Original subtitles

[♪♪♪]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Hey, come on. We're supposed to roll.

Yeah, just give me a minute.

For what?

I wanna make sure I've got some idea

of the main streets in the neighborhood.

I've never been through there, and, uh,

I can't think of anything more embarrassing

than a cop getting lost, can you?

Got the perfect out for you.

You ride passenger, and I'll drive.

You know that part of town?

Oh, do I know that part of town.

Easy area to get lost in, in a lot of ways.

It's a mean place, huh?

Oh, no. It's just as nice and calm as can be, William.

[KIDS SHOUTING EXCITEDLY]

GILLIS: Come on, I gotta get in there.

Excuse me, please?

WEBSTER: Coming through, please.

Come on, brothers, let me through.

Coming through, please. Excuse me.

Excuse me. Let me pass, please.

Ah, here come the fuzz.

Let me pass, please.

Excuse me.

[CROWD CHEERING]

WEBSTER: Hey, this anything personal?

New kid.

Just moved in.

Well, maybe you checked him out enough already, huh?

Just about.

[SPITS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

I heard you turned pig.

Don't fit you too good.

You look lost in that uniform.

Well, I'm being careful how I fill it out.

[LAUGHING]

MAN: Woo!

So how do we log this?

"Disturbing the peace"?

Well, take a look around you, Willie.

Not much peace around.

Just an occasional break in the war.

MAN 1 [OVER TAPE]: Man, I'm gonna do

something bad

if I hang around here, I mean something bad.

MAN 2 [OVER TAPE]: Like what?

I don't know.

I might hurt somebody, maybe kill them.

You think you're really gonna kill someone?

Cut 'em up. Shoot 'em.

I mean, what's gonna happen to me?

You know, if I get away from the gang, man,

all that stuff will be over when I get back.

I mean, dig, it won't have to be for--

For that long, you know.

Who knows, maybe just for a year.

I don't know, man, if I kill someone, I-- I can get life.

He never did get away.

He was killed three weeks later, along with two others,

in a gang fight, a rumble.

Different colored pins for each gang.

Cavaliers, Marvels, Blades, Brave Bulls,

over 30 gangs in this area alone.

They move in a secret society.

No one talks to the cops.

Their fathers, their mothers, no one.

If someone so much as sees anyone talking to a cop,

he is fingered as a possible informer.

Uh, what if they need police protection say,

in the case of a robbery or something like that?

They have their own cops, the gangs themselves.

Each gang takes care of its own territory,

whatever that may be, a block or two in size,

anywhere up to a mile or more.

But it's the rumbles,

that's what tears the gears out of the machinery.

That's when the community gets frightened

and opens up a little,

and that's when we are called in.

But most of the time it's too late.

When the peace is made between the gangs,

then we're back outside the walls again.

Like to share your insight with us, Officer Gillis?

Um, well, lieutenant, it--

It all just sounds like something you read about

happening in the 50s.

You read about it, I went through it,

and so did a lot of other people.

I don't know, it just seems that, uh,

nothing's changed in all those years.

It's kind of unreal.

Unreal? There are few things

more real than the gangs, rookie.

They have been with us for quite a few years,

and they do not seem to be going away.

Like water you can't drink and air you can't breathe.

They seem to be the product

of our advanced state of civilization.

And they are very real, Officer Gillis.

RYKER: Eh, Webster?

Fourth and Central. You know that area?

Some. Why?

Well, the city just fixed up the old gym,

put up a new halfway house in that neighborhood.

Like to know what you think of it.

Cost too much.

It'd be worth every penny if it was working. Why isn't it?

Well, lieutenant, I haven't read your material yet.

Come on, now, Webster, why isn't it working?

Because it doesn't mean anything.

It's an empty gesture.

You can't open up a new playground,

call the neighborhood kids in to play,

then walk away thinking that you'll solve the problem

of growing up in a ghetto.

You know what they're using that building for?

Let me guess, uh, gang meetings, war councils?

Heh, it takes more than pretty buildings.

Like what?

Well, like maybe showing them that somebody

really cares about them.

You tell him, Willie.

Well, that's a $100,000 building.

The city thought that might show them something.

All it shows them is that the man has got the bread.

They knew that before.

Still haven't made your point.

The department wants a man who knows the problems

to go in there and see what he can do on a personal level.

I hope you find him.

He's gotta be a volunteer.

Well, it makes it easier on me, doesn't it?

Hey, lieutenant, I'll take it on.

Terry, you might be the one man who can go in there

and open it up for us.

You might reach them. No way.

Hey, lieutenant, you don't have to look any further.

I'm your volunteer.

Oh, stay out of it, Willie.

You don't know what you're getting yourself into.

You got it, Gillis.

Really?

Yeah.

Hey, thanks, lieutenant.

Hey, Willie, did you get that stuff for me?

Yeah.

He won't stand a chance.

Maybe, maybe not.

They'll swallow him up.

He can handle himself.

Not down there, and you know it.

He may fool both of us. At least he deserves a chance.

If things get too much for him, he'll need a friend.

I hope he finds one.

[♪♪♪]

Come on, Truck, why are we holding 'em back?

I mean, it ain't like we can't take them.

Can't you dig what I'm saying?

It's not the time, and that's it.

Then we make it the time.

Those Blades are beggin' for it.

They're walkin' all over our turf like they own it already.

I mean, we might as well just lay down,

and let 'em walk all over us.

They doin' it anyway.

You got that much blood to spill?

'Cause, baby, you'll need it if we start a rumble

with the Blades.

We've hassled with those guys before.

Well, that was before they made their treaty with the Marvels.

If the Blades challenge us first, they do it alone.

Marvels won't jump in as long as we don't hit first.

Now that's what we're waiting for and that's the end of it.

Meanwhile we do nothing, huh?

Let them walk all over our turf?

Truck just told you, didn't he? That's the end of it.

Hi. How ya doin'?

Hi.

How about a game?

How about a game?

Hey, look, hi.

There's, uh, one, two, five of you.

I make six.

That's just right. We can have three-men teams.

We could, eh?

Sure, why not?

The man wants to play.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

Hey, uh, I'm not here as a cop,

you don't have to get uptight.

Oh, good.

You had me real worried there, for a minute.

Hey, you guys, all I wanna do is, uh,

get to know you a little bit, that's all.

What do you say we have a game, and then afterwards

we can sit down and maybe rap a little bit?

Split, pig.

Hey, uh, you don't have to say that.

He wants to rap a little, man. Why not?

Yeah, why don't we just rap a little on him?

[♪♪♪]

Some of these cuts look pretty deep, Willie.

I think you oughta check into the department infirmary,

and let the doctor get a look at 'em.

What for? I got the best nurse money can buy.

Okay, then take her advice and go to the infirmary.

No, I can't do that.

Why not?

Well, 'cause all Ryker has to do is get one good look at me,

and I wash right out of the assignment.

Yeah, well, that might be the best thing you can do.

Look, Willie, this thing's out of your line.

There's just no way you can handle it.

Not alone.

Oh, I just went in wrong, that's all.

I'll go back, start again.

Sure got determination.

Hey, look, I can't clean this in this light.

You'll have to come to bathroom.

Do I have to? Yep, move.

It's an order, officer.

This is where I keep the bullets for the patients to bite on.

Uh-huh.

Mind? No, I don't mind.

That's quite a beating the kid took.

I saw, same as you.

Yeah, well, you saw more than I saw.

The big difference is, you could have done something about it.

Well, I tried to talk the kid out of taking on the job.

Oh, that's beautiful, man, that's really beauti--

Come on, get off my back. I don't need the weight.

Yeah, well, Willie doesn't need the weight either!

Ryker wanted you for that job, not him!

You bailed out, and he got stuck with it.

That's right, I'm a cop, not a social worker.

[SIGHS]

Doesn't mean anything. Can't you see that?

It's a fantasy.

It's been going on for a long time.

They throw a bone, then walk away but nothing ever changes

for the people down there.

I know what it feels like, and I'm not ready

to feed those lies to anyone because it hurts, man, it hurts!

[SIGHS]

Okay, I can buy that.

Good.

But you're so scared that you might hurt somebody

the same way that you're not even willing

to take the chance that maybe, just maybe,

you might be able to help 'em.

Well, that's scared, baby, that's scared!

[DOOR OPENS]

Well, it's another triumph for modern medicine.

DANKO: Hey, you look great.

Yeah, you look just like new.

Of course, that's not saying much.

Thanks.

Here.

The first mistake you made was to walk into the place

wearing police department issue. Next time, wear civvies.

Okay.

The second screwy thing you did was to believe

all those movies you saw when you was a kid.

You don't treat the young unfortunate juvenile delinquent

with phony respect.

It wasn't phony.

It wasn't real either, was it?

Sure it was.

Not for them.

[SIGHS]

Yeah, I guess you're right.

But the dumbest thing you did was to get involved

in the first place because now I get sucked in.

Hey, Terry, you you don't have to do anything.

Oh, yes, I do.

As long as you coming up with half the rent,

I needs you, William.

And that's a fact.

[♪♪♪]

MAN: Stay at that intersection

until we can get you a backup.

ETA in 10 minutes.

Repeat, ETA in 10 minutes.

Ludlow niner out.

He in?

He is.

Good mood, bad mood?

His mood.

Very encouraging.

Ludlow seven, I show you a code 7...

Come in.

MAN: ...on East Lincoln,

is this accurate status on your unit?

You get a look at Willie at morning muster?

Yes.

Then you know why I'm here.

No.

Try to make it easy on me, will you, lieutenant?

No way I can.

Like I say, I don't know why you're here.

If you're after me to pull Willie off, I won't, not yet.

Especially after what happened, whatever that was.

If you've decided to help him, you don't need my permission.

It'll be your own off-duty time you'd be working on.

Two things I want.

This isn't a part-time job.

I want time off from my regular duties.

You've got it, for a while.

Till we see how things work out. What else?

I want a free hand.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Spell that out a little.

I handle it the way I see it.

No progress reports in triplicate.

No departmental interference.

Is that what you call interference?

All right, no progress reports, no interference.

But no free hand.

If you take this on during department time,

you are responsible to those above you,

just the same as any man on special assignment.

Let me lay it out for you, Webster,

right where you can see it.

You're a cop, not a social worker.

[CHUCKLES]

Would you like to share the joke.

It would lose something in the translation.

[PHONE RINGS]

[♪♪♪]

Hi.

[SIGHS]

What do you want?

I want a message delivered.

I ain't no carrier pigeon, man.

Tell Truck and the others I'll be at the gym

over at the halfway house, and I'll be expecting them

no later than half an hour. What for?

Well, suppose I can't find 'em?

Well...

you try, huh?

Good to see you again, Terry.

I hoped it would be, Truck.

You hear from Ron?

Mom got a letter a week ago.

Your friend tell you what happened?

He mentioned it.

And?

And what, man?

[CHUCKLES]

Maybe you'd like to play a little basketball too?

I thought we might.

There's eight of us, four-man team.

Oh, no, man, you use four men if you want to.

Me and my friend will stand you.

Why the edge?

I think you'll need it.

Oh, don't be upset, Truck, if you decide on using two men,

you can always call in substitutes anytime you want.

[CHUCKLES]

Me and Cody'll stand you.

Oh, good, good, good. Well, you take the ball out, Cody.

[CODY COUGHING]

Come on. At ease.

TRUCK: All right,

let's go.

Come on.

Go.

[GRUNTS]

WEBSTER: Come on. Come on.

Your ball.

[GRUNTS]

Come on, man.

Hey, hey!

Get him out of here!

TRUCK: Cody, get in here.

Come on, Cody.

Come on, come on. Hurry up.

Throw the ball out. Let's go. Come on, man.

Get the ball.

Arnie, get in here.

CODY: Come on.

Let's go. Let's play ball.

I got your guy.

[MEN CHATTERING]

[♪♪♪]

["SWEET GEORGIA BROWN" PLAYING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

Good game, fellas.

WEBSTER: Thanks for

the workout.

Hey, if any of you guys worked up an appetite,

we'll be across the street at the pizza joint.

Food's on Willie here.

You're welcome...

if you can make it that far.

[CHUCKLES]

[PANTING]

You're pretty generous with my money, aren't ya?

Well, your type just can't help being all heart.

Thanks.

GILLIS: Hey, guys, we'll see you

over there, okay?

[LAUGHS]

I didn't think you'd show up again.

I mean without a few riot cars and some tear gas.

Nah, coming back the second time was easy.

I knew what to expect.

It was that, that first time,

you guys weren't the friendliest.

ARNIE: We still ain't.

Oh, come on, you guys are a bunch of pussycats,

and you know it.

[CHUCKLES]

First you take a beating,

then you come back and spend a lot of bread on this spread.

For what? A rap session?

You wanna tell me?

Tell him the truth, Willie.

You came because the cops sent you, right?

Well, they-- Th-they wanted to send someone down here.

Yeah, that's-- That's part of it,

but-- Well, that's not why I'm here.

[SIGHS]

In a way, I guess you guys kinda fascinate me.

[CHUCKLES]

GILLIS: Hey, No, no,

I-I mean that.

Where I come from, there was nothing like you around.

Well, sure there was a few tough guys,

but there were no gangs or anything.

This is a whole new world for me.

Try living in a place like this

without belonging to a gang.

Survival, man.

That's the whole scene.

All right, then, here's the way it is.

Without your gang behind you, without dudes like we got,

blood friends, to give to and to get from,

you're nothing.

You know, I mean, it's like, uh,

I love these guys more than, uh--

More than if I had a brother.

They all the family I got.

Well, if-- If you guys really care about each other, if--

If you're like family to each other,

well, there's so much you can do for yourselves.

We're stayin' alive.

You men are easy to satisfy, you know that?

I know a lot of guys like to do what I'm doing.

Jiving.

That's what you do.

That and killing each other.

And I don't see where that's getting you,

unless you're keeping something from me.

We get to keep our turf, and maybe add a little to it.

Well, what good is that to you?

I mean, why not-- Why not make what you've got better

instead of trying to get more?

Hey, don't knock it, man.

Like you said, we live here!

Come on, Ace, you knock it yourself.

Every day when you walk out on that street,

you tear it down a little more because you hate it so much.

'Cause it stinks.

It stinks.

You know, if-- If it was me down here,

and like I said, maybe I'm from a different world,

but I'd be fighting too.

But I'd be fighting to get this place cleaned up,

to get better schools, more jobs down here.

I'd be fighting on that level.

[GLASS SMASHES]

Truck, Eric, the Red.

[♪♪♪]

Hey, head honcho.

I've been cruising all over looking for you.

Blades are throwing a...party.

And we want you and your boys to come.

When?

Tomorrow night, 1 in the morning.

Where?

The old field house.

You'll be there, now, won't you?

TRUCK: Oh, yeah.

We'll be there.

Everyone or suicide squads?

You call it.

Three man squads,

three to back 'em.

You got it.

Don't chicken out on me, chooch.

Split, Red man.

You don't walk this turf.

[LAUGHS] Yeah, well,

that's just temporary.

Like after tomorrow night.

[LAUGHS]

[MOTOR REVS]

[SCREECHES]

What are you gonna do about it, Terry?

You gonna stop us?

TRUCK: Say it, Terry.

How much of you is cop,

and how much some dude

that's maybe looking to help us out?

Making you fight a rumble is gonna help you out, huh?

Busting us or stopping it ain't gonna do much good either.

Well, all I heard was that you were invited to a party.

Terry?

Terry, what--? What are we gonna do now?

Nothing.

You mean, we're just gonna walk away

when we know what's gonna happen?

Hey, come on, Terry. We got a job.

We're cops, remember?

Don't keep throwing that word at me.

I know what I am.

We do nothing.

Nothing.

Speak for yourself.

We've gotta tell Ryker.

Terry, we haven't got any right to keep it from him.

We gotta tell him.

Look, what if somebody gets hurt bad, huh?

What if somebody gets killed?

How are we gonna feel

knowing that we could've stopped it?

What are we gonna say to Ryker, huh?

What are we gonna say to ourselves?

Terry, you got no choice, can't you see it?

Willie, Willie, Willie, Willie.

Open your eyes.

What happens if we tell Ryker?

He'll stop it!

For how long?!

One, two, three weeks, and then what?

The fight takes place anyway.

Some other place, some other time.

And who does Ryker send to take our place?

And how far does he go?

What we're talking about is trust.

Without it, we haven't got a chance.

The city can line the whole place

with wall to wall halfway houses,

and it won't mean anything!

We've gotta create an atmosphere of trust

in the community,

and you don't do that by calling Ryker

and half the police force in on this.

Oh, well, you don't do it

by letting them kill each other either!

Look, man, you have no anchor on you.

All you have to do is pick up the phone

and call Ryker, and it's all over.

I'm out of it,

you're out of it,

and we can let some other slob

try and pick up where we left off.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

What do you want?

Well, I didn't come to present either of you

with a Brotherhood Award.

Sorry it got a little loud, Jill.

No, no, not a little loud.

You got a lot loud.

And Mike's trying to do some studying.

Why didn't he come over and tell us himself, huh?

'Cause I'm also here to ask you to dinner

in half an hour when he's finished.

I'm sorry, Jill, I just don't feel like--

Terry, I'd appreciate it very much if you both said yes.

You can't yell at each other with your mouths full,

and I don't like to see nice people

yell at each other anyway.

I'll see you in half an hour.

[♪♪♪]

Cody!

TRUCK: Ace.

That's it.

The three of us make up the squads.

What about the backup squad?

Moose, Arnie and...

Me.

Only if you promise to move when I tell you.

No jumping the gun.

FRANK: Right on.

Why not me?

Hey, man, the squad's gotta be three and three,

not two and a half.

You'll get your chance later on.

I don't know you enough, Benny,

and I can't afford to find out when we fight in squads.

I gotta know who's behind me.

You won't be taking any chances.

Not with me.

Hey, now, why don't you just go on home, kid?

[LAUGHS] TRUCK: Pass the word.

I want all of us out there

just in case.

You too, Benny.

If all the Blades decide to jump in,

you'll get your chance.

[♪♪♪]

Hot in here, I'm going for a walk.

I'll go with you.

I'd just as soon be by myself.

No.

Willie, you'd just be in the way.

[LAUGHS]

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Man, I just don't have the time to worry about--

I don't have the time

to let you think you can do it all yourself.

You know, you--

You may just need somebody to back you up.

Well, what are we waiting for?

It's still hot in here.

It's a lot hotter where we're going.

[CLICKS]

[♪♪♪]

[WEBSTER LAUGHS]

Beautiful!

WEBSTER: Beautiful!

You had to play the pig, didn't you?

WEBSTER: Oh, there ain't no one

behind us, Truck.

Willie and me, we's all alone.

Benny.

I don't see anything, Truck.

Hey-- Hey, Truck, you guys, we--

We didn't come here to bust anybody.

Then what do you want?

Oh, I just wanted Willie to see

what two chicken outfits looked like going to war.

You know, in my time,

when I was running with the clubs,

you dudes would have been laughed off the turf.

What're you trying to do?

I told you.

Just out for laughs.

Hey, hey, dig.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

WEBSTER: You know...

We knew what it felt like

to grab hold of a guy with bare hands.

Hm?

And it took guts.

You had to get close enough

to look at the man you were standing up to.

Now, look, Eric, look at Truck there.

Wouldn't you like to feel that ugly face of his give?

[LAUGHS]

Well, what are you gonna feel with that chain you're holding?

Might as well whip a telephone pole.

Now, come on, come on. You got the guts?

You got the heart?

What about you, little brother, you think you can make it?

Man to man?

Yeah.

Forget it.

I'm asking for more than you got to give.

You know, I might be wrong.

And I doubt it.

You ain't got it.

[♪♪♪]

[CLICKS]

[KNIFE CLATTERS]

[CLATTERS]

[WEAPONS CLANKING]

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

[GUNSHOT]

Split!

It's Truck.

Call an ambulance.

[TEARFULLY] Hurts, Terry.

It hurts.

Help me.

Please.

Hold on, little brother.

Just hold on.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER P.A.]

There's nothing yet. He's still in surgery. Here.

Come on, drink it. It might be a long wait.

I'll keep you posted.

Nothing seems to change, Willie.

Just comes back to you in different ways,

different shapes.

Up to three, maybe four years ago,

Truck's older brother and me were...

Well...

Like Cody said, family.

Remember?

Running.

Running with the crowds.

Then something happened, I don't know.

Ron wanted me to join the army with him.

I couldn't make that.

He was tough. Must have been good.

He made sergeant in less than a year and a half.

Then they shipped him out to Nam.

Do you ever hear from him?

I get a letter from him every once in a while.

It's hard for him to write

with the new hands the army had to give him.

One brother goes to war and loses his hands,

the other stays home and maybe loses his life.

For what?

Where'd I get off trying to play God?

None of this would have happened

if I'd gone to Ryker like you said.

I wonder how long it's gonna take

for me to grow up?

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Calling Doctor Stevens.

Doctor Stevens.

Hey, come on.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Did you know about this gang fight

before it started?

Yes, sir.

Willie wanted to tell you, but I talked him out of it.

Why?

I thought I could handle it.

Did you?

Not too good, sir.

I'd say lousy.

I-- I think maybe you're wrong about that.

There's a boy on an operating table in there.

He may not come out alive.

Lieutenant, they had chains and clubs.

Switch blades.

If it hadn't been for Terry,

there'd be a lot more guys in the hospital.

Terry talked them into throwing away their weapons.

He talked all but one of them

into throwing away their weapons, you mean.

He didn't make that decision alone, sir.

At first I thought he was wrong, but he wasn't.

You finished?

GILLIS: No, sir.

We did the best that we could.

And-- And we did what we thought was right.

Maybe you did the only thing you could.

Maybe, just maybe, if you had come to me,

I would've gone along with you,

but you didn't.

You did it on your own without the advice

or consent of the department.

So whatever the consequences are,

you're gonna have to bear them alone.

Up to and including dismissal from the force.

Now, take that for what it's worth.

I'm not pushing for that.

I'd hate to see that happen, but that's it.

RYKER: All right.

Now, where are we and where are we gonna go?

[FOOTSTEPS]

He's gonna be all right.

The doctor says he'll probably be

out of here in two or three weeks.

Maybe that's an exaggeration, but he's strong.

And he's also very lucky that bullet lodged

an inch and a quarter from his heart.

[SIGHS]

Um, they sent it on to your ballistics people.

Thank you, nurse.

You're welcome, lieutenant.

Uh, you two aren't out of the woods yet, you know.

Not by a long shot.

Lieutenant? Mm-hmm?

How come you're in civvies?

'Cause I left word for them to call me at home

if anything went wrong.

WOMAN [OVER P.A.]: Dr. Marsden, Dr.

Marsden. Please report to surgery.

Thank you.

Just keeping tabs on you, that's all.

All right, I've got ten minutes before the hour.

Coming up on-- Are you kidding?

We really gonna synchronize our watches

like John Wayne and Randolph Scott

and all that?

Yes, Patrolman Gillis,

that's exactly what we are gonna do.

You'll have ten minutes in there trying it your way.

No results, I'll call for backups,

and we'll pull them all in.

You both understand that?

Understood.

Get going.

I don't know, Danko.

Am I crazy?

In what way, lieutenant?

Those two, letting them walk in there like that.

they could get their heads handed to them

if they're not careful.

Nah.

They'll be careful, you can count on them.

There's another thing that bothers me.

Yeah, what's that?

When I asked if I was crazy, you said, "In what way?"

Why couldn't you say, "Of course not, lieutenant"?

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

Everybody here, Cody?

Everybody that was at the rumble.

What's, uh--? What's with the uniform?

'Cause we're cops. MAN 1: Pigs!

MAN 2: Oink, oink! Look, don't push it!

This ain't the time or the place.

Truck's gonna be all right.

[CHATTERING & LAUGHING]

MAN: Gonna be A-okay.

I got something more to say.

I want the one who shot him.

You're in the wrong place, man.

You want one of the Blades.

We're finished with them. You understand?

Hey, one of you guys did it.

You gotta be out of your mind.

You've got-- You must've blown your mind.

We were fighting with him, not against him.

We're talking about Truck, man!

Anybody in this room would just lay down for him.

Nobody close to the fight shot him.

We would have seen the gun go off.

What about all them guys over by the bikes?

Yeah?

The shot didn't come from there.

How do you know?

Hey, Moose, Truck was shot in the back.

Now, that means that the bullet

came from your side.

Who was it?

All right, let's find out.

Any of you guys ever hear of a paraffin test?

If any of you fired a gun

within the last 24 hours,

this will tell us all about it.

We melt the wax and put it in the palm of your hand.

Particles of the gunpowder should come off,

will come off with the wax.

You first.

Sit down, brother.

I said sit down, right now.

Ain't nobody taking that test.

Why not?

'Cause we'll handle it, whoever it was, ourselves.

Yeah, we'll handle it.

You guys are not to be believed!

What are you gonna do when you find him?

Cut him? Kill him? Why not?

Sure, you've been doing it all your lives.

You're always putting down someone.

Always blaming someone for your troubles.

Okay, I dig it.

You've got a right.

'Cause you don't stand much of a chance.

Most of you will drop out of school

before you can read.

Maybe because you have to,

or else the school ain't worth much of anything anyway.

Most of you will work all your lives

for next to nothing.

For scraps.

If you're lucky enough to get a job.

And you'll fight.

You'll slug away until the day you die.

For who?

For what?

To change the system?

Hm?

To clean up where you live?

To try and learn something that will help you

get a piece of the action?

No chance.

You're too busy killing off each other.

Look, you got a power.

You got a power that you could be using,

because you know what needs to be changed.

The changing starts right now.

You, Cody. You first.

The rest of you, line up.

[♪♪♪]

Ooh!

Whoa, getting hotter.

[CHUCKLES]

You're okay.

[♪♪♪]

WEBSTER: Let him alone, Cody!

Back off!

How'd it happen, Benny?

It was an accident, wasn't it?

I swear it was, man.

I didn't mean to shoot Truck.

I swear it.

All those guys just--

They was just milling around.

I believe you.

[WHIMPERING]

I wanted him to know he could count on me

in a rumble.

[WHIMPERING]

I wanted him to be proud of me.

I didn't mean to shoot him.

I swear!

I swear!

Stay away from me.

You too!

[PANTING]

It was an accident, Benny.

I told you, I believe you.

[PANTING]

Will I have to go to jail?

I mean...

Will you bust me if--

If I give you the gun?

I'll have to take you in.

I don't wanna go.

Well, I'll be with you. All the way.

I'll tell them what happened.

Look, Benny.

Look at the guys around you.

Even if you got out of here, where would you go?

The police are after you.

They'll be after you.

You don't have a chance.

[WHIMPERS]

Cody?

Cody, you'd let me go, won't you?

Even he believes I didn't really mean

to shoot Truck.

Cody?

Please?

Please let me go, man.

Please?

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

[SOBBING]

[♪♪♪]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

I didn't mean it.

I didn't mean it.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[♪♪♪]

RYKER: Webster, Gillis, Danko.

I will see you in the Watch Commander's office

in three and one half seconds.

Move it.

Put it on the horn.

MEN [CHANTING]: You won't pick it up,

we'll bring it to you.

You won't pick it up, we'll bring it to you.

It's an open mike on a traffic-control mobile unit.

You're listening to a number of young men

who are unhappy with the garbage pickups

in their neighborhood.

Young men you were working with recently.

They have taken 15 garbage cans and placed them

as a barricade in the entrance to the Essex Country Club.

The mayor is a member of the Essex Country Club,

and the mayor is unhappy.

Would you rather they kill each other

or blockade a driveway?

I would rather they not kill each other,

and I would rather they not blockade a driveway.

That's what I would rather.

Now, get your tails down there

and you get those kids

to remove that junk right now.

[SMACKS]

We'll give 'em your regards, lieutenant.

Danko!

MEN: We'll bring it to you.

You won't pick it up, we'll bring it to you.

MAN: Hey, policeman.

You coming out here?

You gonna arrest us?

There's a unit on the way to make sure

your demonstration remains orderly.

MEN: We'll bring it to you.

MAN: You're sending out pigs,

right?

No, son, not pigs.

Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin.

[LAUGHS]

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