The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Page #3

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So Marsha came in that night

and stayed for the next 12 years.

[Victoria] What do you think

happened to her?

Well, it certainly was not suicide.

That was an insult to the family.

No way could Marsha in any way

have committed suicide.

But let's face it.

The police department,

they had made up their mind.

"This case is over with.

We don't wanna be bothered.

'Cause this is a nobody.

This isn't a person."

Let me ask you a question.

Would you be able to give us any contacts

or information that you may have?

[siren wailing in distance]

[Randy humming]

I have worked

to make this place more accessible.

[continues humming]

Somewhere I have a printout

of the names and contacts

that I consider to be

the best leads. [grunts]

Oh, okay. Yeah. I found that.

We began down at the river.

-[indistinct chatter through speakers]

-[Victoria] Who's "we"?

A group of Marsha's friends.

Maybe 20 people.

And this was the...

[Randy over speakers]

And the police have written us off

as marginalized citizens.

[Victoria] That was the memorial

at the pier.

That was where her body laid

and damaged the sidewalk.

[through speakers] Well, I just meant...

What we're really here today to talk about

is what we're gonna do

about this loss of a national treasure,

this icon of the gay community,

this fire at Stonewall.

[man] The cops aren't doing their job.

They're just sitting on their fat asses.

We have to send a message to these people.

We demand justice here.

Join us. Sixth precinct is not

doing their job again.

We want some answers!

I knew Marsha.

Marsha was the happiest person I knew.

[male protester] Yeah. Yes, she was.

[protesters] Do their job! Do their job!

Do their job! Do their job!

[Joe Cooper] We know that this wasn't

a suicide.

You guys closed your books on it

and decided,

because she's a marginal citizen,

that you weren't going to do

anything about it.

We don't agree with that,

and we want you guys

to do your f***ing jobs.

My name is Randy Wicker.

I was the deceased's roommate.

I think the problem is that,

first, it's been classified as a suicide,

and I came to believe that

there was a good chance of foul play

'cause she was talking about

the Mafia after her

and in a very bad state.

And we may never know what happened.

But we wanna see

this investigation proceed

in an orderly and thorough manner.

And that the investigation will continue

to accumulate evidence

if new evidence does become available.

I don't think that it's possible

for you to schedule a meeting

that will resolve this problem

to your satisfaction today.

I don't think that's possible.

We want justice here,

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