Blue Bloods

It's time to end the abuse!

Stop police brutality!

- What do we want?! - Justice!

- When do we want it? - Now!

- What do we want? - Justice!

- When do we want it? - Now!

I thought they were supposed to stay on the walkways.

They are, but they're looking for trouble.

And headlines. The right to protest, Eddie.

As American as apple pie and bitching about taxes.

But we're not the bad guys.

Preaching to the choir.

- So is Reverend Potter. - We're sending a message

to those in power!

- Whose streets? - Our streets!

- Whose streets? - Our streets!

Who's the other guy with the bullhorn?

That's Gerry Guerrero, civil rights attorney.

Suing the NYPD in half a dozen cases.

Not a favorite of the commissioner's.

Your people need to be over on the walkways, Reverend.

Uh, Officer, we have permits.

Not to block a government plaza.

These cars need to move in case of an emergency.

Folks, behind the barricade, please.

- What is going on here? - Back up!

- Back up! Get behind - Hey, is someone videotaping this?

the barricade!

Get behind the barricade!

Hey! No! Back up! Get behind the barricade!

What is going on here? Is someone recording this?!

Back up!

What about our rights?

Back up!

Ma'am, you can't be here right now.

You need to be back behind the barricades.

- I want to join the group. - This is a government plaza.

It's off-limits right now.

- You guys have to be back... - The group is right here.

...back behind the barricades.

Please...

Hey. Excuse... Hey, slow down!

Hey! Sir!

Sir!

Sir. Hey, talk to me.

- Call a bus. - We need a bus...

This man needs immediate medical attention.

You see that? Dude just belted that dude for no reason.

No, that's not what happened. He was about to run into a woman and a kid.

You saw, right, Eddie?

No, I was over there.

Officer, I need to see your badge number and your name.

Reagan?

That's your name? You're Reagan?

"Footsteps on an empty street,

"who you think you gonna meet?

"Science dropped when my nine popped,

"I tanned that G on the back "of his head, then I sparked his ass twice,

made sure he was dead."

Your Honor, all due respect to Ms. Reagan's rapping skills, we object.

She's quoting from a hit song my client wrote, not a confession.

Your Honor, it's the same thing.

The defendant releases a song under the name Chuck McMurda,

explicitly taking credit for the shooting

of Anthony "Science" Reynolds on West 134th Street on February 2.

Haven't you ever heard of artistic license?

You're confusing the artist with the crime he's describing.

The defendant was in a dispute with the victim.

Witnesses place him in the vicinity of the shooting.

The gun was found in his apartment.

Someone else put it there.

It's not just my client's prints on it.

There were details in that song that only the killer could have known.

Let's have a sidebar.

Approach.

Judge, allowing this in as evidence sets a dangerous precedent.

Ms. Reagan, I don't disagree.

What about the First Amendment?

No one is denying the defendant free speech.

We're just asking for the right to include as public admission of guilt in the case.

And without it, most of your evidence is entirely circumstantial.

You have no witnesses, so you're using a song

to try to tie the rest of your case together.

I do need to see more, Ms. Reagan.

Otherwise, I'm inclined to support the motion

to dismiss this case before it goes to trial.

We're calling for a federal investigation.

The victim of this unprovoked assault is still unconscious

in the intensive care unit.

We don't know how long he'll be there.

And for the record,...

the officer responsible is one Jamie Reagan.

That's the brother of Detective Danny Reagan,...

who's been the subject of numerous brutality complaints himself.

Yeah. And both are the sons...

of the police commissioner.

Ladies and gentlemen, this city used to have crime families

called Bonanno, Gambino, Colombo.

Well, now we have the Reagans!

They're here.

- You see it? - Yeah.

They're very good at what they do.

They're going after my family.

And getting your attention and getting under your skin,

- which is exactly what... - This is the freedom of speech...

we're sworn to protect?

I think we need to put out a neutral statement.

The rider's in the hospital with a skull fracture.

And even with the video from the government buildings,

it's not clear what Jamie did.

He was protecting protestors who shouldn't have been in that area.

Potter and Guerrero are setting up for another lawsuit.

They're throwing crap against the wall to see if it sticks.

And based on that video they put out, some crap might stick.

Oh, they got ways of editing with those i-things.

They make anyone look guilty.

Both of you, please take the earplugs out.

There's a lot of legitimate use of force questions nationally.

Us not taking this seriously isn't gonna make it go away.

So, what, we cave?

Potter and Guerrero are right in one sense only:

nobody gets to be above the law.

Turn it over to the DA, have IAB conduct

a parallel investigation, no holds barred.

I don't see that I have a choice here, Sid.

Could be hard to get those horses back in the barn

once we let 'em out.

I know that.

And that's all the press gets for now.

That's it?

Unless you want to say I hate my job.

They're waiting for you.

- That's them. - Yes. How can I help you?

Ms. Reagan, could we speak to you in private?

Wh-What is this about?

We have evidence that affects the Chuck McMurda case.

I'm Alan Murtagh. This is my wife, Cynthia.

We drove down from Westchester for the hearing.

Charles is innocent.

He couldn't have done what you're accusing him of.

He was with us the night of the shooting.

Why didn't you come forward earlier?

He doesn't want anyone to know about us.

I'm sorry, who are you?

We're his parents.

Nothing our son says about himself is true.

He's as white as we are.

I don't understand.

He made up this myth about himself.

He grew up in the suburbs, not the ghetto.

And began lying about where he was from.

We thought it was just rebellion.

When he was 12, he told us he'd...

always felt more black than white.

Trans-whatever.

It doesn't seem so extreme these days.

Now he's got the record company encouraging him

to put these lies to music.

They've kept him away from us.

They're paying for his lawyer.

Alan, Cynthia, your son...

is accused of murder.

He bragged about it in a song.

He's just trying to sell records.

Or however you make money now.

He was with us, celebrating my birthday

the night of this murder.

Then why wouldn't he offer you as an alibi?

Because, he's ashamed.

He told me he would find someone with more...

"street cred" to cover for him.

But now that it's getting all this publicity,

we knew we had to get involved before he hurts his own case.

Can you prove that he was with you that night?

He made us delete all the photographs.

So it's just your word?

This a good time?

Yeah. We still got 15... no, 18 minutes till it starts.

What starts?

The restored print of Chinatown.

It's playing at that art houseoff of Fourth Avenue.

That's not why I came out here.

I know why you came out here.

That's why I'm thinking movie.

Otherwise, you made the trip for nothing.

So you won't even listen?

If you haven't seen Chinatown on the big screen, you haven't seen it.

I got my modified assignment, Dad.

Clearly, I know that.

Eight-hour tours with all the other broken toys

watching video monitors at housing projects.

What's that about?

It was the Chief of Department's decision, not mine.

Well, it's insult to injury.

It is what it is.

Do you want me to start pulling strings for you?

No, but this feels like I'm getting extra lashes

- for appearance's sake. - Well, you're not.

And would an average police officer feel free to come in here and complain?

- No, but... - Well,