1 00:01:01,103 --> 00:01:03,648 Gotta be somewhere. You wanna keep goin'? 2 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,072 Officer Smith, ma'am. 3 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:17,078 We're looking for a man went after a woman last night at esplanda apartments. 4 00:01:17,161 --> 00:01:19,538 - Heard anything unusual? - No, sorry. 5 00:01:19,622 --> 00:01:22,166 Oh, my god, that's terrible. Is the woman all right? 6 00:01:22,250 --> 00:01:24,210 - Huh? - The woman, is she all right? 7 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:26,003 Yeah. Yeah, she good. 8 00:01:30,883 --> 00:01:35,763 Excuse me. My brother, Omar little, came here last night. He fell out the damn window. 9 00:01:37,181 --> 00:01:39,892 - We don't have anyone by that name. - He was kinda high. 10 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:44,063 Probably messed up his name. Real dark, got himself a scar. 11 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:46,107 Legs should be busted up real bad. 12 00:01:46,190 --> 00:01:48,190 No one with that type of injury came in last night. 13 00:01:56,284 --> 00:02:01,289 Not a goddamn thing. Been in every trash can, dumpster, vacant for three blocks 'round. 14 00:02:01,372 --> 00:02:03,791 - Nothin'. - We even checked down the sewers. 15 00:02:03,874 --> 00:02:06,377 (Beeping) 16 00:02:08,546 --> 00:02:11,757 - Marlo wanna meet. - So what you want us to do? 17 00:02:23,894 --> 00:02:25,438 Which one? 18 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:39,201 - Don't seem possible. - It don't. 19 00:02:39,285 --> 00:02:41,829 That some spider-man shit there. 20 00:02:44,749 --> 00:02:46,125 We missed our shot. 21 00:02:47,585 --> 00:02:49,295 Now he gonna be at us. 22 00:03:01,015 --> 00:03:04,310 When you walk through the garden 23 00:03:05,478 --> 00:03:07,355 gotta watch your back 24 00:03:09,774 --> 00:03:12,026 well, I beg your pardon 25 00:03:13,569 --> 00:03:16,197 walk the straight and narrow track 26 00:03:18,282 --> 00:03:19,909 if you walk with Jesus 27 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:25,122 he's gonna save your soul 28 00:03:27,792 --> 00:03:33,714 you gotta keep the devil way down in a hole 29 00:03:44,517 --> 00:03:46,685 He's got the fire and the fury 30 00:03:49,605 --> 00:03:51,190 at his command 31 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:55,653 well, you don't have to worry 32 00:03:57,655 --> 00:04:00,574 if you hold on to Jesus' hand 33 00:04:02,076 --> 00:04:04,078 and we'll all be safe from Satan 34 00:04:06,539 --> 00:04:08,666 when the thunder rolls 35 00:04:11,085 --> 00:04:13,754 but you gotta help me keep the devil 36 00:04:15,381 --> 00:04:17,091 way down in the hole 37 00:04:17,883 --> 00:04:20,010 in the bottom of the hole 38 00:04:21,846 --> 00:04:23,639 in the hole in the hole 39 00:04:24,223 --> 00:04:26,058 way down in the hole 40 00:04:26,517 --> 00:04:28,686 in the hole in the hole 41 00:04:30,855 --> 00:04:32,690 in the hole in the hole 42 00:04:32,857 --> 00:04:34,358 way down in the hole 43 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:44,827 Usually, my staff tries to keep sharp objects out of my hands. 44 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:49,790 (Applause) 45 00:04:52,543 --> 00:04:55,838 You know, it all started with Charles center and Tommy d'alesandro 46 00:04:55,921 --> 00:04:59,550 and it continued with William Donald schaefer and harborplace. 47 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:03,971 And following that, there were mayors schmoke and O'Malley with inner harbor east. 48 00:05:04,054 --> 00:05:06,765 Well, today it is my administration's turn to lay claim 49 00:05:06,849 --> 00:05:08,392 to the middle branch of the patapsco 50 00:05:08,476 --> 00:05:11,395 and what will soon become known as new westport, 51 00:05:11,479 --> 00:05:16,066 revitalizing another waterfront area of our great city. Thank you. 52 00:05:18,068 --> 00:05:20,404 Say goodbye to locust point south. 53 00:05:22,948 --> 00:05:24,909 Fuck you, krawczyk. 54 00:05:24,992 --> 00:05:28,329 Yeah, fuck you, greedhead motherfucker. 55 00:05:28,412 --> 00:05:30,664 Fuck you for tearing down the port of Baltimore 56 00:05:30,748 --> 00:05:33,542 and selling it to some yuppie assholes from Washington. 57 00:05:33,626 --> 00:05:35,503 - C'mon, buddy. - This is bullshit. 58 00:05:35,586 --> 00:05:39,590 - Who the hell's that? - That's nobody, Mr. Mayor. It's nobody at all. 59 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:55,814 (Grunts) 60 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:25,696 - You happy now, bitch? - I am content, yes. 61 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:28,449 - You called the reporter? - No, actually. 62 00:07:29,033 --> 00:07:31,493 That asshole's making up his own shit. 63 00:07:32,494 --> 00:07:35,664 Brass called a press conference for this afternoon. 64 00:07:35,748 --> 00:07:39,043 They'll be shoveling so much money at my bullshit it'll make your head spin. 65 00:07:39,126 --> 00:07:42,713 - What's with all the casework? - Bodies from the vacants. 66 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:45,674 - Some still missing lab work. - Pathetic... 67 00:07:45,758 --> 00:07:48,594 And some of them have been worked pretty good. 68 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:51,555 You know what, Jimmy? I'm gonna go back to the beginning 69 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:54,642 and work every one of them again. Back to square one. 70 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:57,353 You know why? Because I'm a murder police. 71 00:07:57,686 --> 00:08:01,607 I work murders. I don't fuck with no make-believe, I don'tjerk shit around. 72 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:04,151 I catch a murder and I work it. 73 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:06,945 Working this shit like I'm supposed to. 74 00:08:07,029 --> 00:08:10,532 Well, let me know if you need anything, all right? 75 00:08:10,616 --> 00:08:13,661 Cars, some ot, some lab work... Anything you need. 76 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:17,373 Because in three or four hours the money's gonna flow on my case. 77 00:08:17,665 --> 00:08:21,960 Whatever you need, I'm probably gonna have more of it than even Lester could use. 78 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:32,304 To be that close to a serial killer. It must be weird. 79 00:08:32,513 --> 00:08:34,056 Kinda. Yeah. 80 00:08:34,139 --> 00:08:37,935 - Wonderful story, Scott. - Yeah, well, it kinda wrote itself. 81 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:40,479 It's lucky to have the guy call me like he did... 82 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:43,162 It comes from pounding the pavement, right? That's more than luck. 83 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:45,790 That's putting yourself in the place where the story comes to you. 84 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:47,579 - What do you have for tomorrow? - Tomorrow? 85 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:52,032 This is not the kind of thing we let go of after a day or two. 86 00:08:52,116 --> 00:08:55,953 I, um... I was thinking that if I spent a night with the homeless, you know. 87 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:58,539 Did what they did. Saw what they saw. 88 00:08:58,622 --> 00:09:02,751 If it's an overnight thing, I couldn't get it for tomorrow, but the next day, sure... 89 00:09:02,835 --> 00:09:07,256 That's great. That could be the perfect follow. I'll speak to Gus. 90 00:09:07,339 --> 00:09:10,718 We've been taking calls from some of the networks and cable outlets. 91 00:09:10,968 --> 00:09:13,554 - They're looking for you to go on-camera. - Me? On television? 92 00:09:13,637 --> 00:09:16,932 I'd avoid locals, but if you can do the national stuff responsibly... 93 00:09:17,015 --> 00:09:19,768 Sure, yeah. I mean, I'm just not all that comfortable 94 00:09:19,852 --> 00:09:22,604 having myself in the center of the story like this. 95 00:09:22,688 --> 00:09:25,232 Of course not. But there is a way of handling this responsibly. 96 00:09:25,315 --> 00:09:27,818 Just remember you're an ambassador for the paper. 97 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:32,990 Star time. 98 00:09:34,283 --> 00:09:35,868 Yeah. 99 00:09:35,951 --> 00:09:37,286 How about that? 100 00:09:37,369 --> 00:09:39,830 - Homelessness? - Our coverage should reflect 101 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:42,291 the dickensian aspect of the homeless. 102 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:43,667 The human element. 103 00:09:43,751 --> 00:09:46,211 Scott will lead it off, spending a night on the streets 104 00:09:46,295 --> 00:09:48,005 and writing from that perspective. 105 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:51,300 He's the lead on your education project. We need to get him back on the... 106 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:56,013 I don't see the school project as yielding the same kind of impact 107 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,640 as our attention to homelessness can. 108 00:09:58,724 --> 00:10:01,769 These murders, the phone call to our reporter. 109 00:10:01,852 --> 00:10:03,312 It really opens up the issue. 110 00:10:03,395 --> 00:10:06,064 - Yeah, but... - From now to the end of the year, 111 00:10:06,148 --> 00:10:08,400 let's focus not only on covering the murders, 112 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:12,112 but on the nature of homelessness itself. 113 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:14,406 The dickensian aspect of it. Yeah. 114 00:10:20,037 --> 00:10:22,414 I've reached a point, detective sydnor, 115 00:10:23,415 --> 00:10:26,001 where I no longer have the time or Patience left 116 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:30,380 to address myself to the needs of the system within which we work. 117 00:10:31,715 --> 00:10:33,634 - I'm tired. - You're gonna quit? 118 00:10:33,717 --> 00:10:35,093 Not yet. Not just yet. 119 00:10:35,344 --> 00:10:37,095 So what are you talking about? 120 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:40,182 When they took us off marlo this last time, 121 00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:43,894 when they said they couldn't pay for further investigation, 122 00:10:44,812 --> 00:10:47,314 I regarded that decision as illegitimate. 123 00:10:47,397 --> 00:10:49,107 - Illegitimate? - And so... 124 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:51,985 I'm responding in kind. I'm going to press a case 125 00:10:52,069 --> 00:10:55,405 against marlo Stanfield without regard to the usual rules. 126 00:11:08,418 --> 00:11:11,588 I'm running an illegal wiretap on marlo Stanfield's cell phone. 127 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,175 - Fuck. Lester? - If you have a problem with this, 128 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:17,469 I understand completely 129 00:11:17,678 --> 00:11:20,764 and I urge you to get as far fucking away from me as you can. 130 00:11:45,455 --> 00:11:47,291 You remember this one here? 131 00:11:47,374 --> 00:11:52,796 I backed away from jackin' the boy up outta respect for that goofy motherfucker Prez. 132 00:11:53,171 --> 00:11:55,799 Wonder what the young man might tell me a year later, though... 133 00:11:56,133 --> 00:11:57,885 Bunk. 134 00:11:57,968 --> 00:12:01,305 - What the fuck is this? - Vernon here did a search warrant 135 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:04,766 on his dead guy's appliance store, pulled all of that out of the desk drawer. 136 00:12:05,142 --> 00:12:08,395 - Grand jury shit? - Transcripts, sealed indictments... 137 00:12:08,478 --> 00:12:11,078 - Who's your murder? - Eastside dealer by the name of Joe Stewart. 138 00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:13,358 Caught one in the back of his head the other night. 139 00:12:13,442 --> 00:12:15,694 Somebody finally touched prop Joe. 140 00:12:16,153 --> 00:12:19,448 You remember when narcotics indicted Charlie burman last year? 141 00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:23,035 Motherfucker ran a couple days before the raids, still on the wing. 142 00:12:23,118 --> 00:12:26,330 The sealed indictments are all in there. Every one of 'em. 143 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:30,709 Who don't we trust at the courthouse? 144 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:33,629 (Marlo) They put cheese on them fries? (Man) They can. Chili too. 145 00:12:33,712 --> 00:12:35,857 - (Marlo) All right, then. - You want a drink with that? 146 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:37,775 - (Marlo) Strawberry lemonade. - All right, I'm on it. 147 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:40,135 They're back on cell phones. After more than a year? 148 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:44,056 - That they are. - Tell me they're talking in code, Lester. 149 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:48,101 I wanna go to jail for snatchin' something better than marlo's lunch order. 150 00:12:48,185 --> 00:12:50,979 There's no code that I can tell. Half dozen calls. 151 00:12:51,063 --> 00:12:55,359 All routine. No drug talk, no numbers, no times. 152 00:12:55,567 --> 00:12:56,944 Nothing but what they seem. 153 00:12:57,027 --> 00:12:59,112 So he ain't doing business with the phone then. 154 00:12:59,196 --> 00:13:01,531 Take this mess down. Let's get outta here. 155 00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:05,118 I also have five calls, 30 to 40 seconds' duration, 156 00:13:05,202 --> 00:13:09,289 each one picked up on the first ring, each one with nothing whatsoever 157 00:13:09,373 --> 00:13:14,378 said between parties. You see? When they talk, it's bullshit. 158 00:13:14,753 --> 00:13:17,798 But there are calls where no one says a thing. 159 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:21,051 Thirty seconds, without conversation. 160 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,265 Is he... 161 00:13:28,892 --> 00:13:30,978 We talked it through, he knows the risks. 162 00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:34,106 I'm in. If it makes the fucking case, I'm in all the way. 163 00:13:36,108 --> 00:13:38,777 So, what's up now? They talking dirt? 164 00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:40,612 - No. - Lester. Fuck. 165 00:13:40,696 --> 00:13:43,991 Marlo's not gonna talk dirt on the phone, but there's something to this. 166 00:13:44,074 --> 00:13:46,159 I just haven't figured it out. 167 00:13:47,077 --> 00:13:50,622 We could use some more manpower, a couple of surveillance teams 168 00:13:50,706 --> 00:13:53,333 to get on these guys to see how they using the phones. 169 00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:55,585 You see the newspaper today? 170 00:13:55,669 --> 00:14:00,340 Headline like that, the bosses are gonna start throwing money at the homeless murders. 171 00:14:00,424 --> 00:14:04,261 When they do, I'll peel off a couple detectives, throw them your way. 172 00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:10,851 (Door slams) 173 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:14,938 The homeless murders? How does that case tangle in with this? 174 00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:16,481 Hard to explain. 175 00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:26,199 Remember what the dnc folks told me two years ago? How to take the statehouse? 176 00:14:26,283 --> 00:14:28,952 Build something downtown and stick your name on it, 177 00:14:29,036 --> 00:14:32,039 get the crime to go down, and stay away from schools. 178 00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:35,375 - And keep my boyish good looks. - One out of four ain't bad. 179 00:14:35,459 --> 00:14:37,127 Jesus. 180 00:14:37,836 --> 00:14:40,714 Did we have to schedule this the same day as new westport? 181 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:43,443 My good news isn't even going to make the front of the local section. 182 00:14:43,467 --> 00:14:47,888 The ribbon-cutting was scheduled two weeks ago. No one saw the homeless thing coming. 183 00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:57,689 First of all, I'm surprised to see so much media here. 184 00:14:57,773 --> 00:15:00,817 A press event held earlier today to announce the revitalization 185 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:03,737 of yet another part of our city was not so well attended. 186 00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:07,908 It would appear that media attention is always focusing on the negatives in Baltimore, 187 00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:10,744 but you aren't around when we're making real progress. 188 00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:12,787 Nevertheless, I'm glad to see so many of you here. 189 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:15,290 Some of you representing not just our local media, 190 00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:17,167 but national attention to this problem. 191 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:20,420 Thank you for caring enough about our most vulnerable citizens 192 00:15:20,504 --> 00:15:22,422 to address yourselves to this tragedy. 193 00:15:22,506 --> 00:15:26,676 Our homeless citizens, those who have fallen through the cracks of our society, 194 00:15:26,927 --> 00:15:30,597 those who command the least of our attentions and efforts, 195 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,767 they seemingly have little to endear themselves to politicians. 196 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:37,104 They don't vote, by and large. They don't contribute to campaigns. 197 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:39,106 They offer little to a city's tax base, 198 00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:42,025 and to the extent that our government is made aware of their existence, 199 00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:45,362 it responds by trying to mitigate the damage done by their presence. 200 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:48,782 We open a food bank here, a shelter there. 201 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:50,784 We try to move them away from downtown, 202 00:15:50,867 --> 00:15:55,038 away from our communal areas, away from our schools, away from our homes. 203 00:15:55,122 --> 00:15:56,849 If you were to judge our society by the manner 204 00:15:56,873 --> 00:15:58,708 in which we treat those lost on our streets, 205 00:15:58,959 --> 00:16:01,169 we would have cause to be shamed. 206 00:16:01,253 --> 00:16:03,964 Well, I am, god forgive me, a politician. 207 00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:05,090 (Laughter) 208 00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:09,886 But I ran for public office because I believe that there is a different way of governing. 209 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:13,932 And I believe that in the end we will be judged not by the efforts we make on behalf 210 00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:16,726 of those who vote for us, who contribute to our campaigns, 211 00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:18,854 or those who provide for our tax base. 212 00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:22,816 I believe that we will bejudged by what we provide to the weakest and most vulnerable. 213 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:25,735 That is the test. That is my test. 214 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:30,323 Somebody is killing homeless men in this city. 215 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:34,327 Taking the lives of fellow citizens who do not have the means or the strength 216 00:16:34,411 --> 00:16:37,622 to properly protect themselves. They will be stopped. 217 00:16:37,706 --> 00:16:41,835 We will do everything in our power to stop them. You have my word on this. 218 00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:45,297 (Reporters all shout at once) 219 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:47,007 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. 220 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:49,759 - What got into you? - What? 221 00:16:49,843 --> 00:16:53,722 I want to assure the public that we are doing everything possible in our power 222 00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:55,140 to apprehend this subject. 223 00:16:55,223 --> 00:16:57,184 Homicide detectives are working around the clock. 224 00:16:57,267 --> 00:17:01,855 District officers are in contact with the agencies that work with the homeless. 225 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:07,694 I cannot go into specifics of the investigation but, with that caveat, I will take questions. 226 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:09,029 (Commotion) 227 00:17:09,112 --> 00:17:10,906 Commissioner, is there any connection 228 00:17:10,989 --> 00:17:14,034 between these murders and those in the vacant homes last year? 229 00:17:14,159 --> 00:17:15,702 No connection. 230 00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:20,832 Commissioner, are you asking the FBI to join in the investigation? 231 00:17:20,916 --> 00:17:25,128 I think deputy commissioner Daniels is in a position to elaborate on that. 232 00:17:32,928 --> 00:17:35,138 We'll take whatever help is offered. 233 00:17:35,222 --> 00:17:39,392 Our detectives will work closely with the behavioral analysis unit at Quantico... 234 00:17:39,476 --> 00:17:42,187 Deputy, even with all the resources at your disposal, 235 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:44,981 isn't it extremely difficult to catch a serial killer? 236 00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:49,069 Our ability to secure genetic material and the growing DNA data bank 237 00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:51,738 are assets unavailable to us even a few years ago. 238 00:17:51,821 --> 00:17:53,657 Our ability to effectively use resources 239 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,618 has been increased with the aid of sophisticated computer software. 240 00:17:56,952 --> 00:18:00,747 And we have some of the best criminal investigators in the nation working 24/7. 241 00:18:01,081 --> 00:18:06,169 As the mayor made very clear a moment ago, this is now a priority for the department. 242 00:18:07,379 --> 00:18:09,099 Has a note been found at any of the scenes? 243 00:18:09,506 --> 00:18:13,510 I'm not at Liberty to go into any details of the investigation at this time. 244 00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:23,728 You want me to hang? 245 00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:41,329 He told you who I am, right? 246 00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:49,337 Son, the thing about murder is it never goes off the books. 247 00:18:49,546 --> 00:18:52,465 I mean, we work on 'em for weeks, months, years. 248 00:18:52,716 --> 00:18:57,554 We keep on with it until finally someone decides they've had enough, 249 00:18:57,804 --> 00:19:01,891 until we get the right word from the right person. 250 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:03,977 And you know what happens then? 251 00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:14,738 When a case does go down... 252 00:19:16,239 --> 00:19:20,535 All those people who kept quiet about it, who lied about it, 253 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,829 all of them who thought it wasn't coming back on 'em, 254 00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:27,584 they end up catchin' a charge. And they get time behind that. 255 00:19:28,752 --> 00:19:31,671 Time, huh? You gonna give me time? 256 00:19:41,181 --> 00:19:44,017 If you know something about that boy Lex getting shot, 257 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,353 now is your last chance to speak to that. 258 00:19:48,271 --> 00:19:52,275 - You gave a statement last year... - Why don't you promise to get me outta here? 259 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,945 That's what y'all do, ain't it? Lie to dumb-ass niggers? 260 00:20:01,409 --> 00:20:05,121 Yo, y'all need to get this police out my face before I bank his ass. 261 00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:20,804 You're a natural, kiddo. You had 'em eating out of your hand. 262 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:24,891 Shit, I was just following the mayor's lead. He wants a full-court press, right? 263 00:20:29,270 --> 00:20:30,897 We can add a detective or two. 264 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:34,692 And you can ask patrol to concentrate on posts where vagrants congregate. 265 00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:37,779 But other than that, deputy, the cupboard is bare. 266 00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:39,364 - But carcetti... - Make no mistake. 267 00:20:39,447 --> 00:20:43,410 He wants us to solve the murders. He just doesn't want it to cost. 268 00:20:44,327 --> 00:20:45,954 Don't look so shocked. 269 00:20:46,037 --> 00:20:48,706 You're runnin' with the big dogs now. Heh. 270 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:52,919 Isn't it enough that we're up on the killer's cell phone? 271 00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:55,171 Couldn't you track him on the GPS chip? 272 00:20:55,255 --> 00:21:00,009 He's using a burner and we suspect he's taking out the battery between calls. 273 00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:02,512 And there's nothing to stop him from changing phones, 274 00:21:02,846 --> 00:21:04,597 calling the reporter from a new number. 275 00:21:04,681 --> 00:21:07,058 So you want to tap the reporter's phone as well? 276 00:21:07,142 --> 00:21:10,854 It stands to reason that we should monitor this thing from both ends. 277 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:14,149 - It's what we would normally do. - Nothing about this is normal. 278 00:21:14,232 --> 00:21:17,026 A Baltimore sun reporter's phone is problematic. 279 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:20,613 We need to strike a balance between your needs as investigators 280 00:21:20,697 --> 00:21:23,116 and the first amendment rights of the sun and its sources. 281 00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:26,828 The first amendment does not guarantee privacy, your honor. 282 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:28,872 Legal precedent clearly indicates... 283 00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:31,207 - Look, I'm not saying that we can't, but... - But what? 284 00:21:34,836 --> 00:21:39,549 Until we get the sense that your suspect is changing phones, 285 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:43,136 I'm not inclined to look with favor on tapping 286 00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:45,972 the Baltimore sun's telecommunications. 287 00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:48,075 - We're afraid to piss them off? - Never pick a fight 288 00:21:48,099 --> 00:21:50,602 with anyone who buys ink by the barrelful. 289 00:21:51,853 --> 00:21:54,105 - Christ. - Very well, judge. 290 00:22:00,278 --> 00:22:01,571 (Door shuts) 291 00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:05,116 How many enemies do you need? 292 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:09,996 Deputy. 293 00:22:26,804 --> 00:22:29,474 - Where did you get all this? - Darling, you do not want to know. 294 00:22:35,897 --> 00:22:38,274 What's up with you? 295 00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:40,318 Got all 22 out of the drawer? 296 00:22:40,401 --> 00:22:43,112 - Workin' the whole mess at once. - I'm trying to see 'em fresh. 297 00:22:45,073 --> 00:22:48,701 25. My triple. It comes back to Mario and his people. 298 00:22:48,785 --> 00:22:50,161 For sure? 299 00:22:50,245 --> 00:22:52,205 A good informant tells me so. 300 00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:56,292 Says one of my vics was talking bad about Mr. Stanfield, who took it personal. 301 00:22:56,626 --> 00:22:58,419 Killed him, his girl, his muscle. 302 00:22:58,628 --> 00:23:01,548 Left the little kids alive, so I guess he ain't all bad. 303 00:23:01,631 --> 00:23:03,591 People out there so scared of this motherfucker, 304 00:23:03,675 --> 00:23:05,595 I can't get close to an eyewitness on any of it. 305 00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:12,058 - Where you at with the rest of these cases? - We don't even have lab work 306 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:13,768 on 14 of these bodies. 307 00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:16,205 A year later I'm still walking in written requests to landsman, 308 00:23:16,229 --> 00:23:17,981 who just files them away in his drawer. 309 00:23:18,064 --> 00:23:20,066 Mcnulty would've called a news reporter. 310 00:23:20,149 --> 00:23:22,318 I am not him. 311 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:26,906 Well, what would the bunk do? Take no for a fucking answer? 312 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:31,911 We had cutbacks, you know that. 313 00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:35,832 We lost three or four trace examiners. Lost half our clerical. 314 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,710 The freezer went bad, we lost four months of blood samples. 315 00:23:38,793 --> 00:23:40,878 Did you know that? Four months of evidence 316 00:23:40,962 --> 00:23:43,423 and they still haven't replaced my damn icebox. 317 00:23:43,506 --> 00:23:45,550 My heart pumps purple piss for you. 318 00:23:45,633 --> 00:23:48,261 Now, I got the worst mass murder in b-more history 319 00:23:48,344 --> 00:23:52,348 and you can't get the trace work back to me inside of a year? C'mon, Ron... 320 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,183 Look... 321 00:23:55,018 --> 00:23:56,769 You can't go to the press. 322 00:23:56,853 --> 00:24:01,107 I mean, heads will roll if this gets out. It isn't anyone's fault. 323 00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:03,901 In fact, it's a little bit on you, i-in a way. 324 00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:05,695 The fuck you say? 325 00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:10,908 After Annette took retirement, the casework got backed up worse than ever, right? 326 00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:13,703 Well, we put in to fill the lab assistant slot, 327 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,181 but with the cutbacks, the best they could give us was a temp. 328 00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:19,500 - A temp? - Yeah. No medical. No pension. 329 00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:22,795 A temp hire to get us over for a while. 330 00:24:22,879 --> 00:24:25,632 Come on, I'll show you something. 331 00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:29,844 She was assigned to sort and file the individual trace elements... 332 00:24:29,927 --> 00:24:31,929 Hair, fiber mostly... 333 00:24:33,723 --> 00:24:36,726 You know, from each of the 14 scenes. 334 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:39,979 So what's the problem? 335 00:24:40,063 --> 00:24:44,233 In the initial papennork, you wrote out all 22 cc numbers, right? 336 00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:46,277 - Right. - But in the supplemental requests, 337 00:24:46,361 --> 00:24:48,988 you put all the incidents under the initial cc 338 00:24:49,072 --> 00:24:51,699 and then you wrote, "et al," remember? 339 00:24:51,783 --> 00:24:54,994 - So? - She didn't know what "et al" meant. 340 00:24:55,078 --> 00:24:58,331 And she sorted everything under the single complaint number. 341 00:24:58,414 --> 00:25:00,124 - You don't fucking mean... - Yeah. 342 00:25:00,208 --> 00:25:03,294 We have no idea which one of your scenes any of this shit came from. 343 00:25:03,378 --> 00:25:06,255 - Oh... - We don't have a clue. 344 00:25:10,134 --> 00:25:11,636 (Clears throat) 345 00:25:11,719 --> 00:25:16,140 Actually, except for this she's been a pretty good employee. 346 00:25:27,777 --> 00:25:30,196 - Surveillance teams. - Two each on 12-hour shifts. 347 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:32,759 I need them to set up on certain locations common to our cases. 348 00:25:34,242 --> 00:25:36,953 C'mon, Jay. You heard the mayor. This case is a redball. 349 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:39,872 That it is. You can have greggs, if you want. 350 00:25:39,956 --> 00:25:42,796 The last time I offered her up, you kicked her back to her own casework. 351 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,837 Other than a second detective, you are on your own. 352 00:25:48,631 --> 00:25:50,216 - So it's all bullshit. - Idunno. 353 00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:52,468 I thought the mayor gave a very nice speech. 354 00:25:52,635 --> 00:25:55,972 I, for one, was moved. Much like the bull to which you just referred. 355 00:26:07,859 --> 00:26:09,652 - Tell you one thing... - What's that? 356 00:26:09,736 --> 00:26:12,613 Motherfucker whose got the connect, he the one that did Joe. 357 00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:14,657 Oh, no doubt. 358 00:26:30,965 --> 00:26:35,428 Y'all know the co-op took some hits. Joe. Hungry man. 359 00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:39,807 Good people, especially Joe. Their passin' was for real, cold-blooded. 360 00:26:40,183 --> 00:26:43,144 I know what you thinkin', so I'm-a put it out there... 361 00:26:44,479 --> 00:26:46,355 I'm responsible. 362 00:26:48,858 --> 00:26:51,527 A week or so back, I made a move on Omar, with Joe's approval. 363 00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:55,072 The fagot ain't had heart enough to come at me, so he come at those close to me. 364 00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:57,742 Now I'm doublin' the bounty. 365 00:26:57,825 --> 00:27:01,120 Hundred large for a whiff of that dicksuck. 366 00:27:01,204 --> 00:27:03,623 Two hundred fifty for his head. 367 00:27:03,706 --> 00:27:06,793 - What about the connect? - I got that covered. 368 00:27:06,876 --> 00:27:10,838 And in light of that fact, I'm-a take it upon myself to conduct this meet. 369 00:27:12,215 --> 00:27:15,676 Slim, I want you take over hungry man's slice of the cake. 370 00:27:16,219 --> 00:27:20,640 Meanin' no disrespect, but I ain't cut out to be no ceo. 371 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,981 - Cheese, then. - No problem, man. Got you covered. 372 00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:33,277 Until we settle up with Omar, I think it's best we suspend these meets. 373 00:27:33,361 --> 00:27:35,655 In fact, I ain't really one for meets nohow. 374 00:27:35,738 --> 00:27:39,283 Anybody got a problem here on out, bring it to me, or sit on that shit. 375 00:27:39,367 --> 00:27:44,664 Those of you on the westside who need to re-up, holler at my man monk. 376 00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:48,417 He gonna handle supply over there. On the eastside, cheese. 377 00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:50,336 One more thing. 378 00:27:50,419 --> 00:27:52,839 Price of the brick going up. 379 00:27:52,922 --> 00:27:54,590 Thirty more. 380 00:27:56,968 --> 00:27:58,511 All right. Enough of this shit. 381 00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:15,319 What? 382 00:28:15,403 --> 00:28:17,780 Next year for the schools. From now until December, 383 00:28:17,864 --> 00:28:21,075 we're all about the plight of the homeless. The great whiting has spoken. 384 00:28:21,158 --> 00:28:24,787 I appealed to klebanow half an hour ago but he gave me the thumbs down. I'm sorry. 385 00:28:28,457 --> 00:28:32,503 Check it out, people. Our Metro desk has some national profile. 386 00:28:33,421 --> 00:28:37,550 We're being careful to cooperate with the investigators in every way. 387 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:41,053 My newspaper has no desire to get between the police and the suspect. 388 00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:45,016 But still, wouldn't you agree it's an incredible moment for anyjournalist 389 00:28:45,099 --> 00:28:49,061 to come face to face with that type of pure evil like the son of Sam? 390 00:28:49,145 --> 00:28:52,440 That makes you the Jimmy breslin of Baltimore. 391 00:28:52,523 --> 00:28:54,901 Well, no, iwouldn't say that. I mean... 392 00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:58,446 But knowing you have been in contact with a killer, 393 00:28:58,529 --> 00:29:02,033 are you at all concerned about continuing to report from the street? 394 00:29:02,116 --> 00:29:04,952 No, not at all. I mean, this is what we do. 395 00:29:05,036 --> 00:29:08,456 As a reporter, you expect to be in harm's way at some points. 396 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:10,917 - It's what we do. - Agreed. It's what you do. 397 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,922 But very rarely does a reporter end up being in the middle of a story - 398 00:29:16,005 --> 00:29:17,757 an ongoing story - 399 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:23,679 about a murderer who is still at large and posing a severe and deadly risk to the... 400 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,099 You shoulda heard phelan this morning. 401 00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:31,437 Too scared to tap the newspaper phones they might shit on him for it. 402 00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:33,814 Fuckin' hackjudge. 403 00:29:33,898 --> 00:29:36,484 What would you want with more wires? We got all we need. 404 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:39,487 I don't want another wire. It's the principle of the thing... 405 00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:41,656 It just pissed me off listening to him. 406 00:29:42,907 --> 00:29:45,785 Oh, yeah, no surveillance cars. 407 00:29:46,911 --> 00:29:49,205 They won't go beyond me and greggs. 408 00:29:49,872 --> 00:29:53,668 You and sydnor will have to work it as best you can for right now. 409 00:29:53,751 --> 00:29:55,252 Assholes. 410 00:30:00,257 --> 00:30:02,259 They need another body, don't they? 411 00:30:04,929 --> 00:30:07,098 I'll call our man in the southern. 412 00:30:08,891 --> 00:30:10,142 (Pounding bass from car) 413 00:30:15,189 --> 00:30:17,149 (Rick) I can take it from here. Y'all can bounce. 414 00:30:17,233 --> 00:30:18,818 (Man) All right, boss. 415 00:30:27,868 --> 00:30:29,578 What up, Rick? 416 00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:31,205 Just like ol' times for me and you. 417 00:30:31,288 --> 00:30:35,751 - Whatever you want it's yours, all right? - Tonight, I'm just gonna take yo' jump... 418 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,589 - And leave you with a little something. - What's that? 419 00:30:40,673 --> 00:30:42,216 My word in your ear. 420 00:30:42,299 --> 00:30:44,593 I'm callin' marlo a straight bitch. 421 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,723 I'm sayin' it don't take much to shoot down a blind man. 422 00:30:49,557 --> 00:30:53,519 And as for him steppin' to me, you tell that dude he ain't got the heart. 423 00:30:53,602 --> 00:30:54,812 All right. 424 00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:58,065 You tell that man I'm in the street, waiting. 425 00:30:58,149 --> 00:31:01,110 Just like a little bitch, he ain't nowhere to be found. 426 00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:02,862 I'll tell him. I will. 427 00:31:04,697 --> 00:31:06,866 Pick up your keys and go on inside, yo. 428 00:31:14,999 --> 00:31:16,500 You kill Joe? 429 00:31:16,584 --> 00:31:18,711 Hungry? 430 00:31:18,794 --> 00:31:19,879 (Laughs) 431 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:22,423 Didn't think so. 432 00:31:32,308 --> 00:31:34,143 What now? 433 00:31:34,935 --> 00:31:37,188 There's more than one way to skin a case. 434 00:31:49,158 --> 00:31:50,701 Already ran them for priors, right? 435 00:31:51,202 --> 00:31:54,246 Priors, yeah. But I'm gonna run every name you guys developed 436 00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:55,748 through the entire database. 437 00:31:55,998 --> 00:31:59,627 Not just for priors, but for anything at all in the miles system. 438 00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:02,588 Court appearances, parole, probation, 439 00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:05,091 gun permits, doc, open bails. 440 00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:09,720 - You're playing long shots, huh? - Darlin', I'm playin' the hand I've been dealt. 441 00:32:10,721 --> 00:32:11,972 An h-file? 442 00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:21,148 - Who caught the case? - Worden. Other shift. 443 00:32:21,232 --> 00:32:23,442 Stepfather. Beaten to death. 444 00:32:24,068 --> 00:32:28,656 They interviewed the mother, but no one else in the household. 445 00:32:29,573 --> 00:32:31,784 Doesn't exactly fit with the others, does it? 446 00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:34,995 A straight-up ass-whoopin' in an alley doesn't seem like marlo Stanfield. 447 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:38,040 - No, it doesn't. - But you're gonna work it anyway. 448 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:43,462 (Norman) In the pentecostal church where I was given religion, 449 00:32:43,546 --> 00:32:46,006 it would have been said the spirit was on you yesterday. 450 00:32:46,090 --> 00:32:48,175 - It got good to me. - Let praises be. 451 00:32:48,259 --> 00:32:50,859 It pissed me off that on top of everything else I gotta deal with, 452 00:32:50,886 --> 00:32:55,099 some nutjob starts killing homeless guys. Fuck already, how many shitbowls are there? 453 00:32:55,182 --> 00:32:58,519 He's right though. You were great. That passion was just the thing. 454 00:33:01,564 --> 00:33:03,524 - You think... - We step out on this issue, 455 00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:05,252 it could provide some national presence... 456 00:33:05,276 --> 00:33:09,613 Didn't the governor scrap the emergency medical and housing program last year? 457 00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:11,031 What was it, temha? 458 00:33:11,115 --> 00:33:12,324 Replaced it with t-dap, 459 00:33:12,408 --> 00:33:14,803 which cuts funding to anyone who doesn't qualify for federal support. 460 00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:18,706 It's worse than that - he froze eligibility by disallowing new applications, 461 00:33:18,789 --> 00:33:20,666 which put all kinda folks out on the street. 462 00:33:20,749 --> 00:33:23,460 So we slam the republican for sticking it to the poor. 463 00:33:23,544 --> 00:33:26,964 It plays. Nationally, you're taking up the cause of the forgotten... 464 00:33:27,047 --> 00:33:29,133 And no one is ever in favor of homelessness... 465 00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:32,928 Statewide, you're going up against the fella who tore up the safety net. 466 00:33:33,846 --> 00:33:35,931 Homelessness. 467 00:33:36,015 --> 00:33:37,641 Huh. 468 00:33:38,976 --> 00:33:40,728 I'll be damned. 469 00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:45,858 (Beeping) 470 00:33:49,653 --> 00:33:52,615 - Base to 2306. - (Sydnor) Go ahead, Lester. 471 00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:56,035 - You see anybody using a cell phone? - (Sydnor) Wait one. 472 00:33:56,118 --> 00:33:59,121 - (Knocking) - (Sydnor) Negative. 473 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,957 Hold on. Somebody's here. 474 00:34:04,293 --> 00:34:05,961 (Pearlman) Lester? 475 00:34:12,218 --> 00:34:15,763 Can't get used to how empty this place feels nowadays. 476 00:34:15,846 --> 00:34:20,226 True, but you'd be surprised what you can get done when no one's looking. 477 00:34:20,309 --> 00:34:23,229 You'll need to serve these. Running out of time. 478 00:34:23,312 --> 00:34:24,772 I'll get right on it. 479 00:34:24,855 --> 00:34:27,233 There's a couple of loose ends we should cover as well. 480 00:34:27,316 --> 00:34:29,276 - Now? - If not now, when? 481 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,612 The trial date is coming up on us fast. 482 00:34:31,695 --> 00:34:33,822 Right. But it's, uh... 483 00:34:33,906 --> 00:34:35,741 (Laughs) 484 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:39,328 - Is it something I said? - No, it's... 485 00:34:40,371 --> 00:34:44,250 Sydnor is bringing in a ci. And if you're here... 486 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:46,043 Oh, shit. 487 00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:48,337 I'm sorry... 488 00:34:50,005 --> 00:34:51,882 I'll leave you my list, ok? 489 00:34:51,966 --> 00:34:54,134 No problem. We'll get right on it. 490 00:34:54,218 --> 00:34:56,887 I'm sorry, Lester, if I was intruding. 491 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:00,683 You couldn't know. 492 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,898 So why you here? 493 00:35:08,691 --> 00:35:10,567 If this about Michael and what he into, 494 00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:12,451 y'all should know he don't live here no more. 495 00:35:13,237 --> 00:35:15,990 Actually, I'm following up on your man's case. 496 00:35:16,073 --> 00:35:19,034 You spoke to detective worden when it happened. 497 00:35:23,247 --> 00:35:24,957 He was your boyfriend, right? 498 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,917 When he weren't in jail... 499 00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:29,920 Father to my youngest. 500 00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:34,133 But you know how he died. 501 00:35:34,216 --> 00:35:38,262 Beaten bad. Crime of passion, as we say. 502 00:35:39,263 --> 00:35:41,307 Didn't seem like he was home long enough 503 00:35:41,390 --> 00:35:43,100 to get somebody that riled at him. 504 00:35:44,435 --> 00:35:46,353 Unless, of course, it was over you. 505 00:35:46,437 --> 00:35:48,188 You sayin' I know somethin' about that? 506 00:35:48,272 --> 00:35:50,899 Lady, let's put our cards on the table. 507 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:54,737 I been in this game longer than a little bit, and there's one thing I know. 508 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:57,781 A murder like this, there's a woman at the center of it. 509 00:35:58,115 --> 00:35:59,116 I don't know nothin'. 510 00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:03,412 You know, my gut tells me that you do. 511 00:36:04,747 --> 00:36:06,540 And I'll tell you what... 512 00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:10,502 We're gonna take a ride downtown, let you talk to the grand jury. 513 00:36:10,586 --> 00:36:13,589 You're not straight with them, they'll give you a material witness warrant 514 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:17,176 and you sit over at woman's detention for a couple of weeks. 515 00:36:17,259 --> 00:36:20,637 It's amazing what it does for the grieving process. 516 00:36:20,721 --> 00:36:22,765 - Get your things. - I ain't goin' nowhere. 517 00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:24,683 It's me or the wagon. 518 00:36:26,769 --> 00:36:29,063 Detective, I swear, I ain't in this. 519 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:32,191 It ain't me you wanna talk to. 520 00:36:34,109 --> 00:36:36,653 It's the boy, he know. 521 00:36:36,737 --> 00:36:40,074 - He runnin' with them who did it. - You just tryin' to put me off the scent. 522 00:36:40,157 --> 00:36:41,950 You gotta believe me. 523 00:36:45,871 --> 00:36:50,125 He told me devar wasn't comin' home, 'fore we even knowed he was dead. 524 00:36:52,169 --> 00:36:54,755 You said he's runnin' with them? Runnin' with who? 525 00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:58,133 Chris, snoop, all them gangsters. Who else doin' all the killin' around here? 526 00:37:04,306 --> 00:37:05,974 (Lester) Let me see your camera. 527 00:37:11,605 --> 00:37:14,691 - Add a minute-six to your times. - Got it. 528 00:37:14,775 --> 00:37:16,151 Here it is. Look at this. 529 00:37:17,236 --> 00:37:20,656 Single ring. Connection. Silence. 530 00:37:20,948 --> 00:37:22,699 What do you have? 531 00:37:22,783 --> 00:37:25,828 I took these three. They're just hangin' around. 532 00:37:32,835 --> 00:37:34,920 What time did monk leave? 533 00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:38,715 1:24. Two minutes later. 534 00:37:42,803 --> 00:37:44,930 (Chuckles) 535 00:37:45,013 --> 00:37:48,642 It's not what marlo's sayin', it's what he's sendin'. 536 00:37:48,725 --> 00:37:51,603 - Look at monk. - Yeah. Text message. 537 00:37:51,687 --> 00:37:53,772 Text? Need I remind you, detective, 538 00:37:53,856 --> 00:37:56,483 these young men are products of Baltimore city schools. 539 00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:01,738 Besides, look how far away he's holding his phone. Too far away to be reading a text. 540 00:38:01,822 --> 00:38:04,700 Nah, son. Pictures. 541 00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:08,704 Pictures... 542 00:38:43,780 --> 00:38:45,782 (Woman) What the fuck you lookin' at? 543 00:38:46,366 --> 00:38:49,786 You know what they do, right? They tease you, they... 544 00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:53,123 They let you get close and just when you're about to pull the case, 545 00:38:53,207 --> 00:38:55,876 they rip the fuckin' rug out from under you. 546 00:38:57,127 --> 00:39:01,381 I'm not lying. We got a fuckin' serial killer on the loose. 547 00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:05,677 You didn't know that? 548 00:39:06,428 --> 00:39:08,430 It's in the goddamn paper. 549 00:39:13,936 --> 00:39:16,605 What support do I get? One fuckin' detective. 550 00:39:18,398 --> 00:39:21,693 They wanna play their simple-ass games, fine. But I gotta do what I gotta do. 551 00:39:21,777 --> 00:39:23,779 - (Phone rings) - Excuse me. 552 00:39:26,907 --> 00:39:29,493 Mcnulty. Yeah, Oscar. 553 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,662 Beautiful. 554 00:39:33,455 --> 00:39:35,749 Absolutely. Where? On my way. 555 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:50,889 (Dog barks) 556 00:39:50,973 --> 00:39:52,558 (Laughter) 557 00:40:05,112 --> 00:40:07,990 (Snoop) Man, you can't let it get to you like this. 558 00:40:09,950 --> 00:40:14,079 Why don't we go buy up a bunch of toys and take 'em to your kids? 559 00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:17,416 You ain't hearin' me. How can I go near my people with Omar on us? 560 00:40:17,499 --> 00:40:19,126 How he gonna find out about them? 561 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,628 How we find out about the blind man? 562 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,221 (Pounding bass from car) 563 00:40:56,705 --> 00:40:58,248 Get. 564 00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:00,167 (Man) It's Omar! 565 00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:07,090 Ah! 566 00:41:07,174 --> 00:41:09,051 You too, shorty. 567 00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:14,681 (Boy) Omar! It's Omar! 568 00:41:14,765 --> 00:41:16,808 Money a little late today. 569 00:41:19,186 --> 00:41:22,189 (Strains and grunts) 570 00:41:29,112 --> 00:41:33,533 That buckshot in your leg should help you explain yourself to Mario. 571 00:41:33,617 --> 00:41:36,495 As for them other two, they gonna wish I'd've peppered 'em a bit. 572 00:41:41,083 --> 00:41:44,461 Now you make sure you tell old marlo I burned the money. 573 00:41:44,544 --> 00:41:46,046 Cos it ain't about that paper. 574 00:41:46,129 --> 00:41:49,216 It's about me hurtin' his people and messin' with his world. 575 00:41:49,299 --> 00:41:54,096 Tell that boy he ain't man enough to come down to the street with Omar. 576 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:56,014 You tell him that! 577 00:42:04,314 --> 00:42:07,067 My sergeant and two side partners got here before me. 578 00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:10,529 Then the shift commander showed. Now the duty officer is on his way. 579 00:42:10,612 --> 00:42:12,030 For a doa? 580 00:42:12,114 --> 00:42:14,783 Well, you and Lester started some shit here, son. 581 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:18,620 Now a doa call brings everyone in a heartbeat. 582 00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:10,255 (Man) God bless. 583 00:43:19,973 --> 00:43:23,685 - Pictures? - Photographs on cell phones. 584 00:43:24,603 --> 00:43:27,731 Now that means new PC to capture the photos 585 00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:29,941 and new equipment that could do it. 586 00:43:31,693 --> 00:43:35,322 How do I write that into my bullshit homeless killer's mo? 587 00:43:37,324 --> 00:43:40,869 When we started this, you said all we needed were some bugs, 588 00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:45,123 a camera or two, and in a couple of weeks, we'd have them. That's what you said. 589 00:43:46,041 --> 00:43:48,001 So I cranked up my bullshit to pay for that 590 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:50,837 but no, then you needed a wiretap. 591 00:43:50,921 --> 00:43:52,798 So I went along, I got you the wiretap. 592 00:43:52,881 --> 00:43:54,841 Then you ask for surveillance teams, 593 00:43:54,925 --> 00:43:57,302 but before I can get to that, you came to me with this. 594 00:43:57,385 --> 00:43:59,429 I mean, what the fuck? 595 00:44:02,432 --> 00:44:05,852 I gotta tell you, Lester, I don't want to hurt your feelings, 596 00:44:05,936 --> 00:44:09,481 but I can see why Daniels cringed every time you opened your fucking mouth. 597 00:44:09,564 --> 00:44:11,650 You're a supervisor's nightmare. 598 00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,360 I'm just following the thread. 599 00:44:28,291 --> 00:44:31,837 Say we get you the intercept on your pictures, will that give us marlo? 600 00:44:32,128 --> 00:44:36,383 It'll be coded, probably, but I'm sure we can break it. 601 00:44:36,591 --> 00:44:38,510 That'll tell us how they do business, 602 00:44:38,593 --> 00:44:40,762 and usually, that's enough. 603 00:44:40,846 --> 00:44:42,722 Or not. 604 00:44:42,806 --> 00:44:45,058 But the truth is, I'm running sydnor ragged 605 00:44:45,141 --> 00:44:47,853 just staying on a couple of mopes and monitoring calls. 606 00:44:47,936 --> 00:44:49,604 Now, when we're up on their code, 607 00:44:49,688 --> 00:44:52,858 we're gonna need more manpower to run down a stash or a re-up. 608 00:44:52,941 --> 00:44:56,736 - We can't do it all. - I can'tjuke this thing any more than I have. 609 00:44:56,820 --> 00:44:58,947 Last night, half the police department turned up 610 00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:01,116 at Oscar's crime scene before I could get there. 611 00:45:04,077 --> 00:45:05,871 We can't make another murder. 612 00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:18,091 (Man) Thanks for the milk. 613 00:45:18,174 --> 00:45:20,176 (Templeton) What's a donut without milk? 614 00:45:23,597 --> 00:45:27,017 So you were talking about your second tour... 615 00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:30,186 - The bad one. - Yeah. 616 00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:33,023 Second tour fucked me up good. But they don't wanna hear it. 617 00:45:33,106 --> 00:45:35,066 Who doesn't? 618 00:45:35,150 --> 00:45:37,819 Mostly, it's command and the senior em's. 619 00:45:37,903 --> 00:45:40,739 They put it down that marines don't get PTSD. 620 00:45:40,822 --> 00:45:42,866 But they do. 621 00:45:42,949 --> 00:45:45,118 Can you tell me what happened? 622 00:45:49,748 --> 00:45:51,207 Terry, can you talk about it? 623 00:45:53,835 --> 00:45:55,211 We had a month left on the tour, 624 00:45:55,295 --> 00:45:58,465 working an s-and-a mission outside fallujah. 625 00:45:58,548 --> 00:46:01,134 I was assistant team leader. 626 00:46:01,217 --> 00:46:03,929 Our m-niner-niner-eights were retrofitted with up-armor kits. 627 00:46:04,012 --> 00:46:06,222 M-niner-niner-eight? 628 00:46:06,306 --> 00:46:08,892 A Humvee. Sorry. 629 00:46:08,975 --> 00:46:10,810 They're big on nomenclature. 630 00:46:12,604 --> 00:46:15,523 Anyway, we finished our sweep, headed back in, right? 631 00:46:15,607 --> 00:46:17,692 It was all good. Then, bam. 632 00:46:18,693 --> 00:46:21,237 Our lead vehicle was hit with an elevated ied. 633 00:46:21,863 --> 00:46:24,157 The blast tore the m50 gunner in half. 634 00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:26,242 Flipped the Humvee like a matchbox car. 635 00:46:26,326 --> 00:46:28,078 Driver lost both his hands. 636 00:46:28,161 --> 00:46:30,914 Blood shooting out all over. He's fuckin' iaughin'. 637 00:46:30,997 --> 00:46:34,000 Saying over and over, "look, ma, no hands." 638 00:46:40,632 --> 00:46:43,009 It's the laughing... I can't shake. 639 00:46:44,636 --> 00:46:45,971 Weird. 640 00:46:46,054 --> 00:46:49,057 Cos he's ok, you know? I mean, he's better than me. 641 00:46:50,684 --> 00:46:54,688 Got himself a couple of prosthetic mitts, eighty thousand apiece. 642 00:46:58,316 --> 00:46:59,734 Wow. 643 00:47:04,781 --> 00:47:05,865 What happened next? 644 00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:10,328 Nothing really. We pushed out, secured the perimeter. 645 00:47:10,578 --> 00:47:14,207 Corpsman did what he could, an' we waited for the casevac. 646 00:48:03,423 --> 00:48:05,884 I'm not looking to shit on another guy's copy, 647 00:48:05,967 --> 00:48:07,767 I just wanted you to know this was out there. 648 00:48:07,844 --> 00:48:09,679 I'm at a community meeting in bel air-Edison 649 00:48:09,763 --> 00:48:13,308 to hear about school zoning and this woman talked my ear off about this. 650 00:48:13,391 --> 00:48:16,311 - She said the kids never saw a dime. - Hm. 651 00:48:18,229 --> 00:48:20,815 I mean, I'm hoping this is all bullshit. 652 00:48:22,067 --> 00:48:24,295 - Hey, Scott. How's it coming? - Pretty good. You seen the art? 653 00:48:24,319 --> 00:48:26,237 Yeah. Good stuff. Listen, 654 00:48:26,321 --> 00:48:29,032 got a complaint about a story you wrote a couple weeks ago. 655 00:48:29,115 --> 00:48:31,910 The woman who died from an allergic reaction to seafood. 656 00:48:31,993 --> 00:48:33,286 - Remember? - What about it? 657 00:48:33,369 --> 00:48:36,831 Lady knows the dead woman's sister says our story made a lot of money for those kids. 658 00:48:37,082 --> 00:48:39,125 - A scholarship fund we wrote up. - So? 659 00:48:39,209 --> 00:48:42,837 She says the sister has a history of fraud, convictions on it. 660 00:48:43,671 --> 00:48:46,049 She says all the money went to Atlantic city casinos 661 00:48:46,132 --> 00:48:48,760 - and kids never saw a dime. - Christ, who the fuck... 662 00:48:48,843 --> 00:48:52,472 I know. It's probably some old biddy talkin' about stuff she don't know, 663 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,141 but maybe you should go back and check with the family, 664 00:48:55,225 --> 00:48:57,393 see that we don't get took on this, huh? 665 00:49:02,357 --> 00:49:06,694 No, no. Not now. After you file. Just make a couple calls, huh? 666 00:49:14,786 --> 00:49:17,163 - This is kidnapping. - Actually, I'm not sure. 667 00:49:17,413 --> 00:49:20,834 I asked him if he wanted $100 to go some place for dinner and talk 668 00:49:21,126 --> 00:49:24,170 - and he walked to my car. - You give him the hundred? 669 00:49:24,963 --> 00:49:26,881 Stuffed it in his jacket. 670 00:49:28,758 --> 00:49:30,885 He's fine, Lester. He's great. 671 00:49:31,928 --> 00:49:35,014 - Think he'll find his way back home? - Eventually. 672 00:49:35,098 --> 00:49:37,976 By then, we'll be done with Mario, we'll have shut this thing down. 673 00:49:38,059 --> 00:49:40,186 As far as what happened to this guy... 674 00:49:41,062 --> 00:49:43,148 They'll write it off as some fraternity prank. 675 00:49:44,732 --> 00:49:47,777 - Does he know we're cops? - No. 676 00:49:47,861 --> 00:49:50,301 Even if he figures it out, who's gonna believe him? He's nuts. 677 00:49:50,363 --> 00:49:53,158 - How do you know he's nuts? - First of all, just look at him. 678 00:49:53,241 --> 00:49:56,953 He's fucking bouncing off the walls. Second of all... I got his scrip. 679 00:49:57,036 --> 00:49:59,914 I called the university er. It's an anti-psychotic. 680 00:50:02,750 --> 00:50:04,127 I took his ID, 681 00:50:04,377 --> 00:50:08,256 I'll scratch his name off the scrip and leave him with this... 682 00:50:09,174 --> 00:50:12,927 I got that one from the first homeless death Oscar gave us. 683 00:50:13,011 --> 00:50:15,388 The one that was too rigored. Donald somebody or other. 684 00:50:15,597 --> 00:50:18,099 It had him in a Cleveland, Ohio shelter. 685 00:50:18,766 --> 00:50:22,645 Mcnulty, you are deserving of serious psychological study. 686 00:50:22,729 --> 00:50:25,023 You need PC to intercept cell phone photos. 687 00:50:25,106 --> 00:50:27,150 Well, here it is, right here. 688 00:50:27,233 --> 00:50:29,152 We send photos of this guy 689 00:50:29,235 --> 00:50:31,154 all ribboned up from a dry cell phone 690 00:50:31,237 --> 00:50:34,657 to that goofy reporter, along with a message bitching about his stories. 691 00:50:34,949 --> 00:50:37,911 "I ain't no pervert," or whatever. Now, the killer says, 692 00:50:37,994 --> 00:50:41,122 you ain't gonna find no more bodies. Only photos of the victims... 693 00:50:41,748 --> 00:50:43,750 Before they disappear. 694 00:50:48,046 --> 00:50:51,674 Look at this poor sucker. I don't believe we're gonna do this. 695 00:50:51,758 --> 00:50:55,637 He disappears, the city goes batshit. You get your photo intercepts, 696 00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:57,656 and when we need to run down one of marlo's re-ups, 697 00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,682 you got all the manpower you need. 698 00:50:59,766 --> 00:51:01,935 - And marlo falls. - Falls hard. 699 00:51:11,069 --> 00:51:13,071 (Sighs) 700 00:51:25,166 --> 00:51:28,253 Don't fucking tell me you mislabeled this, too. 701 00:51:28,336 --> 00:51:31,798 I want comparisons between known suspects 702 00:51:31,881 --> 00:51:33,591 and the DNA from this scene. 703 00:51:33,925 --> 00:51:37,262 By the looks of it, we got a whole lot of DNA outta this mess. 704 00:51:37,345 --> 00:51:40,431 - Now, motherfucker. Right now. - Top of my list. 705 00:51:41,057 --> 00:51:44,352 As soon as we work through all the trace from the homeless killings. 706 00:51:45,353 --> 00:51:46,854 That's the priority, bunk. 707 00:51:49,190 --> 00:51:53,194 - The homeless killings. - Everything is backed up behind that, sorry. 708 00:51:53,611 --> 00:51:55,905 Your boy mcnulty has everyone's attention right now. 709 00:52:12,672 --> 00:52:14,674 So it's Larry, huh? 710 00:52:16,884 --> 00:52:20,888 Ok, Larry. You're with good people here. It's all gonna be great. 711 00:52:23,641 --> 00:52:27,645 You're gonna like this place. It's warm, they got nice beds. 712 00:52:29,272 --> 00:52:33,276 And best of all, I gave you cash moneyjust for walking in the door. 713 00:52:37,905 --> 00:52:39,574 Come on, Larry. 714 00:52:41,701 --> 00:52:43,953 It's gonna be fine. I promise. 715 00:52:53,588 --> 00:52:55,882 You feel up for trying Clay yourself? 716 00:52:56,424 --> 00:53:00,470 I mean, it's been a while since you tried a criminal case personally. 717 00:53:00,553 --> 00:53:02,430 It sends a statement, I think. 718 00:53:02,513 --> 00:53:05,433 We should start with our witness list. See if we can pare that down any, 719 00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,394 out of respect for the distracted nature of a Baltimore jury. 720 00:53:08,561 --> 00:53:12,148 First, there's something else I need to bring up. 721 00:53:18,780 --> 00:53:21,407 - Old grand jury stuff? - Sealed indictments. 722 00:53:21,491 --> 00:53:24,535 Sealed transcripts. Dozens of them. 723 00:53:24,619 --> 00:53:28,623 Pulled from the desk of a shot-to-death drug dealer in east Baltimore. 724 00:53:29,082 --> 00:53:30,792 The deputy ops brought me those. 725 00:53:31,292 --> 00:53:32,835 We have a leak. 726 00:53:55,650 --> 00:53:58,694 And he showed up, outside where iwork. 727 00:53:58,778 --> 00:54:02,490 He was confused. Lost, I think. So I brought him here. 728 00:54:02,573 --> 00:54:04,742 Donald, where you from? 729 00:54:09,497 --> 00:54:11,624 Tell the lady, Donald. 730 00:54:15,336 --> 00:54:17,046 Baltimore. 731 00:54:17,130 --> 00:54:19,340 But he told me he came from Cleveland. 732 00:54:21,717 --> 00:54:24,345 Donald, do you have identification? 733 00:54:46,534 --> 00:54:48,536 This does say Cleveland. 734 00:54:49,787 --> 00:54:51,587 Donald, why don't we get you something to eat? 735 00:54:57,503 --> 00:54:59,547 It's ok. Come on. 736 00:55:02,842 --> 00:55:06,471 - We're good to go? - It's great, Gus. 737 00:55:06,554 --> 00:55:08,556 It sings. 738 00:55:09,182 --> 00:55:10,766 - Hey, Scotty boy. - Hey. 739 00:55:10,850 --> 00:55:14,145 Hey. Great piece. I mean, this one really feels like the real deal. 740 00:55:14,437 --> 00:55:16,481 - It's great work. - Thanks. 741 00:55:16,564 --> 00:55:19,358 What I like most about it is that you didn't ovennrite it. 742 00:55:19,442 --> 00:55:21,319 No extra color. No puffy adjectives. 743 00:55:21,402 --> 00:55:26,032 Just tight, declarative sentences. You really let this ex-marine tell his story. 744 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:29,035 - Thanks, Gus. - Hey, Mr. Slot man, 745 00:55:29,118 --> 00:55:32,497 read it and weep. And I mean that literally. 746 00:55:33,414 --> 00:55:37,376 Oh, Scott. Did you get a chance to drop a couple calls on that complaint? 747 00:55:37,460 --> 00:55:40,087 It's bullshit. I talked to people in the neighborhood. 748 00:55:40,296 --> 00:55:45,051 Sister's good people, but there's another woman up there, unrelated, 749 00:55:45,134 --> 00:55:48,554 keeps getting arrested for kiting checks and stuff. 750 00:55:48,638 --> 00:55:51,390 She uses the sister's name every time she gets locked up. 751 00:55:51,474 --> 00:55:53,768 - She's done it like three or four times now. - No shit. 752 00:55:53,851 --> 00:55:54,852 Yeah, it's crazy. 753 00:55:54,936 --> 00:55:56,771 But sister's clean. Everyone says so. 754 00:56:37,562 --> 00:56:39,162 Is there anything else I can do for him? 755 00:56:39,188 --> 00:56:41,816 No, we've got it. But thanks for bringing him in. 756 00:56:42,233 --> 00:56:44,694 Most people, they just ignore them. 757 00:56:53,786 --> 00:56:55,955 I just want to get your papennork taken care of.