COPS (1989) s25e05 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.
How you doing? Officer Johnson, Atlanta.
You know why I stopped you? No, I don't know why you stopped me.
Seemed like you rolled through that stop sign.
All right, the other thing is your-your registration's expired.
You got your driver's license, proof of insurance on you? Just had a vehicle pull off on me.
He's actually struggling up Windsor right now 'cause he's got a flat tire.
I'll be with him in just a second.
Uh, we just had a unit, had a vehicle take off from and subject's bailed out.
We're right around the corner.
We're gonna try to cut him off.
Get on the ground! Running towards Whitehall Terrace.
Get on the ground now! Atlanta Police! Get down! Right there, right there! Hands behind your back.
Hands behind your back now! Put your hand behind your back! I'm gonna spray you again! Here.
Here.
Hands! Hands! Put your hands behind your back! Now! Give me your hands! Please, hold it! Please, Officer, please.
- It don't got to be - Put your other hand behind your back! Hook this one, hook this one! Hook this one! Quit fighting! Please, sir, I can't breathe.
I got one hooked.
I got his arm.
Yo, dude, stop turning! Stop turning! Keep 'em coming! Keep 'em coming! Uh, we're in the park right across from What is it? 540? 540? Do not fight.
Copy.
In the park across from 540 You need to relax.
Hook him.
Hurry, hurry.
I can't help it.
All right, we got him.
Yeah.
Please.
Oh! Oh! Please! Oh! Stay down! - Wait, I can't breathe! - Stay down.
If you're yelling, you're breathing.
Oh.
I know I ran.
I know I ran, sir, please.
Somebody put something on.
Hold your head back, homie.
I've got the driver.
Do you have ID? I don't remember, sir.
- Huh? - I don't know.
I don't know if I got photo ID.
You don't know if you have photo ID? I don't remember right now.
You remember? I asked you for your license and you took off, remember that? Okay.
Yeah, that's what happened.
You almost ran my damn feet over.
When the police came around, I took off through the park with everybody else.
Seeing as how you were the only person in the car, I'm-I'm trying to figure out who else ran.
Here's what's gonna happen, boss.
We're gonna get up.
Yeah.
Listen to me, you've been pepper sprayed.
Yeah.
It's very, very irritating.
- I've been pepper sprayed myself.
- Yeah.
We're gonna go out to the street, and you're not gonna fight us anymore, okay? Here, help me up.
Come on up.
You ran that far, you can walk a little further.
Turn around.
We're going the other way.
You shouldn't have done what you did.
I got to give you props, though.
You ran good to be that heavy.
Come on.
Pick them feet up.
- Pepper spray? - Yeah.
Pepper spray right here.
You just light him up for, uh, what? Uh, well, basically he, uh It appeared that he ran a stop sign right in front of me, so I said, "Ah, let me check him out.
" Uh, he had a blown-out taillight, and when I ran his information, it came back expired, so I went up to the window, spoke with him.
He says, "Oh, it's my little brother's car.
" I was, "Okay, let me see your driver's license, proof of insurance.
" That's when he takes off, almost runs over my feet.
Go back and toss that car.
See what's in it.
I'd be willing to bet there's something in it.
Basically.
That or something's wrong with him.
Yeah.
All right.
Appreciate it.
Any time.
So, we're gonna check the car and see what the deal is with the car.
I just put it in park.
What was blown out? Oh, wow.
Yeah, that tire was blown.
It was like that when you pulled him over? When I pulled him over, the tire was blown.
Oh, this is a fresh stolen.
Is that a screwdriver right there? That is.
That's a fresh stolen, people.
Screwdriver's right here, and the, uh, freshly torn ignition.
It's completely ripped out, and that screwdriver right there, wedged in-between the seat, this is what they'll use.
They can jam it off, especially on these older vehicles.
Once they get that ignition out, it's very easy to turn the vehicle off and turn the vehicle on.
This is essentially their key when they steal these vehicles.
So that, that will add to his charge just 'cause this is considered possession of tool during the commission of a felony.
This tool is directly related to him stealing this car and fleeing from police.
Do you remember me from earlier? Have you been explained what's going on? Uh, not as not-not formally, I guess, I would say.
Okay, well, you're gonna be charged with the fleeing and eluding, possession of tools, the obstruction Possession of what tools? The ignition's popped, there's a screwdriver you used to start that vehicle.
That's a tool that's used in the commission of a felony.
Just for my peace of mind, why? Only reason I ran 'cause I was standing up top with the-with the-with the other younger guys, and when the police came, they took off You do realize that the Atlanta Police Department's fleet is now equipped with dash cam and audio? If you want to stick to that story, you can stick to that story, but I know definitively that that's not the truth.
I mean, is it because you had a suspended license? You just didn't want to go to jail tonight or? 'Cause you, I mean, dude, you could not have possibly come any closer to running his feet over.
I didn't I wasn't driving.
You wasn't driving? Uh-uh.
All right, dude.
That's the story you want to go with.
We both know what's up.
If that's what you want to say, that's what you want to say, but we're gonna get this paper wrapped up, all right? And then you're gonna be going down to Fulton County Jail later, okay? Well, luckily, nobody got hurt tonight.
It's a shame when people run like this.
They put everybody at risk.
Luckily, we got him nabbed up.
We got the car off the streets, so it's a win-win.
My wife has two sisters.
One lives in Wales, and the other one lives in, uh, London.
So every year we make a trip to London, stay with family, two of which are police officers there.
I was able to do a ride-along in London, and, uh, what I learned was all over the world, cops are the same.
We carry ourselves the same, we, uh, we have the same goals.
We want to throw bad guys in jail.
Now receiving an update that shots fired hit a building.
We've got a report of a party shooting off guns, a party armed.
Supposed to be a Hispanic male in a white shirt with khaki shorts.
He was seen walking by officers before the shots were fired earlier in this area, so we're just riding around in this area, trying to see if we can pick him up, walking through the alleys or something.
She said they were last seen running westbound on Park and it's sort of that little park.
Right there.
- Put your hands up.
- Hands up! Look, I got something, bro.
Lay down.
Put your hands up! Put your hands right there.
- Put your hands up.
- Put your hands up there.
Don't grab for your waistband.
Lay down.
Do not move.
Damn, bro.
- We're getting him in custody - You got a gun on you? Yeah, bro.
What is this, Brandon? Uh, Lawn-Lawndale.
Lawndale, and he is armed.
I have one in the head.
- So, don't put no Yeah, don't - There's one in the head, bro.
I'm gonna undo your belt.
All right, fair.
How old are you, bro? Uh, 18.
You're 18? Hey, they're both strapped.
This guy's got a gun, and he's saying it could go off.
Yeah, there's one in the head, bro.
Nothing else? No.
He says there's one in it.
You can clear, they're both Ugh! Get off, get off my damn arm, man.
You're on my fucking arm.
- shot fired, on Lawndale - 'Cause you on my arm, bro.
- It about to hurt.
- How old are you? - Huh? - I'm not even 18.
Well, you 17? No.
You're what? How old are you? - 16.
- 16? Hey, Pitts, can you come here for a second? I don't got nothing else.
I know what you got.
Roll over.
Put this leg in.
Stand up.
Stand up.
The 9-year-old child said it's out of control.
All right, sit down.
How old are you? - 16.
- You're 16? Why is this funny, man? Huh? He almost got shot.
How he almost get shot? He was trying to dump the gun.
It's on tape, brother.
Y'all be assuming.
All right, man.
Yeah, but we ain't gonna We're gonna assume the worst.
We're not sitting here to debate with you what you're gonna do - with that gun, so - All right.
I think the guy that I that I tackled had this one.
Smith & Wesson, uh, 40VE handgun, it was loaded, it had one in the pipe.
Um, this one looks like some sort of MAC-11 knockoff.
Uh, it also was loaded with one in the pipe.
A lot of times these are auto fully automatic.
They can modify them.
It's a MAC-11.
It's got a 30-round magazine.
Uh, it could do a lot of damage.
What were you thinking, man? I don't know.
You don't know? Well, why you rolling out here like that? You know, you're-you're part of the problem, not the solution.
Do you realize that? I don't want to see you end up hurt because you want to roll out here like a thug.
You know what I mean? You-you came really close to making a super bad decision.
We both saw it.
We both know what you're talking about.
What? You was gonna shoot me? - I would've shot you, yes - Shoot me right now, then.
No.
I would've shot you if you pulled that gun out, okay? That's not something I want to do.
I wasn't gonna pull no gun out on you.
You tried to get rid of it.
You were trying to get rid of it, at least.
Man, I ain't gonna pull no gun on no cop.
Okay, come on, man.
I'm trying to help you out.
You gonna help me? How about you take these handcuffs off? Uh, why? - I mean, you're out here shooting - I'm not Who am I shooting? That's how we got this call.
Two guys shooting guns.
It's the same exact description as you exac to the shirt.
With the gray sleeves.
A-And lo and behold, you both have guns? Come on, man.
Not gonna let you go for that.
But I can help you after it.
So, what were you doing with out here with the guns? You got a beef with somebody? Somebody beefing with you? We just had a-a sh-shots called down the road, and have anything to do with you? Nothing? So, what? You just trying to walk around like a like a thug? What? I don't get it, man.
I don't get why you need that.
Is it funny? - Why'd you laugh twice? - Why you need yours? - Why you need yours? - I don't need mine.
You don't need the gun to get respect, man.
I never said I did, bro.
I'm sorry.
Y'all-y'all making up stuff, like saying bullshit.
Why do you feel the need to walk around strapped? Do you understand why we're out here? We got a call that the Hispanic male in a white shirt and tank shorts was, uh, shooting.
This one's 18.
The one kid's 16, so we're gonna have to take him to juvie.
Okay.
S-Sit right there.
Um, are you you're Mom? - Yeah.
- Okay.
When we pulled up, he got taken to the ground.
He had a gun in his waistband.
He is going to jail for CCW right now, which is carrying a concealed weapon, okay? It's a juvenile He's-he's a juvenile.
Do you have any idea why he might be carrying a gun? - La semana pasada le dieron un balazo.
- He's been shot? - Last week.
- He was shot last week? That's why he's carrying the gun now? To protect himself? When we pulled up, he tried to take it out of his waistband.
I don't know if he was trying to use it against us or if he was trying to throw it under the car or something, but either way, if he would've got it out of the waistband, the, uh.
It would've been bad.
Maybe this is a good thing that he's getting arrested Yeah, I want he's in the jail.
Yeah.
- You want him to go? - He's God, yes.
Okay.
Well, we're gonna do that for you.
I've lived here my whole life.
When I was younger, my brother-in-law was a deputy with Hillsborough County.
I thought it was interesting, so, uh, I rode with them a couple times and I fell in love with it.
My cousin's a deputy, my wife's a dispatcher.
I've been here for 21 years.
I worked in this area for everything about it.
I wouldn't do anything else.
We're gonna go check out this these two, uh, occupants of this car.
They're parked in a handicapped spot.
They're on the side of a business.
One of the doors is open, and it's 11:30 at night.
What's going on, guys? Went in and got a soda and stuff.
- Oh, did you? - Yes, sir.
Okay, do you have your driver's license on you? Uh, yes, sir.
I just got pulled over a minute ago.
- Yeah.
- Oh, you did? - Yes, sir.
- Who pulled you over? Right up there in the county.
What for? Uh, I pulled up here.
Me and him was talking, right? I was talking to him about trying to get him off the streets and everything.
Oh, okay.
And I just pulled in here and bought him the soda and stuff.
You want to step out for me here real quick? Okay.
Just put your hands up there for me.
Do you have any weapons or anything on you? Okay.
No.
Well, I got my automotive tools.
Okay, then I'll just That's fine.
Is there any kind of drugs, guns, knives, anything in the car? No.
- You don't mind if we check? - Have a search.
- All right, cool.
- Can you get out, man? Just walk back there for me, Bob.
I can't believe that.
You got pulled over twice.
Just keep an eye on him.
I just have a feeling they came up here, and they were doing some kind of pill exchange.
So, looks like we got something.
Let me see.
Well, here's a razor blade, couple of straws.
Inside here I'm not sure what we got wrapped in here.
Looks like maybe some crushed up kind of pill.
There's still a bunch in there.
We're gonna go ahead and take these two into custody for right now.
What'd I do wrong now? We'll talk about that in a minute.
My medicine is legal.
I have to have it.
Not when it's crushed up in a bag, put in a cigarette box with some straws next to it.
That's not legal.
That's not mine.
Okay, well, what is that in there? I don't know whose that is.
All right.
- Well, we'll figure - I don't use that.
We'll figure that out in a minute, but that's either cocaine or it's crushed up pills.
All right.
- Um, stand by.
- Okay.
No drugs, no nothing.
How long's he been in the car with you tonight? Uh, for about a hour and a half.
An hour and a half? And what has he done in the car while he was He ain't done nothing except talk to me.
That was it.
All right, listen to me, okay? 'Kay.
This is what we need, all right? I need you to tell me the truth, because right now both of you are about to go to jail, okay? And if my man over here that you're with has nothing to do with this, then he doesn't need to take the ride, and you need to man up and tell me what happened, okay? Okay.
So listen to what I got to say, okay? Who brought that cigarette pack in the car? He did.
He did? He's saying you did.
No.
Did he Is he trying to buy any of your pills from you? No.
No.
Are you selling your pills? No.
Okay, then why-why is that cigarette pack between y'all? Because he's snorting it up his nose.
He's snorting it up his nose.
Is he snorting it in front of you? Yep.
Did you snort some, too? No, I will never do that.
Okay, where's your pills at in that car? On the on the My side on the floorboard.
On your Are they in a bag or are they what? They're in the bag.
Okay.
Oh, I didn't even I didn't get to that side yet because we were See, these are hydrocodone.
These are cari-carisoprodol.
This was just filled on the 15th of this month for - And they're gone.
- They're gone.
This is filled for 90 on the 15th also, and they're That's not there-there's probably about 50 pills there.
Step back out, Bob.
What did we decide? I'm telling the truth.
I've been taking them.
Okay.
All right, well, let me ask you a question.
You got the oxycodone in one bottle.
That was filled on the 15th.
Right.
It's what? The 27th? Okay.
You got 120 of them in a bottle.
That was less than ten days ago, and they're all gone.
See what I'm saying again? I take two at night.
Okay, you take two at night.
Does that add up? Yeah.
Bob, does that add up? Doesn't add up.
But I sometimes have to pull out my calculator and calculate things up, but I know that doesn't add up.
Can you explain to me why he only has like, about I can tell you what I have heard through the grapevine, but I don't know nothing What did you hear through the grapevine? I have heard through the grapevine that he goes out here and near the stuff on a stuff like that and people give him money and stuff, but that's the only thing I have heard, but I don't know if it's true or not.
You haven't snorted any pills tonight? No, sir.
Put your nose up for me.
I don't snort no pills, no nothing.
You have white powder all up in your nose, bro.
There ain't no white powder up my nose.
Yeah, you do.
No, no.
Do that for me again? - No - There's all kinds of white powder.
Better not be.
I can see it plain as day.
You can't lie to me in my face.
Now tell me like a man what you been doing 'cause I want to know the truth.
Didn't buy no drugs, nothing from him.
I have not.
I didn't say you bought anything.
I don't do that.
Okay, but you been snorting the pills 'cause I can see it in your nose.
He told me flat out, with my back hurting, right? If I wanted something, right? He can give me something and do it this way.
That's it.
So, did you snort some of the stuff that was crushed up in the bag? - That he had? - That he had? Yes, sir.
He had all that.
He had all that? - Yes, sir.
- Okay.
He told me flat out it'd help me out with my back.
Said it's a pain pill.
Mm-hmm.
That was it.
He said he takes it for his ankle.
Okay.
That was it.
'Cause he know I had a wreck and everything and hurt my back.
- Mm-hmm.
- That was it.
All right, man.
We'll be back with you in a minute.
He finally told me the truth.
He said that he got in the car with all the stuff, and he takes all that for his ankle.
Well, his back's hurting, so he asked him He told him that, you know, if you take some of this, throw some of this pill, it'll help your back out.
So then he snorted some of the pills with him and he wanted, you know trying to cure his back.
It's a painkiller.
Both of them are gonna be going to jail for controlled substance tonight and paraphernalia.
I've got him at gunpoint.
At gunpoint, 132 and Bush.
Cover is Code Three.