1 00:00:03,169 --> 00:00:04,754 NOPD! 2 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:04,838 (gunfire) 3 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:06,000 LAUGHTON: Officer down. 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:06,000 (gunfire) 5 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:06,965 LAUGHTON: Officer down. 6 00:00:07,048 --> 00:00:09,426 TAYLOR: Mark Palmer, a 12-year veteran of the NOPD. 7 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:13,555 The D.A. is taking a fresh look into some excessive force cases. 8 00:00:13,638 --> 00:00:16,265 This is the first time I've ever had the mayor get involved. 9 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:16,349 Not trying to step on any toes. 10 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:18,000 You can step on anything you want 11 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Not trying to step on any toes. 12 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,393 You can step on anything you want 13 00:00:18,476 --> 00:00:19,978 if it helps me get to the truth. 14 00:00:20,061 --> 00:00:21,730 Then these cops show up out of nowhere, 15 00:00:21,813 --> 00:00:23,606 started beating the hell out of me. 16 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,316 PRIDE: These three guys had multiple complaints 17 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,444 filed against them over the years. 18 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,155 This is starting to sound like it wasn't just a random cop killing. 19 00:00:30,238 --> 00:00:30,238 These last few months have been rough on her. 20 00:00:30,238 --> 00:00:32,281 Seeing Loretta 21 00:00:32,365 --> 00:00:34,117 struggle like this makes me wonder 22 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,453 how any of us are gonna get through it. 23 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:38,788 HANNAH: NOPD spotted the man who killed Officer Palmer. 24 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:41,040 Yeah, I was in fear for my life, so I took appropriate action. 25 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:41,124 HANNAH: We're too late, Pride. 26 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:42,000 BLAKELY: None of this 27 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:42,000 HANNAH: We're too late, Pride. 28 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,251 BLAKELY: None of this 29 00:00:43,334 --> 00:00:44,294 has anything to do with you. 30 00:00:44,377 --> 00:00:45,211 You abuse the badge 31 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,464 and that reflects on all of us who wear it. 32 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:48,798 So get ready. 33 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,258 I'm coming for you. 34 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,647 World is falling apart, I'm telling you. 35 00:01:04,730 --> 00:01:04,730 Walls are closing in. 36 00:01:04,730 --> 00:01:06,000 Relax, Lenny. 37 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Walls are closing in. 38 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:06,816 Relax, Lenny. 39 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,444 Since when do cops investigate other cops for doing their jobs? 40 00:01:09,527 --> 00:01:09,527 Don't get emotional. 41 00:01:09,527 --> 00:01:11,321 Blakely, 42 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:12,614 they're not gonna stop until they get us fired. 43 00:01:12,697 --> 00:01:14,115 Or sent to prison. 44 00:01:14,199 --> 00:01:15,867 No one's getting fired. No one's going to prison. 45 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:17,535 You don't know that. 46 00:01:17,619 --> 00:01:18,536 Relax, Yates. 47 00:01:18,620 --> 00:01:20,038 I got some ideas. 48 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:42,685 ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 49 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:45,313 ♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 50 00:01:45,396 --> 00:01:47,732 ♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 51 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:49,025 ♪ How, how, how, how ♪ 52 00:01:49,108 --> 00:01:51,528 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 53 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:58,743 ♪ You gotta come on. ♪ 54 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:03,081 Hey. You're back. 55 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:04,207 CARTER: Yeah. 56 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:05,875 Sounds like y'all had your hands full. 57 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,502 Quentin Carter, meet Investigator Maya Hidalgo, 58 00:02:08,586 --> 00:02:10,255 NOPD Force Investigation Team. 59 00:02:10,338 --> 00:02:12,257 Yeah, I heard you got a bad cop problem. 60 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:15,218 More like bad cops. And another officer's dead because of it. 61 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:17,679 Yeah. Why don't you fill him in? 62 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,640 HIDALGO: Officer Mark Palmer was killed 63 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:22,767 by career criminal Lamont Russell on what was 64 00:02:22,851 --> 00:02:24,686 a routine B and E call. 65 00:02:24,769 --> 00:02:26,229 But it's pretty clear Russell was coerced 66 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,940 to kill the officer by Detective Blakely and Officer Yates. 67 00:02:29,023 --> 00:02:31,442 Which we can't prove since Blakely shot and killed Russell 68 00:02:31,526 --> 00:02:33,570 while he was supposedly threatening his life. 69 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:34,904 Do we know why Blakely and Yates 70 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:36,072 would set Officer Palmer up? 71 00:02:36,155 --> 00:02:37,907 Palmer was gonna offer testimony 72 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:40,201 on a series of excessive force complaints 73 00:02:40,285 --> 00:02:41,578 involving all three of them. 74 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:42,745 Again, we can't prove that. 75 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:43,913 He never said a word to anyone. 76 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,415 Wasn't there another officer 77 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:47,208 that heard what Palmer was gonna say? 78 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:49,210 If there were, they wouldn't speak up. 79 00:02:49,294 --> 00:02:51,421 They're afraid of being blacklisted, harassed. 80 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:53,798 Or killed. Just like Palmer. 81 00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:55,758 Yeah, no good deed goes unpunished, huh? 82 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,218 HIDALGO: Face it all the time. 83 00:02:57,302 --> 00:02:59,429 It's why good cops don't cross the thin blue line. 84 00:02:59,512 --> 00:03:01,431 And how bad cops stay protected. 85 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,266 I'm being told to close the case. 86 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:05,768 Well, we're not doing that. 87 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:07,770 Palmer had something to share. 88 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:10,231 Something worth killing him over, 89 00:03:10,315 --> 00:03:13,610 and when we find out what, these guys are going to jail. 90 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:15,778 HIDALGO: They brutalized God knows how many people 91 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:17,614 with excessive force. 92 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:19,908 But even if we got a lot of these victims to testify, 93 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:19,991 how can we make sure it'll stick? 94 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:21,910 (phone beeps) 95 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,122 I may have an option. 96 00:03:26,205 --> 00:03:29,292 The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. 97 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:30,960 You want to make it a RICO case? 98 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:32,670 Isn't that usually used against the mob? 99 00:03:32,754 --> 00:03:34,130 In recent years, the Justice Department 100 00:03:34,213 --> 00:03:35,798 has been using it in more creative ways. 101 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:38,259 They've gone after street gangs, corporations. 102 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:39,469 Police departments. 103 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:41,137 RITA: Full disclosure, 104 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:44,474 it's only been successful once against a police department. 105 00:03:44,557 --> 00:03:46,142 Rampart in Los Angeles. 106 00:03:46,225 --> 00:03:47,644 This is a long shot? 107 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:51,147 Long shot, Hail Mary, last stand. 108 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:53,483 For this to work, you'd have to prove three things. 109 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:56,152 That the officers were coordinated, like a gang, 110 00:03:56,235 --> 00:03:58,655 that they conspired to commit illegal activity 111 00:03:58,738 --> 00:04:01,491 and that they benefitted financially from it. 112 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:04,035 We go RICO, we keep the case open, 113 00:04:04,118 --> 00:04:07,330 continue to investigate on a federal level. 114 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,665 And hope you find something. 115 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:10,166 Gonna get pushback from the department. 116 00:04:10,249 --> 00:04:10,249 They'll say it's a witch hunt. 117 00:04:10,249 --> 00:04:12,000 PRIDE: Yeah. 118 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:12,000 They'll say it's a witch hunt. 119 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:12,001 PRIDE: Yeah. 120 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:13,878 Of course you will, but Zahra, 121 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:15,880 this is our chance 122 00:04:15,964 --> 00:04:19,591 to hold these men accountable for their actions. 123 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:25,556 Okay. I'm willing to try it. 124 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:25,640 Where do we start? 125 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,558 Well, 126 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:31,229 problematic officers tend to be problematic people. 127 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:34,148 We do enough digging, we're bound to find something. 128 00:04:34,232 --> 00:04:36,067 ♪ I'll be on the block with the homie so dope ♪ 129 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:37,902 ♪ Every time you see me I be chilling with my folks ♪ 130 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:39,696 ♪ You can catch me tripping when I'm thinking of a million ♪ 131 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:41,698 ♪ How to get them Jacksons like I'm Remy on the low ♪ 132 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:44,075 ♪ Climbing to the top like I'm trying to reach the ceiling... ♪ 133 00:04:44,158 --> 00:04:45,910 CJ! 134 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:48,496 ♪ Don't worry about no hater 'cause it's sweet... ♪ 135 00:04:48,579 --> 00:04:51,874 CJ, turn it down! It's giving me a headache. 136 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:51,958 (lowers volume) 137 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:54,000 Oh. Hey, Ma. 138 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,000 (lowers volume) 139 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,711 Oh. Hey, Ma. 140 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:56,421 Sorry, I-I was getting hyped for tomorrow. 141 00:04:56,504 --> 00:04:59,298 Check it out. Drama in the front... 142 00:04:59,382 --> 00:05:00,717 comedy in the back. 143 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,676 What is all this? 144 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:03,219 It's for the protest tomorrow. 145 00:05:03,302 --> 00:05:04,679 What protest? 146 00:05:04,762 --> 00:05:06,055 Through the French Quarter. 147 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,557 Marching to City Hall. Told you last week. 148 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:07,640 You said I could go. 149 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,225 I said maybe. 150 00:05:09,308 --> 00:05:11,227 And it was depending on COVID numbers. 151 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:13,396 No. You said that I need to go with friends 152 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:16,232 and wear a mask but that you were "cool" with it. 153 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:17,942 Well, I'm no longer cool. 154 00:05:18,026 --> 00:05:19,902 I'm the one who organized my friends. 155 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:22,780 Everyone's expecting me. What am I supposed to say? 156 00:05:22,864 --> 00:05:24,407 Say that I changed my mind, 157 00:05:24,490 --> 00:05:28,411 and they can march just fine without you. 158 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:31,539 Have another glass, maybe you'll change it back. 159 00:05:31,622 --> 00:05:32,707 You're out of line. 160 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:32,790 Whatever. 161 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:34,751 CJ. 162 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:34,834 CJ! 163 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:36,000 (door slams) 164 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:36,000 CJ! 165 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,253 (door slams) 166 00:05:37,336 --> 00:05:39,922 I don't understand. So she's ghosting you? 167 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:41,924 No. We talk every day. 168 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,093 Then there's something in her tone? 169 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:45,094 Tone is the same. 170 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:46,220 Well, then, what is it? 171 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:46,304 What's what? 172 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:48,000 What nothing. 173 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:48,000 What's what? 174 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:48,097 What nothing. 175 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:49,724 Something's going on with Tammy's new girlfriend 176 00:05:49,807 --> 00:05:51,100 and she won't tell me what. 177 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,935 There's nothing to tell. It's just a sense I get. 178 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:55,146 Oh. I thought we liked Kara. 179 00:05:55,229 --> 00:05:57,106 We do. That's the problem. 180 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:58,775 Well, it's only a problem if she's married. 181 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,109 (laughs, gasps) 182 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:00,193 She's married. 183 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:03,071 Guys, she's not married. 184 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:05,782 And I'm not getting bored or scared, which is a first. 185 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:07,784 I really want her in my life, which is also a first, 186 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:10,953 and things are really great, which is really problematic. 187 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:12,789 Why? 188 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:15,124 Because we've been dating for a while and I really want 189 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,794 to introduce her to my family and that's not an option. 190 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:19,962 Because your mom doesn't know you're gay. 191 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:20,046 Yeah. 192 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:22,131 Okay, well, then just tell her. 193 00:06:24,258 --> 00:06:27,053 (exhales) Okay. 194 00:06:27,136 --> 00:06:28,638 I'm gonna. 195 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:28,721 Wait, really? 196 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:30,000 Yeah. 197 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Wait, really? 198 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,264 Yeah. 199 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:30,348 That's great! 200 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:32,683 What an amazing step. 201 00:06:32,767 --> 00:06:34,185 Yeah, it's great and amazing, except I feel like 202 00:06:34,268 --> 00:06:35,853 I'm gonna vomit or pass out. 203 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:39,107 I-I really don't know how she's gonna react. 204 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:41,025 Hey, can we just focus on the bad cops 205 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:42,527 we're trying to catch, please? 206 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:42,610 I guess. 207 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:42,610 Fair enough. 208 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:44,362 Okay, great. 209 00:06:44,445 --> 00:06:47,281 So the archives allowed us to see the entirety of Palmer, 210 00:06:47,365 --> 00:06:48,741 Yates, and Blakely's complaint history. 211 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:50,326 And we found something a little odd. 212 00:06:50,409 --> 00:06:52,829 Typically, with officers who have a record of complaints, 213 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:54,330 the incidents are sporadic. 214 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:56,582 Here and there, usually later in the officer's career. 215 00:06:56,666 --> 00:06:58,960 Yeah, but in the case of Palmer, Yates and Blakely, 216 00:06:59,043 --> 00:07:00,586 they were getting complaints filed against them 217 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,255 right out of the police academy, as rookies. 218 00:07:02,338 --> 00:07:03,673 Well, that could be a coincidence. 219 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:06,134 We thought that, too. So we randomly picked files 220 00:07:06,217 --> 00:07:10,054 of officers who had a high volume of misconduct complaints. 221 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:11,681 Same force pattern. Right out of the academy. 222 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:13,516 Yeah, and we think we know why. 223 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:17,186 The common thread is their academy instructor, 224 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,021 Commander Pat Campbell. 225 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:22,191 You think he's the reason they're coming out aggressive? 226 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:24,152 So there's this concept in police academies 227 00:07:24,235 --> 00:07:25,528 called "warrior training." 228 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:27,864 It teaches this "us versus them" philosophy. 229 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:29,157 Campbell's been teaching this 230 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,700 in seminars all across the South. 231 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:32,743 Suggests these behaviors of the officers 232 00:07:32,827 --> 00:07:35,246 is not an isolated incident but systemic. 233 00:07:35,329 --> 00:07:38,249 And more importantly, organized, which is a bar for Rico. 234 00:07:38,332 --> 00:07:40,209 I'll let Pride know to check out Commander Campbell. 235 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:43,212 CAMPBELL: Our current modules include psychology, 236 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:45,548 criminology, investigation and evidence. 237 00:07:45,631 --> 00:07:47,550 But the curriculum changes every year. 238 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:49,260 Would you say any of your modules 239 00:07:49,343 --> 00:07:52,680 make for officers who are more forceful or combative? 240 00:07:52,763 --> 00:07:54,599 Ah. Warrior training. 241 00:07:54,682 --> 00:07:54,682 No, we don't do that. 242 00:07:54,682 --> 00:07:56,851 PRIDE: Really? 243 00:07:56,934 --> 00:07:59,395 Because you've taught seminars on the subject. 244 00:07:59,478 --> 00:08:01,189 I did. Few years back. 245 00:08:01,272 --> 00:08:02,940 But like I say, we change with the times. 246 00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:04,859 There's been a significant number of officers 247 00:08:04,942 --> 00:08:06,777 accumulating excessive force complaints 248 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:08,237 right out of the academy. 249 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:11,407 It suggests that the times haven't changed much. 250 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:14,660 I was told I had to talk to you. 251 00:08:14,744 --> 00:08:16,913 Got to ask why a couple of Navy cops 252 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:19,081 are so interested in our training. 253 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:21,417 We're just trying to determine whether there's a correlation 254 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,753 between what your officers learn here 255 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:25,504 and their actions on the streets. 256 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:28,132 Any particular officers you have in mind? 257 00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:29,425 'Cause I've trained hundreds. 258 00:08:29,508 --> 00:08:31,135 Let's just keep it general for now. 259 00:08:31,219 --> 00:08:32,470 Oh, well, general, you might want to talk 260 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:34,722 to the field training officers. 261 00:08:34,804 --> 00:08:36,390 First thing most FTOs say to a rookie 262 00:08:36,474 --> 00:08:38,433 is "Forget everything you learned at the academy." 263 00:08:38,517 --> 00:08:39,977 Seems counterproductive. 264 00:08:40,061 --> 00:08:41,102 We try to teach our cadets to be 265 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,272 thoughtful members of the community. 266 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,816 FTOs try to teach them how to survive in the real world. 267 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,361 Well, what about the, uh, the recruits themselves? 268 00:08:48,444 --> 00:08:50,905 Any patterns of belligerence? 269 00:08:50,988 --> 00:08:52,907 Are some recruits more aggressive than others? Sure. 270 00:08:52,990 --> 00:08:55,993 Takes a particular type of person who wants to be a cop. 271 00:08:56,077 --> 00:08:57,453 And it's a struggle for New Orleans 272 00:08:57,536 --> 00:08:58,829 to find quality candidates. 273 00:08:58,913 --> 00:09:00,331 People who can not only do the job, 274 00:09:00,414 --> 00:09:02,083 but who want to do the job. 275 00:09:02,166 --> 00:09:04,627 So you just rubber-stamp anyone who comes through the door. 276 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:09,340 Was that a question or a statement? 277 00:09:09,423 --> 00:09:11,842 We're just trying to understand what you're telling us. 278 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:14,679 Recruiting's a challenge, 279 00:09:14,762 --> 00:09:16,806 but we weed out the hotheads and the gun nuts 280 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:19,850 to put the best men and women on the streets. 281 00:09:19,934 --> 00:09:21,644 Now, unless there's any specific officers 282 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:23,187 you want to ask me about... 283 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:25,314 Yeah, we do. 284 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:27,608 What can you tell us about these two? 285 00:09:27,692 --> 00:09:29,193 CAMPBELL: Hmm. Blakely and Yates. 286 00:09:29,277 --> 00:09:31,362 Middle-of-the-pack candidates. 287 00:09:31,445 --> 00:09:32,863 Made it through without a problem. 288 00:09:32,947 --> 00:09:36,492 There's been nothing but problems since they graduated. 289 00:09:36,575 --> 00:09:38,661 We're investigating them for excessive force, 290 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:38,744 among other things. 291 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:41,372 Come on, guys, you're in law enforcement. 292 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:43,833 You know how many complaints get lodged against every one of us. 293 00:09:43,916 --> 00:09:48,004 No. I've never put anyone in the hospital for "resisting arrest." 294 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:50,589 No, me neither, but Blakely and Yates, 295 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:53,175 it's like a revolving door at the ICU. 296 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:54,969 I told you what I know. 297 00:09:55,052 --> 00:09:58,180 They were good cadets. No problems here. 298 00:09:58,264 --> 00:09:59,849 As far as I understand, they sacrifice a lot 299 00:09:59,932 --> 00:10:01,642 to keep the public safe. 300 00:10:01,726 --> 00:10:04,353 Now, if you'll excuse me. 301 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:07,356 Got a difference of opinion on that one. 302 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,400 (piano music playing) 303 00:10:09,483 --> 00:10:11,527 ♪ ♪ 304 00:10:13,404 --> 00:10:16,073 (lock clacks, door opens) 305 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:20,244 ♪ When we are apart ♪ 306 00:10:20,328 --> 00:10:20,328 (chuckles) 307 00:10:20,328 --> 00:10:24,000 ♪ I will remember ♪ 308 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:24,000 (chuckles) 309 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:24,749 ♪ I will remember ♪ 310 00:10:24,832 --> 00:10:28,502 ♪ The summer ♪ 311 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:34,675 ♪ Remember when everything ♪ 312 00:10:34,759 --> 00:10:34,759 (safe beeps) 313 00:10:34,759 --> 00:10:36,000 ♪ Was bright and new... ♪ 314 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:36,000 (safe beeps) 315 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,094 ♪ Was bright and new... ♪ 316 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:39,096 (sighs) 317 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:42,892 Rita? 318 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:45,227 What is that incredible smell? 319 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:48,272 It's crawfish étouffée. 320 00:10:49,523 --> 00:10:51,400 And, yes, I know the risk I take 321 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,235 cooking one of your specialties. 322 00:10:53,319 --> 00:10:55,363 I have no doubt that it will be amazing. 323 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:57,782 You know that's not necessary. 324 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:01,243 All I need is for you to be here. 325 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,621 (chuckles) Well, it's been a few months. 326 00:11:03,704 --> 00:11:04,955 And, you know, you won't let me 327 00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:06,290 give you any money for rent or... 328 00:11:06,374 --> 00:11:08,626 Well, that's the Southern gentleman in me. 329 00:11:08,709 --> 00:11:11,087 So I put it all on the line with my étouffée. 330 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:12,922 (laughing): Okay. 331 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:15,716 So I want you to have a taste, but be kind. 332 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:21,764 ♪ I will be wishing ♪ 333 00:11:21,847 --> 00:11:25,059 ♪ On starlight... ♪ 334 00:11:25,142 --> 00:11:27,186 Mmm. 335 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:29,480 Mmm. 336 00:11:29,563 --> 00:11:31,273 That's nice. 337 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:31,357 Really? 338 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:32,942 Mm-hmm. 339 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:34,443 Mm. 340 00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:37,822 NOPD! NOPD, get on the ground! 341 00:11:37,905 --> 00:11:37,905 On the ground now! 342 00:11:37,905 --> 00:11:40,449 Fingers behind your head! 343 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:40,533 Show us your hands! 344 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,000 Rita, stay down! 345 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Show us your hands! 346 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,326 Rita, stay down! 347 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:43,411 Down, down! 348 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:56,090 Ollie Harris, we have a warrant for your arrest. 349 00:11:56,173 --> 00:11:58,801 My name's Dwayne Pride. I'm a federal agent with NCIS. 350 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:00,428 My credentials are in my back pocket. 351 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:00,511 I'll show you right-- (grunts) 352 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:00,708 Oh, Dwayne! 353 00:12:00,708 --> 00:12:00,708 I'll show you right-- (grunts) 354 00:12:00,708 --> 00:12:02,930 Oh, Dwayne! 355 00:12:03,013 --> 00:12:05,599 Okay, this is Rita Devereaux. 356 00:12:05,683 --> 00:12:07,435 She's a former attorney with the Department of Justice. 357 00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:08,978 Handcuff the suspects. 358 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:10,938 Look, if you'll just look at my credentials 359 00:12:11,021 --> 00:12:12,606 that are in the back pocket... 360 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:15,693 You're about to make a huge mistake here. 361 00:12:15,776 --> 00:12:18,028 What the hell is this? 362 00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:19,613 It's what I told you! 363 00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:21,282 I'm NCIS! 364 00:12:21,365 --> 00:12:22,491 No Ollie Harris? 365 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:23,993 No! No, no! 366 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:25,661 There's no Ollie Harris here. 367 00:12:25,744 --> 00:12:27,538 It's just the two of us that you've handcuffed 368 00:12:27,621 --> 00:12:29,665 on the floor of my apartment. 369 00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:30,875 Uncuff them. 370 00:12:32,751 --> 00:12:32,751 You okay? You okay? 371 00:12:32,751 --> 00:12:35,463 No. 372 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:37,506 My heart is beating so fast, it feels like 373 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:37,590 it's gonna explode. 374 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:39,133 It'll be okay. 375 00:12:39,216 --> 00:12:41,051 Your credentials, Agent Pride. 376 00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:44,847 What the hell was that? 377 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:47,975 We were executing a no-knock warrant on an Ollie Harris. 378 00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:50,019 Wanted on gun possession and manslaughter. 379 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,520 C.I. gave us this address. 380 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,981 And you didn't think to double-check? 381 00:12:54,064 --> 00:12:56,192 My God, Dwayne's owned this building for years. 382 00:12:56,275 --> 00:12:57,651 He's well-known in the community. 383 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,153 And your department! 384 00:12:59,236 --> 00:13:00,696 Who's the lead detective on this case? 385 00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:01,697 I couldn't tell you that. 386 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:04,116 Commanding SWAT officer gave us that assignment. 387 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:04,200 I'm gonna want his name. 388 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,035 And your supervisor. 389 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:08,120 Pack it up, team. 390 00:13:08,204 --> 00:13:09,747 Sorry for the mix-up. 391 00:13:16,587 --> 00:13:18,047 Rita? 392 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:19,381 Rita, are you sure you're okay? 393 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:20,925 No, I'm not! 394 00:13:21,008 --> 00:13:22,885 I'm gonna call and find out who's responsible 395 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,595 for this and raise some hell. 396 00:13:24,678 --> 00:13:27,223 Don't bother. 397 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:29,767 This was Blakely. 398 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:30,893 Dwayne! 399 00:13:30,976 --> 00:13:32,728 (indistinct chatter) 400 00:13:32,811 --> 00:13:32,811 I mean, I don't know what... 401 00:13:32,811 --> 00:13:34,230 Hey! Hey! 402 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:35,731 (grunts) 403 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,775 Get your hands off him! 404 00:13:37,858 --> 00:13:39,777 You want to come after me, fine, I can take it. 405 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:41,570 That's felonious assault, Special Agent Pride. 406 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,739 But you come after the people I care about, you're gonna get hurt. 407 00:13:43,822 --> 00:13:45,699 He seems upset, doesn't he, Yates? 408 00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:47,451 You sent SWAT to my home. 409 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:49,662 Oh, I heard about that. Hit the wrong address? 410 00:13:49,745 --> 00:13:49,745 Hell of a mistake. 411 00:13:49,745 --> 00:13:51,580 It was no mistake. 412 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,082 You got a lot of accusations. 413 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:54,416 But not a lot of proof. 414 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,584 I know it was you. 415 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:56,961 And what are you gonna do about it? 416 00:13:57,044 --> 00:13:57,044 Let's go outside, I'll show you. 417 00:13:57,044 --> 00:13:58,170 HIDALGO: Hey! 418 00:13:58,254 --> 00:13:59,755 What the hell are you thinking, Pride? 419 00:13:59,838 --> 00:14:01,549 Let go of him! 420 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:05,094 Excellent timing, Hidalgo. 421 00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:05,177 This isn't over. 422 00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:06,554 It's absolutely over. 423 00:14:06,637 --> 00:14:07,763 Start walking! 424 00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:09,014 Now! 425 00:14:18,357 --> 00:14:20,109 What were you thinking? 426 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:21,610 I'm already out on a limb 427 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,112 keeping this case open and now you pull this? 428 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:24,780 They sent a tactical team to my house. 429 00:14:24,863 --> 00:14:26,657 They terrorized Rita. 430 00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:28,576 Yeah, I know. Confronting him might feel good, 431 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:30,077 but it only screws you. 432 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,203 I got plenty of witnesses who saw you 433 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:32,204 put your hands on Blakely. 434 00:14:32,288 --> 00:14:34,331 You've got nothing to prove they swatted you. 435 00:14:34,415 --> 00:14:36,041 You're jeopardizing our credibility. 436 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:36,125 They're not getting away with this. 437 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:36,708 They will... 438 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:36,708 They're not getting away with this. 439 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:38,168 They will... 440 00:14:38,252 --> 00:14:39,920 unless you act smart. 441 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,589 Think about it-- they're scared. 442 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:43,132 Why else would they harass you like this? 443 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,467 Whatever path you're on must be the right one, 444 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,595 so stay on it. 445 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:50,556 Stay out of their way until you can put cuffs on them. 446 00:14:57,062 --> 00:14:59,148 It's nice tonight. Stars out. 447 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:02,192 Mosquitos aren't sucking us dry. 448 00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:04,361 (both laugh) 449 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:07,615 Where's CJ? 450 00:15:07,698 --> 00:15:10,284 Usually he'd be trying to dip in our conversation about now. 451 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:11,994 Well, he's in his room. He's mad at me, 452 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,954 'cause I won't let him go to the protest tomorrow. 453 00:15:14,038 --> 00:15:15,664 March to City Hall-- why can't he go? 454 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:17,124 Because he's 16 455 00:15:17,207 --> 00:15:18,834 without a clue about the world 456 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:21,170 and the dangers that lie out there. 457 00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:24,006 It's a peaceful protest. 458 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:26,216 Even I'm participating. 459 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:30,554 These kids think that they will live forever. 460 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:34,266 But this expert will tell you they will not. 461 00:15:35,976 --> 00:15:38,228 That's a lot to carry, Loretta. 462 00:15:38,312 --> 00:15:39,688 Mm. 463 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,273 That's what I keep telling him. 464 00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:42,608 I'm talking about you. 465 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:46,028 Me? I'm fine. 466 00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:47,529 I'm a strong Black woman. 467 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:49,865 I can't be anything but fine. 468 00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:52,534 Well, this strong Black woman is struggling. 469 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:55,079 (chuckles) Arguing more with my husband. 470 00:15:55,162 --> 00:15:57,331 Getting three hours of sleep at night. 471 00:15:57,414 --> 00:15:59,333 And when I can close my eyes... 472 00:15:59,416 --> 00:16:01,710 I can't rest for worrying about the city. 473 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:04,838 I'm running on fumes. 474 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:07,049 And I'm not too proud to admit it. 475 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:11,720 Now that's the brave face our mothers force on us. 476 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:13,764 Heaven forbid a woman, especially a Black woman, 477 00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:16,558 show the least bit of righteous anger. 478 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:19,061 It just shifts so quickly from strong, Black woman 479 00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:21,563 to angry Black woman in these people's eyes. 480 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:24,066 And a thin line between them. 481 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:25,526 I swear... 482 00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:28,445 sometimes I can't breathe. 483 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:31,156 Pressure's so crushing. 484 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:32,324 This will help. 485 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:34,243 Oh, no, no, no. 486 00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:36,412 Loretta, look... 487 00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:39,415 Does it? 488 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,502 Well, takes the edge off. 489 00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:47,256 Keeps me sane. 490 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:48,590 But does it give you peace? 491 00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,095 Well, gee, that sounds... 492 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,806 less like a question and more like a judgment, Zahra. 493 00:16:55,889 --> 00:16:57,808 No judgment. 494 00:16:57,891 --> 00:17:00,477 Just observation. 495 00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:03,147 I don't think the wine is helping. 496 00:17:05,941 --> 00:17:09,278 I don't think it's none of your business. 497 00:17:12,196 --> 00:17:14,116 You know, it's getting pretty late. 498 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:15,742 (clears throat) 499 00:17:15,826 --> 00:17:17,786 And we both have a long night 500 00:17:17,869 --> 00:17:19,913 of not sleeping ahead of us. 501 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:23,834 Of course. 502 00:17:30,090 --> 00:17:32,176 Take care, Loretta. 503 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:44,229 ♪ ♪ 504 00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:51,153 (beeping) 505 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:52,529 You know... 506 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:55,199 Carter, you have a really unnatural 507 00:17:55,282 --> 00:17:57,076 relationship with that machine. 508 00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:59,369 What's wrong with regular coffee, huh? 509 00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:01,538 Mm-hmm, you're not fooling me. 510 00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:04,166 You're the one who clogged my milk frother 511 00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:05,751 while I was gone, weren't you? 512 00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:08,837 I don't know what you're talking about. 513 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,172 You use it, you clean it. 514 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:10,255 That's the rule. 515 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:11,632 (phone ringing) 516 00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:14,176 (sighs) 517 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:16,512 Everything okay? 518 00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:19,264 Call I have to make and I don't want to. 519 00:18:25,103 --> 00:18:28,190 Traditionally, this is where you ask me what call I have to make. 520 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:30,025 Mm, uh-uh. 521 00:18:30,108 --> 00:18:32,152 See, that's complicated. I keep it simple. 522 00:18:32,236 --> 00:18:33,737 You want to tell me, you will. 523 00:18:33,821 --> 00:18:35,864 Well... 524 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:38,200 I'm telling my mom I'm gay. 525 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:40,035 Roman Catholic? 526 00:18:40,118 --> 00:18:42,371 Oh, yeah, real old-school. 527 00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:44,540 My cousin married a Protestant and was practically disowned 528 00:18:44,623 --> 00:18:45,874 by the whole family. 529 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,209 I'm not even sure how she's gonna react 530 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:49,211 to this, but I'm sure it's not good. 531 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:51,421 How do you deliver bad news to your family? 532 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:53,423 With unbridled joy. 533 00:18:53,507 --> 00:18:55,884 (laughs) I live to piss them off. 534 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,553 But the difference between our situations 535 00:18:57,636 --> 00:18:59,221 is your news isn't bad. 536 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:00,389 It's not good. 537 00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:01,807 You're telling your mom who you are. 538 00:19:01,890 --> 00:19:03,767 That's all-- not bad, not good. 539 00:19:03,851 --> 00:19:04,768 Just the truth. 540 00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:07,187 Yeah, well... 541 00:19:07,271 --> 00:19:11,108 the truth is that my mother had really high expectations 542 00:19:11,191 --> 00:19:13,735 for me, Carter-- I'm not sure I lived up to any of them. 543 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,863 Well, if she doesn't, screw her. 544 00:19:15,946 --> 00:19:17,364 Respectfully. 545 00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:19,783 I mean, you're a beautiful, confident, 546 00:19:19,867 --> 00:19:22,744 capable woman-- any parent would be proud to have you. 547 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:25,247 If your mom needs time to catch up to that fact, 548 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:27,082 that's on her. 549 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:28,625 That's nice, Carter. 550 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,752 Thank you. 551 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:31,753 CARTER: I try. 552 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,714 Pride. 553 00:19:36,341 --> 00:19:38,427 We heard what happened, Pride. 554 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:39,761 You okay? 555 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:40,929 Yeah, I'm fine. 556 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:41,972 We need copies of all the NOPD 557 00:19:42,055 --> 00:19:44,808 archived misconduct files on Blakely and Yates. 558 00:19:44,892 --> 00:19:44,892 Yeah, I got them here. 559 00:19:44,892 --> 00:19:47,311 Good. 560 00:19:47,394 --> 00:19:49,980 Hidalgo's getting us their employment records, 561 00:19:50,063 --> 00:19:53,984 psychiatric evaluations, background checks-- we'll, 562 00:19:54,067 --> 00:19:54,067 we'll cross-reference. 563 00:19:54,067 --> 00:19:54,708 What are we looking for? 564 00:19:54,708 --> 00:19:54,708 we'll cross-reference. 565 00:19:54,708 --> 00:19:55,944 What are we looking for? 566 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:57,779 I'm not sure exactly. 567 00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:00,282 But Hidalgo had a good point. 568 00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:01,867 Blakely wouldn't have come at me 569 00:20:01,950 --> 00:20:03,452 unless we were on to something. 570 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:05,495 Well, last place that we went was the academy. 571 00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:07,331 Commander Campbell. 572 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:09,917 Pointing us to the field training officers. 573 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,085 But something tells me we need to look 574 00:20:12,169 --> 00:20:14,004 for a connection to him. 575 00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:15,672 Dwayne Pride? 576 00:20:15,756 --> 00:20:18,634 Ned Jacobs, Blakely and Yates' union rep. 577 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:20,093 What do you need? 578 00:20:20,177 --> 00:20:22,846 Well, I need for you to leave them the hell alone. 579 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:25,182 They're under federal investigation. 580 00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:27,017 Yeah, yeah, I heard all about your wild accusations 581 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:29,645 of misconduct, murder of one of their own. 582 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:31,647 You got no evidence. 583 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,315 Investigation's ongoing. 584 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:34,858 Yeah, well, it's a witch hunt. 585 00:20:34,942 --> 00:20:36,318 You're slandering these officers' 586 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:37,819 good names and reputations. 587 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:39,488 And Mark Palmer? 588 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:41,156 He was a cop, too. 589 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,492 Officer Palmer was killed by a career criminal. 590 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:44,993 Who was killed by Blakely. 591 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,870 That doesn't seem strange to you? 592 00:20:46,954 --> 00:20:48,830 It seems like justice. 593 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,666 What is your agenda here, Pride? 594 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:52,459 Other than assaulting my officers? 595 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,836 How about keeping bad cops off the streets so the rest of us 596 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,798 can do our jobs and the public doesn't live in fear? 597 00:20:57,881 --> 00:21:00,342 Yeah, well, these men, they're exceptional officers. 598 00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:03,345 Brutally beating a sailor for a misunderstanding? 599 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:06,348 Putting another man in a coma? There's a pattern! 600 00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:08,016 Yeah, well, let's talk about patterns, Pride. 601 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,310 Because you don't have to go too far into your past to see one. 602 00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:10,394 Watch it. 603 00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:12,708 Maybe it's not official record, 604 00:21:12,708 --> 00:21:12,708 Watch it. 605 00:21:12,708 --> 00:21:12,980 Maybe it's not official record, 606 00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:14,690 but, oh, you dig deeper, 607 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,358 you hear stories. 608 00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:18,694 Kidnapping elected officials, questionable shootings. 609 00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:21,697 That's enough! That's enough. Leave. 610 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:25,659 Maybe take a hard look at yourself, Pride... 611 00:21:25,742 --> 00:21:26,868 before you come at one of my guys. 612 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,578 Out! Now. 613 00:21:28,662 --> 00:21:30,330 Go. 614 00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:33,542 What was that about? 615 00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:36,586 Nothing. Listen, Pride... 616 00:22:10,328 --> 00:22:13,248 You think that union rep was threatening you? 617 00:22:13,331 --> 00:22:15,083 (sighs) 618 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,210 More like a warning, I guess. 619 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:21,923 I try to stand by the actions I've taken. 620 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,259 But... 621 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,764 I've done things. 622 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:30,265 You're a good cop. 623 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:33,560 A good man. 624 00:22:33,643 --> 00:22:35,896 You're also your father's son, 625 00:22:35,979 --> 00:22:40,609 which sometimes that can manifest in unexpected ways. 626 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:42,069 You think I'm like him? 627 00:22:42,152 --> 00:22:45,989 I think you've worked so hard to not be like him 628 00:22:46,073 --> 00:22:50,243 that maybe you've overcompensated. 629 00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:53,789 We are our actions. 630 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:02,631 I've crossed the line, Rita. 631 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:04,800 More than once. 632 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:08,136 Even if it was for the right reasons. 633 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:10,430 I tried to adjust. 634 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:17,270 But when SWAT was cuffing you on the ground, I saw red. 635 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:18,605 I'm okay. 636 00:23:18,688 --> 00:23:19,981 And when I went after Blakely, 637 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,775 I was ready to kill him. 638 00:23:21,858 --> 00:23:23,985 Okay, you were angry. So was I. 639 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:26,113 I'm not kidding. 640 00:23:27,864 --> 00:23:29,825 I would've killed him. 641 00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:31,493 But you didn't, Dwayne. 642 00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:33,787 You got your head back in the game. 643 00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:36,081 This time. 644 00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:43,421 I have so many doubts. 645 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,470 Look... you don't like the way you act, 646 00:23:50,554 --> 00:23:51,471 you fix it. 647 00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:53,056 You get your house in order, 648 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:55,851 but you don't stop going after Blakely and Yates. 649 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:58,895 They need to answer for what they've done. 650 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,734 (playing jazz music) 651 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:08,196 What'd you get? 652 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,948 I'm the one that's supposed to be doing 653 00:24:10,031 --> 00:24:11,032 the emotional eating. 654 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:13,577 This is how I think. I eat. 655 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:15,203 I got it, by the way. Don't move. 656 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,872 Sebastian, I'm stuck. 657 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:19,207 I called my mom earlier and I can't do this. 658 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,376 I don't know what to say. Maybe I should, like, um, 659 00:24:21,459 --> 00:24:24,254 send her a meme or a text or something, you know? 660 00:24:24,337 --> 00:24:25,547 Like, break her in. 661 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,674 Do they make "coming out" memes? 662 00:24:27,757 --> 00:24:29,593 That's, like, the worst idea I've ever heard in my life. 663 00:24:29,676 --> 00:24:30,427 Well, then, what should I say? 664 00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:33,054 Why don't you just practice on me? 665 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:35,223 That way you can work it out without any pressure. 666 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:35,307 Mm, I don't know. 667 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,559 Yeah. Aw, it's gonna be great. Come on. 668 00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:39,895 Give me a second, I've gotta... (clears throat) 669 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:40,729 (sighs) 670 00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:42,856 (clears throat) All right, I'm ready. 671 00:24:44,941 --> 00:24:46,693 Mom, I'd like to talk to you. 672 00:24:46,776 --> 00:24:48,195 Tammy, oh, my God, where have you been? 673 00:24:48,278 --> 00:24:50,405 I was so worried that something had happened to you. 674 00:24:50,488 --> 00:24:51,948 I've been praying for you all week. Are you okay? 675 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:52,032 I've been worried that something has happened with your job... 676 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:55,076 What is this? 677 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,912 That was your mom. Was that no good? 678 00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:59,080 No, it's too good and it's weirding me out. 679 00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:00,832 All right, well, let's, come on, take if from the top. 680 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,501 All right. Um... 681 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:06,838 Ma? Um... 682 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:09,304 Hmm? 683 00:25:09,304 --> 00:25:09,304 Ma? Um... 684 00:25:09,304 --> 00:25:11,218 Hmm? 685 00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:13,720 I'd like to talk to you. 686 00:25:13,803 --> 00:25:16,056 I'd really appreciate if you'd listen to me and... 687 00:25:16,139 --> 00:25:17,641 and let me finish what I have to say. 688 00:25:17,724 --> 00:25:20,393 Of course, my little Tammy bear. What do you want to talk about? 689 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:22,395 This is really hard for me. 690 00:25:22,479 --> 00:25:24,564 Yeah, I'm listening, baby girl. 691 00:25:24,648 --> 00:25:26,399 And... 692 00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:26,483 I've been keeping something in. 693 00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:27,304 Mm. 694 00:25:27,304 --> 00:25:27,304 I've been keeping something in. 695 00:25:27,304 --> 00:25:29,402 Mm. 696 00:25:29,486 --> 00:25:32,155 Not-not telling you something because I love you 697 00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:34,407 and I don't want to hurt you. 698 00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:35,992 But it's like I'm living a lie, 699 00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:39,579 a-and I don't want to live like this anymore, you know? 700 00:25:39,663 --> 00:25:40,830 What is it, sweetheart? 701 00:25:41,998 --> 00:25:43,500 I... 702 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,293 I-I can't. I can't-- 703 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:46,753 I can't, I can't do this. 704 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:46,836 You're doing great. 705 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:48,922 It's all fun and games 706 00:25:49,005 --> 00:25:50,590 until I drop the bomb on her. 707 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:52,175 Nope. 708 00:25:52,259 --> 00:25:52,259 T, you got this. You're fine. 709 00:25:52,259 --> 00:25:53,969 I don't got this. 710 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:56,137 (phone chimes) 711 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,806 Is that my mother? 712 00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,015 Is she texting you? 713 00:25:59,099 --> 00:25:59,933 Why would your mother text me? 714 00:26:00,016 --> 00:26:02,560 Because she's got this sick sixth sense, 715 00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:04,020 and she knows something's going on. 716 00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:06,314 It's not your mother. It's a friend of mine in D.C. 717 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,233 I had him run Yates' and Blakely's name 718 00:26:08,316 --> 00:26:10,652 through a government database. Looks like he found something. 719 00:26:18,576 --> 00:26:20,662 (siren whoops) 720 00:26:25,792 --> 00:26:28,253 Ordinance number 99.230 requires all persons 721 00:26:28,336 --> 00:26:30,297 within the New Orleans city limits to wear a mask. 722 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,798 I have a mask. 723 00:26:31,881 --> 00:26:34,342 Wearing it around your chin doesn't count. 724 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,344 I'm outside. There's no one around. 725 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:38,179 Still got to write you up. Step over here, 726 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:38,263 put your hands on the hood. 727 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,304 Wh-Why, man? 728 00:26:39,304 --> 00:26:39,304 put your hands on the hood. 729 00:26:39,304 --> 00:26:39,973 Wh-Why, man? 730 00:26:40,056 --> 00:26:42,017 Need to check you for weapons. 731 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:42,100 Or drugs. 732 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,227 You're on some BS and you know it. 733 00:26:44,311 --> 00:26:45,353 Just trying to harass people. 734 00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:47,564 Every word out of your mouth makes this harder on you. 735 00:26:47,647 --> 00:26:50,233 Hey. Officer Yates. 736 00:26:50,317 --> 00:26:53,570 I'm gonna need you to step over here for a minute. 737 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,573 Inspector Hidalgo was kind enough 738 00:26:56,656 --> 00:26:58,491 to provide us with your detail authorizations. 739 00:26:58,575 --> 00:27:00,869 Those are just a bunch of permission slips 740 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:02,871 NOPD gives us to work outside security. 741 00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:05,081 Yeah. I know. 742 00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:06,875 Nothing shady about it. 743 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:09,502 Well, according to this, you worked a substantial number 744 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:13,548 of hours over the last couple of years at Cleo's Canteen. 745 00:27:13,631 --> 00:27:15,550 Yeah. Worked security. 746 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:17,594 You got a problem with that? 747 00:27:17,677 --> 00:27:19,095 No, I don't. 748 00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:21,097 Internal Revenue Service might. 749 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:27,395 This is the last five years 750 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:28,897 of your tax returns. 751 00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:33,401 A lot of unreported income. 752 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:34,944 (scoffs) 753 00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:37,072 This is a joke. 754 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:39,282 Well, there's nothing funny about tax evasion. 755 00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:42,077 Al Capone went to prison for it. 756 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,953 However, if you are willing 757 00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:46,289 to open up about Officer Palmer's murder, 758 00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:48,792 we might be able to help you out with this. 759 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,920 You don't have the authority to arrest me for tax evasion. 760 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:53,755 That's true. I don't. 761 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:55,882 But, uh... 762 00:27:55,965 --> 00:27:57,842 he does. 763 00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:00,387 This is Larry from the IRS. 764 00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:01,930 I flew him in from D.C., 765 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:04,891 special, just for you. 766 00:28:04,974 --> 00:28:07,852 You Navy cops are a trip. 767 00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:12,148 Yeah, okay, bring him on. 768 00:28:12,232 --> 00:28:14,275 Just make sure to call my union rep first, 769 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,444 'cause I got nothing to say. 770 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:24,702 (door opens) 771 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:27,831 You get anything out of Yates? 772 00:28:27,914 --> 00:28:30,417 No, he's not gonna talk. 773 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,253 But he may not have to. 774 00:28:33,336 --> 00:28:35,839 Happen to remember Commander Campbell's tattoo? 775 00:28:35,922 --> 00:28:38,091 Uh, the fire-breathing dragon? 776 00:28:38,174 --> 00:28:40,176 Yeah, yeah, kind of hard to miss. 777 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:41,177 (chuckles): Yeah. 778 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:42,554 Yates has the same one. 779 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:45,974 You know, secret societies have flourished 780 00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:48,977 among police departments since before the Civil War. 781 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:50,979 Yeah. They used to call them brotherhoods, fraternities, 782 00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:52,856 but they're really just a gang. 783 00:28:52,939 --> 00:28:54,858 If that's what we got going on here, 784 00:28:54,941 --> 00:28:57,652 we'll meet one of the requirements for RICO. 785 00:28:57,735 --> 00:28:59,779 PATTON: I've been going through photos 786 00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:03,783 on the NOPD's public website as well as their social media. 787 00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:05,702 Look what I found. 788 00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:09,873 PRIDE: Campbell, Yates, Blakely, Palmer, 789 00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:11,249 all with the same tattoo. 790 00:29:11,332 --> 00:29:13,460 Call themselves the Spitfires. 791 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,670 Their creed: "Order by any means." 792 00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:18,089 And there's a lot of them. I counted 13. 793 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:19,841 They all graduated from the academy 794 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:21,342 when Campbell took command. 795 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:23,511 All with questionable psych evals. 796 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:26,389 Campbell's passing them through to feed the organization. 797 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:27,807 Sounds like conspiracy to me. 798 00:29:27,891 --> 00:29:29,309 Ain't that another bar to meet RICO? 799 00:29:29,392 --> 00:29:32,979 We don't need Yates to flip on Blakely at all. 800 00:29:33,062 --> 00:29:37,859 We've met two of the three bars needed for a RICO prosecution. 801 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:41,196 And if these Spitfires are using their positions to make money... 802 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,114 We'd meet the third bar for RICO. 803 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:46,534 Taking Yates and Blakely down, 804 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:48,620 and every other Spitfire with them. 805 00:29:58,171 --> 00:29:59,714 Anything yet? 806 00:29:59,797 --> 00:30:01,549 We've been going through NOPD's excessive force complaints 807 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:03,551 for members of the Spitfires. 808 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:05,261 They average 40% more complaints 809 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:05,345 than the others. 810 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:08,515 How does something like that not get noticed? 811 00:30:08,598 --> 00:30:10,099 Police department's not tracking data. 812 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:12,894 If you want to curb excessive force at the NOPD, 813 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:15,230 start with these 13 cops. 814 00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:18,191 Rita spoke to the Organized Crime and Gang Section 815 00:30:18,274 --> 00:30:20,193 at the DOJ. 816 00:30:20,276 --> 00:30:22,403 They're gonna hear our RICO pitch. 817 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:22,487 That's good news. 818 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:24,322 (chuckles): Yeah. 819 00:30:24,405 --> 00:30:26,074 But it means we have to have one. 820 00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:28,868 I mean, we can make a case that these Spitfires 821 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:31,871 are a gang involved in a conspiracy, 822 00:30:31,955 --> 00:30:33,915 but are they profiting from it? 823 00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:35,917 Might have something there. 824 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,794 We knew Yates was earning cash on the side 825 00:30:37,877 --> 00:30:39,921 doing security work, so we looked into the other guys. 826 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:42,757 Got the detail authorizations for the other Spitfire members. 827 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,759 They all have healthy moonlighting gigs 828 00:30:44,842 --> 00:30:44,842 across the city. 829 00:30:44,842 --> 00:30:45,790 More security work. 830 00:30:45,790 --> 00:30:45,790 across the city. 831 00:30:45,790 --> 00:30:46,594 More security work. 832 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:48,429 Well, that's not unusual. 833 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:51,266 Moonlighting as a cop is voluntary. 834 00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:53,142 Some want it more than others. 835 00:30:53,226 --> 00:30:55,603 True, but what stands out about these authorizations 836 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:58,106 is that they all work for one company: 837 00:30:58,189 --> 00:30:59,941 Alpha Dog Security. 838 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:04,070 Commander Pat Campbell established the LLC in 2017. 839 00:31:04,153 --> 00:31:05,613 He owns the company 840 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,741 that employs every single one of the Spitfires? 841 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:12,745 You two... may have just proved our case. 842 00:31:21,754 --> 00:31:24,549 It just never seems to end, does it? 843 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:29,470 Uh, it's slowed down some, at least. 844 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,639 Loretta, I want to apologize for the other night. 845 00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:34,142 Running my mouth. I didn't mean to overstep. 846 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:35,643 I should apologize. 847 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,812 You were just trying to help, and... 848 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:40,106 I am having a hard time. 849 00:31:40,189 --> 00:31:42,483 I get it. We're all suffering. 850 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:46,154 All looking for relief. 851 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:46,237 If you need a little extra wine at night... 852 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:48,615 Oh, 853 00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:52,118 it helps quiet my mind, let's me sleep. 854 00:31:52,201 --> 00:31:53,494 I know. 855 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:55,830 It's just not like you. 856 00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:57,832 These are desperate times, Zahra. 857 00:31:57,915 --> 00:32:00,835 There's so much needless suffering. 858 00:32:00,918 --> 00:32:03,004 I keep trying to look for the meaning, 859 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:06,424 why are they putting us through this-- can't find it. 860 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:11,054 May be above our pay grade, Loretta. 861 00:32:11,137 --> 00:32:14,891 May be something we just have to get through. 862 00:32:14,974 --> 00:32:16,726 And we may need support to do it. 863 00:32:16,809 --> 00:32:18,186 Friendship and family. 864 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:20,021 Yes, of course. 865 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:23,399 But sometimes we need to go to a professional. 866 00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:27,570 Talk to someone. 867 00:32:27,654 --> 00:32:30,657 I know you have in the past, and it's been helpful. 868 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:33,576 Therapy? Who's got the time? 869 00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:34,869 You make the time. 870 00:32:34,952 --> 00:32:37,705 Okay. I'll drink herbal tea at night 871 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:39,874 and just get my act together. 872 00:32:39,957 --> 00:32:42,543 Sure, but being a strong Black woman 873 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:47,715 sometimes means having the courage to ask for help. 874 00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:57,266 Commander Campbell pushes these guys through the academy. 875 00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:59,102 He cultivates them. 876 00:32:59,185 --> 00:33:02,397 And if they're aggressive and keep quiet, 877 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,232 they're Spitfire material. 878 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,234 "Order by any means" is their motto? 879 00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:07,735 They're nothing but a gang. 880 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,445 And Campbell's making money off them, 881 00:33:09,529 --> 00:33:10,571 hiring them out as security. 882 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:12,740 Gang, conspiracy, racketeering. 883 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,742 You think it'll make as a RICO case? 884 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,078 Rita's pitching it to DOJ now. 885 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:19,288 Listen, 886 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:21,207 when I went after Blakely... 887 00:33:21,290 --> 00:33:23,418 You don't have to. 888 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:28,756 We all got something inside that we try to keep at bay. 889 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,591 Sometimes it's harder than others. 890 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,928 Far as I'm concerned, Blakely and Yates are murderers. 891 00:33:34,011 --> 00:33:36,431 As bad as any criminal we ever go after. 892 00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:38,433 Worse really, since we have to jump through hoops 893 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:40,601 on the slim hope we can take them down for racketeering. 894 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:42,979 I want to take a swing at them, too. 895 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,232 Rita. 896 00:33:46,315 --> 00:33:47,275 The Justice Department understood what the team 897 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:49,986 was trying to accomplish, they commended our work 898 00:33:50,069 --> 00:33:54,949 and creativity for meeting the standards of the RICO statute. 899 00:33:55,032 --> 00:33:57,118 Uh, so we got an "attaboy"? 900 00:33:57,201 --> 00:34:00,621 They applauded your effort to take down bad cops, 901 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:02,623 but they're declining the case. 902 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:05,460 The evidence just wasn't strong enough to get a conviction. 903 00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:07,253 They won't commit the resources. 904 00:34:07,336 --> 00:34:08,795 Where does this leave us? 905 00:34:10,505 --> 00:34:12,382 Back at square one. 906 00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:27,982 Well, it's official. Yates lawyered up. 907 00:34:28,065 --> 00:34:29,317 He won't flip on Blakely. 908 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,819 He's willing to take the IRS hit. 909 00:34:31,902 --> 00:34:33,987 (scoffs) And let's face it, he's probably not gonna get any time. 910 00:34:34,071 --> 00:34:35,907 Which means Blakely's gonna walk, too. 911 00:34:35,989 --> 00:34:38,034 No justice for Palmer or any of the other victims. 912 00:34:38,117 --> 00:34:38,117 Yeah, this pisses me off. 913 00:34:38,117 --> 00:34:39,994 Me, too. 914 00:34:40,077 --> 00:34:43,498 But all we can do is keep working, the right way. 915 00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:45,833 T-There's plenty of other cops doing the same thing. 916 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:48,002 And these guys just get away with it. 917 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:49,545 How are we supposed to change the system 918 00:34:49,629 --> 00:34:51,339 when the system keeps getting in the way? 919 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:52,715 Honestly, I don't know. 920 00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:54,050 But we can't give up. 921 00:34:54,132 --> 00:34:56,177 Hey. I'm looking for Pride. 922 00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,387 Got something he requested. 923 00:34:58,471 --> 00:35:00,181 You know I'm willing to help whenever possible, 924 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:02,517 but I'm still not understanding why you wanted the time cards 925 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,227 of the Spitfire officers. 926 00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:07,522 I had a hunch, but I wanted proof before I said anything. 927 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:09,023 And I have the proof right here. 928 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:10,858 Pride wanted me to cross-reference the time cards 929 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:12,819 with the Alpha Dog's work schedule. 930 00:35:12,902 --> 00:35:14,487 You notice anything unusual? 931 00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:18,199 It looks like these officers are working security 932 00:35:18,282 --> 00:35:19,575 while on patrol. 933 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:21,369 Can't be two places at the same time. 934 00:35:21,452 --> 00:35:24,038 They're double-dipping, and lying. 935 00:35:24,121 --> 00:35:26,165 Either they're getting paid not to work for the city 936 00:35:26,249 --> 00:35:28,709 or they're getting paid not to work for security. 937 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:31,212 Both ways are against the rules. 938 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,881 But not the law. It's not a criminal offense. 939 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:36,134 But it is a fireable one. 940 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:39,887 So if we can't put them behind bars... 941 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,139 We can get them off the force. 942 00:35:47,770 --> 00:35:47,770 YATES: This is ridiculous. 943 00:35:47,770 --> 00:35:48,056 BLAKELY: Take it easy, Yates. 944 00:35:48,056 --> 00:35:48,056 YATES: This is ridiculous. 945 00:35:48,056 --> 00:35:50,231 BLAKELY: Take it easy, Yates. 946 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:51,983 We'll be back. 947 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:01,242 Oh, I bet you think you did something today, 948 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:02,910 but I got your number. 949 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:06,372 By the time I'm done suing, I will own you, this department, 950 00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:06,455 this entire city. 951 00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:08,749 Yeah. Until then, 952 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:10,251 the badge stays with us. 953 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:12,336 You got my number too, right? 954 00:36:15,882 --> 00:36:17,550 Feeling pretty good about yourself? 955 00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:19,760 You're a bad cop and a murderer. 956 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:22,138 And all you did was lose your job. 957 00:36:22,221 --> 00:36:25,474 I've had better days, but it's a start. 958 00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:27,476 Want to pick up where we left off? 959 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,897 (chuckles): No. I don't want to kick your ass anymore. 960 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:33,107 I want to make you pay. 961 00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:37,403 Full freight, for ruining the reputation of the NOPD 962 00:36:37,486 --> 00:36:39,113 and for killing two men. 963 00:36:39,196 --> 00:36:41,449 This isn't over. 964 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:43,868 Not by a long shot. 965 00:36:48,205 --> 00:36:49,957 Can't believe how satisfying that felt. 966 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:52,460 Feel better when we can put him in cuffs. 967 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:54,253 Problem for another day. Lunch? 968 00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:55,713 If you're buying. 969 00:37:00,509 --> 00:37:04,013 GREGORIO: Okay. Yeah, no, let me get back to you. 970 00:37:04,096 --> 00:37:06,974 Let me think about it. 971 00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:09,310 Okay. Yeah. 972 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:12,146 Bye. 973 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,148 Hey. Everything all right? 974 00:37:14,231 --> 00:37:16,317 I think so. 975 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,736 What happened? 976 00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,321 I just spoke to my mother. 977 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:21,822 You told her? 978 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,991 (exhales) Didn't have to. 979 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,993 She already knew I was gay. 980 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:26,077 She did? 981 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,162 Yes. 982 00:37:28,245 --> 00:37:32,166 All these years I've agonized over telling her, like, 983 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,711 suffering in silence, dreading the day she found out. 984 00:37:37,129 --> 00:37:38,673 She knew it. 985 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:41,717 She knew it the entire time. 986 00:37:41,801 --> 00:37:44,178 That's great. You should be happy. 987 00:37:44,261 --> 00:37:45,846 (exhales) 988 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:47,640 I am... 989 00:37:47,723 --> 00:37:47,723 I guess. 990 00:37:47,723 --> 00:37:48,056 Ah... 991 00:37:48,056 --> 00:37:48,056 I guess. 992 00:37:48,056 --> 00:37:49,517 Ah... 993 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,771 It's just, like, she wants to meet Kara, like, now. 994 00:37:53,854 --> 00:37:55,773 I've never had my mother meet a girlfriend. 995 00:37:55,856 --> 00:37:58,526 I've never had a girlfriend for more than a few weeks. 996 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:02,071 Yeah, it's-it's... it's growth. 997 00:38:02,154 --> 00:38:04,281 It's terrifying. 998 00:38:05,741 --> 00:38:06,784 (door closes) 999 00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:11,914 Oh. Hey, Mom. Another late night at work? 1000 00:38:11,998 --> 00:38:17,086 Actually, I took off early because I had an appointment 1001 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:19,547 with a therapist. 1002 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,340 Black people don't go to therapy. 1003 00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:22,717 This one does. 1004 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,177 It can help when you're struggling with a problem 1005 00:38:25,261 --> 00:38:27,722 you don't know how to solve by yourself. 1006 00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:29,890 Especially in these times when life 1007 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,351 just seems so out of control. 1008 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:36,605 I know I've been a pain in the butt lately. 1009 00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:40,067 Been drinking more than usual. 1010 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:40,151 I haven't noticed. 1011 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:42,056 (laughs) 1012 00:38:42,056 --> 00:38:42,056 I haven't noticed. 1013 00:38:42,056 --> 00:38:42,695 (laughs) 1014 00:38:42,778 --> 00:38:44,405 Yes, you have. 1015 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:46,407 And that's fine. You're old enough to know 1016 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,659 what's going on in the world right now. 1017 00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:52,872 It feels like I have a lot on my shoulders. 1018 00:38:52,955 --> 00:38:52,955 You don't have to explain. 1019 00:38:52,955 --> 00:38:54,056 Yes, I do. 1020 00:38:54,056 --> 00:38:54,056 You don't have to explain. 1021 00:38:54,056 --> 00:38:55,583 Yes, I do. 1022 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:58,586 It's, uh, it's just that... 1023 00:38:58,669 --> 00:39:03,132 things have been enormously stressful, and to cope, 1024 00:39:03,215 --> 00:39:07,595 I'd been using the wine as a crutch. 1025 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:11,057 That's not fair to you. I'm sorry. 1026 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:13,684 I can help take care of you. 1027 00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:16,437 (laughs softly) 1028 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,106 Thank you, CJ. 1029 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,275 But you're my son. 1030 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:25,112 You shouldn't have to take care of me. 1031 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:30,451 I take care of me. And you. 1032 00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:34,789 And the first steps are to be with these. 1033 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:39,877 Need to get your signs together. 1034 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:39,960 Protest happened a few days ago. 1035 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,056 Mm. 1036 00:39:42,056 --> 00:39:42,056 Protest happened a few days ago. 1037 00:39:42,056 --> 00:39:42,588 Mm. 1038 00:39:42,671 --> 00:39:46,801 There's a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, 1039 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:48,636 and we're gonna be there. 1040 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:49,804 Word? 1041 00:39:49,887 --> 00:39:51,764 Word. 1042 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:58,646 Oh, Rita? Those go up there. 1043 00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:01,690 Okay. Got it. 1044 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:06,153 (sniffles) 1045 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:07,738 Uh-uh. 1046 00:40:10,866 --> 00:40:12,910 (knocking on door) 1047 00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:20,209 (safe beeps) 1048 00:40:29,301 --> 00:40:31,512 Ah, Mayor Taylor. 1049 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:31,595 Yeah. 1050 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:33,013 Come on in. 1051 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,849 Sorry for the late visit. 1052 00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:36,225 PRIDE: Oh, no. No-no problem at all. 1053 00:40:36,308 --> 00:40:37,601 Can I get you something to drink? 1054 00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:37,685 Uh, you want to sit down? 1055 00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:39,103 Oh, no. No. 1056 00:40:39,186 --> 00:40:40,521 I'm fine, thank you. 1057 00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:43,190 Uh, this will actually be a brief visit. 1058 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:44,650 What's going on? 1059 00:40:44,733 --> 00:40:46,527 I just wanted to thank you for all the work you did 1060 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:47,778 on the Palmer case. 1061 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:53,659 Oh, well, I appreciate that, but it feels incomplete to me. 1062 00:40:53,742 --> 00:40:56,328 Blakely and Yates are still walking the streets. 1063 00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:58,038 Don't sell yourself short, Dwayne. 1064 00:40:58,122 --> 00:40:59,874 Due to your efforts, they're off the force, 1065 00:40:59,957 --> 00:41:02,209 as well as 11 other officers who had no business 1066 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:04,378 wearing the badge in the first place. 1067 00:41:04,461 --> 00:41:05,838 That's a great start. 1068 00:41:05,921 --> 00:41:07,339 Much more to be done. 1069 00:41:07,423 --> 00:41:09,842 That's actually why I'm here. 1070 00:41:09,925 --> 00:41:13,053 Loretta said something to me about the collective trauma 1071 00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:15,222 New Orleans is going through right now, 1072 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,224 and how the city deserves better. 1073 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,893 I couldn't agree more. 1074 00:41:18,976 --> 00:41:21,770 I started thinking about everything we need to rebuild 1075 00:41:21,854 --> 00:41:25,065 once COVID is over and how to rebuild in a way 1076 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:27,568 that serves all the citizens better. 1077 00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:29,069 Well, what did you have in mind? 1078 00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:31,280 A lot of systemic issues plaguing the city. 1079 00:41:31,363 --> 00:41:33,741 Not just over-policing, but housing, 1080 00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:36,619 schools, health care, childcare. It... 1081 00:41:36,702 --> 00:41:38,704 Ooh, each one of those could take years of work 1082 00:41:38,787 --> 00:41:40,915 just to unravel the problems. 1083 00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:43,792 Which is why I've decided to create a task force 1084 00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:46,086 to look into some of these issues. 1085 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:50,090 Uh, recommend the big changes, yes, but also the small ones 1086 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:53,093 that could really make a difference in someone's life, 1087 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:55,763 and I'd like you to join, Dwayne. 1088 00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:58,766 (laughs) Well... 1089 00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:02,895 Oh, y-- No. 1090 00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:05,522 I'm-I'm flattered, but I am no politician. 1091 00:42:05,606 --> 00:42:09,276 No, you are someone who gets things done. 1092 00:42:10,736 --> 00:42:12,446 And that's why I want you. 1093 00:42:12,529 --> 00:42:15,491 I need you, really. 1094 00:42:15,574 --> 00:42:17,618 I'd ask you to think about it, 1095 00:42:17,701 --> 00:42:20,162 but the Dwayne I know already has an answer. 1096 00:42:21,121 --> 00:42:23,582 So, are you in? 1097 00:42:24,583 --> 00:42:29,838 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1098 00:42:29,922 --> 00:42:33,008 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org es