1 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:13,212 - So how was your night last night? 2 00:00:13,214 --> 00:00:14,747 Do anything special? 3 00:00:14,749 --> 00:00:17,016 - [laughs] 4 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:20,753 Yeah, it was amazing. 5 00:00:20,755 --> 00:00:23,422 - It was? - [laughs] 6 00:00:26,092 --> 00:00:29,595 So, I mean, what do we do now? 7 00:00:29,597 --> 00:00:33,465 - How about we keep it undefined? 8 00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:36,735 For now. - Okay. 9 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:48,180 Hey, as long as you come over tonight, okay? 10 00:00:48,182 --> 00:00:52,484 - Uh, what time? - [laughs] 11 00:00:52,486 --> 00:00:57,056 [dramatic music] 12 00:00:57,058 --> 00:00:58,323 Sean! 13 00:00:58,325 --> 00:01:01,060 [gunshots] 14 00:01:01,062 --> 00:01:02,594 [gasping] Sean! 15 00:01:02,596 --> 00:01:04,530 - Go! Go! Go get him! 16 00:01:04,532 --> 00:01:07,332 - Stop! Police! 17 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:10,402 [panting] 18 00:01:11,771 --> 00:01:13,338 [gunshot] 19 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:20,279 ♪ 20 00:01:20,281 --> 00:01:22,514 Police! Don't move! 21 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:25,684 Police! 22 00:01:25,686 --> 00:01:28,454 - [screams] 23 00:01:28,456 --> 00:01:30,355 - Stay down! - You shot me. 24 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:31,623 - Don't you move! - You shot me! 25 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:33,859 - Don't you move! - You shot me! You shot me! 26 00:01:33,861 --> 00:01:36,361 - Stay down! - You shot me! 27 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:38,764 Why you shot me for? - Yeah, I shot you! 28 00:01:38,766 --> 00:01:40,833 - I didn't do anything! - You shot my partner! 29 00:01:40,835 --> 00:01:42,434 - I didn't do anything! - You mother-- 30 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,603 what the hell did you do? - [crying] 31 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,305 - What the hell did you do? - You shot me! 32 00:01:46,307 --> 00:01:47,573 - What is your problem? Stay down! 33 00:01:47,575 --> 00:01:48,774 - What are you doing? 34 00:01:48,776 --> 00:01:50,476 [yells] I didn't do anything! 35 00:01:50,478 --> 00:01:52,344 - Sean! 36 00:01:52,346 --> 00:01:53,779 I repeat, officer and offender down! 37 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:55,881 Roll two ambulances to 580 West Cermak! 38 00:01:55,883 --> 00:01:57,883 My partner's been shot. Offender's been shot. 39 00:01:57,885 --> 00:02:01,120 Sean, are you okay? Sean! 40 00:02:01,122 --> 00:02:02,488 Are you hit anywhere else? 41 00:02:02,490 --> 00:02:04,323 Sean, please talk to me! 42 00:02:04,325 --> 00:02:05,691 Just show me! 43 00:02:05,693 --> 00:02:07,826 Please don't die! Please don't die! 44 00:02:07,828 --> 00:02:09,261 Sean! 45 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:20,806 - How many shots? - Four? Maybe five. 46 00:02:20,808 --> 00:02:22,674 and then Roman, he screams at me to go. 47 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:24,143 - He said that? - Yes. 48 00:02:24,145 --> 00:02:25,878 So I chased that little prick to that corner, 49 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,279 he fires at me two more times. 50 00:02:27,281 --> 00:02:28,680 I tell him to stop 51 00:02:28,682 --> 00:02:31,250 and then he turns, looks over his shoulder, 52 00:02:31,252 --> 00:02:33,218 something silver in his hand, so I fired. 53 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:34,620 - You kept sight on him the whole time? 54 00:02:34,622 --> 00:02:36,622 - No, not when he rounded the corner. 55 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:40,626 But I only had my eye off him for a few seconds, 56 00:02:40,628 --> 00:02:42,227 it's the same kid. 57 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:43,929 - You get a look at him as he approached the car? 58 00:02:43,931 --> 00:02:46,832 - Maybe a glimpse. Mostly just arm and torso, 59 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:48,367 gun and muzzle flashes. 60 00:02:48,369 --> 00:02:50,402 Silver gun, it looked like a .9. 61 00:02:50,404 --> 00:02:52,337 - Did you see where the asswipe tossed the piece? 62 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:54,940 - What? - Can't find it. 63 00:02:59,946 --> 00:03:02,781 - You all right? - Yes. How is Sean? 64 00:03:02,783 --> 00:03:04,516 - He lost a lot of blood. 65 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:07,452 - Marine Unit is en route to find the gun. 66 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:09,221 - You hit him twice from 40 yards away 67 00:03:09,223 --> 00:03:11,423 in low light? Nice job. 68 00:03:15,728 --> 00:03:18,730 - Kim. Kim, come here. 69 00:03:18,732 --> 00:03:20,566 You got to put a statement together. 70 00:03:20,568 --> 00:03:21,900 Okay? List everything that happened. 71 00:03:21,902 --> 00:03:23,902 Be definitive. 72 00:03:23,904 --> 00:03:25,804 Keep your feelings out of it. 73 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:28,974 Everything you say will be carved in stone. 74 00:03:28,976 --> 00:03:31,777 - I want to get to Med. 75 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:33,845 - After. 76 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:40,519 - 17-year-old male. Multiple GSWs. 77 00:03:40,521 --> 00:03:41,987 One in the lower flank, one in the left thigh. 78 00:03:41,989 --> 00:03:45,257 No exit wounds. GCS 15, BP 166/72. 79 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:46,391 Heart rate 128. - All right. 80 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:47,793 Dr. Choi, you're going to Baghdad. 81 00:03:47,795 --> 00:03:49,461 - Got it! - Talk to me, incoming! 82 00:03:49,463 --> 00:03:50,929 - 27-year-old police officer. 83 00:03:50,931 --> 00:03:54,233 Gunshot wound to the right neck, left back, arm, and hand. 84 00:03:54,235 --> 00:03:57,603 GCS 15, BPs 94/60. Heart rates 122. 85 00:03:57,605 --> 00:03:59,404 - All right, rotate. We're going to Trauma 2. 86 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:00,973 - No, no, he goes with Choi! - Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 87 00:04:00,975 --> 00:04:04,643 - He goes with Choi! [overlapping shouting] 88 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,912 - Everyone shut up! - Maggie, come on! 89 00:04:06,914 --> 00:04:09,348 - Go into Trauma 2! 90 00:04:09,350 --> 00:04:11,583 - Everybody block out the noise. Let's get to work. 91 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:14,753 - And every police officer clear into the waiting room now! 92 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:18,357 Move! Move! Move! 93 00:04:18,359 --> 00:04:20,993 Get out of my ER! 94 00:04:20,995 --> 00:04:24,463 - Michael Vance Ellis. 17. No priors. 95 00:04:24,465 --> 00:04:25,764 Father, John Ellis, is a plumber, 96 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,666 mother, Cecily Ellis, works at a bank. 97 00:04:27,668 --> 00:04:30,402 We're running their address for any historical in-service calls. 98 00:04:30,404 --> 00:04:32,638 - Roman and Ellis are both in surgery at Med. 99 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,606 Ellis' parents are there. 100 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:36,408 - You got surveillance footage? - Yeah. 101 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:39,344 I'm uploading the POD footage right here. 102 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:51,390 [somber music] 103 00:04:51,392 --> 00:04:54,660 - It's unreal. - Just like Philadelphia. 104 00:04:54,662 --> 00:04:56,895 - That your statement? 105 00:04:56,897 --> 00:04:58,797 - Yeah. - Come on. 106 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:00,832 All right, you're gonna go into my office, 107 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:02,434 I'm gonna close the door, 108 00:05:02,436 --> 00:05:04,636 and I need you to memorize this. 109 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:06,738 Every word. 110 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,544 - Marine Unit says no gun yet. 111 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:14,813 - [sighs] - Great. 112 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:17,849 - Assistant State's Attorney is downstairs. 113 00:05:17,851 --> 00:05:19,384 - Who'd we get? 114 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:20,986 - Peter Stone. 115 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:31,063 - What was that about? 116 00:05:31,065 --> 00:05:33,999 - Stone's the guy who sent him to prison. 117 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:43,909 - Peter. 118 00:05:43,911 --> 00:05:46,011 - Hank. 119 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:50,515 Officer Roman's in ICU? - That's right. 120 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:52,918 - And Officer Burgess? How's she holding up? 121 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,020 - As well as can be expected. 122 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,457 - What kind of a cop is she? 123 00:05:59,992 --> 00:06:02,794 - A plus. 124 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:04,363 - I'm gonna need the General Progress Reports 125 00:06:04,365 --> 00:06:06,365 from the incident-- plus any CRs on both 126 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:07,866 Officers Roman and Burgess. 127 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:10,001 - They're active cops, they're gonna have complaint reports. 128 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:13,972 We have 42 hours to either charge or release Mr. Ellis. 129 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:16,074 - Yeah, I'm aware. 130 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,810 Feed you the info as I get it. 131 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:20,612 - I appreciate that, but because of the profile 132 00:06:20,614 --> 00:06:22,013 of the incident, we'll be doing 133 00:06:22,015 --> 00:06:24,683 a parallel and independent investigation. 134 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:27,819 My people are already talking to the victim. 135 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:30,422 - This is a clean shoot, Peter. 136 00:06:30,424 --> 00:06:31,823 - I sure hope so. 137 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:33,925 You get me those reports ASAP. 138 00:06:46,707 --> 00:06:49,841 I'm Detective Halstead, this is Detective Lindsay. 139 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:51,977 - They're saying Michael shot the police. 140 00:06:51,979 --> 00:06:53,445 - Yeah, he did. 141 00:06:53,447 --> 00:06:55,080 - That couldn't happen. It just couldn't. 142 00:06:55,082 --> 00:06:56,948 - That's what we're here to figure out. 143 00:06:56,950 --> 00:06:58,750 Does your son have access to a gun? 144 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:01,119 - No! No knife, no gun, no nothing. 145 00:07:01,121 --> 00:07:02,854 Not in my house. 146 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:04,489 - You have to believe us. 147 00:07:04,491 --> 00:07:07,192 Michael doesn't have a mean bone in his body. 148 00:07:07,194 --> 00:07:10,996 He's a Chicago Scholar. He's on the Honor Roll. 149 00:07:10,998 --> 00:07:14,433 - There's no way he could've done this. 150 00:07:14,435 --> 00:07:18,170 - My son didn't do this! [crying] 151 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:22,607 [whispering] He didn't do this. 152 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:37,722 - [gasps] 153 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:40,759 - It's okay. 154 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,200 - I'm sorry. 155 00:07:49,735 --> 00:07:52,204 - I'm all over the news. 156 00:07:52,206 --> 00:07:54,639 - Yeah, I know. 157 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:01,813 Kim... 158 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:07,619 I know you and I ended pretty rough, 159 00:08:07,621 --> 00:08:11,590 but, hey... 160 00:08:11,592 --> 00:08:13,959 I still care about you a lot 161 00:08:13,961 --> 00:08:15,560 and... 162 00:08:15,562 --> 00:08:18,163 if you need anything at all... 163 00:08:19,565 --> 00:08:22,234 I'm here. I got your back. 164 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:29,641 Okay? 165 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:39,651 - Tell us what happened, Michael. 166 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:43,555 - This guy ran around a corner. 167 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:45,524 Fired a gun a couple of times then ducked off 168 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:48,793 into a building like 20 feet from me. 169 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:51,096 I started to run 'cause this kid was shooting 170 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:54,766 and I didn't know what was going on. 171 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:56,935 Next thing I know, 172 00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:58,003 I hear this woman's voice yelling 173 00:08:58,005 --> 00:09:01,106 so I turned and ran. 174 00:09:01,108 --> 00:09:04,543 Then it felt like I got punched hard in the back. 175 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:09,681 That's all I remember. 176 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:17,022 Now they telling me I might never walk again. 177 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:18,156 - [whispers] Oh, God. 178 00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:21,259 [crying] My baby. 179 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:28,867 - Michael, did you have a gun? 180 00:09:28,869 --> 00:09:30,201 - No. 181 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:32,203 - What were you doing down by the water? 182 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:35,240 This girl I've been seeing, she broke up with me. 183 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:38,043 I just wanted to be alone. 184 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:43,348 That lady cop... 185 00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:45,650 shot the wrong guy. 186 00:09:54,894 --> 00:09:57,629 - We finished the IPR, separated by family members, 187 00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:59,831 known associates, neighbors, and schools. 188 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:02,200 We did not find one witness who would say 189 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:03,868 this kid was anything but an Eagle Scout. 190 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:05,370 - Gang Investigation says they don't have him 191 00:10:05,372 --> 00:10:06,705 affiliated with anyone. 192 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,206 Not one gang card or disbursal on him. 193 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:10,809 - Gunshot residue test on Ellis came back inconclusive, 194 00:10:10,811 --> 00:10:12,944 because of the water he fell into. 195 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:16,047 [phone rings] 196 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:20,185 Patel. Yes, sir. 197 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:23,888 Okay. 198 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:25,991 Boss needs an update. 199 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,332 He's on his way. 200 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,334 - No weapon. 201 00:10:36,336 --> 00:10:38,703 No continuous line of sight. 202 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:41,673 No independent witnesses to any part of it. 203 00:10:43,009 --> 00:10:45,944 What do we have? - Officer Burgess. 204 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:49,347 - We actually have more evidence against her than Ellis. 205 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:51,049 - She made a positive ID. 206 00:10:51,051 --> 00:10:54,819 - The single most unreliable type of ID: eyewitnesses. 207 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:57,889 - Oh, come on, we all know what happened that night. 208 00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:00,091 The other guy Ellis said was shooting? 209 00:11:00,093 --> 00:11:01,726 He's not on any cameras. 210 00:11:01,728 --> 00:11:04,062 And the building he supposedly ran into? 211 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:06,331 One door, triple locked from the inside. 212 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:08,433 Houdini couldn't have gotten in. 213 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:12,837 - No gun. Shot in the back. 214 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:17,208 You rush to edict this kid and we get it wrong... 215 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:20,779 This city's gonna explode. 216 00:11:28,954 --> 00:11:31,056 - You know what I can't figure out? 217 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:36,094 Is why Ellis did it. 218 00:11:36,096 --> 00:11:38,196 It doesn't add up. 219 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:41,399 How do you graduate from having no priors 220 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:43,368 to trying to kill two cops? 221 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:45,470 - We may never know. 222 00:11:46,739 --> 00:11:48,473 - I need to know. 223 00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:52,143 in the case to bring charges. - Don't tell me. Don't tell me. 224 00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:53,878 - Michael Ellis is free to go home 225 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,280 once he's discharged from Med. - You're making a mistake. 226 00:11:55,282 --> 00:11:59,084 - Don't blow smoke up my ass. You caved. 227 00:11:59,086 --> 00:12:02,053 This case is gonna get shoved in a file cabinet somewhere. 228 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:03,722 - That's where you're wrong. 229 00:12:03,724 --> 00:12:05,256 Someone's getting charged. 230 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:07,358 I just don't know who yet. 231 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:12,964 - [sighs] 232 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:18,303 - [sighs] - You called me in, Sarge? 233 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:25,744 - [exhales, clears throat] 234 00:12:25,746 --> 00:12:27,445 "Officer Burgess, you have been 235 00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:29,948 "officially relieved of your police powers and duties 236 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:32,016 "pending separation from this department. 237 00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:35,086 "You no longer have the authority to carry a weapon. 238 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,088 "If you on-view any criminal acts 239 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:40,291 "you must call 911 and take no police action. 240 00:12:40,293 --> 00:12:42,894 "Did you clearly and intelligently understand 241 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:44,963 each and every one of these orders?" 242 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:51,469 - Yes. 243 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:02,781 [protesters chanting] Hands up, don't shoot! 244 00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:04,149 Hands up, don't shoot! 245 00:13:04,151 --> 00:13:07,185 Hands up, don't shoot! Hands up, don't shoot! 246 00:13:07,187 --> 00:13:10,088 Hands up, don't shoot! Hands up, don't shoot! 247 00:13:10,090 --> 00:13:12,991 - Another unarmed black man shot in Chicago! 248 00:13:12,993 --> 00:13:14,793 Shot in the back too. [chanting continues] 249 00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:16,227 Tell me something, brother, 250 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:18,797 you like shooting at your own people? 251 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:20,865 - Really? 252 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:22,400 Watch yourself, man. - What you 'gon do? 253 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:25,103 [chanting continues] Hands up, don't shoot! 254 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:28,006 Hands up, don't shoot! Hands up, don't shoot! 255 00:13:28,008 --> 00:13:31,009 [dramatic music] 256 00:13:31,011 --> 00:13:34,412 ♪ 257 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:37,415 - Hey. Got here as fast as we could. 258 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:39,417 - Called in some more hands. 259 00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:42,554 - The incident took place at 580 West Cermak street? 260 00:13:42,556 --> 00:13:44,022 - Correct. 261 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:46,324 - Isn't that... 262 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,426 three blocks off your assigned beat? 263 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:53,932 - We went on the zone, told dispatch 264 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,333 we were going down on a personal. 265 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:57,135 - Officer Burgess, did you notice anyone else 266 00:13:57,137 --> 00:13:59,270 walking around the area before the shooting? 267 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:01,406 - No. It's all in my report. 268 00:14:06,278 --> 00:14:09,914 - So how long had you been going out with Michael Ellis? 269 00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,449 - Few months. 270 00:14:11,451 --> 00:14:15,353 - But you're not together anymore? 271 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:18,056 - No, ma'am. 272 00:14:18,058 --> 00:14:19,924 - Why'd you guys break up? 273 00:14:19,926 --> 00:14:22,126 - I told him we needed to slow it down. 274 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:24,095 I didn't mean for him to take it that way. 275 00:14:24,097 --> 00:14:28,032 - What way? - Like we were over. 276 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:30,134 I told him that. 277 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:34,639 - You and Michael Ellis worked together, right? 278 00:14:34,641 --> 00:14:36,207 - Yeah. - What kind of kid is he? 279 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,542 - I don't know. 280 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:40,278 - We're not here about a stolen purse, Mr. Kelton, 281 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,646 a police officer was shot. 282 00:14:41,648 --> 00:14:44,015 If you have information, you need to tell us. 283 00:14:44,017 --> 00:14:46,451 - Wish I could help. 284 00:14:46,453 --> 00:14:48,453 - Have you ever been in jail, Mr. Kelton? 285 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:50,054 - Juvie. Nothing since. 286 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:52,156 - You want to go back? - For what? 287 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:54,259 - It's called hindering a prosecution. 288 00:14:54,261 --> 00:14:56,361 Three to five. 289 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:00,999 - Okay. 290 00:15:01,001 --> 00:15:04,535 On Friday, Mike was all agitated. 291 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:08,373 And then he just started ranting about-- 292 00:15:08,375 --> 00:15:10,909 about Chicago cops. 293 00:15:10,911 --> 00:15:13,278 - What about Chicago cops? 294 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,346 - Said they were out of control. 295 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:18,583 That no one ever did anything it. 296 00:15:23,222 --> 00:15:25,189 - Well, I got something. 297 00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:26,591 Michael Ellis, his Instagram account, 298 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:28,192 he deleted it a day before the shooting. 299 00:15:28,194 --> 00:15:29,460 - Right. 300 00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:31,529 - I pulled this off the girlfriend's account. 301 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:40,004 - Honor student my ass. 302 00:15:40,006 --> 00:15:41,272 [crowd chanting] Hands up, don't shoot! 303 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:43,107 Hands up, don't shoot! - Get out front 304 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:45,109 and set a parameter with the blue horses, 305 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,345 and, remember, everyone has a camera phone 306 00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:50,315 and they're all looking to get on CNN. Go. 307 00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,083 Hank? - Yeah? 308 00:15:52,085 --> 00:15:54,152 - Just got a call from a guy who lives in the building 309 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:56,955 near where Ellis got shot. He says he has video. 310 00:15:56,957 --> 00:15:58,022 [crowd chanting] Hands up, don't shoot! 311 00:15:58,024 --> 00:16:01,159 [computer keys clacking] 312 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:06,197 - Yeah? - Atwater, Olinsky. CPD. 313 00:16:06,199 --> 00:16:08,299 - Okay, great, so here's the deal. 314 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,467 Uh, some other cops came by 315 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:11,202 the night after that kid got shot. 316 00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:12,503 I said I wasn't home that night, 317 00:16:12,505 --> 00:16:14,172 so I didn't see anything, 318 00:16:14,174 --> 00:16:16,341 but I've got a security camera in my window 319 00:16:16,343 --> 00:16:19,110 pointing down on the street because my car was broken into. 320 00:16:19,112 --> 00:16:22,413 - Which you just forgot about? - Honestly, slipped my mind. 321 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:24,148 Until this morning when my computer asked me 322 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:25,316 if I wanted to delete some footage. 323 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:27,185 It's set to do that once a month. 324 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:29,554 - All right, how about we look at the video? 325 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:34,225 - My buddy said I could sell this for major cash. 326 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:36,728 - You want to obstruct an active investigation? 327 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:42,200 - Got it. 328 00:16:44,536 --> 00:16:47,538 [monitors beeping] 329 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:50,541 [somber music] 330 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:58,649 ♪ 331 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:08,059 [cell phone vibrates] 332 00:17:10,629 --> 00:17:12,730 - Stone. 333 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:21,572 That's our gun. 334 00:17:21,574 --> 00:17:23,775 - Hell yes, that's our gun. 335 00:17:23,777 --> 00:17:28,079 - Private security camera overlooking the waterfront. 336 00:17:30,249 --> 00:17:32,083 - Good. 337 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:37,622 - We just brought this up. Found it 20 feet out. 338 00:17:37,624 --> 00:17:39,824 - After conducting an independent, 339 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:43,628 thorough investigation of all the evidence 340 00:17:43,630 --> 00:17:48,332 at this time we announce the indictment of Michael Ellis... 341 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:50,468 [crowd overlapping groaning] For the attempted murder 342 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:52,336 of Officer Sean Roman 343 00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:56,641 and Officer Kim Burgess on April the 11th, 2016. 344 00:17:56,643 --> 00:17:58,276 - Let's go. Come on. 345 00:17:58,278 --> 00:18:01,412 [crowd indistinct yelling] 346 00:18:09,521 --> 00:18:12,490 - Union take care of you? 347 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:13,858 - Yeah. 348 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:18,763 The department put me in an administrative spot. 349 00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:21,132 Platt says it's like a time out. 350 00:18:21,134 --> 00:18:23,568 - It's full pay. Union stepped up. 351 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:32,210 - I got the right guy. 352 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:34,245 He had white Nikes on, okay? 353 00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:36,114 And when I got out of the car and I started running, 354 00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:38,349 I saw how white they were against the street. 355 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:41,619 Just-- 356 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:43,421 That just hit me last night in bed. 357 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,356 That Michael Ellis, he had them on too. 358 00:18:45,358 --> 00:18:47,825 - Kim...that guy tried to kill us. 359 00:18:47,827 --> 00:18:50,528 You chased him down, you dropped his ass. 360 00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:52,763 I don't care what anybody else is saying, 361 00:18:52,765 --> 00:18:55,433 this is coming from your partner. 362 00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:57,235 You saved the lives of who knows how many 363 00:18:57,237 --> 00:19:00,338 other cops out there, that son of a bitch gotten away. 364 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:02,440 You did the right thing. 365 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,510 - Okay. 366 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,516 - Thank you very much. 367 00:19:11,518 --> 00:19:14,185 Shambala. - Peter. 368 00:19:14,187 --> 00:19:16,821 - How's Ted? - He's retiring next month. 369 00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:18,923 - That's great! - [chuckles] No, it's not. 370 00:19:18,925 --> 00:19:21,659 I want that man working. I am not going down 371 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,761 to a one-income family. 372 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:25,863 - That Cartier you wear tells me otherwise. 373 00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:27,365 - It's a fake, don't tell anyone. 374 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,667 - Yeah, right. - So what's the offer, huh? 375 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:32,503 Whenever you have an offer you meet me at this roach coach. 376 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:35,773 of the unluckiest man in the world? 377 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,909 It's a story about a kid who poses on Instagram 378 00:19:37,911 --> 00:19:39,510 with a silver Beretta, 379 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,512 who wears the exact same clothes as a cop shooter, 380 00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:43,748 and then gets caught on video 381 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:45,283 tossing said gun into the river. 382 00:19:45,285 --> 00:19:48,653 - [chuckles] Do you read the papers? 383 00:19:48,655 --> 00:19:51,455 We all love Michael. 384 00:19:51,457 --> 00:19:53,791 - He loses at trial, he could get 80. 385 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,493 - That kid is not getting convicted 386 00:19:55,495 --> 00:19:57,228 by a jury in this city. 387 00:19:57,230 --> 00:19:59,564 Maybe two years ago. 388 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:01,332 Not today. 389 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:07,238 - Why are we no further on motive? 390 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,507 Ellis told his co-worker he had it out for cops 391 00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:13,444 - And don't tell me the state only has to prove 392 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:14,946 the act not the reason. 393 00:20:14,948 --> 00:20:17,615 I've never seen one jury come back guilty 394 00:20:17,617 --> 00:20:19,417 when we don't show motive. 395 00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:20,785 People want to know why. 396 00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:22,787 It's got to make sense. 397 00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:25,756 Kid doesn't shoot into a cop car just for the hell of it. 398 00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:27,258 [knock at door] 399 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:28,859 - Enhanced POD video is finally back. 400 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:30,962 - And please tell me we can see Ellis' face. 401 00:20:30,964 --> 00:20:33,264 - Not quite. 402 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:37,568 [dramatic music] 403 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:41,772 ♪ 404 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,841 - Are you kidding me? 405 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:50,781 - How long have you been screwing your partner? 406 00:20:50,783 --> 00:20:54,652 ♪ 407 00:20:54,654 --> 00:20:56,254 - Where'd you hear that? 408 00:20:56,256 --> 00:21:02,660 ♪ 409 00:21:02,662 --> 00:21:04,395 I don't know what-- I don't know what that has to do 410 00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:05,529 with someone attacking us. 411 00:21:05,531 --> 00:21:06,864 - Allow me to answer that question 412 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:08,933 as Ms. Green will. 413 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:10,735 When you shot Michael Ellis, were you thinking 414 00:21:10,737 --> 00:21:12,036 with your head or your crotch? 415 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:14,272 - [shouts] We were fired on! 416 00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:15,773 We were! 417 00:21:16,808 --> 00:21:18,876 - Officer Burgess... 418 00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:20,778 I am devoting a lot of our resources 419 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:24,482 to essentially defend you. 420 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:27,518 Which I am ready to do... 421 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,053 But I need to know... 422 00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:31,389 are there anymore trap doors out there 423 00:21:31,391 --> 00:21:33,491 waiting for us? - No. 424 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,694 I reacted as I was trained. 425 00:21:36,696 --> 00:21:43,367 ♪ 426 00:21:43,369 --> 00:21:45,469 - Okay. 427 00:21:49,007 --> 00:21:57,315 ♪ 428 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:13,564 - We love you, Michael! [overlapping shouts from crowd] 429 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:14,765 - All right, quiet. [gavel pounds] 430 00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:17,535 Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! 431 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,670 [crowd dies down] 432 00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:23,441 I know this is an emotional time for all of us. 433 00:22:23,443 --> 00:22:26,844 But this court must have a level of decorum 434 00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:28,946 and respect for all sides. 435 00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:32,650 Please be seated. 436 00:22:37,556 --> 00:22:38,689 - Mr. Royal, would you please state 437 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:42,793 - I'm a firearms examiner for the Illinois State Police. 438 00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:44,061 - Do you recognize this weapon? 439 00:22:44,063 --> 00:22:46,964 - Yes, it's a stainless steel Beretta 92. 440 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:48,499 - And you did the ballistics testing 441 00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:51,001 on this gun, People's exhibit 10? 442 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,803 - I did. The fired evidence 443 00:22:52,805 --> 00:22:55,072 from the crime scene came from this gun. 444 00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:57,041 - So this gun, found in the river, 445 00:22:57,043 --> 00:23:00,745 is the same gun that shot Officer Roman? 446 00:23:00,747 --> 00:23:02,980 - Correct. - Hmm. 447 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:08,419 Can you determine from this photo, 448 00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:09,820 People's exhibit 11, 449 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:12,390 the make of the gun Michael Ellis is holding here? 450 00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:15,025 - That is stainless steel Beretta 92. 451 00:23:16,428 --> 00:23:18,796 - A stainless steel Beretta 92. 452 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:23,067 No more questions. 453 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:24,935 - As you sit here today, Mr. Royal, 454 00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:27,772 can you testify that you know 455 00:23:27,774 --> 00:23:31,075 that the gun Mr. Ellis is indeed holding in this photo 456 00:23:31,077 --> 00:23:33,577 is the same gun that was used 457 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:36,147 in the crime? - No, I cannot. 458 00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:39,183 - No further questions. 459 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:45,656 - I found the gun in, probably, a foot of silt right there. 460 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:47,057 - Mm-hmm. Parallel from where 461 00:23:47,059 --> 00:23:48,993 Michael Ellis fell in this diagram, 462 00:23:48,995 --> 00:23:51,962 People's exhibit 23? - Yes. 463 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:54,765 - And how far out from the shore did you find the gun? 464 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,467 - About 20 feet? - Throwing distance? 465 00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:57,868 - Objection. - Sustained. 466 00:23:57,870 --> 00:23:59,703 - No further questions. 467 00:24:01,206 --> 00:24:03,808 - You testified earlier that you had the camera 468 00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:06,210 installed because your car had been broken into? 469 00:24:06,212 --> 00:24:07,545 - That's right. 470 00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:08,846 - Did you catch the perpetrators? 471 00:24:08,848 --> 00:24:10,181 - Chicago PD did, yes. 472 00:24:10,183 --> 00:24:11,816 - The two men who broke into your car, 473 00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:14,652 they were African-American, correct? 474 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:16,687 - Objection. Irrelevant and immaterial. 475 00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:17,822 - Sustained. 476 00:24:17,824 --> 00:24:20,090 Mr. Cade, what do you do for a living? 477 00:24:20,092 --> 00:24:21,692 - I'm a graphic designer. 478 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:24,695 - So you create images in your computer? 479 00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:26,764 - Yes. - You also manipulate images 480 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:29,133 in a computer? - [chuckles] I guess. 481 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:32,002 - Have you ever manipulated video in a computer? 482 00:24:32,004 --> 00:24:33,804 - Well, not this one. - That's not what I asked you. 483 00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:35,973 Have you ever manipulated 484 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:40,177 video in a computer? - Yes. 485 00:24:40,179 --> 00:24:43,481 - Okay, I'd like to direct your attention to-- 486 00:24:43,483 --> 00:24:45,983 to the monitor, please. 487 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:49,720 Is this the video caught by your security camera? 488 00:24:49,722 --> 00:24:51,822 - Yes. 489 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:57,695 Wait, there's no gun! - Objection, 490 00:24:57,697 --> 00:24:59,096 that's not the video entered into evidence. 491 00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:00,698 - Sustained. - That's because it's a fake. 492 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:03,567 I had a graphic designer remove the silver flash 493 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:05,803 just to prove how easy it is to manipulate video. 494 00:25:05,805 --> 00:25:07,204 It took less than an hour. 495 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:09,640 - This is completely improper and she knows it. 496 00:25:09,642 --> 00:25:13,110 - Ms. Green, not only am I gonna sustain the objection, 497 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:14,712 but I'm also going to instruct the jury 498 00:25:14,714 --> 00:25:17,248 to ignore what they've just seen as it's a violation 499 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:19,617 of the rules of evidence. 500 00:25:19,619 --> 00:25:21,719 - My apologies to the court. 501 00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:23,821 No further questions. 502 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,694 - Find a way to shut this down. 503 00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:32,263 - If we do that, we might as well shut down the office. 504 00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:35,232 You can't shoot the police and we know he's the shooter. 505 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:38,135 - Beyond Chicago's reasonable doubt? 506 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:41,171 - [sighs] 507 00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:43,173 - You do realize 508 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:46,577 that I'm the black State's Attorney of Cook County? 509 00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:49,246 - I do. - And that as a public employee 510 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:51,715 if Michael Ellis is acquitted, 511 00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:53,584 you come in to work the next morning, 512 00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:56,253 start a new case, while I, an elected official, 513 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:59,189 am voted out of office come November. 514 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,962 - I'm not gonna lose. 515 00:26:06,865 --> 00:26:08,966 - Don't. 516 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:18,676 [overlapping shouting] 517 00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:21,145 [crowd chanting] We want justice! 518 00:26:21,147 --> 00:26:23,914 We want justice! We want justice! 519 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:26,951 We want justice! - Kim, remember... 520 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:28,352 you keep your head up. 521 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:30,955 You look the defense attorney's right in the eye. 522 00:26:30,957 --> 00:26:34,858 - Burgess... 523 00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:36,961 I'm really proud of you. 524 00:26:36,963 --> 00:26:37,962 [crowd chanting] We want justice! 525 00:26:37,964 --> 00:26:40,698 We want justice! We want justice! 526 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,132 - Ready Kim? 527 00:26:42,134 --> 00:26:43,601 [chanting continues] 528 00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:45,235 - Yeah. 529 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:51,342 [overlapping shouting] 530 00:26:51,344 --> 00:26:54,345 [dramatic music] 531 00:26:54,347 --> 00:27:02,386 ♪ 532 00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:05,689 [chanting continues] 533 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:28,646 - What are these, Officer Burgess? 534 00:27:28,648 --> 00:27:30,748 - Commendations for bravery. 535 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:33,150 - And why did you receive, say, this one? 536 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:36,120 - My partner and I rescued a young boy 537 00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:38,756 from where he was imprisoned in his basement. 538 00:27:38,758 --> 00:27:40,858 His own mother had held him there for years. 539 00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:42,059 - And the other one? 540 00:27:42,061 --> 00:27:43,727 - That's the Lambert Tree award. 541 00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:45,829 Um, I was shot in the line of duty 542 00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:48,098 while knocking on a door on a routine call. 543 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,967 I took a shotgun blast to the head, neck, 544 00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:53,170 - Shot in the line of duty and you came back to work 545 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:55,305 and went back on patrol? - Yes. 546 00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:57,675 As soon as I could. 547 00:27:57,677 --> 00:27:59,943 On the side of our squad it says, very simply, 548 00:27:59,945 --> 00:28:02,413 "We serve and protect." And that's why I do this job. 549 00:28:02,415 --> 00:28:04,148 - The side of the squad car that Michael Ellis 550 00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:05,282 shot five bullets through? 551 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,751 - Objection. - Sustained. 552 00:28:07,753 --> 00:28:09,086 - No further questions. 553 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:23,934 - Officer Burgess... 554 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:27,938 How long have you and your partner, Sean Roman, 555 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:30,307 been in a sexual relationship? 556 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:39,016 - Officer Roman and I had just begun to see each other. 557 00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:41,285 - Just who were you "serving and protecting" 558 00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:45,789 when you were stroking your partner's neck? 559 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:48,158 Would you say that your... 560 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,394 intimate relationship with Officer Roman 561 00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:52,362 clouded your judgment? - No. 562 00:28:52,364 --> 00:28:53,864 - Would you say that your intimate relationship 563 00:28:53,866 --> 00:28:56,333 with Officer Roman caused you to panic 564 00:28:56,335 --> 00:28:57,935 after he was shot? - No. 565 00:28:57,937 --> 00:28:59,169 - Would you say that your intimate relationship 566 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:01,138 with Officer Roman caused you to shoot 567 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:03,240 the first black man you came across? 568 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:06,009 Nearly unloading your weapon... 569 00:29:06,011 --> 00:29:07,745 - Objection! - Into his back-- 570 00:29:07,747 --> 00:29:09,179 - Badgering, inflammatory, and counsel is testifying! 571 00:29:09,181 --> 00:29:12,116 - Sustained. - I'll restate, Your Honor. 572 00:29:12,118 --> 00:29:14,084 Ms. Burgess, 573 00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:16,186 what was the man who shot your lover wearing 574 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:18,122 when you first saw him? - Objection. 575 00:29:18,124 --> 00:29:19,923 Improper characterization. - Sustained. 576 00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:22,226 - Apologies. What was the man who shot 577 00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:24,428 your partner wearing? 578 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:27,164 - A dark hoodie, jeans, white Nike shoes. 579 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,398 - The same ones that are worn 580 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,269 by 15,000 urban youth in Chicago. 581 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:33,937 - Yes, because they wear the same clothes 582 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:35,873 to make it harder for police to identify them. 583 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:37,975 - Hard to identify? 584 00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:47,050 No further questions. 585 00:29:47,052 --> 00:29:50,053 [dramatic music] 586 00:29:50,055 --> 00:29:58,162 ♪ 587 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,967 - That video kicked us in the balls, huh? 588 00:30:03,969 --> 00:30:06,069 - Yeah, dirty pool. 589 00:30:07,172 --> 00:30:09,273 - We're gonna get through it, right? 590 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:16,914 - So where are you on all this? 591 00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:18,215 - [sighs] 592 00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:22,886 I was black before I put this badge on. 593 00:30:22,888 --> 00:30:24,988 I'll be black after I take it off. 594 00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:29,459 Bottom line is that kid shot at my friends. 595 00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:33,497 Might as well have shot me. 596 00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:40,904 - But why did he? 597 00:30:40,906 --> 00:30:42,306 I can put him at the scene. 598 00:30:42,308 --> 00:30:43,574 I can put the gun in his hand 599 00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:46,243 and that's enough, but I still don't get why. 600 00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:52,482 'Cause I look in Ellis' eyes and I see what the jury sees: 601 00:30:52,484 --> 00:30:55,052 someone's son. 602 00:30:55,054 --> 00:30:57,154 Not an attempted cop killer. 603 00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:03,994 What is it? 604 00:31:03,996 --> 00:31:06,096 - I think we got motive. 605 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:09,399 - Location of the incident 606 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,435 is five miles away from Ellis' house. 607 00:31:11,437 --> 00:31:13,070 If he liked walking by the river or lake so much, 608 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:16,540 The south branch is less than four blocks from his house. 609 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:18,342 Ellis had a wallet the night he was shot 610 00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:20,611 which was inventoried. Inside there was a CTA pass 611 00:31:20,613 --> 00:31:22,312 which he didn't use the night of the shooting, 612 00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:24,248 so we couldn't build a time line of where he was 613 00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:26,049 prior to the incident. - Then we ran his CTA card 614 00:31:26,051 --> 00:31:27,918 for historical information. 615 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,887 Lo and behold Ellis visited that same location 616 00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:32,322 of the shooting 16 times over the last four years. 617 00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:34,391 - So we ran everyone that was arrested in the area 618 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:38,462 - Could you just tell us what you found, please? 619 00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:41,365 - Dewan Motley. - Who's Dewan Motley? 620 00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:44,067 - May I? 621 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:45,969 He was a live-in boyfriend 622 00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:48,005 of one of Ellis' aunts. 623 00:31:50,041 --> 00:31:53,577 Basically, a whole lot went down between Dewan Motley 624 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:57,281 and the CPD at this exact same location 625 00:31:57,283 --> 00:32:00,083 six years ago. 626 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:02,119 I'll keep digging around. 627 00:32:02,121 --> 00:32:03,520 See if anyone close to Motley-- 628 00:32:03,522 --> 00:32:04,988 - No, no. Thanks for coming down 629 00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:07,424 and briefing us. Intelligence has to stay away 630 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:08,692 at this point. - How's that? 631 00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:10,394 - Green's running a reasonable doubt defense 632 00:32:10,396 --> 00:32:11,995 and she's gonna bury us if we give her 633 00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:14,097 anymore conflicts of interest. 634 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,368 - You gonna be able to close on this, kid? 635 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:21,505 - I think you know I'm able, Sergeant. 636 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:25,575 - Except when you put me away 637 00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:28,111 you had this, kind of, world-beater look in your eye. 638 00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:29,546 I'm not seeing it right now, Peter. 639 00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:32,582 - That's because the case on you was a slam dunk. 640 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:40,991 - That look. 641 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:47,197 [crowd chanting indistinctly] 642 00:32:49,701 --> 00:32:52,703 [dramatic music] 643 00:32:52,705 --> 00:33:01,044 ♪ 644 00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:34,177 - Sergeant Voight isn't here. 645 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:36,279 - I actually came here to talk to you. 646 00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:38,749 - Back here. 647 00:33:38,751 --> 00:33:41,018 - Dewan Motley from six years ago. 648 00:33:41,020 --> 00:33:42,486 You were the desk sergeant on duty that night. 649 00:33:42,488 --> 00:33:44,254 - I was? - The arresting officer, 650 00:33:44,256 --> 00:33:47,090 Ed Braymer, what kind of officer was he? 651 00:33:47,092 --> 00:33:50,160 - Old-school. Very old-school. 652 00:33:51,729 --> 00:33:53,764 Not my kind of cop, to be honest. 653 00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:58,435 - Racist? 654 00:33:58,437 --> 00:34:00,570 Off the record. 655 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,141 - Yeah, he was. 656 00:34:05,443 --> 00:34:07,511 Does this have to do with Michael Ellis? 657 00:34:07,513 --> 00:34:08,645 - Maybe. 658 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:11,081 - It doesn't change the facts of the case. 659 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,750 - I'm not talking to you as a prosecutor right now, Trudy. 660 00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:16,186 Nothing excuses what Michael did that night. 661 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:19,489 But I think you helped me figure out 662 00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:20,791 what put that gun in his hand. 663 00:34:20,793 --> 00:34:23,760 [dramatic music] 664 00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:27,064 ♪ 665 00:34:27,066 --> 00:34:37,140 - Defense calls Michael Ellis to the stand. 666 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:55,092 Michael... do you own a gun? 667 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:56,626 - No, ma'am. 668 00:34:56,628 --> 00:34:58,228 - Then why did you post a picture of yourself 669 00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:00,097 holding a gun? 670 00:35:00,099 --> 00:35:01,698 - It was stupid. 671 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,800 - Please tell us. 672 00:35:07,171 --> 00:35:08,538 - I was dating Penny 673 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:11,741 and I got it stuck in my head 674 00:35:11,743 --> 00:35:13,610 that she wanted someone, you know... 675 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:16,246 tougher. 676 00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:19,449 In fact, I'd seen her talking to some guys who were in gangs. 677 00:35:19,451 --> 00:35:22,252 I was at this party and this older guy had a gun. 678 00:35:22,254 --> 00:35:24,521 He was showing it off. So I was like, "Yo, 679 00:35:24,523 --> 00:35:26,356 "let me take a photo to, you know, 680 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:30,327 try to impress this girl." 681 00:35:30,329 --> 00:35:33,630 That gun was in my hands for, like, ten seconds. 682 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:35,499 That was it. 683 00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:37,634 I gave it back. 684 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:39,736 I've never even shot a gun. 685 00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,840 - No further questions. 686 00:35:50,681 --> 00:35:53,416 - Who's Dewan Motley? 687 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:07,764 - My uncle. 688 00:36:07,766 --> 00:36:10,300 Well, he's-- he's not really my uncle. 689 00:36:10,302 --> 00:36:12,536 - The longtime boyfriend of your aunt, correct? 690 00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:15,372 - Yes. 691 00:36:15,374 --> 00:36:17,607 - Tell us about him. 692 00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:19,609 - He was a good man. 693 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:21,611 - Is it true he was arrested six years ago 694 00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:23,380 for drunk and disorderly... 695 00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:24,681 and while resisting that arrest, 696 00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:26,816 he caught the arresting officer off balance, 697 00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:29,653 hit him, and caused him to hit his head? 698 00:36:29,655 --> 00:36:31,188 Put that officer in a coma? 699 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:32,322 - Objection, Your Honor. - And it doesn't look like-- 700 00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:33,857 - Overruled. - It doesn't look like 701 00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:36,259 he's gonna wake up ever. 702 00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:39,729 Is that correct? 703 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:42,499 - Dewan wasn't doing anything wrong. 704 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:43,934 - Do you remember where the incident took place? 705 00:36:43,936 --> 00:36:46,436 Where your uncle was arrested? 706 00:36:46,438 --> 00:36:47,871 - No. - It was the same street-- 707 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:49,639 same corner... 708 00:36:49,641 --> 00:36:51,474 where Officer Roman was shot. 709 00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:54,644 - Okay. 710 00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:55,712 - Did you visit your uncle in jail? 711 00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:56,846 - Yes. - How many times? 712 00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,315 - I don't know. - 12. 713 00:36:58,317 --> 00:36:59,816 - Sidebar, Your Honor. 714 00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:03,687 State never disclosed this. 715 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:05,355 This is a classic Brady violation. 716 00:37:05,357 --> 00:37:06,957 - It's newly discovered evidence and not exculpatory 717 00:37:06,959 --> 00:37:08,858 so it's not Brady and how can I disclose something 718 00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:09,993 when I don't even know they're going to call 719 00:37:09,995 --> 00:37:13,897 - All evidence incriminating defendant is prejudicial. 720 00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:15,599 Since when is motive not relevant? 721 00:37:15,601 --> 00:37:18,301 - This is a collateral issue. No bearing. 722 00:37:19,670 --> 00:37:21,638 - This is cross examination 723 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,541 and not exculpatory, Counselor. 724 00:37:24,543 --> 00:37:27,244 I'll allow it. Objection overruled. 725 00:37:27,246 --> 00:37:30,680 - How did Dewan Motley die, Michael? 726 00:37:30,682 --> 00:37:32,515 - He hung himself in prison. 727 00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:34,251 - After his last appeal was denied. 728 00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:35,485 - I guess. 729 00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:37,687 - How did that make you feel? 730 00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:39,689 - How do you think? 731 00:37:39,691 --> 00:37:42,325 - I'm asking you. 732 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:46,830 - I was angry. 733 00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:48,298 You would be too. 734 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,567 - When did he die? - I don't know for sure. 735 00:37:50,569 --> 00:37:52,002 - I'll tell you. 736 00:37:52,004 --> 00:37:54,004 It was the day before 737 00:37:54,006 --> 00:37:55,739 Officer Roman was shot. 738 00:37:57,375 --> 00:37:59,976 Michael, look at me. 739 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:02,279 Michael... 740 00:38:03,914 --> 00:38:05,448 your girlfriend broke up with you 741 00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:08,418 because you weren't "tough enough" 742 00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:11,755 and your uncle-- who's life was ruined by a cop, 743 00:38:11,757 --> 00:38:14,291 killed himself. 744 00:38:14,293 --> 00:38:16,660 This all within two days, correct? 745 00:38:19,063 --> 00:38:21,364 You didn't walk down to the river 746 00:38:21,366 --> 00:38:23,500 over a break up. 747 00:38:23,502 --> 00:38:26,002 You walked down there armed-- 748 00:38:26,004 --> 00:38:28,538 to the same location your uncle was arrested, 749 00:38:28,540 --> 00:38:30,507 to prove you were tough. 750 00:38:30,509 --> 00:38:32,842 To get revenge for your uncle. 751 00:38:32,844 --> 00:38:34,511 - Objection, Your Honor! - Sustained. 752 00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:36,680 - Dewan just wanted an explanation! 753 00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:41,017 It was that cop's fault that he's dead! 754 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,019 - And you went down to the river to get revenge, 755 00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:44,621 didn't you? 756 00:38:44,623 --> 00:38:46,856 You went down there, Michael, to kill a cop... 757 00:38:46,858 --> 00:38:48,024 - Objection, Your Honor! - Right? 758 00:38:48,026 --> 00:38:50,593 - Counsel is testifying! - Enough! 759 00:38:50,595 --> 00:38:53,596 [dramatic music] 760 00:38:53,598 --> 00:39:01,738 ♪ 761 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:13,049 - [exhales sharply] 762 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:25,762 - Peter. - Shambala. 763 00:39:25,764 --> 00:39:28,064 - Look at this. You got me eating carbs. 764 00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:30,467 - If it's any comfort, I housed a whole pint 765 00:39:30,469 --> 00:39:32,869 of Haagen-Dazs last night. 766 00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:35,071 - Aggravated battery with a firearm. 767 00:39:35,073 --> 00:39:36,906 Served as a juvenile. 768 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:41,010 - No way. - I'm only gonna offer it once. 769 00:39:41,012 --> 00:39:43,580 - You ever had an innocent client, Shambala? 770 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:49,686 - I've had hundreds who were not guilty. 771 00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,632 - No. 772 00:40:02,634 --> 00:40:04,501 - We should take it, Peter. 773 00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:05,935 - It's been three days. 774 00:40:05,937 --> 00:40:07,070 If the jury was going to acquit, 775 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:08,805 they'd be back already and Green knows it. 776 00:40:08,807 --> 00:40:11,808 - And you never seen a case go sideways at the last minute? 777 00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:13,943 - He could be out in four years. 778 00:40:13,945 --> 00:40:15,578 - And he would have admitted his guilt 779 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:17,747 and this will be over. 780 00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:19,949 [sighs] 781 00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:21,751 Do you really want to put this city 782 00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:23,853 through this again if the jury hangs? 783 00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:32,929 - Only if Burgess and Roman sign off on it. 784 00:40:43,774 --> 00:40:46,843 - Absolutely not. - [sighs] 785 00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:50,613 - What? Do you think you should do this? 786 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,584 - I see it's merits. 787 00:40:54,586 --> 00:40:56,586 - [sighs] 788 00:40:56,588 --> 00:40:58,588 Then he needs to admit he lied in open court. 789 00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:00,990 - It's nolo contendere. 790 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:04,194 He won't dispute the charges. That's it. 791 00:41:04,196 --> 00:41:06,629 - Can we at least get an apology? 792 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:09,098 To the CPD? - It's not gonna happen. 793 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,100 - So the next guy that shoots a cop 794 00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:12,702 thinks all he'll get is four years? 795 00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:13,870 - Sean, he may be acquitted. 796 00:41:13,872 --> 00:41:15,672 That's the risk we're taking here. 797 00:41:15,674 --> 00:41:17,774 Or, almost worse, the jury may be hung. 798 00:41:24,615 --> 00:41:26,483 - It's up to Sean. 799 00:41:26,485 --> 00:41:28,685 He's the one who got shot. 800 00:41:34,024 --> 00:41:37,527 - We're all sleeping in our own beds tonight. 801 00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:39,629 Let the city sleep too. 802 00:41:51,909 --> 00:41:54,911 [gentle music] 803 00:41:54,913 --> 00:42:03,052 ♪ 804 00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:20,003 . 805 00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:23,072 [dramatic music] 806 00:42:23,074 --> 00:42:31,180 ♪