East New York (2022) s01e10 Episode Script
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- Previously on East New York
- Whoa, whoa.
Arliss Gruen,
Drug Enforcement Administration.
'Cause we're going after a Mexican
drug cartel supplying the Santiagos.
I've got an undercover that's
gotten close them, Sean Dryden.
You used to be in Narcotics.
- You look me up?
- You didn't look me up?
Of course I did.
- What's that?
- Looked you up.
That's Napoleon Santiago.
Go time.
Police! Don't move!
Hands where I can see 'em.
I remember when you were just a kid.
Were you one of the cops that
tried to lock up my old man?
Your old man, your brother
Kiki, your cousins
Yeah, you ain't have much
luck with any of 'em.
I got you, Napoleon. And they next.
I guess if we were to try it again,
we'd probably screw it up again,
wouldn't we?
Probably.
But that's not a reason not to
give it a try.
Sandeford, he knows.
I think we need to cool it.
I don't want to keep this a secret
any longer than we need to.
You're training me to be a cop.
No, I'm training you to be like me.
If you're training me to be like you,
why don't you let me drive
every once in a while?
Think fast.
Want to drive? Let's go.
- You sit down over there, all excited.
- All right.
- Who's got it better than us?
- Nobody.
What's up, man?
Bentley!
Oh, no.
10-13, 10-13, my partner's down!
Cop shot.
New Lots and Van Siclen.
Get a bus down here now!
Where you hit?
I got you.
Oh, I don't feel anything.
7-4, Sector David. Where's the bus?
Where's the bus?!
Hang in there, young man. I got you.
Hang in. Hey, hey, hey. Hey
Bentley's being
transferred to Eastern Memorial.
Tell me what you got.
Operations are
coordinating with Highway.
- What's his condition?
- We're responding to the scene now.
- One minute out.
- Any script on the perp?
The bus just left.
How did this happen?
24-year-old male police officer.
Gunshot wound to the left abdomen.
Complaining of chest pains,
difficulty breathing.
BP 84/50, pulse ox low 82%.
Pulse thready, 120 beats per minute.
Pulse dropping, cascading.
We need to intubate him.
Two units of negative O, stat.
Page Cardiothoracic
and get the OR ready.
Do you know who it is?
They're not saying.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Is this Is this Andre's blood?
Where is he?
- Everything happened so fast.
- He's at the hospital.
Okay, I got to go.
I got to go over there.
I got to go over there.
Officer Quinlan, I need you
to focus your attention
on where it needs to be.
Can you do that?
Okay.
We need to get security camera footage
from the Belt to the Jackie
Robinson Parkway, east to west.
Uh, Detective, can you
get them started on that?
Yes, ma'am. You got it. Come on, guys.
You get a look at the shooter?
- It was too quick.
- What about the car?
Tan. I think it had
a dent in the trunk lid.
Yeah, I'm 10-84 on the scene.
Officer Sandeford, we're gonna need to
get you over to the hospital.
- I-I'm not hurt.
- You still got to get checked out.
I'm not hurt, Chief.
I got off around five or six
rounds at the vehicle.
I don't think I hit anything.
We got Crime Scene over here now.
They're gonna be wanting
to look at your gun.
Luke?
Marvin, both of them.
Take Officer Sandeford
to the hospital, please.
Nothing on the tags.
Not even a partial?
Plates were covered.
Family's been notified.
Father's in Japan on business,
the mother's the only one
presently in the New York area.
Highway is bringing her in.
How far out is she?
They got on the Saw Mill
about five minutes ago.
Have sector cars from the Bronx
shut down the Henry Hudson Parkway.
I pray that Bentley lives,
but if he dies, I want his
mother to make it in time.
That's his mother.
Dr. Bentley, I'm Regina Haywood,
your son's commanding officer.
- John Suarez, Borough Commander.
- I would like to know
what my son's condition is.
He was shot. Uh, they're
still assessing the damage
Ms. Haywood, I'm a doctor.
I would like to be told
by another doctor
in precise language
what my son's condition is.
I'll arrange for a doctor
to speak with you right now.
Thank you.
And we have a-a room for you
and your family right it's this way.
All right, let me know.
Where are we on this?
We have a description out on the car.
So far, nothing.
Including chop shops
and stolen vehicle reports.
Check out which gangs frequent the area.
This could've been between them,
and Bentley
caught a stray bullet.
We've checked with Gang Intelligence.
They're looking at social media
to see if there's some kind
of gang beef going on.
What about personal?
Personal to Bentley?
To Bentley or to Sandeford.
Well, Sandeford did say he usually is
the one to drive but this time
let Bentley take the wheel.
That bodega's a regular spot for them.
Somebody could have staked it out.
Did I already ask about
security camera footage?
Yeah, boss, I-I told you:
some of the cameras are working,
a lot of them don't.
Find something.
I have an update
on the condition
of the officer who was shot.
His condition at present is critical.
Is there a suspect?
The officer and his partner
had stopped to get coffee,
and when they came out an individual
driving what has been identified
as a tan four-door sedan
with tinted windows
fired two rounds,
one of those rounds hitting
the officer just above his vest.
We've set up a hotline
for anyone who has
information regarding this.
Can we have the officer's name, Chief?
Pending notification
of the officer's family,
we're gonna wait on that.
Does the department
place this in a larger context?
Like what kind of larger context?
There are those who see cops
as legitimate targets given all
of the police-involved shootings
of unarmed individuals.
I got a young cop who is, uh,
fighting for his life
and right now that's, uh,
taking up all of my attention.
Thank you.
Bentley's out of surgery.
I know.
We making any progress?
Gang Unit says it's not gangs.
So we're looking in
to see if there's anything
Sandeford or Bentley might have
been into that accounts for it.
Anyone they might know
looking to settle the score.
We got a whole task force
working on this, Regina.
Yeah, I wish I still smoked, you know?
Would that make it easier?
It'd give me something
to do with my hands.
He's the one who saved me. Bentley.
Somebody told me he looked
like a legit linebacker
when he tackled you.
If he hadn't,
that concrete that kid threw
would've killed me for sure.
For sure.
Let's not start giving
eulogies just yet, Regina.
Yeah, I know.
I'm glad you still don't smoke, though.
Why is that?
If you did, I'd want to bum a cigarette
and then I'd still smoke.
Yeah, I know that's right.
Come on!
You didn't put in enough money.
Oh.
Thank you.
We're looking into whether
the shooter targeted
Bentley or Sandeford.
As opposed to just
wanting to shoot a cop?
Just trying to rule things out.
Well, I don't know enough about
either one of them to say.
How long have you
and Bentley been involved?
I could spot the way you look at
each other from across the room.
Andre didn't want it to get out.
Now's not the time to worry about that.
So if you're asking me if
I know any deep, dark secrets,
the answer is, I don't.
I honestly don't think Andre has any.
Bentley's a rookie.
He hasn't been on the job
long enough to make enemies.
What about off the job?
Nothing. Lived with his
parents after college.
Seems like a straight shooter.
And Sandeford, on the other hand,
kicks out a couple
of distinct possibilities.
He collared an OC enforcer
named Benny DeStefano
for murdering and dismembering
a Russian nightclub owner.
When he was putting DeStefano in
the car, there were photographers.
DeStefano tried to hide his face,
Sandeford grabbed him by the
chin and wouldn't let him do it.
Two weeks ago, one of the
Russians he was locked up with
stabbed DeStefano to death
in the Brooklyn House of Detention.
Did somebody blame Sandeford for that?
Yeah, DeStefano's
brother's half-mobbed up,
he's been heard making
threats, so it's a possibility.
Okay. That it?
Sandeford has also been
spending time with this woman
named Tamika Martin,
who he used to live with.
Don't tell me she has a husband.
An ex-husband named Miguel Arias,
who got physically abusive
enough with her in the past
for her to get an order of protection.
Okay, bring in the DeStefano brother
and Tamika's ex-husband,
let's see what we got.
We understand you may have a problem
with one of our officers.
Oh, yeah?
Who's that?
Marvin Sandeford.
Yeah. I got a big problem
with Marvin Sandeford.
When's the last time you had contact
with your ex-wife, Miguel?
I saw her a couple of weeks ago.
She by herself?
So you think
Officer Sandeford put the word out
that your brother was a snitch?
I'm telling you, Sandeford
had it in for my brother.
No, she was with her cop boyfriend.
I mean, maybe
Benny opened up his mouth.
Maybe Sandeford just wanted
to show him how much
of a tough guy he is. Either way,
my brother paid the price.
You and her cop boyfriend get into it?
Why? He filing charges
against me for harassment?
I just want to see how far it went.
It didn't go nowhere. I said my piece,
I got in my car and went to Nyack,
where I got people who love me.
Where were you today
around noon, Arthur?
Where were you
around noon today, Miguel?
I was in physical
therapy from 11:30 to 2:30.
Around noon I was at
the lumberyard buying Sheetrock.
- Want to check?
- This joker.
Yeah, I do.
- Did you shoot my partner, Miguel?
- Damn it.
- Do what? What'd I do?
- I said, did you shoot my partner?
- Get out of the room, Sandeford.
- I didn't shoot nobody.
- Then what are you doing here?!
- Ask them what I'm doing here!
Whoa! Whoa, Marvin! Marvin!
Marvin, get off of him!
Get off of him! Are you okay?
Are you all right?
- I didn't shoot nobody!
- All right.
You all right?
- Tell him I didn't shoot nobody.
- Okay.
Bentley opened his eyes.
Look at this guy,
he's ready to go back to work.
We'll have to wait and see about that.
Of course.
I would have preferred
that he have no visitors,
but he insisted on talking to you.
Mom, just let me tell them.
Fine. I'll leave you alone.
Please keep it brief.
Yes, ma'am.
Shooter's car.
I saw it more than once.
Where else did you see it?
At the precinct.
At the food truck outside.
It had a bumper sticker
that said "Bedstuy Tech."
I never knew there was a Bedstuy Tech.
Are you all right?
Andre?
- Can we get someone in here, please?
- It's gonna be okay, all right?
- We're gonna get some help
- Can we get some help in here?
Okay?
We're right here.
Andre.
Come on, baby. Breathe. Come on.
Andre
Come on, baby. Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe, Andre.
A Bedstuy Tech teacher reported
his car stolen yesterday.
Yeah, it was a tan Chevy Malibu.
We get an ID on the thief?
The Real Time
Crime Center used photo recognition
to get us to this guy.
And also his rap sheet.
Grand larceny, 11 times.
It's a big leap from boosting
cars to trying to kill a cop.
Who is he?
Angelo Stakely, 21 years of age,
last known address
Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
Yeah, detectives from 4-4
are bringing him in now.
There you go.
Thanks, I'll take it from here.
You okay?
You?
I was too slow.
Younger reflexes might've
got the shot off in time.
Hey. Look, you don't know that.
You have blood under your fingernails.
Boss.
Is there any chance
I could be in the observation room while
- you're questioning this guy?
- Absolutely not.
I got to tell you,
it's almost impossible
staying sidelined from all of this.
Let me stay abreast of it.
I possibly can guide the
detectives in the questioning.
Marvin
You were the witness to the shooting.
If you're given access
to the questioning
of a potential suspect,
it could taint every statement
you make from this point forward,
including your testimony at trial.
You understand that?
I want you to stand down, Marvin.
So, I'm guessing this was
a spur-of-the-moment thing.
What was?
Throwing a shot at that cop.
I didn't throw no shot at a cop.
It's not like you killed him.
He's gonna be fine.
You just tell us what was
going through your mind.
You guys, I'm
I mean, there's all
this animosity built up
toward cops. I mean, I get it.
Sometimes it comes out
in the form of a shooting.
No one's looking to charge you
with anything you didn't do.
If it wasn't premeditated, just tell us.
Tell us that now, kid.
'Cause it's only gonna
get harder to go back on
what you said once
we find out it was a lie.
- Tell us!
- I stole a car!
That's the only thing there is to tell.
I got a call from a number I didn't know
telling me they wanted
a plain American car,
to leave it
in the Gateway Mall parking lot
with the keys in the wheel well.
In return for which you got what?
A brick of dog food.
You know what that refers to, don't you?
Yeah, I do, Stan.
Yeah, "dog food" is heroin
and a brick is about 50 bags.
Thank you, Stan. Thank you.
The same dope we
confiscated when we pulled you over?
I'm sure you're not gonna
have a problem with us
going into your phone
and running down the number
of whoever called you to set it up.
I don't care, man. Run it down.
We're going to.
No doubt it's a burner phone.
What kind of hit do
you get off this guy?
That he's a car thief.
He had no idea the plan
was to shoot a cop.
The dope paid to this guy
for stealing the car
had the same packaging
as what we confiscated
from Napoleon Santiago.
Which could be a coincidence.
I don't believe in coincidence.
Hey, Regina.
How's tricks?
You order a hit on one of my cops?
Why would I do that?
You got busted two weeks ago.
You might've thought
that called for retaliation.
Listen, if I wanted to retaliate,
I would've just gone after you.
How's he doing, by the way?
You know we're gonna go
through your visitors' log,
any incoming or outgoing phone calls
you may have had since you've been here.
Knock yourself out.
The only people I've been talking to
are the couple of Dominicans
on this wing, and all
we talk about is Robbie Canó.
I find out your people
were behind this
there's gonna be
nowhere for you to hide.
Don't make no threats, Inspector.
You're way out of your league.
See, once you
handed me over to the Feds,
that's who I cut a deal with.
You don't got a say in the matter.
That deal survive you having a cop shot?
One of your cops?
Based on my conversations with
the DEA, I think it just might.
CO on the gate?
They're not real big fans
of yours over there.
Bye, boo.
Take a look at this.
Inspector Haywood called to say
that Napoleon cut a deal
with the Feds for immunity.
He probably flipped on
his Mexican counterpart
in return for a reduced sentence.
He's not gonna jeopardize that
to go after a cop.
Yeah, scratch another possible suspect.
The whole family's in
the drug trade, right?
The father's generation's
pretty much retired.
Napoleon has a younger brother
Kiki who's taken a few collars
and an older sister Lucia
who basically functions
as a hostess whenever the boys
get together with their friends.
My opinion?
We went after the Santiagos,
Santiagos are coming after us.
Now, I don't know which Santiago,
they're who I'd be looking at.
Hey.
I feel like I should update Marvin.
What are you? Crazy?
He can't be anywhere
near this investigation.
What? He wouldn't be anywhere near it,
he just wouldn't
be in the dark about it.
Tommy, if you tell him,
please don't tell me you told him.
Look, if you were in his position,
wouldn't you want to be told?
What I'd want and what I'd expect
are two entirely different things.
Yeah, you'd expect me to
tell you is what you'd expect.
You know what? You're wrong.
How's he doing?
I don't know.
I call over to one of
the cops at the hospital
every hour or so, they still got
him listed in critical condition.
Have you been to see him?
Not yet, no.
I'm gonna try to get over there tonight.
I'm sorry you had to deal with Miguel.
Probably the last thing
you should be dealing with.
You can tell him I apologize
for the way I went at him,
but I know he didn't shoot Andre,
but at the time it
seemed like a possibility.
Which means the intended target was you.
I don't know, but I am
not worried about it.
No, of course you're not.
Everyone who knows you
and loves you can be worried
about it, but not you.
Whoever the intended target is, Tamika,
I need to be out on the street
looking for the perp.
I know a million people
in East New York.
I've been riding up
and down these streets,
climbing stairs in-in housing
projects for-for 26 years.
I know things. But that doesn't matter.
I got a target on my back
and I can't even carry a gun.
It's crazy that you're unarmed.
I'm good.
I guess it's better
to have it and not need it
than to need it and not have it.
I got to go.
Where are you going?
I got to go, Tamika,
I'll call you later.
No, tell me what you're gonna do.
The powers that be got me sitting
at a desk processing parking tickets
instead of being out on the street
doing what I know how to do.
I'm not following that order.
Marvin, where are you going?
I have to go, Tamika.
Who is Santiago?
Marvin is usually level-headed
and in control of his emotions.
But when he left me
and ran off just now,
I feel like he wasn't.
I've been calling him,
he doesn't pick up his phone.
I just
don't want anything to happen to him.
Did he give you any indication
of where he was going
or what he was going to do?
I know he got a text
that said "Santiago."
But he wouldn't tell me what it meant.
You know who sent it?
No.
All right, you need to let us know
if Marvin gets in touch with you.
For his own good.
I understand.
Is there something else, Ms. Martin?
He told me that he shot at the
car as it was driving away.
- The shooter's car.
- He said he had to
turn in his guns to be
examined by Ballistics
and he had to stay inside the
precinct, working at the desk?
That's the rule only
in the immediate aftermath
of a shooting.
You should know Marvin has no intention
of abiding by that rule.
He's going out in the street
and he's got a gun.
How you doing, partner?
Don't hang up, Marvin.
Cute trick, Inspector.
I needed you to answer the phone.
People are worried about you.
I can't sit idly by, boss.
I ain't built that way.
You are not a one-man army.
And by acting like you are,
you're putting yourself
and others at great risk.
Unavoidable.
We get a location?
Did not.
Thank you for letting us use his phone.
Interesting that Mr.
Sandeford is hell-bent
on finding whoever shot Andre
but hasn't managed to come
by the hospital to see him.
Thank you.
Morales?
Have we managed to locate
Kiki or Lucia Santiago?
There are unmarked cars
sitting on a few likely places.
If they grab them up, have
them bring them in right away.
You got it.
Stan, start looking into
who sent Sandeford the text
that it was Santiago who shot Bentley.
Well, I'm sorry to say, but
whoever did it isn't going to admit it.
I know they wouldn't,
but I want them nervous
- we'll find out anyway.
- All right.
Bentley's mom called from the hospital,
asked if someone could bring
over a change of clothes.
This is her thinking
he's about to go home.
Guess it helps to think that way.
There's something's going on
between him and Quinlan.
Send her.
How is he?
He's hanging in.
We were watching on the news.
I actually have to grab
some of his things.
I'm praying for him.
Thank you.
A bunch of us are.
I'll let him know.
Hey.
Yeah. Yeah
What it is, fellas?
Minding our business.
The terms of your bail release, uh,
allow you to be in an
establishment serving alcohol?
Ain't nobody tell us otherwise.
You're probably fine, then.
But what about that
possession of narcotics with
intent to distribute charge?
That's not your concern.
- You heard a cop was shot today?
- Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Yeah, that was my partner.
I'm sorry to hear that.
And I got reason to believe the shooter
- was one of the Santiagos.
- Man, Napoleon's in jail
and Lucia ain't gonna do
nothing like that, so
Kiki just might.
Did anybody say that to you?
I'll tell you what's probably
happening right now.
The US Attorney for the Eastern District
is making arrangements
for Napoleon Santiago
to go into
the Witness Protection Program
instead of going to prison.
And in return, Napoleon
Santiago is offering
the US Attorney enough information
to send other people to prison,
a lot of other people.
- Man, you lying.
- You can take that chance.
Mm-hmm.
But providing information
leading to the arrest
of someone who shot a cop?
That's very valuable information.
And you might seriously
consider that coming from you.
So, you're saying no jail time?
I can't make that call.
But I'd say
there's a good chance of no jail time.
So, I tell you where Kiki is,
Santiagos just gonna let it go?
Santiagos is over and done.
As soon as they quit making money,
their enforcers and
foot soldiers are gone.
And what this comes down to
is either they sending you to prison
or you sending them.
If that's the case, I'm not going in.
You know him better than I do, brother.
Do what you got to do.
If I tell you, you won't forget, right?
If you tell me where I can find Kiki,
I ain't never gonna forget.
Hey. Morales just brought in
Lucia Santiago.
She's in the interview room.
Tell Morales
I want to question her myself.
How's it going?
How's what?
How is it
taking orders from your brothers?
We get along just fine.
So long as you're willing
to serve and smile
and shut your mouth
when they talk business,
I imagine you'll keep
getting on just fine.
I just wonder when
you're gonna get tired of it.
I'll let you know.
Because you've got an
uncle in federal prison,
another one in Panama.
Napoleon gets high on his own supply
a little too much for his own good,
and Kiki's just crazy enough
to bring down the whole operation.
This is your time.
You've earned it.
You're telling me all this why?
That was one of my cops
that was shot today.
Shot by someone in a stolen car
and I think that someone was Kiki.
Why do you think that?
Because the person who stole
the car was paid in dope.
That dope was packaged
identically like the dope
that your family deals.
That don't mean it was Kiki.
Kiki's less than a year
younger than Napoleon.
I remember from my time in Narcotics
he was loyal to Napoleon
and a little bit crazy.
You think I'm gonna give him up?
It depends how long you want
to keep getting passed over.
Because you're older than your brothers.
You're way more sophisticated.
Has anyone ever thought
about giving you a shot?
You?
That's not how it works.
This isn't some law of nature.
Your brothers made it that way.
Where'd you get
all this insight into my family?
I interviewed your
father before he died.
He wanted you to run
the family business.
You.
He couldn't have wanted it that bad.
Otherwise, it would've happened.
By that time he was too sick
and weak and your brothers
didn't care what he wanted.
Cops don't usually take an interest
in the organization
of my family's business.
I want your brother, Lucia.
And from where I'm sitting
you should be only too happy
to give him up.
No one can know you got
where he is from me.
No one will.
No one.
Notify all available units.
We have to move fast
I just got word Sandeford's
on his way over there.
How'd he get the location?
- I'm not at liberty to say.
- No, of course not.
I don't mean to hold
information from you.
No, no. No, no, no apologies.
Everything on a need-to-know basis.
I just can't believe
that you got Lucia Santiago
to give up her own brother.
They weren't exactly close.
- It's Manny.
- Manny?
- Are you gonna kill me?
- I don't know.
- I'm thinking about it.
- Do it then. Get it over with.
Maybe I don't want to get it over with.
Maybe I want to drag it out.
Cuff yourself to the bed. Do it!
Look to the wall.
Whatever, man. I'm not gonna beg.
I don't expect you to.
Tough guy like you.
After all,
you shot a cop on his lunch break
from a moving car.
They don't get much tougher than that.
Rules have changed, old man.
- That right?
- You bust into our place,
take my brother prisoner,
and you think
we're just gonna hire a lawyer,
leave it at that?
No.
You come at me, I come at you.
I put that punk-ass partner
of yours in a box myself.
And one day, I'm gonna do the same
thing to you.
You're never gonna get the chance.
Officer Sandeford,
we know you're in there.
Sandeford!
We're coming in now, Marvin.
Is he dead?
Very much alive.
He's cuffed to the bed.
I recorded his confession.
Where's the gun?
Put him in!
You were thinking this is just
gonna go away with a wink and a nod?
I wasn't thinking about it
one way or the other.
Who sent you a text
that it was Santiago, Marvin?
I never got a text it was Santiago.
Well, how'd you know?
I trained a lot of cops, Chief.
Something about this one was different,
seeing him get cut down like that
So you decided to go rogue,
in other words.
I guess that's one word
you could use for it.
One of the kinder ones.
And what would you have done
in my place?
I would've abided by
departmental regulations.
Come on, man,
we were in Anti-Crime together.
I know the kind of cop you were.
Your union delegate isn't going
to make this go away, Marvin.
Consequences. There's going
to be consequences behind this.
What we talking? We talking about
loss of vacation days, suspension?
I don't know what's gonna happen.
But I wouldn't depend on
the unconditional support
of the people you work for.
I don't, Chief.
I never have.
Okay, let's go.
Thanks for the text.
You're welcome.
Turns out Sandeford decided
against killing Kiki on his own.
Mm.
Well, based on the way
he was when I saw him,
man, that could've gone either way.
Anyways, uh, I appreciate
you taking the risk.
I'd never forgive myself if I didn't.
Dr. Bentley?
Mm.
I haven't eaten anything
since early this morning.
One of these officers was nice enough
to get me something from the cafeteria.
Um, I brought a few
changes of clothes for him.
Is it possible for me to go see him?
Well, he hasn't woken up yet.
But if you want to go in
for a minute, go ahead.
Thank you.
Hi, Andre.
It's so weird.
Six months ago, I didn't
even know who you were.
So why am I so scared
that I'm gonna lose you?
The night nurse needs to change his IV.
Sure.
And his partner's here and
would look to look in on him.
Okay.
Hey, Marvin.
Brandy.
Just gonna be outside.
Quit petting me, man.
I ain't no dog.
How you doing, partner?
How do I look?
With your eyes open,
like a million bucks.
You catch the guy?
Yeah, I got him.
I thought you would.
You rest up, you do everything
they tell you to do,
get back to work.
Might be a while.
That's all right.
You'll probably have yourself
another trainee sitting
in the car by then.
Whoever's sitting in the car,
I'm gonna kick they ass out.
That's your seat.
- Previously on East New York
- Whoa, whoa.
Arliss Gruen,
Drug Enforcement Administration.
'Cause we're going after a Mexican
drug cartel supplying the Santiagos.
I've got an undercover that's
gotten close them, Sean Dryden.
You used to be in Narcotics.
- You look me up?
- You didn't look me up?
Of course I did.
- What's that?
- Looked you up.
That's Napoleon Santiago.
Go time.
Police! Don't move!
Hands where I can see 'em.
I remember when you were just a kid.
Were you one of the cops that
tried to lock up my old man?
Your old man, your brother
Kiki, your cousins
Yeah, you ain't have much
luck with any of 'em.
I got you, Napoleon. And they next.
I guess if we were to try it again,
we'd probably screw it up again,
wouldn't we?
Probably.
But that's not a reason not to
give it a try.
Sandeford, he knows.
I think we need to cool it.
I don't want to keep this a secret
any longer than we need to.
You're training me to be a cop.
No, I'm training you to be like me.
If you're training me to be like you,
why don't you let me drive
every once in a while?
Think fast.
Want to drive? Let's go.
- You sit down over there, all excited.
- All right.
- Who's got it better than us?
- Nobody.
What's up, man?
Bentley!
Oh, no.
10-13, 10-13, my partner's down!
Cop shot.
New Lots and Van Siclen.
Get a bus down here now!
Where you hit?
I got you.
Oh, I don't feel anything.
7-4, Sector David. Where's the bus?
Where's the bus?!
Hang in there, young man. I got you.
Hang in. Hey, hey, hey. Hey
Bentley's being
transferred to Eastern Memorial.
Tell me what you got.
Operations are
coordinating with Highway.
- What's his condition?
- We're responding to the scene now.
- One minute out.
- Any script on the perp?
The bus just left.
How did this happen?
24-year-old male police officer.
Gunshot wound to the left abdomen.
Complaining of chest pains,
difficulty breathing.
BP 84/50, pulse ox low 82%.
Pulse thready, 120 beats per minute.
Pulse dropping, cascading.
We need to intubate him.
Two units of negative O, stat.
Page Cardiothoracic
and get the OR ready.
Do you know who it is?
They're not saying.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Is this Is this Andre's blood?
Where is he?
- Everything happened so fast.
- He's at the hospital.
Okay, I got to go.
I got to go over there.
I got to go over there.
Officer Quinlan, I need you
to focus your attention
on where it needs to be.
Can you do that?
Okay.
We need to get security camera footage
from the Belt to the Jackie
Robinson Parkway, east to west.
Uh, Detective, can you
get them started on that?
Yes, ma'am. You got it. Come on, guys.
You get a look at the shooter?
- It was too quick.
- What about the car?
Tan. I think it had
a dent in the trunk lid.
Yeah, I'm 10-84 on the scene.
Officer Sandeford, we're gonna need to
get you over to the hospital.
- I-I'm not hurt.
- You still got to get checked out.
I'm not hurt, Chief.
I got off around five or six
rounds at the vehicle.
I don't think I hit anything.
We got Crime Scene over here now.
They're gonna be wanting
to look at your gun.
Luke?
Marvin, both of them.
Take Officer Sandeford
to the hospital, please.
Nothing on the tags.
Not even a partial?
Plates were covered.
Family's been notified.
Father's in Japan on business,
the mother's the only one
presently in the New York area.
Highway is bringing her in.
How far out is she?
They got on the Saw Mill
about five minutes ago.
Have sector cars from the Bronx
shut down the Henry Hudson Parkway.
I pray that Bentley lives,
but if he dies, I want his
mother to make it in time.
That's his mother.
Dr. Bentley, I'm Regina Haywood,
your son's commanding officer.
- John Suarez, Borough Commander.
- I would like to know
what my son's condition is.
He was shot. Uh, they're
still assessing the damage
Ms. Haywood, I'm a doctor.
I would like to be told
by another doctor
in precise language
what my son's condition is.
I'll arrange for a doctor
to speak with you right now.
Thank you.
And we have a-a room for you
and your family right it's this way.
All right, let me know.
Where are we on this?
We have a description out on the car.
So far, nothing.
Including chop shops
and stolen vehicle reports.
Check out which gangs frequent the area.
This could've been between them,
and Bentley
caught a stray bullet.
We've checked with Gang Intelligence.
They're looking at social media
to see if there's some kind
of gang beef going on.
What about personal?
Personal to Bentley?
To Bentley or to Sandeford.
Well, Sandeford did say he usually is
the one to drive but this time
let Bentley take the wheel.
That bodega's a regular spot for them.
Somebody could have staked it out.
Did I already ask about
security camera footage?
Yeah, boss, I-I told you:
some of the cameras are working,
a lot of them don't.
Find something.
I have an update
on the condition
of the officer who was shot.
His condition at present is critical.
Is there a suspect?
The officer and his partner
had stopped to get coffee,
and when they came out an individual
driving what has been identified
as a tan four-door sedan
with tinted windows
fired two rounds,
one of those rounds hitting
the officer just above his vest.
We've set up a hotline
for anyone who has
information regarding this.
Can we have the officer's name, Chief?
Pending notification
of the officer's family,
we're gonna wait on that.
Does the department
place this in a larger context?
Like what kind of larger context?
There are those who see cops
as legitimate targets given all
of the police-involved shootings
of unarmed individuals.
I got a young cop who is, uh,
fighting for his life
and right now that's, uh,
taking up all of my attention.
Thank you.
Bentley's out of surgery.
I know.
We making any progress?
Gang Unit says it's not gangs.
So we're looking in
to see if there's anything
Sandeford or Bentley might have
been into that accounts for it.
Anyone they might know
looking to settle the score.
We got a whole task force
working on this, Regina.
Yeah, I wish I still smoked, you know?
Would that make it easier?
It'd give me something
to do with my hands.
He's the one who saved me. Bentley.
Somebody told me he looked
like a legit linebacker
when he tackled you.
If he hadn't,
that concrete that kid threw
would've killed me for sure.
For sure.
Let's not start giving
eulogies just yet, Regina.
Yeah, I know.
I'm glad you still don't smoke, though.
Why is that?
If you did, I'd want to bum a cigarette
and then I'd still smoke.
Yeah, I know that's right.
Come on!
You didn't put in enough money.
Oh.
Thank you.
We're looking into whether
the shooter targeted
Bentley or Sandeford.
As opposed to just
wanting to shoot a cop?
Just trying to rule things out.
Well, I don't know enough about
either one of them to say.
How long have you
and Bentley been involved?
I could spot the way you look at
each other from across the room.
Andre didn't want it to get out.
Now's not the time to worry about that.
So if you're asking me if
I know any deep, dark secrets,
the answer is, I don't.
I honestly don't think Andre has any.
Bentley's a rookie.
He hasn't been on the job
long enough to make enemies.
What about off the job?
Nothing. Lived with his
parents after college.
Seems like a straight shooter.
And Sandeford, on the other hand,
kicks out a couple
of distinct possibilities.
He collared an OC enforcer
named Benny DeStefano
for murdering and dismembering
a Russian nightclub owner.
When he was putting DeStefano in
the car, there were photographers.
DeStefano tried to hide his face,
Sandeford grabbed him by the
chin and wouldn't let him do it.
Two weeks ago, one of the
Russians he was locked up with
stabbed DeStefano to death
in the Brooklyn House of Detention.
Did somebody blame Sandeford for that?
Yeah, DeStefano's
brother's half-mobbed up,
he's been heard making
threats, so it's a possibility.
Okay. That it?
Sandeford has also been
spending time with this woman
named Tamika Martin,
who he used to live with.
Don't tell me she has a husband.
An ex-husband named Miguel Arias,
who got physically abusive
enough with her in the past
for her to get an order of protection.
Okay, bring in the DeStefano brother
and Tamika's ex-husband,
let's see what we got.
We understand you may have a problem
with one of our officers.
Oh, yeah?
Who's that?
Marvin Sandeford.
Yeah. I got a big problem
with Marvin Sandeford.
When's the last time you had contact
with your ex-wife, Miguel?
I saw her a couple of weeks ago.
She by herself?
So you think
Officer Sandeford put the word out
that your brother was a snitch?
I'm telling you, Sandeford
had it in for my brother.
No, she was with her cop boyfriend.
I mean, maybe
Benny opened up his mouth.
Maybe Sandeford just wanted
to show him how much
of a tough guy he is. Either way,
my brother paid the price.
You and her cop boyfriend get into it?
Why? He filing charges
against me for harassment?
I just want to see how far it went.
It didn't go nowhere. I said my piece,
I got in my car and went to Nyack,
where I got people who love me.
Where were you today
around noon, Arthur?
Where were you
around noon today, Miguel?
I was in physical
therapy from 11:30 to 2:30.
Around noon I was at
the lumberyard buying Sheetrock.
- Want to check?
- This joker.
Yeah, I do.
- Did you shoot my partner, Miguel?
- Damn it.
- Do what? What'd I do?
- I said, did you shoot my partner?
- Get out of the room, Sandeford.
- I didn't shoot nobody.
- Then what are you doing here?!
- Ask them what I'm doing here!
Whoa! Whoa, Marvin! Marvin!
Marvin, get off of him!
Get off of him! Are you okay?
Are you all right?
- I didn't shoot nobody!
- All right.
You all right?
- Tell him I didn't shoot nobody.
- Okay.
Bentley opened his eyes.
Look at this guy,
he's ready to go back to work.
We'll have to wait and see about that.
Of course.
I would have preferred
that he have no visitors,
but he insisted on talking to you.
Mom, just let me tell them.
Fine. I'll leave you alone.
Please keep it brief.
Yes, ma'am.
Shooter's car.
I saw it more than once.
Where else did you see it?
At the precinct.
At the food truck outside.
It had a bumper sticker
that said "Bedstuy Tech."
I never knew there was a Bedstuy Tech.
Are you all right?
Andre?
- Can we get someone in here, please?
- It's gonna be okay, all right?
- We're gonna get some help
- Can we get some help in here?
Okay?
We're right here.
Andre.
Come on, baby. Breathe. Come on.
Andre
Come on, baby. Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe, Andre.
A Bedstuy Tech teacher reported
his car stolen yesterday.
Yeah, it was a tan Chevy Malibu.
We get an ID on the thief?
The Real Time
Crime Center used photo recognition
to get us to this guy.
And also his rap sheet.
Grand larceny, 11 times.
It's a big leap from boosting
cars to trying to kill a cop.
Who is he?
Angelo Stakely, 21 years of age,
last known address
Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
Yeah, detectives from 4-4
are bringing him in now.
There you go.
Thanks, I'll take it from here.
You okay?
You?
I was too slow.
Younger reflexes might've
got the shot off in time.
Hey. Look, you don't know that.
You have blood under your fingernails.
Boss.
Is there any chance
I could be in the observation room while
- you're questioning this guy?
- Absolutely not.
I got to tell you,
it's almost impossible
staying sidelined from all of this.
Let me stay abreast of it.
I possibly can guide the
detectives in the questioning.
Marvin
You were the witness to the shooting.
If you're given access
to the questioning
of a potential suspect,
it could taint every statement
you make from this point forward,
including your testimony at trial.
You understand that?
I want you to stand down, Marvin.
So, I'm guessing this was
a spur-of-the-moment thing.
What was?
Throwing a shot at that cop.
I didn't throw no shot at a cop.
It's not like you killed him.
He's gonna be fine.
You just tell us what was
going through your mind.
You guys, I'm
I mean, there's all
this animosity built up
toward cops. I mean, I get it.
Sometimes it comes out
in the form of a shooting.
No one's looking to charge you
with anything you didn't do.
If it wasn't premeditated, just tell us.
Tell us that now, kid.
'Cause it's only gonna
get harder to go back on
what you said once
we find out it was a lie.
- Tell us!
- I stole a car!
That's the only thing there is to tell.
I got a call from a number I didn't know
telling me they wanted
a plain American car,
to leave it
in the Gateway Mall parking lot
with the keys in the wheel well.
In return for which you got what?
A brick of dog food.
You know what that refers to, don't you?
Yeah, I do, Stan.
Yeah, "dog food" is heroin
and a brick is about 50 bags.
Thank you, Stan. Thank you.
The same dope we
confiscated when we pulled you over?
I'm sure you're not gonna
have a problem with us
going into your phone
and running down the number
of whoever called you to set it up.
I don't care, man. Run it down.
We're going to.
No doubt it's a burner phone.
What kind of hit do
you get off this guy?
That he's a car thief.
He had no idea the plan
was to shoot a cop.
The dope paid to this guy
for stealing the car
had the same packaging
as what we confiscated
from Napoleon Santiago.
Which could be a coincidence.
I don't believe in coincidence.
Hey, Regina.
How's tricks?
You order a hit on one of my cops?
Why would I do that?
You got busted two weeks ago.
You might've thought
that called for retaliation.
Listen, if I wanted to retaliate,
I would've just gone after you.
How's he doing, by the way?
You know we're gonna go
through your visitors' log,
any incoming or outgoing phone calls
you may have had since you've been here.
Knock yourself out.
The only people I've been talking to
are the couple of Dominicans
on this wing, and all
we talk about is Robbie Canó.
I find out your people
were behind this
there's gonna be
nowhere for you to hide.
Don't make no threats, Inspector.
You're way out of your league.
See, once you
handed me over to the Feds,
that's who I cut a deal with.
You don't got a say in the matter.
That deal survive you having a cop shot?
One of your cops?
Based on my conversations with
the DEA, I think it just might.
CO on the gate?
They're not real big fans
of yours over there.
Bye, boo.
Take a look at this.
Inspector Haywood called to say
that Napoleon cut a deal
with the Feds for immunity.
He probably flipped on
his Mexican counterpart
in return for a reduced sentence.
He's not gonna jeopardize that
to go after a cop.
Yeah, scratch another possible suspect.
The whole family's in
the drug trade, right?
The father's generation's
pretty much retired.
Napoleon has a younger brother
Kiki who's taken a few collars
and an older sister Lucia
who basically functions
as a hostess whenever the boys
get together with their friends.
My opinion?
We went after the Santiagos,
Santiagos are coming after us.
Now, I don't know which Santiago,
they're who I'd be looking at.
Hey.
I feel like I should update Marvin.
What are you? Crazy?
He can't be anywhere
near this investigation.
What? He wouldn't be anywhere near it,
he just wouldn't
be in the dark about it.
Tommy, if you tell him,
please don't tell me you told him.
Look, if you were in his position,
wouldn't you want to be told?
What I'd want and what I'd expect
are two entirely different things.
Yeah, you'd expect me to
tell you is what you'd expect.
You know what? You're wrong.
How's he doing?
I don't know.
I call over to one of
the cops at the hospital
every hour or so, they still got
him listed in critical condition.
Have you been to see him?
Not yet, no.
I'm gonna try to get over there tonight.
I'm sorry you had to deal with Miguel.
Probably the last thing
you should be dealing with.
You can tell him I apologize
for the way I went at him,
but I know he didn't shoot Andre,
but at the time it
seemed like a possibility.
Which means the intended target was you.
I don't know, but I am
not worried about it.
No, of course you're not.
Everyone who knows you
and loves you can be worried
about it, but not you.
Whoever the intended target is, Tamika,
I need to be out on the street
looking for the perp.
I know a million people
in East New York.
I've been riding up
and down these streets,
climbing stairs in-in housing
projects for-for 26 years.
I know things. But that doesn't matter.
I got a target on my back
and I can't even carry a gun.
It's crazy that you're unarmed.
I'm good.
I guess it's better
to have it and not need it
than to need it and not have it.
I got to go.
Where are you going?
I got to go, Tamika,
I'll call you later.
No, tell me what you're gonna do.
The powers that be got me sitting
at a desk processing parking tickets
instead of being out on the street
doing what I know how to do.
I'm not following that order.
Marvin, where are you going?
I have to go, Tamika.
Who is Santiago?
Marvin is usually level-headed
and in control of his emotions.
But when he left me
and ran off just now,
I feel like he wasn't.
I've been calling him,
he doesn't pick up his phone.
I just
don't want anything to happen to him.
Did he give you any indication
of where he was going
or what he was going to do?
I know he got a text
that said "Santiago."
But he wouldn't tell me what it meant.
You know who sent it?
No.
All right, you need to let us know
if Marvin gets in touch with you.
For his own good.
I understand.
Is there something else, Ms. Martin?
He told me that he shot at the
car as it was driving away.
- The shooter's car.
- He said he had to
turn in his guns to be
examined by Ballistics
and he had to stay inside the
precinct, working at the desk?
That's the rule only
in the immediate aftermath
of a shooting.
You should know Marvin has no intention
of abiding by that rule.
He's going out in the street
and he's got a gun.
How you doing, partner?
Don't hang up, Marvin.
Cute trick, Inspector.
I needed you to answer the phone.
People are worried about you.
I can't sit idly by, boss.
I ain't built that way.
You are not a one-man army.
And by acting like you are,
you're putting yourself
and others at great risk.
Unavoidable.
We get a location?
Did not.
Thank you for letting us use his phone.
Interesting that Mr.
Sandeford is hell-bent
on finding whoever shot Andre
but hasn't managed to come
by the hospital to see him.
Thank you.
Morales?
Have we managed to locate
Kiki or Lucia Santiago?
There are unmarked cars
sitting on a few likely places.
If they grab them up, have
them bring them in right away.
You got it.
Stan, start looking into
who sent Sandeford the text
that it was Santiago who shot Bentley.
Well, I'm sorry to say, but
whoever did it isn't going to admit it.
I know they wouldn't,
but I want them nervous
- we'll find out anyway.
- All right.
Bentley's mom called from the hospital,
asked if someone could bring
over a change of clothes.
This is her thinking
he's about to go home.
Guess it helps to think that way.
There's something's going on
between him and Quinlan.
Send her.
How is he?
He's hanging in.
We were watching on the news.
I actually have to grab
some of his things.
I'm praying for him.
Thank you.
A bunch of us are.
I'll let him know.
Hey.
Yeah. Yeah
What it is, fellas?
Minding our business.
The terms of your bail release, uh,
allow you to be in an
establishment serving alcohol?
Ain't nobody tell us otherwise.
You're probably fine, then.
But what about that
possession of narcotics with
intent to distribute charge?
That's not your concern.
- You heard a cop was shot today?
- Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Yeah, that was my partner.
I'm sorry to hear that.
And I got reason to believe the shooter
- was one of the Santiagos.
- Man, Napoleon's in jail
and Lucia ain't gonna do
nothing like that, so
Kiki just might.
Did anybody say that to you?
I'll tell you what's probably
happening right now.
The US Attorney for the Eastern District
is making arrangements
for Napoleon Santiago
to go into
the Witness Protection Program
instead of going to prison.
And in return, Napoleon
Santiago is offering
the US Attorney enough information
to send other people to prison,
a lot of other people.
- Man, you lying.
- You can take that chance.
Mm-hmm.
But providing information
leading to the arrest
of someone who shot a cop?
That's very valuable information.
And you might seriously
consider that coming from you.
So, you're saying no jail time?
I can't make that call.
But I'd say
there's a good chance of no jail time.
So, I tell you where Kiki is,
Santiagos just gonna let it go?
Santiagos is over and done.
As soon as they quit making money,
their enforcers and
foot soldiers are gone.
And what this comes down to
is either they sending you to prison
or you sending them.
If that's the case, I'm not going in.
You know him better than I do, brother.
Do what you got to do.
If I tell you, you won't forget, right?
If you tell me where I can find Kiki,
I ain't never gonna forget.
Hey. Morales just brought in
Lucia Santiago.
She's in the interview room.
Tell Morales
I want to question her myself.
How's it going?
How's what?
How is it
taking orders from your brothers?
We get along just fine.
So long as you're willing
to serve and smile
and shut your mouth
when they talk business,
I imagine you'll keep
getting on just fine.
I just wonder when
you're gonna get tired of it.
I'll let you know.
Because you've got an
uncle in federal prison,
another one in Panama.
Napoleon gets high on his own supply
a little too much for his own good,
and Kiki's just crazy enough
to bring down the whole operation.
This is your time.
You've earned it.
You're telling me all this why?
That was one of my cops
that was shot today.
Shot by someone in a stolen car
and I think that someone was Kiki.
Why do you think that?
Because the person who stole
the car was paid in dope.
That dope was packaged
identically like the dope
that your family deals.
That don't mean it was Kiki.
Kiki's less than a year
younger than Napoleon.
I remember from my time in Narcotics
he was loyal to Napoleon
and a little bit crazy.
You think I'm gonna give him up?
It depends how long you want
to keep getting passed over.
Because you're older than your brothers.
You're way more sophisticated.
Has anyone ever thought
about giving you a shot?
You?
That's not how it works.
This isn't some law of nature.
Your brothers made it that way.
Where'd you get
all this insight into my family?
I interviewed your
father before he died.
He wanted you to run
the family business.
You.
He couldn't have wanted it that bad.
Otherwise, it would've happened.
By that time he was too sick
and weak and your brothers
didn't care what he wanted.
Cops don't usually take an interest
in the organization
of my family's business.
I want your brother, Lucia.
And from where I'm sitting
you should be only too happy
to give him up.
No one can know you got
where he is from me.
No one will.
No one.
Notify all available units.
We have to move fast
I just got word Sandeford's
on his way over there.
How'd he get the location?
- I'm not at liberty to say.
- No, of course not.
I don't mean to hold
information from you.
No, no. No, no, no apologies.
Everything on a need-to-know basis.
I just can't believe
that you got Lucia Santiago
to give up her own brother.
They weren't exactly close.
- It's Manny.
- Manny?
- Are you gonna kill me?
- I don't know.
- I'm thinking about it.
- Do it then. Get it over with.
Maybe I don't want to get it over with.
Maybe I want to drag it out.
Cuff yourself to the bed. Do it!
Look to the wall.
Whatever, man. I'm not gonna beg.
I don't expect you to.
Tough guy like you.
After all,
you shot a cop on his lunch break
from a moving car.
They don't get much tougher than that.
Rules have changed, old man.
- That right?
- You bust into our place,
take my brother prisoner,
and you think
we're just gonna hire a lawyer,
leave it at that?
No.
You come at me, I come at you.
I put that punk-ass partner
of yours in a box myself.
And one day, I'm gonna do the same
thing to you.
You're never gonna get the chance.
Officer Sandeford,
we know you're in there.
Sandeford!
We're coming in now, Marvin.
Is he dead?
Very much alive.
He's cuffed to the bed.
I recorded his confession.
Where's the gun?
Put him in!
You were thinking this is just
gonna go away with a wink and a nod?
I wasn't thinking about it
one way or the other.
Who sent you a text
that it was Santiago, Marvin?
I never got a text it was Santiago.
Well, how'd you know?
I trained a lot of cops, Chief.
Something about this one was different,
seeing him get cut down like that
So you decided to go rogue,
in other words.
I guess that's one word
you could use for it.
One of the kinder ones.
And what would you have done
in my place?
I would've abided by
departmental regulations.
Come on, man,
we were in Anti-Crime together.
I know the kind of cop you were.
Your union delegate isn't going
to make this go away, Marvin.
Consequences. There's going
to be consequences behind this.
What we talking? We talking about
loss of vacation days, suspension?
I don't know what's gonna happen.
But I wouldn't depend on
the unconditional support
of the people you work for.
I don't, Chief.
I never have.
Okay, let's go.
Thanks for the text.
You're welcome.
Turns out Sandeford decided
against killing Kiki on his own.
Mm.
Well, based on the way
he was when I saw him,
man, that could've gone either way.
Anyways, uh, I appreciate
you taking the risk.
I'd never forgive myself if I didn't.
Dr. Bentley?
Mm.
I haven't eaten anything
since early this morning.
One of these officers was nice enough
to get me something from the cafeteria.
Um, I brought a few
changes of clothes for him.
Is it possible for me to go see him?
Well, he hasn't woken up yet.
But if you want to go in
for a minute, go ahead.
Thank you.
Hi, Andre.
It's so weird.
Six months ago, I didn't
even know who you were.
So why am I so scared
that I'm gonna lose you?
The night nurse needs to change his IV.
Sure.
And his partner's here and
would look to look in on him.
Okay.
Hey, Marvin.
Brandy.
Just gonna be outside.
Quit petting me, man.
I ain't no dog.
How you doing, partner?
How do I look?
With your eyes open,
like a million bucks.
You catch the guy?
Yeah, I got him.
I thought you would.
You rest up, you do everything
they tell you to do,
get back to work.
Might be a while.
That's all right.
You'll probably have yourself
another trainee sitting
in the car by then.
Whoever's sitting in the car,
I'm gonna kick they ass out.
That's your seat.