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- Who's got the scene ?
- Massey and Crutchfield are working it.
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Norris is on his way to the morgue.
He'll beat the bodies there.
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He's getting the full treatment, boss.
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We're good there.
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Just one witness so far.
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You know what that means.
Right now it's all BNBG.
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It's Andy Kraw's
big adventure.
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Mayor's office already called twice,
worried sick about the man.
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You're kidding me.
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That's a whole lotta
campaign contributions
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sitting on the back of that ambo.
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So what's the scene say ?
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Two shooters. Shotgun, semiauto.
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One vic is a West Side soldier
with a pretty healthy sheet
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the other is a major player
in Daniel's wiretap case.
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So a hit.
Drug related.
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With a big time developer
in the middle ?
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What's the fit ?
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Second vic, Russell Bell
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owner and co-developer
of this here.
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And other downtown
real estate.
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Well propertied man,
he was.
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But you were aware that Russell Bell
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was regarded as a major
narcotic violator.
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Well, how do you think
he made his money ?
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I didn't inquire.
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You never got a look
at either of the gunmen.
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I told you. I saw only the one of them.
He was black
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big, I thought,
with a large weapon.
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BNBG.
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Big negro, big gun.
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Two more
like it upstairs.
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Yeah.
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Have ballistics rush comparisons.
Drug-relateds for the last six months.
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I caught him, Bunk.
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On the wire. I caught him.
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He doesn't
fuckin'know it.
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Mission Accomplished
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Boxing, yeah.
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I know
you loved that.
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Ugh, I hated it.
I hated watching it.
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Yeah,
I know you did.
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So you're
doing good, huh ?
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Day to day, I am.
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'Cause I was thinking
maybe...
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I'm proud of you, Dennis.
Be well.
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Shut that
fuckin'door.
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Man, fuck it.
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I'm ready for this shit.
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These niggers are snappin'on us.
You see ?
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Do you believe this fucking shit ?
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Some shit like this woulda never
happened with the old Barksdale.
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Yo, Slim, man.
Say the motherfuckin'word.
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Shit is on.
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'Sup, B ?
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You a'ight ?
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We gonna bounce back
on the motherfucker, no question.
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Bounce back on who ?
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Marlo, boss.
Oh, he gonna fall.
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Marlo, Marlo ain't got
shit to do with it.
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Marlo couldn't
get String like that.
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String died'cause of some other shit.
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What ?
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He died because
of some other shit, nigger.
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I couldn't fix it.
I tried.
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That nigger String was
right about this shit, man.
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That nigger was right.
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Fuck Marlo. Fuck this fucking war.
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All this beef over
a couple of fuckin'corners.
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Don't matter who did
what to who at this point.
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Fact is, we went to war
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and now there ain't no going back.
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I mean, shit
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it's what war is, you know.
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Once you in it, you in it.
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If it's a lie
then we fight on that lie
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but we gotta fight.
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Got this out of his pocket.
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I got no idea.
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It's a cell chip from a phone.
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What elsedid you get off him ?
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200 cash, set of keys, license.
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President Street address ?
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I got Landsman bangin'out
a warrant for the place.
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Fuck the politics for a minute.
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What if the man happens to be right ?
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Legalizing drugs ?
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Crime is down in his district and
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people on that side of town,
they're okay with it.
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Look, if you don't exist,
what happens here ?
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If there's no Tommy Carcetti
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in this thing,
what's likely to happen ?
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The mayor and Burrell,
they shut this thing down.
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I figure the Mayor's
trying to find a way
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to shuit down to make it look like
it was an enforcement plan
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in case it goes public
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otherwise he'd have
moved to end it already.
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Makes sense.
But no matter what
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Colvin's little experiment
is finished.
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Come on, Tommy.
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They dealt you a winning hand
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and you're acting like you
forgot how to play.
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Mr. Mayor, call it legalization
and my office can't live with it.
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Agreed.
No one can.
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But harm reduction.
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That could sell provided there's a
reduction in the crime rate.
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Harm reduction.
Sounds good.
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Steven, what if we were
able to suggest
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limiting our
street level enforcement
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we were concentrating our resources
on high-level traffickers.
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How would that play ?
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Well, if I could show off that kind
of casework, yeah, maybe.
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But they've been doing
street rips for so long now
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I don't think
a high level exists.
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What if we were able to say
that no major traffickers
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were allowed in the free zone--
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That the major violators
were still being targeted, huh ?
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Are you suggesting
some kind of admissions
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criteria for the zones ?
How would that work ?
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I don't know that it would.
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I'm just saying that for
the sake of public perception.
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Come on, people,
work with me on this thing.
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Fucked up, ain't it ?
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Marlo need to get his ass
dropped, him and all his crew.
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They gonna fall.
You'll see.
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All right, let me know.
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That's the word
on the wire, anyway.
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Every mention puts it
on Marlo Stanfield's crew
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which means the war's
gonna ratchet up, no question.
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Where's Jimmy ?
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He went with Bunk Moreland
to rifle Stringer's spot downtown.
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- How'd he take it ?
- Like Stringer was kin.
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- Yeah ?
- Bushy Top
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- need to pull your coat up.
- Hey, what's up, Major ?
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I got somethin'for y'all.
Mount Vernon Square in about an hour.
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I'm there.
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This is Stringer's ?
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Yeah.
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Who in fuck was I chasing ?
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What's done is done.
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Gay ass gangsters.
Please.
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I took it for as long as I could.
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Let's go, man.
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Let's go.
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It being your town, I trust you
to do it proper.
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You off today, boss ?
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Every day, at this point.
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I told 'em over at COMSTAT
about my little experiment.
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Bosses went crazy, huh ?
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Anyway, that's why I called you.
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That there is a wartime lay-up
for your man Barksdale.
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My sources tell me the man's there
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most of the time
with a lot of muscle :
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sawed-offs, semiautos, Mac-11s.
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Whole lot of good shit
if you hit it right.
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- That's a hell of a tip.
- Shit.
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That right there might be
the last bit of police work
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in a long and storied career.
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I'll talk to you, Bushy Top.
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Which one is Ali ?
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In the white trunks, boy.
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- Damn, he look young.
- He was.
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This the Patterson fight
right here. Old school.
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Who Patterson ?
He soft.
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Ali whippin'his ass.
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He was a champ too.
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Look, any man still standing
at the end of a round
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you can't call him soft.
That's a rule, all right ?
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From Stringer's place downtown.
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B and B shit, college papers,
real estate stuff.
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There's no phone extension
in the place, just these.
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Cell phone chips.'Bout 100 of them.
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So that's why he wasn't
taking any phones
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from our man Bernard, huh ?
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Stringer had his own phone
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he just changed the number every
time he changed the chip.
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Shamrock too, probably, with
whatever phone he used to call Bell.
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Cautious man.
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Yes and no.
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Have a look in here.
All different manufacturers.
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Before Stringer Bell got aced
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he went out of his way to put in
his good friend Avon Barksdale.
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That's a Barksdale safe house.
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Where'd you get this ?
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Colvin.
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- Calls to the Western.
- Where's Daniels ?
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He's got this thing downtown.
It's for his wife.
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You should raise him.
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It's not enough
to make up for Stringer.
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It'll do for now.
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Because the neighborhoods
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and the residents
in this district are among
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the poorest in our city.
And it is these residents
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who most need
a strong voice at City Hall.
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Time has come for a change.
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And I believe I can
bring about that change
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by providing a strong voice
for the new 11th District
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if you will do me the honor--
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It's kind of cool, the lieutenant's wife
running for office, you know.
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Well, as you just heard,
West Baltimore City
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Council woman Eunetta Perkins
is going to have her hands full
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in next September's
Democratic finals.
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Stringer Bell.
Damn.
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Who could have got to him ?
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I mean, if it wasn't y'all on it.
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You know Avon's gonna
put it on you, right ?
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Shit, let him take it
on my jacket.
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Don't make me no never mind.
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I'm thinkin'it might be what
you call one of them good problems.
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Yeah.
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I heard Colvin's
in deep shit downtown.
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Looking at this right here
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he might not be the only one.
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Anything comes up,
I'm on the radio.
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My man, my man, my man.
Yo, you think I could get like $5 ?
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- I need like $5 to get on the bus.
- I look like a tourist to you ?
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- Man, I swear to God.
- Lookin'like that
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walking into
an open-air drug market
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why the hell would
I think you'll spend my $5
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on bus fare ?
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Shit,'cause I already
got my blast, man.
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All night you been drinking
like your ass is candy.
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That's shameful shit.
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12-gauge pumpkin balls.
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Last time I saw that kind of load
was the Pimlico double
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and I fuckin'know that motherfucker
was in the middle of that mess.
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And if I remember your boy
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he had no love
for the Barksdale people.
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Execution style, that don't play
like Omar Little.
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Besides, the word on our wire
is that Marlo's people did Stringer.
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- Marlo Stanfield ?
- The heir apparent.
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This city's going to hell, man.
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We're gonna push past 300 murders
before New Year's.
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Shit is fucked.
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Oh, hey, Cheryl.
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00:19:05,955 --> 00:19:09,536
No ? My guess is she's, uh,
picking up a prisoner.
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Yeah, I spoke to her
about ten minutes ago.
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00:19:12,336 --> 00:19:15,002
Yeah, well, they make you
check your stuff.
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Cell phone, money, weapon.
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Well, she'll call
when she gets the message.
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Not at all.
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I need more, Jimmy.
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More !
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Motherfucker.
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I'm tired, Bunk.
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Let's go.
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I heard the vanguard met.
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Heard they voted to have a
civilian review board look at it.
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It wasn't unanimous. And there were
people there speaking for you.
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I heard that too.
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So six out of ten black officers
think I'm just an asshole racist.
252
00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,214
On the other hand
253
00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:24,572
four out of ten
think you're just an asshole.
254
00:20:27,913 --> 00:20:32,035
It's an administrative charge.
You can fight it and win
255
00:20:32,067 --> 00:20:33,197
if you want.
256
00:20:33,396 --> 00:20:36,706
Failure to properly identify myself
as a police officer.
257
00:20:38,703 --> 00:20:41,341
Sounds like what I was guilty of
most of my career, actually.
258
00:20:44,671 --> 00:20:46,613
I'm not sure
I was supposed to be a police.
259
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,178
Not really.
260
00:20:52,105 --> 00:20:53,813
What were ya supposed to be, huh ?
261
00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:03,289
This is from Major Colvin's CI ?
262
00:21:03,902 --> 00:21:05,382
What's the corroboration ?
263
00:21:05,796 --> 00:21:09,154
Well, the source knew that Barksdale
had a waterfront condo in his own name
264
00:21:09,265 --> 00:21:11,476
gave the accurate location,
and title info
265
00:21:11,501 --> 00:21:12,964
down to deed of transfer.
266
00:21:13,634 --> 00:21:16,496
Well, that's good, but it puts him on
the legitimate side of things.
267
00:21:16,785 --> 00:21:19,107
What corroboration is there
for illegal activities ?
268
00:21:20,269 --> 00:21:21,830
Sorry I'm late.
269
00:21:21,988 --> 00:21:23,245
I had to stop in at a friend.
270
00:21:23,341 --> 00:21:25,457
The source knew that Barksdale
was shot last month
271
00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:26,524
wounded in the shoulder.
272
00:21:26,755 --> 00:21:29,238
- Emergency room ?
- No, no hospital reports.
273
00:21:30,484 --> 00:21:31,598
We're gonna need better.
274
00:21:31,662 --> 00:21:34,813
Either Colvin goes back to the CI
or we sit on this address for a while.
275
00:21:34,925 --> 00:21:37,279
- we can see.
- Well, fuck it, then.
276
00:21:37,955 --> 00:21:40,260
Let's name the source.
Put him right in the affidavit.
277
00:21:40,287 --> 00:21:42,692
- It's Colvin's call, isn't it ?
- It's Stringer Bell.
278
00:21:44,973 --> 00:21:46,898
Lester figured it out from the DNRs.
279
00:21:47,608 --> 00:21:49,740
Bell was snitching out Barksdale.
280
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:52,660
- You're sure of this ?
- Maybe that explains the murder.
281
00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:53,870
What's in the wire ?
282
00:21:54,467 --> 00:21:56,328
Loose talk about how
it was Marlo's people
283
00:21:56,345 --> 00:21:58,223
but nothing past rumor.
284
00:21:58,301 --> 00:22:00,976
With Bell gone, Barksdale might
have to come down a notch
285
00:22:00,999 --> 00:22:03,928
to oversee the day to day, and
maybe that puts him in contact
286
00:22:03,943 --> 00:22:06,284
with some of our
monitored cell phones.
287
00:22:06,443 --> 00:22:09,261
If he's as cautious
as Stringer, maybe not.
288
00:22:10,008 --> 00:22:12,362
My guess is Barksdale
never touches a cell phone.
289
00:22:12,952 --> 00:22:14,655
Safe house might be our best shot.
290
00:22:16,263 --> 00:22:17,170
All right.
291
00:22:18,196 --> 00:22:20,199
We stay on the wires until
this batch of burners
292
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,406
goes dead, hoping
we have Barksdale
293
00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:24,068
but meanwhile, we get a warrant
294
00:22:24,085 --> 00:22:25,910
for that safe house
and wait on him there.
295
00:22:35,501 --> 00:22:37,808
Thanks for the cover last night.
296
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,503
This is Greggs, Major Case Unit.
Who's the shift leader ?
297
00:23:18,217 --> 00:23:20,928
Holy Christ.
298
00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:37,343
- They're all over it, Commissioner.
- Right
299
00:23:39,413 --> 00:23:41,143
That was Foxtrot.
300
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,799
The cameras have found our
little shit pile.
301
00:23:43,919 --> 00:23:46,684
Your fuckin'councilman
took his sweet time, didn't he ?
302
00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:50,890
Everyone's a critic.
303
00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:53,976
If this doesn't go, what line
of work are you gonna try next ?
304
00:23:56,661 --> 00:23:57,969
We're here in West Baltimore--
305
00:24:03,136 --> 00:24:05,814
For more than a month, police
from Baltimore's Western District.
306
00:24:05,834 --> 00:24:07,632
It's just an outrageous development.
307
00:24:14,483 --> 00:24:17,665
It's something I never thought I'd see
from this or any other administration.
308
00:24:18,104 --> 00:24:20,301
Frankly, this is one of the
reasons we need a change
309
00:24:20,330 --> 00:24:21,456
in leadership in this city.
310
00:24:21,484 --> 00:24:23,907
Did the Mayor know ?
What about the Police Commissioner ?
311
00:24:23,936 --> 00:24:26,386
These are questions for the
Mayor and Police Commissioner.
312
00:24:26,414 --> 00:24:28,367
These are central issues
of crime and safety.
313
00:24:28,386 --> 00:24:30,282
The Royce administration
is simply bankrupt.
314
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,395
You still gonna announce
for mayor next month ?
315
00:24:32,474 --> 00:24:34,178
Standing here today
looking at this ?
316
00:24:34,312 --> 00:24:36,852
I can't see I can do anything
but put it out there right now.
317
00:24:36,881 --> 00:24:39,262
All I can tell you is that
for more than four weeks now
318
00:24:39,301 --> 00:24:41,140
the Baltimore Police
Department surrendered
319
00:24:41,159 --> 00:24:43,214
portions of the police district
to the drug trade
320
00:24:43,234 --> 00:24:44,872
and the Council was not informed.
321
00:24:44,999 --> 00:24:49,121
Fuck me. I fuckin' had this story
all to myself a week ago.
322
00:24:50,004 --> 00:24:52,344
Police officers for weeks
have turned a blind eye...
323
00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:54,397
What the fuck was I thinking ?
324
00:24:56,266 --> 00:24:58,065
..sanctioning open-air
drug markets.
325
00:24:58,876 --> 00:24:59,620
'Scuse us.
326
00:24:59,621 --> 00:25:05,131
...in the so called free zones,
drug dealers routinely ply...
327
00:25:05,163 --> 00:25:07,152
Mr. Mayor,
Commissioner Burrell is here.
328
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,841
Tell the Commissioner the Mayor
will be with him shortly.
329
00:25:09,936 --> 00:25:12,293
And young children run
the streets alone.
330
00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:15,181
The inhabitants of what
has come to be known
331
00:25:15,197 --> 00:25:18,706
as Hampsterdam have little
to say for the camera.
332
00:25:18,770 --> 00:25:20,823
But channel 5 has learned
that the police were...
333
00:25:23,217 --> 00:25:23,838
Yeah ?
334
00:25:23,919 --> 00:25:25,080
What are you seein'?
335
00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:28,025
Coupla people in and out.
No sign of Barksdale, though.
336
00:25:28,277 --> 00:25:29,384
It's quiet here too.
337
00:25:29,648 --> 00:25:30,697
Okay.
338
00:25:31,605 --> 00:25:32,830
Need to look at the back.
339
00:25:33,244 --> 00:25:35,790
Our friend Carcetti's gonna
run wild with this.
340
00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:39,785
And from the sound of things,
Gray is gonna run with him.
341
00:25:39,952 --> 00:25:43,039
Tony Gray thinks he's gonna
get my chair behind this bullshit
342
00:25:43,946 --> 00:25:45,688
We're throwin'you out
of the boat, Ervin.
343
00:25:45,698 --> 00:25:47,059
This shit is on you alone.
344
00:25:50,059 --> 00:25:51,506
Not necessarily.
345
00:25:51,657 --> 00:25:54,030
Not if I talk about how
we were under pressure
346
00:25:54,122 --> 00:25:55,401
to keep the crime down
347
00:25:55,402 --> 00:25:57,583
to juke the stats
district by district...
348
00:25:57,782 --> 00:25:58,856
You never said that.
349
00:25:58,896 --> 00:26:02,039
About how Colvin under pressure,
lost his way
350
00:26:02,106 --> 00:26:03,792
about how I came to you
weeks ago...
351
00:26:03,994 --> 00:26:05,587
- Days ago.
- Weeks ago
352
00:26:05,604 --> 00:26:07,992
to tell you what he had
done and to assure you that
353
00:26:08,082 --> 00:26:09,886
we were on top of the situation
354
00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:13,106
that Colvin would be relieved
and his plan aborted.
355
00:26:13,297 --> 00:26:14,920
You lyin'motherfucker.
356
00:26:15,015 --> 00:26:18,246
But you heard about the drop
in Colvin's felony rate
357
00:26:18,389 --> 00:26:20,108
and you sent me packing.
358
00:26:20,443 --> 00:26:24,021
Brought in your liberal-ass
do-gooders to seriously consider
359
00:26:24,022 --> 00:26:25,661
this horseshit
360
00:26:25,883 --> 00:26:28,256
while Colvin's
mistake grew and grew.
361
00:26:28,835 --> 00:26:31,756
My hands were tied, Mr. Mayor
362
00:26:32,004 --> 00:26:34,439
my department thwarted.
363
00:26:35,241 --> 00:26:38,249
I was a prisoner
of the goddamn politicians.
364
00:26:39,078 --> 00:26:40,035
Or...
365
00:26:44,456 --> 00:26:48,529
I leave your office right now
willing to say a lot less than that.
366
00:26:48,874 --> 00:26:51,850
I put what I can
on crazy-ass Bunny Colvin
367
00:26:52,203 --> 00:26:57,554
and I take the hit.
And if Carcetti or Gray holds hearings
368
00:26:58,130 --> 00:27:01,751
I'm the wall between them and you.
369
00:27:02,448 --> 00:27:05,929
In which case, I am your commissioner
370
00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:08,983
for the full five-year term.
371
00:27:18,795 --> 00:27:21,032
Unit one to unit two.
372
00:27:21,342 --> 00:27:25,097
- Unit two standing by.
- Deal's made.
373
00:27:27,124 --> 00:27:30,555
Unit two to sector three,
move on the Winchester Homes.
374
00:27:30,679 --> 00:27:32,330
Ten-four. We're moving.
375
00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:34,135
Unit two to sector two.
376
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:35,766
Move on the Koppers plant.
377
00:27:35,871 --> 00:27:36,945
Roger that.
378
00:27:40,253 --> 00:27:42,217
Over the top, gentlemen.
379
00:28:03,026 --> 00:28:04,643
'Bout fucking time.
380
00:28:15,977 --> 00:28:18,667
Man, g outaigo re-up.
381
00:28:19,113 --> 00:28:21,739
- Where Tuckie at ?
- I don't know.
382
00:28:26,043 --> 00:28:28,174
- Yo, where Tuckie at, man ?
- He rolled out.
383
00:28:28,255 --> 00:28:30,148
- He said the police comin'.
384
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,432
- D'oh.
- Here they come. Let's roll.
385
00:29:04,079 --> 00:29:05,956
Hold it right there
386
00:29:13,021 --> 00:29:15,265
White jacket !
Stop right there ! Stop !
387
00:29:22,149 --> 00:29:24,281
Freeze ! Police, don't move !
388
00:29:27,004 --> 00:29:29,361
Outstanding, red team.
Oustanding.
389
00:29:29,803 --> 00:29:31,475
Give you a case
of beer for that one.
390
00:29:51,639 --> 00:29:54,010
Son, this nigga Stringer Bell, man
391
00:29:54,527 --> 00:29:56,388
was beggin'Chris, yo, for real.
392
00:29:56,718 --> 00:29:57,793
Like know what I mean ?
393
00:29:57,821 --> 00:30:00,418
Diggin'in his pockets,
talkin' 'bout how much cheese
394
00:30:00,518 --> 00:30:03,336
he gonna give us, I mean,
if we just let him walk.
395
00:30:03,390 --> 00:30:06,212
My man Chris holler,
"Man, bitch, you gonna die."
396
00:30:06,487 --> 00:30:08,619
This nigga just dropped
to his fuckin' knees like
397
00:30:08,635 --> 00:30:11,380
a little cocksucker,
man, start cryin'.
398
00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:13,593
That shit was worse
than fuckin' pathetic.
399
00:30:16,098 --> 00:30:20,045
- Yo, that's Marlo.
- Get on yo'burner, man.
400
00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:30,215
- Got a line on him.
- The number one ? Where at ?
401
00:30:30,278 --> 00:30:32,578
Tall man says
to tell y'all to soldier up.
402
00:30:32,653 --> 00:30:35,709
They up at the rim shop.
403
00:30:37,928 --> 00:30:40,762
- Boss, you okay ?
- What you want ?
404
00:30:40,857 --> 00:30:43,253
Slim said they got
their eye on Marlo.
405
00:30:44,473 --> 00:30:47,784
I'm just sayin', you know,
all the boys, they all waitin'on you.
406
00:30:48,983 --> 00:30:50,494
Go ahead, man.
407
00:30:51,090 --> 00:30:52,132
I'm behind you.
408
00:31:15,449 --> 00:31:17,403
What else you need
from us, Deputy ?
409
00:31:17,418 --> 00:31:19,282
City Hall wants
the bulldozers through here
410
00:31:19,301 --> 00:31:21,552
at dawnand then fencing
all around the site.
411
00:31:21,658 --> 00:31:23,951
Winchester Homes
and the Koppers plant as well.
412
00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:25,805
We got it.
413
00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:29,576
Come tomorrow,
the television reporters
414
00:31:29,671 --> 00:31:32,011
get nothing they can
stand in front of.
415
00:31:32,104 --> 00:31:35,337
'Scuse me, Deputy,
sir, we found a body.
416
00:31:46,031 --> 00:31:47,131
Any trauma ?
417
00:31:47,751 --> 00:31:50,089
Can't tell for sure
with all the rat bites.
418
00:31:50,861 --> 00:31:53,170
Take him to OCME
in a jail wagon.
419
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,041
I don't want the fuckin'
reporters seeing any ambos.
420
00:31:57,864 --> 00:31:58,960
Shit.
421
00:32:09,824 --> 00:32:12,577
He just landed. Him plus one.
422
00:32:12,832 --> 00:32:14,518
Got it. Sit tight.
423
00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:15,681
That makes how many ?
424
00:32:18,068 --> 00:32:20,518
Including Barksdale, Sydnor
counted ten in
425
00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:22,667
and one comin'out,
so that's ten at least.
426
00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:28,886
2301 to KGA.
427
00:32:29,622 --> 00:32:31,040
Go ahead, 2301.
428
00:32:31,829 --> 00:32:35,707
We need QRT to meet us at our 20
for a search and seizure.
429
00:32:35,770 --> 00:32:39,624
Location has multiple suspects
and may contain automatic weapons.
430
00:32:39,660 --> 00:32:40,675
Ten-four.
431
00:32:49,283 --> 00:32:50,637
Word travels fast, huh ?
432
00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:52,642
Shit.
433
00:32:55,189 --> 00:32:57,614
Burrell called Johns Hopkins
personally this morning.
434
00:33:01,702 --> 00:33:03,323
Dragged your name into the gutter.
435
00:33:03,324 --> 00:33:05,557
Johns Hopkins doesn't
need the notoriety.
436
00:33:05,618 --> 00:33:08,652
The chief academic officer of a
major research university
437
00:33:08,776 --> 00:33:10,664
doesn't want to hear
that some new hire
438
00:33:10,665 --> 00:33:12,482
makes up the rules
as he goes along.
439
00:33:18,425 --> 00:33:19,544
Yeah, Colvin.
440
00:33:25,749 --> 00:33:27,243
COMSTAT tomorrow.
441
00:33:33,372 --> 00:33:33,835
I'm up.
442
00:33:41,226 --> 00:33:42,351
Y'all taking a door ?
443
00:33:43,064 --> 00:33:44,012
Where's tactical ?
444
00:33:45,220 --> 00:33:46,453
I called for QRT.
445
00:33:47,027 --> 00:33:48,004
You ain't heard ?
446
00:33:48,056 --> 00:33:50,744
They're a little busy tonight
tearin'down Colvin's fuck up.
447
00:33:50,926 --> 00:33:53,775
With all that goin'on,
you're lucky you even got us.
448
00:33:53,895 --> 00:33:56,949
- Who he hittin' on this ?
- Avon Barksdale and crew.
449
00:33:57,132 --> 00:34:00,650
I fuckin' told you he was out.
Did i fuckin' tell you ?
450
00:34:01,159 --> 00:34:03,228
I fuckin' told her.
451
00:34:03,363 --> 00:34:06,807
For more than four weeks,
the Baltimore Police Department...
452
00:34:08,201 --> 00:34:11,081
By tomorrow, the story goes national
and Washington reacts.
453
00:34:13,174 --> 00:34:15,170
Save the best
questions for Tony Gray.
454
00:34:16,181 --> 00:34:18,390
He needs to shine
even more than you.
455
00:34:27,663 --> 00:34:29,259
I can't believe
he wants us to knock.
456
00:34:29,297 --> 00:34:31,111
Well, you can' flush
guns, now, can you ?
457
00:34:31,177 --> 00:34:33,193
Well, fuck that.
What if they open up on us ?
458
00:34:33,259 --> 00:34:35,244
These guys are
at war with another crew.
459
00:34:35,342 --> 00:34:37,952
We go chargin'in there,
chances are we will get lit up.
460
00:34:52,738 --> 00:34:53,808
Yo, B.
461
00:34:54,631 --> 00:34:57,241
Sham sayin'that Charles
sayin'they still up at the rim shop.
462
00:34:57,384 --> 00:35:00,376
Marlo, his boy Chris,
and Vinson, they still eatin'
463
00:35:00,455 --> 00:35:03,018
but the rest of the muscle,
they rolled out.
464
00:35:12,234 --> 00:35:12,892
Police !
465
00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:15,219
No.
466
00:35:16,372 --> 00:35:17,446
Not the police.
467
00:35:17,470 --> 00:35:20,349
- Narco's out back too.
- Shit.
468
00:35:20,810 --> 00:35:24,261
Let us in !
We know you're in there.
469
00:35:27,132 --> 00:35:29,341
Open the door,
you fucking cocksuckers !
470
00:35:29,369 --> 00:35:30,366
Fucked up, man.
471
00:35:30,441 --> 00:35:32,179
Y'all ask me
472
00:35:32,911 --> 00:35:34,854
y'all ugly ass niggers
shouldn't be in here
473
00:35:34,855 --> 00:35:36,658
fucking around
with all these guns and shit
474
00:35:39,187 --> 00:35:40,083
Open it.
475
00:35:44,696 --> 00:35:47,814
Come on, Avon. Enough with this shit.
Open the fucking door.
476
00:35:51,064 --> 00:35:54,164
Open the fucking door,
you cocksuckers.
477
00:35:54,979 --> 00:35:55,881
Police !
478
00:36:00,689 --> 00:36:02,281
- Search warrant !
- I'm clean, man.
479
00:36:02,892 --> 00:36:05,343
Open the fucking door.
480
00:36:08,619 --> 00:36:09,448
Get down !
481
00:36:09,449 --> 00:36:11,519
Face that shit tight. Greggs.
482
00:36:11,598 --> 00:36:12,998
I'm opening up.
483
00:36:19,754 --> 00:36:21,458
That'd be mine.
484
00:36:21,481 --> 00:36:23,264
In fact,
all that's mine.
485
00:36:23,336 --> 00:36:25,978
You got a law degree ?
486
00:36:28,469 --> 00:36:29,599
Take him.
487
00:36:30,378 --> 00:36:33,974
You fall on the parole violation.
No matter whatever else happens
488
00:36:34,006 --> 00:36:35,955
you do every day of
what's left of your seven
489
00:36:35,973 --> 00:36:36,875
without seeing a jury.
490
00:36:36,884 --> 00:36:39,020
Maybe even conspiracy to murder.
491
00:36:39,035 --> 00:36:42,696
We take this federal, see if we can
get you ten to life... no parole.
492
00:36:42,871 --> 00:36:44,980
Whatever.
493
00:36:45,309 --> 00:36:48,301
Shit, you only do two days no how.
494
00:36:48,516 --> 00:36:51,810
- That's the day you go in.
- And the day you come out.
495
00:36:52,104 --> 00:36:54,237
Yeah, well, here's the warrant.
496
00:37:00,951 --> 00:37:02,060
You read it slow.
497
00:37:04,392 --> 00:37:06,788
In between them two days,
give you something to think on.
498
00:37:26,312 --> 00:37:26,980
Damn.
499
00:37:27,557 --> 00:37:28,894
Missed our shot.
500
00:37:30,592 --> 00:37:31,232
Roll, man.
501
00:37:34,421 --> 00:37:36,431
You bend over for us,
or I swear to God
502
00:37:36,459 --> 00:37:38,163
I will spend what's
left of my career
503
00:37:38,194 --> 00:37:40,709
shitting on every last
supervisor in your district.
504
00:37:40,756 --> 00:37:43,421
From shift commanders down
to sector sergeants, not one of them
505
00:37:43,450 --> 00:37:46,923
will have any rank at all if we
hear so much as a bark out of you.
506
00:37:47,090 --> 00:37:49,669
Look, my people saw this as a
tactical deployment only.
507
00:37:49,995 --> 00:37:51,530
The responsibility is mine alone.
508
00:37:51,531 --> 00:37:53,432
Well, you won't fall alone
509
00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:57,522
unless you're willing to fall exactly
as we want you to.
510
00:37:58,023 --> 00:38:00,905
After COMSTAT,
you go to retirement services
511
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,681
and drop papers, going out
at a lieutenant's grade
512
00:38:03,721 --> 00:38:06,983
That's right, you're busted back.
We can't take your EOD away
513
00:38:07,150 --> 00:38:09,330
but you're not going out
on a major's pay.
514
00:38:09,331 --> 00:38:11,289
I can retire before you bust me.
515
00:38:11,703 --> 00:38:13,581
I got vacation time
enough to make my 30.
516
00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:15,880
Fuck your vacation time.
517
00:38:16,612 --> 00:38:19,556
You're out today, at the lower grade.
518
00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:21,760
That's against the goddamn contract.
519
00:38:21,881 --> 00:38:23,972
What part of bend over
didn't you understand ?
520
00:38:27,450 --> 00:38:28,882
Avon locked up ?
521
00:38:28,947 --> 00:38:30,617
With most of his muscle, yeah.
522
00:38:30,633 --> 00:38:33,100
Good day to get back out
on them corners, ain't it ?
523
00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,713
Make some money.
524
00:38:36,728 --> 00:38:38,066
You bet.
525
00:38:48,574 --> 00:38:50,858
It's not just the 17 millions
in federal funding
526
00:38:50,992 --> 00:38:53,497
for Baltimore law enforcement
that you've jeopardized.
527
00:38:53,521 --> 00:38:56,500
Take off another 200 million of federal
money in your operating budget
528
00:38:56,527 --> 00:38:59,051
another 75 in capital expenditures,
529
00:38:59,472 --> 00:39:02,545
plus untold millions in pass-through
federal dollars from Annapolis.
530
00:39:03,498 --> 00:39:05,457
All told, we're talking about
531
00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:08,615
half a billion a year that Baltimore
will be doing without.
532
00:39:08,712 --> 00:39:11,449
Furthermore, the U.S. Attorney here
will use all the resources
533
00:39:11,536 --> 00:39:13,740
of the Justice Department
to interdict and destroy
534
00:39:13,785 --> 00:39:15,425
any attempt to establish
535
00:39:15,443 --> 00:39:19,087
a geographic entity
where drugs are legal.
536
00:39:19,597 --> 00:39:22,207
Washington should know that
what happened in West Baltimore
537
00:39:22,350 --> 00:39:25,407
in no way reflects the policies
of my administration.
538
00:39:25,717 --> 00:39:27,387
That was an aberration,
Mr. Talmadge.
539
00:39:27,388 --> 00:39:29,680
The work of one
misguided police official.
540
00:39:29,854 --> 00:39:31,684
We understand your concerns
541
00:39:31,732 --> 00:39:34,994
but for the deputy drug czar
542
00:39:35,115 --> 00:39:37,628
to take the time out
to drive 30 miles north
543
00:39:37,644 --> 00:39:40,095
to deliver that message,
hardly necessary.
544
00:39:41,973 --> 00:39:43,548
Rest assured.
545
00:39:47,710 --> 00:39:49,094
What up, G ?
546
00:39:49,835 --> 00:39:51,959
Where the older ones at ?
547
00:39:52,329 --> 00:39:54,366
Marlo got his package back out.
548
00:40:05,584 --> 00:40:08,608
Fire Burrell.
This nonsense began in his shop
549
00:40:08,815 --> 00:40:11,535
without him knowing it.
Fire the man and move on.
550
00:40:11,783 --> 00:40:14,185
Odell, I respect your opinion.
551
00:40:15,204 --> 00:40:16,049
But right now
552
00:40:16,986 --> 00:40:19,970
Tony Gray, Carcetti maneuvering
553
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:22,374
now is not the time.
554
00:40:23,702 --> 00:40:27,016
We get past the primary, then I'll drive
a stake in his heart.
555
00:40:27,117 --> 00:40:28,652
But right now
I need him where he is
556
00:40:28,672 --> 00:40:29,997
for no other reason than to
557
00:40:30,132 --> 00:40:32,178
well, to take the hit
for this thing right here.
558
00:40:32,196 --> 00:40:33,967
But I tell you what
I'm gonna do, though.
559
00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:36,753
I'm gonna shine on that new girl
you like in the 11th.
560
00:40:38,139 --> 00:40:40,274
Give her a spot on the ticket.
Cut Eunetta loose.
561
00:40:40,301 --> 00:40:41,362
Eunetta's had her day.
562
00:40:43,382 --> 00:40:46,278
I respect the fact that
you stood by me, Odell.
563
00:40:46,319 --> 00:40:47,625
I respect loyalty.
564
00:40:49,684 --> 00:40:52,771
And did so without properly
informing his superior officers
565
00:40:53,446 --> 00:40:56,598
and without regard to the criminal
statutes he was sworn to enforce
566
00:40:57,067 --> 00:40:59,931
thereby disgracing himself
and his command.
567
00:41:02,684 --> 00:41:05,002
Is any of that subject
to any contradiction
568
00:41:05,003 --> 00:41:07,368
or argument whatsoever,
Major Colvin ?
569
00:41:07,698 --> 00:41:08,270
No, sir.
570
00:41:08,684 --> 00:41:09,988
No argument at all, Bunny ?
571
00:41:10,793 --> 00:41:12,160
Not much you can say, is there ?
572
00:41:12,161 --> 00:41:13,847
Not to real police.
573
00:41:14,715 --> 00:41:16,924
- Get on with it,motherfu--
- 'Scuse me, major ?
574
00:41:19,076 --> 00:41:21,319
Is the admin lieutenant present ?
575
00:41:23,126 --> 00:41:25,178
Major Colvin is relieved of duty.
576
00:41:25,267 --> 00:41:28,353
You are now the acting commander
of the Western District.
577
00:42:02,802 --> 00:42:05,001
- Hey, Bunk.
- Hey, Freamon.
578
00:42:05,066 --> 00:42:07,642
- Who is that ? Crutchfield ?
579
00:42:07,643 --> 00:42:09,266
- Naw, Norris.
580
00:42:09,291 --> 00:42:10,945
Sleeping on a stakeout.
581
00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:13,425
Damn, Bernard, didn't I tell
you about these guys ?
582
00:42:16,254 --> 00:42:18,688
Yeah, that's everyone
we heard on the wire.
583
00:42:18,749 --> 00:42:20,824
McNulty's over there in number
one with Pearlman.
584
00:42:20,852 --> 00:42:22,484
Why don't you say hey ?
585
00:42:26,819 --> 00:42:29,142
You got to be
the stupidest motherfucker
586
00:42:29,190 --> 00:42:31,037
that I've ever gone out with.
587
00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,170
I can't wait to go to jail.
588
00:42:34,116 --> 00:42:35,739
What ? What you say ?
589
00:42:35,795 --> 00:42:38,373
What the fuck did you say, Bernard ?
590
00:42:49,561 --> 00:42:50,882
Hey, Donald.
591
00:42:55,981 --> 00:42:57,917
- You heard the tapes.
- Look, he came to me
592
00:42:58,035 --> 00:43:00,659
and said we could sell drugs
if we move down to Vincent Street
593
00:43:00,668 --> 00:43:02,039
and that's where I moved my crew.
594
00:43:02,058 --> 00:43:04,940
And you know I did because you the one
that popped me with the G-pack
595
00:43:04,941 --> 00:43:07,416
on my way to the spot,
and let me go, remember ?
596
00:43:07,742 --> 00:43:10,321
You were selling drugs
in Major Colvin's free zone ?
597
00:43:10,488 --> 00:43:12,986
- You can prove that.
- Ask him. He know.
598
00:43:13,774 --> 00:43:15,938
This must be one of them
contrapment things.
599
00:43:16,018 --> 00:43:17,638
You mean entrapment.
600
00:43:17,639 --> 00:43:20,037
Kid's got a point.
601
00:43:27,110 --> 00:43:29,481
19 in bracelets
from Barksdale on down.
602
00:43:29,489 --> 00:43:31,208
Another eight wanted on warrants.
603
00:43:31,216 --> 00:43:35,020
Any way you can tie your case
to this mess with Colvin ?
604
00:43:35,021 --> 00:43:38,161
Make it like what he was
doing led to your thing ?
605
00:43:38,162 --> 00:43:39,149
I don't see it.
606
00:43:39,341 --> 00:43:43,532
Well, it's good work
nonetheless, Major Daniels.
607
00:43:46,789 --> 00:43:48,922
Call came in from the Mayor's office
608
00:43:48,978 --> 00:43:51,954
half hour ago
approving your promotion.
609
00:43:52,033 --> 00:43:54,813
And now with Colvin,
there's a new vacancy.
610
00:43:57,404 --> 00:43:59,823
- What about my wife ?
- What about her ?
611
00:43:59,943 --> 00:44:02,425
The Mayor. Eunetta's seat.
612
00:44:02,442 --> 00:44:04,697
- Why would the Mayor...
- Good police work maybe.
613
00:44:08,576 --> 00:44:11,027
Not everything is politics.
614
00:44:15,579 --> 00:44:17,584
Hey, I'll take two. Western alumni.
615
00:44:17,624 --> 00:44:18,992
All right, you got it.
616
00:44:19,804 --> 00:44:20,604
Major.
617
00:44:23,282 --> 00:44:24,031
I heard.
618
00:44:26,251 --> 00:44:27,581
How's your family take it ?
619
00:44:33,340 --> 00:44:36,113
Lolita done dropped herself
30 pounds and got herself
620
00:44:36,145 --> 00:44:37,493
a real estate license
621
00:44:38,862 --> 00:44:40,684
so I guess she's fixin'to leave me.
622
00:44:49,556 --> 00:44:52,540
I just wanted you to know
that last tip you gave me
623
00:44:52,541 --> 00:44:53,886
was a winner.
624
00:44:54,370 --> 00:44:55,612
Yeah, I heard.
625
00:44:56,130 --> 00:44:57,024
That's good work.
626
00:45:00,976 --> 00:45:03,697
Also, I don't know if you know,
Stringer Bell was shot to death
627
00:45:03,697 --> 00:45:04,780
two days ago.
628
00:45:06,705 --> 00:45:09,936
So anyway,
I put his name on the paper
629
00:45:10,110 --> 00:45:11,181
to tighten the PC.
630
00:45:13,286 --> 00:45:15,657
I figured what the fuck
once he's aced, right ?
631
00:45:19,301 --> 00:45:21,513
You always did cut
them corners, didn't you ?
632
00:45:27,171 --> 00:45:29,224
Seems like you cut a few
yourself, Major.
633
00:45:33,313 --> 00:45:35,256
However it ends,
you're good police.
634
00:45:35,598 --> 00:45:37,159
I just did what I did.
635
00:45:38,996 --> 00:45:39,941
It felt right.
636
00:45:42,776 --> 00:45:43,790
I'm fine with that.
637
00:46:27,342 --> 00:46:28,821
I don't understand.
638
00:46:32,032 --> 00:46:33,027
Drink your wine.
639
00:46:39,854 --> 00:46:40,877
You and me in public.
640
00:46:43,031 --> 00:46:45,253
- But your wife.
- She wins without me.
641
00:46:48,962 --> 00:46:52,145
On the Mayor's ticket, she wins.
642
00:46:52,206 --> 00:46:53,368
And you make major ?
643
00:46:56,334 --> 00:46:58,964
I think she was waiting for this day
more than I ever was.
644
00:47:01,183 --> 00:47:02,453
And now she's not here.
645
00:47:04,067 --> 00:47:04,653
No.
646
00:47:06,396 --> 00:47:07,166
She's not.
647
00:47:15,031 --> 00:47:16,389
From out of nowhere, huh ?
648
00:47:17,767 --> 00:47:18,765
Nowhere is right.
649
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:21,739
Why me ?
650
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:25,524
I guess you don't live right.
651
00:47:31,147 --> 00:47:33,503
- Kari, what was that ?
- Nothing.
652
00:47:33,534 --> 00:47:35,075
- What broke ?
- Nothing, Mama.
653
00:47:42,073 --> 00:47:43,011
So...
654
00:47:43,807 --> 00:47:44,634
Yeah.
655
00:47:45,884 --> 00:47:47,715
You just drive over here.
656
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:48,963
I did.
657
00:47:50,539 --> 00:47:53,021
Why tonight ? What happened ?
658
00:47:56,060 --> 00:47:58,407
I was in my old district tonight
659
00:47:58,427 --> 00:48:00,840
which is where I used
to feel pretty good, I think.
660
00:48:01,761 --> 00:48:03,658
I wasn't so angry
when I was there anyway.
661
00:48:05,351 --> 00:48:07,511
I don't know, someone said
something, I guess
662
00:48:09,513 --> 00:48:10,863
and, uhit doesn't make sense.
663
00:48:14,542 --> 00:48:15,942
I guess I finished something today.
664
00:48:16,772 --> 00:48:17,475
A case ?
665
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:19,644
More than that.
666
00:48:21,893 --> 00:48:23,660
It's like everything
I poured into a glass
667
00:48:23,764 --> 00:48:25,275
came out the bottom
668
00:48:25,936 --> 00:48:28,100
and I just kept on pouring.
669
00:48:28,451 --> 00:48:30,431
Like the thing had
a hole in it, you know.
670
00:48:32,030 --> 00:48:33,745
Things that make me right
for this job
671
00:48:33,746 --> 00:48:35,772
maybe they're the same things
that make me wrong
672
00:48:35,790 --> 00:48:37,339
for everything else.
673
00:48:38,898 --> 00:48:40,794
Do you want to come inside
for a drink ?
674
00:48:45,150 --> 00:48:45,912
Not tonight.
675
00:48:49,792 --> 00:48:51,655
But if it's not too late,
I wouldn't mind
676
00:48:52,037 --> 00:48:52,887
meeting your kids.
677
00:49:52,007 --> 00:49:55,135
Major Colvin misled his officers.
678
00:49:55,181 --> 00:49:58,943
They thought that his initiative
was a tactical deployment
679
00:49:59,191 --> 00:50:01,304
to entrap narcotics traffickers.
680
00:50:01,664 --> 00:50:04,068
There was no mention whatsoever
681
00:50:04,123 --> 00:50:06,796
of the initiative to
any superior officer.
682
00:50:06,836 --> 00:50:09,691
And for five weeks, all evidence
683
00:50:09,692 --> 00:50:12,685
of what he was doing managed to elude
the entire command staff.
684
00:50:14,109 --> 00:50:15,476
Are you kidding, Commissioner ?
685
00:50:15,504 --> 00:50:16,988
I take full responsibility
686
00:50:17,308 --> 00:50:20,157
and indeed, after I first learned
of the matter
687
00:50:20,316 --> 00:50:22,326
I informed the Mayor, and together
688
00:50:22,385 --> 00:50:23,785
we moved immediately
689
00:50:23,881 --> 00:50:26,873
to relieve Major Colvin
690
00:50:26,998 --> 00:50:28,506
I'm under the impression that
691
00:50:28,507 --> 00:50:30,729
this administration
gave serious consideration
692
00:50:30,742 --> 00:50:32,319
with Colvin's initiative.
693
00:50:32,366 --> 00:50:33,495
No, sir.
694
00:50:33,503 --> 00:50:36,097
Major Colvin informed you of his effort
at a COMSTAT meeting
695
00:50:36,193 --> 00:50:37,434
more than a week ago.
696
00:50:37,442 --> 00:50:39,678
His free zones stayed up
for six days after that.
697
00:50:39,741 --> 00:50:42,304
That's my responsibility, Councilman.
698
00:50:42,359 --> 00:50:44,652
We needed the time to conclude
an ongoing investigation
699
00:50:44,670 --> 00:50:46,843
by the Major Crime Unit,
a wiretap case
700
00:50:46,844 --> 00:50:48,844
that would have been disrupted
701
00:50:48,853 --> 00:50:51,956
Correct, Mayor Royce was aware
of the pending case
702
00:50:52,012 --> 00:50:55,194
and allowed us to delay
our response accordingly.
703
00:50:55,249 --> 00:50:57,478
But the Mayor was unequivocal
704
00:50:57,692 --> 00:51:00,637
in his opposition
to what Major Colvin did.
705
00:51:00,835 --> 00:51:03,497
What we have here, I'm afraid,
is nothing more complicated
706
00:51:03,498 --> 00:51:06,556
than a solitary police commander
who, under great pressure
707
00:51:06,574 --> 00:51:10,920
proved to be amoral, incompetent,
and unfit for command.
708
00:51:11,373 --> 00:51:12,058
No.
709
00:51:13,752 --> 00:51:14,850
It's about more than that.
710
00:51:14,905 --> 00:51:17,421
This is more important
than who knew what when
711
00:51:17,627 --> 00:51:19,442
or who falls on his sword
712
00:51:19,546 --> 00:51:21,709
or whether someone
can use this disaster
713
00:51:21,734 --> 00:51:23,484
to make a political point or two.
714
00:51:23,531 --> 00:51:24,423
Mr. Chairman--
715
00:51:24,494 --> 00:51:27,343
We can forgive Major Colvin who,
out of his frustration
716
00:51:27,510 --> 00:51:29,924
and despair, found himself
condoning something which
717
00:51:29,925 --> 00:51:33,422
can't possibly be condoned.
We can do that much.
718
00:51:34,536 --> 00:51:37,417
But, gentlemen, what we can't forgive,
719
00:51:37,576 --> 00:51:40,237
what I can't forgive ever
720
00:51:41,260 --> 00:51:42,454
is how we...
721
00:51:44,729 --> 00:51:47,637
you, me, this administration,
all of us
722
00:51:48,860 --> 00:51:52,646
how we turned away from those streets
in West Baltimore. The poor, the sick
723
00:51:52,895 --> 00:51:56,404
the swollen underclass of our city
trapped in the wreckage of neighborhoods
724
00:51:56,435 --> 00:51:59,189
which were once so prized.
Communities which
725
00:51:59,522 --> 00:52:02,228
we've failed to defend,
which we have surrendered
726
00:52:02,253 --> 00:52:04,433
to the horrors of the drug trade.
727
00:52:04,575 --> 00:52:07,631
And if this disaster demands anything
of us as a city
728
00:52:07,973 --> 00:52:09,788
it demands that we say enough.
729
00:52:09,796 --> 00:52:12,772
Enough to the despair which makes
policemen even think about surrender.
730
00:52:12,780 --> 00:52:15,214
Enough to the fact that
these neighborhoods are not saved
731
00:52:15,334 --> 00:52:18,723
or are beyond the saving.
Enough to this administration's
732
00:52:18,779 --> 00:52:21,016
indecisiveness and lethargy
733
00:52:21,387 --> 00:52:23,546
to the garbage
which goes uncollected
734
00:52:23,594 --> 00:52:25,997
the lots and row houses
which stay vacant
735
00:52:26,165 --> 00:52:28,281
the addicts who go untreated
736
00:52:28,306 --> 00:52:30,052
the working men and women
who every day
737
00:52:30,053 --> 00:52:31,886
are denied a chance
at economic freedom.
738
00:52:34,715 --> 00:52:36,475
Enough to the crime,
which every day
739
00:52:36,476 --> 00:52:38,954
chokes more and more
of the life from our city.
740
00:52:40,825 --> 00:52:41,670
And...
741
00:52:42,562 --> 00:52:46,063
the thing of it is, if we don't
take responsibility and step up
742
00:52:46,113 --> 00:52:48,449
not just for the mistakes
and the miscues
743
00:52:48,639 --> 00:52:51,506
but for whether or not we're gonna
win this battle for our streets
744
00:52:51,534 --> 00:52:52,537
if that doesn't happen
745
00:52:52,771 --> 00:52:55,973
we're gonna lose these neighborhoods
and ultimately this city forever.
746
00:52:56,011 --> 00:52:57,854
If we don't have the courage
747
00:52:57,878 --> 00:53:00,914
and the conviction to fight this war
they way it should be fought
748
00:53:00,915 --> 00:53:03,473
the way it needs to be fought,
using every weapon
749
00:53:03,489 --> 00:53:06,497
that we can possibly muster,
if that doesn't happen
750
00:53:08,549 --> 00:53:10,127
well, then we're staring at defeat.
751
00:53:12,925 --> 00:53:14,884
And that defeat
should not and cannot
752
00:53:14,979 --> 00:53:16,913
and will not be forgiven.
753
00:53:25,192 --> 00:53:26,254
It was a good case
754
00:53:26,891 --> 00:53:27,962
I'm not denying that
755
00:53:28,959 --> 00:53:30,582
but I need to trust my people.
756
00:53:31,578 --> 00:53:34,235
Unless you can give
your word, there's no way--
757
00:53:34,435 --> 00:53:36,519
That's more than fair.
758
00:53:36,997 --> 00:53:38,542
Thanks.
759
00:53:39,010 --> 00:53:41,525
But it's better for me
if I do something else.
760
00:53:45,695 --> 00:53:47,318
Detective.
761
00:53:49,925 --> 00:53:51,107
It's not you, it's me.
762
00:53:53,286 --> 00:53:55,695
- But where--
- The western, I think.
763
00:53:56,957 --> 00:53:59,384
Western feels like home.
764
00:54:13,738 --> 00:54:15,894
You showed something today.
765
00:54:16,231 --> 00:54:18,063
Just felt like it needed to be said.
766
00:54:21,434 --> 00:54:23,388
Sounds like you're
running for something.
767
00:54:27,378 --> 00:54:28,167
Eunetta.
768
00:54:29,227 --> 00:54:29,941
Been a while.
769
00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:46,646
Thought y'all was in training.
770
00:55:02,534 --> 00:55:05,041
So what time you want us to be
there tomorrow, coach ?
771
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:07,607
3:30 would be good.
772
00:55:08,396 --> 00:55:10,405
- Hope to see you all then.
- A'right.
773
00:55:27,347 --> 00:55:29,265
What the fuck y'all
standing around for ?
774
00:55:30,059 --> 00:55:31,049
Man, get to work.
775
00:56:35,584 --> 00:56:37,135
That's a seed.
776
00:56:38,803 --> 00:56:39,525
Yeah.
777
00:59:59,050 --> 01:00:00,608
What do you see right here?
778
01:00:01,268 --> 01:00:03,688
It's bulk metal. 10¢ a pound.
779
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:04,493
Here.
780
01:00:05,294 --> 01:00:06,246
Aluminum.
781
01:00:06,393 --> 01:00:08,732
Right you are. 30¢ a pound
782
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:11,302
no problem.
783
01:00:12,217 --> 01:00:15,878
in these modern times a man
gotta keep one eye on the ground
784
01:00:15,996 --> 01:00:17,843
pick up what he find, feel me ?
785
01:00:18,567 --> 01:00:20,731
There's money to be made
if you know where to look.
786
01:00:22,457 --> 01:00:25,126
I hope you listenin','cause
I'm tryin'to school you here.
787
01:00:26,514 --> 01:00:28,324
Yeah, you don't want to know.
788
01:00:28,325 --> 01:00:30,560
You see, You think you brown,
but you still green.
789
01:00:39,127 --> 01:00:39,961
How ya doin'?
790
01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:46,956
That's somethin', huh ?
791
01:00:47,497 --> 01:00:50,410
It's like they took a big
eraserand rubbed across it.
792
01:00:51,971 --> 01:00:52,476
Yaeh !
793
01:00:55,668 --> 01:00:58,182
Yeah, but before a dope
fiend come down here
794
01:00:58,417 --> 01:01:01,976
cop a little somethin',
ain't nary a soul hassle him.
795
01:01:02,681 --> 01:01:05,488
Hoppers and police,
they just let him be.
796
01:01:09,732 --> 01:01:11,096
Was a good thing, huh ?
797
01:01:15,306 --> 01:01:16,581
I'm just sayin'.
798
01:01:17,826 --> 01:01:20,211
You probly don't know,
but it's rough out there, baby.
799
01:01:20,671 --> 01:01:24,321
Cops be back bangin'on you.
Hoppers be messin' with you.
800
01:01:28,648 --> 01:01:29,502
Thank you.
801
01:01:30,969 --> 01:01:31,614
Aw, shit.
802
01:01:32,214 --> 01:01:33,948
That's a dime here.
That's a seed.
803
01:01:36,459 --> 01:01:37,057
Come on, boy.