 --> 00:21:24,198 With all due speed. 435 00:21:24,739 --> 00:21:26,263 Uh, Sgt. Harley, 436 00:21:27,241 --> 00:21:29,835 Off. Newhouse was gay. Did you know that? 437 00:21:30,377 --> 00:21:32,777 I never heard that. He didn't look like one of 'em. 438 00:21:32,777 --> 00:21:34,837 What do you think about gay cops? 439 00:21:35,816 --> 00:21:37,579 Personally, I was taught that 440 00:21:37,579 --> 00:21:39,448 God didn't approve of that kind of thing. 441 00:21:39,448 --> 00:21:40,612 It's in the Bible. 442 00:21:40,612 --> 00:21:43,748 "Man shall not lie down with man as he does with woman." 443 00:21:43,748 --> 00:21:46,793 Does that mean they shouldn't ride in squad cars? 444 00:21:46,793 --> 00:21:49,055 Rick Newhouse wore the same uniform I did. 445 00:21:49,055 --> 00:21:52,496 I would've done anything to protect a fellow officer. 446 00:21:52,966 --> 00:21:56,060 We were at 65th Street. We had to go 40 blocks. 447 00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:59,469 The other car went 20 blocks in the same amount of time, Sgt. Rhodes. 448 00:21:59,469 --> 00:22:01,064 We went straight up Amsterdam. 449 00:22:01,064 --> 00:22:03,871 They hit traffic, they couldn't get around it. 450 00:22:05,312 --> 00:22:08,372 I know an extra minute could have made a difference. 451 00:22:09,349 --> 00:22:12,079 Did you know that Off. Newhouse was gay? 452 00:22:15,288 --> 00:22:17,916 I didn't know he was a homosexual, no. 453 00:22:18,324 --> 00:22:20,918 But that wouldn't affect how I did my duty. 454 00:22:21,561 --> 00:22:24,928 Do you think that homosexuals should be on the force? 455 00:22:30,703 --> 00:22:32,671 Look, I know you're under pressure. 456 00:22:32,671 --> 00:22:35,867 These people have clout, they helped Clinton get elected. 457 00:22:39,545 --> 00:22:41,740 This is not about votes, Sergeant. 458 00:22:45,985 --> 00:22:47,475 I did my duty. 459 00:22:48,020 --> 00:22:51,182 And I didn't know Off. Newhouse was a homosexual. 460 00:22:52,391 --> 00:22:54,951 Why admit they don't like gay cops? Makes them look worse. 461 00:22:54,951 --> 00:22:57,927 It's a good line. "We're not perfect, but we're honest." 462 00:22:57,927 --> 00:23:00,965 A man reads the Bible, it doesn't make him guilty of murder. 463 00:23:00,965 --> 00:23:03,626 They admit they're bigots but say it doesn't affect them. 464 00:23:03,626 --> 00:23:05,829 Newhouse's partner. McGraw. 465 00:23:06,071 --> 00:23:09,040 Briscoe and Logan said he knew something he wasrt saying. 466 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,099 All right. Ask him to come in. Tonight. 467 00:23:14,246 --> 00:23:16,077 I don't know what you want. 468 00:23:16,314 --> 00:23:18,612 I wasrt on duty when it happened. 469 00:23:19,384 --> 00:23:21,045 I just stopped by the Property Clerk. 470 00:23:21,045 --> 00:23:22,677 I can't be gone this long. 471 00:23:22,677 --> 00:23:24,278 If you have to leave... 472 00:23:24,278 --> 00:23:25,983 I don't know what I can tell you. 473 00:23:25,983 --> 00:23:29,549 We think that your partner got in trouble that night 474 00:23:29,549 --> 00:23:31,152 because he was gay. 475 00:23:39,537 --> 00:23:41,266 I want to be a cop. 476 00:23:42,206 --> 00:23:44,037 I want to stay a cop. 477 00:23:44,037 --> 00:23:46,301 Is there any reason you wouldn't? 478 00:23:58,122 --> 00:23:59,885 It was around the precinct. 479 00:24:05,563 --> 00:24:07,428 "Manood and police work. 480 00:24:07,428 --> 00:24:11,093 "In Romans 13, the Bible tells us we are ministers of God. 481 00:24:11,093 --> 00:24:14,103 "We have a duty beyond the rules of the force. 482 00:24:14,103 --> 00:24:18,129 The homosexuals apply for promotion when they don't belong here." 483 00:24:20,276 --> 00:24:21,766 Who wrote this? 484 00:24:22,412 --> 00:24:24,505 I don't know. I gotta go. 485 00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:26,879 You have no idea who wrote it? Where'd you get it? 486 00:24:26,879 --> 00:24:29,510 It was on the floor. I really gotta go. 487 00:24:34,824 --> 00:24:36,792 Huh. "Ministers of God." 488 00:24:38,027 --> 00:24:40,928 Unbelievable. But this isn't motive. 489 00:24:40,928 --> 00:24:43,989 Establishes intent and state of mind. 490 00:24:43,989 --> 00:24:45,659 Yeah. Congratulations. 491 00:24:45,659 --> 00:24:47,669 You have flour and water. 492 00:24:47,669 --> 00:24:49,204 Get an oven, you can make bread. 493 00:24:49,204 --> 00:24:51,240 What connects state of mind to the crime? 494 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,831 Suppose we break somebody? 495 00:24:52,831 --> 00:24:56,140 You have a responsibility. This goes into the tank, 496 00:24:56,412 --> 00:24:59,209 I wouldn't want to be a gay cop the day after you lose. 497 00:24:59,209 --> 00:25:01,442 Four cops. Who's most likely to break? 498 00:25:01,442 --> 00:25:03,314 The youngest? Weddeker? 499 00:25:03,952 --> 00:25:06,819 Briscoe and Logan said he was upset the night it happened. 500 00:25:06,819 --> 00:25:08,447 Couldrt even talk. 501 00:25:12,794 --> 00:25:14,386 We went as fast as we could. 502 00:25:14,386 --> 00:25:17,261 Off. Weddeker, according to the radio tapes, 503 00:25:17,261 --> 00:25:20,824 you and Harley answered the call first, you got there second. 504 00:25:20,824 --> 00:25:22,666 Traffic was bad on Broadway. 505 00:25:22,666 --> 00:25:25,935 Sgt. Harley's case report says you were on West End. 506 00:25:27,976 --> 00:25:30,001 I meant, I meant West End. 507 00:25:30,001 --> 00:25:33,047 You were parked around the corner, Patrolman. 508 00:25:33,047 --> 00:25:35,709 You waited until Rhodes and Davis arrived. 509 00:25:40,821 --> 00:25:43,187 Harley is your superior, right? 510 00:25:43,187 --> 00:25:45,451 It wasrt your decision to wait. 511 00:25:52,733 --> 00:25:54,257 Harley's my partner. 512 00:25:55,670 --> 00:25:57,501 Cops take care of cops. 513 00:25:58,172 --> 00:26:00,231 Nobody took care of Rick Newhouse. 514 00:26:00,231 --> 00:26:03,505 So don't tell me about taking care of your partner. 515 00:26:03,505 --> 00:26:06,704 You think you need a lawyer, call the POBA, now. 516 00:26:09,150 --> 00:26:11,118 Off. Weddeker, look at me. 517 00:26:11,919 --> 00:26:13,284 Look at me. 518 00:26:18,259 --> 00:26:19,886 You knew it was wrong. 519 00:26:19,886 --> 00:26:21,552 It wasrt your decision. 520 00:26:21,552 --> 00:26:23,186 You didn't wanna do it. 521 00:26:23,186 --> 00:26:24,628 We make a deal, 522 00:26:24,628 --> 00:26:26,825 you won't be indicted for a felony. 523 00:26:32,806 --> 00:26:34,433 Who wrote the memo? 524 00:26:42,449 --> 00:26:44,815 Well, they just, they just wanted to... 525 00:26:47,587 --> 00:26:49,054 They just wanted to scare him. 526 00:26:49,054 --> 00:26:51,249 They didn't think he was gonna die. 527 00:26:51,992 --> 00:26:54,392 Did Capt. O'Hara write it himself? 528 00:26:57,364 --> 00:26:59,093 No, I think... 529 00:27:00,033 --> 00:27:01,660 I think he knew. 530 00:27:08,974 --> 00:27:10,168 Rhodes. 531 00:27:10,743 --> 00:27:12,506 Harley and Rhodes. 532 00:27:21,754 --> 00:27:24,416 Next case. "Docket number 6913. 533 00:27:24,416 --> 00:27:26,048 "People of the State of New York 534 00:27:26,048 --> 00:27:29,720 "v. James Davis, John Harley, and Henry Rhodes. 535 00:27:30,195 --> 00:27:32,663 Charge is murder in the second degree." 536 00:27:36,035 --> 00:27:38,299 Are your clients ready to plead, Mr. Schell? 537 00:27:38,299 --> 00:27:40,600 Your Honor, we ask you to consider the merits 538 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,834 and dismiss the indictments sua sponte. 539 00:27:42,834 --> 00:27:45,740 Merits? How would you know? 540 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:47,539 I read the grand jury minutes. 541 00:27:47,539 --> 00:27:49,079 You don't have 'em yet. 542 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:52,139 Now it's an indictment. You don't like it, file a motion. 543 00:27:52,139 --> 00:27:54,878 Murder, second degree. How do the defendants plead? 544 00:27:54,878 --> 00:27:56,198 Not guilty. 545 00:27:58,589 --> 00:28:01,422 Consistency is the hobgoblin of little courtrooms. 546 00:28:01,726 --> 00:28:02,784 Let's talk bail. 547 00:28:02,784 --> 00:28:05,328 Uh, again, Your Honor, considering the merits... 548 00:28:05,328 --> 00:28:07,387 Thank you. That's enough. 549 00:28:07,632 --> 00:28:08,826 Paul? 550 00:28:08,826 --> 00:28:11,198 The people request $200,000 each defendant. 551 00:28:11,198 --> 00:28:14,067 Granted. If the defense wants to appeal bail, 552 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:15,537 submit it with your other motion. 553 00:28:16,708 --> 00:28:17,834 I'm still in shock. 554 00:28:17,834 --> 00:28:19,274 I'll call an ambulance. 555 00:28:19,274 --> 00:28:22,471 L... I knew we were looking at charges, but murder two? 556 00:28:22,471 --> 00:28:24,538 You're prosecuting bigotry, not murder. 557 00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:26,913 Save the speech, Gordon. Even you don't believe it. 558 00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:31,545 Penal law, 125.25, Subsection 2. 559 00:28:32,556 --> 00:28:34,820 "You have a depraved indifference to human life, 560 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:37,894 "you engage in conduct causing a risk of death, 561 00:28:38,895 --> 00:28:40,726 you thereby caused the death." 562 00:28:40,726 --> 00:28:43,732 Refresh your memory. We call it murder two. 563 00:28:44,568 --> 00:28:46,229 I call it counting the voters. 564 00:28:46,229 --> 00:28:47,998 Only on my fingers. 565 00:28:48,205 --> 00:28:50,173 That's all we'll need with a case like this. 566 00:28:50,173 --> 00:28:51,901 Every cop in this city is against you. 567 00:28:51,901 --> 00:28:53,340 Not all of them. 568 00:28:53,340 --> 00:28:55,401 Some officers are as appalled as we are. 569 00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:57,003 Now, wait. This is gonna get ugly. 570 00:28:57,003 --> 00:28:59,742 Let's clean it up before it's too dirty to save. 571 00:28:59,742 --> 00:29:02,717 Reckless endangerment two, they keep their pensions. 572 00:29:02,717 --> 00:29:06,153 Pensions. Funny, that's the last thing that would've occurred to me. 573 00:29:10,059 --> 00:29:13,688 10-85, 107 and Amsterdam, call from 31-18. 574 00:29:13,688 --> 00:29:15,526 Possible drug sale in progress. 575 00:29:15,526 --> 00:29:17,691 He's alone out there, needs additional unit. 576 00:29:17,691 --> 00:29:19,530 Two suspects, male, Hispanic. 577 00:29:21,437 --> 00:29:23,496 What is the meaning of "31-18"? 578 00:29:23,496 --> 00:29:26,234 That's a foot patrolman identifying himself. 579 00:29:26,234 --> 00:29:28,105 31 is the precinct number 580 00:29:28,105 --> 00:29:30,441 and 18 is the foot-post assignment. 581 00:29:30,441 --> 00:29:32,673 And who was 31-18? 582 00:29:33,149 --> 00:29:35,014 Off. Richard Newhouse. 583 00:29:40,055 --> 00:29:42,523 Newhouse. 31-18. Make that a signal 10-13! 584 00:29:42,523 --> 00:29:44,525 Shots fired! They're firing from both sides! 585 00:29:44,525 --> 00:29:45,855 Where are those two units? 586 00:29:45,855 --> 00:29:47,953 10-13, 10-13, shots fired. 587 00:29:47,953 --> 00:29:49,691 107 and Amsterdam. Shots fired. 588 00:29:49,691 --> 00:29:51,289 Officer alone. Officer alone. 589 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:52,458 31-18 to Central. 590 00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:53,899 I'm pinned down! I can't move! 591 00:29:53,899 --> 00:29:55,697 Where the hell is the backup? 592 00:29:57,205 --> 00:29:59,230 My God! Oh, my God, I'm hit! 593 00:30:00,875 --> 00:30:02,365 I found the memo in my locker. 594 00:30:02,365 --> 00:30:03,740 I wasrt surprised. 595 00:30:03,740 --> 00:30:06,144 There'd been a lot of talk about Newhouse. 596 00:30:06,144 --> 00:30:08,546 What kind of talk, Off. Weddeker? 597 00:30:09,017 --> 00:30:11,042 Newhouse passed the sergeant's exam. 598 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:14,316 Sgt. Harley said we didn't need queer sergeants. 599 00:30:14,989 --> 00:30:16,684 And who wrote the memo? 600 00:30:16,684 --> 00:30:18,225 The word around the precinct was... 601 00:30:18,225 --> 00:30:19,726 Objection. 602 00:30:20,728 --> 00:30:22,855 May we approach, Your Honor? 603 00:30:27,836 --> 00:30:29,963 He wasrt there when it was typed, Ben. 604 00:30:29,963 --> 00:30:32,097 You know that. You shouldn't have asked the question. 605 00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:33,970 He knows because it was common knowledge. 606 00:30:33,970 --> 00:30:36,839 No. It's not direct knowledge, Ben. 607 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:38,901 Don't turn this into a marathon. 608 00:30:38,901 --> 00:30:40,810 Stay off the subject. 609 00:30:40,810 --> 00:30:42,542 Objection sustained. 610 00:30:42,542 --> 00:30:44,208 Uh, Off. Weddeker, 611 00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:47,679 where were you and Sgt. Harley 612 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,654 when the call went out for help? 613 00:30:49,654 --> 00:30:51,656 103rd and Amsterdam. 614 00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:55,385 And did you go immediately to help Off. Newhouse? 615 00:30:55,385 --> 00:30:57,327 Sgt. Harley was driving. 616 00:30:57,327 --> 00:30:59,524 He stopped half a block away. 617 00:31:01,235 --> 00:31:02,566 Did he tell you why he stopped? 618 00:31:02,566 --> 00:31:04,695 Objection. Calls for hearsay. 619 00:31:04,695 --> 00:31:08,070 Res gestae, Mr. Schell, a verbal act. 620 00:31:08,475 --> 00:31:10,272 The witness will answer. 621 00:31:11,511 --> 00:31:14,810 Sgt. Harley said Off. Newhouse was a fairy. 622 00:31:15,916 --> 00:31:19,817 Said if he was in trouble, he could flap his wings and fly out. 623 00:31:22,388 --> 00:31:24,652 Well, thank you. No further questions. 624 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:34,999 So, um, so you wanted to do the right thing, and Sgt. Harley didn't. 625 00:31:34,999 --> 00:31:36,500 Uh, is that correct? 626 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,037 Yeah. We should've helped him. He was a cop. 627 00:31:39,037 --> 00:31:40,970 So what if he was gay? 628 00:31:40,970 --> 00:31:42,439 Oh. Oh, I see. 629 00:31:43,676 --> 00:31:45,200 You're the hero. 630 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:48,213 Uh, tell me, Off. Weddeker, 631 00:31:48,213 --> 00:31:50,977 is your testimony today part of a deal? 632 00:31:51,851 --> 00:31:54,945 Did you plead to a misdemeanor to avoid indictment? 633 00:31:55,221 --> 00:31:56,279 That's not the reason. 634 00:31:56,279 --> 00:31:57,549 Really? 635 00:31:57,549 --> 00:31:59,385 Then why didn't you leap out of the car 636 00:31:59,385 --> 00:32:02,221 and rush over to protect Off. Newhouse yourself? 637 00:32:06,431 --> 00:32:07,420 I... 638 00:32:11,469 --> 00:32:13,699 I went along with Sgt. Harley. 639 00:32:14,973 --> 00:32:15,962 Oh. 640 00:32:19,811 --> 00:32:21,210 Quite a hero. 641 00:32:22,881 --> 00:32:24,371 No further questions. 642 00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:29,749 No. Only your most crucial evidence. 643 00:32:29,749 --> 00:32:31,948 Half the precinct knows who wrote that memo. 644 00:32:31,948 --> 00:32:34,719 How can I prove it? She could've let it in. 645 00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:38,854 Judge Larkin? Her politics aren't with you when the law is against you. 646 00:32:38,854 --> 00:32:41,329 We have to connect the memo to Rhodes. 647 00:32:41,329 --> 00:32:43,992 What about the kid that brought it in? The partner? 648 00:32:43,992 --> 00:32:45,695 He says he didn't know. 649 00:32:47,404 --> 00:32:48,666 Don't tell me you believe him. 650 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,263 I put him on the stand, he'll lie. 651 00:32:50,263 --> 00:32:54,107 He's scared of what the other cops will think. Is that what he's scared of? 652 00:32:54,611 --> 00:32:57,307 I can't do that. I don't know who wrote it. 653 00:32:57,614 --> 00:32:59,172 Three police officers. 654 00:32:59,172 --> 00:33:01,683 Should they wear the same badge you do? 655 00:33:09,927 --> 00:33:11,952 Why did you want a transfer? 656 00:33:13,731 --> 00:33:16,291 You think you know what this is about? 657 00:33:16,667 --> 00:33:17,656 You don't. 658 00:33:17,656 --> 00:33:19,168 I think we do. 659 00:33:20,104 --> 00:33:22,231 It's because you're gay, too. 660 00:33:32,181 --> 00:33:33,705 I can't do this. 661 00:33:34,484 --> 00:33:38,250 Will you feel that way when you cry for help and nobody comes? 662 00:33:38,654 --> 00:33:40,485 My parents don't know. 663 00:33:41,157 --> 00:33:43,489 This would be a hell of a way for them to find out. 664 00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:46,653 We need you as a witness. You keep your secret, 665 00:33:48,031 --> 00:33:50,932 and you can die in an alley. Alone. 666 00:33:52,435 --> 00:33:53,902 Like Newhouse. 667 00:34:02,612 --> 00:34:04,841 We used to talk about our dates. 668 00:34:05,347 --> 00:34:07,406 Our women, me and Newhouse. 669 00:34:09,584 --> 00:34:11,017 We both knew. 670 00:34:12,254 --> 00:34:13,881 Kept it up anyway. 671 00:34:15,090 --> 00:34:18,218 You do anything to hide, even when you don't have to. 672 00:34:22,964 --> 00:34:25,489 I told Rhodes one night I had a hot date. 673 00:34:28,036 --> 00:34:30,766 Couple of hours later, he's on the street. 674 00:34:31,573 --> 00:34:33,666 I'm comir out of D'Agostino's. 675 00:34:34,109 --> 00:34:36,441 I went to get a six-pack with a... 676 00:34:38,380 --> 00:34:39,870 With a friend. 677 00:34:43,752 --> 00:34:46,619 Rhodes asks, "What happened to your hot date?" 678 00:34:49,557 --> 00:34:51,718 And I said, "She stood me up." 679 00:34:53,727 --> 00:34:55,957 I knew they were checking on me. 680 00:35:01,068 --> 00:35:03,298 The next day I had a new partner. 681 00:35:04,472 --> 00:35:05,734 Newhouse. 682 00:35:09,276 --> 00:35:11,267 Keep the queers together. 683 00:35:16,951 --> 00:35:18,680 Did anyone else in the precinct 684 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,220 tell you that they knew that you were gay? 685 00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:24,617 Two weeks later 686 00:35:25,259 --> 00:35:28,524 Captain O'Hara asked me how I liked my new partner. 687 00:35:29,863 --> 00:35:31,558 I said he was fine. 688 00:35:32,966 --> 00:35:36,527 Captain says, "So, you're taking the sergeant's exam, too. 689 00:35:38,438 --> 00:35:40,338 I'll have two of you." 690 00:35:41,641 --> 00:35:43,438 I knew what he meant. 691 00:35:44,277 --> 00:35:46,745 I show you People's Exhibit 7. 692 00:35:48,515 --> 00:35:50,107 Have you seen this before? 693 00:35:50,107 --> 00:35:51,741 Sure. I gave it to you. 694 00:35:51,741 --> 00:35:55,015 Ah, yes, but when and where did you first see it? 695 00:35:57,123 --> 00:36:00,115 About two weeks before Off. Newhouse got shot. 696 00:36:01,461 --> 00:36:03,190 I was at the copy machine. 697 00:36:03,496 --> 00:36:05,293 Sgt. Rhodes was there. 698 00:36:06,099 --> 00:36:08,727 After he finished, I lifted the cover. 699 00:36:09,202 --> 00:36:12,170 He left the original. He wanted me to find it. 700 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,265 And after the shooting, I... 701 00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:20,512 I put in for a transfer. 702 00:36:21,380 --> 00:36:23,746 I didn't want to end up dead, too. 703 00:36:25,184 --> 00:36:27,175 Thank you. Your witness. 704 00:36:29,154 --> 00:36:31,987 Did anybody in the 31st Precinct 705 00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:35,152 ever harass you because you were gay? 706 00:36:37,930 --> 00:36:39,727 I just said they did. 707 00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:42,656 Oh. 708 00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:47,527 Did anybody scrawl the word "queer" 709 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,031 or "fag" on your locker? 710 00:36:53,611 --> 00:36:54,635 No. 711 00:36:54,635 --> 00:36:57,010 Did anybody ever call you names? 712 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:00,942 No. 713 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,818 Thank you. No further questions. 714 00:37:09,026 --> 00:37:11,586 The jury can't ignore it. It's cause and effect. 715 00:37:11,586 --> 00:37:13,357 You say it's cause. 716 00:37:13,664 --> 00:37:15,529 Maybe they don't see effect. 717 00:37:15,529 --> 00:37:17,124 They're changing strategy. 718 00:37:17,124 --> 00:37:18,498 You listening at keyholes? 719 00:37:18,498 --> 00:37:20,127 New witness list. 720 00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:23,503 They're putting on a shrink? 721 00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:27,136 They're gonna justify it. 722 00:37:27,136 --> 00:37:29,736 Yep. The last defense of the guilty. 723 00:37:29,736 --> 00:37:31,782 "We did it, but it's all right." 724 00:37:31,782 --> 00:37:33,544 Schell said it was gonna get ugly, 725 00:37:33,544 --> 00:37:36,518 but I never dreamed that this was what he meant. 726 00:37:37,721 --> 00:37:40,087 The fear of homosexuals is common. 727 00:37:40,087 --> 00:37:42,090 Well, why is that, Dr. Ross? 728 00:37:42,090 --> 00:37:46,151 In our culture, defining masculinity is complicated. 729 00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:48,120 What is it that makes a man? 730 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,996 Well, how does that relate to homosexuals? 731 00:37:50,996 --> 00:37:55,103 Men are oftentimes afraid of gays making sexual overtures. 732 00:37:55,605 --> 00:37:58,165 Men make passes, women receive them. 733 00:37:58,575 --> 00:38:01,738 Somebody makes a pass at you, you feel like a woman. 734 00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:03,904 Which, to most men, means weak. 735 00:38:04,214 --> 00:38:06,944 Well, how are heterosexual men affected? 736 00:38:07,350 --> 00:38:10,683 A fear of seduction by another man makes them angry. 737 00:38:10,887 --> 00:38:13,515 Oftentimes, this anger can turn into hatred. 738 00:38:13,515 --> 00:38:15,387 Would you call that normal? 739 00:38:15,387 --> 00:38:16,982 I'd call it common. 740 00:38:16,982 --> 00:38:20,688 So these feelings are not voluntary or reckless? 741 00:38:20,688 --> 00:38:21,787 Yes, that's right. 742 00:38:21,787 --> 00:38:24,628 Recklessness implies its opposite: Control. 743 00:38:24,628 --> 00:38:26,531 You can't control these feelings. 744 00:38:26,531 --> 00:38:29,002 Thank you, Doctor. Your witness. 745 00:38:32,074 --> 00:38:35,669 Dr. Ross, are you saying 746 00:38:36,011 --> 00:38:40,505 that it is acceptable to hate homosexuals? 747 00:38:41,784 --> 00:38:43,752 I'm saying that men who have these feelings 748 00:38:43,752 --> 00:38:45,411 have difficulty controlling them. 749 00:38:45,411 --> 00:38:48,183 But you are suggesting that these officers of the law 750 00:38:48,183 --> 00:38:49,815 let a man die out of anger. 751 00:38:49,815 --> 00:38:51,792 And you're making it sound okay. 752 00:38:52,127 --> 00:38:53,219 I would never say that. 753 00:38:53,219 --> 00:38:55,320 Hatred of homosexuals is unfortunate, 754 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,194 not to mention pathological, 755 00:38:57,194 --> 00:39:00,132 and, like any pathology, it's not voluntary. 756 00:39:04,372 --> 00:39:06,704 Thank you. No further questions. 757 00:39:08,009 --> 00:39:09,374 It's a fact of life. 758 00:39:09,374 --> 00:39:11,344 It's not just in the police department. 759 00:39:11,344 --> 00:39:13,676 Did any of the defendants express concern 760 00:39:13,676 --> 00:39:16,239 about homosexual officers in the precinct? 761 00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,410 I don't recall anything specific. 762 00:39:18,410 --> 00:39:20,511 I hear derogatory remarks. 763 00:39:20,511 --> 00:39:24,922 I hear men talk about dealing with a wounded officer who may have AIDS. 764 00:39:24,922 --> 00:39:27,187 But my men know the results of harassment: 765 00:39:27,187 --> 00:39:29,058 You are off the force. 766 00:39:29,058 --> 00:39:32,293 Now these defendants, you know them. You know them very well. 767 00:39:32,293 --> 00:39:36,030 A witness has testified that they deliberately delayed 768 00:39:36,030 --> 00:39:39,733 helping another officer because he was gay. 769 00:39:40,908 --> 00:39:42,101 Now, do you believe that? 770 00:39:42,101 --> 00:39:43,506 No, I don't. 771 00:39:44,111 --> 00:39:46,636 Thank you, Captain. No further questions. 772 00:39:49,483 --> 00:39:50,916 Capt. O'Hara, 773 00:39:51,585 --> 00:39:54,418 uh, it was you that assigned Craig McGraw 774 00:39:54,418 --> 00:39:56,752 to be Rick Newhouse's partner? 775 00:39:56,752 --> 00:39:57,983 Yes, I did. 776 00:39:57,983 --> 00:40:01,960 And the fact that both of them were gay is just a coincidence? 777 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,393 Yes, it was. 778 00:40:03,393 --> 00:40:06,523 So you are disputing not only Off. Weddeker's testimony, 779 00:40:06,523 --> 00:40:09,194 you also are disputing Craig McGraw's as well. 780 00:40:09,194 --> 00:40:10,759 Two witnesses are lying. 781 00:40:10,759 --> 00:40:12,327 I didn't say that. 782 00:40:12,327 --> 00:40:13,996 They saw what they wanted to see. 783 00:40:13,996 --> 00:40:17,202 So they only perceived hostility toward gay cops. 784 00:40:17,411 --> 00:40:18,935 Intolerance isn't murder, Mr. Stone. 785 00:40:18,935 --> 00:40:20,843 My men may have made mistakes, 786 00:40:20,843 --> 00:40:22,313 but I don't think they intended 787 00:40:22,313 --> 00:40:23,747 for Off. Newhouse to get killed. 788 00:40:23,747 --> 00:40:26,182 But isn't it true, Capt. O'Hara, 789 00:40:26,182 --> 00:40:30,313 that Off. Newhouse, three months before he was shot, 790 00:40:30,589 --> 00:40:32,250 had a perfect service record? 791 00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:34,622 A good record isn't everything. 792 00:40:34,622 --> 00:40:37,685 Officers have to believe that you're part of the team. 793 00:40:40,032 --> 00:40:42,193 Uh, we've heard that, Capt. O'Hara. 794 00:40:42,193 --> 00:40:45,704 You've already testified that your men are worried 795 00:40:45,704 --> 00:40:48,535 that they can't trust a gay cop to be there 796 00:40:48,941 --> 00:40:50,704 when a cop needs help. 797 00:40:53,612 --> 00:40:57,412 But in this case, it was the straight cops who didn't show up. 798 00:41:00,486 --> 00:41:01,578 Who should be worrying? 799 00:41:01,578 --> 00:41:02,848 Objection. 800 00:41:04,390 --> 00:41:06,823 Withdrawn. No more questions. 801 00:41:10,094 --> 00:41:12,688 The prosecution tells a simple story. 802 00:41:13,398 --> 00:41:17,858 Three good cops with good records let another cop die. 803 00:41:22,307 --> 00:41:24,366 Do you really believe that? 804 00:41:26,211 --> 00:41:30,170 Witnesses have told you that these men have malice in their hearts. 805 00:41:31,115 --> 00:41:33,208 And yet their own captain, 806 00:41:33,208 --> 00:41:36,117 an exemplary officer, tells you they did not. 807 00:41:38,456 --> 00:41:40,151 You must decide. 808 00:41:41,593 --> 00:41:44,494 Did these men act recklessly 809 00:41:44,896 --> 00:41:46,591 or unconsciously, 810 00:41:47,499 --> 00:41:49,898 unaware of what they were doing? 811 00:41:52,603 --> 00:41:55,333 What the prosecution demands is unjust. 812 00:41:57,841 --> 00:41:59,900 To find these men guilty 813 00:42:01,078 --> 00:42:04,775 for upholding the very values of the society 814 00:42:04,775 --> 00:42:07,009 that they've sworn to protect. 815 00:42:09,586 --> 00:42:11,451 Ladies and gentlemen, 816 00:42:11,922 --> 00:42:13,822 in your deliberations 817 00:42:13,822 --> 00:42:16,757 please ask yourselves 818 00:42:18,562 --> 00:42:23,158 are their values really so different from your own? 819 00:42:28,639 --> 00:42:30,663 So let's suppose that it's true, 820 00:42:30,663 --> 00:42:33,072 what Defense Attorney Schell implies: 821 00:42:33,072 --> 00:42:35,133 That each of you, all of you, 822 00:42:35,133 --> 00:42:37,577 sympathize with the defendants, 823 00:42:38,281 --> 00:42:41,512 trapped as they are in their fears. 824 00:42:42,218 --> 00:42:46,416 That, in fact, more people hate homosexuals than are willing to admit. 825 00:42:47,990 --> 00:42:51,858 Now, I venture to say that in your family histories 826 00:42:51,858 --> 00:42:56,421 someone, somewhere hates you, or your relatives 827 00:42:56,421 --> 00:43:00,458 for no other reason than that they are black or white, 828 00:43:00,458 --> 00:43:02,766 Slovak instead of Czech, 829 00:43:02,766 --> 00:43:04,965 Protestant instead of Catholic, 830 00:43:04,965 --> 00:43:07,006 left-wing, not right. 831 00:43:07,843 --> 00:43:10,835 And are you going to let officers of the law decide 832 00:43:10,835 --> 00:43:14,348 which of you they'll help based on who and what you are? 833 00:43:14,348 --> 00:43:17,180 If so, then don't dial 911. 834 00:43:19,554 --> 00:43:22,022 Even if you think you're one of them. 835 00:43:23,191 --> 00:43:25,182 Because you may end up 836 00:43:26,061 --> 00:43:28,086 being Off. Newhouse. 837 00:43:30,765 --> 00:43:34,030 These defendants let a man die. 838 00:43:34,030 --> 00:43:37,299 And for all of us, you must hold them responsible. 839 00:43:52,220 --> 00:43:54,551 Will the defendants please rise? 840 00:44:00,894 --> 00:44:03,158 Has the jury reached a verdict? 841 00:44:03,964 --> 00:44:05,625 We have, Your Honor. 842 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,194 On the charge of murder in the second degree 843 00:44:09,194 --> 00:44:11,134 for the defendant, James Davis, 844 00:44:11,134 --> 00:44:13,036 how did the jury find? 845 00:44:13,474 --> 00:44:14,805 Not guilty. 846 00:44:14,805 --> 00:44:18,504 For the defendant John Harley, how does the jury find? 847 00:44:19,046 --> 00:44:20,775 Not guilty. 848 00:44:21,615 --> 00:44:25,073 For the defendant Henry Rhodes, how does the jury find? 849 00:44:25,819 --> 00:44:28,117 We find the defendant not guilty. 850 00:44:49,208 --> 00:44:50,539 Come in. 851 00:44:52,812 --> 00:44:54,040 Hi, Adam. 852 00:44:55,081 --> 00:44:56,605 What are you doir? 853 00:44:57,417 --> 00:44:59,476 Replaying the ninth inning. 854 00:45:00,253 --> 00:45:02,221 I should've crucified that shrink. 855 00:45:02,221 --> 00:45:04,279 No. They didn't want to convict. 856 00:45:04,724 --> 00:45:06,589 He gave 'em an excuse. 857 00:45:09,629 --> 00:45:11,927 Maybe it was the wrong summation. 858 00:45:12,198 --> 00:45:14,496 You did your best. Did it right. 859 00:45:15,268 --> 00:45:16,599 You lost. 860 00:45:17,603 --> 00:45:19,365 They used to ask, "How can a man 861 00:45:19,365 --> 00:45:22,339 put a sheet on his head and lynch somebody?" 862 00:45:24,076 --> 00:45:26,340 Usually he can't, by himself. 863 00:45:27,279 --> 00:45:29,406 But when there's more than one... 864 00:45:30,282 --> 00:45:32,182 Four cops let him die. 865 00:45:33,085 --> 00:45:35,315 And twelve citizens did it again. 866 00:45:39,791 --> 00:45:42,191 And they voted their indifference.