Capturing the Friedmans
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A prominent middle-aged
teacher

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in a prosperous
Long Island town

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is charged with sodomizing young
boys who were his students.

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Police are charging that
sexual abuse went on

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behind the doors of
17 Picadilly Road in Great Neck.

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We rang the doorbell.
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As soon as he realized who it
was, he wasn't gonna let us in.

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So one of the detectives
broke the door down.

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And we went into
the premises at that point.

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Arnold was by himself.
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His wife was out shopping.
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I was out to the store to
buy a Thanksgiving turkey.

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And I go up the front
walk to the house,

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and there're people
all over the house.

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And my husband is sitting,
looking very sheepishly

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in the dining room, handcuffed.
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By this time, just about
every news organization

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you could name had
arrived on the scene.

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I went home for Thanksgiving.
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Got to the house, and there's
cops and news trucks

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all over the place.
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And
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I got worried, of course.
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When David came to the house,
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we were able to
ascertain eventually

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the type of business he was in.
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And we heard that he was
involved in children's

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entertainment in the form of
some sort of clown activities.

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I was there when
the clown came in.

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He was ranting and raving.
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We had words.
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And I was going
through the folders.

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We told him to take a hike.
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And he kept trying
to come into the house,

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and I kept telling him
that he couldn't,

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that he had to leave.
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He wasn't allowed
while we were searching.

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And finally, he came in
for the last time.

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He bent down.
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I really thought he had
a weapon in that duffle bag.

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Everybody kind of, you know,
reached for a gun at one point.

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What he came out with
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was a pair of Fruit
of the Loom underwear.

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And he started prancing around,
flailing his arms in the air,


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