1 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:08,241 LAUGHTON: 16-21 to Dispatch. 2 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:10,210 We're pulling up to the warehouse now. 3 00:00:10,276 --> 00:00:12,145 MAN (over radio): Roger that, 16-21. 4 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,789 Dispatch said the 911 caller reported a van parked out front. 5 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,325 Well, it looks like they're gone now, 6 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:27,660 but head around back just in case we flush 'em out. 7 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:30,230 (train passing nearby) 8 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:34,768 Got a craving for a Lucky Dog. 9 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:36,436 Nothing's open this late anymore. 10 00:00:36,503 --> 00:00:38,371 It's after 2:00 already. 11 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:41,174 It's the best time for a gourmet delicacy. 12 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:43,610 Served from a cart. 13 00:00:43,676 --> 00:00:47,147 You've got no idea what they actually put in those hot dogs. 14 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:49,115 Sometimes it's better not to ask. 15 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:51,184 (door creaks open) 16 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:53,353 NOPD! 17 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:53,420 (gunfire) 18 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:54,000 Palmer! 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:54,000 (gunfire) 20 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,622 Palmer! 21 00:00:55,688 --> 00:00:59,492 Unit 16-21 requesting immediate backup. Shots fired. 22 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:02,462 Palmer?! Officer down! Officer down! 23 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:05,397 Palmer?! 24 00:01:09,302 --> 00:01:11,838 ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 25 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:14,407 ♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 26 00:01:14,474 --> 00:01:17,076 ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 27 00:01:17,143 --> 00:01:18,111 ♪ How, how, how, how ♪ 28 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:20,146 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 29 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:27,654 ♪ You gotta come on. ♪ 30 00:01:30,156 --> 00:01:33,159 (siren wailing) 31 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,632 PRIDE: Mayor Taylor. 32 00:01:39,699 --> 00:01:41,267 Thanks for coming, Dwayne. 33 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:42,702 Terrible thing. 34 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:45,138 The officer was ambushed 35 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:46,773 before he could even enter. 36 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,110 Mark Palmer, 12-year veteran of the NOPD. 37 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:52,378 Which makes me wonder why I'm here. 38 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:55,648 Walk with me. 39 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:58,318 I'm hoping for your discretion. 40 00:01:58,384 --> 00:02:02,155 What I'm about to tell you is... sensitive. 41 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:03,823 Understood. 42 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:06,559 As you know, the D.A. is taking a fresh look 43 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:10,163 into some excessive force cases from the past few years, 44 00:02:10,229 --> 00:02:11,798 three of which involved the officer 45 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:13,733 who was killed last night. 46 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,302 You think his murder's connected to those cases? 47 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:18,538 I don't know what to think. Evidently, 48 00:02:18,605 --> 00:02:21,207 Palmer reached out to the Force Investigation Team 49 00:02:21,274 --> 00:02:23,243 who looks into complaints against officers. 50 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:25,411 Said he had information to share. 51 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:28,248 I'm guessing he never got a chance to share it. 52 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:29,816 He was supposed to meet with the F.I.T. investigator 53 00:02:29,883 --> 00:02:32,252 and the D.A. today. 54 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:34,687 I'm still not sure how this involves NCIS. 55 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:38,758 One of the excessive force cases involved a Navy sailor. 56 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:38,825 Did this sailor threaten Officer Palmer? 57 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:41,594 No. 58 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,396 In fact, he dropped the whole case, 59 00:02:43,463 --> 00:02:45,932 which, unfortunately, happens too often. 60 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,902 But one thing Black Lives Matter and the community has shown us 61 00:02:48,968 --> 00:02:50,904 is, we can't let these... 62 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:53,773 incidents get swept under the rug. 63 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,277 This information that Officer Palmer had-- 64 00:02:57,343 --> 00:03:00,480 you think it has something to do with the sailor's case? 65 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:03,349 If it does, we need to know. 66 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:05,885 Palmer implied what he had to say would... 67 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:08,388 bring down some bad cops. 68 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:10,924 NOPD's not gonna appreciate us interfering. 69 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:12,926 No one knows I'm asking for this, 70 00:03:12,992 --> 00:03:16,496 except for the NOPD investigator Maya Hidalgo. 71 00:03:16,563 --> 00:03:18,932 Please. 72 00:03:18,998 --> 00:03:21,234 I'll see what I can find out. 73 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:28,207 Don't think I've forgotten about Bahrain. 74 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:30,710 You still owe me a rematch. 75 00:03:30,777 --> 00:03:32,512 Ha! You know, a new tennis club opened here recently. 76 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:35,248 Any time. I just hope your serve's gotten better. 77 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:37,684 I plan to show you very soon. 78 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:39,552 (both laugh) 79 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:40,987 Please, sit. 80 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:44,357 Well, I'm surprised that D.C. could spare you. 81 00:03:44,424 --> 00:03:47,627 We don't get to see the deputy director here that often. 82 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:51,731 Actually, the reason I'm here is mostly to see you. 83 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:51,798 Oh. 84 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:54,000 Hannah, 85 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Oh. 86 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:54,267 Hannah, 87 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:56,402 you know how furious I was about what Van Cleef did to you. 88 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:58,471 (sighs) Yeah, well, 89 00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:00,306 he damaged a lot of women's careers. 90 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:02,609 And thanks to you, he won't do it to anyone else. 91 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:04,844 I just wish I'd known what was going on when it was happening. 92 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:06,279 Maybe I could have helped. 93 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:06,346 I appreciate that. 94 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:08,581 Look, 95 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:12,819 it got crazy with the pandemic lockdowns, 96 00:04:12,885 --> 00:04:14,887 but no one has forgotten what you risked 97 00:04:14,954 --> 00:04:16,488 coming forward. 98 00:04:16,555 --> 00:04:18,791 Have you thought about your future at NCIS? 99 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:22,795 Because the executive staff certainly has. 100 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:24,297 What'd you have in mind? 101 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:25,898 London. 102 00:04:25,965 --> 00:04:28,334 You want to transfer me? 103 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:30,269 We want you to run the office. 104 00:04:30,336 --> 00:04:32,505 It's a promotion to GS-14. 105 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:33,806 Your background in counterintelligence 106 00:04:33,873 --> 00:04:35,541 makes you a perfect fit. 107 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:36,943 Okay, look, that might have been tempting 108 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:39,612 when my daughter and ex were there, 109 00:04:39,679 --> 00:04:41,914 locked down for six weeks, but they're back now. 110 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:43,683 Opportunities like this don't come along often. 111 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:45,618 You're in a unique position here. 112 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:46,653 Because the brass is worried about blowback 113 00:04:46,719 --> 00:04:47,920 from what happened with Van Cleef? 114 00:04:47,987 --> 00:04:49,389 They've certainly recognized 115 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:50,623 they need more women in leadership positions, 116 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:51,924 which is why this is important 117 00:04:51,991 --> 00:04:53,526 to me, too. 118 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:54,861 NCIS owes you 119 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:56,295 and all of those women a debt. 120 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:57,864 I intend to see it paid. 121 00:04:57,930 --> 00:05:00,333 (sighs) I can't move to London, Lydia. 122 00:05:02,468 --> 00:05:05,538 I told them you'd say that. 123 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:08,675 But don't think I'm letting this go. 124 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:10,977 There must be some way we can make this up to you. 125 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:14,647 (whirring) 126 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:16,883 Ow! Damn it. 127 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:19,819 PATTON: You know how to work that thing? 128 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:22,088 How hard could it be? Carter does it all the time. 129 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:24,490 Yeah, you break his machine, he really gonna be pissed. 130 00:05:24,557 --> 00:05:26,492 Carter's in Charleston at a training seminar. 131 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:29,662 He'll never know. And look at that. Huh? 132 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,631 Hit it on the first swing, baby. 133 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:32,932 I thought you said you don't like 134 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:35,435 those frou-frou drinks. 135 00:05:35,501 --> 00:05:38,438 Trying new things, I'm expanding my horizons. 136 00:05:38,504 --> 00:05:40,973 What's going on? 'Cause that doesn't sound like you. 137 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,442 Nothing's going on. 138 00:05:42,508 --> 00:05:44,077 I'm in a great mood. 139 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:45,812 Yeah, this really doesn't sound like you. 140 00:05:45,878 --> 00:05:47,513 No. Don't tell Carter, but this is 141 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:48,748 actually really delicious. You want some? 142 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:50,116 PRIDE: Hey. 143 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:52,618 Hey, Pride, someone's been calling for you. 144 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:55,121 Said that he's the station manager at WWOZ. 145 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:57,457 What's going on? 146 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:58,658 Are you getting into radio? 147 00:05:58,725 --> 00:06:00,860 You getting your own talk show? 148 00:06:00,927 --> 00:06:02,929 (laughs) I doubt anybody would want to listen. 149 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:07,734 But, actually, WWOZ is gonna broadcast 150 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,435 one of those Saturday night concerts 151 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:11,404 I've been arranging the last few weeks. 152 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:11,471 Wow. 153 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:12,000 You still doing them from the street outside your bar? 154 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Wow. 155 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,139 You still doing them from the street outside your bar? 156 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,842 No. Too many people are showing up now outside of the bar. 157 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:17,410 We're setting up 158 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:19,712 in the park this Saturday. 159 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:21,647 They're gonna do the whole show over the radio? 160 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:23,049 That's the plan 161 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:25,017 if we can get it all coordinated. 162 00:06:25,084 --> 00:06:27,019 Sounds like a lot of work. 163 00:06:27,086 --> 00:06:29,088 Yeah, well, it's worth it 164 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:30,723 if the music helps people get through these tough times. 165 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:32,625 Yeah. 166 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:34,093 So, what have we learned about last night's shooting? 167 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,162 Evidently, a 911 caller 168 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:38,931 reported a break-in at the warehouse just after 2:00 a.m. 169 00:06:38,998 --> 00:06:40,767 They refused to leave a name. 170 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:42,401 They get a number? 171 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:43,536 Yeah. I'm tracing it now. 172 00:06:43,603 --> 00:06:45,605 All right, good. Listen, 173 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:47,540 we need to get an ID on that caller. 174 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:49,008 Oh, I'm working on it. As soon as I get something, 175 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,143 I'll let you know. 176 00:06:50,209 --> 00:06:52,545 Okay. 177 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:54,480 Timing of the shooting was weird, Pride. 178 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:57,083 The killer started firing the second Officer Palmer 179 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:58,684 entered the building. 180 00:06:58,751 --> 00:06:58,751 Probably heard 'em pull up. 181 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:00,000 Yeah. 182 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Probably heard 'em pull up. 183 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:00,586 Yeah. 184 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:02,822 But why didn't he leave out the back, try and get away? 185 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:04,056 It's a good question. 186 00:07:04,123 --> 00:07:06,592 Sebastian's checking out the scene now. 187 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:08,060 Maybe there's some reason 188 00:07:08,127 --> 00:07:09,629 that the shooter didn't want to leave. 189 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:11,164 Yeah. 190 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:13,933 Hey, did you, uh, track the complaint filed 191 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,535 by the sailor? 192 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:17,537 Yeah. It's pretty thin. 193 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:19,105 Hey, why are we looking into this? 194 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:20,540 It doesn't really feel like 195 00:07:20,606 --> 00:07:21,974 an NCIS case. 196 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:23,543 Mayor Taylor took an interest. 197 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:26,112 Okay. 198 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:29,448 Ensign Nathan Cox accused 199 00:07:29,515 --> 00:07:31,918 an Officer Lenny Yates of using excessive force 200 00:07:31,984 --> 00:07:33,719 while breaking up a fight. 201 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:33,786 Did he describe the excessive force? 202 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:36,000 No. 203 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Did he describe the excessive force? 204 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,622 No. 205 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:38,457 And there's nothing that says what the fight was about 206 00:07:38,524 --> 00:07:40,092 or who else was involved. 207 00:07:40,159 --> 00:07:41,794 Why did Ensign Cox withdraw the complaint? 208 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:43,796 Officially, he didn't. He didn't want 209 00:07:43,863 --> 00:07:46,999 to give any further statement to the NOPD, so they let it go. 210 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:48,701 But guess who Yates' partner was the night 211 00:07:48,768 --> 00:07:49,702 he broke up the fight. 212 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:51,070 (typing) 213 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:51,971 (computer chirps) 214 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:55,241 Mark Palmer. 215 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:57,877 He was Yates's partner up until eight months ago. 216 00:07:57,944 --> 00:07:59,145 So he most likely would have known 217 00:07:59,212 --> 00:07:59,212 what went on with Ensign Cox. 218 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:00,000 Yeah. 219 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,000 what went on with Ensign Cox. 220 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,747 Yeah. 221 00:08:01,814 --> 00:08:04,050 And I'm guessing it's way worse than what was in that report. 222 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:06,619 Ensign Cox was hospitalized for almost a week 223 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:08,688 after the incident. 224 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:10,556 Mayor's hoping he'll talk to us. 225 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:12,191 We'll see. 226 00:08:12,258 --> 00:08:15,161 Hannah and I are heading to Belle Chasse. 227 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:17,663 You know, it's kind of weird 228 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:20,633 that the mayor wants you to run a shadow investigation. 229 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:21,701 I just feel like there's something 230 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:23,169 she's not sharing with me. 231 00:08:23,236 --> 00:08:25,071 Well, whatever it is, the NOPD's gonna be pissed 232 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:26,672 that we're involved anyway, so... 233 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:28,574 Yeah, you've got that right. 234 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:32,845 Assuming you're Hidalgo? 235 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:35,815 And you must be the legendary Special Agent Pride. 236 00:08:35,881 --> 00:08:38,116 GREGORIO: Well, looks like fun. 237 00:08:38,183 --> 00:08:40,019 I'll leave you to it. 238 00:08:43,054 --> 00:08:45,625 I've worked a lot of sensitive cases, 239 00:08:45,691 --> 00:08:47,994 but this is the first time I've ever had the mayor get involved. 240 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,896 Not trying to step on any toes. 241 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:51,564 You can step on anything you want 242 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:53,099 if it helps me get to the truth. 243 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:55,101 I've been working these cases for months, 244 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:57,236 and last night I lost the only lead I had. 245 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:59,839 You got no idea what Palmer was gonna reveal? 246 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:01,908 He wouldn't say until 247 00:09:01,974 --> 00:09:03,843 an immunity deal was in place. 248 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:06,312 And now we may never know. 249 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:13,252 COX: Am I in some kind of trouble? 250 00:09:13,319 --> 00:09:16,756 HANNAH: N-No. Not at all. We were concerned 251 00:09:16,822 --> 00:09:18,658 you might be the victim of a crime. 252 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:20,593 About a year ago, involving the NOPD? 253 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:24,764 That was nothing. Just a misunderstanding. 254 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:26,132 GREGORIO: A week in the hospital 255 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:27,934 is a little more than a misunderstanding. 256 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,136 I'm good, okay? 257 00:09:30,202 --> 00:09:32,038 I don't want any more trouble. 258 00:09:32,104 --> 00:09:34,307 We're on your side here. We want to make this right. 259 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:36,309 And how are you gonna do that? 260 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:38,878 Sure as hell can't keep away the nightmares. 261 00:09:38,945 --> 00:09:40,680 Look, Nathan, we really need your help. 262 00:09:40,746 --> 00:09:43,015 You got to talk to us so we can stop this 263 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:45,818 from happening to someone else. 264 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:48,321 There were two of them. 265 00:09:48,387 --> 00:09:50,022 You only included 266 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:51,223 Yates in your report. 267 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:53,225 Well, his partner was there, too. 268 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:55,127 This guy? 269 00:09:59,031 --> 00:10:01,300 Talk to us, please. 270 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:04,603 Yeah. 271 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:07,073 Look, I shouldn't have got involved, okay? 272 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:09,342 I should've just walked away. 273 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:10,743 The report says you were heading back 274 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:11,944 to the base alone that night. 275 00:10:12,011 --> 00:10:13,346 My boys wanted to keep 276 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:15,915 partying, but I needed some shut-eye. 277 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:17,817 And I saw this guy pushing up on his girlfriend, 278 00:10:17,883 --> 00:10:18,951 getting real physical. 279 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:20,353 So you stepped in? 280 00:10:20,419 --> 00:10:21,988 The dude sucker-punched me. 281 00:10:22,054 --> 00:10:25,257 But I gave as good as I got. 282 00:10:25,324 --> 00:10:26,926 Then these cops show up out of nowhere, 283 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:28,894 started beating the hell out of me. 284 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:31,230 Now, my training kicked in, so I defended myself. 285 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:34,333 Then one of them used their Taser on me. 286 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,702 Now I'm down. 287 00:10:38,871 --> 00:10:40,106 And they keep shocking me. 288 00:10:40,172 --> 00:10:41,874 Five or six times. 289 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:43,275 Yelling at me. 290 00:10:44,276 --> 00:10:47,747 Part of me wanted to die right there on that pavement. 291 00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:50,649 Why wasn't any of this in your complaint? 292 00:10:52,451 --> 00:10:54,653 After I reported it, this detective 293 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,122 showed up. 294 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:59,392 Started asking me questions about how drunk I was 295 00:10:59,458 --> 00:11:02,128 and how I started the whole thing. 296 00:11:02,194 --> 00:11:05,031 Made it clear that it was my word against theirs. 297 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:06,866 You think he was trying to get you to drop the complaint? 298 00:11:06,932 --> 00:11:09,101 I know he was. 299 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:11,170 He pretended to be sincere, acting like he was worried 300 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:14,774 I'd get discharged or arrested for assaulting an officer. 301 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,709 So you let it go. 302 00:11:17,943 --> 00:11:21,013 That detective was right about one thing. 303 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,949 Nobody's gonna believe the word of a Black man over two cops. 304 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:25,751 We do. 305 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:28,087 Look, this detective, do you remember his name? 306 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:33,793 Donovan Blakely. He worked patrol 307 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:35,094 until two years ago when he made detective. 308 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:37,263 Force Investigative Team? 309 00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:39,165 No. Narcotics. There's no reason 310 00:11:39,231 --> 00:11:41,133 he should've been following up on an excessive force complaint. 311 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,902 Unless he had a personal reason. 312 00:11:42,968 --> 00:11:44,370 Covering up for his friends? 313 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:46,472 PATTON: Hey. 314 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:48,140 I traced the 911 call that reported 315 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:49,241 the break-in at the warehouse. 316 00:11:49,308 --> 00:11:50,910 Did you get a name, P? 317 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:52,445 No, the phone was pay-as-you-go. 318 00:11:52,511 --> 00:11:55,381 It's been off-line since just after the call was made. 319 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:56,882 Fake 911 call sounds like a setup. 320 00:11:56,949 --> 00:11:58,350 We know the shooter fired 321 00:11:58,417 --> 00:12:00,419 as soon as Palmer entered the building. 322 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:02,121 Mm-hmm. Day before, he was supposed to spill 323 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:04,090 whatever secrets he was keeping. 324 00:12:04,156 --> 00:12:05,791 This is starting to sound like it wasn't just 325 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:05,858 a random cop killing. 326 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:06,000 PRIDE: Yeah. 327 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:06,000 a random cop killing. 328 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,460 PRIDE: Yeah. 329 00:12:07,526 --> 00:12:10,996 More like a well-planned execution. 330 00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:22,241 PRIDE: These three guys had multiple complaints 331 00:12:22,308 --> 00:12:24,310 filed against them over the years. 332 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:25,411 Yeah, it's hard to get rid of bad cops. 333 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:27,880 The union fights termination every step of the way, 334 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:30,449 claiming these officers have qualified immunity 335 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:32,184 whenever they want. 336 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,386 Immunity protects officers from civil suits. 337 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:36,922 It doesn't give them license to abuse their authority. 338 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:38,824 Try telling them that. 339 00:12:38,891 --> 00:12:40,926 They should be ashamed to wear the badge. 340 00:12:44,196 --> 00:12:48,400 Worked a couple cases with an Alfonso Hidalgo-- 341 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:50,903 lieutenant now, used to be in Homicide. 342 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:53,906 My dad... 343 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:57,810 and my younger brother's on patrol in the 2nd District. 344 00:12:57,877 --> 00:12:59,078 Aunts and uncles, too. 345 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,813 The family business. 346 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,481 All good cops. 347 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:04,984 Helped push through a lot of great changes in the NOPD 348 00:13:05,050 --> 00:13:06,085 over the last 20 years. 349 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:07,953 Sounds like you're doing your part, too. 350 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:11,991 If I was doing it better, these dirtbags would be behind bars. 351 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:14,960 What do you figure Palmer was gonna tell you 352 00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:16,862 and the D.A.? 353 00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:18,364 I assume 354 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:21,800 about how badly they beat Ensign Cox. 355 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:23,536 Except Cox admitted that he fought back before he got shot. 356 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:26,438 So they had a pretty solid defense 357 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:28,240 against the excessive force charge. 358 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:29,975 Yeah. 359 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:33,979 Doesn't seem like enough to murder a fellow officer over. 360 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:36,448 You think Palmer had something else. 361 00:13:36,515 --> 00:13:38,217 Yeah. 362 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:40,586 But we need to figure out what that was. 363 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:45,991 GREGORIO: Oh, my God, you're crazy. 364 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:48,093 Why didn't you move? 365 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,562 The flight was full, and I didn't want to make a big fuss. 366 00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:50,996 It was the guy's emotional support animal. 367 00:13:51,063 --> 00:13:52,131 It's a pig. 368 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:53,832 Oh, hey, this is my friend 369 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:53,899 and coworker Hannah. 370 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:55,034 KARA: Hi, Hannah. 371 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:55,100 This is Kara. 372 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:56,734 Hi. 373 00:13:56,734 --> 00:13:56,734 This is Kara. 374 00:13:56,734 --> 00:13:56,902 Hi. 375 00:13:56,969 --> 00:13:58,137 I've been hearing your name around here a lot. 376 00:13:58,204 --> 00:13:59,138 It's nice to meet you. 377 00:13:59,205 --> 00:14:00,439 You, too. 378 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,141 Hopefully, we can do it in person soon. 379 00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:03,108 I-I would like that, yeah. 380 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:04,610 Yeah, me, too. 381 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,612 Hey, I'll call you later tonight, okay? 382 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,248 Or, instead of a call, maybe we could actually get together. 383 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,584 That's probably not safe. 384 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,419 I'm around a lot of people every day. 385 00:14:13,485 --> 00:14:16,121 I promise to keep appropriately socially distanced. 386 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:17,590 (scoffs) Yeah, right. All right, we'll talk about it. 387 00:14:17,656 --> 00:14:18,557 I-I got to go. 388 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:20,092 We're in the middle of a big case right now. 389 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:22,127 Or we could do Saturday. 390 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,963 Doesn't your boss put on those weekly concerts in the Bywater? 391 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,164 Okay, we'll talk about it later. 392 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:26,599 Hey, I have another call coming in. 393 00:14:26,665 --> 00:14:26,665 Talk to you later, gorgeous. 394 00:14:26,665 --> 00:14:26,734 GREGORIO: Bye. 395 00:14:26,734 --> 00:14:26,734 Talk to you later, gorgeous. 396 00:14:26,734 --> 00:14:28,400 GREGORIO: Bye. 397 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:28,467 Bye, bye, bye-bye-bye. 398 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:30,369 What call? 399 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:31,870 Huh? 400 00:14:33,472 --> 00:14:34,607 Oh, no, I thought there was something. It's my phone. 401 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:35,641 Was a little glitch. 402 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,610 And you got tested for COVID. You're negative. 403 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:39,645 So? 404 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:41,080 So, why are you avoiding seeing Kara 405 00:14:41,146 --> 00:14:42,281 for, like, what, four weeks now? 406 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:42,348 I'm not avoiding her. 407 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:43,449 Except you are. 408 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:44,149 No, I'm just trying to get to know her. 409 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:45,484 Yeah, wouldn't that be easier 410 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:46,952 if you were in the same place? 411 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:48,487 Well? 412 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:50,122 Oh, are those refugee camps? 413 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:53,892 I'm gonna go out on a limb here 414 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:55,561 and say that our bad cops don't have that much reach. 415 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:57,997 Yeah, I was hoping to find the family of Farid Mokrani. 416 00:14:58,063 --> 00:14:59,365 Who's that? 417 00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:01,367 He's my informant from Algeria. 418 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:03,068 The one Van Cleef exposed. 419 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:04,336 Yeah. 420 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,638 ISIS showed up at his house 421 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:06,472 and murdered him in front of his family. 422 00:15:06,538 --> 00:15:09,208 That's on Van Cleef, Hannah, not you. 423 00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:11,210 Yeah, but I was responsible for him, 424 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:12,911 and I should've protected him. 425 00:15:12,978 --> 00:15:14,613 So now you're looking for his family. 426 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,615 I have been, for years. 427 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:21,253 After he was murdered, his wife and his two daughters fled. 428 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,455 I tracked them down to this refugee camp, 429 00:15:23,522 --> 00:15:25,557 but, you know, they were gone. 430 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,092 Do you know where they are now? 431 00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:29,028 They're not in any of the records that I've been able 432 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:30,429 to access, but when I met with 433 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:32,931 Deputy Director Scarborough this morning, 434 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:35,968 she said that NCIS owed me. 435 00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:38,537 Well, it sounds like you got an idea on how to collect. 436 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:41,240 Yeah, U.S. intelligence agencies 437 00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:43,709 keep highly classified databases on refugees 438 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:46,045 in order to monitor terrorist connections. 439 00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:48,514 Well, maybe NCIS can help you access those databases. 440 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:50,649 Scarborough would have that pull. 441 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:53,519 Well, if it were me, I'd be asking for a big fat raise, too. 442 00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:57,656 I need you to see the order yourself, Jimmy. 443 00:15:57,723 --> 00:16:00,492 I can't afford to miss another shipment! 444 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:02,561 Loretta, Loretta? 445 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:05,230 Hey, looks like things haven't slowed down any. 446 00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:06,999 Well, some days are better than others. 447 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:08,233 Today isn't one of them. 448 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:11,070 Hey, well, I heard the parish is facing budget reductions. 449 00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:12,638 Your department gonna be okay? 450 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:15,374 Ten percent reduction across the board, 451 00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:17,676 and the intakes are still way up. 452 00:16:17,743 --> 00:16:19,244 So, no. 453 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:22,514 I got to tell you, this is really strange, Dwayne. 454 00:16:22,581 --> 00:16:24,316 It was the mayor's idea. 455 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:25,984 I mean, she wanted to meet somewhere 456 00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:27,186 we wouldn't be seen together. 457 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:30,255 (sighs) You know... 458 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:31,623 you asked for discreet. 459 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:42,434 This private enough for you, Zahra? 460 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:47,072 Well, I was actually hoping for an empty office, 461 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:49,274 but this works. 462 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:50,476 Leave you to it, then. 463 00:16:50,542 --> 00:16:51,577 Well, why don't you stick around, Loretta. 464 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:53,579 We both value your counsel. 465 00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:55,714 Hidalgo reached out to you? 466 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:56,782 Yeah, she did. 467 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:02,321 Gave us files on the excessive force cases she's investigating. 468 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:04,323 My team's combing through 'em, looking for any red flags. 469 00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:07,693 We also talked to the sailor who filed the complaint last year. 470 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,461 What did you find? 471 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,063 He got beat up bad 472 00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:15,401 by two NOPD officers, one of them being your dead cop. 473 00:17:15,467 --> 00:17:16,468 Third guy, a detective, 474 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:19,304 he helped them cover it up. 475 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:21,406 You're investigating NOPD? 476 00:17:22,674 --> 00:17:24,209 That why you didn't want people seeing you? 477 00:17:24,276 --> 00:17:26,178 Yeah, yeah. 478 00:17:26,244 --> 00:17:28,347 This looks like a pattern that's been going on for years, 479 00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:31,350 these guys covering up for each other. 480 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:35,187 But I got a feeling you already knew this. 481 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:36,488 I suspected. 482 00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:39,191 But you were parish sheriff for years, Dwayne. 483 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,059 I wanted you to draw your own conclusion. 484 00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:43,162 Well, doesn't matter what any of us suspect. 485 00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:45,531 Okay? We-we got no evidence. 486 00:17:47,132 --> 00:17:48,700 All we got is the sailor's testimony, 487 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:50,736 and they will say that he's lying. 488 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:52,538 Cops know how to work the system. 489 00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:54,072 These guys are dirty. 490 00:17:54,139 --> 00:17:55,841 We'll find the proof. 491 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,609 I wouldn't count on it. 492 00:17:57,676 --> 00:18:00,646 Have you any idea how often medical examiners 493 00:18:00,712 --> 00:18:02,781 get pressured to label 494 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:07,152 excessive force deaths as accidents, not homicides? 495 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:10,789 Well, if there's ever a time to change things, it's now. 496 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:12,858 And we've heard that public outcry before. 497 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:15,861 And now here we are, back in the same place again! 498 00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:19,264 Oh, hi, guys. 499 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:20,466 Sebastian, what are you doing here? 500 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:21,667 Getting gloves. 501 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:23,469 'Cause it's the supply closet. 502 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:23,535 Okay, g-get out! Out! 503 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,304 Okay, all right. 504 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:25,370 (phone ringing) 505 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:26,438 Well, I got something to show you 506 00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:27,539 whenever this is all... 507 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:27,606 Out! 508 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:28,707 My foot! 509 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:29,741 PRIDE: I'll be right there. 510 00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:31,577 (groans) Dr. Wade. 511 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:36,782 No, you have to reroute them to Orleans Parish. 512 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,551 I have to deal with this. 513 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:49,261 (sighs) These last few months have been rough on her. 514 00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:51,296 Seeing Loretta struggle like this 515 00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:55,601 makes me wonder how any of us are gonna get through it. 516 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:04,409 You okay? 517 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:07,246 Huh? Oh, yeah, it's fine. 518 00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:09,181 She just has to blow off some steam every now and then. 519 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:11,416 Well... 520 00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:13,886 you've been helping her out so much the last couple months. 521 00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:15,854 (sighs) I mean, I've been trying, you know? 522 00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:18,490 It's like she's fighting a battle that never ends. 523 00:19:18,557 --> 00:19:20,726 There's not a whole lot I can do to make it better either. 524 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:23,395 Luckily, it's a lot less frustrating 525 00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:25,163 to just solve a crime. 526 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:28,467 This is all from Officer Palmer's murder? 527 00:19:28,534 --> 00:19:30,369 Yeah. I checked out the scene like you asked. 528 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:33,272 NOPD found three .45-caliber bullet casings 529 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:35,307 in the shadows here. 530 00:19:35,374 --> 00:19:37,743 The shooter was set up right across from the entrance, 531 00:19:37,809 --> 00:19:39,244 so he must've been waiting there for a while. 532 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:39,311 Were they able to pull prints? 533 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:41,179 No. 534 00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:42,848 And no DNA either, but that's not really that surprising 535 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:45,250 since pulling DNA off of a bullet casing 536 00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:47,352 only has a one percent success rate. 537 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:50,689 You building up to something here? 538 00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:51,790 Am I that easy to read now? 539 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:51,857 Yes. 540 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:52,958 Yeah. Okay. 541 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:55,294 So, I, uh, was reading this new study-- 542 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,728 out of the Netherlands of all places, which is crazy 543 00:19:56,795 --> 00:19:58,363 'cause you know how tall they... 544 00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:58,430 I'm gonna give you five seconds, Sebastian. 545 00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:59,798 Right, okay. 546 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:01,266 So, it was all about a new way 547 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:03,669 of testing for DNA off of bullet casings. 548 00:20:03,735 --> 00:20:03,735 Four. 549 00:20:03,735 --> 00:20:04,937 It's really cool what they do. 550 00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:06,772 So, they take the bullet casings and they put it 551 00:20:06,838 --> 00:20:07,839 in this chemical cocktail for, like, 30 minutes. 552 00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:09,374 Like if you had laundry, right? 553 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:10,409 And you had a really bad stain... 554 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:10,475 Two. 555 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:11,610 Anyway, 556 00:20:11,677 --> 00:20:12,778 so, it breaks down the cells 557 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:14,446 and it allows you to isolate the DNA 558 00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,315 so you can test it, and I did it, and it worked. 559 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:16,381 And I have ID'd the shooter. 560 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:18,317 (computer beeping) 561 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:18,383 Lamont Russell? 562 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:20,485 Yeah. 563 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:22,955 He's got a real long rap sheet, too. 564 00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:23,855 He's got, uh, multiple convictions 565 00:20:23,922 --> 00:20:25,223 for armed robbery, assault. 566 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:26,792 Any ties to Blakely or Yates? 567 00:20:26,858 --> 00:20:28,393 (sighs) Nothing I found so far. 568 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:29,494 Let's go talk to 569 00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:31,930 Officer Palmer's partner, see if she remembers him 570 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:33,966 having any dealings with this guy. 571 00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:37,436 If there's a connection between Lamont Russell and our cops, 572 00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:37,502 we need to find it. 573 00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:38,734 Yeah. 574 00:20:38,734 --> 00:20:38,734 we need to find it. 575 00:20:38,734 --> 00:20:39,271 Yeah. 576 00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:40,973 ♪ ♪ 577 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:46,812 SEBASTIAN: Officer Laughton's sergeant says 578 00:20:46,878 --> 00:20:49,281 she hasn't responded to any calls or texts. 579 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:53,652 She miss work? 580 00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:54,853 She took a few days' leave, 581 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,922 but no one's heard from her since. 582 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:00,959 Looks like no one's home. 583 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,601 Officer Laughton? 584 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,603 Step back. 585 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:12,904 Hands where I can see them. 586 00:21:12,971 --> 00:21:14,773 PRIDE: Easy. 587 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:15,807 Special Agent Dwayne Pride. 588 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:15,874 I said hands up! 589 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:17,943 All right. 590 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:20,012 All right, take it easy. We're law enforcement. 591 00:21:20,078 --> 00:21:22,681 Oh, yeah? Who the hell you think I'm afraid of? 592 00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:38,730 PRIDE: Has somebody from NOPD been physically threatening you? 593 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,999 More like harassed. 594 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:44,770 I found a dead rat in my mailbox this morning. 595 00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:46,038 Report it to your C.O.? 596 00:21:46,104 --> 00:21:48,540 I can't make accusations against fellow officers without proof. 597 00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:50,542 My career would be over. 598 00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:50,609 So you know who did it? 599 00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:52,844 The same ones 600 00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:55,781 who stuffed anonymous notes into my locker a few weeks ago. 601 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:59,518 Told me to request a change of partner or else. 602 00:21:59,584 --> 00:22:01,753 Or call me all hours of the night. 603 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,423 Warning me my time is up. 604 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:07,426 They had a problem with you working with Officer Palmer? 605 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:09,695 I think they blamed me for how Mark was changing. 606 00:22:09,761 --> 00:22:11,963 Were you guys close? 607 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:15,600 We weren't, like, friends who'd hang out or anything. 608 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,737 Honestly, we probably wouldn't 609 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:20,806 have gotten tight a couple years ago, but 610 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:23,442 he went through a pretty nasty divorce. 611 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:25,510 Lost custody of his kids. 612 00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:27,479 Started regretting a lot of his actions. 613 00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:29,981 He even came to church with me a couple times. 614 00:22:30,048 --> 00:22:32,517 His friends didn't like that? 615 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,619 Thought I was a bad influence, I guess. 616 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:38,557 Especially when Mark started saying he needed to make amends. 617 00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:41,393 PRIDE: These cops who are 618 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:43,495 harassing you... 619 00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:45,764 would they be Donovan Blakely and Lenny Yates? 620 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:51,603 Like I said, I've got no proof of that. 621 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,805 What about this guy? 622 00:22:53,872 --> 00:22:55,974 Lamont Russell? 623 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,709 You ever see him with Palmer or the other two cops? 624 00:22:57,776 --> 00:22:59,511 No. Who is he? 625 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:01,646 He's the guy who shot your partner. 626 00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:03,415 And could have killed you 627 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:05,917 if you'd been closer. 628 00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:07,786 Look... 629 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:10,689 I know how hard it is to cross that blue line. 630 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,759 But if you know anything... 631 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:17,696 ...we could sure use it. 632 00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:21,166 These men-- they've done a lot worse 633 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,568 than leave a dead rat in a mailbox. 634 00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:26,538 I don't know who. 635 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:28,540 But Mark told me 636 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:30,041 that he and his friends 637 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:33,078 had protection in the department. 638 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:36,181 Protection... 639 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,083 that came from pretty high up. 640 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:47,726 Hey. 641 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,861 GREGORIO: Hey. 642 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:51,963 NOPD's got a BOLO out for Lamont Russell. 643 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:54,065 Yeah, he's a cop killer. Kill first, talk later. 644 00:23:54,132 --> 00:23:55,200 Okay, so we need to get to him first. 645 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,769 Any connection between him and either Blakely or Yates? 646 00:23:57,836 --> 00:23:59,704 Not yet, but I did find something interesting 647 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:01,473 in the files the investigator sent me. 648 00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:04,176 One name keeps popping up. It's Lieutenant Simon Gore. 649 00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:06,178 He's senior supervisor who signed off 650 00:24:06,244 --> 00:24:08,146 on a lot of internal reviews, 651 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:10,215 including most of the complaints against the three cops. 652 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:13,819 He has his own share of excessive force investigations 653 00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:15,487 back when he was in uniform, too. 654 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:17,656 Well, sounds like he could be their protection. 655 00:24:17,722 --> 00:24:18,824 Let Pride know. 656 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:18,890 Okay. 657 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:21,459 (phone ringing) 658 00:24:21,526 --> 00:24:23,195 Hannah Khoury. 659 00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:25,964 You weren't kidding when you said it was a big ask. 660 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:29,067 Both CIA and DIA are still refusing access 661 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:30,735 to any classified databases on refugees. 662 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:32,170 Sometimes it's like they just 663 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:33,772 don't know we're all on the same side. 664 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:35,507 I'm not giving up yet, 665 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:38,043 but I may actually have something better. 666 00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:39,678 Okay, I'm listening. 667 00:24:39,744 --> 00:24:41,012 An intelligence agent I know 668 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:42,581 worked in the region around the same time 669 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:44,249 Farid's family disappeared. 670 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:48,119 Part of his job was identifying and photographing refugees 671 00:24:48,186 --> 00:24:49,221 with possible ISIS ties. 672 00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:51,823 And he'll share those photos? 673 00:24:51,890 --> 00:24:53,024 Eyes only. 674 00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:54,759 O-Of course. 675 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,862 Then I'll forward them through the secure network. 676 00:24:56,928 --> 00:24:59,164 Just a warning, there are a lot. 677 00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:01,733 Yeah, but it's a start. Thanks. 678 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,969 I told you we owed you a debt and I meant it. 679 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:05,003 Keep me updated. 680 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:05,288 Of course. 681 00:25:05,288 --> 00:25:05,288 Keep me updated. 682 00:25:05,288 --> 00:25:07,205 Of course. 683 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:10,876 (exhales) 684 00:25:15,747 --> 00:25:16,882 Hey. 685 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:20,585 You know this Lieutenant Simon Gore? 686 00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:22,287 Not personally. 687 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,256 I do know he was forcibly retired last year 688 00:25:24,322 --> 00:25:27,192 when NOPD brought in fresh leadership. 689 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:28,960 He have a particularly strong relationship 690 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:30,962 with any of the cops we're investigating? 691 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:33,531 Talked to my dad about him. He says Gore was old school. 692 00:25:33,598 --> 00:25:35,800 A lot of guys looked up to him. 693 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:37,102 Blakely and Yates among those? 694 00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:37,168 Palmer, too. 695 00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:38,136 (door opens) 696 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:43,608 I don't remember inviting you onto my property. 697 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:46,111 Lieutenant Gore, I'm Detective Maya Hidalgo with NOPD. 698 00:25:46,177 --> 00:25:48,079 Yeah, I know who you are. 699 00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:49,281 Best thing about retirement's 700 00:25:49,347 --> 00:25:51,549 I don't have to talk to you anymore. 701 00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:54,019 We just want to ask you about a few cases you supervised. 702 00:25:54,085 --> 00:25:55,921 Well, isn't that just too bad? 703 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:58,857 You're not NOPD. 704 00:25:58,924 --> 00:26:00,692 No, sir. 705 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:03,595 Special Agent Dwayne Pride, NCIS. 706 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:06,264 Promise we won't take too much of your time. 707 00:26:06,331 --> 00:26:07,966 You're not taking any of it. 708 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,335 'Cause you're both leaving right now. 709 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,304 Lieutenant, you can tell us what we need to know here, 710 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:16,007 in the comfort of your home, or I can get the chief involved. 711 00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:18,677 But one way or another, I need some answers. 712 00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:22,814 What cases? 713 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,282 A few internal reviews you signed off on 714 00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:25,884 as senior supervisor. 715 00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:28,086 Internal reviews? 716 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,587 Those are all excessive force complaints? 717 00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:32,757 That's right, going back several years. 718 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:36,995 Well, I don't want to go downtown... 719 00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:38,997 ...but I guess I can 720 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:41,266 spare a little time. 721 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:43,168 Let me get my readers. 722 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:46,604 Waste of time. 723 00:26:46,671 --> 00:26:47,605 W-What do you mean? 724 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:49,841 It was your agent who found the connection. 725 00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:51,776 He was adamant about refusing to talk, right up until 726 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:54,079 he realized it was about the excessive force cases. 727 00:26:56,214 --> 00:26:57,983 He's not worried about what's in these files. 728 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,018 He's worried about something, though. 729 00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:01,820 We just haven't found it yet. 730 00:27:04,222 --> 00:27:07,659 HANNAH: Relax. You're do great on your test, Naomi. 731 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,228 Ten more minutes of studying and then straight to bed. 732 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:12,397 Okay? 733 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:15,800 I love you, too. Good night. 734 00:27:28,446 --> 00:27:30,882 Basira. 735 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,895 Lydia? 736 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:46,231 She's here. 737 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:48,233 Yeah, she changed her last name to Idrissi. 738 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:50,402 That's why she wasn't in the refugee databases. 739 00:27:51,803 --> 00:27:53,004 I found her. 740 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:02,814 It's getting late, Gregorio. Pick it up in the morning. 741 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:04,315 Thanks, but I'm fine. Actually, I might have found 742 00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:05,850 the incident that spooked the lieutenant 743 00:28:05,917 --> 00:28:07,285 you and Hidalgo talked to, 744 00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:09,354 and you were right, the case never came up 745 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,222 in an excessive force complaint. 746 00:28:11,289 --> 00:28:13,858 But it might be worth killing someone to keep it quiet? 747 00:28:13,925 --> 00:28:16,227 About a year ago, Detective Blakely 748 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:19,164 got into an altercation with a Jasper Taggert, 749 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:22,267 who had diagnosed mental disabilities. 750 00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:23,835 Taggert lived in a group home and worked part-time 751 00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:25,170 bagging groceries. 752 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:27,005 Blakely claimed he resisted arrest 753 00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:28,473 on a public nuisance charge, 754 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,442 which is why he had to get rough. 755 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:33,244 How rough? 756 00:28:33,311 --> 00:28:34,913 Well, I called the group home to talk to Taggert 757 00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:36,414 and try and find out. 758 00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:39,884 Turns out that the beating that Blakely gave him 759 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:41,319 put him into a coma. 760 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,389 And that's not in the report? 761 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:46,191 Not at all. 762 00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:48,993 Lieutenant Simon Gore signed off on it 763 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:50,428 without any further review. 764 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,199 Well, we need to talk to Taggert 765 00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:56,234 and get the rest of his story on the record. 766 00:28:56,301 --> 00:28:58,837 Yeah, we can't do that, Pride. 767 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:01,206 Jasper Taggert died three months ago. 768 00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:14,752 People can enjoy the concert with their friends and family, 769 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:16,788 but at a safe distance. 770 00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:18,957 Been hearing a lot about these concerts for weeks. 771 00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:19,023 How long you been doing them? 772 00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:20,959 Oh... 773 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:24,295 a few months. Started small, in the street outside the bar. 774 00:29:24,362 --> 00:29:26,331 Eventually, so many people showed up, 775 00:29:26,397 --> 00:29:28,166 we had to put the band up on the balcony. 776 00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:30,034 And then we outgrew that, too. 777 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:31,870 Folks need to let loose. I know I sure do. 778 00:29:31,936 --> 00:29:33,371 Yeah, you and me both. 779 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:35,273 This is incredible, Dwayne. 780 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:37,375 Well, well, we'll see how it goes. 781 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:37,942 This is our first time here in the park, 782 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:39,511 so I'm a little nervous. 783 00:29:39,577 --> 00:29:39,577 We'll start setting up. 784 00:29:39,577 --> 00:29:41,112 Fantastic. 785 00:29:41,179 --> 00:29:42,180 Let me know if you need anything, 786 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:43,515 and thanks for doing this. 787 00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:46,784 HANNAH: Only special agent I know 788 00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:49,821 that sidelines as a concert promoter. (chuckles) 789 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:51,422 Yeah, well, it puts a smile on my face. 790 00:29:51,489 --> 00:29:53,191 Yeah. A lot of other people's, too. 791 00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:56,494 I, um, I spoke to the lady who runs the group home 792 00:29:56,561 --> 00:29:57,996 that Jasper Taggert used to live in. 793 00:29:58,062 --> 00:29:59,430 She have anything we can use? 794 00:29:59,497 --> 00:30:01,432 Well, she said that Taggert used to get agitated, 795 00:30:01,499 --> 00:30:03,334 but never violent. 796 00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:04,402 She never bought Blakely's version 797 00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:05,870 of how the beating went down. 798 00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:07,172 Yeah. Taggert never woke from his coma 799 00:30:07,238 --> 00:30:09,040 to give a different version. 800 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:11,442 And he didn't have any family to follow up, either. 801 00:30:11,509 --> 00:30:13,478 She, um, tried to make an excessive force complaint 802 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:16,347 on his behalf, but a cop warned her 803 00:30:16,414 --> 00:30:18,383 that he would file additional charges 804 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:19,584 against Taggert if she didn't let it go. 805 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,319 She ID'd the cop. 806 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:22,820 Lenny Yates. 807 00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:27,325 Covering for Blakely just like Blakely covered for him. 808 00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:28,893 Yeah, he'll just say she just misunderstood. 809 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,195 (scoffs) 810 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:32,864 And we still got no evidence to prove otherwise. 811 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:34,499 You think that the group home manager 812 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:36,534 would have access to Taggert's medical records? 813 00:30:36,601 --> 00:30:38,069 I can call and ask. 814 00:30:38,136 --> 00:30:39,370 Yeah, well, if she does, 815 00:30:39,437 --> 00:30:41,372 have them sent to Loretta. 816 00:30:41,439 --> 00:30:42,907 Maybe she can help us find something. 817 00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:44,175 Okay. Will do. 818 00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:45,944 Oh, and hey, good luck out here. 819 00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:46,010 (phone rings) 820 00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:47,744 Looks like it's gonna be great. 821 00:30:47,744 --> 00:30:47,744 (phone rings) 822 00:30:47,744 --> 00:30:48,112 Looks like it's gonna be great. 823 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:49,914 Oh, yeah, well, fingers crossed. 824 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:51,349 (laughs) 825 00:30:51,416 --> 00:30:53,985 Khoury. 826 00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:55,853 Oh, my God. Are you sure? 827 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,422 SCARBOROUGH: With the correct last name, 828 00:30:57,488 --> 00:30:59,224 we were able to find Basira Idrissi 829 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:00,925 at a refugee camp in Morocco. 830 00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:02,594 Those camps are brutal. 831 00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:04,095 From what we can tell, the family's been there 832 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:04,162 almost two years. 833 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:05,744 Have you talked to her? 834 00:31:05,744 --> 00:31:05,744 almost two years. 835 00:31:05,744 --> 00:31:06,297 Have you talked to her? 836 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,900 Someone from the embassy is on with her now, 837 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:11,135 but it's a terrible connection. 838 00:31:12,136 --> 00:31:15,139 (exhales) 839 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:16,541 Basira? 840 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:18,243 I don't know if you remember me. 841 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:21,045 I... No, I-I did nothing wrong. 842 00:31:21,112 --> 00:31:22,880 Why am I here? 843 00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:24,916 No, you're not in any trouble, I promise. 844 00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:27,652 I knew Farid. 845 00:31:33,191 --> 00:31:34,225 You. I know you. 846 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:35,627 Hannah Khoury. 847 00:31:35,693 --> 00:31:39,097 You are the reason Farid is dead. 848 00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:42,634 I know. 849 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:45,637 And I am eternally sorry for that. 850 00:31:45,703 --> 00:31:47,905 Do you know what they did to him? 851 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:49,240 I do. 852 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:51,009 The only reason that we are alive 853 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:53,378 is because I took my daughters and ran. 854 00:31:53,444 --> 00:31:56,014 Our family, our whole lives-- 855 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,283 we left everything behind 856 00:31:58,349 --> 00:31:59,550 and we're still not safe. 857 00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:02,320 My country owes you a debt. 858 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:04,555 We want to help. 859 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:05,744 The last time you said 860 00:32:05,744 --> 00:32:05,744 We want to help. 861 00:32:05,744 --> 00:32:06,991 The last time you said 862 00:32:07,058 --> 00:32:08,493 you'd help, my husband was tortured 863 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:11,329 and killed in front of me. 864 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:14,065 There must be something that we can do. 865 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:16,601 You can get my daughters out of here before they die, too. 866 00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:21,272 The camp.... 867 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:23,207 is dangerous. 868 00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:26,110 They are older now. 869 00:32:26,177 --> 00:32:26,177 I can't protect them much... 870 00:32:26,177 --> 00:32:27,712 (beep) 871 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,213 Basira? 872 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:29,280 Basira? 873 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:29,744 (tapping keys) 874 00:32:29,744 --> 00:32:29,744 Basira? 875 00:32:29,744 --> 00:32:31,182 (tapping keys) 876 00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:32,517 Basira? 877 00:32:32,583 --> 00:32:34,719 We'll get them money, food... 878 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,020 You heard what she said. 879 00:32:36,087 --> 00:32:37,655 We need to get them out of there. 880 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:37,722 The State Department won't approve refugees... 881 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:39,390 Okay, well, 882 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:41,592 go over their heads. 883 00:32:41,659 --> 00:32:44,262 Basira has been fighting to keep her children safe 884 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,198 for the past seven years because Van Cleef ruined her life. 885 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:49,400 Whatever it takes, we have to make this happen. 886 00:32:54,072 --> 00:32:56,174 I'm sorry my schedule's so crazy. 887 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,242 I get it-- your job sounds intense. 888 00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:00,578 Sometimes. That's why talking to you is so nice. 889 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:03,548 But it is starting to feel like you've always got an excuse. 890 00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:05,616 Excuse? Kind of sounds like 891 00:33:05,683 --> 00:33:07,352 you think I'm making stuff up. 892 00:33:07,418 --> 00:33:08,386 (sighs) Look, if you don't want to meet, 893 00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:08,453 just say so. 894 00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:10,121 Oh... What? 895 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:11,589 Of course I want to see you. 896 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:14,125 Then come to the concert tonight. 897 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:16,728 It's gonna be so fun. 898 00:33:16,794 --> 00:33:18,663 Kara, I... I just... 899 00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,565 Or don't. 900 00:33:20,631 --> 00:33:23,101 I'm a grown-up. I think you are, too. 901 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:24,235 If this isn't gonna happen, let's not 902 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:25,636 waste each other's time. 903 00:33:25,703 --> 00:33:27,739 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's just take a second. 904 00:33:27,805 --> 00:33:29,540 I got to run. 905 00:33:29,607 --> 00:33:30,675 Hey... 906 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:32,443 Can you believe this girl? 907 00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:33,778 I talk to her all the time. 908 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,313 Yeah, except she's right. 909 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:35,380 You're avoiding her. 910 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:35,744 You know, 911 00:33:35,744 --> 00:33:35,744 You're avoiding her. 912 00:33:35,744 --> 00:33:37,181 You know, 913 00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:38,316 a real friend would be supportive 914 00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:39,717 instead of being an ass. 915 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:42,086 What's going on? 916 00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:44,222 This girl's, like, the best thing to happen to you in ages. 917 00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:45,390 Yeah, and the reason it's so good is 918 00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:46,724 because I'm actually getting 919 00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:49,327 to know her. I'm not just jumping into bed 920 00:33:49,394 --> 00:33:52,063 and sleeping with her, getting bored and moving on. 921 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:54,332 You know, it is possible to date somebody 922 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:55,400 and not have sex with them, right? 923 00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:56,467 So you've proven. 924 00:33:58,269 --> 00:34:00,638 The point is that you've been raving about Kara 925 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:02,640 for weeks. 926 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:04,575 Maybe getting bored's not the thing you're really scared of. 927 00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:09,514 That's my last soda. 928 00:34:11,849 --> 00:34:14,217 Ah. Wow, look at that. 929 00:34:14,284 --> 00:34:15,585 I can be supportive 930 00:34:15,652 --> 00:34:17,255 and be an ass. (clicks tongue) 931 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:20,224 Got your text. 932 00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:21,626 The manager of the group home 933 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:23,393 got me access to Jasper Taggert's 934 00:34:23,460 --> 00:34:23,460 medical records. 935 00:34:23,460 --> 00:34:23,744 Oh, I appreciate you taking a look. 936 00:34:23,744 --> 00:34:23,744 medical records. 937 00:34:23,744 --> 00:34:26,063 Oh, I appreciate you taking a look. 938 00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:28,666 I know how busy you are 939 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,635 and it's not really an NCIS official... 940 00:34:30,701 --> 00:34:32,335 I'm happy to help. 941 00:34:32,402 --> 00:34:34,672 I-I want to get these men as much as you do. 942 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:37,608 I just wish I had something more useful for you. 943 00:34:37,675 --> 00:34:40,344 Seems to be a recurring theme on this case. 944 00:34:40,411 --> 00:34:42,313 What I can tell you is 945 00:34:42,380 --> 00:34:45,216 that Mr. Taggert's blood work showed high levels 946 00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:48,386 of benzodiazepine at the time he was hospitalized. 947 00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:51,456 They prescribe that for anxiety. 948 00:34:51,522 --> 00:34:53,524 That would make him more sedate, right? 949 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,360 Exactly. Not overly aggressive, 950 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:58,663 as the arrest report claimed. 951 00:34:58,729 --> 00:35:01,833 And can you see these injuries around the wrist? 952 00:35:01,899 --> 00:35:04,235 They indicate that he was 953 00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:07,238 restrained during the beatings, not just afterward 954 00:35:07,305 --> 00:35:09,707 as Detective Blakely claimed. 955 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:12,243 Pretty evident what happened here. 956 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:14,178 We just don't have any way to prove it. 957 00:35:14,245 --> 00:35:15,480 No, not without 958 00:35:15,546 --> 00:35:17,415 corroborating testimony from the victim. 959 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,383 Every time it feels like 960 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:22,286 we're getting close, we just hit another dead end. 961 00:35:22,353 --> 00:35:24,555 Well, if it were that easy, 962 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:27,191 we'd have gotten rid of the bad cops a long time ago. 963 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,462 You okay, Loretta? 964 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,402 Sometimes, don't you just have the feeling 965 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:41,305 that we are fighting the same battles over and over again? 966 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:43,407 Sometimes. 967 00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:46,444 Not sure what else to do but just... 968 00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:47,912 keep fighting. 969 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:50,214 (phone rings) 970 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:55,253 Hannah. 971 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:57,321 Yeah, Khoury? 972 00:35:57,388 --> 00:35:59,924 NOPD spotted the man who killed Officer Palmer. 973 00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:02,560 They're in pursuit. Sebastian and I just got here. 974 00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:04,562 Federal agents, let us through. 975 00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:06,864 PRIDE: All right, do what you can to defuse the situation. 976 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:08,366 Lenny Yates is already here. 977 00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:09,934 Yeah, Blakely, too. 978 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,469 Caught sight of him and gave chase. 979 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:13,337 Yeah, the suspect came at me. 980 00:36:13,404 --> 00:36:16,207 I was in fear for my life, so I took appropriate action. 981 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:18,509 If we're gonna get those two, we need Lamont Russell alive. 982 00:36:18,576 --> 00:36:20,545 We're too late, Pride. 983 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,259 (indistinct chatter) 984 00:36:35,326 --> 00:36:36,761 SEBASTIAN: So Detective Blakely claims 985 00:36:36,827 --> 00:36:38,696 that Russell advanced on him. 986 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:40,831 Says he ordered him to stop, but Russell kept coming. 987 00:36:40,898 --> 00:36:43,434 Yeah. Conveniently, there were no other witnesses 988 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:45,269 here to contradict him. 989 00:36:45,336 --> 00:36:45,336 Russell have a gun? 990 00:36:45,336 --> 00:36:48,539 Yeah, he did, but 991 00:36:48,606 --> 00:36:51,442 Blakely and Yates definitely had enough time to throw one down. 992 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:54,412 Still means that the shooting appears 993 00:36:54,478 --> 00:36:54,478 justified. 994 00:36:54,478 --> 00:36:56,184 Yeah, well, it could wrap the whole case up in a bow. 995 00:36:56,184 --> 00:36:56,184 justified. 996 00:36:56,184 --> 00:36:57,481 Yeah, well, it could wrap the whole case up in a bow. 997 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:59,383 If those two were the ones that killed Palmer, 998 00:36:59,450 --> 00:37:00,418 there's no way to prove it now. 999 00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:04,755 PRIDE: We've been investigating from the shadows. 1000 00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:09,493 It's time to change tactics. 1001 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,495 See if we can't shake things up. 1002 00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:19,570 NCIS! 1003 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:21,339 Well, you must be the one working 1004 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:23,708 with our industrious F.I.T. investigator. 1005 00:37:23,774 --> 00:37:25,977 Guess you've been talking to your buddy Lieutenant Gore. 1006 00:37:26,043 --> 00:37:28,946 Simon was a great cop-- gave over 20 years on the force. 1007 00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:30,982 Protecting you and your friends 1008 00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:33,351 every step of the way. 1009 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:36,354 Look, why don't you go back to busting drunk sailors 1010 00:37:36,420 --> 00:37:39,790 or whatever it is you guys do? 1011 00:37:39,857 --> 00:37:42,660 None of this has anything to do with you. 1012 00:37:42,727 --> 00:37:44,629 Well, you're wrong there, Blakely. 1013 00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:47,398 You abuse the badge 1014 00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:49,667 and that reflects on all of us who wear it. 1015 00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:52,269 So it has everything to do with me. 1016 00:37:52,336 --> 00:37:54,972 Now, I may not have enough to make a case 1017 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:57,408 against you yet, 1018 00:37:57,475 --> 00:37:59,510 but I don't ever give up. 1019 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,814 So get ready. 1020 00:38:03,881 --> 00:38:06,651 I'm coming for you. 1021 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,797 Hannah, come in. 1022 00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:23,467 They said no, didn't they? 1023 00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:26,184 I told you it'd be hard. 1024 00:38:26,184 --> 00:38:26,184 They said no, didn't they? 1025 00:38:26,184 --> 00:38:26,570 I told you it'd be hard. 1026 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:27,938 We won't be able to get American visas 1027 00:38:28,005 --> 00:38:30,608 for Basira and the girls for months, 1028 00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:30,675 if ever. 1029 00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:31,909 They don't have months. 1030 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:33,344 We need to get them out of there now. 1031 00:38:33,411 --> 00:38:34,945 Let me finish. 1032 00:38:35,012 --> 00:38:37,381 The Navy reached out 1033 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:40,051 and were able to get the family approved to settle in the E.U. 1034 00:38:40,117 --> 00:38:41,719 until things get worked out. 1035 00:38:41,786 --> 00:38:44,355 We're moving them 1036 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:46,757 right now. 1037 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:48,759 Agent Khoury! 1038 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,428 You did it. We're leaving. 1039 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:52,096 Basira, are the girls with you? 1040 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:53,898 Yeah, we're all here. 1041 00:38:53,964 --> 00:38:57,401 They say... they say they are taking us to Berlin, 1042 00:38:57,468 --> 00:38:59,870 that we'll have a small apartment there. 1043 00:38:59,937 --> 00:39:02,073 That's wonderful. 1044 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:05,042 I don't know how to thank you. 1045 00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:06,644 No, no need to thank me. 1046 00:39:06,711 --> 00:39:08,612 I just hope everything is better for all of you. 1047 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:08,679 (engine starts) 1048 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:09,947 GIRL: Mama! 1049 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,416 I'm sorry, they say we have to go. 1050 00:39:12,483 --> 00:39:13,851 Go, go. 1051 00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,887 Basira, good luck. 1052 00:39:16,954 --> 00:39:19,123 As-salaam alaikum. 1053 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:20,925 Wa alaikum as-salaam. 1054 00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:27,098 Uh... 1055 00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:29,867 (monitor clicks off) 1056 00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:32,002 Thank you, Lydia. 1057 00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:33,904 It's the least we could do. 1058 00:39:33,971 --> 00:39:36,507 But don't think I've given up on seeing you 1059 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:38,809 in a leadership position someday. 1060 00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:40,544 I mean, who knows? 1061 00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:42,146 Maybe one day we'll get you on this side of the desk. 1062 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:44,448 ♪ ♪ 1063 00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:50,988 ♪ Do you know we got a funky groove ♪ 1064 00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:52,857 ♪ Guess what, baby ♪ 1065 00:39:52,923 --> 00:39:55,059 ♪ It'll make you move, you're damn right ♪ 1066 00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:58,562 ♪ Look, everybody, everybody, come on, get up ♪ 1067 00:39:58,629 --> 00:40:01,732 ♪ Get on up, get on up ♪ 1068 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:03,701 ♪ I showed her what is in the funk... ♪ 1069 00:40:03,768 --> 00:40:05,636 Will you just relax and enjoy the music? 1070 00:40:05,703 --> 00:40:07,872 Kara just texted. She said she's headed this way. 1071 00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:10,174 Okay, well, try not to look so terrified then. 1072 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:11,642 I really don't want to blow this. 1073 00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:11,709 Just... 1074 00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:12,877 Oh, God, okay, here we go. 1075 00:40:12,943 --> 00:40:12,943 Here we go. 1076 00:40:12,943 --> 00:40:13,878 breathe, breathe with your lungs. 1077 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:13,944 KARA: Hi! 1078 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:14,184 Hi. 1079 00:40:14,184 --> 00:40:14,184 KARA: Hi! 1080 00:40:14,184 --> 00:40:15,780 Hi. 1081 00:40:15,846 --> 00:40:15,846 Hey. How are you? 1082 00:40:15,846 --> 00:40:18,182 Hi. How are you? (laughs) 1083 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:20,184 You actually showed up. 1084 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,685 Of course. I wouldn't miss this. 1085 00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:23,053 I got us the whole circle 1086 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,889 so you don't have to worry about six feet apart. 1087 00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:26,190 This is so sweet. 1088 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:29,160 Yeah. Um, this is Sebastian. 1089 00:40:29,226 --> 00:40:29,226 Hi. 1090 00:40:29,226 --> 00:40:30,694 He helped me hold 1091 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:30,761 the circle, so thank you. 1092 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:32,184 Mm-hmm. 1093 00:40:32,184 --> 00:40:32,184 the circle, so thank you. 1094 00:40:32,184 --> 00:40:32,763 Mm-hmm. 1095 00:40:32,830 --> 00:40:34,198 You can go now. Thank you so much. 1096 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:36,867 Oh, yeah, but the band's just... 1097 00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:38,936 I'm gonna go. I'm gonna get out of here. 1098 00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:41,572 (clears throat) Um, it was, uh, great meeting you. 1099 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:41,639 It was nice to meet you. 1100 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:42,673 Have a great time. 1101 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:42,740 See you at home. 1102 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:43,707 Yeah. 1103 00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:47,144 Okay! 1104 00:40:51,549 --> 00:40:52,750 This is really romantic. 1105 00:40:52,817 --> 00:40:54,118 Yeah, well... 1106 00:40:54,185 --> 00:40:56,654 I figured we'd start things off right, so... 1107 00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:57,788 Yeah. 1108 00:40:57,855 --> 00:40:59,523 You look beautiful. 1109 00:41:00,925 --> 00:41:02,793 ♪ ♪ 1110 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:11,535 ♪ Everybody, everybody, come on, get up ♪ 1111 00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:13,871 ♪ Get on up, get on up ♪ 1112 00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:16,473 ♪ I showed her what is in the funk ♪ 1113 00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,175 ♪ You bet I showed her what is in the funk, girl... ♪ 1114 00:41:18,242 --> 00:41:20,945 Another successful night, Dwayne. 1115 00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:21,011 Congratulations. 1116 00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:23,547 Yeah. 1117 00:41:23,614 --> 00:41:23,614 Wish I could say the rest of the day went as well. 1118 00:41:23,614 --> 00:41:26,184 I heard. 1119 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:26,184 Wish I could say the rest of the day went as well. 1120 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:27,117 I heard. 1121 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:29,153 Blakely shot the one man who could implicate him 1122 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:30,855 in Officer Palmer's murder. 1123 00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:33,724 Yeah. And made sure it looked like a clean shoot 1124 00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:35,192 in the eyes of the law. 1125 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:39,196 So... does this mean we give up? 1126 00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:43,067 You ever known me to give up, Zahra? 1127 00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:46,070 Can't say I have. It's one of the things I like about you. 1128 00:41:46,136 --> 00:41:49,773 One way or another, I'm gonna take those guys down. 1129 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,809 They'll come after you if it looks 1130 00:41:51,876 --> 00:41:51,876 like you're out to get the NOPD. 1131 00:41:51,876 --> 00:41:54,612 Yeah. 1132 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,046 They'll come after both of us. 1133 00:41:56,113 --> 00:41:58,549 You want to step away from all this, I'll understand. 1134 00:41:58,616 --> 00:42:01,619 You ever known me to give up, Dwayne? 1135 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:01,685 (laughs): Nah. 1136 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:02,184 (laughs) 1137 00:42:02,184 --> 00:42:02,184 (laughs): Nah. 1138 00:42:02,184 --> 00:42:03,621 (laughs) 1139 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:06,023 I can't say that I have, Zahra. 1140 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:09,693 I ran for office so that I could fix this city. 1141 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,830 You tell me what you need. 1142 00:42:12,897 --> 00:42:15,299 Whatever the blowback, 1143 00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:25,276 we'll do this together. 1144 00:42:25,342 --> 00:42:28,612 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1145 00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:31,815 And FORD. 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