 Officer Tommy Bates, a close friend of Monahan s, is accused of killing a young car thief who goes berserk after crashing into Bate s police car. Although the signs point to the young man being under the influence of PCP, there is no trace of it in his blood. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worst when Monahan is suspended for roughing up the young man s accomplice prompting a lawsuit by lawyer Charlie Trusdale, the head of a civil rights organization. However, Quincy finds out that the young man was a chronic user of the drug and thinks that he was experiencing a delayed reaction to all the years of abuse of the drug. Quince also suspects that he might have been responsible for the horrific murder of a butcher the morning of the attack.