COPS (1989) s23e18 Episode Script

Cops is filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Doing our job out here, we work with a lot of different agencies.
Our county borders several agencies, and communicating with them while we're doing our is very important.
Criminals often cross they don't have boundaries so they'll cross jurisdictions, and so we have to be able to communicate with them.
We're northbound 99 north of 47th following a white vehicle with a black guy wearing a red jacket, possibly related to your 2-45.
had a red sticker.
Does that vehicle have it? It does.
The plate is "6-king-Charles" He's going.
He's going.
Right now we're in pursuit of a assault-with-a deadly-weapon suspect.
We monitored the Sacramento police department who put out a call of about a guy who assaulted somebody with a pole.
We found the suspect vehicle on the freeway, and now we're in pursuit of it.
presents itself, permission to pit? So the Sacramento police have advised us on the radio that the suspect in this car is wanted for a robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
two Lane, approaching Jefferson.
I'm sorry, approaching harbor boulevard.
Speeds are a hundred, traffic's moderate.
So we're still in pursuit of this vehicle.
Oh, they did! I smell rubber.
I smell rubber.
I think it did work.
He may have hit a tack strip.
So the suspect that we've been chasing may have hit one of the spike strips that one of the agencies put out.
That's all right.
It's just a cone.
Yeah, he did.
His front right tire and back rear tire is out.
are coming apart.
This should be terminating here really soon.
We're coming up to, I think, Pedrick road.
tires have already come apart.
We're starting to pick up some CHP units.
They haven't caught up yet, but they're close.
He's going on three good tires and one bad one.
We're westbound 80, speeds are down to 80.
We're passing Pedrick.
We're just waiting for his tires to come apart and him to slow down to the point where we can use the pursuit immobilization technique, where we spin him out to get him to stop this pursuit.
pursuit off to CHP.
So, right now, we've handed the pursuit off to CHP.
to 60.
Looks like this is going to be terminating here really soon.
We're at pitt school road.
Still westbound on 80.
CHP's gonna do the pursuit move.
Okay, easy.
I'm getting the rifle.
Get out of the car with your hands up! Here, I'll take it.
Step out of the car! Face forward! Face forward! Lift your jacket up! I got it, I got it.
Okay, interlace your fing take it off.
Take it off.
Just take it off and set it on the ground.
Interlace your fingers behind your head.
Set it down! Set it on the ground! Turn around! Interlace your fingers behind your head! Walk backwards right now.
Walk backwards! Walk backwards! Back up! Keep going until I tell you to stop.
I'll go hands.
I'll go hands.
Cover.
Keep walking.
Keep walking.
Bring him over here, Mike.
Keep walking.
Keep walking.
Stop! Take two steps to your right! Stop! There's nobody in there.
Right behind you.
Okay, it's all good.
I got scared, that's it.
So what happened? I got scared, man.
You got scared of the cops or what happened? What happened at the motel over there on stockton? You said what happened? Yeah, why, what's with this whole thing for, man? What do you mean? Why'd you run for, like, 50 Miles? Sir, I didn't run for 50 Miles.
I just got scared.
What were you doing when the cops were behind you? What were you thinking? I was scared.
Of what? What are you scared of? I don't want to go to jail.
Are you on parole or probation? I don't want to go to jail.
Are you on parole or probation? My name is amos.
Yes.
Are you on parole or probation? I'm on parole, sir.
Okay, what are you on parole for, man? Drugs or other stuff? Nah.
Yes, yeah.
Okay.
Have you ever been involved in a police pursuit before? No, sir.
This is the first time? Yeah.
It's crazy, huh? It's scary.
That's some scary stuff.
I'm just glad At least no one got hurt.
I'm just glad you didn't bash into anybody.
I'm glad I didn't hurt myself or I didn't hurt no one.
Yeah, we're glad of that, too.
That was good.
At least your car didn't get jacked up at all either.
Yeah, my girl, she actually really needs that, man.
What's that? This your lady's car? Yeah.
We actually bought it.
Well, there's nothing wrong with it.
It has a little paint when they did the spin maneuver on you.
So it's not all jacked up.
Okay.
Do us a favor.
Yes, sir? Never run from the cops again.
Next time, don't run from the cops.
That stuff's scary.
All right.
All right, man.
Good luck.
Watch your feet.
Over there at one of the motels off of Mattsee, him and his girl got into a disagreement because he was wanting her to go out and prostitute, and she wasn't willing to do it.
So he actually took an ashtray and smashed her face in.
She's got some bleeding and cuts to her face.
So he caused some injuries to her? Yeah.
Now I heard also he's wanted for a robbery.
Yeah, part of that is he took her cell phone.
Okay.
So, yeah, so the 245; The assault with the deadly weapon and then the taking of the cell phone.
Okay.
Did you see when or how they spiked this vehicle? Yeah, the Davis police department, one of the suburbs of Sacramento, they were at highway 80 and olive road and they had the spike strips out on the freeway.
Looks like he only got one of 'em, one of his tires, the right front.
Had he not got this tire, we'd be still driving.
For sure.
On the way to the bay area still in pursuit of this guy.
Yeah, and he did a great job.
He didn't get hurt and he didn't get us, either, so that's great.
Yeah, so he's going to jail for violating his parole and the pursuit, and whatever the Sacramento police department books him on for the suspected robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
And so he'll be off the streets for a while.
Good job.
I don't like working inside an office.
I've never had a job where I was inside a building all day long, and I like this.
I like being outside, have the freedom to go places.
When we're not answering calls, we can drive around town, get to see the town growing, expanding.
We're going to a call domestic call that apparently the male half has kicked the female in the stomach twice.
Now he's refusing to come out of the house.
The female's out in front of the house with their caller, who I'm assuming is a neighbor.
I've been to this house before.
Oh, that's what's his face Where's the guy? How y'all doing tonight? Good.
Where's the female that got She's right over here, sir.
Okay, who's she to you? She's my wife, sir.
Okay, I want you to hold up right here a minute.
Who kicked her? The gentleman that lives here.
The old man? Isn't it an old man? Yes, sir, it's Bob Okay.
Do y'all live there? Yes, sir.
Y'all staying there? Yes, sir.
I came home.
I made $30 today, and this is what he's tripping on, because someone went around and said that I made more than what I did.
Okay.
I'll just get him to come to the door.
Hi.
You better get that dog.
Now, what's going on? Kb, please get upstairs.
Here, let me have him sit down right here.
Yeah, please.
Sit down.
Who else is in this house? Guy named Zack.
He still up there? Yes, sir, yeah, yes, sir.
Hey, Zach, come on out the house.
Where's he at? He's upstairs.
All right, tell me your version of events.
Okay.
I want your hands on top of your head.
Loosen that a little bit? No, answer my question.
I will, sir.
Turn around, face the wall right there.
Uh, last night the police were here last night Okay, get to tonight, get to, like, ten minutes ago.
Okay, ten minutes ago, uh, they came up here; I told 'em they had to leave.
And, uh and, uh, I told 'em, I said, they're boarders You know, they they owed me $65, and I told them they had to leave.
And, uh they didn't want to leave, so he hit me upside the head, and she tried to grab me.
She hit me like two times upside the head, and, uh, I told 'em they had to leave.
And-and, uh I said, "I'm calling 911.
" Which I did.
I called several times on my phone.
Okay, did you kick the pregnant girl or not? No, no, sir, no, sir.
Then why is she saying you did? I don't know; I never kicked her, you know, you know I-I you know what? I'm 22 years army ranger.
I would never, ever touch a woman to begin with.
Okay, that doesn't have nothing to do with it.
It seems like this is the second time I've been here on almost the exact same thing.
I tell you what, we're gonna go over here and have a seat in the police car.
Okay, can I put my dog in the in the house and lock the house up? Junior there can do that.
Okay.
That'll work.
Can you get that dog there in the house in a minute? Okay.
What about that? Weed? Yeah.
Have a little bit of weed.
Little bit of weed? Yeah, that's all it was.
It happens to the best of us.
I know.
I told you so, sir.
Wasn't like you could really lie when I pulled it out of your pocket.
No, uh, dropped some change in Well, I'm not gonna bend down right now and pick it up.
Okay, just saying.
Got any more weed? Nope.
That's it.
Have a seat, sir Here in a minute, here in a minute we're gonna switch 'em out.
I appreciate it Let's finish seeing what her version of events are.
Were you up there when this happened? Yes, sir, I was.
Get to the part where she got injured.
And he started yelling for us to get our stuff and get out, and that he was gonna call y'all, and And I got I won't I got rude with him; I got real rude with him.
I won't lie about that.
Okay.
I didn't hit him, I didn't get physical with him.
It was just verbal.
And then I was in the room packing our stuff and then she went out there to talk to him.
And he kicked her in the stomach not once but twice.
Okay.
And and out of self-defense, she grabbed his foot as he was going for the third time.
Okay.
Where are you hurt? I mean, this guy drinks from to bed.
Um, excuse me one second, let me Okay.
Deal with her a minute.
Did you see this guy kick her? Yes, he just was yelling at her, and then I don't know what happened.
He just kicked her for no reason.
Okay.
I'm officer cantwell.
I was at the door when we brought you outside.
You want to tell me in your own words what happened again? Uh, again, I-I told these two they owed me $65, and I told Who owed you $65? Uh, the, uh, couple right there pregnant girl and the, uh Chris.
Okay.
They owed me $65, so I told them they had to leave.
So you tried to evict them tonight.
I did.
Well, what about the people that said they saw you kick her? I don't think so.
I-I think so.
I didn't touch her.
No, boy, I never touched her.
Never laid a finger on her? No, sir.
No, sir.
Never laid a foot on her? Never kicked her? You know what? She hit me, actually.
Did you hit her back to get her off or something, or? I pushed her back, I Now you're saying you pushed her back, but you just said, "I never touched her, I never laid a finger on her.
" You know what? She hit me upside the head She hit you upside the head.
Oh, yeah, rang my bell.
Okay.
That make you mad? Well, you know, you know what? When somebody hits you Yeah.
You tell me how you'd feel.
Well, most people would be mad.
Well, I did not go to extremes.
You know, I downsized it and I called y'all.
But you told me you pushed her away.
Well, well You just told me that.
Well, no, sir, no, sir, no, sir.
I never I didn't put my hands on her.
Period.
I'm kind of confused, because you said that you pushed her, and now you're saying you didn't touch her.
She hurt me.
She rang my bell.
Okay, she rang your bell, yeah, you said that.
And you were p.
O.
'D.
You're right, she slapped me upside the head.
Rang your bell.
Yes, sir.
Okay, so you just pushed her back.
That's what you have to do.
It's like when somebody tries to hurt you, harm you Uh-huh, okay You got to (Bleep) Take care of business.
So you took care of business? Well, I downsized the issue.
Okay, well, that's why you're going to jail tonight, plus the marijuana that we found on your person.
Yeah! I understand.
That's illegal.
I been on the job for six years.
Cook county is the second-largest county in the nation.
I enjoy the north area patrol, 'cause it's got a wide variety of different types of people, religions, different types of cultures, and it makes it interesting on a daily basis.
We got a call of, uh A possible animal problem a trailer park home here containing 52 cats.
So we're gonna find out how the caller knows this, and see if it's true.
Hi.
I called.
All right, there's 52 cats, there's rabbits in cages as well as a snake in a cage or in a tank and See, that's one right there.
They have no air; There's nothing My neighbors are telling me that they're been out for about two to three days.
Okay.
You don't remember who lived here, do you? Was it some old men? It was three old men.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
Hi, babies; It's okay.
There might be a litter in there, too.
Oh, look at how many are in there look at that.
No, well, there's a They have fleas.
They have super-bad fleas.
Look at her face.
Well, look at the ears, how unclean they are.
They're all flea they all have fleas.
She's got a litter of kittens right there.
I told you there's probably a litter of She's got a litter of kittens right there.
Oh, it's open.
Oh, my God! The smell! Oh, my God! This is pretty bad here.
Guys got evicted just a couple days ago, but you could see that the condition that they lived in, while they were here, is pretty horrific.
It's pretty sad that somebody would abuse animals this way.
This is extreme right here.
More cats back here, in the bathroom.
Wow Here's a little Hey, crystal! Look at this little kitten here.
Bring something for the kitt This little one! There's a baby here.
Bring something for it.
Come here, honey.
Come here, baby.
I know come on We'll get you somewhere safe.
Here, take this, crystal.
Get this out of the house okay? Matter of fact, let me get this one out Just back up a little bit There you go Take this one.
It's gonna die Watch where you step, 'cause there's some babies here.
You're a good man.
Thank you so much.
I didn't know anybody.
I'm just here because I like animals, and this is what I do.
We're contacted our animal control, and we're gonna bring our evidence people out here to document this scene.
This is the worst case of animal neglect I've seen in 28 years.
You got another one? I got a rough one, though.
And I mean rough.
Scruff it.
Crystal, scruff it.
Scruff it Grab it by the scruff.
There you go.
Damn! Scruff it, crystal! You gotta grab the neck.
Crystal, you want me to scruff it? Got it? Don't drop it! Scruff it! Crystal, scruff it! He's got it.
He's got it.
He'll get it.
He got you.
Let him go.
He's gone.
Go put antibacterial on it.
He got it.
Watch out for that one that's ready to rock.
A couple.
A few.
Okay which means I'm gonna have to move this thing.
Okay Red cat! Oh, behind you! Let him go, let him go! That's okay.
If I get him in the back room, I'm good.
That's fine.
There's three more.
They're crawling in the wall.
Yeah, I saw.
You know what? I can actually climb back there, if I can see this for a second.
Man, I love climbing over this.
And I'm in shorts.
You know what? You're the one we been trying to catch, you little bastard.
That's the one with the leg, right? Yep, here he comes.
He's coming out that way.
That's okay.
He doesn't know where to go.
You got it.
He's coming out your side! You got it.
You got it.
Close the net, close the net, close the top! Just lay it good one, good one.
Lay it down.
Let it tire itself out.
Let is tire itself out.
Let it tire itself Let it tire just Okay.
Don't get scratched.
It's easier this way.
Here.
Let is tire itself out.
It's better if I had shoes.
Let it tire itself.
Let it tire.
There you go.
You got it.
Hold the net.
Hold the net on the bottom.
It's out! Crystal crystal One more time.
Let it back into the back.
Into the back, into the back.
All right.
And you do this for a living.
God bless ya.
Were there any more back there? No, sir.
Okay.
Open up any cage; I don't care which one it is.
Claudia, watch yourself.
Careful careful.
Hey, sarge.
Thanks for coming out.
What's going on? Everything all right in there? Percy's in there getting medical attention.
We got some scratches and bites from cats that didn't want to play nice with the police, so But there's 50-plus cats.
A lot of 'em we've contained already; Several of them are actually A lot of 'em are contained, or? A lot of 'em are contained.
I got some bites and some scratches, I mean You want us to clean 'em out? If you don't mind.
Yeah, absolutely.
Let me go get some Are you up to date with all your shots? Yeah.
What do you think aggravated battery? That'd be aggravated "cattery.
" Why don't we bring you to the ambulance.
All right.
No more going in there.
As far as our end of things, there's, uh we've done all that we can do.
Uh right now, I'm gonna go ahead and get some of these cuts and scratches; Get doused a little bit, cleaned off.
We appreciate your help.
We're gonna, uh, you know We appreciate yours.
I can't believe you went in there and did what you did, man.
Unbelievable.
He was in there in the walls with me, pulling stuff down.
I'm kind of impressed.
You don't see many people doing that, you know? We're just waiting on the arrival of animal control.
Once they get here, we're gonna assist them, whatever help they need to get these kittens help.
I've got him at gunpoint.
At gunpoint, Cover is code three.