1 00:00:20,329 --> 00:00:21,600 See, to cap a motherfucker, 2 00:00:21,666 --> 00:00:24,933 you put a pistol to his head, say, "pow," and he tagged. 3 00:00:24,993 --> 00:00:27,368 - But when Chris and them do it-- - It ain't working, nay. 4 00:00:27,408 --> 00:00:28,510 I know you making this up. 5 00:00:28,550 --> 00:00:29,852 Word to my mother, yo. 6 00:00:30,185 --> 00:00:33,451 Lex ain't dead. I seen him creeping in an alley last night near the playground. 7 00:00:33,531 --> 00:00:34,999 Everybody know Lex is dead. 8 00:00:35,150 --> 00:00:37,499 Nah, there's dead, and there's special dead. 9 00:00:37,663 --> 00:00:39,793 Yeah, Chris working that juju shit. 10 00:00:39,853 --> 00:00:42,418 Nah, man. What I'm saying is they zombies. 11 00:00:42,707 --> 00:00:44,441 Why you think he take them into vacants? 12 00:00:44,521 --> 00:00:45,984 He need time to change them. 13 00:00:46,207 --> 00:00:48,271 You don't believe me, yo, it's on you. 14 00:00:48,532 --> 00:00:50,056 Yo, they funnin', ain't they, Michael? 15 00:00:50,116 --> 00:00:52,233 I don't know about that voodoo shit, man, 16 00:00:52,366 --> 00:00:54,499 but Chris is definitely doing something. 17 00:00:54,631 --> 00:00:55,999 Get a nigger to walk up in there 18 00:00:56,066 --> 00:00:57,665 knowing he about to get capped, man. 19 00:00:57,732 --> 00:00:58,970 Chris, he different. 20 00:00:59,030 --> 00:01:02,090 You can tell by them coon-ass country clothes that nigger be wearing. 21 00:01:04,194 --> 00:01:05,193 9? 22 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:08,865 Nah, too much bark. Probably a 40-cal. 23 00:01:10,607 --> 00:01:12,498 Yeah, man, this is serious business. 24 00:01:12,643 --> 00:01:14,065 So you saying Lex is a zombie? 25 00:01:14,226 --> 00:01:16,430 Pookie, Byron, all them niggers. 26 00:01:16,630 --> 00:01:18,322 - And Chris? - Yeah, Chris-- 27 00:01:18,623 --> 00:01:19,635 zombie master. 28 00:01:21,197 --> 00:01:22,631 I knew this wasn't going away. 29 00:01:22,698 --> 00:01:24,623 That's what we've been trying to tell you, yo. 30 00:01:24,683 --> 00:01:25,925 Chris got the power. 31 00:01:26,098 --> 00:01:28,031 He tell them to come, and they got to come, 32 00:01:28,098 --> 00:01:29,931 like the devil do with the damned. 33 00:01:30,073 --> 00:01:31,731 What you think Chris got them doing? 34 00:01:33,133 --> 00:01:34,395 Probably spies, man. 35 00:01:35,151 --> 00:01:37,630 Can't figure any other way Marlo knows so much. 36 00:01:37,697 --> 00:01:38,930 Yeah, that's what it is. 37 00:01:38,997 --> 00:01:40,998 Like in this movie, "zombie killer" or something, 38 00:01:41,038 --> 00:01:43,133 they came out at night, hunting. 39 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:44,731 - Hunting? - Yeah, man. They... 40 00:01:49,634 --> 00:01:52,398 yeah, and in that movie, they was snatching people up, 41 00:01:52,563 --> 00:01:54,131 stealing their warmth. 42 00:02:23,083 --> 00:02:25,587 4x05 - Alliances 43 00:04:02,435 --> 00:04:05,740 St. Jude, patron of lost causes. 44 00:04:06,260 --> 00:04:08,425 Tell me you ain't been on bended knee 45 00:04:08,492 --> 00:04:11,268 whispering in his saintly ear each and every night 46 00:04:11,348 --> 00:04:12,759 before you close those peepers. 47 00:04:12,923 --> 00:04:15,725 I know you have, Tommy, catch a break like this. 48 00:04:16,397 --> 00:04:17,840 Stan, you're sure about this? 49 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,558 On my mother's soul, it's a lock. 50 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:21,597 Assigned a rookie-- a broad, no less-- 51 00:04:21,657 --> 00:04:23,008 as lead detective. 52 00:04:23,373 --> 00:04:25,325 Pulled a good man off, too, I heard. 53 00:04:26,993 --> 00:04:28,014 Tom. 54 00:04:28,534 --> 00:04:32,561 Tommy, remember, anything you need. 55 00:04:38,155 --> 00:04:39,290 He's a piece of work. 56 00:04:39,432 --> 00:04:41,455 Valchek? Comes with the territory. 57 00:04:42,096 --> 00:04:43,783 You want the first district council seat, 58 00:04:43,823 --> 00:04:46,026 you make nice with whatever polish or greek Commander 59 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:48,122 - they dump in the southeast. - Not Italian. 60 00:04:48,162 --> 00:04:49,832 There ain't enough of us left down there. 61 00:04:49,872 --> 00:04:50,995 You think he has this right? 62 00:04:51,048 --> 00:04:53,804 - That Royce tampered with the case? - No way the mayor knows. 63 00:04:55,014 --> 00:04:57,458 You're right. This one has Ervin Burrell written all over it. 64 00:04:57,498 --> 00:04:58,785 Fuck if the mayor knows or not. 65 00:04:58,825 --> 00:05:01,189 If it's true, we get it out there quick and bang him hard. 66 00:05:01,229 --> 00:05:02,251 I go public? 67 00:05:02,311 --> 00:05:04,962 They can't spin this. They sabotaged a criminal case. 68 00:05:05,002 --> 00:05:06,204 No spin on a knuckleball, 69 00:05:06,284 --> 00:05:08,382 you still can't tell how it's gonna break. 70 00:05:15,794 --> 00:05:17,196 We feed it to Tony Gray. 71 00:05:17,549 --> 00:05:20,274 We keep ourselves out of the line of fire, sting Royce, 72 00:05:20,314 --> 00:05:23,560 and as an added bonus, give Gray's campaign a boost 73 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:26,419 which comes at the expense of the mayor's base. 74 00:05:29,396 --> 00:05:32,020 I'm a devious motherfucker once I get going. 75 00:05:33,223 --> 00:05:34,827 So, all told, 76 00:05:34,980 --> 00:05:37,744 we're looking at 13 warrants and 6 locations. 77 00:05:38,113 --> 00:05:40,117 And given my staffing situation... 78 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:41,689 not a problem. 79 00:05:42,322 --> 00:05:45,127 I can give you my D.E.U., flex, and ops squads. 80 00:05:45,255 --> 00:05:46,789 A sector of uniforms if you need it. 81 00:05:46,910 --> 00:05:48,653 - Great. - The problem is, 82 00:05:48,753 --> 00:05:51,123 you're wasting a wiretap on street-level arrests. 83 00:05:51,189 --> 00:05:52,355 We do these raids right, 84 00:05:52,422 --> 00:05:55,655 we might catch Marlo or one of his lieutenants at one of these locations, 85 00:05:55,765 --> 00:05:57,055 get them with dope on the table. 86 00:05:57,122 --> 00:05:58,163 Marlo Stanfield. 87 00:05:58,223 --> 00:06:00,222 In a room. With dope on the table. 88 00:06:00,287 --> 00:06:01,554 I've kicked down doors 89 00:06:01,621 --> 00:06:03,602 and surprised bigger players than him. 90 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:05,755 Well, let me warn you, Lieutenant, 91 00:06:05,816 --> 00:06:09,838 I am not about to litigate a wiretap for a handful of street rips. 92 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,098 Well... that's on you, Counselor. 93 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:14,901 No, it's not. 94 00:06:15,287 --> 00:06:17,072 Major, see you tomorrow. 95 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,063 Floaters. You had any more? 96 00:06:28,735 --> 00:06:30,320 No more than usual for the season. 97 00:06:30,386 --> 00:06:31,453 What about decomps? 98 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,054 What do you got in the decomp room? 99 00:06:33,183 --> 00:06:35,403 - 2 or 3 unidentifieds. - Found in Baltimore? 100 00:06:35,463 --> 00:06:37,902 No, actually, two from Prince George's, one from Dorchester. 101 00:06:37,962 --> 00:06:39,453 Nah, he wouldn't drive that far. 102 00:06:39,642 --> 00:06:40,787 Let me get this straight. 103 00:06:40,854 --> 00:06:43,048 You're looking for extra bodies, no one in particular, 104 00:06:43,088 --> 00:06:45,481 other than this one kid you already put out on the teletype. 105 00:06:45,521 --> 00:06:46,884 Yeah. You on it. 106 00:06:47,691 --> 00:06:49,414 You fellas don't have enough work? 107 00:06:52,087 --> 00:06:54,588 If you do your classwork, homework, 108 00:06:54,853 --> 00:06:56,030 you earn stickers. 109 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:58,614 Dag, yo, every day you be changing it up. 110 00:06:58,978 --> 00:07:00,660 You got us confused, Mr. P. 111 00:07:01,956 --> 00:07:04,701 Behave in class, that's another sticker. 112 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:07,721 At the end of the week, the 4 with the most stickers 113 00:07:08,182 --> 00:07:09,153 get a prize 114 00:07:09,220 --> 00:07:12,722 and are eligible for a grand drawing at the end of the month. 115 00:07:13,069 --> 00:07:17,035 Don't do your work, misbehave in class... 116 00:07:19,443 --> 00:07:20,865 your name goes here. 117 00:07:22,153 --> 00:07:23,153 Detention. 118 00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:25,771 A full hour after school, no exceptions. 119 00:07:25,885 --> 00:07:26,985 So it's up to you: 120 00:07:27,112 --> 00:07:31,119 stickers for prizes or stay with me after school. 121 00:07:31,185 --> 00:07:33,232 Yo, Mr. P. Why you do me detention? 122 00:07:33,885 --> 00:07:35,318 You interrupted the class, Namond. 123 00:07:35,384 --> 00:07:36,685 Yo, when you first came in here, 124 00:07:36,752 --> 00:07:38,455 you was all treating us straight up, 125 00:07:38,515 --> 00:07:41,263 and now you just dog me before I even know the rules. 126 00:07:41,403 --> 00:07:42,705 That ain't right, man. 127 00:07:48,383 --> 00:07:51,307 When you're right, Namond, you're right. 128 00:07:51,465 --> 00:07:53,929 Hey, Mr. P., I want me some of them stickers. 129 00:07:54,051 --> 00:07:56,118 Zenobia, you have to do your work. 130 00:07:56,284 --> 00:07:59,329 I want to, but I ain't got no pencils. 131 00:08:05,637 --> 00:08:07,801 I don't want no damn welfare pencil! 132 00:08:22,744 --> 00:08:23,966 It seems to me 133 00:08:24,957 --> 00:08:27,361 there are two kinds of kids walking in this building: 134 00:08:28,144 --> 00:08:30,183 stoop kids, corner kids. 135 00:08:30,249 --> 00:08:32,049 - Excuse me? - You know, stoop kids. 136 00:08:32,110 --> 00:08:34,845 The ones who stay on their front steps when their parents tell them. 137 00:08:34,905 --> 00:08:36,308 The others go down to the corners. 138 00:08:36,368 --> 00:08:38,279 They can't sit still in the class. 139 00:08:38,359 --> 00:08:39,683 The others can and do. 140 00:08:39,825 --> 00:08:41,083 So separate the two. 141 00:08:41,535 --> 00:08:43,383 - That's tracking. - Excuse me? 142 00:08:43,916 --> 00:08:45,150 Tracking students. 143 00:08:45,217 --> 00:08:47,275 It's a nasty phrase in educational circles. 144 00:08:47,441 --> 00:08:50,727 It refers to the grouping of children based on expected performance. 145 00:08:50,787 --> 00:08:51,889 Well, what's wrong with it? 146 00:08:51,929 --> 00:08:54,807 It says you have reduced expectations for certain students, 147 00:08:54,848 --> 00:08:57,513 that you expect less from them academically. 148 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,388 So you pretend to teach all these kids, 149 00:09:00,449 --> 00:09:02,466 and the truth is, you ain't teaching any of them. 150 00:09:02,506 --> 00:09:04,669 but what if the stoop kids could be in classrooms 151 00:09:04,749 --> 00:09:07,025 - where there was no disruptions? - And the corner kids? 152 00:09:07,065 --> 00:09:08,748 They're the ones you're after, right? 153 00:09:08,793 --> 00:09:10,356 That's why you got the grant money. 154 00:09:10,416 --> 00:09:12,949 As long as this doesn't involve warehousing children, 155 00:09:13,119 --> 00:09:15,248 I'm for anything that allows me to do my job. 156 00:09:15,379 --> 00:09:17,348 Every teacher here will tell you the same. 157 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:19,415 The trick for you is to come up with a program 158 00:09:19,482 --> 00:09:21,987 that actually addresses itself to the corner kids. 159 00:09:22,027 --> 00:09:24,171 I don't know. If we pull kids out of regular classes, 160 00:09:24,231 --> 00:09:25,481 won't they be stigmatized? 161 00:09:25,547 --> 00:09:28,314 There's not a stigma at being booted out of class every other day? 162 00:09:28,499 --> 00:09:29,681 Question is, 163 00:09:30,148 --> 00:09:31,748 how do we identify the corner kids? 164 00:09:31,814 --> 00:09:33,140 That won't be a problem. 165 00:09:34,827 --> 00:09:35,929 Ok. 166 00:09:46,764 --> 00:09:48,086 You understand the work? 167 00:09:52,030 --> 00:09:55,035 Come on, this is easy. I know you can do it. 168 00:09:59,117 --> 00:10:01,822 You're not giving me a choice. You have detention. 169 00:10:02,197 --> 00:10:04,281 Yo, nay, Mrs. D. shaking bushes. 170 00:10:05,753 --> 00:10:07,015 Back to your seats. 171 00:10:09,454 --> 00:10:11,446 What the fuck? She got my blade, yo. 172 00:10:11,513 --> 00:10:13,317 I said, back to your seats. 173 00:10:20,874 --> 00:10:22,316 Yo, Mrs. D. Be stealing shit. 174 00:10:22,376 --> 00:10:24,119 I ain't never gonna get my blade back. 175 00:10:27,354 --> 00:10:29,738 Yo, you all up on me for? I do my work. 176 00:10:30,077 --> 00:10:32,521 I'm not your yo. Show me your work. 177 00:10:38,188 --> 00:10:39,210 Yeah, I see. 178 00:10:40,370 --> 00:10:42,233 Yo, my hand hurting from all this learning. 179 00:10:42,293 --> 00:10:43,535 You got some tylenol? 180 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,903 What I got for you is detention. 181 00:10:48,757 --> 00:10:50,259 Yo, fuck you, Prezbo. 182 00:10:50,978 --> 00:10:53,382 Fucking gimpy-assed, big-grill motherfucker. 183 00:10:53,746 --> 00:10:55,349 That's it. You're out of here! 184 00:10:59,476 --> 00:11:00,477 Go! 185 00:11:09,012 --> 00:11:11,143 Get your police stick out your desk and beat me. 186 00:11:11,223 --> 00:11:12,818 You know you fucking want to. 187 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:18,699 Everyone back in your seat. 188 00:11:18,759 --> 00:11:20,482 The fuck you looking at, bitch? 189 00:11:22,635 --> 00:11:24,057 Ms. Sampson, I-- 190 00:11:24,158 --> 00:11:26,944 Namond Brice, if you weren't headed to the main office, 191 00:11:27,010 --> 00:11:28,034 you are now. 192 00:11:28,094 --> 00:11:29,156 Yeah, I was just... 193 00:11:33,102 --> 00:11:34,664 one of the corner kids, huh? 194 00:11:36,177 --> 00:11:38,745 Yeah, they do step up when you need them, don't they? 195 00:11:38,877 --> 00:11:41,962 Look, what? You want me to say you right, you right. 196 00:11:42,948 --> 00:11:44,910 Should have had protection at the card game. 197 00:11:45,082 --> 00:11:46,304 Done is done. 198 00:11:46,507 --> 00:11:48,746 Now we need to decide what we're gonna do about Omar. 199 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:50,075 You make the price right, 200 00:11:50,189 --> 00:11:53,054 somebody gonna get a whiff of that bushwhacker's ass. 201 00:11:54,001 --> 00:11:55,463 Now, you take it from there. 202 00:11:55,907 --> 00:11:57,029 You think so? 203 00:11:58,245 --> 00:11:59,743 I ain't saying Omar can't be got. 204 00:11:59,809 --> 00:12:01,080 Any nigger can be got. 205 00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:02,909 But once we put word to ear 206 00:12:02,976 --> 00:12:04,876 and he learn that we pricing out his head, 207 00:12:04,943 --> 00:12:06,945 he's gonna be trying us like we're trying him. 208 00:12:08,355 --> 00:12:09,843 You saying I should let it slide? 209 00:12:10,042 --> 00:12:12,606 Nah. Nah, we get at him another way. 210 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:16,714 Get at him without no bounties, no bullshit like that. 211 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:19,209 I mean, Barksdale turned this town upside down hunting him, 212 00:12:19,274 --> 00:12:20,817 and all he ended up looking was weak. 213 00:12:20,877 --> 00:12:22,408 I ain't no Barksdale. 214 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:24,272 I'm just saying talk is cheap. 215 00:12:25,075 --> 00:12:27,708 We sit on it, We gonna figure out a way to get that faggot. 216 00:12:27,782 --> 00:12:31,458 But till then, we don't say a mumbling word. 217 00:12:37,335 --> 00:12:39,699 I got me 6 now, and I'll give you the 4 later, 218 00:12:39,775 --> 00:12:41,143 all right? Come on! 219 00:12:41,203 --> 00:12:42,913 Nah. I'm gonna need the whole 10 now. 220 00:12:43,013 --> 00:12:44,031 Sherrod! 221 00:12:45,623 --> 00:12:46,693 You ain't in school? 222 00:12:46,753 --> 00:12:48,456 I'm half a day. Teachers' meeting. 223 00:12:48,574 --> 00:12:51,108 Come on, I told you about those lame excuses, man. 224 00:12:51,174 --> 00:12:52,351 I was talking to him first. 225 00:12:52,411 --> 00:12:53,620 Ain't no need for physical-- 226 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:55,563 you got $4.00 for me? I'm short $4.00. 227 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:57,253 What the fuck are you talking! 228 00:12:58,435 --> 00:12:59,874 Got a cart full of shit, nigga. 229 00:12:59,941 --> 00:13:02,156 What you got for me? I know you holding. 230 00:13:02,565 --> 00:13:04,368 Where's it at? You ain't hear? 231 00:13:06,365 --> 00:13:08,428 It's in my shoe. My shoe. 232 00:13:15,238 --> 00:13:16,760 Don't need the 4 now, son. 233 00:13:30,248 --> 00:13:32,031 Damn, yo, where the shovel at? 234 00:13:32,128 --> 00:13:33,391 Bury that nigger, man. 235 00:13:55,761 --> 00:13:57,053 Here you go, sir. Thank you. 236 00:13:57,113 --> 00:13:59,377 - Tommy Carcetti, running for mayor. - Good luck, Tommy. 237 00:13:59,417 --> 00:14:01,222 - Mr. Carcetti, you got my vote. - Thanks. 238 00:14:01,310 --> 00:14:03,114 - Tom Carcetti. - Hey. Thank you very much. 239 00:14:03,174 --> 00:14:04,196 Good luck, councilman. 240 00:14:04,256 --> 00:14:06,280 How you doing? Tommy Carcetti, running for mayor. 241 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,848 Ok, councilman, time to hit the west side. 242 00:14:21,707 --> 00:14:23,130 Pretty motherfucker. 243 00:14:23,671 --> 00:14:25,911 Gonna make me go to my game face. 244 00:14:28,804 --> 00:14:31,936 Ok. I'll take 25 of the honeysuckle incense cones. 245 00:14:32,088 --> 00:14:33,571 Keep me healthy for next week. 246 00:14:34,091 --> 00:14:35,173 Tommy! 247 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:36,636 Excuse me. 248 00:14:38,915 --> 00:14:41,670 Tony Gray's people say 20 minutes atheir place. 249 00:14:44,968 --> 00:14:46,290 Shit, Clarence. 250 00:14:46,350 --> 00:14:49,403 Look like you did in '98 when you surprised the hell out of everyone. 251 00:14:49,470 --> 00:14:50,701 Bring 'em on. 252 00:14:54,764 --> 00:14:55,826 Why give it to us? 253 00:14:55,886 --> 00:14:57,569 Why don't you stick it to Royce yourself? 254 00:14:57,609 --> 00:14:59,478 Because after what Tommy did at the debate, 255 00:14:59,518 --> 00:15:02,737 it'll seem like more of the same if it comes from him. 256 00:15:02,917 --> 00:15:06,443 And if we use it to take 4 or 5 points out of Royce's base, 257 00:15:07,071 --> 00:15:08,594 helps him as much as us. 258 00:15:09,351 --> 00:15:10,753 Once bitten, twice shy. 259 00:15:10,896 --> 00:15:13,535 With Tommy Carcetti, I got to always think a step ahead. 260 00:15:13,663 --> 00:15:16,027 Look, Tony. You ain't gonna win. 261 00:15:16,457 --> 00:15:17,688 So the only question is 262 00:15:17,768 --> 00:15:21,144 whether you want to lose with 24% of the vote or 28%. 263 00:15:22,203 --> 00:15:23,667 You bring the numbers up, 264 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:26,134 you look good for the legislature. 265 00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:28,176 Maybe a congressional run. 266 00:15:29,361 --> 00:15:30,523 Albert stokes. 267 00:15:30,583 --> 00:15:32,169 Here. Mr. P., can I go? 268 00:15:32,235 --> 00:15:34,802 My moms told me to go straight home after school. 269 00:15:34,869 --> 00:15:36,335 - Mine, too. - Mine, too. 270 00:15:37,275 --> 00:15:40,621 You should have thought of that before y smeared ink all over my desk. 271 00:15:40,827 --> 00:15:42,609 Weren't my fault. My pen exploded. 272 00:15:44,668 --> 00:15:47,152 Michael. Michael Lee? 273 00:15:48,175 --> 00:15:50,219 Mr. P., please, can I go? 274 00:15:50,334 --> 00:15:53,168 I ain't eat no lunch, and my stomach making all these noises. 275 00:15:53,338 --> 00:15:57,468 Look. I won't ever disrespect your pencil again, I promise. 276 00:15:57,534 --> 00:15:59,735 Zenobia, it wasn't about the pencil. 277 00:15:59,913 --> 00:16:01,515 Please, Mr. P. 278 00:16:12,528 --> 00:16:13,810 Ok. Ok. 279 00:16:14,134 --> 00:16:16,257 - All right. - All right. 280 00:16:16,318 --> 00:16:18,281 Just this one time, I'll make an exception. 281 00:16:20,064 --> 00:16:23,595 But next time, expect to stay the full hour. 282 00:16:36,639 --> 00:16:37,741 Why are you here? 283 00:16:37,801 --> 00:16:38,833 Came to say sorry. 284 00:16:38,899 --> 00:16:41,297 I didn't mean to get all up in your face like that. 285 00:16:43,201 --> 00:16:44,483 I appreciate that, Namond. 286 00:16:44,543 --> 00:16:46,466 It takes courage to admit when you're wrong. 287 00:16:46,651 --> 00:16:47,733 What I can't understand, 288 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:50,033 I've seen you in Ms. Sampson's class doing your work. 289 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,564 Why can't you do the same in here? 290 00:16:51,624 --> 00:16:52,908 I mean to, I do. 291 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:56,831 It's just the evil get in me, and before I know it, I go off. 292 00:16:59,325 --> 00:17:00,366 Well... 293 00:17:01,177 --> 00:17:03,181 tomorrow we'll see if we can't do better. 294 00:17:03,432 --> 00:17:05,593 Can't tomorrow. Mrs. D. Put me out. 295 00:17:06,399 --> 00:17:08,316 I got to bump. Later, Mr. P. 296 00:17:12,066 --> 00:17:13,449 If you can wait outside... 297 00:17:14,296 --> 00:17:15,538 it's ok. He can stay. 298 00:17:20,431 --> 00:17:21,629 Thank you. 299 00:17:23,148 --> 00:17:26,453 Mr. P., you know Michael can't make it to detention. 300 00:17:26,598 --> 00:17:28,465 I know he didn't. Now it's double. 301 00:17:28,531 --> 00:17:29,870 He's got two days to serve. 302 00:17:29,910 --> 00:17:31,321 Nah. I mean he can't. 303 00:17:31,376 --> 00:17:33,547 He got to go pick up his little brother from school. 304 00:17:33,587 --> 00:17:36,480 Well, he'll just have to find somebody else to do that. 305 00:17:37,408 --> 00:17:39,464 It--It ain't like that. 306 00:17:39,530 --> 00:17:41,174 I mean, Michael would come if he could, 307 00:17:41,234 --> 00:17:43,878 but wouldn't have nobody else to pick up his little brother bug. 308 00:17:43,938 --> 00:17:46,603 You know, his mother, she on that stuff. 309 00:17:53,719 --> 00:17:55,161 We walking home. You coming? 310 00:17:55,697 --> 00:17:57,671 Oh, no. I'm waiting on Alpo. 311 00:17:57,751 --> 00:17:59,294 Ms. Sampson got him doing detention. 312 00:17:59,334 --> 00:18:00,797 You gonna be here till, like, 5:00. 313 00:18:00,864 --> 00:18:02,035 Yeah. She a hard lady. 314 00:18:02,096 --> 00:18:03,831 She don't ever give a brother no play. 315 00:18:03,911 --> 00:18:05,875 Well, all right, man. I'll holla at you later. 316 00:18:05,955 --> 00:18:07,160 All right, yo. 317 00:18:10,212 --> 00:18:12,055 So you're not gonna be in the NBA? 318 00:18:12,197 --> 00:18:13,741 Then it must be the NFL? 319 00:18:15,237 --> 00:18:17,763 I thought all the boys in class were gonna join the pros. 320 00:18:17,951 --> 00:18:19,895 Nah, that's just something we say. 321 00:18:20,227 --> 00:18:21,549 So what about you? 322 00:18:22,663 --> 00:18:24,747 What do you want to be when you grow up? 323 00:18:25,248 --> 00:18:26,791 I'm gonna own my own store. 324 00:18:27,305 --> 00:18:28,407 That's smart. 325 00:18:28,577 --> 00:18:30,512 You're gonna need to know a lot of math. 326 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:36,061 You left them in there. 327 00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:40,824 Hey, don't worry, Mr. P. We got you. 328 00:18:40,895 --> 00:18:41,945 Hey, donut! 329 00:18:43,005 --> 00:18:46,871 Yo, donut's crazy with cars. He can open anything. 330 00:18:47,776 --> 00:18:48,738 What up, man. 331 00:18:49,150 --> 00:18:50,793 He locked his keys in there. 332 00:18:55,251 --> 00:18:57,029 It's ok. I can call AAA. 333 00:18:57,154 --> 00:18:58,596 Oh, no problem, chief. 334 00:19:41,370 --> 00:19:43,359 Feel the need to work them corners, huh? 335 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,911 I'm just asking because you don't need to be doing what you're doing. 336 00:19:47,971 --> 00:19:50,115 I need to learn some shit on my own. 337 00:19:50,584 --> 00:19:52,507 I'm trying to help you, Sherrod, 338 00:19:53,209 --> 00:19:54,731 but you making it so I can't. 339 00:19:54,921 --> 00:19:57,022 I didn't even know the man who beat on you, Bubs. 340 00:19:57,122 --> 00:19:58,793 He was short money on the corner. 341 00:19:59,025 --> 00:20:00,591 I swear he wasn't nothing to me. 342 00:20:00,669 --> 00:20:03,536 Yeah, but when the shit start, There's nothing to be done, right? 343 00:20:04,260 --> 00:20:06,604 What would I have done if he started wailing on you? 344 00:20:07,020 --> 00:20:08,542 Same kind of nothing, see? 345 00:20:09,783 --> 00:20:11,305 That's how the corners be. 346 00:20:12,743 --> 00:20:14,566 They gonna use you up, Sherrod. 347 00:20:20,159 --> 00:20:21,657 You welcome to stay tonight, 348 00:20:22,018 --> 00:20:24,193 but you ain't in school tomorrow morning, 349 00:20:24,347 --> 00:20:26,090 this partnership need to be done. 350 00:20:55,341 --> 00:20:57,991 These two precincts are the bellwether for the fifth. 351 00:20:58,097 --> 00:21:01,323 If you can take even 18% out of Carcetti in these, 352 00:21:01,465 --> 00:21:03,924 it's a good guess he won't have the numbers citywide. 353 00:21:04,098 --> 00:21:06,182 And who are we ticketed with over here? 354 00:21:06,488 --> 00:21:08,271 The N.D.O., I hope, because... 355 00:21:11,011 --> 00:21:12,192 ...this amid allegations 356 00:21:12,232 --> 00:21:14,557 ...that high-ranking police officials intervened 357 00:21:14,763 --> 00:21:18,569 to have a veteran police detective removed from the controversial case. 358 00:21:18,757 --> 00:21:21,724 the Braddock murder became a focal point in the mayoral campaign 359 00:21:21,925 --> 00:21:24,036 when councilman Thomas Carcetti alleged 360 00:21:24,209 --> 00:21:25,951 the west Baltimore man was killed 361 00:21:26,232 --> 00:21:27,957 because he was a witness in the case. 362 00:21:28,024 --> 00:21:29,172 Because they were afraid 363 00:21:29,232 --> 00:21:31,148 the police would prove what they most fear, 364 00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:32,650 that Fredro Braddock was murdered 365 00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:35,556 because he was a witness and the city failed to protect him. 366 00:21:37,818 --> 00:21:39,489 It's on all 3 channels. 367 00:21:39,669 --> 00:21:42,534 And the "sun" and the "post" are both calling for comment. 368 00:21:46,510 --> 00:21:49,254 And my sources within the department say the rank-and-file officers 369 00:21:49,294 --> 00:21:51,689 are simply aalled by this blatant political manipulation. 370 00:21:51,858 --> 00:21:53,060 Damn. Turn it up. 371 00:21:53,489 --> 00:21:55,804 Hey, Greggs, you're famous. 372 00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:58,222 ...is to remove a highly decorated veteran, 373 00:21:58,336 --> 00:22:00,416 15 years experience as a murder investigator, 374 00:22:00,456 --> 00:22:01,489 without reason... 375 00:22:01,509 --> 00:22:03,332 - That'd be me. - Then replaced with a rookie 376 00:22:03,372 --> 00:22:05,563 who has yet to handle a single homicide investigation. 377 00:22:05,623 --> 00:22:06,621 That'd be you. 378 00:22:06,688 --> 00:22:09,060 - then we need to rethink... - the fuck I ever do to him? 379 00:22:13,401 --> 00:22:14,955 You gonna make it too heavy, yo. 380 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,953 It might work if we make it bigger. 381 00:22:16,992 --> 00:22:20,036 It would work if we had balsa wood, you know. It's really light and strong. 382 00:22:20,076 --> 00:22:21,486 Man, you so full of... 383 00:22:22,253 --> 00:22:23,475 oh, shit. 384 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:31,342 Zombie master. 385 00:22:37,482 --> 00:22:39,044 Need to take us a little walk. 386 00:22:40,468 --> 00:22:41,590 Nah, I'm good here. 387 00:22:43,608 --> 00:22:45,131 Young'uns need to move along. 388 00:22:46,979 --> 00:22:48,621 Sure, Chris, we'll bump. 389 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,454 Yo, Snoop, your sister in my class. 390 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,453 What the fuck? You high or something, nay? 391 00:23:00,308 --> 00:23:02,020 You boys be smoking that shit? 392 00:23:06,392 --> 00:23:07,994 Hearing good things about you. 393 00:23:08,454 --> 00:23:10,424 Say you straight up, take care of your people, 394 00:23:10,504 --> 00:23:11,905 not begging no handouts. 395 00:23:13,327 --> 00:23:15,549 Motherfucker, you hear the nigger talking to you, 396 00:23:15,649 --> 00:23:17,087 giving you praises and shit. 397 00:23:17,278 --> 00:23:18,979 You standing here looking fucking stupid. 398 00:23:19,053 --> 00:23:20,161 Yo, chill. 399 00:23:21,988 --> 00:23:23,553 Sometimes, she get a little hot. 400 00:23:23,619 --> 00:23:25,783 I'm just saying the boy ain't right! 401 00:23:26,449 --> 00:23:28,933 Yo, we always in the market for a good solider. 402 00:23:29,318 --> 00:23:32,417 When we see one we like, we take care of the situation. 403 00:23:32,979 --> 00:23:35,504 Take him in, school him, make him family. 404 00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:37,986 And if you're with us, you're with us, 405 00:23:38,046 --> 00:23:40,244 just like we'd be with you all the way. 406 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,229 You have a mind, you're in. 407 00:23:43,083 --> 00:23:45,126 Look, man. I already got a family. 408 00:23:45,963 --> 00:23:48,466 My moms and my little brother-- 409 00:23:48,526 --> 00:23:49,902 Yeah. Heard that. 410 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,618 But think on it. 411 00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:58,903 We'll be around if you need something. 412 00:24:13,416 --> 00:24:15,085 He saw me, yo. I knew it. 413 00:24:15,151 --> 00:24:17,172 I knew Chris was asking Michael about me. 414 00:24:17,273 --> 00:24:18,955 I knew it, man. I'm dead. 415 00:24:21,676 --> 00:24:23,118 Yo, man, good looking out. 416 00:24:23,576 --> 00:24:25,419 - I thought they was gonna-- - Yeah, I know. 417 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:27,540 What did he ask about me? I know he asked about me. 418 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:28,602 What'd you tell him? 419 00:24:28,662 --> 00:24:30,396 Calm down. It weren't even about you, man. 420 00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:32,941 For real, man, you need to tell me. What did he ask you? 421 00:24:34,725 --> 00:24:36,017 Yo, you right, man. 422 00:24:36,084 --> 00:24:38,168 Chris was all up in your business. 423 00:24:38,504 --> 00:24:40,888 He down on you for some deep shit, man. 424 00:24:41,136 --> 00:24:42,598 I don't even know what. 425 00:24:45,805 --> 00:24:47,508 Nah, I'm just fucking with you, man. 426 00:24:47,792 --> 00:24:49,554 He didn't even speak your name. 427 00:24:56,786 --> 00:24:57,948 Oh, man. 428 00:25:01,621 --> 00:25:03,183 So, Erv, what's next? 429 00:25:03,349 --> 00:25:05,515 Your officers gonna shoot a couple of tourists? 430 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,184 Maybe fly a helicopter into harbor place? 431 00:25:08,439 --> 00:25:11,916 What can we expect the last week of my reelection campaign? 432 00:25:12,050 --> 00:25:14,276 Sir, I did what you asked-- no more, no less. 433 00:25:14,356 --> 00:25:16,849 Hamsterdam-- legalized drug zone? 434 00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:18,282 He takes responsibility for that. 435 00:25:18,348 --> 00:25:20,570 - The subpoenas all over town. - That, too. 436 00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:23,988 The leak about the witness murder. I mean, that was his shop, too, right? 437 00:25:24,028 --> 00:25:26,356 - Hell, yeah. - And now, this last thing, 438 00:25:26,541 --> 00:25:29,787 transferring detectives off the case. 439 00:25:30,173 --> 00:25:31,347 What is that? What is that? 440 00:25:31,414 --> 00:25:33,108 Scuttling the investigation. 441 00:25:33,148 --> 00:25:34,972 Yeah, right. Yeah, that's awful. Jesus. 442 00:25:35,048 --> 00:25:38,117 Mr. Mayor, you asked me to slow that investigation down. 443 00:25:39,492 --> 00:25:40,654 Subtle, Ervin? 444 00:25:41,715 --> 00:25:43,548 You hold a few facts for a few weeks. 445 00:25:44,212 --> 00:25:46,656 You put a report or two in a desk drawer. 446 00:25:47,162 --> 00:25:49,726 But the transferring of people off a case? 447 00:25:50,020 --> 00:25:51,748 Look. You told me 448 00:25:51,815 --> 00:25:53,577 you specifically wanted me to not-- 449 00:25:53,638 --> 00:25:55,861 Ervin, you may leave. 450 00:25:56,813 --> 00:26:00,620 - Mr. Mayor-- - That will be all, commissioner. 451 00:26:13,803 --> 00:26:16,906 No, I need a word or two with your deputy, Ervin. 452 00:26:30,099 --> 00:26:31,379 Have a seat. 453 00:26:39,287 --> 00:26:40,349 I tried to warn him. 454 00:26:40,793 --> 00:26:43,227 I mean, if it leaked out of homicide about the dead witness, 455 00:26:43,267 --> 00:26:45,531 why wouldn't it leak that we bumped a detective? 456 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,612 Why didn't you come to us beforehand? 457 00:26:49,313 --> 00:26:51,336 I'm a loyal subordinate, Mr. Mayor, 458 00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:55,179 and Ervin is a good man working under considerable pressure. 459 00:26:55,370 --> 00:26:56,712 He's a hack. 460 00:26:56,752 --> 00:26:59,276 You're not bothered by the pressure, deputy? 461 00:26:59,574 --> 00:27:00,776 Not in the least. 462 00:27:06,737 --> 00:27:08,709 I need you to make this go away, Bill. 463 00:27:09,069 --> 00:27:10,972 I won't forget, believe me. 464 00:27:23,249 --> 00:27:26,296 Another thing-- Slim Charles got up with me. 465 00:27:26,462 --> 00:27:27,877 Said the fat man want a sitdown. 466 00:27:27,975 --> 00:27:30,078 Nah. I did that already. 467 00:27:30,781 --> 00:27:33,811 Well, Slim say the fat man knew the card game was gonna get took. 468 00:27:33,967 --> 00:27:35,109 He did, did he? 469 00:27:36,342 --> 00:27:37,424 Set it up. 470 00:27:38,044 --> 00:27:39,528 Why you always be back here? 471 00:27:39,648 --> 00:27:41,812 Quiet. And I can see what comes. 472 00:27:42,377 --> 00:27:43,936 But you out in the weather and shit. 473 00:27:44,016 --> 00:27:45,611 I don't like to speak in no rooms. 474 00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:46,832 Yeah. 475 00:27:46,892 --> 00:27:48,855 Yo. You ain't staying long. 476 00:27:52,047 --> 00:27:54,543 So you know, I almost got that for you. 477 00:27:54,708 --> 00:27:56,509 I just need a couple of days more. 478 00:27:56,631 --> 00:27:58,133 You can keep my money for now. 479 00:27:58,325 --> 00:27:59,776 I got something that needs doing. 480 00:27:59,888 --> 00:28:01,410 Anything, Marlo. Your call. 481 00:28:01,543 --> 00:28:05,132 Omar gonna come in your store, stick it up, rob you. 482 00:28:05,443 --> 00:28:07,670 You gonna call the police, make a report. 483 00:28:08,943 --> 00:28:11,221 - You feel me? - Yeah, that'll work, but... 484 00:28:11,342 --> 00:28:13,865 you know when he get out, he's coming right at me. 485 00:28:13,929 --> 00:28:16,112 I ain't scared or nothing. I'm just saying, you know? 486 00:28:16,152 --> 00:28:17,374 He ain't gonna get out. 487 00:28:25,106 --> 00:28:26,688 A man make bail on robbery. 488 00:28:28,301 --> 00:28:29,603 Make it no bail. 489 00:28:33,031 --> 00:28:34,333 If you have a problem, 490 00:28:34,827 --> 00:28:36,730 like you can't make it to detention, 491 00:28:37,142 --> 00:28:38,288 you need to tell me. 492 00:28:39,144 --> 00:28:40,566 That's your responsibility. 493 00:28:40,975 --> 00:28:43,144 People will be more than willing to help you out, 494 00:28:43,705 --> 00:28:45,308 but it's up to you to ask. 495 00:28:47,606 --> 00:28:49,441 You can go back to the cafeteria.... 496 00:28:50,903 --> 00:28:52,165 or hang up here. 497 00:29:02,583 --> 00:29:04,908 Duquan. Could you come here? 498 00:29:16,870 --> 00:29:18,689 I thought maybe you could help me out. 499 00:29:19,182 --> 00:29:20,404 I packed too much. 500 00:29:41,140 --> 00:29:42,497 Take this down to the cafeteria 501 00:29:42,537 --> 00:29:44,820 and get yourself something to drink from the machine. 502 00:29:45,439 --> 00:29:46,603 Thank you. 503 00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:57,384 Crystal, you got a second? 504 00:30:01,494 --> 00:30:02,736 What's up with Duquan? 505 00:30:02,923 --> 00:30:05,204 I gave him some new clothes. I was expecting-- 506 00:30:05,277 --> 00:30:06,439 He might have lost them. 507 00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:08,593 That fast? 508 00:30:11,034 --> 00:30:12,197 It weren't that. 509 00:30:12,286 --> 00:30:15,030 His people take his clothes, sell it on the corners. 510 00:30:15,337 --> 00:30:16,378 You're kidding. 511 00:30:16,418 --> 00:30:18,320 No, sir. Everybody knows. 512 00:30:22,973 --> 00:30:24,736 Which brings me to what we're proposing. 513 00:30:24,776 --> 00:30:26,481 Different kids, different approaches. 514 00:30:26,521 --> 00:30:29,271 You tell us who we need to touch at north avenue to get the go-ahead. 515 00:30:29,337 --> 00:30:30,575 The puzzle palace? 516 00:30:30,849 --> 00:30:33,274 Look. If y'all still want to jump in and help, 517 00:30:33,334 --> 00:30:34,504 I'm fine with it. 518 00:30:34,716 --> 00:30:36,738 That's about all the ok you need in my house. 519 00:30:38,635 --> 00:30:41,300 The stricker street situation is waiting in the office. 520 00:30:44,228 --> 00:30:47,072 Neighborhood squabbles, and my babies bring it in here. 521 00:30:47,276 --> 00:30:48,478 Two fights yesterday, 522 00:30:48,978 --> 00:30:51,062 all because the mothers can't get along. 523 00:30:51,698 --> 00:30:52,700 I got to go. 524 00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:55,064 Mrs. Donnelly will work out the nuts and bolts. 525 00:30:56,788 --> 00:30:58,911 But, just so you hear it, thank you. 526 00:30:59,864 --> 00:31:03,390 It'll be the only time anyone in this system will think to say it. 527 00:31:07,002 --> 00:31:08,936 He's a good man. You need to protect him. 528 00:31:08,976 --> 00:31:09,978 Protect him? 529 00:31:10,018 --> 00:31:12,203 Principal Withers just went out on a limb for you, 530 00:31:12,384 --> 00:31:15,003 and in this system, they know how to handle a chainsaw. 531 00:31:15,865 --> 00:31:16,886 Excuse me? 532 00:31:17,928 --> 00:31:21,328 Anyone has a problem with what we're doing, it's on him. 533 00:31:21,639 --> 00:31:24,264 So, you specified eighth-graders? 534 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,786 We have 256 on roll. 535 00:31:28,969 --> 00:31:31,259 241 attend on a regular basis. 536 00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:34,502 Of those, 40 or so would fit your Bill of corner kids. 537 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:35,882 40? 538 00:31:38,209 --> 00:31:39,531 Pretty workable. 539 00:31:42,635 --> 00:31:43,932 What would you suggest? 540 00:31:43,992 --> 00:31:45,234 Start with 10 or so. 541 00:31:45,323 --> 00:31:46,968 Ms. Sampson has enough to get you going. 542 00:31:47,035 --> 00:31:48,702 One of them named Namond Brice? 543 00:31:48,850 --> 00:31:50,132 Pick of the litter. 544 00:31:50,301 --> 00:31:52,935 But you'll have to wait. He's on a 3-day suspension. 545 00:32:02,917 --> 00:32:04,309 Remember when I was a cadet, 546 00:32:04,369 --> 00:32:06,334 I was up here on a cadaver search. 547 00:32:06,494 --> 00:32:08,289 Instructor gets on the radio to say, 548 00:32:08,329 --> 00:32:10,568 we're looking for one body in particular. 549 00:32:11,978 --> 00:32:14,079 "If you go grabbing everyone you see, 550 00:32:14,139 --> 00:32:16,015 we'll be here all day," he says. 551 00:32:16,937 --> 00:32:18,199 Leakin park, 552 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,822 where west Baltimore brings out its dead. 553 00:32:21,168 --> 00:32:23,342 Not anymore, from the look of things. 554 00:32:24,001 --> 00:32:25,778 Not by the roadside, anyway. 555 00:32:28,365 --> 00:32:30,067 If he's dumping them here, 556 00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:32,449 he's dumping them deep in the woods. 557 00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:36,514 Come on. 558 00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:38,114 At each raid site, 559 00:32:38,429 --> 00:32:42,496 we're anticipating dope or cash or guns. 560 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:47,766 All warrants are for prime locations linked to high-level violators. 561 00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:50,764 Weeks-old addresses linked to low-level corner boys. 562 00:32:50,844 --> 00:32:53,232 We'll also be sweeping drug corners at these locations. 563 00:32:53,364 --> 00:32:55,933 Wagons wl hold in this location here. 564 00:32:56,104 --> 00:32:58,268 Jump-off time, 1500 hours. 565 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,705 We take our position 10 minutes before the assault, here. 566 00:33:02,232 --> 00:33:03,980 The go is on my say-so. 567 00:33:05,912 --> 00:33:07,735 Questions? Excellent. 568 00:33:08,150 --> 00:33:10,234 We'll hold the rec room till it's time to stage. 569 00:33:17,511 --> 00:33:18,773 Warrants are one thing, 570 00:33:18,833 --> 00:33:20,865 but street sweeps on Marlo Stanfield's crews? 571 00:33:20,932 --> 00:33:21,930 Are you guys serious? 572 00:33:21,970 --> 00:33:24,193 Carv, you give these hoodleheads too much credit. 573 00:33:24,298 --> 00:33:25,789 Trust me on this, boy wonder. 574 00:33:26,963 --> 00:33:28,766 Never mind this horseshit. 575 00:33:29,219 --> 00:33:31,001 So what've they got you doing for your man? 576 00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:32,403 Who, the Lieutenant? 577 00:33:32,904 --> 00:33:34,006 No, Royce. 578 00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:36,365 Herc, the mayor's your meal ticket. 579 00:33:36,432 --> 00:33:38,988 He gets another 4 years, you're liable to wear the Gold braids. 580 00:33:39,048 --> 00:33:41,591 Shouldn't you be out waving a campaign sign or some shit? 581 00:33:46,634 --> 00:33:49,879 And so ends the last crusade of the major crimes unit. 582 00:33:50,626 --> 00:33:51,708 With a whimper. 583 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:55,949 Lester would cry to see his wiretap cannibalized for that crap. 584 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:59,386 Street sweeps on Marlo Stanfield? 585 00:34:02,823 --> 00:34:04,098 So what else you got cooking? 586 00:34:04,165 --> 00:34:05,372 Narcotics cases? 587 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,401 C.I.D. Has the burman indictment coming in. 588 00:34:07,464 --> 00:34:08,743 Nothing past that. 589 00:34:09,950 --> 00:34:13,335 As wars go, this drug thing seems to rate less and less. 590 00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:17,332 If demper wins and manages to forgive my trespasses, 591 00:34:17,804 --> 00:34:19,767 maybe I'll go in and beg for something new. 592 00:34:20,112 --> 00:34:21,234 I don't know. 593 00:34:21,334 --> 00:34:23,578 Just... feels like enough's enough. 594 00:34:25,991 --> 00:34:28,134 Crutchfield. Line two. Intake. 595 00:34:32,366 --> 00:34:34,863 - Sergeant, you were looking for me? - I was, yeah. 596 00:34:35,026 --> 00:34:37,931 Curly fry? Chicken doohickey? 597 00:34:38,962 --> 00:34:40,029 Sit down. 598 00:34:46,244 --> 00:34:48,167 Norris is back on the Braddock case. 599 00:34:49,644 --> 00:34:51,429 It's by order of the deputy ops. 600 00:34:51,495 --> 00:34:55,129 In fact, we're gonna go with a story that says he was never off the case, 601 00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:57,696 that you and he are partnered, a task force of two, 602 00:34:57,857 --> 00:34:59,279 working it together. 603 00:35:01,424 --> 00:35:02,766 Fuck you, fat man. 604 00:35:04,662 --> 00:35:07,461 Not original, but succinct. I like your approach. 605 00:35:07,528 --> 00:35:10,473 Y'all humiliate me once by dropping me into this thing, 606 00:35:10,595 --> 00:35:13,617 and now you're gonna shame me again by bringing Norris back. 607 00:35:28,296 --> 00:35:29,698 This is homicide, detective. 608 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:31,528 This is not some boiler room unit 609 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,791 where no one pays attention to whatever the fuck it is you call police work. 610 00:35:34,871 --> 00:35:37,366 The bosses? They know our names up here. 611 00:35:38,827 --> 00:35:41,142 Now, I didn't like it when they came to me 612 00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:42,660 and told me to dump Norris, 613 00:35:42,803 --> 00:35:44,061 but dump him I did. 614 00:35:44,127 --> 00:35:46,231 And it's not like I want to carry water for them now 615 00:35:46,292 --> 00:35:48,859 that they're pretending they never told me to do any such thing, 616 00:35:48,899 --> 00:35:51,164 but carry the water I will. And in the end, 617 00:35:51,263 --> 00:35:54,188 when everyone else in this unit is buried and beshitted, 618 00:35:54,427 --> 00:35:57,192 this detective Sergeant will still be standing. 619 00:35:59,815 --> 00:36:02,579 So... get the story straight. 620 00:36:02,972 --> 00:36:04,527 Norris was always the primary, 621 00:36:04,587 --> 00:36:06,738 and you are now assisting on an investigation 622 00:36:06,804 --> 00:36:09,067 which is progressing even as we speak. 623 00:36:10,077 --> 00:36:12,000 Does the Colonel know about this? 624 00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:14,653 He's in the hospital. 625 00:36:15,192 --> 00:36:16,566 Chemo didn't work. 626 00:36:21,428 --> 00:36:23,426 Press conference is upstairs in half an hour. 627 00:36:23,492 --> 00:36:24,693 So don't be late. 628 00:36:24,971 --> 00:36:26,153 Press conference? 629 00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:35,874 I ain't mean to laugh at you none. 630 00:36:36,693 --> 00:36:39,191 I know it sound crazy, but I ain't joking. 631 00:36:39,834 --> 00:36:41,336 For real, Lex a zombie. 632 00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:43,958 I knew it way before what nay and them was saying. 633 00:36:44,847 --> 00:36:46,009 Listen. 634 00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:49,224 They had me tell Lex to go up to the playground. 635 00:36:49,352 --> 00:36:51,436 I told him to go up there and see some girl. 636 00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:53,499 He ain't never come back down. 637 00:36:54,153 --> 00:36:56,817 So what they gonna do to me when they get mad at me? 638 00:36:57,059 --> 00:36:59,324 It makes sense Chris taking them into the vacants-- 639 00:36:59,449 --> 00:37:01,692 to change them... and you know what else. 640 00:37:01,876 --> 00:37:03,257 That ain't what he's doing. 641 00:37:03,432 --> 00:37:07,419 Chris and the vacants... changing them? 642 00:37:08,357 --> 00:37:10,152 He ain't changing them; he killing them. 643 00:37:10,253 --> 00:37:11,959 That's all. They're getting killed. 644 00:37:12,379 --> 00:37:13,441 How you know? 645 00:37:17,033 --> 00:37:18,424 Can't tell nobody. 646 00:37:20,626 --> 00:37:21,824 I seen it. 647 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,725 I seen them walk a boy up into one house over there on calhoun. 648 00:37:27,695 --> 00:37:28,897 You seen that? 649 00:37:30,605 --> 00:37:31,607 Yeah. 650 00:37:32,738 --> 00:37:33,923 That's just false. 651 00:37:34,121 --> 00:37:36,471 Detective Norris has been working this case nonstop, 652 00:37:36,552 --> 00:37:38,583 and given her narcotics expertise, 653 00:37:38,663 --> 00:37:42,423 detective Greggs was assigned to augment rather than to replace him. 654 00:37:42,489 --> 00:37:43,790 But for two days, 655 00:37:43,855 --> 00:37:45,756 sources inside the department were saying-- 656 00:37:45,817 --> 00:37:48,758 I'm inside the department, and I'm telling you that's not true. 657 00:37:49,114 --> 00:37:51,818 We do not play politics with a criminal investigation. 658 00:37:51,927 --> 00:37:54,222 And how do you explain councilman Gray's allegations? 659 00:37:54,367 --> 00:37:56,790 I think you should ask councilman Gray that question. 660 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:05,443 Police! Search warrant! 661 00:38:05,789 --> 00:38:06,839 Take the back. 662 00:38:07,187 --> 00:38:08,221 On the ground, now! 663 00:38:08,288 --> 00:38:09,522 Police! Search warrant! 664 00:38:09,588 --> 00:38:10,722 Two upstairs. 665 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,188 - Don't move! - Check that back room. 666 00:38:16,228 --> 00:38:17,656 I said, get your ass on the ground. 667 00:38:17,689 --> 00:38:18,818 - Get down! - Get down! 668 00:38:29,084 --> 00:38:30,867 This is the 1300 block, right? 669 00:38:30,988 --> 00:38:32,442 No, this is the 12. 670 00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:34,021 Are we on the right corner? 671 00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:38,723 - We had this as a stash house? - According to the wiretap. 672 00:38:38,772 --> 00:38:40,936 How long ago? They move them around, you know. 673 00:38:48,456 --> 00:38:49,721 Zeroes on the warrants. 674 00:38:49,788 --> 00:38:51,713 Minor arrests on the designated corners, sir. 675 00:38:51,773 --> 00:38:53,867 - They were tipped! - You think? 676 00:38:53,928 --> 00:38:56,920 For us to come up this empty at all these locations, It has to be. 677 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,136 This cocksucker Marlo thinks he's smarter than us? 678 00:38:59,196 --> 00:39:00,255 He is not. 679 00:39:00,315 --> 00:39:02,065 Sergeant, I want to know where he hangs. 680 00:39:02,145 --> 00:39:03,653 You mean like him personally? 681 00:39:04,345 --> 00:39:05,948 He moves around, Lieutenant. He floats. 682 00:39:05,988 --> 00:39:08,212 But I have seen him in the concrete park behind Fulton. 683 00:39:08,252 --> 00:39:09,815 - In a park? - If the weather's right, 684 00:39:09,855 --> 00:39:11,723 he sits out there in lawn chairs, holds court. 685 00:39:11,753 --> 00:39:14,753 He's got people covering every approach so there's no creeping up on him. 686 00:39:14,793 --> 00:39:16,495 My guess is that he likes to talk outdoors 687 00:39:16,536 --> 00:39:18,118 so no one can drop a microphone on him. 688 00:39:18,158 --> 00:39:20,392 Sergeant, what can we do with that? 689 00:39:28,695 --> 00:39:30,778 I admit I've made some mistakes. 690 00:39:31,459 --> 00:39:33,403 Burrell being one of the biggest. 691 00:39:33,619 --> 00:39:35,883 He's got a job for about 10 more days. 692 00:39:36,642 --> 00:39:40,328 After the primary, he's gone, believe me. 693 00:39:40,786 --> 00:39:43,419 And that last stunt-- pulling a detective. 694 00:39:43,601 --> 00:39:44,819 What'd you expect? 695 00:39:45,007 --> 00:39:46,089 Not that. 696 00:39:47,947 --> 00:39:51,019 Hey. I had nothing to do with that nonsense. 697 00:39:51,086 --> 00:39:52,419 Now, that's a straight-up lie. 698 00:39:52,485 --> 00:39:54,401 I was at that damn meeting when you told him, 699 00:39:54,471 --> 00:39:56,004 "Slow the case down." 700 00:39:56,044 --> 00:39:57,119 I didn't mean-- 701 00:39:57,185 --> 00:39:59,910 Who the hell knows what you mean anymore, Clarence? 702 00:40:00,811 --> 00:40:01,951 Look at this. 703 00:40:03,397 --> 00:40:04,419 Look at it! 704 00:40:05,802 --> 00:40:07,765 You gave me your word on this. 705 00:40:08,475 --> 00:40:10,218 Your word, Clarence. 706 00:40:10,651 --> 00:40:13,805 But here you are ticketed up with Eunetta in her best precincts 707 00:40:14,033 --> 00:40:16,417 and then ticketed up with my girl Daniels, 708 00:40:16,477 --> 00:40:17,985 where she's running strong. 709 00:40:18,190 --> 00:40:20,033 Odell, this is the first I've seen this. 710 00:40:20,236 --> 00:40:23,676 Come on, now! This is probably Eunetta's people pulling this shit. 711 00:40:23,736 --> 00:40:26,345 With a "citizens for Royce" authority line? 712 00:40:27,766 --> 00:40:30,117 Look at you, Clarence. Just look at you. 713 00:40:30,313 --> 00:40:33,750 You've forgotten your agenda. You've forgotten your base. 714 00:40:33,918 --> 00:40:36,792 You think a shave and some Marcus Garvey posters 715 00:40:36,852 --> 00:40:38,017 are gonna get you over? 716 00:40:38,152 --> 00:40:40,431 Do you think that's gonna make up for jumping in bed 717 00:40:40,491 --> 00:40:42,079 with every damn developer? 718 00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:46,085 Shit. You're even on Clay Davis' tit. 719 00:40:46,242 --> 00:40:49,117 Now, don't you go getting all self-righteous with me, Odell. 720 00:40:49,321 --> 00:40:51,436 Campaign runs on dollars. You know it. 721 00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:52,621 Whose dollars? 722 00:40:52,681 --> 00:40:55,615 Those sons of bitches you got around your card table every month 723 00:40:55,675 --> 00:40:56,793 feeding your kitty? 724 00:40:56,853 --> 00:40:57,995 Oh, yeah. 725 00:40:58,592 --> 00:40:59,974 I know about that, too. 726 00:41:00,215 --> 00:41:02,320 You-- trouble with you-- 727 00:41:03,085 --> 00:41:04,607 fuck you, Clarence. 728 00:41:04,749 --> 00:41:06,738 I'm gonna sit what's left of this one out. 729 00:41:06,798 --> 00:41:08,794 - I'm gonna sit it out. - Sit it out. 730 00:41:09,516 --> 00:41:11,336 - The primary? - Sit it out! 731 00:41:12,282 --> 00:41:13,285 Odell! 732 00:41:15,182 --> 00:41:17,311 Who the hell do you think you are, huh? 733 00:41:17,533 --> 00:41:19,904 Come November, I'm still gonna be the only game in town! 734 00:41:20,024 --> 00:41:22,388 Odell, turn your back on me now, I won't forget! 735 00:41:22,428 --> 00:41:23,816 We can't afford this. 736 00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:26,831 We need his organization on Tuesday. Go after him! 737 00:41:26,951 --> 00:41:30,705 Fuck that holier-than-thou... motherfucker! 738 00:41:32,063 --> 00:41:33,205 Delegate Watkins. 739 00:41:34,166 --> 00:41:35,328 Delegate Watkins! 740 00:41:36,201 --> 00:41:37,302 Wait sir. 741 00:41:37,982 --> 00:41:40,717 I'm sure we can work this out. 742 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:42,982 You and the mayor can talk this out. 743 00:41:54,022 --> 00:41:55,264 Deputy Rawls, please. 744 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,783 It's Lieutenant Hoskins at the hall. 745 00:42:21,021 --> 00:42:22,904 You're gonna use the hole in the wall, right? 746 00:42:22,944 --> 00:42:25,628 Yeah, I'm gonna rub some dog shit on the front of this thing. 747 00:42:25,728 --> 00:42:27,449 I don't want nobody touching it. 748 00:42:31,028 --> 00:42:32,070 Got it? 749 00:42:41,834 --> 00:42:43,113 You need to raise it a bit. 750 00:42:51,914 --> 00:42:53,912 Yeah, that's good. Right there, that works. 751 00:42:58,477 --> 00:43:00,419 - Thought I heard something. - Rats. 752 00:43:01,261 --> 00:43:02,960 - How we doing? - We need to go. 753 00:43:44,192 --> 00:43:46,991 He ain't nothing but a skanky-ass bitch to begin with, 754 00:43:47,111 --> 00:43:50,006 and besides, he ex-police, so you know what that like. 755 00:43:51,246 --> 00:43:52,810 I'm going to the ladies room. 756 00:43:52,976 --> 00:43:54,618 Bey, you need to talk to him. 757 00:43:59,521 --> 00:44:01,224 Yo, daddy, don't even go there, 758 00:44:01,364 --> 00:44:04,428 with you all the time telling me how you dropped out in the sixth grade, 759 00:44:04,505 --> 00:44:06,432 went up on the corner with Avon and Stringer. 760 00:44:06,472 --> 00:44:08,956 Earned cheese for the family, saying how it made you a man-- 761 00:44:09,016 --> 00:44:10,598 all right, all right. You right. 762 00:44:10,908 --> 00:44:12,952 Can't throw rocks. But I'm just saying. 763 00:44:13,158 --> 00:44:16,102 You know how your mother be, with all the fussing. 764 00:44:16,243 --> 00:44:17,852 Maybe you just need to slow it up. 765 00:44:17,912 --> 00:44:19,254 You know what I'm saying? 766 00:44:19,710 --> 00:44:21,742 Yo, you heard how Marlo punked Bodie? 767 00:44:21,809 --> 00:44:24,243 Said he either got to work for him or give up his corner. 768 00:44:24,343 --> 00:44:26,342 Don't you know, his sorry ass buckled. 769 00:44:27,364 --> 00:44:28,813 You'd have gone about it different? 770 00:44:28,873 --> 00:44:30,952 Yeah, I'd have stood tall, like you. 771 00:44:31,593 --> 00:44:33,336 Got my 9. Fuck Chris and them. 772 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,884 Listen to you, all spit and fire. 773 00:44:36,208 --> 00:44:38,574 You'd have gone to the mattress all by your lonesome 774 00:44:38,634 --> 00:44:40,575 and went up against half of the west side. 775 00:44:40,698 --> 00:44:42,101 You got it where it counts, 776 00:44:42,161 --> 00:44:44,207 and I respect that more than anything. 777 00:44:44,344 --> 00:44:45,597 But shit out there now? 778 00:44:45,717 --> 00:44:47,809 It ain't like it was when we was coming up. 779 00:44:47,994 --> 00:44:49,271 Back in the day, 780 00:44:49,351 --> 00:44:51,223 a punk nigger like Marlo steps out, 781 00:44:51,343 --> 00:44:52,756 breaking the rules and shit, 782 00:44:52,817 --> 00:44:54,837 he find himself in the back of a car trunk 783 00:44:54,917 --> 00:44:56,156 on the way to leakin park. 784 00:44:56,236 --> 00:44:58,403 No doubt. We did that shit right. 785 00:44:58,623 --> 00:44:59,885 Word was your bond. 786 00:45:00,026 --> 00:45:03,075 Man looked out for his own, knowing he in a family. 787 00:45:03,324 --> 00:45:04,688 Dig where I'm coming from? 788 00:45:04,768 --> 00:45:07,052 But today, it's all fucked up. 789 00:45:24,767 --> 00:45:25,909 These steps. 790 00:45:27,016 --> 00:45:28,276 Thank you, baby. 791 00:45:28,356 --> 00:45:29,607 You're good to go. 792 00:45:54,516 --> 00:45:56,379 Say "Omar." 793 00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:58,502 Omar. 794 00:46:10,621 --> 00:46:11,703 Nothing? 795 00:46:13,821 --> 00:46:15,388 We checked both sides of the street 796 00:46:15,428 --> 00:46:16,817 from here up to Monroe. 797 00:46:16,897 --> 00:46:19,772 - Nothing? - Nothing that don't belong in no sewer. 798 00:46:19,894 --> 00:46:20,976 Thanks. 799 00:46:27,850 --> 00:46:29,092 Other ideas? 800 00:46:35,512 --> 00:46:38,677 Blood, bump me off that nigger up the skreet. 801 00:46:38,972 --> 00:46:40,599 Motherfucker in the bruick? 802 00:46:40,940 --> 00:46:42,824 That be him. I be saying, 803 00:46:42,938 --> 00:46:45,720 No motherfucker gonna run off with my hair-ron. 804 00:46:46,105 --> 00:46:47,404 Oh, this is fucking great. 805 00:46:47,524 --> 00:46:51,004 Get somebody who reads lips, this motherfucker's history. 806 00:46:51,169 --> 00:46:53,966 Is this legal? I mean, intercepting what they're saying? 807 00:46:54,026 --> 00:46:55,388 Don't go Freamon on me. 808 00:46:58,234 --> 00:46:59,956 Shit. I got to run. 809 00:47:01,179 --> 00:47:02,862 Hey, man, what about some fucking relief? 810 00:47:02,922 --> 00:47:04,370 I been here all morning. 811 00:47:25,874 --> 00:47:27,116 You heard? 812 00:47:28,223 --> 00:47:29,605 They making movies. 813 00:47:29,904 --> 00:47:31,627 Yeah. How you want to play it? 814 00:47:32,736 --> 00:47:35,160 I ain't sure. Let's see the fat man. 815 00:47:37,324 --> 00:47:38,947 How'd the other thing turn out? 816 00:47:39,542 --> 00:47:40,670 All good. 817 00:47:46,001 --> 00:47:47,767 Yo. What up, boy? 818 00:47:47,828 --> 00:47:49,740 - If you want some, I got Reese's. - Nah, man. 819 00:47:49,790 --> 00:47:51,353 You trying to make some real cheese? 820 00:47:51,433 --> 00:47:53,215 - $5.00? - What you need? 821 00:47:53,455 --> 00:47:55,519 Me and Paul gonna get it on with Tiff. 822 00:47:56,517 --> 00:47:57,527 Keep an eye out. 823 00:47:57,587 --> 00:47:59,368 I don't want Mrs. D creeping up. Feel me? 824 00:47:59,435 --> 00:48:02,240 I feel you, but I got some sixth-graders waiting on a special order. 825 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:03,301 Let them wait, man. 826 00:48:03,368 --> 00:48:05,268 It ain't like we gonna be all day. 827 00:48:09,717 --> 00:48:10,739 All right. 828 00:48:13,667 --> 00:48:14,954 No, ma'am, it says right here, 829 00:48:15,014 --> 00:48:18,601 His honor had the bureau of solid waste conduct a clean sweep along Tivoly. 830 00:48:18,668 --> 00:48:20,402 But it took 6 months before they showed up. 831 00:48:20,462 --> 00:48:22,537 Well, yeah, ok. Well, nobody's perfect. 832 00:48:22,734 --> 00:48:25,840 But, listen. I wouldn't be sitting here If I didn't believe Clarence Royce 833 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,964 wasn't truly committed to this city and its people. 834 00:48:28,004 --> 00:48:29,543 What about crime in our neighborhood? 835 00:48:29,603 --> 00:48:31,426 I admit that's another good point. 836 00:48:31,585 --> 00:48:34,049 But, lady, between you and me, 837 00:48:34,555 --> 00:48:36,178 I can tell from your voice you're black 838 00:48:36,218 --> 00:48:38,041 and you can tell from my voice I'm white. 839 00:48:38,126 --> 00:48:39,428 So I got to ask you, 840 00:48:40,068 --> 00:48:42,768 when do you think the last time a white man voted for a black man 841 00:48:42,869 --> 00:48:44,767 when there was another white man in the race? 842 00:48:44,830 --> 00:48:46,848 I don't know, but you must really believe in him. 843 00:48:46,908 --> 00:48:50,173 Well, ain't that what I been saying? He's just the best candidate. 844 00:48:50,465 --> 00:48:51,672 So you'll go with my man? 845 00:48:51,707 --> 00:48:52,714 I'll think about it. 846 00:48:52,768 --> 00:48:54,789 All right, that's great. Thank you for your time. 847 00:48:54,828 --> 00:48:56,110 - All right. - All right. 848 00:49:06,827 --> 00:49:07,889 I have a hall pass. 849 00:49:07,949 --> 00:49:09,134 Yeah, good for you. 850 00:49:53,637 --> 00:49:54,778 Mine's down. 851 00:49:54,818 --> 00:49:55,980 Attaboy. 852 00:49:58,049 --> 00:49:59,612 You need bodies, Lester... 853 00:50:00,784 --> 00:50:01,846 here you go. 854 00:50:04,281 --> 00:50:08,108 We got a warrant and a teletype for my boy Lex. 855 00:50:08,996 --> 00:50:11,640 So, dead or alive, he's on file. 856 00:50:12,031 --> 00:50:15,797 And beyond that, it's time for you to shine that mighty intellect of yours 857 00:50:16,215 --> 00:50:17,817 on some real murders. 858 00:50:17,998 --> 00:50:20,021 Give up the hypotheticals and shit. 859 00:50:20,964 --> 00:50:22,463 Yeah, I suppose. 860 00:50:25,064 --> 00:50:26,611 This is my issue--crime-- 861 00:50:26,671 --> 00:50:29,230 and I understand completely what you're saying, 862 00:50:29,503 --> 00:50:31,005 and if you give me the opportunity, 863 00:50:31,066 --> 00:50:32,998 I will be able to do something to help you out 864 00:50:33,058 --> 00:50:35,402 and, you know, other people in this neighborhood. 865 00:50:39,950 --> 00:50:42,582 Mr. Ricks, thank you for your time and for your attention. 866 00:50:42,622 --> 00:50:43,713 - No problem. - Thank you. 867 00:50:43,780 --> 00:50:44,842 Thank you. 868 00:50:45,996 --> 00:50:47,304 Pretty brazen, 869 00:50:47,384 --> 00:50:49,507 shaking hands with the enemy in broad daylight. 870 00:50:50,485 --> 00:50:51,796 Werner's deli, this isn't. 871 00:50:52,031 --> 00:50:53,262 Definitely not. 872 00:50:53,329 --> 00:50:55,729 Though here you are, councilman, leaving no door unopened. 873 00:50:55,908 --> 00:50:57,562 Shoe leather-- our secret weapon. 874 00:50:57,720 --> 00:50:59,996 You surprised me. You've made this a horse race. 875 00:51:00,197 --> 00:51:02,786 So, ah, what makes me think you didn't just happen by 876 00:51:02,846 --> 00:51:03,996 and find us here? 877 00:51:06,674 --> 00:51:08,617 Watkins is breaking with the mayor. 878 00:51:09,154 --> 00:51:10,275 How do you know? 879 00:51:11,224 --> 00:51:12,366 I know. 880 00:51:12,656 --> 00:51:15,133 I've carried the mayor's water because I had to, councilman. 881 00:51:15,213 --> 00:51:17,361 I'love to see some new blood in this city. 882 00:51:17,580 --> 00:51:18,962 And I'd love the chance 883 00:51:19,261 --> 00:51:22,254 to do the right thing for this police department for a change. 884 00:51:41,534 --> 00:51:43,497 Wait until he turns the corner. 885 00:51:47,724 --> 00:51:50,128 District office for Watkins. Gilmor street. 886 00:51:50,661 --> 00:51:52,412 And fuck them red lights, man, 887 00:51:59,810 --> 00:52:02,514 not a place you expect to find any gangsters. 888 00:52:03,326 --> 00:52:04,768 Police, for that matter. 889 00:52:06,592 --> 00:52:08,334 Heard you knew something I didn't. 890 00:52:08,526 --> 00:52:09,853 Told you before, 891 00:52:10,464 --> 00:52:13,127 I make it my busess to keep an ear to the ground. 892 00:52:13,323 --> 00:52:15,559 I make it my business to do business. 893 00:52:15,767 --> 00:52:17,893 We doing business, or are we just talking? 894 00:52:18,035 --> 00:52:19,493 If it's talk, I'm-a walk. 895 00:52:19,559 --> 00:52:21,878 I heard the people pulling security at the card game 896 00:52:21,918 --> 00:52:23,900 weren't too keen on their wages. 897 00:52:24,726 --> 00:52:26,270 Figured it was only a matter of time 898 00:52:26,330 --> 00:52:29,513 before they found a way to get their due compensation. 899 00:52:29,968 --> 00:52:31,511 And you didn't think to tell me? 900 00:52:32,173 --> 00:52:34,317 Man learns best when he get burned. 901 00:52:35,484 --> 00:52:37,333 How do I know you ain't making this shit up? 902 00:52:37,393 --> 00:52:39,797 You don't. Things happen on the street. 903 00:52:40,641 --> 00:52:42,143 Proof is hard to come by. 904 00:52:46,959 --> 00:52:48,923 Go ahead, open it. 905 00:52:54,149 --> 00:52:56,993 Off the street, there's all kind of proof. 906 00:52:57,530 --> 00:52:59,794 They planning on executing those Friday. 907 00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:02,331 Time it with the election, I guess, 908 00:53:02,654 --> 00:53:04,238 show they doing their job, 909 00:53:04,299 --> 00:53:06,937 cleaning up the city, taking down a kingpin. 910 00:53:07,526 --> 00:53:08,758 How did you come by this? 911 00:53:08,819 --> 00:53:11,570 Told you before, I keep my ear to the ground. 912 00:53:11,924 --> 00:53:13,345 What are you gonna do with it? 913 00:53:13,783 --> 00:53:15,065 Maybe nothing. 914 00:53:15,655 --> 00:53:17,799 Charlie's not part of the co-op. 915 00:53:19,332 --> 00:53:21,355 Or maybe I tip him for a fee. 916 00:53:22,789 --> 00:53:25,131 What do you think a man with a whole lot of money 917 00:53:25,191 --> 00:53:27,435 would pay for his freedom? 918 00:53:29,555 --> 00:53:31,398 You know, lately, 919 00:53:32,691 --> 00:53:35,323 I come to find out someone trying to take pictures on me. 920 00:53:35,589 --> 00:53:36,684 Pictures? 921 00:53:37,265 --> 00:53:38,267 Video. 922 00:53:39,047 --> 00:53:41,456 You heard anything about me through your travels? 923 00:53:42,885 --> 00:53:44,568 Had no incentive to listen. 924 00:53:48,542 --> 00:53:49,690 You do now. 925 00:54:05,051 --> 00:54:06,749 It's one thing to sit out the primary. 926 00:54:06,909 --> 00:54:10,187 It's another for me to turn on Clarence Royce. 927 00:54:10,888 --> 00:54:11,889 Granted. 928 00:54:11,956 --> 00:54:15,334 And if I did jump, why not land behind Tony Gray? 929 00:54:16,364 --> 00:54:18,355 At least he's from my side of the tracks. 930 00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:20,924 Tony can't win. I can. 931 00:54:23,701 --> 00:54:25,917 Look. The truth is, whatever I can do for you, 932 00:54:25,957 --> 00:54:28,040 the mayor can match or double. 933 00:54:28,441 --> 00:54:30,324 I have a pretty good grass roots organization, 934 00:54:30,384 --> 00:54:32,523 but nothing even close to his kind of money. 935 00:54:32,763 --> 00:54:35,021 Now, I'll ticket up with anyone you want me to. 936 00:54:35,081 --> 00:54:38,206 I know you want Daniels in the 11th and stokes in the 10th. 937 00:54:38,592 --> 00:54:41,154 I'll keep away from any tickets you think I might harm. 938 00:54:41,273 --> 00:54:44,227 I know I'm not everyone's idea of a bargain on your side of town. 939 00:54:45,251 --> 00:54:48,036 But right now, a week from the primary, 940 00:54:48,841 --> 00:54:51,706 the fact is, Royce and I both need you. 941 00:54:52,510 --> 00:54:53,788 After the election, 942 00:54:53,973 --> 00:54:56,755 the equation changes for him, but not for me. 943 00:54:56,939 --> 00:54:59,521 I'm a white mayor in a majority-black city, 944 00:54:59,663 --> 00:55:01,118 and if I'm gonna do anything-- 945 00:55:01,178 --> 00:55:03,725 and, delegate, I am so serious about fixing this city-- 946 00:55:03,805 --> 00:55:06,054 I'm gonna have to govern by consensus. 947 00:55:06,403 --> 00:55:09,258 And if you support me, you will have a voice within my administration 948 00:55:09,299 --> 00:55:11,092 simply because I'm gonna need it. 949 00:55:14,798 --> 00:55:16,802 Last poll that Clarence showed me, 950 00:55:17,568 --> 00:55:19,271 he was up by 7 points. 951 00:55:20,464 --> 00:55:22,768 Bullshit. I'm within 4. 952 00:55:28,459 --> 00:55:29,821 You won't be needing that. 953 00:55:30,253 --> 00:55:31,353 I know. 954 00:55:34,172 --> 00:55:35,915 - Here? - Yeah, here. 955 00:56:14,354 --> 00:56:15,416 Dag. 956 00:56:15,846 --> 00:56:18,430 Yo, turn it off. The bulb might have got too hot. 957 00:56:18,847 --> 00:56:20,169 Or the batteries dying. 958 00:56:22,057 --> 00:56:23,299 We should go back. 959 00:56:27,347 --> 00:56:28,909 Yo, man, it stinks, man. 960 00:56:29,130 --> 00:56:30,417 Ain't like it was. 961 00:56:45,053 --> 00:56:46,495 You see he ain't move. 962 00:56:50,271 --> 00:56:51,373 Yeah. 963 00:56:52,948 --> 00:56:54,531 Blood still stuck to his hair. 964 00:56:55,626 --> 00:56:56,748 He dead? 965 00:56:58,004 --> 00:56:59,086 He dead. 966 00:57:00,105 --> 00:57:01,287 Lex, too. 967 00:57:01,797 --> 00:57:03,179 He dead. They all is. 968 00:57:04,647 --> 00:57:05,729 Feel better? 969 00:57:07,094 --> 00:57:08,356 Donut wrong, yo. 970 00:57:09,375 --> 00:57:10,777 Ain't no special dead. 971 00:57:13,962 --> 00:57:15,564 There's just dead. 972 00:57:36,552 --> 00:57:40,899 Transcript: FRM Team - Synchro: Sixe The Wired Team - www.thewire-france.com