Close to Home (2005) s02e20 Episode Script

What we gonna do - Annabeth - What's going on? Jason is dead Oh my GOD shadow ??? we know is there anything I can do so ??? - Cindy asked to bring with her - Ok How we going on??? Hi, Jimmy hearing right now Jason is one of my neighbour my friends' wife??? the suspect is drug dealer name ???Wallace - What we know about - Wallace is Myers ??? He went to meet with ??? Is Wallace in custody? He's holed up in his house That's why I'm calling you Detective Logan's request for an arrest warrant was denied I need you to change the judge's mind Okay, I'm on my way Why couldn't I get the warrant? Three words, pal Judge Abraham Schlicter The clown loves criminals simple as that You tell him Wallace was suspected of killing a cop? Of course I did I got a lecture on the presumption of innocence Prosecutor's on the way to court now Tell me what happened so I can tell her what she needs to get you your warrant Myers told his unit he was meeting Wallace at midnight Residents heard gunshots at 12:07 Myers told his unit he was meeting Wallace behind the Sorano Brothers warehouse Where was he killed? Behind the Sorano Brothers warehouse Those the guys from Myers' unit? Narcotics task force, yeah You get affidavits from them? I swore out the warrant on my own affidavit With anyone but Schlicter that would have been enough Annabeth Okay, here's the deal I'm going to get affidavits from Myers' partners and fax them to you at the courthouse Those police affidavits don't change my opinion, Ms.
Chase I was a defense attorney I know how the rules change when a cop's killed You think they're unreliable? I think they're emotional Their partner was just killed What about the .
380 casings recovered at the scene? Wallace used the same type of weapon in two prior crimes Come back when ballistics proves it's the same weapon in this crime Ballistics aren't normally needed for probable cause, Your Honor They are with me under the circumstances Officer Myers' partners aren't leaving Wallace's house until he's arrested They could build a campfire and sing "Kumbaya" Their affidavits don't change my decision You're forcing me to call Judge Jenkins That's judge shopping it's unethical I don't have a choice My boss won't let me leave without the warrant Since Judge Jenkins is your boss why don't we let him figure it out? I didn't do nothing! You're going to burn for this! I didn't do nothing! Yeah, I ain't no cop killer You know him? Brian Flynn Myers' partner All right, ten minutes let them know you care - I do care, Pete - Of course you do Mrs.
Myers James Conlon I'm very sorry for your loss, ma'am Thank you Mr.
Conlon Chris Veeder I was Jason's colleague and friend My wife Samantha Mr.
Conlon We all loved Jason Myers so much We're heartbroken I can assure you all my office will do everything it can to convict his killer We want you to know that we are supporting you in your upcoming campaign - We? - The police and their families Well, thank you We need to talk After the briefing I look forward to seeing you at the Children's Hospital fundraiser Me, too.
It's about the briefing Is there a problem? It's not something this crowd is going to want to hear What is it? Crime techs found this note in Myers' car this morning Kellie with an I-E Like a girl's name not a last name $300, Sorano Brothers warehouse Where he was shot You think he was meeting her that night? I think it's a possibility That $300 he withdrew from an ATM just before midnight on the way to the meet might suggest why What are you suggesting? A prostitute It's a thought The money is missing Aside from the money anything else to suggest this was illicit? Myers told his partner he was meetingan informant He told his wife he was meeting his partner Brian Flynn This complicates the case This complicates everything Close to Home 220 Column A: Myers is a hero killed in the line of duty by a dirtbag drug dealer We're heroes for convicting the turd who did it Column B: the Kellie question Did she meet him? If so, why? And why did he lie to his wife and partners about it? Was she his girlfriend a prostitute an informant, the killer? Until we answer these questions we can't prosecute Wallace for the crime Go ahead tell her what you told me She already did me once You remember, don't you? How'd that work out for you? I didn't kill Myers Where were you last night? Playing Nintendo with my cousin Cousin's name is Darren Smith Here's his affidavit He's available for a deposition at your convenience Why were the bullets in your house? They weren't mine A jury's not going to believe that and when ballistics matches them to the casings from the scene, you're done Myers' partners were in the house They could have easily put the bullets there Is that your defense? He was framed? Those cops decided Mr.
Wallace was guilty and then found a way to prove it He had no reason to kill Myers Of course he did-- Myers forced Wallace to choose between years in jail on the drug charge and informing on a kingpin He was desperate not to do either It's a good story and I understand why Myers' unit wants to believe it but it's not true You have no eyewitnesses no murder weapon and no way to counter a credible alibi Nintendo with cousin Darren Please Okay, look, you're making a mistake, Maureen I mean, we both know this is about Conlon running for office Catch and convict a cop killer? I mean, that's something to campaign on Putting Conlon or the cops on trial isn't going to work If you want a deal find a better story than that Detective Flynn Ed Williams Hello We met at the scene Correct I knew Jason Myers He was a good guy Best partner I ever had Or ever will Listen, Williams, I was just on my way out, so Oh, no problem no problem You mind if I take a look at Myers' file on Wallace? You know, you wouldn't believe the hell we get for sharing files Better to go through channels You should request them from the drug prosecutors in your office I'll do that Just one question Was it unusual for Myers to have a one-on-one meeting with Wallace? Not really I'm just wondering why you weren't there The way we handle our informants is pretty complicated I'd be happy to walk you through it when I have time - You Ed? - Yeah Ed Williams Prosecutor's Office? Chris Veeder Nice to meet you Come on in You read the Bible? Yeah, occasionally I had one with pictures when I was a kid Your guys don't much want to talk to me Sorry about that You know how it can get cops and prosecutors - How can we help? - I'm just trying to make sense of this note we found in Myers' car Do you know who this uh, Kellie might be? How's she pertinent? Well, the note makes it look like Myers met her that night That'd mean he lied to us about what he was doing That's pretty hard to imagine if you knew the man I did and I agree with you but we still have to consider the possibility she's a prostitute Myers and a hooker? That's even harder to imagine Besides, it'd be stupid to lie about meeting an informant All my guys log every meeting I see the logs daily Myers was new to the unit maybe Six months-- that's long enough to learn the system Look, I understand you need to knock down the prostitute theory before the trial but there's nothing to it He went there to meet Wallace All my guys will testify to that Wallace's attorney is saying your unit planted the .
380 ammo in Wallace's house to frame him for Myers' murder Of course he is The place was crawling with police, reporters, you guys It would have been impossible even if we'd wanted to which we didn't There's no need to frame the guy 'cause he's guilty I'm sorry, it's just that Jason was a great guy, a great cop His widow is like a sister to me I'd hate to see his reputation dragged through the mud by some lawyer Well, the sooner I find this Kellie the sooner I can put the rumors to rest I just put Amanda to bed so it was around 8:00 Jason just got a phone call Said it was Flynn that they needed to do something for work later that night Did you ask what? Jason's job had him coming and going at all hours I was used to it How has your relationship been? Why ask about that? Because Wallace's lawyer will If Jason lied to you that night Wallace's lawyer will find out about that and about the note we found Why make me doubt him, Annabeth? - That's not what I'm trying to do - Then don't ask these questions You know what terrified me when my husband died? Cleaning out his closet I thought I'd find something that would make me jealous make me think he wasn't the man I thought he was And it did An invoice from a lumber store The girl who wrote it put a big heart beside her name-- Caroline What did you do? I put Haley in the car and went shopping for some bookshelves And? And Caroline was beautiful and I felt sick And I went ahead and bought the shelves and she rang them up and wrote out an invoice And signed it with a heart? That's just how she signed her invoices Jason was irritable last week He wasn't himself Did he say why? I didn't ask I thought it was his job that he'd tell me when he was ready Cindy We were happy Annabeth He wasn't cheating on me I would know that I'm going to go check on Amanda Okay She needs a break You need to leave I'm sorry, who are you? A friend of Jason's I'll walk you out No, I'm fine, thanks I couldn't say anything to you inside What are you talking about? It'd help me a lot if you keep looking pissed-off while we talk That shouldn't be a problem I'm Matt Ewing I'm a homicide detective Go on I have my doubts this Wallace punk was the shooter Why? Jason and I were close I'm godfather to his kid He came to me a week ago and told me he wanted out of Veeder's unit Okay.
So? He spent three years trying to get in to that unit Something big must have happened to make him want to leave But you don't know what He'd just gotten back from a hunting trip with Veeder and the other guys Maybe something finally made him see the light You don't like Veeder? I think his unit's corrupt and I know Jason wasn't How do you know his unit's corrupt? I don't know I have my suspicions Corrupt how? Steal and deal-- they're drug cops Use your imagination Is that what you're doing? Maybe, but since I'm risking my career even talking to you it might be worth looking into You can investigate this I can't I'm going to walk away now Bass Hill Lodge that's where they went You did a great job looking pissed-off It wasn't that hard I remember the face He's a cop Until he was murdered two days ago Oh, that's too bad Do you remember the group he was with? Yeah The great white turkey hunters What's that mean? Two days of hunting and no feathers Anything happen between this man and the people he was with? - Like what? - An argument? Oh, he did fight with one of them Did it get physical? - Fistfight? - No, just cussing It was loud, though I had to ask them to can it You know what it was about? Yeah, the girl that he was with What do you mean they were with? A girl? Well, she had her own room Was she a prostitute? More like a party girl you know-- young pretty, blonde You get a name? Kellie Didn't get a last name but, uh, I got a picture of her if that'll help you Oh I bought that for the birds, but, uh it's not often we get girls like that up here Meet Kellie Lawson They lied to us Veeder and Myers argued about her on the hunting trip What hunting trip? Bass Hill Lodge something Annabeth asked me to check out Police found an eyewitness She says she saw Wallace shoot Detective Myers Really How'd they find her? They said Veeder's unit used street contacts That's convenient What's the problem? Depose her See how credible she seems to you The guy was just sitting in his car This boy Wallace comes up and The victim was in the car? Yeah, like I said to the detective It's right here in her statement, Ed So, you were on the east side of the warehouse? I don't know the sides by east, west You saw the rear of the car so that would be the east You sure that's what I said? It's right here That's right I remember that now The back of the car Taillights Detective Logan lost the picture you I.
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the young man you saw again please? I'm trying to help here It seems like you're trying to mess me up Just identify the man that you saw If you're sure just circle and sign it She didn't see Wallace shoot Myers We tripped her up within two minutes We think Veeder and his guys put her up to it - Why? - They lied to us about Kellie they hid the fight between Veeder and Myers at the motel and Cindy Myers told me her husband wanted out of Veeder's unit Mrs.
Myers told you that? She knew he was unhappy So, you think they're framing Wallace because they killed Myers? They're narcotics detectives Maybe they're corrupt Maybe Myers threatened to expose that Do you have evidence to support this theory? Uh no If we subpoenaed Internal Affairs records maybe we could find something Well, that would make the focus of this investigation of Veeder's unit and further weaken our case against Wallace Look, I'm not going on a fishing expedition against the police force based on speculation You need to find this girl Kellie The clock's running out on Wallace We either need to charge him or release him Myers arrested Wallace for drug possession Did he ever charge him? No, he pocketed the charge to press him for more information File a possession charge You're really rooting for Wallace, aren't you? Look at his record Prosecuting Wallace would be better for you politically than accusing these cops of framing him or worse You're absolutely right As a prosecutor not a politician And I hope the cops didn't do it, and Wallace did So we will hold him on the drug charge until we're certain Middle ground, Mo We don't bring a case that isn't ready and we don't let a suspected cop killer walk Flynn, Who is she? I can't talk to you We know Veeder and Myers fought about her at the motel That Myers wanted to leave the unit Yeah, well, my union rep is Tony White He was your friend Flynn Your partner Doesn't that mean anything to you? Come on, just tell me what the hell is going on Don't pursue this You're just going to make Myers look bad and piss a whole lot of people off Wallace killed him Just do your job, Williams Thanks for meeting me Yeah, don't ever call me again at work Matt, we're spinning our wheels I need something to push this case forward All right, what did you find out? We looked into the hunting trip Veeder and Myers had a fight apparently about a girl That's it? They fought about a girl? The same girl he may have met the night he was killed We need to find her What about looking into Veeder's unit? My boss won't subpoena Internal Affairs records 'Cause he's running for office Because if I investigated the unit and they didn't make a corruptions case he's not going to try to make one himself Now, that could change once we find this girl you asked me to look into this Why don't you just tell me what you know? You know what I know Right now, all we have is this girl We've been checking prostitution arrests missing persons reports youth shelters all over town Sorry, I don't recognize her And I'm serious Don't call me at work That's Kellie Lawson but she doesn't live here anymore Where's she live now? I don't know Up and left last week in a big rush Is she in trouble? We just need to talk to her Did you know she was involved with older men? Okay, kids, time to hit the hoops That means you So, did you know she was involved with older men? You mean romantically? Well, I don't know how romantic it was but, uh, yeah That surprises me She was one of our successes Came here at 14 and was on her way to college this fall That's why I'm so concerned about her It wasn't like her to just leave like that, without a word Were you concerned enough to call the police? I didn't have to call them I told our director and she told her husband Your director? Samantha Veeder Her husband's a detective You know him? How you doing Ms.
Chase? Mr.
Durkin I want to subpoena the Greenwood Youth Shelter - Why? - It's where Kellie Lawson was staying until she disappeared I pulled their nonprofit filing papers The wives of three cops in Veeder's unit work at Greenwood Mrs.
Veeder's the executive director Why is that so obviously wrong? These ladies aren't serving soup They're executives making very, very good salaries - How much? - I don't know Without their tax return Which we'll never be able to get Look, if Veeder's unit is dirty they may be using the shelter to launder money This is a hunch It's worth looking into, Jimmy Thanks, Nancy Drew But we're going to need something more than that You target cops they target us Meaning you your campaign She's right, you know Wouldn't be good for the campaign There's a lot at stake here This is not about the campaign I need those subpoenas You'll get subpoenas when I get something more than hunches I will e-mail you about those poll numbers, okay? - Man - What's wrong? I can't find my keys I've looked everywhere and I've got to get home to the baby sitter I'll give you a ride home - You can come back for yourar tomorrow - Really? - Yeah - Thank you Thanks, Maureen See you tomorrow Patricia? We're in the kitchen Hi Hi, Haley The front door was open That's weird Did you lock it? I thought I did Where were you? Giving Haley a bath Oh, honey Oh What's wrong? - How did those get there? - What? My keys I don't know Okay, I'll see you tomorrow - are you sure? - Yeah, I'm fine Veeder sending you a message Cocky bastards I feel silly calling you I just I don't This is serious I need to know how serious I mean, are they just toying with me or are my child and I in real danger? Veeder know you're investigating him? I'm sure he does We asked Flynn why he lied about the girl He must have told Veeder If they killed Jason they'll kill you Will your office provide protection? Someone for your daughter? An escort for you to work? Of course They still give prosecutors guns? Yeah.
They don't teach us how to use them Learn Maybe Thanks for coming over Ah, it's nothing No, it's late I don't live far Matt, I want to tell my boss about you - No - It may be the only way to get him to investigate Veeder's unit - No! - It would mean something to him that you're a cop I'm talking to you I like talking to you I'm not going any further than that I like being a cop too much to commit career suicide Okay, I understand I'm sorry I'll stay tonight if it would make you feel safe Oh, um On the couch, of course On the couch Yeah I'll get you some blankets Some watchdog Sleep well? Yeah.
Thanks My nanny comes in 20 minutes, so I'll sneak out the back Thanks What can I do for you, Greg? Somebody put Wallace in the infirmary last night They broke his nose and two ribs - Who? - He won't say Look, holding Wallace on this possession charge is bull He didn't ??? Either indict him for murder so I can see the evidence and defend him or let him make bail on the drug charge I can get Wallace into protective custody but the charge is Conlon's decision That's why I came to you Wallace didn't kill that cop He shouldn't be getting his ass beaten to maintain Conlon's poll numbers I mean, come on this is politics Maureen and it's racial And you know it This is not about race, Greg Then just do what's right What happened to your keys? Someone took them from my office and left them in my kitchen A little message from Veeder's unit Don't worry, I already told Conlon to talk to Ed about security Who's that? Officer Wayne Michaels He spent two years in jail for having sex with a minor-- Kellie Lawson When? Three years ago Michaels was 45 at the time Kellie was 15 and living at the Greenwood Shelter Does this connect to the Myers murder? That's the thing-- Michaels was in Veeder's unit And two weeks before Kellie accused him of sleeping with her he tried to transfer out So now, two cops who wanted to leave the unit are linked to Kellie I think Veeder used her to to control both of them Well, Michaels admitted he had sex with Kellie He claimed Veeder introduced him to her at the shelter Creepy Thanks, Mom It was Veeder's way of keeping us loyal He called it "drinking the cup" À´×ÔÂíÌ«¸£Òô 20:22 The bastard had a quote from the Bible I saw it "Are you able to drink the cup" "that I am about to drink" and they said to him 'We are able' That's Jesus about to die for God "Drinking the cup" means he's going to sit at the right hand of God and Veeder Who is God He was to us So you had sex with Kellie Lawson to please Veeder? He told me she was 18 She wasn't I went to jail and now I'm on the sex offenders list for the rest of my life I'm not asking for pity I did it But I did it for him I know that sounds crazy but it's crazy how much I revered him By the time I understood what was going on I was in it up to my hips After a few months in the unit he lets you know it's okay to skim a few hundred here and there Pretty soon your wife she's got this great job working at Greenwood The money, it's it's rolling in life is good Then Veeder starts with that "drink from the cup" stuff Blowing in your ear about this and that trying to find out at floats your boat See, he knows by now you're one of his An acolyte, a follower So he's planting the seed nurturing that thing you're going to do for him The unforgivable thing The minute he introduced me to Kellie I knew we were going to have sex Veeder wanted it so I wanted it He told me she was 18 because - I wanted to hear it - You drank the cup The minute you do that Veeder owns you So all the cops in his unit must have drank the cup Oh, yeah You need to tell us their secrets Knowledge is power Veeder kept most of it to himself Only one I could really give you is Flynn I can't talk to you You know I can't talk to you I know you guys steal from dealers And I know where Sarah's salary comes from Well, if you could prove that you wouldn't need me so why would I talk to you? Because I know about drinking the cup I talked to Wayne Michaels He told me your secret What would that be? Juliet Reynolds - You wouldn't - I will put you on the stand, if I have to - And I'll take the Fifth - I'll immunize you - Then I'll lie - I'll indict you for perjury obstruction of justice and conspiracy and I'll still confront you about Juliet in court You would ruin my family To convict Veeder for murder, yes Flynn, he killed your partner I'd think you'd want to help me convict him Jason was my best friend but I can't Then give me another way to convict Veeder if you do that I promise you I'll do everything I can to protect you Veeder pushed Kellie on Jason to corrupt him but Jason was disgusted Said Veeder was treating Kellie like a whore Veeder said "She's my whore and who are you to turn her away if I give her to you?" - They fought? It got ugly Afterwards, Jason said he would help Kellie get away from Veeder - They were supposed to meet that night - The night he was murdered Somehow Veeder found out Do you have any idea what happened to Kellie? She spooked, I don't know She didn't show up Jason was waiting for her when Veeder Where's the gun? He threw the gun in a storm drain somewhere between the crime scene and his house Can we connect the gun to Veeder? I don't maybe I mean, he was in a hurry maybe he screwed up somehow Okay.
Show us where it is Veeder's DNA is on the firing pin Myers' blood is spattered inside the barrel How'd you find it? Annabeth asked Crime Tech to search the storm drains between Veeder's house and the crime scene Did you ask them to search anywhere else? Uh, no, started with the drains, got lucky Lucky, huh? You have been ahead of us this whole case, Annabeth It stops now How'd you find the gun? Flynn, he told me about the gun to avoid testifying against Veeder Is the gun enough? It directly links Veeder to the murder With Michaels the hotel manager and other circumstantial evidence it's more than enough Veeder murdered Myers no question All right.
Arrest him I'll draft a statement clearing Wallace of suspicion of Myers' murder Did I just hear you're indicting Veeder? You're setting off a bomb, Jimmy We need to think this through This is not a political decision, Pete Either find a way to make me look good for it or find yourself another candidate I don't want to find another candidate Then accentuate the positive Chris Veeder you are under arrest for murder Jason Myers you have a right to remain silent Anything you say can and will be used against me in a court of law You have the right to ??? you can order??? - Doug - Annabeth What are you doing here? Chris Veeder is my client How can you stand to? When murders happen in monasteries I'll represent monks Mr.
Veeder believes that you were tipped off to the location of that gun Now, is that true? That's irrelevant Let's start with: is that true? I don't have to answer that question Well, you might I mean, Mr.
Veeder thinks that the gun was planted there by somebody who's trying to frame him That defense won't keep him out of jail It depends on who gave you the gun Now I'm going to file a motion to suppress it unless you disclose your source The weapon was found in a storm drain-- a public place What's the issue Mr.
Hellman? Your Honor, my client believes that someone put his DNA on the gun the gun was placed in the drain and then they tipped off the prosecutor's office as to its location Was the search for the gun based on a tip, Ms.
Chase? Your Honor, I shouldn't have to answer that question Confidential informants need to be able to provide evidence without having to disclose their identities Yes, but this informant has provided the only direct evidence connecting my client to the crime The informant is in effect, an accuser Now, Mr.
Veeder should be allowed to confront this accuser as he would any other Mr.
Veeder's DNA on the gun speaks for itself, Your Honor Unless it was planted on the gun to frame him Did this confidential informant give you a location of the gun? Yes, Your Honor Do you know this confidential informant's name? Yes, Your Honor Then, either he testifies or I'll exclude the gun at trial You tell Flynn I'm looking forward to his testimony Hi Thanks for coming over Yeah, I kind of missed your couch, actually Matt, how well do you know Brian Flynn? Not well Just through Jason Why? We're compelling him to testify I need you to help me convince him to tell the truth Didn't you promise not to call him? Where'd you hear that? Word gets around If he doesn't testify the judge excludes the gun and we lose the case Maybe there's a way to get the gun into evidence without destroying Flynn - How? - Have him give the standard police answer The standard police answer being? I don't remember I can't recall That way he doesn't say anything that undermines your case, he doesn't have to rat out Veeder and the gun gets in But he does recall And if he lies to the jury I'm going to have to tell them why I'm going to go You made a promise to Flynn You should keep it I'll see you You knew I promised to protect Flynn when you proceeded with the charges You promised not this office The judge gave you an order Flynn made his bed and now he gets exposed Immunity in return We had no case without the gun And now we have no gun without Flynn Hellman will use Juliet Reynolds to discredit Flynn Hey, it's your job to make the jury see that for the cynical defense tactic that it is Veeder is cocky He's also an experienced credible witness He'll take the stand We need the gun and Flynn's testimony to counter him And what if Flynn lies on the stand? What if he says he didn't give us the gun and Veeder didn't kill Myers? You need to convince him to tell the truth Jimmy, he's afraid Veeder will kill him We'll protect him the way we protect dozens of witnesses every year Look, even if he lies we still get the gun into evidence Flynn is going to testify No Flynn, no gun, no case All right Your copy of the immunity agreement - Can we have a minute, please? - Yeah Okay.
Bye, hon Bye I love you It's going to be okay I haven't told her yet about Juliet Why not? Well, I was hoping I wouldn't have to We went over this I'm asking you about Juliet on direct so that Hellman can't use that to discredit you I'm sorry Sarah finds out no matter what Matt got ahold of me He said you know maybe I could say Say that you don't recall? That's not going to happen I will put Juliet on the stand if I have to Brian, this is your chance to get out from under Veeder's thumb Punish him for killing your partner Tell the truth for Cindy's sake You can destroy Veeder with your testimony Good morning Detective Flynn Good morning Could you please tell us about the night Jason Myers was murdered? Um.
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Well, I - It - It's all right, Take your time to recall the events of that night clearly Did you see Detective Veeder that night Uh Uh, he called me He told me Jason was dead That he'd been shot He told me to meet him at the crime scene Detective Veeder told you he'd shot and killed Jason Myers? And we both agreed to put the blame on Wallace Why did he trust you? Because he knew something about me He knew that I'd had an affair With Juliet Reynolds? Yes How did you meet Juliet Reynolds? Veeder introduced us He needed to have something to hold over me He wanted you to "drink the cup" Yes By betraying my marriage I'm sorry, Sarah I'm so sorry Was there anything unusual about Juliet? Yes She was She is a transvestite - A man - Yes Order Mr.
Flynn, I know it took a lot of courage for you to testify today Thank you for your honesty Good afternoon, Detective Flynn You didn't want your wife to find out about your relationship with Juliet Reynolds, did you? No, of course not So, when Ms.
Chase told you that either you testify that Detective Veeder killed Jason Myers or else-- "or else" was too much of a risk and that is when you told her about the gun, isn't it? Yes Didn't tell her about the gun until after the subject of Mr.
Juliet Reynolds came up, did you? Yeah, that's correct Did you put that gun in the storm drain? No Did you transfer Detective Veeder's DNA onto that gun? - No - And you were desperate not to testify so you made up evidence to support the crime that the prosecution demanded that you prove Is that not true Detective Flynn? No, that is that is not true We've heard "drinking the cup" is something of a motto for your unit is that true? When Jesus' disciples say in that passage from Matthew that they are able to drink the cup they submit themselves to something greater, to God Some cops think this job is about power For me, it's about humility - Humility? - Submitting yourself to something greater That's why I'm proud to be a cop Mr.
Michaels testified that "drinking the cup" referred to your alleged efforts to lure and cajole him into bed with Kellie Lawson when she was Is that true? Absolutely not I testified against Michaels at his trial for that crime What about Mr.
Flynn? Did you lure and cajole him into a homosexual relationship with a transvestite? I regret ever working with men like Flynn and Michaels How How could I or anyone make them do those things? It's not my place to judge but I take responsibility for what I've done and I can tell you Jason Myers wasn't like them, either It would disgust him to see that people like that are used to accuse me His death it's a tragedy Not just for his family and our unit, but for this city that Jason gave his life to protect Detective Veeder how long have you been a police officer? - 22 years - And in all your years of service what awards have you received? I've received the Medal of Honor, the Medal of Valor and three Mayor's Commendations - Have you ever been accused of a crime? - No, sir Have you ever been charged with misconduct of any sort? - No, sir - How many times have you testified in court? I've testified at approximately 150 trials And in all those hundreds of hours of testimony have you ever been accused of perjury? No Detective Veeder did you kill Jason Myers? No Detective Flynn testified quote, "Veeder told Jason 'She's my whore" 'Who are you to turn her down when I give her to you?'" In what sense was Kellie Lawson your whore? I never said that You pimped her to two men in your unit Objection Ask a question, Ms.
Chase or move on You manipulated Kellie Lawson just like you manipulated the men who work for you didn't you, Detective? They're all your whores aren't they? Objection, Your Honor A question Ms.
Chase? The question Detective is do you manipulate the men in your unit to insure their loyalty? I trust them with my life Answer the question Do you manipulate the men in your unit? No Flynn lied about me because you cornered him with some cheap secret You destroyed him right in front of us I'm not the manipulator Ms.
Chase On the one count of murder we, the jury find the defendant Not guilty We lost the police vote I will put together a statement But I'm not sure I want a statement This is my area of expertise, Jim It's your turn to defer to me You are going to extend an olive branch I am not going to apologize I said an olive branch What's the difference? An olive branch is a truce not an apology, trust me We've got time to fix this It's up to you whether we do What do I need to do? Cindy, hi I came by to see you last night I'm so sorry we didn't convict Veeder Sarah used to bring the kids by in the morning I'd take them to school with her I miss that You haven't seen her? I called, but she hasn't called back Do you and Amanda want to come over for dinner tonight? Maybe we could call Sarah together? Honestly, Annabeth I feel like you started this whole thing Cindy, Veeder started this not me Yeah, but he's not being punished and the rest of us are It's like this tornado ripped through our neighborhood It'll never be like it was Ed, what's up? We found Kellie Lawson