ALICIA ANNOUNCER ASHE BARTENDER BECK BIG_SEAN_CHANSON BOTH BREELAND CARROLL CHILD COP CRIMINAL CROWD DISPATCHER DISPATCHER_2 DRIVER EAMONS HOST JAVIER KAI KERRY KID MACEO MAN MAN_2 MEN NEWSWOMAN OFFICER PASTOR PAULA PEOPLE PLATT PRESTON REPORTER REPORTERS REPORTER_2 RUIZ SARAH SERVER SHAMEEKA SINGER_CHANSON WOMAN WOMAN_2 BECK Get back in the truck! Get back in the truck! DRIVER Hey, dispatch? We have an emergency situation... WOMAN You hear that? DISPATCHER Copy that. Stand by. WOMAN 2 Somebody got shot. BECK Officer Beck to headquarters. I... Headquarters, shots fired, shots fired. I need some units. Shots fired, I need some units. Shots fired. DISPATCHER 2 All units, all units respond to Graham and Spring. BREELAND Back, back! Got him covered? BECK I got him covered. MAN What do you mean get back, man, I live here. OFFICER Move it, move back. Stay back. Get out of the way. Move it. OFFICER Stay behind the line. PEOPLE OFFICER Stay behind the tape. Back up. Back up. Get back. I said back up. KID Payback's a bitch. CROWD SINGER CHANSON ? If our stars don't shine in the darkness ? ? Where do we go from here? ? ? Do we hold on to the dream regardless? ? ? Where do we go from here? ? ANNOUNCER Bottom of the ninth inning, two outs. Tying run on second base. Yale's down 1-nothing. Terry has a walk and a double, but is now looking at an 0-2 count. He steps to the plate. Wow, what is Terry doing? That is some serious trash-talking. Crowd doesn't like it. Not sure I do either. Here's the pitch. Folks, that is high, that is deep, that is out of here! Home run! CARROLL What do you see, Ruiz? RUIZ An arrogant ass. CARROLL Is that accurate? PRESTON Not entirely, sir. CARROLL So why go Babe Ruth? PRESTON Well, because once you tell someone how bad you're about to screw them, you have to come through. CARROLL There's been a police shooting of an unarmed man today. Gate Station, North Carolina. Governor called me personally. She wants the DOJ to handle the investigation. She doesn't want another Ferguson. It's a black cop and a white kid. Ruiz is going to run it, but she wants a black prosecutor out front-- optics. This climate, only a black man can indict this black cop without inciting tensions. If he's guilty. I've been through a stack of résumés, and you guys all look the same. First in your class at an Ivy. Law review. All closers. What I need is a cleaner. I need that guy who points to the fence with two strikes on him. RUIZ He's barely a year out of law school. PRESTON That's just math, sir. My recent work on the Wynn case proved it. I took over arguments and got three indictments. RUIZ The team got three indictments. PRESTON Yes, the team. CARROLL What about those optics? PRESTON All I care about is the truth. And my truth has no color. RUIZ That's a lovely naiveté. PRESTON Thank you. RUIZ That wasn't praise. PRESTON Our old Attorney General said that the biggest challenge for all of us in this office is not only to represent and enforce the law, but to use it to make real the promise of America, the promise of fairness and equality. Is she naive, sir? Because if so, I'm happy to wear that badge with her. ASHE Uh-oh, what you got? Eh, eh, eh. Seven, eight, bam! KAI No! Lucky! ASHE Hey, what's that on your face? What's that on your face? BOTH ASHE Listen, Boogs, Mommy has to go out of town for work. KAI For how long this time? ASHE I don't know, but, uh, we're going to Face Chat every morning and every night, okay? Even though that face will probably break my computer. KAI Well, I get my looks from you. ASHE Oh! PAULA Hey, Kai. It's time for bed. KAI What? No. ASHE Hey, Paula, we're good. We're just going to play one more game. PAULA Her bedtime is 8 30. ASHE We can make an exception tonight. PAULA Look, you're not the one who has to drag her out of bed in the morning and get her to school on time. KAI I'm not even sleepy yet. PAULA Kai, start your night routine, now! ASHE It's okay, Boogs-- Mommy loves you. Mmm, I love you, I love you. KAI Good night. PAULA ASHE Raise your voice in front of my kid again and I'll give you a hysterectomy with my fist. JAVIER Hey, hey, hey, what's happening? PAULA ASHE Get off me! JAVIER What the hell, Ashe? ASHE She's a child, Javi, trying to play house. Kai has a mother-- remind her of that. JAVIER By throwing a vase at her head? ASHE I threw it by her head. JAVIER You need to see somebody. ASHE I am. JAVIER I'm serious. ASHE I will. JAVIER I can't have this craziness. ASHE You used to like crazy. JAVIER Yeah, but then we had a kid. ASHE So you go get yourself wifey material. With the apron and dinner waiting for you when you get home. We both know you're bored as hell. Does she know what you're really like? How you like it? Does she know when you're with her, I'm inside your head? JAVIER I'm gonna go check on my daughter. ASHE Tell her... tell her I'm going to call her tomorrow. HOST Second in touchdowns. Mace, what-what's up with that? Are you starting to get a little tired inside the 20? ASHE So you're their boy. PRESTON Excuse me? ASHE I'm Ashe Akino-- your investigator. PRESTON Preston Terry, your boss. ASHE Interim, right? Ruiz is just tying up some loose ends on another case? PRESTON Yeah, he'll be done in about a week. ASHE I know Ruiz, but what's your steelo? How aggressive I go is up to you. PRESTON Do your job the right way-- by the book. ASHE Job the right way-- you got it. Boss. WOMAN Welcome to North Carolina. For those of you boarding flights to Chicago... SARAH Preston Terry? PRESTON Yes? SARAH Hi, I'm Sarah Ellis, aide to Governor Eamons. Welcome to North Carolina. PRESTON Thank you. SARAH Welcome. ASHE Ashe Akino. PRESTON My investigator. SARAH Well, I'm sure you're eager to hit the ground running. The Governor's just hoping to have a quick word with you. PRESTON Of course. EAMONS I wish you were here under better circumstances, but I do hope you'll get a feel for our Southern hospitality. PRESTON Born and raised in Virginia, ma'am. EAMONS A Southern gentleman. Though you all call yourselves Mid-Atlantic state now. PRESTON No, that's just the Northern Virginians. EAMONS Well, I want you to know I am fully behind this investigation, and I have assurances from the department you'll have their full cooperation. PRESTON Well, we appreciate that, ma'am. EAMONS I'm not a fan of surprises, so I'd appreciate being kept up to speed. SARAH That said, she's a busy woman, so just reach out to me. I'll be at your hotel for the next few days to make sure you guys get a good start. EAMONS I want to make sure to stay in front of this. Don't need any crazy rednecks looting the local Cracker Barrel. PRESTON Yes, ma'am. CRIMINAL COP Move it. PEOPLE PLATT Can I help you? PRESTON Preston Terry, attorney with DOJ Civil Rights. PLATT I should have known from the suit. We're strictly buy one, get two free down here. PRESTON This is Ashe Akino, my investigator. ASHE Hi. PLATT How long you been on the job? ASHE Two years patrol, got tapped by DEA, worked Colombia and Mexico for six years. PLATT And you gave all that up for the cushy life? ASHE I like being my own boss. PLATT So where y'all want to start? Whatever you need. PRESTON A conversation with Deputy Beck, and then the crime scene. PLATT Not a crime scene until the crime has been determined. PRESTON Absolutely right. PLATT Right. Beck's in Interview Two. OFFICER All right, guys, roll call. BECK I'm not talking without my union rep. PRESTON Look, I've read your report. I just want to hear it from you. It's just a conversation. ASHE I've been where you're at. My second day on the streets, I'm out with my T.O. White dude. Routine traffic stop. Only the kid in the passenger seat takes off running. So I give chase. Catch him pretty quick, but he starts fighting me. My T.O. just stands there watching, wants to see if a girl can handle herself. I get the upper hand, when suddenly the kid is reaching for something behind him. My T.O. is frozen. He yells "Gun!" I draw and I shoot this kid in the chest. Only there's no gun, just a cell phone. 18 years old. But I told the truth. At least I have that. BECK You were cleared? ASHE Ruled justifiable. I reasonably feared for my life. BECK It was a clean shoot. ASHE Tell me about it. BECK I'm on patrol. White guy in a nice vehicle. White guy in that neighborhood usually means drugs, so I hit my lights, pull him over. I approach the vehicle, ask him a few questions, but... the guy was belligerent. Refuses to answer anything. So I ask him to step out of the vehicle. He refuses. So I put my hand on my weapon and I ask him again. He finally complies, but as he steps out, he reaches for my gun, actually gets a hand on it. In that moment it was either him or me. And I shot him. PRESTON Four times. BECK Yes, he continued to struggle. ASHE Was there anything substantiating your initial suspicions? BECK Lieutenant Breeland found marijuana, two 20s, in his search of the vehicle. PRESTON And was this search done before or after the shooting? BECK After. PRESTON Now, you said white guy in that neighborhood means drugs. BECK Yes, sir. PRESTON Was there a legitimate cause for the initial stop, or was it all just based on profiling? BECK I'm gonna wait for my union rep now. ASHE He's ready to give me his life story, and you shut him down. PRESTON I don't do anything without a reason. ASHE Really? 'Cause it felt like a rookie mistake. From now on, I'll handle the interviews. PRESTON Look, I understand you like being your own boss, but that's not the case here. Like you said, you follow my lead. ASHE Wow, only took you two hours to start swinging your junk. Most guys at least wait a day. PRESTON I don't believe in wasting time. ASHE Neither do I. You're a smart brother-- you've seen my file. So ask yourself, if I tell Ruiz you don't know what the hell you're doing, who goes, who stays? SINGER CHANSON ? Yep ? ? Nope ? ? Yep ? ? Nope ? ? Yep ? ? Nope ? ? Ever told on a --? ? ? Nope ? ? Ever squeezed a trigger? ? ? Yep ? ? Ever set a -- up? ? ? Nope ? ? Ever helped a brother out when he was down on his luck? ? ? Yep ? ? You a sap? ? ? Nope ? ? You a boss player, you a mack? ? ? Yep ? ? Let me hold couple dollars ? ? Nope ? ? Y'all still be poppin' y'all collars? ? ? Yep. ? ASHE No surveillance cameras, but someone saw something. What's good, sis? I'm Ashe, from the Department of Justice. We're here investigating a shooting. You see anything? WOMAN Nope. ASHE Know anybody who did? WOMAN Yeah. The cop that shot him. MAN You looking for video? ASHE You got any? MAN Yeah, I got the new Star Wars-- not even out yet. WOMAN ASHE Look, we're not police-- we're investigating police. WOMAN You smell like police. PRESTON That your squad? KID That against the law? PRESTON That's my big brother. KID Whatever, man. PRESTON I'm serious-- real talk, man, look. KID Mace a beast! He's your fam for real? PRESTON Mm-hmm. KID How come you're not in the league? PRESTON Decided to change the world instead. KID Damn, you messed up. PRESTON So what's this dude Beck like? KID He's all right. Not like the boys who roll through here cracking heads for nothing. MAN He's a sellout. ASHE You don't think the neighborhood could use black cops? MAN Yeah, but he ain't hood no more. PRESTON So y'all ain't seen nothing, or... hear nothing? KID No one's got answers for you if you keep asking the wrong question. PRESTON So what's the right question? MAN Aw, man. PRESTON Look, talk to us-- we can protect you. KID ASHE They trying to intimidate them or us? ALICIA The police have been here two times now, asking these same questions. Meanwhile, this man is still walking around free. ASHE I understand how you feel. ALICIA No, you don't. My son is dead. People seem put off by my anger. They're expecting something else. ASHE Do you know why your son was in that neighborhood? ALICIA Driving in that neighborhood is not a crime. ASHE What about drugs? ALICIA My son didn't do drugs. ASHE Did they tell you they found marijuana in his car? ALICIA I don't care. PRESTON The officer said he went for his gun. ALICIA Jesse would never do that. ASHE How do you know? ALICIA Because I know my son. Y'all can try to paint him as a criminal all you want, but that is not who he was. He was a great kid. And he would hate this shirt. But the funeral home said he had to be in a suit, and all he has are T-shirts with comics on them. So I spent the entire morning shopping for this dress shirt I know he'd never wear. ASHE We're very sorry for your loss, ma'am. ALICIA I didn't lose him. He was murdered. BECK I'm a good cop. PASTOR Yes, but perception is reality. You got to change perception. Come to my church. Make a statement in God's house. I'll stand with you. BECK I'm not making any statements. KERRY Josh, maybe it would be... BECK No. PASTOR Brother, the media's a powerful thing. They can make the guilty innocent, innocent guilty. BECK And an unknown pastor a star. PASTOR All right, then. Thank you for your hospitality. EAMONS A tragedy has come to Gate Station, the town I grew up in. A young college student has been killed. And when there are questions, I want answers. I have personally reached out to the Department of Justice and asked for an outside prosecutor to ensure an impartial investigation into this matter. And Sheriff Platt agrees. He too wants to make sure that trust remains EAMONS between law enforcement and the community. PASTOR What trust? EAMONS Yes, ma'am. I would like to introduce Preston Terry, who will answer any questions. Mr. Terry, thank you. PRESTON Thank you, Governor. REPORTER Is there any video of the shooting, or any witnesses? PRESTON No video has surfaced as of yet, and no witnesses have come forward. But it's still early in the investigation. REPORTER Can you confirm that the name of the officer is Joshua Beck? PRESTON We're not releasing his name at this time. REPORTER 2 But he is black? PRESTON I'm not at liberty to say. REPORTER 2 We've all seen the cell phone footage. The officer is black, the victim is white. PASTOR What I don't understand is why you're here. All the murdering of unarmed black men by police across this country, and this is the one that the government is investigating? REPORTER 2 Oh, so only black lives matter. PASTOR I'm sorry, when is the last time you were pulled over by the police and didn't know if you were going to make it out alive? PRESTON Listen. As a prosecutor it is my job to ignore all personal biases and to focus on the truth. And I must admit, that can be hard. That can be tough. See, when I watch recent video of, of Laquan McDonald, of Tamir Rice, of Walter Scott, shot in the back, murdered while running away from a child support payment, I am sickened. Sickened by the utter lack of humanity displayed by those officers and angered at the arrogance of their lies. See, now, they knew that there would be an assumption of innocence not because of blue, but because of white. And now an anomaly has occurred. A black police officer has shot and killed an unarmed white man, and they have sent in the cavalry. Now, is the cavalry here to bring justice to the unarmed white man, or to exonerate an innocent black police officer? I won't know until I've garnered PRESTON ...all the facts of the case. But I am here because every citizen deserves a system that is fair and transparent. I am here because we are creating a generation of Americans who are becoming quickly disillusioned with the postracial America we like to tout. The fact that not even a day into this case, and already we see it's about race. PRESTON But I am not disillusioned. I am working this case as a prosecutor trying to determine what happened that day between two men. And I believe that my success will serve as an example to us all of why we have got to start putting each other's humanity first. None of us will like the America we end up with if we don't start working very hard at this. And that work begins today. Thank you. EAMONS Thank you very much. REPORTERS Governor! SARAH You just made the rest of my day hell. PRESTON How's that? SARAH She worked all morning on that speech, and now no one will remember a single word of it You owe me for that. PASTOR Pastor Janae James. Those were some powerful words. I really hope you're here to listen, too. PRESTON Absolutely. PASTOR That's a whole lot harder to do. PRESTON Why do I feel a sermon coming on? PASTOR I'll save that for Sunday. Chosen House, 10 00 a.m. NEWSWOMAN Today, during a speech on the steps of Gate Station City Hall... ASHE I'll have what he's having. PRESTON It's just orange juice. ASHE So you, you just assume I'm a drinker? PRESTON Educated guess. ASHE I'm sort of offended. You can throw some vodka in there. Your speech surprised me today. PRESTON You don't know me well enough to be surprised. ASHE You're right-- you and I, we need to find our rhythm. Right now we're just butting heads. PRESTON Yeah, well, you're the one banging. You judge too quickly. ASHE I was police-- it's what we do. PRESTON You judged me too quickly. I'm not a sellout. ASHE Did I call you one? PRESTON You called me "their boy." ASHE Fine, fine, I apologize. I also thought you were gay. Sorry for that, too, I guess. PRESTON Now, why would you think that? Because I got nothing from you when we first met. PRESTON Yeah, well, maybe you're not my type. ASHE I'm every guy's type. PRESTON Anyway, I don't piss where I eat. ASHE Hmm. So what's your type? PRESTON I guess I'm waiting on my Michelle. ASHE Obama? PRESTON Mm-hmm. ASHE She's dope-- why her? PRESTON She's the kind of woman that makes you seem like a better man. ASHE Couldn't handle me anyway. That story you told Beck, was that true? ASHE Yep. PRESTON How does anyone get over that? ASHE I know it's going to come back on me one day. I just, um, don't want it coming back on my daughter. PRESTON How old is she? ASHE Six. PRESTON Look, I'll take care of this. You grab coffee tomorrow. ASHE You got it. Boss. You believe half of what you said in that speech? PRESTON Half. PEOPLE PRESTON Hey. KID You lost? PRESTON I'm looking for you. KID I don't talk to 5-0. PRESTON I already told you, I'm not a cop. KID Look, bro, I've got nothing to say. PRESTON I'm going to see my brother this weekend. You want a signed football? KID For real? You straight bribing me, man. PRESTON You said I wasn't asking the right question. So what do I got to ask? KID You need to go ask Miss Campbell. PRESTON Who's Miss Campbell? KID This lady in The Houses. PRESTON What are The Houses? KID 308. MEN ASHE Morning. PRESTON Morning. Thanks. ASHE What the hell? What happened? PRESTON Last night, part of town called The Houses. I was following a lead. ASHE Do you think I'm incapable of doing my job? PRESTON No. ASHE Then stop trying to do it for me. I can't keep chalking this up to you being brand-new. PRESTON Look, I felt like I made a connection with that kid in the jersey. Okay, I thought maybe if we spoke one on one I could get some more info. But you're right-- I should have spoken to you first. ASHE Yeah, you should have. You should see a doctor. PRESTON Pride hurts more than my body, but thank you. ASHE So what'd he tell you? PRESTON He told me to speak to a woman in The Houses named Miss Campbell in 308. ASHE Which somebody didn't want you to do. PRESTON That is the conclusion I'm drawing, yes. ASHE So let me go find out what she knows. PRESTON You can't go by yourself. ASHE I got a gun. PEOPLE ASHE How y'all doing? SHAMEEKA Who is it? ASHE We're from the Department of Justice. We're here to see Miss Campbell. SHAMEEKA Department of Justice-- that's with the government, right? ASHE Yes, ma'am, we're here investigating a shooting. SHAMEEKA You're the one was on TV. PRESTON Yes, ma'am. SHAMEEKA Sounded almost like a preacher. ASHE What do you know about the young white kid who was just killed by the cop? SHAMEEKA The white kid-- why would I know anything about that? ASHE We were told to ask you the question. SHAMEEKA By who? I don't know why they said that. ASHE Do you know Officer Beck? SHAMEEKA I mean, I seened him around, but I don't know him. ASHE What about the young man who was killed, Jesse Carr? SHAMEEKA I'm sorry, I don't know anything. ASHE When did you lose your son? SHAMEEKA Thought that's why you was here. Should've known better. ASHE What do you mean? SHAMEEKA I can't talk about it. ASHE Who told you that, your lawyer? SHAMEEKA ASHE The police? Look, we're not police. Whatever you say stays right here. PRESTON Your son's death was never investigated? SHAMEEKA Meanwhile this white boy all over my TV. ASHE What did the police tell you? SHAMEEKA They knock on my door, say they found Joey dead. No "Sorry for your loss, ma'am." No "You okay, ma'am?" They just come in and go through his things, found a bag of weed. Then another cop come in, say I could go to jail for that, too. Say I need to stay quiet while they do their investigation, otherwise it'd be obstruction, and the judge could take away my kid. ASHE Have you heard any more about it? SHAMEEKA Nothing from police. But people round here are saying they had something to do with it. ASHE There were witnesses? SHAMEEKA Just not the right kind. ASHE Guess we figured out the right question. PRESTON Nothing she says has anything to do with our case. ASHE It has everything to do with it. The department is obviously corrupt. PRESTON Just because someone told her the police were involved doesn't make it fact. ASHE But a cop telling her to keep her mouth shut, or they'll take her kid? We have to dig. PRESTON Look, I understand your instinct, but that's not why we're here. ASHE I don't think you do. PRESTON What? ASHE Share my instincts. 'Cause I'm real uncomfortable right now. PRESTON Look, Beck is the only brother in the department in a city that's 65% black. I'm uncomfortable. But we have to work the case we've been assigned. We do a great job, then we have the leverage to open it up. ASHE You can do that? Just forget what you just heard? PRESTON I'm not asking you to forget-- I'm asking you to be patient. Can you do that? ASHE Sure. COP Jumps off the balcony. I swear to God this guy starts pissing himself. ASHE Y'all headed to choir practice? COP What do you know about choir practice? ASHE I know I'm buying. BARTENDER Another one? CROWD ASHE Where are all the females? COP Are you looking for one? ASHE Come on, now. Cheers. COP Ooh. ASHE What the hell was that? COP Prairie Fire. It's Wild Turkey and Tabasco. ASHE I think I just grew a testicle. BREELAND Y'all get home safe, now. ASHE Breeland, right? BREELAND Lieutenant Breeland. ASHE We were supposed to have a conversation. BREELAND Yeah, I don't go in the box. ASHE Wasn't trying to put you there. You were first on the scene-- just looking for a quick statement. BREELAND The training officer who yelled "gun" at your shooting, was he ever prosecuted? ASHE News travels fast around here. BREELAND We're like family. ASHE No, he wasn't either. BREELAND I'm not trying to bulldog you here. I'm just trying to get my head around why a former cop who killed an unarmed teenager and didn't get prosecuted is now working cops. ASHE I'm not IA. I just go after bad guys. BREELAND Well, Beck's a good guy. ASHE To good cops. So what's the deal with The Houses? COP What about them? ASHE I keep hearing it's like the Wild West down there. COP Personally, I never ran any tours there. ASHE Tours? BREELAND It's nothing, it's stupid. It's like a tour of duty-- it's rough. SERVER Ashe Akino? ASHE Yes? SERVER You've been served. ASHE I don't understand. I don't understand. JAVIER I keep making excuses for you, Ashe. But I can't anymore. I don't think that you're okay. I don't, I don't trust you. ASHE I would never hurt Kai. I would never hurt her. JAVIER Look... ASHE Okay, I-I'll get help, I'll get help, I promise. JAVIER You've been saying that for a year. ASHE Javier... JAVIER We can't talk. We can't, we can't talk about this anymore. You've got to talk to my lawyer. ASHE Javier, she's the only thing that makes sense. Please. JAVIER Yeah. ASHE She's the only thing that makes sense. JAVIER She matters to me, too. SINGER CHANSON ? So I don't lose sight of what I want ? ? And I've moved further than I thought I could. ? ASHE MACEO I'll bring you on the field, bring you backstage, the locker room, meet everybody. ASHE Oh, really? MACEO Yeah, no problem. So who tuned you up, baby bro? PRESTON It's nothing, it's a little scrap. MACEO You sure? PRESTON Mm-hmm. MACEO Because you know I got people, right? ASHE You talking retaliation in front of law enforcement? MACEO Girl, please-- you too pretty to be a cop. ASHE You too pretty to play ball. MACEO So, what, you dig cuffing brothers? ASHE I dig cuffing bad guys-- they come in all shades. MACEO Why? ASHE Because I'm good at it. MACEO What makes you so good? ASHE I understand how easy it can happen, going down that other path. And I respect it. But I'm sure you prep school Negroes have a different mindset. MACEO No, no, no, no. Pres, he went to prep schools-- I'm a hood cat. PRESTON You wear that like it's a badge. MACEO Hell yeah, fought for everything I got, ain't nothing was handed to me. PRESTON Trust me, you had it easier. MACEO Please. Do you know where this boy spent his summers in high school? The Alps. His best friend's pop was a billionaire. But it's all good, because our parents are living in a house that I paid for. PRESTON What's your shelf life, Mace? Five years? Look, I'll be running Justice by then, and just getting started. MACEO Yeah, I saw you on TV. How is it you always end up playing for the wrong team? PRESTON It's funny how black folks on the sidelines are always the ones questioning loyalty. MACEO I never played on no sidelines. PRESTON Really? MACEO Yeah, really. PRESTON So, what, you think tweeting "Black lives matter" to your million followers makes you Jackie Robinson? MACEO 1.4-- and at least folks know what side I'm on. ASHE Damn, I thought... I thought I missed out, being an only child, but I guess not. MACEO Nah, we go. But it's all love. Right, baby bro? PRESTON Yeah. MACEO Uh-huh. PRESTON All love. Look. Appreciate the meal. We've got work to do. ASHE I'm not walking away from this $50 steak. MACEO It's all good-- I'll take her home. PRESTON See you tomorrow. SARAH I was surprised to get your text. PRESTON You said I owe you. SARAH Actually, um, I owe you. PRESTON How's that? SARAH Your speech was the lead story on every statewide affiliate, and on the front page of every local newspaper. And the Governor is standing right there next to you. MACEO Making me blush. ASHE Really, under all that chocolate? BOTH MACEO You know he thinks we're hitting it right now, right? ASHE So why aren't we? MACEO Because if we do, I won't respect you. And I think I like you. ASHE Maybe I don't want to be liked right now. MACEO Wow. Girl, you sexy as hell. But you've got some of the saddest eyes I've ever seen. I don't know, maybe that's why I'm digging you. ASHE I appreciate the sentiment, but, um, you sound like a real bitch right now. SINGER CHANSON ? Oh, yeah, somebody that'll keep her in designer... ? MACEO Oh. SINGER CHANSON ? She ain't thinkin' 'bout love ? ? Oh ? ? She got her mind on my money ? ? Can't get a damn thing from me ? ? She wanna get saved. I ain't gonna save her ? ? Tryin' to get saved, she wanna get saved ? ? I ain't gonna save her, tryin' to get saved ? ? She wanna get saved, I ain't gonna save her ? ? Tryin' to get saved, she wanna get saved ? ? I ain't gonna save her. ? SARAH No, Shirlane, this is not how things work. I don't give a damn about a heads up. That's too late. You're going to get me fired. When's it running? PRESTON What's going on? SARAH A video just hit. PRESTON Of what? NEWSWOMAN But what is quite clear are the racist remarks. Officials say those remarks are from Joshua Beck, an African-American deputy. MAN All right, fam. Just graduated from the Academy. Grown-ass man now. Any last words? BECK Uh, yeah. Um... finally got my license to shoot these crackers. MAN That's right, Josh. MAN 2 That's right, my boy's bulletproof. NEWSWOMAN Now, we've heard no comment from Deputy Beck or the Gate Station Sheriff's Office regarding this inflammatory video. Sources within the department say... SARAH Hello? Mm-hmm, yeah. BECK I was drunk, sir. Just popping off at the mouth. You know that's not how I really feel. PLATT Hell, I've said things sober that'd get me fired. No one here's taking offense. Thank you, Kerry. BECK What about the guys? PLATT Well, there's a box of saltines on your desk with a bow on it. BOTH PLATT Unfortunately, the media's not so forgiving. BECK I can handle that. PLATT I know you can. But I think it's best we keep you on administrative duty until these DOJ people finish their investigation. BECK What? CHILD Daddy! BECK Okay, little man. Okay. PLATT Hello! BECK Not right now, son. KERRY I'm sorry. Hey, I think you're missing a shirt, little man. CHILD KERRY Sorry. Christian! PLATT There he goes. Look, it's not fair, but you're a distraction. It's gonna be impossible to do your job. BECK Then I'll make a statement, let the people hear from me. PLATT Josh, what did the union rep say to you? Under no circumstances do you talk to the media. And this prosecutor, you don't talk to him alone. And you never deviate from the language. "In the moment of engagement, I feared for my life." BECK I did, sir. PLATT Good. The truth's easier to remember. ASHE Morning. PRESTON Have you seen the video? ASHE Not a good look. PRESTON I've been in touch with the Governor's office. They want to know who leaked it. ASHE Me, too. PRESTON I'll be ready in 20 minutes. ASHE Can I ask you a lawyer question? About another case? PRESTON Yeah. ASHE What's the grounds for sole custody? PRESTON For which parent? ASHE Does it matter? PRESTON In some cases, yeah. ASHE The father. PRESTON Proof the mother is unfit. Drugs, alcohol abuse. Threat to the safety of the child. Pattern of unaccountability. ASHE Thanks. PRESTON Mm-hmm. You know it didn't mean anything to him, right? ASHE Didn't mean anything to me either. PASTOR Scripture tells us, "Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted." CROWD PASTOR Black America has been in a state of mourning for far too long. Mourning the loss of so many of our sons and daughters because the world has weaponized our blackness. In its eyes, we're never unarmed. And now we add another name. Joey Campbell. 17 years old, killed two weeks ago. We heard about it in the way it's always been, through whispers. But the world doesn't know. The world doesn't know, because the police aren't investigating. But the world is gonna know. Church, I'm bringing up someone who needs our support. Shameeka Campbell, his mother. Family. We know what it's like to lose someone to the police. Now, we also know that two wrongs don't make a right. Every parent wants their child home. So I'm bringing up another mother who needs our support. Come on, church. The greatest of these is what? Love. How? We love our neighbor as ourself. This mother loved her child no less than anybody else. Family, let's be united. Let's get both these murdered children the justice they deserve. SINGER CHANSON ? In the stillness of the night ? ? Lord, we need to hear you speak ? ? There's a mountain we must climb ? ? It's possible if we believe ? ? I'm here, Lord ? ? In a moment of need ? ? Come quickly ? ? Can you answer our prayers? ? ? We are opening up our hearts to you ? ? Are you there? ? ASHE The Governor reached out to Carroll. Ruiz is gonna sit this one out. You're no longer interim. SINGER CHANSON ? We need you, Lord, we need you ? ? Oh, I need you, Lord, I need you ? ? I'm here, Lord, in a moment of need ? ? Come quickly. ? BIG SEAN CHANSON ? They used to tell me ? ? Used to tell me ? ? I hope you learn to make it on your own ? ? And if you love yourself, just know ? ? You'll never be alone ? ? I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose ? ? I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know ? ? Hope you get the pretty girls, that's pretty at everything ? ? Million-dollar cribs, having million-dollar dreams ? ? And when you get it all, just remember one thing ? ? Remember one thing ? ? That one man could change the world ? ? That one man could change the world... ?