COPS (1989) s24e17 Episode Script

Bad boys Whatcha want, whatcha want? Whatcha gonna do When Sheriff John Brown Come for you? Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do When they come for you? Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do When they come for you? 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.
Moved out to Las Vegas about 26 years ago from a small town in Minnesota.
Every chance I get, I try to go back to visit family and friends.
Been a police officer with the city of North Las Vegas Police Department for about four years, and I can't think of a better place to be a police officer than North Las Vegas.
Go ahead.
unregistered silver New Yorker.
This car is unregistered.
Just going to stop it, see if they have a valid temp tag.
How you guys doing? Does this window go down? No? The door open? You can stay inside the car.
You have your license, registration and insurance? No? Do you have Is this registered at all? - Uh - Do you have, like, a temp tag or anything? - Uh, I got a, um, 30 day - Do me a favor.
Why don't you hop out for me? I'm going to grab him.
Okay, yeah, the front passenger.
All right, don't put your hands in your pockets, sir, all right? Yeah.
You're cool.
Just like that, right there.
Cool if I get in your pocket? I'm not going to find nothing, right? No.
Nothing tucked? All right, damn.
Stop resisting.
I'm not resisting.
Don't pull away from me, stop resisting.
I'm not, I'm not.
All right.
You're going to get tased, you understand me? All right, I'm not resisting.
I'm not resisting.
Don't you move, Brandy.
What is it that you had to pull away for and run so badly? You reach for anything, you're going to get hurt.
You understand me? Okay, okay.
I just got shot.
- My-My leg my back - Well, you probably should have thought about that already, right? Yes.
You all right? You straight? We're done now, right? Yes, I'm straight.
Yeah.
Done running? Yeah.
Ow.
Damn! Stop resisting! I'm not resisting.
Hands in the front pocket.
I'm not reaching in my pocket.
Everything that you do is a sign of aggression.
Okay.
You continue to do that, you're going to get hurt.
All right.
All right? We're cool, we're going to work with you, but you can't be stupid anymore.
Okay.
Oh! What's in your pocket? I got a gun.
A gun? Yeah, the right.
Don't you think that's pretty important? Ow.
Ow.
Ow! I just got shot in the arm, I'm telling you, man.
You hurt my arm.
Is that why you're carrying a gun? Yes.
It's in this one.
- It ain't loaded - Don't you think that's something important to tell the police? - I didn't think that I was gonna - Do you have anything else on you? No, sir.
Not even a little bit of weed? No.
Okay.
I'm going to get you out of this mud, all right? All right.
Just sit on the stoop right here.
You good now? Yeah, you got my arm kind of bent.
Well, yeah.
A different way.
You're packing, you get ready to run from the police, I'm not going to hug you and hold you tight and put you on the ground.
You know what I mean? Mm-hmm.
Do you have any extra magazines or any extra ammunition on you? None of that.
None of that.
Do you have a valid form of identification anywhere? No.
You being from Arizona, is that truthful? No.
Where are you from? I'm from Las Vegas.
From where? From Las Vegas.
Born and raised? Yeah.
North town? No.
- All right, we're gonna - How old are you? Keep an eye on those.
Now, truthfully, what have you been arrested for? - Huh? 'Cause I know - Possession of a concealed weapon.
Same thing, pretty much? Yeah.
How long ago was that? Uh, in, like, April.
What city was that through? Uh, y'all.
North town.
North town, huh? What was the disposition? What happened in court? Huh? What happened in court? I got to pay a fine.
You got to pay a fine.
Yeah.
Very nice.
Were you an adult or juvenile when that happened? Adult.
All right, you have the right to remain silent, okay? Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to the presence of an attorney.
If you can not afford an attorney, one will be appointed before questioning.
You understand your rights? Mm-hmm.
All right.
What's your name, man? What do they call you? Lil Nate.
Lil Nate? Yeah.
Is that what the girls call you? Sometimes.
Sometimes? How long have you known these ladies? For not long.
How long? Like, not even that long.
What's not that long? Like, a year and a half.
Not even a year.
Not even a year? Yeah.
Okay.
How did you meet them? Huh? Like, on MySpace.
Where? MySpace? Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Did we stop you before, Lil Nate G? Probably.
Yeah.
Did we stop you over in the 40 block? Yeah.
Didn't you have a gun then? Uh-huh.
Yeah.
That was you? That was us.
What's What are you doing, man? Nothing.
Huh? Protecting myself.
Lil Nate, how old are you now, man? You're still a juvie, right? You're 19 now.
Oh, okay.
Oh, perfect.
How old were you last time we got you? Like, 18, probably 17.
Oh, yeah you were.
That's right.
That's right.
What leg did you get shot in? I got shot in my side.
In your side.
Who you guys beefing with right now? I don't even know.
You don't know? Just anybody that rolls up on you, wanting to hurt you? You got your protection? Yeah.
For the most part? I understand you got to protect yourself, okay, I understand that.
But if you're dealing with the police, do not have that with you.
Do not have that gun, all right? Okay, as of right now, you're going to be charged with resisting arrest, okay? Obstructing, and I need to find out the status of the gun.
If it's if it's not stolen, then we're probably just going to end up charging you with carrying a concealed weapon.
All right? All right.
Or possession of an unregistered firearm, okay? All right.
I literally thought he had some kind of narcotic on him.
Think that he was in possession of it again.
He kept reaching for his left And he and Moore were tussling on the ground, reaching for his pockets.
Even on the stop, I initially stopped the vehicle.
He was fidgeting.
He kept fidgeting with his phone, kept fidgeting with his front pockets, with his waistband.
And he was almost too polite.
He wanted to get rid of us as soon as possible.
Yeah.
He's going to jail for felony charge and a couple misdemeanor charges.
Des Moines' a very family-oriented community.
People are always waving and saying hi, asking how you're doing.
It has that Midwest feel to it, as far as everyone's nice and polite.
Coming from a very small community, you know, that's family-oriented, you knew everyone around you, and I think Des Moines has that same kind of feel to it.
We're going to an assault that just occurred.
Apparently, a couple of neighbors got in a fight, and, uh, one called in, and the other one's, uh, apparently going to be around here.
We're looking for a white male that's not wearing a T-shirt.
Check this guy right here in the garage.
Hey! Hands.
Don't play this game.
Turn around.
What are you just hiding right there? - Actually, to be honest with you, I throwed the - Weed? water pipe, bong in there.
Throwing a bunch of stuff.
You threw what? There's a water bong in there.
Oh, okay, I see.
What's this? A marijuana pipe.
A marijuana pipe? So, what's going on down the street, or what's going on down there with your neighbor? Nothing.
Nothing? He come over here.
What happened to your face? Well, he proceeded to just get up and not like what I was saying at my place and insisted and punched me.
Knocked me clear in, down up under there, and was going to take over me, you know? And what was this all about? Actually, sir, to be honest with you, I was going to open that back window up, and I didn't want to pop the screen, I just wanted to pull the window through.
No sense in getting the screen all broke loose.
- And he insisted - Man, you been drinking a lot today.
So what's this all about? I mean, not a lot, but a couple beers since I been home.
So what's this all about? Hey, what's this all about? Nothing.
I don't even know the man.
That's the first time I met him in my life.
Howdy.
What's going on? Well, (bleep) hit me from behind, kind of stumbled me.
Then he came and hit me again, and I fell down, and he started kicking me and hitting me again and told me I'm not supposed to have any ideas.
And where do you live? Right here, this next house.
Okay.
You don't live here? No.
So, this all happened over here? Yeah.
About what? About me making a suggestion.
About how, you know, how to take out those windows, 'cause he - wanted air - So, this is all about you making a suggestion for windows? Right, he said Right, okay.
And he kept saying, "This is my house, this is my house.
Don't tell me how to do things!" And I say, "Okay, man.
No problem.
" So I went back, getting ready to do what I was, you know, what he asked me to do.
Yup.
And so, I did that, and then he came up and hit me from behind.
From behind.
Yeah.
Where'd he hit you? In the back of your head? Right here, first.
First hit was here.
These came afterwards when I was on the ground.
Turn around now.
Turn around for me real quick.
So, the scrapes How'd you get scraped back here? When you fell down or what? Where? Oh, you got one right on the back of your head where - you got blood - Well, 'cause I was up against whatever was on the floor and whatever's up against the wall.
How'd he get a scrape on his nose? On his what? How'd he get a scrape on him? Oh! As a matter of fact, that's what it was by.
'Cause he tried to He pried off There's a two-by-four, a piece of a two-by-four that ran across the top of that window, but it above the window.
He pried it off, and it hit him in, you know, the nose, and he That wasn't from you? That's where he got his bloody nose from.
And I'll guarantee you, that two-by-four is still laying there And that wasn't from you? No.
Hell, no.
Look, I ain't got nothing on my knuckles except my blood.
Stay in here and hang out, okay? All right.
How'd you get the scrape on your nose? Dude right there.
From? You got that scrape from him? Yeah, that's what this is over.
He insisted I pull that board out of there on taking that back screen off, and I wanted to come on the inside and take the window out.
And that's how you got a scrape on your nose? Yeah.
So, then, how did he get his injuries? I grabbed him and tackled him down and you know, made, - like, a citizen's arrest on his ass - A citizen's arrest? Well, he can't do that on my own property.
Weren't you guys both over here talking about that? You invited him over here.
Weren't you guys? Didn't you? I didn't invite him.
He come over, he went in my pool.
Hey, what did you guys do before this? About him going to get the beer or whatever.
Oh, what else? Nothing else.
Did you invite him over here with his tools? No, he kept going.
Said, "I'd go in the house and get my drill gun.
" I tried to stall it off 'cause I was going to go get mine, but he was insistent on seeing what kind of drill I had.
Trying to check everything, take inventory.
He was overbearing.
So, then when you decide to make the citizen's arrest, that's when you what? Tackled him down, drug him out, to get out of my house and off my property, and I draw a line out there.
Oh, what else? That was it.
From you tackling him, he got all cut up? I don't know how cut up he is, if he done something since then.
Well, he's got blood all over him.
That's mine.
That's your blood from that? Yeah, 'cause I was over the top of him, holding him down.
- So, all that blood, all of the blood on him - Is from me.
From that little scrape? It was just dripping all over, and I didn't want to move or get off the top of him.
My blood was dripping all over the man.
This is his shirt.
Turn it inside out, there's blood on it somewhere.
This is the shirt that has all you blood on it? There was a lot more, but I went up to the faucet and cleaned up, too There isn't hardly any blood on that, compared to what he's got all over him.
It's just drips, all.
Hey, you want to just watch him now? I'm going to jail on my own property, and he's not? I don't understand it.
Yeah, yeah.
How could that happen? Ain't this America? What do you mean, how could that happen? I mean, I don't have a right to defend my own property? A man's going to insist on breaking through my back screen? And punch me in the mouth? And I can't take him down? Well, (bleep) America, then.
That's ridiculous! Sit down! I'm sorry, but I'm serious.
I'm not going to play this game with you.
No, if you can't defend your own property in America, what country can you? I want to go there.
I know you're doing your job.
I give my heart to you.
You guys are out there, but that's No, that's But I feel like if you pulled up and seen that, you would take that man and tell him he ain't allowed over on this side of the street.
You want me to tell him he's not allowed on this side of the street? I'll be happy to tell him that.
No, I don't own that street.
He's allowed that whole alley.
That's a right of way.
Never mind, man.
I'll do my time proudly.
All right.
Saw that right on the table, and then once we got him into custody, I found that in his pocket.
And you found that where he hid it in the wall.
I searched all the other stuff.
Um, I say we take him for assault, causing bodily injury, - possession of schedule one for marijuana - God bless America.
and, uh, possession of drug paraphernalia, too.
Yup, yup.
Sounds good to me.
Let's do it.
Here we go, boys, again.
Going to jail.
He just needs, if someone's offering him help, maybe to take their advice instead of getting angry when they say something that he doesn't like.
All right.
Yup.
Right now, what we did is, coming down the east side of town here and saw a known prostitute enter into one of the rent-by-hour motels with a male companion.
They saw us drive by, kind of gave the shoulder look and hurried in there.
Was able to identify the male based on his license plate, and it shows that he's got a warrant locally here.
So, we've got another unit coming our way.
We're going to head over there and knock on the door, try and talk to them, and see what they're up to in there.
David 375.
We're going to be making contact at number four.
Spokane police! Come to the door! Right now he's probably more worried about being in here with this young lady than his warrant at this point.
Come out here, man.
For me? Yeah.
Get your hand out of your pocket for me.
Put your hand behind your back.
Just relax.
Put your hand behind your back and relax.
Okay.
Where's the young lady? Where's the young lady? She's in the bathroom.
Okay.
Where's your ID at, man? It's in my pocket.
Okay, which pocket? In my wallet.
Okay, where's that at? Right here or in the back pocket? Back pocket.
Okay.
What's your name? You know you got a local warrant? in custody.
Who's this young lady? Her name's Becky, man.
Becky, come on out of the bathroom.
- Oh - Come on out here.
What are we doing? Have a seat there.
Are you renting this room? No? Who's renting the room? What are we doing here? I just came with him.
Okay.
Well, how come you guys were hiding? He wouldn't answer the door until I told him we were coming in, and then you decided to hide in the bathroom until I call you out and know that you were here already.
Somebody else in there? Why don't you come on out? Have a seat right there on the stairs for me.
Okay.
Spokane police department! I know you're inside there.
I know there's other people in there.
Right now, you need to come out with your hands up, one at a time.
We're not leaving.
Come out with your hands up.
Turn around.
Turn around and walk backwards.
You got her, Conrad? This way.
Bring the bag.
Come with us.
Go ahead and take her, Dodson.
Turn around.
Turn around.
Put your hands back here.
Turn around.
Walk backwards to me.
Watch the threshold, there.
Hands behind your back.
Who else is in there? There's one more person in there.
Who's got the dope in there? He does, I don't.
Okay, where is it? He's got it? How much? Is he eating it? I don't know how much.
- I don't know how much - Is he eating it? I don't know what he's doing with it.
He's been hiding in the shower.
Has he been trying to act like he wants to get rid of it? Mm-mm.
She's saying just white, possibly Kevin.
Kevin, come on out! Hand on your head.
Walk backwards.
Just keep on him.
I'll cover and I'll take him.
Keep walking backwards.
Keep your hands up, man! Keep coming.
Keep coming.
You and I both know that there's drugs in there.
There's four people refusing to come out of the bathroom.
I feel you.
And I have a feeling that's where it's going to be.
Uh-huh.
- Okay, so - I've already told the other officer that drove off where all the drugs were at in that bathroom.
Okay, well, I'm looking for some cooperation as to who I can say this belongs to.
So when I write up my affidavit and my report when we find it, that I can say that I've got information that this belongs to so and so, so that somebody that is in there because of a warrant - not because of drugs - Right.
doesn't get hit with it.
All right.
So, those drugs and all the needles and all the pipes and everything that was in there belongs to one person.
And that is Pepe.
Which one is he? The one in the red with the hat.
Okay, where was all that stuff when I knocked on the door? Getting all gathered up and stashed away, I guess.
Where was it? On him.
Everything was on him? So he's the dealer? Mm-hmm.
Pepe is? Mm-hmm.
Okay, and so you came here to buy from him? Mm-hmm.
I've been hanging out all day.
I helped him pay for the room for today.
Okay.
So you came here but your purpose was to come here and buy from him? Oh, yes.
Not from somebody else? No.
From Pepe.
So you were going to get it from him, then what did he do with it while you guys were hiding in there? Stashing it in the bathroom.
Where at? Um, in the, in the washcloth above the toilet.
Okay.
In the green cleaning thing between the toilet and the wall.
All right, why don't you go ahead and slide back.
First place I'm going to check is where our witness told me I'm going to find stuff, which is right up here.
And see now we're getting quite a few big rocks here.
This is the first place that she said we'd find stuff.
Looks like we got a couple of pills, and who knows what these are, we'll have to find out, identify those, but here we've got what looks like some crystal meth.
Quite quite large rocks.
This is exactly what she said we'd find in here.
All right, well, here's the deal, okay? You and I both know there's a lot of drugs in that room right now.
So, if you want to give me any information as to who it belongs to or take responsibility if it belonged to you, then that will make things easier.
I don't know anything that's in there.
You don't know anything in there? What was going on in the bathroom? Uh, people were hiding.
Huh? People hiding, that's about it.
Okay.
All right, well, these folks are going to talk to you here real quick.
Just trying to get one little misdemeanor warrant off the street, and we got a ton of drugs out of there, four people arrested on it, and probably a lot more charges to come.
I've got him at gunpoint.
At gunpoint, 132 and Bush.
Cover is Code Three.