S.W.A.T. (2017) s01e13 Episode Script
Fences
1 Previously on S.
W.
A.
T.
I'm your boss now.
Being together will cost our jobs.
It's stupid department law.
Is dangerous It's sucking up to Michael Plank.
I know that name.
President of the police commission? Commissioner Plank.
So, I wanted to ask you if you had any thoughts or suggestions on my policing proposals.
So, this proposal outlines what I call an "ethics panel.
" I think you're gonna need my help to get these approved.
The reason why I didn't forward your proposal to Plank before is because it's gonna turn a lot of good cops against you.
MICHAEL: I think she's destined for bigger things than just SWAT.
We got guns You better run You better run, you better run You better run We're killing strangers We're killing strangers We're killing strangers so we don't kill The ones that we love We're killing strangers We're killing strangers We're killing strangers What about her? Him.
The ones that we love Love Love Love JESSICA: Ella está hecha de viento, de fuerza que ningún hombre puede igualar.
Ella está en riesgo.
Porque ella es fuego.
"Es fuego.
" A poem my mom used to say to me.
The woman is born of fire, and society wants to tame her.
Tame her? Why would they want to do that? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (PHONE CHIMES) (SIGHS) Hicks wants your team on an ICE raid in Van Nuys.
They move in an hour.
I thought our policy was hands-off when it comes to federal raids.
Target's an I-2D gang member.
Toro Ochoa.
ICE is asking for support.
(SIGHS) Time to go.
Mmm.
(PHONE CHIMES) (SIGHS) Oh, this isn't good.
Oh, no.
We've been found out.
Someone leaked the accountability proposal to the press.
My name, Commissioner Plank's, our review panel on "use of force.
" You weren't planning to go wide yet.
I wanted to sell it to the rank and file before it went public.
Some cops might feel blindsided.
Michael took a chance on me, on my ideas to reform the department.
You and Michael seem like you've been working pretty hard.
But it won't matter if we can't get the department on board.
This could ruin everything.
Okay, stop, Jess.
Don't worry about it.
Everything's gonna be okay.
One problem at a time.
Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
- Be safe.
Piece of cake.
Federal agents! This is a raid.
We want Toro Ochoa.
All right, get 'em up! Let's go! Federal agents.
AGENT: Outside! We want Toro Ochoa.
All right, let's go.
Get moving.
Let's go.
Hey.
Hey! On the ground! Stay right there.
On your knees.
Stay right there.
Hey.
Hey! (MAN SPEAKING SPANISH) AGENT: Get on the ground.
Get on the ground.
Toro Ochoa.
You seen him? He around? How about you? Sir, the apartments are all cleared.
There's no sign of Ochoa.
Start checking IDs.
- (GRUNTS) - Stop! This is Agent Jones.
We have a breach.
Ten 12 suspects.
Roger that.
Perimeter's covered.
- You ready? - Set.
There! LAPD! Stop right there! - (SIREN WAILING) - On the ground! Get on the ground now! We got two rabbits.
LAPD, don't move! Street, let's go.
Deacon, cover him.
I got beanie boy.
Chill out! You're done.
STREET: LAPD! Stop! (GRUNTS) - Give me your hands! - I got the runner.
- I didn't do anything wrong.
- Shouldn't have run, then.
- Good work, officer.
You have any ID on him? Metro pass.
Carlos Acosta.
- You know Toro Ochoa? - No, sir.
I just live in the building.
I have nothing to do with criminals.
You a UDA? Undocumented alien? Thought so.
Give him to me.
I thought we were supposed to be going after gang members.
He look like one to you? No.
But this is ICE's op, Street.
And we follow the law.
Let's get out of here.
Hondo.
Heard we're taking over - an ICE case.
- Toro Ochoa.
L-2D wanted for murder.
ICE's intel didn't pan out, so they're moving on.
Now they want us to track him down.
Our city, our problem? They're gonna coordinate with Cortez.
Sure she has time, or is she too busy making things hard for us? Stricter rules on cops.
Who the hell does she think the bad guys are? Look, I haven't read all the details, but it seems to me any officer who does their job right shouldn't have any issues.
If Cortez thinks the problem between the police and the community are the cops, I got news for her.
All right, let's just take a beat.
Hear Cortez and Plank out.
Yeah, remember that when you're being reviewed and someone like Ochoa kills somebody.
Hey, Hondo.
Our boy's on the news.
In a raid this morning, an LAPD officer is seen here handing a suspect's ID over to a federal official.
My brother Carlos is a good man.
He is not a criminal, and he is not in a gang, and now because of this officer he's being deported? I thought the police were different here.
By arresting my brother, they've broken their promises to this community.
Officer Street.
Did you unilaterally decide to change city policy in regards to how the LAPD interacts with locals? - No.
- Really? Because up there, it looks like you're handing over a man's ID to a federal officer.
Los Angeles is a sanctuary city.
Don't have to agree with it, but that's the playbook the mayor drew up.
Now, we all know why she did that, right? The UDAs in the city will be afraid to come forward and report their crimes.
It's close to a half a million people.
And we need their trust.
Now, I got five city council members on my phone sheet.
They're pissed.
Think we violated community loyalty.
ICE asked me for his ID.
What was I supposed to do, tell him no? Sir, the immigration beef between the Feds and the locals is way over our heads.
Yeah, well, this city has a delicate truce.
And now because of him, they think we picked sides.
Get your team in order, sergeant.
And while you're at it, find Toro Ochoa so the press has something else to chew on.
Street.
You get the optics on this, right? That lady on the news, what it looks like to her.
We didn't raid the place.
- The Feds did.
- The Feds are gone, Street.
That leaves just us to take the heat.
(PHONE VIBRATES) Hey.
Listen, we got a situation going on here.
Where are you? What? All right.
Stay right there.
All right, listen, you guys dig into Ochoa.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
JESSICA: I saw the news about the raid.
I was headed into the office when I found my car like this.
I doubt it's a coincidence.
The same day the anti-bias proposal was leaked.
You think a cop did this? I know there'd be pushback, but We'll get to the bottom of it.
I want to get you some protection.
I can protect myself.
Hey.
I know you can.
So, here's what ICE sent over on Toro Ochoa.
I don't get it.
We provide support for an op, provide backup when they can't corral anyone, I get in trouble? Well, you're not in trouble.
A crime's a crime.
Carlos Acosta came to this country illegally - just like Toro Ochoa did.
- Oh, that's not in the same league.
House painter vs.
murderous gang leader? Yeah, no.
- Look, I'm not saying that they're equal.
Carlos Acosta broke the law by coming into and staying in this country.
We only gonna enforce some of the laws now? All right, hey.
Acosta's a thing, but he's not our thing.
Now, we all can agree that Ochoa is a criminal.
- Now, where are we at with him? - Well, he's a recruiter for Los Diablos Dormidos.
The I-2Ds.
The Sleeping Devils.
They're bad news.
We didn't have those down in Long Beach.
Who are they? See the world as their own personal hell.
Motto's "blood, rape, kill.
" Most of them are undocumented.
They crossed in from El Salvador.
- Ochoa uses that angle, - (PHONE VIBRATES) offers protection to the recruits to get them into the fold.
Oh, look at that.
One of the guys that we swept up today wants to talk.
Deacon, you're with me.
The rest of you dig into Ochoa's jacket.
Got it.
Everything okay? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
It's just Cortez is catching a lot of flack for her new reform proposals.
(PHONE CHIMES) Tan, you got a new girl? Street does.
Lots of them.
He's trending - on Twitter.
- CuteBadCop.
(LAUGHS) - Yeah, way to go, player.
You're the early leader for the next Jackass of the Month Award.
TAN: Heh.
He's a shoo-in.
- Start saving your money, Street.
Yes.
Before I narc on Ochoa, I want protection.
I want to know that I'm not going back to San Sal.
Only the Feds make those kinds of deals, Messa.
Come on.
I came here to get away from guys like Ochoa.
I was only with him 'cause he would've killed me if I wasn't.
HONDO: Right.
And he made me do things.
Like killing that city worker on the street? Hey, Lepo, he helped me with that, too.
Look, just keep me away from Ochoa, okay? Only if you got something for us.
If you're looking for him, he likes music.
All right, thanks.
Hey, Ochoa is a metalhead.
That's what this guy told Hondo and Deacon? How's that help us? Heavy metal's dead in I.
A.
Not in Pico/Union, it's not.
Yeah, downtown, East Side, that's Los Dormidos territory.
Right, I worked a Vice sting at a bar for metalheads a couple years ago.
Maybe someone there crossed paths with Ochoa or knows where he's hiding.
All right, I'm texting the boss.
It's worth a shot.
New hashtag, SupportSWATStreet.
Hey, shout outs from, uh, pro-cop groups, badge bunnies, and oh, there's a swastika in this one's profile pic.
Yeah, never mind.
We need to shut this down.
Shut it down? Face it, Street, you're viral.
You have to stop caring what people think about you.
I don't.
But this throws shade at all of us.
No, that's why we keep our heads down.
Do the work.
We were doing the work.
Street, you know what I'm saying.
I know, okay, the city needs to see - we're there for them.
- So let's show 'em.
PROTESTERS (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! We belong! - Justice! We belong! - Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Think I don't see you, Officer? My brother is innocent.
You arrested an innocent man.
You have any idea what it's like to have someone you love taken away from you? Car.
Look, the Feds won't tell me where he is.
Do you know? Did they tell you? Ms.
Acosta, I want to help you.
I wish I could, but this isn't our fight.
I'm sorry.
(CHANTING CONTINUES) You see the protest going on outside? Yeah.
We'll keep an eye on it.
Hicks have any leads on your car? No.
I'm not sure he's my best ally right now.
Let me know when you get something on Ochoa.
All right.
Michael.
Is there a place we can talk? I've been trying to call you.
Did you see the proposals were leaked? We have a bigger issue.
Is there something you want to tell me about you and Sergeant Harrelson? Oh, just now in the hall? He's concerned about my car - because it was vandalized this morning.
- Your car? Yeah, it might be backlash from the proposals.
I'm not sure yet.
How would you describe your relationship with Hondo? He's a great cop.
I trust his opinion a lot.
In fact, given how quickly he was thrown into his job as team leader, he's exceeded my expectations.
Did he exceed your expectations when he was kissing you this morning? I was in your neighborhood meeting with an outreach group, saw the proposals hit the press, wanted to try to strategize with you.
Michael, whatever you think you saw I saw you being intimate with one of your subordinates.
Have you disclosed this relationship to the department? This is none of your business.
Have you? No.
Of course not, 'cause then one of you would have to transfer.
We thought if we never let it interfere with work which it hasn't, ever.
- I promise.
- Really? We've co-authored controversial proposals to hold cops accountable for their actions and you're engaged in unethical conduct.
- I wouldn't consider it unethical.
- Of course you wouldn't.
But your bosses would.
And anyone else who wanted to kill these ideas would.
Do you understand what you've done to me here? You and I both know these proposals will be better for the city, but our enemies will look for any edge they can get.
And you're in a relationship with an officer under your command? And now what? Y-You expect me to cover it up? Hmm? Take the fall with the two of you when it eventually all comes out, which it will? I made a mistake.
And I'm sorry.
(SIGHS) Who else knows about this? No one.
No one.
What do you want me to do? You can't have both.
It's the proposals or him.
You decide what you want to do.
(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES) (SIGHS) ("IF I'M DEAD" BY HOGAN'S GOAT PLAYING) LUCA: Guess music really does bring people together.
The last time you said that, you drank a bottle of our best Patrón, and then arrested half of our customers.
Yeah, we only want to arrest one more.
Toro Ochoa.
Has he been in here? We think he's hiding in the neighborhood.
You heard anything? - We don't know where he is.
- STREET: Come on, ladies.
Guys like Ochoa give metalheads a bad name.
I recognize you.
From the news.
- You giving the cops a good name? - I will if I get Ochoa.
All right, mister.
I'm-a tell you something, - and then I want you the hell out.
- I'm all ears.
He brought a girl in, a xe.
They were in a couple nights ago.
Laurisa.
A prostitute.
Works South Fig.
Calling Hondo.
Maybe he can bring this Laurisa in.
Thanks.
I don't know Toro Ochoa.
Don't even know how to spell it.
We got witnesses who say that you're his squeeze, Laurisa.
They're wrong.
Who gave you that artwork on your neck? Pretty, isn't it? You're protecting him? Ochoa is a paranoid son of a bitch.
You kill enough people, the ghosts come out to play.
Laurisa, I get that you're scared of him.
But maybe you'd feel better with him behind bars for the rest of his life.
DEACON: No one will ever know that you spoke to us.
We won't even remember how to spell your name.
He's got a hideout a couple blocks from here.
Ochoa's squeeze said they went into apartment 8B.
(WOMAN WHIMPERING) HONDO: Ladies, come this way.
Come this way.
- Street, Chris, get 'em out.
- (MAN GROANS) - Move, move, move, move.
- Stop moving.
LAPD.
Drop the weapon! - Drop the weapon! - I got a conceal and carry permit.
- Drop the weapon! - Put it down now! I have a permit.
Okay.
LUCA: Drop your weapon.
- I have a permit.
- DEACON: Then you should know the law.
- On your stomach! Stomach! - Okay.
Okay.
- LUCA: Face down! Down! - All right.
- Give me your hands.
- You all right? Yeah, yeah.
Tell them to take it easy, he's my brother.
It's not what it seems.
Ochoa shot at us first, and then took off, like, two minutes ago.
- You doing business with him? - No.
No.
We're law-abiding citizens.
Then how do you explain all of this? Hey, we're all in this together, man.
We want the same thing.
- What's that? - To arrest Toro Ochoa.
So, Scott and Andy Clarke, out of Medford, Oregon.
Why are you playing cops in our city? We got a lead on Ochoa.
Attempted to make a citizen's arrest.
We're Promise Guards.
We monitor federal websites, share intel with each other, use vacation time to hunt undocumented aliens.
You know, most people come here to go to Disneyland.
Well, thank God for the Constitution.
Know what I mean? You put innocent lives at risk.
If you knew where Ochoa was, why didn't you call the police? A dangerous guy like that out there we didn't want to wait.
How'd you know where to find him? Bunch of us who are in town had a chat with some I-2Ds at a housing project in Van Nuys.
Oh, L2-Ds just offered up the information, is that right? Or did this little chat happen at the end of your guns? Let's just say we don't have to deal with all those pinko city council rules that hold you guys back - from doing the job.
- It's why the illegals are taking over.
Do you know that it costs more for a citizen to go to college then it does for an immigrant? That's not actually true, Mr.
Clarke.
- Sure it is.
Look it up.
- No, it's not.
I mean, I get that you have to say that.
But it's not worth arguing about.
The important thing is Ochoa is still out there, looking to hurt people.
HONDO: All right, you know what? I think we should work together.
Why don't you guys keep talking, and I'll check back? Your boss? Yep.
So what else you got on Ochoa? You won't believe who these guys are.
We need to talk first.
In my office.
What's going on? Michael knows.
Michael Plank? Wh Knows what? He saw us outside my place.
He was watching us? He was there to check on me after the article leaked.
He says we've put the proposals at risk.
And because of us, he's not gonna move them forward.
Well, Jess, he's not gonna let that happen.
His name's on them, too.
What happens now? Do I quit? Do you? - Okay, slow down.
Slow - We were naive to think - we could get away with this.
- No, no.
We decided it wasn't the department's business what we do in our personal time.
He says I can't be trying to reform the department at the same time as I'm ignoring a police regulation.
And he's right.
All right, look, you're not alone in this.
Let me try and talk to him.
No, I'm the problem here.
- It's worth a try.
- And say what? We knew we were risking the department's rep, but can you look the other way? There's got to be an answer here.
- I just need to figure out what.
- (DOOR OPENING) HICKS: Cortez, protest outside is growing.
Captain, I'll keep you apprised on Ochoa.
- Sir.
- Hondo.
We need to diffuse it.
Things are getting out of hand.
Rumor is they want a rally at Grand Park.
PROTESTORS (CHANTING): Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Ms.
Acosta? (CHANTING CONTINUES) I'm Captain Cortez with the LAPD.
- Can we talk? - What do you want? They sent a Hispanic woman out here to shut you up.
- I'm here to help.
- Are you an immigrant? Yes.
I moved here when I was 15, became a citizen when I was 22.
Then which side are you on? Yours, hers, the city's.
What a bunch of political BS.
Just give me five minutes.
Here.
CROWD (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! All right, listen up.
There's a bunch of Promise Guards in town.
They've been uploading surveillance of undocumented aliens to their Web site.
Guys we just interviewed said that they got footage of Ochoa.
Here's the URL and the password.
TAN: Why aren't these guys in custody? Well, they didn't do anything illegal.
I spoke to the DA.
Their gun permits checked out.
They didn't disrupt our raid.
So, it's cool to terrify people by shooting up - an apartment building, right? - Self-defense, yeah.
And Ochoa and no one else is gonna press charges.
Probably 'cause they're all undocumented.
DEACON: Crime's a crime, Chris.
And a lot of people don't agree with sanctuary cities.
Do you? I don't know, I think it makes our job harder.
Tan? Got a cousin who enlisted to get citizenship.
Blown to pieces in Iraq.
System needs to be reformed.
Look, it's a tricky subject, but we can debate it later over beers once we get Ochoa into custody.
- TAN: Check it out.
- DEACON: All right, so, Ochoa was at that housing project when the ICE raid went down.
Who's he talking to there? Where's Street? Ariana Acosta, Officer Street.
What's happening outside isn't helping Carlos or this department.
We need to calm things down.
To do that, both sides need to be heard.
You don't want to hear me.
You just want to stop me from getting people's attention.
JESSICA: Try us.
Okay if I step out while you two talk? Just listen to each other.
You're a monster.
My brother is completely innocent.
Easy to have a problem with a cop until you need one.
Honestly, we were there to help.
And then, one of ICE's guys got stabbed, and then, all of a sudden, there's all these people running, and you don't know who's who.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for you? Officer, my brother is not Toro Ochoa.
He's not a criminal.
Well, he was acting like one.
He ran.
And I arrested him as peacefully as possible.
And we are just trying to keep the city safe.
Your turn, I guess.
How could you possibly understand? Try me.
Well, to start, you arrested my hero.
Carlos risked his life so we could escape the gangs in El Salvador.
I was 12, he was 18.
When we got here, he worked as a day laborer so he could pay rent, feed us.
He sacrificed for me.
I'm a medical student at UCLA now.
I'm going to be a pediatrician.
Impressive.
Because of him.
And he's nothing like the trash that is Toro Ochoa.
Are you sure about that, Ms.
Acosta? That's your brother, chatting it up with Toro Ochoa.
What's the deal with this? Um I don't know.
HONDO: Okay.
Then we're gonna need to find out.
HONDO: You told ICE that you didn't know Toro Ochoa.
CARLOS: I live in the same building as his crew.
You can't always avoid him.
That don't look like casual conversation.
I'm not a gang member.
I don't like I-2D's talking to me, - but it's better than pissing them off.
- STREET: You know something about Ochoa, it could help your case.
Why should I help you? You put me here.
Think about your sister.
She's worried about you, Carlos.
I am.
I'm trying to protect her! Your sister in some kind of trouble? She's DACA, a Dreamer.
With all the politics, she could get deported.
What's that got to do with Ochoa? About a week ago, he heard me talking to someone on the phone about a place to hide Ariana if someone ever came for her.
There's an underground members of temples and congregations that help hide undocumented workers.
They make their homes available.
To keep families together.
There are thousands of Arianas.
If the Feds find out about the network, those families won't have any place to go.
You think Ochoa's hiding from us in this underground? (SIGHS) He said someone was after him and he needed a place to lay low.
I told him I wouldn't help.
Two days ago, someone broke into my apartment, went through all my stuff, stole my cell phone.
In it was Ariana's contact.
He could be there.
What's this contact's name? Gregory McGahan.
Ochoa's inside, I'm pretty sure he's armed.
McGahan's scared.
HONDO: Move in now.
Keep it quiet.
Keep it contained.
HONDO (OVER RADIO): Luca? Almost there.
Now.
(BEEPS) - In position.
- On my count.
One.
Two.
- Three.
- (EXPLOSIVE POP) (EXPLOSIVE POP) (GRUNTING) Left side clear! (GRUNTING) Right side's clear! - Give me two! - Two! Two! (GRUNTING) We got you.
(GRUNTING) Give me your arm.
Give me your other arm.
- (GROANS) - Relax, Mr.
Ochoa.
Save the street poetry for the Feds.
Street, we good? We're good.
DEACON: Ochoa's headed to a deportation facility.
ICE'll take it from there.
Sir, is there anything we can do for Carlos Acosta since he helped us catch this guy? I'll ask.
Meantime, we got another problem.
The protestors moved to Grand Park.
Inciters on both sides.
It's getting noisy.
Better treat everybody with kid gloves.
Don't want to end up in front of the captain's firing squad.
Want to discuss policy in our free time, I'm happy to do it, but right now, focus on the job.
All I want to do is the job.
(PHONE BUZZING) Start crowd control protocol.
Deacon, get the team ready in case we have to go in.
Hello? Commissioner, good.
Brought him in hoping he could work something from the community angle.
I made a few calls.
People are angry.
Feel like the cops betrayed them on this issue.
- It's more complicated than that.
- Sergeant, given Acosta's arrest, I'm not sure SWAT's the best idea here.
If we don't go in, and things turn bad, we'll catch the heat for not showing up.
Maybe.
Captain, what do you think? I agree with Hondo.
We need to be ready to go in.
Everyone in Class C uniforms.
Less confrontational.
I'll keep on my contacts, see what I can do to calm things down.
Excuse me, sir? I think we need to talk.
I'm sure we do.
Sergeant, sorry if you disagree, but your team's not the best face for the department right now.
What exactly do you know about tactics? Not much.
But I know a show of force by the same cops who caused this outrage isn't the best option.
- Cortez solved that.
- For now.
See if she made the right call when things get more heated.
Is that really where your head is at? What? I'm just trying to figure out why you're spying on Captain Cortez and me in front of her apartment.
Hmm? What's your deal? (SIGHS) I'm jealous.
The two of you are very lucky.
You're in a line of work where you know who the bad guys are and who the good guys are.
See, in politics, if someone doesn't like your ideas, they don't attack them, they attack you, smiling at you the whole time.
That's why you always have to make the first play, stay ahead of your foes.
Like you did with your reform proposals.
Excuse me? You leaked 'em to the papers, didn't you? I had to, before the rank-and-file killed the whole thing internally.
If I had known the two of you were screwing one another and the department, I wouldn't have wasted my time.
Nobody knows about us but you.
The more Cortez is out there, publicly pushing this agenda, the more people focus on every detail of her life.
You'll both be exposed.
(LAUGHS) - So, wait.
You're looking out for us? - Not you.
Just Jessica.
She's smart.
She'll go places if she doesn't get dinged by this.
What hasn't sunken in for her yet is the double standard.
See, if a man wants to shake things up, make 'em stick, he can probably get away with an intern on her knees in the White House, or a tryst with Russian call girls, but not a woman.
Jessica can't ignore department regulations and sleep with one of her subordinates while lecturing other cops on how to behave.
That's what the story will be, not what Jessica's trying to do for this city.
You're asking me what my deal is, Sergeant Harrelson? What's yours? Because if you cared about Jessica at all, you'd want to protect her.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) What's going on, Mr.
Clarke? It's just you and me out here.
What's up? - You see that rally we're starting up? - Sure.
- What about it? - I got to thinking, after you and I talked.
Thinking about a lot of stuff.
Yeah? Like what? My brother, you know, Andy and the rest of those guys that are in town, they're against illegal immigration like the rest of the counter-protesters out there.
But they They're planning on taking it too far.
I signed up to bag criminals, you know? Illegals, like we talked about.
But I don't think she qualifies.
Who? Hondo.
Promise Guards are at the rally.
They're targeting Acosta's sister, Ariana.
Wait, what? Clarke said that they want to make an example out of her.
Take her to the border and throw her on the other side.
- TAN: The border? - Tan, pull up their Web site.
Get photos of these guys.
Why this girl? She's a name now.
She's been on TV.
She represents a lot to a lot of people.
Right now, she needs our help.
Remember these faces.
They're our targets.
Let's move.
ORGANIZER (OVER MEGAPHONE): We belong here! (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! Justice for Carlos Acosta! (CHANTING CONTINUES) We want justice! His sister, Ariana Acosta.
Please, welcome her.
(CHANTING CONTINUES) PROTESTORS (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! We belong! ARIANA (OVER MEGAPHONE): My brother didn't hurt anyone.
He shouldn't have been arrested.
And as an upstanding member of this community, he has rights.
He has a voice.
Let the police and the Feds know that what they've done is wrong.
Carlos doesn't deserve to be deported! This is his home! Park bench, 12 o'clock.
My home! Your home! Chris, Rocker, go left.
Deacon, Mumford, take the boys and go right.
Tell the Feds and police they're wrong! Look, this fight isn't just for Carlos.
This fight is for all of us.
We all have a voice! We all belong here! Three o'clock and they're armed.
STREET: All of 'em.
The hell you think you're doing, showing your face around here? Step aside.
(INDISTINCT CHANTING) - Let us do our jobs.
Come on.
- Hey, man.
- You heard what he said.
- (GRUNTS) We're taking you back to the border, bitch.
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) (PROTESTERS SHOUTING) We lost her.
Anyone have eyes? (SHOUTING CONTINUES) DEACON: They're headed towards a blue pickup.
- South side of the park.
- HONDO: Let 'em go.
Away from the crowd.
Copy.
We need breathing room, Deac.
DEACON: Two more suspects.
Hey! (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) Stay back! - Stay back! - CHRIS: Stay back! LUCA: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Stay back! LUCA: Back, back, back! - Stay back! - (GRUNTS) - Whoa, whoa, whoa! - (GRUNTING) It's okay.
Stay back! Back! Back! CHRIS: Stay back! - Hey, hey, hey.
Take it easy! Take it easy and stay calm! Listen to me, we hear you! You have the right to protest! But you will be arrested if you don't step back! We're directing you to disperse! We want to keep everyone safe! Give us some room! Please! HONDO: Step back! Step back now! (PROTESTERS SHOUTING) You all right? Yeah, I think so.
Thank you.
- How's the team? - They're good.
Tired, but they're good.
I called Agent Jones to follow up on Carlos Acosta.
See if we can stop his deportation.
Well, the fact that he helped us take down a killer should mean something.
We'll hear soon.
I hate this.
Yeah, I know.
But I think maybe we both know what the deal is.
Jess, after everything we just went through at that rally, there's still a long way to go to improve relations between the cops and the community.
And you have an opportunity to change things.
I can't turn my back on that.
No, you can't.
You need the space to do the great things that I know you're gonna do.
- Hondo - Jess, come on now.
Right now, I'm in the way.
The timing isn't right.
You got to do you.
And you can't do that with me.
Maybe down the road it could be right? I believe that.
Yeah, maybe.
I never said it before, but I love you.
I love you, too.
Okay.
(DOOR OPENS) (PHONE RINGS) (DOOR SHUTS) Hello? (INSECTS TRILLING, DOG BARKING) I know this is difficult and I don't want you to lose hope, but your brother has been transferred by ICE to an Arizona facility.
They're moving ahead on deporting him.
Okay, so what do we do now? It's out of our hands.
What, so we just give up? I appreciate you for trying, Captain Cortez.
But I'm going to bring him home, with or without your help.
Ms.
Acosta? Ariana? Wait.
Look, you don't have to worry about me anymore.
No, it's because of me he's headed back to El Salvador, - right? - You were doing your job.
You didn't know who Carlos was.
Well, you tried to tell me.
I mean, you were yelling.
- But you tried.
- (SIGHS) Please.
Please.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for my part in this.
I hope you get him back.
And I want to try to help you.
I, um, have this.
This is the number for an immigration attorney.
He's supposed to be great.
Does pro bono work.
And, uh, that's my number.
If you need something, anything, please call.
Okay.
Thank you.
(SIGHS) (KNOCKING AT DOOR) Come in.
It's done.
We broke up.
As far as anyone else is concerned, it never happened.
We can move forward with the proposals.
Two of you can hold to that? Michael, my priority is to this department, to this city.
Anything else would be selfish.
(SIGHS) You all right? I'm good.
(DOOR SHUTS) (GRUNTING) Another SWAT day is a good day! Let's make it count! It's too early for the enthusiasm, Luca.
Yo, man up, Tan.
Street, you ready? Yeah, let's do it.
(GRUNTING, SHOUTING) Everything all right today, boss? (PANTING) Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
I'm great.
(GRUNTING) (PANTING) (GRUNTING)
W.
A.
T.
I'm your boss now.
Being together will cost our jobs.
It's stupid department law.
Is dangerous It's sucking up to Michael Plank.
I know that name.
President of the police commission? Commissioner Plank.
So, I wanted to ask you if you had any thoughts or suggestions on my policing proposals.
So, this proposal outlines what I call an "ethics panel.
" I think you're gonna need my help to get these approved.
The reason why I didn't forward your proposal to Plank before is because it's gonna turn a lot of good cops against you.
MICHAEL: I think she's destined for bigger things than just SWAT.
We got guns You better run You better run, you better run You better run We're killing strangers We're killing strangers We're killing strangers so we don't kill The ones that we love We're killing strangers We're killing strangers We're killing strangers What about her? Him.
The ones that we love Love Love Love JESSICA: Ella está hecha de viento, de fuerza que ningún hombre puede igualar.
Ella está en riesgo.
Porque ella es fuego.
"Es fuego.
" A poem my mom used to say to me.
The woman is born of fire, and society wants to tame her.
Tame her? Why would they want to do that? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (PHONE CHIMES) (SIGHS) Hicks wants your team on an ICE raid in Van Nuys.
They move in an hour.
I thought our policy was hands-off when it comes to federal raids.
Target's an I-2D gang member.
Toro Ochoa.
ICE is asking for support.
(SIGHS) Time to go.
Mmm.
(PHONE CHIMES) (SIGHS) Oh, this isn't good.
Oh, no.
We've been found out.
Someone leaked the accountability proposal to the press.
My name, Commissioner Plank's, our review panel on "use of force.
" You weren't planning to go wide yet.
I wanted to sell it to the rank and file before it went public.
Some cops might feel blindsided.
Michael took a chance on me, on my ideas to reform the department.
You and Michael seem like you've been working pretty hard.
But it won't matter if we can't get the department on board.
This could ruin everything.
Okay, stop, Jess.
Don't worry about it.
Everything's gonna be okay.
One problem at a time.
Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
- Be safe.
Piece of cake.
Federal agents! This is a raid.
We want Toro Ochoa.
All right, get 'em up! Let's go! Federal agents.
AGENT: Outside! We want Toro Ochoa.
All right, let's go.
Get moving.
Let's go.
Hey.
Hey! On the ground! Stay right there.
On your knees.
Stay right there.
Hey.
Hey! (MAN SPEAKING SPANISH) AGENT: Get on the ground.
Get on the ground.
Toro Ochoa.
You seen him? He around? How about you? Sir, the apartments are all cleared.
There's no sign of Ochoa.
Start checking IDs.
- (GRUNTS) - Stop! This is Agent Jones.
We have a breach.
Ten 12 suspects.
Roger that.
Perimeter's covered.
- You ready? - Set.
There! LAPD! Stop right there! - (SIREN WAILING) - On the ground! Get on the ground now! We got two rabbits.
LAPD, don't move! Street, let's go.
Deacon, cover him.
I got beanie boy.
Chill out! You're done.
STREET: LAPD! Stop! (GRUNTS) - Give me your hands! - I got the runner.
- I didn't do anything wrong.
- Shouldn't have run, then.
- Good work, officer.
You have any ID on him? Metro pass.
Carlos Acosta.
- You know Toro Ochoa? - No, sir.
I just live in the building.
I have nothing to do with criminals.
You a UDA? Undocumented alien? Thought so.
Give him to me.
I thought we were supposed to be going after gang members.
He look like one to you? No.
But this is ICE's op, Street.
And we follow the law.
Let's get out of here.
Hondo.
Heard we're taking over - an ICE case.
- Toro Ochoa.
L-2D wanted for murder.
ICE's intel didn't pan out, so they're moving on.
Now they want us to track him down.
Our city, our problem? They're gonna coordinate with Cortez.
Sure she has time, or is she too busy making things hard for us? Stricter rules on cops.
Who the hell does she think the bad guys are? Look, I haven't read all the details, but it seems to me any officer who does their job right shouldn't have any issues.
If Cortez thinks the problem between the police and the community are the cops, I got news for her.
All right, let's just take a beat.
Hear Cortez and Plank out.
Yeah, remember that when you're being reviewed and someone like Ochoa kills somebody.
Hey, Hondo.
Our boy's on the news.
In a raid this morning, an LAPD officer is seen here handing a suspect's ID over to a federal official.
My brother Carlos is a good man.
He is not a criminal, and he is not in a gang, and now because of this officer he's being deported? I thought the police were different here.
By arresting my brother, they've broken their promises to this community.
Officer Street.
Did you unilaterally decide to change city policy in regards to how the LAPD interacts with locals? - No.
- Really? Because up there, it looks like you're handing over a man's ID to a federal officer.
Los Angeles is a sanctuary city.
Don't have to agree with it, but that's the playbook the mayor drew up.
Now, we all know why she did that, right? The UDAs in the city will be afraid to come forward and report their crimes.
It's close to a half a million people.
And we need their trust.
Now, I got five city council members on my phone sheet.
They're pissed.
Think we violated community loyalty.
ICE asked me for his ID.
What was I supposed to do, tell him no? Sir, the immigration beef between the Feds and the locals is way over our heads.
Yeah, well, this city has a delicate truce.
And now because of him, they think we picked sides.
Get your team in order, sergeant.
And while you're at it, find Toro Ochoa so the press has something else to chew on.
Street.
You get the optics on this, right? That lady on the news, what it looks like to her.
We didn't raid the place.
- The Feds did.
- The Feds are gone, Street.
That leaves just us to take the heat.
(PHONE VIBRATES) Hey.
Listen, we got a situation going on here.
Where are you? What? All right.
Stay right there.
All right, listen, you guys dig into Ochoa.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
JESSICA: I saw the news about the raid.
I was headed into the office when I found my car like this.
I doubt it's a coincidence.
The same day the anti-bias proposal was leaked.
You think a cop did this? I know there'd be pushback, but We'll get to the bottom of it.
I want to get you some protection.
I can protect myself.
Hey.
I know you can.
So, here's what ICE sent over on Toro Ochoa.
I don't get it.
We provide support for an op, provide backup when they can't corral anyone, I get in trouble? Well, you're not in trouble.
A crime's a crime.
Carlos Acosta came to this country illegally - just like Toro Ochoa did.
- Oh, that's not in the same league.
House painter vs.
murderous gang leader? Yeah, no.
- Look, I'm not saying that they're equal.
Carlos Acosta broke the law by coming into and staying in this country.
We only gonna enforce some of the laws now? All right, hey.
Acosta's a thing, but he's not our thing.
Now, we all can agree that Ochoa is a criminal.
- Now, where are we at with him? - Well, he's a recruiter for Los Diablos Dormidos.
The I-2Ds.
The Sleeping Devils.
They're bad news.
We didn't have those down in Long Beach.
Who are they? See the world as their own personal hell.
Motto's "blood, rape, kill.
" Most of them are undocumented.
They crossed in from El Salvador.
- Ochoa uses that angle, - (PHONE VIBRATES) offers protection to the recruits to get them into the fold.
Oh, look at that.
One of the guys that we swept up today wants to talk.
Deacon, you're with me.
The rest of you dig into Ochoa's jacket.
Got it.
Everything okay? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
It's just Cortez is catching a lot of flack for her new reform proposals.
(PHONE CHIMES) Tan, you got a new girl? Street does.
Lots of them.
He's trending - on Twitter.
- CuteBadCop.
(LAUGHS) - Yeah, way to go, player.
You're the early leader for the next Jackass of the Month Award.
TAN: Heh.
He's a shoo-in.
- Start saving your money, Street.
Yes.
Before I narc on Ochoa, I want protection.
I want to know that I'm not going back to San Sal.
Only the Feds make those kinds of deals, Messa.
Come on.
I came here to get away from guys like Ochoa.
I was only with him 'cause he would've killed me if I wasn't.
HONDO: Right.
And he made me do things.
Like killing that city worker on the street? Hey, Lepo, he helped me with that, too.
Look, just keep me away from Ochoa, okay? Only if you got something for us.
If you're looking for him, he likes music.
All right, thanks.
Hey, Ochoa is a metalhead.
That's what this guy told Hondo and Deacon? How's that help us? Heavy metal's dead in I.
A.
Not in Pico/Union, it's not.
Yeah, downtown, East Side, that's Los Dormidos territory.
Right, I worked a Vice sting at a bar for metalheads a couple years ago.
Maybe someone there crossed paths with Ochoa or knows where he's hiding.
All right, I'm texting the boss.
It's worth a shot.
New hashtag, SupportSWATStreet.
Hey, shout outs from, uh, pro-cop groups, badge bunnies, and oh, there's a swastika in this one's profile pic.
Yeah, never mind.
We need to shut this down.
Shut it down? Face it, Street, you're viral.
You have to stop caring what people think about you.
I don't.
But this throws shade at all of us.
No, that's why we keep our heads down.
Do the work.
We were doing the work.
Street, you know what I'm saying.
I know, okay, the city needs to see - we're there for them.
- So let's show 'em.
PROTESTERS (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! We belong! - Justice! We belong! - Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Think I don't see you, Officer? My brother is innocent.
You arrested an innocent man.
You have any idea what it's like to have someone you love taken away from you? Car.
Look, the Feds won't tell me where he is.
Do you know? Did they tell you? Ms.
Acosta, I want to help you.
I wish I could, but this isn't our fight.
I'm sorry.
(CHANTING CONTINUES) You see the protest going on outside? Yeah.
We'll keep an eye on it.
Hicks have any leads on your car? No.
I'm not sure he's my best ally right now.
Let me know when you get something on Ochoa.
All right.
Michael.
Is there a place we can talk? I've been trying to call you.
Did you see the proposals were leaked? We have a bigger issue.
Is there something you want to tell me about you and Sergeant Harrelson? Oh, just now in the hall? He's concerned about my car - because it was vandalized this morning.
- Your car? Yeah, it might be backlash from the proposals.
I'm not sure yet.
How would you describe your relationship with Hondo? He's a great cop.
I trust his opinion a lot.
In fact, given how quickly he was thrown into his job as team leader, he's exceeded my expectations.
Did he exceed your expectations when he was kissing you this morning? I was in your neighborhood meeting with an outreach group, saw the proposals hit the press, wanted to try to strategize with you.
Michael, whatever you think you saw I saw you being intimate with one of your subordinates.
Have you disclosed this relationship to the department? This is none of your business.
Have you? No.
Of course not, 'cause then one of you would have to transfer.
We thought if we never let it interfere with work which it hasn't, ever.
- I promise.
- Really? We've co-authored controversial proposals to hold cops accountable for their actions and you're engaged in unethical conduct.
- I wouldn't consider it unethical.
- Of course you wouldn't.
But your bosses would.
And anyone else who wanted to kill these ideas would.
Do you understand what you've done to me here? You and I both know these proposals will be better for the city, but our enemies will look for any edge they can get.
And you're in a relationship with an officer under your command? And now what? Y-You expect me to cover it up? Hmm? Take the fall with the two of you when it eventually all comes out, which it will? I made a mistake.
And I'm sorry.
(SIGHS) Who else knows about this? No one.
No one.
What do you want me to do? You can't have both.
It's the proposals or him.
You decide what you want to do.
(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES) (SIGHS) ("IF I'M DEAD" BY HOGAN'S GOAT PLAYING) LUCA: Guess music really does bring people together.
The last time you said that, you drank a bottle of our best Patrón, and then arrested half of our customers.
Yeah, we only want to arrest one more.
Toro Ochoa.
Has he been in here? We think he's hiding in the neighborhood.
You heard anything? - We don't know where he is.
- STREET: Come on, ladies.
Guys like Ochoa give metalheads a bad name.
I recognize you.
From the news.
- You giving the cops a good name? - I will if I get Ochoa.
All right, mister.
I'm-a tell you something, - and then I want you the hell out.
- I'm all ears.
He brought a girl in, a xe.
They were in a couple nights ago.
Laurisa.
A prostitute.
Works South Fig.
Calling Hondo.
Maybe he can bring this Laurisa in.
Thanks.
I don't know Toro Ochoa.
Don't even know how to spell it.
We got witnesses who say that you're his squeeze, Laurisa.
They're wrong.
Who gave you that artwork on your neck? Pretty, isn't it? You're protecting him? Ochoa is a paranoid son of a bitch.
You kill enough people, the ghosts come out to play.
Laurisa, I get that you're scared of him.
But maybe you'd feel better with him behind bars for the rest of his life.
DEACON: No one will ever know that you spoke to us.
We won't even remember how to spell your name.
He's got a hideout a couple blocks from here.
Ochoa's squeeze said they went into apartment 8B.
(WOMAN WHIMPERING) HONDO: Ladies, come this way.
Come this way.
- Street, Chris, get 'em out.
- (MAN GROANS) - Move, move, move, move.
- Stop moving.
LAPD.
Drop the weapon! - Drop the weapon! - I got a conceal and carry permit.
- Drop the weapon! - Put it down now! I have a permit.
Okay.
LUCA: Drop your weapon.
- I have a permit.
- DEACON: Then you should know the law.
- On your stomach! Stomach! - Okay.
Okay.
- LUCA: Face down! Down! - All right.
- Give me your hands.
- You all right? Yeah, yeah.
Tell them to take it easy, he's my brother.
It's not what it seems.
Ochoa shot at us first, and then took off, like, two minutes ago.
- You doing business with him? - No.
No.
We're law-abiding citizens.
Then how do you explain all of this? Hey, we're all in this together, man.
We want the same thing.
- What's that? - To arrest Toro Ochoa.
So, Scott and Andy Clarke, out of Medford, Oregon.
Why are you playing cops in our city? We got a lead on Ochoa.
Attempted to make a citizen's arrest.
We're Promise Guards.
We monitor federal websites, share intel with each other, use vacation time to hunt undocumented aliens.
You know, most people come here to go to Disneyland.
Well, thank God for the Constitution.
Know what I mean? You put innocent lives at risk.
If you knew where Ochoa was, why didn't you call the police? A dangerous guy like that out there we didn't want to wait.
How'd you know where to find him? Bunch of us who are in town had a chat with some I-2Ds at a housing project in Van Nuys.
Oh, L2-Ds just offered up the information, is that right? Or did this little chat happen at the end of your guns? Let's just say we don't have to deal with all those pinko city council rules that hold you guys back - from doing the job.
- It's why the illegals are taking over.
Do you know that it costs more for a citizen to go to college then it does for an immigrant? That's not actually true, Mr.
Clarke.
- Sure it is.
Look it up.
- No, it's not.
I mean, I get that you have to say that.
But it's not worth arguing about.
The important thing is Ochoa is still out there, looking to hurt people.
HONDO: All right, you know what? I think we should work together.
Why don't you guys keep talking, and I'll check back? Your boss? Yep.
So what else you got on Ochoa? You won't believe who these guys are.
We need to talk first.
In my office.
What's going on? Michael knows.
Michael Plank? Wh Knows what? He saw us outside my place.
He was watching us? He was there to check on me after the article leaked.
He says we've put the proposals at risk.
And because of us, he's not gonna move them forward.
Well, Jess, he's not gonna let that happen.
His name's on them, too.
What happens now? Do I quit? Do you? - Okay, slow down.
Slow - We were naive to think - we could get away with this.
- No, no.
We decided it wasn't the department's business what we do in our personal time.
He says I can't be trying to reform the department at the same time as I'm ignoring a police regulation.
And he's right.
All right, look, you're not alone in this.
Let me try and talk to him.
No, I'm the problem here.
- It's worth a try.
- And say what? We knew we were risking the department's rep, but can you look the other way? There's got to be an answer here.
- I just need to figure out what.
- (DOOR OPENING) HICKS: Cortez, protest outside is growing.
Captain, I'll keep you apprised on Ochoa.
- Sir.
- Hondo.
We need to diffuse it.
Things are getting out of hand.
Rumor is they want a rally at Grand Park.
PROTESTORS (CHANTING): Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! Ms.
Acosta? (CHANTING CONTINUES) I'm Captain Cortez with the LAPD.
- Can we talk? - What do you want? They sent a Hispanic woman out here to shut you up.
- I'm here to help.
- Are you an immigrant? Yes.
I moved here when I was 15, became a citizen when I was 22.
Then which side are you on? Yours, hers, the city's.
What a bunch of political BS.
Just give me five minutes.
Here.
CROWD (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! We belong! Justice! We belong! All right, listen up.
There's a bunch of Promise Guards in town.
They've been uploading surveillance of undocumented aliens to their Web site.
Guys we just interviewed said that they got footage of Ochoa.
Here's the URL and the password.
TAN: Why aren't these guys in custody? Well, they didn't do anything illegal.
I spoke to the DA.
Their gun permits checked out.
They didn't disrupt our raid.
So, it's cool to terrify people by shooting up - an apartment building, right? - Self-defense, yeah.
And Ochoa and no one else is gonna press charges.
Probably 'cause they're all undocumented.
DEACON: Crime's a crime, Chris.
And a lot of people don't agree with sanctuary cities.
Do you? I don't know, I think it makes our job harder.
Tan? Got a cousin who enlisted to get citizenship.
Blown to pieces in Iraq.
System needs to be reformed.
Look, it's a tricky subject, but we can debate it later over beers once we get Ochoa into custody.
- TAN: Check it out.
- DEACON: All right, so, Ochoa was at that housing project when the ICE raid went down.
Who's he talking to there? Where's Street? Ariana Acosta, Officer Street.
What's happening outside isn't helping Carlos or this department.
We need to calm things down.
To do that, both sides need to be heard.
You don't want to hear me.
You just want to stop me from getting people's attention.
JESSICA: Try us.
Okay if I step out while you two talk? Just listen to each other.
You're a monster.
My brother is completely innocent.
Easy to have a problem with a cop until you need one.
Honestly, we were there to help.
And then, one of ICE's guys got stabbed, and then, all of a sudden, there's all these people running, and you don't know who's who.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for you? Officer, my brother is not Toro Ochoa.
He's not a criminal.
Well, he was acting like one.
He ran.
And I arrested him as peacefully as possible.
And we are just trying to keep the city safe.
Your turn, I guess.
How could you possibly understand? Try me.
Well, to start, you arrested my hero.
Carlos risked his life so we could escape the gangs in El Salvador.
I was 12, he was 18.
When we got here, he worked as a day laborer so he could pay rent, feed us.
He sacrificed for me.
I'm a medical student at UCLA now.
I'm going to be a pediatrician.
Impressive.
Because of him.
And he's nothing like the trash that is Toro Ochoa.
Are you sure about that, Ms.
Acosta? That's your brother, chatting it up with Toro Ochoa.
What's the deal with this? Um I don't know.
HONDO: Okay.
Then we're gonna need to find out.
HONDO: You told ICE that you didn't know Toro Ochoa.
CARLOS: I live in the same building as his crew.
You can't always avoid him.
That don't look like casual conversation.
I'm not a gang member.
I don't like I-2D's talking to me, - but it's better than pissing them off.
- STREET: You know something about Ochoa, it could help your case.
Why should I help you? You put me here.
Think about your sister.
She's worried about you, Carlos.
I am.
I'm trying to protect her! Your sister in some kind of trouble? She's DACA, a Dreamer.
With all the politics, she could get deported.
What's that got to do with Ochoa? About a week ago, he heard me talking to someone on the phone about a place to hide Ariana if someone ever came for her.
There's an underground members of temples and congregations that help hide undocumented workers.
They make their homes available.
To keep families together.
There are thousands of Arianas.
If the Feds find out about the network, those families won't have any place to go.
You think Ochoa's hiding from us in this underground? (SIGHS) He said someone was after him and he needed a place to lay low.
I told him I wouldn't help.
Two days ago, someone broke into my apartment, went through all my stuff, stole my cell phone.
In it was Ariana's contact.
He could be there.
What's this contact's name? Gregory McGahan.
Ochoa's inside, I'm pretty sure he's armed.
McGahan's scared.
HONDO: Move in now.
Keep it quiet.
Keep it contained.
HONDO (OVER RADIO): Luca? Almost there.
Now.
(BEEPS) - In position.
- On my count.
One.
Two.
- Three.
- (EXPLOSIVE POP) (EXPLOSIVE POP) (GRUNTING) Left side clear! (GRUNTING) Right side's clear! - Give me two! - Two! Two! (GRUNTING) We got you.
(GRUNTING) Give me your arm.
Give me your other arm.
- (GROANS) - Relax, Mr.
Ochoa.
Save the street poetry for the Feds.
Street, we good? We're good.
DEACON: Ochoa's headed to a deportation facility.
ICE'll take it from there.
Sir, is there anything we can do for Carlos Acosta since he helped us catch this guy? I'll ask.
Meantime, we got another problem.
The protestors moved to Grand Park.
Inciters on both sides.
It's getting noisy.
Better treat everybody with kid gloves.
Don't want to end up in front of the captain's firing squad.
Want to discuss policy in our free time, I'm happy to do it, but right now, focus on the job.
All I want to do is the job.
(PHONE BUZZING) Start crowd control protocol.
Deacon, get the team ready in case we have to go in.
Hello? Commissioner, good.
Brought him in hoping he could work something from the community angle.
I made a few calls.
People are angry.
Feel like the cops betrayed them on this issue.
- It's more complicated than that.
- Sergeant, given Acosta's arrest, I'm not sure SWAT's the best idea here.
If we don't go in, and things turn bad, we'll catch the heat for not showing up.
Maybe.
Captain, what do you think? I agree with Hondo.
We need to be ready to go in.
Everyone in Class C uniforms.
Less confrontational.
I'll keep on my contacts, see what I can do to calm things down.
Excuse me, sir? I think we need to talk.
I'm sure we do.
Sergeant, sorry if you disagree, but your team's not the best face for the department right now.
What exactly do you know about tactics? Not much.
But I know a show of force by the same cops who caused this outrage isn't the best option.
- Cortez solved that.
- For now.
See if she made the right call when things get more heated.
Is that really where your head is at? What? I'm just trying to figure out why you're spying on Captain Cortez and me in front of her apartment.
Hmm? What's your deal? (SIGHS) I'm jealous.
The two of you are very lucky.
You're in a line of work where you know who the bad guys are and who the good guys are.
See, in politics, if someone doesn't like your ideas, they don't attack them, they attack you, smiling at you the whole time.
That's why you always have to make the first play, stay ahead of your foes.
Like you did with your reform proposals.
Excuse me? You leaked 'em to the papers, didn't you? I had to, before the rank-and-file killed the whole thing internally.
If I had known the two of you were screwing one another and the department, I wouldn't have wasted my time.
Nobody knows about us but you.
The more Cortez is out there, publicly pushing this agenda, the more people focus on every detail of her life.
You'll both be exposed.
(LAUGHS) - So, wait.
You're looking out for us? - Not you.
Just Jessica.
She's smart.
She'll go places if she doesn't get dinged by this.
What hasn't sunken in for her yet is the double standard.
See, if a man wants to shake things up, make 'em stick, he can probably get away with an intern on her knees in the White House, or a tryst with Russian call girls, but not a woman.
Jessica can't ignore department regulations and sleep with one of her subordinates while lecturing other cops on how to behave.
That's what the story will be, not what Jessica's trying to do for this city.
You're asking me what my deal is, Sergeant Harrelson? What's yours? Because if you cared about Jessica at all, you'd want to protect her.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) What's going on, Mr.
Clarke? It's just you and me out here.
What's up? - You see that rally we're starting up? - Sure.
- What about it? - I got to thinking, after you and I talked.
Thinking about a lot of stuff.
Yeah? Like what? My brother, you know, Andy and the rest of those guys that are in town, they're against illegal immigration like the rest of the counter-protesters out there.
But they They're planning on taking it too far.
I signed up to bag criminals, you know? Illegals, like we talked about.
But I don't think she qualifies.
Who? Hondo.
Promise Guards are at the rally.
They're targeting Acosta's sister, Ariana.
Wait, what? Clarke said that they want to make an example out of her.
Take her to the border and throw her on the other side.
- TAN: The border? - Tan, pull up their Web site.
Get photos of these guys.
Why this girl? She's a name now.
She's been on TV.
She represents a lot to a lot of people.
Right now, she needs our help.
Remember these faces.
They're our targets.
Let's move.
ORGANIZER (OVER MEGAPHONE): We belong here! (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! Justice for Carlos Acosta! (CHANTING CONTINUES) We want justice! His sister, Ariana Acosta.
Please, welcome her.
(CHANTING CONTINUES) PROTESTORS (CHANTING): We belong! Justice! We belong! ARIANA (OVER MEGAPHONE): My brother didn't hurt anyone.
He shouldn't have been arrested.
And as an upstanding member of this community, he has rights.
He has a voice.
Let the police and the Feds know that what they've done is wrong.
Carlos doesn't deserve to be deported! This is his home! Park bench, 12 o'clock.
My home! Your home! Chris, Rocker, go left.
Deacon, Mumford, take the boys and go right.
Tell the Feds and police they're wrong! Look, this fight isn't just for Carlos.
This fight is for all of us.
We all have a voice! We all belong here! Three o'clock and they're armed.
STREET: All of 'em.
The hell you think you're doing, showing your face around here? Step aside.
(INDISTINCT CHANTING) - Let us do our jobs.
Come on.
- Hey, man.
- You heard what he said.
- (GRUNTS) We're taking you back to the border, bitch.
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) (PROTESTERS SHOUTING) We lost her.
Anyone have eyes? (SHOUTING CONTINUES) DEACON: They're headed towards a blue pickup.
- South side of the park.
- HONDO: Let 'em go.
Away from the crowd.
Copy.
We need breathing room, Deac.
DEACON: Two more suspects.
Hey! (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) Stay back! - Stay back! - CHRIS: Stay back! LUCA: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Stay back! LUCA: Back, back, back! - Stay back! - (GRUNTS) - Whoa, whoa, whoa! - (GRUNTING) It's okay.
Stay back! Back! Back! CHRIS: Stay back! - Hey, hey, hey.
Take it easy! Take it easy and stay calm! Listen to me, we hear you! You have the right to protest! But you will be arrested if you don't step back! We're directing you to disperse! We want to keep everyone safe! Give us some room! Please! HONDO: Step back! Step back now! (PROTESTERS SHOUTING) You all right? Yeah, I think so.
Thank you.
- How's the team? - They're good.
Tired, but they're good.
I called Agent Jones to follow up on Carlos Acosta.
See if we can stop his deportation.
Well, the fact that he helped us take down a killer should mean something.
We'll hear soon.
I hate this.
Yeah, I know.
But I think maybe we both know what the deal is.
Jess, after everything we just went through at that rally, there's still a long way to go to improve relations between the cops and the community.
And you have an opportunity to change things.
I can't turn my back on that.
No, you can't.
You need the space to do the great things that I know you're gonna do.
- Hondo - Jess, come on now.
Right now, I'm in the way.
The timing isn't right.
You got to do you.
And you can't do that with me.
Maybe down the road it could be right? I believe that.
Yeah, maybe.
I never said it before, but I love you.
I love you, too.
Okay.
(DOOR OPENS) (PHONE RINGS) (DOOR SHUTS) Hello? (INSECTS TRILLING, DOG BARKING) I know this is difficult and I don't want you to lose hope, but your brother has been transferred by ICE to an Arizona facility.
They're moving ahead on deporting him.
Okay, so what do we do now? It's out of our hands.
What, so we just give up? I appreciate you for trying, Captain Cortez.
But I'm going to bring him home, with or without your help.
Ms.
Acosta? Ariana? Wait.
Look, you don't have to worry about me anymore.
No, it's because of me he's headed back to El Salvador, - right? - You were doing your job.
You didn't know who Carlos was.
Well, you tried to tell me.
I mean, you were yelling.
- But you tried.
- (SIGHS) Please.
Please.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for my part in this.
I hope you get him back.
And I want to try to help you.
I, um, have this.
This is the number for an immigration attorney.
He's supposed to be great.
Does pro bono work.
And, uh, that's my number.
If you need something, anything, please call.
Okay.
Thank you.
(SIGHS) (KNOCKING AT DOOR) Come in.
It's done.
We broke up.
As far as anyone else is concerned, it never happened.
We can move forward with the proposals.
Two of you can hold to that? Michael, my priority is to this department, to this city.
Anything else would be selfish.
(SIGHS) You all right? I'm good.
(DOOR SHUTS) (GRUNTING) Another SWAT day is a good day! Let's make it count! It's too early for the enthusiasm, Luca.
Yo, man up, Tan.
Street, you ready? Yeah, let's do it.
(GRUNTING, SHOUTING) Everything all right today, boss? (PANTING) Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
I'm great.
(GRUNTING) (PANTING) (GRUNTING)