1 00:00:10,227 --> 00:00:11,837 NOPD! 2 00:00:11,881 --> 00:00:14,057 [gunfire]LAUGHTON: Officer down. 3 00:00:14,101 --> 00:00:16,494 TAYLOR: Mark Palmer, a 12-year veteran of the NOPD. 4 00:00:16,538 --> 00:00:20,629 The D.A. is taking a fresh look into some excessive force cases. 5 00:00:20,672 --> 00:00:23,327 This is the first time I've ever had the mayor get involved. 6 00:00:23,371 --> 00:00:25,460 Not trying to step on any toes.You can step on anything you want 7 00:00:25,503 --> 00:00:27,070 if it helps me get to the truth. 8 00:00:27,114 --> 00:00:28,811 Then these cops show up out of nowhere, 9 00:00:28,854 --> 00:00:30,682 started beating the hell out of me. 10 00:00:30,726 --> 00:00:32,423 PRIDE: These three guys had multiple complaints 11 00:00:32,467 --> 00:00:34,512 filed against them over the years. 12 00:00:34,556 --> 00:00:37,254 This is starting to soundlike it wasn't just a random cop killing. 13 00:00:37,298 --> 00:00:39,343 These last few months have been rough on her.Seeing Loretta 14 00:00:39,387 --> 00:00:41,171 struggle like this makes me wonder 15 00:00:41,215 --> 00:00:43,565 how any of us are gonna get through it. 16 00:00:43,608 --> 00:00:45,871 HANNAH: NOPD spotted the man who killed Officer Palmer. 17 00:00:45,915 --> 00:00:48,091 Yeah, I was in fear for my life, so I took appropriate action. 18 00:00:48,135 --> 00:00:50,311 HANNAH: We're too late, Pride.BLAKELY: None of this 19 00:00:50,354 --> 00:00:51,355 has anything to do with you. 20 00:00:51,399 --> 00:00:52,574 You abuse the badge 21 00:00:52,617 --> 00:00:54,532 and that reflects on all of us who wear it. 22 00:00:54,576 --> 00:00:55,881 So get ready. 23 00:00:55,925 --> 00:00:57,274 I'm coming for you. 24 00:01:09,982 --> 00:01:11,767 World is falling apart, I'm telling you. 25 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:13,943 Walls are closing in.Relax, Lenny. 26 00:01:13,986 --> 00:01:16,511 Since when do cops investigate other cops for doing their jobs? 27 00:01:16,554 --> 00:01:18,382 Don't get emotional.Blakely, 28 00:01:18,426 --> 00:01:19,688 they're not gonna stop until they get us fired. 29 00:01:19,731 --> 00:01:21,168 Or sent to prison. 30 00:01:21,211 --> 00:01:22,995 No one's getting fired. No one's going to prison. 31 00:01:23,039 --> 00:01:24,649 You don't know that. 32 00:01:24,693 --> 00:01:25,650 Relax, Yates. 33 00:01:25,694 --> 00:01:27,087 I got some ideas. 34 00:01:47,194 --> 00:01:49,761 ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom 35 00:01:49,805 --> 00:01:52,373 ♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang 36 00:01:52,416 --> 00:01:54,853 ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom 37 00:01:54,897 --> 00:01:56,159 ♪ How, how, how, how 38 00:01:56,203 --> 00:01:58,553 ♪ Hey, hey 39 00:02:04,341 --> 00:02:05,777 ♪ You gotta come on. 40 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:11,305 Hey. You're back.CARTER: Yeah. 41 00:02:11,348 --> 00:02:13,002 Sounds like y'all had your hands full. 42 00:02:13,045 --> 00:02:15,570 Quentin Carter, meet Investigator Maya Hidalgo, 43 00:02:15,613 --> 00:02:17,354 NOPD Force Investigation Team. 44 00:02:17,398 --> 00:02:19,356 Yeah, I heard you got a bad cop problem. 45 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,316 More like bad cops.And another officer's dead because of it. 46 00:02:22,359 --> 00:02:24,709 Yeah. Why don't you fill him in? 47 00:02:25,841 --> 00:02:27,712 HIDALGO:Officer Mark Palmer was killed 48 00:02:27,756 --> 00:02:29,888 by career criminalLamont Russell on what was 49 00:02:29,932 --> 00:02:31,760 a routine B and E call. 50 00:02:31,803 --> 00:02:33,283 But it's pretty clear Russell was coerced 51 00:02:33,327 --> 00:02:36,068 to kill the officer by DetectiveBlakely and Officer Yates. 52 00:02:36,112 --> 00:02:38,549 Which we can't prove sinceBlakely shot and killed Russell 53 00:02:38,593 --> 00:02:40,638 while he was supposedlythreatening his life. 54 00:02:40,682 --> 00:02:41,987 Do we know why Blakely and Yates 55 00:02:42,031 --> 00:02:43,206 would set Officer Palmer up? 56 00:02:43,250 --> 00:02:44,990 Palmer was gonna offer testimony 57 00:02:45,034 --> 00:02:47,254 on a series of excessive force complaints 58 00:02:47,297 --> 00:02:48,646 involving all three of them. 59 00:02:48,690 --> 00:02:49,821 Again, we can't prove that. 60 00:02:49,865 --> 00:02:51,040 He never said a word to anyone. 61 00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:52,520 Wasn't there another officer 62 00:02:52,563 --> 00:02:54,261 that heard what Palmer was gonna say? 63 00:02:54,304 --> 00:02:56,263 If there were, they wouldn't speak up. 64 00:02:56,306 --> 00:02:58,526 They're afraid of being blacklisted, harassed. 65 00:02:58,569 --> 00:03:00,919 Or killed. Just like Palmer. 66 00:03:00,963 --> 00:03:02,834 Yeah, no good deed goes unpunished, huh? 67 00:03:02,878 --> 00:03:04,271 HIDALGO:Face it all the time. 68 00:03:04,314 --> 00:03:06,534 It's why good cops don'tcross the thin blue line. 69 00:03:06,577 --> 00:03:08,492 And how bad cops stay protected. 70 00:03:08,536 --> 00:03:10,320 I'm being told to close the case. 71 00:03:10,364 --> 00:03:12,844 Well, we're not doing that. 72 00:03:12,888 --> 00:03:14,846 Palmer had something to share. 73 00:03:14,890 --> 00:03:17,284 Something worth killing him over, 74 00:03:17,327 --> 00:03:20,722 and when we find out what, these guys are going to jail. 75 00:03:20,765 --> 00:03:22,898 HIDALGO: They brutalized God knows how many people 76 00:03:22,941 --> 00:03:24,726 with excessive force. 77 00:03:24,769 --> 00:03:26,989 But even if we got a lot of these victims to testify, 78 00:03:27,032 --> 00:03:29,034 how can we make sure it'll stick?[phone beeps] 79 00:03:31,559 --> 00:03:33,256 I may have an option. 80 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:36,390 The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. 81 00:03:36,433 --> 00:03:38,043 You want to make it a RICO case? 82 00:03:38,087 --> 00:03:39,784 Isn't that usually used against the mob? 83 00:03:39,828 --> 00:03:41,264 In recent years,the Justice Department 84 00:03:41,308 --> 00:03:42,918 has been using itin more creative ways. 85 00:03:42,961 --> 00:03:45,312 They've gone afterstreet gangs, corporations. 86 00:03:45,355 --> 00:03:46,530 Police departments. 87 00:03:46,574 --> 00:03:48,228 RITA: Full disclosure, 88 00:03:48,271 --> 00:03:51,535 it's only been successful once against a police department. 89 00:03:51,579 --> 00:03:53,276 Rampart in Los Angeles. 90 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:54,756 This is a long shot? 91 00:03:54,799 --> 00:03:58,281 Long shot, Hail Mary, last stand. 92 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:00,588 For this to work, you'd have to prove three things. 93 00:04:00,631 --> 00:04:03,243 That the officers were coordinated, like a gang, 94 00:04:03,286 --> 00:04:05,767 that they conspired to commit illegal activity 95 00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:08,596 and that they benefitted financially from it. 96 00:04:08,639 --> 00:04:11,163 We go RICO, we keep the case open, 97 00:04:11,207 --> 00:04:14,428 continue to investigate on a federal level. 98 00:04:14,471 --> 00:04:15,777 And hope you find something. 99 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:17,300 Gonna get pushback from the department. 100 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:19,128 They'll say it's a witch hunt.PRIDE: Yeah. 101 00:04:19,171 --> 00:04:20,999 Of course you will, but Zahra, 102 00:04:21,043 --> 00:04:23,001 this is our chance 103 00:04:23,045 --> 00:04:26,614 to hold these men accountable for their actions. 104 00:04:29,181 --> 00:04:32,663 Okay. I'm willing to try it. 105 00:04:32,707 --> 00:04:34,665 Where do we start?Well, 106 00:04:34,709 --> 00:04:38,321 problematic officers tend to be problematic people. 107 00:04:38,365 --> 00:04:41,237 We do enough digging, we're bound to find something. 108 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:43,195 ♪ I'll be on the block with the homie so dope ♪ 109 00:04:43,239 --> 00:04:45,023 ♪ Every time you see me I be chilling with my folks ♪ 110 00:04:45,067 --> 00:04:46,808 ♪ You can catch me trippingwhen I'm thinking of a million ♪ 111 00:04:46,851 --> 00:04:48,810 ♪ How to get them Jacksons like I'm Remy on the low ♪ 112 00:04:48,853 --> 00:04:51,203 ♪ Climbing to the top like I'mtrying to reach the ceiling... ♪ 113 00:04:51,247 --> 00:04:53,031 CJ! 114 00:04:53,075 --> 00:04:55,556 ♪ Don't worry about no hater 'cause it's sweet... ♪ 115 00:04:55,599 --> 00:04:58,994 CJ, turn it down! It's giving me a headache. 116 00:04:59,037 --> 00:05:01,779 [lowers volume]Oh. Hey, Ma. 117 00:05:01,823 --> 00:05:03,520 Sorry, I-I was getting hyped for tomorrow. 118 00:05:03,564 --> 00:05:06,349 Check it out. Drama in the front... 119 00:05:06,393 --> 00:05:07,785 comedy in the back. 120 00:05:07,829 --> 00:05:08,743 What is all this? 121 00:05:08,786 --> 00:05:10,353 It's for the protest tomorrow. 122 00:05:10,397 --> 00:05:11,746 What protest? 123 00:05:11,789 --> 00:05:13,182 Through the French Quarter. 124 00:05:13,225 --> 00:05:14,662 Marching to City Hall. Told you last week. 125 00:05:14,705 --> 00:05:16,316 You said I could go. I said maybe. 126 00:05:16,359 --> 00:05:18,361 And it was depending on COVID numbers. 127 00:05:18,405 --> 00:05:20,450 No. You said that I need to go with friends 128 00:05:20,494 --> 00:05:23,366 and wear a mask but that you were "cool" with it. 129 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:25,063 Well, I'm no longer cool. 130 00:05:25,107 --> 00:05:27,022 I'm the one who organized my friends. 131 00:05:27,065 --> 00:05:29,894 Everyone's expecting me. What am I supposed to say? 132 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:31,505 Say that I changed my mind, 133 00:05:31,548 --> 00:05:35,509 and they can march just fine without you. 134 00:05:35,552 --> 00:05:38,599 Have another glass, maybe you'll change it back. 135 00:05:38,642 --> 00:05:39,774 You're out of line. 136 00:05:39,817 --> 00:05:41,863 Whatever. CJ. 137 00:05:41,906 --> 00:05:44,387 CJ![door slams] 138 00:05:44,431 --> 00:05:47,042 I don't understand. So she's ghosting you? 139 00:05:47,085 --> 00:05:49,044 No. We talk every day. 140 00:05:49,087 --> 00:05:51,220 Then there's something in her tone? 141 00:05:51,263 --> 00:05:52,221 Tone is the same. 142 00:05:52,264 --> 00:05:53,309 Well, then, what is it? 143 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:55,224 What's what?What nothing. 144 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:56,791 Something's going on with Tammy's new girlfriend 145 00:05:56,834 --> 00:05:58,227 and she won't tell me what. 146 00:05:58,270 --> 00:06:00,011 There's nothing to tell. It's just a sense I get. 147 00:06:00,055 --> 00:06:02,274 Oh. I thought we liked Kara. 148 00:06:02,318 --> 00:06:04,233 We do. That's the problem. 149 00:06:04,276 --> 00:06:05,887 Well, it's only a problem if she's married. 150 00:06:05,930 --> 00:06:07,236 [laughs, gasps] 151 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,152 She's married.Guys, she's not married. 152 00:06:10,195 --> 00:06:12,894 And I'm not getting bored or scared, which is a first. 153 00:06:12,937 --> 00:06:14,896 I really want her in my life, which is also a first, 154 00:06:14,939 --> 00:06:18,073 and things are really great, which is really problematic. 155 00:06:18,116 --> 00:06:19,901 Why? 156 00:06:19,944 --> 00:06:22,251 Because we've been dating for a while and I really want 157 00:06:22,294 --> 00:06:24,906 to introduce her to my family and that's not an option. 158 00:06:24,949 --> 00:06:27,082 Because your mom doesn't know you're gay. 159 00:06:27,125 --> 00:06:29,258 Yeah.Okay, well, then just tell her. 160 00:06:31,347 --> 00:06:34,132 [exhales] Okay. 161 00:06:34,176 --> 00:06:35,699 I'm gonna. 162 00:06:35,743 --> 00:06:37,353 Wait, really?Yeah. 163 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:39,790 That's great!What an amazing step. 164 00:06:39,834 --> 00:06:41,313 Yeah, it's great and amazing, except I feel like 165 00:06:41,357 --> 00:06:42,967 I'm gonna vomit or pass out. 166 00:06:43,011 --> 00:06:46,188 I-I really don't know how she's gonna react. 167 00:06:46,231 --> 00:06:48,146 Hey, can we just focus on the bad cops 168 00:06:48,190 --> 00:06:49,626 we're trying to catch, please? 169 00:06:49,670 --> 00:06:51,454 I guess.Fair enough.Okay, great. 170 00:06:51,498 --> 00:06:54,370 So the archives allowed us to see the entirety of Palmer, 171 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:55,806 Yates, and Blakely's complaint history. 172 00:06:55,850 --> 00:06:57,460 And we found something a little odd. 173 00:06:57,504 --> 00:06:59,941 Typically, with officers who have a record of complaints, 174 00:06:59,984 --> 00:07:01,464 the incidents are sporadic. 175 00:07:01,508 --> 00:07:03,640 Here and there, usually later in the officer's career. 176 00:07:03,684 --> 00:07:06,034 Yeah, but in the case of Palmer, Yates and Blakely, 177 00:07:06,077 --> 00:07:07,644 they were getting complaints filed against them 178 00:07:07,688 --> 00:07:09,341 right out of the police academy, as rookies. 179 00:07:09,385 --> 00:07:10,734 Well, that could be a coincidence. 180 00:07:10,778 --> 00:07:13,215 We thought that, too. So we randomly picked files 181 00:07:13,258 --> 00:07:17,175 of officers who had a high volume of misconduct complaints. 182 00:07:17,219 --> 00:07:18,786 Same force pattern. Right out of the academy. 183 00:07:18,829 --> 00:07:20,614 Yeah, and we think we know why. 184 00:07:20,657 --> 00:07:24,269 The common thread is their academy instructor, 185 00:07:24,313 --> 00:07:26,097 Commander Pat Campbell. 186 00:07:26,141 --> 00:07:29,318 You think he's the reason they're coming out aggressive? 187 00:07:29,361 --> 00:07:31,233 So there's this concept in police academies 188 00:07:31,276 --> 00:07:32,626 called "warrior training." 189 00:07:32,669 --> 00:07:34,932 It teaches this "us versus them" philosophy. 190 00:07:34,976 --> 00:07:36,238 Campbell's been teaching this 191 00:07:36,281 --> 00:07:37,805 in seminars all across the South. 192 00:07:37,848 --> 00:07:39,850 Suggests these behaviors of the officers 193 00:07:39,894 --> 00:07:42,374 is not an isolated incident but systemic. 194 00:07:42,418 --> 00:07:45,377 And more importantly, organized, which is a bar for Rico. 195 00:07:45,421 --> 00:07:47,249 I'll let Pride know to check out Commander Campbell. 196 00:07:48,729 --> 00:07:50,339 CAMPBELL: Our current modules include psychology, 197 00:07:50,382 --> 00:07:52,646 criminology, investigation and evidence. 198 00:07:52,689 --> 00:07:54,604 But the curriculum changes every year. 199 00:07:54,648 --> 00:07:56,388 Would you say any of your modules 200 00:07:56,432 --> 00:07:59,740 make for officers who are more forceful or combative? 201 00:07:59,783 --> 00:08:01,698 Ah. Warrior training. 202 00:08:01,742 --> 00:08:03,918 No, we don't do that.PRIDE: Really? 203 00:08:03,961 --> 00:08:06,486 Because you've taught seminars on the subject. 204 00:08:06,529 --> 00:08:08,270 I did. Few years back. 205 00:08:08,313 --> 00:08:10,054 But like I say, we change with the times. 206 00:08:10,098 --> 00:08:11,926 There's been a significant number of officers 207 00:08:11,969 --> 00:08:13,884 accumulating excessive force complaints 208 00:08:13,928 --> 00:08:15,364 right out of the academy. 209 00:08:15,407 --> 00:08:18,454 It suggests that the times haven't changed much. 210 00:08:19,586 --> 00:08:21,718 I was told I had to talk to you. 211 00:08:21,762 --> 00:08:23,981 Got to ask why a couple of Navy cops 212 00:08:24,025 --> 00:08:26,157 are so interested in our training. 213 00:08:26,201 --> 00:08:28,551 We're just trying to determine whether there's a correlation 214 00:08:28,595 --> 00:08:30,814 between what your officers learn here 215 00:08:30,858 --> 00:08:32,555 and their actions on the streets. 216 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:35,253 Any particular officers you have in mind? 217 00:08:35,297 --> 00:08:36,559 'Cause I've trained hundreds. 218 00:08:36,603 --> 00:08:38,256 Let's just keep it general for now. 219 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:39,562 Oh, well, general, you might want to talk 220 00:08:39,606 --> 00:08:41,782 to the field training officers. 221 00:08:41,825 --> 00:08:43,479 First thing most FTOs say to a rookie 222 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:45,568 is "Forget everything you learned at the academy." 223 00:08:45,612 --> 00:08:47,091 Seems counterproductive. 224 00:08:47,135 --> 00:08:48,223 We try to teach our cadets to be 225 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:50,399 thoughtful members of the community. 226 00:08:50,442 --> 00:08:52,923 FTOs try to teach them how to survive in the real world. 227 00:08:52,967 --> 00:08:55,447 Well, what about the, uh, the recruits themselves? 228 00:08:55,491 --> 00:08:57,972 Any patterns of belligerence? 229 00:08:58,015 --> 00:08:59,974 Are some recruits more aggressive than others? Sure. 230 00:09:00,017 --> 00:09:03,107 Takes a particular type of person who wants to be a cop. 231 00:09:03,151 --> 00:09:04,587 And it's a struggle for New Orleans 232 00:09:04,631 --> 00:09:05,936 to find quality candidates. 233 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:07,459 People who can not only do the job, 234 00:09:07,503 --> 00:09:09,157 but who want to do the job. 235 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,638 So you just rubber-stamp anyone who comes through the door. 236 00:09:14,249 --> 00:09:16,468 Was that a question or a statement? 237 00:09:16,512 --> 00:09:18,949 We're just trying to understand what you're telling us. 238 00:09:18,993 --> 00:09:21,778 Recruiting's a challenge, 239 00:09:21,822 --> 00:09:23,867 but we weed out the hotheads and the gun nuts 240 00:09:23,911 --> 00:09:26,957 to put the best men and women on the streets. 241 00:09:27,001 --> 00:09:28,698 Now, unless there's any specific officers 242 00:09:28,742 --> 00:09:30,308 you want to ask me about... 243 00:09:30,352 --> 00:09:32,397 Yeah, we do. 244 00:09:32,441 --> 00:09:34,661 What can you tell us about these two? 245 00:09:34,704 --> 00:09:36,314 CAMPBELL: Hmm. Blakely and Yates. 246 00:09:36,358 --> 00:09:38,490 Middle-of-the-pack candidates. 247 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:39,970 Made it through without a problem. 248 00:09:40,014 --> 00:09:43,583 There's been nothing but problems since they graduated. 249 00:09:43,626 --> 00:09:45,759 We're investigating them for excessive force, 250 00:09:45,802 --> 00:09:48,500 among other things.Come on, guys, you're in law enforcement. 251 00:09:48,544 --> 00:09:50,894 You know how many complaints get lodged against every one of us. 252 00:09:50,938 --> 00:09:55,116 No. I've never put anyone in the hospital for "resisting arrest." 253 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:57,640 No, me neither, but Blakely and Yates, 254 00:09:57,684 --> 00:10:00,251 it's like a revolving door at the ICU. 255 00:10:00,295 --> 00:10:02,036 I told you what I know. 256 00:10:02,079 --> 00:10:05,300 They were good cadets. No problems here. 257 00:10:05,343 --> 00:10:06,954 As far as I understand, they sacrifice a lot 258 00:10:06,997 --> 00:10:08,695 to keep the public safe. 259 00:10:08,738 --> 00:10:11,480 Now, if you'll excuse me. 260 00:10:11,523 --> 00:10:14,439 Got a difference of opinion on that one. 261 00:10:14,483 --> 00:10:16,528 [piano music playing] 262 00:10:16,572 --> 00:10:18,574 ♪ 263 00:10:20,445 --> 00:10:23,187 [lock clacks, door opens] 264 00:10:23,231 --> 00:10:27,365 ♪ When we are apart 265 00:10:27,409 --> 00:10:31,848 [chuckles]♪ I will remember 266 00:10:31,892 --> 00:10:35,547 ♪ The summer 267 00:10:37,506 --> 00:10:41,728 ♪ Remember when everything 268 00:10:41,771 --> 00:10:44,208 [safe beeps]♪ Was bright and new... 269 00:10:44,252 --> 00:10:46,123 [sighs] 270 00:10:47,864 --> 00:10:49,953 Rita? 271 00:10:49,997 --> 00:10:52,347 What is that incredible smell? 272 00:10:52,390 --> 00:10:55,306 It's crawfish étouffée. 273 00:10:56,612 --> 00:10:58,527 And, yes, I know the risk I take 274 00:10:58,570 --> 00:11:00,355 cooking one of your specialties. 275 00:11:00,398 --> 00:11:02,444 I have no doubt that it will be amazing. 276 00:11:02,487 --> 00:11:04,794 You know that's not necessary. 277 00:11:06,013 --> 00:11:08,363 All I need is for you to be here. 278 00:11:08,406 --> 00:11:10,713 [chuckles] Well, it's been a few months. 279 00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:12,062 And, you know, you won't let me 280 00:11:12,106 --> 00:11:13,411 give you any money for rent or... 281 00:11:13,455 --> 00:11:15,718 Well, that's the Southern gentleman in me. 282 00:11:15,762 --> 00:11:18,199 So I put it all on the line with my étouffée. 283 00:11:18,242 --> 00:11:19,983 [laughing]: Okay. 284 00:11:20,027 --> 00:11:22,725 So I want you to have a taste, but be kind. 285 00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:28,862 ♪ I will be wishing 286 00:11:28,905 --> 00:11:32,126 ♪ On starlight... 287 00:11:32,169 --> 00:11:34,215 Mmm. 288 00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:36,608 Mmm. 289 00:11:36,652 --> 00:11:38,349 That's nice. 290 00:11:38,393 --> 00:11:40,003 Really? Mm-hmm. 291 00:11:40,047 --> 00:11:41,483 Mm. 292 00:11:42,527 --> 00:11:44,921 NOPD! NOPD, get on the ground! 293 00:11:44,965 --> 00:11:47,532 On the ground now!Fingers behind your head! 294 00:11:47,576 --> 00:11:49,447 Show us your hands!Rita, stay down! 295 00:11:49,491 --> 00:11:50,448 Down, down! 296 00:12:00,502 --> 00:12:02,765 Ollie Harris, we have a warrant for your arrest. 297 00:12:02,809 --> 00:12:05,550 My name's Dwayne Pride. I'm a federal agent with NCIS. 298 00:12:05,594 --> 00:12:07,117 My credentials are in my back pocket. 299 00:12:07,161 --> 00:12:09,641 I'll show you right-- [grunts]Oh, Dwayne! 300 00:12:09,685 --> 00:12:12,296 Okay, this is Rita Devereaux. 301 00:12:12,340 --> 00:12:14,124 She's a former attorney with the Department of Justice. 302 00:12:14,168 --> 00:12:15,735 Handcuff the suspects. 303 00:12:15,778 --> 00:12:17,649 Look, if you'll just lookat my credentials 304 00:12:17,693 --> 00:12:19,303 that arein the back pocket... 305 00:12:19,347 --> 00:12:22,437 You're about to make a huge mistake here. 306 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,787 What the hell is this? 307 00:12:24,831 --> 00:12:26,310 It's what I told you! 308 00:12:26,354 --> 00:12:27,964 I'm NCIS! 309 00:12:28,008 --> 00:12:29,183 No Ollie Harris? 310 00:12:29,226 --> 00:12:30,706 No! No, no! 311 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,360 There's no Ollie Harris here. 312 00:12:32,403 --> 00:12:34,275 It's just the two of us that you've handcuffed 313 00:12:34,318 --> 00:12:36,364 on the floor of my apartment. 314 00:12:36,407 --> 00:12:37,539 Uncuff them. 315 00:12:39,410 --> 00:12:42,152 You okay? You okay?No. 316 00:12:42,196 --> 00:12:44,198 My heart is beating so fast, it feels like 317 00:12:44,241 --> 00:12:45,808 it's gonna explode.It'll be okay. 318 00:12:45,852 --> 00:12:47,723 Your credentials, Agent Pride. 319 00:12:50,030 --> 00:12:51,553 What the hell was that? 320 00:12:51,596 --> 00:12:54,686 We were executing a no-knock warrant on an Ollie Harris. 321 00:12:54,730 --> 00:12:56,732 Wanted on gun possession and manslaughter. 322 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:58,255 C.I. gave us this address. 323 00:12:58,299 --> 00:13:00,692 And you didn't think to double-check? 324 00:13:00,736 --> 00:13:02,869 My God, Dwayne's owned this building for years. 325 00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:04,348 He's well-known in the community. 326 00:13:04,392 --> 00:13:05,828 And your department! 327 00:13:05,872 --> 00:13:07,395 Who's the lead detective on this case? 328 00:13:07,438 --> 00:13:08,700 I couldn't tell you that. 329 00:13:08,744 --> 00:13:10,833 Commanding SWAT officer gave us that assignment. 330 00:13:10,877 --> 00:13:12,792 I'm gonna want his name.And your supervisor. 331 00:13:12,835 --> 00:13:14,837 Pack it up, team. 332 00:13:14,881 --> 00:13:16,404 Sorry for the mix-up. 333 00:13:23,237 --> 00:13:24,804 Rita? 334 00:13:24,847 --> 00:13:26,109 Rita, are you sure you're okay? 335 00:13:26,153 --> 00:13:27,676 No, I'm not! 336 00:13:27,719 --> 00:13:29,634 I'm gonna call and find out who's responsible 337 00:13:29,678 --> 00:13:31,332 for this and raise some hell. 338 00:13:31,375 --> 00:13:33,900 Don't bother. 339 00:13:33,943 --> 00:13:36,511 This was Blakely. 340 00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:37,599 Dwayne! 341 00:13:37,642 --> 00:13:39,427 [indistinct chatter] 342 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:40,950 I mean, I don't know what...Hey! Hey! 343 00:13:40,994 --> 00:13:42,430 [grunts] 344 00:13:42,473 --> 00:13:44,519 Get your hands off him! 345 00:13:44,562 --> 00:13:46,521 You want to come after me, fine, I can take it. 346 00:13:46,564 --> 00:13:48,305 That's felonious assault, Special Agent Pride. 347 00:13:48,349 --> 00:13:50,438 But you come after the people I care about, you're gonna get hurt. 348 00:13:50,481 --> 00:13:52,396 He seems upset, doesn't he, Yates? 349 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,181 You sent SWAT to my home. 350 00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,357 Oh, I heard about that. Hit the wrong address? 351 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,315 Hell of a mistake.It was no mistake. 352 00:13:58,359 --> 00:13:59,839 You got a lot of accusations. 353 00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:01,101 But not a lot of proof. 354 00:14:01,144 --> 00:14:02,276 I know it was you. 355 00:14:02,319 --> 00:14:03,712 And what are you gonna do about it? 356 00:14:03,755 --> 00:14:04,887 Let's go outside, I'll show you.HIDALGO: Hey! 357 00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:06,454 What the hell are you thinking, Pride? 358 00:14:06,497 --> 00:14:08,195 Let go of him! 359 00:14:09,979 --> 00:14:11,807 Excellent timing, Hidalgo. 360 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:13,243 This isn't over.It's absolutely over. 361 00:14:13,287 --> 00:14:14,505 Start walking! 362 00:14:14,549 --> 00:14:15,680 Now! 363 00:14:24,994 --> 00:14:26,822 What were you thinking? 364 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:28,302 I'm already out on a limb 365 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:29,825 keeping this case open and now you pull this? 366 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,479 They sent a tactical team to my house. 367 00:14:31,522 --> 00:14:33,394 They terrorized Rita. 368 00:14:33,437 --> 00:14:35,265 Yeah, I know. Confronting him might feel good, 369 00:14:35,309 --> 00:14:36,788 but it only screws you. 370 00:14:36,832 --> 00:14:37,920 I got plenty of witnesses who saw you 371 00:14:37,964 --> 00:14:39,226 put your hands on Blakely. 372 00:14:39,269 --> 00:14:41,054 You've got nothing to prove they swatted you. 373 00:14:41,097 --> 00:14:42,751 You're jeopardizing our credibility. 374 00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:44,927 They're not getting away with this.They will... 375 00:14:44,971 --> 00:14:46,624 unless you act smart. 376 00:14:46,668 --> 00:14:48,278 Think about it-- they're scared. 377 00:14:48,322 --> 00:14:49,845 Why else would they harass you like this? 378 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:52,152 Whatever path you're on must be the right one, 379 00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:54,284 so stay on it. 380 00:14:54,328 --> 00:14:57,200 Stay out of their way until you can put cuffs on them. 381 00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:05,861 It's nice tonight. Stars out. 382 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:08,951 Mosquitos aren't sucking us dry. 383 00:15:08,995 --> 00:15:10,997 [both laugh] 384 00:15:12,433 --> 00:15:14,304 Where's CJ? 385 00:15:14,348 --> 00:15:16,959 Usually he'd be trying to dip in our conversation about now. 386 00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:18,700 Well, he's in his room. He's mad at me, 387 00:15:18,743 --> 00:15:20,658 'cause I won't let him go to the protest tomorrow. 388 00:15:20,702 --> 00:15:22,356 March to City Hall-- why can't he go? 389 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:23,835 Because he's 16 390 00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:25,533 without a clue about the world 391 00:15:25,576 --> 00:15:27,839 and the dangers that lie out there. 392 00:15:28,971 --> 00:15:30,712 It's a peaceful protest. 393 00:15:30,755 --> 00:15:32,888 Even I'm participating. 394 00:15:34,063 --> 00:15:37,284 These kids think that they will live forever. 395 00:15:37,327 --> 00:15:40,940 But this expert will tell you they will not. 396 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,987 That's a lot to carry, Loretta. 397 00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:46,423 Mm. 398 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:47,990 That's what I keep telling him. 399 00:15:48,034 --> 00:15:49,252 I'm talking about you. 400 00:15:50,775 --> 00:15:52,734 Me? I'm fine. 401 00:15:52,777 --> 00:15:54,257 I'm a strong Black woman. 402 00:15:54,301 --> 00:15:56,607 I can't be anything but fine. 403 00:15:56,651 --> 00:15:59,219 Well, this strong Black woman is struggling. 404 00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:01,830 [chuckles] Arguing more with my husband. 405 00:16:01,873 --> 00:16:04,006 Getting three hours of sleep at night. 406 00:16:04,050 --> 00:16:06,008 And when I can close my eyes... 407 00:16:06,052 --> 00:16:08,402 I can't rest for worrying about the city. 408 00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:11,535 I'm running on fumes. 409 00:16:11,579 --> 00:16:13,755 And I'm not too proud to admit it. 410 00:16:13,798 --> 00:16:18,412 Now that's the brave face our mothers force on us. 411 00:16:18,455 --> 00:16:20,501 Heaven forbid a woman, especially a Black woman, 412 00:16:20,544 --> 00:16:23,243 show the least bit of righteous anger. 413 00:16:23,286 --> 00:16:25,767 It just shifts so quickly from strong, Black woman 414 00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:28,248 to angry Black woman in these people's eyes. 415 00:16:28,291 --> 00:16:30,772 And a thin line between them. 416 00:16:30,815 --> 00:16:32,208 I swear... 417 00:16:32,252 --> 00:16:35,168 sometimes I can't breathe. 418 00:16:35,211 --> 00:16:37,822 Pressure's so crushing. 419 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:41,000 This will help.Oh, no, no, no. 420 00:16:41,043 --> 00:16:43,045 Loretta, look... 421 00:16:44,699 --> 00:16:46,048 Does it? 422 00:16:47,832 --> 00:16:50,139 Well, takes the edge off. 423 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:53,969 Keeps me sane. 424 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:55,231 But does it give you peace? 425 00:16:57,233 --> 00:16:59,801 Well, gee, that sounds... 426 00:16:59,844 --> 00:17:02,543 less like a question and more like a judgment, Zahra. 427 00:17:02,586 --> 00:17:04,545 No judgment. 428 00:17:04,588 --> 00:17:07,200 Just observation. 429 00:17:07,243 --> 00:17:09,811 I don't think the wine is helping. 430 00:17:12,596 --> 00:17:15,947 I don't think it's none of your business. 431 00:17:18,863 --> 00:17:20,822 You know, it's getting pretty late. 432 00:17:20,865 --> 00:17:22,432 [clears throat] 433 00:17:22,476 --> 00:17:24,478 And we both have a long night 434 00:17:24,521 --> 00:17:26,567 of not sleeping ahead of us. 435 00:17:28,917 --> 00:17:30,484 Of course. 436 00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:38,840 Take care, Loretta. 437 00:17:48,850 --> 00:17:50,895 ♪ 438 00:17:56,292 --> 00:17:57,902 [beeping] 439 00:17:57,946 --> 00:17:59,252 You know... 440 00:17:59,295 --> 00:18:01,950 Carter, you have a really unnatural 441 00:18:01,993 --> 00:18:03,778 relationship with that machine. 442 00:18:03,821 --> 00:18:06,128 What's wrong with regular coffee, huh? 443 00:18:06,172 --> 00:18:08,261 Mm-hmm, you're not fooling me. 444 00:18:08,304 --> 00:18:10,915 You're the one who clogged my milk frother 445 00:18:10,959 --> 00:18:12,395 while I was gone, weren't you? 446 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,572 I don't know what you're talking about. 447 00:18:15,616 --> 00:18:16,878 You use it, you clean it. 448 00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:18,314 That's the rule.[phone ringing] 449 00:18:18,358 --> 00:18:20,838 [sighs] 450 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:23,189 Everything okay? 451 00:18:23,232 --> 00:18:25,930 Call I have to make and I don't want to. 452 00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:34,939 Traditionally, this is where you ask me what call I have to make. 453 00:18:34,983 --> 00:18:36,767 Mm, uh-uh. 454 00:18:36,811 --> 00:18:38,856 See, that's complicated. I keep it simple. 455 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:40,467 You want to tell me, you will. 456 00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:42,556 Well... 457 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:44,906 I'm telling my mom I'm gay. 458 00:18:44,949 --> 00:18:46,734 Roman Catholic? 459 00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:49,128 Oh, yeah, real old-school. 460 00:18:49,171 --> 00:18:51,217 My cousin married a Protestant and was practically disowned 461 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:52,609 by the whole family. 462 00:18:52,653 --> 00:18:53,958 I'm not even sure how she's gonna react 463 00:18:54,002 --> 00:18:55,960 to this, but I'm sure it's not good. 464 00:18:56,004 --> 00:18:58,180 How do you deliver bad news to your family? 465 00:18:58,224 --> 00:19:00,182 With unbridled joy. 466 00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:02,576 [laughs] I live to piss them off. 467 00:19:02,619 --> 00:19:04,273 But the difference between our situations 468 00:19:04,317 --> 00:19:05,927 is your news isn't bad. 469 00:19:05,970 --> 00:19:07,146 It's not good. 470 00:19:07,189 --> 00:19:08,495 You're telling your mom who you are. 471 00:19:08,538 --> 00:19:10,497 That's all-- not bad, not good. 472 00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:11,498 Just the truth. 473 00:19:11,541 --> 00:19:13,891 Yeah, well... 474 00:19:13,935 --> 00:19:17,852 the truth is that my mother had really high expectations 475 00:19:17,895 --> 00:19:20,463 for me, Carter-- I'm not sure I lived up to any of them. 476 00:19:20,507 --> 00:19:22,552 Well, if she doesn't, screw her. 477 00:19:22,596 --> 00:19:24,075 Respectfully. 478 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,513 I mean, you're a beautiful, confident, 479 00:19:26,556 --> 00:19:29,472 capable woman-- any parent would be proud to have you. 480 00:19:29,516 --> 00:19:31,996 If your mom needs time to catch up to that fact, 481 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,781 that's on her. 482 00:19:33,824 --> 00:19:35,348 That's nice, Carter. 483 00:19:35,391 --> 00:19:37,437 Thank you. 484 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:38,481 CARTER: I try. 485 00:19:38,525 --> 00:19:40,353 Pride. 486 00:19:43,007 --> 00:19:45,140 We heard what happened, Pride. 487 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:46,489 You okay? 488 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:47,664 Yeah, I'm fine. 489 00:19:47,708 --> 00:19:49,013 We need copies of all the NOPD 490 00:19:49,057 --> 00:19:51,538 archived misconduct files on Blakely and Yates. 491 00:19:51,581 --> 00:19:54,062 Yeah, I got them here.Good. 492 00:19:54,105 --> 00:19:56,717 Hidalgo's getting us their employment records, 493 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,721 psychiatric evaluations, background checks-- we'll, 494 00:20:00,764 --> 00:20:02,679 we'll cross-reference.What are we looking for? 495 00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:04,464 I'm not sure exactly. 496 00:20:04,507 --> 00:20:07,031 But Hidalgo had a good point. 497 00:20:07,075 --> 00:20:08,555 Blakely wouldn't have come at me 498 00:20:08,598 --> 00:20:10,209 unless we were on to something. 499 00:20:10,252 --> 00:20:12,254 Well, last place that we went was the academy. 500 00:20:12,298 --> 00:20:14,082 Commander Campbell. 501 00:20:14,125 --> 00:20:16,606 Pointing us to the field training officers. 502 00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:18,782 But something tells me we need to look 503 00:20:18,826 --> 00:20:20,741 for a connection to him. 504 00:20:20,784 --> 00:20:22,395 Dwayne Pride? 505 00:20:22,438 --> 00:20:25,354 Ned Jacobs, Blakely and Yates' union rep. 506 00:20:25,398 --> 00:20:26,790 What do you need? 507 00:20:26,834 --> 00:20:29,576 Well, I need for you to leave them the hell alone. 508 00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:31,926 They're under federal investigation. 509 00:20:31,969 --> 00:20:33,754 Yeah, yeah, I heard all about your wild accusations 510 00:20:33,797 --> 00:20:36,365 of misconduct, murder of one of their own. 511 00:20:36,409 --> 00:20:38,367 You got no evidence. 512 00:20:38,411 --> 00:20:40,064 Investigation's ongoing. 513 00:20:40,108 --> 00:20:41,588 Yeah, well, it's a witch hunt. 514 00:20:41,631 --> 00:20:43,024 You're slandering these officers' 515 00:20:43,067 --> 00:20:44,547 good names and reputations. 516 00:20:44,591 --> 00:20:46,245 And Mark Palmer? 517 00:20:46,288 --> 00:20:47,855 He was a cop, too. 518 00:20:47,898 --> 00:20:50,249 Officer Palmer was killed by a career criminal. 519 00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:51,685 Who was killed by Blakely. 520 00:20:51,728 --> 00:20:53,600 That doesn't seem strange to you? 521 00:20:53,643 --> 00:20:55,515 It seems like justice. 522 00:20:55,558 --> 00:20:57,386 What is your agenda here, Pride? 523 00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:59,170 Other than assaulting my officers? 524 00:20:59,214 --> 00:21:01,564 How about keeping bad cops off the streets so the rest of us 525 00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:04,480 can do our jobs and the public doesn't live in fear? 526 00:21:04,524 --> 00:21:07,048 Yeah, well, these men, they're exceptional officers. 527 00:21:07,091 --> 00:21:10,051 Brutally beating a sailor for a misunderstanding? 528 00:21:10,094 --> 00:21:13,097 Putting another man in a coma? There's a pattern! 529 00:21:13,141 --> 00:21:14,751 Yeah, well, let's talk about patterns, Pride. 530 00:21:14,795 --> 00:21:17,014 Because you don't have to go too far into your past to see one. 531 00:21:17,058 --> 00:21:19,669 Watch it.Maybe it's not official record, 532 00:21:19,713 --> 00:21:21,410 but, oh, you dig deeper, 533 00:21:21,454 --> 00:21:23,107 you hear stories. 534 00:21:23,151 --> 00:21:25,371 Kidnapping elected officials, questionable shootings. 535 00:21:25,414 --> 00:21:28,417 That's enough! That's enough. Leave. 536 00:21:28,461 --> 00:21:32,334 Maybe take a hard look at yourself, Pride... 537 00:21:32,378 --> 00:21:33,596 before you come at one of my guys. 538 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,337 Out! Now. 539 00:21:35,381 --> 00:21:36,991 Go. 540 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:40,299 What was that about? 541 00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:43,258 Nothing. Listen, Pride... 542 00:22:17,031 --> 00:22:19,990 You think that union rep was threatening you? 543 00:22:20,034 --> 00:22:21,775 [sighs] 544 00:22:21,818 --> 00:22:23,864 More like a warning, I guess. 545 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,651 I try to stand by the actions I've taken. 546 00:22:28,695 --> 00:22:30,914 But... 547 00:22:32,829 --> 00:22:35,441 I've done things. 548 00:22:35,484 --> 00:22:37,007 You're a good cop. 549 00:22:37,051 --> 00:22:40,271 A good man. 550 00:22:40,315 --> 00:22:42,578 You're also your father's son, 551 00:22:42,622 --> 00:22:47,322 which sometimes that can manifest in unexpected ways. 552 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,758 You think I'm like him? 553 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:52,719 I think you've worked so hard to not be like him 554 00:22:52,762 --> 00:22:56,940 that maybe you've overcompensated. 555 00:22:56,984 --> 00:23:00,422 We are our actions. 556 00:23:05,688 --> 00:23:09,344 I've crossed the line, Rita. 557 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:11,520 More than once. 558 00:23:11,564 --> 00:23:14,871 Even if it was for the right reasons. 559 00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:17,091 I tried to adjust. 560 00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:23,967 But when SWAT was cuffing you on the ground, I saw red. 561 00:23:24,011 --> 00:23:25,316 I'm okay. 562 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:26,709 And when I went after Blakely, 563 00:23:26,753 --> 00:23:28,450 I was ready to kill him. 564 00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:30,713 Okay, you were angry. So was I. 565 00:23:30,757 --> 00:23:32,759 I'm not kidding. 566 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,545 I would've killed him. 567 00:23:36,589 --> 00:23:38,242 But you didn't, Dwayne. 568 00:23:38,286 --> 00:23:40,462 You got your head back in the game. 569 00:23:40,506 --> 00:23:42,725 This time. 570 00:23:48,035 --> 00:23:50,080 I have so many doubts. 571 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:57,174 Look... you don't like the way you act, 572 00:23:57,218 --> 00:23:58,175 you fix it. 573 00:23:58,219 --> 00:23:59,786 You get your house in order, 574 00:23:59,829 --> 00:24:02,528 but you don't stop going after Blakely and Yates. 575 00:24:02,571 --> 00:24:05,531 They need to answer for what they've done. 576 00:24:08,925 --> 00:24:11,406 [playing jazz music] 577 00:24:13,277 --> 00:24:14,931 What'd you get? 578 00:24:14,975 --> 00:24:16,629 I'm the one that's supposed to be doing 579 00:24:16,672 --> 00:24:17,760 the emotional eating. 580 00:24:17,804 --> 00:24:20,328 This is how I think. I eat. 581 00:24:20,371 --> 00:24:21,938 I got it, by the way. Don't move. 582 00:24:21,982 --> 00:24:23,549 Sebastian, I'm stuck. 583 00:24:23,592 --> 00:24:25,899 I called my mom earlier and I can't do this. 584 00:24:25,942 --> 00:24:28,075 I don't know what to say. Maybe I should, like, um, 585 00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:30,991 send her a meme or a text or something, you know? 586 00:24:31,034 --> 00:24:32,253 Like, break her in. 587 00:24:32,296 --> 00:24:34,385 Do they make "coming out" memes? 588 00:24:34,429 --> 00:24:36,344 That's, like, the worst idea I've ever heard in my life. 589 00:24:36,387 --> 00:24:37,432 Well, then, what should I say? 590 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,782 Why don't you just practice on me? 591 00:24:39,826 --> 00:24:41,958 That way you can work it out without any pressure. 592 00:24:42,002 --> 00:24:44,308 Mm, I don't know.Yeah. Aw, it's gonna be great. Come on. 593 00:24:44,352 --> 00:24:46,572 Give me a second, I've gotta... [clears throat] 594 00:24:46,615 --> 00:24:47,660 [sighs] 595 00:24:47,703 --> 00:24:49,488 [clears throat] All right, I'm ready. 596 00:24:51,577 --> 00:24:53,404 Mom, I'd like to talk to you. 597 00:24:53,448 --> 00:24:54,884 Tammy, oh, my God, where have you been? 598 00:24:54,928 --> 00:24:57,147 I was so worried that something had happened to you. 599 00:24:57,191 --> 00:24:59,149 I've been praying for you all week. Are you okay? 600 00:24:59,193 --> 00:25:01,761 I've been worried that somethinghas happened with your job...What is this? 601 00:25:01,804 --> 00:25:03,632 That was your mom. Was that no good? 602 00:25:03,676 --> 00:25:05,765 No, it's too good and it's weirding me out. 603 00:25:05,808 --> 00:25:07,549 All right, well, let's, come on, take if from the top. 604 00:25:07,593 --> 00:25:10,160 All right. Um... 605 00:25:13,555 --> 00:25:17,907 Ma? Um... Hmm? 606 00:25:17,951 --> 00:25:20,431 I'd like to talk to you. 607 00:25:20,475 --> 00:25:22,738 I'd really appreciate if you'd listen to me and... 608 00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:24,392 and let me finish what I have to say. 609 00:25:24,435 --> 00:25:27,090 Of course, my little Tammy bear. What do you want to talk about? 610 00:25:27,134 --> 00:25:29,092 This is really hard for me. 611 00:25:29,136 --> 00:25:31,268 Yeah, I'm listening, baby girl. 612 00:25:31,312 --> 00:25:33,096 And... 613 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:36,099 I've been keeping something in.Mm. 614 00:25:36,143 --> 00:25:38,885 Not-not telling you something because I love you 615 00:25:38,928 --> 00:25:41,104 and I don't want to hurt you. 616 00:25:41,148 --> 00:25:42,715 But it's like I'm living a lie, 617 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:46,283 a-and I don't want to live like this anymore, you know? 618 00:25:46,327 --> 00:25:47,502 What is it, sweetheart? 619 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:50,244 I... 620 00:25:50,287 --> 00:25:52,028 I-I can't. I can't-- 621 00:25:52,072 --> 00:25:53,464 I can't, I can't do this. 622 00:25:53,508 --> 00:25:55,597 You're doing great.It's all fun and games 623 00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:57,294 until I drop the bomb on her. 624 00:25:57,338 --> 00:25:58,905 Nope. 625 00:25:58,948 --> 00:26:00,689 T, you got this. You're fine.I don't got this. 626 00:26:00,733 --> 00:26:02,865 [phone chimes] 627 00:26:02,909 --> 00:26:04,519 Is that my mother? 628 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:05,738 Is she texting you? 629 00:26:05,781 --> 00:26:06,913 Why would your mother text me? 630 00:26:06,956 --> 00:26:09,263 Because she's got this sick sixth sense, 631 00:26:09,306 --> 00:26:10,743 and she knows something's going on. 632 00:26:10,786 --> 00:26:13,006 It's not your mother. It's a friend of mine in D.C. 633 00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:14,921 I had him run Yates' and Blakely's name 634 00:26:14,964 --> 00:26:17,314 through a government database. Looks like he found something. 635 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:27,324 [siren whoops] 636 00:26:32,503 --> 00:26:34,941 Ordinance number 99.230 requires all persons 637 00:26:34,984 --> 00:26:36,986 within the New Orleans city limits to wear a mask. 638 00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:38,509 I have a mask. 639 00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:41,034 Wearing it around your chin doesn't count. 640 00:26:41,077 --> 00:26:43,079 I'm outside. There's no one around. 641 00:26:43,123 --> 00:26:44,864 Still got to write you up. Step over here, 642 00:26:44,907 --> 00:26:46,648 put your hands on the hood.Wh-Why, man? 643 00:26:46,692 --> 00:26:48,737 Need to check you for weapons. 644 00:26:48,781 --> 00:26:50,957 Or drugs.You're on some BS and you know it. 645 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,436 Just trying to harass people. 646 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,308 Every word out of your mouth makes this harder on you. 647 00:26:54,351 --> 00:26:56,963 Hey. Officer Yates. 648 00:26:57,006 --> 00:27:00,227 I'm gonna need you to step over here for a minute. 649 00:27:01,707 --> 00:27:03,317 Inspector Hidalgo was kind enough 650 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,188 to provide us with your detail authorizations. 651 00:27:05,232 --> 00:27:07,582 Those are just a bunch of permission slips 652 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,628 NOPD gives us to work outside security. 653 00:27:09,671 --> 00:27:11,804 Yeah. I know. 654 00:27:11,847 --> 00:27:13,588 Nothing shady about it. 655 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:16,199 Well, according to this, you worked a substantial number 656 00:27:16,243 --> 00:27:20,290 of hours over the last couple of years at Cleo's Canteen. 657 00:27:20,334 --> 00:27:22,249 Yeah. Worked security. 658 00:27:22,292 --> 00:27:24,338 You got a problem with that? 659 00:27:24,381 --> 00:27:25,818 No, I don't. 660 00:27:25,861 --> 00:27:27,733 Internal Revenue Service might. 661 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,087 This is the last five years 662 00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:35,566 of your tax returns. 663 00:27:38,047 --> 00:27:40,136 A lot of unreported income. 664 00:27:40,180 --> 00:27:41,703 [scoffs] 665 00:27:41,747 --> 00:27:43,792 This is a joke. 666 00:27:43,836 --> 00:27:46,012 Well, there's nothing funny about tax evasion. 667 00:27:46,055 --> 00:27:48,797 Al Capone went to prison for it. 668 00:27:48,841 --> 00:27:50,712 However, if you are willing 669 00:27:50,756 --> 00:27:53,019 to open up about Officer Palmer's murder, 670 00:27:53,062 --> 00:27:55,543 we might be able to help you out with this. 671 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:58,633 You don't have the authority to arrest me for tax evasion. 672 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,461 That's true. I don't. 673 00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:02,593 But, uh... 674 00:28:02,637 --> 00:28:04,508 he does. 675 00:28:05,509 --> 00:28:07,076 This is Larry from the IRS. 676 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,687 I flew him in from D.C., 677 00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:11,602 special, just for you. 678 00:28:11,646 --> 00:28:14,518 You Navy cops are a trip. 679 00:28:15,868 --> 00:28:18,871 Yeah, okay, bring him on. 680 00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:21,003 Just make sure to call my union rep first, 681 00:28:21,047 --> 00:28:23,092 'cause I got nothing to say. 682 00:28:29,011 --> 00:28:31,361 [door opens] 683 00:28:32,841 --> 00:28:34,582 You get anything out of Yates? 684 00:28:34,625 --> 00:28:37,106 No, he's not gonna talk. 685 00:28:37,150 --> 00:28:39,935 But he may not have to. 686 00:28:39,979 --> 00:28:42,590 Happen to remember Commander Campbell's tattoo? 687 00:28:42,633 --> 00:28:44,766 Uh, the fire-breathing dragon? 688 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:46,899 Yeah, yeah, kind of hard to miss. 689 00:28:46,942 --> 00:28:47,900 [chuckles]: Yeah. 690 00:28:47,943 --> 00:28:49,205 Yates has the same one. 691 00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:52,687 You know, secret societies have flourished 692 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:55,734 among police departments since before the Civil War. 693 00:28:55,777 --> 00:28:57,736 Yeah. They used to call them brotherhoods, fraternities, 694 00:28:57,779 --> 00:28:59,607 but they're really just a gang. 695 00:28:59,650 --> 00:29:01,609 If that's what we got going on here, 696 00:29:01,652 --> 00:29:04,394 we'll meet one of the requirements for RICO. 697 00:29:04,438 --> 00:29:06,483 PATTON: I've been going through photos 698 00:29:06,527 --> 00:29:10,487 on the NOPD's public website as well as their social media. 699 00:29:10,531 --> 00:29:12,359 Look what I found. 700 00:29:14,970 --> 00:29:16,624 PRIDE: Campbell, Yates, Blakely, Palmer, 701 00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:17,930 all with the same tattoo. 702 00:29:17,973 --> 00:29:20,149 Call themselves the Spitfires. 703 00:29:20,193 --> 00:29:22,369 Their creed: "Order by any means." 704 00:29:22,412 --> 00:29:24,806 And there's a lot of them. I counted 13. 705 00:29:24,850 --> 00:29:26,590 They all graduated from the academy 706 00:29:26,634 --> 00:29:28,027 when Campbell took command. 707 00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:30,246 All with questionable psych evals. 708 00:29:30,290 --> 00:29:33,119 Campbell's passing them through to feed the organization. 709 00:29:33,162 --> 00:29:34,511 Sounds like conspiracy to me. 710 00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:35,991 Ain't that another bar to meet RICO? 711 00:29:36,035 --> 00:29:39,690 We don't need Yates to flip on Blakely at all. 712 00:29:39,734 --> 00:29:44,608 We've met two of the three bars needed for a RICO prosecution. 713 00:29:44,652 --> 00:29:47,916 And if these Spitfires are using their positions to make money... 714 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,788 We'd meet the third bar for RICO. 715 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:53,226 Taking Yates and Blakely down, 716 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:55,271 and every other Spitfire with them. 717 00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:06,456 Anything yet? 718 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,284 We've been going through NOPD's excessive force complaints 719 00:30:08,328 --> 00:30:10,286 for members of the Spitfires. 720 00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:11,984 They average 40% more complaints 721 00:30:12,027 --> 00:30:15,204 than the others.How does something like that not get noticed? 722 00:30:15,248 --> 00:30:16,858 Police department's not tracking data. 723 00:30:16,902 --> 00:30:19,600 If you want to curb excessive force at the NOPD, 724 00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:21,950 start with these 13 cops. 725 00:30:21,994 --> 00:30:24,866 Rita spoke to the Organized Crime and Gang Section 726 00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:26,868 at the DOJ. 727 00:30:26,912 --> 00:30:29,131 They're gonna hear our RICO pitch. 728 00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:31,003 That's good news.[chuckles]: Yeah. 729 00:30:31,046 --> 00:30:32,831 But it means we have to have one. 730 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:35,572 I mean, we can make a case that these Spitfires 731 00:30:35,616 --> 00:30:38,575 are a gang involved in a conspiracy, 732 00:30:38,619 --> 00:30:40,664 but are they profiting from it? 733 00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,666 Might have something there. 734 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:44,538 We knew Yates was earning cash on the side 735 00:30:44,581 --> 00:30:46,670 doing security work, so we looked into the other guys. 736 00:30:46,714 --> 00:30:49,499 Got the detail authorizations for the other Spitfire members. 737 00:30:49,543 --> 00:30:51,501 They all have healthy moonlighting gigs 738 00:30:51,545 --> 00:30:53,286 across the city.More security work. 739 00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:55,114 Well, that's not unusual. 740 00:30:55,157 --> 00:30:57,986 Moonlighting as a cop is voluntary. 741 00:30:58,030 --> 00:30:59,901 Some want it more than others. 742 00:30:59,945 --> 00:31:02,295 True, but what stands out about these authorizations 743 00:31:02,338 --> 00:31:04,863 is that they all work for one company: 744 00:31:04,906 --> 00:31:06,647 Alpha Dog Security. 745 00:31:06,690 --> 00:31:10,781 Commander Pat Campbell established the LLC in 2017. 746 00:31:10,825 --> 00:31:12,305 He owns the company 747 00:31:12,348 --> 00:31:15,395 that employs every single one of the Spitfires? 748 00:31:16,483 --> 00:31:19,399 You two... may have just proved our case. 749 00:31:28,451 --> 00:31:31,193 It just never seems to end, does it? 750 00:31:32,368 --> 00:31:36,155 Uh, it's slowed down some, at least. 751 00:31:36,198 --> 00:31:38,331 Loretta, I want to apologize for the other night. 752 00:31:38,374 --> 00:31:40,899 Running my mouth. I didn't mean to overstep. 753 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,335 I should apologize. 754 00:31:42,378 --> 00:31:44,511 You were just trying to help, and... 755 00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:46,817 I am having a hard time. 756 00:31:46,861 --> 00:31:49,168 I get it. We're all suffering. 757 00:31:49,211 --> 00:31:52,867 All looking for relief. 758 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,304 If you need a little extra wine at night...Oh, 759 00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:58,829 it helps quiet my mind, let's me sleep. 760 00:31:58,873 --> 00:32:00,222 I know. 761 00:32:00,266 --> 00:32:02,529 It's just not like you. 762 00:32:02,572 --> 00:32:04,531 These are desperate times, Zahra. 763 00:32:04,574 --> 00:32:07,534 There's so much needless suffering. 764 00:32:07,577 --> 00:32:09,753 I keep trying to look for the meaning, 765 00:32:09,797 --> 00:32:13,061 why are they putting us through this-- can't find it. 766 00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:17,805 May be above our pay grade, Loretta. 767 00:32:17,848 --> 00:32:21,635 May be something we just have to get through. 768 00:32:21,678 --> 00:32:23,463 And we may need support to do it. 769 00:32:23,506 --> 00:32:24,899 Friendship and family. 770 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,727 Yes, of course. 771 00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:30,035 But sometimes we need to go to a professional. 772 00:32:32,907 --> 00:32:34,300 Talk to someone. 773 00:32:34,343 --> 00:32:37,346 I know you have in the past, and it's been helpful. 774 00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:40,306 Therapy? Who's got the time? 775 00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:41,611 You make the time. 776 00:32:41,655 --> 00:32:44,440 Okay. I'll drink herbal tea at night 777 00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:46,573 and just get my act together. 778 00:32:46,616 --> 00:32:49,271 Sure, but being a strong Black woman 779 00:32:49,315 --> 00:32:54,363 sometimes means having the courage to ask for help. 780 00:33:00,804 --> 00:33:04,025 Commander Campbell pushes these guys through the academy. 781 00:33:04,069 --> 00:33:05,853 He cultivates them. 782 00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:09,074 And if they're aggressive and keep quiet, 783 00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:10,945 they're Spitfire material. 784 00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:12,991 "Order by any means" is their motto? 785 00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:14,427 They're nothing but a gang. 786 00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:16,168 And Campbell's making money off them, 787 00:33:16,211 --> 00:33:17,256 hiring them out as security. 788 00:33:17,299 --> 00:33:19,475 Gang, conspiracy, racketeering. 789 00:33:19,519 --> 00:33:21,434 You think it'll make as a RICO case? 790 00:33:21,477 --> 00:33:23,827 Rita's pitching it to DOJ now. 791 00:33:23,871 --> 00:33:26,047 Listen, 792 00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:27,918 when I went after Blakely... 793 00:33:27,962 --> 00:33:30,138 You don't have to. 794 00:33:30,182 --> 00:33:35,448 We all got something inside that we try to keep at bay. 795 00:33:35,491 --> 00:33:37,276 Sometimes it's harder than others. 796 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:40,627 Far as I'm concerned, Blakely and Yates are murderers. 797 00:33:40,670 --> 00:33:43,108 As bad as any criminal we ever go after. 798 00:33:43,151 --> 00:33:45,110 Worse really, since we have to jump through hoops 799 00:33:45,153 --> 00:33:47,286 on the slim hope we can take them down for racketeering. 800 00:33:47,329 --> 00:33:49,636 I want to take a swing at them, too. 801 00:33:51,116 --> 00:33:52,943 Rita. 802 00:33:52,987 --> 00:33:54,336 The Justice Department understood what the team 803 00:33:54,380 --> 00:33:56,730 was trying to accomplish, they commended our work 804 00:33:56,773 --> 00:34:01,648 and creativity for meeting the standards of the RICO statute. 805 00:34:01,691 --> 00:34:03,824 Uh, so we got an "attaboy"? 806 00:34:03,867 --> 00:34:07,306 They applauded your effort to take down bad cops, 807 00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:09,308 but they're declining the case. 808 00:34:09,351 --> 00:34:12,137 The evidence just wasn't strong enough to get a conviction. 809 00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:13,964 They won't commit the resources. 810 00:34:14,008 --> 00:34:15,444 Where does this leave us? 811 00:34:17,142 --> 00:34:19,057 Back at square one. 812 00:34:31,852 --> 00:34:34,681 Well, it's official. Yates lawyered up. 813 00:34:34,724 --> 00:34:36,074 He won't flip on Blakely. 814 00:34:36,117 --> 00:34:38,511 He's willing to take the IRS hit. 815 00:34:38,554 --> 00:34:40,687 [scoffs] And let's face it, he's probably not gonna get any time. 816 00:34:40,730 --> 00:34:42,602 Which means Blakely's gonna walk, too. 817 00:34:42,645 --> 00:34:44,778 No justice for Palmer or any of the other victims. 818 00:34:44,821 --> 00:34:46,693 Yeah, this pisses me off.Me, too. 819 00:34:46,736 --> 00:34:50,218 But all we can do is keep working, the right way. 820 00:34:50,262 --> 00:34:52,525 T-There's plenty of other cops doing the same thing. 821 00:34:52,568 --> 00:34:54,744 And these guys just get away with it. 822 00:34:54,788 --> 00:34:56,268 How are we supposed to change the system 823 00:34:56,311 --> 00:34:58,052 when the system keeps getting in the way? 824 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,445 Honestly, I don't know. 825 00:34:59,488 --> 00:35:00,794 But we can't give up. 826 00:35:00,837 --> 00:35:02,883 Hey. I'm looking for Pride. 827 00:35:02,926 --> 00:35:05,146 Got something he requested. 828 00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:06,930 You know I'm willing to help whenever possible, 829 00:35:06,974 --> 00:35:09,194 but I'm still not understanding why you wanted the time cards 830 00:35:09,237 --> 00:35:10,978 of the Spitfire officers. 831 00:35:11,021 --> 00:35:14,242 I had a hunch, but I wanted proof before I said anything. 832 00:35:14,286 --> 00:35:15,722 And I have the proof right here. 833 00:35:15,765 --> 00:35:17,550 Pride wanted me to cross-reference the time cards 834 00:35:17,593 --> 00:35:19,508 with the Alpha Dog's work schedule. 835 00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:21,162 You notice anything unusual? 836 00:35:21,206 --> 00:35:24,905 It looks like these officers are working security 837 00:35:24,948 --> 00:35:26,298 while on patrol. 838 00:35:26,341 --> 00:35:28,082 Can't be two places at the same time. 839 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:30,780 They're double-dipping, and lying. 840 00:35:30,824 --> 00:35:32,869 Either they're getting paid not to work for the city 841 00:35:32,913 --> 00:35:35,394 or they're getting paid not to work for security. 842 00:35:35,437 --> 00:35:37,918 Both ways are against the rules. 843 00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:40,616 But not the law. It's not a criminal offense. 844 00:35:40,660 --> 00:35:42,792 But it is a fireable one. 845 00:35:44,359 --> 00:35:46,622 So if we can't put them behind bars... 846 00:35:46,666 --> 00:35:48,798 We can get them off the force. 847 00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:56,937 YATES: This is ridiculous.BLAKELY: Take it easy, Yates. 848 00:35:56,980 --> 00:35:58,634 We'll be back. 849 00:36:04,510 --> 00:36:07,948 Oh, I bet you think you did something today, 850 00:36:07,991 --> 00:36:09,645 but I got your number. 851 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:13,083 By the time I'm done suing, I will own you, this department, 852 00:36:13,127 --> 00:36:15,434 this entire city.Yeah. Until then, 853 00:36:15,477 --> 00:36:16,957 the badge stays with us. 854 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,002 You got my number too, right? 855 00:36:22,571 --> 00:36:24,225 Feeling pretty good about yourself? 856 00:36:24,269 --> 00:36:26,445 You're a bad cop and a murderer. 857 00:36:26,488 --> 00:36:28,882 And all you did was lose your job. 858 00:36:28,925 --> 00:36:32,233 I've had better days, but it's a start. 859 00:36:32,277 --> 00:36:34,235 Want to pick up where we left off? 860 00:36:34,279 --> 00:36:37,586 [chuckles]: No. I don't want to kick your ass anymore. 861 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:39,806 I want to make you pay. 862 00:36:39,849 --> 00:36:44,114 Full freight, for ruining the reputation of the NOPD 863 00:36:44,158 --> 00:36:45,855 and for killing two men. 864 00:36:45,899 --> 00:36:48,206 This isn't over. 865 00:36:48,249 --> 00:36:50,512 Not by a long shot. 866 00:36:54,864 --> 00:36:56,649 Can't believe how satisfying that felt. 867 00:36:56,692 --> 00:36:59,173 Feel better when we can put him in cuffs. 868 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:00,957 Problem for another day. Lunch? 869 00:37:01,001 --> 00:37:02,350 If you're buying. 870 00:37:07,181 --> 00:37:10,750 GREGORIO: Okay. Yeah, no, let me get back to you. 871 00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:13,666 Let me think about it. 872 00:37:13,709 --> 00:37:16,059 Okay. Yeah. 873 00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:18,845 Bye. 874 00:37:18,888 --> 00:37:20,890 Hey. Everything all right? 875 00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:23,023 I think so. 876 00:37:23,066 --> 00:37:25,417 What happened? 877 00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:27,027 I just spoke to my mother. 878 00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:28,507 You told her? 879 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:30,683 [exhales] Didn't have to. 880 00:37:30,726 --> 00:37:32,685 She already knew I was gay. 881 00:37:32,728 --> 00:37:34,904 She did? Yes. 882 00:37:34,948 --> 00:37:38,865 All these years I've agonized over telling her, like, 883 00:37:38,908 --> 00:37:42,347 suffering in silence, dreading the day she found out. 884 00:37:43,826 --> 00:37:45,393 She knew it. 885 00:37:45,437 --> 00:37:48,440 She knew it the entire time. 886 00:37:48,483 --> 00:37:50,920 That's great. You should be happy. 887 00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:52,574 [exhales] 888 00:37:52,618 --> 00:37:54,315 I am... 889 00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:56,230 I guess. Ah... 890 00:37:56,274 --> 00:38:00,452 It's just, like, she wants to meet Kara, like, now. 891 00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,454 I've never had my mother meet a girlfriend. 892 00:38:02,497 --> 00:38:05,283 I've never had a girlfriend for more than a few weeks. 893 00:38:05,326 --> 00:38:08,808 Yeah, it's-it's... it's growth. 894 00:38:08,851 --> 00:38:10,940 It's terrifying. 895 00:38:12,377 --> 00:38:13,421 [door closes] 896 00:38:15,684 --> 00:38:18,644 Oh. Hey, Mom. Another late night at work? 897 00:38:18,687 --> 00:38:23,823 Actually, I took off early because I had an appointment 898 00:38:23,866 --> 00:38:26,260 with a therapist. 899 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,044 Black people don't go to therapy. 900 00:38:28,088 --> 00:38:29,437 This one does. 901 00:38:29,481 --> 00:38:31,874 It can help when you're struggling with a problem 902 00:38:31,918 --> 00:38:34,442 you don't know how to solve by yourself. 903 00:38:34,486 --> 00:38:36,575 Especially in these times when life 904 00:38:36,618 --> 00:38:39,012 just seems so out of control. 905 00:38:40,666 --> 00:38:43,364 I know I've been a pain in the butt lately. 906 00:38:43,408 --> 00:38:46,759 Been drinking more than usual. 907 00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:49,370 I haven't noticed.[laughs] 908 00:38:49,414 --> 00:38:51,154 Yes, you have. 909 00:38:51,198 --> 00:38:53,156 And that's fine. You're old enough to know 910 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,333 what's going on in the world right now. 911 00:38:56,943 --> 00:38:59,554 It feels like I have a lot on my shoulders. 912 00:38:59,598 --> 00:39:02,340 You don't have to explain.Yes, I do. 913 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,299 It's, uh, it's just that... 914 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:09,869 things have been enormously stressful, and to cope, 915 00:39:09,912 --> 00:39:14,352 I'd been using the wine as a crutch. 916 00:39:14,395 --> 00:39:17,746 That's not fair to you. I'm sorry. 917 00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:20,401 I can help take care of you. 918 00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:23,186 [laughs softly] 919 00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:25,841 Thank you, CJ. 920 00:39:25,885 --> 00:39:27,930 But you're my son. 921 00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:31,760 You shouldn't have to take care of me. 922 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:37,157 I take care of me. And you. 923 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,422 And the first steps are to be with these. 924 00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:46,558 Need to get your signs together. 925 00:39:46,601 --> 00:39:49,299 Protest happened a few days ago. Mm. 926 00:39:49,343 --> 00:39:53,521 There's a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, 927 00:39:53,565 --> 00:39:55,393 and we're gonna be there. 928 00:39:55,436 --> 00:39:56,524 Word? 929 00:39:56,568 --> 00:39:58,396 Word. 930 00:40:02,574 --> 00:40:05,403 Oh, Rita? Those go up there. 931 00:40:05,446 --> 00:40:08,362 Okay. Got it. 932 00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:12,888 [sniffles] 933 00:40:12,932 --> 00:40:14,412 Uh-uh. 934 00:40:17,502 --> 00:40:19,547 [knocking on door] 935 00:40:24,813 --> 00:40:26,859 [safe beeps] 936 00:40:35,998 --> 00:40:38,218 Ah, Mayor Taylor. 937 00:40:38,261 --> 00:40:39,698 Yeah. Come on in. 938 00:40:39,741 --> 00:40:41,526 Sorry for the late visit. 939 00:40:41,569 --> 00:40:42,962 PRIDE: Oh, no. No-no problem at all. 940 00:40:43,005 --> 00:40:44,311 Can I get you something to drink? 941 00:40:44,354 --> 00:40:45,791 Uh, you want to sit down?Oh, no. No. 942 00:40:45,834 --> 00:40:47,270 I'm fine, thank you. 943 00:40:47,314 --> 00:40:49,925 Uh, this will actually be a brief visit. 944 00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:51,361 What's going on? 945 00:40:51,405 --> 00:40:53,276 I just wanted to thank you for all the work you did 946 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,887 on the Palmer case. 947 00:40:54,930 --> 00:41:00,370 Oh, well, I appreciate that, but it feels incomplete to me. 948 00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:03,025 Blakely and Yates are still walking the streets. 949 00:41:03,069 --> 00:41:04,766 Don't sell yourself short, Dwayne. 950 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:06,594 Due to your efforts, they're off the force, 951 00:41:06,638 --> 00:41:08,944 as well as 11 other officers who had no business 952 00:41:08,988 --> 00:41:11,077 wearing the badge in the first place. 953 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,513 That's a great start. 954 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:14,036 Much more to be done. 955 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,517 That's actually why I'm here. 956 00:41:16,561 --> 00:41:19,781 Loretta said something to me about the collective trauma 957 00:41:19,825 --> 00:41:21,914 New Orleans is going through right now, 958 00:41:21,957 --> 00:41:23,916 and how the city deserves better. 959 00:41:23,959 --> 00:41:25,570 I couldn't agree more. 960 00:41:25,613 --> 00:41:28,529 I started thinking about everything we need to rebuild 961 00:41:28,573 --> 00:41:31,750 once COVID is over and how to rebuild in a way 962 00:41:31,793 --> 00:41:34,274 that serves all the citizens better. 963 00:41:34,317 --> 00:41:35,797 Well, what did you have in mind? 964 00:41:35,841 --> 00:41:38,017 A lot of systemic issues plaguing the city. 965 00:41:38,060 --> 00:41:40,454 Not just over-policing, but housing, 966 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:43,370 schools, health care, childcare. It... 967 00:41:43,413 --> 00:41:45,415 Ooh, each one of those could take years of work 968 00:41:45,459 --> 00:41:47,635 just to unravel the problems. 969 00:41:47,679 --> 00:41:50,551 Which is why I've decided to create a task force 970 00:41:50,595 --> 00:41:52,814 to look into some of these issues. 971 00:41:52,858 --> 00:41:56,775 Uh, recommend the big changes, yes, but also the small ones 972 00:41:56,818 --> 00:41:59,821 that could really make a difference in someone's life, 973 00:41:59,865 --> 00:42:02,476 and I'd like you to join, Dwayne. 974 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,435 [laughs] Well... 975 00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,570 Oh, y-- No. 976 00:42:09,614 --> 00:42:12,225 I'm-I'm flattered, but I am no politician. 977 00:42:12,268 --> 00:42:15,924 No, you are someone who gets things done. 978 00:42:17,447 --> 00:42:19,188 And that's why I want you. 979 00:42:19,232 --> 00:42:22,235 I need you, really. 980 00:42:22,278 --> 00:42:24,367 I'd ask you to think about it, 981 00:42:24,411 --> 00:42:26,805 but the Dwayne I know already has an answer. 982 00:42:27,762 --> 00:42:30,243 So, are you in? 983 00:42:31,287 --> 00:42:36,597 Captioning sponsored by CBS 984 00:42:36,641 --> 00:42:39,644 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org