1 00:00:05,573 --> 00:00:08,409 DANNY: Look at this-- gun collar, two weapons possessions, 2 00:00:08,442 --> 00:00:10,244 two outstanding warrants. 3 00:00:10,278 --> 00:00:11,712 You know, we gotta take 4 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:13,581 these transit assignments more often, Jack. 5 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:14,848 Yeah, well, maybe they'll think twice 6 00:00:14,882 --> 00:00:18,119 before they jump the turnstile with a pistol in their pocket. 7 00:00:18,152 --> 00:00:19,353 That's right, Einstein. 8 00:00:19,387 --> 00:00:21,422 Try to save yourself two bucks, 9 00:00:21,455 --> 00:00:23,757 you get two years instead. 10 00:00:23,791 --> 00:00:26,627 (indistinct radio communication) 11 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:31,232 REPORTERS: The NYPD crackdown on subway fare-beaters 12 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:33,234 has once again yielded numerous arrests 13 00:00:33,267 --> 00:00:34,668 on more serious charges. 14 00:00:34,702 --> 00:00:36,770 But not everyone is singing the praises 15 00:00:36,804 --> 00:00:39,073 of Commissioner Reagan's popular program. 16 00:00:39,107 --> 00:00:41,242 I'm here with the Reverend Darnell Potter 17 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:43,244 of the Disciples of Isaiah Church. 18 00:00:43,277 --> 00:00:44,678 Reverend, this program 19 00:00:44,712 --> 00:00:46,614 has gotten dozens of guns off the street. 20 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:48,449 Isn't that hard to argue with? 21 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:50,818 Not if the ends don't justify the means, Jane. 22 00:00:50,851 --> 00:00:53,354 I mean, this program is oppressive. 23 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:54,688 It is offensive. 24 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:56,690 Yet another example of Commissioner Reagan's 25 00:00:56,724 --> 00:00:59,393 extreme tactics, and one that I don't see him practicing 26 00:00:59,427 --> 00:01:00,728 in the white neighborhoods. 27 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:02,563 REPORTER: What exactly are you saying? 28 00:01:02,596 --> 00:01:03,764 I'd give my right arm 29 00:01:03,797 --> 00:01:06,600 to stick my left foot in your mouth, pal. 30 00:01:06,634 --> 00:01:09,270 I'm afraid that would be considered excessive force, Pop. 31 00:01:09,303 --> 00:01:11,605 Fine, then I'll use a sock instead. 32 00:01:11,639 --> 00:01:13,641 What's he saying about me this morning? 33 00:01:13,674 --> 00:01:16,377 That you're an oppressor and a racist. 34 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:17,545 That's all? 35 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:18,712 He's dogging it. 36 00:01:18,746 --> 00:01:21,282 It's not funny, Francis. 37 00:01:21,315 --> 00:01:22,683 The buck has got to stop somewhere, 38 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:25,153 and this time, it's on Frank Reagan's desk. 39 00:01:25,186 --> 00:01:26,720 This guy's dangerous. 40 00:01:26,754 --> 00:01:27,721 Only if you're standing between him 41 00:01:27,755 --> 00:01:28,856 and a television camera. 42 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:30,824 POTTER: Do you think we're gonna see 43 00:01:30,858 --> 00:01:33,794 this kind of chain-gang parade in SoHo? 44 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:35,496 Hm? No. 45 00:01:37,898 --> 00:01:40,100 (siren blares) 46 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:50,578 I swear, Reagan, sometimes I'm convinced 47 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:52,246 that God Himself is a member 48 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,714 of the Fraternal Order of Police. 49 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:55,783 Yeah? Why's that? 'Cause every once in a while 50 00:01:55,816 --> 00:01:57,518 he lets a clown like this 51 00:01:57,551 --> 00:01:59,453 blow a red light when I'm right behind him. 52 00:01:59,487 --> 00:02:01,789 It's your lucky, day, Sarge. Yeah, I guess so. 53 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:03,391 License and registration. 54 00:02:03,424 --> 00:02:05,559 I don't care, I want it on my desk in ten minutes! 55 00:02:05,593 --> 00:02:08,829 DRIVER: If you don't have Stadler's numbers on it, I don't care. 56 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,531 I don't care, either. 57 00:02:10,564 --> 00:02:11,632 Take your time. 58 00:02:11,665 --> 00:02:12,833 He's gonna be a while, all right? 59 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:15,269 License and registration. 60 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,575 MAN (over radio): 12 George. 10-30. 61 00:02:21,609 --> 00:02:23,577 Male with a gun at 122 Lenox. 62 00:02:23,611 --> 00:02:26,747 12 Sergeant op. Copy that. Show us responding, okay? 63 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:31,852 What do you know-- it turns out it's your lucky day, GQ. 64 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:36,790 (siren wailing) 65 00:02:49,337 --> 00:02:51,739 We got a call about a robbery in progress. 66 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:54,608 All police inquiries go through Reverend Potter's office. 67 00:02:54,642 --> 00:02:56,344 Show us your hands, please. 68 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:01,882 That's a sanctuary up there. 69 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:04,218 Yeah? Not for a man with a gun. Now, step aside. 70 00:03:04,252 --> 00:03:06,220 There's no firearms permitted inside. 71 00:03:06,254 --> 00:03:07,888 That's exactly the way we feel. Step aside. Now. 72 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:09,623 Back up, I said. Back up. 73 00:03:10,624 --> 00:03:13,461 We have two officers approaching now. 74 00:03:13,494 --> 00:03:14,662 Over here. 75 00:03:17,598 --> 00:03:19,400 All right, that's far enough. 76 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:20,234 Right there. 77 00:03:20,268 --> 00:03:21,302 You were told 78 00:03:21,335 --> 00:03:22,770 this is a house of worship. 79 00:03:22,803 --> 00:03:24,572 Step aside right now. Man, you're not getting in. 80 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:25,906 We're not screwing around anymore. 81 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:28,576 Now, make a hole. 82 00:03:28,609 --> 00:03:29,743 Get your hands off him! 83 00:03:29,777 --> 00:03:30,778 (grunting) 84 00:03:36,650 --> 00:03:39,953 (both groaning) 85 00:03:39,987 --> 00:03:41,722 Sarge... 86 00:03:41,755 --> 00:03:43,291 Sarge, you okay? 87 00:03:43,324 --> 00:03:44,758 Huh? You all right? 88 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:45,993 Sarge... 89 00:03:49,363 --> 00:03:51,932 Hey, back up! Back up! 90 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:53,467 Stay back! 91 00:03:53,501 --> 00:03:55,969 10-85, forthwith! 92 00:03:56,003 --> 00:03:57,671 Uh, 122 Lenox. 93 00:03:57,705 --> 00:03:59,373 I need a bus. 94 00:03:59,407 --> 00:04:01,575 (siren wailing) 95 00:04:04,011 --> 00:04:05,513 (tires squeal) 96 00:04:10,618 --> 00:04:13,020 (sirens wailing) 97 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:17,991 What's going on? 98 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:19,660 Officers in distress, a few blocks away. 99 00:04:19,693 --> 00:04:21,662 All right, take them. Jack, we gotta go. 100 00:04:21,695 --> 00:04:22,696 Take them. 101 00:04:23,731 --> 00:04:25,599 Watch out! Excuse me. 102 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:28,669 (indistinct shouts) 103 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:32,973 Move aside! Step back! 104 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:35,676 (clamoring) Let go! 105 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:36,977 I got you, Sarge. This way. 106 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:39,913 What the hell's going on? 107 00:04:39,947 --> 00:04:40,714 Back up! Hey, kid! 108 00:04:40,748 --> 00:04:42,816 Danny... DANNY: What happened? 109 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:44,552 He's hurt. A bus is on the way. 110 00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:46,019 Whoa! Hey! Back off! Hey! I said back up! 111 00:04:46,053 --> 00:04:48,322 MAN: This is a church! Hey! 112 00:04:48,356 --> 00:04:50,958 Come here... come here... What are you doing, huh? 113 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:53,561 Put your hands on a police officer, huh? 114 00:04:53,594 --> 00:04:55,963 MAN: Better watch your back, pig! 115 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:56,997 Hey! Back it up! 116 00:04:57,030 --> 00:04:59,032 10-13. We need more units. 117 00:04:59,066 --> 00:05:01,034 We got a situation here. 118 00:05:01,068 --> 00:05:02,936 DANNY: I said back up! 119 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,402 How's he doing? 120 00:05:34,435 --> 00:05:35,569 Hey. He'll live. 121 00:05:35,603 --> 00:05:38,105 Yeah, he caught a lot worse than that in fifth grade, 122 00:05:38,138 --> 00:05:40,107 banging around for the basketball under the basket. 123 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,174 Intentional foul. Eh, it was 124 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:43,811 fair and square, kid; I'm just going for the ball. 125 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:44,912 How's the sergeant? 126 00:05:44,945 --> 00:05:46,647 They don't know yet. How are you? 127 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,516 JAMIE: I'm fine. It's not as bad 128 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:50,951 as it looks. The guy that pushed you down the stairs-- 129 00:05:50,984 --> 00:05:52,119 you see him over there? 130 00:05:57,157 --> 00:05:58,926 No. No, they must still 131 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:00,728 be in the building. Hey, J. 132 00:06:00,761 --> 00:06:01,962 You get a good look at him? 133 00:06:01,995 --> 00:06:03,130 Yeah, it was a big guy, 134 00:06:03,163 --> 00:06:05,433 uh, with an earring, and a skinny guy. 135 00:06:05,466 --> 00:06:07,701 Caught him with a backhand when I was going down. 136 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:10,170 Well, the guy you collared in the car may know who they are. 137 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:12,473 We better get them out of here, though, 138 00:06:12,506 --> 00:06:14,508 before they launch a rescue. Yeah, all right. 139 00:06:14,542 --> 00:06:16,544 You all right? Yeah. 140 00:06:19,547 --> 00:06:21,415 Are you sure you're all right? 141 00:06:21,449 --> 00:06:22,650 Yeah. I just feel stupid 142 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:24,952 walking into something like that, you know? 143 00:06:24,985 --> 00:06:27,187 There was supposed to be a robbery, but I don't know. 144 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:30,558 Whoa, hey, somebody says there's a guy with a gun, you go in. 145 00:06:30,591 --> 00:06:33,060 Yeah, I know. Kid, I know I bust your chops 146 00:06:33,093 --> 00:06:34,728 about Harvard and all that stuff, 147 00:06:34,762 --> 00:06:37,631 but listen to me-- what you did today was true blue. 148 00:06:37,665 --> 00:06:39,433 I understand. 149 00:06:39,467 --> 00:06:40,801 I'll see you later. All right. 150 00:06:40,834 --> 00:06:43,704 (sighs) 151 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:46,474 Sergeant Renzulli sustained a concussion, 152 00:06:46,507 --> 00:06:48,676 Officer Reagan just some minor cuts and bruises, 153 00:06:48,709 --> 00:06:49,877 so far as we know. 154 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,513 Is the scene secure? In process. 155 00:06:52,546 --> 00:06:54,482 It's a commercial building, but Reverend Potter's church rents 156 00:06:54,515 --> 00:06:55,816 an old theatre on the second floor 157 00:06:55,849 --> 00:06:57,718 for their sanctuary. 158 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:00,153 REPORTER: ...police officers and members of the church. 159 00:07:00,187 --> 00:07:03,090 Now, details are sketchy, but apparently 160 00:07:03,123 --> 00:07:05,058 the fight broke out when the police officers 161 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:06,527 were denied entry in the building... 162 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,195 It's on the sensitive locations list. 163 00:07:08,228 --> 00:07:09,463 Communications should have relayed that 164 00:07:09,497 --> 00:07:10,698 to the responding officers. 165 00:07:10,731 --> 00:07:13,033 And look, I know the guy that runs this place 166 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:14,201 is a thorn in your side... 167 00:07:14,234 --> 00:07:17,204 You give him too much credit-- He's just a camera hog. 168 00:07:17,237 --> 00:07:18,438 But the church does a lot of good. 169 00:07:18,472 --> 00:07:20,841 Yeah, they tossed some drug dealers out of the neighborhood. 170 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:22,576 Well, now they've tossed two police officers 171 00:07:22,610 --> 00:07:23,811 down a flight of stairs. 172 00:07:23,844 --> 00:07:25,746 Please don't tell me we're heading out there. 173 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:27,147 What, and make his day? 174 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,550 Not if I can help it. 175 00:07:29,583 --> 00:07:30,984 REPORTER: The police don't know what to do, 176 00:07:31,018 --> 00:07:32,786 because the church members will not budge. 177 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:36,690 Thank you. 178 00:07:36,724 --> 00:07:38,826 Erin? 179 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:40,861 Well, if it isn't Larry Skolnick. 180 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:42,630 You missed me. I'm touched. 181 00:07:42,663 --> 00:07:45,633 So, how's private practice treating you? Good. 182 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:49,102 Heard you had a big tax evasion case-- lot of press. 183 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:50,671 Ka-ching, ka-ching. 184 00:07:50,704 --> 00:07:52,540 It paid for the new condo. 185 00:07:52,573 --> 00:07:53,574 45th floor, river view. 186 00:07:53,607 --> 00:07:54,975 You should come check it out. 187 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:56,844 Yeah... ugh, heights make me dizzy. 188 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,245 Oh, even better. 189 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:01,248 There's a great little Italian place on the ground floor. 190 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:02,783 You'd love it. Thank you, Larry, but... 191 00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:04,618 We could talk about opportunities for you. 192 00:08:04,652 --> 00:08:07,521 People in my firm would jump to have you. 193 00:08:07,555 --> 00:08:10,023 Yeah, I don't think I'm quite ready 194 00:08:10,057 --> 00:08:12,225 to cross over to the dark side. 195 00:08:12,259 --> 00:08:14,728 What, you really enjoy butting heads 196 00:08:14,762 --> 00:08:16,263 with scuzzball drug dealers? 197 00:08:16,296 --> 00:08:18,599 You think I'm going to enjoy defending them? 198 00:08:18,632 --> 00:08:20,834 (laughing) Which reminds me-- 199 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:25,573 my 11:00 a.m. scuzzball should be here any moment. Actually... 200 00:08:25,606 --> 00:08:26,640 He's early. 201 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,644 Larry Skolnick, counsel for the scuzzball. 202 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:49,897 MAN: Commissioner, sir... As you were. 203 00:08:49,930 --> 00:08:51,999 I'm sorry, Commissioner, 204 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,266 but the situation's gone from bad to worse. 205 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:54,401 Don't apologize, Ed. 206 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:58,071 I know that was the last phone call you wanted to make. 207 00:08:58,105 --> 00:08:59,673 Ed? 208 00:08:59,707 --> 00:09:01,609 It's a standoff. 209 00:09:01,642 --> 00:09:03,677 They're over there, we're over here. 210 00:09:03,711 --> 00:09:05,646 No communication whatsoever. 211 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,781 And the peanut gallery's getting larger by the minute. 212 00:09:07,815 --> 00:09:10,618 All the exits secured? Ten minutes ago. 213 00:09:10,651 --> 00:09:11,952 E.S.U.? Captain? 214 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:14,988 FRANK: James? Sir. 215 00:09:15,022 --> 00:09:17,691 We can take the building any time. 216 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:19,727 Simultaneous tactical entry at five points. 217 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,129 We can have this over before lunch. 218 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:23,931 This crowd's going to love that. 219 00:09:28,736 --> 00:09:30,103 There's Potter. 220 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:34,975 (crowd cheering) 221 00:09:36,677 --> 00:09:39,212 (applause) 222 00:09:47,688 --> 00:09:49,623 (reporters calling to Potter) 223 00:09:49,657 --> 00:09:51,992 (cheering) 224 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:53,661 You should talk to him. 225 00:09:53,694 --> 00:09:56,163 I'm right here. 226 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:58,398 Lucinda, I'm glad 227 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:02,736 you and your colleagues are here to witness this. 228 00:10:02,770 --> 00:10:04,905 A church that has rid the community of drugs-- 229 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:08,375 has run job training programs to help the people. 230 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:09,342 And what do we get? 231 00:10:09,376 --> 00:10:12,780 A sea of blue surrounding a house of worship. 232 00:10:12,813 --> 00:10:15,649 But there are unconfirmed reports, 233 00:10:15,683 --> 00:10:17,751 Reverend, that church security guards 234 00:10:17,785 --> 00:10:20,420 assaulted two police officers answering a 911 call. 235 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:23,657 You don't think a police response was warranted? 236 00:10:23,691 --> 00:10:25,025 I have a question for you: 237 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:26,660 Do you think we'd get this same response 238 00:10:26,694 --> 00:10:28,896 if these unconfirmed reports happened 239 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:32,165 in St. Patrick's Cathedral? Hell, no! 240 00:10:32,199 --> 00:10:33,701 Hell no is right! 241 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:37,137 And there'll be no negotiation 242 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:40,207 until the police remove their army of occupation. 243 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,676 Captain, get your men ready. 244 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,278 Can I get an amen on that? 245 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:47,280 CROWD: Amen! 246 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:49,449 We ain't going anywhere here. 247 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,184 We'll stay right here. 248 00:10:51,218 --> 00:10:52,652 Right here! 249 00:10:58,225 --> 00:11:00,360 (knocks gently on door) 250 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:01,995 How you feeling, Sarge? 251 00:11:02,029 --> 00:11:03,396 (sighs) 252 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:06,199 Like I fell down a flight of stairs on my noggin. 253 00:11:06,233 --> 00:11:08,902 That's funny 'cause that's exactly what you did. 254 00:11:08,936 --> 00:11:10,738 (chuckles) 255 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:12,873 Well, what do you know? 256 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,241 Doc says you got a concussion. 257 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:16,176 You got to rest up a couple more days. 258 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:19,079 Yeah. 259 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:22,349 Hey, do me a favor. 260 00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:23,851 Would you check the drawer? 261 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:25,886 Make sure my watch is still there. 262 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:30,791 My old man gave it to me when I went on the job. 263 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:32,025 Said after the gun, 264 00:11:32,059 --> 00:11:35,062 a cop's best friend is knowing what time it is. 265 00:11:35,095 --> 00:11:37,030 Smart guy, your old man. 266 00:11:37,064 --> 00:11:39,332 Yeah, he was. 267 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:45,472 He would have liked you, Reagan. 268 00:11:45,505 --> 00:11:47,741 He would have thought you was a good influence on me. 269 00:11:49,810 --> 00:11:51,779 Close call out there today, Sarge. 270 00:11:51,812 --> 00:11:53,413 Could have went either way, 271 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:55,415 but it went ours. 272 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:56,884 Never look back, though, right? 273 00:11:56,917 --> 00:11:58,251 That's what you taught me? 274 00:11:58,285 --> 00:12:00,788 That's right, kid. 275 00:12:00,821 --> 00:12:02,856 And I wish I would have met your old man 276 00:12:02,890 --> 00:12:04,792 so I could have set him straight about one thing. 277 00:12:05,993 --> 00:12:09,496 It's you who's a good influence on me. 278 00:12:10,998 --> 00:12:12,933 And you don't forget it. 279 00:12:12,966 --> 00:12:15,869 All right. 280 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:23,877 The guy with the earring-- what was his name? 281 00:12:23,911 --> 00:12:25,378 Thurgood Marshall. JACKIE: And the skinny guy 282 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:27,314 was, uh, Clarence Thomas? 283 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:28,782 You mock us? DANNY: Hey, you started 284 00:12:28,816 --> 00:12:29,883 with the jokes, friend. Not to mention 285 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:31,351 assaulting a police officer. 286 00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:33,553 Someone pushed me from behind. 287 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,188 Uh-huh. I tripped into you. 288 00:12:35,222 --> 00:12:37,057 Right. This whole thing was a police provocation. 289 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,159 Oh, right, so those two officers-- 290 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:40,794 they just pushed themselves down the stairs. 291 00:12:40,828 --> 00:12:41,594 Is that right? 292 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,430 They burst into a place of worship. 293 00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:45,032 With weapons. 294 00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:46,133 For no reason. Except there was 295 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:48,368 a report of an armed robbery. 296 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:50,037 What robbery? 297 00:12:50,070 --> 00:12:51,438 We were praying. 298 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:52,339 It's a church. 299 00:12:52,372 --> 00:12:54,141 Right, it's a church and you were praying. 300 00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:56,810 Then why did two officers just burst in for no reason? 301 00:12:56,844 --> 00:12:59,046 There are elements in the police, huh? 302 00:12:59,079 --> 00:13:00,047 Racists, provocateurs. 303 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,849 Let's get one thing straight. 304 00:13:01,882 --> 00:13:04,051 Those cops weren't racists and they weren't provocateurs. 305 00:13:04,084 --> 00:13:05,185 So they were manipulated 306 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:08,021 and lied to. 307 00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:14,161 There was no armed robbery. 308 00:13:20,167 --> 00:13:22,202 (sighs) 309 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:23,036 Guy sees the world 310 00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:25,172 through a very special set of blinders. 311 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:26,006 Yeah, I'm beginning to think 312 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:27,574 there was no armed robbery at all. 313 00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:29,843 Yeah, but somebody called up and said there was one. 314 00:13:29,877 --> 00:13:31,144 Mm-hmm. So let's pull the 911 tape, 315 00:13:31,178 --> 00:13:33,046 see if we can't figure out who it was. 316 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,082 (typing) 317 00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:38,952 POTTER: We shall not be moved! 318 00:13:38,986 --> 00:13:40,888 No! We must witness! 319 00:13:40,921 --> 00:13:41,922 (cheering) 320 00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:46,193 Stand tall, stand tall! 321 00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:48,061 We're gonna stand right here, y'all. 322 00:13:48,095 --> 00:13:49,496 With minimum force, Captain. 323 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,031 Understood. Once you're inside, 324 00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:53,433 take special care with any religious objects. 325 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:56,103 Wasn't a Bible that threw two men down the stairs. 326 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,439 Yes, sir. 327 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:01,308 (clamoring) 328 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:02,842 Frank. 329 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:06,313 The mayor's here. 330 00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:08,415 POTTER: See, 331 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:10,183 that's what I'm talking about. 332 00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:12,519 (cheering) 333 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:14,487 POOLE: How are you doing? Yes, 334 00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:16,523 I'm doing good, sir, I'm doing good. 335 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:19,192 What the hell is he doing? 336 00:14:19,226 --> 00:14:20,660 Campaigning. 337 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,362 Come on back now, huh? We'll see you. 338 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:23,964 (cheering) 339 00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:25,132 That's what I'm talking about. 340 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:27,134 That is what I'm talking about. 341 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:28,135 Praise God. 342 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:29,136 Frank. 343 00:14:29,169 --> 00:14:30,370 Mr. Mayor. 344 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:32,072 How are we going to defuse this? 345 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:35,342 In about 90 seconds, we are going to enter that building 346 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:37,978 and arrest the men who assaulted my officers. 347 00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:39,679 Don't you think negotiating would be a better idea? 348 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:41,581 Reverend Potter doesn't seem to want to talk. 349 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:43,416 We can't negotiate with ourselves. 350 00:14:43,450 --> 00:14:45,318 Let me speak with Reverend Potter. 351 00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:47,120 You just did. 352 00:14:47,154 --> 00:14:49,156 Frank, look around. 353 00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:52,159 Going in would be a mistake. 354 00:14:53,193 --> 00:14:56,163 Sir, sending a message to the crowd 355 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:57,630 that assaulting a police officer 356 00:14:57,664 --> 00:15:01,634 doesn't have consequences-- that would be a mistake. 357 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:05,138 Captain, you're a go. 358 00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:07,140 Go now. 359 00:15:07,174 --> 00:15:10,177 (crowd clamoring) 360 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:13,646 No, no, no! 361 00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:17,217 That's not gonna happen. 362 00:15:18,518 --> 00:15:21,588 POTTER: No, no! 363 00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:23,190 You see what's happening? You see this? 364 00:15:23,223 --> 00:15:24,724 This is not justice! 365 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:26,426 This is not justice! Give me your hands! 366 00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:29,296 OFFICER: Yes, you! Let's go, go, go! 367 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:32,165 (protestors clamoring) 368 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:34,134 You see what they doing to my church! 369 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:37,104 Not on my watch! Not on my watch! 370 00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:38,471 Oh, hell, no! 371 00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:40,107 This is not justice! 372 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:42,209 No! You need to witness up here! 373 00:15:42,242 --> 00:15:44,311 This is not justice! This is a church! 374 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:49,516 (protestors clamoring) 375 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:05,032 Sorry, Captain. 376 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:06,066 Are you sure? 377 00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:08,201 I can keep them around while you think it over. 378 00:16:08,235 --> 00:16:10,170 The guys who shoved us, they're not here. 379 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:10,870 They must've skipped out the back 380 00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:12,172 before we secured the building. 381 00:16:14,041 --> 00:16:16,009 Okay. Cut 'em loose. 382 00:16:18,045 --> 00:16:20,513 (clamoring) 383 00:16:25,052 --> 00:16:27,554 MAN: There's a man with a gun-- he's robbing people 384 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,122 at 122 Lenox. 385 00:16:29,156 --> 00:16:30,390 I just ran out of there. 386 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:31,691 He's a bad-ass. 387 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:32,792 Got a gun. 388 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:34,294 Be careful. 389 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,029 Doesn't mention it's a church? 390 00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:37,797 That's a funny thing. 391 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:38,931 Even funnier thing is 392 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:41,034 the call came from a pay phone in Washington Heights. 393 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:42,802 That's nowhere near 122 Lenox. 394 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,337 No. So what does he do? 395 00:16:44,371 --> 00:16:45,805 He runs out of a church in Harlem, 396 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,374 doesn't stop till he gets to Washington Heights? 397 00:16:47,407 --> 00:16:48,575 What's wrong? There's no pay phones 398 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:50,243 between Harlem and Washington Heights? 399 00:16:50,277 --> 00:16:51,278 No, it's a bogus call. 400 00:16:51,311 --> 00:16:52,779 It's gotta be a bogus call. 401 00:16:52,812 --> 00:16:54,581 But who would want to trick the cops 402 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,716 into running into a prayer service? 403 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:59,419 I don't know. Let's go find out. 404 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:05,325 I'm sure we can work something out for Mr. Harten here. 405 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:07,427 Sure. Since he was found 406 00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,762 in possession of four kilos of heroin 407 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:12,499 and enough cocaine to levitate Manhattan, 408 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:15,668 I think a guilty plea will settle things nicely. 409 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:19,072 He'll plead to Criminal Possession, Fourth Degree. 410 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:21,708 So, one Class C felony instead of two A-1's? 411 00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:22,709 He'd take the maximum. 412 00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:24,477 I... would? Yeah. 413 00:17:24,511 --> 00:17:27,214 This is not Christmas, and I am certainly not Santa Claus. 414 00:17:27,247 --> 00:17:29,182 Well, I'll save you the trouble of a trial. 415 00:17:29,216 --> 00:17:30,850 It's no trouble. 416 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:32,352 The drugs were found in his refrigerator. 417 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:34,387 Search warrant was valid. 418 00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:37,190 His fingerprints were all over the wrappers. 419 00:17:37,224 --> 00:17:38,458 Plus he gives you a half-dozen dealers 420 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:40,193 who buy from him in upper Manhattan-- 421 00:17:40,227 --> 00:17:42,195 Harlem to Washington Heights. 422 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:45,198 So he'd give us the guys who buy from him? 423 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:47,434 Names, addresses, times, places. 424 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:50,170 Yeah, I think you forgot what we do here. 425 00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:52,872 We give a deal to a little fish who gives us a big fish, 426 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:55,408 not the other way around. 427 00:17:55,442 --> 00:17:58,077 How about the people he buys from? 428 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:01,514 What, are you nuts? 429 00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:03,082 I like breathing. 430 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:06,153 Looks like we're done here. 431 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:15,428 Manhattan North Narcotics says a guy, Otto Jackson, 432 00:18:15,462 --> 00:18:16,863 runs everything that goes on up here. 433 00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:19,232 Those guys probably all work for him. 434 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:21,368 Looks like a narcotics convention's going on. Yeah. 435 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:24,171 That's the pay phone they made the 911 call from. 436 00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:25,472 Don't they all use their cells? 437 00:18:25,505 --> 00:18:27,240 Ah, I guess so-- but they got eyes, 438 00:18:27,274 --> 00:18:29,542 so maybe we can get some citizen cooperation. 439 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,582 Hey! We're recruiting for a new game show. 440 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:36,649 Whoa! Hey! Come here! 441 00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:37,817 Come here... 442 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:38,885 Don't worry, this won't take long. 443 00:18:38,918 --> 00:18:40,520 It's called Name That Tune. 444 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,322 We're gonna play you a tape, you're gonna tell us 445 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:43,556 who's singing on it. You got it? 446 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:44,557 You busting me? 447 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:47,560 Not yet. Play the tape, Detective. 448 00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:49,762 MAN: There's a man with a gun, he's robbing people 449 00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:51,398 at 122 Lenox. 450 00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:52,632 I just ran out of there. 451 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:53,633 He's a bad-ass. 452 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:54,634 Got a gun. 453 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:55,935 Be careful. 454 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,036 Look at how fast your heart's pumping. 455 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:59,172 I think you're ready to be our grand prize winner. 456 00:18:59,206 --> 00:19:00,540 I don't know who that is. 457 00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:02,909 Okay, empty your pockets then. You ain't got no probable cause. 458 00:19:02,942 --> 00:19:04,844 You know what? We'll empty your pockets-- cuff him. 459 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,045 Yep. Come here. 460 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:08,515 You got anything sharp in there? Okay, okay, okay! Okay! 461 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:11,384 His name's Wendell. 462 00:19:11,418 --> 00:19:12,752 He lives... he lives over there. 463 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:14,521 First floor in the rear. 464 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:15,622 Okay. 465 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:17,224 He's kind of a dummy. 466 00:19:17,257 --> 00:19:19,659 Unlike yourself? 467 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:21,328 Hey, I told you what you want. 468 00:19:21,361 --> 00:19:22,729 You want your parting gift now? 469 00:19:22,762 --> 00:19:24,664 Yeah, please. Thank you. 470 00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:25,732 (handcuffs rattling) 471 00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:27,267 Let's go see Wendell. 472 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:47,320 I'd appreciate it if you check the attitude at the door, Frank. 473 00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:48,255 If it's all the same to you, 474 00:19:48,288 --> 00:19:50,323 I'd rather hang it on the back of my chair. 475 00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:52,325 You need to talk to Potter. 476 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:53,993 If he has names and addresses 477 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,962 for the men who assaulted my officers. 478 00:19:55,995 --> 00:19:59,599 Frank, the only way we're gonna have that conversation, 479 00:19:59,632 --> 00:20:01,234 is to have the larger one first. 480 00:20:01,268 --> 00:20:03,403 Just try to put yourself in his position; 481 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:04,971 see things from his perspective. 482 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,673 A bunch of white cops surrounded his church-- 483 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:07,974 Stop right there. 484 00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:09,976 It was a bunch of cops 485 00:20:10,009 --> 00:20:14,947 surrounding his church-- white, black, Hispanic, female. 486 00:20:14,981 --> 00:20:18,285 Anyone who wants to paint my department as being all white, 487 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:20,553 all male, all the time, had better check their facts. 488 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:21,521 All right, Frank. 489 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:22,989 No, it's not all right. 490 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:25,725 Mr. Mayor, I get real tired 491 00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:29,429 of seeing decades of progress in the ranks ignored 492 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:31,664 for the sake of greasing the rhetoric. 493 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:33,600 The cops who were assaulted were white, 494 00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:35,702 the alleged perps were black-- that's all. 495 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,304 "Be peaceful, be courteous, 496 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:40,440 "obey the law, respect everyone. 497 00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:41,708 "But if someone puts his hand on you, 498 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:44,277 send him to the cemetery." 499 00:20:44,311 --> 00:20:45,612 Malcolm X. 500 00:20:49,716 --> 00:20:51,818 And hello to you, too, Reverend. 501 00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:53,286 This is a vital summit, Commissioner. 502 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,054 Let's try to get off on the right foot. 503 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:56,656 Now it's a summit? 504 00:20:56,689 --> 00:20:58,791 I thought the three of us could sit down. 505 00:20:58,825 --> 00:21:01,661 Okay. Fine. 506 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,363 Let's start with the names of the men 507 00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:04,831 who assaulted my officers. 508 00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:05,732 Frank... 509 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:06,833 He makes conditions? 510 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:08,034 If this is a summit, 511 00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:09,836 that's the first thing on the agenda. 512 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:12,038 We need to begin by discussing the conditions 513 00:21:12,071 --> 00:21:14,073 that underlie the tensions in my community 514 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,308 vis-a-vis your department. 515 00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:16,275 Two from your community 516 00:21:16,309 --> 00:21:18,945 shoved two from mine down a flight of stairs. 517 00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,313 Frank, please... 518 00:21:20,347 --> 00:21:21,548 See what I'm talking about? 519 00:21:21,581 --> 00:21:23,049 No willingness to work together, 520 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:25,385 no interest in building consensus. 521 00:21:26,919 --> 00:21:30,089 "A genuine leader is not a seeker of consensus 522 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,893 but a molder of consensus." 523 00:21:40,367 --> 00:21:42,301 Martin Luther King. 524 00:21:46,373 --> 00:21:49,809 I don't care if Frank Reagan won't talk to me. 525 00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:52,011 I'm just one man. 526 00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:53,380 (supporters cheering, shouting agreement) 527 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:55,715 But this is an insult to the community. 528 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:56,949 (cheering, applause) 529 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:59,085 To all of us. 530 00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:00,387 To all of you. 531 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:01,253 (shouting, cheering) 532 00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:03,623 We supported Mayor Poole in his election, 533 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,024 and we demand 534 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:08,728 that he remove Frank Reagan as police commissioner. 535 00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:10,763 (applause and cheering on TV) 536 00:22:12,532 --> 00:22:15,368 Reagan must go! MAN: Yeah. 537 00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:16,736 Reagan must go! Let 'em hear you. 538 00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:18,438 Reagan must go. Let 'em hear you. 539 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:19,406 Reagan must go! 540 00:22:19,439 --> 00:22:20,573 On time now. Reagan must go! 541 00:22:20,607 --> 00:22:21,941 Let 'em hear you. Reagan must go! 542 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:29,449 And if he won't do that, well, then guess what? 543 00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:30,517 CROWD: What? 544 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:32,919 We will remove Mayor Poole. 545 00:22:32,952 --> 00:22:35,655 Somebody needs to work on his people skills. 546 00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:37,924 Nah, he's got 'em in the palm of his hand. 547 00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:40,427 Oh, you meant me. 548 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:42,729 (turns TV off) 549 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:44,764 I know Potter takes himself way too seriously, 550 00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:47,033 but that doesn't mean you get to write him off. 551 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:49,001 He's a sideshow, Garrett. He doesn't matter. 552 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:51,037 No. He matters to the mayor. Why? 553 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,039 How many votes could he possibly control? 554 00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:55,575 It was a close election, and it always will be 555 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:57,109 with a minority candidate in this city. 556 00:22:57,143 --> 00:23:00,046 Plus, there may be personal loyalty there. 557 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:01,781 Both Potter and Poole started out 558 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:03,983 working in the same anti-poverty programs. 559 00:23:04,016 --> 00:23:06,786 Which makes them, what, friends, allies, strange bedfellows? 560 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:08,521 Does it matter? Garrett, 561 00:23:08,555 --> 00:23:12,492 I don't want to start a war with the mayor. 562 00:23:12,525 --> 00:23:13,860 Who said you were? 563 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,929 (sighs) 564 00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:18,164 Say something. 565 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:20,032 We're getting a warrant 566 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:22,769 to search Potter's church and office. 567 00:23:22,802 --> 00:23:24,471 On second thought, 568 00:23:24,504 --> 00:23:26,005 don't say anything. 569 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:28,074 The men we're looking for are his people. 570 00:23:28,107 --> 00:23:30,042 He's withholding information 571 00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:31,678 in a criminal investigation. 572 00:23:31,711 --> 00:23:33,980 To recap, you're in this mess 573 00:23:34,013 --> 00:23:35,915 because you invaded Potter's church, 574 00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:38,885 so your next bright idea is to invade it again? 575 00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:42,121 It will be the most polite search in NYPD history. 576 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,924 I've given strict instructions to conduct it 577 00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:48,094 as if they were tossing Mother Teresa's place. 578 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:54,166 (sighs) 579 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,636 MAN: There's a man 580 00:23:56,669 --> 00:23:59,906 with a gun. He's robbing people at 122 Lenox. 581 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:02,108 I just ran out of there. He's a bad-ass. 582 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:03,643 Got a gun. Be careful. 583 00:24:03,676 --> 00:24:04,944 (recorder beeps off) 584 00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:06,112 So? 585 00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:08,815 I don't know. 586 00:24:08,848 --> 00:24:09,982 You don't know what, Wendell? 587 00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:11,551 You don't know why you made the call? 588 00:24:11,584 --> 00:24:13,185 I don't know. 589 00:24:13,219 --> 00:24:14,320 You got to know something. 590 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,523 I mean, you must have had a reason to make the call. 591 00:24:16,556 --> 00:24:19,526 I don't know. 592 00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:21,794 Okay, let me make it easy for you. 593 00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:23,796 Do you know a guy named Otto? 594 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:25,532 Uncle Otto. 595 00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:26,699 Uncle Otto? 596 00:24:26,733 --> 00:24:28,134 Otto's your uncle? 597 00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:31,037 Oh, okay. 598 00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:33,272 Did your Uncle Otto ask you to make the call? 599 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:37,076 You're supposed to report crimes. 600 00:24:37,109 --> 00:24:39,045 That's what they told us in school. 601 00:24:39,078 --> 00:24:40,880 (knocking) Yeah? 602 00:24:40,913 --> 00:24:42,048 Kid's lawyer's here. 603 00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:43,650 What? Who called him? 604 00:24:43,683 --> 00:24:44,851 Take a wild stab. 605 00:24:47,787 --> 00:24:50,056 Sit tight. 606 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,625 Mr. Maxwell, 607 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:54,927 the attorney. 608 00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:56,896 Oh, you must be Uncle Otto. 609 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,965 Where's my nephew, detectives? 610 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:01,534 You taking good care of him? 611 00:25:01,568 --> 00:25:03,536 Well, we're doing about as good as we can, considering 612 00:25:03,570 --> 00:25:04,871 his phony phone call caused a riot. 613 00:25:04,904 --> 00:25:06,138 Which, if true, 614 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:07,273 constitutes Falsely Reporting an Incident 615 00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:08,841 in the Third Degree. 616 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,109 Yeah, that's right. 617 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:11,010 Which is a misdemeanor. Mm-hmm. 618 00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:12,945 Plus, he's a juvenile. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 619 00:25:12,979 --> 00:25:14,647 And you may have noticed that he's also mentally challenged. 620 00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:16,949 Yeah, I noticed. I also noticed that Uncle Otto is not 621 00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:19,018 mentally challenged. Is there any particular reason 622 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:20,052 you put your nephew up to this? 623 00:25:20,086 --> 00:25:21,053 Now, I'm sure 624 00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:23,690 my nephew hasn't said any such crazy things. 625 00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:26,092 Come on, did you make the kid make the phony phone call 626 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:28,060 to cause problems with Potter's church and the cops? 627 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:30,262 Can we go see Wendell now? 628 00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:33,700 (sighs) Go ahead. 629 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:36,703 Come on. 630 00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,739 (sighs) 631 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:44,977 Hey. 632 00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:47,113 (speaking quietly) 633 00:25:49,215 --> 00:25:51,984 POTTER: Have you 634 00:25:52,018 --> 00:25:53,285 people no shame? 635 00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:54,854 Actually, Reverend, yes. 636 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,123 Uh, as a practicing Catholic, 637 00:25:57,156 --> 00:26:00,126 I have a great and deep sense of respect 638 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:01,694 for, uh, any house of worship. 639 00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:03,095 Then get out. 640 00:26:03,129 --> 00:26:04,330 Then give us the names of the guys 641 00:26:04,363 --> 00:26:06,032 who pushed two New York City police officers 642 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,034 down a flight of stairs, and we'll gladly go. 643 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,702 I was prepared to discuss that with the commissioner. 644 00:26:09,736 --> 00:26:10,870 It's my understanding 645 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,339 the commissioner does not negotiate police procedure. 646 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:15,141 JACKIE: Reverend, may we have 647 00:26:15,174 --> 00:26:17,109 your assistance in opening this locked door? 648 00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:18,878 No, you may not. This is outrageous. 649 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:21,113 All right, well, if we're gonna have to jack the lock, 650 00:26:21,147 --> 00:26:22,749 it's gonna take a minute, and I'm sure 651 00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:24,817 you want us out of here as swiftly as possible. 652 00:26:24,851 --> 00:26:26,218 My lawyer is on his way. 653 00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:28,054 Actually, uh, 654 00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,055 sorry, Reverend, but, um... 655 00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:30,056 And stop with the "Reverend." 656 00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:31,157 When you say it, it sounds... 657 00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:33,192 ...but the execution of this search warrant does not 658 00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:36,829 require us to wait for your legal representation to arrive. 659 00:26:36,863 --> 00:26:40,199 And you cannot imagine what a locksmith costs these days. 660 00:26:40,232 --> 00:26:41,634 JAMIE: Detectives-- 661 00:26:41,668 --> 00:26:44,136 got something. 662 00:26:46,873 --> 00:26:48,875 Right there. 663 00:26:50,743 --> 00:26:52,779 Church picnic? 664 00:26:52,812 --> 00:26:54,814 A prayer retreat, upstate. 665 00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:56,415 Where Harriet Tubman worshipped 666 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,384 and conducted the Underground Railroad. 667 00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:01,988 Helping hundreds of people escape slavery and retreat 'em. 668 00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:04,123 Sounds like a nice retreat. 669 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:07,226 That skinny guy right there. Mmm-hmm. 670 00:27:07,259 --> 00:27:08,360 Ah, don't touch it, Officer. 671 00:27:08,394 --> 00:27:09,962 It's church property. 672 00:27:09,996 --> 00:27:11,998 This guy with the earring? Mmm-hmm. 673 00:27:12,031 --> 00:27:16,635 That's Shawn Hunter and Nathan Bradley. 674 00:27:17,904 --> 00:27:20,139 Well, well, well, any idea where 675 00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:24,176 we might be able to find these gentlemen, Reverend? 676 00:27:30,216 --> 00:27:32,284 What's next, Frank? 677 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:34,987 You gonna send a Strip-o-Gram to his Sunday service? 678 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:41,327 You heard from Reverend Potter. 679 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:45,131 That search warrant was executed for legitimate purposes. 680 00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:46,332 So this is nothing personal? 681 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:48,000 Have you ever really listened 682 00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:49,902 to what he says about this department? 683 00:27:49,936 --> 00:27:53,105 Frank, you're gonna have to understand Potter. 684 00:27:53,139 --> 00:27:54,907 He comes from a long tradition 685 00:27:54,941 --> 00:27:58,144 of polemicists who serve as lightning rods to simply 686 00:27:58,177 --> 00:27:59,211 move the cause forward. 687 00:27:59,245 --> 00:28:00,412 At the end of the day, 688 00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:03,349 his vision of the Promised Land is his own show on MSNBC. 689 00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:06,919 Okay, that is harsh. 690 00:28:06,953 --> 00:28:09,956 You're right. I'm sorry. 691 00:28:09,989 --> 00:28:12,291 Maybe... 692 00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:14,761 I just wanted it to be him. 693 00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:17,196 I'm not sure I'm following. 694 00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:19,966 I asked the Special Frauds team at the DA's Office 695 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:20,967 to give me what they had 696 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,236 in ongoing investigations involving Potter. 697 00:28:26,505 --> 00:28:30,009 $1.2 million in federal funds unaccounted for 698 00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:33,512 from the West Harlem Jobs Training Program 699 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:36,515 which Potter started along with... 700 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,250 You're investigating me? 701 00:28:38,284 --> 00:28:40,219 Not at all. But the two of you go way back. 702 00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:42,855 You drill down or Potter, your name does tend to pop up. 703 00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:44,456 What else were they looking into? 704 00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:45,958 Not for me to say. 705 00:28:45,992 --> 00:28:47,359 Ongoing investigation. 706 00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:49,261 I see. 707 00:28:49,295 --> 00:28:53,332 Well, Frank, I don't know anything. 708 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:56,068 Maybe nothing you can prove. 709 00:28:56,102 --> 00:28:59,305 Potter started out as a good guy, 710 00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:02,975 but there were rumors: no-show jobs, 711 00:29:03,009 --> 00:29:04,376 odd people hanging around. 712 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:07,013 So I distanced myself. I left those programs. 713 00:29:07,046 --> 00:29:09,081 I know that. 714 00:29:12,184 --> 00:29:14,987 One of those odd people 715 00:29:15,021 --> 00:29:17,790 a guy named Otto Jackson? 716 00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:22,428 Yeah. He and Potter were pretty tight. Why? 717 00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:24,997 Just a name comes up. 718 00:29:25,031 --> 00:29:28,134 Really? In the D.A. files? 719 00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:36,442 There is no ongoing investigation, is there? 720 00:29:36,475 --> 00:29:41,113 Well, I heard there was, 721 00:29:41,147 --> 00:29:43,215 but you'd have to confirm that with the D.A. 722 00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:48,387 I have just been flipped by an NYPD detective. 723 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:49,822 Former detective. 724 00:29:49,856 --> 00:29:51,423 And sometimes we all need a little push 725 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:52,959 to do the right thing. 726 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:54,961 I should fire you, Frank. 727 00:29:54,994 --> 00:29:57,563 You can, but you won't, because you're a good man. 728 00:29:57,596 --> 00:30:02,334 And you... (scoffs) are a pain in the ass. 729 00:30:04,036 --> 00:30:06,338 I'll take that as a compliment. 730 00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:22,254 Um, how'd you get that, Uncle Jamie? 731 00:30:22,288 --> 00:30:25,057 I took a flight of stairs with the wrong end of me. 732 00:30:25,091 --> 00:30:26,625 (laughter) 733 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:27,559 You fell? 734 00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:29,395 I was pushed. 735 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:31,597 Uncle Jamie and his partner were pushed down some stairs. 736 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:33,265 Really? 737 00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:35,134 Papers made it sound like it was 'cause you were white. 738 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:38,004 Nonsense. It's because he was blue. 739 00:30:39,105 --> 00:30:40,439 The uniform. 740 00:30:40,472 --> 00:30:43,109 What happened is there were some black men 741 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:44,576 who thought that the white cops 742 00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:45,644 were trespassing in their church. 743 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:47,446 Were they? 744 00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,315 No, they weren't. They were doing their job. 745 00:30:49,348 --> 00:30:52,218 Well, that doesn't always matter. 746 00:30:52,251 --> 00:30:53,953 Shouldn't Grandpa have sent black cops instead? 747 00:30:53,986 --> 00:30:55,587 Should all your teachers be white just 748 00:30:55,621 --> 00:30:57,356 'cause you are? And your coaches? 749 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:58,991 That would be stupid. 750 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:01,193 It's called "segregation," and it is dumb. 751 00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:03,029 All this stuff is very complicated, you know? 752 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:04,931 I mean, on the one hand, you got white cops 753 00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:06,532 who walk the beat in black neighborhoods, 754 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:08,500 and you know, sometimes they feel like 755 00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:10,202 not everybody trusts 'em just 'cause they're white. 756 00:31:10,236 --> 00:31:12,071 You got black kids who feel like a white cop's 757 00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:13,405 gonna ask them just because they're black. 758 00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:15,474 It's happened a million times in this country. 759 00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:17,944 DANNY: But I am an equal opportunity cop. 760 00:31:17,977 --> 00:31:20,246 I don't care what color you are, what race you are. 761 00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:21,647 You break the law, I'm breaking your head. 762 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:22,915 (chuckles) 763 00:31:22,949 --> 00:31:24,216 Danny! (laughter) 764 00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:26,418 Gandhi speaks. 765 00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:29,321 So, how do we make it better? 766 00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:31,490 LINDA: One decent person at a time. 767 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:34,193 You put a knock on anybody who talks trash like that. 768 00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:35,694 Remember this: 769 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,663 white, black, blue, purple-- 770 00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:40,332 we're all the same color on the inside. 771 00:31:40,366 --> 00:31:43,702 And in every gospel sermon and prayer in every church, 772 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:48,574 temple and mosque, it all boils down to one sentence: 773 00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:50,409 go out of here and treat 774 00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:51,944 everybody you meet a little better. 775 00:31:51,978 --> 00:31:53,279 Amen. 776 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:54,981 And pass the potatoes. 777 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:58,617 So is our mayor still on the fence about this? 778 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,619 You know, I really think he'd like 779 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:02,621 to see Reverend Potter gone, 780 00:32:02,654 --> 00:32:05,391 but black on black, he can't do it himself. 781 00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:08,194 So he's gonna send in the white police commissioner? 782 00:32:08,227 --> 00:32:11,697 Can't call the fire department. He's not on fire. 783 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:14,000 (all chuckle) 784 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:17,636 Who wants the last lamb chop? Nobody? Okay, pass it on down. 785 00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:21,507 DANNY: One lamb chop coming up. 786 00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:23,642 It's a beauty. 787 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,112 So how does the white police commissioner get rid 788 00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:27,679 of the rabble-rousing minister? 789 00:32:27,713 --> 00:32:30,182 Well, you start by nailing him for the phony 911 call, 790 00:32:30,216 --> 00:32:31,750 which was only done to give Potter 791 00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:33,185 something to rant about. 792 00:32:33,219 --> 00:32:35,654 Wait, he made the phony 911 call? 793 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:36,588 Technically, no. 794 00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:38,624 But a drug dealer and buddy of his did. 795 00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,559 How do you know they were buddies? 796 00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:42,694 I don't know. Dad dug it up. 797 00:32:42,728 --> 00:32:45,464 Why would a drug dealer do a favor for Potter? 798 00:32:45,497 --> 00:32:47,633 He's the one that kicked them out of the neighborhood. No... 799 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:49,501 supposedly he kicked them out of the neighborhood. 800 00:32:49,535 --> 00:32:50,769 You never know with a guy like Potter. 801 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:53,272 It could have all just been a P.R. stunt. 802 00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:55,341 Especially when it comes to this Otto guy. 803 00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:57,743 Otto Jackson? 804 00:32:58,744 --> 00:33:00,279 You know him? 805 00:33:01,747 --> 00:33:03,015 What, is he your dealer or something? 806 00:33:03,049 --> 00:33:04,583 No, I heard his name the other day. 807 00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:08,220 Defense attorneys offer him up as part of a plea bargain. 808 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:10,022 Great. Why don't you take it? 809 00:33:10,056 --> 00:33:13,625 Look, you get this guy to roll on Otto-- 810 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,761 then we can use that to flip Otto against Potter. 811 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:18,630 I already turned him down. 812 00:33:18,664 --> 00:33:20,566 My case is solid. 813 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:23,602 Plus, this lawyer is this smug jerk 814 00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:25,604 who just hits on me all the time. 815 00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:27,139 Well, you know, you don't necessarily 816 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:28,574 have to give the client a deal. 817 00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:31,410 You could, you know, sleep with the lawyer. 818 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:33,179 Come on, sis. 819 00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:37,516 You got to learn how to take one for the team once in a while. 820 00:33:45,257 --> 00:33:47,326 And the doctor says I'm all good now. 821 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:50,529 Takes more than one flight down to crack this thick skull. 822 00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:52,464 Marie's on her way up to get me now. 823 00:33:52,498 --> 00:33:54,333 You need to have your head examined again, Sarge. 824 00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:56,068 Going home's supposed to be the good news. 825 00:33:56,102 --> 00:34:00,806 Yeah, except now I got to eat her cooking again. 826 00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:03,142 It's like dog food. 827 00:34:03,175 --> 00:34:05,344 Hey. If it isn't Humpty and Dumpty. 828 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:06,712 Hey. Hey. 829 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:08,580 You're talking to a wounded member of service here. 830 00:34:08,614 --> 00:34:09,781 Nice try, Sarge. 831 00:34:09,815 --> 00:34:11,650 Doc told me your head cracked the stairs, 832 00:34:11,683 --> 00:34:12,684 not the other way around. 833 00:34:12,718 --> 00:34:14,586 He's funny. 834 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:17,589 Yeah, I was going to bring you some flowers, but instead 835 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:19,225 I brought something for you, Jamie. 836 00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:22,428 What's this? Well, once we got the names 837 00:34:22,461 --> 00:34:23,862 of the goons that did this to you, 838 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,864 TARU traced their cells. They're holed up in in Midtown. 839 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,633 Since you can I.D. them, I was wondering 840 00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,435 if you want to come hit their door with me. 841 00:34:29,468 --> 00:34:31,637 Yeah. Yeah? Good. 842 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:33,639 What do you say, Sarge? Mind if I take the kid, 843 00:34:33,672 --> 00:34:35,774 show him how the real cops work? Go ahead, knock yourself out. 844 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:38,177 Just don't forget what you learned. 845 00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:39,745 Good night, Sarge. 846 00:34:45,217 --> 00:34:47,219 Get on the ground! 847 00:34:47,253 --> 00:34:48,354 Go! Go! 848 00:34:48,387 --> 00:34:49,655 Easy, my man. 849 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:51,157 Get your hands up! 850 00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:53,359 We got the guy with the earring. 851 00:34:53,392 --> 00:34:54,693 Come on, bring him out. 852 00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:56,862 Come on, bring him out! 853 00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:59,831 OFFICER: Bedroom clear. Check the back. 854 00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:03,369 Kitchen clear. Let's go. 855 00:35:03,402 --> 00:35:05,704 What do you say, kid? Second bedroom clear! 856 00:35:05,737 --> 00:35:07,839 These guys look like the guys? Yeah, that's the guys. 857 00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:09,775 You gentlemen remember this officer here? 858 00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,677 I want my lawyer. You want your lawyer? 859 00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:14,213 How about we get you a doctor instead? 860 00:35:14,246 --> 00:35:16,348 What you going to do, throw us down the stairs now? 861 00:35:16,382 --> 00:35:18,817 I don't know, you threw my kid brother down the stairs. 862 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:21,820 What do you say? No, it's the wrong century. 863 00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:23,855 It's a kinder, gentler NYPD. 864 00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:26,292 Be glad he's the forgiving type. 865 00:35:26,325 --> 00:35:27,759 Let's go. 866 00:35:31,797 --> 00:35:34,866 A message from you at 10:00 last night. 867 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:36,902 I hope I didn't miss a drunk dial. 868 00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:42,941 I'm taking your deal, Larry. 869 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:45,311 And what happened to you not being Santa Claus? 870 00:35:45,344 --> 00:35:49,315 We have a backlog here, and I have more serious cases, so... 871 00:35:49,348 --> 00:35:51,850 No. There's something going on. 872 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,652 You want the deal or not, Larry? 873 00:35:53,685 --> 00:35:55,387 Sure. Done. 874 00:35:55,421 --> 00:35:57,856 Your guy supplies evidence sufficient 875 00:35:57,889 --> 00:35:59,725 the half dozen dealers 876 00:35:59,758 --> 00:36:01,927 including one Otto Jackson. 877 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,662 Done, done and doner. 878 00:36:03,695 --> 00:36:05,897 All right. I'll draw up the papers. 879 00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:09,801 Does this mean you'll come see my apartment, too? 880 00:36:11,370 --> 00:36:13,539 (chuckles) 881 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:27,519 All right. 882 00:36:27,553 --> 00:36:29,655 There's the good Reverend Potter. 883 00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:31,657 You ready to go, Otto? 884 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,892 That son of a bitch. 885 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:36,628 Aw, man, Harten, I swear, 886 00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:38,730 I'm gonna kill him! 887 00:36:38,764 --> 00:36:40,666 Hey, you do remember you're wearing a wire, right? 888 00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:43,635 I'm kidding, all right? I'm just kidding. 889 00:36:43,669 --> 00:36:45,737 Let's go over it again. 890 00:36:45,771 --> 00:36:48,440 Look, man, I've been through it with juries six times already. 891 00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:50,476 I know what I'm supposed to say. 892 00:36:50,509 --> 00:36:52,244 You know it when I say you know it. 893 00:36:52,278 --> 00:36:53,279 Let's go over it again. 894 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:58,817 I go inside the restaurant. Right. 895 00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:00,886 I sit down with Potter. Right. 896 00:37:00,919 --> 00:37:04,790 Get him to talk about the 911 call-- how he asked me to do it. 897 00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:07,693 And then, you know, how he wanted to cause trouble 898 00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:09,695 and get his face back on the front pages... 899 00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:10,629 Front pages again, exactly. 900 00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:12,264 And you're going to keep on talking until...? 901 00:37:12,298 --> 00:37:13,865 Until he admits to it. 902 00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:16,835 Right. And if you don't get him to admit to it? 903 00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:19,905 20 years in Attica. 904 00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:21,573 I kind of like you, Otto. 905 00:37:21,607 --> 00:37:23,275 I hope you don't screw this up. 906 00:37:23,309 --> 00:37:24,976 All right, time to go. 907 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:27,245 Bon appetit. 908 00:37:47,866 --> 00:37:49,868 (reporters clamoring, calling to Potter) 909 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:50,802 Is it true that you've been caught on tape 910 00:37:50,836 --> 00:37:52,804 admitting to setting up the false 911 call? 911 00:37:52,838 --> 00:37:54,973 No comment. Who did you tell to make the call, and why? 912 00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:57,309 No comment. Do you have any words for the police officers... 913 00:37:57,343 --> 00:37:59,678 (over TV): whose lives you endangered? 914 00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:01,880 How do you explain... WOMAN: Reverend Potter... 915 00:38:01,913 --> 00:38:05,717 First time that fella's ever been speechless. 916 00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:08,820 The press is having a field day. 917 00:38:08,854 --> 00:38:11,923 That recording found its way to every media outlet in town. 918 00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:13,359 How the hell did that happen? 919 00:38:13,392 --> 00:38:14,860 Good question. 920 00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:17,429 The mayor made a statement. One sentence, 921 00:38:17,463 --> 00:38:22,033 about how Potter is having no official or unofficial role 922 00:38:22,067 --> 00:38:23,969 in his campaign or his administration. 923 00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:27,873 Distancing himself. Distancing him, like, to Cleveland. 924 00:38:27,906 --> 00:38:31,042 And Potter's office says he's out on a... 925 00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:32,110 Spiritual sabbatical. 926 00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:36,047 You know, I heard an interview with Bernie Williams 927 00:38:36,081 --> 00:38:38,984 this morning on the radio, as I was coming in. 928 00:38:39,017 --> 00:38:42,053 Turns out he's the first guy to win the batting title, 929 00:38:42,087 --> 00:38:44,923 the Golden Glove, and the World Series ring 930 00:38:44,956 --> 00:38:47,693 all in the same year. I know that. 931 00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:49,995 Know what he does now? What? 932 00:38:50,028 --> 00:38:52,030 Plays guitar. 933 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:54,600 Well enough to record on a major label. 934 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:56,968 Turns out he's been playing almost as long 935 00:38:57,002 --> 00:38:58,704 as he played baseball. 936 00:38:58,737 --> 00:39:00,939 Good for him. What's your point? 937 00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:03,041 Who said I had a point? 938 00:39:03,074 --> 00:39:04,109 You always have a point. 939 00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:06,512 Scratch that-- you always think you have a point. 940 00:39:06,545 --> 00:39:08,947 Okay, how many times have I heard you go on about, 941 00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:10,616 you've got no talent or taste for politics. 942 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:12,150 And I was watching 943 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,420 this week, and lo and behold, 944 00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:17,589 you've got a talent for politics. 945 00:39:17,623 --> 00:39:21,092 Up to and including today's little turn of events. 946 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:24,830 You won't find my fingerprints on that leak, ever. 947 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:26,432 It's as if Bernie Williams 948 00:39:26,465 --> 00:39:28,400 stepped up to the plate as a Yankee 949 00:39:28,434 --> 00:39:32,137 and instead of swinging a bat, picked up a Stratocaster 950 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,705 and whipped off the Hendrix version of 951 00:39:33,739 --> 00:39:36,575 "The Star-Spangled Banner"-- I mean... 952 00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:37,909 who knew? 953 00:39:39,745 --> 00:39:42,814 I think you could make a run for mayor. 954 00:39:44,082 --> 00:39:45,484 Seriously. 955 00:39:45,517 --> 00:39:49,120 Keep that thought to yourself. 956 00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:51,156 Seriously. 957 00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:53,459 You got to admit, 958 00:39:53,492 --> 00:39:56,462 Gracie Mansion would be a nice place to retire from. 959 00:39:56,495 --> 00:39:58,930 I like it just fine, right where I am. 960 00:40:00,966 --> 00:40:04,703 Captioning sponsored by CBS 961 00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:12,744 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org