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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Fourteen out of 20.
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I suck at math.
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You just need
to practice more.
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Fourteen out of 20.
What's the percentage?
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Seventy? That's
passing, right?
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Don't shoot for passing,
Moses. Shoot for 100.
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Now, come on. Look
at question four again.
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I know you know
how to do that one.
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B?
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Right on the nose, my man.
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Keep it up, and you'll
be coming here to school
with me next year.
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But what would you do if you
were in my shoes? Invest it?
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Five years working on Wall
Street and you don't know?
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Look, the company
I worked for nearly
destroyed the world economy.
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I'm probably
the wrong guy to ask.
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Hey.
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What is that?
A garbage fire?
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Damn kids.
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I got it.
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ADAMS: 24 Eddie to Central K.
Be advised we have a 59
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in a vacant lot
at 115th near Madison.
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I think we can put it out.
Just show us 84
at this location.
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(DISPATCH CHATTERING ON RADIO)
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(COUGHS)
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What's that smell?
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(COUGHS)
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(GROANS IN DISGUST)
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Damn.
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Some kids ran off when
we turned the corner.
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Some kids?
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We didn't realize
what it was. We thought
it was garbage burning.
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Every available body
in the 23 and the 25
is out canvassing right now.
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Yeah, well, you might
want to join them.
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All right, well, get this
into evidence. Thanks.
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What have you got?
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They found an empty
can of paint thinner
up the block.
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Somebody was painting
their flower box.
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Cesar Ramirez, 16.
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School ID from
Sunrise Academy, it's
a couple of blocks that way,
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one of those new
charter schools.
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Trying to help kids
in lousy neighborhoods.
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Give them a better
education to break
the cycle of violence.
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Looks like they've got
a little ways to go.
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(CRYING) Who would do
this to my baby?
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Who? Who?
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We're very sorry,
Mrs. Ramirez.
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He was such a good boy.
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You know, he didn't
argue with anyone,
not even his own father.
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I made him come right home
from school. No staying
on the streets.
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Never went nowhere
we didn't know
where he was going.
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LUPO: And he was
at school last night?
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Yes! He was helping
other students.
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He was at that school
only a year, and already
he was so good
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he could be a tutor.
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We found him
on 115th near Madison.
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That's not on
a straight route home.
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I called him last night
to see where he was,
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but his phone went
to a message.
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There was no phone
when we found him.
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Is that why they
killed my boy?
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For a phone?
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We don't know, sir.
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Can you think
of anything else?
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Was he having any
problems at school?
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No, no, no, not there.
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That was the whole point.
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That school...
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We waited in line all night
to sign him up.
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When he got here,
Cesar was reading
below grade level.
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By the end of his first year,
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he scored in the top 10%
on his English Regents Exam.
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He was headed toward
a four-year college.
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That's pretty impressive.
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A lot of these kids
have the potential.
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We take a holistic approach,
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keep them busy
after school, coordinate
with social services.
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Did Cesar need help
along those lines?
Social services?
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No. His parents were
doing their part.
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They kept him out
of trouble and were smart
enough to get him in here.
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Do your students have
any issues with kids
from the public schools?
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We're officially
a public school, too.
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We just get to operate
with our own rules
and private support.
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One of our donors
has offered a reward,
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$25,000 to find
who did this.
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We understand Cesar was
tutoring someone last night.
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We open our library to other
children in the community
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and encourage our
students to help them.
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Is one of those charts
a tutoring log?
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No, but I can pull one up.
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Thanks.
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Man... Cesar.
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He was really
nice to me.
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Did you see anyone with him
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after he finished
tutoring you last night?
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He just came outside
with me, like always,
while I waited for my mom.
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That boy was waiting
with Moses when I got there.
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He seemed like a good one.
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Moses was so cut up
this morning
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about what happened,
I let him
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stay home from school.
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It's not fair.
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Cesar never hurt anybody.
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He just helped.
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I'm going to the corner
for a Dr Pepper.
You want one, Mo?
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Nah. I'm good.
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I'll get you one anyway.
Cheer you up.
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It's hard growing up in
a neighborhood like this
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and getting along with
everybody. I know.
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Can you think of anyone
who may have had a beef
with Cesar?
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One time, this kid
stepped to Cesar while
we were waiting for my mom.
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A girl was with us.
I think Cesar liked her.
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A girl?
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Yeah.
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So the kid tells Cesar
to just leave her be,
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but she was just talking
to us till my mom got there.
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You know this kid's name?
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No, but he goes to Burr,
where my brother goes.
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Aaron Burr High?
Pretty rough place.
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That's where all the kids go,
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except the ones that
got into that new school.
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This girl, do you
know her name?
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Jolie.
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She goes to Burr, too.
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But she's always at
the library at Sunrise.
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WOODSIDE: Yes,
I've heard about the murder.
Everyone's talking about it.
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Anyone talking
about who did it?
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Most of these kids
worship at the Church
of Don't Snitch.
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Has word gotten out
about the reward?
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Yeah, $25,000?
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Keep that where I can't
see it or lose it, Kalani.
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You know you shouldn't
even have it at school.
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You know what kind
of reward was offered
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when one of my sophomores
ran into some gang
crossfire last fall?
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Zero.
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Nobody cares about
the ones left behind.
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Edison.
Yeah.
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Did you find Jolie
Henderson for me?
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Oh, yeah.
She's in there.
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This way.
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Jolie.
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Jolie Henderson,
Officers Lupo and Bernard.
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Uh, hi. You know
why we're here?
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About that Sunrise kid
who got killed.
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We heard you knew him.
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Enough to say hi. I saw him
at their library a lot.
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It's a lot nicer than ours.
No offense, Ms. Woodside.
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You were there last night.
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Yeah. I saw him,
but we didn't talk.
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You have any idea where
he went when he left?
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Home, I guess.
I don't know.
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We heard a boyfriend
of yours had words
with Cesar a while back.
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Who, Jay? Jay is
not my boyfriend.
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He thought
he was my boyfriend.
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Is he jealous? Possessive?
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Stupid.
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He saw me with Cesar one
night, just standing there,
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doing nothing,
and he wants to trip.
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I set him straight
the next day.
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I was not his to trip over.
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(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
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I've got class. Can I go?
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Yeah. Uh, what's
this Jay's last name?
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Spivey.
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Thank you.
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BERNARD: Maybe we should
talk to Jay Spivey
while we're here.
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All right.
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Edison, can you tell me
where Jason Spivey
is right now?
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Not here.
Marked absent today.
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(COUGHING)
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Look, the only place
I've been
the past three days
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is this couch
and that bathroom.
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You sure about that?
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(COUGHS)
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I got the swine flu.
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You don't believe me,
you can hit up my doc.
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We may do that.
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I mean, I don't go around
firing people up anyway,
you know?
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I mean, I didn't like
Cesar, but, damn...
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And what those kids
did to him was sick.
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You know, hitting him
with a stick when he's
already flaming up. (SCOFFS)
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How'd you know
about that? Hmm?
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You got a magical view
of 115th Street
from your couch?
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(LAUGHS) No.
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I heard some kids talking.
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They came here
to keep me company.
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They said that they saw
a video going around
of what happened to Cesar.
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And they saw it on
somebody's cell phone.
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Yo, can I get that remote
right there, man?
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(SNIFFS)
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Jay Spivey's friends
aren't sure whose cell
phone they saw it on.
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They said it was being
MMS'd from one to another.
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When I was a kid, we would
trade dirty magazines,
not snuff films.
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Well, any sign
of that video online?
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Well, not on
any of the major sites.
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It might not have
been uploaded yet,
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just floating around
on a bunch of phones.
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Well, there's a rule
against having
cell phones in school.
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In theory. But at Aaron Burr,
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if kids keep them
out of sight, they
don't enforce it.
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Well, they should.
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Separating a bunch of kids
from their cell phones?
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We're going to need
reinforcements.
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GIRL: Hey.
What are you doing?
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Taking your cell phone.
You'll get it back later.
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Since when
that's been a rule?
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Maybe if you learned
how to read,
you could look it up.
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Yeah? Maybe
you need to learn
some lesson yourself.
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Aren't you going
to be late for class?
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You think this is enough?
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We found it on three
of the phones.
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The quality leaves
something to be desired.
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All right.
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Tell me when you're ready.
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We're ready.
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BOY ON VIDEO:
Stay on the ground.
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JOSEFSON: This apparently
originated on
the victim's phone.
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They got it away from him
and started shooting.
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Yeah, but can you do any
better on the faces?
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JOSEFSON: We already took
a shot at enhancing.
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If it was just
a little lighter.
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CESAR: Oh, God! Help me!
Help me! Help me!
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Be careful what
you wish for.
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Can you stop it?
That sweatshirt.
Zoom in?
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ABHS Pep... Pep Band.
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That old school spirit.
Keep going, but slow.
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Whoa. Whoa, whoa,
whoa. Yeah.
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Dude looks
like a lady.
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LUPO: She doesn't
want any part of this.
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She knows him.
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Maybe we know her, too.
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(BAND PLAYING)
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I checked with the office.
Jolie's not in the band.
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Well, 15, 20 girls.
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Which one you figure
wore their sweatshirt
to the murder?
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You take woodwinds,
I'll take brass?
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What about percussion?
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Snare drum. Front row.
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Looks like the brother
of the boy Cesar
was tutoring.
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Wonder what happened
to his sweatshirt.
245
00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:10,958
Hey, Moses' brother.
246
00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:12,386
Yeah?
247
00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,759
Hey. How y'all doing?
248
00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:18,599
LUPO: All right. Maybe
you can help us out.
249
00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:21,705
Any of the girls
in the band had a beef
with Cesar Ramirez?
250
00:12:21,874 --> 00:12:23,239
Or hang with
someone who did?
251
00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:26,036
Nah. Probably most of them
didn't even know him.
252
00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:27,409
I only knew him
through Moses.
253
00:12:27,646 --> 00:12:29,477
You stayed home
from school the day
after he was killed,
254
00:12:29,548 --> 00:12:32,244
just like your brother
Moses did, because
he was so upset.
255
00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:34,583
Were you upset, too?
256
00:12:34,987 --> 00:12:37,387
I was keeping Moses
company, bucking him up.
257
00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:39,554
I'm his big brother,
you know.
258
00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:40,785
Sure.
259
00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,822
Big game tonight?
260
00:12:42,995 --> 00:12:45,691
Morningside. We don't
have a chance.
261
00:12:45,831 --> 00:12:47,526
You give up on team spirit?
262
00:12:48,134 --> 00:12:49,465
You're not wearing
your sweatshirt.
263
00:12:52,505 --> 00:12:54,336
I lost it last week.
264
00:12:54,473 --> 00:12:56,168
Thirty bucks for a new one.
You believe that?
265
00:12:56,242 --> 00:12:59,006
You sure you didn't
give it to someone?
Maybe a girlfriend?
266
00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:01,546
I just told you, I lost it.
What are you getting at?
267
00:13:02,214 --> 00:13:03,704
Just trying to
rule something out.
268
00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:06,111
Where were you last Tuesday
night, when Cesar got killed?
269
00:13:06,252 --> 00:13:08,447
Here. After-school
volunteer.
270
00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:10,614
You can check with
the office if you
don't believe me.
271
00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:14,553
What do you think?
272
00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:18,230
That I am still a dead-eye
with my half-court shot.
273
00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:22,824
BOY 1: Oh!
BOY 2: All right!
You got some skills!
274
00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,335
Abel Dolan? Yeah.
275
00:13:24,403 --> 00:13:28,396
Edison, can you give me
that sign-in sheet, please,
for the after-school?
276
00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:31,669
Uh... Tuesday, right?
277
00:13:31,777 --> 00:13:32,766
Yeah.
278
00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:35,207
Yeah, here.
Edison and Abel.
279
00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:38,808
They were painting over
some graffiti. I know,
I was here late myself.
280
00:13:39,185 --> 00:13:40,516
They did good work.
281
00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:42,952
The taggers did good work,
had this place looking tight.
282
00:13:43,088 --> 00:13:44,817
Would you get me
a seat at the game?
Yeah, sure.
283
00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:45,914
All right.
284
00:13:46,692 --> 00:13:48,660
They're good kids.
They just don't know it.
285
00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:51,594
Did you catch Abel
on the snare drum?
He's really coming along.
286
00:13:51,897 --> 00:13:55,094
Yeah. Those four guys,
they didn't do the graffiti,
287
00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:56,933
but you had them clean it up?
288
00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:58,936
Yeah. Campus beautification.
289
00:13:59,071 --> 00:14:01,505
I try to get them to
feel a sense of pride
for their school,
290
00:14:01,574 --> 00:14:04,270
so every student
gives at least
one night a semester.
291
00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,436
Even students that
don't go here?
292
00:14:06,545 --> 00:14:10,003
Check this out.
Cesar Ramirez.
293
00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:13,674
He signed in on the 21st,
also the 11th and the 6th.
294
00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,245
But look who else
signed up on those nights.
295
00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:18,114
Jolie Henderson.
Yeah.
296
00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:19,450
Who said she
barely knew him.
297
00:14:19,558 --> 00:14:20,889
Do you have her address?
298
00:14:21,093 --> 00:14:22,924
Yeah, Jolie Henderson.
299
00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:29,531
Uh, 115th Street, looks
like just west of Madison.
300
00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:34,328
Uh, and the murder
occurred on 115th Street,
just east of Madison.
301
00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:37,068
Yeah, between her place
and Cesar's school.
302
00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:39,801
Wait, do you think
that Jolie could have
been there that night?
303
00:14:40,112 --> 00:14:41,773
Can you get her exact
address, please?
304
00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:42,836
Thank you.
305
00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:46,107
JOLIE: He didn't
walk me home.
306
00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:47,880
I don't know where
he went. I told you.
307
00:14:47,953 --> 00:14:49,443
Did he ever
walk you home?
308
00:14:49,521 --> 00:14:50,886
No. It wasn't like that.
309
00:14:50,956 --> 00:14:53,186
So, every time you
stayed after school,
310
00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,691
he just happened to show up?
311
00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:58,221
To wash windows.
I didn't even
always see him.
312
00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:01,333
I bet he didn't wash
windows for just any girl.
313
00:15:05,137 --> 00:15:06,570
He had a nice smile.
314
00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:09,264
I didn't know him.
I got to go.
315
00:15:09,341 --> 00:15:10,330
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
316
00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:13,610
The reward just drew a tip.
317
00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:17,742
Someone saw Edison Treadwell
with Cesar's cell phone
after the murder.
318
00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:19,645
Edison,
the principal's helper?
319
00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:24,781
Yeah, who was doing campus
beautification with Abel Dolan
at the time of the murder.
320
00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:26,722
Or was he?
321
00:15:27,726 --> 00:15:29,023
(CROWD CHEERING)
322
00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:34,691
You know, I'm beginning
to take this personally.
323
00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,327
You're fishing again,
at my school, my kids.
324
00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:40,696
That poor kid, he didn't
even go to school here.
325
00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,240
Have you checked
at the Sunrise Academy,
326
00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:43,605
or are they too
busy to see you?
327
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:44,973
Simple question.
328
00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:48,036
Are you sure Edison Treadwell
was here the night
Cesar was murdered?
329
00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:49,580
Simple answer. Yes.
330
00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:52,276
We have a tipster
that says otherwise.
331
00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:56,879
Well, you have a tipster
that wants to make $25,000,
or mess with Edison.
332
00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:59,151
These kids do have
enemies, you know.
333
00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:01,790
If you don't mind,
can I please get
back to the game?
334
00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,623
Because we're
finally winning.
335
00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:14,472
This is something we've been
listening to. It's a call
to the reward tip line
336
00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:15,905
about the murder of Cesar.
337
00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:17,972
We thought you
should hear it, too.
338
00:16:19,678 --> 00:16:21,270
OPERATOR: Crime Stoppers,
how can I help you?
339
00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:25,349
BOY: Hi, um. I think I know
something about Cesar Ramirez,
the kid who got burned.
340
00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:27,144
Okay. What do you know?
341
00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:29,881
I saw this guy I know
messing with Cesar's
cell phone yesterday.
342
00:16:30,522 --> 00:16:32,581
I know it's Cesar's
because I saw Cesar with it.
343
00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:34,824
His name's Edison Treadwell.
344
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,627
Is that good enough
for the money?
345
00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:38,587
We really need the money.
346
00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:42,391
That's you, isn't it, Moses?
347
00:16:42,468 --> 00:16:43,457
Nah, that ain't me.
348
00:16:43,535 --> 00:16:44,559
DANIELLE: Child!
It isn't.
349
00:16:44,636 --> 00:16:45,864
It's one thing you want
to lie to these cops.
350
00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:47,701
But you gonna sit there
and lie to me?
351
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,307
You think I don't
know your voice?
352
00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:52,344
All the talking you do?
Look at me when
I'm talking to you.
353
00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:59,411
Okay. It's me.
But it's not true
about Edison.
354
00:16:59,818 --> 00:17:02,616
You didn't see Edison
with Cesar's phone?
355
00:17:02,821 --> 00:17:04,379
No. I lied.
356
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,559
I wanted my mom
to have the money.
357
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:11,819
She works too hard.
I never see her.
358
00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:18,666
Please, we need the money,
don't we, Mama?
359
00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:28,740
And Moses wept.
360
00:17:28,814 --> 00:17:30,406
Wasn't that Jesus?
361
00:17:30,482 --> 00:17:31,608
Yeah, him, too.
362
00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:34,151
So, what do you think?
Was the boy lying when
he made the call,
363
00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:35,584
or when he talked to you?
364
00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:37,019
I vote for number two.
365
00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:39,954
He saw Edison with Cesar's
phone and made his call,
366
00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:42,186
but by the time we got there,
his brother got to him.
367
00:17:42,261 --> 00:17:44,729
His brother, the one with
the missing sweatshirt
368
00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:47,163
who's on the alibi list
at the high school?
369
00:17:47,232 --> 00:17:50,998
Yeah. If that list
was doctored, it could be
a list of the murderers,
370
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,935
Edison and Abel and
two of their friends.
371
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,939
And a high school principal
is covering for them?
372
00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,806
No. She's covering
for her school. It's one
of the worst in the city,
373
00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:01,209
it's on the short list
for being taken
over by the state.
374
00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:03,813
While the Sunrise Academy
is everybody's darling.
375
00:18:03,882 --> 00:18:06,680
So she lies for her students
when they beat up students
376
00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:09,880
from Sunrise Academy
and burn them alive?
377
00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:12,383
Well, that girl would
know, Jolie Henderson.
378
00:18:12,458 --> 00:18:14,050
I think Cesar was
walking her home
379
00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:16,390
when he ran into trouble,
maybe some kids from Burr
380
00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:20,057
who didn't like seeing
a charter school kid
with one of their girls.
381
00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:21,599
I say we go talk
to her again.
382
00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:23,396
(PHONE RINGS)
383
00:18:24,069 --> 00:18:25,058
Van Buren.
384
00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:28,330
All right. I got it.
385
00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:30,097
Where is she?
386
00:18:32,010 --> 00:18:33,341
Okay, thanks.
387
00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:39,309
I'll go talk to Jolie.
She's been raped.
388
00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:01,166
Hello, Jolie.
389
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:06,544
My name is Lieutenant
Van Buren. I work with
Detectives Lupo and Bernard.
390
00:19:07,746 --> 00:19:09,680
Are they taking good
care of you here?
391
00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:15,517
You know, the detective
from Special Victims Unit
392
00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:17,851
says that you
don't want to talk.
393
00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:22,225
She said there was
more than one boy.
394
00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:25,559
And we will catch them,
all of them. I promise you.
395
00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:28,626
I just need you
to talk to me.
396
00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:31,491
Jolie...
397
00:19:40,612 --> 00:19:42,876
Did it happen
because of Cesar?
398
00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:46,010
Because they don't want
you to talk about that?
399
00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:05,930
I didn't see them.
400
00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:09,567
I don't know anything. Just...
401
00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:11,331
Just leave me alone.
402
00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:26,290
It was a gang-rape.
A witness saw
three boys running away.
403
00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:28,552
This witness happen
to see which three boys?
404
00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:31,151
No. Too dark.
And there's no DNA.
405
00:20:31,496 --> 00:20:33,020
The rapists wore condoms.
406
00:20:33,131 --> 00:20:36,157
They planned it.
We think it was some
of the boys who attacked
407
00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:39,170
Cesar Ramirez, that Jolie
was there when it happened
408
00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,069
and they were afraid
that she might talk.
409
00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:44,199
These boys, they all
have an alibi for
the time of the murder?
410
00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:46,267
The only one who
doesn't is Jolie.
411
00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:48,106
Have you searched
her apartment?
412
00:20:48,213 --> 00:20:49,339
No probable cause.
413
00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:50,711
If you can sell your theory
414
00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:53,580
that the gang-rape was
committed to silence
an accomplice,
415
00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:55,243
which makes her
an accomplice...
416
00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:57,245
Probable cause.
417
00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,422
We use what happened
to her to back our
way into a warrant?
418
00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:02,423
Damn lucky for us
she was gang-raped.
419
00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:05,227
Nobody's saying that.
420
00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:08,429
Just get the warrant.
421
00:21:11,169 --> 00:21:13,535
Why are you looking here?
Nothing happened here.
422
00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:17,097
My daughter was violated.
Why aren't you finding
the animals who did that?
423
00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:19,268
Look, we're trying
to do that, Mr. Henderson,
424
00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:20,675
but your daughter
isn't able to help us...
425
00:21:20,746 --> 00:21:22,873
What are you
looking for here?
426
00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:24,137
LUPO: Ma'am.
427
00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:27,711
Is this your daughter's?
428
00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:30,485
No, I don't think so.
429
00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:36,851
There's a tear
in the shoulder,
and this...
430
00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:38,922
Looks singed.
431
00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:40,253
Yeah.
432
00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:43,726
CESAR: Help me!
Help me! Help me!
433
00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:46,066
There. He brushes against
her left sleeve,
434
00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:48,504
exactly where the sweatshirt
we found has burn marks.
435
00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:50,539
So Jolie was there.
436
00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:51,837
Or the sweatshirt was.
437
00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:55,505
Theoretically, Jolie could
have been hiding it for a
girl who wore it that night.
438
00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:57,047
Come on. We know
what happened.
439
00:21:57,115 --> 00:21:58,548
Yeah, but we still
can't prove it.
440
00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:00,312
We could always
arrest Jolie for murder.
441
00:22:00,385 --> 00:22:02,080
That might persuade her
to talk.
442
00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:05,146
Under the circumstances,
Mike, that's not exactly
my favorite way to go.
443
00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:08,858
Well, I'm open to other ideas.
444
00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:12,962
Moses Dolan. You know,
the kid Cesar was tutoring.
445
00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:15,192
He called in a tip,
and then retracted it.
446
00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:18,066
Somebody pressured him.
Maybe we can
pressure him back.
447
00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:23,331
He's studying. You can't
talk to him unless I say so,
and I don't say so.
448
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,538
Look, we'll only
be a few minutes.
449
00:22:25,644 --> 00:22:28,204
He already told
the police he made
it up about that phone.
450
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,845
He's sorry,
and that's that.
451
00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:31,883
Then, Mrs. Dolan,
Mrs. Dolan...
452
00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:34,544
Maybe you can help us? Uh,
453
00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:37,411
have you ever seen
454
00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:39,612
this sweatshirt?
455
00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:42,922
A lot of kids have those.
456
00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:46,122
We thought it might
be Abel's. It has a rip
in the shoulder, there.
457
00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:49,497
He's a big guy.
Maybe he burst a seam?
458
00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:51,001
Now you're asking about Abel?
459
00:22:51,970 --> 00:22:53,494
You think he's mixed
up with this?
460
00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:54,903
We don't know, Mrs. Dolan.
461
00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:58,272
Well, I do. He's a good boy.
He's going to go to college,
462
00:22:58,610 --> 00:23:00,100
to be a businessman.
463
00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:03,306
Sometimes parents don't
know their children as well
as they'd hope to.
464
00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:06,547
Last year, he failed
a course he needs
to graduate,
465
00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:10,110
but he would not give up.
He's taking it over
in night school,
466
00:23:10,188 --> 00:23:12,679
every Tuesday
and Thursday night.
467
00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:16,389
Every Tuesday night?
Including last Tuesday?
468
00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:20,158
He never misses.
At a community center
up in Mott Haven,
469
00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:22,297
7:00-9:00.
470
00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:28,036
So, Abel Dolan couldn't
have murdered Cesar
on Tuesday night
471
00:23:28,106 --> 00:23:31,234
because he was busy
beautifying Aaron
Burr High School
472
00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:34,472
and he was at
a night school class
in Mott Haven.
473
00:23:34,546 --> 00:23:36,571
Well, maybe
he has an evil twin.
474
00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:39,583
Two alibis, it's an
embarrassment of riches.
475
00:23:40,285 --> 00:23:42,810
Well, if he was
at night school, that means
he wasn't at Aaron Burr,
476
00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:44,412
and maybe the other
boys weren't either.
477
00:23:44,489 --> 00:23:46,423
We can use one alibi
to break the other.
478
00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:51,659
TEACHER: Abel seemed
like a good kid to me,
479
00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:53,721
but he doesn't come anymore.
480
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:55,728
He dropped the class
last month.
481
00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:58,531
It's a required course.
Did he give up on graduating?
482
00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:02,471
No. He told me that
he didn't need to
take it over after all,
483
00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:05,407
that he'd just found out
that he'd passed
the first time.
484
00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:09,173
What? He thought
he'd failed, but
he'd actually passed?
485
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:10,908
Did he read
the letter
grade wrong?
486
00:24:10,982 --> 00:24:13,041
No. He did fail.
487
00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:16,377
But there are circumstances
where a failing grade can
be changed to passing.
488
00:24:17,422 --> 00:24:19,788
What were the circumstances
in Abel's case?
489
00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:21,181
I don't know.
490
00:24:21,259 --> 00:24:22,920
Was the change warranted?
491
00:24:23,028 --> 00:24:24,757
Not based on anything I saw.
492
00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:27,431
Who can make these
retroactive changes?
493
00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:29,762
His principal.
Ms. Woodside.
494
00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:35,728
Here. It's Abel Dolan's
grade report
from last spring.
495
00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:40,506
English 3, F. But then,
it's marked "CR"
for "Credit Recovery."
496
00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:41,603
That means he passed.
497
00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:42,940
Was any reason given?
498
00:24:43,114 --> 00:24:45,014
Yeah. Home instruction.
499
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,481
We met Abel's mother.
I don't think so.
500
00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:51,181
And check out Edison
Treadwell's transcript.
501
00:24:51,890 --> 00:24:54,757
Fails sophomore math,
makes it up in summer school,
502
00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,726
and then gets credit
for passing it twice.
503
00:24:57,195 --> 00:24:59,129
Courtesy of
Principal Woodside again?
504
00:24:59,197 --> 00:25:03,566
All four boys she's giving
an alibi to have benefited
from altered transcripts.
505
00:25:03,735 --> 00:25:06,101
Not to mention dozens
of other students
at that school,
506
00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:07,331
maybe even hundreds.
507
00:25:07,405 --> 00:25:10,431
If Abel and his friends
knew what Woodside was doing,
508
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:15,105
maybe they asked for
a little favor in exchange
for keeping their mouths shut.
509
00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:17,244
Giving them a bogus alibi?
510
00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,007
You think she'd cop to that?
511
00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:20,879
Let's ask her nicely.
512
00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:23,387
If that doesn't work...
513
00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:28,392
One of my students was
just brutally raped,
514
00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:31,657
and you are harassing me
about a year-old transcript?
515
00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:35,666
Not just one. You've been
manipulating grades, test
scores, and graduation rates
516
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:37,929
to make this school
look better than it is.
517
00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:42,372
I can support any
adjustment I've made
by the letter or spirit
518
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,431
of sound educational
policies.
519
00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:46,167
Do you think the mayor
would agree?
520
00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:48,007
Or the Department
of Education?
521
00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:50,980
They'd split this school
into six charter schools
522
00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:54,678
and make you assistant
principal of some middle
school in Staten Island.
523
00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:56,345
You know, with
all due respect,
524
00:25:56,421 --> 00:25:58,719
you really don't know
what you're talking about.
525
00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:02,349
CONNIE: All we want to know
is the night Abel Dolan
and his friends
526
00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:03,894
were painting over graffiti,
527
00:26:03,962 --> 00:26:06,897
are you sure you can
vouch they were here
the whole time?
528
00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:08,965
Yes, I'm sure.
529
00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:11,230
Now, if you'll excuse me.
530
00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:13,634
CUTTER: Well, actually,
we won't excuse you.
531
00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:15,061
Detectives?
532
00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:19,073
Martha Woodside,
you're under arrest.
533
00:26:19,144 --> 00:26:20,406
What for?
534
00:26:20,478 --> 00:26:21,467
Grand larceny.
535
00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:25,308
Grand larceny?
What did she steal?
536
00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:28,010
Well, how about a decent
education for her students?
537
00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:30,018
Their integrity,
their potential.
538
00:26:30,355 --> 00:26:32,949
I don't think there's a law
against stealing potential.
539
00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:34,753
So we'll make
the one we have fit.
540
00:26:34,826 --> 00:26:36,987
Look, we need some
leverage over this woman
541
00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:39,053
to make her tell us
what happened the night
of the murder.
542
00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:41,690
If this gets kicked to
the Department of Education,
543
00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:45,099
it'll disappear into
a bureaucratic maze
for 20 years.
544
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:46,967
So we won't let that happen.
545
00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:51,231
NEMETH: Your Honor,
this is a matter for review
546
00:26:51,309 --> 00:26:54,210
by the Department
of Education, not
a criminal prosecution.
547
00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:58,310
The grand larceny statute
was concerned with
the theft of property.
548
00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:00,317
The People don't even
allege that my client
stole any property.
549
00:27:00,385 --> 00:27:03,582
More than
two million dollars of
educational funds
550
00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:07,352
were funneled to
her school on the basis
of performance records
551
00:27:07,425 --> 00:27:10,485
that were effectively
forged by Ms. Woodside.
552
00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:12,462
That money didn't
go into her pocket.
553
00:27:12,731 --> 00:27:16,167
It went for the benefit
of the students, who,
if Mr. Cutter is correct,
554
00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:19,135
needed that extra help
it bought even more
than anyone suspected.
555
00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:23,637
A $10,000 performance bonus
Ms. Woodside received
did go into her pocket.
556
00:27:23,742 --> 00:27:28,076
That was for improving
her school's graduation
rates from 32% to 57%,
557
00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:29,170
a remarkable achievement.
558
00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:32,876
Why, it's not quite so
remarkable if it's based
on bogus course credits.
559
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:36,284
Excuse me, but these people
don't know anything about
running a high school.
560
00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:39,152
Ms. Woodside...
No. It's just some
kind of tactic
561
00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:42,523
to try to get me to
help them scapegoat
some of my students
562
00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:45,290
for a murder and a rape
that they can't be bothered
to actually solve.
563
00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:49,629
Ms. Woodside,
let your lawyer
do the talking. Okay?
564
00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:52,332
Your Honor,
this is simply
the wrong forum.
565
00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:54,838
I refer you to Section 3020
of Education Law
566
00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:56,339
and its provision
for hearing boards.
567
00:27:56,408 --> 00:28:00,777
Those boards are notoriously
lethargic and inefficient,
Your Honor.
568
00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:03,370
I believe some people would
say the same thing about us.
569
00:28:04,115 --> 00:28:07,812
I am dismissing
the grand larceny charge
570
00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:12,755
pending a review and
a resolution of the matter
under the Education Law.
571
00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:14,414
Nice try, Mr. Cutter.
572
00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:16,020
(BANGS GAVEL)
573
00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:19,363
She said we were
after her students
for murder and rape,
574
00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:22,195
but we never told her
we suspected them in the rape.
575
00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:29,331
Maybe she did.
576
00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:35,476
So, that principal
flunked you again.
577
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:38,710
She won't give it up.
She's sticking to her
alibi for our suspects.
578
00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:40,512
It doesn't even
make sense anymore.
579
00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:43,179
If they were blackmailing
her by threatening
to go public
580
00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:45,552
with her grade tampering,
we've done that now.
581
00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:47,614
The Department of Education
is investigating.
582
00:28:47,692 --> 00:28:49,887
So what's she protecting?
583
00:28:49,994 --> 00:28:50,983
Her ego?
584
00:28:51,162 --> 00:28:52,459
CONNIE: Maybe
her conscience.
585
00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:55,761
She said her students
were rape suspects
during the motion hearing,
586
00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:58,129
but Detectives Lupo
and Bernard never
told her that.
587
00:28:58,203 --> 00:29:02,731
But they were in her office
when they realized that Jolie
Henderson had lied to them.
588
00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:06,436
They asked Woodside
for Jolie's address
so they could talk to her.
589
00:29:06,811 --> 00:29:09,177
A few hours later
she was raped.
590
00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:13,178
You think the principal
tipped the murderers to rape
the girl to keep her quiet?
591
00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:15,048
CUTTER: No, not necessarily
meaning to. I mean,
592
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,712
if she believed
those boys were innocent
593
00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:19,348
and she told them,
you know, "Good news.
594
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,949
"The police have found
a witness who can clear you."
595
00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:25,688
She didn't realize
what she was doing.
596
00:29:26,397 --> 00:29:27,796
But now she does.
597
00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:31,063
And she feels guilty,
or she's afraid
she's criminally liable.
598
00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:32,660
Either way,
she doesn't
want to talk.
599
00:29:32,737 --> 00:29:34,034
Nobody wants to talk.
600
00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:37,074
The rape victim
is still scared silent?
601
00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:41,568
Maybe you've been asking
them both too nicely.
602
00:29:41,746 --> 00:29:43,270
Convene a Grand Jury.
603
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:49,181
I remind you that
you are under oath
604
00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:51,381
and there are criminal
penalties for perjury.
605
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:52,514
I understand.
606
00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:55,252
Then please tell us of
any conversations you had
607
00:29:55,326 --> 00:29:58,887
with your students concerning
the murder of Cesar Ramirez.
608
00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,658
I had many conversations,
609
00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:03,997
because I opened my door
for anyone who wanted
to talk about it,
610
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:05,936
who needed reassurance.
611
00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:08,336
Did Abel Dolan
need reassurance?
612
00:30:08,406 --> 00:30:12,672
Or Edison Treadwell,
or Marvin Coyne,
or Andy Mews?
613
00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:15,637
Not that I recall.
Nothing stands out.
614
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:19,215
Do you recall altering
the transcripts for
those four boys
615
00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:20,911
to give them better grades?
616
00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:25,316
Well, I'm constantly
adjusting transcripts
for a variety of reasons.
617
00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:26,516
That's part of my job.
618
00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:30,789
And those constant
adjustments of yours are
currently under investigation
619
00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:32,955
by the Schools Department,
aren't they?
620
00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:35,191
I expect to be
fully exonerated.
621
00:30:35,266 --> 00:30:39,362
So, did any of those boys,
all of whom benefited from
your grade adjustments,
622
00:30:39,437 --> 00:30:42,235
come to you after
the murder of Cesar Ramirez
623
00:30:42,307 --> 00:30:45,037
and ask you to
give them a false alibi?
624
00:30:45,109 --> 00:30:46,508
No.
So they didn't threaten
625
00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:49,138
to go public with your
grade manipulations?
626
00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:53,313
We don't threaten one another
at Aaron Burr High School.
627
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:57,049
We are all working together
in a very difficult situation.
628
00:30:57,355 --> 00:31:00,256
Our students have been
labeled losers,
and they know it.
629
00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:02,987
Right. And they get blamed
for things, don't they?
630
00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:06,394
For anything bad that
happens in the neighborhood.
631
00:31:07,031 --> 00:31:08,259
Yeah, all the time.
632
00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:11,063
So when Cesar Ramirez
was burned to death,
633
00:31:11,135 --> 00:31:15,333
the police automatically
assumed that some
of your students did it.
634
00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:16,729
As usual.
635
00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:21,641
So did some of your students
come to you and say they were
being scapegoated again,
636
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:25,171
as usual, and asked
you to get the police
off their backs
637
00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:26,911
by giving them an alibi?
638
00:31:28,119 --> 00:31:30,747
I don't need to lie
for my students.
639
00:31:30,822 --> 00:31:32,949
Is that a yes or a no?
640
00:31:34,125 --> 00:31:35,456
It's a no.
641
00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:43,295
Did you tell those boys
that the police
had identified
642
00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:46,531
Jolie Henderson as
a potential witness
to the murder
643
00:31:46,604 --> 00:31:48,094
and that they were
going to talk to her?
644
00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:50,072
Oh, here we go.
645
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:53,169
First they're murderers,
and now they're rapists?
646
00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:54,871
What you are going
to accuse them of next?
647
00:31:54,946 --> 00:31:57,813
I think you would defend them
whatever I accused them of.
648
00:31:58,716 --> 00:32:01,708
Because I trust them,
when no one else does?
649
00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:07,725
Because I work
with them, when no
one else wants to.
650
00:32:08,626 --> 00:32:10,093
Charter schools,
magnet schools,
651
00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:11,890
they take all
our best students,
652
00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:14,124
and then we're blamed
for having the worst.
653
00:32:14,198 --> 00:32:19,295
Kids from poverty,
from broken families,
a hundred years of neglect,
654
00:32:19,537 --> 00:32:23,473
and we have to get them
ready for college with
just a few hours a day.
655
00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:28,275
Some charter school
that gets $20 million
from Bill Gates
656
00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:31,782
and they get a few students
into Dartmouth, it makes
front page news.
657
00:32:33,384 --> 00:32:36,080
You want to know what
the real success stories are?
658
00:32:36,654 --> 00:32:40,146
When a student from Aaron
Burr, who couldn't even read
in the ninth grade,
659
00:32:40,224 --> 00:32:43,751
manages to graduate
and get a job at
an auto parts store
660
00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:45,318
instead of becoming
a drug dealer.
661
00:32:45,863 --> 00:32:48,331
That's a success story,
our success story.
662
00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:52,499
But no one cares,
no one wants
to hear about it.
663
00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:09,549
Jolie, we're ready.
664
00:33:10,221 --> 00:33:11,347
This isn't right.
665
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:13,151
One of us should be able
to go in there with her.
666
00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:14,521
It's not allowed, sir.
667
00:33:14,592 --> 00:33:16,583
Why are you people
doing this?
668
00:33:18,896 --> 00:33:19,885
Jolie?
669
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:22,257
Ms. Woodside.
670
00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:23,456
How are you?
671
00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:29,369
I'm going to be okay,
Ms. Woodside. I'm going
to be back in class.
672
00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,875
I won't let you down.
673
00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:43,384
I can't believe you're
dragging her in there after
what she's been through.
674
00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:57,731
It was dark, and
675
00:33:59,604 --> 00:34:01,037
I closed my eyes,
676
00:34:01,105 --> 00:34:03,801
and somebody knocked me down.
677
00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:09,610
And somebody else
got on top of me and...
678
00:34:13,951 --> 00:34:17,819
Before you closed your
eyes, Jolie, you must
have seen something.
679
00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:21,915
Did you hear anything?
680
00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:29,366
Were they the same boys
who attacked Cesar Ramirez?
681
00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:33,030
I don't know
who did that to Cesar.
682
00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:34,799
Weren't you with him
when it happened?
683
00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:36,363
No.
684
00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:40,307
But you were friends
with him, weren't you?
685
00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:42,911
A little.
686
00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:46,408
I mostly saw him
at the library when
he was tutoring Moses.
687
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:51,784
You must have talked to him
there, otherwise how would
you know Moses' name?
688
00:34:54,992 --> 00:34:57,085
I know Moses'
brother from school.
689
00:34:58,062 --> 00:34:59,051
Abel Dolan.
690
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,857
How well did you know him?
691
00:35:03,968 --> 00:35:05,435
We're in the same grade.
692
00:35:06,904 --> 00:35:08,531
Did you ever go out with him?
693
00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:11,434
We hung out some.
694
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:13,636
Was he jealous
of you and Cesar?
695
00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:16,443
No. Not Abel.
696
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:20,375
So, it wouldn't have
bothered him to see you
walking home with Cesar?
697
00:35:22,687 --> 00:35:24,245
He wasn't that into me.
698
00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:28,622
He had tickets to see
a Jay concert at the Garden
on my birthday,
699
00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,386
and he took
his brother instead.
700
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:32,993
Moses?
701
00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,157
It was all about
being the big brother.
702
00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:43,303
Moses was supposed
to go to Cesar's house
for dinner once,
703
00:35:43,374 --> 00:35:45,638
and Abel said no.
704
00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:48,844
He didn't even like Moses
going to the tutoring.
705
00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:51,538
He said Moses should
just go to Aaron Burr,
706
00:35:52,383 --> 00:35:53,372
like us.
707
00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:58,353
Abel was a loser kid
from a loser school.
708
00:35:58,422 --> 00:36:00,083
He saw Moses
going another way,
709
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:02,183
studying hard to get
into the charter school,
710
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:05,991
being mentored by a smart
kid there, getting invited
to the smart kid's house.
711
00:36:06,063 --> 00:36:10,466
So, maybe Abel wasn't
jealous over Jolie,
he was jealous over Moses.
712
00:36:10,535 --> 00:36:12,730
Yeah, I mean, he was
losing his little brother.
713
00:36:12,803 --> 00:36:13,997
Maybe that's what sparked it.
714
00:36:14,071 --> 00:36:16,869
Well, if Abel feels that
strongly about his brother,
715
00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:18,738
there might be a way
to appeal to him.
716
00:36:19,210 --> 00:36:21,678
You think Abel's going
to listen to anything
we have to say?
717
00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:25,307
Probably not. But we
know someone he trusts.
718
00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:32,883
So, what? Did the Grand Jury
indict him, or are
you arresting him?
719
00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:34,686
No. The Grand Jury's
in recess,
720
00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:37,023
but we think we have a shot
at getting a confession.
721
00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:38,459
Why would he confess?
722
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:39,928
Because he's guilty.
723
00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:43,534
LUPO: This is
your opportunity to
tell us the truth.
724
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:45,592
ABEL: I told you the truth.
I didn't do nothing.
It's all right.
725
00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:47,763
He can't see you.
What do you
want from me?
726
00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:52,035
BERNARD: Come on, man.
Only three boys
raped Jolie, Abel.
727
00:36:52,677 --> 00:36:53,905
We don't think
you were one of them.
728
00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:54,967
Then why is he here?
729
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:58,709
We do think he was
one of the boys that
attacked Cesar Ramirez.
730
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:04,210
You saw him walking
with Jolie, didn't you,
you and your friends?
731
00:37:04,722 --> 00:37:07,885
He was wearing
his foolish little
charter school uniform,
732
00:37:08,192 --> 00:37:10,092
the same uniform that
your brother wants to wear,
733
00:37:10,161 --> 00:37:13,358
because he wants
to be like Cesar,
734
00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:14,954
not like you.
735
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,693
Did you say something
to Cesar about that?
736
00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:20,434
Did he smart-mouth
back to you?
737
00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:21,727
You're making all that up.
738
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,305
Abel, you don't need
to respond to this.
739
00:37:23,374 --> 00:37:24,841
Your little brother
was telling the truth
740
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:26,968
when he called about
the reward, wasn't he?
741
00:37:27,044 --> 00:37:28,272
Leave my brother out of this.
742
00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:30,140
He didn't even know
what he was talking about.
743
00:37:30,214 --> 00:37:31,875
What are you saying?
Your brother's stupid?
744
00:37:31,949 --> 00:37:34,247
He's not stupid,
and I'm not stupid either.
745
00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:35,842
Abel, stop. Now.
746
00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:38,516
If he's not under
arrest, we're leaving.
747
00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:39,951
Give us a minute.
748
00:37:46,163 --> 00:37:49,599
Funny. He didn't mention
that alibi you gave
him this time.
749
00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:51,901
Will you stop
talking about that?
750
00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:54,198
One of those boys
is going to break.
751
00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:58,371
They always do. It's just
best all around if it's Abel.
752
00:37:58,476 --> 00:37:59,465
Why?
753
00:37:59,543 --> 00:38:02,876
There's a $25,000
reward on the table.
754
00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:04,805
So?
755
00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:08,351
Abel's brother claimed
that reward, and then
changed his story.
756
00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:10,847
If he could get that
money for his college fund,
757
00:38:11,088 --> 00:38:13,215
one good thing would
come out of this.
758
00:38:13,324 --> 00:38:17,317
Abel might see things that
way, if we can get someone
to talk some sense to him.
759
00:38:17,495 --> 00:38:20,191
Why haven't you considered
that he's innocent?
760
00:38:21,165 --> 00:38:23,099
They're all innocent?
What...
761
00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:25,969
(SIGHS)
Maybe you're wrong.
762
00:38:26,103 --> 00:38:28,731
Tell him not to confess
if he's innocent.
763
00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:31,138
Tell him to do
whatever's right.
764
00:38:33,444 --> 00:38:34,433
Me?
765
00:38:36,580 --> 00:38:39,879
You care about those kids,
all of them. We've seen that.
766
00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:42,710
Just talk to him.
767
00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:50,449
Hey, Abel.
768
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:54,597
Ms. Woodside?
Who's she?
769
00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:55,688
My principal.
770
00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:56,960
How do you do?
771
00:38:58,102 --> 00:38:59,660
How you doing, man?
Good.
772
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:01,429
All right?
Yeah.
773
00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:11,208
We have to be sure
everything we're saying
is totally the truth.
774
00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:15,778
I don't know, Ms. Woodside.
775
00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:16,875
Yeah.
776
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:19,789
Yeah, I was thinking,
777
00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:24,620
too, how many times you start
out thinking you're doing
just the right thing.
778
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:28,560
And then, uh, I don't know,
you end up doing something
else completely.
779
00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:31,828
You lose your way.
780
00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:33,765
You lose perspective.
781
00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:37,165
Maybe we should have this
conversation somewhere else.
782
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:39,336
Actually,
783
00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:42,736
I think we're in exactly
the right place.
784
00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:45,381
What about you, Abel?
785
00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:55,992
What's going on in there?
786
00:39:56,193 --> 00:39:58,286
Can somebody tell me
what's going on?
787
00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:00,626
Principal Woodside is
just talking to your son.
788
00:40:01,465 --> 00:40:02,625
No police in there?
789
00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:05,498
No police. Would you
like a cup of coffee?
790
00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:07,159
We can get you something.
791
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:11,641
Mrs. Dolan, would you
send Moses in here
for a moment?
792
00:40:23,487 --> 00:40:27,184
Ms. Woodside,
what is going
on in there?
793
00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:30,386
I'm sorry, Mrs. Dolan.
794
00:40:32,029 --> 00:40:33,587
I'm really sorry.
795
00:40:41,005 --> 00:40:41,994
Go ahead, son.
796
00:40:42,973 --> 00:40:43,962
Do it.
797
00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:52,479
I know who killed Cesar.
798
00:40:52,917 --> 00:40:54,748
What are you talking
about, Moses?
799
00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:00,047
Abel told me, Mama.
He told me to tell them.
800
00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:01,919
Tell them what?
801
00:41:04,361 --> 00:41:05,828
What is happening here?
802
00:41:07,731 --> 00:41:08,720
He did it.
803
00:41:10,868 --> 00:41:12,927
Him and his friends.
They did it. He told me.
804
00:41:14,672 --> 00:41:18,108
No, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no!
805
00:41:19,276 --> 00:41:23,144
Don't take him!
Abel! No, Abel!
806
00:41:23,247 --> 00:41:28,810
Don't take him
from me, please!
Abel, don't go! Abel!
807
00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:33,313
So Moses gets the reward?
808
00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:36,484
He gave us his brother,
and his brother
gave us the rest.
809
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,427
Abel and his friends ran
into Cesar with Jolie.
810
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:41,431
They already hated the kids
from the charter schools,
811
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:44,093
and some of the boys
were jealous over Jolie.
812
00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:46,326
Abel was upset over Moses.
813
00:41:46,403 --> 00:41:48,530
And Cesar made the mistake
of being a smart guy,
814
00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:50,233
and trying to
impress the girl.
815
00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:51,563
Bad mistake.
816
00:41:51,709 --> 00:41:54,872
Well, with Abel talking,
Jolie will, too.
It's all over.
817
00:41:54,945 --> 00:41:57,641
We're negotiating pleas
for both the murder
and the rape.
818
00:41:58,349 --> 00:41:59,543
What about the principal?
819
00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:01,608
Riding a desk in Schools
Administration until
820
00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:02,982
they figure out
what to do with her.
821
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,384
You could prosecute her
for lying to the Grand Jury.
822
00:42:05,956 --> 00:42:08,584
Well, she...
She helped us
in the end.
823
00:42:10,394 --> 00:42:13,227
Is that enough extra credit
to make up for an F?
824
00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:18,628
Now you're grading
like she did.
825
00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,000
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826
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,000
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