
Honey Chandler delivers a searing opening statement in a civil suit against Detective Harry Bosch, accusing him of being a 'killer cop' who acted as judge, jury, and executioner. She paints a vivid picture of the night Bosch shot an unarmed man, framing the detective as a monster who has lost himself to the abyss of his own work.
CHANDLER: The judge is quite right when he tells you that the statement I’m about to make is only a blueprint, a road map, if you will, of the case I will be presenting on behalf of my clients. This is not a criminal case. You may believe that what happened to my clients’ husband and father was criminal, but in
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