Interrogation room:
Kevin walks in and sits across from Jordan. Voight and Adam watch through the glass.
"Going to level with you. We have you and Shawn attacking a CPD officer and fleeing in this grey Toyota. It's all on video.
Jordan looks up but is still not giving Kevin anything.
"The grey Toyota is registered to your brother, James, at this address. The same address we picked you up at, after you tried to make a break for it. "You see where I'm going with this Dogg?"
Jordan is starting to squirm a bit under Kevin's words.
"I'm going to tell you what I think. I think you're a good kid. I don't think you wanted to hurt anyone."
Jordan scoffs, "What do you know?"
Kevin puts the intake photos of Jordan and Shawn's arrest on the table.
"I know this. "I know WHO did this. And I know WHY they did this." He puts down photos of Doyle and Cooper. "Now it doesn't make it right, there's no excuse for it. But this doesn't mean you wanted to lay a beat down."
"Was that your intention? Because I don't see it. You're, what? A buck twenty soaking wet?"
Jordan's tough persona is cracking as he looks at Kevin
"Tell me Jordan, did you want to beat up a cop?"
"Or was being around your older brother and cousin making it too hard to say No." Kevin adds
Jordan's head snaps up. He is fidgeting with his hands.
"If you know those Cops beat us, why aren't you doing something about it?"
"Trust me, something IS being done about it." Kevin answers
Jordan looks at Kevin, "You know what they said to me? How they made me feel? All the time beating me, saying no one is going to believe us if we told someone. Saying they could do this anytime they wanted."
Voight and Adam exchange looks behind the glass.
"This kid's living in fear Sarge."
Voight grunts knowingly
Hailey's house:
Jay walks gingerly out of the bathroom and shuffles into the kitchen stopping at the table, with his right hand leans on it for support.
"That was fun." He says sarcastically.
"I would have helped you, you know." Hailey says loading the dishwasher
"Yeah…..no."
"Well now that you're up." She moves so that she's behind Jay and starts to adjust the sling shoulder pad that fell down. She removes the towel and pulls the pad into position.
Jay draws in a quick breath and releases a short "Ah".
"Let's get you back to the couch." Hailey starts
"I can do it." Jay replies walking
"Copy you."
Jay slowly makes his way to the couch and gingerly lowers himself down. He lets out the breath he was holding and breathes in relief, now that he's sitting. He picks up the incentive spirometer and does his exercises.
Hailey is in the kitchen and can hear Jay letting out little grunts as he runs through his exercises when a text from Will comes in:
^How's our patient?^-Will
He's been resting mostly. Took his meds and ate, just walked to the bathroom and back. doing his breathing exercises now- Hailey
^Those hurt like a bear but they're necessary. Got to keep his lungs clear. Ice after will help. Moving around is good, as much as he can tolerate. Happy to hear he's taking his meds. Any questions or concerns, text me.^-Will
Thank Will. I will- Hailey
^Hope he knows how lucky he is to have you^-Will
thumbs up emoji- Hailey
Hailey walks into the living room with an ice pack. Jay is just finishing his last exercise. He puts the spirometer to his side and looks at the ice. "You read my mind."
Hailey helps Jay put the ice pack on his ribs. Jay holds in there with a slight grimace on his face. Hailey looks in thought.
"What?" Jay asks
"Kim gave me an update on your case." Hailey responds
"They're in custody, right?" pause "Video of it, right."
"Yeah but it's not that clean cut."
"Clean cut? We have video of the offenders attacking me. Seems like an open and shut case of aggravated assault of a police officer to me." Jay is starting to get worked up. He shifts his sitting position and groans.
"Jay stay calm. I'll explain."
Jay nods for her to continue.
"The offenders are James and Jordan Watson and their cousin Shawn Roberts."
"I don't know these people." Jay interjects
"James Watson" Hailey continues "was the man we questioned a couple of weeks back about the little girl being shot."
"The man who gave me lip and said 'that racist cops weren't welcome in the neighbourhood' I remember."
"Yeah well his brother and cousin got arrested on some trumped up charges by Doyle and his partner Cooper back when Doyle was still on patrol. Their intake photos were bad. Doyle and Cooper worked them over saying they 'resisted arrest'".
"I still don't see the connection Hailey." Jay says getting more agitated. He shifts to move the ice pack to the back of his ribs and grimaces.
Hailey walks toward Jay concerned but he waves her off. "Continue".
Hailey sits on the other end of the couch and continues but watches Jay closely.
"James sent Shawn and Jordan a photo of you, thinking it was Cooper, and when they saw you.."
"Payback," Jay ends her sentence
Hailey nods, "That's the short of it."
"What's the long of it?" Jay asks. He is trying to hide the pain with his breathing.
Hailey's phone vibrates with a text from Kim, asking how Jay is.
"Kim wants to know how you're doing?"
"Peachy." Jay is starting to breathe short now.
Hailey smiles and says,"I'll let her know." She doesn't respond to Kim but texts Will saying Jay is getting irritated, in pain and is starting to have trouble breathing.
^I'll be right over.^ Will responds quickly
District 21:
"Is that why you did it? Strike first before he had a chance?" Kevin presses Jordan
"I didn't think Shawn really meant it. We were doing good avoiding those two cops and things were going well. Then James sent us a text and Shawn just wouldn't let it go. Next thing I know we're looking for them."
"And then what?"
"We were at the march. Shawn saw him." He points at Cooper's photo. "James yelled and Shawn threw something at him, didn't think it would hit him. Then he charged him. I swear I didn't know he had his bat. But when the cop went down, Shawn looked at me and I don't know...something snapped and I just started kicking him like he did to me. I wasn't thinking….. I don't know….then Shawn swung on him…...I didn't think he'd take it that far…didn't think he'd kill him."
Kevin got it. The confession they needed. He understands what Shawn and Jordan have gone through but it doesn't lessen their crime.
"The good news Jordan, is the cop your cousin swung on isn't dead. The bad news is you attacked the wrong cop." Kevin says as he stands up.
Jordan looks at him questioning
"Yeah, that's right. You geniuses beat up the wrong white cop. You beat a good cop, one that would have listened to you and would have helped you." Kevin says as he walks out the door.
Adam, Voight and Kevin walk into the bullpen.
"Jordan just confessed. We don't need anything from Shawn." Kevin says
Kim is relieved.
"It might not matter." Deputy Superintendent Miller states.