"The super says Hernandez's apartment is facing the rear." "Okay, you guys cover the rear fire escape, all right?" " Martinez, grab this for me." " Okay." "When you're up there, cuff him." "You're under arrest." Nothing about the Simmons shooting." " Right." " Nothin' how a fireman workin' two jobs... gets shot in the face for $12.85." "You know who is son is?" "He's a cop at the 15." " Yeah, Donny." "He's a good cop." " Okay, here we go." "Police!" "Hit it." " Police!" "Don't move!" "Let me see your hands!" " Let's go!" "Hands!" " Check the bathroom!" " What the hell is goin'on?" " Yeah, what's this, man?" "Nothin' we can't talk about down at the station." " Can I at least get my robe?" " Yo, man, what'd I do?" "What's the charge?" " Go ahead, Martinez." " You're under arrest for armed robbery." " Oh, yeah?" " Watch her!" "Hey!" " Luis!" "Luis!" " Hey, hey, hey!" "Come here!" "Come here!" "Right there, freeze!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Ah, let me drop-kick this asshole right through the window!" " By the numbers, Andy." "By the numbers." " Yeah, okay, by the numbers." "Which is lucky for you, dick-head, otherwise your nuts would be sayin'..." "Good-bye, Johnson, hello, eyeballs."" "Let's go, nature boy." "15, Allen here." " James." " Yeah, Detective?" "You know what?" "Next time, to avoid problems, don't give up the charge until you've got the guy cuffed, okay?" "Because a guy like this hears "four counts of armed robbery,"" "he's thinkin', Maybe I should get out of here," you know?" " Right, I got you." "It won't happen again." " All right." "Good work." " John." " Hey, Donny." "I heard you got the guy who shot my dad." " Yeah, we got a suspect." "A good one." " That's him?" "Yeah." "You want a confession, John?" "Give me five minutes alone with him." "I know what you're thinkin'." "I'd be feelin' the same way." "Now you've had..." "Donny, you've had your look." "Now go back downstairs and let me do my job, okay?" " I'm gonna take care of this." " Yeah." " All right." "Go ahead." " Okay." "I have to ask you a few questions." "Kelly." "You and Sipowicz." "Isn't that the guy we like on the Simmons shooting?" "Yeah, Luis Hernandez, the illustrated man." "All he thinks we want him on are the four robberies Conklin was workin'." "I don't want to spook him, 'cause if I can get him to go for the robberies, then I can tie him to the Roberts case." " And that'll give you the same M.O. As the Simmons homicide." " Yeah." "Uh, what about the topless bar undercover, Lieutenant?" " I thought I'd reassign it." " Well, uh, you think that's necessary?" "Kelly's gonna work interrogation with Conklin and Roberts." "He's gonna be schooling'Martinez." "I'd just be like a fifth wheel." "So you'd prefer to stay on the topless assignment?" "Well, I think that's the most bang for our law enforcement buck, manpower-wise." " Take Medavoy." " Yes, sir." "We go in, we patronize, we see if the girls are offering anything that isn't on the menu, huh?" "Kind of like a busman's holiday for me." "Objective's to squeeze the owner, who's laundering money for Tony Rago." "Yeah, uh, listen, uh, uh, uh, Andy." "Yes, Medavoy, you will be seein' naked broads." "You gonna have a problem with that?" "Uh, no, no." "Um, I just, uh..." "I" " I wanted to tell you... that I'm glad we have this, uh, this opportunity to work together." "Yeah, likewise." "Let's go." "Yeah, listen, there's something we have to discuss first." " What's that?" " Um, well..." " I've been talking to a physician." " Uh-huh." "Actually, he's a shrink." "About my, my, my..." " Today, Medavoy, huh?" " Look, I wanna work with you, Andy." "It's just, you make me feel very anxious." "Yeah?" "How?" "How do I make you feel, uh, anxious?" "That." "Just like that." "You invade my critical distance." " Your critical distance?" " Yeah." "My doctor says that, uh, every animal species... that if you get too close, they-they-they feel threatened." " Hmm." " He's says that for humans, our critical distance is, uh, 18 inches." "So, what are we supposed to do, Medavoy, send faxes to each other?" "No." "No." "I think that, uh, that now we realize the problem." "Yeah, okay, sure." "We'll work on it." " How do you pronounce your name?" " Ah-bon-don-do." " Abandando." "Donna." " Right." "Well..." "Donna, we're delighted you're here." "We've been waiting three months for your position to open up." "Oh, me too." "I've been temping the whole time... so I could start as soon as the funding came through." "Are you familiar with the origins of the safe streets" program?" "It was designed to bring in people like yourself... to relieve cops of a lot of their administrative and clerical load." "Yes, I know." "It sounds like such a smart idea." " You all right?" " It's a very important job." "Someone like you can really be uplifting to morale." "That'd make me feel great." "Donna, um, working in this environment... you got no problem with that?" " What do you mean?" " Well, it's predominantly male." "And, um, I guess that's what I'm talking about..." " that it's predominantly male." " I know that." " That won't be a distraction?" " No, I don't think so." "All right." "All right, then." "Let me show you to your desk." "We'll situate you right across from the catching bench." "Do you know what that is?" "Where civilians wait to speak with detectives about their cases." "Very good." " What happened to Comiskey?" " A little squad room traffic accident, Lieutenant." " What happened?" " Well, he seems to have fractured his nose, sir." "That's yours." "See Connie Imperial downstairs for your materials." "Lieutenant, is there a policy on displaying personal collectibles?" "Plants, memorabilia in the immediate area of your desk, that's all fine." "Connie will show you where to put your things after your shift." "Good, 'cause I'd hate to lose this." " Do you like hockey?" " I'm not a huge fan." "This is autographed by Brian Leach and Mark Messier." "That's great." " Anyway, Donna, welcome aboard." " Thanks." "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you." "Do you understand?" "I don't need to understand since I didn't do anything." "Luis, listen to this." "It's important." "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." " Do you understand?" " Yes." "Okay." "Do you agree to proceed with questioning without an attorney present?" "Sure." "I got nothin' to hide." "You may request an attorney at any time." "Do you understand?" "How many times are you gonna ask me that?" "What, you think I'm stupid?" "Okay, I think if we can all get along, we can come out of this okay." "Look, I don't have anything to come out of, because I didn't do anything." " You understand your rights?" " Yeah." "Read over this statement and sign at the bottom." "It lists all the rights I just spoke of and states... that you were not coerced into waiving those rights." "Take your time." "Your photograph has been identified by a Nigerian... robbed on October 14 last." "He identified you as the perpetrator." "You guys ain't been listenin', okay?" "I'm not a thief, okay?" "I'm a baker's assistant." "I work at Rego Park Bakery." "He picked you out of a mug book that thick." "Now, we can have that Nigerian back in here to pick you out of a lineup, but between his I.D. And the fact that the gloves you were seen wearing... in your apartment, believe me, that one you're goin'away on." "Now, you wanna tell me about all those other cab robberies you committed?" "Luis, we know the truth." "The only question is, how difficult are you gonna make it on us?" "Now, you make it easy, we can show you some consideration, gratitude." "We know you committed these four robberies." "We've talked for a while, and obviously you're an intelligent guy." "You got a job." "You don't have anything major on your record." "So let me tell you how it's gonna go." "I think you're gonna like what I have to offer." "What you're offering?" "What's that?" "An all-expense-paid trip to Puerto Rico, man?" "You confess to all four robberies, they become one arrest." "That saves us a lot of time..." "time on the investigation, time on the paperwork, lineups." "You save us a few days, I'll be in a position to save you a few years." "Wait a minute." "I'm supposed to trust you guys?" "Facts are facts, right?" "One arrest equals one conviction equals one bit in the joint." "I can tell the D.A. And the judge you cooperated." "You cop to all four of these robberies, and I promise this will all happen." "Yeah, but you still gotta prove that I did all these." "Have I insulted you yet?" "Don't insult me, okay?" "You know you did 'em, and we know you did 'em." "If you don't go for this, you get tried four times... and you serve four sentences." "Luis, these are cab robberies." "There's nothing heavy-duty here." "Go for these four, and that's it." " That's it?" " That's it." "Over and out." "Done deal." "Okay, I'll go for the four robberies." "Okay." "Set up the videotape." "Call the D.A." "Halfway to Puerto Rico." "That's step one." "Detective, I know I'm new to this, but we got three witnesses who'll put Hernandez right at the shooting." "Why not charge him with the murder right now?" "Why play games?" "Our witnesses place him in the vicinity of the crime around the time of death." "That's not gonna cut it." "By trial time, witnesses disappear, they get sick, they forget what they saw." "We want the confession." "We get the confession, they never go away." " Right." "Okay." " I'll see you in there." "The time is 11:18 a.m." "My name is Randall Williams, assistant district attorney, county of New York." "Also present in the room are DetectiveJohn Kelly," "Detective Mike Conklin and OfficerJames Martinez." "Could you each state your name and shield number, please." "DetectiveJohn Kelly, shield 3118." "Detective Mike Conklin, shield 1708." "Police OfficerJames Martinez, shield number 2205." "Also present in the room are videotape technician Greg Wing... and, finally, Mr. Luis Hernandez." " Is that correct?" " Yes, sir." " Would you state your age, please, Mr. Hernandez?" " Twenty-eight." " And where do you live?" " Uh, 635 Linden Boulevard." "Mr. Hernandez, you've agreed to tell us about several incidents, several cab robberies." "At this time, I'd like to direct your attention... to the events of October 14 of this year, your dealings with a cab driver named Christian Mfume." "Just take your time, tell me everything that happened from beginning to end." " Okay." "Well, I got off work..." " What time was that?" "I get off work at noon." "I called the Liberty Cab Company from the employee locker room." "I told them to send one to Green and Booker." "That's the location of the bakery you work at?" "Yeah." "It's like a few blocks away." "Uh, when the cab got there, I told him to go to Reed Street in Manhattan." "But he didn't know how to get there, so I told him." "You told Mr. Mfume, the driver?" "Yes." "Uh, he didn't know directions much, bein' that he was like African or somethin'." "Then what happened?" "Uh... we got to Elmore Street." "I told him to pull into the alley." "But he didn't want to, so I showed him my gun... and I told him if he didn't, somethin' bad would happen." " What kind of a gun was it?" " Forty-five." "Uh..." "I showed him the gun, he drove into the alley and I told him, you know," "Give me your money, or I'll kill you."" "Somethin' like that." "I don't remember exactly, because the gun was just to scare him." "And then he gave me the money." "How much money did he give you?" "Uh... $72." "I told him to stay there for ten minutes." "Don't call anybody on your radio, because I'll be watching."" "Then I just ran to the subway, 'cause I knew there was a stop near there." "Okay." "Now I'd like to direct your attention... to events on or about October 18 of this year... regarding a cab driver named Wendell McCoy." "Hey, Laura!" "Welcome back." " Thanks." " You sure you're ready to be here?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I need to get back to work." "It's your call, Laura." "I mean that." "I know." "Thank you." "So, I can't believe they dropped the Reyes case." "Yeah." "So ends my uninterrupted ascent up the prosecutorial ladder." "It was a great week." "Giardella gets wasted, and our other chief witness develops memory-lapse." "Who do you think got to Perez?" "Probably kidnapped some relative in Lima." "The truth is, outside the D.A.'s office, no one cares about these guys anyway, Laura." "Read the papers. "Three Colombians." "Four dead coke mules from Peru."" "They got no faces." "Giardella had us in the game, stuff he was givin'us." "You get to prosecute a guy like Tommy Linardi, that's profile, that's got some future." "It's too bad Giardella's dead." "Yeah." "How long were you alone with him... before he died?" "Uh... till the marshal came in." "How long?" "Maybe 15 seconds." "The marshal was down the hallway." "He was checking the maid's cleaning cart." "You were alone with Giardella 15 seconds after he was shot?" "Yeah." "Why, Jimmy?" "'Cause if he spoke to you as he was dying, if he accused his killer, that's an exclusion to the hearsay rule." "That'd be admissible in court." "Except Giardella didn't say anything." "He crawled to the door, he reached his hand out to me and then he died." "Laura, we know who was responsible for that murder." "If anything happens to me, Linardi gave the order."" "How many times did Giardella tell us that?" "How many times do we have that on tape?" "But it's not admissible." "A dying accusation... is." "Giardella didn't accuse anyone, Jimmy." "People would understand why you were reluctant to tell the police." "There'd been indictments, allegations cops were on the mob payroll." " You even hesitated to tell me." "It's perfectly understandable." " Jimmy..." "Look!" "You were married to a cop six years." "I have a tough time believing your ex-husband never told you about helping a case." "When you didn't have a warrant, saying the perp asked you into the apartment." "Saying he came into the hall voluntarily." "Saying you didn't beat him to make him confess." "No, Johnny never talked to me about that." "Well, maybe it's about time someone paid you the compliment... of treating you like an adult." "Obviously it's your decision." "You're the one who was alone with the guy." "You're the only one who knows what happened." "Why don't we talk later?" "# You're too bad #" "# Too bad for your own damn good #" "# Oh, you act just like you should #" "Yeah." "Right." "What do you want from me?" "Did I give your kid cerebral palsy?" "No." "Then his medical bills have nothing to do with what you owe me." " Cherry soda." " This guy ain't drinking'?" "I want at least 30 on his tab, or you're fired." "Here you go." " Whoo!" " # The devil will catch up with you #" "#And what you can't replace #" "# Well, the way you misbehave is criminal #" "#But it only makes me want you more and more #" "# You're too bad #" "# Too bad for your own damn good #" "Thanks." "# You're too bad too bad for your own damn good #" " Hi." " Hi." " I'm Monique." "What's your name?" " Andy." "# Too bad for your own damn good #" "Hi." "I'm Ingrid." " Hi." " Can I do a private dance for you?" "Yeah, sure." "A- plus in the tit department, Monique." "Would you like to have a touching party, Andy?" "I could get up for any kind of a party." " Really?" " Yeah." "How about a licking party?" "An "everything goes"party?" "How much would that cost me?" " # You're too bad #" " I'll tell you in the back." "# Too bad for your own damn good #" "Do you like me?" "Oh, yes." "# Too bad for your own damn good #" "Do you like these?" "Yes." "Yes!" "Ah." "Yeah." "Okay." "I can touch you for 50." "I can lick you for a hundred." "Ah, licking' sounds good." "There you go." " Okay." " Yeah." "All right, baby, let's see it." "You don't know how sorry I am to tell you this, Monique, but... you're busted." "Hey, you, asshole!" "Come here." "Come here." " Hey, what's goin' on here?" " You're under arrest." " For what?" " Promoting prostitution." " You're not doin'anything until I talk to my lawyer." " Is that right?" "What do you got?" "Solicitation." "And double billing on my cherry soda." "I can't believe you're a cop." "Why don't you go do something useful?" "There are muggings goin' on out there." " If you had anything to do with this..." " Shut up, Frankie!" "Are you threatening her?" "'Cause that's called obstructing governmental administration." "You wanna be charged with that too?" "Then shut up." "Get her some clothes." "Call in uniform and shut this place down." " Come on, asshole." "Let's go." " My lawyer's gonna have a ball with this." "Who's this?" "I thought we were done." "I'm Detective Roberts." "I'm investigating a cab robbery last October the 24th." "The driver was robbed, then his cab was taken... and abandoned on the 700 block of Fletcher." "Do you know anything about that?" " I thought we were done." " I thought so too." "But then Detective Roberts here shows me this new cab robbery file." "What's goin' on, Luis?" "This is you." "I don't know what you're talkin' about." "That ain't me." "It's the same cab company, same pickup area." "No, man." "I ain't goin' for this." "I thought we had a deal." "This is not gonna work, Luis, unless you are totally candid with me." "I asked you about all the cab robbery files, and now I'm lookin' through new ones." "Look through all the files you want." "I didn't do this one." "This is definitely you." "Take a look at it." "This is absolutely you." "Hey, Luis, I'm tryin' to give you another chance." "You think I should have a lawyer in here now?" "That's your call." "If you want an attorney in here, I'll get you an attorney in here." "He's gonna tell you to shut up." "And then things will become adversarial." "The deal's gone." "Forget the deal." "Is that what you want?" "Us against you?" "Knowin' what I know about you?" "You want me against you?" "I don't think so." "I want a cigarette." "You want an attorney present?" "No, I just want a cigarette." "Okay." "Get the man a cigarette." "Get him a few." " Hey." " Hi, Jimmy." "You're about to drive me back to smoking." "Don't." "I don't need that on my conscience." "Yeah, I'm having a few problems in that area myself." "Look, I hope you didn't get the wrong impression from our conversation this morning." "No, I didn't get the wrong impression." "You can say that it's only to help a case we're sure about." "We know Linardi killed Giardella." "Underneath all the party wrapping, you're still asking me to lie." "You wouldn't be taping this by any chance, would you, Laura?" "No, I'm not taping this." " Wanna search me?" " Sorry." "I haven't said that I wouldn't be willing to help you." "But I need to know the terms." "Well, if you were to remember that before he died Giardella accused Linardi, or the shooter mentioned Linardi's name, that'd get us through grand jury." "We'd explain you held back 'cause you were frightened, you didn't know who to trust with the truth." "Once the grand jury indicts, we'd have subpoena power." "We could also use our taped conversations with Giardella." "We'd be back in business, Laura." "Talk to me about what happens if I don't cooperate." " We're friends." "We'd find a way to work it out." " Tell me how." "Well, if you were more comfortable not working for me anymore, that'd be okay." "I mean, I know it might look kind of awkward 'cause you changed jobs so recently." " Yes, it would." " It'd look like Laura's job of the month" club." "You don't wanna give people the impression of instability." "Let me see if I get the picture here." "If I want to stay, I have to remember..." "Giardella accused Linardi before he died, even though I know that's a lie." "Otherwise, you'll have me transferred from my job and spread rumors that I'm unstable." "You're putting things in a pretty harsh light." "But accurate." "You lost one case." "Do you really need to succeed that much?" "What I don't need is psychoanalysis from you." "Okay." "Food for thought." "Which is no substitute for actual lunch." "Come on." "No, thanks." "I need to figure this out." "Let me know what you decide." "I hate what I'm doing." "I hate this." "I want to stop." "Yeah, well, my experience is, the feeling will pass as soon as you make bail." "You wanna sit down over here?" "Do you know why I started working at the club?" "Uh, to pay for college?" "Happens to be the truth." "You know, at first I thought it was just gonna be for a while, but..." "Would it kill you to believe me, to give me a break?" "Look, Monique, I got no beef with you." "But if I let you walk, your boss walks too." "Think of yourself as, uh, the friendly dolphin got caught in the shark net, huh?" " Current address?" " 700 West 29th." "How about if I help you nail Frankie?" "I'd say hooray, Monique." "But wouldn't you be buyin' yourself some grief?" "Doesn't make sense, does it?" "Just to beat a $200 fine?" "Maybe I really do want to get out, huh, Detective?" "Yeah, maybe you do." "All right, ball's in your court." "We're a cash business." " Do you think he declares all that cash?" " Probably not." "I know where his safety deposit boxes are." "I can tell you the banks." "Surprise, surprise, huh, Detective?" "Let's get it right." "I told you, I only did the four." "Luis, did we or did we not have a conversation about how good you were doin' for yourself?" "The four crimes combined, the positive recommendation?" "Remember your whole support system?" "Do you remember that?" "Bye-bye." "All the details you gave us on the first four, Luis, they put you right in the middle of this thing." "Hey, you are taking your chances on this one, buddy, and I'll tell you why." "Because if I have to pop you on this, this is a whole separate deal." "This is a whole new trial." "More time." "Put 'em together." "I didn't do that one." "Okay." "I want you to listen to me, okay?" "You got the one robbery." "You put it with the other four, and then you have an umbrella under which to place all the five crimes." "Do you understand?" "No additional time, no new charges." "Cops are just like anybody else." "You make things easier for us, we'll make things easier for you." "That's it." "You hear about prison overcrowding?" "Anything under five years, they're lookin' for an excuse to send you home." "Anything over, they're gonna find a place for you." "So put 'em together." "Okay, let me tell you what's gonna happen if you don't cooperate, Luis." "My lieutenant is gonna have me look into all the cab robberies in the last six months." "And guess who do you think he's gonna want me to connect them to?" "Who do you think?" "Huh?" "It's gonna take me three or four days, but I'll do it." "No, that don't make sense." "Luis, you're probably feeling like you're being jerked around, and I'm partially responsible." "I should've looked into more files before we talked." "So I'm gonna make it up to you." "I'm gonna sweeten the pot a little, okay?" "Right." "Tell me how you feel about the crimes you committed." "Bad." "I feel bad." "And sittin' here, hearing' you say that, I believe you are sincere." "So what I'm gonna do is, when you make the second confession on tape, at the end of the tape, I'm gonna allow you... to make a statement of remorse to the judge." "That's important, Luis." "They want remorse." "You got money problems." "You're desperate for money." "You can't make your rent." "Right?" "That make sense?" "Think about it." "So, after you bound the driver's wrists with duct tape... and made him leave the cab, then what did you do?" "I drove the cab to 24th Street... 'cause I knew there was a subway stop near there." "I counted the money." "There was, um, 55... no, 58 dollars." "And then I just left the cab." "You took the subway home?" "Yeah." " Now?" " Yeah, go ahead." "I just wanna say I'm very sorry for doin' these robberies." "I know that they were wrong." "I didn't use the money for drugs or any illegal things." "These are the only crimes I've ever done." "You're the man." "Nice job." "Hurry it up down there." " Detective Sipowicz." " Yeah." "I don't care if you embarrass yourself, but don't embarrass me." "Excuse me, Counselor." "I, uh..." "I'm not sure I'm taking your drift." "I've just come from an interview with your arrestee, Frank Cantor, whose two favorite words in regard to you are asshole"and entrapment."" " What exactly did he say?" " For openers?" "That you solicited a sex act from one of his employees." "That you took her into a back room, offered to pay her $100, and never identified yourself as a police officer... until after you had taken her for a test drive around the block."" "First of all, A.D.A. Costas, that was a straight-up, by-the-numbers bust." "Which, never mind second of all, what ever happened to this concept... of you and I are supposed to be a team here?" "Why in the hell would you take the word of some scumbag like Frankie Cantor over mine?" "You haven't banked a lot of credibility with me, Detective Sipowicz." "This would be with regard to you having to prosecute that thing with Giardella's cigarettes?" " And having you as my sole witness." " I don't drink anymore." "Watching you stumble through testimony, not to mention grabbing your crotch and calling me a pissy little bitch." "I apologize for my bad behavior." "All's I'm askin', before you kick this case..." "How about you interview that dancer Monique?" "I am going to interview her, Detective." "And if she tells me that you got your rocks off, I'm dropping the charges." "How about if she tells you Frankie Cantor's not only pimping out his dancers, he's laundering' mob money, which Monique, whose rights you're so concerned I violated, is prepared to testify to?" "Don't you say anything you shouldn't, Monique." " Up yours, Frankie." " Careful, bitch!" "Shut up, Frankie!" "I'll catch up with you one of these days, you'll see." "If Monique says that, Counselor, you gonna cut me a little slack?" "We'll see what she says." "We got another problem, Luis." "No way, man." "Yeah." "There's somethin' else I gotta talk to you about." " You said we were through." " That's right, I did." "But we got another cab robbery." "Only this time, the driver got killed." "They told me that I'd be havin' a meal now." "Forget it." "Forget the meals, Luis." "Forget sleeping'." "Forget it." "You're here because you did this, and you're gonna be in here with me until you admit it to me." "We had a deal!" " Sit down." " Sit down!" "Everything that I've said to you, forget." "Look at me." "Look at me, Luis." "Because now we're gonna get serious, Luis." "Now we're gonna talk about what this is really about." "You killed this guy, and we're gonna be in here... for as long as it takes for you to tell me that." "You know... you tell me it's over, and then it's not over." "And then you tell me it's over again, and then it's not over." "Well, you can forget it, man, because you ain't jerkin' me around anymore." "In number five, you told me that you used electrical tape." "We found the same tape in the dead driver's cab." "Same M.O., same area." "I didn't kill anybody, and you ain't sticking' me with no murder!" "When you called the cab dispatcher, they got your voice on tape." "So when we make a voice print, we can match it to your other calls." "Oh, so, uh, every cab crime now, I did it, huh?" "Yeah, well, look, I ain't goin' for it." "You know what I was wonderin', Luis?" "Did the driver have his own gun?" "Was it self-defense?" "I didn't do it." "Now, I'd like my meal now." "Luis, there's an easy way, and there's a hard way." "What's it gonna be?" "I didn't kill anybody, and I don't know anything about any shooting." "Okay." "Okay, Luis." " Sorry it took me so long." " Oh, that's, that's okay." "I wanted to make sure the recorder worked." "Look, I hope you didn't get the wrong impression... from our conversation this morning." "No, I didn't get the wrong impression." " You said you didn't record us." " I know." " You're a liar!" " Jimmy, please." "You'll make me cry." "Now listen to me, you son of a bitch." "I'm not going to bring you up on charges or report you to the Ethics Board." " What are you going to do?" " I'm going to transfer out." "I don't want to work with anyone like you." "And if I hear one word of the kind of rumors that you threatened to circulate..." " No, forget it, forget it." "That's not going to happen." " It better not." " It better not, Jimmy." " Laura, listen to me." "It isn't gonna happen." "Anything I could do to get you to give me that?" "Once you can't trust someone, the world gets kind of complicated, doesn't it?" " How do you know there aren't copies?" " Point." "Yeah, point, asshole." "I'll have my desk cleared out by 5:00." "I've gotta hand it to you, Laura." "You're a lot tougher than I thought." "You can mention that in the glowing transfer recommendation you're going to write." " Now or never, Medavoy." " Hey, Andy, wait a minute." "Hi." "I'm Detective Sipowicz." "Hi." "I'm the new detectives' administrative aide, Donna Abandando." " Whew." "Do I have to say that three times real fast?" " Yeah, I know." "Those two together, they're quite a mouthful." "Amen to that." "Uh, you mind if I stick with Donna"?" "Not at all." "Uh, anyway, any typing or filing you want done, that's what I'm here for." " Well, that's the best news I've heard all day." "Welcome." " Thanks." "Is, uh, is he okay?" "I'm sorry." "This is Detective Medavoy." "Pleased to meet you." "Detective Medavoy has taken a vow of silence... till they, uh, they sort out this mess in Bosnia, huh." "Well, it's been nice meeting you, Donna, and, uh, don't worry about him." "If he wants anything, he'll leave a note." "I'm gonna ask you to leave us alone for a minute, James, all right?" "Sure." "Why don't you take this with you?" "Okay?" "Okay." "Lock the door on the way out, will ya?" " What's this?" " Luis, you gotta understand somethin'." "The man you killed..." "I knew him." "Hey, man, I didn't kill nobody!" "He worked 32 years pulling scumbags like you out of burning buildings." "Worked some side jobs." "Make it easy on his family." "His son's a cop." "He works right here in the 15." "Right in this building." "And you took this man's life for $12." "I can't let it go, Luis." "I told you, man, I didn't kill nobody." "No more talkin'." "The talking' is over." " You're gonna tell me the truth right now." " Or what?" "What's the hardest you've ever been hit, Luis?" "Come on, man, get out of my face." "Because I promise you, unless you tell me the truth," "I am gonna give you the beating of your life in this room." " You can't do that." " I can do that." "I can do anything I want in here." "Okay?" "Nobody's gonna hear it." "It's my word against your word." "I will beat you, Luis, until you wish you were dead." "So you have ten seconds to start tellin' me the truth." " Nine, eight..." " What if he had a gun, like you were askin' me before?" " So he had a gun." "So it was self-defense." "Is that right?" " Yeah, he had a gun." " Six, five..." " Wait a minute!" "I'm tellin' you!" "You're lyin' to me, Luis." "You are still lyin'." "I searched that cab, every inch." "There was no gun." " Four, three, come on." " He was tryin'..." "Okay, all right!" "He was tryin' to grab my gun." "I thought he was gonna shoot me." "Tell me exactly what happened." "It was like the others, man, okay?" "I showed him the gun." "I told him to pull into the alley and to give me the money." "But he wouldn't do it." "So I pointed the gun at him, and I tried taping his wrists so I'd be able to take the money." "But all of a sudden, he tries to grab the gun." "I mean, I was just tryin' to scare him." "But when he was grabbing' the gun," " there was nothin'else that I could do." " So you shot him." "Yeah, but he didn't give me no choice, man." "Okay, Luis." "Okay." "Now I'm gonna ask those people to come back in here." "And I'm warning you, I'd better not have to send them out again." "Do I get to do this on tape?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "I'll have the camera brought in." "What about at the end w- when I say h-h-how I feel?" "We can do that too." "You see, Luis?" "I told you we'd come out of this okay, didn't I?" "Monique, I need you to sign..." " James." " Yeah." " We're ready." " Okay." "It was like you said, Detective." "And the stripper's testimony'll make our case." "Good." "So, I guess I owe you an apology." "I don't know." "I think I may still owe you for that time outside the court." "Maybe I could work some more off at dinner?" "Let me see if I can decipher that locution." "Don't start that Latin crap with me again, huh?" "Did you just invite me out to dinner?" " Yeah." " I'll see you tomorrow." "Why in the world would I want to have dinner with you?" "I don't know." "You do or you don't." "Yeah, I do." " Good." " Good." "Good." "Good." "I was tryin'to tape his wrists." "He kept tryin'to grab my gun, so I shot him." "Where did you shoot him, Mr. Hernandez?" "Where on his body?" "In the face, I think." "And then what'd you do?" "I jumped out, I ran to the subway and I went home." "Where's the gun you used?" "It's at my girlfriend's house." "Okay, Luis, that'll do it." " Okay, let's get a warrant for the gun." " All right." "What about the other thing?" "The remorse?" "Go ahead, tell him how sorry you are." " I just wanna say I'm really sorry that..." " Good work." " How's that Kiev?" " It's good." "Yeah, they do a nice job here." "Sorry." "I sweat when I eat." "You remind me of my father." "Is that a plus or a minus?" "Plus." "He's a..." "enthusiastic eater too." "He has four brothers." "They come over every Sunday, and they eat a ton and they drink even more." "And they end up in fistfights with each other, and they think it's fun." "Oh, yeah, when I was drinkin', it will change your idea about fun." "Oh, don't get the wrong idea." "That's not all my dad." "In fact, he's the kindest, most decent man I've ever known." "He took a second job to pay my tuition at St. John's." "Said he wanted me to be able to concentrate on my studies." "And when I graduated, he was so proud." "He sat right in the front row, with all my uncles." "They were all wearing these gigantic red carnations." "And when I walked by, they were all shouting," "There she is!" "There's our Sylvia!"" "Sounds like a good man." "And he sweats when he eats." "Yep." "I, uh..." "I like fish." "How come you ordered steak?" "No." "I was tellin' you somethin' about myself." "I mean, you know, you told me somethin' about you." "I'm tellin' you about me." "I like fish." "I got an aquarium." "Really?" "Saltwater tropical." "You know, you give 'em half a chance, people can surprise you." "So, uh, you wanna maybe do this again?" "Yeah, I would." "You doin' the DD5s?" "I'm done." "I appreciate you showin' me the ropes with that interrogation." "I feel like I'm learnin' from the best." "What's on your mind, James?" "I wanted to ask you, when you sent me outside, you gave me your gun and so forth, uh..." "I wanted to ask you what happened in there, why the guy gave it up." "You mean, did I beat it out of him?" "Yeah." "If that's why he confessed." " I didn't beat him." " Then why'd he give it up?" "Because he's guilty, and he knew I was willing to beat it out of him to get the truth." "So if it came to it, you would've beaten him?" "Let me put it to you like this." "I never raise my hand to a guy... if I think he's guilty or I'm trying to find out if he's guilty." "But if I'm sure he's guilty and the case is gonna walk unless I raise my hand," " I do what I gotta do." " Even though you're breakin' the law?" "Okay, you're askin' me if I believe in the Constitution." "Yes, I believe in the Constitution, and I hang on to that as long as I can." "But in the case of a murderer like this, who's gonna walk," "I leave my gun and my jewelry outside, along with the Constitution." " And if you're wrong about this guy?" " Well, then God forgive me." "If you, if you want, I can make somethin' up prettier than that, James." " But that's the way it is." " Okay." " Night." " Night."