For Life

- I found a case. - Andy Josiah.

He shot him in the back. In front of his son.

Andy Josiah's family deserves

a full, transparent investigation into his death,

which is why I have appointed Aaron Wallace

as special prosecutor in this case.

You asked for this.

I need people I can trust. And that's you and Henry.

We've got nothing without witnesses or video.

Our only chance of video is surveillance

from the cams in the neighborhood.

I see you have a camera on the side of the building.

That camera has been broken for weeks.

If the cops told you to get rid of that video,

you can be charged with obstruction of justice.

I understand that you were scared,

but now you don't have a choice.

Show us the video.

In light of newly discovered evidence,

the people would like to charge Officers Lindsley and Matranga

with manslaughter in the first degree.

That cop Matranga came by my house.

I'm sorry for your loss.

It means he's hiding something.

Sherwin, what happened?

You said you were going to protect me!

I cannot believe this.

I cannot believe this is happening.

I know. I know. Just try to calm down, Sherwin.

Calm down and tell me what happened.

This woman, she came into the store.

And she said she was picking up some beer

for her father's birthday party.

She said she forgot her ID.

So... So you sold it to her?

I swear, she looked like she was 30.

B-But she was working undercover with the cops.

And she was underage.

They're going to put me away for a year

a-and take away my liquor license.

You're not going away for a year, Sherwin.

It's a scare tactic.

Y-You said the... the Grand Jury would be sealed,

that this would all be a secret.

I know. There was a-a leak somehow.

You should have known this would happen.

Or maybe you did and you just didn't care.

As long as you got what you needed from me.

Hey, hey, hey. No one told you to sell alcohol

to a young person without checking for ID, alright?

But we'll get you a very good lawyer.

Pro Bono.

We will help you with this.

You were arrested for something you didn't deserve.

Yeah.

So look me in the eye, Mr. Wallace, and tell me

did you know something like this could happen?

Like I said, we'll get you a lawyer.

Free of charge.

I'm not stupid, Ms. Masry.

If I refuse to help you,

they will drop these charges and leave me alone.

You came forward because it was the right thing to do.

Now they're coming after me and my family.

So no. Enough.

You already authenticated the video once, Sherwin.

Before a Grand Jury, under oath.

So if you refuse to help us,

we can subpoena you and force you to take the stand,

and then you'll have to authenticate the video again

or contradict your previous testimony,

which will be perjury, a far more serious crime

than selling alcohol to a minor.

I'm sorry. But it's... It's just where we are.

It'll be much easier for you if you cooperate.

So.

What's this about you, wanting to grill me?

I need to hear your side of the story, Lieutenant Diaz.

Yeah. Anything for Eddie.

Then run me through it.

Not much to tell.

I arrived on scene at 9:10 p. M. After receiving a 10-57.

Upon my arrival, I assessed that Officer Lindsley and Matranga

had pulled a suspect over for being on his cellphone

and during what would have been a normal traffic stop,

the suspect reached into his vehicle

for what Officer Lindsley perceived to be a weapon.

Officer Lindsley then discharged his weapon.

And what about the bodega owner, Sherwin Maloof?

What about him?

What did you say to him when you went in there?

Standard procedure witness interview.

You didn't collect any evidence?

Why do you ask?

Because the prosecution

entered surveillance cam video footage at the Grand Jury,

but no one mentioned to me that it existed,

and it wasn't included in the file.

The bodega owner told me the cameras weren't working.

And you took him at his word?

There's Lieutenant Diaz wrapping up with Ed Lindsley.

Now he's walking over to Matranga

to give him a talking-to.

So Diaz shows up, tells them what the story needs to be,

has Matranga fill out the report.

So the innocent one is on the hook,

and the shooter has never signed anything

or even given a statement.

Not so innocent if he's part of the cover-up.

- Hey. - Hey.

How'd it land with Sherwin?

I had to strong-arm him a bit,

but I think he'll come around.

Did you figure out anything on Matranga?

Pretty classic circling the wagons,

but if Matranga's squirming, maybe we have an opening.

What's our point of leverage?

He was in the car when the shooting happened.

Lieutenant forced him to take the heat, lie on his report.

Is it enough to take a run at him?

Be a lot better if we had Marcel's statement.

That they changed their story

about why they pulled him over to begin with.

I think I better handle this one alone.

But he already told you the story.

Why do you want to make him go through it all over again?

We just need to record him saying the part

about having Andy's phone in the back seat.

That's all it'll take.

I get it, but why didn't you do it before?

When he told you the first time.

I'm sorry. Something came up.

This may be the only way to nail him.

Mom?

Hey, Marcel. How you doing, big man?

I saw a commercial for "Tiger Time."

Honey.

Maybe take a break from TV for a little.

They used to watch it together before school.

I'll read you a story, okay?

If Lindsley had 14 civilian complaints against him

that means somebody buried them.

I think we should go after

whoever kept letting him out on the street.

Subpoena the IAB records. Absolutely.

That's a full-on declaration of war.

Well, they just manufactured an arrest against our star witness

to try to coerce him.

That's not all.

There's a new hit piece.

On Andy?

On us.

What?

Better to be a progressive warden than a regressive drunk.

Last I checked anyway.

"Incompetent amateurs with no people of color on his staff."

Thanks. The Post is always a mouthpiece for the police union.

But they talk about Collars for Dollars.

What? That we dropped the case, laid off the police.

Yeah, doesn't say why, though, does it?

The story's getting traction.

I'd be more than happy for people to know

it was the Attorney General who forced us to make that trade.

We can't go scorched earth. Not now.

We have to fight back somehow, don't we?

Let's get on that subpoena.

Come on in. You sing, too.

You want to sing to the baby?

You want to sing to your sister?

Hello? Man: Guess it didn't take long

to forget who you are, Wallace?

Everybody knows you're just a...

Another one?

Yeah.

We might have to change our number.

You all right?

We never should have dropped Collars for Dollars.

And if you kept going, spent two years in court, and lost?

You made the only choice you could've,

even if you can never tell anyone how it went down.

I gotta win this, Marie.

No matter what.

God, don't tell me they have your cellphone, too.

It's Henry.

Maybe he can't sleep, either.

Hey.

Hey, you getting crank calls, too? Yeah.

I just breathe real heavy, and they hang right up.

Maybe I ought to try that.

So, listen, I've been poring over

these internal police records,

and I think I found a game-changer.

Alright. Hit me with it.

The guy who swept all Lindsley's bad reports under the rug...

Lieutenant Marco Diaz.

Which means he was covering his ass as much as anybody's.

I'd sure love to leak the IABs

or the civilian complaints to the press,

redirect the story in our favor.

The judge will crucify us.