Between Sins (2022) Movie Script
1
(gentle piano music)
(wind howling)
- [Coy] My mom had this
huge rock bed growing up.
Weeds would grow all
crazy through the cracks
turn everything
all ugly, you know?
(gunshots firing)
- Muck City style baby, huh.
(helicopter thrumming)
- [Coy] Now, Moms wouldn't
let me use the chemicals
on the garden weeds.
I had to pick those by
hand, but on that rock bed,
she'll let me have at
it with those chemicals.
I still remember the first
week I sprayed the weeds.
Nothing really happened.
The weeds popped right back up.
The following week, same thing.
But after awhile, I noticed,
the weeds were barely
growing, if at all.
At first I was happy.
I felt like they went on
to somebody else's yard
to torture, you know?
- [Man] Hah!
Oh!
Oh!
- [Coy] But I think
that's when it hit me.
It wasn't that they
didn't wanna grow,
(police sirens wailing)
it was that they couldn't grow.
I poisoned the ground.
And that's what it always felt
like in my hood, you know?
A whole bunch of poison,
dumped on our heads,
saturating the ground
for generations.
And they wonder why
we still can't grow.
(buzzer buzzes)
(cell door rumbles)
(airplane engine
roaring distantly)
- Oh, there go my favorite girl.
How you doing, Ma?
- Hey, Coy.
- You ok?
Mwah!
Doctors told you it was okay
for you to be driving
on these meds, Ma?
- No, but I'd rather it'd be me
picking you up and not that boy.
When was the last time
you talked to him?
- Three, four years maybe.
- So, the whole time?
- I mean, he looked out
for me a couple times.
- And you took it?
- I was hurting in there, I,
Ma, you swervin'.
- I know what I'm doin'!
- You swervin', Ma!
Ma, pull over the car.
Pull over the car, Ma.
Pull over right here.
Right here, you good, you good.
- Mm-hmm.
- Let me drive ma.
- The medicines
make my hands stiff.
- That's all the more reason
why you- (Gloria coughs hard)
Ma, you okay?
- Mm-hmm.
- That's all the more reason
you shouldn't be driving.
Look what we got over here.
Look.
- Hey what?
- [Coy] Still here.
- Barely.
- I remember that book.
Remember we used to go
on those church retreats,
me, you, and Pop?
And y'all used to make
me learn whole scriptures
by the time we'd get
to the destination.
- We had to occupy you somehow.
To keep you from
driving us crazy.
- Why, by making me carsick?
Learning all those
chapters like that.
- It worked.
(both laughing)
- I hope this is
the last time, Coy.
I'm getting old.
- It is, Mom.
(smooth hip hop music)
We do what we cannot say
be the one get in our way
Fall down to the lowest low
When the concrete
hits your face
We walk in the
darkest streets
Just to hide go run in shade
When the sun give light away
we'll sweat out all the pain
If I want to be that change
would I need to
give up things
Will I have to tie my hands
be a bird that got no wings
(Gloria chuckles)
- Oh my God, Ma.
- Be nice, Skylar.
- What y'all feeding this girl?
- [Angela] She's the tallest
one in her class too.
- You sure you ain't the
tallest one in the school?
Jesus!
- [Angela] Skylar, give
your daddy a hug, girl.
- Mm-hmm.
- Go on.
Oh, don't be that way.
- Oh, really?
That's how you gonna do me?
- Don't be that way.
- You look pretty.
Hey, Angie.
- Hey.
- Well, you gonna help
your grandma in the house?
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
Come on, put that
arm around my waist.
And I'll hug yours.
- Ma, she's bigger
than both of y'all.
Man, it's crazy.
- Look what she get it from.
Hell, she eating up
everything in the house.
- [Coy] So, is it okay
for me to get a hug?
Stop acting like that, man.
- Dang! Coy, put me down!
Stop playin'.
- I hope you ain't bringing
any kinda niggas around
our door seeing all your
little business like that.
- Don't do that.
Don't do that, don't do that.
'Cause if you was doing what
you supposed to be doing,
that wouldn't even be a issue.
- So how much time
I got with her?
- I'll give you a
few extra days, Coy,
since you just getting home.
Cause y'all gonna' need it.
You know, I'm a do
what I can, Coy,
but it's easier on everybody
when you ain't locked up.
- Eh that little
money I owe you right?
I know I'm behind
and everything.
(light piano music)
- [News Announcer]
Former police officer
charged in the
death of Corey Jones
has tried to get
those charges dropped
by using Florida's stand
your ground defense.
He was in fear of imminent death
or great bodily harm,
When he shot Mr. Corey Jones.
- Corey Jones' car had broken
down on the side of the road
in Palm Beach Gardens
in October 2015.
He was on the phone
with roadside assistance
when Nouman Raja approached,
but Raja was in plain clothes
driving an unmarked van
and had no badge or radio.
- You good?
- I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
(bleep)
- Gun!
(gunshots firing)
- [News Announcer] Raja
claims he did ID himself
and in the end, fired six shots
killing the church drummer.
- Damn Corey no!
- I'm not gonna lie to you,
these are difficult days.
Difficult days even for me.
We do not act in times of fear.
Our God is not a God of fear.
Our God is not a
God of confusion.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Our God is a God
of righteousness.
Our God is a just God.
- [Congregation]
Thank you, Jesus.
- Corey Jones, he
will get justice.
Our community will get
justice for that is the Lord,
and we are the Lords.
(congregation applauding)
The last time you
was in this church
was your father's funeral.
How long ago was that?
- 14 years.
- Phew, 14 years?
Are you serious?
You know what?
Come here, come here.
You see his name right there?
- J.W. Miller.
Trustee 1979.
- Mm-hmm, sho' nuff.
- I like that, man, that's cool.
- Yeah, I though you
might. I thought you might.
Coy, it's real good to
see you back here, man.
Real good.
- It feel good to be back.
What?
- You, uh...
Talk to Pudda?
- Why would I be
talking to Pudda?
- Cause he wanna' talk to you?
(Coy laughs)
- How would you
know that, Pastor?
- Just go on by.
See what he got to say, okay?
Let me get on back in here.
This ain't gonna be the
last time I see you, is it?
- Nah.
- All right.
How y'all doing?
- All right.
How you doing mama?
Randy?
- Can I help you?
- I'm Coy, Mayes sent me.
- Oh!
Hey, you're the new guy.
- Yeah, how you doing?
- Pleasure to meet you.
Coy, you know
anything about boats?
- Nah, I can't say that I do.
I never even been
on a boat before.
- You got to be kidding me.
Another greenhorn?
Listen, you know
you live in Florida?
You know there's water
on all three sides.
- All three sides, yeah.
I guess when you got so many
problems on dry land its...
Kinda hard to imagine what
could be better out there.
- Phew.
(upbeat music)
- [Audience Member] Glory!
- Let's have some old
school church, come on!
Clap your hands and
let's give him glory.
Come on, let me hear
them hands, come on!
Come on, let me hear
them hands Pentecostal!
Clap your hands!
Give him glory a little while!
(group clapping)
We're gonna sing this
old song, you ready?
It goes like this.
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Lord, I want to thank you
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Hey, yeah
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Lord, I just
want to thank you
I want to thank you
For being so good to me
So good to me
Everybody say Lord!
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Lord, I just
want to thank you
(ceiling fan thrumming)
- We wanted to have a
general men's meeting
where we can talk about
things that are affecting men.
And I heard the brothers
saying, you know,
sometimes men can be macho
and, you know, try to
hold their feelings in,
but it's very important for us
to have somebody to talk to.
- [Man] Yes, sir.
- You know, we're going back
to our scripture of topic
that we found the iron
men on, Proverbs 27:17,
that tells us that
iron sharpens iron.
- [Man] What you say.
- So does a man sharpens the
countenance of his friend,
so that's what, that's
how we got iron men.
So, it's nice to know
that you got a brother
that you can talk to.
- [Man] What you say.
(dog barking distantly)
- Coy!
- Oh you look magnificent.
Look at you.
(hiphop music)
No mo' dreaming, I see M's
when I look in the mirror
(hiphop music)
- Welcome home, nigga.
- What up, P?
You know you ain't have
to do all this, right?
- All what?
- This whole party thing, man.
The whole surprise party thing.
You know what I'm
talking about, man.
You done brought the vest
out and everything, man.
- This ain't shit.
(Coy laughs)
Five years ain't nothing
to a cash money nigga.
- Nah.
- Remember?
- Five years ain't nothing
to a cash money nigga.
- Welcome home, man.
My main man gotta shine a
little better than that.
- You ain't have
to do this, man.
I mean, I'm gonna rock
this motherfucker though,
you know what I'm sayin' but...
- If you slip and you fall,
- get up and we ball, nigga!
- Fuck it!
- You ready to get back
in these streets or what?
- That's what I was gonna
talk to you about, man.
Like...
I'm trying to do shit a
little different this time.
You know what I mean?
- Different?
Different how?
- You know, like,
anything that ain't illegal.
(Pudda laughs)
- This nigga crazy.
Anything that
ain't illegal, huh?
No disrespect, homie.
But Skylar deserve better than
9 to 5 chump change, homie.
- I'm trusting in God, P.
- What you talking 'bout God?
What, you think a manna gonna
come from the sky, nigga?
And stop your stomach
from rumbling?
It's real money out here, man.
Get the money.
Angela.
If I know Angela,
how I know Angela.
She's got you by the balls
in child support man.
I know that.
How much you owe?
- P, what you doing right now?
- You just came home.
How much you owe?
- Man, what I owe ain't your
business. - I asked a question!
How much you owe, man?
- How much I owe?
- How much you owe?
- I owe $8,000 in
child support Pudda.
- $8,000.
- That's what I owe.
- Eight grand.
- Eight bands, Pudda.
(Pudda laughs)
(Pudda knocking on door)
(Coy sighs)
(heavy rap music)
- I know it come on time.
That's 10, keep the change.
- P, you ain't gotta do this, P.
- I know, I want to.
That's yours.
Ha!
Hey pops!
Turn that up!
Let he hear that, turn that up!
Yeah.
Rocks in the rollie
Got it sneakin'
out the sleeve
Cuff link 24 Gs, please
Exotic if she trying
to get acquainted
She talking out of turn
Im'ma teach her
sign language
Smuggle
What's up, man?
You like what you see?
She already paid for.
She paid for.
(car doors slam)
- It's looking like
I'm gonna have to take a
rain check on this one.
- Well...
I'll see you later then.
- Hey?
You know if, P asks you
something, you know what I mean?
Just, uh...
- We had a great time.
(Coy laughs)
(light piano music)
- I need you every minute.
I need you every hour.
For without you, oh
God, I am nothing.
Where would I be?
What would I do?
Where would I go
without your guidance
and your protection, oh God?
I come before you,
oh God, just as I am.
(light piano music)
You're my healer, oh God!
You're my savior, Lord!
This is a light
affliction in your sight,
so I pray for my healing.
But whether it is a
physical healing, oh God,
or if it is in death, I
stretch my hand to you, Lord.
I need you, oh God.
I pray, oh Lord, that my
will is in your will, oh God.
- [Coy] You ain't sleep yet?
Hey, what's the name of
that school again of yours?
- JFK.
- Oh, you go to Kennedy, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
- [Coy] I went to Kennedy.
Hey, you know, uh, you know
when I get my license, right?
You don't have to
catch the bus no more.
- Uh, I'd rather ride the bus.
- [Coy] You'd
rather ride the bus?
- Yeah.
- Than to ride with me?
- Yeah.
- Come on, set!
Go!
- [Boy] No time to react.
- Slow!
(chain link fence rattles)
- Yo, man!
What up, bro?
What's your name, little man?
- K.J.
- What position you play?
- I'm trying to
play quarterback.
- Ain't no trying to play.
With an arm like that,
you gon' play bro.
You ain't out here in
these streets is you?
- Nah, that ain't me.
- Oh boy!
Mike, stop dragging your feet.
[Mike] That's what get you open.
- Not really.
- It do.
- I got you twice.
- It really doesn't, huh?
[Mike] I got you twice.
- Once.
- You out here on some real
important ground, right now man.
A lot of famous football
players come from 'round here.
Even got Devon Hester, man.
He already a hall of famer.
- Hey, come on!
Let's go, I told you
not to run no routes,
Cause now I'm bout to bake ya'.
- You keep throwing
that ball like that,
and you keep catching
that ball like that,
I don't see why no
reason you don't be next.
- Yeah?
- Ready, set, hike!
- There you go Mike!
- There it go, there it go!
- Oh!
- You gotta' pull that in boy!
You gotta pull that in boy.
Yeah, hold up
I'm just crusin'
through my city
Feeling groovy
and she pretty
Cuttin' corner
blowing marijuana
Sippin' on this Henny
cruisin' through my city
Pockets full
they never empty
Reminiscing on how
all them niggas did me
I'm just cruisin'
through my city
Feelin' groovy
and she pretty
Cutting corners
blowing marijuana
Sippy on this Henny
cruisin' through my city
(water splashing)
- What you doing?
You can't see I'm
still in the bathroom?
And you definitely don't come
in here using the bathroom
while a man in the bathroom.
What's wrong with you?
- But you're other
men, you're my dad.
- It don't matter, Skylar.
You don't do that.
That's not something
you're supposed to do.
It's not appropriate.
(toilet flushes)
- And I need you to do my hair.
- Skylar, get your
grandma to do your hair!
- She can't, her hands hurt.
Do it tighter!
- Skylar, I said I'm doing it.
You gotta give me a chance.
- Well, you're not
doing it right.
You're not doing it tight!
- I don't do this
every day, okay?
Calm down.
- Now that part right there,
you need to be doing
that under not over.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Can you please do it tighter?
- I'm doing it
tighter, Skylar, okay?
- Well, I don't feel it.
- How's that?
- No, tighter.
Yeah, okay.
- All right.
(light piano music)
(children chattering)
- What's up? (sighs)
- Hey.
- I got something for you.
- What's this?
- It's everything I owe
you in child support.
- I don't want it.
- What do you mean,
you don't want it?
- I don't want it.
- I owe you the money,
you gonna take the money.
I owe you that.
- Coy, when we talked
about all this,
it was in hopes that
you would step up
and be there for our
daughter as a man.
It wasn't okay for
you to just go out
and go do something stupid
that's gonna land you
right back in jail again, Coy!
- I'm not gonna do
something stupid.
It ain't even like that.
I ain't doing nothing.
- So where'd you get
the money from, Coy?
- I get the money
from Pudda, Ang.
- Shoulda known! (laughs)
I should've known that.
- That's a coming
home gift from Pudda
that was already set out for me.
Already before I even came home.
I don't gotta do nothing for it
and I don't gotta pay it back.
- With Pudda?
- Yeah, that's right.
- You really believe that?
- I can't win with you, man.
- Thank you, this
is gonna help us.
- I hope so.
- Hey, you gotta keep face
on the road, you feel me?
And with your back on
the wall, my nigga,
that's the only way you gonna
survive out here, my nigga.
- Well, what you been doing?
- Nigga, trying to get it.
Out west trying to flip
a little something here.
Flip a little something
there, you know what I mean?
- I need to come where you at.
- You need, you can come.
All day long, Im'ma
let you do what you do!
You know, I fucks
with you the long...
Motherfucking way, you feel me?
(door chimes)
- Sammy, Sammy, Sammy.
How you doing? You all right?
Yo, I need a Backwoods, Sammy.
A single Backwoods, man.
- Single?
- Yeah.
Papito, thank you.
- You need a bag?
- Yeah, let me get it
back from you, papa.
(door chimes)
(lighter flicking)
What's happening?
What's happening, homeboy?
- What's up, you good?
- Nah, I ain't good.
I need some of that right
there what you got, man.
Shit loud than a motherfucker B.
One hundred all right.
Appreciate that dawg.
(Coy coughing)
- Yeah, ya'll ain't got
that on the inside, huh?
- Nah, we ain't smoking
like this on the inside, B.
(Coy coughing)
You know me, huh?
- Shit who don't know you.
- All right, I
appreciate that fam.
- Nah, I'm straight, you good.
- That's what's up.
- You'll see me around.
- All right.
(forklift beeping)
- Les, this is Coy.
Coy, this is Les.
- How you doing?
- I need you to show him
the ropes real quick, okay?
- Sure, man.
- All right?
- [Coy] I appreciate you Randy.
- Let me give you a
little demonstration here.
You can roll and I'll tape.
It's called roll and tape.
- [Coy] Roll and tape.
- So you roll from here.
(light piano music)
(wind howling)
- What's up, Randy?
It's all right if I?
- Oh no, no problem.
Come on, come on, come on.
I was finishing up anyhow.
- All right.
- Sit down, sit down,
Sit down, have a seat.
- I see you reading
the good book.
What church you go to?
- Oh man, I just kinda jump
from church to church, you know?
Trying to learn all the
perspectives and get the views,
see if they match the ones that
I had when I had my church.
- You had a church?
- I had a little
storefront church.
Um, about 10, handful of folk,
but boy, we had some
church up in there.
- So what happened to it?
- Eh, Coy.
You really wanna know?
- Yeah.
- Truthfully, I let it go.
I guess because I was scared.
- Scared of what?
- I don't know.
It not growing,
wouldn't provide enough
income for my family.
- I understand that.
- I could feed them.
- Yeah.
- Uh, (laughs) afraid
that there'd be
some pretty young thing
sitting up there with a skirt
all the way up
there to her thighs.
(both laughing)
You know what I'm talking about.
- Yeah.
- My name would be dirt.
I didn't realize, Coy,
I had more excuses
than I had faith.
- Sound a little bit
like Gideon to me.
- (laughs) What you
know about Gideon?
(both laughing)
- You know, man, I know a
little something, something.
- Coy, you know, the boys and I,
we usually have a little
get together, you know?
We discuss some things,
we talk and we
support each other.
You know, iron sharpen iron.
As people sharpen people, you
know what I'm talking about?
- Yeah, I get it.
I mean, if that's a
invite, I don't mind.
I'll... I'll check it out.
- You should.
- Yeah.
- You should and, uh,
maybe one day I'll
come to your church.
- Yeah, yeah, maybe you should.
(both laughing)
- A killing that is
excusable or was committed
by the use of justifiable
deadly force is lawful.
If you find Corey Jones
was killed by Nouman Raja,
you will then consider
the circumstances
surrounding the killing
in deciding if the
killing was manslaughter
or whether the
killing was excusable,
or resulted from justifiable
use of deadly force.
- Nouman Raja's not guilty
and he should be
found not guilty,
and that doesn't mean that
this isn't the saddest thing
that could ever have
possibly happened.
It's horrible but that
doesn't make it a crime.
- The last three shots
are so deliberate,
and so methodical.
It's as though he's just
at the range... practicing,
or he's hunting, you know?
He's lining up his sight.
Boom.
(gunshot fires)
Boom.
(gunshot fires)
Boom.
(gunshot fires)
Now if none of those three
hit him, then guess what?
Because if he had sustained,
if he sustained all three shots
in the first set of three,
those last three, attempted
first degree murder.
(somber instrumental music)
(wind howling)
(car rumbles)
- Hey.
- Hey.
- All right, let's
do it, little girl.
All right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, Skylar, what's up?
- Hey.
- Well, Im'ma a see
you later, right?
- You ain't gonna see
her later, partner.
What you talkin' 'bout.
- Chores first.
- Hey, you keep
saying you got a man,
but I ain't seen him yet,
and I asked Skylar about him,
and she don't know
nothing about him either.
- Maybe I'm just trying
to keep him away from you.
- Hmm, really?
Maybe he don't exist.
I seen a football player
or something like that do
that once or something.
- Coy, whether he exists or
not, it's none of your business.
- Why you gotta act like that?
Huh?
One dinner, that's
all I'm asking you.
Just once chance
to talk, that's it.
- Just relax a little bit.
Give me, give me some time.
Let me get myself together.
Let me go in here,
clean up a little bit.
Coy?
(car engine revs)
(loud gospel music)
(congregation singing)
(congregation clapping)
(Coy sighs)
- What up, fam?
- What up, B?
- You all right?
- Yeah, man.
- Let me get a light, B?
- How that loud shit?
You like that loud shit?
- That shit a little
too loud for me.
(both laughing)
- Right.
- Shit.
- You ain't thinking about
getting back out here?
- It's a big world
out here, man.
You gotta, you gotta
get out there, man.
- That's smart.
You need to tell your
homeboy the same thing.
- My homeboy, who that?
- Pudda.
(loud gospel music)
(congregation clapping)
- What you and Pudda got
problems or something?
- Nah it ain't no problem.
You know, he just stepping
in people way out here,
you know, trying to
get him some money.
But you know how that go.
Ain't no problem though.
(congregation singing)
My Hallelujah belongs to you
- Glory to God, one more time.
Sing, my hallelujah.
My hallelujah belongs to you
- Yeah, can I speak to Shanice?
Yo, what up, ma?
It's Coy from the
welcome home party.
How you doing?
I don't know I was,
um, just calling to see
if you wanted to hang out
or something like that.
(hip hop music playing)
(cellphone buzzing)
- [Pudda] Wake up, homie.
Got me a little soldier.
- Congratulations, P.
I'm on my way, all right?
(Coy sighs)
How it feel?
- I don't know, man.
I'm kinda numb right now.
Shit just got real, Coy.
I'm not just doing
it for me no more.
- Right.
- My pops used to tell
me, he used to say, um...
Life,
if you just...
pay your bills on time...
treat people right...
(laughs) and learn how
to cook for yourself,
you'll be all right.
(Coy laughs)
- I guess so.
- Which one of those you
think I got right Coy?
(Pudda laughs)
Take this in the delivery room.
- Oh, it's like one of
them little mask things.
- Yeah, something like that.
- Yeah.
- Make sure you put it on, man.
Don't let 'em get what we got.
- Ma, you all right in there?
- I'm fine.
- Temperature still good?
- Perfect.
- All right, ma.
- I'm ready.
Yeah, I just can't reach
my back the way used to.
- Don't worry about it.
Sometimes I can't either.
(both laughing)
It's okay, mama.
- Oh, good.
- Don't cheat!
You're cheating.
- I'm not cheating.
- Yes, you are!
- See?
- You're using your hands.
- I'm not cheating.
No, because I-
- It's gonna fall on you.
(blocks clatter)
- I'm trying to learn for
the first time, Skylar.
What do you want?
All right.
- Just a game.
- That he lost.
[Coy] Jump, you gotta get up.
(birds chirping)
Jump.
(light piano music)
Layup, Skylar, all layups.
Layups, Jaz.
(Skylar laughs)
One more time, this
is for the money.
You can't miss
this one, let's go.
Go!
Ah, there you go, there you
go. Come on, two against one.
- Yes.
- I get the ball first.
Oh! Don't watch...
Oh! Look at your girl!
Oh, that's a foul, man!
- Nope.
- You playin'?
What ya'll got a plan, huh?
All right, ball in, let's go!
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
- I won. (laughs)
he really thought
he was gonna win.
- You got it.
- You can't beat me!
(both laughing)
- You got it, good game.
Good game, Jazmine.
But you better not be talking
about who you gonna meet.
Who's that little boy on
the bicycle anyway? (laughs)
Who is that?
Anyway, you tell him he
can't be calling you.
Ain't none of that,
you know I don't play.
- Oh.
- Yeah, oh.
(light piano music)
- If you had cooked like
when we was together,
I'd probably would have
still been around. (laughs)
- I don't know, Ang.
I think it would've
took a little bit more
than a home cooked meal
to keep you around.
I had too much shit going
on back then, you know?
- You said it, not me.
- What about now?
- You didn't think a
little chicken and pasta
was gonna woo me did you?
- No, but it shows I'm
putting forth effort, I guess.
- Well, try with
some other chick
who don't know you
like I know you.
- Ang what's that
suppose to mean.
- You don't have a clue
as to why I left, do you?
- I told you to leave.
- You only told me to leave
'cause you knew I had
done checked out anyway.
Don't try to act like you was
doing me a favor now, Coy.
(Coy sighs)
- All right then, Angela.
Why did you leave?
- Junebug, Mike Mike.
You don't remember that, do you?
Hell, after the
fourth or fifth one,
I was wondering if you was next.
And I just was
not about to be...
the next chick...
burying a dude because
of the streets.
- Wow, I mean, I'm Catholic,
but there's no way I'd be
able to snooze off in here.
- [Church Member] Not that easy.
- No it's not.
As you may or may not know,
I am running for
county commissioner.
- We heard about you.
- Mm-hmm.
I set up my offices
right down the street,
right in this very community
because I wanted to be
closer to the people
who I am vying to serve.
Now, I truly believe
that this community
has been let down
by its government.
- We're listening.
(audience clapping)
- Good, I hope you are.
You know since, since we
are in a church today,
let me give you a
little biblical example,
if you will allow me.
- Be careful now.
- Okay. (laughs)
Now, in the bible during
his sermon on the mount,
Jesus told his followers
that if a soldier
was required to carry his
equipment for one mile
that he should carry it for two.
All right, now we call
that going the extra mile.
Let me tell my brothers and
sisters something here today.
I will go that
extra mile for you.
The healing of this country
starts in the communities
that we live, work
and play in every day.
- Right.
- Mm-hmm.
If you give me your
vote at the polls,
I promise to work
for a better future
for every citizen
in this county.
- What about the shootings?
- And Corey Jones?
Will he be given justice?
Or just be another statistic?
- [Audience Member] Come on now.
(Hip Hop Music Playing)
- You got a job for me?
- I got something
for you in the car.
- Yeah?
- What's up, y'all boys?
What's up?
- What's up, Nene?
- Shit, just chilling, man.
We just chillin' you know?
You see that car right there.
Anybody want to buy that bitch?
You know anybody?
- [Coy] That's Scoop's
old car though, man.
You gonna sell it?
What's wrong with it?
- Yeah, shit, you
know we got too now.
- Where the rims at?
- Them bitches was stolen
before we could even
close the casket, bro.
All this cash you was making,
you mean to tell me we
had to sell fish dinners
bro to bury your stupid ass?
That shit d.
If I was out here,
I woulda had a life
insurance policy on myself.
Ya' feel me, bro?
- Yeah.
- For real.
(rap music)
- Damn.
Keep your head up
Nene, all right?
- All right, bet bro.
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
(light piano music)
(crowd chanting)
- [Man On Megaphone] No racist!
- [Crowd] Police!
- [Man On Megaphone] No racist!
- [Crowd] Police!
- [Man On Megaphone] No racist!
- [Crowd] Police!
Corey Jones!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Corey Jones!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Corey Jones!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Corey Jones!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Hey y'all gotta do
better my youth, my youth!
Ya'll out here right now.
Y'all standing up for
each other right now.
Make sure y'all stand up
and stop killing each other.
Stop killing each other!
We don't love our neighbor,
so why you think
they don't love us?
Y'all don't even say
hi to each other.
Y'all don't even say hello.
For real, for real.
Y'all gotta' do better!
- I can't breathe!
- [Crowd] I can't breathe!
- I can't breathe!
- [Crowd] I can't breathe!
- I can't breathe!
- A lot of us done gave
our life to the Lord,
a lot of us have
changed our ways,
but we're out here
for our people.
I ain't got to be out here.
I don't got to be out
here but I'm out here!
Some of ya'll supposed
to be out here.
- They know!
- I'll put it on the line!
I'll put it on the line
for what I believe in
'cause the criminal
justice system is bullshit!
It's bullshit!
It's bullshit!
- [Crowd] Don't shoot,
hands up, don't shoot!
Hands up, don't shoot,
hands up, don't shoot!
Hands up, don't shoot!
- Everybody, let's go.
- [Man On Megaphone]
Everybody, take a knee dawg.
Take a knee. Everybody.
Out there in the streets
and all. Let's go man.
Let's look presentable.
- We went to school.
Even in elementary, after
you finish a chapter,
it got critical thinking.
Think critically.
Think critically.
All us gotta love each other.
All us gotta coincide.
It ain't no use of you hating.
Ain't nan' race gonna disappear.
- We continue to
prove them right
because all we do is put up
a fight against each other.
I see black on black
crime each day,
a brother fighting a brother.
A sister fighting a sister,
a brother kills a sister
and a sister kills
a brother each day.
But how 'bout we stop
killing each other as a race
and stop giving these
people what they want to see
and kill this reputation.
But I just wanted to say that
we need to show the world
that we all aren't thugs and
on the blocks selling rocks,
we actually are achieving
and leading the way.
- Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Woman On Megaphone]
Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Woman On Megaphone]
Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Aye?
- What up?
- You remember
when we was young,
and we stole them bicycles?
- You mean bike.
Shit, buddy came out there
with that motherfucking
machete, man.
I was outta there.
We didn't even get the chance
to get to the second one.
You remember that? (laughs)
- I remember but I thought,
I thought you were gonna
jump on the back of the bike.
- Hell nah.
- You blowed past me on feet.
Nigga, beat me home.
- Nah, I looked
over my shoulder,
I seen buddy with the blade.
Brought the Usain Bolt
out my motherfuckin' ass.
I was outta there.
- Blade, nigga?
- Yeah, it was.
- It was the ass whoopin.
The ass whoppin' that your
people was gonna put on your
ass,
nigga, if you got caught.
(Coy laughs)
That's what it was.
- [Coy] The world a angry
place right now, Pudda.
- Yeah, this shit
crazy ain't it?
- Yeah.
(Pudda chuckles)
- But you know who ain't
losing no sleep over this shit?
- Who that?
- Niggas like us.
'Cause we live in this shit
every motherfuckin'
damn day, homie.
I'm straight.
My family's straight.
My nigga's straight.
Fuck else matters, Coy?
- Shit, I mean,
what about the people that
ain't straight, Pudda?
- Shit, what about 'em?
Where the fuck they was at
when I ain't have two
dimes to rub together?
Living day to day
starving and shit.
Where the fuck they was at, Coy?
They ain't got no
sympathy for me.
Fuck I got sympathy
for them for, huh?
- I mean, there's
way more other people
out there to think
about man, like...
All we ever did was take
from the game, Pudda.
(Pudda laughs)
What you gave back to the game?
Really though, I mean like,
come on, think about it.
What you ever gave
back to the game?
- That bible fucking
your head up.
Get rid of that shit, man.
Throw that shit in the
Atlantic Ocean or something.
- Why is that, Pudda?
- Why?
- Yeah, why?
- Cause them crackers gave that
book to us to tame a nigga,
That's why.
Nigga, we kings and
queens out here.
Kings and queens.
Nigga took the gold from the
crown of our head, nigga,
and put that shit
in our mouth, nigga.
Now every time we speak,
it's king shit, nigga.
What, you forgot?
We are what we are, ain't
no running from it, homie.
I want you to think about that.
Oops, mama's dead
Shot in the head
Tic tac toe, three in a row
Mama got shot by a G.I. Joe
Tic tac toe, three in a row
Mama got shot by G.I. Joe
I get the end of the
spoon where the food at
Im'ma a do me 'cause
I know how to do that
A million records, shit, I
bet that I could move that
Put that shit on every
street and I can prove that
- Ma? Ma
Ma?
Ma?
- Hmm?
- Wake up, wake up, wake up.
Get up, Ma, get up, Ma.
Get up, get up, get
up, get up, get up.
Come on, come on, come
on, come on, come on.
Drink some water.
Drink some water, it's okay.
(Gloria coughing)
Get around my neck. Right
here, I'm going to help you up.
Take your time. I'm gonna
help you up now. Tight.
(Gloria groaning)
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, Mama. Okay.
(Gloria groaning)
Back. Back a little bit more.
That's it.
(Gloria sighs)
Get your legs.
Go ahead, I got you.
(Gloria groaning)
- [Gloria] I don't
know what happened.
I'm so tired, Coy.
(suspenseful music)
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
- You know I gotta go
handle this business, man.
I'm gonna go run
some shit right quick
and Im'ma be over there.
Man, stop playing.
Just make sure you ready.
A wretch like me
(gunshots firing)
(tires screech)
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
Was blind but now I see
- Amen.
Coy, would you like to have
anything to share with us?
No pressure.
(dogs barking distantly)
Maybe the next time.
- Yeah maybe.
- Amen.
(birds chirping)
(knocking on door)
- Hi, I'm Detective Falana.
- How you doing, Detective?
Can I help you with something?
- I'm canvassing
the neighborhood
searching for leads
on the homicide
that took place last night.
- Oh, um, yeah.
I heard somebody got
killed down there.
Ya'll got a name for him
or something like that?
- We haven't released any names
but he goes by the name Black.
You know him?
- No, ma'am, I, I
don't know no Black.
- Well, did you hear
the shooting last night?
- No, ma'am.
- You sure about that?
- Yeah, I'm, I'm pretty sure.
- Over 15 rounds and you
didn't hear anything?
- Look, ma'am, I, I been
living round here so long,
it's like, um, it's
like elevator music
or something like that to
me, you know what I mean?
Like, like sometimes you
hear it, sometimes you don't.
- [Detective] Give me a call.
- [Pastor] How's the job down
there at the docks doing?
- It's actually going good, man.
Pastor, you know I
appreciate you for this.
You know that?
- Anytime, man, just do what
you gotta do, all right?
- I'm trying, man.
- Listen let me get
up outta your way man.
I gotta get outta here.
I'll talk to you later.
- All right, Pastor.
(Coy sighs)
What up, P?
What you doing here?
I thought you was all
anti-religious and all that?
- I came to tell the pastor
that Black got killed.
- The pastor know Black?
- Pastor Mayes knows everybody.
- I'm sorry about what
happened to Black though, man.
This detective chick came
by, like, asking questions,
or like, looking for
tips or something.
- You heard anything?
- Nah, I mean,
I ain't heard nothing.
You?
- Nothing.
When I find out
who killed Black.
He gotta go.
Him and the next generation.
Over 'wit.
You with me?
(Pudda scoffs)
I take care of you
for five years.
- You gonna bring-
- This how you act?
- You gonna bring
that up in my face?
- This how you act?
- You gonna bring that up
in my face right now Pudda?
- I'm just saying man.
If they killed Black...
it ain't gonna be too
long before they after me.
Stay up, man.
- You know, I can remember
one time I was traveling,
and, uh, it was a bad storm.
I mean, it was storming,
it was raining.
I couldn't hardly see, but
my mind said to keep going,
because I'm gonna go
out of that storm,
but if I were to
stop in that storm,
then it would've, it
would've beat me up.
- [Man] Exactly.
- I mean, sometimes you
just got to keep going.
You got to go through.
- Exactly.
- And I kept going,
I kept going.
About a mile down the
road, it was sunny.
I was out of that storm,
and that's sometime
we have to think,
when we're going
through the storm.
We got to hold tight to
God's unchanging hand.
- Father, we just thank
you for your grace.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Jesus.
- For your mercy.
- Thank you.
- We thank you, Father,
for these brethern that are
accountable to each other.
- [Group] Oh, yes.
- [Man] Father, we just pray
that you unify our hearts.
- [Group] Yes.
- [Man] Unify us,
strengthen us God as men,
that we'll be who you
called us to be oh God.
- [Group] Oh, yes.
- And to each one,
that is here tonight,
when you coming back next,
for the next meeting,
bring someone with you.
- [Group] Amen, Amen.
(group clapping)
(birds chirping)
- [Coy] Mom, how
much time you got?
- The doctor said
ain't no point in taking
medication no more.
He said I might as well just
enjoy the time I got left
without being sick
from medication
on top of being sick already.
But whose report
shall we believe?
Hmm?
- We shall believe the
report of the Lord.
- Right. (laughs)
The doctor ain't my God.
(birds chirping)
Coy, you going a
little bit too fast.
Slow down!
Coy, did you hear me?
You need to slow down!
This is dangerous!
Coy, stop this damn
chair right now!
Boy, you stop it!
(Gloria laughing loudly)
- Ma, you were scared, Ma!
(both laughing)
You were scared, weren't you?
(both laughing)
I just wanted to give you
a little bit of life, Ma.
(Gloria laughing)
I don't want you feeling
all sad worrying about this.
- [Gloria] Oh!
- Oh man, you should've
seen the look on your face.
(Gloria laughing)
- I was holding
on too, wasn't I?
- I see you.
(Gloria laughing) - You gripped
that handle so tight.
- Oh, yes I did!
(both laughing)
25 something years
since I be cussin'
and now you got me doing that
right before I'm about to die!
- [Coy] Pops should've
seen that, Ma.
- [Gloria] Oh, my goodness.
He would've laughed
so hard. (laughs)
(light piano music)
(wind howling)
(Gloria sighs)
- Hey, Ma.
- Hey, Coy.
- [Coy] You okay?
- Yeah, I was about to
read some of my scriptures,
but my eyes getting so bad.
Come on and read it.
Read 'em for me.
Come on.
- Okay.
(light piano music)
What you want me to read?
- Isaiah 40.
Somewhere near the bottom.
(Coy sighs)
- Isaiah 40.
- Mm-hmm.
Got it?
- Yes, ma'am, right here.
All right, um,
"The Lord is the
everlasting God.
"The creator of the
ends of the earth.
"He will not grow
tired or weary.
"And his understanding,
no one can fathom.
"He gives strength to the weak.
"He gives strength to the weary
"and increases the
power of the weak.
"Even youths grow
tired and weary
"and young men stumble and fall.
"But those who hope in the
Lord will renew their strength.
"They will soar on
wings like eagles.
"They will run and
not grow weary.
"They will walk
and not be faint."
(Gloria sighs)
Goodnight mama.
- Goodnight.
(light piano music)
(Gloria sighs)
(dog panting)
- [Coy] You got everything
you need, right?
- Yeah.
- They're in my other classes.
(student laughs)
- [Student] You usually meet
people at the orientation.
- No, I'm talking
about at Duncan.
(students chattering)
- I heard a lot about him.
He plays football.
- You going to practice
today, ain't you?
- [Skylar] Yeah.
- All right, I'm
gonna make sure.
- [Skylar] Mm-hmm.
- I love you.
Oh, you don't want to be
seen with your dad, huh?
(students chattering)
(car rumbling)
(seagulls squawking)
- [Randy] Yo, Coy?
Coy!
- [Coy] Yo, what's up Randy?
- I need you to drop everything
Right now, man.
It's urgent.
I need you to come over here.
- All right.
- [Randy] Coy, I
got a phone call.
- All right.
- It's not good.
- What, you firing
me or something, man?
- No, man, not even. (sighs)
Your mom just passed.
We just got the news.
I'm sorry.
(somber instrumental music)
(birds chirping)
- My son,
his last day of his life
was something very profound,
that when we lose our children,
we can remember every second
of that last day.
- And you could remember
what you said to him,
where you were, and for me,
I was home that morning.
- And so, Oscar and his
friends got on the BART train,
and on the way back,
he was shot and killed.
- But you know what
else we must realize
We made plans, and
God had has plans.
- When Oscar was killed, my
first response to God was,
God, you said that we would
be in ministry together?
God, you said that
we would minister,
we'd go different
places together.
And I was really crying
and having a pity party.
And God spoke to me and told me,
"Look around, you are
in ministry together."
- Don't wait until
it happens to you.
- [Audience Member] Amen.
- Come together with
your community now.
We have to stop the violence
and this is why we fight.
- I also remember my
phone call from Sabrina
that day when we lost Corey.
I was getting ready to sit
and sit and have dinner
with a friend of mine,
and, um, she called
and said that something
had happened to Corey.
I said, "What do you mean
something happened to Corey?"
"He's been shot."
I said, "Who'd shoot Corey?"
Corey?
I'm thinking now, another
cousin whose name is Corey.
I said, "Maybe she's
talking about Corey Banks."
"Not Corey Jones."
"Corey doesn't
bother with anyone."
And she called back
and said, "Sabrina"
she said yeah, "He's gone."
And I,
Immediately left the restaurant.
In tears, I couldn't
contain myself.
Somebody say, "But God."
- [Audience] But God.
(somber instrumental music)
(high heels clicking)
(water splashing)
- What's up?
How you feel?
- You know what, Pudda, seeing
my mama in that box, man.
Made me realize one
thing today, man.
- Yeah, what's that?
- I couldn't live with myself
if something happened to you
out here in the streets, bro,
and I knew something about it.
And didn't say nothing about it.
That was Varis and them who did
that to Black, man. - Varis!
I motherfuckin' knew it, nigga.
Snake ass nigga.
How long you knew, fam?
- Same night, man.
I ain't get a good
look at the driver.
But Varis was shooting.
- He was shooting, huh?
Who side you on, man?
You wanna be on
them niggas side?
That's what you wanna do?
Good, I run through
all that shit, nigga!
This shit chess not
checkers, homie.
Eat or get ate, nigga!
You a clown, man.
- I ain't tell you
'cause I knew what it
was gonna mean, bro.
- [Pudda] Man fuck that!
- Pudda!
Damn this nigga, man.
(weapons clattering)
Bro?
- Yo, bro, calm down dawg. Calm
down. - What's up?
- Listen to me, dawg.
- What the fuck you want, man?
- I can't let you go out
there by yourself like that.
- I'm good by myself, nigga.
- I know you good dawg.
[Pudda] What the fuck you mean?
- I'm going with you, bro.
- I keep tabs on all
my enemies, nigga.
Know what I'm saying?
Look, we're finna' go in there
make this shit like
the old days, my nigga.
In and out, my nigga.
This shit ABC,
ain't nothing new.
Anything that you see even
budge wrong, blink, fart, shit,
whatever you see go on
in there, kill that shit.
In and out, my nigga.
You know what I'm saying?
You ready?
- Let's do it. Turn off the
lights, let's go. - You ready?
(dog barking distantly)
(car doors slam)
(rain pattering)
(thunder rumbles)
- [Alan Watts] You
see, how it was done
was this prohibition,
not to eat of the fruit
of the tree of knowledge.
That was the one sure
way (gunshots firing)
of getting it eaten.
But, of course, when the Lord
God accused Adam and said
"You've been eating of that
tree I told you not to eat,"
and uh, he passed the
buck to Eve and said,
"This woman that thou gavest me,
"she tempted me and I did eat."
And he looked at Eve,
"Now what about it?"
She said, "Well, it
was the serpent."
He looked at the serpent.
The serpent didn't say anything
(Audience laughing)
because he knew too much
and he wasn't going
to give away the show.
(car doors open)
(car doors slam)
(light instrumental music)
- Look on your lap, nigga.
It's real money out here.
I done told you that
time after time.
Get money, nigga.
What you over there lookin'
all sad and shit for?
You act like that was your
dog or something, man.
- Nah, It wasn't my fucking
dog, it was his dog, Pudda.
- Nigga, fuck that mutt!
That nigga Varis lucky
he wasn't in there.
That nigga would
be dead too, nigga.
- Pudda you shot his
fuckin' dog, bro.
- I told you anything that
motherfuckin' move in the house.
Look on your lap, nigga.
- P, take this little bullshit
ass little money, man.
This little bullshit ass
money, you think that's money?
Take that little money.
It make us even, right?
That make us even, right, P?
- The prodigal son determined
to go home. Go home.
Go home, do your 9 to 5 thing.
Go home, man.
Matter of fact, since
you fin' to go home,
do me one more favor
before you leave.
- What's that, P? - And dawg,
you can get up out this shit.
- What's that, P?
- [Pudda] Run this bag in there
to one of my
workers for me, man.
(knocking on door)
(car door slams)
- 'Bout damn time
you got here...
- Thou shalt not lie
to thy brother, right?
- You working for this nigga?
- No, I'm not working for him.
I'm working for the church.
- What you doing?
You working for this
nigga? Talk about what?!
- He's did it for
the church, Coy.
- I can explain everything. - My
father was a founding member in
this church.
- Yes, I know that that's
why I'm trying to do this!
- He built this church
with his own fucking hands!
- That's what I'm trying to do!
I'm trying to help the church,
that's all I'm trying to do.
Okay, Coy?
- I want you to see
who God is, nigga.
- [Coy] It ain't you, nigga.
- I ain't your
motherfucking God?
- You ain't my God, nigga.
- Coy, please.
- Fuck you think you is? - What
the fuck you mean, I ain't your
God, nigga?
God been taking
care of your bitch
for the last five years, nigga.
- Pudda!
- [Pastor] Hold on,
hold on, hold on!
- What's up now, P?
Huh?
What's up now, P?
- Listen to me,
put the gun down.
- You ain't got the heart
to squeeze that
motherfucker, nigga.
Thou shall not kill, right?
Thou shall not kill, right?
- If you try to follow me
or come looking for me, P.
- If I try to what?
- I'll blow your fuckin' brains
out, P. - You ain't gon' do
shit.
You soft, nigga.
[Mayes] Put the gun down.
- Don't test me, P.
And you better shut the fuck up
every member of your
congregation gonna' know about
you.
- You done got soft, nigga.
- I got soft?
Don't test me, P.
Don't test me, P!
(car door slams)
- Stop and listen to him, Coy.
- [Coy] Get the fuck
away from my car!
- Listen to your God, Coy.
(tires screech)
- Coy!
- Coy?
You sound like a
little bitch, man.
Get the motherfuckin' money.
(dog barking distantly)
- [New Announcer] Breaking.
Audio of Corey Jones
killing just released.
Be advised, this
may disturb some.
- [Maddie] Thank you for calling
AT&T Roadside Assistance.
This is Maddie.
May I have your mobile
number to better assist you?
- [Corey] 561-573-2815.
- And what's the name on it?
- Corey Jones.
(light piano music)
- [Maddie] Okay, give me one
moment to pull up the account.
- You good?
- I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- [Nouman] Get your
fuckin' hands up!
Put your fuckin' hands up!
[Corey] Hold on, hold on!
- Get your fuckin' hands up!
Gun!
(gunshots firing)
[Maddie] Oh my god.
(somber piano music)
(seagulls squawking)
(light piano music)
(boat engine rumbling)
- [Skylar] Why did
you steal the boat?
- I ain't steal
it, I borrowed it.
We gonna bring it right back.
What's up, you all
right out there?
Yeah?
You don't look like
it, smile or something.
Hey, look, you see
that bunker over there?
That was built for
President Kennedy.
Just in case something
happened out here
and the whole world
went up in flames.
- Was it ever used?
- Nah, I don't think so.
But we still got
time though. (laughs)
(water splashing)
Right over here,
it's the rich people.
Right across the water
is the poor people.
Don't nothing
separate us but water.
Turn right, turn right.
All right, you got it?
I got your gas, don't
worry about that.
Just turn right a
little bit more.
You got it.
Based on your
profession of faith,
in accordance with
the Lord's command,
I baptize you Skylar McDonald
in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost,
to be buried in the
likeness of his death,
and to be raised in the
likeness of his resurrection.
And also,
to walk in the newness of life.
(water splashing)
(both laughing)
(water splashing)
(light piano music)
(car rumbling)
(birds chirping)
- How you doing, Mama?
- [Jury Member] We the
jury find as follows.
As to count one,
we find the defendant
guilty of manslaughter
while armed with a firearm as
charged in the information.
As to count two,
we find the defendant guilty
of attempted first degree murder
as charged in the information.
- [News Announcer]
Palm Beach Gardens
police officer
Nouman Raja's trial,
it was found that he was guilty
of manslaughter with a firearm,
which is an offense punishable
by up to 30 years in prison.
Also guilty of attempted
first degree murder,
which could mean 25
years to life in prison.
- Faith will cause
us and have us
with the ability that we
can step out on the water.
- [Audience Member] Yes.
- Just like old patriarch Peter.
He had just enough faith to be
able to step out of the boat
onto the water and walk.
Are there any water walkers
in the house tonight?
(car rumbling)
- Hey Coy!
- B, what up?
- [BJ] What's happening, Coy?
- I'm chillin'. Eh, Skylar?
Skylar?
I'll see you inside,
go in, all right?
- Okay.
- Boy, I ain't seen
you in a minute, man.
Since we first
started protesting
'round here over the
Corey Jones murder.
- [Coy] Yeah, them was
some crazy times, right?
I just remember everybody
being so angry, you know?
Mad, especially y'all.
Y'all was hot, cuzz.
Y'all was ready to burn,
loot, steal, everything.
- It was wild, man, but
to be honest with you,
to burn down my own city,
even if they would've let
that cop off the hook,
I just, I just
couldn't do it, bro.
- Why not?
- And today, we are rejoicing.
We are rejoicing
for the victory,
and I just want to take
this time out to say
we want to pray for
the victim's family.
- [Woman] Yes.
- We know that
they are hurt too.
- I don't know, bro. I guess
in the back of my mind,
I'm thinking that
if I burn it down,
what they gonna replace it with?
You see, we already
ain't got nothing
around here as it is now.
And then, you know,
we don't wanna see
no nother liquor store around
here, you know what I mean?
- Nah, we definitely don't need
another liquor store around
this motherfucker, B.
- You know, I ain't
gonna hold you up.
Im'ma let you get to church in.
- Yeah, I need all the blessings
I can get right now, man.
- Yeah bro. - It was good to see
you though, man.
We gotta link up for real, man.
- Most definitely, man.
- All right.
Hey, you hold it down.
- One hundred, baby.
- [BJ] True, true.
(light piano music)
- [Alan Watts] Who is it that
sits at the left hand of God?
We know who sits
at the right hand.
It's hushed up
because that's the side where
the district attorney sits,
and in the Book of Job,
of course, you know,
Satan is the district attorney
at the court of Heaven.
He's the prosecutor.
He's a faithful
servant of the court,
because you see, the
whole problem is...
it would be very bad indeed if
God were the author of evil,
and we were his victims.
That is to say,
if we keep the model of
the King of the universe,
and the creatures are
all subjects of the King,
then a God who is
responsible for evil
is being very unkind
to other people.
But in this theory, God
is not another person.
There are no victims of God.
He is never anything
but his own victim.
You are responsible
and if you want to stay
in the state of illusion,
stay in it.
But you can always wake up.
(light piano music)
(gentle piano music)
(wind howling)
- [Coy] My mom had this
huge rock bed growing up.
Weeds would grow all
crazy through the cracks
turn everything
all ugly, you know?
(gunshots firing)
- Muck City style baby, huh.
(helicopter thrumming)
- [Coy] Now, Moms wouldn't
let me use the chemicals
on the garden weeds.
I had to pick those by
hand, but on that rock bed,
she'll let me have at
it with those chemicals.
I still remember the first
week I sprayed the weeds.
Nothing really happened.
The weeds popped right back up.
The following week, same thing.
But after awhile, I noticed,
the weeds were barely
growing, if at all.
At first I was happy.
I felt like they went on
to somebody else's yard
to torture, you know?
- [Man] Hah!
Oh!
Oh!
- [Coy] But I think
that's when it hit me.
It wasn't that they
didn't wanna grow,
(police sirens wailing)
it was that they couldn't grow.
I poisoned the ground.
And that's what it always felt
like in my hood, you know?
A whole bunch of poison,
dumped on our heads,
saturating the ground
for generations.
And they wonder why
we still can't grow.
(buzzer buzzes)
(cell door rumbles)
(airplane engine
roaring distantly)
- Oh, there go my favorite girl.
How you doing, Ma?
- Hey, Coy.
- You ok?
Mwah!
Doctors told you it was okay
for you to be driving
on these meds, Ma?
- No, but I'd rather it'd be me
picking you up and not that boy.
When was the last time
you talked to him?
- Three, four years maybe.
- So, the whole time?
- I mean, he looked out
for me a couple times.
- And you took it?
- I was hurting in there, I,
Ma, you swervin'.
- I know what I'm doin'!
- You swervin', Ma!
Ma, pull over the car.
Pull over the car, Ma.
Pull over right here.
Right here, you good, you good.
- Mm-hmm.
- Let me drive ma.
- The medicines
make my hands stiff.
- That's all the more reason
why you- (Gloria coughs hard)
Ma, you okay?
- Mm-hmm.
- That's all the more reason
you shouldn't be driving.
Look what we got over here.
Look.
- Hey what?
- [Coy] Still here.
- Barely.
- I remember that book.
Remember we used to go
on those church retreats,
me, you, and Pop?
And y'all used to make
me learn whole scriptures
by the time we'd get
to the destination.
- We had to occupy you somehow.
To keep you from
driving us crazy.
- Why, by making me carsick?
Learning all those
chapters like that.
- It worked.
(both laughing)
- I hope this is
the last time, Coy.
I'm getting old.
- It is, Mom.
(smooth hip hop music)
We do what we cannot say
be the one get in our way
Fall down to the lowest low
When the concrete
hits your face
We walk in the
darkest streets
Just to hide go run in shade
When the sun give light away
we'll sweat out all the pain
If I want to be that change
would I need to
give up things
Will I have to tie my hands
be a bird that got no wings
(Gloria chuckles)
- Oh my God, Ma.
- Be nice, Skylar.
- What y'all feeding this girl?
- [Angela] She's the tallest
one in her class too.
- You sure you ain't the
tallest one in the school?
Jesus!
- [Angela] Skylar, give
your daddy a hug, girl.
- Mm-hmm.
- Go on.
Oh, don't be that way.
- Oh, really?
That's how you gonna do me?
- Don't be that way.
- You look pretty.
Hey, Angie.
- Hey.
- Well, you gonna help
your grandma in the house?
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
Come on, put that
arm around my waist.
And I'll hug yours.
- Ma, she's bigger
than both of y'all.
Man, it's crazy.
- Look what she get it from.
Hell, she eating up
everything in the house.
- [Coy] So, is it okay
for me to get a hug?
Stop acting like that, man.
- Dang! Coy, put me down!
Stop playin'.
- I hope you ain't bringing
any kinda niggas around
our door seeing all your
little business like that.
- Don't do that.
Don't do that, don't do that.
'Cause if you was doing what
you supposed to be doing,
that wouldn't even be a issue.
- So how much time
I got with her?
- I'll give you a
few extra days, Coy,
since you just getting home.
Cause y'all gonna' need it.
You know, I'm a do
what I can, Coy,
but it's easier on everybody
when you ain't locked up.
- Eh that little
money I owe you right?
I know I'm behind
and everything.
(light piano music)
- [News Announcer]
Former police officer
charged in the
death of Corey Jones
has tried to get
those charges dropped
by using Florida's stand
your ground defense.
He was in fear of imminent death
or great bodily harm,
When he shot Mr. Corey Jones.
- Corey Jones' car had broken
down on the side of the road
in Palm Beach Gardens
in October 2015.
He was on the phone
with roadside assistance
when Nouman Raja approached,
but Raja was in plain clothes
driving an unmarked van
and had no badge or radio.
- You good?
- I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
(bleep)
- Gun!
(gunshots firing)
- [News Announcer] Raja
claims he did ID himself
and in the end, fired six shots
killing the church drummer.
- Damn Corey no!
- I'm not gonna lie to you,
these are difficult days.
Difficult days even for me.
We do not act in times of fear.
Our God is not a God of fear.
Our God is not a
God of confusion.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Our God is a God
of righteousness.
Our God is a just God.
- [Congregation]
Thank you, Jesus.
- Corey Jones, he
will get justice.
Our community will get
justice for that is the Lord,
and we are the Lords.
(congregation applauding)
The last time you
was in this church
was your father's funeral.
How long ago was that?
- 14 years.
- Phew, 14 years?
Are you serious?
You know what?
Come here, come here.
You see his name right there?
- J.W. Miller.
Trustee 1979.
- Mm-hmm, sho' nuff.
- I like that, man, that's cool.
- Yeah, I though you
might. I thought you might.
Coy, it's real good to
see you back here, man.
Real good.
- It feel good to be back.
What?
- You, uh...
Talk to Pudda?
- Why would I be
talking to Pudda?
- Cause he wanna' talk to you?
(Coy laughs)
- How would you
know that, Pastor?
- Just go on by.
See what he got to say, okay?
Let me get on back in here.
This ain't gonna be the
last time I see you, is it?
- Nah.
- All right.
How y'all doing?
- All right.
How you doing mama?
Randy?
- Can I help you?
- I'm Coy, Mayes sent me.
- Oh!
Hey, you're the new guy.
- Yeah, how you doing?
- Pleasure to meet you.
Coy, you know
anything about boats?
- Nah, I can't say that I do.
I never even been
on a boat before.
- You got to be kidding me.
Another greenhorn?
Listen, you know
you live in Florida?
You know there's water
on all three sides.
- All three sides, yeah.
I guess when you got so many
problems on dry land its...
Kinda hard to imagine what
could be better out there.
- Phew.
(upbeat music)
- [Audience Member] Glory!
- Let's have some old
school church, come on!
Clap your hands and
let's give him glory.
Come on, let me hear
them hands, come on!
Come on, let me hear
them hands Pentecostal!
Clap your hands!
Give him glory a little while!
(group clapping)
We're gonna sing this
old song, you ready?
It goes like this.
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Lord, I want to thank you
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Hey, yeah
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Lord, I just
want to thank you
I want to thank you
For being so good to me
So good to me
Everybody say Lord!
Lord, I just
want to thank you
Lord, I just
want to thank you
(ceiling fan thrumming)
- We wanted to have a
general men's meeting
where we can talk about
things that are affecting men.
And I heard the brothers
saying, you know,
sometimes men can be macho
and, you know, try to
hold their feelings in,
but it's very important for us
to have somebody to talk to.
- [Man] Yes, sir.
- You know, we're going back
to our scripture of topic
that we found the iron
men on, Proverbs 27:17,
that tells us that
iron sharpens iron.
- [Man] What you say.
- So does a man sharpens the
countenance of his friend,
so that's what, that's
how we got iron men.
So, it's nice to know
that you got a brother
that you can talk to.
- [Man] What you say.
(dog barking distantly)
- Coy!
- Oh you look magnificent.
Look at you.
(hiphop music)
No mo' dreaming, I see M's
when I look in the mirror
(hiphop music)
- Welcome home, nigga.
- What up, P?
You know you ain't have
to do all this, right?
- All what?
- This whole party thing, man.
The whole surprise party thing.
You know what I'm
talking about, man.
You done brought the vest
out and everything, man.
- This ain't shit.
(Coy laughs)
Five years ain't nothing
to a cash money nigga.
- Nah.
- Remember?
- Five years ain't nothing
to a cash money nigga.
- Welcome home, man.
My main man gotta shine a
little better than that.
- You ain't have
to do this, man.
I mean, I'm gonna rock
this motherfucker though,
you know what I'm sayin' but...
- If you slip and you fall,
- get up and we ball, nigga!
- Fuck it!
- You ready to get back
in these streets or what?
- That's what I was gonna
talk to you about, man.
Like...
I'm trying to do shit a
little different this time.
You know what I mean?
- Different?
Different how?
- You know, like,
anything that ain't illegal.
(Pudda laughs)
- This nigga crazy.
Anything that
ain't illegal, huh?
No disrespect, homie.
But Skylar deserve better than
9 to 5 chump change, homie.
- I'm trusting in God, P.
- What you talking 'bout God?
What, you think a manna gonna
come from the sky, nigga?
And stop your stomach
from rumbling?
It's real money out here, man.
Get the money.
Angela.
If I know Angela,
how I know Angela.
She's got you by the balls
in child support man.
I know that.
How much you owe?
- P, what you doing right now?
- You just came home.
How much you owe?
- Man, what I owe ain't your
business. - I asked a question!
How much you owe, man?
- How much I owe?
- How much you owe?
- I owe $8,000 in
child support Pudda.
- $8,000.
- That's what I owe.
- Eight grand.
- Eight bands, Pudda.
(Pudda laughs)
(Pudda knocking on door)
(Coy sighs)
(heavy rap music)
- I know it come on time.
That's 10, keep the change.
- P, you ain't gotta do this, P.
- I know, I want to.
That's yours.
Ha!
Hey pops!
Turn that up!
Let he hear that, turn that up!
Yeah.
Rocks in the rollie
Got it sneakin'
out the sleeve
Cuff link 24 Gs, please
Exotic if she trying
to get acquainted
She talking out of turn
Im'ma teach her
sign language
Smuggle
What's up, man?
You like what you see?
She already paid for.
She paid for.
(car doors slam)
- It's looking like
I'm gonna have to take a
rain check on this one.
- Well...
I'll see you later then.
- Hey?
You know if, P asks you
something, you know what I mean?
Just, uh...
- We had a great time.
(Coy laughs)
(light piano music)
- I need you every minute.
I need you every hour.
For without you, oh
God, I am nothing.
Where would I be?
What would I do?
Where would I go
without your guidance
and your protection, oh God?
I come before you,
oh God, just as I am.
(light piano music)
You're my healer, oh God!
You're my savior, Lord!
This is a light
affliction in your sight,
so I pray for my healing.
But whether it is a
physical healing, oh God,
or if it is in death, I
stretch my hand to you, Lord.
I need you, oh God.
I pray, oh Lord, that my
will is in your will, oh God.
- [Coy] You ain't sleep yet?
Hey, what's the name of
that school again of yours?
- JFK.
- Oh, you go to Kennedy, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
- [Coy] I went to Kennedy.
Hey, you know, uh, you know
when I get my license, right?
You don't have to
catch the bus no more.
- Uh, I'd rather ride the bus.
- [Coy] You'd
rather ride the bus?
- Yeah.
- Than to ride with me?
- Yeah.
- Come on, set!
Go!
- [Boy] No time to react.
- Slow!
(chain link fence rattles)
- Yo, man!
What up, bro?
What's your name, little man?
- K.J.
- What position you play?
- I'm trying to
play quarterback.
- Ain't no trying to play.
With an arm like that,
you gon' play bro.
You ain't out here in
these streets is you?
- Nah, that ain't me.
- Oh boy!
Mike, stop dragging your feet.
[Mike] That's what get you open.
- Not really.
- It do.
- I got you twice.
- It really doesn't, huh?
[Mike] I got you twice.
- Once.
- You out here on some real
important ground, right now man.
A lot of famous football
players come from 'round here.
Even got Devon Hester, man.
He already a hall of famer.
- Hey, come on!
Let's go, I told you
not to run no routes,
Cause now I'm bout to bake ya'.
- You keep throwing
that ball like that,
and you keep catching
that ball like that,
I don't see why no
reason you don't be next.
- Yeah?
- Ready, set, hike!
- There you go Mike!
- There it go, there it go!
- Oh!
- You gotta' pull that in boy!
You gotta pull that in boy.
Yeah, hold up
I'm just crusin'
through my city
Feeling groovy
and she pretty
Cuttin' corner
blowing marijuana
Sippin' on this Henny
cruisin' through my city
Pockets full
they never empty
Reminiscing on how
all them niggas did me
I'm just cruisin'
through my city
Feelin' groovy
and she pretty
Cutting corners
blowing marijuana
Sippy on this Henny
cruisin' through my city
(water splashing)
- What you doing?
You can't see I'm
still in the bathroom?
And you definitely don't come
in here using the bathroom
while a man in the bathroom.
What's wrong with you?
- But you're other
men, you're my dad.
- It don't matter, Skylar.
You don't do that.
That's not something
you're supposed to do.
It's not appropriate.
(toilet flushes)
- And I need you to do my hair.
- Skylar, get your
grandma to do your hair!
- She can't, her hands hurt.
Do it tighter!
- Skylar, I said I'm doing it.
You gotta give me a chance.
- Well, you're not
doing it right.
You're not doing it tight!
- I don't do this
every day, okay?
Calm down.
- Now that part right there,
you need to be doing
that under not over.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Can you please do it tighter?
- I'm doing it
tighter, Skylar, okay?
- Well, I don't feel it.
- How's that?
- No, tighter.
Yeah, okay.
- All right.
(light piano music)
(children chattering)
- What's up? (sighs)
- Hey.
- I got something for you.
- What's this?
- It's everything I owe
you in child support.
- I don't want it.
- What do you mean,
you don't want it?
- I don't want it.
- I owe you the money,
you gonna take the money.
I owe you that.
- Coy, when we talked
about all this,
it was in hopes that
you would step up
and be there for our
daughter as a man.
It wasn't okay for
you to just go out
and go do something stupid
that's gonna land you
right back in jail again, Coy!
- I'm not gonna do
something stupid.
It ain't even like that.
I ain't doing nothing.
- So where'd you get
the money from, Coy?
- I get the money
from Pudda, Ang.
- Shoulda known! (laughs)
I should've known that.
- That's a coming
home gift from Pudda
that was already set out for me.
Already before I even came home.
I don't gotta do nothing for it
and I don't gotta pay it back.
- With Pudda?
- Yeah, that's right.
- You really believe that?
- I can't win with you, man.
- Thank you, this
is gonna help us.
- I hope so.
- Hey, you gotta keep face
on the road, you feel me?
And with your back on
the wall, my nigga,
that's the only way you gonna
survive out here, my nigga.
- Well, what you been doing?
- Nigga, trying to get it.
Out west trying to flip
a little something here.
Flip a little something
there, you know what I mean?
- I need to come where you at.
- You need, you can come.
All day long, Im'ma
let you do what you do!
You know, I fucks
with you the long...
Motherfucking way, you feel me?
(door chimes)
- Sammy, Sammy, Sammy.
How you doing? You all right?
Yo, I need a Backwoods, Sammy.
A single Backwoods, man.
- Single?
- Yeah.
Papito, thank you.
- You need a bag?
- Yeah, let me get it
back from you, papa.
(door chimes)
(lighter flicking)
What's happening?
What's happening, homeboy?
- What's up, you good?
- Nah, I ain't good.
I need some of that right
there what you got, man.
Shit loud than a motherfucker B.
One hundred all right.
Appreciate that dawg.
(Coy coughing)
- Yeah, ya'll ain't got
that on the inside, huh?
- Nah, we ain't smoking
like this on the inside, B.
(Coy coughing)
You know me, huh?
- Shit who don't know you.
- All right, I
appreciate that fam.
- Nah, I'm straight, you good.
- That's what's up.
- You'll see me around.
- All right.
(forklift beeping)
- Les, this is Coy.
Coy, this is Les.
- How you doing?
- I need you to show him
the ropes real quick, okay?
- Sure, man.
- All right?
- [Coy] I appreciate you Randy.
- Let me give you a
little demonstration here.
You can roll and I'll tape.
It's called roll and tape.
- [Coy] Roll and tape.
- So you roll from here.
(light piano music)
(wind howling)
- What's up, Randy?
It's all right if I?
- Oh no, no problem.
Come on, come on, come on.
I was finishing up anyhow.
- All right.
- Sit down, sit down,
Sit down, have a seat.
- I see you reading
the good book.
What church you go to?
- Oh man, I just kinda jump
from church to church, you know?
Trying to learn all the
perspectives and get the views,
see if they match the ones that
I had when I had my church.
- You had a church?
- I had a little
storefront church.
Um, about 10, handful of folk,
but boy, we had some
church up in there.
- So what happened to it?
- Eh, Coy.
You really wanna know?
- Yeah.
- Truthfully, I let it go.
I guess because I was scared.
- Scared of what?
- I don't know.
It not growing,
wouldn't provide enough
income for my family.
- I understand that.
- I could feed them.
- Yeah.
- Uh, (laughs) afraid
that there'd be
some pretty young thing
sitting up there with a skirt
all the way up
there to her thighs.
(both laughing)
You know what I'm talking about.
- Yeah.
- My name would be dirt.
I didn't realize, Coy,
I had more excuses
than I had faith.
- Sound a little bit
like Gideon to me.
- (laughs) What you
know about Gideon?
(both laughing)
- You know, man, I know a
little something, something.
- Coy, you know, the boys and I,
we usually have a little
get together, you know?
We discuss some things,
we talk and we
support each other.
You know, iron sharpen iron.
As people sharpen people, you
know what I'm talking about?
- Yeah, I get it.
I mean, if that's a
invite, I don't mind.
I'll... I'll check it out.
- You should.
- Yeah.
- You should and, uh,
maybe one day I'll
come to your church.
- Yeah, yeah, maybe you should.
(both laughing)
- A killing that is
excusable or was committed
by the use of justifiable
deadly force is lawful.
If you find Corey Jones
was killed by Nouman Raja,
you will then consider
the circumstances
surrounding the killing
in deciding if the
killing was manslaughter
or whether the
killing was excusable,
or resulted from justifiable
use of deadly force.
- Nouman Raja's not guilty
and he should be
found not guilty,
and that doesn't mean that
this isn't the saddest thing
that could ever have
possibly happened.
It's horrible but that
doesn't make it a crime.
- The last three shots
are so deliberate,
and so methodical.
It's as though he's just
at the range... practicing,
or he's hunting, you know?
He's lining up his sight.
Boom.
(gunshot fires)
Boom.
(gunshot fires)
Boom.
(gunshot fires)
Now if none of those three
hit him, then guess what?
Because if he had sustained,
if he sustained all three shots
in the first set of three,
those last three, attempted
first degree murder.
(somber instrumental music)
(wind howling)
(car rumbles)
- Hey.
- Hey.
- All right, let's
do it, little girl.
All right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, Skylar, what's up?
- Hey.
- Well, Im'ma a see
you later, right?
- You ain't gonna see
her later, partner.
What you talkin' 'bout.
- Chores first.
- Hey, you keep
saying you got a man,
but I ain't seen him yet,
and I asked Skylar about him,
and she don't know
nothing about him either.
- Maybe I'm just trying
to keep him away from you.
- Hmm, really?
Maybe he don't exist.
I seen a football player
or something like that do
that once or something.
- Coy, whether he exists or
not, it's none of your business.
- Why you gotta act like that?
Huh?
One dinner, that's
all I'm asking you.
Just once chance
to talk, that's it.
- Just relax a little bit.
Give me, give me some time.
Let me get myself together.
Let me go in here,
clean up a little bit.
Coy?
(car engine revs)
(loud gospel music)
(congregation singing)
(congregation clapping)
(Coy sighs)
- What up, fam?
- What up, B?
- You all right?
- Yeah, man.
- Let me get a light, B?
- How that loud shit?
You like that loud shit?
- That shit a little
too loud for me.
(both laughing)
- Right.
- Shit.
- You ain't thinking about
getting back out here?
- It's a big world
out here, man.
You gotta, you gotta
get out there, man.
- That's smart.
You need to tell your
homeboy the same thing.
- My homeboy, who that?
- Pudda.
(loud gospel music)
(congregation clapping)
- What you and Pudda got
problems or something?
- Nah it ain't no problem.
You know, he just stepping
in people way out here,
you know, trying to
get him some money.
But you know how that go.
Ain't no problem though.
(congregation singing)
My Hallelujah belongs to you
- Glory to God, one more time.
Sing, my hallelujah.
My hallelujah belongs to you
- Yeah, can I speak to Shanice?
Yo, what up, ma?
It's Coy from the
welcome home party.
How you doing?
I don't know I was,
um, just calling to see
if you wanted to hang out
or something like that.
(hip hop music playing)
(cellphone buzzing)
- [Pudda] Wake up, homie.
Got me a little soldier.
- Congratulations, P.
I'm on my way, all right?
(Coy sighs)
How it feel?
- I don't know, man.
I'm kinda numb right now.
Shit just got real, Coy.
I'm not just doing
it for me no more.
- Right.
- My pops used to tell
me, he used to say, um...
Life,
if you just...
pay your bills on time...
treat people right...
(laughs) and learn how
to cook for yourself,
you'll be all right.
(Coy laughs)
- I guess so.
- Which one of those you
think I got right Coy?
(Pudda laughs)
Take this in the delivery room.
- Oh, it's like one of
them little mask things.
- Yeah, something like that.
- Yeah.
- Make sure you put it on, man.
Don't let 'em get what we got.
- Ma, you all right in there?
- I'm fine.
- Temperature still good?
- Perfect.
- All right, ma.
- I'm ready.
Yeah, I just can't reach
my back the way used to.
- Don't worry about it.
Sometimes I can't either.
(both laughing)
It's okay, mama.
- Oh, good.
- Don't cheat!
You're cheating.
- I'm not cheating.
- Yes, you are!
- See?
- You're using your hands.
- I'm not cheating.
No, because I-
- It's gonna fall on you.
(blocks clatter)
- I'm trying to learn for
the first time, Skylar.
What do you want?
All right.
- Just a game.
- That he lost.
[Coy] Jump, you gotta get up.
(birds chirping)
Jump.
(light piano music)
Layup, Skylar, all layups.
Layups, Jaz.
(Skylar laughs)
One more time, this
is for the money.
You can't miss
this one, let's go.
Go!
Ah, there you go, there you
go. Come on, two against one.
- Yes.
- I get the ball first.
Oh! Don't watch...
Oh! Look at your girl!
Oh, that's a foul, man!
- Nope.
- You playin'?
What ya'll got a plan, huh?
All right, ball in, let's go!
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
- I won. (laughs)
he really thought
he was gonna win.
- You got it.
- You can't beat me!
(both laughing)
- You got it, good game.
Good game, Jazmine.
But you better not be talking
about who you gonna meet.
Who's that little boy on
the bicycle anyway? (laughs)
Who is that?
Anyway, you tell him he
can't be calling you.
Ain't none of that,
you know I don't play.
- Oh.
- Yeah, oh.
(light piano music)
- If you had cooked like
when we was together,
I'd probably would have
still been around. (laughs)
- I don't know, Ang.
I think it would've
took a little bit more
than a home cooked meal
to keep you around.
I had too much shit going
on back then, you know?
- You said it, not me.
- What about now?
- You didn't think a
little chicken and pasta
was gonna woo me did you?
- No, but it shows I'm
putting forth effort, I guess.
- Well, try with
some other chick
who don't know you
like I know you.
- Ang what's that
suppose to mean.
- You don't have a clue
as to why I left, do you?
- I told you to leave.
- You only told me to leave
'cause you knew I had
done checked out anyway.
Don't try to act like you was
doing me a favor now, Coy.
(Coy sighs)
- All right then, Angela.
Why did you leave?
- Junebug, Mike Mike.
You don't remember that, do you?
Hell, after the
fourth or fifth one,
I was wondering if you was next.
And I just was
not about to be...
the next chick...
burying a dude because
of the streets.
- Wow, I mean, I'm Catholic,
but there's no way I'd be
able to snooze off in here.
- [Church Member] Not that easy.
- No it's not.
As you may or may not know,
I am running for
county commissioner.
- We heard about you.
- Mm-hmm.
I set up my offices
right down the street,
right in this very community
because I wanted to be
closer to the people
who I am vying to serve.
Now, I truly believe
that this community
has been let down
by its government.
- We're listening.
(audience clapping)
- Good, I hope you are.
You know since, since we
are in a church today,
let me give you a
little biblical example,
if you will allow me.
- Be careful now.
- Okay. (laughs)
Now, in the bible during
his sermon on the mount,
Jesus told his followers
that if a soldier
was required to carry his
equipment for one mile
that he should carry it for two.
All right, now we call
that going the extra mile.
Let me tell my brothers and
sisters something here today.
I will go that
extra mile for you.
The healing of this country
starts in the communities
that we live, work
and play in every day.
- Right.
- Mm-hmm.
If you give me your
vote at the polls,
I promise to work
for a better future
for every citizen
in this county.
- What about the shootings?
- And Corey Jones?
Will he be given justice?
Or just be another statistic?
- [Audience Member] Come on now.
(Hip Hop Music Playing)
- You got a job for me?
- I got something
for you in the car.
- Yeah?
- What's up, y'all boys?
What's up?
- What's up, Nene?
- Shit, just chilling, man.
We just chillin' you know?
You see that car right there.
Anybody want to buy that bitch?
You know anybody?
- [Coy] That's Scoop's
old car though, man.
You gonna sell it?
What's wrong with it?
- Yeah, shit, you
know we got too now.
- Where the rims at?
- Them bitches was stolen
before we could even
close the casket, bro.
All this cash you was making,
you mean to tell me we
had to sell fish dinners
bro to bury your stupid ass?
That shit d.
If I was out here,
I woulda had a life
insurance policy on myself.
Ya' feel me, bro?
- Yeah.
- For real.
(rap music)
- Damn.
Keep your head up
Nene, all right?
- All right, bet bro.
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Whose streets!
- [Crowd] Our streets!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
- [Man On Megaphone] No justice!
- [Crowd] No peace!
(light piano music)
(crowd chanting)
- [Man On Megaphone] No racist!
- [Crowd] Police!
- [Man On Megaphone] No racist!
- [Crowd] Police!
- [Man On Megaphone] No racist!
- [Crowd] Police!
Corey Jones!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Corey Jones!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Corey Jones!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Man On Megaphone]
Corey Jones!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Hey y'all gotta do
better my youth, my youth!
Ya'll out here right now.
Y'all standing up for
each other right now.
Make sure y'all stand up
and stop killing each other.
Stop killing each other!
We don't love our neighbor,
so why you think
they don't love us?
Y'all don't even say
hi to each other.
Y'all don't even say hello.
For real, for real.
Y'all gotta' do better!
- I can't breathe!
- [Crowd] I can't breathe!
- I can't breathe!
- [Crowd] I can't breathe!
- I can't breathe!
- A lot of us done gave
our life to the Lord,
a lot of us have
changed our ways,
but we're out here
for our people.
I ain't got to be out here.
I don't got to be out
here but I'm out here!
Some of ya'll supposed
to be out here.
- They know!
- I'll put it on the line!
I'll put it on the line
for what I believe in
'cause the criminal
justice system is bullshit!
It's bullshit!
It's bullshit!
- [Crowd] Don't shoot,
hands up, don't shoot!
Hands up, don't shoot,
hands up, don't shoot!
Hands up, don't shoot!
- Everybody, let's go.
- [Man On Megaphone]
Everybody, take a knee dawg.
Take a knee. Everybody.
Out there in the streets
and all. Let's go man.
Let's look presentable.
- We went to school.
Even in elementary, after
you finish a chapter,
it got critical thinking.
Think critically.
Think critically.
All us gotta love each other.
All us gotta coincide.
It ain't no use of you hating.
Ain't nan' race gonna disappear.
- We continue to
prove them right
because all we do is put up
a fight against each other.
I see black on black
crime each day,
a brother fighting a brother.
A sister fighting a sister,
a brother kills a sister
and a sister kills
a brother each day.
But how 'bout we stop
killing each other as a race
and stop giving these
people what they want to see
and kill this reputation.
But I just wanted to say that
we need to show the world
that we all aren't thugs and
on the blocks selling rocks,
we actually are achieving
and leading the way.
- Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Woman On Megaphone]
Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- [Woman On Megaphone]
Say his name!
- [Crowd] Corey Jones!
- Aye?
- What up?
- You remember
when we was young,
and we stole them bicycles?
- You mean bike.
Shit, buddy came out there
with that motherfucking
machete, man.
I was outta there.
We didn't even get the chance
to get to the second one.
You remember that? (laughs)
- I remember but I thought,
I thought you were gonna
jump on the back of the bike.
- Hell nah.
- You blowed past me on feet.
Nigga, beat me home.
- Nah, I looked
over my shoulder,
I seen buddy with the blade.
Brought the Usain Bolt
out my motherfuckin' ass.
I was outta there.
- Blade, nigga?
- Yeah, it was.
- It was the ass whoopin.
The ass whoppin' that your
people was gonna put on your
ass,
nigga, if you got caught.
(Coy laughs)
That's what it was.
- [Coy] The world a angry
place right now, Pudda.
- Yeah, this shit
crazy ain't it?
- Yeah.
(Pudda chuckles)
- But you know who ain't
losing no sleep over this shit?
- Who that?
- Niggas like us.
'Cause we live in this shit
every motherfuckin'
damn day, homie.
I'm straight.
My family's straight.
My nigga's straight.
Fuck else matters, Coy?
- Shit, I mean,
what about the people that
ain't straight, Pudda?
- Shit, what about 'em?
Where the fuck they was at
when I ain't have two
dimes to rub together?
Living day to day
starving and shit.
Where the fuck they was at, Coy?
They ain't got no
sympathy for me.
Fuck I got sympathy
for them for, huh?
- I mean, there's
way more other people
out there to think
about man, like...
All we ever did was take
from the game, Pudda.
(Pudda laughs)
What you gave back to the game?
Really though, I mean like,
come on, think about it.
What you ever gave
back to the game?
- That bible fucking
your head up.
Get rid of that shit, man.
Throw that shit in the
Atlantic Ocean or something.
- Why is that, Pudda?
- Why?
- Yeah, why?
- Cause them crackers gave that
book to us to tame a nigga,
That's why.
Nigga, we kings and
queens out here.
Kings and queens.
Nigga took the gold from the
crown of our head, nigga,
and put that shit
in our mouth, nigga.
Now every time we speak,
it's king shit, nigga.
What, you forgot?
We are what we are, ain't
no running from it, homie.
I want you to think about that.
Oops, mama's dead
Shot in the head
Tic tac toe, three in a row
Mama got shot by a G.I. Joe
Tic tac toe, three in a row
Mama got shot by G.I. Joe
I get the end of the
spoon where the food at
Im'ma a do me 'cause
I know how to do that
A million records, shit, I
bet that I could move that
Put that shit on every
street and I can prove that
- Ma? Ma
Ma?
Ma?
- Hmm?
- Wake up, wake up, wake up.
Get up, Ma, get up, Ma.
Get up, get up, get
up, get up, get up.
Come on, come on, come
on, come on, come on.
Drink some water.
Drink some water, it's okay.
(Gloria coughing)
Get around my neck. Right
here, I'm going to help you up.
Take your time. I'm gonna
help you up now. Tight.
(Gloria groaning)
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, Mama. Okay.
(Gloria groaning)
Back. Back a little bit more.
That's it.
(Gloria sighs)
Get your legs.
Go ahead, I got you.
(Gloria groaning)
- [Gloria] I don't
know what happened.
I'm so tired, Coy.
(suspenseful music)
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
- You know I gotta go
handle this business, man.
I'm gonna go run
some shit right quick
and Im'ma be over there.
Man, stop playing.
Just make sure you ready.
A wretch like me
(gunshots firing)
(tires screech)
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
Was blind but now I see
- Amen.
Coy, would you like to have
anything to share with us?
No pressure.
(dogs barking distantly)
Maybe the next time.
- Yeah maybe.
- Amen.
(birds chirping)
(knocking on door)
- Hi, I'm Detective Falana.
- How you doing, Detective?
Can I help you with something?
- I'm canvassing
the neighborhood
searching for leads
on the homicide
that took place last night.
- Oh, um, yeah.
I heard somebody got
killed down there.
Ya'll got a name for him
or something like that?
- We haven't released any names
but he goes by the name Black.
You know him?
- No, ma'am, I, I
don't know no Black.
- Well, did you hear
the shooting last night?
- No, ma'am.
- You sure about that?
- Yeah, I'm, I'm pretty sure.
- Over 15 rounds and you
didn't hear anything?
- Look, ma'am, I, I been
living round here so long,
it's like, um, it's
like elevator music
or something like that to
me, you know what I mean?
Like, like sometimes you
hear it, sometimes you don't.
- [Detective] Give me a call.
- [Pastor] How's the job down
there at the docks doing?
- It's actually going good, man.
Pastor, you know I
appreciate you for this.
You know that?
- Anytime, man, just do what
you gotta do, all right?
- I'm trying, man.
- Listen let me get
up outta your way man.
I gotta get outta here.
I'll talk to you later.
- All right, Pastor.
(Coy sighs)
What up, P?
What you doing here?
I thought you was all
anti-religious and all that?
- I came to tell the pastor
that Black got killed.
- The pastor know Black?
- Pastor Mayes knows everybody.
- I'm sorry about what
happened to Black though, man.
This detective chick came
by, like, asking questions,
or like, looking for
tips or something.
- You heard anything?
- Nah, I mean,
I ain't heard nothing.
You?
- Nothing.
When I find out
who killed Black.
He gotta go.
Him and the next generation.
Over 'wit.
You with me?
(Pudda scoffs)
I take care of you
for five years.
- You gonna bring-
- This how you act?
- You gonna bring
that up in my face?
- This how you act?
- You gonna bring that up
in my face right now Pudda?
- I'm just saying man.
If they killed Black...
it ain't gonna be too
long before they after me.
Stay up, man.
- You know, I can remember
one time I was traveling,
and, uh, it was a bad storm.
I mean, it was storming,
it was raining.
I couldn't hardly see, but
my mind said to keep going,
because I'm gonna go
out of that storm,
but if I were to
stop in that storm,
then it would've, it
would've beat me up.
- [Man] Exactly.
- I mean, sometimes you
just got to keep going.
You got to go through.
- Exactly.
- And I kept going,
I kept going.
About a mile down the
road, it was sunny.
I was out of that storm,
and that's sometime
we have to think,
when we're going
through the storm.
We got to hold tight to
God's unchanging hand.
- Father, we just thank
you for your grace.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Jesus.
- For your mercy.
- Thank you.
- We thank you, Father,
for these brethern that are
accountable to each other.
- [Group] Oh, yes.
- [Man] Father, we just pray
that you unify our hearts.
- [Group] Yes.
- [Man] Unify us,
strengthen us God as men,
that we'll be who you
called us to be oh God.
- [Group] Oh, yes.
- And to each one,
that is here tonight,
when you coming back next,
for the next meeting,
bring someone with you.
- [Group] Amen, Amen.
(group clapping)
(birds chirping)
- [Coy] Mom, how
much time you got?
- The doctor said
ain't no point in taking
medication no more.
He said I might as well just
enjoy the time I got left
without being sick
from medication
on top of being sick already.
But whose report
shall we believe?
Hmm?
- We shall believe the
report of the Lord.
- Right. (laughs)
The doctor ain't my God.
(birds chirping)
Coy, you going a
little bit too fast.
Slow down!
Coy, did you hear me?
You need to slow down!
This is dangerous!
Coy, stop this damn
chair right now!
Boy, you stop it!
(Gloria laughing loudly)
- Ma, you were scared, Ma!
(both laughing)
You were scared, weren't you?
(both laughing)
I just wanted to give you
a little bit of life, Ma.
(Gloria laughing)
I don't want you feeling
all sad worrying about this.
- [Gloria] Oh!
- Oh man, you should've
seen the look on your face.
(Gloria laughing)
- I was holding
on too, wasn't I?
- I see you.
(Gloria laughing) - You gripped
that handle so tight.
- Oh, yes I did!
(both laughing)
25 something years
since I be cussin'
and now you got me doing that
right before I'm about to die!
- [Coy] Pops should've
seen that, Ma.
- [Gloria] Oh, my goodness.
He would've laughed
so hard. (laughs)
(light piano music)
(wind howling)
(Gloria sighs)
- Hey, Ma.
- Hey, Coy.
- [Coy] You okay?
- Yeah, I was about to
read some of my scriptures,
but my eyes getting so bad.
Come on and read it.
Read 'em for me.
Come on.
- Okay.
(light piano music)
What you want me to read?
- Isaiah 40.
Somewhere near the bottom.
(Coy sighs)
- Isaiah 40.
- Mm-hmm.
Got it?
- Yes, ma'am, right here.
All right, um,
"The Lord is the
everlasting God.
"The creator of the
ends of the earth.
"He will not grow
tired or weary.
"And his understanding,
no one can fathom.
"He gives strength to the weak.
"He gives strength to the weary
"and increases the
power of the weak.
"Even youths grow
tired and weary
"and young men stumble and fall.
"But those who hope in the
Lord will renew their strength.
"They will soar on
wings like eagles.
"They will run and
not grow weary.
"They will walk
and not be faint."
(Gloria sighs)
Goodnight mama.
- Goodnight.
(light piano music)
(Gloria sighs)
(dog panting)
- [Coy] You got everything
you need, right?
- Yeah.
- They're in my other classes.
(student laughs)
- [Student] You usually meet
people at the orientation.
- No, I'm talking
about at Duncan.
(students chattering)
- I heard a lot about him.
He plays football.
- You going to practice
today, ain't you?
- [Skylar] Yeah.
- All right, I'm
gonna make sure.
- [Skylar] Mm-hmm.
- I love you.
Oh, you don't want to be
seen with your dad, huh?
(students chattering)
(car rumbling)
(seagulls squawking)
- [Randy] Yo, Coy?
Coy!
- [Coy] Yo, what's up Randy?
- I need you to drop everything
Right now, man.
It's urgent.
I need you to come over here.
- All right.
- [Randy] Coy, I
got a phone call.
- All right.
- It's not good.
- What, you firing
me or something, man?
- No, man, not even. (sighs)
Your mom just passed.
We just got the news.
I'm sorry.
(somber instrumental music)
(birds chirping)
- My son,
his last day of his life
was something very profound,
that when we lose our children,
we can remember every second
of that last day.
- And you could remember
what you said to him,
where you were, and for me,
I was home that morning.
- And so, Oscar and his
friends got on the BART train,
and on the way back,
he was shot and killed.
- But you know what
else we must realize
We made plans, and
God had has plans.
- When Oscar was killed, my
first response to God was,
God, you said that we would
be in ministry together?
God, you said that
we would minister,
we'd go different
places together.
And I was really crying
and having a pity party.
And God spoke to me and told me,
"Look around, you are
in ministry together."
- Don't wait until
it happens to you.
- [Audience Member] Amen.
- Come together with
your community now.
We have to stop the violence
and this is why we fight.
- I also remember my
phone call from Sabrina
that day when we lost Corey.
I was getting ready to sit
and sit and have dinner
with a friend of mine,
and, um, she called
and said that something
had happened to Corey.
I said, "What do you mean
something happened to Corey?"
"He's been shot."
I said, "Who'd shoot Corey?"
Corey?
I'm thinking now, another
cousin whose name is Corey.
I said, "Maybe she's
talking about Corey Banks."
"Not Corey Jones."
"Corey doesn't
bother with anyone."
And she called back
and said, "Sabrina"
she said yeah, "He's gone."
And I,
Immediately left the restaurant.
In tears, I couldn't
contain myself.
Somebody say, "But God."
- [Audience] But God.
(somber instrumental music)
(high heels clicking)
(water splashing)
- What's up?
How you feel?
- You know what, Pudda, seeing
my mama in that box, man.
Made me realize one
thing today, man.
- Yeah, what's that?
- I couldn't live with myself
if something happened to you
out here in the streets, bro,
and I knew something about it.
And didn't say nothing about it.
That was Varis and them who did
that to Black, man. - Varis!
I motherfuckin' knew it, nigga.
Snake ass nigga.
How long you knew, fam?
- Same night, man.
I ain't get a good
look at the driver.
But Varis was shooting.
- He was shooting, huh?
Who side you on, man?
You wanna be on
them niggas side?
That's what you wanna do?
Good, I run through
all that shit, nigga!
This shit chess not
checkers, homie.
Eat or get ate, nigga!
You a clown, man.
- I ain't tell you
'cause I knew what it
was gonna mean, bro.
- [Pudda] Man fuck that!
- Pudda!
Damn this nigga, man.
(weapons clattering)
Bro?
- Yo, bro, calm down dawg. Calm
down. - What's up?
- Listen to me, dawg.
- What the fuck you want, man?
- I can't let you go out
there by yourself like that.
- I'm good by myself, nigga.
- I know you good dawg.
[Pudda] What the fuck you mean?
- I'm going with you, bro.
- I keep tabs on all
my enemies, nigga.
Know what I'm saying?
Look, we're finna' go in there
make this shit like
the old days, my nigga.
In and out, my nigga.
This shit ABC,
ain't nothing new.
Anything that you see even
budge wrong, blink, fart, shit,
whatever you see go on
in there, kill that shit.
In and out, my nigga.
You know what I'm saying?
You ready?
- Let's do it. Turn off the
lights, let's go. - You ready?
(dog barking distantly)
(car doors slam)
(rain pattering)
(thunder rumbles)
- [Alan Watts] You
see, how it was done
was this prohibition,
not to eat of the fruit
of the tree of knowledge.
That was the one sure
way (gunshots firing)
of getting it eaten.
But, of course, when the Lord
God accused Adam and said
"You've been eating of that
tree I told you not to eat,"
and uh, he passed the
buck to Eve and said,
"This woman that thou gavest me,
"she tempted me and I did eat."
And he looked at Eve,
"Now what about it?"
She said, "Well, it
was the serpent."
He looked at the serpent.
The serpent didn't say anything
(Audience laughing)
because he knew too much
and he wasn't going
to give away the show.
(car doors open)
(car doors slam)
(light instrumental music)
- Look on your lap, nigga.
It's real money out here.
I done told you that
time after time.
Get money, nigga.
What you over there lookin'
all sad and shit for?
You act like that was your
dog or something, man.
- Nah, It wasn't my fucking
dog, it was his dog, Pudda.
- Nigga, fuck that mutt!
That nigga Varis lucky
he wasn't in there.
That nigga would
be dead too, nigga.
- Pudda you shot his
fuckin' dog, bro.
- I told you anything that
motherfuckin' move in the house.
Look on your lap, nigga.
- P, take this little bullshit
ass little money, man.
This little bullshit ass
money, you think that's money?
Take that little money.
It make us even, right?
That make us even, right, P?
- The prodigal son determined
to go home. Go home.
Go home, do your 9 to 5 thing.
Go home, man.
Matter of fact, since
you fin' to go home,
do me one more favor
before you leave.
- What's that, P? - And dawg,
you can get up out this shit.
- What's that, P?
- [Pudda] Run this bag in there
to one of my
workers for me, man.
(knocking on door)
(car door slams)
- 'Bout damn time
you got here...
- Thou shalt not lie
to thy brother, right?
- You working for this nigga?
- No, I'm not working for him.
I'm working for the church.
- What you doing?
You working for this
nigga? Talk about what?!
- He's did it for
the church, Coy.
- I can explain everything. - My
father was a founding member in
this church.
- Yes, I know that that's
why I'm trying to do this!
- He built this church
with his own fucking hands!
- That's what I'm trying to do!
I'm trying to help the church,
that's all I'm trying to do.
Okay, Coy?
- I want you to see
who God is, nigga.
- [Coy] It ain't you, nigga.
- I ain't your
motherfucking God?
- You ain't my God, nigga.
- Coy, please.
- Fuck you think you is? - What
the fuck you mean, I ain't your
God, nigga?
God been taking
care of your bitch
for the last five years, nigga.
- Pudda!
- [Pastor] Hold on,
hold on, hold on!
- What's up now, P?
Huh?
What's up now, P?
- Listen to me,
put the gun down.
- You ain't got the heart
to squeeze that
motherfucker, nigga.
Thou shall not kill, right?
Thou shall not kill, right?
- If you try to follow me
or come looking for me, P.
- If I try to what?
- I'll blow your fuckin' brains
out, P. - You ain't gon' do
shit.
You soft, nigga.
[Mayes] Put the gun down.
- Don't test me, P.
And you better shut the fuck up
every member of your
congregation gonna' know about
you.
- You done got soft, nigga.
- I got soft?
Don't test me, P.
Don't test me, P!
(car door slams)
- Stop and listen to him, Coy.
- [Coy] Get the fuck
away from my car!
- Listen to your God, Coy.
(tires screech)
- Coy!
- Coy?
You sound like a
little bitch, man.
Get the motherfuckin' money.
(dog barking distantly)
- [New Announcer] Breaking.
Audio of Corey Jones
killing just released.
Be advised, this
may disturb some.
- [Maddie] Thank you for calling
AT&T Roadside Assistance.
This is Maddie.
May I have your mobile
number to better assist you?
- [Corey] 561-573-2815.
- And what's the name on it?
- Corey Jones.
(light piano music)
- [Maddie] Okay, give me one
moment to pull up the account.
- You good?
- I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- [Nouman] Get your
fuckin' hands up!
Put your fuckin' hands up!
[Corey] Hold on, hold on!
- Get your fuckin' hands up!
Gun!
(gunshots firing)
[Maddie] Oh my god.
(somber piano music)
(seagulls squawking)
(light piano music)
(boat engine rumbling)
- [Skylar] Why did
you steal the boat?
- I ain't steal
it, I borrowed it.
We gonna bring it right back.
What's up, you all
right out there?
Yeah?
You don't look like
it, smile or something.
Hey, look, you see
that bunker over there?
That was built for
President Kennedy.
Just in case something
happened out here
and the whole world
went up in flames.
- Was it ever used?
- Nah, I don't think so.
But we still got
time though. (laughs)
(water splashing)
Right over here,
it's the rich people.
Right across the water
is the poor people.
Don't nothing
separate us but water.
Turn right, turn right.
All right, you got it?
I got your gas, don't
worry about that.
Just turn right a
little bit more.
You got it.
Based on your
profession of faith,
in accordance with
the Lord's command,
I baptize you Skylar McDonald
in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost,
to be buried in the
likeness of his death,
and to be raised in the
likeness of his resurrection.
And also,
to walk in the newness of life.
(water splashing)
(both laughing)
(water splashing)
(light piano music)
(car rumbling)
(birds chirping)
- How you doing, Mama?
- [Jury Member] We the
jury find as follows.
As to count one,
we find the defendant
guilty of manslaughter
while armed with a firearm as
charged in the information.
As to count two,
we find the defendant guilty
of attempted first degree murder
as charged in the information.
- [News Announcer]
Palm Beach Gardens
police officer
Nouman Raja's trial,
it was found that he was guilty
of manslaughter with a firearm,
which is an offense punishable
by up to 30 years in prison.
Also guilty of attempted
first degree murder,
which could mean 25
years to life in prison.
- Faith will cause
us and have us
with the ability that we
can step out on the water.
- [Audience Member] Yes.
- Just like old patriarch Peter.
He had just enough faith to be
able to step out of the boat
onto the water and walk.
Are there any water walkers
in the house tonight?
(car rumbling)
- Hey Coy!
- B, what up?
- [BJ] What's happening, Coy?
- I'm chillin'. Eh, Skylar?
Skylar?
I'll see you inside,
go in, all right?
- Okay.
- Boy, I ain't seen
you in a minute, man.
Since we first
started protesting
'round here over the
Corey Jones murder.
- [Coy] Yeah, them was
some crazy times, right?
I just remember everybody
being so angry, you know?
Mad, especially y'all.
Y'all was hot, cuzz.
Y'all was ready to burn,
loot, steal, everything.
- It was wild, man, but
to be honest with you,
to burn down my own city,
even if they would've let
that cop off the hook,
I just, I just
couldn't do it, bro.
- Why not?
- And today, we are rejoicing.
We are rejoicing
for the victory,
and I just want to take
this time out to say
we want to pray for
the victim's family.
- [Woman] Yes.
- We know that
they are hurt too.
- I don't know, bro. I guess
in the back of my mind,
I'm thinking that
if I burn it down,
what they gonna replace it with?
You see, we already
ain't got nothing
around here as it is now.
And then, you know,
we don't wanna see
no nother liquor store around
here, you know what I mean?
- Nah, we definitely don't need
another liquor store around
this motherfucker, B.
- You know, I ain't
gonna hold you up.
Im'ma let you get to church in.
- Yeah, I need all the blessings
I can get right now, man.
- Yeah bro. - It was good to see
you though, man.
We gotta link up for real, man.
- Most definitely, man.
- All right.
Hey, you hold it down.
- One hundred, baby.
- [BJ] True, true.
(light piano music)
- [Alan Watts] Who is it that
sits at the left hand of God?
We know who sits
at the right hand.
It's hushed up
because that's the side where
the district attorney sits,
and in the Book of Job,
of course, you know,
Satan is the district attorney
at the court of Heaven.
He's the prosecutor.
He's a faithful
servant of the court,
because you see, the
whole problem is...
it would be very bad indeed if
God were the author of evil,
and we were his victims.
That is to say,
if we keep the model of
the King of the universe,
and the creatures are
all subjects of the King,
then a God who is
responsible for evil
is being very unkind
to other people.
But in this theory, God
is not another person.
There are no victims of God.
He is never anything
but his own victim.
You are responsible
and if you want to stay
in the state of illusion,
stay in it.
But you can always wake up.
(light piano music)