Respectfully, Sir, I think locking him up and letting the grand jury sort it out is a cop-out. I realize the political implications of this, but we deserve more time, and Hopkins deserves better than punting to the grand jury.
S9 E17Today is Life
Officers and detectives are more or less barricaded inside, as demonstrators have virtually surrounded the precinct. Officials within the NYPD are not releasing the names of the officers involved in the shooting, but we have learned that they are officers Kevin Hopkins and Trey Jensen.
Might as well hang wanted posters outside.
The thing is, you didn't have to lie. You didn't need it. Here's what I think happened. You chased a guy who just robbed a jewelry store. You came around the corner, you identified yourself as a police officer, he disobeyed your command, he spun around with his hand up by his chest, and you fired. You did everything right. The truth would've been enough, the truth is enough. But you thought it wouldn't look good, so you had to say he fired at you. You're a good police officer, Kevin, but you got to stop lying to me.
Detective Taylor, I respect you, I got respect for you, but screw you. That kid, he pointed a gun and he shot at me and I will go to my grave swearing by that.
Take me out there. I will... I will walk you through it.
It's too dangerous to bring you out there. But we can bring the scene to you.
There's no way I'm chasing a guy who may or may not have a gun down this alley.
When's the last time you chased anyone at all?
This is gonna get ugly again. And I don't care how many reinforcements we call in, if they want to get in, they're getting in.
Finding them hanging out in the streets seems like a long shot.
You might be right, but right now, it's the only good lead we've got.
Tonight's top story continues to be the community unrest outside the 12th Street Precinct in Manhattan over the alleged shooting of an unarmed man by police. The mayor and police commissioner continue to call for calm, but protesters remain defiant. Some in the community are labeling the death of Timothy Brown a cold-blooded murder.
TJTrey Jensen
Any of those jackass reporters that talk to Kevin Hopkins for five minutes... they'd realize how ridiculous that statement is.
(To Mac) Boss, I don't want to tell you how to conduct your business, but you got to answer your phone. Okay? Your voicemail's all jacked up, Jo doesn't pick up her phone... I was literally left unsupervised for a really long time.
How the hell did you get past that mob outside?
Well, I parked my car, like, 20 blocks away and I walked. And I'm not gonna lie, I almost got jacked a couple times, but as long as I, you know, pumped my fist up in the air and yelled some crazy things and kicked over a garbage can, I was... I was good, I was totally good.
(After Jo shoots a perp) Everybody okay?
Yeah, everybody but him (He checks the victim for weapons) There's no gun. Did you see a gun?
No, but I saw him reaching for something in that mailbox.
RGRay Griffin
(About a gun) It belonged to everybody. That gun always in that mailbox. It's like... going to the library or something. Taking out a book. You go in there, you take it, you need it, you use it, you put it back, that's it... it's the honor system.
So earlier today, you and Keith checked out a gun and then used it to hold up a jewelry store?
RGRay Griffin
Look, I told you before, okay? We wasn't meaning to use it. We was gonna front on those people in case they got bold or something.
And then maybe shoot a few cops if they were bold enough to chase you?
(To Tori Bell) I want you to hear the truth. Before you read some version of it in the papers or hear it on the news.
If I could step in front of that bullet to save that man, I swear to God I would do it. That would feel better than this. I was scared, Detective. I was shaking all over. Like a coward. And maybe if I just... kept my cool, I would've hesitated. I would've seen he had no gun. That he was the wrong guy.
And what if it was the right guy? And he had a gun. Then maybe it's you lying in that alley. That's the nature of this job, Hopkins. There's no do-overs.
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