East New York (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

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- Previously on East New York
- I ain't handing over nothing.
My name is Regina Haywood.
A German tourist and a security guard,
murdered in broad daylight.
That is totally unacceptable.
Nice to meet you, Detective Morales.
- This is Detective Killian.
- Nice to meet you.
I've been working in restaurants
since I'm 19. I want to own that place.
The joint's yours.
All right, Bentley,
your first crime scene.
Hey, Sandeford, who are those guys?
Chief Suarez.
He's the borough commander.
You asked for Stan Yenko
to be your executive officer?
I irritate people.
I know this about myself.
I also want members of the service
to start living near where they work.
Why'd you volunteer to do this, Quinlan?
Because I think this is a good idea.
We, all together, are going to
stem this kind of violence
in East New York.
What's good, baby?
Let's go, let's go.
Tenants reported hearing
them drive east.
What do we have?
Drive-by. Three shot, one fatality.
Name's Junior Hunter.
Any word on a next of kin who can ID?
We're on it. Tenants say he
lived in the Blaylock Houses alone.
What about the perps?
Two on a scooter.
No one's ID'd them yet. But whatever
the guy was using,
sounded like a machine gun.
You're not gonna do nothing.
Sir, I'm trying to do something
which is why I'm asking you,
have you ever seen the shooter before.
Uh
Any beefs going on you know of?
Any beefs?
Pick one. There's plenty of beefs.
That's the nature of things.
- But you don't know who it was between?
- No.
- What about the scooter?
- Can you describe the scooter?
I'm gonna say Yamaha 'cause it
looked like one my nephew has.
Color?
- Red.
- With a white X on it.
Did you see his face?
How am I gonna see the shooter
if his face is covered up?
He had a mask on.
How am I gonna describe him?
I keep my nose clean, sir.
- I'm a businessman.
- Oh, what kind of business?
Accessory devices
for the urban lifestyle
Cell phone cases, messenger bags,
repair screens, you know, whatever.
- I do it all.
- Now what?
I found this over by the tire tracks.
Oh, that, my friends, is a Glock switch.
Why it sounded like a machine gun.
Oh, for the days of a .38.
All right. I want a list of
all the tenants,
any gang affiliations.
Also, let's make sure we dump
security camera footage
from those cameras
and whatever working
Central, get aviation
over here at the Blaylock Houses.
We got airmail coming off from the roof,
building 6.
- You got to go now, Inspector.
- No, no, no. We'll figure it out.
Whoa, whoa!
Everybody good?
You okay, Inspector?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I want to take that roof.
No, no, no. You
Let us do it. You take off.
I'm not taking off!
I'm going in with my people.
Which one threw the concrete?
Yellow shirt.
You want to kill me, son?
Bring them in.
Everybody goes through!
Are you familiar with
a Glock switch, Chief?
- I am.
- It's amazingly simple, really.
Takes a semiautomatic,
makes it fully automatic.
Can shoot 30 rounds in 2.3 seconds.
Stan, he said he's familiar with it.
No, no, no, of course. Absolutely.
I'm just always admiring
the ingenuity of the human mind.
They're generally made of metal, though.
This one looks like it's plastic.
We think made in a 3D printer.
In all likelihood,
that's probably why it broke.
But it let them shoot up that
whole courtyard before it broke.
Look, since what they were using
is basically a machine gun,
and machine guns
are prohibited by federal law,
this gets ATF involved.
We want ATF involved?
ATF comes with federal resources
Overtime, technical support.
More crime, more resources.
That's not exactly the way
I intended on getting them.
Give us a minute, yeah?
Yeah, sure.
So, vertical patrols?
Is that something you're intending on
making a regular thing now, Regina?
I'm glad to see you came all
the way down to check in on me.
Well, it's what I do,
especially when I have
a deputy inspector
still move around
like she's a street cop.
Is that something I can't do
as commanding officer?
I'm not here to say
what you can or can't do.
I just want to remind you it's
a lot tougher doing your job
from a hospital bed.
I can't show the cops and the community
I care about them from
behind my desk all the time.
There was an old man
who was murdered today.
I don't know if the guys
on the roof are connected,
but if it takes almost
getting clocked, I got to do it.
Right?
All right, now bag it
as we go, all right?
- Name.
- Come on.
- Name!
- Steven Turner.
Yo, I got to pee.
When we get to do that?
Yeah, as soon as we're done here.
Yo, when we get something to eat?
- Same thing.
- Date of birth?
10-12-2002.
Vouchering.
Key ring, five keys, a blue plastic pen,
three one-dollar bills. Let's go.
Yeah, he had a lot more
than that on him.
All right. Next.
- These cuffs is hurting.
- Quinlan, make sure
they take his belt and shoelaces.
Oh, so I don't hang up?
Yeah, something like that.
Name.
Vincent West.
Date of birth.
- 04-10-2006.
- Hold on, hold on.
Hey!
I told you guys, settle down
so we can get through this!
Thank you.
All right. Date of birth.
- 04-10-2006.
- 16.
They get younger by the day.
- You have to take my crackers, bro?
- Quiet.
Vouchering.
Key ring, four keys on it.
Do I get my crackers back?
Bon appétit.
All right, next. Come on.
Hey, hey. Relax.
Only working camera.
Barely.
That's Lindsey Boston.
I interviewed her.
There's Mercedes No-Last-Name.
I interviewed her.
Celia Malone. I interviewed her.
Oh, and there's Junior Hunter.
With four minutes
and 32 seconds to live.
- Weird.
- What?
I mean, at some point,
we all have four minutes
and 32 seconds to live, right?
That's pretty heavy, Tomas.
Never mind. I'm never
saying another word.
There's a motor scooter.
No plates, of course.
Too blurry to ID
- the two on it.
- No tattoos we can see.
Dark clothes.
Hey, there's D-Flawless.
You're making that up.
It's what he calls himself.
His real name's Demonté Green.
And he says he's a businessman.
He's coming out
of the building right here.
That's when the shooting starts.
Look at that. What do you know?
Maybe your D-Flawless there
was the intended target.
Yet he told me he wasn't
aware of any beef.
Hate to think he would've lied.
Makes me fear for the republic.
Hmm.
Hey, hey.
Deputy Mayor Sharpe.
I apologize, Inspector. Some people have
no sense of common courtesy.
My apologies, Captain Yenko,
but Belle Lacey serves as a liaison
between my office and
public housing. I wanted
to see to it she had the
opportunity to speak with you.
She lives in the Blaylock Houses.
Did you know Mr. Hunter?
- Everybody knew Mr. Hunter.
- Devastating.
Did Junior Hunter have any family?
- We do want to notify next of kin.
- Yeah.
A sister in Shreveport.
I believe she passed.
- All right.
- We can find out.
If you have any difficulty,
I'm sure my office can.
Mr. Hunter was my friend.
Very important living in public housing
to know who your friends are.
- Absolutely.
- He was a friend to me.
He was a friend to my grandson.
Okay. Your grandson is?
Vincent West.
He's one of the kids that
was arrested this morning.
He had nothing
to do with what happened to Mr. Hunter.
But he did throw a chunk
of concrete at a police officer.
There may have been another way
to respond to that, Inspector.
Vincent has always
stayed out of trouble.
If you give him a record, you
will mess up his life forever.
Ms. Lacey, I suggest
you get a lawyer for Vincent.
- If you can't afford one
- Of course I can't afford one.
one will be appointed by the court.
When my other grandson was arrested,
I was able to pick him up
from family court the same day.
Did your other grandson
also try to kill cops?
Oh. This is what we're trying to achieve
with the Safe Streets Initiative.
We take the energy and anger
found in these young people,
and we redirect it into a constructive
and sustaining purpose.
I don't know about all of that.
My grandson is not the kind
of kid you have to arrest.
Well, he's about to figure out
what kind of man he wants
to become because he is not
leaving here any time soon.
I'm sorry, but that's about all
I can do for you today.
Guilty until proven otherwise?
We had every reason to arrest him.
It's up to the courts to adjudicate
whether he's guilty or not guilty.
I thought you were some kind
of different.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Check back with us this afternoon.
I'll be right with you, Belle.
DOAs from a modified firearm
don't look too good at COMPSTAT.
I'm aware of that, Mr. Sharpe.
What I wish you were aware of is
that I'm an asset to you.
I could help you with the mayor,
I could help you with
a variety of people.
It's called setting up for success.
Captain.
From now on, nobody gets back here
without clearance from
the front desk, especially him.
Got it.
I'm trying to remember at what point
in my childhood dreams did I see myself
one day spending endless nights
assembling chairs.
These are flat boxes, too.
The flatter the boxes,
the more pieces to put together.
You need to buy chairs
in chair-shaped boxes.
- Right.
- Hey, honey, Crystal.
- Hey.
- Thought you were coming by after work.
Yeah, I'm just, um,
dropping off these chairs.
Oh, I know it doesn't look it,
but it is really coming together.
It's going to be so great, Tommy.
Yeah? Who are all these tough guys?
Oh, I hired a chef.
Those are his people.
Oh. Who'd you get?
Oh, he's great. He's got his own crew
and a huge following of loyal customers
- that'll follow him here.
- Yeah. Who is he?
You know how they do all kinds of food
in McCarren Park on the weekends?
He's been doing that
and got written about.
The Times had a thing on him.
- The New Yorker had a thing on him.
- Yeah. Yeah.
Does he have a name, Corinne?
George Pappas.
You got any of those write-ups on him?
Yeah, on my phone, but you know.
May I see them, please?
Okay.
Tommy, I don't want you
doing a background check on him.
I know there's things in his past.
Yeah, I don't have
to do a background check on him.
I locked him up.
- Seriously?
- Mm-hmm. Possession
of Schedule A narcotics
with intent to distribute,
possession of illegal firearm, burglary.
He said he'd been to prison.
He didn't try to hide it.
Yeah, all the people in New York.
- How many people in New York now?
- Yeah. Don't put me into this.
This is the one guy
you could find to cook?
No, this is the best guy I could find.
And you just said, he's done his time.
He's a different person now, right?
- People change, Tommy.
- Oh, do they?
'Cause that's not my experience.
Crystal, that's your experience?
I'm not even here right now.
Well, they don't, okay?
People are who they are.
He was a skel when I locked him
up, and he's still a skel.
Well, he's a skel who works for me now,
so you're just going to have to trust
that I know what I'm doing.
Hmm.
Yeah.
Inspector, you're
not going to believe this.
What's going on?
Building maintenance is scheduled
to visit regarding the female showers.
Well, how long have the
female showers been down now?
Oh, too long.
I've been saying for years,
they should repurpose
the men's showers to accommodate
the female officers, but as you can
imagine, it's not a
very popular opinion.
Like most of my opinions,
it just falls through the cracks,
only to be resurrected by someone
who wants to claim them as their own.
Inspector, Captain.
Uh, we have all the arrestees
from the raid en route
to Central Booking.
Uh, Vincent West, however,
is a minor, still in holding.
Any reason why you want to keep him?
His grandmother thinks
he's a little angel.
Oh, I doubt even his grandmother
thinks that.
I want to give her and him
the benefit of the doubt.
No, of course. Although, that's
generally left up to the
judicial branch of government.
If we have the power of offering
someone another path in life,
I have to be open to doing it.
Mind if I, uh,
take a crack at talking to him?
Not in a Scared Straight! Approach,
but, you know, mention
that his friends
aren't really ones to keep.
Go ahead.
Detective Killian, right?
- Very good. This is Detective Morales.
- Welcome.
Meet my girlfriend
uh, my fiancée Jasmine.
We're just finishing with lunch here.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Is everything okay?
I thought I told you.
Remember the situation that happened?
- Oh, yeah.
- Everything's gonna be fine.
See you tonight?
I'll see you later. Okay. Okay. Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
So we just wanted to, uh,
catch you up on our investigation
- of the shooting.
- Thank you, but it's unnecessary.
Well, maybe. I mean, but we had a chance
to look at the security footage,
and it looks like
the shooter started shooting
- when you came out of the building.
- Mm.
Was that a coincidence?
Coincidence, mistaken identity.
You know.
It's hard to say these days.
Pretty impressive
how you set yourself up in here
in your little pop-up shop.
Yeah, until they chase me out
of here, right?
Mm.
I'm impressed you learned
to repair computer screens.
Did you, uh, do that
while you were locked up?
- Yes, I did.
- Mm.
One of the pillars of success
is to strive for knowledge.
I learned a lot of things
when I was inside.
Everything except not to lie.
Well, maybe lying's one
of those other pillars.
- Mm.
- Hey, listen.
I'm a businessman, not a liar.
I wouldn't lie to you guys.
Put yourself in our place, Demonté.
All right, these guys tried to kill you.
- They still might.
- Yet, you won't give 'em up.
Now why would that be the case except
you got something to hide?
A lot of success in business
is reputation of the brand.
Now, maybe it wouldn't benefit
my brand if I was seen as a snitch.
You get where I'm going with that?
I think he's sticking with his story.
Good luck, Demonté.
Hope it all works out for you.
I'm sorry.
What's up? Talk to me.
Yeah, I can put that order in for you
as early as tonight.
Uh-huh.
"Demonté Green. I do everything."
Hey, Crystal.
How many units were
you looking to order?
It's a 3D printer.
Hey, Demonté?
Leaving you ten bucks for one
of these handsome blue phone cases.
Thanks. Ask for Officer Marvin Sandeford
if you call the precinct.
Any luck?
No. Doctor's office only
had a neighbor listed
as his emergency contact.
What happens if no next of kin
claims Junior Hunter's body?
Then they'll cremate him.
To grow old and alone. Couldn't be me.
Then make a plan.
Oh, yeah? What's your plan?
Doesn't matter what my plan is.
What's mine might not work for you.
Tell me why
I should give you this warrant.
We think Demonté Green
was the intended target
of the shooting that
killed Junior Hunter.
Being the intended target doesn't
get you probable cause to search.
Oh, that's not what we're saying, Seth.
Are you familiar
with what a Glock switch does?
- I know all about it.
- A semiautomatic
into a fully automatic weapon.
Can fire off 30 rounds in two seconds.
Stan, he said he's familiar.
This was manufactured and sold
by Demonté Green.
Made on a 3D printer exactly
like the one in his shop.
What I can see here is
that they're both blue.
The same blue, in the same material made
with a polymer resin
not commonly available.
- But available.
- And Demonté Green
lives in the same apartment
building with his fiancée
where the shooting occurred.
And where shootings occur weekly.
Outside of which
the Glock switch was found.
Come on, Seth!
Judges are like toddlers.
They love the word "no."
They love to argue, and the
threshold for some of them is way high.
The glove compartment was closed,
so the pound and a half
of fentanyl doesn't come in.
The laundry room extension
wasn't specified on the warrant,
so the sawed-off
shotgun doesn't come in.
Yeah, but you bring it to the
right judge, and you take the totality
of those factors and put 'em together.
I don't want maybe, Stan.
I don't want close calls.
I don't want to stand there
and have some defense attorney
smirking at me
because some Ruth Bader Ginsburg wannabe
is telling me my showing for
probable cause is insufficient,
that I have been judged
and found wanting.
I don't want to go through that.
So how about this for a hypothetical?
A gunman with a modified nine
millimeter rakes a schoolyard
with hundreds of rounds of ammunition?
The means of modification
was easily available
and known to the Kings County
District Attorney's Office,
which did nothing to prevent it.
Get us the search warrant, Seth.
For Green's apartment
and the pop-up shop
for the Glock switches.
You'll sleep better.
Wait a minute. What the
hell are guys doing?!
- That Jasmine?
- Yes, it's Jasmine.
Why are you wrecking my house?
Let her in.
These are my clothes.
These are all of my things.
Jasmine, right now, I'm going to
have to ask you to stand aside.
So you just go through
all my things like this?
We have a search warrant
for these premises, Jasmine.
It says Demonté Green lives here,
and we can conduct a search.
If you interfere with that search,
you'll be arrested.
I suggest you take a seat.
So you're gonna arrest me
for coming into my own house?
Hey, where you going with that?
Just dump it.
I'm not gonna dump it.
I'm gonna go sift
through it in the kitchen.
This is somebody's house.
Wait. Did?
I can't believe you guys are doing this.
Self-help, philosophy, war strategy.
Quite a collection.
Well, he said he got
an education in the joint.
Whoa.
Glock switches.
Are you planning
on going to war, Jasmine?
I don't know nothing
about Demonté's business.
This ain't on me.
The problem is,
this apartment is in your name.
I know it's in my name.
That's why I got to go
to Housing Authority
and tell 'em why it's all busted up.
Bigger problems at the moment.
It means that you're the one that's
going to get charged for those switches.
That ain't right.
I didn't say it was right.
All right, they took down
his store, but he wasn't there.
Mm. So, Jasmine, your one shot is,
you just tell us where to find them.
Mr. Businessman.
He went to get his mail.
You got my number, right? Okay.
This is my favorite part.
That flash in the eyes when, for a
second, they think about running.
Oh, there he goes.
It's the shoes, man. Come on, up.
It's why they don't have
any foot pursuits on Wall Street.
Hey, Killian, look what came
special delivery.
Resin for the printer.
Hey, I don't know what that is. Listen.
Somebody at the Seal-N-Ship
is gonna hear from me.
All right, come on. Let's go, pal.
Can I get my shoe?
What's up, Sarge?
I don't know why I said
I'd speak to this kid.
Well, sucking up to the C.O.'s
as good a reason as any.
Maybe I felt like I had
something to say to him.
- And now?
- I don't know where to start.
Can I offer some suggestions?
Please.
Okay.
Detective.
You know,
I don't usually like to go back
into the kitchen of places where I eat.
You know, things you see there can just
make you lose your appetite.
Corinne's not here right now.
Oh, Corinne? Oh, no.
I know she's not here.
Yeah, um, I'm aware
of her general comings
and goings because we live together.
Which is also why I take a keen interest
in her welfare
while I'm on my investigations.
I understand your concern.
Do you? Oh, well,
that is a huge weight off.
So the menu you're preparing
Is it gonna feature
Salisbury steak and fruit cup?
You know, since my release,
I graduated from the
Culinary Institute of America.
Oh. And now you cook at a cop bar.
Corinne really
Stop saying her name.
She hired me to work here.
Your boss my girlfriend
She's not like most people.
She's good, and the only thing
she's not smart about is
thinking that
most other people are, too.
But you and I We know different.
Which is why I'm gonna have to ask you
to tender your resignation
immediately Chef.
What's going on?
The detective was just inquiring
about the menu.
Yeah.
Demonté's gone through
processing. You should come back.
Yeah, I'll be right there.
- Hey, sweetie.
- Hey.
Yeah.
So, Vincent, what do you think happens
when you and your friends
do stupid things?
Worse thing
that happens is I go to juvie.
What about after that?
I was thinking Harvard.
Oh, if he doesn't care,
then why should we, right?
You know what attempted murder is?
I didn't try to murder no one.
Yeah, but you threw that rock, right?
Yeah. So you tried to murder someone.
You know how juvie isn't worse
than some places adults go, like Rikers?
Everyone in juvie's getting out. Rikers?
Maybe not.
You want some tips
on how to make it a little bit better?
Don't look anyone in the eye.
Shower with your back to the
wall, and I bet someone told you
that you have to show that
you're the baddest guy in there.
Well, you know what?
You better be the baddest guy in there.
Do you do you think that
you're the baddest one in there?
'Cause there can only be one,
and it's probably not you.
Do as you are told.
And I know it doesn't
come natural. Trust me.
But just always do what you are told.
'Cause in school, your teachers
They tell us to do something,
and we ignore them,
'cause they can't hurt us, but
this is not that.
And where you're going,
your grandma can't save your ass.
Oh, is there anything
you'd like to add, Sergeant Kee?
Um bring a book?
Yeah, that's good, too.
This from your 3D printer?
Okay.
Yeah. That's what this is?
- Mm.
- Yeah. I made this.
Started off making toys for kids.
Yeah, like what?
Trucks, robots, toy guns?
Parents couldn't afford
the ones at the store,
so I used my machine to copy them off,
charged what the parents can pay.
Everybody wins. That's my motto.
- You always use blue?
- That's right.
Blue's a popular color.
You make anything besides toys?
Yeah, after I
did the toys, I saw people need
new phone cases for
their phone 'cause every time
a new one comes out, they change
the size just a little bit.
That's not right. People can't
afford that. My people
can't afford that,
so I fill that need in.
Yeah. Everybody wins.
That's right. What, is it a crime
to make smartphone cases now?
Hmm.
No.
But, uh, this is.
What's that?
You know what that is.
Nah.
Maybe some accoutrement my
little niece uses to make a necklace?
You should have stuck to toys
and phone cases, Demonté.
Because this?
Illegally modifying a firearm
to make a machine gun?
That's federal.
Then why am I sitting here
talking to you?
Because this is the last time
we see each other.
Turns out federal-mandated
sentencing is 11 years
per switch.
How many switches we find?
So that's, like, 25 switches
times 11 years is, uh
What is that?
I'd have to do it on paper.
- 275 years.
- Wow. He's quick.
That's not even factoring in whatever
accessory to murder charges
come with the killing
of that old man. So before that happens,
we need you to tell us
who the guys were
that pulled the trigger.
I do that, I walk?
Whoa.
You do it, and the D.A. might
go for a reduced sentence.
Substantially reduced.
The guys who shot at me They made me
- make these switches for them.
- How'd they do that?
They threaten you with a roll
of hundred-dollar bills?
Yeah, and did they make you do the other
24 switches we found at your apartment
- with your prints all over 'em?
- Listen, I never wanted
to be a part of none of this, okay?
I did my time.
Just wanted to start a business.
Help us understand
what happened, Demonté.
Okay, I told 'em to use it
no more than three times.
It's not metal. A resin switch
can't take that kind of pressure.
You can see the edges
are starting to melt here.
They used the switch, it jammed,
one of their guys got dropped.
They blamed me for it.
That's ludicrous.
Names and where to find them.
Mario Sandoval.
That's the one I know.
He and his friend Darren work
at a parking garage
in downtown Brooklyn.
That's where I go to meet them.
Should be one of those pillars
of success,
huh, Demonté?
"Get a second chance, don't blow it"?
I don't know why we have
a Twitter account.
Just stirs people up.
Uh, are Kee and Quinlan
with Vincent West right now?
I'll find out.
Listen, there's a, uh, little memorial
for Junior Hunter tonight
at Blaylock Houses.
You inclined
on sending flowers or something?
Send food, please, and a lot of it.
- You got it.
- Hey.
ATF is on their way
for a press conference.
We're gonna lay out what we confiscated?
Uh-huh, and I want
to have you up front on that.
Okay? Not ATF. Side by side
That's okay. It's a partnership.
I don't need to read a statement, do I?
I mean, not if you don't want to.
- No, let ATF do that.
- Is there someone
who can check the array
of confiscated materials
- before the press office gets here?
- Well, not to toot
my own horn, but I do know
what looks good on camera.
You are a Renaissance man.
I have been called a polymath,
which, at the time, I think
was complimentary.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Corrine, what are you doing in here?
- I just came to bring you dinner.
- Well,
that's nice of you, but you
didn't have to bring it here.
Tommy, look, I know
you're looking out for me.
I'm lucky. I mean,
who's got their own cop, right?
But you got to let me
make decisions for myself.
Yeah, I make decisions, too,
Corinne. I make decisions
about who people are and what
they're capable of all day long.
That's what I get paid to do.
Okay. Are you ever wrong?
Not about this guy.
He did his time.
He did his parole.
He's got a slew of references.
He's just trying to make a legit living.
He's trying, huh?
So what? People try all the time.
We got a guy in a cell right now
who came out of prison
with a whole business plan.
Now he's going right back.
Because the leopard
can't change its spots.
You did.
- When?
- After we met.
You don't remember? I said "no"
about a hundred times.
And people said I was nuts
when I told them
I finally said "yes" to you.
So I am asking you to trust me.
And allow for the possibility slim
though it may be
That people can change.
Just like you did.
Plus, he's the only cook I could afford.
So which people said
you were nuts? Give me a name.
- Hey, Corinne.
- Hey.
You got some dietary
needs I don't know about?
Stop.
Come on. I got an address on
that garage where Mario works.
After digging through
Mario's social media.
There's even a photo
of his buddy Darren.
Kids just got
to post everywhere they go.
Afternoon. Detective Morales,
Killian from the 7-4.
Anyone else working here today?
No, just me.
Come on.
- No one?
- No.
- Mario, maybe?
- No.
You don't mind if we take a look around?
Hey, Mario down here?
Mario!
7-4 squad. Shots fired.
- Parking garage, Nassau and Bridge.
- 7-4 squad
- Ready?
- Go.
Police! Don't move.
Get on the ground.
You said in the car
you didn't shoot anyone.
'Cause I didn't.
You were on the scooter, though, Darren.
We got it all over
security camera footage.
I didn't know nothing about what
Mario was going to do, though.
Carrying a machine gun,
you didn't know what he was gonna do.
He liked having it on him.
It was like a good-luck charm.
You knew he had beef with Demonté Green.
He was right to. Them switches
cost $300 a piece, two for $500.
Mario gave Demonté a rack for four.
First one didn't fit.
Second one gets jammed.
Mario go to Demonté,
Demonté say, "Nah, man.
You damaged it
if it don't fit in the gun."
So, no refunds, no exchanges?
And that ain't right.
Then one of the boys gets shot over it.
Mario's cousin.
What'd Demonté think was gonna happen?
He knew Mario wasn't going
to let that go.
Too bad that old man
in the lawn chair didn't know.
You want to put the divider up?
- Who's doing what?
- Well, I figured
you'd announce the confiscation,
and I'd announce the funding.
So happens I have good news
about the funding.
In addition to the money from the
federal government, the New Suffolk
Restaurant and Hospitality Group's
kicking in a million-dollar
discretionary fund.
That will go a long way
towards Chief Haywood's goals
of providing better community
relations in East New York.
Giving credit where credit is
due, I'll be sure to mention
that it's thanks in large part
to the efforts of Precinct Commander
Regina Haywood.
- No.
- What no?
I don't care what kind of deal you got
with this restaurant group,
but I do not want
Regina Haywood's name connected with it.
They're discretionary funds, John.
She's not gonna get hurt
if she uses discretion.
But you might,
and she's gonna be expected
to take the hit for it.
I have no such expectation.
Let's leave her name out of it.
What you just saw on that video
is what a legal gun is capable of
when one of these parts
is attached to it.
Till yesterday, if you wanted
to obtain that part, all you had
to do is go and knock on the
apartment door of Demonté Green
who would make one from his 3D printer.
What we have laid out on this
table here is what our officers
confiscated from that apartment.
So I want to thank the mayor, the
assistant director of field operations
from ATF and the police commissioner
for supporting our efforts,
but I want to make
special mention
to all of our friends at ATF
for all of the help that they gave us
in getting that funding
to where it's most needed.
Now Deputy Mayor Sharpe
has a couple of words to say
- on their behalf.
- Thank you.
Thank you. This administration
is committed to innovative,
community-based policing.
We stand behind our men
and women in blue 100%.
And we believe
that a partnership between
law enforcement
and the private sector is not
only possible, it's essential.
It is therefore
my pleasure and privilege
to introduce the Brooklyn Safe
Streets Initiative,
funded both by the federal government
and with a million-dollar grant
by an anonymous donor.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mayor.
You want to see him before family court?
Let's go to my office.
Since you don't have a record,
I'm guessing
this is your first time in handcuffs?
Yes.
When the day started, you and me
had no idea we would be
in each other's lives, did we?
The end of mine almost, the
end of yours in a different way, too.
And Mr. Hunter's.
I liked Mr. Hunter.
He gave me a baseball glove he had.
And now he's gone,
and the young man who killed him's gone,
and the other young man
on the scooter's going to jail
for a very long time,
and you're here in handcuffs,
only 16 years old,
and I'm wondering
what you make of all that.
Why'd you throw that piece of
concrete off the roof, Vincent?
I saw dudes throwing things.
I thought it would be funny, too.
If you had hit someone,
there's a good chance
you would've killed them.
Would that be funny?
No, ma'am.
Is there anything
you want to say to me, Vincent?
I'm sorry.
I imagine you are.
You're sorry, and you're scared,
but I need you to remember
what it feels like
to be sorry and scared.
You remember what it felt like
when you threw that
concrete off the roof?
Yes.
Was there a split second
when you wished you hadn't?
When you knew
you had done something wrong,
and you wished
you had that split second back?
I'm going to give it
back to you, Vincent.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Turns out this guy had no relatives.
His sister in Shreveport
died four years ago.
- Sad.
- What's sad?
That he died, and there
was no one to notify.
Well, maybe I should give you
a list of my relatives
so you can notify them.
I don't think you want it to be me.
Yeah, what the hell do I care who it is?
So we're here to honor Mr. Junior Hunter
whom we all will miss.
And when the police get through with it,
I will lay claim to his special chair,
and I will sit on it,
and I will remember him.
I also would like to thank
Police Inspector Haywood
for providing the food and drink
you're enjoying here tonight.
And I also would like
to thank her for getting my grandson
back here with us.
Thank you.
Can I talk to you?
He may not have had any family,
but he sure had a lot of friends.
What you you trying
to make me feel better?
Why would I even try
to do that, Sandeford?
So I'm sure you know who
the anonymous donor is, right?
Why would you think that?
An instinctive grasp of the obvious.
When it comes to Raymond O. Sharpe,
one wants to maintain a certain
level of credible deniability.
So, better if I don't know.
He's got his own agenda, Regina.
Which is what?
From what I'm hearing,
he might make a run at mayor.
What does that mean for you?
What it means for both of us is
that he's got a long memory.
And that's gonna determine whether
he's gonna be a supporter
for all of these things
that you're trying to do,
or an impediment.
You've known me a long time, Chief.
You really think I want
to get involved in politics?
I have known you a long time,
which is why it's hard for me to imagine
that you don't think you already are.
Good night.