aiden ward

Gregory Leeds says: Investigative Services Unit Canine Handler Gregory Leeds with inmate Aiden Ward at LSC-SASP. April fourteenth, twenty-twenty-five, time, nineteen hundred fourty-two.
Gregory Leeds says: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult an attorney and to have an attorney present with you during questioning now or in the future.
Gregory Leeds says: If you cannot afford to hire an attorney, one will be appointed for you at no charge. Do you understand each of these rights as I have explained them to you?
Aiden Ward says: Yes. I understand.
Gregory Leeds says: Do you know why I brought you over here?
Aiden Ward says: Ugh... What do you mean? You tell me, Leeds. But if I had to guess? You probably think I buried Olson because of the phones, right? I ain't dumb though. I know how this looks.
Gregory Leeds says: How is it then?
Aiden Ward says: You think it was just about sum contraband? Nah. You got that twisted... That fool came at me, straight up. We had words, heated ones, Leeds.
Gregory Leeds says: Over what?
Aiden Ward says: He was already on edge from the moment we hit the cell. I think he had the impression that I was making sum sort of a move behind his back.
Gregory Leeds says: Usually it's the other way around. You've been the top dog for a while now. He was an up and comer. I know that much.
Aiden Ward says: Yeah? Look... I ain’t tryna sit here and spin some long story, Leeds. What happened? It happened real quick. I ain’t going back and forth with a dude that already made up his mind. He came at me first, I just made sure I walked away from it.
Gregory Leeds says: I won't blow smoke up his ass but Olson seemed to know what was up. He'd made it as far as he did, and he was decently liked by the others. At least the ones that mattered. He knew better than to raise a hand to a guy from the brand.
Gregory Leeds says: Did you insult his mother or something to get him that angry for him to forget one of the most important rules?
Aiden Ward says: Also, it ain’t about who’s top dog, Leeds. You got to understand that. That kind of thing? It don’t matter when a man’s already convinced you’re the enemy. You don’t wait to figure out why he’s moving N you stop it before it lands.
Gregory Leeds says: So you think someone sent Olson to take you out? Because he wouldn't do that on his own.
Aiden Ward says: The brand, huh? That what you’re calling it now? I ain't even validated. You fools really been doing your homework, huh? I’ll say that people talk, and people assume. Don’t mean they know what’s what. I don't know, Leeds. It happened quick.
Gregory Leeds says: You are validated. You have been for a while.
Aiden Ward says: What am I validated for?
Gregory Leeds says: That's not what's important though.
Gregory Leeds says: It happened so quick you can't remember what exactly was said?
Gregory Leeds says: And he attacked you without a knife? And...
Gregory Leeds says: You barely had a scratch on you when we found you.
Aiden Ward says: I was stabbed.
Aiden Ward says: I had a wound in my stomach.
Aiden Ward says: I have a wound in my stomach.
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Gregory Leeds says: That could've come from anything. That's hardly a defensive wound. Why didn't we find a knife in there?
Aiden Ward says: I don't know. You seem to have everything worked out.
Aiden Ward says: But you sure as hell know how to plant contraband.
Gregory Leeds says: One knife and maybe your story makes sense, two would be even better. But none? That looks like someone covering his tracks.
Gregory Leeds says: If your defense is going to be that I lifted a knife in front of the rest of the guards on duty that night that responded, you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.
Aiden Ward says: I don't know how that knife got there. He tried to use it against me.
Gregory Leeds says: You know there's a chance you could be given the death penalty for this, right?
Aiden Ward says: Then maybe you should make sure you got the story right before you try to bury me with it. If I’m going down, Leeds, I’m ain't going down quiet.
Aiden Ward says: Then maybe you should make sure you got the story right before you try to bury me with it. If I’m going down, Leeds. I ain't going down quiet.
Gregory Leeds says: You know I warned him back at the library he should've claimed those phones.
Gregory Leeds says: I knew it would be bad news one way or another if he pulled you down with him.
Gregory Leeds says: I really didn't think you'd go and kill the guy though. I'll give you that. You did surprise me.
Aiden Ward says: You say death penalty like it’s supposed to shake me. I didn’t ask for none of this. He came at me, I reacted. It went how it went down, but I ain’t built to let someone take me out either.
Gregory Leeds says: You're right. You're built to command respect, and he didn't afford you the proper amount. That's why he had to go. Rep, keyholder, whatever he was, you did a good job making an example out of him. Nobody's safe.
Gregory Leeds says: I'm sure that message will make its rounds back in the dayroom.
Gregory Leeds says: I hope it works out for you and you avoid the death penalty, because German definitely isn't ready for the big seat.
Gregory Leeds says: He's a little loose lipped.
Gregory Leeds says: Anything else you'd like to get off your chest?
Aiden Ward says: Look, Leeds. I ain't never had an issue with you. You call it an example, I call it survival. He tested me, and he failed the test. You don’t step to the fire unless you’re ready to get burned. This ain't some grand move, Leeds.
Gregory Leeds says: He pissed on your shoes.
Aiden Ward says: It was split second. Fight or fold. And I ain’t never been the one to fold. He decided that I am his enemy and he made a move. And now I’m here, sitting across from you like I owe /you/ an explanation.
Gregory Leeds says: You killed an unarmed man in a correctional facility. You owe me more than an explanation.
Gregory Leeds says: I think we're done here though.
Aiden Ward says: I don't owe you jack shit. You should allow me to make a phone call so I can contact my lawyer.
Aiden Ward says: What am I being charged with?
Gregory Leeds says: Second degree murder.