Law & Order (1990) s26e02 Episode Script
Into the Mystic
1
In the criminal justice system,
the people are represented
by two separate,
yet equally important groups:
the police, who investigate crime,
and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
I need to speak to Ray Biller.
He ain't here.
You know where he is?
No.
When was the last time you saw him?
- What does that mean?
- It means I don't know.
- You got his phone number?
- Yeah.
Good, 'cause you're gonna call him.
You're gonna find out
where the hell he is.
What do you mean I'm gonna call
Hey, just do it, understand?
Let's go. Come on.
Nolan, it's Vince Riley.
I need to talk to you right away.
Call me back.
[DOG BARKING FAINTLY]
[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
Theo, it's me.
I'm headed to a bar at 8th and 12th.
Something's cooking, man.
Call me back right away.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Hey, Ray!
NYPD, man. We gotta talk.
Hey, I'm talking to you.
I know what you're up to, Ray.
I know where you're going.
[GUNSHOTS]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Help! Help!
- That's the shooter.
- [PEOPLE SHOUTING]
- Hey!
- Hey, stop!
- Help! Help!
- Please!
- Can someone help?
Can somebody help us, please!
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
Hey, move back!
Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
Move, move. Move back.
Get out of the way. NYPD.
Vince?
Hey. Hey, come on, man.
Hey, come on, Vince.
Hey, it's me. Hey, it's Walker.
It's Walker. That's good. That's good.
That's good. You got this, man.
10-13, police officer down.
Potential suspect
was seen running north
on 8th Avenue,
headed towards 13th Street,
male, white.
Hey, come on, man!
Average height, build.
He was wearing dark clothes
and white Nike sneakers.
Vince, stay with me.
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
Hey, come on. Hey, hey.
Hey, you got this.
You gotta stay awake.
You gotta stay awake for me, man.
Vince, Vince,
I'm begging you, brother.
I'm begging you, man.
Stay with me!
Vince, stay with me, man! Come on!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
How did this happen?
Hey, Jess.
Look, I got a message from Vince,
said he was heading to a bar
on 8th and 12th.
He said that he had something cooking.
- What does that mean?
- I have no idea.
So I got his voicemail maybe
two or three minutes later,
and I rush over to this bar
he's talking about, right?
I get there, jump out of my cab,
and I see some guy running like
hell, and he's holding a gun.
So I started to run after him.
Then I hear some people
yelling for help.
I turn around,
I see all this commotion.
And it's Vince, Jess.
He's on the ground, bleeding.
♪
Okay.
Did you did you call his wife?
I tried a few times.
- She's not answering.
- Okay.
Come on, Vince. Come on, man.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
We're on the southeast
corner of 8th and 15th,
no sign of the suspect.
What about that guy?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wrong sneaks.
10-10, all units.
Suspect spotted heading east
on 17th Street.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Hey!
Excuse me, sir!
What the hell?
Sorry about that.
Sorry. That's it?
Come on, man.
Damn it.
Looks like this prick slipped
through the containment.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
- I'm sorry.
- What do you mean?
We did everything we could, but
And?
We couldn't save him.
♪
[SOBS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
He, um, called to tell me
he couldn't meet me for dinner,
said he had to do some work.
I had a headache,
so I went to bed early.
I just saw the missed calls.
But, um
So he
he died at the hospital?
Yes.
The doctors did everything they could.
Theo was at the scene.
He rushed him immediately
to the hospital,
and he rode in the ambulance with him.
I am so sorry, Tara.
I tried.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Mom, is everything okay?
Where's Daddy?
Come here, guys.
♪
Okay, a couple of things
one, we need a formal
statement from you ASAP.
And two, you are benched
until further notice.
What? Benched?
Boss, some punk just killed Vince.
There's no world possible
that you can be involved.
You're his partner, Theo.
Any evidence you discover,
any witness statement you take,
it's gonna be useless.
The defense is gonna tear it apart.
They're gonna say
that you're vengeful.
They're gonna say that you're biased.
They're gonna say that
you weren't thinking straight.
I just need you to go
back to the precinct,
collect your thoughts,
stay the hell away from the case.
♪
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
All we know is that Vince called
Detective Walker and Nolan
shortly before the shooting.
I listened to his voicemail ten times.
I still don't understand it.
Nolan, it's Vince Riley.
I need to talk to you right away.
Call me back.
Well, whatever you need,
Jess, we're here for you.
Yeah.
I appreciate it.
But let's make sure
we do this the right way.
The right way, as opposed to what way?
I know how angry everybody is,
and I understand the impulse to
be aggressive, to do this fast.
But it's a lot more important
to do it correctly, okay?
Okay.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
Lieutenant Brady.
Yeah?
Robert Calvino.
- Oh, hey.
- Hey.
- I'm glad you're here.
- Me too.
Long story short, I need you
to run point with me.
Love it. What do we got so far?
Well, Detective Riley's
partner, Theo Walker,
arrived at the scene
shortly after the shooting
and saw a possible suspect
fleeing on foot.
- That's a start.
- Yeah.
So why don't you get
a formal statement,
then we'll go from there?
- Copy that.
- Great.
[KNOCKING]
- Theo?
- Hey.
Bobby Calvino.
Nice to meet you.
- You mind?
- Please.
My condolences.
Thank you.
I never met Vince, but everyone says
he was a great guy.
He really was.
According to Brady, you pulled up
near the bar on 8th and 12th.
You saw a potential suspect
fleeing on foot?
He was running north.
He was holding something in his hand.
It looked like a gun,
so I took notice.
Looked like a gun or was a gun?
It was a gun.
He was holding a gun
in his right hand.
And can you describe
what the man looked like?
White, average height, average build.
Clothing?
Black jacket, black pants.
And he was wearing
white Nike sneakers.
So let's talk about this voicemail.
You got any idea what
Vince was talking about?
No. It came out of the blue.
Where were you when he called?
Excuse me?
Where were you?
What does that have
to do with anything?
Theo, if you were at a bar,
that's something we wanna know.
Right, sorry.
I was with a friend.
We we weren't drinking.
We were just hanging out.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
All right.
I just wish I picked up
when he called.
I mean, I saw it was Vince, but
I didn't think anything of it.
We were off the clock.
And Vince didn't call a lot, so I
I really should have known
that something was up,
that maybe he needed my help.
No matter how you try to spin this,
no matter who you were screwing,
no matter why you
didn't pick up the damn phone,
it ain't on you, full stop.
♪
Okay, let's put together a
tight timeline for last night,
everything Vince did from 5:00 p.m.,
when he was technically off the clock,
until the time of the murder.
Who did he call?
Why did he leave the messages
for Walker and Price?
Why did he cancel dinner
with his wife, et cetera?
LT, I got something.
His GPS puts him here for 15 minutes.
This is three hours before the murder.
So is Vince known to be a ladies' man?
Hey, Lou? Vince's wife is here.
She wants to talk to you.
Last night, you asked if anything
unusual had been going on.
And thank you.
I started thinking about it, and
Vince had been withdrawing
lots of cash
for the past six months or so,
1,000 here, 2,000 there.
It was unusual.
When I asked what it was for, he
he wouldn't say.
We got into a pretty big argument.
Was Vince a gambler?
Not that I know of.
But he had that kind of personality.
He was a drinker,
worked really hard to stay sober.
There's no easy way to ask this,
so I just wanna apologize.
Is there any chance that Vince might
have been having an affair?
I would find that hard to believe,
but anything's possible, I suppose.
Why do you ask?
No reason.
This is standard protocol.
Did you find something that suggests
- he was seeing someone else?
- No.
It's just a standard question.
But we really appreciate you
coming down here
and sharing this information with us.
It might be nothing, but
Vince always said,
there's no such thing
as meaningless information in
a homicide investigation, so.
Well, if there's anything
I can do to help,
please just ask.
Thank you.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I feel for Riley's wife and the kids.
Yeah.
It's terrible.
I'm not entirely sure why you
asked her about the affair.
Because it's relevant.
It's one more thing to think about.
It's awful no matter what.
It'd be so much worse
if he was cheating on her.
But you know, Vince is a good guy.
He's a good cop,
regardless of what he may have
- been doing with this woman.
- Right.
People do things, you know?
It's just what happens.
But you just can't let it define them.
Hold on. Let me
are you doing this for me?
What?
Protecting Vince's reputation?
Because to be honest with you,
I don't care
if he was sleeping with someone else.
It doesn't matter,
not even a little bit.
Why are you showing me this?
Because the guy you're
yelling at in the video
got shot three hours later.
That's horrible.
But what does that have to do with me?
We just showed you the video.
You were screaming at him.
Mm-mm.
Listen, is there any chance
it has something to do with
Oh, you think that no.
No, this has nothing to do with him.
Okay, why don't we start
at the beginning?
How did you two meet each other?
He killed my husband.
Excuse me?
Ran him over with his car,
drove right through
a construction site.
Yeah, I remember that.
It was terrible.
But it happened a while ago.
What were you arguing about
a few days ago?
Because I told him
to stop sending me cash.
He was giving you money?
Because he felt guilty
about what he did.
And that made you upset?
It made me feel dirty.
So I told him to stop.
Okay, so after you two
are arguing about him
giving you money,
which isn't something
most people argue about,
to be honest, where'd you go?
I went to my cousin's house.
It was her birthday.
We got any luck?
Yes, sir.
Cousin confirms her story,
and she sent over
a few photos too.
Hey. Hey.
How's it going, man?
Really?
Hey, look, man, I'm just
trying to work here, okay?
So if you want information, you
go talk to Lieutenant Brady.
Do we got a problem?
- Damn right we got a problem.
- I'm just trying to do my job.
And I'm just trying
to help you do your job.
Hey! What's going on?
Look, I'm just trying to help.
You need to go home, now.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I owe this to Vince.
- Lou?
- Yeah?
I got something.
I've been going through
Vince's most recent searches,
and it appears
he was really interested
in a guy named Ray Biller.
And per his GPS, he parked his car
two blocks from Biller's apartment
40 minutes before the murder.
♪
When was the last time
you saw Ray Biller?
This morning, around 9:00 a.m.
Did you ever hear him mention someone
by the name of Vincent Riley?
No, but we're not really friends.
We just live together. Why?
Because he's dead.
And he's a cop.
This Riley guy, is he tall, thin?
Yeah, that's him.
What does that mean?
He was here the other night.
He was looking for Ray,
had me call him.
Did you?
I didn't really have much of a choice.
This Riley guy's all business,
so yeah, I did what he asked.
And Ray picked up?
Yeah, he was at a bar
having a few pops.
He said he was about
to do something crazy.
Ray Biller?
No, I don't know anyone of that name.
But I definitely know a Wayne Biller.
I tried him for murder
three years ago.
You think they're related?
Um[SIGHS]
- Oh.
- What is it?
Wayne Biller was stabbed to
death in prison seven days ago.
And he has one brother, Ray.
Okay, so they're brothers.
But what does any of this
have to do with Vince?
- Was he involved with the case?
- No.
And yet he was clearly
suspicious of Ray Biller.
Yeah, he canceled
dinner plans with his wife,
drove over to his apartment.
Then he raced downtown
to this bar he was at.
Which is only two or three
blocks from my apartment.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Are you saying that Ray Biller
might have been looking for you?
Somehow Vince got in the way?
That is certainly possible.
♪
Did we hear from
the people that manage
- Price's apartment building?
- Yes.
They are gonna send over
the CCTV footage
from five days prior to the murder.
Okay, great, and did you confirm that
Biller's physical description
matches what Walker told you?
White male, average height.
There's a photo on Vince's phone.
He took it two days
before the shooting.
It meant nothing when I first saw it.
But now that we have a suspect
I just talked to the roommate.
Biller used to work at
a bar called Flannagan's
- in the West Village.
- Flannagan's?
- Yes, sir.
- Yeah, I know Flannagan's.
He must have just seen him
hanging around the courthouse
- looking suspicious?
- Yeah.
Yeah, hi.
I'm looking for a Ray Biller.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Oh, actually, yes.
That's why I'm calling.
See, I'm his cousin.
I was driving down from Boston.
And I can't find
the damn address anywhere.
You think you could help me out?
♪
Those for whom we pour out our prayers
shall obtain pardon for their
sins through your tender mercy.
May they rejoice together.
Be blessed in your sight and
- What the hell's going on?
- Get up.
- What the hell are you doing?
- Get up.
- Get up.
- Stay down.
I didn't do anything.
Ray Biller, you're under arrest
for the murder of Detective
First Grade Vincent Riley.
Let's go.
♪
How dare you walk into
a church in the middle
of my brother's funeral?
And my parents were in that church
saying goodbye to their son.
Their son that raped
and killed a young girl.
- He didn't do a damn thing.
- No?
What, he was framed? Railroaded?
That why you've been
spending so much time
following Nolan Price around,
because your brother got a raw deal?
My parents have a right to sit through
their son's funeral in peace.
What you did is not acceptable.
You know what's not acceptable?
Shooting a cop.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I didn't shoot nobody.
Why you been spending so much time
around the courthouse
these past few days?
And the DA's office?
And Nolan Price's apartment building?
We know what happened.
Yeah? Then why are we even here?
Because I'm giving you
a chance to explain it.
Okay.
I'm good, but thanks.
You're good?
Look, losing your brother that way,
I'm sure it was very painful.
I mean, you wanted to kill Nolan Price
because he's the guy
that's responsible
for putting your brother in jail.
And if your brother wasn't in jail,
he wouldn't have gotten stabbed.
You wanted payback. I get it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
But Vince Riley got in the way,
and so you shot him.
And then you let him die
on the street.
You got nothing to say?
♪
Vince was my friend.
He had a wife and two kids.
And you are going to pay
for what you did.
And if there's any justice
in the world,
you're gonna end up
just like your brother,
lying dead in a pool of blood
on the concrete floor
of some crappy state prison.
- I want a lawyer.
- Yeah.
I think that's a really good idea.
We have substantial GPS data
and video surveillance
which suggests Biller was in
proximity to the courthouse,
the DA's office, and Nolan's apartment
in the days prior to the murder.
So you're confident your
initial hunch as to motive
- was accurate?
- Yes.
Did we recover the murder weapon?
No.
But as I said, we do have evidence
that can prove he was following Nolan
and that he was near the crime scene
at the time of the murder,
and we also have Detective Walker.
Meaning what?
Walker arrived at the crime scene
a few minutes after the shooting,
and he saw the suspect fleeing.
And his description of the suspect
matches Biller in terms
of height, build, skin color.
And he noticed that he was
wearing a white pair
of Nike sneakers, which we
recovered when we searched
Biller's apartment building.
Sounds good.
Let's charge the bastard
with murder one.
The People versus Ray Biller.
Ms. Maroun?
Your Honor, given the
severity of the charge
and the potential sentence of life
without a possibility of parole,
the People request remand.
Mr. Lee?
We request reasonable
bail, Your Honor.
The evidence here
is highly circumstantial.
Moreover, the defendant
has deep ties to the city
and is prepared to wear
a monitoring device.
The defendant is hereby remanded.
Mr. Biller is entitled to
a presumption of innocence.
As the Supreme Court
held in Salerno
I don't need
a history lesson, Mr. Lee.
Your client is charged
with killing a cop.
That means he is a flight risk
and poses a legitimate threat
to the general public.
He is hereby remanded.
Hey, you're a punk, Biller!
Hear me? You're nothing but a punk.
And I'm gonna tell
my friends on the inside
all about you, yeah?
I hope you're ready
to have a little fun!
- I feel for Riley's brother.
- [SIGHS]
I don't blame him.
Given the facts in the case
and the likelihood
that you'll be called to testify.
You're gonna need to sit this one out.
I assumed as much.
Who is going to try the case?
Me.
On August 8th,
the defendant's older brother
was stabbed and killed in
the Green Haven State Prison,
where he was serving a life sentence
for the rape and murder
of a young woman
named Allison Whitney.
Shortly thereafter, the defendant
began to follow the man who prosecuted
that case, Nolan Price.
We have substantial video
evidence showing the defendant
outside the courthouse,
the DA's office,
and Mr. Price's personal residence.
We also have text messages
in that time frame
from the defendant
to various family members
blaming "that evil prosecutor"
for his brother's death.
Detective Vincent Riley became aware
of the defendant's plan
to exact revenge
because he was one
of the finest detectives
the New York Police Department
has ever known.
And he tried to intervene.
He tried to stop the defendant
from executing his revenge.
And in the process, the defendant shot
and killed Detective Riley.
Vince Riley was a good man.
He was a good husband.
He was a good father.
And unfortunately
We can't bring Vince back to life.
But we can get justice
for him and his family.
And that's why we're here.
And that is what we intend to do.
DA Baxter just gave
a wonderful and impassioned
opening argument.
The only problem is, he's wrong.
Ray Biller did not kill Vincent Riley.
He's never even met
or seen Vincent Riley.
In short, the DA is trying the
wrong person for this murder.
And the reason why he's doing this
is because Ray Biller had the audacity
to open a wrongful conviction inquiry
into his brother's prior murder case.
Ray Biller was about to expose
the rampant corruption
in the DA's office.
The DA's objective is not justice.
It is to destroy Ray Biller
so Ray Biller can't destroy him.
So what can I do for you?
Well, you could tell me
we're gonna win, right?
You can tell me we're
gonna convict this guy?
I'm not directly involved in the case,
but from what I hear,
the evidence is strong.
The only negative is we
don't have the murder weapon.
What?
That's a pretty big negative, no?
It would obviously
be better if we had it,
but like I said,
the evidence is strong.
Man, guys like Vince
shouldn't die young.
I know.
He was a good man.
I owe him a lot.
Yeah, you're damn right you do.
At least he went out
like a hero, right?
I mean, that's gotta count
for something, right?
[SIGHS]
All right, so we're gonna
win this thing, right?
[TENSE MUSIC]
I can't promise you that,
but I can assure you,
we are doing everything in our power
to get justice for Vince.
You're doing everything you can?
Are you kidding me?
You got no balls, you know that?
Vince died trying to save your ass.
You can't even look me in the eye
and tell me we're gonna win.
It's not right, bro.
♪
The evidence against
the defendant's brother,
Wayne Biller, was significant.
It was clear to the police
and to the prosecutors
and ultimately to the jury
that he raped
and killed Allison Whitney.
Can you give us a quick overview
of this significant evidence?
His DNA was found
on the victim's thigh
and under her fingernails.
We also had eyewitness
testimony from a patrol officer
who saw him near
the abandoned warehouse
where Ms. Whitney's body was found.
You've tried a lot of murder cases.
How would you characterize this
one in terms of its complexity?
I'd say this was one of the
more simple, straightforward
cases I have ever tried.
Nothing further.
The case was simplistic
and straightforward
because your key eyewitness
was corrupt, correct?
No, that's not true.
Isn't it true that in Officer
Mills' initial statement
he said he didn't see
Wayne Biller's face.
And then, a few weeks later,
he picked Wayne Biller
out of a photo array?
Yes.
But that doesn't mean he was lying.
He saw the photo,
and it jogged his memory.
This is quite typical.
There's a difference
between memory and recall.
It's much easier to recognize someone
that you've seen than describe
what you may have seen.
It's a known, scientific fact.
Known by corrupt cops
and prosecutors, no doubt.
- Objection.
- Sustained.
Nothing further.
Detective Calvino, did you
execute a search warrant
on the defendant's residence?
Yes.
And what evidence did you recover?
We recovered a black jacket
and a pair of black jeans
in his closet.
We also recovered a pair of
white Nike sneakers, size 11,
in the dumpster inside
the apartment building.
And did you find any other shoes
in the defendant's closet?
Yes, we did.
What size were they?
Size 11.
Nothing further.
You found a black jacket
and a pair of black jeans
- in his apartment.
- That's correct.
There was no blood
on any of these articles
of clothing, correct?
No.
And the Nike sneakers that you found
in the community dumpster,
there was no blood on those,
- either, correct?
- That's correct.
So let's talk about the
evidence you didn't recover,
like the gun used
to kill Detective Riley.
The police never found
the weapon, correct?
Yeah.
And Mr. Biller doesn't
own any firearms, correct?
I have no idea how many he owns.
There are none registered
in his name, correct?
Yes, but we all know that
people can buy guns
So what you're
actually saying, Detective,
is that you can't prove
that Mr. Biller was the shooter.
[TENSE MUSIC]
No, I'm saying we didn't find the gun.
I'm not saying we can't prove it.
But you don't have a gun.
And we all know it's impossible
to tie a specific round
of ammunition without
the actual weapon
used to fire that ammunition.
So I say again,
it is impossible to prove
that Mr. Biller was
the shooter, correct?
There's other ways to prove it.
Your Honor, please direct the
witness to answer the question.
Yes or no, Detective?
[TENSE MUSIC]
We can prove that he's guilty.
But I suppose we cannot prove
that he's the shooter.
If you can't prove
that he's the shooter,
then how on Earth
can he prove that he's guilty?
Nothing further.
♪
Hey!
Hey, Detective Walker,
how you doing, man?
Sir.
Hey, drinks are on me, all right?
Nah, I'm running a tab.
- Are you sure?
- Mm-hmm.
Jack on the rocks for me, please.
You good?
Can I be honest with you, man?
I'm worried, you know?
I mean, this prick defense attorney's
actually doing a good job.
I haven't been able to watch
since I'm a witness.
From what I hear, it sounds
like we're doing okay.
I don't know, man.
If he gets off,
I'm worried I might kill this guy.
You've been drinking.
Nah, man, I'm serious.
I know what I'm capable of.
I know who I am.
If this son of a bitch
walks out of this courtroom
a free man
Hopefully we never get there.
Hopefully ain't good enough, man.
I get it, all right?
Sometimes hopefully is all there is.
All right, so you said before
that you saw the shooter
leave the scene, right?
But you didn't see his face.
Is that still the case?
I'm not sure what you're asking.
Yeah, you are.
♪
You need to step up, Theo.
Not for me, for Vince,
for his wife,
for his little kids.
They need this.
♪
- Hey, Theo.
- Hey.
Thanks for coming down.
I just wanted to go over your
statement, do a little prep.
All right.
Okay.
Could you tell the jury
where you were on the night
of August 12th around 9:45?
I was on the corner of 8th and 12th.
Why were you there?
My partner, Vince Riley,
left me a voicemail,
told me to meet him there,
said it was important.
And when you exited the vehicle,
what was the first thing you saw?
A man running north up 8th Avenue.
Can you describe what he looked like,
what he was holding?
He was white, average height,
average build, dark hair.
And he was holding a gun
in his right hand.
And did you see his face?
Yes.
Wait, you're saying that
you saw Biller's face?
Yes.
Okay, since when?
Excuse me?
In your statement, you said
you didn't get a good look
at the suspect's face.
Right, yeah.
I didn't get a good look,
but I got a look.
When they arrested Biller,
it was clear
that he was the man I saw
running away from the scene,
holding a gun in his right hand.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
Theo, I understand what you're doing,
and I get it, I do.
But lying on the stand is
That is something
that will sit with you
for the rest of your life.
You're right.
But having that man walk free,
now, that would be even worse.
But luckily, I'm not lying.
I know what I saw.
- You don't buy his story?
- No.
I'm not sure that really matters.
I'm sorry?
If Walker is willing
to testify that he saw
Ray Biller fleeing the scene,
that he now
remembers seeing his face
He's lying.
Can you prove it?
No.
But in his original statement,
he said that
he didn't get a good look
at the suspect's face.
And Biller's defense
lawyer is gonna make that
abundantly clear to the jury.
Walker's a cop.
He's good at this.
They are going to believe his story.
If it's actually a story.
There is a big difference
between describing
someone's face in the moment
and recalling someone's face
down the road with a visual reference.
You just said the exact
same thing on the stand.
Yeah, I know, but that is
not what is happening here.
In your opinion.
I appreciate your principles,
I really do.
I mean, Vince saved your damn life.
No, no, no, no, no.
There is nothing that I want more
than to convict Ray Biller.
But I wanna do it the right way.
I am putting Walker
on the stand, end of story.
And he is going to put the final nail
into Ray Biller's coffin.
♪
Has the jury reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
How does the jury find?
On the charge of murder
in the first degree,
we the jury find the defendant
guilty.
Members of the jury,
we thank you for your service.
- We are adjourned.
- [BANGS GAVEL]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Though Vince is no longer with us,
his courage, his humor,
and his inherent sense of decency
will live on through all of us,
especially his two beautiful
children, Bridget and Spencer.
In many ways,
it's fitting that Vince died
trying to help someone else
in this case, someone he wasn't
even particularly fond of.
But Vince didn't pick
and choose when to be a hero
or when to do the right thing.
That's just who he was and how he was.
So in my humble opinion,
there's never been someone
more deserving
to have his name and legacy
memorialized here
at the NYPD Wall of Honor.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
sync & corrections awaqeded
[WOLF HOWLS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
In the criminal justice system,
the people are represented
by two separate,
yet equally important groups:
the police, who investigate crime,
and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
I need to speak to Ray Biller.
He ain't here.
You know where he is?
No.
When was the last time you saw him?
- What does that mean?
- It means I don't know.
- You got his phone number?
- Yeah.
Good, 'cause you're gonna call him.
You're gonna find out
where the hell he is.
What do you mean I'm gonna call
Hey, just do it, understand?
Let's go. Come on.
Nolan, it's Vince Riley.
I need to talk to you right away.
Call me back.
[DOG BARKING FAINTLY]
[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
Theo, it's me.
I'm headed to a bar at 8th and 12th.
Something's cooking, man.
Call me back right away.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Hey, Ray!
NYPD, man. We gotta talk.
Hey, I'm talking to you.
I know what you're up to, Ray.
I know where you're going.
[GUNSHOTS]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Help! Help!
- That's the shooter.
- [PEOPLE SHOUTING]
- Hey!
- Hey, stop!
- Help! Help!
- Please!
- Can someone help?
Can somebody help us, please!
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
Hey, move back!
Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
Move, move. Move back.
Get out of the way. NYPD.
Vince?
Hey. Hey, come on, man.
Hey, come on, Vince.
Hey, it's me. Hey, it's Walker.
It's Walker. That's good. That's good.
That's good. You got this, man.
10-13, police officer down.
Potential suspect
was seen running north
on 8th Avenue,
headed towards 13th Street,
male, white.
Hey, come on, man!
Average height, build.
He was wearing dark clothes
and white Nike sneakers.
Vince, stay with me.
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
Hey, come on. Hey, hey.
Hey, you got this.
You gotta stay awake.
You gotta stay awake for me, man.
Vince, Vince,
I'm begging you, brother.
I'm begging you, man.
Stay with me!
Vince, stay with me, man! Come on!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
How did this happen?
Hey, Jess.
Look, I got a message from Vince,
said he was heading to a bar
on 8th and 12th.
He said that he had something cooking.
- What does that mean?
- I have no idea.
So I got his voicemail maybe
two or three minutes later,
and I rush over to this bar
he's talking about, right?
I get there, jump out of my cab,
and I see some guy running like
hell, and he's holding a gun.
So I started to run after him.
Then I hear some people
yelling for help.
I turn around,
I see all this commotion.
And it's Vince, Jess.
He's on the ground, bleeding.
♪
Okay.
Did you did you call his wife?
I tried a few times.
- She's not answering.
- Okay.
Come on, Vince. Come on, man.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
We're on the southeast
corner of 8th and 15th,
no sign of the suspect.
What about that guy?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wrong sneaks.
10-10, all units.
Suspect spotted heading east
on 17th Street.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Hey!
Excuse me, sir!
What the hell?
Sorry about that.
Sorry. That's it?
Come on, man.
Damn it.
Looks like this prick slipped
through the containment.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
- I'm sorry.
- What do you mean?
We did everything we could, but
And?
We couldn't save him.
♪
[SOBS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
He, um, called to tell me
he couldn't meet me for dinner,
said he had to do some work.
I had a headache,
so I went to bed early.
I just saw the missed calls.
But, um
So he
he died at the hospital?
Yes.
The doctors did everything they could.
Theo was at the scene.
He rushed him immediately
to the hospital,
and he rode in the ambulance with him.
I am so sorry, Tara.
I tried.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Mom, is everything okay?
Where's Daddy?
Come here, guys.
♪
Okay, a couple of things
one, we need a formal
statement from you ASAP.
And two, you are benched
until further notice.
What? Benched?
Boss, some punk just killed Vince.
There's no world possible
that you can be involved.
You're his partner, Theo.
Any evidence you discover,
any witness statement you take,
it's gonna be useless.
The defense is gonna tear it apart.
They're gonna say
that you're vengeful.
They're gonna say that you're biased.
They're gonna say that
you weren't thinking straight.
I just need you to go
back to the precinct,
collect your thoughts,
stay the hell away from the case.
♪
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
All we know is that Vince called
Detective Walker and Nolan
shortly before the shooting.
I listened to his voicemail ten times.
I still don't understand it.
Nolan, it's Vince Riley.
I need to talk to you right away.
Call me back.
Well, whatever you need,
Jess, we're here for you.
Yeah.
I appreciate it.
But let's make sure
we do this the right way.
The right way, as opposed to what way?
I know how angry everybody is,
and I understand the impulse to
be aggressive, to do this fast.
But it's a lot more important
to do it correctly, okay?
Okay.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
Lieutenant Brady.
Yeah?
Robert Calvino.
- Oh, hey.
- Hey.
- I'm glad you're here.
- Me too.
Long story short, I need you
to run point with me.
Love it. What do we got so far?
Well, Detective Riley's
partner, Theo Walker,
arrived at the scene
shortly after the shooting
and saw a possible suspect
fleeing on foot.
- That's a start.
- Yeah.
So why don't you get
a formal statement,
then we'll go from there?
- Copy that.
- Great.
[KNOCKING]
- Theo?
- Hey.
Bobby Calvino.
Nice to meet you.
- You mind?
- Please.
My condolences.
Thank you.
I never met Vince, but everyone says
he was a great guy.
He really was.
According to Brady, you pulled up
near the bar on 8th and 12th.
You saw a potential suspect
fleeing on foot?
He was running north.
He was holding something in his hand.
It looked like a gun,
so I took notice.
Looked like a gun or was a gun?
It was a gun.
He was holding a gun
in his right hand.
And can you describe
what the man looked like?
White, average height, average build.
Clothing?
Black jacket, black pants.
And he was wearing
white Nike sneakers.
So let's talk about this voicemail.
You got any idea what
Vince was talking about?
No. It came out of the blue.
Where were you when he called?
Excuse me?
Where were you?
What does that have
to do with anything?
Theo, if you were at a bar,
that's something we wanna know.
Right, sorry.
I was with a friend.
We we weren't drinking.
We were just hanging out.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
All right.
I just wish I picked up
when he called.
I mean, I saw it was Vince, but
I didn't think anything of it.
We were off the clock.
And Vince didn't call a lot, so I
I really should have known
that something was up,
that maybe he needed my help.
No matter how you try to spin this,
no matter who you were screwing,
no matter why you
didn't pick up the damn phone,
it ain't on you, full stop.
♪
Okay, let's put together a
tight timeline for last night,
everything Vince did from 5:00 p.m.,
when he was technically off the clock,
until the time of the murder.
Who did he call?
Why did he leave the messages
for Walker and Price?
Why did he cancel dinner
with his wife, et cetera?
LT, I got something.
His GPS puts him here for 15 minutes.
This is three hours before the murder.
So is Vince known to be a ladies' man?
Hey, Lou? Vince's wife is here.
She wants to talk to you.
Last night, you asked if anything
unusual had been going on.
And thank you.
I started thinking about it, and
Vince had been withdrawing
lots of cash
for the past six months or so,
1,000 here, 2,000 there.
It was unusual.
When I asked what it was for, he
he wouldn't say.
We got into a pretty big argument.
Was Vince a gambler?
Not that I know of.
But he had that kind of personality.
He was a drinker,
worked really hard to stay sober.
There's no easy way to ask this,
so I just wanna apologize.
Is there any chance that Vince might
have been having an affair?
I would find that hard to believe,
but anything's possible, I suppose.
Why do you ask?
No reason.
This is standard protocol.
Did you find something that suggests
- he was seeing someone else?
- No.
It's just a standard question.
But we really appreciate you
coming down here
and sharing this information with us.
It might be nothing, but
Vince always said,
there's no such thing
as meaningless information in
a homicide investigation, so.
Well, if there's anything
I can do to help,
please just ask.
Thank you.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I feel for Riley's wife and the kids.
Yeah.
It's terrible.
I'm not entirely sure why you
asked her about the affair.
Because it's relevant.
It's one more thing to think about.
It's awful no matter what.
It'd be so much worse
if he was cheating on her.
But you know, Vince is a good guy.
He's a good cop,
regardless of what he may have
- been doing with this woman.
- Right.
People do things, you know?
It's just what happens.
But you just can't let it define them.
Hold on. Let me
are you doing this for me?
What?
Protecting Vince's reputation?
Because to be honest with you,
I don't care
if he was sleeping with someone else.
It doesn't matter,
not even a little bit.
Why are you showing me this?
Because the guy you're
yelling at in the video
got shot three hours later.
That's horrible.
But what does that have to do with me?
We just showed you the video.
You were screaming at him.
Mm-mm.
Listen, is there any chance
it has something to do with
Oh, you think that no.
No, this has nothing to do with him.
Okay, why don't we start
at the beginning?
How did you two meet each other?
He killed my husband.
Excuse me?
Ran him over with his car,
drove right through
a construction site.
Yeah, I remember that.
It was terrible.
But it happened a while ago.
What were you arguing about
a few days ago?
Because I told him
to stop sending me cash.
He was giving you money?
Because he felt guilty
about what he did.
And that made you upset?
It made me feel dirty.
So I told him to stop.
Okay, so after you two
are arguing about him
giving you money,
which isn't something
most people argue about,
to be honest, where'd you go?
I went to my cousin's house.
It was her birthday.
We got any luck?
Yes, sir.
Cousin confirms her story,
and she sent over
a few photos too.
Hey. Hey.
How's it going, man?
Really?
Hey, look, man, I'm just
trying to work here, okay?
So if you want information, you
go talk to Lieutenant Brady.
Do we got a problem?
- Damn right we got a problem.
- I'm just trying to do my job.
And I'm just trying
to help you do your job.
Hey! What's going on?
Look, I'm just trying to help.
You need to go home, now.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I owe this to Vince.
- Lou?
- Yeah?
I got something.
I've been going through
Vince's most recent searches,
and it appears
he was really interested
in a guy named Ray Biller.
And per his GPS, he parked his car
two blocks from Biller's apartment
40 minutes before the murder.
♪
When was the last time
you saw Ray Biller?
This morning, around 9:00 a.m.
Did you ever hear him mention someone
by the name of Vincent Riley?
No, but we're not really friends.
We just live together. Why?
Because he's dead.
And he's a cop.
This Riley guy, is he tall, thin?
Yeah, that's him.
What does that mean?
He was here the other night.
He was looking for Ray,
had me call him.
Did you?
I didn't really have much of a choice.
This Riley guy's all business,
so yeah, I did what he asked.
And Ray picked up?
Yeah, he was at a bar
having a few pops.
He said he was about
to do something crazy.
Ray Biller?
No, I don't know anyone of that name.
But I definitely know a Wayne Biller.
I tried him for murder
three years ago.
You think they're related?
Um[SIGHS]
- Oh.
- What is it?
Wayne Biller was stabbed to
death in prison seven days ago.
And he has one brother, Ray.
Okay, so they're brothers.
But what does any of this
have to do with Vince?
- Was he involved with the case?
- No.
And yet he was clearly
suspicious of Ray Biller.
Yeah, he canceled
dinner plans with his wife,
drove over to his apartment.
Then he raced downtown
to this bar he was at.
Which is only two or three
blocks from my apartment.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Are you saying that Ray Biller
might have been looking for you?
Somehow Vince got in the way?
That is certainly possible.
♪
Did we hear from
the people that manage
- Price's apartment building?
- Yes.
They are gonna send over
the CCTV footage
from five days prior to the murder.
Okay, great, and did you confirm that
Biller's physical description
matches what Walker told you?
White male, average height.
There's a photo on Vince's phone.
He took it two days
before the shooting.
It meant nothing when I first saw it.
But now that we have a suspect
I just talked to the roommate.
Biller used to work at
a bar called Flannagan's
- in the West Village.
- Flannagan's?
- Yes, sir.
- Yeah, I know Flannagan's.
He must have just seen him
hanging around the courthouse
- looking suspicious?
- Yeah.
Yeah, hi.
I'm looking for a Ray Biller.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Oh, actually, yes.
That's why I'm calling.
See, I'm his cousin.
I was driving down from Boston.
And I can't find
the damn address anywhere.
You think you could help me out?
♪
Those for whom we pour out our prayers
shall obtain pardon for their
sins through your tender mercy.
May they rejoice together.
Be blessed in your sight and
- What the hell's going on?
- Get up.
- What the hell are you doing?
- Get up.
- Get up.
- Stay down.
I didn't do anything.
Ray Biller, you're under arrest
for the murder of Detective
First Grade Vincent Riley.
Let's go.
♪
How dare you walk into
a church in the middle
of my brother's funeral?
And my parents were in that church
saying goodbye to their son.
Their son that raped
and killed a young girl.
- He didn't do a damn thing.
- No?
What, he was framed? Railroaded?
That why you've been
spending so much time
following Nolan Price around,
because your brother got a raw deal?
My parents have a right to sit through
their son's funeral in peace.
What you did is not acceptable.
You know what's not acceptable?
Shooting a cop.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I didn't shoot nobody.
Why you been spending so much time
around the courthouse
these past few days?
And the DA's office?
And Nolan Price's apartment building?
We know what happened.
Yeah? Then why are we even here?
Because I'm giving you
a chance to explain it.
Okay.
I'm good, but thanks.
You're good?
Look, losing your brother that way,
I'm sure it was very painful.
I mean, you wanted to kill Nolan Price
because he's the guy
that's responsible
for putting your brother in jail.
And if your brother wasn't in jail,
he wouldn't have gotten stabbed.
You wanted payback. I get it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
But Vince Riley got in the way,
and so you shot him.
And then you let him die
on the street.
You got nothing to say?
♪
Vince was my friend.
He had a wife and two kids.
And you are going to pay
for what you did.
And if there's any justice
in the world,
you're gonna end up
just like your brother,
lying dead in a pool of blood
on the concrete floor
of some crappy state prison.
- I want a lawyer.
- Yeah.
I think that's a really good idea.
We have substantial GPS data
and video surveillance
which suggests Biller was in
proximity to the courthouse,
the DA's office, and Nolan's apartment
in the days prior to the murder.
So you're confident your
initial hunch as to motive
- was accurate?
- Yes.
Did we recover the murder weapon?
No.
But as I said, we do have evidence
that can prove he was following Nolan
and that he was near the crime scene
at the time of the murder,
and we also have Detective Walker.
Meaning what?
Walker arrived at the crime scene
a few minutes after the shooting,
and he saw the suspect fleeing.
And his description of the suspect
matches Biller in terms
of height, build, skin color.
And he noticed that he was
wearing a white pair
of Nike sneakers, which we
recovered when we searched
Biller's apartment building.
Sounds good.
Let's charge the bastard
with murder one.
The People versus Ray Biller.
Ms. Maroun?
Your Honor, given the
severity of the charge
and the potential sentence of life
without a possibility of parole,
the People request remand.
Mr. Lee?
We request reasonable
bail, Your Honor.
The evidence here
is highly circumstantial.
Moreover, the defendant
has deep ties to the city
and is prepared to wear
a monitoring device.
The defendant is hereby remanded.
Mr. Biller is entitled to
a presumption of innocence.
As the Supreme Court
held in Salerno
I don't need
a history lesson, Mr. Lee.
Your client is charged
with killing a cop.
That means he is a flight risk
and poses a legitimate threat
to the general public.
He is hereby remanded.
Hey, you're a punk, Biller!
Hear me? You're nothing but a punk.
And I'm gonna tell
my friends on the inside
all about you, yeah?
I hope you're ready
to have a little fun!
- I feel for Riley's brother.
- [SIGHS]
I don't blame him.
Given the facts in the case
and the likelihood
that you'll be called to testify.
You're gonna need to sit this one out.
I assumed as much.
Who is going to try the case?
Me.
On August 8th,
the defendant's older brother
was stabbed and killed in
the Green Haven State Prison,
where he was serving a life sentence
for the rape and murder
of a young woman
named Allison Whitney.
Shortly thereafter, the defendant
began to follow the man who prosecuted
that case, Nolan Price.
We have substantial video
evidence showing the defendant
outside the courthouse,
the DA's office,
and Mr. Price's personal residence.
We also have text messages
in that time frame
from the defendant
to various family members
blaming "that evil prosecutor"
for his brother's death.
Detective Vincent Riley became aware
of the defendant's plan
to exact revenge
because he was one
of the finest detectives
the New York Police Department
has ever known.
And he tried to intervene.
He tried to stop the defendant
from executing his revenge.
And in the process, the defendant shot
and killed Detective Riley.
Vince Riley was a good man.
He was a good husband.
He was a good father.
And unfortunately
We can't bring Vince back to life.
But we can get justice
for him and his family.
And that's why we're here.
And that is what we intend to do.
DA Baxter just gave
a wonderful and impassioned
opening argument.
The only problem is, he's wrong.
Ray Biller did not kill Vincent Riley.
He's never even met
or seen Vincent Riley.
In short, the DA is trying the
wrong person for this murder.
And the reason why he's doing this
is because Ray Biller had the audacity
to open a wrongful conviction inquiry
into his brother's prior murder case.
Ray Biller was about to expose
the rampant corruption
in the DA's office.
The DA's objective is not justice.
It is to destroy Ray Biller
so Ray Biller can't destroy him.
So what can I do for you?
Well, you could tell me
we're gonna win, right?
You can tell me we're
gonna convict this guy?
I'm not directly involved in the case,
but from what I hear,
the evidence is strong.
The only negative is we
don't have the murder weapon.
What?
That's a pretty big negative, no?
It would obviously
be better if we had it,
but like I said,
the evidence is strong.
Man, guys like Vince
shouldn't die young.
I know.
He was a good man.
I owe him a lot.
Yeah, you're damn right you do.
At least he went out
like a hero, right?
I mean, that's gotta count
for something, right?
[SIGHS]
All right, so we're gonna
win this thing, right?
[TENSE MUSIC]
I can't promise you that,
but I can assure you,
we are doing everything in our power
to get justice for Vince.
You're doing everything you can?
Are you kidding me?
You got no balls, you know that?
Vince died trying to save your ass.
You can't even look me in the eye
and tell me we're gonna win.
It's not right, bro.
♪
The evidence against
the defendant's brother,
Wayne Biller, was significant.
It was clear to the police
and to the prosecutors
and ultimately to the jury
that he raped
and killed Allison Whitney.
Can you give us a quick overview
of this significant evidence?
His DNA was found
on the victim's thigh
and under her fingernails.
We also had eyewitness
testimony from a patrol officer
who saw him near
the abandoned warehouse
where Ms. Whitney's body was found.
You've tried a lot of murder cases.
How would you characterize this
one in terms of its complexity?
I'd say this was one of the
more simple, straightforward
cases I have ever tried.
Nothing further.
The case was simplistic
and straightforward
because your key eyewitness
was corrupt, correct?
No, that's not true.
Isn't it true that in Officer
Mills' initial statement
he said he didn't see
Wayne Biller's face.
And then, a few weeks later,
he picked Wayne Biller
out of a photo array?
Yes.
But that doesn't mean he was lying.
He saw the photo,
and it jogged his memory.
This is quite typical.
There's a difference
between memory and recall.
It's much easier to recognize someone
that you've seen than describe
what you may have seen.
It's a known, scientific fact.
Known by corrupt cops
and prosecutors, no doubt.
- Objection.
- Sustained.
Nothing further.
Detective Calvino, did you
execute a search warrant
on the defendant's residence?
Yes.
And what evidence did you recover?
We recovered a black jacket
and a pair of black jeans
in his closet.
We also recovered a pair of
white Nike sneakers, size 11,
in the dumpster inside
the apartment building.
And did you find any other shoes
in the defendant's closet?
Yes, we did.
What size were they?
Size 11.
Nothing further.
You found a black jacket
and a pair of black jeans
- in his apartment.
- That's correct.
There was no blood
on any of these articles
of clothing, correct?
No.
And the Nike sneakers that you found
in the community dumpster,
there was no blood on those,
- either, correct?
- That's correct.
So let's talk about the
evidence you didn't recover,
like the gun used
to kill Detective Riley.
The police never found
the weapon, correct?
Yeah.
And Mr. Biller doesn't
own any firearms, correct?
I have no idea how many he owns.
There are none registered
in his name, correct?
Yes, but we all know that
people can buy guns
So what you're
actually saying, Detective,
is that you can't prove
that Mr. Biller was the shooter.
[TENSE MUSIC]
No, I'm saying we didn't find the gun.
I'm not saying we can't prove it.
But you don't have a gun.
And we all know it's impossible
to tie a specific round
of ammunition without
the actual weapon
used to fire that ammunition.
So I say again,
it is impossible to prove
that Mr. Biller was
the shooter, correct?
There's other ways to prove it.
Your Honor, please direct the
witness to answer the question.
Yes or no, Detective?
[TENSE MUSIC]
We can prove that he's guilty.
But I suppose we cannot prove
that he's the shooter.
If you can't prove
that he's the shooter,
then how on Earth
can he prove that he's guilty?
Nothing further.
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Hey!
Hey, Detective Walker,
how you doing, man?
Sir.
Hey, drinks are on me, all right?
Nah, I'm running a tab.
- Are you sure?
- Mm-hmm.
Jack on the rocks for me, please.
You good?
Can I be honest with you, man?
I'm worried, you know?
I mean, this prick defense attorney's
actually doing a good job.
I haven't been able to watch
since I'm a witness.
From what I hear, it sounds
like we're doing okay.
I don't know, man.
If he gets off,
I'm worried I might kill this guy.
You've been drinking.
Nah, man, I'm serious.
I know what I'm capable of.
I know who I am.
If this son of a bitch
walks out of this courtroom
a free man
Hopefully we never get there.
Hopefully ain't good enough, man.
I get it, all right?
Sometimes hopefully is all there is.
All right, so you said before
that you saw the shooter
leave the scene, right?
But you didn't see his face.
Is that still the case?
I'm not sure what you're asking.
Yeah, you are.
♪
You need to step up, Theo.
Not for me, for Vince,
for his wife,
for his little kids.
They need this.
♪
- Hey, Theo.
- Hey.
Thanks for coming down.
I just wanted to go over your
statement, do a little prep.
All right.
Okay.
Could you tell the jury
where you were on the night
of August 12th around 9:45?
I was on the corner of 8th and 12th.
Why were you there?
My partner, Vince Riley,
left me a voicemail,
told me to meet him there,
said it was important.
And when you exited the vehicle,
what was the first thing you saw?
A man running north up 8th Avenue.
Can you describe what he looked like,
what he was holding?
He was white, average height,
average build, dark hair.
And he was holding a gun
in his right hand.
And did you see his face?
Yes.
Wait, you're saying that
you saw Biller's face?
Yes.
Okay, since when?
Excuse me?
In your statement, you said
you didn't get a good look
at the suspect's face.
Right, yeah.
I didn't get a good look,
but I got a look.
When they arrested Biller,
it was clear
that he was the man I saw
running away from the scene,
holding a gun in his right hand.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
Theo, I understand what you're doing,
and I get it, I do.
But lying on the stand is
That is something
that will sit with you
for the rest of your life.
You're right.
But having that man walk free,
now, that would be even worse.
But luckily, I'm not lying.
I know what I saw.
- You don't buy his story?
- No.
I'm not sure that really matters.
I'm sorry?
If Walker is willing
to testify that he saw
Ray Biller fleeing the scene,
that he now
remembers seeing his face
He's lying.
Can you prove it?
No.
But in his original statement,
he said that
he didn't get a good look
at the suspect's face.
And Biller's defense
lawyer is gonna make that
abundantly clear to the jury.
Walker's a cop.
He's good at this.
They are going to believe his story.
If it's actually a story.
There is a big difference
between describing
someone's face in the moment
and recalling someone's face
down the road with a visual reference.
You just said the exact
same thing on the stand.
Yeah, I know, but that is
not what is happening here.
In your opinion.
I appreciate your principles,
I really do.
I mean, Vince saved your damn life.
No, no, no, no, no.
There is nothing that I want more
than to convict Ray Biller.
But I wanna do it the right way.
I am putting Walker
on the stand, end of story.
And he is going to put the final nail
into Ray Biller's coffin.
♪
Has the jury reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
How does the jury find?
On the charge of murder
in the first degree,
we the jury find the defendant
guilty.
Members of the jury,
we thank you for your service.
- We are adjourned.
- [BANGS GAVEL]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Though Vince is no longer with us,
his courage, his humor,
and his inherent sense of decency
will live on through all of us,
especially his two beautiful
children, Bridget and Spencer.
In many ways,
it's fitting that Vince died
trying to help someone else
in this case, someone he wasn't
even particularly fond of.
But Vince didn't pick
and choose when to be a hero
or when to do the right thing.
That's just who he was and how he was.
So in my humble opinion,
there's never been someone
more deserving
to have his name and legacy
memorialized here
at the NYPD Wall of Honor.
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