1 00:00:58,683 --> 00:01:00,617 - Come on, sleepy head. 2 00:01:00,718 --> 00:01:01,707 You've got 15 minutes. 3 00:01:01,819 --> 00:01:03,980 Wake up, wake up, wake up. 4 00:01:10,193 --> 00:01:11,421 I'm not hearing you. 5 00:01:50,196 --> 00:01:51,253 - Good morning, gentlemen. 6 00:01:51,363 --> 00:01:52,762 - Morning. 7 00:01:55,867 --> 00:01:57,334 - There you go. 8 00:02:00,504 --> 00:02:02,734 Eat it all up. 9 00:02:08,945 --> 00:02:10,503 - Mama, Sharonda wants peanut butter. 10 00:02:11,748 --> 00:02:14,478 - You finish your cereal? 11 00:02:14,584 --> 00:02:17,712 Okay, go ahead. 12 00:02:22,257 --> 00:02:23,451 You talkin' for your sister. 13 00:02:23,559 --> 00:02:26,619 Sharonda got a mouth. 14 00:02:26,728 --> 00:02:28,388 All right. 15 00:02:28,496 --> 00:02:31,727 crash! 16 00:02:31,832 --> 00:02:35,598 Ooh. 17 00:02:35,703 --> 00:02:37,829 Oh, come on, baby. 18 00:02:37,938 --> 00:02:40,634 It's all right. 19 00:02:40,740 --> 00:02:44,699 Oh, calm your nerves, baby. 20 00:02:44,811 --> 00:02:48,974 It ain't nothing but an old jar. 21 00:02:54,686 --> 00:02:57,052 - All right, guys, let's mount up. 22 00:02:57,155 --> 00:02:59,316 Let's look sharp and be safe, okay? 23 00:03:03,594 --> 00:03:04,754 - Good morning, Sheriff. 24 00:03:04,861 --> 00:03:06,453 How are you? 25 00:03:09,566 --> 00:03:10,555 - Morning, Commander. 26 00:03:10,667 --> 00:03:11,861 - Morning, boss. - How you doing? 27 00:03:11,969 --> 00:03:12,957 - Ready to rock. 28 00:03:13,069 --> 00:03:14,058 - Yeah. Your men here? 29 00:03:14,170 --> 00:03:15,467 - They're right here, ready to go. 30 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:17,038 - Good, I got 28 names on this list. 31 00:03:17,139 --> 00:03:18,128 - Pick it up, pick it up. 32 00:03:18,241 --> 00:03:19,435 We got to get to grandma's house. 33 00:03:19,542 --> 00:03:20,804 Running late. Come on. 34 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:25,679 Come on now. 35 00:03:25,780 --> 00:03:27,247 Fix your sister's shirt. 36 00:03:31,885 --> 00:03:33,682 Now, watch yourself. 37 00:03:33,787 --> 00:03:36,449 Where you at, Sherice? 38 00:03:36,557 --> 00:03:38,024 - Hey, Dee. 39 00:03:38,125 --> 00:03:40,092 - Hey, Gladys. 40 00:03:40,193 --> 00:03:42,821 Come on. Come on. 41 00:03:42,929 --> 00:03:44,419 Go to grandma. 42 00:03:44,530 --> 00:03:45,895 Bye, y'all. - Bye. 43 00:03:45,999 --> 00:03:47,899 I love you, Mommy. - Bye, baby. 44 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:49,831 - Good morning, glories. Come on. 45 00:03:49,935 --> 00:03:52,802 - Hey, Mama. - Hey, girl. 46 00:03:52,904 --> 00:03:54,235 Come on up here. 47 00:03:54,339 --> 00:03:56,500 Grandma got y'all some grits. 48 00:03:56,608 --> 00:03:58,973 - All right, you guys behave in there. 49 00:04:16,625 --> 00:04:19,719 - The core campaign is counting on liberal interest groups, 50 00:04:19,828 --> 00:04:22,296 especially those on environmental fronts, 51 00:04:22,398 --> 00:04:25,764 to warn their constituencies Bush could win. 52 00:04:25,867 --> 00:04:27,562 - Another apparently warm day for November, 53 00:04:27,669 --> 00:04:29,967 with temperatures topping out in the mid 60s. 54 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:32,396 Traffic on the southbound 84 continues to be slow 55 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:33,735 due to roadwork near exits. 56 00:04:44,183 --> 00:04:47,050 - George W. Bush hammers on his charge that Al Gore- 57 00:04:47,153 --> 00:04:48,142 - Morning, Ben. 58 00:04:48,254 --> 00:04:49,585 Some coffee? 59 00:04:49,689 --> 00:04:50,678 - Please. Thanks, Dee. 60 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:53,553 - As a uniter in chief. 61 00:04:53,658 --> 00:04:56,923 - He scares the elderly for political gain. 62 00:04:57,028 --> 00:04:58,188 - Good morning. 63 00:04:58,296 --> 00:04:59,991 How you doing now? Want some coffee? 64 00:05:00,098 --> 00:05:02,429 - Yes, please. 65 00:05:02,533 --> 00:05:03,864 - Did you get your hair done? 66 00:05:03,967 --> 00:05:05,161 - Sure did. 67 00:05:05,269 --> 00:05:07,567 - It looks good. 68 00:05:07,671 --> 00:05:09,161 We get a hair show this weekend. 69 00:05:09,273 --> 00:05:12,833 Texas championship, grand prize: $5,000. 70 00:05:12,942 --> 00:05:14,671 - You going with Lavosha again? 71 00:05:14,777 --> 00:05:15,835 - Mm-hmm. 72 00:05:15,945 --> 00:05:17,412 We've been practicing for months. 73 00:05:17,513 --> 00:05:19,708 I'm hoping to win enough to start up at junior college. 74 00:05:19,816 --> 00:05:22,340 - Oh, good luck to you, honey. 75 00:05:22,451 --> 00:05:23,440 - Thank you. 76 00:05:23,552 --> 00:05:24,746 Thank you. I'll be right back. 77 00:05:31,592 --> 00:05:32,991 - Mobile units on the way. 78 00:05:33,094 --> 00:05:34,083 - Roger that. 79 00:05:41,534 --> 00:05:44,025 - Grandma, can I go see Andres? 80 00:05:44,137 --> 00:05:46,298 - Mm-hmm. 81 00:05:46,406 --> 00:05:49,272 Sherice, take him my good bowl there. 82 00:05:49,375 --> 00:05:51,275 Hold it with both hands. 83 00:05:51,377 --> 00:05:54,744 My grandma gave me that from Alabama. 84 00:05:54,847 --> 00:05:55,905 - Bye-bye, Grandma. 85 00:05:56,014 --> 00:05:57,037 - Bye-bye. 86 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:12,724 - All units in position. 87 00:06:12,829 --> 00:06:14,456 - Go on your command. 88 00:06:14,563 --> 00:06:15,894 - Go, go, go. 89 00:06:15,998 --> 00:06:17,192 - Go, come on, everyone! 90 00:06:17,299 --> 00:06:19,130 Go! 91 00:06:20,236 --> 00:06:22,670 - On your knees! 92 00:06:26,508 --> 00:06:28,305 - On your knees! 93 00:06:32,647 --> 00:06:33,635 - Police! Warrant! 94 00:06:33,747 --> 00:06:35,544 On the ground! 95 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:40,609 - Stay here. 96 00:06:40,721 --> 00:06:42,620 No, stay here. 97 00:06:49,195 --> 00:06:50,355 Sherice! 98 00:06:50,463 --> 00:06:51,793 Sherice! 99 00:06:51,897 --> 00:06:53,364 Come here, girl! 100 00:07:02,173 --> 00:07:03,868 Sherice, baby, it's okay. 101 00:07:03,974 --> 00:07:05,236 Come here. 102 00:07:08,078 --> 00:07:09,544 - We got one jumping the east fence. 103 00:07:09,646 --> 00:07:10,772 - Roger that. 104 00:07:18,687 --> 00:07:19,984 - Huh! 105 00:07:21,190 --> 00:07:22,214 - Hold up! 106 00:07:36,170 --> 00:07:37,158 - Stay right here. 107 00:07:39,539 --> 00:07:42,372 Ah! 108 00:07:42,476 --> 00:07:45,274 - The Gore campaign calls it the closing argument. 109 00:07:45,378 --> 00:07:47,470 The vice president laid out what he believes 110 00:07:47,580 --> 00:07:49,707 is the best case for a Gore presidency. 111 00:07:49,815 --> 00:07:52,511 - Yo, Dee, can I get a refill? 112 00:07:52,618 --> 00:07:53,915 - Sure thing, Julie. 113 00:07:56,988 --> 00:07:58,353 Don't need anything else? 114 00:07:58,456 --> 00:07:59,582 - No. 115 00:08:07,231 --> 00:08:09,096 - Are you Dee Roberts? 116 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,993 Dee Roberts? 117 00:08:13,102 --> 00:08:15,297 - Excuse me. What did I do? 118 00:08:15,404 --> 00:08:16,393 Will you tell me what I did? 119 00:08:16,506 --> 00:08:17,495 - What's going on? 120 00:08:17,607 --> 00:08:19,165 - What did I do? You got to tell me. 121 00:08:19,275 --> 00:08:20,435 - Dee? 122 00:08:20,543 --> 00:08:22,203 - I think-I think it's my parking tickets. 123 00:08:22,310 --> 00:08:23,334 I'm sorry, Doreen. 124 00:08:23,445 --> 00:08:24,935 - Parking tickets? This is ridiculous. 125 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:26,343 I'll pay the parking tickets. 126 00:08:26,448 --> 00:08:27,779 - Just back away, ma'am. 127 00:08:27,883 --> 00:08:29,441 - I said, "I'll pay the parking tickets. " 128 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,415 - I said, "Step away, ma'am. " 129 00:08:51,503 --> 00:08:53,596 - We got Roberts, and we're inbound. 130 00:08:53,705 --> 00:08:56,503 - Roger that. 131 00:09:13,356 --> 00:09:14,345 - Dee? 132 00:09:14,457 --> 00:09:16,357 - Gladys? - You kidding me. 133 00:09:16,459 --> 00:09:19,086 All of us in this tiny shit hole? 134 00:09:20,296 --> 00:09:23,459 - Uh, when do I get my phone call? 135 00:09:23,566 --> 00:09:24,658 I got to call my kids. 136 00:09:24,767 --> 00:09:26,028 buzz! 137 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:49,220 - They was running like cockroaches 138 00:09:49,322 --> 00:09:50,789 from a burning torch. 139 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:52,050 - No one figured on the U-Hauls. 140 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:53,146 You would've loved it. 141 00:09:53,258 --> 00:09:55,749 Surprised 'em all. 142 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:57,327 - Beckett still using the helicopter? 143 00:09:57,429 --> 00:09:59,420 - Of course. He loves that thing, man. 144 00:09:59,531 --> 00:10:00,589 Scares the shit out of 'em. 145 00:10:00,699 --> 00:10:01,893 - Mm. 146 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,160 You know, you been watching too many cop shows. 147 00:10:04,268 --> 00:10:05,257 You know that? 148 00:10:07,805 --> 00:10:10,137 Anybody get hurt? 149 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,228 - No. 150 00:10:11,341 --> 00:10:12,740 Got some bruises. That's about it. 151 00:10:12,842 --> 00:10:14,707 Nothing serious. 152 00:10:18,748 --> 00:10:19,874 - Hey, Mama. - Hey. 153 00:10:19,983 --> 00:10:20,971 - How you doing? 154 00:10:21,083 --> 00:10:22,550 - I'm fine. 155 00:10:22,651 --> 00:10:24,118 - How are the girls? 156 00:10:24,219 --> 00:10:29,020 - You know, the raid scared 'em, but they all right. 157 00:10:29,124 --> 00:10:31,250 Dee, you ain't done nothing 158 00:10:31,359 --> 00:10:33,793 to get all caught up in this mess, have you? 159 00:10:33,894 --> 00:10:35,987 I mean, somebody said that they was looking for you. 160 00:10:36,097 --> 00:10:38,463 - Mama, you know I don't have nothing to do with that. 161 00:10:40,667 --> 00:10:42,931 - I know that. I know. 162 00:10:43,036 --> 00:10:44,025 - It's my parking tickets. 163 00:10:44,137 --> 00:10:47,697 I got $782. 164 00:10:47,806 --> 00:10:49,774 - $782? 165 00:10:49,875 --> 00:10:51,342 Good Lord. 166 00:10:51,443 --> 00:10:53,172 Girl! 167 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:55,075 Hell, you can buy a car for that much money. 168 00:10:55,180 --> 00:10:56,169 - I know, Mama. 169 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:58,612 I'm sorry. 170 00:10:58,716 --> 00:11:00,274 Mama, I'm scared in here. 171 00:11:00,385 --> 00:11:01,511 Can you help me out of here? 172 00:11:01,619 --> 00:11:03,951 I'll pay you back. I promise. 173 00:11:04,055 --> 00:11:05,113 - When you seeing the judge? 174 00:11:05,223 --> 00:11:06,655 - Tomorrow morning. 175 00:11:06,757 --> 00:11:08,725 - Tomorrow. 176 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:11,352 I'll find it, 177 00:11:11,461 --> 00:11:13,725 I guess, you know... 178 00:11:13,830 --> 00:11:16,662 - Thank you, Mama. 179 00:11:16,766 --> 00:11:18,529 Oh... 180 00:11:18,634 --> 00:11:21,967 Um, tell the girls that I will be there tomorrow. 181 00:11:22,071 --> 00:11:23,561 I love you. 182 00:11:23,673 --> 00:11:24,661 - I love you. 183 00:11:25,940 --> 00:11:28,170 Don't worry, girl. 184 00:11:28,276 --> 00:11:30,574 - Bye. 185 00:11:41,255 --> 00:11:43,188 - Does the county have a recommendation on bail, 186 00:11:43,289 --> 00:11:44,654 Mr. Beckett? 187 00:11:44,757 --> 00:11:47,055 - The county sees Mr. LeRay as a flight risk, Your Honor. 188 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,152 We'd like bail to be set at $50,000. 189 00:11:50,263 --> 00:11:51,422 - So ordered. 190 00:11:51,530 --> 00:11:54,761 - Mr. LeRay, the court appoints Mr. David Higgins 191 00:11:54,866 --> 00:11:55,855 as your lawyer, 192 00:11:55,967 --> 00:11:58,902 sets bail at $50,000, 193 00:11:59,004 --> 00:12:02,370 schedules a preliminary hearing on your case for March 23rd. 194 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,108 - There's your mother. 195 00:12:17,053 --> 00:12:18,042 - Are you Ms. Dee Roberts? 196 00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:19,450 - Yes, sir. 197 00:12:19,555 --> 00:12:20,647 - Are you aware of the charges 198 00:12:20,756 --> 00:12:22,053 that are being brought against you 199 00:12:22,157 --> 00:12:23,351 by Harmon County, Miss Roberts? 200 00:12:23,459 --> 00:12:25,120 - I think I'm here for my parking tickets. 201 00:12:30,865 --> 00:12:33,698 - Miss Roberts, you're charged with distributing narcotics 202 00:12:33,801 --> 00:12:35,393 in a school zone. 203 00:12:35,503 --> 00:12:37,402 - Is that correct, Mr. Beckett? 204 00:12:37,504 --> 00:12:38,994 - It is, Your Honor. 205 00:12:40,707 --> 00:12:42,299 - That can't be right. 206 00:12:42,409 --> 00:12:44,138 I never had anything to do with drugs. 207 00:12:44,244 --> 00:12:46,609 - I take that as a not guilty plea. 208 00:12:46,712 --> 00:12:50,478 Can you afford an attorney, Miss Roberts? 209 00:12:50,583 --> 00:12:51,743 - No, sir. 210 00:12:51,851 --> 00:12:54,251 - Does the county have a recommendation on bail, 211 00:12:54,353 --> 00:12:55,580 Mr. Beckett? 212 00:12:55,687 --> 00:12:57,120 - Well, selling drugs in a school zone 213 00:12:57,222 --> 00:12:59,019 is a very serious charge, Your Honor. 214 00:12:59,124 --> 00:13:00,318 County recommends bail 215 00:13:00,425 --> 00:13:02,359 at $70,000. 216 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:05,025 - Miss Roberts, the court appoints 217 00:13:05,129 --> 00:13:06,687 Mr. David Higgins as your lawyer, 218 00:13:06,797 --> 00:13:08,788 sets bail at $70,000, 219 00:13:08,899 --> 00:13:11,891 schedules a preliminary hearing on your case for March 23rd. 220 00:13:19,442 --> 00:13:23,309 - Diane, get down from there. 221 00:13:27,682 --> 00:13:29,877 - And hurry up. 222 00:13:33,087 --> 00:13:34,987 - Alma. - Hey, Darrell. 223 00:13:35,089 --> 00:13:36,317 - Heard about Dee. 224 00:13:36,423 --> 00:13:38,254 Figured I'd better come get the girls. 225 00:13:38,359 --> 00:13:40,327 Hey. - Hi, Daddy. 226 00:13:40,427 --> 00:13:41,552 - Guess what I got. Look. 227 00:13:41,661 --> 00:13:42,821 - He's got candy. 228 00:13:42,929 --> 00:13:44,362 Hey! 229 00:13:44,464 --> 00:13:45,453 - Hey, come on. 230 00:13:45,565 --> 00:13:46,930 Let's get out of here. 231 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:48,364 Come on. We go bye-bye. 232 00:13:48,468 --> 00:13:49,457 We going bye-bye. 233 00:13:49,569 --> 00:13:50,865 - You know Dee got custody. 234 00:13:50,969 --> 00:13:52,095 - Dee's in jail. 235 00:13:52,204 --> 00:13:54,035 - She ain't staying. 236 00:13:54,139 --> 00:13:55,663 - That's not what I hear. 237 00:14:03,347 --> 00:14:04,336 - Hello, Miss Roberts. 238 00:14:04,448 --> 00:14:05,472 I'm David Higgins, 239 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:06,914 the lawyer appointed by Judge Pryor 240 00:14:07,018 --> 00:14:08,314 to represent you. 241 00:14:08,418 --> 00:14:11,387 And this is Robert Foster, assistant district attorney. 242 00:14:11,488 --> 00:14:13,513 - Miss Roberts, you've been indicted by a grand jury 243 00:14:13,623 --> 00:14:14,681 as a drug dealer. 244 00:14:14,791 --> 00:14:15,780 And the district attorney's 245 00:14:15,892 --> 00:14:17,381 been gathering information for months. 246 00:14:17,493 --> 00:14:19,120 He has a very strong case. 247 00:14:19,228 --> 00:14:20,593 - There must be some kind of mistake. 248 00:14:20,696 --> 00:14:24,029 - Miss Roberts, I would advise you to be silent. 249 00:14:24,133 --> 00:14:25,862 Mr. Foster's job is to build a case against you. 250 00:14:25,968 --> 00:14:27,992 - You can ask anyone. 251 00:14:28,102 --> 00:14:29,535 I don't have anything to do with drugs. 252 00:14:29,637 --> 00:14:32,128 - Miss Roberts, you're only hurting yourself. 253 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,708 Mr. Foster, were drugs found on Miss Robert's person 254 00:14:34,809 --> 00:14:37,003 when she was arrested? 255 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:38,099 - Apparently not. 256 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,474 - At her place of work? 257 00:14:41,582 --> 00:14:42,810 In her home? 258 00:14:42,916 --> 00:14:44,746 Does she have any record as a drug dealer? 259 00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:46,284 - The Harmon County Drug Task Force 260 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:49,115 has conducted an extremely impressive operation. 261 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:50,280 It convinced the DA. 262 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:51,617 It convinced the grand jury. 263 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,157 And frankly, David, if you saw it, 264 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:54,919 it'd convince you. 265 00:14:58,730 --> 00:15:00,459 - Miss Roberts, how many children do you have? 266 00:15:00,565 --> 00:15:01,759 - Four. 267 00:15:01,867 --> 00:15:03,959 Sherice is eight, Sharonda's five, 268 00:15:04,068 --> 00:15:06,263 Laquisha's four, Tanya's two. 269 00:15:06,370 --> 00:15:07,394 But I never done any drugs, 270 00:15:07,504 --> 00:15:08,835 and I wouldn't- 271 00:15:08,939 --> 00:15:10,133 - Mr. Foster, 272 00:15:10,241 --> 00:15:12,105 could I speak with you alone for a minute, please? 273 00:15:12,208 --> 00:15:13,573 - Certainly. 274 00:15:29,157 --> 00:15:32,785 - Miss Roberts, you have a very talented lawyer. 275 00:15:34,228 --> 00:15:35,490 And against my better judgment, 276 00:15:35,596 --> 00:15:37,757 he has convinced me to offer you a plea bargain. 277 00:15:39,032 --> 00:15:40,966 - Miss Roberts, despite what Mr. Foster 278 00:15:41,067 --> 00:15:43,092 believes to be the strength of his case, 279 00:15:43,203 --> 00:15:45,637 because your record is relatively clean 280 00:15:45,739 --> 00:15:47,001 and due to the nature- 281 00:15:47,107 --> 00:15:49,199 - And because of the age and the needs of your children. 282 00:15:49,308 --> 00:15:51,503 - He's prepared to offer you a plea. 283 00:15:51,610 --> 00:15:53,202 - If you plead guilty 284 00:15:53,312 --> 00:15:55,143 to felony possession with intent to distribute, 285 00:15:55,247 --> 00:15:56,271 you can go home today 286 00:15:56,382 --> 00:15:57,712 with a ten-year suspended sentence 287 00:15:57,815 --> 00:15:59,248 and a small fine. 288 00:15:59,350 --> 00:16:00,783 - But I never sold any drugs. 289 00:16:02,453 --> 00:16:03,943 - Then post bail. We'll set a court date. 290 00:16:04,055 --> 00:16:05,215 - $70,000? 291 00:16:05,323 --> 00:16:07,882 Or you can stay in jail and await your pretrial hearing 292 00:16:07,991 --> 00:16:10,789 in... end of March. 293 00:16:10,894 --> 00:16:11,883 - That's almost six months. 294 00:16:11,995 --> 00:16:12,984 I can't do that. 295 00:16:13,096 --> 00:16:15,326 What am I gonna do about my kids? 296 00:16:15,431 --> 00:16:17,729 - I'm sorry the burden your behavior has imposed 297 00:16:17,833 --> 00:16:19,266 on your children, Miss Roberts. 298 00:16:19,368 --> 00:16:21,495 That is why I'm prepared to offer you a plea. 299 00:16:21,604 --> 00:16:22,901 But be under no doubt, 300 00:16:23,005 --> 00:16:24,233 if you don't take the plea, 301 00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:26,830 we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. 302 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:29,538 Good-bye, David. 303 00:16:33,814 --> 00:16:36,282 - What's he mean by "the fullest extent of the law"? 304 00:16:36,383 --> 00:16:38,749 - 16 to 25 years. 305 00:16:44,257 --> 00:16:47,226 - Be careful the shit you hear from the public defender. 306 00:16:47,327 --> 00:16:48,487 - Mm-hmm. 307 00:16:48,594 --> 00:16:51,563 - Did he tell you, if you plea, you a felon? 308 00:16:51,664 --> 00:16:53,153 - No more food stamps, 309 00:16:53,265 --> 00:16:55,529 no AFDC, no welfare, 310 00:16:55,634 --> 00:16:58,000 no Medicare for you or your kids, 311 00:16:58,103 --> 00:16:59,570 never again. 312 00:16:59,671 --> 00:17:00,695 - Can't get a job. 313 00:17:00,806 --> 00:17:01,829 Can't vote. 314 00:17:01,939 --> 00:17:03,702 You girls in the project? 315 00:17:03,808 --> 00:17:04,797 Then they throw you out. 316 00:17:04,909 --> 00:17:06,433 That's government housing. 317 00:17:11,581 --> 00:17:16,814 - # Mm, mm, mm, mm # 318 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,616 # Mm, mm, mm # 319 00:17:28,763 --> 00:17:34,326 # Mm, hm, mm # 320 00:17:34,435 --> 00:17:40,066 # Mm, hm, mm # 321 00:17:40,173 --> 00:17:42,107 # Mm, hm, mm # 322 00:17:42,209 --> 00:17:44,677 # Mm, mm-mm # 323 00:17:44,778 --> 00:17:46,006 # Mm # 324 00:17:46,113 --> 00:17:49,013 # Mm, mm # 325 00:17:49,115 --> 00:17:51,083 - I don't want to be late. 326 00:17:59,691 --> 00:18:02,023 - Who's out there? 327 00:18:02,127 --> 00:18:03,822 - Miss Alma Roberts. 328 00:18:03,928 --> 00:18:05,952 I came to get my granddaughters for church. 329 00:18:06,063 --> 00:18:08,054 - Yay. 330 00:18:12,803 --> 00:18:14,531 - Are they ready? 331 00:18:14,637 --> 00:18:15,626 Oh, come on, baby. 332 00:18:15,738 --> 00:18:17,399 Don't push her. 333 00:18:17,507 --> 00:18:19,304 Come on, sweetie. 334 00:18:19,409 --> 00:18:20,501 Come here, pumpkin. 335 00:18:22,311 --> 00:18:24,801 - Her diaper is full. 336 00:18:24,913 --> 00:18:26,210 - She ain't bothered by it. 337 00:18:26,314 --> 00:18:27,906 - I'm bothered by it. 338 00:18:28,016 --> 00:18:30,280 - It bothers you, you change it. 339 00:18:34,021 --> 00:18:35,921 - I'll come by when I want them back. 340 00:18:36,023 --> 00:18:38,184 - That's great. 341 00:18:38,292 --> 00:18:39,350 Darrell, that's just great. 342 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:40,449 Come on, y'all. 343 00:18:43,363 --> 00:18:45,092 - # Glory # 344 00:18:45,198 --> 00:18:46,290 - # Glory # 345 00:18:46,399 --> 00:18:48,594 - # Glory # 346 00:18:48,701 --> 00:18:53,433 # Our Lord # 347 00:18:53,539 --> 00:18:55,234 - You don't think she might've been 348 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:56,329 mixed up with drugs, do you? 349 00:18:56,442 --> 00:18:57,807 - Heck no. 350 00:18:57,910 --> 00:18:59,877 Dee ain't no angel, but she sure ain't no drug dealer. 351 00:18:59,977 --> 00:19:01,171 - Sherice is fighting. - What? 352 00:19:01,279 --> 00:19:02,507 - Grandma, Sherice is fighting. 353 00:19:02,613 --> 00:19:03,705 - What's going on? Come here. 354 00:19:03,815 --> 00:19:05,339 - Let go! Ow! 355 00:19:05,450 --> 00:19:06,439 - Cut that out! 356 00:19:06,551 --> 00:19:07,711 Don't you push her! 357 00:19:07,819 --> 00:19:08,842 Sherice! 358 00:19:08,952 --> 00:19:10,442 Acting like that in your Sunday clothes. 359 00:19:10,554 --> 00:19:11,646 Quit it! Stop it! 360 00:19:11,755 --> 00:19:13,052 - Come on. Stop that this instant. 361 00:19:13,156 --> 00:19:14,316 - Hey, hey. 362 00:19:14,424 --> 00:19:18,484 - This is what the Lord expects from you on the Sabbath? 363 00:19:18,594 --> 00:19:20,357 Sherice, Chantrelle, what's wrong? 364 00:19:20,463 --> 00:19:21,623 - She grabbed me. 365 00:19:21,730 --> 00:19:23,288 - 'Cause you called my mama a drug dealer. 366 00:19:23,399 --> 00:19:25,196 - Your mama is a drug dealer. 367 00:19:25,301 --> 00:19:26,290 - Oh, oh, wait a minute! 368 00:19:26,402 --> 00:19:27,390 - Stop that now. 369 00:19:27,502 --> 00:19:28,764 - Come on, not another word 370 00:19:28,870 --> 00:19:30,337 from either one of you, not another word. 371 00:19:30,438 --> 00:19:31,427 Did y'all see this here? 372 00:19:31,539 --> 00:19:32,597 Y'all see this here? 373 00:19:32,707 --> 00:19:35,198 This thing done tricked down to the children. 374 00:19:35,310 --> 00:19:38,073 Now, I wonder where they got that from? 375 00:19:38,178 --> 00:19:40,806 Half of our congregation 376 00:19:40,914 --> 00:19:42,814 is in trouble with the law, 377 00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:46,316 some that did wrong and some that didn't. 378 00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:48,512 Sherice... 379 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:50,646 Chantrelle... 380 00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:52,587 I want you... 381 00:19:57,996 --> 00:20:00,123 - Lord, have mercy. 382 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,328 - Thanks, Gladys. 383 00:20:08,272 --> 00:20:10,604 - Dee Roberts. 384 00:20:10,708 --> 00:20:11,697 - How I look? 385 00:20:11,809 --> 00:20:14,504 - You look great. 386 00:20:14,611 --> 00:20:15,600 - Thanks. 387 00:20:21,316 --> 00:20:22,340 - Dee? 388 00:20:22,451 --> 00:20:23,440 Dee! - T en minutes. 389 00:20:23,552 --> 00:20:25,281 - There she is. I see her. 390 00:20:25,387 --> 00:20:26,376 - Hey, Mama. 391 00:20:26,488 --> 00:20:28,888 - Hey, say hi to your mama. 392 00:20:28,991 --> 00:20:30,685 - Hey, babies. 393 00:20:30,791 --> 00:20:31,815 - Hey, Mama. 394 00:20:31,926 --> 00:20:33,450 - Do you see her? Come here, sweetie pie. 395 00:20:33,561 --> 00:20:35,028 - Ah. 396 00:20:35,129 --> 00:20:36,289 - You look good, Dee. 397 00:20:36,397 --> 00:20:37,830 - Look at my hair, Mama. 398 00:20:37,932 --> 00:20:39,489 I am not looking good. 399 00:20:39,599 --> 00:20:40,588 But look at y'all, 400 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:43,134 how pretty you are in your Sunday dresses. 401 00:20:43,236 --> 00:20:45,602 - Yeah, we been to church. 402 00:20:45,705 --> 00:20:46,694 - What happened to Sherice? 403 00:20:46,806 --> 00:20:47,795 - Oh, she okay. 404 00:20:47,908 --> 00:20:49,340 She just got into a little scuffle. 405 00:20:49,441 --> 00:20:51,409 - Here, let me talk to her. 406 00:20:51,510 --> 00:20:52,499 - Come on, Sherice. 407 00:20:52,611 --> 00:20:53,805 Come on up so your mom can see you. 408 00:20:53,913 --> 00:20:55,972 Come here. Can you see her? 409 00:20:56,081 --> 00:20:57,275 Come on up here so you can see her. 410 00:20:57,383 --> 00:20:58,644 - Hey, baby. 411 00:20:58,750 --> 00:20:59,774 - Hey, Mama. 412 00:20:59,884 --> 00:21:00,873 - What happened to you? 413 00:21:00,985 --> 00:21:02,543 - Nothing. 414 00:21:02,654 --> 00:21:03,643 - Mm-mm. 415 00:21:03,755 --> 00:21:04,983 I can see something happened. 416 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:07,682 Come on. 417 00:21:07,791 --> 00:21:10,157 - They said you were staying in here for life. 418 00:21:10,260 --> 00:21:12,592 They say we're gonna be homeless. 419 00:21:13,797 --> 00:21:15,162 - Everybody, calm down, calm down. 420 00:21:15,265 --> 00:21:16,731 This is all right. It's all right. 421 00:21:16,832 --> 00:21:18,697 You are not gonna be homeless. 422 00:21:18,801 --> 00:21:20,894 They crazy, 'cause your mama, 423 00:21:21,003 --> 00:21:22,095 your mama's coming home. 424 00:21:22,205 --> 00:21:23,263 She's coming home real soon, 425 00:21:23,372 --> 00:21:24,862 ain't you? 426 00:21:24,974 --> 00:21:25,962 - Mm-hmm. 427 00:21:26,074 --> 00:21:27,666 - They offer you a plea? 428 00:21:27,776 --> 00:21:29,300 - I didn't do anything, Mama. 429 00:21:29,411 --> 00:21:30,742 - Dee, everybody pleas, 430 00:21:30,845 --> 00:21:32,870 and nobody ever's guilty. 431 00:21:32,981 --> 00:21:34,208 - I'd be a convicted felon, Mama. 432 00:21:34,315 --> 00:21:35,805 - You'd be home with your girls. 433 00:21:35,916 --> 00:21:37,213 - They'd throw me out the apartment. 434 00:21:37,318 --> 00:21:38,615 I'd lose my food stamps, 435 00:21:38,719 --> 00:21:40,050 the money for Sharonda's medicine. 436 00:21:40,154 --> 00:21:42,122 - You gonna lose all that anyway if you go to prison. 437 00:21:42,223 --> 00:21:45,555 - Didn't you always say, "The truth will set you free"? 438 00:21:46,893 --> 00:21:48,554 Girl, that's in the afterlife. 439 00:21:48,661 --> 00:21:49,821 God care about the truth. 440 00:21:49,929 --> 00:21:52,897 The DA don't give a shit about the truth. 441 00:21:52,998 --> 00:21:55,899 He'd lock niggers up till judgment day. 442 00:21:56,001 --> 00:21:56,990 - Time's up. 443 00:21:57,102 --> 00:21:58,535 - Dee? 444 00:21:58,637 --> 00:22:01,105 Darrell has been coming back to get the girls. 445 00:22:01,206 --> 00:22:03,673 So you think about that when you thinking of what to do. 446 00:22:03,774 --> 00:22:04,763 - He still with Claudia? 447 00:22:04,875 --> 00:22:06,365 - Mm-hmm. 448 00:22:06,477 --> 00:22:08,570 - Mama, don't leave the girls alone with her. 449 00:22:08,679 --> 00:22:10,942 - Dee, I am doing the best I can. 450 00:22:11,047 --> 00:22:12,776 - Mama? - He is their daddy. 451 00:22:12,882 --> 00:22:15,180 - Mama, do not leave them alone with her. 452 00:22:15,285 --> 00:22:17,185 Promise me, Mama. - Think about that plea. 453 00:22:17,287 --> 00:22:18,413 - Mama? Mama? 454 00:22:18,521 --> 00:22:19,545 Mama, you know what she's done- 455 00:22:19,655 --> 00:22:20,644 - Say bye to your mama. 456 00:22:20,756 --> 00:22:22,280 - Bye, Mama. 457 00:22:22,391 --> 00:22:23,380 - Bye. 458 00:22:23,492 --> 00:22:25,221 - Oh, babies, bye. 459 00:22:25,327 --> 00:22:26,555 - Love you. 460 00:22:26,662 --> 00:22:27,651 - Bye, babies. 461 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:29,127 Bye, babies. I love you, Mama. 462 00:22:29,230 --> 00:22:30,219 - Dee! - Bye! 463 00:22:30,331 --> 00:22:31,320 - Bye, Dee. We love you. 464 00:22:31,432 --> 00:22:32,524 Come on, baby. 465 00:22:32,634 --> 00:22:35,159 Let's get out of this jail. 466 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:39,262 They love to see black folks up in this place. 467 00:22:39,373 --> 00:22:40,772 - To the desk and he said, 468 00:22:40,874 --> 00:22:42,933 "You know how many times I've been through this with you? 469 00:22:43,043 --> 00:22:44,533 "I'm gonna tell you right now, you gonna have to arrest me, 470 00:22:44,645 --> 00:22:45,634 'cause I don't give a shit"- 471 00:22:45,746 --> 00:22:47,372 - Excuse me. 472 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,074 Do y'all know where I might find Judge Pryor? 473 00:22:53,019 --> 00:22:54,008 - Judge Pryor? 474 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:55,451 - Yes, Sam? 475 00:22:55,554 --> 00:22:57,453 - I have someone here who'd like to speak with you. 476 00:22:57,555 --> 00:22:59,022 - Yeah, come on in. 477 00:22:59,124 --> 00:23:00,921 - Appreciate it. 478 00:23:01,026 --> 00:23:02,926 - And I think the U.S. Supreme Court- 479 00:23:03,028 --> 00:23:05,495 - We- we've counted all the votes. 480 00:23:05,596 --> 00:23:07,257 We counted them on election day. 481 00:23:07,364 --> 00:23:09,093 - We haven't counted them. - The machine... 482 00:23:09,199 --> 00:23:10,962 - Hey, y'all. 483 00:23:11,068 --> 00:23:12,467 - Hi, Alma. 484 00:23:12,569 --> 00:23:13,900 - Girl, how you doing? 485 00:23:14,004 --> 00:23:16,437 - This is what I called y'all about. 486 00:23:16,539 --> 00:23:19,303 - Girl, how Dee doing? We sure miss her. 487 00:23:19,409 --> 00:23:21,138 - She- she all right. 488 00:23:21,244 --> 00:23:23,575 The judge say he'll lower Dee's bail 489 00:23:23,679 --> 00:23:25,169 if enough folks sign this here. 490 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,444 It say you have never seened her doing or selling drugs. 491 00:23:29,551 --> 00:23:31,542 That color's sure looking good on you, girl. 492 00:23:31,653 --> 00:23:33,210 - I love it. I love it. 493 00:23:33,321 --> 00:23:34,652 - I think I want to bump it up, though. 494 00:23:34,755 --> 00:23:35,949 - Give Dee our love. 495 00:23:36,057 --> 00:23:38,548 - And tell her we sure miss her around here, okay? 496 00:23:38,659 --> 00:23:39,819 - Y'all know I will. 497 00:23:40,861 --> 00:23:43,988 Tamika, I need you to sign. 498 00:23:45,765 --> 00:23:47,062 - Listen up. Listen to me now. 499 00:23:47,167 --> 00:23:48,156 Listen to me. 500 00:23:48,268 --> 00:23:49,565 Year after year, 501 00:23:49,669 --> 00:23:53,764 we have endured these raids on our community. 502 00:23:53,872 --> 00:23:57,706 And I, for one, have had enough. 503 00:23:57,810 --> 00:24:01,006 So I put in a call to my old friend 504 00:24:01,112 --> 00:24:04,411 Joe Fischer up at Baylor Law School. 505 00:24:04,515 --> 00:24:07,075 Professor Fischer has a long history 506 00:24:07,185 --> 00:24:09,982 of fighting for what's right here in Texas. 507 00:24:10,087 --> 00:24:11,281 And we thank him for that. 508 00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:18,616 Well, Joe didn't let us down, 509 00:24:18,728 --> 00:24:20,059 'cause next thing I know, 510 00:24:20,162 --> 00:24:24,394 I'm talking to a Mr. David Cohen at the ACLU. 511 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:26,058 Mr. Cohen, thank you. 512 00:24:26,168 --> 00:24:27,691 Thank you for coming. 513 00:24:27,802 --> 00:24:29,565 - Thank you, Reverend. 514 00:24:29,671 --> 00:24:31,935 My associate Byron Hill and I 515 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,237 appreciate your inviting us here tonight. 516 00:24:35,343 --> 00:24:39,506 What's happening in Melody is happening all over our country. 517 00:24:39,613 --> 00:24:42,446 Drug task forces use military tactics 518 00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:44,449 to terrorize poor people. 519 00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:48,680 And drug laws selectively target people of color. 520 00:24:48,788 --> 00:24:52,451 Meanwhile, federal money goes to the counties 521 00:24:52,558 --> 00:24:54,287 that convict the most people. 522 00:24:54,394 --> 00:24:57,885 And plea bargains are aggressively pushed 523 00:24:57,996 --> 00:25:00,760 to hasten those convictions. 524 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:03,834 Now, can anyone guess what percentage 525 00:25:03,934 --> 00:25:06,198 of the criminal cases in our country 526 00:25:06,303 --> 00:25:08,066 are settled by plea bargains? 527 00:25:11,475 --> 00:25:13,135 Just guess. 528 00:25:13,243 --> 00:25:16,701 How many folks never see a jury of their peers? 529 00:25:16,813 --> 00:25:17,905 - Half. 530 00:25:18,014 --> 00:25:20,141 - 95%. 531 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:24,242 For most people, the penalties of not taking the plea 532 00:25:24,353 --> 00:25:26,253 are so frightening that even if they're innocent, 533 00:25:26,355 --> 00:25:27,549 they plead guilty. 534 00:25:27,656 --> 00:25:29,419 - My son James got arrested up in the projects. 535 00:25:29,525 --> 00:25:30,514 - Uh-huh. 536 00:25:30,626 --> 00:25:31,751 - Can you help him post bail? 537 00:25:31,859 --> 00:25:36,455 - The ACLU does not post bail money. 538 00:25:36,564 --> 00:25:38,862 But we do offer legal advice 539 00:25:38,966 --> 00:25:40,125 and expert testimony. 540 00:25:40,233 --> 00:25:42,895 - Young man, I'm grateful for your offer, 541 00:25:43,003 --> 00:25:45,904 but I don't know that an ACLU Yankee lawyer 542 00:25:46,006 --> 00:25:47,997 can help my child with no Texas jury. 543 00:25:48,108 --> 00:25:52,237 - Look, he's here, and he wants to help. 544 00:25:52,344 --> 00:25:55,108 'Cause there ain't no way my son gonna get a fair trial 545 00:25:55,214 --> 00:25:57,682 as long as Beckett cuts the cords. 546 00:25:57,783 --> 00:26:01,684 Now, the DA wants Brian to take an eight-year plea. 547 00:26:01,786 --> 00:26:05,813 If he doesn't, they pushing for 25 years. 548 00:26:05,924 --> 00:26:11,156 - The story you're telling is exactly why we're here. 549 00:26:11,261 --> 00:26:16,164 - Our oldest boy fought charges three years ago. 550 00:26:16,266 --> 00:26:18,927 He didn't stand a chance. 551 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:21,902 He's in for 15 years. 552 00:26:24,774 --> 00:26:29,403 - Yeah, yeah, something really exciting and fun. 553 00:26:31,913 --> 00:26:34,279 - Count to 17. 554 00:26:34,382 --> 00:26:36,008 - That could be fun. 555 00:26:36,116 --> 00:26:38,482 Well, do you want to start it or shall I? 556 00:26:38,586 --> 00:26:39,985 - I'll start it, Big Bird. 557 00:26:40,087 --> 00:26:42,612 - Okay, you start. 558 00:26:42,723 --> 00:26:45,088 - One... - Two... 559 00:26:45,191 --> 00:26:47,159 - Tanya, come on, so I can change your diaper, girl. 560 00:26:47,260 --> 00:26:48,318 Come on. 561 00:26:48,428 --> 00:26:50,293 - Three? - Three! 562 00:26:50,396 --> 00:26:51,863 Y eah, three! 563 00:26:51,965 --> 00:26:54,432 Then we have, um... 564 00:26:54,533 --> 00:26:55,522 four! 565 00:26:55,634 --> 00:26:57,659 - Come on, T anya. Your diaper got to be full. 566 00:27:01,573 --> 00:27:03,836 - Five! 567 00:27:03,941 --> 00:27:08,674 - Texas law says a grand jury 568 00:27:08,779 --> 00:27:11,645 can indict them on the word of a single informant. 569 00:27:11,748 --> 00:27:14,273 - So all I have to do is accuse you... 570 00:27:14,384 --> 00:27:17,114 - And then I can be indicted and arrested, 571 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,620 and I'm told to take the plea or else. 572 00:27:19,723 --> 00:27:21,917 - And this system is an abomination. 573 00:27:22,024 --> 00:27:24,720 Poor black folks are easy pickins. 574 00:27:24,827 --> 00:27:26,385 - But we can change the system. 575 00:27:26,495 --> 00:27:29,691 We're gonna hit this DA really hard. 576 00:27:32,467 --> 00:27:34,230 - Up in the city, 577 00:27:34,335 --> 00:27:36,166 a DA may not be a big deal, 578 00:27:36,271 --> 00:27:38,704 but down here, 579 00:27:38,805 --> 00:27:41,865 he rules like a king. 580 00:27:41,975 --> 00:27:45,069 Beckett's been the DA for nine years. 581 00:27:45,178 --> 00:27:52,640 White folks vote for him 'cause he keeps the town quiet. 582 00:27:52,752 --> 00:27:56,119 Black folks... 583 00:27:56,222 --> 00:27:58,155 half of 'em are too lazy to vote, 584 00:27:58,256 --> 00:28:02,522 and the other half can't vote 'cause they're felons. 585 00:28:02,627 --> 00:28:08,758 I'll find you your lead plaintiff, 586 00:28:08,866 --> 00:28:12,632 but they gonna be in for a hell of a ride. 587 00:28:21,678 --> 00:28:24,544 - Roberts. 588 00:28:24,646 --> 00:28:26,011 Your lawyer's here. 589 00:28:26,114 --> 00:28:27,308 - You got what I been asking for? 590 00:28:27,416 --> 00:28:28,713 I really need 'em. 591 00:28:28,817 --> 00:28:31,752 - You too good to wad up toilet paper like everybody else? 592 00:28:31,853 --> 00:28:33,843 Let's go. 593 00:28:33,955 --> 00:28:37,482 - DA's playing hardball with us. 594 00:28:37,592 --> 00:28:39,150 He says he might withdraw his plea offer 595 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:40,887 if you don't take it soon. 596 00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:51,030 Look, I've learned a little bit about their case. 597 00:28:51,137 --> 00:28:53,366 All right, the DA has an informant 598 00:28:53,472 --> 00:28:56,032 and audio tapes of people selling him drugs. 599 00:28:56,141 --> 00:28:58,166 The informant claims he bought crack from you. 600 00:28:58,277 --> 00:29:00,006 The tapes confirm it. 601 00:29:00,112 --> 00:29:04,013 And two police offers say they witnessed the whole thing. 602 00:29:07,118 --> 00:29:09,109 It's pretty strong stuff, Miss Roberts. 603 00:29:12,589 --> 00:29:14,079 - It's bullshit. 604 00:29:21,897 --> 00:29:25,162 - Sam Conroy? 605 00:29:25,267 --> 00:29:26,359 - Y eah. 606 00:29:26,469 --> 00:29:28,959 - Hi, I'm David Cohen with the ACLU. 607 00:29:29,070 --> 00:29:31,436 Joe Fischer up at Baylor told me I might find you here. 608 00:29:31,539 --> 00:29:33,666 Do you have a second? 609 00:29:33,775 --> 00:29:36,642 There's a case I'd like to discuss with you. 610 00:29:40,781 --> 00:29:44,478 - Girl, anyone that can make Laquathia look that good 611 00:29:44,585 --> 00:29:46,051 is a damn genius. 612 00:29:46,152 --> 00:29:47,414 - You just jealous. 613 00:29:50,189 --> 00:29:52,089 - Gladys Williams? 614 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:54,523 Come on, you're going home. 615 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:56,253 - Going home? Gladys? 616 00:29:56,361 --> 00:29:57,350 - I took the plea. 617 00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:59,794 I'm sorry. 618 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,297 I'm just not as strong as you are. 619 00:30:04,502 --> 00:30:05,696 - Don't- don't worry about it. 620 00:30:05,803 --> 00:30:09,796 Gladys, you got to do what you think is right. 621 00:30:09,907 --> 00:30:14,366 So you know... 622 00:30:14,477 --> 00:30:15,466 All right. 623 00:30:15,578 --> 00:30:16,943 - Bye, girl. 624 00:30:20,016 --> 00:30:21,847 - Say hi to my babies. 625 00:31:02,587 --> 00:31:03,952 - Leona? 626 00:31:04,055 --> 00:31:05,545 - Hey. 627 00:31:05,657 --> 00:31:07,318 - Hey. 628 00:31:09,993 --> 00:31:12,291 I got your medication. 629 00:31:14,164 --> 00:31:15,392 How are you feeling? 630 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:18,126 - I'm good. 631 00:31:18,234 --> 00:31:19,223 Thank you. 632 00:31:25,007 --> 00:31:26,530 - What are you reading? 633 00:31:26,641 --> 00:31:28,734 You've been snortin' and sputterin' over there 634 00:31:28,844 --> 00:31:29,833 for an hour. 635 00:31:29,945 --> 00:31:31,310 - Well, this background on a case 636 00:31:31,413 --> 00:31:33,438 Joe Fischer recommended me for. 637 00:31:33,548 --> 00:31:35,174 - Joe Fischer? - Yeah. 638 00:31:35,282 --> 00:31:37,273 - Well, that's flattering. 639 00:31:37,384 --> 00:31:38,544 - Well, I suppose. 640 00:31:38,652 --> 00:31:43,589 But what it is is that the ACLU 641 00:31:43,691 --> 00:31:46,318 is trying to sue Calvin Beckett 642 00:31:46,426 --> 00:31:47,688 and a whole lot of other people, 643 00:31:47,794 --> 00:31:51,093 including your employer, the sheriff, 644 00:31:51,197 --> 00:31:53,494 'cause of the raids down in Melody. 645 00:31:53,599 --> 00:31:56,898 They're claiming it's a racial thing, 646 00:31:57,002 --> 00:31:58,230 racial bias. 647 00:32:02,473 --> 00:32:03,462 - You think it's true? 648 00:32:03,574 --> 00:32:06,634 - Maybe. 649 00:32:06,744 --> 00:32:09,577 Probably. 650 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,579 Maybe. 651 00:32:11,681 --> 00:32:15,515 But you know, racist intent is very hard to prove. 652 00:32:15,619 --> 00:32:20,215 And I mean, I got to work down here. 653 00:32:20,323 --> 00:32:23,120 I don't want to get tagged with the ACLU people. 654 00:32:23,225 --> 00:32:24,624 That's... 655 00:32:24,727 --> 00:32:26,160 - So you're not gonna do it? 656 00:32:26,262 --> 00:32:27,593 - I don't know. 657 00:32:31,032 --> 00:32:32,260 I don't know. 658 00:32:47,047 --> 00:32:49,378 buzz! 659 00:33:34,622 --> 00:33:37,147 - I didn't order apple pie. 660 00:33:37,258 --> 00:33:40,421 I ordered tuna on rye. 661 00:33:40,528 --> 00:33:43,155 The pie rhymes with the rye. 662 00:33:43,263 --> 00:33:44,525 - Oh. 663 00:33:46,766 --> 00:33:47,994 - Mama! 664 00:33:48,101 --> 00:33:50,433 - Oh. 665 00:33:52,271 --> 00:33:53,533 Come here. Come to your mommy. 666 00:33:53,639 --> 00:33:55,436 - They got me watching Sesame Street, 667 00:33:55,541 --> 00:33:56,872 and I don't like that show. 668 00:33:58,077 --> 00:33:59,806 - Here's the sweetie one. 669 00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:01,776 Oh, dang. 670 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,040 - Oh. 671 00:34:03,147 --> 00:34:05,638 - That your mama? 672 00:34:07,352 --> 00:34:09,343 - I told you she was coming back. 673 00:34:09,454 --> 00:34:11,387 Yeah. 674 00:34:11,488 --> 00:34:13,285 - Where Sherice at? 675 00:34:34,910 --> 00:34:37,844 Mm. 676 00:34:37,945 --> 00:34:39,913 You been brushing this? 677 00:34:43,918 --> 00:34:46,283 Looks like it need a little bit of a treatment. 678 00:34:48,788 --> 00:34:50,722 Mind if we work on it tonight? 679 00:34:58,730 --> 00:35:00,891 You been scared I wasn't coming home? 680 00:35:07,672 --> 00:35:08,661 It's okay, baby. 681 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,798 I'm here now, okay? 682 00:35:14,277 --> 00:35:16,302 I'll never... 683 00:35:16,413 --> 00:35:19,439 ever leave you again. 684 00:35:19,549 --> 00:35:21,210 I won't let anything happen to you. 685 00:35:24,086 --> 00:35:25,383 All right, baby? 686 00:36:19,902 --> 00:36:21,836 - Let there be no doubt, 687 00:36:21,938 --> 00:36:25,601 while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, 688 00:36:25,708 --> 00:36:26,696 I accept it. 689 00:36:29,311 --> 00:36:30,676 There she is. 690 00:36:33,915 --> 00:36:36,314 - Whole system's crazy, Dee. 691 00:36:36,417 --> 00:36:37,907 Take the Mexicans. 692 00:36:38,019 --> 00:36:39,714 No one else will work in the kitchen. 693 00:36:39,820 --> 00:36:41,151 But if you hire them, 694 00:36:41,255 --> 00:36:44,053 government comes and busts for hiring illegals. 695 00:36:44,158 --> 00:36:45,852 - Doreen, I need my job back. 696 00:36:48,995 --> 00:36:51,361 - Dee, how many years you been working here? 697 00:36:51,464 --> 00:36:54,398 Six? - Seven. 698 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:58,664 - Dee, after the police came and got you, 699 00:36:58,771 --> 00:37:00,295 they came back... 700 00:37:00,406 --> 00:37:01,896 twice. 701 00:37:02,007 --> 00:37:04,236 First time, looking for drugs in your stuff. 702 00:37:04,342 --> 00:37:05,673 And then a week later, 703 00:37:05,777 --> 00:37:08,644 to talk to me about the papers on my guys in the kitchen. 704 00:37:12,282 --> 00:37:14,512 I can't be fighting with the DA. 705 00:37:17,888 --> 00:37:19,082 - Don't worry about it. 706 00:37:19,189 --> 00:37:20,349 - Please, take it. 707 00:37:20,457 --> 00:37:22,856 - Don't worry about it. - Take it. 708 00:37:22,958 --> 00:37:24,858 Please. 709 00:37:30,665 --> 00:37:32,326 - Thank you. 710 00:37:32,434 --> 00:37:35,198 - You're welcome. 711 00:37:35,303 --> 00:37:37,897 - Um... 712 00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:39,905 I'm sorry. 713 00:37:40,007 --> 00:37:40,996 - Me too. 714 00:38:11,936 --> 00:38:13,665 - So did you get a chance to read the material 715 00:38:13,771 --> 00:38:14,795 that I gave you? 716 00:38:14,905 --> 00:38:17,839 - What do you need local counsel for? 717 00:38:17,941 --> 00:38:19,909 Doesn't the ACLU have enough lawyers? 718 00:38:20,009 --> 00:38:22,569 - We need insight into the local justice system. 719 00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:23,668 - It's simple. 720 00:38:23,780 --> 00:38:25,644 The DA decides what he wants, 721 00:38:25,747 --> 00:38:26,873 the cops go and get it for him, 722 00:38:26,982 --> 00:38:29,280 and the judges bless what they have done. 723 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,981 - Are you hostile toward this case for some reason, 724 00:38:34,088 --> 00:38:35,282 Mr. Conroy? 725 00:38:37,158 --> 00:38:39,149 - Mr. Cohen, when Joe Fischer recommended me to you, 726 00:38:39,260 --> 00:38:40,921 did he tell you, before I became a lawyer, 727 00:38:41,028 --> 00:38:42,325 I'd been a drug cop for ten years 728 00:38:42,430 --> 00:38:44,124 and that I trained the task force officers 729 00:38:44,231 --> 00:38:45,528 you're planning on suing? 730 00:38:47,434 --> 00:38:50,528 - Mr. Fischer told me you were a man of principle, 731 00:38:50,637 --> 00:38:52,036 a fair man. 732 00:38:52,138 --> 00:38:53,628 Does what happened at Arlington Springs 733 00:38:53,739 --> 00:38:54,797 seem fair to you? 734 00:38:54,907 --> 00:38:57,501 - Not much seems fair to me these days, 735 00:38:57,610 --> 00:38:59,578 Mr. Cohen, so I deal in practicalities. 736 00:38:59,678 --> 00:39:02,441 You're asking me to sue everybody I ever met 737 00:39:02,547 --> 00:39:03,809 for racial discrimination. 738 00:39:03,915 --> 00:39:05,507 Now, you know where we are down here? 739 00:39:05,617 --> 00:39:07,983 You might as well ask me to stick a shotgun up my ass 740 00:39:08,086 --> 00:39:10,316 and blow my head off. 741 00:39:12,656 --> 00:39:15,716 - Well, that's very colorful. 742 00:39:15,826 --> 00:39:18,158 I apologize for wasting your time. 743 00:39:24,066 --> 00:39:25,294 - You don't have to be sorry. 744 00:39:25,401 --> 00:39:26,959 You're just doing what you think is right, 745 00:39:27,069 --> 00:39:29,764 and despite how it may look, so am I. 746 00:39:32,174 --> 00:39:34,506 But I got to live down here. 747 00:39:34,609 --> 00:39:37,544 You're gonna be able to go back where you come from. 748 00:39:37,646 --> 00:39:39,044 I'm gonna ask you again. 749 00:39:39,146 --> 00:39:41,011 Why do you want local counsel? 750 00:39:43,918 --> 00:39:46,852 - We intend to file very quickly. 751 00:39:46,953 --> 00:39:50,411 To handle discovery, depositions, 752 00:39:50,523 --> 00:39:52,388 and a trial, 753 00:39:52,492 --> 00:39:56,484 I need somebody who knows how to navigate shit down here, 754 00:39:56,595 --> 00:40:01,294 somebody to whom witnesses and a local jury can relate. 755 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,335 I think we both know that isn't me. 756 00:40:08,539 --> 00:40:10,507 Well, that's a sensible answer there, Mr. Cohen. 757 00:40:15,712 --> 00:40:17,043 Who is your plaintiff? 758 00:40:18,615 --> 00:40:21,015 - Hello. Is your mom home? 759 00:40:21,117 --> 00:40:22,880 - Who's that, Sherice? 760 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,785 - Hi, are you Dee Roberts? 761 00:40:26,889 --> 00:40:27,981 - Mm-hmm. 762 00:40:28,090 --> 00:40:31,321 - Hi, I'm David Cohen with the ACLU, 763 00:40:31,427 --> 00:40:34,190 and this is Sam Conroy. 764 00:40:34,295 --> 00:40:38,527 Reverend Sanders suggested that we come talk to you. 765 00:40:38,633 --> 00:40:41,363 - Reverend Sanders? 766 00:40:41,468 --> 00:40:42,457 Mm-hmm. 767 00:40:42,569 --> 00:40:43,558 Okay. 768 00:40:43,670 --> 00:40:45,831 Bye, babies. 769 00:40:45,939 --> 00:40:47,065 Get into Mommy's room. 770 00:40:47,174 --> 00:40:48,402 Got a visitor. 771 00:40:48,508 --> 00:40:51,067 Sharonda, make sure your sisters keep quiet, all right? 772 00:40:53,312 --> 00:40:55,007 All right. 773 00:40:55,114 --> 00:40:57,207 - So, Miss Roberts, 774 00:40:57,316 --> 00:40:59,806 what has happened to you and others here in Melody 775 00:40:59,918 --> 00:41:01,647 is simply wrong. 776 00:41:01,753 --> 00:41:04,984 The ACLU wants to make sure that it doesn't happen again. 777 00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:08,184 And we plan to sue the district attorney, 778 00:41:08,293 --> 00:41:09,657 the county, 779 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,057 the drug task force, 780 00:41:11,161 --> 00:41:14,927 and the policemen involved in the raids. 781 00:41:15,032 --> 00:41:18,797 We'd like to do it in your name. 782 00:41:18,901 --> 00:41:20,892 - Are you kidding me? 783 00:41:21,004 --> 00:41:23,302 You want her to sue Calvin Beckett? 784 00:41:23,406 --> 00:41:24,737 - Yes, ma'am. 785 00:41:24,841 --> 00:41:26,240 - Y'all must be the ones doing drugs 786 00:41:26,342 --> 00:41:28,935 if you think my daughter's gonna sue the DA 787 00:41:29,044 --> 00:41:31,740 and Harmon County, Texas. 788 00:41:31,847 --> 00:41:34,611 - Would y'all excuse me for a second, please? 789 00:41:38,753 --> 00:41:40,050 - Huh. 790 00:41:46,626 --> 00:41:47,615 Hey. 791 00:41:47,727 --> 00:41:49,388 Mm-mm. Mm-mm. 792 00:41:51,731 --> 00:41:55,530 Since when did you start smoking? 793 00:41:55,634 --> 00:41:57,625 - Since I spent 21 days in jail. 794 00:41:57,736 --> 00:42:00,227 - I can't believe Reverend Sanders sent them round here, 795 00:42:00,339 --> 00:42:02,364 talking about sue Beckett. 796 00:42:02,474 --> 00:42:03,997 You can't beat Beckett. 797 00:42:04,108 --> 00:42:05,541 - I would need to. 798 00:42:05,643 --> 00:42:07,270 He wants to put me in prison for 16 years. 799 00:42:07,378 --> 00:42:09,676 - Beckett don't care nothing about you. 800 00:42:09,781 --> 00:42:11,408 You take the plea, he will leave you alone. 801 00:42:11,516 --> 00:42:12,607 You stay to yourself, 802 00:42:12,716 --> 00:42:14,149 he ain't gonna bother you never again. 803 00:42:14,251 --> 00:42:15,912 - Why should I have to keep to myself? 804 00:42:16,019 --> 00:42:17,919 I did not do anything. 805 00:42:18,021 --> 00:42:19,613 - Dee, it ain't always about you. 806 00:42:19,723 --> 00:42:21,020 You got kids to take care of. 807 00:42:21,124 --> 00:42:23,489 - Mama, these police been raiding these projects 808 00:42:23,592 --> 00:42:24,581 since I was a kid. 809 00:42:24,694 --> 00:42:28,755 Now they done started on my kids. 810 00:42:28,864 --> 00:42:31,855 Look at Sherice in there. 811 00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:33,957 It scared her half to death. 812 00:42:34,069 --> 00:42:35,866 You think it's gonna stop 'cause I plead guilty? 813 00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:36,959 - Excuse me. 814 00:42:37,072 --> 00:42:38,699 Why is that any of your business? 815 00:42:42,242 --> 00:42:44,107 - After what they done to me, Mama, 816 00:42:44,211 --> 00:42:46,577 they made it my business. 817 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:47,840 - Dee! 818 00:42:47,948 --> 00:42:49,244 Dee, wait a minute! - No, Mama. 819 00:42:57,924 --> 00:42:59,891 I want to help. - Great. 820 00:42:59,991 --> 00:43:02,619 - May I? 821 00:43:02,728 --> 00:43:04,195 - Please. 822 00:43:07,032 --> 00:43:09,056 - Miss Roberts, I know Calvin Beckett. 823 00:43:09,166 --> 00:43:11,225 I know him personally. 824 00:43:11,335 --> 00:43:16,034 And filing this suit against him, 825 00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:19,597 it may make him change his plans. 826 00:43:19,709 --> 00:43:22,007 But more than likely, 827 00:43:22,112 --> 00:43:25,410 he's gonna come after you even harder. 828 00:43:25,514 --> 00:43:27,277 He may come after you very hard. 829 00:43:27,383 --> 00:43:29,681 You need to remember that you still have criminal charges 830 00:43:29,785 --> 00:43:32,777 pending against you. 831 00:43:32,888 --> 00:43:33,877 - He's right. 832 00:43:41,662 --> 00:43:45,757 He ain't gonna leave me alone unless I plead guilty. 833 00:43:45,866 --> 00:43:48,061 And I ain't doing that. 834 00:43:48,168 --> 00:43:51,604 So... 835 00:43:51,705 --> 00:43:53,331 what exactly do you need me to do? 836 00:44:02,847 --> 00:44:06,214 - So why does it seem such a hard choice, Sam? 837 00:44:06,317 --> 00:44:08,444 - Well, it makes me take sides. 838 00:44:08,553 --> 00:44:11,487 It'll seem kind of like a political thing, doesn't it? 839 00:44:11,588 --> 00:44:12,953 And I'm not a political person. 840 00:44:13,056 --> 00:44:14,318 You know that. 841 00:44:14,425 --> 00:44:15,790 And I mean, 842 00:44:15,893 --> 00:44:19,056 well, okay, I'm gonna sue the district attorney down here. 843 00:44:19,163 --> 00:44:23,030 I mean, the establishment would be done with me, wouldn't it? 844 00:44:23,132 --> 00:44:26,260 And Leona has been sick. 845 00:44:26,369 --> 00:44:27,597 And we can't afford- 846 00:44:27,703 --> 00:44:31,832 - Then why are you thinking about doing it at all? 847 00:44:34,776 --> 00:44:37,142 - Hey, did you know that when I was in high school, 848 00:44:37,245 --> 00:44:38,802 I was in West Louisiana, 849 00:44:38,913 --> 00:44:42,713 and used to work at a town pool out there? 850 00:44:42,817 --> 00:44:46,446 And blacks and whites were just beginning to swim together. 851 00:44:46,554 --> 00:44:50,284 The idea wasn't very popular with anybody at that time. 852 00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:53,757 And one afternoon, 853 00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:56,453 I was out there, 854 00:44:56,562 --> 00:44:59,258 and there were two blacks in the pool, 855 00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:02,060 and there was one black man in the shower room. 856 00:45:02,167 --> 00:45:04,158 It was in the pool house 857 00:45:04,269 --> 00:45:06,168 where I was mopping down the floor in there. 858 00:45:06,270 --> 00:45:09,637 And this white man comes in and he says, 859 00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:12,538 "Sam, get out of here. " 860 00:45:12,643 --> 00:45:14,201 And I said, "Well, I work here. 861 00:45:14,312 --> 00:45:15,801 I'm mopping up the floor. What do you"- 862 00:45:15,912 --> 00:45:17,345 And he said, "Get the hell out of here. " 863 00:45:17,447 --> 00:45:18,436 And I said, "I can't do that. 864 00:45:18,548 --> 00:45:19,640 I'm not finished mopping up. " 865 00:45:19,749 --> 00:45:21,114 And he pulled out a tire iron and said, 866 00:45:21,218 --> 00:45:23,708 "Boy, you get your ass out of here right now. " 867 00:45:26,489 --> 00:45:28,719 And I did. 868 00:45:28,824 --> 00:45:30,155 And as I'm running out, 869 00:45:30,259 --> 00:45:32,318 all these men come running in. 870 00:45:32,428 --> 00:45:36,295 They're carrying metal rods, sticks, pipes. 871 00:45:36,397 --> 00:45:41,027 And as I'm running out, I heard, you know, 872 00:45:41,135 --> 00:45:43,625 the sound... 873 00:45:47,908 --> 00:45:51,741 And, um... 874 00:45:51,844 --> 00:45:53,835 man died that night. 875 00:45:59,585 --> 00:46:02,109 Couple weeks later, 876 00:46:02,220 --> 00:46:04,415 the FBl came to my house. 877 00:46:04,523 --> 00:46:06,491 And they wanted to know what I'd seen. 878 00:46:13,430 --> 00:46:15,330 - What did you tell them? 879 00:46:15,432 --> 00:46:17,957 - I didn't say anything. 880 00:46:22,372 --> 00:46:27,139 I knew who those men were, 881 00:46:27,243 --> 00:46:29,802 and I didn't say anything. 882 00:46:40,321 --> 00:46:42,516 - Lavosha. 883 00:46:42,623 --> 00:46:44,818 - Hey, Dee, girl. 884 00:46:44,926 --> 00:46:46,893 Baby, how you doing? 885 00:46:46,993 --> 00:46:49,325 It's so good to see you. 886 00:46:49,429 --> 00:46:50,418 - Mm, I'm... 887 00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:56,362 - There. 888 00:46:56,468 --> 00:46:58,333 A whole new you. 889 00:46:58,437 --> 00:47:00,200 - Wow, thank you, Vosha. 890 00:47:00,306 --> 00:47:02,740 I promise, when I get a new job... 891 00:47:02,841 --> 00:47:04,034 - Mm-mm. 892 00:47:04,142 --> 00:47:06,042 Don't worry about it. It's on me, honey. 893 00:47:06,144 --> 00:47:07,805 Anytime. 894 00:47:09,547 --> 00:47:10,844 - Thank you so much. 895 00:47:10,949 --> 00:47:13,849 - Aw, sweetie. 896 00:47:13,951 --> 00:47:15,282 - This is good. 897 00:47:15,385 --> 00:47:16,875 - Y eah. 898 00:47:28,064 --> 00:47:30,089 - Okay. 899 00:47:32,133 --> 00:47:33,657 Well, okay. 900 00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:35,633 Well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Roberts. 901 00:47:35,737 --> 00:47:37,830 Do you think you could start next Monday? 902 00:47:37,939 --> 00:47:39,201 - Can I start sooner? 903 00:47:39,307 --> 00:47:41,604 - We're just gonna do a background check first. 904 00:47:41,709 --> 00:47:44,405 You know, arrest record and all that stuff. 905 00:47:44,511 --> 00:47:48,072 But it shouldn't take long. 906 00:47:48,182 --> 00:47:49,648 - It was nice to meet you. 907 00:47:49,749 --> 00:47:51,080 - Nice to meet you. 908 00:48:03,362 --> 00:48:04,351 - No. 909 00:48:04,463 --> 00:48:05,555 - Look... 910 00:48:05,664 --> 00:48:07,097 - No, we're not hiring at the moment. 911 00:48:07,199 --> 00:48:08,893 No. 912 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,092 - I'm a hard worker. 913 00:48:10,201 --> 00:48:12,032 You won't have to pay me much. 914 00:48:12,136 --> 00:48:13,865 - I'm sorry. 915 00:48:13,971 --> 00:48:17,269 - I'll do dishes, bus tables, anything. 916 00:48:17,374 --> 00:48:18,602 - No. - Come on. 917 00:48:18,708 --> 00:48:20,369 - I said no. 918 00:48:30,486 --> 00:48:33,319 Combo special, number 23. 919 00:48:36,190 --> 00:48:39,956 Here, everybody has to do everything: 920 00:48:40,061 --> 00:48:42,359 clean the bathrooms, 921 00:48:42,463 --> 00:48:43,452 scrub the dishes, 922 00:48:43,564 --> 00:48:44,928 and go to the warehouse to get supplies. 923 00:48:45,032 --> 00:48:46,021 Thanks. 924 00:48:46,133 --> 00:48:49,625 - That's all right for me. 925 00:48:49,736 --> 00:48:51,431 - It's minimum wage, no benefits. 926 00:48:51,538 --> 00:48:54,472 - That's okay. 927 00:49:02,514 --> 00:49:05,210 All right, we'll try it for a month. 928 00:49:05,316 --> 00:49:07,648 - Thank you. 929 00:49:07,752 --> 00:49:09,083 I'll do a good job. 930 00:49:09,187 --> 00:49:10,848 You'll see. 931 00:49:13,624 --> 00:49:15,421 Look what I got. - Mama! 932 00:49:16,894 --> 00:49:18,122 Look what I got. 933 00:49:18,228 --> 00:49:19,559 - Christmas tree! 934 00:49:19,663 --> 00:49:21,186 We got a Christmas tree! 935 00:49:21,297 --> 00:49:22,992 - We got a Christmas tree! 936 00:49:23,099 --> 00:49:24,157 Who's gonna help me decorate? 937 00:49:24,267 --> 00:49:25,325 Who's gonna help me decorate? 938 00:49:25,435 --> 00:49:26,561 - Me! 939 00:49:26,669 --> 00:49:28,466 - The whole truth and nothing but the truth, 940 00:49:28,571 --> 00:49:30,003 so help you God? 941 00:49:30,105 --> 00:49:31,936 - I do. 942 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:33,598 - Mr. Porter, 943 00:49:33,709 --> 00:49:37,839 on August the 14th, did you buy drugs from the defendant? 944 00:49:37,946 --> 00:49:39,105 - Yes. 945 00:49:39,213 --> 00:49:40,703 - And did anyone witness this? 946 00:49:40,815 --> 00:49:41,804 - Yes. 947 00:49:41,916 --> 00:49:44,441 Well, no- not exactly. 948 00:49:44,552 --> 00:49:46,247 I recorded it on a tape recorder 949 00:49:46,353 --> 00:49:48,013 that the police had gave me. 950 00:49:48,121 --> 00:49:49,213 Are you sure there were drugs? 951 00:49:49,322 --> 00:49:50,380 - Yes. 952 00:49:50,490 --> 00:49:51,923 - How are you sure? 953 00:49:52,025 --> 00:49:54,653 - Well, I taste them. 954 00:49:54,761 --> 00:49:57,661 And when I brought them to the police, 955 00:49:57,763 --> 00:49:59,492 they put them on a little piece of glass 956 00:49:59,598 --> 00:50:00,963 and put the stuff on it and it turned- 957 00:50:01,066 --> 00:50:02,897 - Mr. Porter, thank you. 958 00:50:03,001 --> 00:50:04,400 That'll be all for now. 959 00:50:06,437 --> 00:50:10,134 - Mr. Porter, have you ever been in a mental institution? 960 00:50:10,241 --> 00:50:11,572 - Objection, Your Honor, this is- 961 00:50:11,676 --> 00:50:12,734 - Overruled. 962 00:50:12,844 --> 00:50:16,506 - Mr. Porter, I repeat, 963 00:50:16,613 --> 00:50:21,983 have you ever been in a mental institution? 964 00:50:22,085 --> 00:50:23,074 - Yes. 965 00:50:23,186 --> 00:50:25,050 - And who sent you there? 966 00:50:25,154 --> 00:50:26,519 - He did. 967 00:50:26,622 --> 00:50:27,953 - Mr. Beckett? 968 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,057 - Yes. 969 00:50:32,161 --> 00:50:33,559 - And were you afraid- 970 00:50:33,661 --> 00:50:36,391 - I guess we just found our first deposition. 971 00:50:36,498 --> 00:50:40,628 - Your Honor, I move we recess for lunch. 972 00:50:40,735 --> 00:50:43,669 - Court is adjourned until 1:00 p. m. 973 00:50:53,813 --> 00:50:56,247 - Well, hey, Sam. 974 00:50:56,349 --> 00:50:58,749 - Hello, Calvin. 975 00:50:58,851 --> 00:51:00,182 How are you? 976 00:51:00,286 --> 00:51:01,980 - Calvin Beckett. I don't believe I know you. 977 00:51:02,087 --> 00:51:03,247 You visiting? 978 00:51:03,355 --> 00:51:05,323 - David Cohen. I'm gonna be here for a while. 979 00:51:05,423 --> 00:51:07,823 - Well, I'll be seeing you around. 980 00:51:07,926 --> 00:51:10,086 - I look forward to that. 981 00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,338 - Hey, Mama. 982 00:51:26,442 --> 00:51:27,807 Hey, Grace. 983 00:51:27,910 --> 00:51:29,537 - Hello, sweetie. 984 00:51:29,645 --> 00:51:31,840 - What you doing here so soon? 985 00:51:31,947 --> 00:51:33,642 I wasn't expecting you. Everything all right? 986 00:51:33,749 --> 00:51:35,546 - Yeah, everything's okay. Where's Sherice at? 987 00:51:35,651 --> 00:51:36,640 - She at basketball. 988 00:51:36,752 --> 00:51:39,379 - Where the girls at? 989 00:51:44,525 --> 00:51:46,754 Mama? 990 00:51:46,860 --> 00:51:49,624 - That's their daddy, Dee. 991 00:51:49,729 --> 00:51:50,957 Here, watch her for a minute. 992 00:51:51,064 --> 00:51:52,053 Dee! 993 00:51:52,165 --> 00:51:54,030 That's their daddy! 994 00:51:54,134 --> 00:51:55,225 Dee! 995 00:51:55,334 --> 00:51:56,631 Grace, get the girls' bag. 996 00:51:56,735 --> 00:51:58,862 Dee! 997 00:51:58,971 --> 00:52:00,199 Wait a minute! 998 00:52:00,306 --> 00:52:03,207 - Darrell, bring my girls out here right now! 999 00:52:03,309 --> 00:52:04,536 - Dee! 1000 00:52:06,945 --> 00:52:09,539 - Darrell, I know you hear me! 1001 00:52:09,647 --> 00:52:10,671 Darrell! 1002 00:52:10,782 --> 00:52:12,374 - Better for you to stay with your daddy. 1003 00:52:12,483 --> 00:52:13,847 Your mama going back to jail soon. 1004 00:52:13,951 --> 00:52:15,009 - Claudia. 1005 00:52:15,118 --> 00:52:16,847 - She gonna be gone for a real long time. 1006 00:52:16,954 --> 00:52:20,583 - Claudia, you so much as lay a hand on my girl- 1007 00:52:20,691 --> 00:52:22,783 - Yeah, what you gonna do, huh? 1008 00:52:22,892 --> 00:52:25,224 I got Laquisha in my arms right now, Dee! 1009 00:52:25,328 --> 00:52:28,297 Holding her tight. Ooh-hooh-hoo. 1010 00:52:28,397 --> 00:52:30,388 - I'm gonna kill you! Open this damn door! 1011 00:52:30,499 --> 00:52:32,295 - Holding her tight. 1012 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:33,526 - Yeah, she's out of control. 1013 00:52:33,635 --> 00:52:35,432 Apartment 213. She's here right now. 1014 00:52:35,537 --> 00:52:38,563 Hey, hey, hey, hey! 1015 00:52:38,673 --> 00:52:41,539 - Darrell, if you do not bring my children out here right now- 1016 00:52:41,642 --> 00:52:42,631 - Hold it now! 1017 00:52:42,743 --> 00:52:44,108 - Oh. 1018 00:52:44,211 --> 00:52:47,237 - Dee, wait! 1019 00:52:47,348 --> 00:52:48,747 Dee! 1020 00:52:48,849 --> 00:52:50,247 Dee Roberts, they will throw your butt 1021 00:52:50,350 --> 00:52:51,339 back in jail in a heartbeat. 1022 00:52:51,451 --> 00:52:52,509 - You let him take them! 1023 00:52:52,619 --> 00:52:53,950 You let me get them back! 1024 00:52:54,053 --> 00:52:55,315 - You best listen to your mama, Dee. 1025 00:52:55,421 --> 00:52:56,410 - Uh-huh. 1026 00:52:56,522 --> 00:52:57,614 - You know what friends I got. 1027 00:52:57,724 --> 00:52:59,020 Police gonna be here in a minute. 1028 00:52:59,124 --> 00:53:00,751 You better stay away from my truck, though. 1029 00:53:00,859 --> 00:53:02,520 Hey! - I want my girls! 1030 00:53:02,628 --> 00:53:03,959 - All right, now get off that truck. 1031 00:53:04,062 --> 00:53:05,689 You know I need that for work. 1032 00:53:05,797 --> 00:53:07,492 Damn it! Are you out your God damn mind? 1033 00:53:07,599 --> 00:53:09,122 - I said I want my girls, Darrell! 1034 00:53:09,233 --> 00:53:10,894 - Get off my truck! 1035 00:53:11,002 --> 00:53:12,401 - Dee! 1036 00:53:12,503 --> 00:53:14,061 - Come on now, Dee. You know you can't do- 1037 00:53:14,171 --> 00:53:15,433 Hey! - I'm counting to three! 1038 00:53:15,539 --> 00:53:16,801 I want my damn kids back! 1039 00:53:16,908 --> 00:53:17,896 - Knock that shit off! 1040 00:53:18,008 --> 00:53:19,236 You better not. 1041 00:53:19,342 --> 00:53:20,866 - Two! - Dee, cool yourself. 1042 00:53:20,977 --> 00:53:22,774 - Three! 1043 00:53:22,879 --> 00:53:24,710 Come on, Darrell! Come on! 1044 00:53:24,814 --> 00:53:26,145 I want my damn kids! 1045 00:53:26,248 --> 00:53:27,306 - Dee! 1046 00:53:27,416 --> 00:53:29,543 - Stop! 1047 00:53:29,652 --> 00:53:31,051 - Goddamn it! 1048 00:53:34,256 --> 00:53:37,691 - I want my damn kids. 1049 00:53:37,792 --> 00:53:38,781 Come on! 1050 00:53:38,893 --> 00:53:41,384 - Dee, get off that truck! 1051 00:53:41,496 --> 00:53:42,485 - I want my girls. 1052 00:53:42,597 --> 00:53:44,360 - You scaring them kids. Come here. 1053 00:53:44,464 --> 00:53:46,227 - Go on and take 'em. 1054 00:53:46,333 --> 00:53:47,391 Take 'em! 1055 00:53:47,501 --> 00:53:49,025 - Don't cry, baby. Baby, I'm sorry. 1056 00:53:49,136 --> 00:53:51,070 Come here, baby. 1057 00:53:52,306 --> 00:53:53,534 - I'm just trying to protect them 1058 00:53:53,639 --> 00:53:56,904 from your insane bullshit anyway. 1059 00:53:57,009 --> 00:53:58,874 - What? 1060 00:53:58,978 --> 00:54:00,445 Look at my Goddamn truck. 1061 00:54:00,546 --> 00:54:01,740 - You know the drill, Miss Alma. 1062 00:54:01,847 --> 00:54:02,972 - Look at this shit. - Come on. 1063 00:54:03,081 --> 00:54:04,105 - You don't have to cuff her. 1064 00:54:04,215 --> 00:54:05,204 - Get my girls out of here. 1065 00:54:05,317 --> 00:54:06,341 - I got 'em. 1066 00:54:06,451 --> 00:54:10,114 Dee, I'm gonna come and get you. 1067 00:54:10,221 --> 00:54:14,088 - It's not like I won't have 'em back soon anyway. 1068 00:54:23,933 --> 00:54:24,922 Bitch. 1069 00:54:26,803 --> 00:54:29,101 - Your mother told Darrell she'd fix his car 1070 00:54:29,205 --> 00:54:30,933 if he dropped the charges. 1071 00:54:31,039 --> 00:54:34,167 Did she tell you that Claudia's an accused child molester? 1072 00:54:34,276 --> 00:54:36,836 - No one can blame you for protecting your girls. 1073 00:54:36,945 --> 00:54:40,209 But destroying Darrell's car just wasn't smart. 1074 00:54:40,314 --> 00:54:41,838 - Worked, didn't it? 1075 00:54:41,949 --> 00:54:45,112 - Dee, we get hundreds of letters every week 1076 00:54:45,219 --> 00:54:46,550 from people who need help, 1077 00:54:46,654 --> 00:54:49,645 people, frankly, just as deserving as you. 1078 00:54:49,756 --> 00:54:52,987 We have the resources for one major case on this issue, 1079 00:54:53,093 --> 00:54:55,357 and I chose you. 1080 00:54:55,462 --> 00:54:57,520 I need you to stay out of trouble. 1081 00:54:57,629 --> 00:54:59,597 Can you do that? 1082 00:55:04,603 --> 00:55:06,093 Thank you. 1083 00:55:08,773 --> 00:55:12,072 - 35,000 thousand people at eight official balls 1084 00:55:12,176 --> 00:55:15,202 hang between $100 and $200 a pop. 1085 00:55:15,313 --> 00:55:16,438 - I don't know him that well, 1086 00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:19,709 but I know him well enough to say I know him... 1087 00:55:19,816 --> 00:55:21,716 - Hello, Dee. - Hello. 1088 00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:25,082 - Have a seat. 1089 00:55:25,187 --> 00:55:27,155 - Congratulations. 1090 00:55:27,256 --> 00:55:29,383 You made the paper. 1091 00:55:29,492 --> 00:55:31,892 - Yeah, lucky me. 1092 00:55:31,994 --> 00:55:33,484 - I just spoke to David Higgins. 1093 00:55:33,596 --> 00:55:34,653 He should be here any minute. 1094 00:55:34,763 --> 00:55:39,166 Did he listen to that tape with you? 1095 00:55:39,267 --> 00:55:40,495 - Right there in jail. 1096 00:55:40,602 --> 00:55:42,069 Wasn't nothing but a lot of crackling 1097 00:55:42,170 --> 00:55:44,296 and some men arguing. 1098 00:55:44,405 --> 00:55:47,374 Not a woman's voice on the tape. 1099 00:55:47,474 --> 00:55:49,772 - Oh, speak of the devil. 1100 00:55:49,877 --> 00:55:51,777 Hello, David. 1101 00:55:51,879 --> 00:55:53,743 Have a seat. 1102 00:55:53,846 --> 00:55:54,938 I think you know Dee. 1103 00:55:55,048 --> 00:55:57,710 David Cohen, David Higgins. 1104 00:55:57,817 --> 00:56:00,809 - I'm here because of George Bush... 1105 00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:03,444 - I just can't find it. 1106 00:56:03,555 --> 00:56:06,956 - Are you telling me you lost the tape? 1107 00:56:07,059 --> 00:56:09,755 - Well, did you call the DA about a copy? 1108 00:56:09,861 --> 00:56:12,158 - It seems theirs is missing too. 1109 00:56:15,166 --> 00:56:17,100 - Okay, what about the arrest warrant 1110 00:56:17,201 --> 00:56:19,794 that Dee gave you? 1111 00:56:19,903 --> 00:56:22,201 - Well, I'm sure we'll find it sooner or later. 1112 00:56:22,305 --> 00:56:24,398 - Oh, come on, David. 1113 00:56:24,507 --> 00:56:26,873 You can't really expect us to believe this bullshit. 1114 00:56:26,976 --> 00:56:28,636 - Well, I don't really care what you believe. 1115 00:56:28,744 --> 00:56:30,712 - Mr. Higgins, at the very least, 1116 00:56:30,813 --> 00:56:32,246 you're guilty of gross dereliction 1117 00:56:32,347 --> 00:56:33,746 of your responsibilities. 1118 00:56:33,849 --> 00:56:35,111 And you may very well be guilty 1119 00:56:35,217 --> 00:56:36,616 of criminal obstruction of justice. 1120 00:56:36,718 --> 00:56:39,743 - You be very careful what you say, Mr. Cohen. 1121 00:56:39,854 --> 00:56:41,412 As Sam can tell you, down here, 1122 00:56:41,522 --> 00:56:42,887 you make enemies for life. 1123 00:56:42,990 --> 00:56:45,618 Miss Roberts, let me give you some free advice. 1124 00:56:45,726 --> 00:56:47,215 You take the plea. 1125 00:56:47,327 --> 00:56:48,555 You do a little time on probation, 1126 00:56:48,662 --> 00:56:50,357 and you go back to your family in peace. 1127 00:56:50,464 --> 00:56:52,193 Be careful you don't get sent away 1128 00:56:52,299 --> 00:56:53,789 just so some self-important asshole 1129 00:56:53,900 --> 00:56:55,958 can play civil rights lawyer. 1130 00:57:05,443 --> 00:57:06,910 - Well, that went well. 1131 00:57:12,684 --> 00:57:14,947 - I'll get it. 1132 00:57:22,392 --> 00:57:24,882 - Hi. 1133 00:57:24,994 --> 00:57:26,825 Is your mommy here? 1134 00:57:26,929 --> 00:57:28,396 Would you tell her that Mr. Moss 1135 00:57:28,498 --> 00:57:31,228 from Child Protective Services is here. 1136 00:57:34,769 --> 00:57:38,398 Miss Roberts, our office has received a number of complaints 1137 00:57:38,507 --> 00:57:43,773 from the girls' father, a Mr. Darrell Hughes. 1138 00:57:43,878 --> 00:57:46,745 He claims you're negligent and abusive. 1139 00:57:46,847 --> 00:57:49,281 - Do you see them, Mr. Moss? 1140 00:57:49,383 --> 00:57:51,976 Do they look abused? 1141 00:57:52,085 --> 00:57:54,952 - Well, that's what we're here to evaluate. 1142 00:57:55,054 --> 00:57:57,420 Here is your notice for a custody hearing 1143 00:57:57,524 --> 00:57:59,219 before the district attorney. 1144 00:58:03,795 --> 00:58:05,023 - Calvin! 1145 00:58:05,130 --> 00:58:07,155 - Calvin, care to comment on the jury's decision? 1146 00:58:07,266 --> 00:58:08,664 - The jury made a mistake. 1147 00:58:08,766 --> 00:58:10,427 Mr. Green should never have been acquitted. 1148 00:58:10,535 --> 00:58:12,469 I'm convinced he's guilty, and he should be in jail. 1149 00:58:12,570 --> 00:58:14,128 - Did the ACLU lawsuit have anything to do 1150 00:58:14,238 --> 00:58:15,671 with your decision to drop the charges 1151 00:58:15,773 --> 00:58:17,263 against the other defendants? 1152 00:58:17,375 --> 00:58:19,535 - Look, since the jury made clear today 1153 00:58:19,643 --> 00:58:22,271 that they do not consider Mr. Porter a credible witness, 1154 00:58:22,379 --> 00:58:25,075 I'm forced to drop the charges against everyone we arrested 1155 00:58:25,182 --> 00:58:26,672 in the sweep in Melody. 1156 00:58:26,782 --> 00:58:28,545 Make no mistake, 1157 00:58:28,651 --> 00:58:30,846 I'm certain everyone was guilty as sin. 1158 00:58:30,953 --> 00:58:32,011 Just can't prove it... 1159 00:58:32,121 --> 00:58:33,179 this time. 1160 00:58:33,289 --> 00:58:36,655 - What about the people who already pled guilty? 1161 00:58:36,758 --> 00:58:37,952 - What about them? 1162 00:58:38,059 --> 00:58:39,583 They pled guilty. 1163 00:58:39,694 --> 00:58:40,854 They're guilty. 1164 00:58:40,962 --> 00:58:42,589 - Is there gonna be... - Calvin! 1165 00:58:46,533 --> 00:58:48,262 - Dee, that's great news. 1166 00:58:48,368 --> 00:58:49,392 - Mm. 1167 00:58:49,503 --> 00:58:51,471 But he said I'm guilty. 1168 00:58:51,572 --> 00:58:53,039 - Doesn't matter what he said. 1169 00:58:53,140 --> 00:58:54,401 The charges are dropped. 1170 00:59:02,014 --> 00:59:03,378 - What you think, David? 1171 00:59:03,481 --> 00:59:06,644 - Well, it's good news for you. 1172 00:59:06,751 --> 00:59:09,185 And your suit and the jury's verdict 1173 00:59:09,287 --> 00:59:11,084 have forced Beckett to change his plans. 1174 00:59:11,189 --> 00:59:14,385 But the system isn't changing. 1175 00:59:14,491 --> 00:59:16,686 He could raid Arlington Springs tomorrow 1176 00:59:16,794 --> 00:59:18,728 and start all over again. 1177 00:59:18,829 --> 00:59:20,421 He's not even throwing out the convictions 1178 00:59:20,531 --> 00:59:21,861 of people like Gladys, 1179 00:59:21,965 --> 00:59:23,455 who pled guilty under duress. 1180 00:59:23,566 --> 00:59:24,555 - Excuse me. 1181 00:59:24,667 --> 00:59:27,636 What does this have to do with Dee? 1182 00:59:27,737 --> 00:59:30,069 - She filed the case against Beckett. 1183 00:59:30,173 --> 00:59:32,970 If she quits, the case is over. 1184 00:59:33,075 --> 00:59:35,805 - So you expect her to keep going? 1185 00:59:38,180 --> 00:59:39,578 What you think? 1186 00:59:42,883 --> 00:59:45,943 - If Dee wants to drop the case, now's the time to do it. 1187 00:59:50,790 --> 00:59:53,520 But what David's saying is true. 1188 00:59:53,627 --> 00:59:55,925 Beckett's not gonna change. 1189 00:59:56,029 --> 00:59:57,496 The system's not gonna change. 1190 00:59:57,597 --> 00:59:59,154 - Y'all crazy. 1191 00:59:59,265 --> 01:00:01,096 Dee got a custody hearing in front of this man. 1192 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:04,363 - Would y'all please stop talking about "Dee" 1193 01:00:04,470 --> 01:00:07,563 like I'm not here? 1194 01:00:07,672 --> 01:00:09,264 Just... I don't know. 1195 01:00:20,851 --> 01:00:22,011 - Dee? 1196 01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:25,477 There's a lot riding on this, 1197 01:00:25,588 --> 01:00:28,148 but it's your family, 1198 01:00:28,257 --> 01:00:30,191 your life. 1199 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:33,023 This has got to be your decision. 1200 01:00:33,129 --> 01:00:34,459 I'm your lawyer. 1201 01:00:34,562 --> 01:00:35,859 I'll do what you want. 1202 01:00:59,419 --> 01:01:00,750 - Hello, Miss Roberts. 1203 01:01:04,022 --> 01:01:05,250 - Hello, sir. 1204 01:01:06,458 --> 01:01:08,926 - Cisco around? 1205 01:01:09,027 --> 01:01:11,517 - He's in the kitchen. 1206 01:01:16,701 --> 01:01:18,931 - Hey, Cisco, how are you? 1207 01:01:19,036 --> 01:01:22,061 - Nice to meet you. 1208 01:01:41,789 --> 01:01:43,882 Hey, Dee. 1209 01:03:09,867 --> 01:03:11,129 So they just up and threw you out? 1210 01:03:14,872 --> 01:03:17,773 That's the law. 1211 01:03:17,875 --> 01:03:20,468 Didn't think it would happen, 1212 01:03:20,577 --> 01:03:22,772 but it did. 1213 01:03:22,879 --> 01:03:24,813 - Gladys, you can stay with me. 1214 01:03:24,915 --> 01:03:27,542 I got a little bedroom. 1215 01:03:27,650 --> 01:03:29,515 - Thank you. 1216 01:03:29,618 --> 01:03:32,178 It wouldn't work anyhow. 1217 01:03:32,288 --> 01:03:34,916 They'd just throw you out too if they catch you. 1218 01:03:45,333 --> 01:03:47,527 - Gladys. 1219 01:03:52,606 --> 01:03:56,097 - Our case has been assigned to Judge C.W. Belmont. 1220 01:03:56,209 --> 01:03:58,905 He's as strict law and order as they come. 1221 01:03:59,011 --> 01:04:01,036 Hasn't ruled against the police in over 15 years. 1222 01:04:01,147 --> 01:04:03,047 - How many times has Beckett appeared before him? 1223 01:04:03,149 --> 01:04:05,616 - At least a dozen times in the last five years alone. 1224 01:04:05,717 --> 01:04:07,014 - Then he's conflicted. 1225 01:04:07,118 --> 01:04:08,517 We move for a change of venue. 1226 01:04:08,620 --> 01:04:10,451 - That's never gonna happen. 1227 01:04:10,555 --> 01:04:11,886 No. 1228 01:04:11,990 --> 01:04:13,320 Beckett knows the system. 1229 01:04:13,424 --> 01:04:16,154 Belmont getting this case is no accident. 1230 01:04:20,197 --> 01:04:23,495 We gonna have to win this thing before it ever goes to trial. 1231 01:04:29,873 --> 01:04:30,998 - Uh. 1232 01:04:31,106 --> 01:04:35,372 They came in the middle of the night, 1233 01:04:35,477 --> 01:04:36,876 two of them. 1234 01:04:36,979 --> 01:04:40,709 crack! 1235 01:04:40,815 --> 01:04:43,875 One of them put a gun to my head, 1236 01:04:43,985 --> 01:04:45,680 told me I was a worthless piece of shit 1237 01:04:45,786 --> 01:04:48,880 and scum like me deserved to die. 1238 01:04:48,990 --> 01:04:54,017 I just laid there and took it. 1239 01:04:54,127 --> 01:04:56,561 The next day, they took me over to Mr. Beckett's office, 1240 01:04:56,663 --> 01:04:59,825 and I was real ready to cooperate. 1241 01:05:01,100 --> 01:05:03,091 - Mr. Porter, what happened 1242 01:05:03,202 --> 01:05:06,035 after you were taken to Mr. Beckett's office? 1243 01:05:06,138 --> 01:05:07,365 - He told me about, 1244 01:05:07,472 --> 01:05:13,377 that I know I could get 60 years and... 1245 01:05:13,478 --> 01:05:17,914 he was real tired of seeing me. 1246 01:05:18,015 --> 01:05:21,712 So he was gonna watch for my no-good drug-head ass family. 1247 01:05:21,818 --> 01:05:26,481 - So he threatened you and your family with jail terms? 1248 01:05:26,589 --> 01:05:28,079 - Yes. 1249 01:05:28,190 --> 01:05:30,454 - Did he threaten you with bodily harm? 1250 01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:34,962 - He told me he'd make a phone call 1251 01:05:35,063 --> 01:05:39,227 and get the biggest-dicked son of a bitch he could find- 1252 01:05:39,334 --> 01:05:42,132 excuse my language, y'all, but these his exact words: 1253 01:05:42,237 --> 01:05:45,364 "I'm gonna get you locked up, 1254 01:05:45,472 --> 01:05:46,769 "and I'm gonna make a phone call 1255 01:05:46,874 --> 01:05:48,808 "and get the biggest-dicked son of a bitch I can find 1256 01:05:48,909 --> 01:05:51,707 to screw you every day for the rest of your natural born life. " 1257 01:05:51,812 --> 01:05:53,108 - Those were his exact words? 1258 01:05:53,212 --> 01:05:54,907 - That was his words to me, yes. 1259 01:05:55,014 --> 01:05:58,074 - Are you uncomfortable, Mr. Porter? 1260 01:06:00,086 --> 01:06:01,849 - Well, I said I didn't want him here. 1261 01:06:01,955 --> 01:06:02,943 - Who are you referring to? 1262 01:06:03,055 --> 01:06:06,252 - Him. 1263 01:06:06,358 --> 01:06:07,484 - Let the record show 1264 01:06:07,593 --> 01:06:10,790 that Mr. Porter has pointed at Calvin Beckett. 1265 01:06:10,896 --> 01:06:12,556 - I'm always gonna be here, Eddie. 1266 01:06:12,663 --> 01:06:14,255 That's my rag. 1267 01:06:14,365 --> 01:06:15,923 I ain't going anywhere. 1268 01:06:21,171 --> 01:06:23,833 - I was given a list of names. 1269 01:06:23,940 --> 01:06:24,929 - By Beckett? 1270 01:06:25,041 --> 01:06:26,372 - Yeah. 1271 01:06:26,476 --> 01:06:27,602 He had them right there. 1272 01:06:27,711 --> 01:06:30,110 - Mr. Porter, was Dee Roberts' name on the list 1273 01:06:30,212 --> 01:06:32,646 the DA gave you? 1274 01:06:32,748 --> 01:06:35,012 - Uh, I don't remember. 1275 01:06:35,117 --> 01:06:36,345 - Oh, come on, Mr. Porter. 1276 01:06:36,452 --> 01:06:40,080 Did you put Dee Roberts' name down as a drug dealer 1277 01:06:40,188 --> 01:06:43,817 because your cousin Claudia asked you to? 1278 01:06:43,925 --> 01:06:45,153 - I-I-I can't remember. 1279 01:06:45,259 --> 01:06:47,022 - But you do know who Claudia is, right? 1280 01:06:47,128 --> 01:06:48,151 You... 1281 01:06:48,261 --> 01:06:50,252 She's- she lives with Darrell Hughes. 1282 01:06:50,364 --> 01:06:51,831 - I know her. She my cousin, yeah. 1283 01:06:51,932 --> 01:06:53,422 - Boy, did you put Dee Roberts' name down 1284 01:06:53,533 --> 01:06:55,296 because your cousin Claudia asked you to or not? 1285 01:06:55,402 --> 01:06:56,494 - I don't know. 1286 01:06:56,602 --> 01:06:58,160 Look, all they needed was five more names, 1287 01:06:58,270 --> 01:07:00,135 and they didn't care who they was. 1288 01:07:02,908 --> 01:07:06,206 - Mr. Porter, my name is Mark Shelby. 1289 01:07:06,311 --> 01:07:11,010 Mr. Porter, generally, would you say that you tell the truth? 1290 01:07:11,116 --> 01:07:13,243 - I try to, 1291 01:07:13,351 --> 01:07:15,511 unless I feel like I'm in danger 1292 01:07:15,619 --> 01:07:17,951 or I got to protect myself. 1293 01:07:18,055 --> 01:07:19,579 - Mm-hmm. 1294 01:07:19,690 --> 01:07:20,918 And were you telling the truth 1295 01:07:21,025 --> 01:07:23,619 when you testified under oath at the Green trial? 1296 01:07:23,727 --> 01:07:25,751 'Cause the truth you're telling today 1297 01:07:25,862 --> 01:07:28,854 is not exactly the same truth you were telling back then. 1298 01:07:28,965 --> 01:07:31,593 - So I'm just trying to figure out what about today's truth 1299 01:07:31,701 --> 01:07:33,634 is true. 1300 01:07:33,735 --> 01:07:36,533 - Well, he had me locked up then. 1301 01:07:36,638 --> 01:07:39,732 He could've did anything he wanted to do to me. 1302 01:07:39,841 --> 01:07:42,071 And now I got to do what's right, 1303 01:07:42,176 --> 01:07:43,473 'cause the truth will set you free. 1304 01:07:43,577 --> 01:07:44,942 - Which truth we talking about, 1305 01:07:45,046 --> 01:07:47,241 the truth you told before or the truth you're telling now? 1306 01:07:47,348 --> 01:07:50,078 'Cause I'm a little confused by all that. 1307 01:07:50,184 --> 01:07:51,411 Mr. Porter, 1308 01:07:51,518 --> 01:07:53,179 you ever had any mental problems? 1309 01:07:55,422 --> 01:07:57,117 - Yeah. 1310 01:07:57,223 --> 01:08:00,124 - Could you tell me what type? 1311 01:08:00,226 --> 01:08:04,059 - I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, 1312 01:08:04,163 --> 01:08:06,393 and I can't remember the other one. 1313 01:08:06,498 --> 01:08:08,432 - That's all right, Mr. Porter. 1314 01:08:08,534 --> 01:08:11,058 That's probably enough. 1315 01:08:11,169 --> 01:08:13,933 Now, you understand that we're embroiled in a lawsuit here. 1316 01:08:14,038 --> 01:08:18,407 And these plaintiffs are seeking damages. 1317 01:08:18,509 --> 01:08:20,271 And if these allegations are proven, 1318 01:08:20,377 --> 01:08:23,437 a lot of police officers, some good men, 1319 01:08:23,547 --> 01:08:25,242 not being police officers anymore. 1320 01:08:25,348 --> 01:08:29,374 - Is there going to be an end to this cascade of rhetoric? 1321 01:08:29,485 --> 01:08:34,081 - I'm just trying to determine if Mr. Porter here 1322 01:08:34,190 --> 01:08:36,055 truly comprehends the seriousness 1323 01:08:36,158 --> 01:08:37,249 of these allegations, 1324 01:08:37,358 --> 01:08:39,053 allegations that were brought forth 1325 01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:41,958 by a paranoid schizophrenic 1326 01:08:42,063 --> 01:08:43,894 that can't remember what else he is. 1327 01:08:43,998 --> 01:08:48,696 - I understand the seriousness of this whole situation. 1328 01:08:48,802 --> 01:08:53,136 I understand the seriousness of people being incarcerated. 1329 01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,264 I understand the seriousness of people's lives 1330 01:08:55,374 --> 01:08:59,811 being changed forever and affected. 1331 01:08:59,912 --> 01:09:00,970 I understand the seriousness 1332 01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:04,879 of not being able to sleep good at night 1333 01:09:04,983 --> 01:09:08,544 'cause you worried about somebody coming to your house 1334 01:09:08,653 --> 01:09:14,181 and harming you or your family members. 1335 01:09:14,291 --> 01:09:16,191 I understand a lot. 1336 01:09:19,029 --> 01:09:21,088 And I know my life will never be the same. 1337 01:09:39,581 --> 01:09:41,775 - They'll destroy Porter on the stand. 1338 01:09:41,883 --> 01:09:44,716 - Well, we need to turn his unreliability back against them. 1339 01:09:44,819 --> 01:09:48,949 - We need a change in venue. 1340 01:09:49,056 --> 01:09:51,489 - The motion is denied. 1341 01:09:51,591 --> 01:09:52,819 - But the district attorney 1342 01:09:52,926 --> 01:09:55,087 has appeared before you 16 times. 1343 01:09:55,195 --> 01:09:58,528 Surely a change in venue would result in a fairer trial. 1344 01:09:58,632 --> 01:10:02,328 - The motion has been denied. 1345 01:10:02,434 --> 01:10:04,026 Is there something about the word "denied" 1346 01:10:04,136 --> 01:10:06,570 that you don't understand, Counselor? 1347 01:10:06,672 --> 01:10:08,002 - No, Your Honor. 1348 01:10:08,106 --> 01:10:09,266 - Good. 1349 01:10:15,413 --> 01:10:17,607 - Did you hold a gun to Eddie Porter's head 1350 01:10:17,714 --> 01:10:19,306 and threaten to kill him 1351 01:10:19,416 --> 01:10:20,974 if he didn't help you with your drug cases? 1352 01:10:21,084 --> 01:10:24,383 - No. 1353 01:10:24,488 --> 01:10:26,819 - Did you give him crack cocaine... 1354 01:10:26,923 --> 01:10:27,947 - No. 1355 01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:29,388 - So he could make drug buys for you? 1356 01:10:29,492 --> 01:10:30,550 - Absolutely not. 1357 01:10:30,660 --> 01:10:32,025 - Did you suspect he was using drugs? 1358 01:10:32,128 --> 01:10:33,561 - No. 1359 01:10:33,663 --> 01:10:35,391 - Did you test him? 1360 01:10:35,497 --> 01:10:38,694 - No. 1361 01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:40,461 - You think Eddie Porter is mentally stable? 1362 01:10:40,569 --> 01:10:41,558 - Objection. 1363 01:10:41,670 --> 01:10:45,161 My client's not a psychiatrist. 1364 01:10:45,272 --> 01:10:47,240 - You go ahead and answer the question. 1365 01:10:50,144 --> 01:10:52,476 - I still can't believe you're doing this. 1366 01:10:52,580 --> 01:10:54,740 - Well, here I am. 1367 01:10:54,848 --> 01:10:57,146 Now please answer the question. 1368 01:11:01,421 --> 01:11:02,910 - Look, I can answer any question 1369 01:11:03,021 --> 01:11:04,716 y'all want to throw at me, okay? 1370 01:11:04,823 --> 01:11:06,313 Just 'cause I didn't go to law school 1371 01:11:06,425 --> 01:11:07,517 doesn't mean shit. 1372 01:11:07,626 --> 01:11:11,823 Eddie Porter is crazier than a $3 bill, okay? 1373 01:11:11,929 --> 01:11:13,692 He wouldn't know which way the sky was 1374 01:11:13,798 --> 01:11:15,698 unless I pointed him up to it. 1375 01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:17,062 The shit that boy did- 1376 01:11:17,168 --> 01:11:19,329 I mean, I had to walk him through every single step 1377 01:11:19,437 --> 01:11:21,063 every time. 1378 01:11:23,440 --> 01:11:27,240 - Then why'd you trust him as a confidential informant? 1379 01:11:27,344 --> 01:11:29,811 - Mr. Arnold, you were a combined 1380 01:11:29,912 --> 01:11:33,279 county drug task force commander in November of 2000, 1381 01:11:33,382 --> 01:11:34,679 were you not? 1382 01:11:34,783 --> 01:11:36,273 - Yes. 1383 01:11:36,385 --> 01:11:38,909 - Was the drug task force racist in its design? 1384 01:11:39,020 --> 01:11:40,851 - Absolutely not. 1385 01:11:44,826 --> 01:11:47,226 - I'd like to enter this as exhibit 5. 1386 01:11:47,328 --> 01:11:48,851 It comes from your files. 1387 01:11:48,962 --> 01:11:53,626 And it's dated a month before the raid at Arlington Springs. 1388 01:11:53,734 --> 01:11:57,863 Are those the folks whom you arrested that day? 1389 01:11:57,970 --> 01:11:58,959 - Most of them. 1390 01:11:59,071 --> 01:12:00,698 - Do you know them? 1391 01:12:02,275 --> 01:12:03,742 - Most of them. 1392 01:12:07,379 --> 01:12:09,347 - Could you tell us each person's race? 1393 01:12:16,720 --> 01:12:18,244 - Black- 1394 01:12:18,355 --> 01:12:21,290 African American. 1395 01:12:21,392 --> 01:12:23,792 Black, don't know, 1396 01:12:23,894 --> 01:12:26,487 black, black, black, black. 1397 01:12:26,596 --> 01:12:28,621 I believe black. 1398 01:12:28,731 --> 01:12:31,222 Black, don't know, 1399 01:12:31,334 --> 01:12:33,063 gonna assume black, 1400 01:12:33,169 --> 01:12:34,157 black, black, 1401 01:12:34,269 --> 01:12:35,759 assume black again, 1402 01:12:35,871 --> 01:12:39,102 black, black, black, black, 1403 01:12:39,207 --> 01:12:42,301 black, black, black, don't know, 1404 01:12:42,411 --> 01:12:43,968 black. 1405 01:12:54,621 --> 01:12:56,350 - Mr. Lloyd, I warned you last time. 1406 01:12:56,456 --> 01:12:57,616 - What? 1407 01:12:57,724 --> 01:13:00,249 He ain't fit to take the kids. 1408 01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:02,088 All right, the first chance he has to go to a bar, 1409 01:13:02,194 --> 01:13:03,661 he'll leave their ass hungry. 1410 01:13:03,762 --> 01:13:06,026 - True, but I'm not gonna leave the children with you either. 1411 01:13:06,131 --> 01:13:07,530 They're gonna have to go to a group home. 1412 01:13:07,633 --> 01:13:08,622 - Look, I got a house. 1413 01:13:08,734 --> 01:13:09,723 They belong with their mama. 1414 01:13:09,835 --> 01:13:10,823 - Miss Lloyd? - What? 1415 01:13:10,935 --> 01:13:11,924 - This is not a debate society. 1416 01:13:12,036 --> 01:13:13,025 You're done here. 1417 01:13:13,137 --> 01:13:14,502 - Those are my kids. 1418 01:13:14,605 --> 01:13:15,902 They belong with their mama. 1419 01:13:16,007 --> 01:13:17,770 - Thank you very much. 1420 01:13:19,076 --> 01:13:21,101 - Next case. - Here you are, sir. 1421 01:13:23,180 --> 01:13:25,307 - Hughes versus Roberts. 1422 01:13:27,250 --> 01:13:28,546 - Dee. 1423 01:13:33,656 --> 01:13:35,089 - She's violent. 1424 01:13:35,191 --> 01:13:36,180 She's abusive. 1425 01:13:36,292 --> 01:13:38,225 Just last month, 1426 01:13:38,326 --> 01:13:40,487 she was arrested for a criminal attack. 1427 01:13:40,595 --> 01:13:42,290 - The attack was on his truck 1428 01:13:42,397 --> 01:13:43,989 because he kidnapped my girls. 1429 01:13:44,099 --> 01:13:46,623 - Well, they my children too. 1430 01:13:46,734 --> 01:13:48,725 - I've never abandoned my daughters. 1431 01:13:48,836 --> 01:13:51,236 I was in jail, and I left them with their grandmother, 1432 01:13:51,338 --> 01:13:53,306 my mother, who's an excellent caregiver. 1433 01:13:53,407 --> 01:13:55,806 - Well, Miss Roberts, you do seem to have 1434 01:13:55,908 --> 01:13:59,309 a rich and varied relationship with the law. 1435 01:13:59,412 --> 01:14:01,437 Larceny, criminal attack, 1436 01:14:01,547 --> 01:14:03,071 repeated disturbances of the peace. 1437 01:14:03,182 --> 01:14:05,206 - You mean where I'm screaming 'cause he's beating me? 1438 01:14:05,317 --> 01:14:08,013 - An arrest for selling drugs in a school zone. 1439 01:14:10,222 --> 01:14:11,780 - Those charges have been dropped. 1440 01:14:11,890 --> 01:14:13,517 - Mm. 1441 01:14:13,625 --> 01:14:16,149 One can see why Mr. Hughes is concerned. 1442 01:14:16,260 --> 01:14:17,591 - If he is so concerned, 1443 01:14:17,695 --> 01:14:19,788 maybe he should make some of his child support payments. 1444 01:14:19,897 --> 01:14:21,125 - I do pay child- 1445 01:14:21,232 --> 01:14:22,960 it's called "child support" not "Dee support. " 1446 01:14:23,066 --> 01:14:24,055 I pay for my children. 1447 01:14:24,167 --> 01:14:25,725 - Or stop seeing a woman 1448 01:14:25,835 --> 01:14:27,530 who's been convicted for child molesting. 1449 01:14:27,637 --> 01:14:29,832 - All right, now, you know that's not true. 1450 01:14:29,939 --> 01:14:32,668 Mr. Hughes, if I want any more input from you, 1451 01:14:32,775 --> 01:14:34,106 I will ask for it. 1452 01:14:38,480 --> 01:14:40,175 You seem to have a point, Miss Roberts. 1453 01:14:40,282 --> 01:14:43,614 Perhaps these girls shouldn't be with Mr. Hughes either. 1454 01:14:45,787 --> 01:14:48,312 Unfit parents are why the state has homes for children, 1455 01:14:48,423 --> 01:14:50,982 after all. 1456 01:14:51,091 --> 01:14:54,618 - I am not an unfit mother. 1457 01:14:54,728 --> 01:14:58,459 Now, if you want to hurt me because I'm suing you, 1458 01:14:58,565 --> 01:15:01,692 go ahead and do it. 1459 01:15:01,801 --> 01:15:05,168 But so help me God, if you hurt my children... 1460 01:15:14,212 --> 01:15:16,806 I'm not an unfit mother. 1461 01:15:25,856 --> 01:15:30,019 - I have a report here from CPS Inspector Moss. 1462 01:15:30,126 --> 01:15:32,720 Hm. 1463 01:15:32,829 --> 01:15:36,559 Based on that, I am leaving the children with you for now. 1464 01:15:36,665 --> 01:15:38,360 But, Miss Roberts, 1465 01:15:38,467 --> 01:15:44,099 do not assume that I will be so lenient next time. 1466 01:15:44,206 --> 01:15:45,900 Next case. 1467 01:16:05,090 --> 01:16:07,354 - Do you think it will help? 1468 01:16:07,459 --> 01:16:08,448 - Help? 1469 01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:10,118 - The lawsuit. 1470 01:16:10,229 --> 01:16:12,025 Will it really help? 1471 01:16:12,130 --> 01:16:13,927 - Will it- Dee? 1472 01:16:14,031 --> 01:16:16,226 An African-American man has a better chance 1473 01:16:16,334 --> 01:16:19,792 of being charged for a crime than graduating college. 1474 01:16:19,904 --> 01:16:27,469 The system is so fundamentally broken... 1475 01:16:27,577 --> 01:16:31,012 Oh, God, I don't know. 1476 01:16:31,113 --> 01:16:32,740 Yes. 1477 01:16:32,848 --> 01:16:35,681 I think it'll help. 1478 01:16:35,784 --> 01:16:37,149 I hope it'll help. 1479 01:16:40,688 --> 01:16:43,156 Are you ready for tomorrow? 1480 01:16:43,258 --> 01:16:46,921 - I'll be fine. 1481 01:16:47,028 --> 01:16:48,858 Thank you. 1482 01:16:48,962 --> 01:16:49,951 - I should be thanking you. 1483 01:16:50,063 --> 01:16:51,587 I don't... 1484 01:16:51,698 --> 01:16:55,794 I don't know how you have the strength to keep going. 1485 01:16:55,903 --> 01:16:57,165 - I had help. 1486 01:17:02,642 --> 01:17:04,303 - All right. 1487 01:17:04,410 --> 01:17:05,741 Shall we? 1488 01:17:08,847 --> 01:17:10,815 - Miss Roberts, do you have a job? 1489 01:17:10,916 --> 01:17:11,974 - No. 1490 01:17:12,083 --> 01:17:14,813 - Are you currently seeking employment? 1491 01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:16,045 - Yes. 1492 01:17:16,153 --> 01:17:19,145 But it's hard because of the drug thing. 1493 01:17:19,256 --> 01:17:22,123 - So you have no source of income? 1494 01:17:23,594 --> 01:17:25,083 - But my mama's helping me out. 1495 01:17:25,195 --> 01:17:28,631 - Sounds to me like you could use some money. 1496 01:17:28,731 --> 01:17:30,722 I bet a big, old, fat settlement check from my clients 1497 01:17:30,833 --> 01:17:31,925 would come in handy, wouldn't it? 1498 01:17:32,035 --> 01:17:33,024 What do you think, Gus? 1499 01:17:33,136 --> 01:17:34,124 - Objection. 1500 01:17:34,236 --> 01:17:35,225 Is that a question? 1501 01:17:36,572 --> 01:17:38,506 I knew that was coming. 1502 01:17:38,607 --> 01:17:41,337 Speaking of that drug thing, 1503 01:17:41,443 --> 01:17:43,842 you'd been arrested before, hadn't you, 1504 01:17:43,945 --> 01:17:46,106 and since. 1505 01:17:46,214 --> 01:17:47,374 - Yes. 1506 01:17:47,481 --> 01:17:50,780 - Now, it seems to me that the more you do something, 1507 01:17:50,885 --> 01:17:53,751 the more used to it you get, 1508 01:17:53,853 --> 01:17:55,650 the less stressful it should become. 1509 01:17:55,755 --> 01:17:57,586 - Oh, come on, Mark. What are you do- 1510 01:17:57,691 --> 01:17:59,158 are you asking a question, 1511 01:17:59,259 --> 01:18:01,351 or is this a monologue? 1512 01:18:01,460 --> 01:18:03,291 - Just an observation, Sam. 1513 01:18:03,395 --> 01:18:05,556 Tell me about your first arrest. 1514 01:18:05,664 --> 01:18:07,359 - It was for theft. 1515 01:18:07,466 --> 01:18:08,524 It was a very long time ago. 1516 01:18:08,634 --> 01:18:10,601 - You were guilty? 1517 01:18:10,702 --> 01:18:13,466 - Well, yes, but- - You were guilty. 1518 01:18:13,571 --> 01:18:14,799 So your second arrest, 1519 01:18:14,906 --> 01:18:17,636 that was for selling drugs in a school zone. 1520 01:18:17,742 --> 01:18:18,936 We know all about that, don't we? 1521 01:18:19,043 --> 01:18:20,236 - Those charges were dropped. 1522 01:18:20,344 --> 01:18:22,778 - What about this most recent arrest? 1523 01:18:22,879 --> 01:18:25,575 Tell me about that. 1524 01:18:25,682 --> 01:18:28,173 - It was for criminal mischief. 1525 01:18:28,285 --> 01:18:30,718 I busted up Darrell's truck 1526 01:18:30,820 --> 01:18:32,811 so he would give me my girls back. 1527 01:18:32,922 --> 01:18:34,617 - You were guilty of that one too? 1528 01:18:34,724 --> 01:18:35,850 - Those charges were dropped. 1529 01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:37,754 - But you were guilty. - Objection. 1530 01:18:37,859 --> 01:18:40,123 Mr. Shelby, this is not a court of law, 1531 01:18:40,228 --> 01:18:41,889 and you're not a judge. 1532 01:18:41,997 --> 01:18:43,862 - Uh, who's this guy Darrell? 1533 01:18:43,965 --> 01:18:45,262 - Darrell Hughes, he's the father 1534 01:18:45,367 --> 01:18:46,732 of my two youngest kids. 1535 01:18:46,834 --> 01:18:48,426 - But I thought you had four children. 1536 01:18:48,535 --> 01:18:51,265 - I do have four children. 1537 01:18:51,372 --> 01:18:53,067 - The oldest two have different fathers. 1538 01:18:53,173 --> 01:18:54,731 - Fathers, like plural? 1539 01:18:56,175 --> 01:18:58,234 Damn, woman. 1540 01:18:58,344 --> 01:18:59,936 How many different men have you had sex with 1541 01:19:00,046 --> 01:19:01,104 in the past eight years, huh? 1542 01:19:01,214 --> 01:19:02,203 - Objection! 1543 01:19:08,086 --> 01:19:09,781 - You okay? 1544 01:19:09,888 --> 01:19:11,788 - Uh-huh. 1545 01:19:11,890 --> 01:19:13,687 Seen better days. 1546 01:19:13,792 --> 01:19:16,692 - Well, you're doing good. 1547 01:19:16,794 --> 01:19:20,389 Remember, they're just as afraid of you as you are of them. 1548 01:19:29,139 --> 01:19:32,505 - All right, let's get back to these multiple fathers 1549 01:19:32,608 --> 01:19:34,075 we were talking about before the break. 1550 01:19:34,176 --> 01:19:35,768 Now, we know about Darrell Hughes, 1551 01:19:35,878 --> 01:19:39,075 but what can you tell me about the other two? 1552 01:19:39,181 --> 01:19:41,445 Where do they currently reside? 1553 01:19:41,549 --> 01:19:42,573 - They in prison. 1554 01:19:42,684 --> 01:19:44,015 - Both of them? 1555 01:19:46,054 --> 01:19:47,487 - Mm-hmm. 1556 01:19:47,588 --> 01:19:50,352 - Why? What were they convicted of? 1557 01:19:50,458 --> 01:19:53,426 - You know, I believe drugs. 1558 01:19:53,527 --> 01:19:54,755 - Drugs. 1559 01:19:54,861 --> 01:19:55,953 What kind of drugs? 1560 01:19:57,097 --> 01:19:58,086 - Cocaine. 1561 01:19:58,198 --> 01:19:59,721 - Cocaine. Crack cocaine? 1562 01:20:00,933 --> 01:20:03,697 Would you mind repeating that for the record? 1563 01:20:05,838 --> 01:20:07,237 - Crack cocaine. 1564 01:20:07,340 --> 01:20:09,830 - That's the same drug that you were arrested for dealing, 1565 01:20:09,941 --> 01:20:11,704 was it not? 1566 01:20:11,810 --> 01:20:12,799 - Well, I didn't do that. 1567 01:20:12,911 --> 01:20:14,970 - Yeah, so you say. - Objection! 1568 01:20:15,080 --> 01:20:18,708 Miss Roberts is not on trial here. 1569 01:20:18,816 --> 01:20:20,078 - Well, Counselor, forgive me, 1570 01:20:20,184 --> 01:20:22,379 but I'm just having a tough time trying to understand 1571 01:20:22,486 --> 01:20:25,649 why it is that this arrest has caused Miss Roberts 1572 01:20:25,756 --> 01:20:28,349 so much mental duress. 1573 01:20:28,458 --> 01:20:30,926 I mean, it seems to me like she and her whole family 1574 01:20:31,027 --> 01:20:33,962 have been in and out of jails and prisons 1575 01:20:34,063 --> 01:20:38,192 and police stations her whole life long. 1576 01:20:38,300 --> 01:20:40,268 So what is it about this particular arrest 1577 01:20:40,369 --> 01:20:41,893 that is so different? 1578 01:20:42,003 --> 01:20:43,334 - Mr. Shelby- 1579 01:20:43,438 --> 01:20:45,371 - I'll tell you what made this arrest so different. 1580 01:20:45,473 --> 01:20:47,168 I've only spent one night in jail before this. 1581 01:20:47,274 --> 01:20:48,536 I was 16 years old, 1582 01:20:48,642 --> 01:20:51,634 was arrested for stealing diapers and milk for my babies. 1583 01:20:51,746 --> 01:20:54,010 I did it. They kept me for one night. 1584 01:20:54,115 --> 01:20:55,581 I knew I was getting right out. 1585 01:20:55,682 --> 01:20:59,550 To be locked up for 21 days 1586 01:20:59,652 --> 01:21:01,176 away from my girls 1587 01:21:01,287 --> 01:21:04,551 not knowing if I was gonna get out to see them again, 1588 01:21:04,656 --> 01:21:08,148 21 days in a cage... 1589 01:21:08,260 --> 01:21:09,989 I may not have all your schooling, 1590 01:21:10,095 --> 01:21:12,256 but it seems pretty different to me. 1591 01:21:18,970 --> 01:21:20,801 - Judge Belmont has decided 1592 01:21:20,905 --> 01:21:24,601 that Beckett only has to answer our questions for three hours. 1593 01:21:24,708 --> 01:21:28,610 Any more time would be wasting the DA's time. 1594 01:21:28,712 --> 01:21:31,805 - We knew he was gonna give him a lot of room. 1595 01:21:31,914 --> 01:21:35,111 - Dee, it is atrocious after what they've put you through. 1596 01:21:40,722 --> 01:21:42,246 - Mr. Hill, 1597 01:21:42,357 --> 01:21:46,589 if you were Beckett's lawyer, what would you do? 1598 01:21:46,694 --> 01:21:49,059 - Uh... 1599 01:21:49,163 --> 01:21:53,156 I'd destroy Porter's credibility right from the start. 1600 01:21:53,267 --> 01:21:54,256 I mean, he's nuts. 1601 01:21:54,368 --> 01:21:56,097 Nothing he says can be believed, 1602 01:21:56,203 --> 01:21:58,033 and he's our only source of information 1603 01:21:58,137 --> 01:22:00,799 as to what really went on. 1604 01:22:00,907 --> 01:22:03,239 I'd argue that having the police rely on him as an informant 1605 01:22:03,342 --> 01:22:05,867 was a mistake but an honest one. 1606 01:22:05,978 --> 01:22:08,002 - All right, what about the numbers? 1607 01:22:08,113 --> 01:22:09,842 All white cops, all black targets. 1608 01:22:09,948 --> 01:22:11,279 - Coincidence. 1609 01:22:11,383 --> 01:22:14,284 It's a result of the drug they chose to go after, 1610 01:22:14,386 --> 01:22:16,081 crack cocaine. 1611 01:22:16,188 --> 01:22:19,054 Feds target it. Why can't the task force? 1612 01:22:20,124 --> 01:22:23,890 And, Dee, I'd go after you. 1613 01:22:23,994 --> 01:22:27,292 I mean, really work on you, 1614 01:22:27,397 --> 01:22:29,957 suggest that you're just a desperate crack mother 1615 01:22:30,066 --> 01:22:33,297 trying to score a monetary judgment 1616 01:22:33,403 --> 01:22:34,596 by playing the race card 1617 01:22:34,703 --> 01:22:38,230 against a hardworking group of public servants. 1618 01:22:38,340 --> 01:22:40,069 The police made some mistakes. 1619 01:22:40,175 --> 01:22:41,437 They have a tough job. 1620 01:22:41,543 --> 01:22:43,010 Occasionally, they'll make mistakes. 1621 01:22:43,111 --> 01:22:44,839 They're only human. 1622 01:22:44,946 --> 01:22:48,382 Should we really punish them for trying to protect us? 1623 01:22:49,717 --> 01:22:52,515 - Well, there you have it. 1624 01:22:52,620 --> 01:22:54,814 It'll work too. 1625 01:22:54,921 --> 01:22:56,752 We'll never get anywhere with Belmont 1626 01:22:56,857 --> 01:22:59,291 by criticizing the cops. 1627 01:22:59,392 --> 01:23:03,225 We have to prove that Beckett was motivated by racist intent. 1628 01:23:10,002 --> 01:23:13,732 - How can you prove racist intent? 1629 01:23:17,909 --> 01:23:19,934 - You look at a person's history. 1630 01:23:20,043 --> 01:23:22,011 You interview his coworkers, his family, 1631 01:23:22,112 --> 01:23:23,704 people who know him well. 1632 01:23:23,814 --> 01:23:25,941 But we've tried everyone. 1633 01:23:26,049 --> 01:23:28,643 No one is gonna say anything about Beckett. 1634 01:23:32,822 --> 01:23:34,449 - There's Julie's car. 1635 01:23:37,393 --> 01:23:39,952 She's a regular at the coffee shop. 1636 01:23:55,609 --> 01:23:57,041 Thank you, Julie. 1637 01:23:57,143 --> 01:23:59,634 - It's about time somebody said something. 1638 01:24:03,149 --> 01:24:05,810 - Just a second now. 1639 01:24:09,121 --> 01:24:10,110 - Okay? 1640 01:24:10,222 --> 01:24:11,746 - We're good. 1641 01:24:11,857 --> 01:24:16,725 - Are you ready, Mrs. Beckett? 1642 01:24:16,827 --> 01:24:18,818 - Yes. 1643 01:24:18,930 --> 01:24:20,022 - All right, 1644 01:24:20,131 --> 01:24:21,792 now, this one's gonna be a little bit harder. 1645 01:24:21,899 --> 01:24:23,991 - Used fractions... 1646 01:24:27,070 --> 01:24:29,163 - Come on, it's me! 1647 01:24:29,272 --> 01:24:30,261 Open up the door, Dee. 1648 01:24:30,373 --> 01:24:31,362 I know you in there. Come on. 1649 01:24:32,776 --> 01:24:34,265 - Darrell, go home. 1650 01:24:34,376 --> 01:24:35,365 - Dee, open the door. 1651 01:24:35,477 --> 01:24:36,569 Come on. 1652 01:24:38,814 --> 01:24:40,714 - Stop knocking on my door, come on. 1653 01:24:40,816 --> 01:24:42,976 Stay there, Sherice. 1654 01:24:43,084 --> 01:24:44,073 - Hey. 1655 01:24:44,185 --> 01:24:46,676 - You drunk. 1656 01:24:46,788 --> 01:24:48,756 - I came to get the girls. 1657 01:24:48,856 --> 01:24:49,880 They need their father too. 1658 01:24:49,991 --> 01:24:51,321 - Look, you heard what the man said. 1659 01:24:51,425 --> 01:24:52,619 They need to be with their mother. 1660 01:24:52,726 --> 01:24:54,717 Mm-mm. Go home. Good night. 1661 01:24:54,828 --> 01:24:56,921 - Come on now, listen to me. 1662 01:24:57,030 --> 01:24:59,225 Look, think about it. Hear me out. 1663 01:24:59,333 --> 01:25:00,697 If we got back together, 1664 01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:04,167 then they could have us both. 1665 01:25:04,270 --> 01:25:05,999 - Mm-mm. 1666 01:25:06,105 --> 01:25:08,164 No, we been through this already, Darrell. 1667 01:25:08,274 --> 01:25:09,262 No. - It won't be like that. 1668 01:25:09,374 --> 01:25:10,636 - Darrell, go home. 1669 01:25:10,742 --> 01:25:12,801 Darrell! - Come on! 1670 01:25:12,911 --> 01:25:14,139 Don't come into my- 1671 01:25:14,245 --> 01:25:15,735 Go to your room, Sherice! 1672 01:25:15,847 --> 01:25:17,678 Get to your room right now. 1673 01:25:17,782 --> 01:25:19,874 - Give me two seconds to talk! 1674 01:25:22,419 --> 01:25:24,387 Give me my girls! 1675 01:25:24,488 --> 01:25:25,614 - 2-4- - Go ahead, call 'em. 1676 01:25:25,723 --> 01:25:28,156 I don't care. 1677 01:25:28,257 --> 01:25:29,747 Come on, man, we're getting out of here. 1678 01:25:29,859 --> 01:25:31,383 - Please come as soon as you can. 1679 01:25:31,494 --> 01:25:32,586 It's an emergency. 1680 01:25:32,695 --> 01:25:33,923 Darrell, please! 1681 01:25:34,030 --> 01:25:35,361 - Let's go. - Don't do this, Darrell. 1682 01:25:35,465 --> 01:25:36,454 - Come on, get out my way! 1683 01:25:36,565 --> 01:25:38,362 - I'm not- - Get off me! 1684 01:25:38,467 --> 01:25:40,162 - Stop it! Get out my house! 1685 01:25:40,268 --> 01:25:42,065 - Hey, have you lost your Goddamned mind? 1686 01:25:42,170 --> 01:25:43,535 - Mama! - Put that baby down! 1687 01:25:43,639 --> 01:25:44,697 - What you gonna do with that? 1688 01:25:44,806 --> 01:25:45,794 - I will knock you out. 1689 01:25:45,906 --> 01:25:47,237 - Well, hell, old lady, swing! 1690 01:25:47,341 --> 01:25:48,330 - Come on, step into it. 1691 01:25:48,442 --> 01:25:49,431 - What you gonna do with that, huh? 1692 01:25:49,543 --> 01:25:50,532 - I'm gonna knock your head off! 1693 01:25:50,645 --> 01:25:51,737 - Go ahead, go ahead! 1694 01:25:51,846 --> 01:25:53,177 - Your girls are looking at you, Darrell. 1695 01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:55,213 - I wish you would. - Go ahead, swing! 1696 01:25:55,315 --> 01:25:56,612 - I'll knock you out, Darrell! 1697 01:25:56,716 --> 01:25:57,842 - Get off me! 1698 01:25:57,951 --> 01:26:00,010 - You know Beckett ain't gonna charge me! 1699 01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,611 You know Beckett ain't gonna charge me! 1700 01:26:02,722 --> 01:26:05,747 You know Beckett ain't gonna charge me, Dee. 1701 01:26:05,858 --> 01:26:06,882 I'll be back! 1702 01:26:06,992 --> 01:26:07,981 - Come on. 1703 01:26:22,673 --> 01:26:24,334 - I know. 1704 01:26:24,441 --> 01:26:26,705 I know, sweetie. 1705 01:26:26,810 --> 01:26:30,507 I'm here with you. 1706 01:26:30,614 --> 01:26:32,308 I'm here with you. 1707 01:26:40,588 --> 01:26:42,078 - Hey. 1708 01:26:46,928 --> 01:26:48,623 - I'm here with you. 1709 01:26:53,867 --> 01:26:55,596 - Come on, Dee. 1710 01:26:59,605 --> 01:27:03,132 All right, here we go. 1711 01:27:03,242 --> 01:27:05,870 - So sorry I'm late. 1712 01:27:05,978 --> 01:27:07,104 Had a rough night. 1713 01:27:07,213 --> 01:27:09,942 - It's all right. Sam's already there. 1714 01:27:10,048 --> 01:27:11,675 - You okay, Dee? 1715 01:27:11,783 --> 01:27:14,149 - I'm fine. 1716 01:27:14,252 --> 01:27:16,277 David, 1717 01:27:16,388 --> 01:27:18,184 I have an idea. 1718 01:27:24,128 --> 01:27:26,322 - Three hours, Sam. 1719 01:27:26,429 --> 01:27:28,420 The judge said you get three hours with me. 1720 01:27:28,531 --> 01:27:29,998 Nine minutes is over. 1721 01:27:33,570 --> 01:27:36,663 - Sam, there's no need to be uncivil, is there? 1722 01:27:36,772 --> 01:27:38,865 After all, we used to be friends. 1723 01:27:38,974 --> 01:27:43,377 We still have to be together for 2 hours and 50 minutes. 1724 01:27:46,948 --> 01:27:47,937 - Sorry we're late. 1725 01:27:54,554 --> 01:27:58,684 Mr. Beckett, you're aware that the videotape we're taping 1726 01:27:58,792 --> 01:28:00,316 will become part of the public record? 1727 01:28:05,631 --> 01:28:07,565 I'm gonna take your silence as assent. 1728 01:28:07,666 --> 01:28:10,601 Before we begin, Mr. Beckett, 1729 01:28:10,703 --> 01:28:12,761 I'd like to introduce my associate, 1730 01:28:12,871 --> 01:28:15,635 Mr. Byron Hill. 1731 01:28:15,740 --> 01:28:21,336 Mr. Hill will be conducting your deposition. 1732 01:28:30,219 --> 01:28:31,880 - Good morning. 1733 01:28:31,988 --> 01:28:35,685 Mr. Beckett, is it your regular practice 1734 01:28:35,792 --> 01:28:38,488 to indict someone based on the word of a single informant? 1735 01:28:38,594 --> 01:28:40,993 - Regular practice all across Texas. 1736 01:28:41,096 --> 01:28:43,326 - And is it also your practice to give the informant 1737 01:28:43,431 --> 01:28:45,331 a list of people you want to find guilty? 1738 01:28:45,433 --> 01:28:46,764 - Objection. 1739 01:28:46,868 --> 01:28:48,801 Question assumes my client gave such a list. 1740 01:28:48,903 --> 01:28:51,167 - Mr. Beckett, do you frequently use informants 1741 01:28:51,272 --> 01:28:54,639 with a history of... 1742 01:28:54,742 --> 01:28:55,902 mental instability? 1743 01:28:56,010 --> 01:28:59,809 - We use informants that know the drug dealers. 1744 01:28:59,913 --> 01:29:02,245 This list rarely includes Baptist preachers, 1745 01:29:02,348 --> 01:29:03,610 Jewish rabbis, 1746 01:29:03,716 --> 01:29:06,343 or wise-ass lawyers. 1747 01:29:13,125 --> 01:29:15,490 - Please mark this as exhibit 5. 1748 01:29:21,632 --> 01:29:23,759 - Mr. Beckett, these are your drug arrest records 1749 01:29:23,868 --> 01:29:25,494 for the past five years. 1750 01:29:25,602 --> 01:29:29,060 Now, Harmony County is less than half black. 1751 01:29:29,172 --> 01:29:32,608 Why do you think over 85% of the task force arrests 1752 01:29:32,709 --> 01:29:34,266 are of black people? 1753 01:29:34,376 --> 01:29:36,367 - Must be that it's them doing all the drugs. 1754 01:29:39,348 --> 01:29:42,078 40 minutes left, boy. 1755 01:29:48,389 --> 01:29:50,721 - Mr. Beckett, 1756 01:29:50,825 --> 01:29:55,022 even black people can tell time. 1757 01:29:55,128 --> 01:29:57,494 Calvin... 1758 01:29:57,598 --> 01:30:01,226 You don't mind if I call you that, do you? 1759 01:30:01,334 --> 01:30:03,359 You seem to have a problem with us black people. 1760 01:30:03,469 --> 01:30:04,561 - Objection. 1761 01:30:04,670 --> 01:30:06,137 - To what? That wasn't even a question. 1762 01:30:06,239 --> 01:30:08,139 - You ever call blacks "niggers"? 1763 01:30:12,277 --> 01:30:13,301 Answer the question. 1764 01:30:16,181 --> 01:30:17,409 Answer the question. 1765 01:30:19,617 --> 01:30:21,847 Mr. Beckett, you are under oath, 1766 01:30:21,952 --> 01:30:24,147 and you have an obligation to respond. 1767 01:30:24,255 --> 01:30:25,347 - I don't remember. 1768 01:30:26,557 --> 01:30:28,854 - You never said it? 1769 01:30:28,958 --> 01:30:30,926 - I don't remember ever saying it. 1770 01:30:34,530 --> 01:30:37,225 - What's your relationship like with your ex-wife? 1771 01:30:37,332 --> 01:30:39,027 - Don't have any kind of relationship. 1772 01:30:39,134 --> 01:30:41,432 What the hell kind of a question is that? 1773 01:30:41,536 --> 01:30:43,663 - She seems to have a better memory than you do, Calvin. 1774 01:30:47,174 --> 01:30:50,337 - My name is Elizabeth Beckett. 1775 01:30:50,444 --> 01:30:54,073 And I'm competent to testify therein. 1776 01:30:54,181 --> 01:31:00,050 - How'd your ex-husband feel about black people? 1777 01:31:00,153 --> 01:31:01,450 - Oh, he hated them. 1778 01:31:01,554 --> 01:31:03,954 Calvin hated them. 1779 01:31:04,057 --> 01:31:05,114 He even hated the children. 1780 01:31:05,224 --> 01:31:06,657 If they came in our yard, 1781 01:31:06,759 --> 01:31:09,091 he'd go out there and scream at them. 1782 01:31:09,194 --> 01:31:13,653 - You think his views affect his behavior as a DA? 1783 01:31:13,765 --> 01:31:16,598 - He thought that people wanted convictions. 1784 01:31:16,701 --> 01:31:21,104 He thought that the feds wanted convictions. 1785 01:31:21,205 --> 01:31:24,662 Calvin would say that, 1786 01:31:24,775 --> 01:31:30,577 "Who better to convict than the lazy-ass niggers? " 1787 01:31:34,216 --> 01:31:38,050 - He referred to black people as "niggers"? 1788 01:31:38,154 --> 01:31:41,384 - Yes. 1789 01:31:41,489 --> 01:31:43,252 Yes, he did. 1790 01:31:43,358 --> 01:31:44,552 Yes. 1791 01:31:44,659 --> 01:31:49,392 - Now, uh, you remember her, right? 1792 01:31:49,497 --> 01:31:50,554 Ex-wife? 1793 01:31:50,664 --> 01:31:53,394 That's your ex-wife. 1794 01:31:53,500 --> 01:31:55,161 You want to see what your daughter has to say, 1795 01:31:55,269 --> 01:31:57,999 or has your memory returned? 1796 01:31:58,105 --> 01:32:00,436 Let's see what your daughter has to say. 1797 01:32:00,540 --> 01:32:01,768 - My name is Julie Beckett. 1798 01:32:01,874 --> 01:32:05,901 I'm 22, and I'm competent to testify herein. 1799 01:32:06,012 --> 01:32:08,411 - Right, okay, Julie, 1800 01:32:08,513 --> 01:32:12,779 did your father ever express any hostility toward black people? 1801 01:32:12,884 --> 01:32:15,512 - Oh, yeah, never even tried to hide it, you know? 1802 01:32:15,620 --> 01:32:16,917 Him and Jerry Arnold, 1803 01:32:17,022 --> 01:32:19,717 they would, like, sit around and drink beers and shit. 1804 01:32:19,824 --> 01:32:21,689 And they would always say, 1805 01:32:21,792 --> 01:32:23,259 "The only way to save our town 1806 01:32:23,361 --> 01:32:25,989 is to blow Arlington Springs up. " 1807 01:32:26,097 --> 01:32:27,563 They would say shit like, 1808 01:32:27,664 --> 01:32:31,566 "Make the nigger cockroaches burn," 1809 01:32:31,668 --> 01:32:32,999 shit like that, you know? 1810 01:32:33,103 --> 01:32:35,627 - So how'd he feel when he found out 1811 01:32:35,738 --> 01:32:37,797 that you were dating a black man? 1812 01:32:37,906 --> 01:32:41,205 - Oh, he was- he was so angry, 1813 01:32:41,310 --> 01:32:43,301 like, crazy angry. 1814 01:32:43,412 --> 01:32:45,777 He started chasing me down, okay? 1815 01:32:45,880 --> 01:32:46,904 He chased me down, 1816 01:32:47,015 --> 01:32:49,848 and he started whipping me with his belt. 1817 01:32:49,951 --> 01:32:51,680 I mean, he was just going crazy, you know, 1818 01:32:51,786 --> 01:32:53,083 like, saying shit to me like, 1819 01:32:53,187 --> 01:32:56,349 "You're nothing but a dirty nigger-loving whore, 1820 01:32:56,456 --> 01:32:58,947 dirty nigger-loving whore, dirty nigger-loving whore. " 1821 01:33:02,895 --> 01:33:03,884 - What the fuck are you doing 1822 01:33:03,996 --> 01:33:05,327 when they're over here whipping me? 1823 01:33:05,431 --> 01:33:08,457 - Mr. Beckett, do you ever call blacks "niggers"? 1824 01:33:08,567 --> 01:33:09,898 - Oh, of course I call them niggers, 1825 01:33:10,002 --> 01:33:11,697 you uppity piece of shit. 1826 01:33:11,804 --> 01:33:13,930 Can't think of any folks down here 1827 01:33:14,039 --> 01:33:15,597 that don't call you people niggers. 1828 01:33:17,108 --> 01:33:20,271 Yet race has nothing to do with whom you prosecute as DA? 1829 01:33:50,137 --> 01:33:53,038 - Sam, Byron. 1830 01:33:53,140 --> 01:33:56,871 He practically ordered them to settle. 1831 01:33:56,977 --> 01:33:58,603 There's no way he wanted that tape 1832 01:33:58,711 --> 01:34:00,838 played in a Texas courtroom. 1833 01:34:00,947 --> 01:34:02,608 It's over. 1834 01:34:04,350 --> 01:34:05,612 Hey! 1835 01:34:08,687 --> 01:34:09,949 - Oh, my goodness. 1836 01:34:10,055 --> 01:34:11,522 - Oh, my gosh, we did it. 1837 01:34:15,626 --> 01:34:16,650 - Well? 1838 01:34:16,761 --> 01:34:18,319 - Let's get out of here. 1839 01:34:19,430 --> 01:34:21,261 - I want to go... 1840 01:34:24,368 --> 01:34:25,356 - Hm. 1841 01:34:25,469 --> 01:34:27,835 - Can you believe that? 1842 01:34:27,938 --> 01:34:29,633 Isn't he yours, Dee? 1843 01:34:33,343 --> 01:34:36,971 - They've offered to disband the drug task force 1844 01:34:37,079 --> 01:34:40,606 and to give each of the accused a small settlement. 1845 01:34:40,716 --> 01:34:43,081 - What about Gladys? 1846 01:34:43,184 --> 01:34:44,208 - She's no longer a felon, 1847 01:34:44,319 --> 01:34:47,914 so she can move back into Arlington Springs. 1848 01:34:48,022 --> 01:34:49,046 - And our arrest records? 1849 01:34:49,157 --> 01:34:50,146 - Expunged. 1850 01:34:52,559 --> 01:34:54,254 - And Beckett? 1851 01:34:54,361 --> 01:34:57,262 - Dee, we did everything we could. 1852 01:34:57,364 --> 01:34:58,991 Beckett will have to face the voters. 1853 01:34:59,099 --> 01:35:01,225 But that's the best we could do. 1854 01:35:01,334 --> 01:35:02,562 The judge was firm on that, 1855 01:35:02,668 --> 01:35:05,364 that Beckett's future be decided by the voters. 1856 01:35:09,408 --> 01:35:10,669 - Will this stop the raids? 1857 01:35:10,775 --> 01:35:13,243 - I think so. 1858 01:35:13,345 --> 01:35:14,369 I really think so. 1859 01:35:48,376 --> 01:35:51,834 - Sam? 1860 01:35:51,946 --> 01:35:53,345 - Yeah. 1861 01:35:53,447 --> 01:35:54,539 - Is everything all right? 1862 01:35:56,216 --> 01:35:57,683 - Yeah, yeah. 1863 01:35:57,784 --> 01:36:00,275 Everything's all right. 1864 01:36:13,932 --> 01:36:15,456 - Now, in our congregation, 1865 01:36:15,567 --> 01:36:20,903 there is a woman that has struggled 1866 01:36:21,005 --> 01:36:23,302 and suffered 1867 01:36:23,407 --> 01:36:25,398 and prevailed, 1868 01:36:25,509 --> 01:36:28,103 not just for herself 1869 01:36:28,212 --> 01:36:32,580 but for us all. 1870 01:36:32,682 --> 01:36:35,310 Now, I'm gonna have to call out Dee Roberts. 1871 01:36:35,418 --> 01:36:37,579 Dee Roberts, 1872 01:36:37,687 --> 01:36:40,315 I'm asking you to stand up 1873 01:36:40,423 --> 01:36:44,119 and accept our warmest thanks. 1874 01:36:44,226 --> 01:36:45,591 Come on, y'all. 1875 01:36:53,234 --> 01:36:54,326 Yeah.