1 00:00:03,788 --> 00:00:05,554 - I'm fine. - I don't think you are. 2 00:00:05,579 --> 00:00:06,461 I'm fine. 3 00:00:06,486 --> 00:00:09,524 It's been two days. Are you talking to somebody? 4 00:00:09,548 --> 00:00:11,336 You need to talk about it, what happened to you, 5 00:00:11,361 --> 00:00:12,660 to someone. 6 00:00:13,169 --> 00:00:15,402 You need a... War buddy. 7 00:00:15,427 --> 00:00:17,685 Even the biggest, baddest Navy Seals have war buddies. 8 00:00:19,407 --> 00:00:22,481 I'm not there... at the talking stage. 9 00:00:22,945 --> 00:00:25,367 I'm just tired, so I'm resting. 10 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:27,126 - Resting? - Yes, resting. 11 00:00:27,151 --> 00:00:28,697 - Uh-huh, not working? - No. 12 00:00:29,211 --> 00:00:31,149 Look, 'cause you're the kind of person that would do that... 13 00:00:31,174 --> 00:00:33,177 - This is it... - Dive back into work like nothing ever happened. 14 00:00:34,157 --> 00:00:38,254 I'm in bed right now, and I'm pretty sleepy, so... 15 00:00:39,469 --> 00:00:40,468 Okay. 16 00:00:40,932 --> 00:00:45,096 If you are resting, I guess I'll let you go. 17 00:00:45,121 --> 00:00:46,787 I'll call you tomorrow. 18 00:01:00,010 --> 00:01:01,920 - Olivia. - Chief Connors. 19 00:01:01,945 --> 00:01:03,726 Thanks for coming down. I heard you weren't available. 20 00:01:03,751 --> 00:01:05,437 Wasn't sure I'd get you. 21 00:01:05,462 --> 00:01:06,494 What's his name? 22 00:01:06,519 --> 00:01:08,836 Brandon Parker, 17. 23 00:01:08,861 --> 00:01:10,063 Matched the description 24 00:01:10,087 --> 00:01:12,054 of a suspected shoplifter a couple blocks away. 25 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:14,343 Officer stops to question him, 26 00:01:14,368 --> 00:01:16,289 kid pulls a knife, officer shoots him... 27 00:01:16,315 --> 00:01:18,509 well within his rights and now we've got 28 00:01:18,534 --> 00:01:20,720 a dead black kid put there by a white police officer. 29 00:01:20,745 --> 00:01:22,009 You need me to handle the optics? 30 00:01:22,034 --> 00:01:23,579 I run a clean force. 31 00:01:23,604 --> 00:01:26,460 The last thing I want is a riot that sets my city on fire. 32 00:01:27,871 --> 00:01:29,205 How long has the body been here? 33 00:01:29,230 --> 00:01:31,588 Half an hour. Waiting for the coroner. 34 00:01:31,613 --> 00:01:32,979 The coroner needs to get here fast. 35 00:01:33,004 --> 00:01:33,979 You need to move that body 36 00:01:34,004 --> 00:01:35,748 out of the street as soon as possible. 37 00:01:35,773 --> 00:01:37,619 We are four short blocks from the Capitol, 38 00:01:37,644 --> 00:01:39,213 within the shadow of the White House. 39 00:01:39,238 --> 00:01:40,776 One misstep... 40 00:01:42,017 --> 00:01:44,417 Bring me the cop who shot my son! 41 00:01:47,876 --> 00:01:50,954 - Synced and corrected by martythecrazy - - www.addic7ed.com - 42 00:01:51,265 --> 00:01:54,431 - Sir, I need you to put that down gun. - We need some backup down here. 43 00:01:54,456 --> 00:01:56,548 - Tell your men to stand down. - I can't do that. 44 00:01:56,573 --> 00:01:58,361 - Chief Connors. - Where's Mitchell? Mitchell! 45 00:01:58,393 --> 00:02:00,228 - Chief Connors. - Widen the perimeter. 46 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:02,416 - Bring me the cop who shot my son. - Get those gawkers back as far as possible! 47 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,354 Every one of these bystanders has a cellphone 48 00:02:04,379 --> 00:02:05,510 with a camera built in. 49 00:02:05,535 --> 00:02:07,440 You shoot that man, you'll be famous worldwide 50 00:02:07,465 --> 00:02:08,807 in under 10 minutes. 51 00:02:08,832 --> 00:02:10,907 I'm not leaving until you bring me that cop. 52 00:02:10,932 --> 00:02:12,448 - Put the gun down, Sir. - Come on, Connors. 53 00:02:12,473 --> 00:02:13,846 No! Lower your weapon... now! 54 00:02:13,871 --> 00:02:15,714 Sir! Sir! 55 00:02:15,739 --> 00:02:17,146 Mr. Parker! 56 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:18,437 Name's Clarence. 57 00:02:18,462 --> 00:02:19,784 Hi, Clarence. 58 00:02:19,809 --> 00:02:21,644 I'm Olivia. I'm here to help you. 59 00:02:21,669 --> 00:02:22,652 I thought we could talk. 60 00:02:22,677 --> 00:02:25,277 - Are the one that killed my son? - No, Sir. 61 00:02:25,302 --> 00:02:27,417 Then I don't have anything to say to you. 62 00:02:27,442 --> 00:02:29,198 I understand you want answers, 63 00:02:29,223 --> 00:02:31,370 but without access to the crime scene... 64 00:02:31,395 --> 00:02:32,561 Crime scene? 65 00:02:33,003 --> 00:02:34,809 One of them murdered my son. 66 00:02:34,834 --> 00:02:36,957 How do you think cops who murdered my son 67 00:02:36,982 --> 00:02:38,676 are gonna handle the crime scene? 68 00:02:39,014 --> 00:02:42,178 The Attorney General of the United States 69 00:02:42,203 --> 00:02:43,373 is a friend of mine. 70 00:02:43,398 --> 00:02:47,250 If I can get him down here to oversee the investigation, 71 00:02:47,275 --> 00:02:48,842 make sure the evidence stays intact, 72 00:02:48,867 --> 00:02:50,944 make sure everything's handled properly, 73 00:02:50,969 --> 00:02:53,144 is that something you would be interested in? 74 00:02:53,168 --> 00:02:55,723 You can get the Attorney General of the United States 75 00:02:55,748 --> 00:02:57,348 - down here? - I can. 76 00:02:57,904 --> 00:02:59,370 Who are you? 77 00:02:59,663 --> 00:03:01,530 Olivia Pope. 78 00:03:01,565 --> 00:03:03,456 I can get the Attorney General here. 79 00:03:03,481 --> 00:03:06,065 I can, but I need you to hand over the gun first. 80 00:03:06,090 --> 00:03:06,948 No. 81 00:03:06,973 --> 00:03:08,276 Mr. Parker! 82 00:03:10,907 --> 00:03:13,040 No one gets my gun. 83 00:03:15,140 --> 00:03:16,873 Cop shot a kid. 84 00:03:16,898 --> 00:03:18,174 Father just showed up with a shotgun, 85 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:20,224 won't let the cops near the body until he talks 86 00:03:20,249 --> 00:03:21,666 to the officer who killed his son. 87 00:03:21,691 --> 00:03:23,326 You need one of my A.U.S.A.S down there? 88 00:03:23,351 --> 00:03:24,599 I promised him you, David. 89 00:03:24,624 --> 00:03:26,560 I'm the Attorney General of the United States. 90 00:03:26,585 --> 00:03:29,013 You can't just promise me to people. You need to come down here. 91 00:03:29,038 --> 00:03:31,083 I don't think you understand how bad this is. 92 00:03:31,108 --> 00:03:32,982 And I don't think you understand how the law works. 93 00:03:33,007 --> 00:03:34,732 - I have a meeting. - David! 94 00:03:36,980 --> 00:03:39,845 So, the question is, can we replace the vice president? 95 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:42,259 Unfortunately, the constitution doesn't cover 96 00:03:42,284 --> 00:03:44,142 the incapacitation of a vice president, 97 00:03:44,167 --> 00:03:45,479 which leaves you with two options, 98 00:03:45,503 --> 00:03:46,900 the first of which is impeachment 99 00:03:46,925 --> 00:03:48,541 for high crimes and misdemeanors. 100 00:03:48,566 --> 00:03:50,166 We can't impeach him. How would that look? 101 00:03:50,191 --> 00:03:51,697 With all due respect, Mr. President, 102 00:03:51,722 --> 00:03:53,924 the man did try to overthrow the United States government. 103 00:03:53,949 --> 00:03:55,725 Which no one would believe now that he's a pumpkin. 104 00:03:55,749 --> 00:03:57,697 Which leaves the second option, 105 00:03:57,722 --> 00:03:59,697 section 2 of the 25th amendment, 106 00:03:59,722 --> 00:04:01,002 which says that whenever there's a vacancy 107 00:04:01,027 --> 00:04:02,226 in the vice president's position, 108 00:04:02,251 --> 00:04:03,768 the president can fill the post. 109 00:04:03,792 --> 00:04:04,628 We can argue that, 110 00:04:04,653 --> 00:04:07,105 even though he's alive, this is essentially a vacancy. 111 00:04:07,130 --> 00:04:08,621 It's a reach, but I think it's doable. 112 00:04:08,645 --> 00:04:10,136 - Then go do it. - Yes, Sir. 113 00:04:12,855 --> 00:04:14,688 In terms of a replacement... 114 00:04:15,545 --> 00:04:18,496 What do you think of Abernathy or Bascombe? 115 00:04:20,077 --> 00:04:22,044 You promised the world a bold second term, 116 00:04:22,069 --> 00:04:23,716 not two more scoops of vanilla. 117 00:04:23,741 --> 00:04:26,919 I am tired of my vice presidents trying to overthrow me. 118 00:04:26,944 --> 00:04:28,372 Those two are loyal, competent... 119 00:04:28,397 --> 00:04:29,614 and as old as the hills. 120 00:04:29,639 --> 00:04:31,153 They're one cigarette away 121 00:04:31,178 --> 00:04:33,341 from joining Andrew in the stroke ward. 122 00:04:33,366 --> 00:04:35,553 Mellie's next. I promised her. 123 00:04:36,244 --> 00:04:38,182 She doesn't need the competition. 124 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,081 Do you know what an uphill battle 125 00:04:47,106 --> 00:04:49,507 it's going to be for Mellie 126 00:04:49,909 --> 00:04:53,573 to go from being first lady to being president? 127 00:04:53,598 --> 00:04:56,736 Call Bascombe and Abernathy. I want them both vetted. 128 00:05:01,771 --> 00:05:03,380 There's an awful lot of cops. 129 00:05:03,405 --> 00:05:05,654 We need them to keep these people back. 130 00:05:05,679 --> 00:05:07,045 It's for their own safety, Olivia. 131 00:05:07,070 --> 00:05:09,326 - The man's got a gun. - Yeah, but he's not gonna shoot them. 132 00:05:09,351 --> 00:05:10,951 These people are his neighbors, his supporters. 133 00:05:10,976 --> 00:05:12,876 They're the last people he's interested in hurting. 134 00:05:12,901 --> 00:05:14,559 - Can't take any risks. - Olivia Pope. 135 00:05:14,583 --> 00:05:16,339 Assistant U.S. attorney Ellison 136 00:05:16,365 --> 00:05:17,348 from the Attorney General's office. 137 00:05:17,372 --> 00:05:19,253 - I asked for David Rosen. - He sent me. 138 00:05:19,278 --> 00:05:21,074 - How can I help? - You can get me David Rosen. 139 00:05:21,253 --> 00:05:22,635 He's not available. 140 00:05:22,660 --> 00:05:23,615 Mr. Parker! 141 00:05:23,647 --> 00:05:25,206 - Damn it. - Who's that? 142 00:05:25,231 --> 00:05:26,570 Can I come over there? 143 00:05:26,595 --> 00:05:27,780 Neighborhood activist. 144 00:05:27,812 --> 00:05:30,012 He's given us trouble before. 145 00:05:34,051 --> 00:05:37,065 - He can't. - Sir, get back here! Sir! 146 00:05:37,090 --> 00:05:39,123 My name is Marcus Walker. 147 00:05:39,148 --> 00:05:41,226 - Sir, you need to stay back. - I'm using my cellphone 148 00:05:41,251 --> 00:05:42,814 to record everything that's happening right now. 149 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:44,923 You will not shoot me! You cannot shoot me! 150 00:05:44,948 --> 00:05:46,244 You're being recorded! 151 00:05:46,269 --> 00:05:48,392 - Get him out of there! - I need to go in. 152 00:05:48,417 --> 00:05:49,564 I can't let you do that, Olivia. 153 00:05:49,589 --> 00:05:51,884 Chief Connors, I can take care of this for you, but I need to go in. 154 00:05:51,909 --> 00:05:53,856 Tell your men to stand down and let me go in. 155 00:05:53,881 --> 00:05:55,352 Stand down! 156 00:06:01,980 --> 00:06:03,378 Excuse me. 157 00:06:03,683 --> 00:06:05,773 Can I help you? 158 00:06:05,798 --> 00:06:07,826 - Marcus Walker. - Olivia Pope. 159 00:06:07,851 --> 00:06:10,680 - I'm sorry, but you can't be out here. - Mr. Parker is my neighbor. 160 00:06:10,705 --> 00:06:11,734 He drove me home from the hospital 161 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:12,641 when I was three days old. 162 00:06:12,666 --> 00:06:14,102 We really need you back by behind the tape. 163 00:06:14,127 --> 00:06:15,696 I want Marcus to stay. 164 00:06:17,842 --> 00:06:19,883 Mr. Parker wants me to stay. 165 00:06:19,908 --> 00:06:21,500 Okay. 166 00:06:21,890 --> 00:06:23,984 Mr. Parker, I called in that favor. 167 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:25,117 See that woman down there? 168 00:06:25,142 --> 00:06:26,341 She's with the Justice Department. 169 00:06:26,366 --> 00:06:27,665 She's gonna oversee the investigation, 170 00:06:27,690 --> 00:06:29,610 make sure everything is done by the book. 171 00:06:29,635 --> 00:06:32,298 - You said you could get the Attorney General down here. - I know. 172 00:06:32,323 --> 00:06:35,204 - I did. But I spoke with him directly... - Do you mind if I ask who hired you? 173 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:36,376 And Ms. Ellison is authorized to handle this. 174 00:06:36,401 --> 00:06:38,814 You now you have the support and oversight of the federal government, 175 00:06:38,838 --> 00:06:40,430 but you're going to have to put the gun down now. 176 00:06:40,456 --> 00:06:42,150 Let us take your son out of the street, 177 00:06:42,174 --> 00:06:44,368 have him looked at by the medical examiner. 178 00:06:44,393 --> 00:06:45,337 Who hired you? 179 00:06:45,362 --> 00:06:46,564 She's helping me out, Marcus. 180 00:06:46,802 --> 00:06:48,509 Helping you and cashing a check 181 00:06:48,534 --> 00:06:50,470 from the Washington Metro police? 182 00:06:50,962 --> 00:06:53,993 Impressive. What's the going rate for playing both sides? 183 00:06:54,026 --> 00:06:55,993 I'm working to defuse the situation, 184 00:06:56,018 --> 00:06:57,587 to get to the bottom of what happened, 185 00:06:57,612 --> 00:07:00,165 to give Mr. Parker what he wants without any more violence. 186 00:07:00,190 --> 00:07:01,126 Well, that's your first mistake, 187 00:07:01,151 --> 00:07:02,767 thinking this situation needs to be defused. 188 00:07:03,713 --> 00:07:06,189 She's telling you to trust her, 189 00:07:06,214 --> 00:07:08,606 yet she couldn't deliver on the only thing she promised you. 190 00:07:08,631 --> 00:07:10,128 Mr. Parker, put the gun down and come with me. 191 00:07:10,153 --> 00:07:11,581 That's the only way this works. 192 00:07:11,606 --> 00:07:14,563 I brought this for you. 193 00:07:14,588 --> 00:07:16,376 Just want you to be comfortable. 194 00:07:16,401 --> 00:07:19,009 Because if you leave here, if you put that gun down, 195 00:07:19,033 --> 00:07:20,805 you're giving up on the only power 196 00:07:20,830 --> 00:07:22,371 you'll ever have in this situation. 197 00:07:22,396 --> 00:07:24,779 And she wouldn't be here unless you had lots of power. 198 00:07:25,103 --> 00:07:26,460 I'm not the enemy. 199 00:07:26,485 --> 00:07:27,885 Are you sure? 200 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,331 Mr. Parker. 201 00:07:47,741 --> 00:07:51,030 In case it rains or something. 202 00:07:51,512 --> 00:07:53,655 I want him to be protected... 203 00:07:54,437 --> 00:07:56,045 From the elements. 204 00:08:03,807 --> 00:08:05,031 Good for you, baby! 205 00:08:05,056 --> 00:08:06,234 That's right! 206 00:08:26,674 --> 00:08:29,912 I said, "can you hear me?" 207 00:08:29,953 --> 00:08:31,033 Yes! 208 00:08:31,058 --> 00:08:33,937 Can the DCPD hear us? 209 00:08:33,962 --> 00:08:34,998 Yes! 210 00:08:35,023 --> 00:08:37,353 Can the caring, thoughtful citizens 211 00:08:37,378 --> 00:08:40,077 of these great United States hear us? 212 00:08:40,102 --> 00:08:41,072 Yes! 213 00:08:41,097 --> 00:08:42,126 Tell me who I'm dealing with. 214 00:08:42,151 --> 00:08:44,087 Marcus Walker, neighborhood activist. 215 00:08:44,112 --> 00:08:46,157 Born and raised in the Rosemead District of D.C., 216 00:08:46,183 --> 00:08:48,016 graduated with honors from Georgetown. 217 00:08:48,041 --> 00:08:49,838 Hosts a popular podcast on civil rights, 218 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,190 runs a job-placement program 219 00:08:51,214 --> 00:08:53,009 for at-risk kids in southeast D.C. 220 00:08:53,042 --> 00:08:55,345 We speak for Brandon Parker! 221 00:08:55,370 --> 00:08:56,814 And we ask, 222 00:08:56,839 --> 00:09:01,120 when will the people we pay to protect us 223 00:09:01,145 --> 00:09:03,614 stop gunning us down in the streets?! 224 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:04,933 What about Clarence? 225 00:09:04,958 --> 00:09:07,417 Bank clerk for the past 22 years at RBHayes. 226 00:09:07,442 --> 00:09:10,504 Uh, record clean, taxes paid, shotgun is registered. 227 00:09:10,529 --> 00:09:13,027 Raised Brandon by himself after his wife, Janice, 228 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:14,567 died 12 years ago from breast cancer. 229 00:09:14,592 --> 00:09:17,036 Brandon was supposed to graduate from high school in June, 230 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:18,707 had a part-time job delivering supplies 231 00:09:18,732 --> 00:09:20,082 for a hardware store on the hill. 232 00:09:20,107 --> 00:09:23,275 Brandon deserves answers! 233 00:09:23,525 --> 00:09:27,145 His father, Clarence, deserves answers! 234 00:09:27,341 --> 00:09:31,176 We demand answers, too! 235 00:09:31,517 --> 00:09:34,020 Will we leave this corner without those answers? 236 00:09:34,045 --> 00:09:34,787 No! 237 00:09:34,812 --> 00:09:36,170 Let Brandon Parker hear you! 238 00:09:36,195 --> 00:09:37,014 No! 239 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:39,280 Stand up! We fight back! 240 00:09:39,305 --> 00:09:41,256 Stand up! Fight back! 241 00:09:41,281 --> 00:09:43,201 No more black men under attack! 242 00:09:43,226 --> 00:09:45,217 Stand up! Fight back! 243 00:09:45,242 --> 00:09:47,139 No more black men under attack! 244 00:09:47,164 --> 00:09:48,960 Stand up! Fight back! 245 00:09:48,981 --> 00:09:50,766 No more black men under attack! 246 00:09:50,791 --> 00:09:52,305 Stand up! Fight back! 247 00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:54,289 No more black men under attack! 248 00:09:54,314 --> 00:09:55,746 Stand up! Fight back! 249 00:09:55,771 --> 00:09:57,781 No more black men under attack! 250 00:09:57,806 --> 00:09:59,359 Stand up! Fight back! 251 00:09:59,384 --> 00:10:01,773 No more black men under attack! 252 00:10:01,798 --> 00:10:03,097 Stand up! Fight back! 253 00:10:03,122 --> 00:10:05,089 No more black men under attack! 254 00:10:05,114 --> 00:10:06,718 Stand up! Fight back! 255 00:10:06,743 --> 00:10:09,166 No more black men under attack! 256 00:10:09,191 --> 00:10:11,031 Protestors joining Clarence Parker, 257 00:10:11,056 --> 00:10:13,737 calling for justice in the wake of Brandon Parker's shooting 258 00:10:13,762 --> 00:10:15,706 by police officers late last evening. 259 00:10:15,731 --> 00:10:17,265 All of this, of course, happening 260 00:10:17,290 --> 00:10:19,132 only about a mile away from the White House. 261 00:10:19,633 --> 00:10:21,600 It's clearly a local matter, and as such, 262 00:10:21,625 --> 00:10:24,181 is being and should be handled by local authorities. 263 00:10:24,206 --> 00:10:25,554 Even though it's basically happening 264 00:10:25,579 --> 00:10:27,976 - in the president's own backyard? - Asked and answered. Carol. 265 00:10:28,001 --> 00:10:30,233 Why aren't the police releasing the shooting officer's name? 266 00:10:30,258 --> 00:10:32,436 - I need to say something. - You can't say anything. 267 00:10:32,462 --> 00:10:34,297 - I'm getting pummeled out there. - She's right, Cy. 268 00:10:34,322 --> 00:10:35,756 It can't look like I'm behind the curve. 269 00:10:35,781 --> 00:10:36,710 Anything you say right now 270 00:10:36,735 --> 00:10:38,725 will end up vilifying law enforcement. 271 00:10:39,664 --> 00:10:41,097 I was on duty. 272 00:10:41,122 --> 00:10:43,183 I, uh, heard over the radio 273 00:10:43,208 --> 00:10:45,444 that a kid had just shoplifted a cellphone 274 00:10:45,469 --> 00:10:47,542 from a store on Ambrose Street I'm driving on. 275 00:10:49,026 --> 00:10:50,640 About 10 seconds later, I see him walking. 276 00:10:50,665 --> 00:10:52,007 How do you know it's the same kid? 277 00:10:52,032 --> 00:10:53,621 I don't, of course, not at first. 278 00:10:53,646 --> 00:10:55,813 I just see he's he's... he's got 279 00:10:55,838 --> 00:10:57,135 a cellphone box in his hand. 280 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,974 Uh, it's sleek. It's brand-new. 281 00:11:00,013 --> 00:11:01,146 So I call into the station 282 00:11:01,171 --> 00:11:02,302 to get a description of the kid... 283 00:11:02,327 --> 00:11:06,122 uh, African-American, 5'10", medium build, 284 00:11:06,148 --> 00:11:08,670 - around 20. - That describes every kid in the neighborhood. 285 00:11:08,695 --> 00:11:10,014 Yeah, that's why I didn't arrest him. 286 00:11:10,039 --> 00:11:12,498 I-I just... I just stopped and asked him where he got it, 287 00:11:12,757 --> 00:11:14,076 and he became hostile. 288 00:11:14,101 --> 00:11:17,064 He said, uh, it was none of my business. 289 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:19,510 You think about calling for backup then? 290 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,811 Uh, I-I didn't feel he was dangerous at that point. 291 00:11:22,966 --> 00:11:24,732 See, ma'am, I-it's my job to interact 292 00:11:24,757 --> 00:11:25,818 with the people in this neighborhood. 293 00:11:25,843 --> 00:11:27,710 I-I like to think I'm pretty good at it. 294 00:11:27,863 --> 00:11:30,170 So I just asked the kid if I could see the box. 295 00:11:30,195 --> 00:11:32,389 Next thing I know, he's he's charging at me, 296 00:11:32,414 --> 00:11:35,677 he's... he's reaching in his coat pocket for a knife. 297 00:11:36,402 --> 00:11:39,578 And you saw the knife. 298 00:11:39,709 --> 00:11:44,078 And you fired because you thought your life was in danger. 299 00:11:44,692 --> 00:11:46,131 That is the only reason 300 00:11:46,156 --> 00:11:48,189 I would ever discharge my weapon. 301 00:11:49,156 --> 00:11:51,248 So, what happened to the knife? Where is it now? 302 00:11:51,273 --> 00:11:54,507 It must be on the boy, at the crime scene. 303 00:11:55,010 --> 00:11:58,144 I called for backup as soon as I fired. 304 00:11:58,407 --> 00:12:00,607 I was first on the scene. 305 00:12:00,632 --> 00:12:03,637 Jeff was devastated, just sitting in his car. 306 00:12:07,481 --> 00:12:12,637 I just can't stop thinking about my own kids, Ms. Pope. 307 00:12:14,735 --> 00:12:18,337 How I would be feeling right now if I were that boy's father. 308 00:12:27,096 --> 00:12:28,762 I need you to check security-camera footage 309 00:12:28,798 --> 00:12:30,541 from all of the businesses on Ambrose. 310 00:12:30,566 --> 00:12:32,209 See if you can find footage that corroborates 311 00:12:32,234 --> 00:12:33,912 - Officer Newton's story. - Which is... ? 312 00:12:33,937 --> 00:12:36,380 He had to shoot Brandon Parker because he feared for his life. 313 00:12:36,405 --> 00:12:37,259 On it. 314 00:12:37,284 --> 00:12:38,818 What's his name? 315 00:12:39,702 --> 00:12:41,654 The cop who gunned down Brandon Parker. 316 00:12:45,423 --> 00:12:48,554 You know why you're here, right? You know why they chose you. 317 00:12:49,618 --> 00:12:50,829 Give us the cop's name. 318 00:12:50,854 --> 00:12:52,696 - Help us get justice. - You don't want justice. 319 00:12:52,721 --> 00:12:55,212 You want anger. You want outrage. 320 00:12:55,237 --> 00:12:56,603 You want retribution. 321 00:12:56,628 --> 00:12:58,901 Huh. 322 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,528 You're right. I do. 323 00:13:02,553 --> 00:13:03,626 So should you. 324 00:13:04,485 --> 00:13:06,543 That is a father. 325 00:13:06,568 --> 00:13:08,420 That is his dead son. 326 00:13:08,445 --> 00:13:10,512 This is not your stand to make, Marcus. 327 00:13:10,537 --> 00:13:11,529 This isn't a platform. 328 00:13:11,554 --> 00:13:12,630 You're not auditioning 329 00:13:12,655 --> 00:13:14,694 to become America's next great black activist. 330 00:13:14,719 --> 00:13:15,655 If this erupts, 331 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,327 if a father is gunned down right next to his son, 332 00:13:18,352 --> 00:13:19,983 will you be able to sleep at night? 333 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:22,647 - Nice purse. - What? 334 00:13:22,672 --> 00:13:23,389 Prada? 335 00:13:23,414 --> 00:13:24,053 What's your point? 336 00:13:24,078 --> 00:13:25,678 Probably worth a year's rent at my place, 337 00:13:25,703 --> 00:13:27,522 'cause I live right around the corner. 338 00:13:27,547 --> 00:13:29,389 This block, these people are home. 339 00:13:29,414 --> 00:13:30,227 Uh-huh. 340 00:13:30,252 --> 00:13:31,894 We live in the same city, Olivia, 341 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:33,100 but this is probably the first time 342 00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:34,217 you ever stepped foot on this block. 343 00:13:34,242 --> 00:13:35,600 Probably never been to this neighborhood 344 00:13:35,625 --> 00:13:36,857 except to get grits from Reggie's 345 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:38,889 or chicken and Greens off of Wade Street. 346 00:13:38,914 --> 00:13:40,287 You have no idea what I'm about. 347 00:13:40,312 --> 00:13:42,959 You're about getting a white republican president elected... 348 00:13:42,985 --> 00:13:44,397 twice. 349 00:13:44,797 --> 00:13:48,061 Excuse me if I don't buy you're a real down-ass chick. 350 00:13:48,684 --> 00:13:51,885 Big picture... you and I want the same thing. 351 00:13:51,910 --> 00:13:55,236 You're just taking the path of most resistance to get there. 352 00:13:55,261 --> 00:13:56,427 It's not smart. 353 00:13:56,882 --> 00:13:58,582 We don't want the same thing. 354 00:13:58,607 --> 00:13:59,997 You want to put it to bed quietly, 355 00:14:00,022 --> 00:14:01,044 tell everyone on the hill 356 00:14:01,069 --> 00:14:03,623 that you came down to the Hood and you saved us. 357 00:14:03,648 --> 00:14:04,947 No thanks, Olivia. 358 00:14:05,292 --> 00:14:07,811 Your black card's not getting validated today. 359 00:14:16,706 --> 00:14:19,977 As tension continues to mount in the standoff between police 360 00:14:20,002 --> 00:14:22,608 and the father of slain black teenager Brandon Parker, 361 00:14:22,633 --> 00:14:24,107 BNC has learned the name 362 00:14:24,132 --> 00:14:25,804 of the officer involved in the shooting... 363 00:14:25,829 --> 00:14:28,038 Jeffrey Newton, a 32-year-old 364 00:14:28,063 --> 00:14:29,421 decorated 9-year veteran 365 00:14:29,446 --> 00:14:31,184 of the Washington Metro police department. 366 00:14:31,209 --> 00:14:32,804 It's unclear why Newton's identity 367 00:14:32,829 --> 00:14:34,144 was withheld by the police. 368 00:14:34,169 --> 00:14:36,337 Calls for comment have gone unanswered. 369 00:14:36,362 --> 00:14:37,759 They're turning Parker into a hero, 370 00:14:37,784 --> 00:14:38,883 and we look like the enemy. 371 00:14:38,908 --> 00:14:40,670 These so-called neighborhood activists, 372 00:14:40,695 --> 00:14:41,805 they're not helping. 373 00:14:41,830 --> 00:14:42,954 Next thing you know, there's gonna be a riot. 374 00:14:42,979 --> 00:14:44,579 Press will eat that up. 375 00:14:44,604 --> 00:14:45,767 They want a riot. 376 00:14:45,791 --> 00:14:47,437 No, before it goes too far, 377 00:14:47,462 --> 00:14:49,821 I'm clearing out this mob and shutting this thing down. 378 00:14:49,846 --> 00:14:51,069 I'm gaining control. 379 00:14:51,094 --> 00:14:52,057 I get it. 380 00:14:52,182 --> 00:14:53,971 The other side threw a good punch, 381 00:14:53,996 --> 00:14:55,829 you're bruised, but if you strike back, 382 00:14:55,854 --> 00:14:58,179 if you start a fight, you're just the bully. 383 00:14:58,204 --> 00:15:01,788 There is a dead child lying in the street 384 00:15:01,814 --> 00:15:03,201 in front of their homes. 385 00:15:03,226 --> 00:15:05,476 What would you do if there was a dead child, 386 00:15:05,501 --> 00:15:07,851 a child you knew, lying in the street 387 00:15:07,876 --> 00:15:08,895 in front of your home? 388 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,515 The fact that they stand in groups 389 00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:12,841 and say things you do not like does not make them a mob... 390 00:15:12,852 --> 00:15:14,203 it makes them Americans. 391 00:15:14,228 --> 00:15:15,694 You hired me to tell you what to do. 392 00:15:15,719 --> 00:15:17,148 I'm telling you do nothing. 393 00:15:24,549 --> 00:15:26,649 You found his name and leaked it. 394 00:15:26,674 --> 00:15:28,078 That was low. 395 00:15:28,598 --> 00:15:31,028 So is shooting an unarmed kid. 396 00:15:39,931 --> 00:15:41,140 Mrs. Grant! 397 00:15:41,165 --> 00:15:41,806 Hello! 398 00:15:41,831 --> 00:15:43,025 - Susan Ross. - Ah. 399 00:15:43,050 --> 00:15:44,451 Senator. I'm from Virginia. 400 00:15:44,476 --> 00:15:46,112 Oh, Susan, it's so nice to see you. 401 00:15:46,137 --> 00:15:47,192 Thanks. 402 00:15:47,217 --> 00:15:49,084 Uh, I've been thinking a lot about vaccination protocols. 403 00:15:49,581 --> 00:15:50,723 Oh. 404 00:15:50,748 --> 00:15:52,270 Just, uh, take the measles. 405 00:15:52,295 --> 00:15:53,629 When you get sick with the measles, 406 00:15:53,654 --> 00:15:55,902 it confers lifelong immunity from getting measles again... 407 00:15:55,928 --> 00:15:57,458 assuming you didn't die. 408 00:15:57,482 --> 00:15:58,988 But unlike when you actually get sick, 409 00:15:59,014 --> 00:15:59,997 when you get a vaccine, 410 00:16:00,021 --> 00:16:02,223 you need booster shots to keep your immunity up. 411 00:16:02,248 --> 00:16:04,114 Now, there's a whole population of people out there 412 00:16:04,139 --> 00:16:05,692 who think they're protected, but they're not. 413 00:16:05,717 --> 00:16:08,017 - That is a shame. - It is. Take genital warts. 414 00:16:08,042 --> 00:16:10,209 Let's not. 415 00:16:10,234 --> 00:16:11,900 Oh. 416 00:16:15,299 --> 00:16:17,588 I'm Rosalyn Mendez, the Governor of New Mexico, 417 00:16:17,613 --> 00:16:19,233 and I'm posting this video tonight 418 00:16:19,258 --> 00:16:20,591 because I can't sleep. 419 00:16:20,616 --> 00:16:23,592 Three miles from my hotel, Clarence Parker is sitting 420 00:16:23,617 --> 00:16:25,467 over the body of his son, Brandon. 421 00:16:25,492 --> 00:16:27,530 Those of you who know me and voted for me 422 00:16:27,555 --> 00:16:28,851 - already know my story. - What is this, Cy? 423 00:16:28,876 --> 00:16:30,491 - Just keep watching. - But there's a part of it 424 00:16:30,516 --> 00:16:32,883 i-I don't spend a whole lot of time talking about. 425 00:16:32,933 --> 00:16:34,733 It's the part when I was growing up 426 00:16:34,758 --> 00:16:36,657 and I saw how my parents were treated, 427 00:16:36,682 --> 00:16:39,306 how they had their paychecks stolen from them, 428 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:40,822 how they knew people 429 00:16:40,846 --> 00:16:42,399 who had been beaten to death in the fields, 430 00:16:42,424 --> 00:16:44,946 and the police never did anything about any of it 431 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:48,472 because they were from Mexico, so they didn't matter. 432 00:16:48,497 --> 00:16:50,563 So I want to say to Clarence Parker 433 00:16:50,588 --> 00:16:52,493 and all those communities in this country 434 00:16:52,518 --> 00:16:55,360 where the police make you feel like you don't matter, 435 00:16:55,588 --> 00:16:57,633 we all matter... 436 00:16:57,658 --> 00:16:59,579 every one of us. 437 00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:02,248 She's saying everything I wish I could say but can't. 438 00:17:02,273 --> 00:17:03,563 Not unlike a vice president. 439 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:04,419 Cyrus. 440 00:17:04,444 --> 00:17:06,445 She's a republican. 441 00:17:06,470 --> 00:17:08,578 And a woman and a minority. 442 00:17:08,603 --> 00:17:10,476 I made Mellie a promise. 443 00:17:10,501 --> 00:17:13,203 Yes, but you also made a promise 444 00:17:13,228 --> 00:17:14,727 at the beginning of this term 445 00:17:14,752 --> 00:17:17,016 to be the best damn president you could be. 446 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,421 This is the future of our party. 447 00:17:19,447 --> 00:17:21,447 All we need to do is get out of her way. 448 00:17:23,284 --> 00:17:25,461 No more black men under attack! 449 00:17:25,486 --> 00:17:27,406 Stand up! Fight back! 450 00:17:27,431 --> 00:17:29,156 No more black men under attack! 451 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:30,929 Stand up! Fight back! 452 00:17:30,954 --> 00:17:31,993 No more black men under attack! 453 00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:33,337 I brought you a hoagie. 454 00:17:33,362 --> 00:17:34,727 I'm not hungry, Ms. Pope. 455 00:17:51,434 --> 00:17:53,346 I never let Brandon leave the house 456 00:17:53,371 --> 00:17:54,995 without saying where he was going. 457 00:17:55,693 --> 00:17:57,655 I never fell asleep 458 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,688 until I heard his key turn in the lock. 459 00:18:00,932 --> 00:18:03,276 No being around girls. 460 00:18:03,871 --> 00:18:07,773 We fought about that one... a lot. 461 00:18:08,660 --> 00:18:10,907 It may sound so simple to you, 462 00:18:10,932 --> 00:18:13,065 but I just kept saying to myself, "get him to 18". 463 00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:14,229 "Get him a diploma. 464 00:18:14,254 --> 00:18:17,567 Don't let him end up dead, locked up." 465 00:18:22,444 --> 00:18:27,648 There was a thrift store down on Browning road. 466 00:18:27,683 --> 00:18:32,919 I used to buy Brandon old portable radios, TVs, 467 00:18:33,687 --> 00:18:36,221 calculators 468 00:18:36,246 --> 00:18:37,924 cheap crap... 469 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,694 'cause he loved taking stuff apart, 470 00:18:40,729 --> 00:18:41,766 seeing how it worked. 471 00:18:41,791 --> 00:18:44,826 He always had a mind for that kind of thing. 472 00:18:45,267 --> 00:18:47,618 He was gonna do the apprentice thing 473 00:18:47,643 --> 00:18:51,431 after graduation and become an electrical contractor. 474 00:18:52,351 --> 00:18:55,188 And even though he wasn't going to college, 475 00:18:55,213 --> 00:18:59,249 I put a university of Maryland sticker 476 00:18:59,274 --> 00:19:01,918 on my truck anyway so if he ever got pulled over, 477 00:19:01,943 --> 00:19:05,843 the cops wouldn't think he was just a thug... 478 00:19:16,765 --> 00:19:18,765 Without a f... 479 00:19:23,547 --> 00:19:25,848 without a future. 480 00:19:28,039 --> 00:19:30,172 All that... 481 00:19:32,948 --> 00:19:34,915 And there he is, 482 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:38,477 laid out in the cold street, dead. 483 00:19:38,827 --> 00:19:42,399 We're gonna get to the bottom of this. 484 00:19:42,822 --> 00:19:45,956 And then you can bury your son. 485 00:19:45,981 --> 00:19:48,687 That sounds real good, Ms. Pope. 486 00:19:48,963 --> 00:19:53,032 But you and I both know that this only ends 487 00:19:53,057 --> 00:19:56,493 with me dead or locked up... 488 00:19:56,842 --> 00:19:59,809 'Cause that's just the way things go around here. 489 00:20:11,118 --> 00:20:12,602 Hey, how's it going down there? 490 00:20:12,627 --> 00:20:14,172 Not good. 491 00:20:14,197 --> 00:20:16,024 Do we have footage of the shooting? 492 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:17,297 Not yet. Huck's still on it. 493 00:20:17,322 --> 00:20:18,354 We'll find something. 494 00:20:18,379 --> 00:20:19,812 Call me as soon as you do. 495 00:20:21,129 --> 00:20:23,594 All press behind the barricade now. 496 00:20:23,619 --> 00:20:25,064 Quinn, what are you seeing on TV? 497 00:20:25,089 --> 00:20:26,865 Anything about the protest? 498 00:20:27,252 --> 00:20:29,025 Just something about the vice president. 499 00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:35,110 I got to go. 500 00:20:35,964 --> 00:20:37,730 I know what you're doing shutting down the press. 501 00:20:37,755 --> 00:20:39,281 We need to separate the protestors 502 00:20:39,306 --> 00:20:40,872 from the reporters in order to protect... 503 00:20:40,897 --> 00:20:42,089 Yourselves, right? 504 00:20:42,114 --> 00:20:43,732 So that when you go into that crowd 505 00:20:43,757 --> 00:20:46,170 armed with your riot gear and your tear gas, 506 00:20:46,195 --> 00:20:47,401 the world won't be watching? 507 00:20:47,426 --> 00:20:48,776 Instead they'll be focused on, what, 508 00:20:48,801 --> 00:20:50,909 the vice president's stroke anything except this? 509 00:20:50,934 --> 00:20:53,073 I hired you to handle the optics, 510 00:20:53,098 --> 00:20:53,909 and now the optics 511 00:20:53,934 --> 00:20:56,057 are behind that barricade, where they belong. 512 00:20:56,083 --> 00:20:57,738 That's what we wanted, Olivia. 513 00:20:57,762 --> 00:20:58,924 That's a good thing. 514 00:20:58,949 --> 00:21:00,883 Whose side are you on here? 515 00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:02,792 Not yours. 516 00:21:03,073 --> 00:21:04,806 No more black men under attack! 517 00:21:04,831 --> 00:21:05,797 Stand up! Fight back! 518 00:21:05,822 --> 00:21:07,823 No more black men under attack! 519 00:21:07,848 --> 00:21:08,933 Stand up! Fight back! 520 00:21:08,958 --> 00:21:10,839 No more black men under attack! 521 00:21:10,864 --> 00:21:12,542 Stand up! Fight back! 522 00:21:12,567 --> 00:21:14,710 No more black men under attack! 523 00:21:14,735 --> 00:21:16,409 Stand up! Fight back! 524 00:21:16,434 --> 00:21:18,386 No more black men under attack! 525 00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:20,256 Stand up! Fight back! 526 00:21:20,281 --> 00:21:22,105 No more black men under attack! 527 00:21:22,130 --> 00:21:23,859 Stand up! Fight back! 528 00:21:23,884 --> 00:21:25,835 No more black men under attack! 529 00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,417 Stand up! Fight back! 530 00:21:27,442 --> 00:21:29,198 No more black men under attack! 531 00:21:29,223 --> 00:21:30,471 Stand up! Fight back! 532 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:33,042 Tell Officer Hogan to hold off on the riot gear. 533 00:21:33,345 --> 00:21:34,578 Stand up! Fight back! 534 00:21:34,603 --> 00:21:36,632 No more black men under attack! 535 00:21:38,518 --> 00:21:40,164 Why did you meet with the governor of new Mexico? 536 00:21:40,189 --> 00:21:41,282 Because Governor Martinez 537 00:21:41,307 --> 00:21:42,657 has been outspoken on this Clarence Parker mess. 538 00:21:42,682 --> 00:21:43,944 I wanted to hear her thoughts. 539 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,515 I know a vetting when I see one. 540 00:21:45,540 --> 00:21:47,591 You and Cyrus were giving her the once-over for V.P. 541 00:21:47,626 --> 00:21:48,829 Cyrus thought it would be a good idea. 542 00:21:48,854 --> 00:21:50,908 - That does not mean she's the right person for the job. - You told me 543 00:21:50,933 --> 00:21:53,453 you were gonna pick someone boring and unelectable. 544 00:21:53,942 --> 00:21:55,408 I prostituted myself 545 00:21:55,433 --> 00:21:57,219 so that you would get your mistress back, 546 00:21:57,244 --> 00:22:00,141 and now you're gonna take someone young and charismatic 547 00:22:00,166 --> 00:22:01,999 and female and Latina 548 00:22:02,024 --> 00:22:04,360 and make her the Vice President of the United States? 549 00:22:04,385 --> 00:22:05,795 How dare you? 550 00:22:05,820 --> 00:22:07,250 What happened to my turn? 551 00:22:11,293 --> 00:22:14,149 We had a deal, Fitz. 552 00:22:17,956 --> 00:22:19,288 Stand up! Fight back! 553 00:22:19,313 --> 00:22:21,059 No luck on the surveillance tapes? 554 00:22:21,084 --> 00:22:22,215 Nothing faces the street 555 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,614 except for the bank, and I just found out 556 00:22:23,639 --> 00:22:24,872 the police were there last night, 557 00:22:24,897 --> 00:22:26,958 and they took the tapes, the backups... everything. 558 00:22:26,983 --> 00:22:29,091 The DCPD has been sitting on footage 559 00:22:29,116 --> 00:22:30,145 of the shooting all day? 560 00:22:30,170 --> 00:22:31,958 If they haven't released it yet, that means... 561 00:22:31,983 --> 00:22:33,364 It didn't happen the way they said it did. 562 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:35,927 I can't help you. I wish I could. 563 00:22:35,952 --> 00:22:37,965 I need to see that tape, David. 564 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:39,332 I need to see what happened! 565 00:22:39,357 --> 00:22:41,187 I'm assuming you were hired by the Metro Police. 566 00:22:41,212 --> 00:22:42,687 Maybe just... I don't know ask them for a copy. 567 00:22:42,712 --> 00:22:43,609 - I can't. - You can't? 568 00:22:43,634 --> 00:22:44,890 - I quit. - Quit, or were you fired? 569 00:22:44,915 --> 00:22:47,416 David. I can't just go marching into every sensitive situation 570 00:22:47,441 --> 00:22:48,882 trying to rush the justice process. 571 00:22:48,907 --> 00:22:50,023 There are laws, okay? 572 00:22:50,048 --> 00:22:52,250 Ones I'm being paid by the U.S. government to uphold. 573 00:22:52,275 --> 00:22:53,909 To protect people who look like you! 574 00:22:53,933 --> 00:22:55,256 Oh, come on, Liv! 575 00:22:55,281 --> 00:22:57,007 You talk about fairness and justice 576 00:22:57,032 --> 00:22:58,532 like it's available to everybody! 577 00:22:58,557 --> 00:22:59,556 It's not! 578 00:23:00,024 --> 00:23:03,574 That man standing over his son's body 579 00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:06,026 thinks he knows he's going to end up 580 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:07,201 in one of two places... 581 00:23:07,226 --> 00:23:10,150 a jail cell or a drawer in the morgue. 582 00:23:10,175 --> 00:23:12,177 And to hell if I can't look him in the eye 583 00:23:12,202 --> 00:23:13,280 and tell him he's wrong. 584 00:23:13,305 --> 00:23:15,467 I can't fix this, David! 585 00:23:16,193 --> 00:23:19,066 I-I have nothing left, no more tricks in my bag. 586 00:23:19,091 --> 00:23:20,324 It's too much! 587 00:23:20,349 --> 00:23:22,749 It's too... 588 00:23:25,932 --> 00:23:27,632 You're exhausted. 589 00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:29,435 After everything you've just been through, 590 00:23:29,460 --> 00:23:32,025 this is the last thing you should be dealing with. 591 00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:53,764 I thought I was going to die. 592 00:23:55,722 --> 00:24:01,270 For about a week straight, I thought I was a goner. 593 00:24:01,791 --> 00:24:06,370 I lived in complete and total fear. 594 00:24:06,395 --> 00:24:07,870 I know. 595 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:12,969 Imagine feeling like that every single day of your life. 596 00:24:22,123 --> 00:24:24,223 What is it you want? 597 00:24:24,248 --> 00:24:26,082 A subpoena. 598 00:24:28,917 --> 00:24:30,572 Sources say the Justice Department 599 00:24:30,596 --> 00:24:33,181 served the DCPD with a subpoena today 600 00:24:33,206 --> 00:24:35,973 for surveillance footage. 601 00:24:59,218 --> 00:25:01,027 The police are saying 602 00:25:01,052 --> 00:25:03,148 your son pulled a knife on the officer. 603 00:25:03,173 --> 00:25:04,421 Did you see a knife? 604 00:25:04,446 --> 00:25:05,585 I don't. 605 00:25:05,610 --> 00:25:07,335 Then what was he pulling out of his pocket? 606 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:08,426 How should I know? 607 00:25:08,451 --> 00:25:10,538 All I know is he doesn't carry a damn knife. 608 00:25:10,563 --> 00:25:14,299 We can check for a knife. 609 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,201 But we'd have to move your son. 610 00:26:18,642 --> 00:26:21,620 Let me help you. 611 00:26:32,199 --> 00:26:34,032 He doesn't carry a knife. 612 00:26:35,030 --> 00:26:38,232 Mr. Parker, I think it might be time to go home. 613 00:26:38,257 --> 00:26:40,120 Grieve your son. 614 00:26:40,145 --> 00:26:42,219 He doesn't carry a knife. 615 00:26:43,742 --> 00:26:46,120 He doesn't carry a knife! 616 00:26:46,165 --> 00:26:49,097 - He doesn't carry a knife! - Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa! Mr. Parker! 617 00:26:49,122 --> 00:26:51,081 - Get on the ground now! - He doesn't carry a knife! 618 00:26:51,106 --> 00:26:53,644 - Lower your weapon now, or we will be forced to shoot! - Come on, Mr. Parker. 619 00:26:53,669 --> 00:26:54,903 He doesn't carry a knife. 620 00:26:54,928 --> 00:26:58,255 No! Do not shoot! 621 00:27:01,206 --> 00:27:03,903 This man just needs some space right now. 622 00:27:03,928 --> 00:27:05,794 Right, Mr. Parker? 623 00:27:06,985 --> 00:27:10,169 We're all just gonna give you some space. 624 00:27:10,404 --> 00:27:14,005 He doesn't carry a knife. 625 00:27:16,675 --> 00:27:20,169 Marcus and I are gonna step away now, 626 00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:23,209 and when we do, 627 00:27:23,606 --> 00:27:27,528 I need you to lower your gun. 628 00:27:27,553 --> 00:27:28,958 Okay? 629 00:27:29,634 --> 00:27:33,346 Can you do that, Mr. Parker? 630 00:27:33,371 --> 00:27:36,618 Nice and slow. 631 00:27:36,643 --> 00:27:41,046 That's it. That's it. 632 00:27:41,071 --> 00:27:44,006 That's it. 633 00:27:55,557 --> 00:27:59,158 He doesn't carry a knife! 634 00:28:22,979 --> 00:28:25,455 The mandatory curfew is now in effect. 635 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,825 Disperse immediately. Report to your homes. 636 00:28:28,850 --> 00:28:30,552 Stand up! Fight back! 637 00:28:30,577 --> 00:28:33,458 No more black men under attack! 638 00:28:33,483 --> 00:28:36,967 They're gonna pump these people full of tear gas. 639 00:28:37,958 --> 00:28:39,825 They'll confront Clarence. 640 00:28:39,858 --> 00:28:42,561 If he doesn't surrender, they'll shoot him. 641 00:28:42,586 --> 00:28:46,423 They just need to be prepared for what happens after that. 642 00:28:46,448 --> 00:28:48,132 Well, I don't want to think about it. 643 00:28:48,156 --> 00:28:49,555 I can't watch the city burn. 644 00:28:49,580 --> 00:28:51,264 Curfew is in effect. 645 00:28:51,289 --> 00:28:54,056 Crowd must disperse immediately. 646 00:28:54,081 --> 00:28:55,414 On its second day, 647 00:28:55,439 --> 00:28:57,408 the crowd has grown both in size and in level... 648 00:28:57,433 --> 00:28:59,499 Where is she? 649 00:28:59,524 --> 00:29:00,962 Little late for a drop-in, Cy. 650 00:29:00,987 --> 00:29:02,353 - Where's Mellie? - Why? 651 00:29:02,377 --> 00:29:04,094 Because I just got a call from the times 652 00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:06,741 asking for comment on Rosalyn Mendez for V.P. 653 00:29:06,766 --> 00:29:07,952 And you think I leaked it? 654 00:29:07,977 --> 00:29:09,194 You're damn right! I do! 655 00:29:09,219 --> 00:29:10,882 They're digging into her past, finding dirt. 656 00:29:10,907 --> 00:29:11,872 Well, I didn't. 657 00:29:11,897 --> 00:29:13,837 But she was dirty, Cyrus. 658 00:29:13,862 --> 00:29:15,155 It was gonna come out sooner or later. 659 00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:17,113 Later I could've handled. Later I would've spun. 660 00:29:17,138 --> 00:29:18,186 But now... now it's out there. 661 00:29:18,211 --> 00:29:20,011 All right, Cy. Enough. 662 00:29:20,430 --> 00:29:21,729 Mendez is off the table. 663 00:29:21,754 --> 00:29:24,241 I can't sell a V.P. Who sends her own constituents 664 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:25,465 to a prison she owns. 665 00:29:25,490 --> 00:29:27,156 We'll deal with it in the morning! 666 00:29:36,445 --> 00:29:38,278 I didn't do it. 667 00:29:38,303 --> 00:29:39,269 I know. 668 00:29:40,451 --> 00:29:41,503 I did. 669 00:29:41,623 --> 00:29:43,233 And that video 670 00:29:43,258 --> 00:29:45,063 was a naked power grab if I've ever seen one. 671 00:29:45,088 --> 00:29:47,555 She'd be just as bad as Sally and Andrew, if not worse. 672 00:29:48,329 --> 00:29:53,199 Besides, you were right. We had a deal. 673 00:29:53,617 --> 00:29:55,835 So... 674 00:29:56,771 --> 00:29:59,602 Let's pick a V.P. Who won't get in your way. 675 00:29:59,627 --> 00:30:02,831 I have one. 676 00:30:02,856 --> 00:30:04,088 She's perfect. 677 00:30:04,113 --> 00:30:05,196 Competent? 678 00:30:05,221 --> 00:30:08,789 Yes. And completely unelectable. 679 00:30:08,961 --> 00:30:10,110 This clears Newton. 680 00:30:10,135 --> 00:30:11,899 Yeah. Sucks. 681 00:30:11,957 --> 00:30:14,057 How did Liv look? She must be exhausted. 682 00:30:14,218 --> 00:30:16,754 - You two let her go down there? - She's fine. 683 00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:19,277 Fine? She's on the other end of a grieving dad's shotgun 684 00:30:19,302 --> 00:30:21,520 while pissed-off cops aim a hundred automatics at his head. 685 00:30:21,545 --> 00:30:22,811 You think that's a good place 686 00:30:22,836 --> 00:30:24,309 for her to be after the hell she's been through? 687 00:30:24,334 --> 00:30:25,267 It's Liv. 688 00:30:26,507 --> 00:30:27,707 Okay, I don't get this. 689 00:30:27,732 --> 00:30:30,445 Brandon yells at Newton, reaches for something. 690 00:30:30,470 --> 00:30:31,851 Newton opens fire. 691 00:30:31,876 --> 00:30:33,453 Knife found at the scene. 692 00:30:33,478 --> 00:30:35,490 - What's that? - Surveillance footing at the shooting. 693 00:30:35,515 --> 00:30:37,510 Which appears to completely exonerate the cops, 694 00:30:37,535 --> 00:30:38,879 but they were just sitting on the tape. 695 00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:40,204 Maybe they were just holding on to it, 696 00:30:40,229 --> 00:30:41,728 waiting to release it when things calm down. 697 00:30:41,753 --> 00:30:43,589 Or maybe they were hiding something. 698 00:30:43,749 --> 00:30:45,688 All right. Play it again. 699 00:30:48,316 --> 00:30:49,315 We found a shadow. 700 00:30:49,641 --> 00:30:51,268 - What? - In the back of the cop car 701 00:30:51,293 --> 00:30:52,469 in the bank's security footage. 702 00:30:52,494 --> 00:30:53,899 I wasn't sure what I was looking at at first, 703 00:30:53,924 --> 00:30:55,165 - so we zoomed in and... - Talk faster or say less. 704 00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:56,040 It was a person. 705 00:30:56,065 --> 00:30:56,829 Okay. 706 00:30:57,391 --> 00:30:59,302 Newton made an arrest an hour before. 707 00:30:59,327 --> 00:31:01,352 There's no record showing the perp was booked, 708 00:31:01,377 --> 00:31:02,476 but we looked into it and... 709 00:31:02,501 --> 00:31:04,134 See that shadow moving in the backseat? 710 00:31:04,159 --> 00:31:05,274 That's the missing suspect. 711 00:31:05,299 --> 00:31:06,571 The suspect had a knife. 712 00:31:06,596 --> 00:31:08,563 The knife was never officially booked into evidence, so... 713 00:31:09,975 --> 00:31:12,108 No more black men under attack! 714 00:31:12,762 --> 00:31:14,762 I think I know where that knife ended up. 715 00:31:18,058 --> 00:31:20,122 Who else knew? 716 00:31:20,397 --> 00:31:22,795 - I don't know what you're talking about. - I'm talking about 717 00:31:22,820 --> 00:31:24,675 the perp in the back seat of your patrol car... 718 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:26,278 the one you arrested last night, 719 00:31:26,303 --> 00:31:28,287 the one whose knife you planted on Brandon Parker 720 00:31:28,313 --> 00:31:29,801 when you realized he was unarmed, 721 00:31:29,826 --> 00:31:32,272 the one you let go in exchange for his silence. 722 00:31:32,297 --> 00:31:34,279 Was it just you, or did anyone else 723 00:31:34,304 --> 00:31:36,312 help you hide the fact you're a murderer? 724 00:31:36,962 --> 00:31:38,145 I think you'd better leave. 725 00:31:38,170 --> 00:31:38,971 Or what? 726 00:31:39,007 --> 00:31:40,339 You'll shoot me? 727 00:31:45,592 --> 00:31:47,124 What the hell is this, Chief? 728 00:31:47,149 --> 00:31:49,161 The Attorney General, David Rosen. 729 00:31:49,186 --> 00:31:51,445 And these agents are here to question Phillip Durant, 730 00:31:51,470 --> 00:31:52,769 the man you picked up last night. 731 00:31:52,794 --> 00:31:54,864 Then I imagine they'll have a few questions for you. 732 00:31:54,889 --> 00:31:56,515 We found him at a convenience store, 733 00:31:56,540 --> 00:31:57,429 buying lottery tickets. 734 00:31:57,454 --> 00:31:58,656 I guess he was feeling lucky. 735 00:31:58,681 --> 00:32:00,844 - I don't believe this. - You don't want to talk, that's fine. 736 00:32:00,868 --> 00:32:02,570 We'll use your friend Phillip's testimony. 737 00:32:02,591 --> 00:32:05,208 - This is over. - God, what the hell is it with you people? 738 00:32:05,233 --> 00:32:06,031 "Us people"? 739 00:32:06,056 --> 00:32:08,070 Yeah, you people... I didn't misspeak. 740 00:32:08,095 --> 00:32:09,928 You people have no idea 741 00:32:09,953 --> 00:32:11,515 what loyalty is, what respect is. 742 00:32:11,540 --> 00:32:13,913 You're here because you were supposed to help us, 743 00:32:13,939 --> 00:32:16,339 and you spent every second of it trying to tear us down, 744 00:32:16,364 --> 00:32:18,130 tear me down, push your own damn agenda! 745 00:32:18,155 --> 00:32:19,671 I'm here to find the truth! 746 00:32:19,696 --> 00:32:20,390 The truth is, 747 00:32:20,415 --> 00:32:22,781 those people in Rosemead have no respect 748 00:32:22,806 --> 00:32:24,517 for anything or anyone. 749 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,228 No, they're like you. 750 00:32:25,253 --> 00:32:26,806 They just take whenever they want, 751 00:32:26,831 --> 00:32:28,290 and they have no problem turning their backs 752 00:32:28,315 --> 00:32:30,403 on the people who gave it to them... people like me, 753 00:32:30,428 --> 00:32:32,666 who strap on their boots every day, 754 00:32:32,690 --> 00:32:34,119 kiss their wife and kids goodbye, 755 00:32:34,144 --> 00:32:36,635 and trek 40 miles into a city where everyone, 756 00:32:36,659 --> 00:32:38,009 including little babies, 757 00:32:38,034 --> 00:32:40,251 are taught to look at us like the enemy! 758 00:32:40,276 --> 00:32:43,587 They are taught to question me, to disobey me, 759 00:32:43,612 --> 00:32:46,978 and still I risk my life for these people. 760 00:32:47,003 --> 00:32:50,205 Every day for seven years, I have allowed myself 761 00:32:50,230 --> 00:32:51,900 to be disrespected and hated by these people, 762 00:32:51,925 --> 00:32:53,603 all to protect them from themselves. 763 00:32:53,628 --> 00:32:55,635 I mean, all I hear about on the news are dirty cops, 764 00:32:55,660 --> 00:32:57,509 cops who shoot innocent black kids. 765 00:32:57,534 --> 00:32:58,267 It's crap! 766 00:32:58,446 --> 00:33:01,517 There were 84 murders in this city last year. 767 00:33:01,542 --> 00:33:04,095 Were all of those cops shooting innocent black boys? 768 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:04,895 Hell no. 769 00:33:05,097 --> 00:33:07,337 Those were blacks turning guns on each other, 770 00:33:07,362 --> 00:33:09,417 and yet somehow I'm the animal! 771 00:33:10,313 --> 00:33:14,628 Brandon Parker is dead because he didn't have respect, 772 00:33:14,653 --> 00:33:16,511 because those people out there 773 00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:18,956 who are chanting and crying over his body, 774 00:33:18,981 --> 00:33:20,823 they didn't teach him the right values. 775 00:33:20,848 --> 00:33:22,237 They didn't teach him respect. 776 00:33:23,028 --> 00:33:26,120 He didn't respect me. He didn't respect my badge. 777 00:33:26,145 --> 00:33:28,425 Questioning my authority was not his right! 778 00:33:28,717 --> 00:33:31,026 His blood is not on my hands! 779 00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:47,587 It's just... I can't believe I'm really here, 780 00:33:47,612 --> 00:33:48,879 the Oval Office. 781 00:33:48,904 --> 00:33:50,503 I still feel that way, every day. 782 00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:51,517 Me too. 783 00:33:51,766 --> 00:33:54,070 It's kind of smaller than I thought it would be, 784 00:33:54,095 --> 00:33:56,468 though studies have shown people actually were smaller 785 00:33:56,493 --> 00:33:57,728 back when the White House was built. 786 00:33:57,753 --> 00:33:59,308 Researchers have discovered 787 00:33:59,332 --> 00:34:01,080 that the average height of an American soldier 788 00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:03,464 during the revolutionary war was about 5'7", 789 00:34:03,488 --> 00:34:04,932 though Thomas Jefferson was 6'2". 790 00:34:04,957 --> 00:34:06,690 Susan, do you know why you're here? 791 00:34:07,789 --> 00:34:09,862 I think I can guess, 792 00:34:09,887 --> 00:34:12,198 which is why I brought the presentation materials 793 00:34:12,223 --> 00:34:13,644 on my vaccination proposal. 794 00:34:13,669 --> 00:34:15,736 I also had a few thoughts on tax reform 795 00:34:15,761 --> 00:34:17,393 that I'd love to discuss with you, 796 00:34:17,418 --> 00:34:19,307 but we don't have to do it all tonight. 797 00:34:19,332 --> 00:34:20,531 Susan, I've asked you here 798 00:34:20,556 --> 00:34:22,807 because I'd like to offer you the vice presidency. 799 00:34:23,936 --> 00:34:25,081 What? 800 00:34:26,005 --> 00:34:30,154 The president is asking you to be his new vice president. 801 00:34:33,358 --> 00:34:34,417 Why? 802 00:34:34,574 --> 00:34:36,107 "Why?" 803 00:34:36,132 --> 00:34:39,252 I'm a terrible choice. I just got elected. 804 00:34:39,278 --> 00:34:40,722 That's why I'm asking you. 805 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:42,244 This town has a way of taking people 806 00:34:42,270 --> 00:34:43,698 and turning them into politicians. 807 00:34:43,723 --> 00:34:45,223 I don't want a politician. 808 00:34:45,248 --> 00:34:47,315 But if I were the vice president 809 00:34:47,888 --> 00:34:49,885 and then something happened to you... 810 00:34:49,910 --> 00:34:51,229 Then you would be president. 811 00:34:51,254 --> 00:34:54,222 But I don't want to be president. 812 00:34:54,254 --> 00:34:58,423 I mean, no offense, but your job is the worst job 813 00:34:58,448 --> 00:35:00,096 in the entire world. 814 00:35:01,012 --> 00:35:02,268 No, actually, vice president 815 00:35:02,293 --> 00:35:04,307 is probably worse because you don't actually 816 00:35:04,332 --> 00:35:05,806 get to do anything, do you? 817 00:35:05,831 --> 00:35:08,010 And I want to get things done. 818 00:35:08,035 --> 00:35:09,830 There's so much to do... 819 00:35:09,856 --> 00:35:11,690 not just on the vaccination front, 820 00:35:11,715 --> 00:35:15,026 but we need a new tax code and budget reform, 821 00:35:15,051 --> 00:35:16,951 and there's the war in West Angola 822 00:35:16,976 --> 00:35:19,544 and the war right here at home, five minutes away. 823 00:35:19,569 --> 00:35:20,768 Have you seen it on TV? 824 00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:24,347 That poor man whose son was shot dead in the street. 825 00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:27,440 Oh, my God. 826 00:35:27,465 --> 00:35:29,956 If anything like that ever happened to Casey, 827 00:35:29,981 --> 00:35:31,253 my daughter she's 10. 828 00:35:31,278 --> 00:35:33,269 If anything like that ever happened to her... 829 00:35:33,294 --> 00:35:35,238 but of course she's white and the daughter of a senator, 830 00:35:35,263 --> 00:35:36,714 so the police are actually gonna think twice 831 00:35:36,739 --> 00:35:37,904 before shooting her. 832 00:35:37,929 --> 00:35:39,913 But that poor man, 833 00:35:39,938 --> 00:35:42,314 he raised that boy all by himself. 834 00:35:42,339 --> 00:35:45,683 Can you even imagine what he is going through right now? 835 00:35:45,708 --> 00:35:47,381 I can't. I would die. 836 00:35:47,406 --> 00:35:49,815 I would literally die on the spot. 837 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,116 I would have to kill myself. 838 00:35:51,141 --> 00:35:53,034 Oh, my gosh. 839 00:35:53,059 --> 00:35:56,331 Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry. 840 00:35:56,356 --> 00:35:58,112 Of course you know. 841 00:35:58,137 --> 00:36:01,050 Of course you do. You know more than anyone. 842 00:36:01,917 --> 00:36:03,316 See? 843 00:36:03,657 --> 00:36:07,073 This is why you don't want me to be vice president. 844 00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:11,643 I'm terrible at this, at talking to people 845 00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:14,363 and not saying what I'm thinking at all times. 846 00:36:14,387 --> 00:36:15,675 I think we could probably use 847 00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:17,300 a little more of that around here. 848 00:36:17,325 --> 00:36:18,581 Now 849 00:36:18,606 --> 00:36:20,881 Tell me about this vaccination plan of yours. 850 00:36:26,128 --> 00:36:27,917 Tonight, Officer Jeffrey Newton 851 00:36:27,942 --> 00:36:30,247 was arrested for altering evidence, 852 00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:32,630 perjury, and filing a false report. 853 00:36:32,654 --> 00:36:35,221 He and fellow Officer Edward Brennan 854 00:36:35,246 --> 00:36:38,451 have also been charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. 855 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,853 In light of these charges, 856 00:36:41,886 --> 00:36:43,806 the Justice Department, under my supervision 857 00:36:43,831 --> 00:36:45,299 and with the full cooperation 858 00:36:45,324 --> 00:36:47,074 of Metro Police Chief Lawrence Connors, 859 00:36:47,099 --> 00:36:50,152 will open an independent federal investigation 860 00:36:50,177 --> 00:36:52,199 into the Washington, D.C., Police Force. 861 00:36:52,989 --> 00:36:55,472 But even given these actions, I don't stand up here 862 00:36:55,497 --> 00:36:57,394 pretending justice has been served tonight. 863 00:36:57,419 --> 00:36:59,996 Brandon Parker is still gone. 864 00:37:06,425 --> 00:37:08,745 This is what Brandon was reaching for. 865 00:37:08,770 --> 00:37:11,659 This is what was in his pocket... 866 00:37:11,979 --> 00:37:15,784 the receipt for his new cellphone. 867 00:37:16,746 --> 00:37:21,184 You were right. He didn't have a knife. 868 00:37:22,662 --> 00:37:25,384 He had a piece of paper. 869 00:37:27,227 --> 00:37:31,384 The officer who shot your son is behind bars. 870 00:38:17,441 --> 00:38:19,996 No one is going to arrest you, Mr. Parker. 871 00:38:22,468 --> 00:38:24,067 Let's go. 872 00:38:46,929 --> 00:38:48,779 Where are we going? 873 00:38:49,113 --> 00:38:51,414 This isn't my neighborhood. 874 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:55,669 No, it's not. 875 00:39:05,717 --> 00:39:09,090 Tonight, a young man's potential was cut tragically short. 876 00:39:10,495 --> 00:39:13,463 Another American community is looking for answers, 877 00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:16,004 and another father is knowing 878 00:39:16,030 --> 00:39:18,435 the unbearable pain of losing a child. 879 00:39:19,046 --> 00:39:21,958 Jack, please. Give us a moment. 880 00:39:24,035 --> 00:39:26,069 Mr. Parker. 881 00:39:26,502 --> 00:39:29,470 I am so sorry for your loss. 882 00:39:29,495 --> 00:39:31,395 Please... 883 00:39:31,547 --> 00:39:35,415 Call me Clarence. 884 00:39:35,576 --> 00:39:37,996 My son's name was... 885 00:39:40,232 --> 00:39:42,699 Brandon. 886 00:39:57,842 --> 00:40:00,148 Ours is a country of laws, 887 00:40:00,173 --> 00:40:03,027 but those laws failed Brandon Parker tonight. 888 00:40:03,962 --> 00:40:06,027 And I can only hope in the weeks ahead, 889 00:40:06,052 --> 00:40:08,126 we can begin to understand why. 890 00:41:06,875 --> 00:41:12,007 - Synced and corrected by martythecrazy - - www.addic7ed.com -