Capturing the Friedmans
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asked him if he was
Arnold Friedman.

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He replied he was.
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And I said, "I have
a package for you.

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Sign right here. "
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He did.
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About an hour later,
we went back.

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We would give him some
time with the magazine.

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I'm dressed now.
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I just put a blue suit jacket
over the carrier's uniform.

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And I told him, "I have a search
warrant for child pornography. "

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He says, "There's nothin'
like that here. "

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And I said,
"You don't recognize me?"

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I'd just been at
his door an hour ago.

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He goes, "No. "
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And I took off my jacket, and I
said, "Now do you recognize me?"

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"Oh, yeah. Oh, okay.
The magazine is upstairs. "

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So we went up to his bedroom.
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In the top dresser door
was the open magazine.

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Well, he thought we would take
the magazine and leave,

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and I said, "No, we have
a search warrant.

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We're gonna search the whole
house for child pornography. "

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And around that time
his wife showed up.

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I thought they were
searching, like, for

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marijuana or something.
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I didn't know what they
were searching for,

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to tell you the truth.
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And I thought
it was a big mistake.

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One of the first things
we went to was his office.

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And I remember just as I was
about to pull out a drawer,

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Mr. Friedman came
rushing in and said,

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"Wait. I'll get that for you. "
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And said, "Here.
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This is all that's there. "
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And it was one piece of mail
from the Netherlands,

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but it was child pornography.
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And he said, "That's it.
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That's all there is. "
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And I said, "Well, that's
great, Mr. Friedman,

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but we're still gonna search. "
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And he goes, "I don't
understand why you don't go

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when I tell you
that's all there is?"

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And I said, "Well,
we don't believe you. "

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Well, it's not something he
sort of left lying around

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on the kitchen table.
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He wasn't proud of it,
and he kept it hidden.

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He had his office downstairs.
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It wasn't, like, right there.
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You had to go downstairs

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