1 00:00:00,867 --> 00:00:02,357 In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:06,332 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,639 --> 00:00:08,300 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:10,999 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:12,538 These are their stories. 6 00:00:13,947 --> 00:00:17,314 Two coffees. One black with sugar, one extra cream, no sugar. 7 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:18,782 You got something on your cheek. 8 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:21,320 Right there. Looks like lipstick. 9 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:23,146 Good for you. Yeah, sure. 10 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:25,851 You sure you don't want any donuts, Officer? 11 00:00:26,993 --> 00:00:28,255 Are you a comedian? 12 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,290 Hey, Danny. 13 00:00:39,939 --> 00:00:42,499 Oh, geez. Danny. Oh, geez. 14 00:00:42,609 --> 00:00:44,076 Danny! Danny! 15 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:49,744 Eight Charlie. 10-13. We got a cop down! 16 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:51,282 Hudson and Duane! 17 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:55,177 Probably a. 38. No casings. Slugs still in the body. 18 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:57,018 Two in the chest. How close? 19 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:58,454 Within two feet. 20 00:00:58,691 --> 00:01:02,092 So he sees the guy comin', he gets out of his car and gets shot? 21 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:03,390 Yeah, looks like it. 22 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:05,496 Weapon's still holstered. 23 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:08,895 Pelham and his partner over there were staking out that building 24 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:11,095 to serve an arrest warrant on Terry Mays. 25 00:01:11,204 --> 00:01:13,069 Wanted for armed robbery and attempted murder. 26 00:01:13,139 --> 00:01:14,163 He lives there? 27 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,333 His girlfriend does. Lois Henick, on the third floor. 28 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,570 We set up a perimeter as soon as the call came in. 29 00:01:18,645 --> 00:01:19,771 Anybody see it go down? 30 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:21,211 A homeless. Said he heard the shots. 31 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:23,272 Saw somebody with a dark parka and a hood running away. 32 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:26,779 What's the situation? 33 00:01:27,153 --> 00:01:29,144 Two cops workin' the Warrant Squad. 34 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,213 Suspect's girlfriend lives in there. 35 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:33,515 The Sarge here's got a perimeter around the place. 36 00:01:33,593 --> 00:01:35,060 So what are you waiting for? Search warrant. 37 00:01:35,128 --> 00:01:36,993 You go in. I'll get the warrant. 38 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:44,068 - Police! Freeze! - What the hell is this? 39 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:46,230 Where's Terry? I don't know. I haven't seen him. 40 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:47,666 Who else was here tonight? 41 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:49,139 Nobody. I live alone. 42 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:51,106 Yeah? You always leave the seat up when you're done? 43 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:54,169 Yeah. I was cleaning it. What about these? You taking in laundry? 44 00:01:54,914 --> 00:01:56,313 That's right, don't talk to us. 45 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:58,748 You're lucky you caught us in a good mood, Lois. Let's go. 46 00:02:48,134 --> 00:02:50,432 Pelham transferred to the Warrants Squad two weeks ago. 47 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:52,903 Single. No kids. Small blessings. 48 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:54,530 Anything from the girl's apartment? 49 00:02:54,607 --> 00:02:56,006 Her address book in her kitchen. 50 00:02:56,075 --> 00:02:57,633 We got people runnin' down the names. 51 00:02:57,710 --> 00:03:00,406 Nothing in her LUDs. She called her mother every day. 52 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:01,946 Oh, that'll get her six months off. 53 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,004 Known associates? 54 00:03:03,082 --> 00:03:04,709 We got eight teams out beating the bushes. 55 00:03:04,784 --> 00:03:08,083 Well, Mays had to have been stuck in his girlfriend's place since... 56 00:03:08,254 --> 00:03:10,347 When did Warrants start their surveillance? 57 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:11,548 Six days ago. 58 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:13,784 Let's find out who might have visited him. 59 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:19,098 We had three teams on Mays. Different vehicles, staggered shifts. 60 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:22,532 Anybody who drove up or went into that building, we got their tag numbers. 61 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:24,263 He ever mention any problems? 62 00:03:24,337 --> 00:03:26,237 Like some old collar doggin' him? 63 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:28,137 Bookie problems? Anything like that? 64 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:30,938 No. No, he never mentioned anything like that. 65 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:31,999 It was just... 66 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:34,202 "How about those Knicks?" you know? 67 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:36,572 Who knew where you guys were gonna be last night? 68 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:37,638 Nobody. 69 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:40,709 I don't hand out the assignments till the start of the shift. 70 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,487 Did you or Pelham call anybody? 71 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:43,579 Tell 'em where you were gonna be? 72 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:44,645 No. 73 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:47,623 If I'd just stayed in the car... 74 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:51,453 Yeah, maybe we'd have two dead cops instead of one. 75 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,388 Don't worry, we'll catch this mutt. 76 00:03:56,936 --> 00:03:59,564 Your car was parked outside the building yesterday afternoon. 77 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:02,631 Uh, yeah, I brought Dad his groceries. 78 00:04:02,875 --> 00:04:05,002 He's 90. I left right after dinner. 79 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:08,642 You know the woman who lives in apartment 3-D? Lois Henick? 80 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:12,175 No. But that's the apartment right above Dad's. 81 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:14,447 I heard some yelling up there just before I left. 82 00:04:14,621 --> 00:04:15,610 A man. 83 00:04:15,688 --> 00:04:16,882 Oh, yeah? What was he yelling about? 84 00:04:17,223 --> 00:04:18,212 I couldn't hear. 85 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:21,587 I'm very sorry about that police officer. Thanks for your help. 86 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:24,625 Nine more to go. 87 00:04:26,232 --> 00:04:28,462 Yeah, that's my plate. Somethin' happen to my car? 88 00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:29,899 It was double parked outside 89 00:04:29,969 --> 00:04:32,699 763 Hudson Street yesterday afternoon. 90 00:04:33,539 --> 00:04:35,734 Hudson Street? I don't think so. 91 00:04:35,808 --> 00:04:37,969 You absolutely sure? About quarter past two? 92 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:41,905 Oh yeah, I was visiting somebody. 93 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:44,844 Who? That's just it. Nobody, actually. 94 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:47,317 What is this, some kind of riddle? 95 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,582 Last weekend, I was at a club in the East Village. 96 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:51,790 I met this girl. She gave me her number. 97 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:53,524 Then I dropped her off at that building. 98 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,155 Then what? You stopped in for a matinee? 99 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:59,096 Uh, actually, no. I called her, and got the Boys' Club. 100 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:03,062 So I went to look for her. I checked all the mailboxes. Her name wasn't there. 101 00:05:03,269 --> 00:05:05,703 Well, according to the police who were watching the building, 102 00:05:05,772 --> 00:05:08,673 your car was parked there 40 minutes. You a slow reader? 103 00:05:10,009 --> 00:05:13,342 Listen, Mr. Morris, you really picked the wrong day to lie to the police. 104 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:16,771 Look, 105 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,380 the kid wouldn't hurt anybody. 106 00:05:19,452 --> 00:05:20,441 What kid? 107 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:21,609 My brother. 108 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:23,752 He's got a record. 109 00:05:24,957 --> 00:05:26,288 I lent him the car. 110 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,856 Blank credit cards, blank bank cards. 111 00:05:29,929 --> 00:05:32,363 And these drivers licenses. Names but no photos. 112 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:34,933 We called these people. You think they ever heard of Jeff Morris? 113 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:36,262 Just hold on a minute. 114 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:39,232 You've got an army of cops serving a warrant for an E felony, 115 00:05:39,405 --> 00:05:41,168 and a Lieutenant doing the interrogation. 116 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:43,168 This isn't about check kiting, is it? 117 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:44,799 It's about Terry Mays. 118 00:05:45,211 --> 00:05:46,735 Wanted for killing a cop. 119 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:48,838 Whoa, I... I don't know anything about killing a cop. 120 00:05:48,981 --> 00:05:52,542 You drove your brother's car to the building where Mays was holed up, 121 00:05:52,618 --> 00:05:54,586 the same day he killed the cop. 122 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:58,246 He cooperates, he's back sleeping on his own couch tomorrow night. 123 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:00,356 He gives us any flack, 124 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:04,058 he's got rotating bunkmates for the next six years. 125 00:06:11,237 --> 00:06:12,704 Mays called me last Sunday. 126 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,003 Said I had to come to his girl's place. 127 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,632 What kind of ID did you sell him? 128 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:19,503 Jersey license and matching credit card. 129 00:06:19,879 --> 00:06:20,868 Both clean. 130 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:24,740 You're lookin' for Mark Wainwright, 131 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:26,884 a 38-year-old dentist from Newark. 132 00:06:27,453 --> 00:06:28,943 Well, you gotta hand it to the guy. 133 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:30,283 He's tryin' to dress like a dentist. 134 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:33,055 Credit card company's got him buying a pair of khakis 135 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:36,527 and a blue Oxford shirt at a Banana Republic in Queens. 136 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:38,928 We told the credit card company to let the charges go through. 137 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:42,159 Curtis. 138 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,162 All right, thanks. 139 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:48,062 LaGuardia. 5:35 to Richmond. 140 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:51,269 Hey, that fool bodega owner pulled a knife on me. 141 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:53,312 How many times we gotta tell you? You want to talk to us, 142 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:54,844 sign the paper. 143 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:57,278 I don't need a lawyer. It was self-defense. 144 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:58,510 Yeah, you're so innocent? 145 00:06:58,885 --> 00:07:00,978 Then how come you hid out at your old lady's for a week. 146 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,246 What are you talkin' about? 147 00:07:02,388 --> 00:07:05,118 She told us the whole story. Nah, Lois wouldn't do that. 148 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:07,557 Your fingerprints were there. Your underwear was there, 149 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:10,061 with a nice fresh presidential DNA sample. 150 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:12,758 All right, so I was there. So what? 151 00:07:13,032 --> 00:07:14,021 And then you weren't. 152 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:16,292 And the only thing that changed was there was a dead cop, 153 00:07:16,369 --> 00:07:19,395 with two bullets in him. Oh, hey, hey, I had nothin' to do that. 154 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:21,733 Oh, now you know what we're talkin' about, right? 155 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:26,241 Yeah. Yeah, 'cause I saw it go down from the window. 156 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:28,279 One of the cops in the car left. 157 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:30,507 Then this guy goes strollin' over to the car, 158 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:32,107 the cop in the car rolls down the window, 159 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:33,948 the guy pulls out a piece, and... Bam! Bam! 160 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:35,311 He books outta there. 161 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,113 The cop gets outta the car, he makes it about two feet. 162 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:39,658 That's when you split? Yeah. 163 00:07:40,493 --> 00:07:43,018 Yeah, I figured the supreme being was holdin' open a door for me. 164 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:47,163 Yeah, well, Terry, I wouldn't count on the supreme being helping' you out this time. 165 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,996 Hey, honest to God, I saw the guy. 166 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:51,293 He had on a black parka with a hood. 167 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:55,106 Okay, so the first time through, 168 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:57,768 Forensics got a bloody fingerprint on the steering column. 169 00:07:57,844 --> 00:08:00,677 They figured it came off Bowers when he went for the radio. 170 00:08:00,746 --> 00:08:03,408 Well, they gave it a second look, matched it to Pelham. 171 00:08:03,649 --> 00:08:05,674 So Pelham was shot in the car. 172 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:07,883 Just like Mays said. 173 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:09,717 Still doesn't mean he didn't do it. 174 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:12,015 Well, I don't see him walkin' right up to the car, 175 00:08:12,091 --> 00:08:13,991 while Pelham sits there doing nothing. 176 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:16,991 Wouldn't be the first time a cop fell asleep on surveillance. 177 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:19,187 Shots were reported at 12:02. 178 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:23,899 Pelham's radio log says his last report was at 11:59. 179 00:08:26,205 --> 00:08:27,297 He wasn't asleep. 180 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:30,505 Who knew where Pelham was? 181 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:33,272 Far as we know, just the sergeant that gave out the assignments. 182 00:08:33,646 --> 00:08:35,136 Well, you know what this means. 183 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:37,409 Get some people. Work the neighborhood again. 184 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:44,353 Guy wearing a black parka? That's it? 185 00:08:44,423 --> 00:08:45,412 With a hood. 186 00:08:45,558 --> 00:08:46,547 I don't know. 187 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:48,594 There's an all-night coffee shop down the block. 188 00:08:48,661 --> 00:08:50,026 Maybe the counterman saw something. 189 00:08:50,096 --> 00:08:52,758 He didn't. This guy was probably hangin' out for a while. Around midnight. 190 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:57,859 Well, we did have a guest leave about that time, but he wasn't in a black parka. 191 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,197 Maybe he saw something. Did you get his name? 192 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:01,529 No. 193 00:09:01,674 --> 00:09:04,734 He came in about a half an hour before, went upstairs to the rooms, 194 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:05,970 then he came back down. 195 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:07,468 Can we see the register? 196 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:09,077 Sure, we can get that. 197 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:11,779 He was a big guy, wearing a brown leather jacket. 198 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:13,641 Was he wearing a hat? 199 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:16,785 Yeah, a watch cap. 200 00:09:17,423 --> 00:09:19,323 He asked me where he could buy a cup of coffee. 201 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:27,628 Look, why even bother denying it? 202 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:28,962 Your wife's name was on the ledger. 203 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:31,503 She paid for the hotel room with her credit card. 204 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:34,938 Yeah, you're off snakin' the drain while your partner bleeds out on the pavement. 205 00:09:35,007 --> 00:09:38,272 Look, guys, guys, I swear if I knew, I would... Why didn't you say something? 206 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,402 Why didn't you just tell us? You know how this is gonna look? 207 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:44,040 Too late for that, pal. Maybe if you'd have stuck some ice down your jock instead. 208 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:45,275 It's not like that. 209 00:09:46,552 --> 00:09:47,746 My wife works days. 210 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:49,716 I've been pulling nights for nearly a month. 211 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:51,620 That ain't no life. You've done this before? 212 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:53,991 Yeah. Last few nights. 213 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:59,194 I get an assignment, I find the nearest hotel, I call Alicia. 214 00:09:59,565 --> 00:10:00,554 You call anyone else? 215 00:10:01,567 --> 00:10:03,159 Did Pelham call anybody? No. 216 00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:05,637 The only person I told was Alicia. 217 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:07,763 I swear. 218 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:10,068 We are so sorry. 219 00:10:11,978 --> 00:10:14,071 We knew it was wrong, but... 220 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:16,905 Pete and I haven't had much time together, and... 221 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:19,242 We're tryin' to have another baby. 222 00:10:20,319 --> 00:10:24,346 What we want to know, Mrs. Bowers, is if you told anyone about this? 223 00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:26,513 No. 224 00:10:27,226 --> 00:10:28,750 It was just our secret. 225 00:10:29,028 --> 00:10:30,154 What did you do with your son? 226 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:34,991 I dropped him off at my mom's, then I went to the hotel. 227 00:10:35,434 --> 00:10:37,766 Did your mom know where you were going? No. 228 00:10:40,272 --> 00:10:43,207 I swear, I didn't tell anybody about meeting Pete. 229 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,675 Maybe Pelham did. 230 00:10:48,514 --> 00:10:50,414 I don't understand these questions. 231 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:53,182 We heard from the guys at Danny's old precinct. 232 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:56,083 They told us you got the bastard that killed our son. 233 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:59,248 Well, it's turning out to be a little more complicated than that. 234 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:02,090 Well, he wasn't in trouble with anybody. 235 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:03,784 He didn't gamble. 236 00:11:04,263 --> 00:11:05,753 He didn't owe a dime to anybody. 237 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:08,022 He was just a decent kid. 238 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:10,101 When was the last time you talked to him? 239 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:11,831 The Sunday before. 240 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:13,494 He came over for dinner. 241 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:15,673 Did he talk about his work with the Warrant Squad, 242 00:11:15,741 --> 00:11:17,436 or about his partner, Peter Bowers? 243 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:20,209 He just said he was enjoying his work. 244 00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:23,615 Was there anybody he talked to on a regular basis? 245 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:27,683 Well, there was his old partner at the 31, Charlie Nash. 246 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:29,643 Any girlfriends? 247 00:11:30,122 --> 00:11:32,317 Uh, Marissa Hastings. She's a police officer. 248 00:11:32,758 --> 00:11:33,747 How was that going? 249 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:37,552 Danny said he broke up with her just before he got transferred. 250 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:41,191 She was divorced. She has two children. 251 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:43,496 She just wasn't right for him. 252 00:11:45,171 --> 00:11:47,731 We didn't break up. We were just taking some time off, 253 00:11:47,807 --> 00:11:49,604 to figure out what we wanted out of the relationship. 254 00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:51,438 You two were still talking? Yes. 255 00:11:52,078 --> 00:11:54,137 So what? You talk on Tuesday? 256 00:11:54,613 --> 00:11:56,342 Last time I talked to him was Saturday. 257 00:11:56,482 --> 00:11:57,471 Who called who? 258 00:11:58,184 --> 00:11:59,242 He called me. 259 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:01,842 Where are you guys goin' with this? 260 00:12:02,421 --> 00:12:03,786 Tuesday night, where were you? 261 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:08,519 I worked 2:00 to 10:00. I picked up a pizza and went home. 262 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:10,221 Who else was there? 263 00:12:10,329 --> 00:12:12,763 The babysitter. My kids were already asleep. 264 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:14,121 What are you guys thinking? 265 00:12:14,333 --> 00:12:15,960 Hey, we're open to any possibility. 266 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:18,362 If you can verify you were home the rest of the evening... 267 00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:19,699 Well, as a matter of fact, I can't. 268 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:22,539 I didn't call anybody. Nobody called me. 269 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:23,868 This is bull. 270 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:27,446 Next time you want to talk to me, you do it in front of my PBA lawyer. 271 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,151 Danny started goin' out with her last summer. 272 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:35,944 It sounded hot and heavy for a while, 273 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:37,579 and then he stopped talkin' about her. 274 00:12:37,656 --> 00:12:39,248 You were his partner for two years. 275 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:41,293 Yeah, Danny was old school, you know. 276 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,294 If he didn't have anything good to say about a girl... 277 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:46,126 Well, Hastings said that they were taking some time off from each other. 278 00:12:46,198 --> 00:12:47,995 But his parents said that he broke up with her. 279 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,225 Ah, that one sounds right. How do you figure? 280 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:51,994 Well, she was a handful. 281 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:55,206 Couple of times Danny showed up with scratches on the side of his neck. 282 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:56,396 He say where he got 'em? 283 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:58,607 He said her cat scratched him. 284 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,941 Had to be a pretty big cat. Was he seein' anybody else? 285 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:04,808 Ah, I don't know. Hastings might've thought he was. 286 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:06,215 She always kept tabs on him. 287 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:09,448 What does that mean? The desk sergeant, McAllen, 288 00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:11,587 he took a bunch of calls from her. 289 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:12,946 Thanks. All right. 290 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:15,659 Maybe I exaggerated. 291 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:17,057 She called a few times. 292 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:18,255 And what did she want? 293 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:20,557 Ah, the usual female crap. 294 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:22,530 Oh? What's that? I forget. 295 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:26,797 Have I seen Pelham? What time's he clocking out? 296 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,673 Is he back in the house yet? 297 00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:30,836 Same crap I get from my wife. 298 00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:33,611 Did Pelham know she was checkin' up on him? 299 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,705 Yeah. He'd just, you know, shake his head. 300 00:13:36,782 --> 00:13:38,750 Did you keep a log of Hastings' calls? Yeah. 301 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:40,614 Ballpark, how often did she call? 302 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:43,722 Enough that we were on a first name basis. And the last time? 303 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:46,850 About a week and a half before he was killed. 304 00:13:47,359 --> 00:13:48,485 After they broke up. 305 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:50,150 Thanks. 306 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:52,759 Yeah, all right, La Motte. Thanks. 307 00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:58,662 Okay, so the babysitter confirmed that Hastings got home just after 10:30. 308 00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:02,304 She was preoccupied and in a hurry to get the sitter out of the house. 309 00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:03,630 The kids were asleep. 310 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:05,370 She could've left 'em alone for the time it took 311 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:07,139 to go downtown and take care of Pelham. 312 00:14:07,213 --> 00:14:08,771 Lennie, I hate to state the obvious, 313 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:10,543 but we are talkin' about a cop. 314 00:14:10,616 --> 00:14:14,416 Yeah, and inside the uniform there's a real live person with two kids, 315 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:17,216 who's not gettin' any younger. Pelham ditched her, 316 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:20,189 she was possessive to begin with, and she had hurt him before. 317 00:14:20,259 --> 00:14:22,727 Yeah, yeah. But at the end of the day, she's still a cop. 318 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:27,694 Exactly. Which means if Pelham told her about his partner's nightly conjugal visits, 319 00:14:27,766 --> 00:14:29,996 she'd know how to find Pelham. How do you figure? 320 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:33,263 Mrs. Bowers paid for the hotel with a credit card. 321 00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:41,876 Tuesday, January 13th, Alicia Bowers. 322 00:14:41,947 --> 00:14:44,711 Yes, we got an inquiry about a card at about 10:00 p. m. 323 00:14:44,817 --> 00:14:45,875 From who? 324 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:47,074 NYPD. 325 00:14:47,319 --> 00:14:50,254 Inquiry came by fax. We faxed back our response. 326 00:14:50,756 --> 00:14:51,745 Which was? 327 00:14:52,157 --> 00:14:56,150 That her credit card had just been used to book a room at the Ogden Hotel in Manhattan. 328 00:14:56,862 --> 00:14:58,762 Do you have that fax? Yes. 329 00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:03,395 Fax is a nice touch. No prints. No personal contact. 330 00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:05,662 How do you check to see if it's a legitimate inquiry? 331 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:09,135 Official NYPD letterhead. It's good enough for us. 332 00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:14,411 What's goin' on? We're from Internal Affairs, Officer. 333 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,380 You're under arrest for the murder of Daniel Pelham. 334 00:15:16,448 --> 00:15:18,712 I'm taking your weapon. But I didn't do it. 335 00:15:18,784 --> 00:15:22,777 The night Pelham was killed, somebody tracked down his partner using a fax machine. 336 00:15:22,955 --> 00:15:25,515 This fax machine. I can't believe this. 337 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:26,580 That makes two of us. 338 00:15:27,026 --> 00:15:28,220 You have the right to remain silent. 339 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:31,422 Anything you say can be used against you. You have the right to an attorney. 340 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,924 Hastings has two civilian complaints in her file in the last six months. 341 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:39,300 Both for verbal abuse. One on a suspect, one on a witness. 342 00:15:39,972 --> 00:15:41,064 She have a short fuse? 343 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,336 She has a problem establishing her authority. 344 00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:47,142 Maybe if she were 6'2", 345 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:49,042 she wouldn't feel the need to raise her voice. 346 00:15:49,648 --> 00:15:50,637 How about this? 347 00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:53,877 "Officer Hastings shows reluctance to secure suspects, 348 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,387 "including weapons inspections of their person. " 349 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:57,980 What's that about? 350 00:15:58,057 --> 00:16:00,218 It's about letting her male partner do the dirty work. 351 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:02,650 She got five days for dereliction. 352 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:05,696 Did Pelham ever complain to Internal Affairs about her? 353 00:16:06,231 --> 00:16:08,631 That she assaulted him or was stalking him? 354 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,359 I don't have anything on file like that. 355 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:15,874 We got reports she spends a lot of time in the gym with her fellow female officers. 356 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:18,966 Your point? 357 00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:22,275 Maybe she's got a problem with men. 358 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:26,907 Thank you for dropping by, Lieutenant. 359 00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:30,955 Careful you don't get carpet burns on your knuckles. 360 00:16:32,591 --> 00:16:35,059 I used to hear the same crap when I was on the track team at U.T. 361 00:16:35,361 --> 00:16:36,350 That's too bad. 362 00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:38,090 Was this woman unbalanced? 363 00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:39,491 There's no evidence of it. 364 00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:41,996 Is there evidence of anything? A murder weapon? 365 00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:44,596 Ballistics haven't matched the slugs to Hastings' weapon. 366 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,867 No, but she has no alibi, she had access to the fax machine, 367 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,238 she'd assaulted Pelham before. That's an assumption. 368 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:51,598 Granted. 369 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:54,470 But she was keeping tabs on him, even after they'd split up. 370 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,475 A policewoman scorned. Makes for a heck of a recruitment poster. 371 00:16:58,817 --> 00:17:00,682 When are you presenting to the grand jury? 372 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:02,376 I want to talk to her partner first. 373 00:17:02,988 --> 00:17:04,888 See what fury Hastings was capable of. 374 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:08,055 Those complaints were blown out of proportion. 375 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:09,651 The witness she verbally abused, 376 00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:13,922 tried to climb into our patrol car and stick an umbrella into a handcuffed suspect. 377 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:17,658 IA pegged her as some kind of castrating lesbo Nazi. 378 00:17:18,003 --> 00:17:20,563 Yeah, right. 'Cause she don't run like a girl. 379 00:17:20,939 --> 00:17:23,499 And if she did, they'd say she's too soft for the job. 380 00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:28,537 A lot of these clowns, anybody don't pee standin' up, 381 00:17:28,647 --> 00:17:29,841 they got a problem with. 382 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:32,516 We have a report she scratched up Pelham's face. 383 00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:33,640 If she did that, 384 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,112 I'm sure she didn't mean it. 385 00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:39,985 What did she tell you about Pelham? They were seein' each other. 386 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:41,550 That's all I know. 387 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:43,918 You must have some idea how she felt about him. 388 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:46,489 Look, Ms. Carmichael, 389 00:17:47,166 --> 00:17:50,795 Hastings and I didn't bare our souls in some big hot tub every day. 390 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:54,299 We talked about our kids. About the job. 391 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:56,129 Period. 392 00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:58,165 Far as anything else, 393 00:17:58,977 --> 00:18:01,741 I never saw her raise her hand in anger at anyone. 394 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:04,638 Okay? 395 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:08,410 I got permission from Pelham's parents to pull his medical files. 396 00:18:09,621 --> 00:18:11,452 Fingernails to a. 38 too big a leap? 397 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:15,390 It'd help convince me if she inflicted some other damage in between. 398 00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:16,826 Assuming he'd report it. 399 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:19,161 Anything in the autopsy? 400 00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:23,727 There was a healed cut on his upper back, origin unknown. 401 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,460 I'm not finding any paperwork on it. 402 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:28,206 Did you check for medical insurance payments? 403 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:31,709 I have that file here somewhere. 404 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:42,275 Thanks. 405 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:47,821 Okay, flu shot, sinusitis. 406 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:49,783 Here. 407 00:18:50,095 --> 00:18:53,531 A payment for medical service to Corona Methodist Hospital Trauma Center, 408 00:18:54,366 --> 00:18:56,425 no details, for $1200. 409 00:18:57,903 --> 00:18:59,268 That's no runny nose. 410 00:19:03,675 --> 00:19:05,734 January 6th, Officer Daniel Pelham. 411 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,802 Nasty laceration below the right scapula. 412 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,575 Took 14 stitches. 413 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:10,872 What happened? 414 00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:14,918 He said he tripped in the shower. You suspect otherwise? 415 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:17,586 One cut, no glass fragments in the wound? 416 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,657 You walk through a glass door, you're gonna have multiple jagged lacerations. 417 00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:23,991 So you just took his word for it? 418 00:19:24,396 --> 00:19:26,159 And the word of the two cops who brought him in. 419 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:28,962 Do you have their names? Admitting would. 420 00:19:30,235 --> 00:19:33,363 We were out on patrol and caught a run over to Hamilton Drive. 421 00:19:33,906 --> 00:19:35,032 To Marissa Hastings' house? 422 00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:37,031 Yeah, routine injury run. 423 00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:38,773 You met the ambulance there? 424 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:42,142 They never called one. Hastings had the direct number of the 116. 425 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:44,339 Pelham was in the front room when we got there and, uh, 426 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:46,043 Hastings had a towel pressed to his back. 427 00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:49,754 Who came up with the shower story? He did. 428 00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:51,814 And what did she say? 429 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:53,415 She corroborated. 430 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:55,987 And how did things look inside the bathroom? 431 00:19:56,161 --> 00:19:57,253 We never looked. 432 00:19:57,663 --> 00:19:59,995 Officer Di Ponti you're telling me you took their word for it? 433 00:20:00,232 --> 00:20:01,563 The word of two fellow officers. 434 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,392 This didn't look like a knife wound to you? 435 00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:04,958 It looked like what they said. 436 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:07,536 It's all in the report. It was an accident. 437 00:20:10,676 --> 00:20:12,769 Officer Di Ponti worked with Marissa Hastings, 438 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:15,074 on the Bronx Trick or Treat Squad two years ago. 439 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:16,340 Nice of her to mention it. 440 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,747 Yeah, well maybe she didn't want me gettin' the wrong idea. 441 00:20:20,118 --> 00:20:23,315 Okay, here we go. The 116's muster sheet for the night of the accident. 442 00:20:24,022 --> 00:20:26,786 Di Ponti and Kass left the precinct at 10:28. 443 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:28,824 What time did Hastings call for help? 444 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:34,464 LUDs show she called the precinct six minutes earlier. 445 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:36,990 Friend in need. 446 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:41,034 Look, I thought we were on patrol when we caught the call. 447 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,665 I remembered wrong. It was two months ago. 448 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,604 You know how many calls we've had since then? 449 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:48,874 One cop tries to kill another. Yeah, I bet you get one of those every night. 450 00:20:49,214 --> 00:20:50,977 They both said it's an accident. 451 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:53,142 What are we supposed to do? Officer, 452 00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:56,319 you're already looking at a two week suspension. You want to try for four? 453 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,912 I didn't do anything wrong. 454 00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,617 Failure to report a crime, 455 00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:03,149 falsifying an incident report, dereliction of duty. 456 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:07,630 Being friends with Marissa Hastings just isn't paying off for you. 457 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,594 That trauma doctor was fresh out of med school. 458 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:16,470 She made that cut for a knife wound no problem. 459 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:19,103 You've got 12 years on the force. 460 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:22,747 Lacerations aren't my area of expertise, Lieutenant. 461 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:27,176 Anyway, Officer Di Ponti got a lot closer look than me. 462 00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:29,279 I don't get it, Kass. 463 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:31,252 You're blowin' a beautiful career, 464 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:34,724 because some police person asked you to lie for her friend? 465 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:37,189 Who wears the pants in your patrol car? 466 00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:39,253 I make the command decisions. Good. 467 00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:42,058 So why don't you explain this one to us? 468 00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:47,102 Where do you get she's a psycho? 469 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:48,905 She was stalking Pelham. 470 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:50,400 Oh, right. 471 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:53,334 Another lady cop with PMS. going berserk. 472 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,643 Is that what Pelham told his buddy boys? 473 00:21:56,214 --> 00:21:57,943 Right now, that's the only story going. 474 00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:09,453 She was trying to keep Pelham from killing her. 475 00:22:11,196 --> 00:22:13,323 When we got to the house, her blouse was torn. 476 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:16,896 She had bruises up and down her back, on her stomach. 477 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:20,131 You could see his hand prints around her neck. 478 00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:22,639 She had to use a box cutter to defend herself. 479 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:25,004 She told me he abused her all the time. 480 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:26,933 I don't understand. 481 00:22:27,245 --> 00:22:28,610 Why didn't you arrest him? 482 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:30,347 He wanted us to arrest her. 483 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:33,410 Dumb, drunken son of a bitch. I told him to shut up. 484 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:34,676 But you didn't arrest him. 485 00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:36,645 I would've had to arrest both of 'em. 486 00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:38,087 Her for assault with a deadly. 487 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,382 Why would I want to make trouble for a couple of cops? 488 00:22:40,592 --> 00:22:41,718 So what did you do? 489 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:43,049 I got him out of the house. 490 00:22:43,128 --> 00:22:45,961 I told him if I ever got another call on him, I'd take him in. 491 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:47,793 But what about Hastings? 492 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:49,560 She wanted to put charges on him. 493 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:51,527 So I told Di Ponti to talk to her. 494 00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:55,303 He ordered me to talk her out of it. 495 00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:58,972 He said if she didn't back off, he was gonna write her up for assault with intent. 496 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:01,408 His word against yours. His word against nothing. 497 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,505 He's got 12 years to my two. 498 00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:05,077 What'd you say to Hastings? 499 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:07,549 I told her the incident report wouldn't back her up. 500 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:09,283 It would just look bad for her. 501 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:12,747 I told her my partner had talked to Pelham 502 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:15,088 and if he gave her anymore trouble, she should call me. 503 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:16,791 Did she ever call you again? 504 00:23:18,296 --> 00:23:19,285 No. 505 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:29,097 I got a hard enough time gettin' these guys to trust me. 506 00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:34,002 I'm not gonna blow it over some cop who can't handle her boyfriend. 507 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:48,489 So now you know. Pelham was a violent lunatic. 508 00:23:49,494 --> 00:23:51,894 I'm hoping you're going to do the right thing, Mr. McCoy. 509 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:53,553 What would that be? 510 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:56,026 Dismiss the charges. It's the thing to do. 511 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,928 Except for the fax from her precinct. 512 00:24:00,338 --> 00:24:03,307 How many people have had access to that fax machine? 513 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:05,638 What about the calls to Pelham's precinct? 514 00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:09,075 She called to complain about his abuse and to keep track of him, 515 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:11,608 because she was in fear for her life. 516 00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:16,410 All this behavioral science evidence you think you have against my client, 517 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:18,353 is explained away by that fact. 518 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:23,256 There's not one single complaint of domestic violence in Pelham's file. 519 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:28,598 Instead of calling Pelham's precinct, she should have called One Police Plaza. 520 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,027 Ah, but she did. 521 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:32,993 The day after he tried to strangle her, 522 00:24:33,371 --> 00:24:36,636 she called the IA hotline. Nothing happened. 523 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:38,669 Everyone knew what he was doing to her, 524 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:41,435 but nobody lifted a finger. 525 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:49,086 We reviewed the tapes of the calls to the Action Desk on January 7th. 526 00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:50,948 Hastings' call came in that morning. 527 00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:53,012 What did she say? 528 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:54,885 She accused Pelham of attacking her. 529 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:57,394 She said unless something was done, she would, 530 00:24:57,462 --> 00:25:00,397 quote "do whatever it takes, to protect her family. " 531 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:04,731 What's the usual procedure with these calls? 532 00:25:05,737 --> 00:25:07,762 Each call is logged in and assigned a number. 533 00:25:08,206 --> 00:25:11,334 The logs are then sent to the appropriate personnel on a daily basis. 534 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,773 And why wasn't this call logged in? 535 00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:17,548 The detective working the desk was filling in for someone else. 536 00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:19,880 It was his first time. He screwed up. 537 00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:22,916 He's on 15 day suspension. Meanwhile, 538 00:25:23,588 --> 00:25:25,818 one officer's dead and another's charged with murder. 539 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,180 Attaboy, Lieutenant. 540 00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:28,281 What can I tell you? 541 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:30,389 We take these calls seriously, Counselor. 542 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:33,623 This one... Just fell through the cracks. 543 00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:38,093 Some crack. 544 00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:44,438 One call to IA doesn't mean she exhausted every recourse. 545 00:25:44,709 --> 00:25:45,903 Who else did she tell, 546 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:47,606 and what did they do about it? 547 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:51,772 You must've known what Pelham was doing to her. Why didn't you tell me? 548 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,649 Because it's got nothin' to do with anything. 549 00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:56,551 Except for the fact Pelham's dead. 550 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:59,449 Maybe somebody in that neighborhood don't like cops. 551 00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:02,953 Look, it's very noble of you, standing up for your partner. 552 00:26:04,162 --> 00:26:07,097 You know, you people should send her home to her kids, 553 00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:08,564 with a big fat apology. 554 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,189 Pelham was an animal. 555 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:13,102 She told me one night he pushed her 5-year-old down the stairs, 556 00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:14,160 just for the hell of it. 557 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:15,896 It's the first we've heard of it. 558 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:20,108 She sent up plenty of flares, right to IA. It was a joke. 559 00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:21,573 Did you do anything? 560 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:22,872 I had a talk with Pelham. 561 00:26:23,481 --> 00:26:25,540 Told him if he didn't straighten out, he was gonna lose his job. 562 00:26:26,117 --> 00:26:27,880 And what did he say? He laughed. 563 00:26:28,486 --> 00:26:31,649 He said, "Until Hillary Clinton becomes Police Commissioner, 564 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:34,983 "no cop's ever gonna lose his job for slappin' around his girlfriend. " 565 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:37,918 And you know what? He's right. 566 00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:40,228 But that's got nothin' to do with anything. 567 00:26:40,398 --> 00:26:42,457 Somebody in that neighborhood just don't like cops. 568 00:26:45,036 --> 00:26:47,937 No heroes here. Have we tendered an offer? 569 00:26:48,473 --> 00:26:50,964 We might consider man one. But the ball is in their court. 570 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,265 Man one? 571 00:26:52,644 --> 00:26:53,872 She shoots him in cold blood, 572 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:56,505 and you're absolving the poor weak thing from her responsibility. 573 00:26:56,581 --> 00:27:00,244 If the police department dropped the ball, it might be a mitigating fact. 574 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:03,683 Jack, more than anyone else, she should have known better. 575 00:27:03,855 --> 00:27:05,652 I don't know what she knows. 576 00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:09,585 I said I'd consider man one, depending on her state of mind. 577 00:27:09,894 --> 00:27:12,624 Isn't that their defense? Battered woman syndrome? 578 00:27:12,697 --> 00:27:17,634 They can argue it. But not until the judge allows our psychiatrist to examine her. 579 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:28,610 The judge said you have to talk to me, Marissa. 580 00:27:29,614 --> 00:27:32,174 Do you like strangers calling you by your first name, Doctor? 581 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:33,806 I don't. 582 00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:35,681 It's Officer Hastings. 583 00:27:37,088 --> 00:27:38,885 Officer Hastings. I'm sorry. 584 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:43,120 So, did Pelham ever threaten to kill you? 585 00:27:45,563 --> 00:27:47,360 He promised he'd kill me if I left him. 586 00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:49,259 Did you want to leave him? 587 00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:52,025 After what he did to my son? 588 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:54,193 Yeah. 589 00:27:56,074 --> 00:27:57,769 Did you believe he was going to kill you? 590 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:01,543 This is a bunch of bull. 591 00:28:03,481 --> 00:28:05,574 Go shrink those sons of bitches in the department 592 00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:07,777 who stood around waiting until Danny beat me to death. 593 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:09,677 Look inside their heads. 594 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:11,779 Find out what their malfunction is. 595 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,324 I want to go back to my cell! 596 00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:22,324 How severe was the abuse? Severe. 597 00:28:23,134 --> 00:28:24,624 You can see it in her job performance. 598 00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:27,265 Stress, verbal outbursts, 599 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:29,839 reluctance to have physical contact with suspects. 600 00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:32,302 Did she think her life was in danger from Pelham? 601 00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:33,800 Yeah, absolutely. 602 00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:35,168 Imminent danger? 603 00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:38,545 As a legal requirement for self-defense? 604 00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:40,911 Don't count on me for a graceful way out. 605 00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:42,914 She didn't give me enough to go on. 606 00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:46,618 She's more focused on slamming the police department than defending her innocence. 607 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,354 She's conceding the obvious. 608 00:28:50,528 --> 00:28:53,622 Unless she admits killing Pelham, I can't see cutting her any slack. 609 00:28:53,698 --> 00:28:55,222 Neither will a jury. 610 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:03,667 Officer Hastings called me a number of times to complain that Officer Pelham was 611 00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:05,173 physically abusing her. 612 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:08,979 Well, you told the police that she called you with, uh, in your words, 613 00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:11,306 "The usual female crap. " 614 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:15,485 Well, sometimes she did call to check on his whereabouts. 615 00:29:16,154 --> 00:29:17,678 Mmm. Sergeant, 616 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:23,326 what steps did you take, if any, to investigate her complaints of abuse? 617 00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:27,325 Well, she didn't have any witnesses, no doctor's reports. 618 00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:28,693 Do you think she was making it up? 619 00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,401 I thought she might have been blowing it up a bit. 620 00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,962 Well, what other steps did you take in your, 621 00:29:35,573 --> 00:29:36,562 investigation? 622 00:29:37,108 --> 00:29:40,305 I questioned Officer Pelham. He denied there was any abuse. 623 00:29:40,845 --> 00:29:43,871 He accused Officer Hastings of being possessive and hysterical. 624 00:29:44,215 --> 00:29:45,842 I ordered him to see a peer counselor. 625 00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,316 What... What... What is that? 626 00:29:49,053 --> 00:29:50,213 A fellow officer who, 627 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:52,916 volunteers to help other officers talk through their troubles. 628 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:57,694 Oh. Is he a licensed therapist or psychologist? 629 00:29:58,596 --> 00:29:59,893 No. But he gets some training. 630 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:03,998 Did you refer Officer Hastings' complaints up the chain of command? 631 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:07,432 No. Pelham was seeing the counselor, so there was no point. 632 00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:10,030 Did Officer Hastings stop calling you? 633 00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:13,032 No. 634 00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:14,100 Thank you. 635 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:23,019 Sergeant McAllen, as far as you know, did Officer Hastings call your immediate superior? 636 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:24,710 Not as far as I know. 637 00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:28,350 Did she call the Tour Supervisor for your precinct? No. 638 00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:31,451 How about the Borough Commander? 639 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:32,819 Not that I know. 640 00:30:33,531 --> 00:30:34,520 No further questions. 641 00:30:35,233 --> 00:30:36,825 Oh, redirect, Your Honor. 642 00:30:37,702 --> 00:30:39,897 Sergeant McAllen, are you familiar, 643 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:42,700 with the recent spousal abuse related incident 644 00:30:42,774 --> 00:30:45,368 involving an officer of the 34th Precinct? 645 00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:46,432 Yes. 646 00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:50,003 The officer's wife made numerous complaints to his superiors, 647 00:30:50,215 --> 00:30:51,739 in his precinct, isn't that right? 648 00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:53,039 Yes. 649 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:54,811 To the best of your knowledge, 650 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:57,019 had that officer been disciplined, 651 00:30:57,288 --> 00:30:58,448 or relieved of duty, 652 00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:02,518 or had his weapon taken from him as a result of those complaints? 653 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:03,816 No. 654 00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:05,686 Tell us what happened, 655 00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:07,887 to his wife. 656 00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:11,163 The officer killed her, 657 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:13,793 and their kids, 658 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:16,267 and then he took his own life. 659 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:19,198 Thank you, Sergeant. 660 00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:25,613 I met Danny at a racket downtown. 661 00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:27,980 He was good looking, sure of himself. 662 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:29,746 First couple of months were great. 663 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:31,415 What happened after that? 664 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:33,984 He came over for dinner. 665 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,960 He had some problem at work. They changed his shift. 666 00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:40,597 He was in a bad mood. 667 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:44,694 All of a sudden, he went off on me because of how I cut the tomatoes. 668 00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:48,234 He pushed me against the wall, twisted my arm. 669 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:50,062 Yelled. 670 00:31:50,141 --> 00:31:51,130 Did it happen again? 671 00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:54,066 A week later. 672 00:31:55,813 --> 00:31:57,781 He'd hit me, he'd say he's sorry. 673 00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:00,441 Why didn't you stop seeing him right then? 674 00:32:00,885 --> 00:32:02,443 I'm 35. I've got two kids. 675 00:32:02,987 --> 00:32:05,251 I kept hoping he'd change, but it got worse, 676 00:32:05,323 --> 00:32:07,052 especially when he had a drink. 677 00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:09,249 Did you notify his superiors? Yes. 678 00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:12,020 Sergeant McAllen kept saying he was looking into it. 679 00:32:12,497 --> 00:32:14,829 He told me I didn't have to get anyone else involved. 680 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:18,030 I didn't want to cost Danny his job. 681 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:21,631 Then came the night he tried to strangle me. 682 00:32:21,906 --> 00:32:23,703 I had to stab him to get him away from me. 683 00:32:23,908 --> 00:32:27,002 And the next day you called the Internal Affairs hotline? 684 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:28,100 Yes. 685 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:29,268 I never heard back. 686 00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:33,017 I told Danny to stop coming around. 687 00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:37,243 But he had a key, so I'd come home, he'd be sitting in the living room eating our food. 688 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:40,012 I changed the locks. 689 00:32:41,159 --> 00:32:42,148 He still got in. 690 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:43,988 Did the beatings continue? 691 00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:46,686 Yes. 692 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,461 He told me, he'd never let go of me. 693 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:53,199 Wherever I went, he'd find me. 694 00:32:54,405 --> 00:32:55,394 He was a cop. 695 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:56,966 He said he could do anything. 696 00:32:58,109 --> 00:32:59,201 And then he'd kill me. 697 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:01,273 Me and my kids. 698 00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:05,013 Did he ever hurt your children? 699 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:07,373 Yeah. 700 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:12,412 Couple of weeks before he died, he shoved Matt down a flight of stairs. 701 00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:16,521 Did you tell anyone what he was doing to your kids? 702 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:20,019 I was afraid to. 703 00:33:21,532 --> 00:33:25,593 I was afraid, if I provoked Danny, sooner or later he'd kill us. 704 00:33:26,204 --> 00:33:28,172 Now that he's dead, do you still think about him? 705 00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:30,363 About what he did? 706 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:32,098 All the time. 707 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:35,167 I get sick. 708 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,508 I have a hard time sleeping. 709 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,339 Marissa... 710 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:45,882 Did you kill Danny? 711 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:49,181 No. 712 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:51,851 No, I didn't. 713 00:34:02,573 --> 00:34:03,562 Officer Hastings, 714 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:09,543 did you get a restraining order against Daniel Pelham? 715 00:34:10,148 --> 00:34:13,584 I would have needed a police report, and nobody wanted to write Danny up. 716 00:34:14,018 --> 00:34:16,509 And even if I got one, who's gonna enforce it, other cops? 717 00:34:17,655 --> 00:34:20,647 So you really only had one option left, didn't you? 718 00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:25,184 I didn't kill him. 719 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,430 He beat you. 720 00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:31,127 He beat your children. 721 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:32,892 Yes. 722 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:35,705 But you say, you didn't kill him. 723 00:34:36,641 --> 00:34:37,630 Yes. 724 00:34:38,342 --> 00:34:42,073 But if you did, it was self defense. Is that what you're telling us? 725 00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:44,211 Objection! Sustained. 726 00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:48,784 You told us you exhausted all the legal possibilities. 727 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:52,518 You did all you could, short of killing Daniel Pelham, 728 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,218 to protect yourself and your children. 729 00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:56,649 Yes. 730 00:34:56,794 --> 00:35:00,457 And now that Pelham's dead, you're relieved. Your children are safe. 731 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:01,787 Yes. 732 00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:04,899 He deserved to die. 733 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:09,665 But I didn't kill him. 734 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:12,736 Why deny it, 735 00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:17,941 if it was the only course of action left open to you? 736 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:21,947 It's because you know what you did was wrong, 737 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,113 isn't it, Officer Hastings? 738 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:31,022 There was no justification for this murder, was there? 739 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:33,719 I don't know. 740 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:42,634 No more questions. 741 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:51,239 Man one, eight- and-a-third-to-25. 742 00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:53,447 Maybe before she took the stand. 743 00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:56,884 Murder two, 15-to-life. 744 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:59,454 Because she didn't pass the McCoy Truth or Consequence Test? 745 00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:03,019 Look, she gets a deal, she has to allocute. 746 00:36:03,427 --> 00:36:04,860 You get your precious admission. 747 00:36:07,565 --> 00:36:08,759 We'll get back to you. 748 00:36:13,337 --> 00:36:14,929 Eight years for killin' a cop. 749 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:18,038 Nice message. That crossed my mind. 750 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:21,678 This comes with the usual caveats. 751 00:36:22,313 --> 00:36:23,405 For what it's worth, 752 00:36:24,048 --> 00:36:25,037 Hastings didn't do it. 753 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:26,939 Beg your pardon? 754 00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:30,510 She said she thought he'd kill her sooner or later. 755 00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:32,686 Not imminently. Not any minute. 756 00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:35,391 That just torpedoes her claim of self-defense. 757 00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:36,448 Doesn't mean she's innocent. 758 00:36:36,894 --> 00:36:38,191 I've talked to a lot of these ladies. 759 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:39,996 Battered women who killed their abusers. 760 00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:42,294 They literally thought they'd be dead any minute. 761 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:45,361 Not one of 'em killed until she believed it was the only way out. 762 00:36:45,836 --> 00:36:48,430 And then they're anxious to confess and justify their actions. 763 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:50,999 I didn't hear any of that from Hastings. 764 00:36:51,676 --> 00:36:53,735 Just this man's opinion. 765 00:36:55,913 --> 00:36:57,437 If not her, then who? 766 00:36:58,516 --> 00:36:59,813 Something she said. 767 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:03,079 I didn't make much of it at the time. 768 00:37:03,254 --> 00:37:06,815 She said she was too scared to tell anyone that Pelham hurt her kids. 769 00:37:07,491 --> 00:37:09,322 But her partner Felton knew all about it. 770 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:12,453 Only one reason she'd lie about having told him. 771 00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,828 Do we know where he was when Pelham was shot? 772 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:21,861 I can't tell you how it's affected Steven. 773 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:23,901 I mean, he and Marissa are very close. 774 00:37:24,775 --> 00:37:26,402 Was she close to the both of you? 775 00:37:27,345 --> 00:37:28,369 Yes. 776 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:31,579 I mean, at first he had a hard time adjusting to a female partner. 777 00:37:32,049 --> 00:37:34,142 But he got to respect her. How about off the job? 778 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,344 Did they socialize much? 779 00:37:35,686 --> 00:37:38,211 Some weekends Marissa'd bring her kids here to play with the boys. 780 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:40,747 Anything without the family? Just the two of them? 781 00:37:43,527 --> 00:37:45,222 We need to know, Mrs. Felton. 782 00:37:47,164 --> 00:37:50,031 Steven and I hit a rough spot about, you know, a year and a half ago. 783 00:37:51,335 --> 00:37:52,324 He was distant. 784 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,364 There might have been something between him and Marissa. 785 00:37:56,741 --> 00:37:58,675 We got over it. We're closer now. 786 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:05,040 The night Officer Pelham was killed did your husband talk to Officer Hastings? 787 00:38:05,483 --> 00:38:06,472 No, I don't think so. 788 00:38:07,218 --> 00:38:08,845 I mean, I was on the phone a lot to my sister. 789 00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:10,684 Maybe he used a cell phone? 790 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:14,015 Well, he went to the pharmacy, so I'm not sure. 791 00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:15,922 What time did he go? 792 00:38:16,527 --> 00:38:18,961 He went to refill his cholesterol medication. 793 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,222 There's a 24 hour pharmacy. 794 00:38:22,166 --> 00:38:23,155 So... 795 00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:27,932 I don't think I should be talking to you anymore. 796 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:32,240 It'll only take a few minutes. 797 00:38:32,343 --> 00:38:35,073 Yeah, good, 'cause my wife left a lot of messages for me. 798 00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:37,547 Those detectives brought me down here on the fly. 799 00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:38,604 I didn't get a chance to call her. 800 00:38:50,027 --> 00:38:51,255 Have a seat, Officer. 801 00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:56,293 What's goin' on? What's he doing here? 802 00:38:58,235 --> 00:38:59,702 Before I decide on your plea, 803 00:38:59,770 --> 00:39:02,671 I want to talk to the person who knows your client better than anyone. 804 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:04,664 We didn't see you at the trial. 805 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:10,378 I'm back on days. Hard to get over here. 806 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:13,178 I'm surprised you didn't testify on your partner's behalf. 807 00:39:14,885 --> 00:39:15,874 Wasn't my call. 808 00:39:16,587 --> 00:39:18,487 It's all academic anyway, 809 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:23,216 Officer Hastings offered to take a plea on First Degree Manslaughter. 810 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:31,123 How much time? 811 00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:33,233 Eight- and-a-third- to-25. 812 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:38,198 We might still let it go to the jury on murder two. 813 00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:40,072 That's why we wanted to talk to you. 814 00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:44,342 The civilian charges against her might be a factor in which way we go. 815 00:39:44,648 --> 00:39:46,138 I told you, there was nothin' to that. 816 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:49,853 Not if they demonstrate a pattern of aggressive behavior. 817 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:50,909 Mr. McCoy, 818 00:39:51,522 --> 00:39:52,546 if you're going to rely... 819 00:39:52,623 --> 00:39:55,285 If I were you, Mr. Jerrold, I'd just listen. 820 00:39:56,026 --> 00:39:57,687 You got the wrong idea about Marissa. 821 00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:01,093 Funny, that's what our psychiatrist told us. He thinks she's innocent. 822 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:04,367 Then I don't get it. If your own people are tellin' you she's innocent... 823 00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:06,767 Psychiatry isn't an exact science. 824 00:40:07,538 --> 00:40:10,439 The fact that she's willing to take a plea speaks for itself. 825 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,971 And if we accept her offer, that's it. 826 00:40:13,778 --> 00:40:15,040 She waives her right to appeal. 827 00:40:17,481 --> 00:40:18,914 What do you think, Officer? 828 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:21,444 You know what she was going through. 829 00:40:21,685 --> 00:40:23,380 Should we let her plead to man one? 830 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,457 I think you know what needs to be done. 831 00:40:32,696 --> 00:40:34,459 Your wife told us you went out, 832 00:40:34,598 --> 00:40:37,294 just about the time Pelham was killed, to refill a prescription. 833 00:40:38,836 --> 00:40:40,428 The cops called the pharmacy. 834 00:40:41,405 --> 00:40:43,066 You didn't get that refill until the next day. 835 00:40:46,911 --> 00:40:50,176 It's time to take your partner off the hook, Officer. 836 00:40:50,481 --> 00:40:52,073 Steve, don't. 837 00:40:57,688 --> 00:40:59,781 Of course, in of itself, it doesn't prove anything. 838 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,490 Maybe there was a line at the pharmacy, you didn't want to wait. 839 00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:06,621 For God's sake, Marissa, tell them... 840 00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:09,461 He doesn't know anything about it. He's got nothing to say. 841 00:41:11,235 --> 00:41:12,429 Get out of here, Steve. 842 00:41:14,338 --> 00:41:15,999 Go back to your family. 843 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,679 All right, Officer, 844 00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:27,844 you can leave us. 845 00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:32,878 Hold on. 846 00:41:35,726 --> 00:41:36,988 She don't know this. 847 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:40,226 Steve, please. Look, you don't owe me anything. 848 00:41:42,066 --> 00:41:43,055 I shot Pelham. 849 00:41:45,269 --> 00:41:46,258 I had to. 850 00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:48,099 I saw what he was doin' to her. 851 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,031 Six months, that piece of dirt was beatin' on her. 852 00:41:53,777 --> 00:41:55,404 It was just a matter of when he was gonna kill her. 853 00:41:57,548 --> 00:41:58,537 She tried everything, 854 00:41:59,650 --> 00:42:00,639 but the department... 855 00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:05,717 They tell you at the Academy, 856 00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:09,623 man or woman, black, white or brown, 857 00:42:10,761 --> 00:42:12,285 we all bleed blue. 858 00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:16,827 But it's a lot of smoke. 859 00:42:21,438 --> 00:42:23,303 When she told me what he did to her kid, 860 00:42:27,411 --> 00:42:29,140 I just couldn't sit there anymore. 861 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:34,946 She's my partner. 862 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:38,681 That's the bottom line. 863 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,549 She's my partner. 864 00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:55,000 Officer Hastings didn't know what I was planning, 865 00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:57,062 I never told her. 866 00:42:57,841 --> 00:42:58,830 Not before, 867 00:42:59,643 --> 00:43:00,632 and not after. 868 00:43:02,112 --> 00:43:03,477 When I heard she got arrested, 869 00:43:05,616 --> 00:43:07,049 I thought for sure she'd beat the rap. 870 00:43:09,687 --> 00:43:10,984 I'm sorry for what I put her through. 871 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:17,549 That's all I got to say. 872 00:43:20,331 --> 00:43:21,821 Are the People satisfied? 873 00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:24,656 Yes, Your Honor. 874 00:43:25,135 --> 00:43:26,124 Mr. Felton, 875 00:43:27,171 --> 00:43:30,106 pursuant to your plea agreement with the District Attorney, 876 00:43:31,308 --> 00:43:34,209 I hereby sentence you to a term of not less than 15 years, 877 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:36,075 and not more than your natural life, 878 00:43:37,214 --> 00:43:40,342 at a facility to be determined by the Department of Correction. 879 00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:53,160 After six years, I still don't know what cops are about. 880 00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:55,496 I grew up with one. I don't know either. 881 00:43:57,635 --> 00:43:59,364 Well, they're real good at circling the wagons 882 00:43:59,436 --> 00:44:01,063 to protect themselves from the likes of us. 883 00:44:01,972 --> 00:44:03,837 But who protects them from each other?