"All units respond to 415 business at Hyperion and 8th." "Possible disturbance." "Come on, T. Turn it up, man." "L.A.P.D." "It's five-0." "Just be cool." "Be cool." "Get us out of here, man." "Get us out of here." "Hit it, Ray." "Watch out, T. Watch out!" "Any insight on the Thirty Years' War?" "No, but I'm an expert on the Fourteen Years' War a.k.a. my marriage to your mom." "So got a court date yet?" "Yeah, prosecutors tend to find out when their daughters get pulled over with enough booze in their blood to flambé a lamb chop." "I swear, I was gonna tell you." " But you didn't." " I know, I just..." "I didn't..." "Yeah?" "Right." "Okay, I'll be right there." "Gotta run." " Dad, I am so sorry." " Uh-huh." "Good luck with that paper." "Iraqi capital this week." "In local news, tensions continue to rise in the Angelino Heights section after a police shooting left two men critically injured." "We want justice now!" "Residents gathered at the scene..." "We will get to the bottom of this, and there will be justice." "I wanna assure you that the L.A.P. D the district attorney's office and my office are committed..." " Everywhere I go, I draw a crowd." " Officer-involved shooting." " Locals are pissed." " I hope they had insurance." "Car's registered to Reshaun Ferris." "Drug dealer." "Did two years in Chino." " SID found a gun." " The other victim?" "Seventeen-year-old named Thomas Broussard." "Did these bullet holes appear by magic?" "Kids were hanging in their cars a couple blocks away." "Uniforms called in the disturbance." "Two plainclothes show up, shots are fired." "Ferris and Broussard are in critical at Fairview." " Either of the officers hit?" " No." "Sebastian." "Ah." "This can't be good." " So cops say the dealer fired first." " That's a shock." "An eyewitness said the cops rolled in and started blasting." " Called it an execution." " At least the senior cop is also black." " Good, we can avoid a race riot." " That's where our luck runs out." "Same cop's been cited for excessive force." " Of course." "Anything from IAD?" " No, and don't hold your breath." "This is the third officer-involved shooting in the past six months." " Internal Affairs gave the cops a pass." " Maybe they were clean shoots." " Regardless, I need you to handle this." " Oh, gee, thanks." "Last time he took on the L.A.P.D., he nearly destroyed the justice system." " "Nearly" being the operative word." " That's the point." "Cops hate your guts." "No one's gonna question this investigation." "There's a compliment in there somewhere." "Find the truth before this thing explodes." "Okay." "We have two kids shot." "What have we got on the gun?" "SID matched the prints to Ferris." "Ballistics confirmed it was fired." "Powder residue was inconclusive." " Couldn't test till he's out of surgery." " What about the cops?" "Younger one's in psych evaluation." "The partner's coming in." " Is he solid?" " Cops love Ray Tillman." "A standup guy." "You know what I mean." "Has he bent the rules to bring down a bad guy?" "Who hasn't?" "Including you." "Listen." "Thomas Broussard's an honor student at Crenshaw Science." "He's active in the church." "He's taking AP classes at Cal State Long Beach." "Great." "The press is gonna have a field day." "And Thomas Broussard and Reshaun Ferris are cousins." "The valedictorian and the drug dealer." "Diverse family." "Okay, kids, this is all about who fired first." "So, Isaac, check on Ferris." "See if he was dealing that night." "Madeleine and Raina, talk to the family." "Casey, see what you can get from the unis and the kids at the scene." "Go." "I've been meaning to call you about what happened down in San Diego." " Nothing happened." " Yeah, I know." "That's the thing." "I was hoping I could explain." "Don't bother, I'm a big girl." "You're just not that into me." " It's okay." " Hold on." "But in the future you should watch the signals that you send out." "I know this is difficult, Mrs. Broussard." "But we need to know what your son was doing in that car." "Thomas said he was going to a party." "I didn't worry." "Thomas never does anything he's not supposed to do." " Except for hang out with Reshaun." " Are Thomas and Reshaun close?" "I'm a single mother." "Thomas is my only child." "When he was little, Reshaun was more like a big brother you know, than his cousin." "Then Reshaun started going bad, selling drugs." "I told Thomas to stay away from him." "But some ties are hard to break." "What about the party?" "Thomas went with some friends." "They wanted to leave early." "Thomas stayed." "He called me and said, "Don't worry." "Reshaun'll bring me home."" "If the police shot at Reshaun, I'm sure they had reason." "I was always afraid Reshaun would get him hurt one day." "I should've picked him up myself." "Thank you for coming in, Detective Tillman." " I'm Sebastian Stark." " Yeah, I know who you are." "Know who you are too." "Tommy Matten sends his best." " Yeah, how's Tommy doing?" " Dishing as usual." "But he'll still be hooking and booking when I'm in my grave." " Do I need my union rep?" " You're not charged with anything." "Yeah?" "Well, I've seen how you treat cops on the stand." "Department's lost some good men because of it." "Detective, right now we're not the ones you need to worry about." "He's saying that half the city would like to bury you." "Now, if you talk to me, you tell me everything I might be able to help you." "And trust me, you want my help." "Yeah, all right." "We'd just finished chasing down a suspect when we got the call." "Uniform backup." "But we were in the vicinity, so we figured, what the hell?" "Me and Detective Leary approached one of the vehicles." "We ID 'd ourselves." "Then the passenger reached for his piece." "Next thing I know, he fires on us." "I immediately return the fire." "Kenny did the same." "The vehicle took off a couple hundred yards before it wrecked." "What happened when you got to the car?" "We found two people inside." "Both wounded, unconscious." "There was a Glock on the floor, at the passenger's feet." "We called it in." "We sat and waited for the ambulance." "Procedure says you're supposed to bag the gun." "Why didn't you?" "Procedure goes out the window in an officer-involved shooting." "There's gonna be heat, don't wanna contaminate the scene for SID." " That's considerate, also convenient." " Meaning what?" "Meaning you have a file full of excessive-force violations." "It's gonna raise some questions, don't you think?" "Well, here's the answer." "I've been on those streets for 30 years." "Seen two partners shot, three retired." "And in all that time, I have never once planted a bad one on anybody." "Can you say the same?" "Any more questions, talk to my captain." "I'm done." "You ought to watch the company you keep." "What?" "You accused a decorated detective of planting evidence." "I didn't accuse him of anything." "And trust me, these questions are gonna be asked." "Better we ask them first." "Are we gonna have a problem?" "You hired me to help you with the L.A.P.D." "For me to do that, you need to deal straight with them." "Fine." "Then you need to know this." "If these cops are wrong, I am gonna do my job." "Fine." "What else do you need?" "Talk to this guy's partner as soon as he's done with the shrink." "Before he and Tillman compare notes?" "While it's still fresh on his mind." "Sebastian." " How's my favorite prosecutor?" " What do you want, Angela?" "Brr." "Feeling the chill." "We used to be close, Shark, very close." "Yeah, that's because I was freshly divorced." "Qualifies as temporary insanity." "You of all people, don't call me that." "I don't remember you complaining at the time." "Why so bitter?" "Besides hanging me to dry on the Braden case?" "Good investigative reporting." " Unnamed sources, stolen documents." " Pot, kettle, black." "I was doing my job." "Besides, you've used me as many times as I've used you." "Which brings us back to?" "What do you want, Angela?" "The police shooting." "Cops covering up?" " No comment." " You know the game." "I can print your version or someone else's." "Print this." "About time you got your ass back here." "You ready to hit the street?" "What's happening?" " Hey, Rick, how you doing?" " I'm good." "Everyone here, they still talk about how you stood up for Joey." "Yeah." "Feels like a million years ago." "So, what brings you around?" "Well, I was hoping to see a Detective Leary." "Is he in?" " Stark is running the investigation?" " He's playing it straight." "Not too many people are gonna be believing that." "Kenny's in the locker room." "But go easy on him." "He's pretty messed up." "Once Ferris opened on us, Ray had to fire back." "When he fired, I did too." "Reshaun Ferris deserved what he got." "But that kid..." "I'm having trouble with it." " Is it okay if I call you Kenny?" " Yeah, everybody does." " When'd you make detective?" " Six months ago." " Tillman your first partner?" " Yeah, his old one just retired." " Everybody said I hit the lottery." " You like him?" "Ray's the best." "Took him about a week to actually look at me." "I learned more from him in six months than in my entire time in uniform." "Yeah, I remember my first partner." "I didn't know a damn thing." "I'm lucky I didn't get us both killed." "Look, Kenny." "I'm gonna do my best to help you, okay?" "But you have to trust me." "Okay." "Thanks, Isaac." " Did Leary's story sound rehearsed?" " Tough to tell." "Was that your expert analysis?" "Do I think he's young and scared?" "Yes." "Do I think he's lying?" "No." " How's Thomas Broussard doing?" " Touch-and-go." " Ferris is gonna pull through." " Further proof there's no justice." "Ferris' tox screen came back positive." "He was high on cocaine at the time." "Yes." "Anything from the witnesses?" "The unis still say Reshaun Ferris shot first." "Bystanders blame the cops." "Not sure if they saw anything." "However, Ferris has an outstanding bench warrant." " Two-time loser." " He's looking at a third strike." "If the cops found him, that's 25 to life." "It gets better." "The warrant is for assaulting an off-duty cop." " You spoil me." " You have to see this." "Somebody posted this an hour ago." "It's a video shot last night at the scene." "L.A.P.D." "Go back." "L.A.P.D." " Stop." "You hear that?" " Sounded like a gunshot." "Yeah, but look at the cops." "Neither one has his gun out." "They're telling the truth." "Reshaun fired first." "Get Slocombe to clean this up." "We got a cop-hating drug dealer ducking a third strike." "He runs into two narcs." "He's gonna go down hard, so decides to shoot it out putting his cousin on life support." "Not anymore." "That was the hospital." "Thomas Broussard didn't make it." "It's just turned into a murder case." " And by the felony murder statute..." " Commit a felony and somebody dies even if you didn't kill them..." " Still first-degree murder." " Last I checked opening fire on two police officers is a felony." "Bye-bye, Reshaun." "Mrs. Broussard, I'm Sebastian Stark." "I'm with the DA's office." " I'm so very sorry for your loss." " Thank you." "But that won't bring back my boy." "No, ma'am." "You promise me this." "Whoever is responsible make them pay." "You have my word." "You're under arrest for the murder of Thomas Broussard." " What you talking about?" " Word of advice!" "Keep your mouth shut till you hire a lawyer." "And if I were you, I'd watch my back at the police station." "Not your biggest fans." "Look, man." "I ain't even know that they were cops." "I couldn't hear with the music blasting." " They were wearing badges." " I didn't see them." " And I didn't shoot at nobody." " Glock belong to you?" "It's not rocket science." "His prints were all over it." "Yeah, it's my gun." "But I never pulled it out." " Oh." " And the clip was full last time I saw it." "Somebody planted your own gun?" "Neat trick." "Especially since both cops saw you reach for it." "I reached for Thomas, to tell him to get us out." "Why would you need to do that if you didn't know they were cops?" "All right, then." "Once they got closer, I saw that they were cops." "But they started shooting, not me." "My cousin never hurt nobody." "I love that kid." "I would never put him in the middle of that." "Right, because you're such a role model." "Second-degree murder, life with parole." " With time off, he's out in 20 years." " Twenty years?" "Hey, with a third strike, you should be thanking me." " All right?" " No deal, Stark." " I hate to remind you, Maria, you were 0 for 6 against me." "Just because we switched sides at halftime, it's still the same game." "Aren't you the guy who goes after the cops?" "Times change." "Take the deal before he ends up with a needle in his arm." "Right." "Angela, you have to look at this in the larger context of race relations in Los Angeles." "I mean, there's a pervasive history of police abuse..." "Rampart, Rodney King." " so the defendant's claim that the evidence was tampered with has some historical basis." "You're absolutely right, Bob." "And KTDS News has obtained startling new video which may support this assertion." "This is footage from a surveillance camera located at a church across the street from where the SUV crashed." "These are the two L.A.P.D. detectives who shot and killed Thomas Broussard." "One of them holds what appears to be the defendant's gun in his hand the gun that was allegedly found on the floor of the vehicle." "Madeleine, you watching the news?" "File a motion to keep this video out while our case still has a pulse." "Hey, Dad?" "I got a court date scheduled." " I need a lawyer." " Look in the yellow pages under L." "Hire somebody and send me the bill." "We'll figure out how you'll pay me." "Did police mishandle evidence?" "Or could they have planted the gun as Reshaun Ferris alleges?" "These are the L.A.P.D. detectives who shot and killed Thomas Broussard." "One of them holds what appears to be the def..." "Now that the world's seen you tampering with evidence you mind telling me what's going on?" "Look." "I panicked, okay?" "I took the gun out." "Securing the crime scene." "Cops do it every day." "Kenny, the question is, how did the gun get back in the car?" "That's on me." "I knew they would put this under the microscope." "He took the gun, I grabbed it and put it back." "And then you lied to my face about it, right, detective?" "Hm?" "You grabbed the gun by the barrel." "Why didn't SID find your prints?" "I wiped them off." " I didn't want any questions." " So much for that strategy." "Isaac, we didn't do anything wrong." "Well, unfortunately, it's gonna be a lot harder to prove now, isn't it?" "Messing with the gun was an accident?" " That sounds fishy." " It stinks like three-day-old sushi." "I'm not saying it's right, but their behavior's understandable." "You see these headlines?" "As if there weren't enough heat on this case already." "This puts us on notice." "You find out everything I mean everything, about these two cops." "File a motion for their records." "Recheck the ballistics, the evidence, all of it." "No more surprises." "I need to speak with you for a minute." " What do you need?" " Your opinion." "I'm not sure Isaac should be running point on this." " Why are you asking me?" " I thought you two were close." " Well, you thought wrong." "Look, if you wanna know what's going on in that man's head trust me, I'm not the one to ask." "The surveillance video is inconclusive and irrelevant." "Irrelevant?" "We're arguing the gun was planted." "The video shows the two officers holding the weapon." "Does it get more relevant?" "We have provided statements from both officers explaining why they had the gun." " Explaining away why they lied earlier?" " You're free to use those statements." "But that video is so prejudicial it outweighs any probative value it contains." " You've gotta be kidding." " Sorry, it's a close call." "Since you can use their statements to cross-examine the officers you don't need the video." " Prosecution's motion is granted." " Thank you, Your Honor." "0 for 7." " More videos?" " Everyone has a cell-phone camera." "I'm building a chronology, but there's something else." " I analyzed the first video." " With the gunshot?" "That's the problem." "I couldn't get visual confirmation of a gunshot." "So I isolated the audio." "That's from the Beretta both cops fired." "Ferris had a Glock." "The video's gunshot didn't match either shot or anything in our database." " Lewis, can we cut to the chase?" " The sound isn't a gunshot." "Then what is it?" "The sound of a muffler backfiring from one of the cars at the scene." "Which means Reshaun Ferris didn't fire first." "Doesn't matter." "He reached for his gun." "If they're telling the truth, which is not their strong suit." "Cops face guys like Ferris." "They don't react, they die." "Doesn't mean kill a guy for no reason." "You grab a badge and gun, hit the street." "See how you do when bad guys show up." "Listen." "Tillman had a history with Reshaun Ferris." "He was part of a task force that busted him three times and Reshaun walked." " How come we didn't find this?" "He wasn't the arresting officer." "Wasn't on the paperwork." "When I've hit bottom, another rung gives way in the ladder." " How long ago were these?" " Three years." "Someone's gotta find Tillman's old partner." "Figure out the deal between Tillman and Ferris." "Are you in or are you out?" "Terry Burns?" "I'm here about Ray Tillman." "Reshaun Ferris is the scum of the earth." "We couldn't nail him." "Finally got a decent eyewitness, old guy named Reese." "Lived in the neighborhood 48 years while it went to hell." "Saw Ferris drop a body." "Could've put him away." "What happened?" "Tillman was assigned to protect Reese." "Call comes over the radio." "Cop's being assaulted two blocks away." "What's Ray gonna do?" "He rolls." "Only, there's nothing there." "It's a dummy call." "By the time he gets back, Reese's throat is cut." "Reshaun Ferris." "No way to prove it, of course." "Next day, Ray cruises by the house where Ferris is slinging." "Son of a bitch laughs in his face." "I had to hold Ray back." "He was never the same after that." "Problems at home." "Drinking more, going home less." "Finally, Alice left." "Took his boys." "Ray had nothing left to lose." "You're the guy who planted on that rich scumbag killed your partner." " This isn't about me." " Yeah?" "Whatever you say about Ray every partner he ever had would take a bullet for him." "It's because he'd do the same for them." "You should get that better than anyone." "I edited the videos into one chronological version." "And?" "You still can't see anything clearly." " Then why do we care?" " Because of what you can hear." "Listen." "Count the shots." " Eleven." " That accounts for Tillman and Leary." "They fired 11 shots." "There were 11 bullet holes in the SUV." "Wait, are you saying Reshaun Ferris never fired at all?" " You got it." " I'll flip you to see who tells Stark." "Hold it, Ferris had a Glock 19." "How many bullets does that hold?" "Fifteen, one more in the chamber." "There were 10 left." "Ferris said that the gun had a full clip." " What happened to the rest?" " Pause that." "Wait, that's the security video, isn't it?" "If he's gonna put the gun back, why is he walking the other way?" "Camera's up there." "Tillman was standing right here." "Time to call the boss." "We got five cartridges here." "Tillman dumped the bullets to make it look like Ferris fired the gun." "Nice work." "You're both lying through your teeth." "I'm gonna give you one chance to come clean." "If you think it's dangerous out there you wait till I come gunning for you in court." " I've got nothing to say." " Isaac, please..." "Detective Leary, I advise you not to speak." "A 17-year-old kid is dead who shouldn't be." "You are going down for that, and you are going with him." "The complaint against Reshaun Ferris has been dismissed." "Detectives Leary and Tillman are being held over for trial." "Have these charges damaged the relationship between the DA and the L.A.P. D?" "The L.A.P.D. shares our desire for justice." "But isn't it risky to go after the cops in an election year?" "You and the mayor are counting on the Police Union's endorsement." "I don't think so, Angela." "I'd like to acknowledge one of our investigators." "Former L.A.P.D. detective Isaac Wright." "His work has been invaluable." "Detective, did the L.A.P.D. cooperate fully?" "That was the scene outside L.A. County Courthouse this afternoon." "That's crap." "I don't appreciate being trotted out like a trained seal." " That was her call." " Now an ex-cop covers you while you go after the L.A.P.D." " I'm covered by the facts!" "Got a problem with this case?" "Talk to the cops who opened fire without provocation." "You used my relationship with these guys." "I believe that's called your job!" "You got an itch for cops." "I didn't sign on to help you scratch it." "You signed on to help put away bad guys." "Even if those bad guys are wearing badges." "You wanna choose who you take down you are in the wrong line of work." "Maybe I am." " Isaac." " You don't wanna talk to me." " You're gonna walk out?" " Damn right, I am." " Screw Stark." "I don't need this job." " You sure?" "You told me it was the next best thing to being a cop." "Why do you care what I do?" "I keep wondering the same thing." "Mr. Bergdorf, I'm Julie Stark." "We spoke earlier." "I brought all the paperwork we discussed." " My ticket, copy of the arrest..." " Just bring it to court." "Okay, I was hoping we could discuss our strategy." " Strategy?" " For getting the charges dismissed." "If you wanted the charges dismissed, you should've refused the sobriety test." "Then I'd have something to work with." "Okay, but I really need to make this go away." "You're a minor." "You blew a 0.06." "Only way it's going away, get your dad's office to lose the file." "Come on, Mr. Schonik." "Plant one on someone who deserves it, that's one thing." " But to roll up and start shooting?" " Think that's what they did?" "I don't know." "I don't know, man." "I'm just..." "I'm just sick of being caught up in the middle of it." "Look, I mean, quit if you want to." "But if you ask me, you're still on the right side." "Guys will knock you for working with Stark." "But the job needs someone on the inside." "Make sure cops get a fair shake." "We know Tillman held a grudge against Ferris." "He's looking for revenge, sees Ferris, opens fire." "Or they thought the backfire was a gunshot." "Maybe if Leary fired first." "Tillman admitted he shot first." "Guy's on the force 30 years." "He knows the difference between a muffler and a gunshot." "They lied." "Why the cover-up if they're innocent?" " Problem is proving it." " We got the cartridges at the scene." "For that evidence to have any impact, the jury needs to see that video." "You mean the one that you so brilliantly got excluded?" "I didn't say this was gonna be easy." "The video shows Detective Tillman walking to dump the extra bullets." "It establishes a context within which the planting of the gun took place." "Alleged planting of the gun." "A few days ago, Stark argued successfully against this evidence because of its highly prejudicial nature." "He can't be entitled to have it both ways." "He's right, Mr. Stark." "Your knowledge of the Evidence Code was impressive." "I'm flattered, but this is a new case." "The rules of evidence do not change." "And said rules include number 1102." "The surveillance video shows a pattern and practice of behavior on the part of Detective Tillman." " Not without evidence of prior bad acts." " Great minds, Your Honor." "My office obtained this from Detective Tillman's records." " We had no time to review this." " It won't take long." "It's a disciplinary charge several years ago alleging Detective Tillman planted drugs on a defendant." " This was never adjudicated." " He was never cleared." "It's pretty thin, Mr. Stark." "But I'll allow it." "The tape comes in." "Groveling in three, two, one." " Sebastian?" " Yes?" "Leary wants to talk." "All he could talk about was how he wanted to get Reshaun Ferris." "When that call came over, he jumped on it." "Tillman knew Ferris was gonna be there?" "Yeah." "We had the plates, description of the vehicle." "He kept talking about how bad this guy was." "And we needed to be ready for anything." "Did he go there to kill Ferris?" "Look, once he started shooting, I had no choice." " Your partner fires, you fire." " Yeah, I understand that." "But why did you help him cover it up?" "Ray said if I didn't help him, everybody would know I hung him to dry." "You know, I'd be done on the job." "Ray said that partners help each other out." "That's how it works." "Look, you gotta understand, Mr. Stark, all I ever wanted to be was a cop." "What do you want?" "Full immunity." "He walks on murder and obstruction." "In return, he helps you put Tillman away for life." "He's lying." "I've seen rats." "In the end, they're eager to give it up." " He looks like he's having a root canal." " He doesn't wanna bury his partner." "He doesn't have to." "He could say it was an accident." "Instead, he's laying him out?" "No offense, but who cares?" "We have a winning case." "The ex-partner said every cop Tillman ever worked with would jump in front of a train for him, he'd do the same." " Instead, Leary's pushing Tillman." " I don't buy it." "I sat across from this kid." "I saw it in his eyes." "He loves this guy." "So why's he selling him out?" " It doesn't make any sense." " Unless Tillman wants him to." "Like the cover-up at the crime scene." "No way the rookie's calling the shots." "Tillman would always take a bullet for his partner." "That's exactly what he's doing now." "This is the crime scene before the shooting." "The crude MPEG-3 videos." "The program breaks it down so we can analyze it." " Just show me what you got, Lewis." " Leary and Tillman are approaching." "No shots fired yet." "There's your backfire." " There." "That movement Leary made." " Is he backing up?" "No." "That's the recoil from his gun." "Tillman didn't fire first, Leary did." "We don't have a motive." "Drop the murder charge, go for obstruction." "We do, and the jury drops us." "We've gone three different directions." " Problem is, it does look like an accident." " Maybe, maybe not." "One thing we know for sure they have been lying to us." "I wanna know why." "Good news is, I might have a way of finding out." " There's an Angela Corbin to see you." " And there she is, right on time." "Thanks for coming down, Angela." "You know, this suit looks just fantastic on you." "Funny." "Weatherman didn't say anything about snow." "My point is, we ought to be able to help each other." "Leaking that surveillance video on the news, not helpful." " Like to avoid that in the future." " What's the angle?" "Same as always." "Mutual assistance." " Sorry to interrupt." " Not now." "It's urgent." "I'll be right back." "What's going on, Kenny?" "What's so urgent?" "This reporter, she said you're flipping on me, man." "Why would I do that?" "Hell, this was my idea to begin with." "Am I right or wrong?" "She gave me the same story about some affidavit she found in Stark's office." "But if we keep our mouths shut she's got nothing to go public with, you understand?" "Just stick to the plan, Kenny." "This'll be over soon." "I promise you." "I still can 't believe you're doing this for me, man." "That's what partners do, Kenny." "You'll get your chance one day." "All right?" "She's got nothing to go public with, you understand?" "Just stick to the plan, Kenny." "This 'll be over soon, I promise you." "Nice move." "Same thing I do on the streets!" "Whatever it takes." "Level with me, and I'll do what I can to make this right." "You know, being in narcotics the things I see every day..." "I mean, I grew up on those streets." "You know what I'm saying?" "I had the same strikes against me Reshaun Ferris has." "It's no excuse for selling junk to school kids." "You've busted hundreds of punks." "What makes him different?" "You got out early." "Me, I gave my life to this job." "And I was never the father or the husband I should've been." "You're not alone there." "But I lost everything, my wife, my kids." "Your wife's been gone over two years." "Why go after Ferris now?" "About six months ago I noticed that my knees were swollen." "I was all-city fullback, so I figured it was just bone chips or something." "I finally went to the doctor." "It was too late." " Malignant fibrous histiocytoma." " Cancer?" "Yeah." "What happened that night?" "I had just come from the clinic that morning." "Doc gave me six months, tops." "It threw me." "Everything I was feeling, I wanted to take it out on somebody." " Then we get the call." " Reshaun Ferris." "I felt like the man upstairs was throwing me a bone know what I mean?" "Giving me one last chance to nail this bastard." "L.A.P.D." "But I had this kid Kenny so worked up about Ferris by the time we got there, he would've fired at his own shadow." "Then I hear that muffler backfire." "Kenny, no, no, no!" "Then Leary opened fire, and I had to fire back too." "I knew Reshaun would be armed, and he could've fired back on us." "But he didn't fire back, did he?" "No." "No." "When we get to the car, Ferris' gun was still tucked in his pants." " He didn't fire, right?" " Be cool, Kenny." " I shot him for nothing, man." " It's okay, Kenny." "Kenny, look at me." "I'll handle it." "I'll handle it." "Come on." "It's all right." "So you take the gun, you dump the bullets." "You tell Leary to play along." "Yeah." "Yeah." "What about Tommy Broussard?" "He was 17 years old." "He never stepped out of line one second his entire life." "I would give anything in the world to bring that boy back." "I can't make this go away, detective." "I know." "Let me take the fall." "All right?" "I've done a lot of things wrong in 30 years, Stark." "Please let me get this one last thing right." "Mr. Stark, I understand you've reached a disposition in this case?" "We have, Your Honor." "Detective Raymond Tillman." "On the charges of murder in the second degree and obstruction of justice, how do you plead?" "Guilty, Your Honor." "It is the court's understanding that as a condition of this plea all charges are being dropped against Detective Leary?" "That's right, Your Honor." "Very well." "We are adjourned." "Isaac, I just talked to my captain." "They said my suspension's over." " I can go back to work." " Yeah, about that..." "What's this?" "It's part of the deal we made with Tillman." "Turn in your badge, Kenny." "What?" " I'm a cop." "It's all I know how to do." " You should've stood up and done it." "You shouldn't go along with a cover-up because your partner told you to." "You're gonna lecture me after what you did?" "After what I did I couldn't be a cop anymore either." "Ray?" "There's someone here who deserves the truth about what happened." "You two are gonna give it to her." "Pretty boy, that fake affidavit you left for me to see knowing I'd go right to Tillman and Leary with it..." " You played me like a fiddle." " As I recall, that used to turn you on." "Pity." "I was looking forward to our new détente." " We're even." " Till next time." " So I..." " Hey, Sebastian, I should've..." " I shouldn't have said what I said." " No." "No, you were right." "When I brought you here, I never thought how tough it would be on you." "I only saw the upside for me." "Something new and different." "So you sticking around?" "Uh, well..." "I figure somebody's gotta keep you from getting killed." "Hey." "I was hoping maybe we could get a cup of coffee." "I don't think so." " I know things got weird between us..." " Look, no offense." "But I've dealt with guys like you before." "Quiet, complicated." "All kinds of demons wrapped up in a pretty package." "I'll pass." "So you think I'm pretty?" "I've seen prettier." "Look, can we?" "Can we just go somewhere and talk?" "I promise I'll leave my demons in the car." "How did your hearing go?" "I got my license suspended for 90 days." "And I have to do 180 hours of community service." "But if you do all that, which you will, your arrest gets expunged." " That's really comforting." " It ought to be." "You could've helped me, Dad." " How?" " By getting me a better lawyer at least." "Boyd's the best." "If you had a bad lawyer, you'd be in jail right now." "Wait a second." "How did you know who I went to?" "You think I'd let you deal with all this without checking up on you?" "Checking up on me?" "Dad, you could've made this whole thing go away." "Easily." "But you need to learn that actions have consequences." "Oh, right." "This coming from the guy who got rich letting criminals go free?" " Could you be a bigger hypocrite?" " Don't you dare speak to me like that." "What?" "Now all of a sudden, you're gonna play father and give me some big lecture?" "Every time I take an interest in your life every time, you push me away." "You get in trouble, you whine to your mom." "You call Isaac." "Not me." "You only want a father when it's convenient for you." "But I got news for you, it doesn't work that way." "So when you decide you really want a father you let me know."