Blue Bloods

What do we got? 22-year-old, DOA.

Female Black identified as Kayla Martin.

Lived in 4A.

Super found her this morning.

Any idea when she ended up here?

Super says she wasn't here when he dumped the garbage

at 11:00 p.m.,

so it had to be sometime overnight.

Okay.

And there's something else.

One of the neighbors said the victim

recently transitioned.

Transitioned?

- What do you mean, -male to female? - Yes.

She was transgender.

This case dropped on my desk this morning.

Local gang robbed a shoe store last night.

Robbery with a side of assault.

Actually, that was the perp taking the beating.

Then who's the tough guy in the hat?

Devin Brooks... member of the Urban Defenders Safety Patrol.

Which clearly doesn't include safety for the guy he's beating.

Witnesses say it was the perp

that threw the first punch.

And Mr. Brooks had the right to defend himself

until there was no longer a threat.

How's the victim?

Perp is in the hospital. Broken face,

internal bleeding.

And you're okay with all this?

No. But him and his scumbag pals were looting the place,

throwing punches.

I guess they found out there are no free Jordans.

It doesn't work that way, and you know it.

Cop takes a punch and does what Brooks did,

he's doing his job.

A T-shirt and a funny hat does not make you a cop,

and it certainly doesn't give you the right

to use somebody else's head as a punching bag.

I agree. But the Urban Defenders

do a lot of good in this city.

I'm just saying.

Fine.

I will meet with Mr. Brooks

and then decide whether to charge him.

Happy?

Delirious.

What's going on?

Got complaints about these guys drinking

and harassing pedestrians... Not the first time.

All right, you're disturbing the peace.

Take off, or you're all going in for disorderly conduct.

Must be a slow day in pig city?

What's your name, smart-ass?

Hi, baby. Looking good.

Watch your mouth.. Ooh

I made her girlfriend mad.

Ha. At least I got one.

- You got a big mouth, bitch. - Yeah?

Yeah.

Hey!

Put your hands behind your back.

Stop fighting us.

- Got him? - Yep.

Okay.

- Stay down. - All right.

Tommy Simms.

You just made a big mistake, Tommy.

Roll over. Come on,

get on your knees... you've done this before, I'm sure.

Like throwing sucker punches, you little prick?

Hey, don't do it! He's got it coming, Eddie.

Damn right he does!

Hey, it's wrong. Hey!

Hey! Don't do it. It's not right.

Stop!

We got company.

You just got real lucky.

Let's go.

When?

This afternoon.

If I return their calls,

would that buy some time?

Only if you have absolute proof the reports

- are in error. - Going back to the mid-'90s?

How am I gonna do that?

Exactly.

Aw, man, man.

Man, man.

I'm so sorry, Sid.

Just between us, do you think the reports are accurate?

No!

No. But do they have some truth?

Probably.

And nowadays that's enough to hang you,

you're a veteran cop.

Tell Frank?

Mr. Corleone is a man

who insists on hearing bad news immediately.

So yeah, let's tell him.

The Daily News did a deep dive

into every single NYPD disciplinary record

- made public. - I knew unsealing those records

was gonna be a disaster.

We all did. But it was allowed,

and there's no going back.

Their reporting

focuses on excessive force complaints against

one particular cop with over 25 years

of service.

That would be Sid?

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

When? Online

today; In print tomorrow.

How bad?

They wouldn't share.

Look, we vetted you under some pretty hot lights

before we raised you up here.

I can't imagine we missed anything important.

But the lights are different now.

Well, one thing's still the same.

I got your back.

Thank you.

Hi. Detective Reagan.

This is my partner, Detective Baez.

Do you have a moment for a word? About what?

Um, your friend Kayla.

She hasn't been answering my texts.

I-Is she okay?

Unfortunately, no.

Her body was discovered outside of her building this morning.

My God.

You were her last contact.

God, this is my fault.

What are you talking about?

I dragged Kayla out

to a bar last night.

They were hosting a trans night,

and-and sh-she didn't want to go.

You went with her?

Kayla was in the process of her transition,

and I just wanted her to

cut loose a little, have some fun.

Did she?

She-she met a guy.

You got a name for us?

No, I-I didn't meet him.

Brown hair,

athletic,

maybe six feet tall,

in his 30s.

And she left with this guy?

Yeah.

I encouraged her.

I'm such an idiot.

It's not your fault.

Was he trans?

No. But

most of us don't wear signs around our necks.

I promise you we'll do all we can to find this guy.

Uncle Brian's Bar.

Broome and Bowery.

If you think of anything else,

please don't hesitate to call, okay?

Very sorry for your loss.

Who takes a swing

at a copin broad daylight,

surrounded by other cops? Yeah.

I was hoping we left that crap in the rear view mirror

along with 2020.

Thank God he is behind bars now.

Expedited to arraignment.

What?

Judge released him ROR.

That's a joke.

- Yeah. A bad one. - I bet if he'd

slugged a judge, Simms would be in jail right now.

Next time he screws up, we'll take him down.

Count on it.

Thank you for coming in, Mr. Brooks.

Am I being charged with a crime?

- Not yet. - All right, I'm glad to hear that.

'Cause, to be honest, Ms. Reagan,

I don't think I did anything wrong.

You put a man in the hospital, Mr. Brooks.

I defended myself.

The video shows you doinga lot more than that.

Look, I was scared. I didn't know if he had a weapon.

So you're saying you feared for your life?

Yeah. It's a scary situation.

Which you chose to put yourself in.

Yeah, I chose to put myself in harm's way

to keep innocent people safe.

And that's exactly what I did last night.

You have martial arts training, Mr. Brooks?

I'm a third-degree black belt.

But karate's a defensive discipline.

I saw a lot of offense on the surveillance video.

I risked my life to protect that store.

Which is admirable.