1. In the criminal
justice system...Copy !req
2. the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups:Copy !req
3. the police who
investigate crime...Copy !req
4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.Copy !req
5. These are their stories.Copy !req
6. Blast him, Angel.Copy !req
7. No, man, he's
gone down the hole.Copy !req
8. Well, drop down to green
level. Nuke 'em. Nuke 'em.Copy !req
9. Yes! 827 kills. I
think that's a record.Copy !req
10. Come on, man. I gotta
go. My mom's gonna kill me.Copy !req
11. She can't stand it anymore.
Says they're too big.Copy !req
12. My Joanna's always wanted
to be bigger, since high school.Copy !req
13. She is kind of flat, dear. The
boys used to call her button-boobs.Copy !req
14. Now, I tell her God made them
that way. She still wants them bigger.Copy !req
15. How old's Joanna now, 34?Copy !req
16. Here we go again.Copy !req
17. She'll never find love, okay?Copy !req
18. I'll see you tomorrow, Ida.Copy !req
19. She thinks I'm talking love,
Trixie. I was talking husband.Copy !req
20. Angel.Copy !req
21. Help me!Copy !req
22. Somebody call the cops.Copy !req
23. Help me!Copy !req
24. Oh, my God.Copy !req
25. He knocked me down.
Animals! Don't move. Don't move.Copy !req
26. He didn't shoot me.
It's my hip. My hip hurts.Copy !req
27. Ida, look.Copy !req
28. I know you're in pain, but can you tell me
anything about the man who pushed you?Copy !req
29. How's your breathing, Mrs. Abel?Copy !req
30. I'm fine.Copy !req
31. My hip hurts. He ran right
at me. He didn't see me.Copy !req
32. He was looking
over his shoulder.Copy !req
33. Did you get a good look at him?Copy !req
34. I think he was Puerto Rican,
but they never used to bother us.Copy !req
35. My husband says
it's worse than Beirut.Copy !req
36. Let's get her out of here.Copy !req
37. I wanna go with her.
Officer Banks will take you.Copy !req
38. You'd tell me if he
was selling drugs, right?Copy !req
39. No way.Copy !req
40. Honest, man, we
were just going home.Copy !req
41. Then, bam, bam, Angel was down.Copy !req
42. He didn't do nothing.Copy !req
43. He was talking about going
to San Juan to visit his uncle.Copy !req
44. Fellas, stick around. Reynolds,
let them keep warm in the car.Copy !req
45. Sure. They didn't see anybody.Copy !req
46. They think the shots came
from across the street...Copy !req
47. but there's no shell casings.Copy !req
48. Angel Ramirez, 14 years old.Copy !req
49. Park North Junior High.Copy !req
50. His friends say he was a good
student. No drugs, if you believe them.Copy !req
51. Well, what is it? A
drive-by? A hit? The latter.Copy !req
52. Right through the neck.
Hit the carotid artery.Copy !req
53. No line, no
waiting, you're gone.Copy !req
54. Let's get him up. Got it.Copy !req
55. Fourteen years old.Copy !req
56. Pretty soon we'll be passing
out vests in kindergarten.Copy !req
57. No, it's not true. Not my Angel.Copy !req
58. Lila, he was with Alex and Leon.Copy !req
59. I'm calling Leon's mother
now. I'm sure it's a mistake.Copy !req
60. I'm sorry, Mrs. Ramirez.Copy !req
61. I'm sorry.Copy !req
62. Angel, he doesn't
hang with no bad kids.Copy !req
63. He didn't have no troubles.Copy !req
64. It is possible someone
was out to get him.Copy !req
65. Was your son a member of a gang?Copy !req
66. Was he into drugs
at all? Please, listen.Copy !req
67. He's Prefect of
Sodality at the church.Copy !req
68. He gets good grades.Copy !req
69. They say maybe he even
gets a scholarship. NYU.Copy !req
70. He can stay at home.Copy !req
71. He can stay.Copy !req
72. He can stay. Oh,
God. He can stay.Copy !req
73. Angel Ramirez was a saint.Copy !req
74. Park North says he
never even got detention.Copy !req
75. Some saints were sinners
first. A contract on a 14-year-old?Copy !req
76. A shot clean through the neck.
That's a drive-by, an accident?Copy !req
77. No, I think it's more like a thunderstorm.
You know, like an act of God.Copy !req
78. You take a walk,
you get rained on...Copy !req
79. but you take another walk, you
get a bullet through your skull.Copy !req
80. Kid had no record. I met
his parents. I don't buy it.Copy !req
81. No one put a hit on this kid.Copy !req
82. What's with him?
It was a long night.Copy !req
83. Aren't they all? CSU
found one of the slugs.Copy !req
84. Nine-millimeter, but it was
smashed into the concrete.Copy !req
85. It's untraceable. What
about this witness?Copy !req
86. She spent the night
at Saint Theresas.Copy !req
87. It's hard to tell what she saw.Copy !req
88. If she can move,
get her in here.Copy !req
89. Show her every picture we've
got. While she's looking, you pray.Copy !req
90. Mrs. Abel is gonna pull
our man for us, aren't you?Copy !req
91. Can I get you some
more tea? No, thank you.Copy !req
92. Now, my eyesight's
good. It runs in the family.Copy !req
93. But he was going very fast.Copy !req
94. You see anybody
in there you like?Copy !req
95. Maybe him.Copy !req
96. It could be him.Copy !req
97. And maybe this one, too.Copy !req
98. You go out and arrest
those animals, right now.Copy !req
99. Hey, Navarez is
dead, hit by the DEA.Copy !req
100. Yeah, is he still there?Copy !req
101. You sure? All right, next
Domingo, Juan.Copy !req
102. Thanks a lot, Joey. SID 59643.Copy !req
103. Melendez is in Greenhaven.
Murder and rape.Copy !req
104. Thank you very much, Mrs. Abel.Copy !req
105. Yeah?Copy !req
106. He had what?Copy !req
107. Right.Copy !req
108. Right. Thank you.Copy !req
109. Juan Domingo...Copy !req
110. a couple of misdemeanors, marijuana,
criminal possession weapon four.Copy !req
111. Guess what the weapon
was? Colt Anaconda.Copy !req
112. Hey, that's a nice snake. You
shoot down planes with that sucker.Copy !req
113. Now, guess where he lives.
Seven blocks from the shooting...Copy !req
114. 103rd and Lex. Thank
you very much, Mrs. Abel.Copy !req
115. Juan Domingo. Police. Open up.Copy !req
116. Go! Go! Go!Copy !req
117. Go!Copy !req
118. Clear! Hey, what the hell?Copy !req
119. Hey, hold it! Don't
even breathe.Copy !req
120. I'm cool. Don't shoot. Mike.Copy !req
121. No nine-millimeter.Copy !req
122. What did you do, Juan?
Take down some gun dealer?Copy !req
123. Chill. I am a dealer.Copy !req
124. Let me put my hands
down. I'll prove it.Copy !req
125. Go ahead.Copy !req
126. Hey, that's not a good idea.Copy !req
127. He's not kidding.
Federal firearms license...Copy !req
128. State of New York,
permit to possess and sell.Copy !req
129. Good till '96.Copy !req
130. Hold it. It says you're from
Monticello? Yeah, I got customers here.Copy !req
131. My FFL says I
transport to sale location.Copy !req
132. Now, what do you want?Copy !req
133. Where were you yesterday
afternoon? Minding my own business.Copy !req
134. Delivered a Mauser to a
customer on 91 and Lex.Copy !req
135. Yeah, and then you went to
the antiques show at the armory.Copy !req
136. Don't quit your day job, man.
Look, I didn't shoot that kid on 95th.Copy !req
137. I was just walking up the 'ard,
and, wham, kid got whacked...Copy !req
138. so I'm moving. Right
into a little old lady.Copy !req
139. And, of course, you were alone.Copy !req
140. Look, ask the dudes
with the homeboy.Copy !req
141. It's too bad. He was
just a kid, you know?Copy !req
142. It's a crazy jungle out there.Copy !req
143. Rule number one:
scram when they jam.Copy !req
144. You're gonna be jamming
at the precinct with us.Copy !req
145. Look, I'm a businessman. Yeah
and your state license says...Copy !req
146. your guns must be secured
by locks at all times. Let's go.Copy !req
147. Get Mr. Domingo the executive
suite down at central booking.Copy !req
148. Come on, kid.Copy !req
149. No felony record, $30...Copy !req
150. and a social security number
gets you a resale license.Copy !req
151. For $75, you can sell
Howitzers to Qadhafi.Copy !req
152. How does he get a state
license? Lives in Monticello?Copy !req
153. A lot of Hispanics up
there. They work the resorts.Copy !req
154. I'm sure Mr. Domingo
looks respectable.Copy !req
155. Excuse me. This
gun dealer, Domingo...Copy !req
156. Now, I don't know if this fits,
all right? But I talked to the 33.Copy !req
157. Ten days ago there
was a hit. 107 and Lex.Copy !req
158. Some sleaze who
deals in hot guns.Copy !req
159. Domingo lives there.Copy !req
160. The shooting took
place in an alley.Copy !req
161. There was a witness,
Ricky Morales.Copy !req
162. Any joy for us here?Copy !req
163. This kid was supposed to come
in and look at a police line-up.Copy !req
164. Then, bang, drive-by in front of
his school, Saint Matthews Prep.Copy !req
165. Who do you think the
suspect was in the hit?Copy !req
166. Your noted entrepreneur,
Juan Domingo.Copy !req
167. The Morales kid is supposed
to identify Domingo...Copy !req
168. and now he's dead? Mount Sinai.Copy !req
169. Bullet's gone, and so
are the use of his legs.Copy !req
170. And, big surprise,
so is his memory.Copy !req
171. Go. Go.Copy !req
172. I got nothing to say.Copy !req
173. Last time I talked to badges...Copy !req
174. look what it got me.Copy !req
175. Hey, slow down. We're
on your side. I'm slow.Copy !req
176. I'm going to be slow
for the rest of my life.Copy !req
177. Listen, we know what happened.Copy !req
178. You saw Juan Domingo
shoot another gun dealer.Copy !req
179. Unfortunately, he shot you
so you wouldn't tell the cops.Copy !req
180. And it looked like you were
buying a gun from Domingo.Copy !req
181. We're not busting you for a hot gun,
Ricky, but you can put Domingo away.Copy !req
182. Look, I never saw this
Domingo guy. I didn't buy a gun.Copy !req
183. Well, did you ever hear of a
kid named Angel Ramirez?Copy !req
184. It's the kid who got killed,
right? Yeah, I saw it on TV.Copy !req
185. He didn't go to Saint
Matthews, and I don't know him.Copy !req
186. Funny thing, the night
Angel Ramirez got killed...Copy !req
187. Domingo was there,
too. Right next to him.Copy !req
188. We thought maybe you
could tell us why, huh?Copy !req
189. I told you, we didn't see
Domingo shoot anybody.Copy !req
190. We?Copy !req
191. I thought you said you
were the only one there.Copy !req
192. Look, I meant we, us,
everybody on the block.Copy !req
193. Who's "we," Ricky?Copy !req
194. Who else saw Domingo
shoot the other dealer?Copy !req
195. Look, I wanna go back
to the sunroom. Nurse?Copy !req
196. Nurse?Copy !req
197. He said, "we."Copy !req
198. We didn't see Domingo shoot
anybody. Yeah, so who's "we"?Copy !req
199. And how does it tie in with the
kid we saw dying on the street?Copy !req
200. Wait a minute,
Lennie. Wait a minute.Copy !req
201. Two weeks ago, the kid
upstairs witnesses a murder.Copy !req
202. He had to be with somebody
else. Then he gets shot.Copy !req
203. Yeah, then the other
witness gets scared...Copy !req
204. because he thinks
maybe he's next. Right.Copy !req
205. So the other witness
shoots first, but he misses...Copy !req
206. hits the kid on the street.Copy !req
207. Right? Right.Copy !req
208. The Morales kid, upstairs.
He goes to Saint Matthews.Copy !req
209. Let's see who his friends are.Copy !req
210. It's terrible about Ricky. He's
a good student. Very popular.Copy !req
211. His father is a subway motorman.Copy !req
212. He works two jobs
to send him here.Copy !req
213. Could any of Ricky's
friends have guns...Copy !req
214. maybe even bring them to school?Copy !req
215. This is Saint
Matthews, Detective.Copy !req
216. Charles, I was just telling the
detectives about our security.Copy !req
217. Charles uses one of those
metal-detector wands...Copy !req
218. on the boys as they come in.Copy !req
219. We've never found
any guns, have we?Copy !req
220. Just that switchblade last fall.Copy !req
221. The boy had
detention for a month...Copy !req
222. and we kicked him
off the swim team.Copy !req
223. Ricky's homeroom teacher
says these are his friends.Copy !req
224. It's just not possible any of these
boys could have anything to do...Copy !req
225. - with a murder investigation.
- Easy gig, huh, Charles?Copy !req
226. We got our hands full, what
with fights after school and all.Copy !req
227. So maybe the Monsignor here is
a little bit optimistic about no guns?Copy !req
228. I'm not saying he's wrong, but I
wouldn't be surprised at anything.Copy !req
229. I know our boys don't carry
guns, and I know what else we'll do.Copy !req
230. Let's take this list
of Ricky's friends...Copy !req
231. and check their lockers.
Will that make you happy?Copy !req
232. It's not about being happy,
Father, but since you offered.Copy !req
233. "Number 462, Jimmy Todd."Copy !req
234. Detective, be my guest.Copy !req
235. "Number 447, Kevin Parker."Copy !req
236. Detective? Nothing here.Copy !req
237. Nothing here,
either. I told you.Copy !req
238. Charles, "Number
441, Billy Wojak."Copy !req
239. The boy's 16. He's never been in
trouble. This is trouble, Counselor.Copy !req
240. Four guns, four charges, Billy.Copy !req
241. Stop scaring him.Copy !req
242. Suppose he just holds
guns for other kids.Copy !req
243. I assure you, you won't
find his prints on them.Copy !req
244. Billy doesn't have
a gun. I would know.Copy !req
245. Aileen.Copy !req
246. Bill, they don't
wanna arrest you.Copy !req
247. Just tell them who
the guns belong to.Copy !req
248. I don't know how they got
there. I never saw them before.Copy !req
249. This is a nine-millimeter Glock.Copy !req
250. We think this is the gun used to
kill a boy named Angel Ramirez.Copy !req
251. How do you feel
about that Billy?Copy !req
252. Maybe somebody did
put the guns in his locker.Copy !req
253. I don't rat on my friends.Copy !req
254. Explain it to your
client, Counselor.Copy !req
255. If we find out this gun was
used to commit a crime...Copy !req
256. you're looking at
accessory to murder.Copy !req
257. Come on.Copy !req
258. Without prints, it's
barely possession.Copy !req
259. I guess we need prints.Copy !req
260. Billy rides with us. You
know the address. Let's go.Copy !req
261. He say anything after you
book him? Only a lot of tears.Copy !req
262. He's covering. His mother's
covering. Ricky's covering.Copy !req
263. Ballistics says the
Glock was fired recently.Copy !req
264. They lifted prints...Copy !req
265. but my hunch tells me they
won't match with a record.Copy !req
266. Yeah, just to make it easier,
the serial number is acid-burned.Copy !req
267. Oh, good.Copy !req
268. A gun with no home,
prints we can't ID...Copy !req
269. and slugs we can't
connect to a killing.Copy !req
270. - Whose turn to play genius?
- She just said "slugs."Copy !req
271. CSU came back with one.Copy !req
272. The old ladies and the kids
said two shots were fired.Copy !req
273. You have to find
that second slug.Copy !req
274. I don't know. The
thing is, it's so open.Copy !req
275. If the shooter was over there,
how come nobody noticed him?Copy !req
276. Looks like a 45. Yeah, we're
looking for nine-millimeter.Copy !req
277. Four hours overtime. What are
we doing here, the Holy Grail?Copy !req
278. If it was your 14-year-old in the
freezer, you'd think it was worth it.Copy !req
279. I got a 22, old.Copy !req
280. What the hell is
this, a firing range?Copy !req
281. Logan.Copy !req
282. Nine-millimeter.
Clean. Not here long.Copy !req
283. Bravo. Get it over to
ballistics right away.Copy !req
284. Lennie, where was Angel
Ramirez? He was right there.Copy !req
285. Now, we thought the shooter was across
the street in the middle of the block.Copy !req
286. Follow the shots.Copy !req
287. The shooter was at the corner.Copy !req
288. Yeah, that's where the other
old lady was, Mrs. Sugarman.Copy !req
289. Impossible. She's
standing right there...Copy !req
290. and doesn't see
a kid with a gun?Copy !req
291. No. No, she was walking away
from him. She had her back to him.Copy !req
292. All I could think about
was getting to Ida.Copy !req
293. Well, that was the
right thing to do.Copy !req
294. We need to know. Did you see
anyone after you heard the shooting?Copy !req
295. Anyone running?
Everybody was running.Copy !req
296. All right, try this, Mrs.
Sugarman. Close your eyes.Copy !req
297. Go ahead.Copy !req
298. Okay, you're walking toward
Park, and you hear the shots.Copy !req
299. Now, what happened then?Copy !req
300. Well, I think about Ida.Copy !req
301. I turn around to...Copy !req
302. A boy ran into me from the
parochial school, Saint Elys.Copy !req
303. He was wearing
one of those jackets.Copy !req
304. He even said, "sorry,"
when he bumped into me.Copy !req
305. You saw Saint Elys on the
jacket? No, it was the color.Copy !req
306. All the boys wear them.
They're red and black.Copy !req
307. Okay, yeah. That's
Saint Matthews.Copy !req
308. Do you remember
what he looked like?Copy !req
309. He had dark hair and the jacket.Copy !req
310. Yeah, I'm sure he
was wearing that jacket.Copy !req
311. Thanks, Mrs. Sugarman.Copy !req
312. You hear what she say? Yeah.Copy !req
313. One of those nice parochial school
boys shot an innocent 14-year-old to death.Copy !req
314. It's not gonna make the
Monsignor very happy.Copy !req
315. Let's check Ballistics
on that second slug.Copy !req
316. What do you mean, "maybe"?Copy !req
317. This slug went through
Angel Ramirez's neck.Copy !req
318. This you found in the wall, same
alloy. They came from the same batch.Copy !req
319. This is the Glock
from Saint Matthews.Copy !req
320. Now, the first slug is smashed.
I can't match it to the gun.Copy !req
321. The second slug, I can
match to the gun 85%...Copy !req
322. and the second slug looks to
be the same alloy as the first one.Copy !req
323. Ipso facto, the slug that killed
Angel Ramirez comes from that Glock.Copy !req
324. That's a long-distance
call, but you get through.Copy !req
325. What about the serial number?
The acid erase was done by a pro.Copy !req
326. I could try and raise it, but...Copy !req
327. Send it to Quantico by
courier. On your budget?Copy !req
328. She said the slug that killed the
Ramirez kid came from that Glock.Copy !req
329. I said, "probably."
I didn't hear that...Copy !req
330. and neither did the kid
with the gun in his locker.Copy !req
331. - We have a body on the gun.
- But not my client's prints.Copy !req
332. A body on the gun.
What does that mean?Copy !req
333. It means it was
used to kill somebody.Copy !req
334. They're re-dusting the Glock,
now. With magic powder?Copy !req
335. Amazing stuff, forensics.Copy !req
336. They find a corner of Billy's
pinky finger on that gun...Copy !req
337. he can be brave in
Dannemora. Stop it.Copy !req
338. This is my son, not some
delinquent from the slums.Copy !req
339. I don't care what they
think about you at school.Copy !req
340. You are not going to jail.Copy !req
341. You better come up for air,
Billy, or you're gonna drown.Copy !req
342. Tough guys do okay at school, but
you're not tough enough for prison.Copy !req
343. I can take it.Copy !req
344. Can you take it for five years?Copy !req
345. Who belongs to
that nine-millimeter?Copy !req
346. It was Ricky's gun.
Ricky bought it.Copy !req
347. He bought it with
somebody else...Copy !req
348. and then they used it later.Copy !req
349. Right?Copy !req
350. Kevin. Kevin, who?Copy !req
351. Parker. Kevin Parker.Copy !req
352. You don't have to talk if
you don't want to, Kevin.Copy !req
353. The school called your
father. He's on his way.Copy !req
354. Listen, Kevin. This
is what we know.Copy !req
355. Now, you stop me if I say
something that's not true, okay?Copy !req
356. We know you used the gun. We
know Ricky Morales is your best friend.Copy !req
357. Juan Domingo either had
him shot or did it himself.Copy !req
358. We think you shot at Domingo
and missed. The gun's not mine.Copy !req
359. I never shot anyone.
Even if I did...Copy !req
360. Even if what, Kevin?Copy !req
361. I didn't do it. I didn't shoot
anybody. I didn't do it.Copy !req
362. We heard you did, Kevin.Copy !req
363. Another tough guy. We
gotta get prints. Let's book him.Copy !req
364. We can't lock the
slug to the gun.Copy !req
365. Stone's gonna
laugh us out of office.Copy !req
366. Not with motive.
Let me work on him.Copy !req
367. The kid's father's here.
You're gonna love this.Copy !req
368. Ex-cop. Detective in the 33.Copy !req
369. Ted Parker?Copy !req
370. Terrific.Copy !req
371. He's pretty scared.Copy !req
372. I'm sorry, but you know how
it is. We had to pick him up.Copy !req
373. You know, you
aged better than me.Copy !req
374. Well, you dress better than me.Copy !req
375. I'm in corporate security now,
brokerage firm. Beats the street.Copy !req
376. Well, after six years, I wish we
could've met under better circumstances.Copy !req
377. How are the girls?Copy !req
378. Two daughters, right?Copy !req
379. They're fine, thanks.Copy !req
380. Can we talk alone?Copy !req
381. What do you got?Copy !req
382. Maybe you want to wait for
your attorney. I didn't call him.Copy !req
383. I was hoping we
could work this out.Copy !req
384. I got a dead kid.Copy !req
385. I got two slugs, and I got
a gun we can tie to Kevin.Copy !req
386. These slugs, definite match?Copy !req
387. I didn't think so.Copy !req
388. Now, suppose, just suppose...Copy !req
389. there's a kid named Ricky.Copy !req
390. Goes to buy a gun.Copy !req
391. His neighborhood is
lousy and he's scared.Copy !req
392. Takes a friend
with him. Big boy.Copy !req
393. Strong. Strong boy named Kevin.Copy !req
394. Lennie, I didn't say that.Copy !req
395. Now, suppose...Copy !req
396. this Ricky...Copy !req
397. sees the gun dealer
whack some piece of scum.Copy !req
398. Now, the friend
didn't see the killing...Copy !req
399. but the gun dealer pops Ricky,
and the word on the street is...Copy !req
400. the friend is
gonna get it, too...Copy !req
401. so the friend
decides to strike first...Copy !req
402. totally out of the belief
that his life was in danger.Copy !req
403. And if his father's an ex-cop, he
tells his son to call the local precinct.Copy !req
404. Suppose, at this time...Copy !req
405. the boy's father didn't
know any of this happened.Copy !req
406. The boy's father...Copy !req
407. his wife split.Copy !req
408. He works long hours...Copy !req
409. so he puts his kid in
a parochial school...Copy !req
410. so he stays out of trouble.Copy !req
411. You want to destroy
that boy for one mistake?Copy !req
412. Ted... Lennie.Copy !req
413. There are lots of
ways of looking at this.Copy !req
414. Right...Copy !req
415. and if some sleaze-bag gun
dealer had taken a bullet...Copy !req
416. maybe I wouldn't be beating my brains
out trying to put somebody away for it...Copy !req
417. but the problem I got is the
gun dealer's still walking around...Copy !req
418. and some kid named Angel
Ramirez took a slug in his neck.Copy !req
419. This is my son.Copy !req
420. Then, please, tell
me that Domingo...Copy !req
421. pointed a gun someplace in
the general direction of your son.Copy !req
422. Then I'll tell you
what I gotta do.Copy !req
423. I got to take Kevin down, print
him, put his name on a yellow sheet.Copy !req
424. And if the prints match, I gotta
put him in a line-up for our witness.Copy !req
425. What if you don't book him?Copy !req
426. What if he does the line-up now?Copy !req
427. If she doesn't pick
him, he goes home.Copy !req
428. He'll do the line-up.Copy !req
429. Don't rush, Mrs.
Sugarman. Take your time.Copy !req
430. The important
thing is to be sure.Copy !req
431. Could I see Number Two again?Copy !req
432. Number Two, step forward.Copy !req
433. They're so young.Copy !req
434. No, it's not him.Copy !req
435. Let me try Number Three.Copy !req
436. Number Two, step back.
Number Three, step forward.Copy !req
437. Oh, yes.Copy !req
438. Now, I'm sure.Copy !req
439. That's the boy that
bumped into me.Copy !req
440. Thank you, Mrs. Sugarman.
If we need you, we'll call you.Copy !req
441. Well, hope I was helpful.Copy !req
442. Mr. Parker, step
forward, please.Copy !req
443. Kevin Parker
you're under arrest...Copy !req
444. for the murder of Angel Ramirez.Copy !req
445. You have the right to remain
silent. Anything you say...Copy !req
446. can and will be used
against you in a court of law.Copy !req
447. Do you understand that?Copy !req
448. "Docket number 97473.Copy !req
449. "The People of the State
of New York v. Kevin Parker.Copy !req
450. "The charge is
murder, second degree."Copy !req
451. Mr. Schell? Your Honor...Copy !req
452. the People have really
stretched this one.Copy !req
453. In view of what the
grand jury heard...Copy !req
454. Do you have this
speech on tape, Gordon?Copy !req
455. I hear it every time I see you.Copy !req
456. But this case cries out
for dismissal, Your Honor.Copy !req
457. This case cries out for
taking every gun in the city...Copy !req
458. and melting them down.Copy !req
459. I'm not going to
dismiss. Let's get a plea.Copy !req
460. Not guilty. Miss Kincaid?Copy !req
461. Considering the seriousness
of the crime, Your Honor...Copy !req
462. the People request
$150,000 bail.Copy !req
463. Granted.Copy !req
464. Cash or bond. Short date. Next?Copy !req
465. Gordon, I'm sympathetic,
but no matter how I look at it...Copy !req
466. - the reality is...
- Murder two...Copy !req
467. you call that sympathy?
This was an accident.Copy !req
468. The gun went off by itself?Copy !req
469. Your client fired two shots, and it
doesn't matter who he aimed it at...Copy !req
470. it's still murder
two. He's a child.Copy !req
471. Come on, Ben, have
some mercy here.Copy !req
472. Angel Ramirez was 14.Copy !req
473. Now, I will consider manslaughter
one. It was self-defense.Copy !req
474. No, Mr. Parker. Self-defense is
when someone aims a gun at you...Copy !req
475. not threatens to aim it.Copy !req
476. You don't know
what it's like out there.Copy !req
477. I didn't have any choice. Kevin.Copy !req
478. They all got guns. He shot
Ricky. He was gonna shoot me.Copy !req
479. Kevin. I don't get it.Copy !req
480. Juan Domingo was booked for murder
and back on the street in six hours.Copy !req
481. Mr. Parker, your son
should've called the police.Copy !req
482. Oh, my fellow cops.Copy !req
483. They did a great job
protecting Ricky Morales.Copy !req
484. Mr. Parker, please.Copy !req
485. As an ex-cop, I assume you
understand what it means...Copy !req
486. that your son and Mr. Morales
left the scene of a crime.Copy !req
487. Now, if they had
gone to the line-up...Copy !req
488. maybe Mr. Morales
might still be walking...Copy !req
489. and maybe Angel
Ramirez might not be dead.Copy !req
490. A lot of maybes. I've
got some better ones.Copy !req
491. Maybe you convince
a jury he had a gun.Copy !req
492. Maybe you convince
them he had a motive.Copy !req
493. Manslaughter
two, juvenile facility.Copy !req
494. It's not his fault that the
streets are a war zone, Ben.Copy !req
495. It is his fault that
he joined the army.Copy !req
496. Maybe it's not his fault.
Because he felt threatened?Copy !req
497. Do we know what
these kids live with?Copy !req
498. When I was in school, they
searched you for marijuana not a 45.Copy !req
499. We have one boy dead,
another paralyzed...Copy !req
500. and a 16-year-old who
thinks he's Wyatt Earp...Copy !req
501. and you wanna deal him
because he's a nice kid...Copy !req
502. and his father's a cop. It
has nothing to do with that.Copy !req
503. I'm just not sure we convict.Copy !req
504. She's right, Adam. We
can put Kevin Parker there.Copy !req
505. We just can't put a gun with
the right bullets in his hand.Copy !req
506. Only way to get Kevin
Parker is with Juan Domingo.Copy !req
507. He saw Parker shoot at him.Copy !req
508. I love cases where a homicidal
gun dealer is our best witness.Copy !req
509. If we could get his testimony.Copy !req
510. If he tells the truth,
he puts himself away.Copy !req
511. Yeah, but that's not a bad idea.Copy !req
512. Domingo lied on his
firearms application, right?Copy !req
513. He said he didn't do drugs,
and he had a pot bust...Copy !req
514. and he transported firearms. He
sold the Glock to Ricky Morales.Copy !req
515. If, God willing...Copy !req
516. we can raise that serial
number, trace it back to him...Copy !req
517. Domingo does three years on
federal charges, four on state...Copy !req
518. and I don't know
why he wouldn't roll.Copy !req
519. We're making a deal
with the wrong side.Copy !req
520. This gun dealer shot two
people and paralyzed a kid.Copy !req
521. But we can't get
Domingo for murder.Copy !req
522. Ricky Morales would
have to testify against him...Copy !req
523. and implicate his friend Kevin
Parker. He's not gonna do that.Copy !req
524. Let's get what we
can out of Domingo.Copy !req
525. Oh, this whole case.Copy !req
526. God bless the FBI.Copy !req
527. That number was almost burned
flat. We have the gun back?Copy !req
528. Tomorrow by courier. I'm taking
no chances with your evidence.Copy !req
529. "Nine-millimeter
Glock, semi-automatic.Copy !req
530. "Purchased from Casey
Distributors, Charlotte, North Carolina.Copy !req
531. "Sold to Juan Domingo,
Monticello, New York."Copy !req
532. I don't know nobody
named Parker.Copy !req
533. Easy, Juan. Put a lid on
it. What do I pay you for?Copy !req
534. Get me bail, man. I don't like
the food here. Mush and beans.Copy !req
535. Please tell my
client about the gun.Copy !req
536. Mr. Domingo, we traced the
Glock you sold to Ricky Morales.Copy !req
537. You couldn't trace
that gun to Mars.Copy !req
538. You bought it from a
dealer in North Carolina.Copy !req
539. It was used to
kill Angel Ramirez.Copy !req
540. Add it up, young man. You're
looking at seven years, minimum.Copy !req
541. And I'd start enjoying the food
because with your attitude...Copy !req
542. I don't think you're
gonna see parole.Copy !req
543. What I see is two district
attorneys who want something.Copy !req
544. Well, that's right.Copy !req
545. What we'd like
you to do is testify...Copy !req
546. that Kevin Parker shot at you.Copy !req
547. You set up every gun dealer
you ever knew for the Feds...Copy !req
548. and you make the Feds happy,
you do four years in Ossining.Copy !req
549. I set up anybody, I'm
lucky I survive four minutes.Copy !req
550. That doesn't break
my heart, young man.Copy !req
551. I'll make sure you get solitary.
You'll get out in one piece.Copy !req
552. All right, you want some
dealers? I gotta make some calls.Copy !req
553. Of course, I don't like it.Copy !req
554. Juan Domingo shot Ricky
Morales. We just handed him a gift.Copy !req
555. If Ricky Morales...Copy !req
556. doesn't want to identify
his shooter, I can't help him.Copy !req
557. Besides... Thanks. If
Domingo doesn't testify...Copy !req
558. Kevin Parker goes free.Copy !req
559. Oh, no.Copy !req
560. Since when do cops
break into school lockers?Copy !req
561. No one broke in. The
principal had a key.Copy !req
562. Don't have a stroke, Gordon.Copy !req
563. The Fourth Amendment doesn't
always apply to school children.Copy !req
564. His cops didn't have a search
warrant. They didn't need one.Copy !req
565. School security does not require strict
adherence to the Fourth Amendment.Copy !req
566. Supreme Court New Jersey v. TLO.Copy !req
567. Ben, in that case, there were no
cops. A principal opened the locker.Copy !req
568. There were no cops in this case.Copy !req
569. Excuse me? I seem to recall,
two detectives were in the hallway.Copy !req
570. They didn't ask for a
search. The principal...Copy !req
571. he searches lockers all
the time. He offered to do it.Copy !req
572. It's also a juggling act.Copy !req
573. Would he have opened
it without the cops?Copy !req
574. Unfortunately, the Supreme
Court didn't address that.Copy !req
575. Maybe kids should have
the same rights as adults.Copy !req
576. The law says no.Copy !req
577. It makes me uncomfortable,
but I'm admitting the gun.Copy !req
578. The technique is
well established.Copy !req
579. Matching lands and grooves on
a bullet with a gun isn't difficult.Copy !req
580. I understand, Miss
Schrier, but how closely...Copy !req
581. do the two bullets that
you're talking about...Copy !req
582. How closely do they match
this Glock semi-automatic?Copy !req
583. The slug found in the wall
matched with 85% certainty...Copy !req
584. and the slug that went
through Angel Ramirez...Copy !req
585. was consistent with the
same gun. Thank you.Copy !req
586. Your witness.Copy !req
587. "Consistent," what
exactly does that mean?Copy !req
588. It means that there's a good probability
that it was fired from the Glock.Copy !req
589. Oh, I see.Copy !req
590. So, then, we have some
certainty and some probability.Copy !req
591. Isn't that a fairly long way
from absolute certainty?Copy !req
592. Within the limits of ballistics...
Really, Miss Schrier...Copy !req
593. the defendant's
on trial for murder.Copy !req
594. I mean, the degree of
certainty is fairly important.Copy !req
595. Can you conclude absolutely...Copy !req
596. that bullets from the gun
found in the school locker...Copy !req
597. were fired at Angel Ramirez?Copy !req
598. With absolute certainty? Yes.Copy !req
599. No.Copy !req
600. He made her look foolish.Copy !req
601. I understand, Mrs. Ramirez, but
this is the beginning of the trial.Copy !req
602. There are a lot of setbacks
ahead of us. You're a policeman.Copy !req
603. Tell your son to
do right, to confess.Copy !req
604. - My son is dead.
- Come on.Copy !req
605. I'm sorry. I wish I could
change it. I wish I could go back.Copy !req
606. Nice try with the gun. Let's
move on to your line-up witness.Copy !req
607. Based on new information, I'm filing
a motion to exclude her testimony.Copy !req
608. New information from where?
What's wrong with the line-up?Copy !req
609. See you in chambers.Copy !req
610. This better be good, Gordon.Copy !req
611. I'm sorry, Your Honor, but this
afternoon my client's father...Copy !req
612. saw the line-up
report for the first time.Copy !req
613. Your client's father
was at the line-up.Copy !req
614. What the hell are
you talking about?Copy !req
615. The police report
jogged his memory.Copy !req
616. Jogged his memory? Yes.Copy !req
617. The witness told the cops...Copy !req
618. that a boy went past her,
wearing a black and red jacket.Copy !req
619. Kevin wore his at the line-up.
I say that that taints her ID.Copy !req
620. Read the reports again.
All the kids wore jackets.Copy !req
621. All red and black. No, no.Copy !req
622. According to my client, all of the
jackets did not have leather on the arms...Copy !req
623. and some of the reds
were not the same.Copy !req
624. Ben, they shouldn't have used
jackets if they weren't identical.Copy !req
625. Three of them were, and two
of them were virtually the same.Copy !req
626. So, at the worst,
it's a minor mistake.Copy !req
627. No, at the worst,
it's prejudicial.Copy !req
628. Your witness doesn't testify.Copy !req
629. Dumb, stupid, and idiotic.Copy !req
630. I think of her as generally
fair. Judge Sally Norton?Copy !req
631. You seen the latest figures
on her reversal rate, Ben?Copy !req
632. Shows you what reading Bar Association
reports will do to your judgment.Copy !req
633. She gets overturned any more,
she'll be walking upside-down.Copy !req
634. This is terrific.Copy !req
635. We still have the
gun dealer. Yeah.Copy !req
636. A picture of delight and charm.Copy !req
637. Without our sweet old lady
to back him up, good luck.Copy !req
638. I knew Ted Parker when he was
a New York City police detective.Copy !req
639. Did Det. Parker ever ask
to speak to you privately?Copy !req
640. Yes. What did he say?Copy !req
641. He asked if I could do
something to help his son.Copy !req
642. I said no. Yes, but, how
did you respond to that?Copy !req
643. Well, he asked
me to think about...Copy !req
644. how some kid might have shot somebody when
he thought that his life was in danger.Copy !req
645. And he asked me to
think about a kid like that...Copy !req
646. how one mistake
could ruin his whole life.Copy !req
647. And what did you say?Copy !req
648. I said, I supposed he
was talking about his son.Copy !req
649. Objection, Your
Honor. Conclusory.Copy !req
650. Sustained.Copy !req
651. The jury will disregard
the witness's answer.Copy !req
652. Thank you, Detective.
Your witness.Copy !req
653. Det. Briscoe, you say Ted
Parker spoke in hypotheticals.Copy !req
654. Did he ever, in any way...Copy !req
655. directly tell you that his
son was involved in a crime?Copy !req
656. No, Mr. Parker never told me directly
that his son was involved in a crime.Copy !req
657. Thank you. No further
questions, Your Honor.Copy !req
658. The gun was Ricky's.
Ricky Morales.Copy !req
659. I was holding it
when he got shot.Copy !req
660. Kevin told me I had to keep it a
while. Why was that, Mr. Wojak?Copy !req
661. Kevin couldn't bring it home.Copy !req
662. He didn't want his dad to know
that he had helped Ricky buy it.Copy !req
663. But why did you have to hold
the guns for the other students?Copy !req
664. I... I guess it kind of made
me feel important, you know?Copy !req
665. They have these, you
know, searches, you know?Copy !req
666. They run the wand over
you, and I never got checked.Copy !req
667. Everyone said it's 'cause I
was kind of a nerd, you know?Copy !req
668. This weapon of Ricky Morales...Copy !req
669. did there ever come a
time when Kevin Parker...Copy !req
670. asked you to give it to him?Copy !req
671. Yeah...Copy !req
672. a couple days
after Ricky got shot.Copy !req
673. Now, did Kevin Parker ever tell
you why he had to have the gun?Copy !req
674. Well, he said that this guy who
shot Ricky was gonna shoot him, too...Copy !req
675. and he had to strap some power.Copy !req
676. A lot of my friends do, you
know? You gotta carry or else.Copy !req
677. Did Kevin give the
gun back to you? Yes.Copy !req
678. When?Copy !req
679. About a week later.Copy !req
680. You know, just after the
kid got shot. Right. Thanks.Copy !req
681. It has to be substantial time.
It can't be a slap on a wrist.Copy !req
682. Is this about public relations?Copy !req
683. It's about a dead 14-year-old.Copy !req
684. Maybe we shouldn't
be here. No, Ted.Copy !req
685. Be reasonable, Ben.Copy !req
686. Any judge takes
circumstances into account.Copy !req
687. The boy was afraid.
Manslaughter one, three-to-nine.Copy !req
688. Listen to his story, Ben.Copy !req
689. Maybe you'll
make a better offer.Copy !req
690. When Ricky was shot...Copy !req
691. I went to the hospital.
He didn't see who did it.Copy !req
692. He just felt it in his back.Copy !req
693. I knew if we'd
gone to the cops...Copy !req
694. We couldn't do it.Copy !req
695. Ricky would have to say he was
with me when he bought the gun.Copy !req
696. If my dad found out...Copy !req
697. When Ricky went down...Copy !req
698. he heard somebody say,
"I'll get your friend, too."Copy !req
699. I had to do something.
I was scared.Copy !req
700. Stone. Yeah.Copy !req
701. Yes?Copy !req
702. When?Copy !req
703. Thank you, Sally. I'll be
in the office in an hour.Copy !req
704. The statement is over.
We'll take this case to the jury.Copy !req
705. Your eyewitness, Mr. Domingo,
was shot an hour ago...Copy !req
706. doing an undercover
buy for the Feds.Copy !req
707. He died on the
table at Bellevue.Copy !req
708. Let's go, Ted. Kevin.
Hey, Gordon, wait a minute.Copy !req
709. We have an agreement. Oh?Copy !req
710. You made an offer. Did
you hear us accept it?Copy !req
711. Oh.Copy !req
712. By the way, Ben,
the Defense rests.Copy !req
713. I don't have to put on a case.Copy !req
714. Sometimes, tragedy
brings out the best in people.Copy !req
715. We cope.Copy !req
716. We deal with our sadness
somehow. We move on.Copy !req
717. For the prosecution,
unfortunately...Copy !req
718. tragedy brings out the worst...Copy !req
719. and in the face of this senseless
death of Angel Ramirez...Copy !req
720. Mr. Stone finds a scapegoat...Copy !req
721. to convince you...Copy !req
722. that he is going
to do something...Copy !req
723. about the war zones in
which our children are living.Copy !req
724. But he can't.Copy !req
725. He can't, so he finds...Copy !req
726. circumstantial connections.Copy !req
727. A bullet that might
have come from that gun.Copy !req
728. A young boy who might
have wanted revenge.Copy !req
729. But, ladies and gentlemen, did that
prove beyond a reasonable doubt...Copy !req
730. that Kevin Parker shot
Angel Ramirez? No.Copy !req
731. All they prove is
what we already know.Copy !req
732. Too many children have guns.Copy !req
733. We allowed this
to happen. All of us.Copy !req
734. Don't make an innocent
boy pay for our mistakes.Copy !req
735. And, yes, Mr. Schell,
you're right.Copy !req
736. There are too many guns
in the hands of children.Copy !req
737. Kids in a big hurry to
say, "I got the power now...Copy !req
738. "look what I'm packing."Copy !req
739. So, yes, sir, our streets
have become a war zone...Copy !req
740. but does that mean that we must
excuse anyone who picks up a gun?Copy !req
741. Does that mean that we have
to particularly excuse him...Copy !req
742. if he's a good kid...Copy !req
743. and if he's the son of a cop...Copy !req
744. a kid who just tried
to do the right thing?Copy !req
745. But what Kevin Parker
did do was shoot...Copy !req
746. a 14-year-old who was just
out for a walk with his friends.Copy !req
747. Now, did he mean to
do it? Of course not.Copy !req
748. And though justice must
be tempered with mercy...Copy !req
749. it can never lose a
sense of retribution...Copy !req
750. or it is no longer justice.Copy !req
751. Kevin Parker shot and
killed Angel Ramirez.Copy !req
752. However sad you feel for the
defendant or for the accidents...Copy !req
753. that brought him here,
you must still find him guilty.Copy !req
754. Nine hours. What are they
debating? Not debating.Copy !req
755. They're worrying about how
guilty they'll feel if they convict him.Copy !req
756. Yes?Copy !req
757. They're still out? Yeah.Copy !req
758. You know, I was thinking,
how did Gordon Schell's office...Copy !req
759. find out Juan Domingo
was shot before we did?Copy !req
760. What? I talked to
Schell's secretary.Copy !req
761. The call came from
the 33rd Precinct.Copy !req
762. They were helping the Feds
set up Domingo's undercover buy.Copy !req
763. Oh, no.Copy !req
764. Domingo was shot before
the Feds even got there.Copy !req
765. The gun dealer they were
supposed to bust got away.Copy !req
766. Or he was never there.Copy !req
767. It's possible the cops from Ted
Parker's old precinct did him a favor.Copy !req
768. Not that you'll ever prove it.Copy !req
769. Yes?Copy !req
770. Tomorrow?Copy !req
771. Thanks.Copy !req
772. The verdict? Not quite.Copy !req
773. Your Honor, I
respectfully suggest...Copy !req
774. It's hopeless. We're deadlocked.Copy !req
775. We have a hung jury.Copy !req
776. We have a mistrial.Copy !req
777. The People will have
to retry Mr. Parker.Copy !req
778. The court thanks
the jury for its service.Copy !req
779. Move to continue bail, Your
Honor. Granted. Court is adjourned.Copy !req
780. It's not worth it. We'd
never get a conviction.Copy !req
781. So they win?Copy !req
782. If anyone won anything,
I'm not quite sure of what it is.Copy !req
783. Mr. Parker, are you teaching your son
what is right by getting a witness shot?Copy !req
784. Dad? Come on.Copy !req
785. Some night.Copy !req
786. Lucky break, that
dealer getting shot.Copy !req
787. You sleeping all
right? I'm sleeping fine.Copy !req
788. And your friends in the 33?
They're sleeping fine, too.Copy !req
789. Lennie, it's over.Copy !req
790. What if it was one of your kids?Copy !req
791. I don't know...Copy !req
792. but there's no statute
of limitations on murder.Copy !req
793. Sweet dreams, pal.Copy !req