Miami Vice s03e05 Episode Script
The Good Collar
[No Audible Dialogue.]
Man, oh, man.
Sociology majors are out in full force tonight.
Yeah.
Semester must be out.
They're trying to do a little cramming.
[Crockett.]
Well, our pal over there is acting like he's gonna get stood up.
Maybe one of us ought to go over there in case he gets lonely and wants to split.
Well, I should be finished with the sports section by the time you get him cuffed.
You Tootie? - Depends on who's asking.
- You got something for me? You got something for me? Um, you're supposed to give me an envelope or something.
[Clears Throat.]
Yeah.
Yeah, I got that.
Here.
This ought to take care of it.
Oh, my God.
Oh, come on.
Now be cool.
Be cool.
Oh, man.
You get up against that car right now.
Move it.
Go on.
Go on.
Right there.
Don't you move.
Don't you move.
Stay there.
[Tires Squealing.]
Friends of yours? Uh-uh.
Uh, Ricardo, you got a minute? - Stay right here.
- You dudes should know better than to be doing business on Apostle turf.
Or don't you know where you are? Yeahl Let me draw you a mapl - Good evening, fellas.
- Freeze! Uh, I should have him cuffed by the time you catch 'em.
[Tires Squealing.]
Freeze! Miami Vice! Metro Gangs.
Nice tackle.
You gotta be kidding.
[Panting.]
Stay.
[Speaking Lyrics.]
Rah-dum! [Clears Throat.]
So, what do we got? I got one juvie.
Archie Ellis.
Seventeen years old.
He gave me this.
Oh.
Very generous.
Black tar.
Mm-hmm.
Last batch I tested was 80% pure heroin for their wonder years.
Yeah, right.
Well, listen.
I want you to stall the paperwork, 'cause I bumped into a Metro guy working gangs.
I want to talk to him before I interview this kid, all right? Yeah.
Say, bro? I mean, can't you cut me some slack, man? You got what you wanted.
Archie, this is, uh, Detective Switek.
He's gonna take you down to youth hall.
There you can make a phone call.
You mean I'm still being arrested? No, no.
We're goin' to a party! [Chuckles.]
Come on.
I'm driving.
So I finished the academy eight months ago, did six weeks of patrol.
Then the gang unit decided that I look young enough to go under.
That's right.
How old are you? Twenty-three.
[Chuckles.]
Twenty-three? But to the kids ofTamiami High, I'm just a misbehavin' I hear you.
Hey, Lieutenant.
- What'd you do to my cop? - What'd I do to him? Lee Atkins.
Ricardo Tubbs.
I had to practically resuscitate him.
What's the matter, Ramirez? You couldn't outrun this joker? Ah, I like to give old-timers a little break.
- [Laughs.]
- [Atkins.]
So what was going down at the Zodiac? Well, we heard that the Fellas were doing business on Apostle turf.
- How'd you hear about this? - The Zodiac's manager.
He told me that the kids were using the pay phone to make drug deals.
[Vehicle Approaching.]
Also, we got a memo that the division - was catching heat from all the gang activity going on down here.
- Memo.
That's nice.
We can wave it at the citizens the next time they stone a patrol car.
[Vehicle Door Closes.]
Community's that bent out of shape? Well, "community" ain't exactly the word.
These people here don't take out their garbage without checking out whose turf it is.
Speaking of garbage, check it out.
Lieutenant Atkins.
Sonny Crockett.
It's the rankest smack there is.
Your kids usin' some of that stuff? Hell, they own the market.
And they're the ones who are dyin' from it.
The old hypes at least skin pop to test the burn, but these kids shoot up a whole bag, and then they stop breathin'.
I've seen four O.
D.
's in the last month, but they just keep sellin' it to each other like popcorn.
Any idea who's movin' it? Word on the street is a gang called the Regular Fellas.
Isn't that the gang from the Overtown project? That's where they started.
Now they're everywhere.
All the serious gangs basically hang out at Eastside High.
Now, the Apostles, they just took over Tamiami High.
That's where I duked myself in.
Now, the Fellas have Eastside High, Lincoln, Booker T.
, Southern all the schools in this area.
They might have 500 members.
And half of them are too young to get a driver's license.
The leader's a 15-year-old named Curtis Walker.
Calls himself Count Walker.
Has a chauffeur-driven limo.
This kid Ellis that I grabbed tonight Is he one of the gang members? The Fellas? I never seen him before, but then again, they all start sometime.
I'm not in the Fellas.
And I don't use.
And I didn't know what was in that package until you opened it.
Don't jerk us around, Archie.
You know your boys would not cough up 50 cents just to deliver sandwiches! All I did was drive the car for 'em.
Beaucoup people been doin' that.
Who's "them"? Regular Fellas, or, uh, your friend Luther? Luther ain't my friend.
Well, he gave you a car with $1,800 worth of heroin in it.
Can't you Can't you please just let me go? I swear, I won't I won't do it again.
Yeah, we know you won't do it again.
'Cause we're gonna just snatch your butt off of the street! You had 12 grams, Archie.
That's trafficking.
I just wanted the cash, man.
Come on! What are you gonna do now, cry, punk? What'd you want to use the money for? To buy football shoes.
I play wide receiver for for Eastside.
When were you supposed to get the cash? [Sniffles.]
In the morning.
When I brought the envelope from Tootie to Luther.
Well, those must be some dynamite shoes, pal, 'cause, uh, you got yourself in a lot of trouble.
My cleats was all worn out, and some scouts were supposed to come to the game next week.
College scouts comin'to look at you? The principal is gonna put me off the team for this.
I'll tell you what we're gonna do, Archie.
We're not gonna make any promises, but if you work with us on this, there might be a way that your principal wouldn't find out about tonight.
- [Knocking.]
- Excuse me.
There's a Mr.
McCain here from the Overtown Rehab, uh, Project.
Uh, here.
I'm Ed McCain.
His grandmother works in one of my halfway houses.
Who's the arresting officer? - I am.
- I need a face-to-face with you.
Sure.
[Sighs.]
[Door Closes.]
He says he wasn't hip to the package.
Now, I know that's the standard rap, but I also know he ain't no hard-core.
I understand he also got a citation for attempted battery.
Man, you can't be from his hood and not know how to mix it up.
You know what the homeys call it Germ City.
Half the boys on his block have dropped out, gone to the joint or died.
[Sighs.]
This boy is a serious athlete Iookin' at a chance to go to college.
Conference room.
Look.
If I had known about the shoes, I'd taken up a collection.
Archie's no rogue.
What he did was wrong, but he did it 'cause he's too proud to ask for a handout.
You go sit with him.
I want to talk to my lieutenant.
Count Walker, Ralph Mayberry and LutherJones.
All part of the Fellas? And we think they're behind the distribution ofblack tar.
Walker's the leader, but they all have solid histories of gang involvement.
What does this kid Ellis want? Wants a full walk.
He's got some sort of athletic scholarship.
And if he takes this bust.
He's off the team.
[Sighs.]
Priors? One for attempted battery.
According to the Herald sports desk, he's All-City football and track.
It's your bust, but I'd make the deal.
These juvies almost never roll over, 'cause the courts can't hit 'em hard enough.
Worst you could stick the kid is a couple months in youth hall anyway.
It's okay with me, if the kid wants to prove himself.
We got to get him to take the package back to Luther so we can get him for possession.
This kid really All-City? Runs a 9.
600.
Huh.
Hell, I'd cut him a deal just so I wouldn't have to chase him.
[Sighs.]
?? [Dance On Radio.]
[Tubbs.]
Okay, look, Archie, I want you to tell Luther that the Apostles tried to rip you off.
Okay? Give him this package and then come back here.
Okay.
All right.
Don't do anything stupid.
The joint's surrounded.
- All right.
- ?? [Continues.]
[Bottle Shatters.]
Oh, my Wait.
Uh-uh.
Come on.
There's some trees over here, handsome.
?? [Continues.]
You ever get the feeling your career has peaked? [Chuckles.]
[Crockett On Radio.]
Radio check.
Side street's covered.
[Man Chattering.]
Yo, Luther, man.
It's Archie.
[Dog Barking In Distance.]
What's happenin'? What's up? The Apostles showed last night, man.
I had to book.
Hold on.
Take the package, Luther.
Take it 'round the alley and let Otis check it out.
?? [Continues.]
[Children Shouting.]
[Crockett.]
I don't believe it.
Where the hell is he going? He's taking a walk.
Watch the front.
Hey, man, look.
I'm for real, man.
It's all here.
Everything It's all there.
Yo, Archie.
Where you goin'? - Look out! - [Gunshots.]
You okay? Yeah.
[Archie Coughing.]
I'm gonna be sick.
Take it easy.
I'm gonna be sick.
[Coughing.]
I'm gonna be sick! [Crowd Chattering.]
[Man.]
That's him.
That's him.
[Chattering Continues.]
So you're sure you don't want to go over to the hospital, huh? Nah, it's just a bruise.
I'm all right.
You did a stand-up job back there, dude.
It was good.
Good enough to make up for last night? I'll see what I can do.
Prosecutor's on his way over here now.
Good.
I got practice today.
So why don't you go home and get some rest, champ? - Okay.
- Okay, it's clear when you're ready.
She O.
D.
'd, and there's another one inside.
[Woman.]
I don't like to talk about nobody's children.
But them gang kids been carrying guns and selling dope.
They don't belong where decent folk live.
No, sir.
Looks familiar.
Detectives Crockett and Tubbs, Bill Pepin, State Attorney's Office.
How you doin'? How you doin'? Hey.
All right.
Black tar.
Gets 'em every time.
[Tape Rewinds.]
[Man.]
Luther, you can check me out at Overtown Park about 5:00.
Later.
Yeah, that sounds like our buddy Count Walker.
See if you can get Ramirez to I.
D.
That.
So, Pepin, you don't seem like any of this moves you.
Yeah, well, I've been working juvie for 16 months.
If I cried every time I saw a dead kid, I would've floated away by now.
These animals would sell each other cyanide if it was on the one.
Well, listen, this kid that set up the meet He nearly took a bullet for us back there in the alley.
It's Ellis.
Ellis, Archie, age 17.
Case 20206.
Got popped with 12 grams.
Suppose you guys want to cut him a deal.
Yeah, I'd like to.
He might have saved our lives back there.
Two Vice cops? [Chuckles.]
- [Chuckles.]
- I guess so.
What'd you do with him? - We sent him home.
- He only had one prior, right? - Mm-hmm.
- Done.
No strings attached now.
He's home free, right? Not much I could do with him anyway.
Come on.
I'll meet you downtown.
Let me show you what comes to mind when I hear the word "kid.
" See, that's my cousin's house.
And I don't know them kids that O.
D.
'd.
And I don't know nothin' about no package.
All I told that Archie dude was where the car was and where to drive it.
[Door Opens, Closes.]
I sent a note.
Voice on the tape was definitely Walker.
They may be kids by law, but by me they're pros.
Look, Luther [Sighs.]
Everybody knows you work for Count Walker.
So if you want to help yourself out Who's Count Walker? He's the guy you're gonna go down for, because with your rap sheet, I got a shot at tryin'you as an adult.
That means no more youth hall, Luther.
That means jail.
Man, jail is simple.
If you're a man, you handle things.
If not, you get handled.
And I ain't no boy.
Run a ninhydrin on all the Baggies.
But I bet you we don't find one with Luther's prints on it.
See, he knows it's not worth it to talk.
He's gonna do three months in juvie, then he's back in business.
So you think you're gonna get Luther as an adult? Well, it depends on who's doing the arraignments tomorrow morning.
If you two hotshots can motivate the judge, maybe Whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute.
We're on our way to meet this Count Walker.
If we show up in court tomorrow and any of his homeys are there, we're made.
[Sighs.]
Okay.
Look, if you want to skip the arraignments and sleep in, just say so.
But don't tell me it's gonna blow your cover with Count Walker.
You're never gonna get next to him.
Oh, really? Why is that? Because you're like me.
Too old.
[Laughs.]
But we can be very charming.
That's a rather bleak attitude, dude.
[Laughs.]
?? [Woman Singing.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
[All Shouting.]
?? [Continues.]
[Phone Rings.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
?? [Continues.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
?? [Continues.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
?? [Continues.]
?? [Ends.]
Count, my man.
Look, we wanna talk to you about a little business.
Why you wanna talk business? I'm no businessman.
I'm a ladies' man.
[Tubbs Laughs.]
Hey, come on, Count.
We know you're sellin'tar to half the high schools in the city, man.
Cuttin' the prices in half.
You know, there's people sittin' on some serious boy that they can't even move.
Supposin' I was? Supposin' I had junior high, elementary all lined up? So what? Well, we was hopin' maybe you'd sell us a little piece of your action.
That way, we could help you expand.
Make you some more of that good green money.
Nobody gets hurt.
Everybody's happy.
Shoot.
I'm already happy.
Lame.
You wanna sit in it? Don't be afraid.
See, I don't deal with adults except the mommies.
Juvies got nothin' to lose.
People start lookin' at adult time, they get scared, start talkin'.
No offense, but all you dudes over 18 smell like the man to me.
You got more to worry about than the man.
[Laughs.]
Yeah, we can always hook up with someone else, like, uh, the Apostles.
Them refugees? They ain't nothin' but a sport.
[Laughs.]
Well, that ain't what we heard, pal.
We heard they almost turned out your action last night at the Zodiac.
It's all part of competition.
Long as you can afford it.
Yo.
Let's go to the package store.
We'll get the girls later.
[Man Laughs In Distance.]
[Door Closes.]
[Engine Starts.]
See, it's like a jungle out here full of plants.
Plants need sunshine.
And I've got the best sunshine there is.
[Children Shouting.]
Well, guess we go to court in the morning.
[Sighs.]
Fifteen years old, two inches of money.
Thinks he can buy the world.
Look, let's go get something to eat.
I'm not hungry now.
Just drop me off at the boat.
[Exhales.]
You know, sooner or later, he's goin' down, so don't worry about it.
I'm not thinkin' of him.
[Mutters.]
[Door Opens.]
Evening.
I hear Archie was in a shootout? That's right.
It couldn't be avoided.
He carried his weight.
And he's gonna get a clean slate.
I talked to the prosecutor.
He is? Yes, sir.
[Sighs.]
Man.
I know what it is to climb out.
I was strung out on these streets for six years.
And when you see someone who can make that stride, it does somethin' to your heart.
Ought to get yourself a collar and a congregation.
Forget the collar.
I'll settle for the congregation.
This is Mrs.
Wheaton, Archie's grandmother.
Hello, ma'am.
I'm Detective Crockett.
How do you do? Is Archie home? He's in his room.
Thanks.
If I'd known what size shoe you wear, I'd have bought 'em for you.
When I have to pay you back? That you earned.
This is a gift.
I, uh I ran a screen pass 95 yards in the Gator Bowl one year.
[Chuckles.]
Probably the same year you were born.
- What position you play? - Wide receiver.
[Sighs.]
I can't take this.
If you hadn't been there this morning, this would be sittin' on a shelf somewhere collecting dust for a long, long time.
Man, I don't know what I was doin' drivin' that car last night.
Just stick with football, all right? Thanks.
Forget it.
Hey, you gonna come to the game? - When is it? - Next Thursday.
- You get me tickets? - That's a bet.
- I'll be there.
- [Laughs.]
You think we can sell the judge on trying Luther as an adult? Oh, sure.
[Laughs.]
You know, I've never been to a juvenile arraignment down here.
Oh, it's a lot of fun.
They pass out balloons and cookies and candy and stuff.
It's really a nice time for the kids.
That sounds like New York.
You know, you throw a kid in the adult system, they think you've given up on him.
[Phone Rings.]
Crockett.
[Ramirez.]
The Apostles are planning some heavy payback.
Meet me at Daville's coffee shop on Biscayne Boulevard.
I can't talk now.
Okay.
Ramirez has something.
We gotta call Pepin.
I still say our best shot at Walker is if we can get Luther charged as an adult.
And I need you guys there in the courtroom to put on the heat.
[Crockett.]
Even with us there, you said our chances were small.
[Sighs.]
This way we got an inside angle.
Now look, man, we want Walker as bad as you do.
Let us do it our way.
If that's what you really want to do.
[Sighs.]
Come on, Ramirez.
Yeah, hate to wait, huh? Don't turn around.
Large O.
J.
, mamacita to go.
I don't know the plan yet, but the Apostles are making a gasoline bomb, and it's got Walker's name on it.
And you think we can buy ourselves a little gratitude if we tip Count Walker.
You got it.
Put a loose tail on me, and I'll fill you in as soon as I get the details.
[Clicks Tongue.]
Mmm.
Well, maybe we're still in this ball game.
- Beats goin' to court.
- No lie.
Check, please.
Hey, Sonny.
Check this out.
Oh, my God! - Ramirez! - Nol [People Screaming.]
You all right? You okay? I'm all right.
[People Screaming.]
[People Shouting.]
Turn around! Turn around! Move! Go get an ambulance! [Chattering, Shouting.]
The kid had a grenade launcher.
[Siren Wailing.]
You can buy anything on the street.
Soon as the car started to move, he fired.
Crockett, there's an Ed McCain on your car phone.
He says it's urgent.
Back in a minute.
[Shouting Continues.]
They sound serious.
I don't blame 'em.
[Man.]
All right.
[Tubbs.]
Thanks a lot, guys.
Hey, Lieutenant Atkins.
Where's my guy Ramirez? He's on his way to the hospital.
He's hurt bad? Yes, bad.
Which hospital? Good Sam.
Let me drive you, man.
Hey, Lieutenant Listen, McCain, I'm right in the middle of a Arrested by who? Where'd Archie call you from? [Crowd Shouting.]
All right.
I'm on my way.
[Man On Bullhorn.]
Attention, please.
Please, people, stay behind the police line.
- Please stay behind the lines.
- [Woman.]
As you can see behind me, Eastside High has become the target of a community enraged by rampant drug abuse and gang violence, triggered by an explosion in which at least six people are known dead.
Only one name has been released Frank Meisner, driver of an ice cream truck that was parked nearby the blast.
Cut! [Man On Bullhorn.]
People, please move back.
Go back to your homes.
There's nothing happening here.
It's a microphone.
We tape it to your chest.
Undo your shirt.
- Are you following me? - I hear you.
What's goin' on? I was just, uh, giving Archie the details about wearing a wire.
What wire? If he can get Walker to say that he was Luther's supplier, then we bust Walker on murder one for the O.
D.
's, and everybody's home free.
That kid Walker is 15 goin' on 50, and he's not about to talk to you or anybody else about nothin'.
What, are you dreamin'? [Chuckles.]
Oh, great.
Who got Luther arraigned as a juvie, huh? Because he was too busy watching his angle on Walker get blown all to hell.
So we'll run ballistics on the case cartridge from the grenade and we'll get Walker another way.
But let me ask you something.
Where do you get off trying to get this kid to wear a wire? Listen, I'm not making him do anything.
He wanted a choice.
It's either this, or we take him in on a trafficking bust.
What trafficking bust? You took him down with 12 grams, remember? That case is history.
Walker's prints were on all the packages we found in the trunk.
Listen.
I can pick Walker up right now on conspiracy if I charge Ellis with trafficking.
I don't give a damn if his autograph was on 'em.
You gave this kid a free walk.
Then I'm taking it back.
Let me tell you something, pal.
You're not gonna jack him up just 'cause you want to take a million-to-one shot at a murder one rap on Walker.
What I want is Walker off the street.
Now, if you don't want the kid to wear a wire, fine.
I'll take him in on trafficking, and I get Walker on the conspiracy.
- Hey, man, you said it was my choice! - Hold on.
You and me, outside.
[Door Closes.]
He's gonna get full immunity for his testimony.
Immunity isn't gonna get it.
It's the best I can do.
Look, this kid is looking at an athletic scholarship.
Uh-huh.
You hand him a drug rap, and there isn't a college in this country that'll let him mop the gym floor.
So the world is minus one split end.
No big deal.
It's a big deal to me, pal.
I gave him my word.
Look, this is exactly the kind of thing I don't have time to deal with.
- Your lieutenant will be here in a minute.
I'll talk to him.
- The deal you made was with me! That was before I had six people killed, and a mob ready to barbecue this school! All right.
Listen.
You take down the Ellis kid to pop Walker, what have you got? You buy a little peace for the community.
But look at the case you got.
You got nothin'.
You got fingerprints on Baggies.
You still gotta prove that Walker not only handled the Baggies, but he put the heroin in there.
For that you're gonna need a confession, which you're never gonna get.
Anything could happen in court.
I'll tell you what's gonna happen! Walker's gonna skate, and this Ellis kid, his future is gonna be ruined! Crockett.
Lieutenant Castillo, we need to talk.
After I talk to my detective.
It's not my style to kick it upstairs.
Damn it, a deal's a deal.
Say the word, and I'll get into it with Pepin's supervisor.
You think it'll do any good? No.
[Crowd Shouting.]
Get those lockers searched now, before we run out of crowd control.
No handshakes.
I want signed papers.
I got to do it.
I'm tellin' you straight, kid.
Gettin' Walker to incriminate himself is a fantasy.
And if he finds that wire on you That's just a chance I got to take.
You're selling yourself out.
That's a chance nobody can afford.
Let yourself be used, they'll use you for the rest of your life.
What life? I put everything I had into getting that scholarship.
That scholarship is what I'm about.
How many times through the years have you been telling me that college was my only ticket out? Archie, that ticket isn't real anymore.
They're just holding it out in front of you.
Oh, man, don't start telling me that nowl Archie, Archie, Archie, listen to me.
I've been where you're at.
I know what it's like to feel like you got nothing to lose.
That scholarship was mine, man.
I did the wrong thing for it.
Now I'm gonna do the right thing.
But you're trading it for something you already own your soul.
Man, McCain is too close to this.
But you know I ain't got no choice.
Sit down.
[Sighs.]
Okay.
All right, I'll give you one.
Pepin can change his deal, and I can change my testimony.
I'll tell him I forced you to open the trunk.
That'll make it a bad search.
Which means [Sighs.]
The evidence is worthless.
They won't be able to make the arrest.
Can't do that.
Archie, we got specialists investigating that explosion.
We'll find another way to get Walker.
It ain't him I'm thinkin' about.
I can't have you lyin' for me.
[Scoffs.]
Nobody forced me to drive that car.
[Sighs.]
Nobody forced you to save me and my partner in that alley either, or to take my word that I'd get you a deal.
I owe you that, kid.
Well, here's how we make it even then.
You just make McCain understand why I'm doing it.
'Cause I'm gonna do it.
[Door Opens.]
[Sighs.]
I want a decision.
Five minutes.
Don't need it.
I'm gonna do it.
Look, Mr.
McCain, we got a much more serious situation.
There's new evidence.
Look, I know that.
Just tell me.
How long are you gonna lean on the boy? This is it.
That's right.
I promise.
I've been promised once already! He's gonna get plenty of protection.
There are police everywhere.
That's not the issue! You're a public servant! Ah! And you're betraying a citizen! Look, I don't need a civics lesson! Go tell that to the mob outside! All right.
All right.
Archie, listen to me.
It's wrong.
I won't let you do it.
- I got to do it.
- Is he your guardian? No.
My grandmother is.
Well, you're gonna have to call her.
There's a phone inside.
No! - [Man On Bullhorn.]
Disperse nowl - Let's get this kid to a phone, and let's get the hell out of here.
Everybody outnowl [Shouting Continues.]
Ramirez died in surgery.
You got a taste for the money.
Now you want to work for him.
Then ease into how you want the same quality of heroin that those kids were using at Luther's.
He's ready.
Can you still hear me if I'm in his car? The mike will work everywhere.
What if I can't get him to talk? [Archie Over Radio.]
Since I couldn't hook up with Tootie, lfigured, I know some people.
I'll move it myself, you know? Evidently.
Why didn't you keep the money? Keep your money? I ain't crazy.
Besides, maybe there's more where that came from if we can do something together.
Maybe.
Let's take a ride, and I'll break it down for you.
- Damn! - [Engine Starts.]
?? [Man Singing.]
I know where you're comin' from.
You're tired of wearin' football shoes.
You wanna wear kicks like these.
I got six pair.
I might make you make you enough to buy six more if you turn me on to what Luther had.
[Walker On Radio.]
Shootl My wardrobe's terrifying.
I got a closet as long as this car.
I'll show you.
Yo! Let's head over to the crib! Maybe Maybe later, man.
- I got I got some things to do.
- What you got to do? Can't you let him go to Walker's place? No.
We can't cover him there.
But so far this is going nowhere.
You saw where that mob was headed.
I need something for the 6:00 news.
The hell with the news! You're never gonna get it! [Walker On Radio.]
I'm comin'from.
[Archie On Radio.]
Look, man, so, uh, a- are we gonna hook up? Yeah.
We'll do business.
I'm talkin' about what Luther had over at his cousin's house.
You know, that that heavy-duty boy.
- Can we hook up on that? - Luther? Luther didn't have nothin'! Everything Luther got came from me.
He got it! Patrol cars, move.
Heads up.
Why you keep askin' about Luther? You makin'me nervousl Yo! He's got a wire! [Hammer Cocks.]
?? [Man Singing.]
[Walker.]
Damn itl Pull that thing off! Why'd you let him in the car? Everybody move! [Archie.]
Hey, man, I'm not gonna say nothingl [Gunshot.]
Come on! Come on, damn it! Damn it! ?? [Continues.]
Throw the gun out! Throw it out! - [Sirens Wailing.]
- [Tires Screeching.]
Put your hands where I can see 'em! [Tubbs.]
Get outl - Get down! Get down! - He shot him! He did it! He shot him! He did it! Don't you move! Move! Get down! ?? [Continues.]
We need an ambulance! Somebody get an ambulance! ?? [Continues.]
He's dead.
[Screaming.]
[Muttering, Screaming.]
You ain't got nothin' on me, man! I'm the Count, man! I'll be out of here [Continues, Indistinct.]
Why don't you go on and get out of here? I got the paperwork on this one.
Go home, Sonny.
?? [Continues.]
I came to pay my respects.
You'll understand if I don't ask you in.
[Sobbing.]
?? [Continues.]
I've been cruisin'.
There's not a gang kid on the streets.
You know, no one in my unit wanted Walker more than Ramirez.
You should be proud.
It was a good collar, Crockett.
?? [Continues.]
?? [Ends.]
Man, oh, man.
Sociology majors are out in full force tonight.
Yeah.
Semester must be out.
They're trying to do a little cramming.
[Crockett.]
Well, our pal over there is acting like he's gonna get stood up.
Maybe one of us ought to go over there in case he gets lonely and wants to split.
Well, I should be finished with the sports section by the time you get him cuffed.
You Tootie? - Depends on who's asking.
- You got something for me? You got something for me? Um, you're supposed to give me an envelope or something.
[Clears Throat.]
Yeah.
Yeah, I got that.
Here.
This ought to take care of it.
Oh, my God.
Oh, come on.
Now be cool.
Be cool.
Oh, man.
You get up against that car right now.
Move it.
Go on.
Go on.
Right there.
Don't you move.
Don't you move.
Stay there.
[Tires Squealing.]
Friends of yours? Uh-uh.
Uh, Ricardo, you got a minute? - Stay right here.
- You dudes should know better than to be doing business on Apostle turf.
Or don't you know where you are? Yeahl Let me draw you a mapl - Good evening, fellas.
- Freeze! Uh, I should have him cuffed by the time you catch 'em.
[Tires Squealing.]
Freeze! Miami Vice! Metro Gangs.
Nice tackle.
You gotta be kidding.
[Panting.]
Stay.
[Speaking Lyrics.]
Rah-dum! [Clears Throat.]
So, what do we got? I got one juvie.
Archie Ellis.
Seventeen years old.
He gave me this.
Oh.
Very generous.
Black tar.
Mm-hmm.
Last batch I tested was 80% pure heroin for their wonder years.
Yeah, right.
Well, listen.
I want you to stall the paperwork, 'cause I bumped into a Metro guy working gangs.
I want to talk to him before I interview this kid, all right? Yeah.
Say, bro? I mean, can't you cut me some slack, man? You got what you wanted.
Archie, this is, uh, Detective Switek.
He's gonna take you down to youth hall.
There you can make a phone call.
You mean I'm still being arrested? No, no.
We're goin' to a party! [Chuckles.]
Come on.
I'm driving.
So I finished the academy eight months ago, did six weeks of patrol.
Then the gang unit decided that I look young enough to go under.
That's right.
How old are you? Twenty-three.
[Chuckles.]
Twenty-three? But to the kids ofTamiami High, I'm just a misbehavin' I hear you.
Hey, Lieutenant.
- What'd you do to my cop? - What'd I do to him? Lee Atkins.
Ricardo Tubbs.
I had to practically resuscitate him.
What's the matter, Ramirez? You couldn't outrun this joker? Ah, I like to give old-timers a little break.
- [Laughs.]
- [Atkins.]
So what was going down at the Zodiac? Well, we heard that the Fellas were doing business on Apostle turf.
- How'd you hear about this? - The Zodiac's manager.
He told me that the kids were using the pay phone to make drug deals.
[Vehicle Approaching.]
Also, we got a memo that the division - was catching heat from all the gang activity going on down here.
- Memo.
That's nice.
We can wave it at the citizens the next time they stone a patrol car.
[Vehicle Door Closes.]
Community's that bent out of shape? Well, "community" ain't exactly the word.
These people here don't take out their garbage without checking out whose turf it is.
Speaking of garbage, check it out.
Lieutenant Atkins.
Sonny Crockett.
It's the rankest smack there is.
Your kids usin' some of that stuff? Hell, they own the market.
And they're the ones who are dyin' from it.
The old hypes at least skin pop to test the burn, but these kids shoot up a whole bag, and then they stop breathin'.
I've seen four O.
D.
's in the last month, but they just keep sellin' it to each other like popcorn.
Any idea who's movin' it? Word on the street is a gang called the Regular Fellas.
Isn't that the gang from the Overtown project? That's where they started.
Now they're everywhere.
All the serious gangs basically hang out at Eastside High.
Now, the Apostles, they just took over Tamiami High.
That's where I duked myself in.
Now, the Fellas have Eastside High, Lincoln, Booker T.
, Southern all the schools in this area.
They might have 500 members.
And half of them are too young to get a driver's license.
The leader's a 15-year-old named Curtis Walker.
Calls himself Count Walker.
Has a chauffeur-driven limo.
This kid Ellis that I grabbed tonight Is he one of the gang members? The Fellas? I never seen him before, but then again, they all start sometime.
I'm not in the Fellas.
And I don't use.
And I didn't know what was in that package until you opened it.
Don't jerk us around, Archie.
You know your boys would not cough up 50 cents just to deliver sandwiches! All I did was drive the car for 'em.
Beaucoup people been doin' that.
Who's "them"? Regular Fellas, or, uh, your friend Luther? Luther ain't my friend.
Well, he gave you a car with $1,800 worth of heroin in it.
Can't you Can't you please just let me go? I swear, I won't I won't do it again.
Yeah, we know you won't do it again.
'Cause we're gonna just snatch your butt off of the street! You had 12 grams, Archie.
That's trafficking.
I just wanted the cash, man.
Come on! What are you gonna do now, cry, punk? What'd you want to use the money for? To buy football shoes.
I play wide receiver for for Eastside.
When were you supposed to get the cash? [Sniffles.]
In the morning.
When I brought the envelope from Tootie to Luther.
Well, those must be some dynamite shoes, pal, 'cause, uh, you got yourself in a lot of trouble.
My cleats was all worn out, and some scouts were supposed to come to the game next week.
College scouts comin'to look at you? The principal is gonna put me off the team for this.
I'll tell you what we're gonna do, Archie.
We're not gonna make any promises, but if you work with us on this, there might be a way that your principal wouldn't find out about tonight.
- [Knocking.]
- Excuse me.
There's a Mr.
McCain here from the Overtown Rehab, uh, Project.
Uh, here.
I'm Ed McCain.
His grandmother works in one of my halfway houses.
Who's the arresting officer? - I am.
- I need a face-to-face with you.
Sure.
[Sighs.]
[Door Closes.]
He says he wasn't hip to the package.
Now, I know that's the standard rap, but I also know he ain't no hard-core.
I understand he also got a citation for attempted battery.
Man, you can't be from his hood and not know how to mix it up.
You know what the homeys call it Germ City.
Half the boys on his block have dropped out, gone to the joint or died.
[Sighs.]
This boy is a serious athlete Iookin' at a chance to go to college.
Conference room.
Look.
If I had known about the shoes, I'd taken up a collection.
Archie's no rogue.
What he did was wrong, but he did it 'cause he's too proud to ask for a handout.
You go sit with him.
I want to talk to my lieutenant.
Count Walker, Ralph Mayberry and LutherJones.
All part of the Fellas? And we think they're behind the distribution ofblack tar.
Walker's the leader, but they all have solid histories of gang involvement.
What does this kid Ellis want? Wants a full walk.
He's got some sort of athletic scholarship.
And if he takes this bust.
He's off the team.
[Sighs.]
Priors? One for attempted battery.
According to the Herald sports desk, he's All-City football and track.
It's your bust, but I'd make the deal.
These juvies almost never roll over, 'cause the courts can't hit 'em hard enough.
Worst you could stick the kid is a couple months in youth hall anyway.
It's okay with me, if the kid wants to prove himself.
We got to get him to take the package back to Luther so we can get him for possession.
This kid really All-City? Runs a 9.
600.
Huh.
Hell, I'd cut him a deal just so I wouldn't have to chase him.
[Sighs.]
?? [Dance On Radio.]
[Tubbs.]
Okay, look, Archie, I want you to tell Luther that the Apostles tried to rip you off.
Okay? Give him this package and then come back here.
Okay.
All right.
Don't do anything stupid.
The joint's surrounded.
- All right.
- ?? [Continues.]
[Bottle Shatters.]
Oh, my Wait.
Uh-uh.
Come on.
There's some trees over here, handsome.
?? [Continues.]
You ever get the feeling your career has peaked? [Chuckles.]
[Crockett On Radio.]
Radio check.
Side street's covered.
[Man Chattering.]
Yo, Luther, man.
It's Archie.
[Dog Barking In Distance.]
What's happenin'? What's up? The Apostles showed last night, man.
I had to book.
Hold on.
Take the package, Luther.
Take it 'round the alley and let Otis check it out.
?? [Continues.]
[Children Shouting.]
[Crockett.]
I don't believe it.
Where the hell is he going? He's taking a walk.
Watch the front.
Hey, man, look.
I'm for real, man.
It's all here.
Everything It's all there.
Yo, Archie.
Where you goin'? - Look out! - [Gunshots.]
You okay? Yeah.
[Archie Coughing.]
I'm gonna be sick.
Take it easy.
I'm gonna be sick.
[Coughing.]
I'm gonna be sick! [Crowd Chattering.]
[Man.]
That's him.
That's him.
[Chattering Continues.]
So you're sure you don't want to go over to the hospital, huh? Nah, it's just a bruise.
I'm all right.
You did a stand-up job back there, dude.
It was good.
Good enough to make up for last night? I'll see what I can do.
Prosecutor's on his way over here now.
Good.
I got practice today.
So why don't you go home and get some rest, champ? - Okay.
- Okay, it's clear when you're ready.
She O.
D.
'd, and there's another one inside.
[Woman.]
I don't like to talk about nobody's children.
But them gang kids been carrying guns and selling dope.
They don't belong where decent folk live.
No, sir.
Looks familiar.
Detectives Crockett and Tubbs, Bill Pepin, State Attorney's Office.
How you doin'? How you doin'? Hey.
All right.
Black tar.
Gets 'em every time.
[Tape Rewinds.]
[Man.]
Luther, you can check me out at Overtown Park about 5:00.
Later.
Yeah, that sounds like our buddy Count Walker.
See if you can get Ramirez to I.
D.
That.
So, Pepin, you don't seem like any of this moves you.
Yeah, well, I've been working juvie for 16 months.
If I cried every time I saw a dead kid, I would've floated away by now.
These animals would sell each other cyanide if it was on the one.
Well, listen, this kid that set up the meet He nearly took a bullet for us back there in the alley.
It's Ellis.
Ellis, Archie, age 17.
Case 20206.
Got popped with 12 grams.
Suppose you guys want to cut him a deal.
Yeah, I'd like to.
He might have saved our lives back there.
Two Vice cops? [Chuckles.]
- [Chuckles.]
- I guess so.
What'd you do with him? - We sent him home.
- He only had one prior, right? - Mm-hmm.
- Done.
No strings attached now.
He's home free, right? Not much I could do with him anyway.
Come on.
I'll meet you downtown.
Let me show you what comes to mind when I hear the word "kid.
" See, that's my cousin's house.
And I don't know them kids that O.
D.
'd.
And I don't know nothin' about no package.
All I told that Archie dude was where the car was and where to drive it.
[Door Opens, Closes.]
I sent a note.
Voice on the tape was definitely Walker.
They may be kids by law, but by me they're pros.
Look, Luther [Sighs.]
Everybody knows you work for Count Walker.
So if you want to help yourself out Who's Count Walker? He's the guy you're gonna go down for, because with your rap sheet, I got a shot at tryin'you as an adult.
That means no more youth hall, Luther.
That means jail.
Man, jail is simple.
If you're a man, you handle things.
If not, you get handled.
And I ain't no boy.
Run a ninhydrin on all the Baggies.
But I bet you we don't find one with Luther's prints on it.
See, he knows it's not worth it to talk.
He's gonna do three months in juvie, then he's back in business.
So you think you're gonna get Luther as an adult? Well, it depends on who's doing the arraignments tomorrow morning.
If you two hotshots can motivate the judge, maybe Whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute.
We're on our way to meet this Count Walker.
If we show up in court tomorrow and any of his homeys are there, we're made.
[Sighs.]
Okay.
Look, if you want to skip the arraignments and sleep in, just say so.
But don't tell me it's gonna blow your cover with Count Walker.
You're never gonna get next to him.
Oh, really? Why is that? Because you're like me.
Too old.
[Laughs.]
But we can be very charming.
That's a rather bleak attitude, dude.
[Laughs.]
?? [Woman Singing.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
[All Shouting.]
?? [Continues.]
[Phone Rings.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
?? [Continues.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
?? [Continues.]
[No Audible Dialogue.]
?? [Continues.]
?? [Ends.]
Count, my man.
Look, we wanna talk to you about a little business.
Why you wanna talk business? I'm no businessman.
I'm a ladies' man.
[Tubbs Laughs.]
Hey, come on, Count.
We know you're sellin'tar to half the high schools in the city, man.
Cuttin' the prices in half.
You know, there's people sittin' on some serious boy that they can't even move.
Supposin' I was? Supposin' I had junior high, elementary all lined up? So what? Well, we was hopin' maybe you'd sell us a little piece of your action.
That way, we could help you expand.
Make you some more of that good green money.
Nobody gets hurt.
Everybody's happy.
Shoot.
I'm already happy.
Lame.
You wanna sit in it? Don't be afraid.
See, I don't deal with adults except the mommies.
Juvies got nothin' to lose.
People start lookin' at adult time, they get scared, start talkin'.
No offense, but all you dudes over 18 smell like the man to me.
You got more to worry about than the man.
[Laughs.]
Yeah, we can always hook up with someone else, like, uh, the Apostles.
Them refugees? They ain't nothin' but a sport.
[Laughs.]
Well, that ain't what we heard, pal.
We heard they almost turned out your action last night at the Zodiac.
It's all part of competition.
Long as you can afford it.
Yo.
Let's go to the package store.
We'll get the girls later.
[Man Laughs In Distance.]
[Door Closes.]
[Engine Starts.]
See, it's like a jungle out here full of plants.
Plants need sunshine.
And I've got the best sunshine there is.
[Children Shouting.]
Well, guess we go to court in the morning.
[Sighs.]
Fifteen years old, two inches of money.
Thinks he can buy the world.
Look, let's go get something to eat.
I'm not hungry now.
Just drop me off at the boat.
[Exhales.]
You know, sooner or later, he's goin' down, so don't worry about it.
I'm not thinkin' of him.
[Mutters.]
[Door Opens.]
Evening.
I hear Archie was in a shootout? That's right.
It couldn't be avoided.
He carried his weight.
And he's gonna get a clean slate.
I talked to the prosecutor.
He is? Yes, sir.
[Sighs.]
Man.
I know what it is to climb out.
I was strung out on these streets for six years.
And when you see someone who can make that stride, it does somethin' to your heart.
Ought to get yourself a collar and a congregation.
Forget the collar.
I'll settle for the congregation.
This is Mrs.
Wheaton, Archie's grandmother.
Hello, ma'am.
I'm Detective Crockett.
How do you do? Is Archie home? He's in his room.
Thanks.
If I'd known what size shoe you wear, I'd have bought 'em for you.
When I have to pay you back? That you earned.
This is a gift.
I, uh I ran a screen pass 95 yards in the Gator Bowl one year.
[Chuckles.]
Probably the same year you were born.
- What position you play? - Wide receiver.
[Sighs.]
I can't take this.
If you hadn't been there this morning, this would be sittin' on a shelf somewhere collecting dust for a long, long time.
Man, I don't know what I was doin' drivin' that car last night.
Just stick with football, all right? Thanks.
Forget it.
Hey, you gonna come to the game? - When is it? - Next Thursday.
- You get me tickets? - That's a bet.
- I'll be there.
- [Laughs.]
You think we can sell the judge on trying Luther as an adult? Oh, sure.
[Laughs.]
You know, I've never been to a juvenile arraignment down here.
Oh, it's a lot of fun.
They pass out balloons and cookies and candy and stuff.
It's really a nice time for the kids.
That sounds like New York.
You know, you throw a kid in the adult system, they think you've given up on him.
[Phone Rings.]
Crockett.
[Ramirez.]
The Apostles are planning some heavy payback.
Meet me at Daville's coffee shop on Biscayne Boulevard.
I can't talk now.
Okay.
Ramirez has something.
We gotta call Pepin.
I still say our best shot at Walker is if we can get Luther charged as an adult.
And I need you guys there in the courtroom to put on the heat.
[Crockett.]
Even with us there, you said our chances were small.
[Sighs.]
This way we got an inside angle.
Now look, man, we want Walker as bad as you do.
Let us do it our way.
If that's what you really want to do.
[Sighs.]
Come on, Ramirez.
Yeah, hate to wait, huh? Don't turn around.
Large O.
J.
, mamacita to go.
I don't know the plan yet, but the Apostles are making a gasoline bomb, and it's got Walker's name on it.
And you think we can buy ourselves a little gratitude if we tip Count Walker.
You got it.
Put a loose tail on me, and I'll fill you in as soon as I get the details.
[Clicks Tongue.]
Mmm.
Well, maybe we're still in this ball game.
- Beats goin' to court.
- No lie.
Check, please.
Hey, Sonny.
Check this out.
Oh, my God! - Ramirez! - Nol [People Screaming.]
You all right? You okay? I'm all right.
[People Screaming.]
[People Shouting.]
Turn around! Turn around! Move! Go get an ambulance! [Chattering, Shouting.]
The kid had a grenade launcher.
[Siren Wailing.]
You can buy anything on the street.
Soon as the car started to move, he fired.
Crockett, there's an Ed McCain on your car phone.
He says it's urgent.
Back in a minute.
[Shouting Continues.]
They sound serious.
I don't blame 'em.
[Man.]
All right.
[Tubbs.]
Thanks a lot, guys.
Hey, Lieutenant Atkins.
Where's my guy Ramirez? He's on his way to the hospital.
He's hurt bad? Yes, bad.
Which hospital? Good Sam.
Let me drive you, man.
Hey, Lieutenant Listen, McCain, I'm right in the middle of a Arrested by who? Where'd Archie call you from? [Crowd Shouting.]
All right.
I'm on my way.
[Man On Bullhorn.]
Attention, please.
Please, people, stay behind the police line.
- Please stay behind the lines.
- [Woman.]
As you can see behind me, Eastside High has become the target of a community enraged by rampant drug abuse and gang violence, triggered by an explosion in which at least six people are known dead.
Only one name has been released Frank Meisner, driver of an ice cream truck that was parked nearby the blast.
Cut! [Man On Bullhorn.]
People, please move back.
Go back to your homes.
There's nothing happening here.
It's a microphone.
We tape it to your chest.
Undo your shirt.
- Are you following me? - I hear you.
What's goin' on? I was just, uh, giving Archie the details about wearing a wire.
What wire? If he can get Walker to say that he was Luther's supplier, then we bust Walker on murder one for the O.
D.
's, and everybody's home free.
That kid Walker is 15 goin' on 50, and he's not about to talk to you or anybody else about nothin'.
What, are you dreamin'? [Chuckles.]
Oh, great.
Who got Luther arraigned as a juvie, huh? Because he was too busy watching his angle on Walker get blown all to hell.
So we'll run ballistics on the case cartridge from the grenade and we'll get Walker another way.
But let me ask you something.
Where do you get off trying to get this kid to wear a wire? Listen, I'm not making him do anything.
He wanted a choice.
It's either this, or we take him in on a trafficking bust.
What trafficking bust? You took him down with 12 grams, remember? That case is history.
Walker's prints were on all the packages we found in the trunk.
Listen.
I can pick Walker up right now on conspiracy if I charge Ellis with trafficking.
I don't give a damn if his autograph was on 'em.
You gave this kid a free walk.
Then I'm taking it back.
Let me tell you something, pal.
You're not gonna jack him up just 'cause you want to take a million-to-one shot at a murder one rap on Walker.
What I want is Walker off the street.
Now, if you don't want the kid to wear a wire, fine.
I'll take him in on trafficking, and I get Walker on the conspiracy.
- Hey, man, you said it was my choice! - Hold on.
You and me, outside.
[Door Closes.]
He's gonna get full immunity for his testimony.
Immunity isn't gonna get it.
It's the best I can do.
Look, this kid is looking at an athletic scholarship.
Uh-huh.
You hand him a drug rap, and there isn't a college in this country that'll let him mop the gym floor.
So the world is minus one split end.
No big deal.
It's a big deal to me, pal.
I gave him my word.
Look, this is exactly the kind of thing I don't have time to deal with.
- Your lieutenant will be here in a minute.
I'll talk to him.
- The deal you made was with me! That was before I had six people killed, and a mob ready to barbecue this school! All right.
Listen.
You take down the Ellis kid to pop Walker, what have you got? You buy a little peace for the community.
But look at the case you got.
You got nothin'.
You got fingerprints on Baggies.
You still gotta prove that Walker not only handled the Baggies, but he put the heroin in there.
For that you're gonna need a confession, which you're never gonna get.
Anything could happen in court.
I'll tell you what's gonna happen! Walker's gonna skate, and this Ellis kid, his future is gonna be ruined! Crockett.
Lieutenant Castillo, we need to talk.
After I talk to my detective.
It's not my style to kick it upstairs.
Damn it, a deal's a deal.
Say the word, and I'll get into it with Pepin's supervisor.
You think it'll do any good? No.
[Crowd Shouting.]
Get those lockers searched now, before we run out of crowd control.
No handshakes.
I want signed papers.
I got to do it.
I'm tellin' you straight, kid.
Gettin' Walker to incriminate himself is a fantasy.
And if he finds that wire on you That's just a chance I got to take.
You're selling yourself out.
That's a chance nobody can afford.
Let yourself be used, they'll use you for the rest of your life.
What life? I put everything I had into getting that scholarship.
That scholarship is what I'm about.
How many times through the years have you been telling me that college was my only ticket out? Archie, that ticket isn't real anymore.
They're just holding it out in front of you.
Oh, man, don't start telling me that nowl Archie, Archie, Archie, listen to me.
I've been where you're at.
I know what it's like to feel like you got nothing to lose.
That scholarship was mine, man.
I did the wrong thing for it.
Now I'm gonna do the right thing.
But you're trading it for something you already own your soul.
Man, McCain is too close to this.
But you know I ain't got no choice.
Sit down.
[Sighs.]
Okay.
All right, I'll give you one.
Pepin can change his deal, and I can change my testimony.
I'll tell him I forced you to open the trunk.
That'll make it a bad search.
Which means [Sighs.]
The evidence is worthless.
They won't be able to make the arrest.
Can't do that.
Archie, we got specialists investigating that explosion.
We'll find another way to get Walker.
It ain't him I'm thinkin' about.
I can't have you lyin' for me.
[Scoffs.]
Nobody forced me to drive that car.
[Sighs.]
Nobody forced you to save me and my partner in that alley either, or to take my word that I'd get you a deal.
I owe you that, kid.
Well, here's how we make it even then.
You just make McCain understand why I'm doing it.
'Cause I'm gonna do it.
[Door Opens.]
[Sighs.]
I want a decision.
Five minutes.
Don't need it.
I'm gonna do it.
Look, Mr.
McCain, we got a much more serious situation.
There's new evidence.
Look, I know that.
Just tell me.
How long are you gonna lean on the boy? This is it.
That's right.
I promise.
I've been promised once already! He's gonna get plenty of protection.
There are police everywhere.
That's not the issue! You're a public servant! Ah! And you're betraying a citizen! Look, I don't need a civics lesson! Go tell that to the mob outside! All right.
All right.
Archie, listen to me.
It's wrong.
I won't let you do it.
- I got to do it.
- Is he your guardian? No.
My grandmother is.
Well, you're gonna have to call her.
There's a phone inside.
No! - [Man On Bullhorn.]
Disperse nowl - Let's get this kid to a phone, and let's get the hell out of here.
Everybody outnowl [Shouting Continues.]
Ramirez died in surgery.
You got a taste for the money.
Now you want to work for him.
Then ease into how you want the same quality of heroin that those kids were using at Luther's.
He's ready.
Can you still hear me if I'm in his car? The mike will work everywhere.
What if I can't get him to talk? [Archie Over Radio.]
Since I couldn't hook up with Tootie, lfigured, I know some people.
I'll move it myself, you know? Evidently.
Why didn't you keep the money? Keep your money? I ain't crazy.
Besides, maybe there's more where that came from if we can do something together.
Maybe.
Let's take a ride, and I'll break it down for you.
- Damn! - [Engine Starts.]
?? [Man Singing.]
I know where you're comin' from.
You're tired of wearin' football shoes.
You wanna wear kicks like these.
I got six pair.
I might make you make you enough to buy six more if you turn me on to what Luther had.
[Walker On Radio.]
Shootl My wardrobe's terrifying.
I got a closet as long as this car.
I'll show you.
Yo! Let's head over to the crib! Maybe Maybe later, man.
- I got I got some things to do.
- What you got to do? Can't you let him go to Walker's place? No.
We can't cover him there.
But so far this is going nowhere.
You saw where that mob was headed.
I need something for the 6:00 news.
The hell with the news! You're never gonna get it! [Walker On Radio.]
I'm comin'from.
[Archie On Radio.]
Look, man, so, uh, a- are we gonna hook up? Yeah.
We'll do business.
I'm talkin' about what Luther had over at his cousin's house.
You know, that that heavy-duty boy.
- Can we hook up on that? - Luther? Luther didn't have nothin'! Everything Luther got came from me.
He got it! Patrol cars, move.
Heads up.
Why you keep askin' about Luther? You makin'me nervousl Yo! He's got a wire! [Hammer Cocks.]
?? [Man Singing.]
[Walker.]
Damn itl Pull that thing off! Why'd you let him in the car? Everybody move! [Archie.]
Hey, man, I'm not gonna say nothingl [Gunshot.]
Come on! Come on, damn it! Damn it! ?? [Continues.]
Throw the gun out! Throw it out! - [Sirens Wailing.]
- [Tires Screeching.]
Put your hands where I can see 'em! [Tubbs.]
Get outl - Get down! Get down! - He shot him! He did it! He shot him! He did it! Don't you move! Move! Get down! ?? [Continues.]
We need an ambulance! Somebody get an ambulance! ?? [Continues.]
He's dead.
[Screaming.]
[Muttering, Screaming.]
You ain't got nothin' on me, man! I'm the Count, man! I'll be out of here [Continues, Indistinct.]
Why don't you go on and get out of here? I got the paperwork on this one.
Go home, Sonny.
?? [Continues.]
I came to pay my respects.
You'll understand if I don't ask you in.
[Sobbing.]
?? [Continues.]
I've been cruisin'.
There's not a gang kid on the streets.
You know, no one in my unit wanted Walker more than Ramirez.
You should be proud.
It was a good collar, Crockett.
?? [Continues.]
?? [Ends.]