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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MAN: ,,,COVER, THE NUMBER ONE MALE
WENT INTO AN UNKNOWN HOUSE AFTER FURTHER,,,
[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
I JUST SEEN THEY HAD EVERYTHING BLOCKED OFF,
TAPED UP,
4 PEOPLE GOT SHOT,
BUT THE GUY,,,
I GUESS SOMEBODY TOLD WHERE HE WAS,
SO THEY GOT HIM CORNERED IN THE HOUSE AROUND THERE,
THAT'’S WHY THEY GOT ALL THEM POLICE CARS AND EVERYTHING,
,,,AND I SEEN HER,
LIKE SHE WAS JUST SITTING UP,
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE AROUND HER
HOLDING HER, TRYING TO, I GUESS,
TALK HER THROUGH IT OR WHATEVER,
I DON'’T KNOW HOW BAD SHE WAS SHOT, BUT,,,
IT'’S ALWAYS SOMETHING CRAZY GOING ON,
[CHUCKLES]
THAT'’S WHAT TWO OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE JUST TELLING ME,
THEY SAID, "MR, C, THE MORE WE WORK,
LIKE THE MORE STUFF HAPPENS,"
OK, THAT'’LL WORK,
[MAN SINGING ALONG TO RADIO]
[SONG CONTINUES]
[DOG BARKING]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
[RADIO CHATTER]
GONNA CELEBRATE TONIGHT?
TONIGHT'’S THE NIGHT,
'’CAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'’S NOT,,,
MR, C: TWO MINUTES!
Y'’ALL, COME ON UP, COME ON UP,
COME ON UP A LITTLE CLOSER,
HEY, YOUNG MAN, HOW YOU DOING?
ONE MINUTE!
ALL RIGHT, Y'’ALL COME ON UP, PLEASE,
COME ON UP, COME ON UP, COME ON UP A LITTLE CLOSER,
ALL: TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL,
MAN: YOU GUYS READY FOR ROLL CALL?
ROLL CALL!
SECTOR ONE IS BROOKLYN,
SECTOR TWO IS CHERRY HILL,
SECTOR 3 IS PIG TOWN,
SECTOR 4 IS FED HILL,
WINSTON'’S 31, FAN IS 32, CURTIS, 33,
GREGORIO, 34,
MAN: DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER,
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER BLESSED DAY,
JUST GIVE US ALL THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH TO WALK
THROUGH THIS DAY WITHOUT NO WORRIES, FACE NO PROBLEMS,
IN YOUR NAME I PRAY, AMEN,
ALL: AMEN,
MR, C: THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER,
SO, UH, LAST NIGHT, THE SHOOTER
WAS CAUGHT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU NOT GONNA SHOOT OUR CHILDREN, MAN,
IF YOU SHOOT A CHILD AND I TELL ON YOU,
THAT'’S NOT SNITCHING,
OK?
IF ME AND YOU ROB A BANK TOGETHER
AND I GET CAUGHT AND I TELL ON YOU, THAT'’S SNITCHING, ALL RIGHT?
IF MY BROTHER IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH ME
AND SOMEBODY KILL HIM AND I TELL ON HIM, THAT'’S LOVE,
OK? SO, IF YOUR MIND SAYS,
LOOK, THAT SOMEBODY CAN COME UP
AND KILL YOUR SON IN FRONT OF YOU
AND YOU DON'’T SAY NOTHING
BECAUSE YOU AIN'’T NO SNITCH,
OK, I DON'’T UNDERSTAND YOUR DEFINITION,
ALL RIGHT?
HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A MAN
AND YOU LET SOMEBODY KILL A CHILD IN FRONT OF YOU
AND YOU ACT LIKE YOU DON'’T SEE IT?
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF?
IT'’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN FRONT OF ME,
I'’M TELLING YOU, WHERE IS THE LOVE?
TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING TO Y'’ALL, MAN,
THIS CRAZINESS GOT TO STOP,
MAN: MEETING ADJOURNED, FELLAS,
MAN: ADJOURNED,
ALL RIGHT, COOL,
[LAUGHTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
WOMAN: BUT I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP HERE, TOO,
TO STICK ON POSTERS
BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF MY SON'’S FRIENDS,
HE RAN AWAY,
THEY SAID HE RAN AWAY OR HE'’S MISSING,
SO I JUST CAME TO STICK IT UP ON THE THING, SO,
HMM, LAST SEEN 400 BLOCK OF BALTIMORE?
MM-HMM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW I LIVE IN THE 500,
HIM AND MY SON ALWAYS PLAYED TOGETHER,
HEY, SON,
I WANT TO SEE IF ANYBODY CAN FIND OUT ANYTHING,
MAN: RIGHT,YOU KNOW?
I'’M NOT TALKING ABOUT POLICE, THOUGH,
IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW,
RIGHT,
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT'’S UP WITH HIM,
OK,
SO THAT'’S HOW WE DO CASE BY CASE,
WHATEVER HAPPENS, WHATEVER SHOW UP,
SEE, PEOPLE COME TO US, YOU KNOW,
I WOULD RATHER HAVE THEM LOOKING
THAN THE POLICE LYING TO ME,
TELLING ME THAT THEY LOOKING AND THEY NOT LOOKING,
I'’M COMPELLED TO HELP THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
THAT'’S IN THE STRUGGLE,
AHH!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MAN: THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO,
YEAH, YOU WAS DROPPING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW,
WHAT?
MAN, VOICE-OVER: HONESTLY, THE MAIN REASON
I CHOSE WORKING WITH MR, C FOR 4 YEARS
WAS '’CAUSE I SEEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY,
SO I SAID, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THIS CONTRACT SAY,
WE IS SIGNED TO DO MONUMENT STREET,
AND THAT'’S ALL WE GONNA DO IS MONUMENT STREET,
RIGHT,
MAN, VOICE-OVER: MR, C TRULY HELPS PEOPLE,
HE'’S, IN MY EYES, SOCIAL SERVICE IN THIS COMMUNITY,
MR, C: DON'’T LET THEM TRICK Y'’ALL
INTO DOING MORE THAN YOU AGREED TO,
SO LEARN HOW TO NEGOTIATE A GOOD CONTRACT UP FRONT,
ANISIO,
LONG, VOICE-OVER: I KNOW FOR A FACT
HE GIVE PEOPLE BUS FARE EVERY DAY,
I KNOW FOR A FACT HE DONE GOT PEOPLE JOBS,
HE DONE GOT '’EM TRAINING,
HE DONE SENT THEM TO COUNSELING,
BECAUSE HE VIEW HIS COMMUNITY AS HIS FAMILY,
SO AS MY FAMILY,
IF YOU MESSED UP, I MESSED UP,
NEWS REPORTER: A BLISTERING REPORT IS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ABOUT THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THE PROBE STARTED FOLLOWING THE DEATH
OF FREDDIE GRAY IN APRIL OF 2015,
IT SHARPLY CRITICIZES OFFICERS FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE
AND DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS,
SECOND REPORTER: THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD REFORM,
WITH FEDERAL AND CITY LEADERS WORKING TO IMPLEMENT
COURT ENFORCEABLE CHANGES
TO ONE OF THE NATION'’S LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS,
CAN YOU FIX YOUR RUN SHEET FOR ME AND BRING IT-- BRING IT BACK TO ME?
MAN: IS IT ON MY DESK?
I PUT IT IN THE BOX, IT'’S IN YOUR BOX,
IT'’S IN MY BOX? YEAH,
REALLY, IT SHOULD BE YOUR BOX,
MY BOX, YES,
YOU'’RE SURE?
IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOX,
I PUT IT IN YOUR LIEUTENANT'’S BOX,
THEN GIVE IT TO ME SO I CAN SIGN IT,
DISPATCH: ATTENTION 34 AND 3,
I HAVE A DISORDERLY AND A FAMILY DISTURBANCE,
NOVICE CALLER DESCRIBING A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
INSIDE THE SECOND FLOOR UNIT,
SUBJECT IS A NUMBER TWO MALE, MID-FORTIES, GRAY HAIR,
BROWN: WHEN I FIRST DECIDED I WAS GOING TO JOIN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, I CAN'’T TALK TO YOU NO MORE
"'’CAUSE YOU GONNA BE THOSE BOYS,
"HOW COULD YOU THE WAY THEY TREAT US?
THEY ONLY WANT TO LOCK US UP AND THEY ONLY,,,"
SO I SEE THINGS TWO-FOLDED,
MOST TIMES PEOPLE DON'’T LIKE POLICE, OF COURSE,
BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT RIGHT TO TAKE YOUR FREEDOM AWAY,
AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, GROWING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN THE AREAS THAT I DID, IT WASN'’T FUN, EITHER,
YOU KNOW, SO WHAT ABOUT THE GREATER THINGS THAT WE DO
OUT HERE WHERE IT'’S AS THOUGH YOU ARE SOMEONE'’S ONLY LAST HOPE,
IT COULD BE THE ONE THAT YOU GOTTA TALK OFF THE LEDGE
BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY JUST CAN'’T GO ANOTHER DAY,
IT COULD BE THAT ONE THAT YOU COULD TALK INTO TREATMENT
BECAUSE YOU LET HER SEE AND MAKE HER UNDERSTAND
YOUR KIDS NEED YOU,
SO IN MY MIND, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE
A BROADER WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS,
[TASER BUZZING]
OFFICER: ALL RIGHT, HOW'’S EVERYBODY DOING?
SO IT WAS A PRETTY LONG NIGHT LAST NIGHT,
WE HAD A HOMICIDE 12:53, MORNING,
THE VICTIM WAS SHOT AND KILLED
IN THE 400 BLOCK OF SOUTH PAYSON STREET,
THE HOME INVASION LAST NIGHT CAME OUT
AT 1:30, 2:00,
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A BLACK INFINITY, OK?
THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN HITTING US ALL AROUND
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
BUT MY MAIN THING IS THAT WE BACK EACH OTHER UP, OK?
ALL RIGHT, SHIFT ATTENTION ALL TOLD, GUYS,
OFFICER: YEAH, WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT OUR HAND GUNS,
SECOND OFFICER: THEY WEREN'’T KILLING US,
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
OH, WOW, HOLY SHIT,
[GUN CLICKING]
WHO WROTE THE WARRANT?
OFFICER: SCOTTY TOO HOTTY,
SCOTTY TOO HOTTY,SCOTTY TOO HOTTY,
IS THAT YOUR FIRST ONE, SCOTTY?
MY FIRST ONE HERE,GOOD STUFF,
HEY, THANK YOU, SIR,
BROWN, VOICE-OVER: GRANTED, WE'’RE NOT ACTUALLY A WAR ZONE,
BUT SOME OF THE VIOLENCE THAT WE EXPERIENCE
IS SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW-- SOME OF THE WEAPONS
THAT ARE ON THE STREET ARE WEAPONS THAT THEY SHOULD ONLY BE IN,
YOU KNOW, WAR ZONE CAPACITIES,
BUT THEY'’RE HERE IN THE CITY,
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT
AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS JOB,
[RADIO CHATTER]
OFFICER: MARYLAND TAG, MARY 6-0-7-9,
[TIRES SQUEAL]
DISPATCHER: 10-4, WHAT'’S YOUR LOCATION NOW?
1800 McHENRY, COMING UP TO SOUTH MONROE,
10-4,
ALL RIGHT, IT'’S PULLING OVER RIGHT NOW,
SO I'’M GONNA LIGHT IT UP,
I HAVE 34 IN FRONT OF ME, 34, COME AROUND FRONT,
[OVER LOUDSPEAKER] DRIVER, PUT YOUR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW,
DRIVER, PUT YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE WINDOW,
TAKE YOUR LEFT HAND AND OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE,
SLOWLY EXIT THE VEHICLE,
TURN AROUND FACE AWAY FROM ME,
WE GOT ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE?
EXIT THE VEHICLE, LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS,
KEEP YOUR HANDS UP,
WOMAN: HE WAS JUST--TURN AWAY FROM ME,
STAND RIGHT THERE,
WALK BACKWARDS AND DROP YOUR CIGARETTE,
DISPATCHER: IS EVERYTHING OK SO FAR?
OFFICER: 34, 10-4,
WINSTON: WHOSE CAR IS THIS?MAN: MY MOM AND DAD'’S,
YOUR MOM AND DAD'’S?
OFFICER: WHEN'’S THE LAST TIME YOU SEEN THEM?
PROBABLY ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO,
ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO? DO THEY KNOW YOU HAVE IT?
BECAUSE THIS CAR'’S COMING BACK AS STOLEN,
OK, THANKS,
31-8, ANYTHING COME BACK ON THAT SOUND UP?
DISPATCHER: 09,
WHAT'’S UP?
COOL,
[WHISTLES]
[RADIO CHATTER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MAN: I DON'’T WANT THAT,
YOU THINK I WANT THAT?
[CHUCKLES]
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
HEY, MS, JACKSON, I'’LL FIND OUT,
I KNOW THEY WERE BOOKED UP WITH TICKETS ALREADY,
BUT YEAH, I'’LL--LET'S TALK ABOUT IT MORE LATER,
I'’M GONNA FINISH--I GOT ANOTHER HILL TO RUN,
AND I THEN I'’LL GIVE YOU A CALL BACK,
JACKSON: ALL RIGHT, YOU GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE HILLS TO RUN
AND YOU GET THAT HILL TO RUN, ALL THE OTHERS,
BUT WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT
AND THERE'’S SOMETHING ELSE, TOO,
[CAR STARTS]
MAN ON RADIO: BALTIMORE IS CLOSING IN ON 160 HOMICIDES,
AND WE'’RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE NEW YEAR,
POLICE ARE BEEFING UP PATROLS, CANVASSING NEIGHBORHOODS,
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET A HOLD ON THE VIOLENCE,
SCOTT, VOICE-OVER: I WAS BORN IN 1984,
AND I GREW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARK HEIGHTS,
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS
PUBLIC HOUSING PLACES IN THE CITY,
WHEN YOU'’RE MAKING THE WALK THAT I HAD TO WALK FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
SEEING THE VIOLENCE, SEEING THE BODIES,
SEEING PEOPLE GET SHOT, IT CHANGES YOU,
GROWING UP, MY DAD WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOL STUFF,
YOU KNOW, MY MOM'’S A UNION WORKER AT GIANT FOOD,
MY UNCLES WERE ALWAYS TALKING POLITICS,
SO THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT THE ONLY WAY WE'’RE GONNA CHANGE THE SYSTEM
AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR PEOPLE LIKE US
WHERE WE GREW UP FROM, WHERE WE CAME FROM IS THROUGH POLITICS,
MAN: COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS,
FOR POLICE, MAINLY DRIVEN BY OVERTIME DEFICIT,
SO THAT SPENDING IS EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 40 MILLION,
SCOTT: IS IT STILL CORRECT THAT THE MAJORITY
OF THIS OVERTIME IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE PATROL SCHEDULE
AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'’T HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES
TO FILL THAT SCHEDULE?
WOMAN: YES, SIR, A REQUIREMENT IS 1,200 POSITIONS,
WE ARE ABOUT 300 POSITIONS DOWN,
WHERE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE UNDER 900,
MAN: I TIE OVERTIME DIRECTLY INTO REDUCING CRIME,
AND RIGHT NOW THE MURDERS ARE OFF THE HOOK,
THE SHOOTINGS ARE OFF THE HOOK,
CARJACKINGS ARE OFF THE HOOK, AND I'’M NOT HAPPY,
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN OUT BECAUSE I'’M TRYING TO GIVE
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT,
WE NEED A REAL CRIME-FIGHTING STRATEGY
PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN LOWER THE MURDER RATE
AND LOWER THE CARJACKERS AND ALL THE CRIMES
ASSOCIATED WITH KEEPING PEOPLE FROM MOVING INTO THE CITY OF BALTIMORE,
I MEAN, I DON'’T MIND PAYING OVERTIME
IF I'’M GOING TO SEE THE BENEFITS,
I'’M NOT SEEING THE BENEFITS,
I WOULD RATHER PUT THAT MONEY INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM
TO TEACH OUR KIDS PREVENTIVE STUFF
SO WE WON'’T HAVE TO HIRE ALL THESE POLICE OFFICERS,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT JUST SICKENS ME
THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING,
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE GIVE THEM MORE
THAN WE GIVE ANY OTHER AGENCY IN THE CITY, IT'’S DRAINING US,
YOU KNOW I'’M PISSED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
MAN: COUNCILWOMAN SNEED?
SNEED: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK,,,
MR, C: MORNING,
COMMUNITY: GOOD MORNING,
LET'’S TRY IT AGAIN, GOOD MORNING!
MORNING!
THANK YOU, NOTICE I SAID THANK YOU,
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYBODY, ABOUT ANYTHING?
LONG: WE WENT TO THE MOVIES YESTERDAY TO SEE "ANT-MAN," HAD A BLAST,
WE TOOK 40 PEOPLE SO, WE GOING NEXT TUESDAY,
FRIDAY AT 8:00, I'’LL BE SHOWING A MOVIE
UP ON MY BLOCK ON A PROJECTOR,
WE GONNA HAVE A COOKOUT, TOO,
SO I WANT Y'’ALL TO SIGN A LIST IF Y'’ALL COMING
SO I KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'’RE GOING TO HAVE THERE,
MR, C: RIGHT,
SO WE GOT ENOUGH FOOD FRIDAY,
RIGHT NOW, JOHNS HOPKINS IS DOING SOME HIRING FOR HOUSEKEEPERS,
THE CITY IS DOING SOME HIRING FOR RAT PATROL,
SO IF YOU DON'’T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE RATS, RIGHT,
THEN YOU CAN GO THERE
AND GET YOU A JOB FOR $12 AN HOUR, RAT PATROL,
WHERE YOU GO AT? WHAT WEBSITE YOU SIGN UP FOR THAT?
YOU CAN GO DOWN TO HOLLIDAY STREET, TELL THEM YOU WANT A--
R-A-T, YOU KNOW, RAT,RAT!
WE ALREADY SEE HOW Y'’ALL ACT AT NIGHT WHEN THE RATS COME OUT,
YEAH!
ALL RIGHT, THE BIGGEST, BADDEST MAN
GET HIS HUSTLE ON,
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME, OK,
MEETING ADJOURNED!
MAN: ADJOURNED!
["SMOOTH CRIMINAL" BY MICHAEL JACKSON PLAYING]
♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OK?,,,
MR, C,
HEY, HEY,
I NEED SOMEBODY TO GET ME A CHAIR,
MAN: YO,
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OK? ARE YOU OK, ANNIE? ♪
♪ YOU'’VE BEEN HIT BY, YOU'’VE BEEN HIT BY ♪
♪ A SMOOTH CRIMINAL
LONG, VOICE-OVER: I DO IT WITH THE KIDS
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT I HAD GROWING UP,
THESE KIDS HAVE NONE OF THOSE,
NO REC CENTERS,
THERE'’S 6 SCHOOLS GOT SHUT DOWN THIS YEAR,
NOBODY ELSE CARES,
IT SEEM LIKE THIS DON'’T EVEN MATTER,
YOU KNOW, LIKE I DON'’T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS,
BUT THERE'’S NO WAY YOU CAN HAVE 171 PEOPLE DIE
IN A 7-MONTH TIME SPAN AND THAT'’S THE NORM,
THAT'’S OK,
LIKE, ANYWHERE ELSE, 171 WHITE PEOPLE DIE,
THAT'’S NOT A STATE OF EMERGENCY?
WE GOT 171 DEAD BLACK PEOPLE, THEY GIVE US A NEW COMMISSIONER,
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
OH!
NO, NOT THE GAME, NOT THE GAME, NO, NO,
WOMAN: 1, 2, 3,
ALL: ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR JOSHUA
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
[CHEERING]
WOMAN: ANOTHER YEAR!MAN: GOOD, JOSHUA!
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
[BABY CRIES]
WOMAN: GET OFF ME! GET OFF ME,
GET UP!
STOP!
I CAN'’T!
GET OFF!
I DON'’T WANT HIM TOUCHING ME!
DON'’T FUCKING PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME,
GET OFF!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
HE KEEPS PUTTING HIS HANDS ON ME,
MAN: I AIN'’T TOUCHING YOU,
[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]
MM-HMM,
YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT
IF THAT CAMERA WASN'’T OUT HERE,
Y'’ALL JUST DON'T KNOW, YEAH,
SO I'’M GLAD Y'ALL WAS,
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
IT'’S ALL OVER NOW,
I WASN'’T EXPECTING Y'’ALL FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES,
WINSTON: REALLY?YEAH,
[RADIO CHATTER]
DISPATCHER: 34 TO 31, CROSSING ON HANOVER STREET BRIDGE,
IF YOU'’RE CLOSER TO WENTWOOD, YOU GO DOWN,
I'’LL GO TO HARBOR, LET ME KNOW,
WINSTON: IN THAT ZONE THAT WE ARE ASSIGNED TO,
YOU'’RE A SLAVE TO THE RADIO,
YOU'’RE JUST ANSWERING CALLS FOR SERVICE,
ONE AFTER THE OTHER, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, ONE AFTER THE OTHER,
DISPATCHER: 10-4, AND, 31, I GOT YOU COMING UP ON WENTWOOD, TOO,
SO IT COULD BE JUMPING OUT THE GATE, IT COULD BE SLOW,
THE DAY'’LL PICK UP,
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO DO TODAY,
[RADIO CHATTER]
[SIREN]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
IT'’S JUST AN ALLEGATION,
[SIREN]
OFFICER: SECOND FLOOR, 307,
HE'’S BREATHING, IT'S JUST PRETTY--IT'’S JUST SHALLOW,
SOMEBODY GAVE HIM NARCAN ALREADY, WHOEVER FOUND HIM,
MR, SCOTT, STAND UP,
COME ON, JAIME, YOU NEED TO GET UP NOW,
OFFICER: HEY, SCOTT, LISTEN, YOU GOT TO SIT UP,
THAT NARCAN ONLY LASTS ABOUT 40 MINUTES,
HEROIN LASTS A LOT LONGER THAN
EMT: HE'’S GONNA FALL OUT,
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
WINSTON: WHAT'’S GOING ON TODAY, MS, MARIA?
OH, MAN, NOT-- IT'’S--OH, SO, FACEBOOK,
WAIT, THAT'’S HER? YEAH,
SO HE'’S BASICALLY USING YOUR PHONE TALKING TO ANOTHER FEMALE,
YEAH, NO, USING MY CELL--MY LAPTOP,
BUT IT'’S OK, I DON'T CARE,IT'’S NOT OK,
BUT HOW DO YOU DO IT? NO, IT'’S NOT OK,
I TOLD HIM GIVE IT TWO WEEKS,
YOU WANT ME TO BLOCK HER? YOU CAN BLOCK HER,
YEAH, ALL RIGHT,
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
YOU ALREADY PROCESSED IT?
I'’M WAITING FOR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY TO CALL ME,
OH, YOU ALREADY SENT IT OVER?
YEAH,
YOU WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO NOW?
YEAH, WELL, LET ME FINISH THIS,
GOT THAT GUN IN THE BOOKBAG,
ALREADY CALLED IT, ALREADY KNOW,
WINSTON: THERE'’S THE BAG, MAN ALREADY TOOK OFF,
AND I SAID THAT TO PC,
HE'’S JUST, LIKE, STARING LIKE, NO EYE CONTACT, NO NOTHING,
IS WILL HERE?
MAN: WILL? WILLIAM,
I GOT HIM, I GOT HIM, GOT HIM?
NUMBER ONE MALE, WHITE SHIRT, BLUE SWEATPANTS,
ON THE GROUND!
GET ON THE GROUND! GET ON THE GROUND,
TURN OVER, TURN OVER!
WINSTON: HE'’S, LIKE, DYING AT THIS POINT,
PARKER: SO YOU'’RE JUST SUPPOSED TO LEAVE A BAG WITH A GUN IN IT,
[CELL PHONE RINGS]THIS IS THE STATE'’S ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW,
HOLD ON,HE DOESN'’T GO TO SCHOOL, SO,
OFFICER WINSTON,
WOMAN: HELLO?YES, MA'’AM?
HI, THIS IS THE STATE'’S ATTORNEY'’S OFFICE,
HOW ARE YOU? I'’M DOING WELL, HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
AND A COUPLE CHANGES I NEED TO MAKE--HAVE YOU MAKE,
FIRST OF ALL, WITHIN THE STATEMENT OF CHARGES,
YOU INDICATED THAT HE WAS HOLDING COCAINE,
BUT YOU CHARGED HIM WITH POSSESSION OF HEROIN,
SO I WAS CONFUSED WHICH ONE WAS RIGHT,
OH, I'’M SORRY, IT WAS COCAINE, I PUT THE WRONG WORD,
I GOTTA GO BACK AND CHANGE THAT,
AND THE OTHER KID, THE JUVENILE,
IS HE ABLE TO BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT?
NO, WE CAN'’T CHARGE HIM WITH ANYTHING,
THAT WAS NOT A GOOD SEARCH,
HE'’S NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR
AND YOU SEE HIM PUT DOWN THE BAG,
YOU GUYS DIDN'’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUST PICK IT UP AND START FEELING IT,
BUT RIGHT, ONCE HE CAME OFF THE PROPERTY, HE LEFT THE BAG THERE,
THE OWNER SAID THAT HE DIDN'’T KNOW WHOSE BAG IT WAS,
SO AT THAT POINT IT'’S UNATTENDED PROPERTY,
NO, IT'’S NOT UNATTENDED IF HE WAS--I MEAN, HE'’S RIGHT THERE,
MM-KAY,
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,BYE,
ALL RIGHT, BYE,
SO BASICALLY I'’M SUPPOSED TO ASK THE GUY
THAT PUT A BOOK BAG DOWN AND DIDN'’T WANT US TO SEE HIM WITH THE BOOKBAG,
I'’M SUPPOSED TO ASK HIM "HEY, IS THIS YOUR BAG?"
WHICH HE'’S GONNA SAY NO,
HE'’S GONNA SAY NO,
AND THEN I'’M GOING TO ALARM HIM
THAT I'’M ABOUT TO LOOK IN THE BAG SO HE CAN START RUNNING,
EXACTLY, EXACTLY,
GREAT TACTICS,
[WINSTON HUMMING]
OF COURSE,
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
YES, MA'’AM,
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH HIM,
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
LONG: THEY AIM TO BE PEACEFUL AT FIRST, THEY AIM TO BE COOL,
AND THEN SOMEBODY GET IN THEIR MIND THAT IT'’S A GOOD IDEA
TO TRY TO MAKE SOME MONEY RIGHT HERE,
IT'’S A QUIET BLOCK, AIN'’T TOO MUCH TRAFFIC,
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'’S JUST WHERE WE'’RE AT,
COUPLE GUYS FIGURED THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA,
AND WE'’VE BEEN GOING ABOUT
TRYING TO SHOW THEM THAT IT'’S NOT A GOOD IDEA,
LIKE I TELL THEM, YOU GOT EVERY RIGHT
TO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, YOU GOT TO EAT,
BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONSIDERATION
FOR THESE KIDS WHO, TRUTHFULLY, BEEN HERE BEFORE YOU
AND TECHNICALLY GOT THE RIGHT TO THE BLOCK
'’CAUSE THEY LIVE HERE,
SO, YOU KNOW, IN CASES LIKE THAT,
I JUST BEEN TAKING IT AMONGST MYSELF TO JUST GO HOLLER AT THE GUYS,
SEE IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT,
HEY, Y'’ALL!
THIS IS MY LITTLE SISTER RIGHT HERE,
HOW Y'’ALL DOING? I'’S ASHLEY!
BABY SPECIAL ED,
HOW Y'’ALL DOING TODAY, CENTER PEOPLE? HOW Y'’ALL DOING?
GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING,
SO YOU CAN GO DOWN ON LUZERNE, YOU AND BIG MAN,
LONG, VOICE-OVER: I GREW UP ON NORTH AND CASTLE, EAST BALTIMORE,
ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL I WAS 8,
MY CHILDHOOD WAS GOOD, THOUGH,
I REALLY DIDN'’T HAVE NO COMPLAINTS UNTIL THE DRUGS KICKED IN,
MORE ON MY MOM THAN ON MY DAD,
LIKE, SHE JUST WASN'’T STRONG ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW,
BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND SHAKE IT OFF
AND BE ABLE TO BALANCE,
SO IT PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED HER,
AT THAT TIME, MY DAD HAD GOT ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES,
SO HE WAS GONE FOR LIKE 6 YEARS,
HEY, NICIO! SWEEP THIS GLASS UP BEHIND ME!
LONG, VOICE-OVER: IT WAS JUST ME AND MY TWO SISTERS--
ALEXIS AND MY LITTLE SISTER ASHLEY,
AT THAT POINT, OUR LIGHTS WAS OFF, GAS WAS OFF,
AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, I SEE MY NEIGHBOR PULL UP LIKE,
"YEAH, IF SHE DON'’T COME HOME IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO,
I'’M GONNA CALL CPS '’CAUSE Y'ALL SHOULDN'’T BE IN THERE BY YOURSELVES,"
BUT, YEAH, THEY HAD SEPARATED US
AND EVERYTHING IN FOSTER CARE,
I AIN'’T SEEN THEM FOR LIKE 6 YEARS,
AND THEN WE MOVED TOGETHER,
BUT I ENDED UP GETTING ARRESTED,
SO WE GOT SEPARATED AGAIN,
I DON'’T HAVE NO BITTERNESS OR ANGER TOWARDS MY PARENTS,
IT WAS JUST LIKE THE EVERYDAY STORY WHERE I WAS FROM
BECAUSE MOST OF MY HOMEBOYS'’ PARENTS
WAS KIND OF IN THE SAME BOAT,
BROWN: YOU DO NOT NEED ALL OF THAT,
WHAT IS IN THAT SUITCASE? YOU ONLY BE GONE TWO DAYS,
BOY: OPTIONS,
YOU WORSE THAN A GIRL,
I'’M GOING TO HAVE FUN,TAKE THAT TRASH,
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR,
BOY: I WILL BE,
I STILL DON'’T THINK YOU NEED ALL THAT,
I'’LL SEE YOU SUNDAY,
WHAT TIME Y'’ALL COMING BACK SUNDAY?
WE LEAVE AT 4:00, SO WE'’LL BE BACK BY 11:00,
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GET THERE,
I WILL,
AND SEND ME THE HOTEL INFORMATION,
WHERE Y'’ALL STAYING AT,
ALL RIGHT, ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND,
I'’LL BE AT WORK,
Y'’ALL BETTER BE ON Y'’ALL BEST BEHAVIOR,
YEAH, I'’M NOT PLAYING,
BROWN: THESE CLOUDS LOOK GORGEOUS,
GIRL, YOU HAVE SUCH A GORGEOUS CITY,
AND I DON'’T EVEN GET TO ENJOY IT,
[RADIO CHATTER]
HEY!
HEY, SO YOU IS MY MISTER WHO I KEEP GETTING COMPLAINTS ON,
THAT'’S OUT HERE SELLING NEEDLES, HUH?
ME?YES, YES, YES, SIR,
YOU HAVE IDENTIFICATION?
I GET IT, I GET IT,
YEAH, IT IS, MY UNCLE DIE FROM IT,
I KNOW ABSOLUTELY, 150 MILLION PERCENT POSITIVE,
YES, I DO,
I'’M GONNA BE IN THE 1800 BLOCK ON McHENRY,
CAN YOU RUN A 29 FOR ME, PLEASE?
[THUNDER]
OFFICER: I'’M GOING TO GO IN THAT LITTLE GROCERY STORE
AND KICK OUT ALL THOSE DRUG DEALERS THAT ARE STAYING DRY,
IF THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY, THEY GOT TO GET WET,
I'’M NOT GOING TO KEEP CHASING YOU OFF THE SAME STOOP,
THEY DON'’T WANT YOU IN THERE,
YOU CAN GO TO BABY BOOKINGS FOR TRESPASSING
IF YOU KEEP GOING BACK,
IT'’S THE SAME ONES, THE USUAL ONES?
MAN: YEAH, THEY JUST LEFT HERE,
ALL RIGHT,
SO I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN,
IT WAS LIKE A SMALL SUBURB,
AND I DIDN'’T KNOW ANYBODY WHO USED HEROIN
OR ANYTHING OR CRACK,
AND HERE IT'’S JUST EVERYWHERE,
SO IT WAS A CULTURE SHOCK AT FIRST
COMING INTO BALTIMORE AND SEEING THIS OUT HERE,
I MEAN, SOME OF THIS STUFF, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND,
JUST SEEING HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO LIVE,
DISPATCHER: ATTENTION TO 34,
34,
SHE CLAIMS SHE'’S STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT
OF 405 SOUTH MONROE BY THE VACANT HOUSE,
ALL RIGHT, 10-4, I'’M 2-3, 10-61,
10-4,
HEY, WHAT'’S GOING ON?
SOMEBODY'’S GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS HOUSE,
ME AND MY HUSBAND WERE JUST SITTING HERE
MINDING OUR BUSINESS,
WE CALLED THE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES
ABOUT THE JUNKIES GOING IN THERE,
THIS GIRL COME TO THE WINDOW
AND THREW ALL THESE BRICKS OUT,
OH, SHE THREW THE BRICKS OUT THE WINDOW?
HE HOLLERED BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE HIT US,
MAN: AND LOOK, THEY'’RE TRYING TO GET INTO MY YARD,
AND NOBODY GOING IN IT, AND THEN TWO FEMALES AND MALE--
OH, THAT'’S BAD,
JUST LEFT WHEN I TOLD THEM,
"GET THE FUCK OUT FROM THERE,"
AND THEY DO--ALL NIGHT THEY MAKING ALL KINDS OF NOISE,
Y'’ALL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, PLEASE,
THIS IS RIDICULOUS,
[COUGHS]
YOU GOT A NICE LITTLE DRUG CHAIR SET UP THERE,
VIALS, NEEDLE CAPS,
GREGORIO: WELL, YOU WOULD NEED TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE HOUSE
BECAUSE EVEN IF I CATCH PEOPLE IN THERE
AND I DON'’T HAVE AN OWNER, IF I ARREST THEM,
NOTHING'’S GOING TO HAPPEN, THEY'’RE GOING TO GO TO COURT
AND IT'’S GOING TO GET DROPPED
BECAUSE NOBODY'’S GOING TO GO TO COURT,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE CITY HAS BEEN TEARING DOWN
A LOT OF THE VACANTS THAT ARE DILAPIDATED,
MAN: NOT OVER HERE,
WELL, THEY'’RE WORKING THEIR WAY,
ACTUALLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY GOT 1700--
YOUNG GUY DIED IN THERE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT,
I WAS THERE, YEAH,
AND LITTLE YOUNG GIRL DIED IN A LAUNDROMAT,
IF I SHOOT SOMEBODY, THEN YOU GO ARREST ME,
DON'’T SHOOT ANYBODY,
SOMEBODY WALKING IN YOUR HOUSE,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
OH, I THOUGHT YOU'’RE SAYING IF THEY'’RE OUTSIDE,
NO, IF THEY'’RE COMING IN, I'’M GOING TO SHOOT THEM,
I'’M GONNA CUT HIM OPEN,
DON'’T CUT HIM OPEN,
IF THEY BREAK IN YOUR DOOR,
AND YOU GONNA STAND THERE AND JUST LOOK AT THEM?
OFFICER: I DIDN'’T SAY THAT, BUT--
GREGORIO: NO, I SAID DON'’T SHOOT ANYBODY OUTSIDE,
DON'’T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
NO, I WILL TAKE IT INSIDE IF I CAN,
NO, I'’M NOT TELLING YOU TO TAKE SOMEBODY INSIDE AND SHOOT THEM,
TAKE IT INSIDE AND SHOOT THEM,
NO, DO NOT TAKE ANYBODY INSIDE AND SHOOT THEM,
MAN: OFFICER, THAT'’S WHAT I'’M TIRED OF,
I KNOW, I KNOW YOU'’RE TIRED OF IT,
LIKE I SAID, I'’M GONNA TRY AND GET THE HOUSE BOARDED UP
AND SEE IF I CAN FIND SOMEBODY WHO OWNS IT,
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, I THANK YOU A LOT,
ALL RIGHT, GOOD LUCK,
[THUNDER]
JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY WEREN'’T THROWING BRICKS AT THE PLACE,
THEY WERE THROWING THEM OUT THE WINDOW,
COULD YOU ORDER A BOARD-UP FOR THIS LOCATION
FOR THE REAR AND THE SECOND FLOOR?
[THUNDER]
[RADIO CHATTER]
BROWN: IT'’S JUST SAD,
YOU KNOW, IT'’S LIKE, I THINK AT SOME POINT
WE GONNA GET TO A POINT WHERE BLACK MALES 15 TO LIKE 35
IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY LOW EXISTENCE, YOU KNOW,
YOU JUST WONDER HOW DOES IT FARE, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE,
'’CAUSE WE'RE JUST ONE COMMUNITY,
I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO WE GET TIRED,
JUST SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?
MY FAMILY LIFE IS UNIQUE,
AND MY DAD WAS ACTUALLY KILLED BY HIS BROTHER
WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF,
SO WITH MY MOM BEING A YOUNG GIRL, NOW MAKES HER A SINGLE MOM,
REALLY DIDN'’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT,
SO MY MOM USED ONE COPING MECHANISM TO ANOTHER,
FROM MARIJUANA TO COCAINE TO ALCOHOL TO CRACK,
ULTIMATELY TO HEROIN AND A MIXTURE OF METHADONE,
WHICH EVENTUALLY LED HER TO HER DEMISE, WHICH WAS AN OVERDOSE,
SO ONCE I HAD MY KIDS, I PRETTY MUCH JUST WAS LIKE
I HAVE TO TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THIS ENVIRONMENT,
A LOT OF US HAVE GROWN UP AND HAVE LIVED THROUGH
SOME OF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND SOMEBODY REACHED OUT AND HELPED US AS WELL,
SO WE TRY TO DO THE SAME IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT WE CAN,
SO I KNOW ALL LITTLE ONES ARE GOING IN THE HOUSE, CORRECT?
BECAUSE NONE OF Y'’ALL BELONG OUTSIDE,
IT'’S 12:00,
WE'’RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HER I,D,
WE'’RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HER REGISTRATION,
AND YOU'’RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HER INSURANCE, OK?
[DISTANT GUNSHOT]
[DISTANT GUNSHOTS]
I HEARD IT, TOO,
THAT WAS NOT,
31,
[SIRENS]
[RADIO CHATTER]
MAN: IS THE SERGEANT HERE?
WINSTON: WHAT'’S UP, BUDDY?
I WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE SERGEANT,
WHAT'’S GOING ON?
THE DUDE'’S SHOT DOWN THERE, MAN,
AND I'’M TRYING TO GET HIM TO TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF
SO WE CAN AT LEAST PUT WATER OR ALCOHOL ON IT
TO AT LEAST KEEP IT CLEAN,
TRY TO STOP THE BLOOD,
WINSTON: HEY, HARTER,
YOU WANT TO GET READY TO KNOCK ON THIS DOOR RIGHT HERE?
HARTER: HERE?
LITERALLY RIGHT HERE,
'’CAUSE IF THE DUDE'S LOOKING RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW,
MAYBE HE HEARD SOME GUNSHOTS BEHIND HIS HOUSE,
LIKE A NORMAL PERSON,
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
ALL RIGHT, THANKS,
MAN: THERE'’S A BELIEF SYSTEM THAT THE STREETS HAS IMPLANTED
IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
WE GOT TO CHANGE THOSE BELIEF SYSTEMS,
ONE THING FOR SURE BEFORE GOD CLOSE THESE EYES
IS THAT BEFORE I GO I'’M NOT GONNA BE
THE ONLY ONE WOKE,
WOMAN: AMEN!
[APPLAUSE]
MAN: EVEN THOUGH IT'’S MY SON, BUT YOU ALL MY SONS,
AMEN, AMEN! PRAISE GOD!
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DYING
AT SUCH A TREMENDOUS RATE,
BUT THEY STRUGGLING BECAUSE THE STREETS
DONE GAVE THEM SO MANY FALSE BELIEF SYSTEMS,
AND THEY ARE NOT CHALLENGING THOSE BELIEF SYSTEMS,
THEY'’RE NOT EVEN EXAMINING THOSE BELIEF SYSTEMS,
THEY'’RE TAKING IT FOR FACE VALUE,
AND THEY'’RE SAYING, "THIS WHAT IT IS,"
BECAUSE IT'’S--BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT,
BECAUSE IT'’S REAL, YOU CAN VISUALIZE IT
DOES NOT MAKE IT NORMAL,
THAT'’S RIGHT,AMEN, AMEN, AMEN,
[APPLAUSE]
Y'’ALL GOT TO FIGHT,YES!
YOU GOT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIVES,
YOU GOT TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE ALL OVER AGAIN,
AND YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS ALREADY DONE IT
TO TAKE YOU BY THE HAND AND TEACH YOU
AND WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS,
IT'’S OK TO WAKE UP 20, 30 YEARS LATER AND SAY,
"LOOK, MANN I DON'’T KNOW HOW TO LIVE,"
WE AIN'’T AFRAID TO DIE,
WE'’RE AFRAID TO LIVE!
AMEN! YES!
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
MAN: IF YOU KNOW THIS SONG, HELP ME SING IT,
PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER,
EVERY PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD,
WE GONNA GIVE THE LORD OUR PRAISE NO MATTER WHAT,
WE GONNA GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE, HE DESERVES THE PRAISE,
COME ON, GIVE HIM HIM SOME PRAISE,
♪ EVERY PRAISE, EVERY PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD ♪
♪ EVERY WORD OF WORSHIP WITH ONE ACCORD ♪
♪ EVERY PRAISE ♪ EVERY PRAISE
♪ IS TO OUR GOD
COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU, LET ME HEAR YOU,
♪ EVERY PRAISE IS TO OUR GOD ♪
♪ EVERY WORD OF WORSHIP WITH ONE ACCORD ♪
♪ EVERY PRAISE ♪ EVERY PRAISE
♪ IS TO OUR GOD
SING HALLELUJAH!
♪ HALLELUJAH TO OUR GOD ♪
♪ OH, HALLELUJAH
♪ HALLELUJAH TO OUR GOD ♪
♪ EVERY PRAISE ♪ EVERY PRAISE
♪ IS TO OUR GOD
COME ON, CHURCH, SING HALLELUJAH!
♪ HALLELUJAH TO OUR GOD ♪
GLORY HALLELUJAH!
[FADING] ♪ GLORY HALLELUJAH
♪ EVERY PRAISE
REPORTER: ON MONDAYS HERE ON "MIDDAY,"
WE READ THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO VIOLENCE
IN THE PERVIOUS WEEK,
WE STAND IN WITNESS TO THEIR UNTIMELY DEATHS,
AND WE REMEMBER THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS,
ANTONIO DAVIS, AGE 23,
HOWARD BANKS, AGE 45,
THOMAS CARTER, AGE 42,
BRIAN BAZEMORE, AGE 41,
JACOB HAYES, AGE 22,
CHARLES McKEE, AGE 23,
DWAYNE DORCEY, AGE 27,
RICARDO,,,
[NAMES OVERLAPPING AND FADING]
[SIREN]
I'’M GONNA SHOW YOU THIS,
I'’M GONNA GO TO A PARTICULAR HOT SPOT, RIGHT?
SO WE'’RE GONNA GO OVER TO WEST BALTIMORE,
THE REDS ARE SHOOTINGS,
THE BLACKS ARE HOMICIDES, RIGHT?
MAN: UH-HUH,
THE BROWNS ARE DIRTY ALLEYS,
THE GREENS ARE CRIMES AND CALLS FOR SERVING NARCOTICS,
SO EVERY TIME YOU SEE A BLACK,
WHAT DO YOU SEE?OH, YEAH,
YOU SEE EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT?
WHEN YOU SEE A RED, THAT'’S THE KEY
BECAUSE WHEN-- LIKE, LOOK,
EVERY TIME YOU SEE, YOU SEE ALL THE OTHER STUFF, ALL RIGHT?
SO IF I WERE IN CHARGE, RIGHT,
WE WOULD BASICALLY KIND OF RESTRUCTURE HOW IT HAPPENS,
EVERY POLICE COMMANDER WOULD HAVE AT LEAST--
AT LEAST A HOUSING INSPECTOR THAT WORKS DIRECTLY
OUT OF THEIR DISTRICT, RIGHT?
THEY WOULD HAVE A HEALTH INSPECTOR
THAT WORKS DIRECTLY OUT OF THEIR DISTRICT,
THEY WOULD HAVE A DPW CREW,
I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW,
BUT AGAIN, I THINK EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
AND JOB TRAINING, I MEAN, IT'’S ALL--
SCOTT: INTERTWINED,
IT'’S ALL INTERTWINED, EXACTLY,
BECAUSE IT'’S A GENERATIONAL THING,
YOU LOOK AT THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS KILLED
BY THE POLICE IN SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE LAST WEEK,
HIS FATHER'’S DOING 50 YEARS FOR MURDER RIGHT NOW,
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE FIND
THE SONS, THE DAUGHTERS, THE COUSINS, THE NEPHEWS,
OR WHATEVER OF PERPETRATORS
OR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
AND WE DO FAMILY STRENGTHENING,
ECONOMIC SUCCESS PROGRAMS WITH THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY
FROM THE TIME THEIR KID'’S IN KINDERGARTEN, THIRD GRADE
UNTIL, LIKE--HOW WOULD THAT LOOK--
MY GUESS IS THAT WE'’LL HAVE A LOT LESS INCIDENCE
OF VIOLENCE BECAUSE THEY ARE 50 TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE IN THAT LIFE,
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I'’M GONNA BE PUSHING ON TOMORROW,
MAN: OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,
DIFFERENT MAN: AND THEN WE'’RE GONNA GET STARTED,
EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME,
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
SCOTT: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR SEATS,
WE'’RE GONNA GET STARTED RIGHT NOW,
TONIGHT'’S HEARING IS ON CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 17-002R,
COORDINATED AGENCY VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGY,
THIS RESOLUTION IS ONE THAT I INTRODUCED
BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE A VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC
IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE,
AND FOR FAR TOO LONG IN OUR CITY,
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT VIOLENCE JUST THROUGH THE LENS
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND WE KNOW AND IT'’S BEEN PROVEN THAT WE WERE WRONG IN THAT,
WE HAVE BEEN WRONG,
POLICE OFFICER: SO AS YOU CAN SEE,
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN THE CITY
GOING BACK TO THE YEAR 2000,
THERE IS A PRONOUNCED SPIKE IN MURDERS,,,
REPORTER: A FIGHT IS BREAKING OUT ON AN EAST BALTIMORE STREET,
BUT THE GUYS RUNNING TO INTERVENE ARE THERE
TO DEESCALATE IT,
A WOMAN WITH A SHOVEL IS ARGUING WITH A MAN,
MAN: DON'’T RECORD NOTHING!
SOMEONE KNOCKS OUR CAMERA AWAY,
BUT WE STILL SAW THE SITUATION BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL,
THE MAIN THING THAT WE DID WAS REALLY
COOL EVERYBODY DOWN,
WE ASKED THE GUY THAT INVOLVED TO JUST TAKE A RIDE, JUST LEAVE,
REPORTER: ALEX LONG WORKS FOR SAFE STREETS,
HIS JOB AND THAT OF HIS COWORKERS
IS TO STEP INTO SIMMERING CONFLICT
BEFORE VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT,
THEIR RESULTS GET NOTICED,
CONSIDERING BALTIMORE'’S HIGH RATE OF VIOLENCE,
IN 3 OF THE AREAS WHERE THE PROGRAM IS WORKING,
THERE HASN'’T BEEN A FATAL SHOOTING IN A YEAR,
FOR THE 11 NEWS I-TEAM, I'’M JANE MILLER,
ABOUT 6 MONTHS, 6 MONTHS?
HELL, YEAH,
MAN: WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
SAFE STREETS TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION,
ALEX, YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE?
GOOD AFTERNOON,
CROWD: GOOD AFTERNOON,
SAFE STREETS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE
TO REDUCE SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES,
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND WE HIRE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS,
MOST OF THE GUYS THAT WORK FOR THE SAFE STREETS PROGRAM
BEEN LOCKED UP FOR MURDER CHARGES,
DRUG CHARGES, THEY WAS DRUG DEALERS,
ALL KINDS OF STUFF,
BUT NOW THEY DONE TURNED THEIR LIFE AROUND,
AND THEY GO BACK INTO THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD
TO DO CONFLICT MEDIATIONS,
BUT ONE OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS
OF THE PROGRAM IS WHEN WE'’RE ON THE BLOCK,
WE DON'’T GO STRAIGHT ON THE BLOCK, TELLING,
"YO, DON'’T SELL DRUGS TODAY,"
LIKE, THAT'’S STUPID BECAUSE WE MIGHT LOSE THEM THAT DAY,
YOU DIG WHAT I'’M SAYING, BECAUSE WE DON'’T KNOW
HOW THESE PEOPLE FEED THEIRSELVES,
BUT WE'’RE SAYING, LIKE, DON'’T BE SHOOTING NOBODY
'’CAUSE THEY STOLE THE STASH THOUGH,
BUT WE JUST BE BUILDING AWARENESS ABOUT IT,
AND WE TALKING AGAINST THE VIOLENCE,
LONG: I LIVE ON ROSE AND EAGER, YOU KNOW?
I'’M ON MONUMENT AND ROSE EVERY DAY,
AS LONG AS WE CLOSE DOORS AND WE SHUT DOWN
PROGRAMMING AND TAKE AWAY FROM THEM,
WE GIVE THEM NO CHOICE BUT TO BE ON THESE CORNERS
DOING WHAT THEY GOT TO DO,
SO WE JUST ASK EVERYBODY TO, HONESTLY, MAN,
JUST BE REAL,
THESE ARE OUR SONS AND OUR DAUGHTERS,
DON'’T KNOCK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DOING
'’CAUSE THEY SCREWED UP IN THE HEAD,
WE GET THAT,
LET'’S GET BACK TO HELPING EACH OTHER OUT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'’M SAYING? THAT'’S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE,
AIN'’T NOBODY GONNA HELP US,
WE REALLY GOT TO HELP EACH OTHER, MAN,
SO I THANK ALL OF Y'’ALL,
LONG: LATER TODAY, I GOT TO GO TO THIS GRANT PARTY,
MR, C: OK,
AND TRY TO GET SOME MORE MONEY FOR OUR PROGRAM,
OH, GOOD,
I'’M GETTING CALLS FROM THESE KIDS
WHEN THEY SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL,
SO I WAS LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW-- I SAID,
"THEY REALLY LIKE IT, AND IT'’S SOMETHING
THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO,"
SO THEY WAS LIKE, "WHAT?"
I TOLD YOU THEY CALLED '’EM, DIDN'’T YOU?"
MR, C, VOICE-OVER: WHEN I SEE ALEX, I SEE A SON,
WHEN I SEE HIM WITH THAT SAFE STREET T-SHIRT ON, OH, MAN,
I JUST FEEL--
PROUD IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT,
HE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY,
THAT IT'’S A DIFFICULT PLACE SOMETIMES,
AND SOMETIMES IT'’S EASY FOR VIOLENCE TO ERUPT,
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS DOING IT AT ROSE STREET,
NOW HE CAN DO IT AND ALSO BE COMPENSATED,
YOU KNOW, IT HELPS HIM PAY THE BILLS,
AND IT HELPS HIM EAT,
GIRL ON TV: THAT'’S AMAZING!
NOW I NEED HELP WITH 12 TIMES--
SO 8 GOES INTO-- THAT'’S 16?
8 TIMES 2 EQUALS?
CUT THE TV OFF,
YOU CAN'’T CONCENTRATE,
8 TIMES 2 EQUALS,,,
MR, C: WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO THAT'’S MEANINGFUL,
THERE'’S A BURDEN,
YOU KNOW, HOW AM I GONNA DO THIS?
THAT'’S THE FIRST THING ON YOUR MIND,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOBODY CAN REALLY TEACH YOU,
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS
AND INFORMATION,
BUT IT HAS TO LAND ON SOMETHING,
SOMETHING THAT'’S ALREADY IN YOU,
WELL, ALEX, IT'’S LANDING IN HIS HEART
WHERE HE HAS THE DESIRE,
SO THAT'’S A BURDEN, BUT HE NEEDS
THOSE BURDENS TO GROW,
BOY: OH, SO 9 TIMES 2 IS 18,
FLIP THIS,
WOMAN: NO,
NEWS ANCHOR: POLICE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY
FOR ANY INFORMATION LINKED TO A DEADLY TRIPLE SHOOTING
IN EAST BALTIMORE THAT HAPPENED JUST THIS AFTERNOON,
NEWS ANCHOR TWO: IT HAPPENED AROUND LUNCHTIME,
NEWS ANCHOR 3: BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER IS IN STABLE CONDITION,
RECOVERING AT SINAI HOSPITAL
AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN,
THE 3-YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE WAS IN SURGERY
FOR HOURS SUNDAY,
NEWS ANCHOR 4: A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN EAST BALTIMORE LEAVES
ONE MAN DEAD AND A NEIGHBORHOOD ON EDGE,
IT HAPPENED ON EAST PRESTON STREET LAST NIGHT,
NEWS ANCHOR 5: LATER IN THE DAY, A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN
WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THE 1000 BLOCK
OF NORTH PATTERSON PARK AVENUE,
WOMAN: MR, C'’S BEEN SICK FROM HIS DIABETES,
WHICH KIND OF PUT HIM DOWN,
AND HE'’S BEEN GONE FOR, LIKE, A MONTH OR SO NOW,
SO JUST SEEING A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS
TRANSPIRE WITH HIS ABSENCE AND EVERYTHING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU KNOW, IT'’S BEEN 3 HOMICIDES SO FAR
IN LESS THAN A WEEK,
BUT JUST TRYING TO BE-- KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW
TO KEEP MY KIDS SAFE AND HOW TO PREVENT CERTAIN
THINGS FROM HAPPENING OR FROM THEM SEEING THINGS,
SO HOPEFULLY AFTER IT STARTS TO BREAK WARM,
IT KIND OF CALM DOWN,
BUT UNTIL THEN, I JUST KEEP EVERYBODY
IN MY PRAYERS '’CAUSE IT'’S--IT'S JUST
A LOT FOR A PERSON,
LONG: I NEED 15 PUSH-UPS FROM EVERYBODY,
IN THE PUSH-UP POSITION,
COUNT THEM OUT!
BOYS: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,,,
LONG: BAIO, LOWER YOUR BUTT,
4, 5, 6, 7,,,
LONG, VOICE-OVER: WHEN I WAS A 15-YEAR-OLD KID,
MY FOSTER PARENT SENT ME AND MY LITTLE SISTER ASHLEY
TO THE FAMILY DOLLAR IN DOGWOOD STATION,
SO I GO TO THE STORE, AND WE RACING BACK,
POLICE SEE ME RUNNING, AND I BECOME A SUSPECT,
DESCRIPTION SAYS PERSON HAD ALL BLACK
WITH A GRAY HOODIE,
I GOT ON ORANGE AND BLUE, NEW YORK KNICKS JERSEY,
ORANGE AND BLUE BOOTS, BLUE JEANS,
AND AN ORANGE COAT,
BUT IT'’S ME '’CAUSE I'M RUNNING,
HE SAID "OH, YOUR HEART BEATING FAST,
SO YOU SCARED,"
I SAID, "NO, MY HEART BEATING FAST '’CAUSE I'M RUNNING,
"AND IF I WAS SCARED, IT'’S BECAUSE YOU
"JUST GRABBED ME FOR NOTHING,
"TALKING ABOUT I ROBBED SOMEBODY,
SO THERE YOUR ANSWERS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS,"
HE WAS LIKE, "YEAH, YOU A WISEASS,
I GOT MY MAN,"
LONG: SEE? THERE WE GO,
LONG, VOICE-OVER: I WAS CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY, KIDNAPPING,
SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE,
ALL RIGHT, CATCH Y'’ALL'S BREATH,
LONG, VOICE-OVER: YOU KNOW, I WENT IN A LITTLE,
YOU KNOW, 15-YEAR-OLD KID AND CAME OUT, LIKE, 260,
I WAS A CHILD WITH AN ADULT RECORD
THAT DID ADULT TIME, AND I GOT ADULT-SIZED,
READY? UH-HUH,
1,
2,
3,,,
LONG, VOICE-OVER: THAT'’S HOW OUR KIDS ARE TODAY,
MOST OF THESE KIDS THAT'’S GROWING UP,
THEY'’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TRAUMA,
THEY DONE SEEN THEIR MOTHER GET ABUSED
BY EVERY MAN SHE EVER BEEN WITH,
THEY DONE SEEN THEIR BROTHER GET BEAT DOWN
AND HARASSED,
THAT WAS GOOD,
YES, I'’M FIRST!
LONG, VOICE-OVER: YOU KNOW WHAT I'’M SAYING?
SO THEY DON'’T HAVE NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO,
WE GOT TO GET TO THEM YOUNG,
WE WAIT UNTIL THEY 16, 17, WE DROPPED THE BALL,
WE WAITED TOO LONG,
AND THAT'’S WHAT WE DO TOO MANY TIMES,
WE SIT BACK, AND WE CREATE MONSTERS,
Y'’ALL READY? YES, CAN I RACE SOMEBODY?
LONG, VOICE-OVER: BUT THAT'’S WHY I DO WHAT I DO WITH THE KIDS,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'’M SAYING?
I'’M DOING IT BEFOREHAND BEFORE THEY GET
TO THE POINT WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE,
"YO, I GOT TO KILL YOU,"
MY NAME ALEX LONG,
I WORK FOR SAFE STREETS,
I'’M OUT HERE ON MY MORNING PATROL,
THAT'’S MY LITTLE SISTER OVER THERE,
AND AS USUAL, CONSTANT, CONSTANT FUCKERY,
WE HAD 3 HOMICIDES YESTERDAY,
I WONDER HOW MANY THESE OFFICERS EVEN STOPPED
OR CAUGHT ANYBODY DOING ANY OF THESE HOMICIDES,
HOW THESE OFFICERS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY HOMICIDES
OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY STOP A PERSON
FOR DRIVING ON A PERMIT,
COMING FROM WORK,
IN FRONT OF YOUR OWN HOUSE,
YOU PULLED ME OVER, I WAS GOING TO PARK,
DID YOU PULL HIM OVER BECAUSE HE PARKED,
OR DID YOU PULL HIM OVER BECAUSE--
IT AIN'’T THE POINT,
LONG: DON'’T WORRY, ALEXIS!
I GOT IT ON CAMERA,
ALEXIS, I GOT IT ON CAMERA,
OFFICER: DEFINE HARASSMENT,
HARASSMENT IS WHAT YOU'’RE DOING EVERY DAMNED DAY,
MA'’AM, YOU'RE BEING DISORDERLY NOW,
AND YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN,
MA'’AM, YOU'RE BEING DISORDERLY,
AND YOU'’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALM DOWN,
LONG: DON'’T WORRY, ALEXIS, THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT
BLACK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AFTER FREDDIE GRAY,
IT'’S OFFICERS LIKE THIS THAT SIT AROUND ALL DAY
WHILE BLACK PEOPLE GET MURDERED AND DO NOTHING,
AND YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS
JUST TO TRY TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING,
IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'’S TOO MUCH POLICING
BUT NOT ENOUGH JUSTICE,
WINSTON: SO THE GUY WE GOT BEFORE,
HE WAS A JUVENILE,
GOT HIM WITH A HANDGUN IN THE BACKPACK,
STATE'’S ATTORNEY PRETTY MUCH SAID WE HAD TO DROP
THE CASE BECAUSE OF AN ILLEGAL SEARCH,
WELL, TODAY, WE GOT THE SAME PERSON
WITH ANOTHER HANDGUN INSIDE OF THE CAR,
HOPEFULLY THEY'’LL, UH, THEY'’LL LET IT
STICK THIS TIME,
I MEAN, YOU CAN LOCK UP THE SAME DUDE EVERY SINGLE DAY,
AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE JUST WON'’T STAY IN JAIL,
HE'’LL--HE'LL JUST BE RIGHT BACK OUT THERE DOING THE SAME THING
HE WAS DOING THE DAY BEFORE,
SO IT'’S FRUSTRATING,
YOU'’LL GET MORE TIME WITH SOMEBODY
WITH, UH, TRAFFIC THAN YOU WILL
WITH, UH, HANDGUN OR DRUGS,
I MEAN, MAKES NO SENSE, HONESTLY,
BUT THAT'’S WHERE WE ARE,
OK, DID THEY DROP THE CASE?THEY DIDN'’T DROP IT THIS TIME,
THEY DIDN'’T DROP IT THIS TIME?THEY DIDN'’T DROP IT THIS TIME,
DID YOU MENTION THAT TIME WE GOT HIM WITH THE GUN
AND THEY DROPPED THAT ONE?THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE,
WHAT DID THEY SAY?THEY DIDN'’T SAY NOTHING,
DIDN'’T SAY NOTHING? NO,
OK, GOOD JOB, MAN,
THAT'’S THE ONE WE GOT TODAY,IT WAS A GOOD GRAB,
THAT WAS A GOOD GRAB, ALL RIGHT, MAN,
IT MAKES YOU FEEL-- MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD NOW,
I FEEL, LIKE, SOME REDEMPTION FROM LAST TIME,
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, NOW,
RADIO HOST: TUESDAY'’S VERY HEATED CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC COMMITTEE HEARING VOTED 5 TO 2 TO ADVANCE
THE MANDATORY GUN SENTENCING BILL
TO THE FULL COUNCIL,
ORIGINALLY THE BILL CALLED FOR A ONE-YEAR
MANDATORY SENTENCE FOR ANYONE CAUGHT
WITH AN ILLEGAL HANDGUN,
NOW WE'’RE GOING TO TURN TO COUNCILMAN BRANDON SCOTT,
ON TUESDAY, HE VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE,
MR, SCOTT, IF NOT MANDATORY SENTENCING,
IN YOUR MIND WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS
OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY?
OH, IT'’S EVERYTHING,
IT'’S EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT
AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH,
IN MY--IN MY OPINION, GUN VIOLENCE IS A DISEASE,
AND IT SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH,
IT'’S A HEALTH-- IT'’S A HEALTH DISEASE,
IF YOU'’RE--IF I'M A YOUNG MAN LIKE I AM
AND MY GRANDDAD HAS PROSTATE CANCER,
WHAT DOES MY DOCTOR CHECK ME FOR EVERY TIME I GO
TO THE DOCTOR'’S?
PROSTATE CANCER,
WELL, YOUNG MEN IN THIS CITY ARE GROWING UP,
AND THEIR FATHERS AND THEIR BROTHERS HAVE
ALL BEEN THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE,
AND WE DON'’T INTERCEDE IN THAT,
AND THAT'’S WHAT WE HAVE TO START DOING
SO IT DOESN'’T JUST FALL AT THE FOOT OF THE POLICE,
WE ARE ASKING OUR POLICE OFFICERS
TO DO WAY TOO MUCH,
WE'’RE ASKING THEM TO BE SOCIAL SERVICE PEOPLE,
HEALTH PROVIDERS,
THEY DON'’T NEED TO DO THAT,
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY
AND GUN VIOLENCE AS A DISEASE AND ATTACK IT
FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH POINT OF VIEW,
WHAT ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO SAY, "BUT THAT IS
A LONG-TERM, PERHAPS"--
IT'’S NOT JUST A LONG-TERM,
A GENERATIONAL APPROACH"?
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT WHAT'’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
SO, THIS IS -- TWO THINGS,
ONE, THIS BILL ISN'’T GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR RIGHT NOW,
I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD LETTING PEOPLE
KNOW THAT ANYONE THAT SAYS THAT
"OH, THREATENING A HARDENED CRIMINAL AND A KILLER
"IN BALTIMORE CITY WITH A YEAR GUN CRIME
IS GOING TO MAKE THEM NOT CARRY A GUN,"
IS LOSING THEIR MIND,
THEY'’RE INSANE, IT'’S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN,
BUT PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES ARE ALSO IMMEDIATE,
SAFE STREETS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH,
AND IT'’S BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE GREAT RESULTS
IN REDUCING SHOOTINGS IN THEIR AREAS BY 26%
AND MEDIATING AND PREVENTING LORD KNOWS HOW MANY MORE,
THOSE ARE THE THINGS-- SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IMMEDIATELY,
COUNCILMAN, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT, SIR,
THANK YOU,
COMING UP AFTER A BREAK, DR, KAYE WISE WHITEHEAD
OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND
AND LIZ COPELAND OF THE,,,
AIN'’T MEETING ANY,,,
WHEW,
[RADIO BEEPING]
DISPATCHER: BENNETT AND FREMONT, BENNETT AND FREMONT
FOR A SIGNAL 13 OUT OF CENTRAL,
REPORTER: BALTIMORE CITY HOMICIDE DETECTIVE SEAN SUITER
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THURSDAY,
HE WAS JUST 43 YEARS OLD,
REPORTER TWO: DETECTIVE SUITER WAS KILLED
IN A VIOLENT PART OF WEST BALTIMORE,
HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH HIS OWN GUN,
REPORTER 3: HE WAS GUNNED DOWN ONE DAY BEFORE HE WAS SET
TO TESTIFY IN A FEDERAL CORRUPTION CASE
AGAINST FELLOW OFFICERS,
REPORTER 4: THE FUNERAL SERVICES ARE CLOUDED BY THE MYSTERY
OF WHO KILLED THE 43-YEAR-OLD,
WHO LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND 5 CHILDREN,
BROWN: WE JUST HAVE EVIL OUT HERE,
SOMETIMES, AS BEST AS WE TRY TO FIGHT AGAINST IT,
YOU KNOW, IT STILL POPS UP, AND IT SHOWS UP
AT OUR DOORSTEP, TOO,
YOU CAN FEEL WHAT THE FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH,
THE UNKNOWN, THE--JUST, UM, THE MILLION QUESTIONS OF WHY,
I FIND MYSELF PRAYING AND TRYING TO GET
MY COMPOSURE BECAUSE IT'’S JUST BEGINNING TO BE TOO MUCH,
MR, C: TWO MINUTES!
GOOD MORNING,
GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING!
OH, WAIT A MINUTE,
I AIN'’T BEEN GONE THAT LONG,
STRONG ONE, YOU DESERVE IT!
YEAH, YEAH, LET'’S TRY THAT AGAIN,
GOOD MORNING!
GOOD MORNING!THANK YOU,
NOTICE I SAID THANK YOU,
YOU'’RE WELCOME, ABSOLUTELY,
ANYBODY FEEL LIKE PRAYING, GIVE US A PRAYER, PLEASE,
FATHER, WE'’D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TODAY,
YESTERDAY, AND TOMORROW,
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP GUIDING US IN YOUR FAITH,
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP OUR FAITH STRONG,
AMEN, AMEN,
MR, C: THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER,
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE--UH, WHEN Y'’ALL FINISHED, LET ME KNOW, OK?
NOW, WHEN Y'’ALL-- HOLD IT, HOLD IT,
LET ME STOP FOR A MOMENT,
WHEN Y'’ALL COME AND ASK ME TO DO SOMETHING
AND YOU ASK ME FOR A FAVOR,
I DON'’T DISRESPECT YOU,
DON'’T DISRESPECT ME,
NOW IF YOU GOT A CONVERSATION YOU WANT TO HAVE,
GO DOWN THE STREET LIKE THEY SAY IN THERE
AND GO AROUND THE CORNER,
BECAUSE WHEN IT COME TIME FOR YOU TO ASK ME
FOR A FAVOR, I'’MMA DO THE SAME THING FOR YOU,
I'’MMA ACT LIKE I DON'’T HEAR YOU,
I'’M GONNA TALK TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHILE YOU'’RE TALKING TO ME,
AND THEN YOU GONNA SEE HOW I FEEL,
WHICH I REALLY DON'’T FEEL THAT BAD,
BUT WHAT I'’M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU, RIGHT,
IS RIGHT NOW, SON, I'’M CONDUCTING BUSINESS,
SO I AIN'’T FEELING NO KIND OF WAY,
SO DON'’T-- DON'’T GET IT TWISTED,
BUT THAT'’S THE ONE WORD I WANT TO BRING OUT THIS MORNING,
TWISTED, WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE, OK?
IF YOU GO WAY BACK, WAY BACK,
EVEN IF I SAY I DON'’T LIKE THIS MAN,
IT DON'’T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM,
IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOMETHING ELSE,
MY LOVE GOT TWISTED SOME WAY ALONG THE WAY,
TWISTED LOVE CAUSE US TO DO THINGS,
CAUSE US TO HATE ON EACH OTHER,
CAUSE US TO TAKE IT TO THE MOST EXTREME,
NOW WHEN I'’M FEELING SOME KIND OF WAY,
THEN I'’M READY TO GO TO THE UNTWISTER,
THEY GOT ONE OF THOSE, YEAH,
AND WHO'’S THE UNTWISTER?
THE ALMIGHTY,
THE ONE THAT'’S WITH YOU ALWAYS,
HE'’S LIVING INSIDE YOU DAILY,
WHETHER YOU RECOGNIZE HIM OR NOT,
SO I HOPE SOMEBODY GOT SOMETHING OUT
OF SOMETHING WAS BEING SAID THIS MORNING,
ALL RIGHT? AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, RIGHT,
IT'’S SO GOOD TO SEE Y'’ALL,
IT'’S SO GOOD TO SEE MY ROSE STREET FAMILY,
WHAT DO YOU SAY? MEETING ADJOURNED!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
GOOD TO SEE YOU,GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO,
THANK YOU, MR, C,
LOVE YOU, POP, GREAT WORK, POP,
THANK YOU, KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS,
YES, SIR,ALL RIGHT,
HOW YOU DOING, SON?
WOMAN: EVERYBODY IN THE MEETING,
COME SIGN UP FOR THE MEETING,
LOOK, SON, LOOK AT ME,
LOVE YOU TOO, POPS, OK?
I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, OK, MAN, OK,
YOU UNDERSTAND ME, SON?YES, SIR,
ALL RIGHT,
YOU KNOW I MISSED YOU,
I BET YOU NEITHER ONE OF Y'’ALL HAD NOTHING
TO EAT THIS MORNING,
I DEFINITELY DIDN'’T,
BUT SOME GRITS WAS CALLING MY NAME!
DON'’T WORRY ABOUT IT,
MR, C: OK, COUPLE THINGS,
ONE, WE GOT TO GET BACK TO CLEANING THESE STREETS,
MAN: YES, SIR,
Y'’ALL DIDN'T DO THE BEST JOBS YOU COULD DO,
YES, SIR,YOU KNOW THAT,
YES, SIR,
I SHOULDN'’T HAVE TO CALL Y'’ALL BACK TO A BLOCK, OK?
AND I HAD TO DO THAT,
SO, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I'’M BACK,
Y'’ALL GOT TO WORK LIKE--YES, SIR,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'’M SAYING?
LIKE MICHELANGELO, YOU KNOW HIM?
YES, SIR,
YOU KNOW HIM?THE FAMOUS PAINTER,
ALL RIGHT,
WE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING,
MR, C: RIGHT, AIN'’T NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, ALL RIGHT?
WINSTON: HELLO! HOW ARE YOU?
WOMAN: GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?I DON'’T KNOW,
I'’M KIND OF IN THE DOGHOUSE RIGHT NOW,
YOU'’RE IN THE DOGHOUSE?YEAH,
IS SHE A ROSE PERSON?
YES, KIND OF, HER FAVORITE COLOR'’S PURPLE,
LET ME GET BACK IN THE FRIDGE AND SEE
WHAT I CAN FIND IN PURPLE, AND I'’LL BRING IT OUT?
OK, AWESOME,HOLD ON ONE SECOND,
ALL RIGHT, SIR, THERE YOU GO,
THANK YOU, GOOD LUCK, HOPE IT WORKS,
I HOPE SO,
[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
[SINGING ALONG]
THIS JOB CAN GET TO YOU SOMETIMES,
16-, 18-HOUR DAYS, 4 DAYS WILL MAKE YOU GO CRAZY,
LEARNED FROM A DETECTIVE I USED TO WORK WITH,
YOU GOT TO HAVE A OUTLET, YOU'’VE GOT TO HAVE A OUTLET,
IF YOU DON'’T HAVE A OUTLET, THEN YOU'’RE
TAKING EVERYTHING HOME WITH YOU,
YOU'’RE NOT RELIEVING NONE OF THAT STRESS,
'’CAUSE IT'S--YOU CAN GET STRESSED OUT FROM THE PEOPLE,
FROM THE CALLS YOU GO TO, FROM THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH,
FROM THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF,
AND EVEN IF I'’M JUST GOING TO THE BAR
OR GOING TO THE MOVIES, GOING OUT TO THE MALL,
HE TOLD ME--HE'’S LIKE, "WHEN YOU'’RE OFF, YOU ARE OFF,"
[TYPING]
MAN: JUST FOR CONFIRMATION, IS OPS ALSO ON 12 HOURS?
BROWN: YES, EVERYONE,
OK, I'’LL LET HIM KNOW THAT, YES,
I MEAN, HOW LONG--
I MEAN, DO THEY THINK IT'’S GONNA BE--
OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE BURNT OUT!
I KNOW, I DON'’T KNOW,
I WENT INTO ROLL CALL YESTERDAY MORNING,
IT WAS ONLY 6 OFFICERS IN ROLL CALL, 6,
FOR DAY WORK? YES,
MIDNIGHT SHIFT ROLL CALL, THERE'’S ONLY,
LIKE, 4 OR 5 PEOPLE THERE,
YEAH, IT'’S ONLY, LIKE, 4 OR 5,
OH, MY GOD,
AND THEN NOW WE TELL THEM THEY'’RE
ON 12-HOUR SHIFTS,
HUH?
YOU GET OUT OF HERE,
I DARE YOU TO GO ON ROLL CALL AND JUST
TELL THEM IT'’S TWO MORE HOURS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS,
I DON'’T THINK YOU GONNA MAKE IT OUT,
WE'’LL HAVE TO SCOOP YOU OFF THE GROUND,
RIGHT,"I NEED A MEDIC,"
GOOD EVENING, MA'’AM, SEQUENCE NUMBER 6469,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN 3?
10-4,
[DRUMMING]
WHAT'’S GOING ON?
LIKE, WE ALWAYS END ABOUT 8:00,
[DRUMMING]
[WHISTLE BLOWING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
POLICE! SOMEBODY'’S UP THERE, COME OUT,
[RADIO CHATTER]
[SIREN]
34, I'’M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE,
[RADIO CHATTER]
34, I'’M GONNA GET OUT ON FOOT AND HEAD
DOWN THAT AREA,
[MUSIC STOPS]
WOMAN: STOP SAYING THAT,
KID: ME EITHER,
WHAT'’S UP?WHAT'’S UP?
WHAT'’S GOING ON?
HE GONNA GET MAD AT ME,STOP!
LET HIM TALK FIRST, RIGHT?
MAN: HE AIN'’T BEEN NOTHING BUT A PROBLEM
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, HE TAKES OFF,
WE TELL HIM NOT TO GO HERE, NOT TO GO THERE,
AND WHAT'’S HE DO?HE GOES THERE,
OFF HE GOES,
ALL RIGHT, COME ON, LET ME COME TALK TO YOU,
HEY, PUPPY! TSK, TSK, TSK, TSK,
HEY, BUDDY! HEY!
THIS YOUR PUPPY? CAN I HAVE HIM?
YOU CAN HAVE MINE, YOU DON'’T WANT MINE?
SO WHAT'’S GOING ON? LET ME TALK TO--
LET ME TALK TO HIM REAL QUICK,
SO HE'’S NOT YELLING AND SCREAMING,
SO I WAS STANDING AT THE DOOR,
AND I ASKED THAT LITTLE GIRL IF SHE COME AND HELP WITH MY DOG
BECAUSE I DIDN'’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT,
AND THEN HE OPENED THE DOOR, AND HE LITERALLY DID THIS
AND THREW ME ON THE COUCH, AND I HIT MY HEAD,
AND THEN AS I'’M SITTING THERE, HE'’S LIKE,
"I'’M TIRED OF YOU," AND HE HIT ME IN MY ARM THERE,
AND THEN HIS HAND DID THAT AND MOVED MY FACE LIKE THAT,
AND THEN--AND THEN-- AND THEN I KEPT ON
YELLING AT HIM TO STOP HITTING ME,
AND THEN HE SAID, "I'’M GONNA CALL THE POLICE,"
BUT HE HASN'’T SAID NOTHING TO ME,
WINSTON: ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE OFF THE BLOCK?
USUALLY--NO, USUALLY, THEY JUST LET ME WALK DOWN
TO BUSY BEE'’S 'CAUSE I COME RIGHT BACK,
SO I'’M DOWN AT BUSY BEE'’S,
YOU KNOW HOW FAR BUSY BEE'’S IS? NO,
IT'’S ONLY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER,
IT'’S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT GOES ON AROUND HERE,
DON'’T YOU?
SO YOU WONDER WHY THEY'’RE FUSSING, RIGHT?
THEY DON'’T WANT YOU ENDING UP LIKE
THESE OTHER CATS OUT HERE,
THEY SELL DOPE RIGHT OUT--RIGHT DOWN THE STREET,
THEY SELL DOPE RIGHT UP THERE,
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
IF YOU WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE, LET THEM KNOW
WHERE YOU GOING, RIGHT?
IT'’S FOR YOUR SAFETY, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW STRAY BULLETS HAVE NO NAME, RIGHT?
THEY'’RE SHOOTING ALL THE TIME RIGHT HERE, AREN'’T THEY?
EXACTLY,
FROM THE BLOCK,
PAYSON, RIGHT? MONROE,
MONROE?
YUP, I WAS OUT THERE,
I DON'’T WANT TO SEE YOU OUT HERE SELLING DOPE
LIKE THE REST OF THESE CATS, ALL RIGHT?
I DON'’T WANT TO BE OUT HERE AND I'’M LOOKING
AT YOUR DEAD BODY ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET,
I SHOULDN'’T BE CALLED HERE BECAUSE YOU
AND POPS CAN'’T GET ALONG, RIGHT?
[BOY SNIFFLES]
YOU THINK YOU GONNA BE OK TONIGHT?
Y'’ALL SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT TONIGHT,
AND I'’M GONNA CHECK ON YOU FROM TIME TO TIME,
ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, BUD,
MAN: ALL RIGHT,
WINSTON: MOST OF THE TIME WE GO TO THESE CALLS,
IT'’S THE WORST TIME
OF THAT PERSON'’S LIFE AT THAT MOMENT,
'’CAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULDN'’T BE THERE
IF THEY WEREN'’T GOING THROUGH SOMETHING,
HONESTLY, BECAUSE THEY'’RE SO FREQUENT,
IT'’S ALMOST LIKE YOU GET IMMUNE TO IT,
HONESTLY,
WINSTON: I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL ME ANYTHING
ABOUT THE LEXUS OVER THERE,
DID YOU HEAR ANY GUNSHOTS OR ANYTHING?
WOMAN: I DIDN'’T HEAR, I BEEN OUT HERE ALL DAY,
NO GUNSHOTS? I HAD NOT HEARD NO GUNSHOTS,
WINSTON, VOICE-OVER: I THINK, UH, THERE'’S ONLY ONE SHOOTING
THAT, UH, REALLY STICKS WITH ME,
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
THIS MOTHER GOT SHOT, LIKE, 7 TIMES
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CHILD,
THE CHILD WAS JUST RUNNING UP THE STREET,
DOWN THE STREET SCREAMING, "NOT MY MOM, NOT MY MOM,"
THAT'’S THE ONLY ONE THAT'’S, LIKE,,,
I CAN REMEMBER THAT DAY,
HE HAD TO BE, LIKE, 12 OR 13,
SO NOW HE'’S--HE DOESN'’T HAVE A MOTHER,
DISPATCHER: ONE UNIT AT 312 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, MLK 31,
31, YOU SAY YOU HAVE A 31 AT WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, MLK?
DISPATCHER: 10-4,
[SIREN]
[RADIO CHATTER]
[DISTANT SIRENS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
WOMAN: HI, EVERYBODY!
AUDIENCE: HELLO!
SO THIS IS A DIALOGUE TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN YOU ALL,
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT REQUESTS DO YOU HAVE?
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ONE ANOTHER
OR FROM YOURSELF?HONESTY,
SO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE HONEST? OK,
SCOTT: SOMETHING THAT I WANT BOTH THE YOUTH
AND THE POLICE TO KNOW IS THAT I THINK THAT
THEY HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN THEY THINK
AND THAT THE EXTREME STUFF THAT'’S BEING SAID
ABOUT THE POLICE-- ALL POLICE BEING BAD,
ALL POLICE TRYING TO SHOOT PEOPLE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA--
IS NOT TRUE, AND THE EXTREME STUFF BEING
SAID ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE--
ALL YOUNG PEOPLE IN BALTIMORE ARE BAD,
THEY'’RE TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER--
ALL THAT STUFF IS NOT TRUE,
AND THAT IT'’S UP TO ME TO TRY TO GET THEM
TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE IN COMMON
AND THAT ONLY THEY WILL REPAIR
THEIR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EACH OTHER,
NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THAT,
BRIDGEFORD: ALL RIGHT, GO!
GIRL: UM, I'’M STARTING HIGH SCHOOL, UM,
WHEN SCHOOL STARTS UP AGAIN,
SO MY GOAL IS TO BE MYSELF BECAUSE
WHEN I WAS STARTING MIDDLE SCHOOL I TRIED SO HARD TO FIT IN,
BOY: I WAS WALKING TO THE STORE TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT,
IT WAS A POLICEMAN IN THE CAR,
I LOOKED-- I LOOKED AT HIM,
I HAD, LIKE, A WEDGIE,
SO WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM, I WENT TO PULL IT OUT,
BUT I WENT TO THE BACK, BUT HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I HAD A GUN,
SO HE APPROACHED ME,
HE DIDN'’T SAY, "EXCUSE ME," OR NOTHING,
HE JUST GRABBED ME, AND I RESPONDED,
SO WE GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION,
SO HE TOOK ME INTO JAIL, AND MY FATHER
HAD TO GET ME OUT,
I LIKE TO BUY NEW CARS, THROW RIMS ON THE CARS, TINTS,
THERE'’S BEEN PLENTY OF TIMES WHERE I'’VE BEEN PULLED OVER BY--
I'’M GONNA SAY COUNTY POLICE AND BEEN JUDGED,
I'’VE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR NO REASON AT ALL,
FIRST THING AN OFFICER COMES UP AND TELLS ME IS
"WHOSE CAR ARE YOU DRIVING?"
AND I HAVE POLICE PLATES ON THE CAR,
ONCE THEY FIND OUT I'’M POLICE, "WHAT ARE YOU
"DOING AS AN OFFICER THAT'’S ALLOWING YOU
TO PAY MONEY TO BUY RIMS FOR THE CARS THAT YOU'’RE DRIVING?"
BUT FROM HIM TELLING ME HIS EXPERIENCE,
THAT MADE ME SEEM LIKE, YEAH, NOT EVERY COP IS A BAD COP,
BUT IT'’S SOME THAT YOU CAN TRUST
AND SOME THAT YOU CAN'’T TRUST,
BUT JUST TRY TO GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THAT YOU CAN,
OFFICER: ONE THING I'’M GONNA KEEP IN MIND IS, UH,
TO ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE YOUTH,
AND INSTEAD OF, UH-- I KNOW A LOT
OF INTERACTIONS I HAVE WITH THE YOUTH, UH,
SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY'’RE DOING SOMETHING
THEY'’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AND WE END UP TAKING A TRIP
TO BABY BOOKINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I KNOW '’EM--I KNOW
'’EM FROM A LOT OF STUFF THEY'’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
AND WHAT I HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THAT,
AND MAYBE INSTEAD OF, LIKE, ASKING, LIKE,
"YOU GUYS BEEN BEHAVING LATELY?"
OR, YOU KNOW, "STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE?"
MAYBE I SHOULD ACTUALLY TRY TO BRING IT DOWN
TO A MORE NORMAL LEVEL AND ASK '’EM, YOU KNOW,
"HOW YOU BEEN DOING?
"HOW YOU BEEN DOING AT SCHOOL?
HOW'’S, HOW'S IT GOING AT HOME?" STUFF LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW?THAT WAS GOOD,
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MR, C: FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST,
WE NEED YOUR LOVE,
HAVE MERCY ON US AND OUR SOULS,
TOUCH OUR FAMILIES, TOUCH OUR COMMUNITY
IN THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU KNOW HOW,
IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAY,
AMEN, AMEN,
A PERSON WAS, YOU KNOW, IRRITATING
HER CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THEIR HANDS ON HER,
THROWING BOTTLES AT HER, HAD SPIT ON HER, ALL OF THAT,
MY SISTER KEPT, YOU KNOW DISREGARDING, TRYING TO
GO AHEAD ABOUT HER BUSINESS, AND A FIGHT BROKE OUT,
AND THEN GUNSHOTS BROKE OUT, SO,
ALL THIS STUFF--THAT PILE OF GRASS AND STUFF--
THAT'’S WHAT GOT MY SISTER CAUGHT UP
WHERE SHE ACTUALLY TRIPPED, AND THE PERSON WAS ABLE
TO STAND OVER TOP OF HER AND FINISH HER OFF,
IT TOOK THE POLICE 15-- THEY STOOD HERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET FOR 15 MINUTES
BEFORE THEY EVEN DECIDED TO DO ANYTHING,
BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN TRY TO CALL FOR A PARAMEDIC,
THEY JUST SAT THERE STANDING AROUND,
LOOKING STUPID AS HELL,
FOR THEM TO LIE, TALKING ABOUT,
"OH, SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL,"
NO, SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD RIGHT THERE
WHERE THEM GODDAMN BALLOONS LAY '’CAUSE WE WATCHED
HER TAKE HER LAST BREATH,
WE GOT ALL THESE CITY OFFICIALS AND POLITICS
THAT GET PAID ALL THIS MONEY, DONE WENT TO SCHOOL,
GOT BIG DEGREES, AND ALL THAT,
AND THEY STILL HAVEN'’T FIGURED OUT HOW THE HELL
TO CURB VIOLENCE,
MAN: I FEEL LIKE IF THEY HAD ENOUGH BALLS TO COME
OVER ON ROSE STREET AND DO THAT TO SOMEBODY
FROM ROSE STREET,
MAN, THE OLD ME, I WOULD PROBABLY BE INCARCERATED
BECAUSE I ALREADY WOULD HAVE DID SOMETHING,
I WOULD HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND DOING SHIT,
LONG: I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT
TO SHOW SOME SUPPORT AND LOVE TO MY LITTLE SISTER ASHLEY,
AS Y'’ALL CAN SEE, MAN,
IT'’S NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR THAT GIRL,
MAN: NOTHING BUT LOVE,
WE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT SIT
BACK AND HATE EACH OTHER FOR NO REASON,
AND THE MAIN QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE DO THIS?
EVERY LAST ONE OF US IS IN THE SAME SITUATION,
IT'’S TOO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON OUT HERE, MAN,
FOR US TO BE SITTING UP HERE BEEFING
WITH EACH OTHER OVER NOTHING,
SO JUST SPEND TIME WITH YOUR KIDS
AND YOUR FAMILY AND FOCUS ON WHAT'’S REAL,
BECAUSE TOMORROW IT COULD BE ANY OF US,
THAT'’S RIGHT, TONIGHT,
MAN: IN 10 MINUTES,
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING ME, ALL RIGHT?
SIR? HMM?
NAH, WE AIN'’T HAVE PRACTICE TODAY,
I PROBABLY WON'’T HAVE PRACTICE TILL, LIKE,
THURSDAY, FOR REAL, FOR REAL,
GIVE ME A COUPLE DAYS TO GET MYSELF TOGETHER,
BUT IT AIN'’T OVER, WE STILL GONNA,,,
GOOD MORNING,
[UNENTHUSIASTIC] GOOD MORNING,
ALL RIGHT, LET'’S TRY IT AGAIN, ALL RIGHT?
LET'’S PUT A LITTLE ENERGY INTO IT,
GOOD MORNING!GOOD MORNING!
THANK YOU, NOTICE I SAID THANK YOU,
WELL, I GUESS THE TOPIC THIS MORNING WILL BE,
UH, STOP THE VIOLENCE,
YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY PROBABLY SAY, "DO YOU EVER GET TIRED
OF SAYING '’STOP THE VIOLENCE?'’" NOPE,
CAN'’T GET TIRED,
LIKE A SENIOR CITIZEN SAID
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT--
'’CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE MARCHES
HAD BEEN GOING ON AND ON AND ON AND ON,
IT SEEMED LIKE NO END,
SHE SAID, UH, "MY FEET IS TIRED,
BUT MY SOUL AIN'’T IN NO WAYS TIRED,"
AND THAT'’S WHERE I'’M AT RIGHT NOW,
I CAN'’T GIVE UP, AND I'’M SAYING THAT
TO ALL OF US,
WE CAN'’T GIVE UP, CAN'’T GIVE UP,
THINGS ARE GONNA GET BETTER,
BUT YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'’T BELIEVE THAT,
I CANNOT FALL INTO THAT UNBELIEF THAT THINGS
ARE NOT GONNA GET BETTER,
I CAN'’T BELIEVE THAT,
I CAN'’T BELIEVE THAT BRANDON IS NOT GONNA
MAKE IT TO 70,
I SEE BRANDON A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN,
GRAY HAIR, MIGHT HAVE A CANE,
YOU KNOW, YEAH,
YOU MAY HAVE A FEW MORE POUNDS ON YOU,
MAN: I SEE ERIC AT 90,
BUT I SEE YOU AT 70,
I SEE HER AT 70 YEARS OLD,
4 KIDS, 6 GRANDKIDS,
[LAUGHTER]
ALL RIGHT? I SEE THAT WHEN I LOOK AT Y'’ALL, RIGHT?
I SEE Y'’ALL IN THE FUTURE,
I BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE,
AND I BELIEVE THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER FOR OUR PEOPLE,
I BELIEVE THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT I GOT,
EVERY FIBER THAT'’S IN MY BODY AND MY SOUL,
SO I'’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT NO FURTHER, OK?
MEETING ADJOURNED,
LONG: IT'’S ALMOST LIKE SHE'S STILL SITTING HERE WITH US,
[SNIFFLES]
WHEN MY SISTER PASSED, LIKE, I KIND OF TOOK IT HARD,
KNOWING THAT I WORKED FOR SAFE STREETS
AND MY NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO PREVENT HOMICIDES,
THE SAD PART IS RETALIATION, LIKE,
I KNOW IT'’S EXPECTED,
DON'’T THINK THAT I'M NOT--
I GOT SO MUCH ANGER AND RAGE IN ME RIGHT NOW,
LIKE, I'’M REALLY JUST CHANNELING IT
IN A WHOLE NOTHER AVENUE, LIKE I SAY--
I'’M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU'’RE REALLY
SUPPOSED TO BRING YOUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER,
THAT'’S HOW I'M GONNA KILL YOU, BECAUSE THAT'’S
GONNA HURT YOU WAY MORE THAN ME SHOOTING YOU
OR BEATING YOU UP BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO
SEE IT ALL THE TIME,
IT'’S IN YOUR FACE,
SO THAT'’S HOW I'M GONNA KILL ALL MY ENEMIES,
YOU GONNA DIE OFF MY SUCCESS,
MAN: ♪ I WAS BORN BY THE RIVER
♪ IN A LITTLE TENT, OH, OH ♪
♪ DOWN BY THE RIVER I LIVED EVER SINCE ♪
♪ IT'’S BEEN A LONG ♪
♪ IT'’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING ♪
♪ I KNOW
♪ CHANGE GONNA COME
♪ OH, YES, IT WILL
♪ IT'’S BEEN TOO HARD LIVIN' ♪
♪ AND I'’M NOT AFRAID TO DIE ♪
♪ I'’M UNABLE TO TOUCH THE SKIES ♪
♪ SO IT'’S BEEN A LONG HAUL ♪
♪ IT'’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN' ♪
♪ AND I KNOW CHANGE GONNA COME
♪ OH, YES, IT WILL
ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU NOW, OK,
AND THAT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING!
[CLAPPING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MR, C: THEY LISTENING, THEY JUST AIN'’T PAYING ATTENTION,
MAN: HA HA HA!