Street Justice (1991–1993): Season 2, Episode 13 - A Sense of Duty - full transcript
hey
what's up g ton zeroed out in that last
load already man
yeah except for what's left in my ride
next generation eats my candy like
mama's milk
i'm putting stuff in every school in
your territory
you know you deal on my turf you gotta
pay my fee man
hey kick it i'll pay you soon you've
been saying soon for the last three
weeks man
that's all played out you'll get the
money ramon
good luck you know that yeah i'm low
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hey come here hey
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you weren't supposed to shoot no kid man
what's your kid saw me all right
just help me find you get this kid
what do we have victim's a pusher it's
called little jimmy
any witnesses yeah i want a boy he asked
for you by name
fun
joey
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joy did you see what happened
it's okay joey it's okay
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we really need your help joey
as district attorney it's my job to put
bad people in prison and i can't do that
if you won't help me
boudreaux
hey joey i didn't know you liked
basketball
who's your favorite player
magic johnson ah
chuck nevitt
you know i'm kind of partial scotty
pimping myself
you must have a favorite player i guess
i like jordan best
there you go oh that man he can't really
fly kenny
i appreciate the effort sergey but i
don't see our little eyewitness helping
as much
he just needs some time all right unless
there's some reason he's not talking
he's scared to death
he's just gonna talk in his own time
right joey
i'm so glad you're here what is it
jennifer this is assistant district
attorney
mike sperling jennifer kramer joey's mom
i have reason to believe that your son
may be a material witness to a murder
miss
kramer what he witnessed this murder
while unsupervised in the vicinity of
violent drug dealers
joey knows he's supposed to go straight
home after school every day
my neighbor looks after him huh
says here that uh permanent custody of
the boy isn't final for another six
months how is this relevant it's not
relevant sergeant
not necessarily
he has no idea who i am and he's
accusing me of being a bad mother
he's not accusing you of anything he's
he's just pushing a little too hard
while trying to do his job
no he just has no idea what it's like to
be a single mother
i work 12 hours a day just so i can stay
two months behind my bills
i'm sure it's very difficult forever
yeah it is
but i do my best do do you think that i
like it that joy comes home to an empty
house every day
jennifer hey joey
um i i came as soon as i heard um
i like to do anything i can to help
what makes you think i need your help
ready
jennifer uh i i don't believe you've met
miguel mendez yet
hi nice mention
thank you we gotta go
was it something at the playground joey
don't worry about it when you remember
what it was you just give me a call okay
any time now all right buddy
you know when you saw that it was joey
you should have just pretended that he
wasn't there
he asked for me grady besides i can't
just walk away from a witness to a
murder little jimmy was smoked
on g-rock's turf they hear that joey's
talking against him i wouldn't take bets
on his future
yeah that's right come on b can you make
a case without him
he is my case nine years or 90 we all
have a duty to testify
fine all right well i just thought you
of all people might have learned by now
that people
come before duty yo sometimes you can't
separate the two
well that's fine all right then then you
can be the one to tell jennifer all
right
gee i'm sorry you know that your son's
dead but hey
come on he did his duty
i'll go see if i can calm down late
tonight
okay what a gritty mean you should have
learned by now
grady was the same age as joey when we
were in the medic
camp together i had a choice
i could take a medical discharge and
just leave with him or
go off and finish the mission i started
when i was wounded
the mission that saved those down flyers
yeah
the same mission that left this
eight-year-old
orphan out there to fend for himself for
nearly 20 years
well you did what you had to do and then
you went back to find him
yeah but malloy that doesn't change what
happened well nor will the fact that
you're blaming yourself again
i didn't have to bring joey in i didn't
have to accept the mission i didn't have
to do any of it
but it was the right thing to do
i'm scared adam are you sure there's no
other way look
i'm working on finding one okay but
until i do if i do it's really important
that joey tested
look i know it's scary but believe me
it's the right thing to do
less than a year ago you helped me
rescue joey and now you are willing to
risk his life at the hands of a killer
who's gonna be out of jail in a year
anyway don't you think i'm agonizing
about that but i have a duty
i also have a duty to protect joey and
you can rest assured i will
my son was playing basketball and now
someone wants to kill him there's gonna
be a police car
out there at all times protecting you
and joey
just bear with me for a few more days
please
please jennifer i'm scared adam
i'm really really scared i know i know
you have a right to be well
i only have one rule really about
breaking up and that is if at all
possible try to be the breaker
not the breaky well yeah well am i
stupid or what marlin cause i just
thought that
jennifer and i we would still be friends
why'd you break over there anyway
i i just i wasn't ready for the
responsibility of
a kid ah i get it
look if you could have saw how scared he
looked all right
maybe maybe this wouldn't happen if i
wouldn't have just been thinking about
myself
you were jennifer's boyfriend not joey's
father yeah but i
acted like it sometimes you know we
we did things together just the two of
us
he'd talk i'd listen oh a good friend
pops to mind
i had a good friend huh why left all
right
i need to say goodbye i just left
never too late for a second chance
hi hi
jennifer i uh came by to apologize for
the way i handled things
don't you think it's a little late for
that
well i was hoping not code 3
all units in the vicinity of 456 south
sunglow report immediately
shots fired officer down
151 responding hit it
hi brady
sketch
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i mean what if you hadn't been here what
would i have done
it's okay jennifer you're gonna be okay
all right and joey you're gonna be okay
you gotta believe that yeah
thank you
you said that you were gonna take care
of them
you think i feel good about this now
what the hell was a cop car that was
supposed to be protecting them give me a
break grady
the cop went down cop fell from a g-rock
pill
so the protection would roll what
perfect officers had to respond
that's procedure oh well you just go and
you tell jennifer and joy about
procedure all right i'm sure they'll be
glad to hear it
venezuela you've been talking trash
about smoking another gym i've got a
dress for you
yes let's go you're going nowhere why
huh
by the time you get your warrant or
whatever the hell it is your procedure
says you need valenzuela's gonna come
back and shoot again
next time you won't miss i'll handle
ramon valenzuela my way
ramon 5 0.
yo everybody just chilling right
so what gives you the right to harass on
the citizens uncontrollable i'm not
worried about
a citizen's back off it's you i care
about oh yeah what you're looking for
man i'm looking for guns
guns using a drive-by ain't no guns here
man all right we'll see
rip it apart all of it there's anything
in there even a space shell casing find
it
you're sorry arrest for attempted murder
what a joke
hey the people on the other end of your
joyride weren't laughing get him out of
here rockman
there must be some other way like if
we'd found anything
time to the murder of the drive-by maybe
the place was clean okay then there must
be another witness someone else who saw
this
well we've interviewed anyone who would
talk to us
jennifer i've tried everything else
he's just a boy and no boy should have
to go through anything like this i agree
the next time it may not be a drug
dealer the next victim may be a boy just
like joy
and if he testifies the next victim
could be joey himself
and the truth is if he doesn't testify
the next victim could be joey himself
okay
hi
okay joey i'm gonna bring some men into
that room
i want you to take a look at them tell
me if you recognize anybody okay
okay all right
bring him in
can you see me no
is the man that frightens you at your
school in that room
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i don't want him to hurt us he's going
to hurt us no no he won't hurt you
oh please sperling
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i'm gonna go home you have to tell us
look jennifer i know this is hard
please
i'm sorry but i made up my mind i cannot
do this to him
he's got to talk no he doesn't
you've made a very big mistake i used my
best judgment as a mother mr sperling
well you may want to reassess that
there's nothing left to reassess
then you'll have to live with the
consequences you have 48 hours to change
your mind what are you talking about
if you don't child services is going to
remove joey from your custody
pending a hearing on your fitness to be
a parent
did you know about this adam i'm just as
surprised as you are
i thought blackmail was illegal sperling
yes
and what do you think you're doing what
i do doesn't much matter
what happens next is entirely after the
young lady here just know this
once i take your boy the chance of you
regaining permanent custody is
practically nil
well for two humble throw
one more striking around a minute oh
what sperling's doing is wrong he's
operating within the law
since when does the law stick you in the
back huh oh come on joey's in this
predicament because of me
and law no law i won't just hang him and
jennifer out to dry
what kind of cop what kind of friend
does that make me okay what do you want
me to do
authorize additional protection for the
boy at least until i can find a way to
nail this valenzuela
adam i would like to help but there just
isn't the manpower to protect everybody
no no what you mean is there isn't
enough manpower to protect those who
won't cooperate charlie
i wish i could deny that but in my job
i'm bound by protocol i can only protect
an active witness
oh now where are you going won't protect
him
then i will
miguel wake up
have you seen julian jennifer i asked
him to wait for me uh pass him in the
hall she seemed pretty upset
all right you come with me i may need
you
where are we going mom i don't know yet
honey
now where are you going away
they'll track you down jennifer let me
help
haven't you done enough already please i
grew up in the streets
i know what it's like looking over your
shoulder let us help you
i used to be a banger well maybe you can
talk to this ramon god maybe he'll
listen to you
unfortunately ramon's way past talking
well then
we're leaving no jennifer wait look
like it or not we're all you enjoy you
have trust me
trust us please
okay
we have um a couple more bags in there
look don't worry just take your things
get in the car we'll get them
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so
this is all my fault hey
it is not yes it is they're trying to
hurt us because of me
i should have just run look running
never gets you anywhere
aren't we running now this is just until
you're safe
when will that be soon
hey why don't you go watch tv with grady
and miguel okay
go
this is not easy to explain
no
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let's just play it out this is number
one in the country
i'm just looking jammed she's been
kicking my feet
number one oh
somebody's got tastes around here all
right this this is the plan guys
ready you take the days 8 a.m to p.m
miguel get the night shift
you have a problem with us with your
schedule no
people with the way you're handling this
yeah i have a problem
okay you know better of all i know
are that these punks are strutting
around the streets like they own it
and jennifer and joey are locked up here
like a couple of prisoners
and these things take time all right how
much time
huh let me wait until joey collects
social security
until it's safe for them to leave yeah
all right
okay thank you very much bye
joey's teacher's gonna let him make up
the work he's missing that's great yeah
thanks you know i uh
i could show him some martial arts in
the meantime i don't know don't you
think he's um
a little too young for that still no no
i was about his age when i started and
god knows
what i did for my confidence
i think it would be good
still mad at me
what makes you say that well you
wouldn't be normal if you weren't
well i mean one minute everything's just
great
and then the next minute it's over like
that
over
i know i'm
i'm really sorry jennifer hey
i'm a big girl you don't have to explain
to me yes i do i acted like a total jerk
i got over it grady but um
joy didn't for months he asked me
where's grady isn't grady coming over
anymore
i i i can make it up to him
why should i trust you this time grady
because i
i know what he's missing all right i do
i
i grew up missing the exact same things
well i mean maybe it would be good for
him
well yeah so we're on no you and joey
are on
well yeah that's why i mean joining me
as long as we get that straight
okay joey joe
hey big guy
would you like me to teach you some
martial arts
yeah really okay uh try front kick
yeah roundhouse
okay a hook you do all of them
joy listen me and you
together we're gonna protect your mom
yeah okay okay
so what kid disappears just like that
huh
what that look like i'm a freaking fbi
yeah well i'm trying to find them
rapidly you hear me
and why we gotta kill him man he's a
little boy we got him scared already
it's already been decided
it's bad enough now man you're just
gonna bring more heat on us for no good
reason man
only reason we need is i say so you got
that i know the man's rep
you keep it up look at us out of
business bro who elongate
he's a lightweight man you let me handle
it
you're talking about me ramon
so what you're gonna search this place
too on patrol
oh you got real bad manners it's
impolite to this man behind his back
he puts you up to this didn't he
damascus huh
you didn't want to do the drive-by huh
you didn't want to pull up the people's
house now did you
did you i don't know what you're talking
about man
i think you do get out of here petrol
why
you afraid your homeboy here is going to
drop a dime on you
hamas if i were you
i'd watch my back i hear your man here
has
very good aim
ugh
no mom
mom no
mom
no no mom mom joe
joy joy wake up wake up
it's okay michael
there were these men
what men i don't know they had black
masks they came they took
mommy they said they were gonna hurt her
that's just a bad dream
no one's gonna hurt you or your mother
joey how do you know
because me grady and pedro will make
sure
i like having you guys around i don't
like being around
it's my good luck charm no more bad guys
i'm gonna get some sleep
thank you
so it was adam who stood up for you huh
without him i i guess i'd be banging out
license plates yeah
yeah adam helped me out too with joey
yeah i know uh grady he told me all
about
it yeah
i loved watching you with joey
i get a lot of practice with my little
brother
i just wish this would end
i know how about a hug
i need a hug thanks
morning
i'll just go check on joey
joey's gone what
what are you talking about your son is
gone alright he left this for you
mom i'm gonna make things safe for us
with your mom love joey
oh my god that's great
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you hear anything you let me know
what no sign of either of them oh god
we're gonna get joey he's gonna be okay
yeah what if it's too late huh
it's not too late jennifer i should
really be out there i should be out
there i should be looking for him
you're better off here joey may even
show up i'll send officer kelsey up to
keep you company
okay but you call me as soon as you hear
anything okay
man we make the keystone cops look like
consummate professionals
it's great
miguel hmm
yeah miguel what happened oh i i'll tell
you
i'll tell you what happened you just got
a little too caught up in the scenery
huh
nothing happened right even if it did
it's none of your business oh no see
you're wrong man cause when you let joey
walk out right from under your nose it's
my business
enough all right look whatever's going
on between you two and jennifer
that is your business but mine's finding
joey are you with me
two days ago joey was afraid to look at
ramon now
why isn't he afraid of him anymore i
told him that him
and i would help protect his mother i
thought they would make him feel better
the kid might be caring come on man no
he has a gun
and his school would be like picking up
a pack of baseball cards well you better
hope not
i'm heading over to the g rock hanging
out
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so
ramon valenzuela
who's asking the father you got an
invitation
i want to talk to remote unless you get
a warrant we don't got to let you in
you listen to the law school amigo
i suggest you let us in oh for what
you're gonna report us to the police
homeboy
oh
yo essay
where's ramon
it's my ladder's keeper man
what about the boy joey kramer
never heard of him bro i've got a
witness
sitting downtown willing to testify that
he saw ramon valenzuela killed little
jimmy
yeah tell me about it you don't believe
me
i'm gonna put ramon away for a very long
time
which means you're gonna be in charge
and since i feel that you're a very
bright guy i'm gonna give you an
opportunity
to give me an opportunity to eat
to breathe to walk down the street
without seeing my shadow right behind
you
as you see if i don't get what i want
that's exactly where i'm gonna be
you so much as jaywalk i'm gonna bust
you
keep talking look all i want is your
word
that you'll keep your gang away from
joey kramer and his mom forever
you so much as musk that kid's hair
our deal's off and if i don't go for
this deal
you know there's six of your homeboys
outside you go see them
or you could become number seven
okay but you got your deal man where's
joey you left her with ramon 10 minutes
before you got here
said something about going back to the
apartment
better not be too late
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ah
hey this are you looking for huh pedro
put the gun down oh no kid came to me
man
i wanted to get some kind of deal with
that right joey boy you're toast ramon
might as well let the kid go so you're
supporting a badge too now how miguel
what's this some kind of trick no
take me let the boy go remote
oh i can't do that troll
you ain't worth nothing to me
come on
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ready it's not worth it grady
next time i won't be there next time
is he the one joey
is he the one that was on your school
yard
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don't worry joey you won't touch your
mother again
no yeah jennifer told me what went down
man
there's no problem that's it then
no
i should have trusted you all right in
the future i will
i'm glad to hear it yeah i mean i figure
uh if i ever need a friend
we'll be there huh
count on it holmes i come out of here
i'm taking joy to the game
no no what i no no no i'm going to the
game with joey
no it's me i'm going no no no hey hey
you're both right
excuse me virgil you said uh you mean
joy we're going dude let's go no no no
no no it's joey and boudreau and me
what i said to both of you was that i
had three tickets
all right so there's one
there's two oh and uh
one for you jordan's playing tonight
have fun yes
have fun see
all right see ya
it's the least i could do after all that
happened if tomorrow you found a boy
who uh witnessed a crime do you think
he'd do it again
yeah i had my doubts there for a while
but i think that joey would be stronger
after this
something tells me that we all will be
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you
what's up g ton zeroed out in that last
load already man
yeah except for what's left in my ride
next generation eats my candy like
mama's milk
i'm putting stuff in every school in
your territory
you know you deal on my turf you gotta
pay my fee man
hey kick it i'll pay you soon you've
been saying soon for the last three
weeks man
that's all played out you'll get the
money ramon
good luck you know that yeah i'm low
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hey come here hey
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you weren't supposed to shoot no kid man
what's your kid saw me all right
just help me find you get this kid
what do we have victim's a pusher it's
called little jimmy
any witnesses yeah i want a boy he asked
for you by name
fun
joey
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joy did you see what happened
it's okay joey it's okay
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we really need your help joey
as district attorney it's my job to put
bad people in prison and i can't do that
if you won't help me
boudreaux
hey joey i didn't know you liked
basketball
who's your favorite player
magic johnson ah
chuck nevitt
you know i'm kind of partial scotty
pimping myself
you must have a favorite player i guess
i like jordan best
there you go oh that man he can't really
fly kenny
i appreciate the effort sergey but i
don't see our little eyewitness helping
as much
he just needs some time all right unless
there's some reason he's not talking
he's scared to death
he's just gonna talk in his own time
right joey
i'm so glad you're here what is it
jennifer this is assistant district
attorney
mike sperling jennifer kramer joey's mom
i have reason to believe that your son
may be a material witness to a murder
miss
kramer what he witnessed this murder
while unsupervised in the vicinity of
violent drug dealers
joey knows he's supposed to go straight
home after school every day
my neighbor looks after him huh
says here that uh permanent custody of
the boy isn't final for another six
months how is this relevant it's not
relevant sergeant
not necessarily
he has no idea who i am and he's
accusing me of being a bad mother
he's not accusing you of anything he's
he's just pushing a little too hard
while trying to do his job
no he just has no idea what it's like to
be a single mother
i work 12 hours a day just so i can stay
two months behind my bills
i'm sure it's very difficult forever
yeah it is
but i do my best do do you think that i
like it that joy comes home to an empty
house every day
jennifer hey joey
um i i came as soon as i heard um
i like to do anything i can to help
what makes you think i need your help
ready
jennifer uh i i don't believe you've met
miguel mendez yet
hi nice mention
thank you we gotta go
was it something at the playground joey
don't worry about it when you remember
what it was you just give me a call okay
any time now all right buddy
you know when you saw that it was joey
you should have just pretended that he
wasn't there
he asked for me grady besides i can't
just walk away from a witness to a
murder little jimmy was smoked
on g-rock's turf they hear that joey's
talking against him i wouldn't take bets
on his future
yeah that's right come on b can you make
a case without him
he is my case nine years or 90 we all
have a duty to testify
fine all right well i just thought you
of all people might have learned by now
that people
come before duty yo sometimes you can't
separate the two
well that's fine all right then then you
can be the one to tell jennifer all
right
gee i'm sorry you know that your son's
dead but hey
come on he did his duty
i'll go see if i can calm down late
tonight
okay what a gritty mean you should have
learned by now
grady was the same age as joey when we
were in the medic
camp together i had a choice
i could take a medical discharge and
just leave with him or
go off and finish the mission i started
when i was wounded
the mission that saved those down flyers
yeah
the same mission that left this
eight-year-old
orphan out there to fend for himself for
nearly 20 years
well you did what you had to do and then
you went back to find him
yeah but malloy that doesn't change what
happened well nor will the fact that
you're blaming yourself again
i didn't have to bring joey in i didn't
have to accept the mission i didn't have
to do any of it
but it was the right thing to do
i'm scared adam are you sure there's no
other way look
i'm working on finding one okay but
until i do if i do it's really important
that joey tested
look i know it's scary but believe me
it's the right thing to do
less than a year ago you helped me
rescue joey and now you are willing to
risk his life at the hands of a killer
who's gonna be out of jail in a year
anyway don't you think i'm agonizing
about that but i have a duty
i also have a duty to protect joey and
you can rest assured i will
my son was playing basketball and now
someone wants to kill him there's gonna
be a police car
out there at all times protecting you
and joey
just bear with me for a few more days
please
please jennifer i'm scared adam
i'm really really scared i know i know
you have a right to be well
i only have one rule really about
breaking up and that is if at all
possible try to be the breaker
not the breaky well yeah well am i
stupid or what marlin cause i just
thought that
jennifer and i we would still be friends
why'd you break over there anyway
i i just i wasn't ready for the
responsibility of
a kid ah i get it
look if you could have saw how scared he
looked all right
maybe maybe this wouldn't happen if i
wouldn't have just been thinking about
myself
you were jennifer's boyfriend not joey's
father yeah but i
acted like it sometimes you know we
we did things together just the two of
us
he'd talk i'd listen oh a good friend
pops to mind
i had a good friend huh why left all
right
i need to say goodbye i just left
never too late for a second chance
hi hi
jennifer i uh came by to apologize for
the way i handled things
don't you think it's a little late for
that
well i was hoping not code 3
all units in the vicinity of 456 south
sunglow report immediately
shots fired officer down
151 responding hit it
hi brady
sketch
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i mean what if you hadn't been here what
would i have done
it's okay jennifer you're gonna be okay
all right and joey you're gonna be okay
you gotta believe that yeah
thank you
you said that you were gonna take care
of them
you think i feel good about this now
what the hell was a cop car that was
supposed to be protecting them give me a
break grady
the cop went down cop fell from a g-rock
pill
so the protection would roll what
perfect officers had to respond
that's procedure oh well you just go and
you tell jennifer and joy about
procedure all right i'm sure they'll be
glad to hear it
venezuela you've been talking trash
about smoking another gym i've got a
dress for you
yes let's go you're going nowhere why
huh
by the time you get your warrant or
whatever the hell it is your procedure
says you need valenzuela's gonna come
back and shoot again
next time you won't miss i'll handle
ramon valenzuela my way
ramon 5 0.
yo everybody just chilling right
so what gives you the right to harass on
the citizens uncontrollable i'm not
worried about
a citizen's back off it's you i care
about oh yeah what you're looking for
man i'm looking for guns
guns using a drive-by ain't no guns here
man all right we'll see
rip it apart all of it there's anything
in there even a space shell casing find
it
you're sorry arrest for attempted murder
what a joke
hey the people on the other end of your
joyride weren't laughing get him out of
here rockman
there must be some other way like if
we'd found anything
time to the murder of the drive-by maybe
the place was clean okay then there must
be another witness someone else who saw
this
well we've interviewed anyone who would
talk to us
jennifer i've tried everything else
he's just a boy and no boy should have
to go through anything like this i agree
the next time it may not be a drug
dealer the next victim may be a boy just
like joy
and if he testifies the next victim
could be joey himself
and the truth is if he doesn't testify
the next victim could be joey himself
okay
hi
okay joey i'm gonna bring some men into
that room
i want you to take a look at them tell
me if you recognize anybody okay
okay all right
bring him in
can you see me no
is the man that frightens you at your
school in that room
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i don't want him to hurt us he's going
to hurt us no no he won't hurt you
oh please sperling
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i'm gonna go home you have to tell us
look jennifer i know this is hard
please
i'm sorry but i made up my mind i cannot
do this to him
he's got to talk no he doesn't
you've made a very big mistake i used my
best judgment as a mother mr sperling
well you may want to reassess that
there's nothing left to reassess
then you'll have to live with the
consequences you have 48 hours to change
your mind what are you talking about
if you don't child services is going to
remove joey from your custody
pending a hearing on your fitness to be
a parent
did you know about this adam i'm just as
surprised as you are
i thought blackmail was illegal sperling
yes
and what do you think you're doing what
i do doesn't much matter
what happens next is entirely after the
young lady here just know this
once i take your boy the chance of you
regaining permanent custody is
practically nil
well for two humble throw
one more striking around a minute oh
what sperling's doing is wrong he's
operating within the law
since when does the law stick you in the
back huh oh come on joey's in this
predicament because of me
and law no law i won't just hang him and
jennifer out to dry
what kind of cop what kind of friend
does that make me okay what do you want
me to do
authorize additional protection for the
boy at least until i can find a way to
nail this valenzuela
adam i would like to help but there just
isn't the manpower to protect everybody
no no what you mean is there isn't
enough manpower to protect those who
won't cooperate charlie
i wish i could deny that but in my job
i'm bound by protocol i can only protect
an active witness
oh now where are you going won't protect
him
then i will
miguel wake up
have you seen julian jennifer i asked
him to wait for me uh pass him in the
hall she seemed pretty upset
all right you come with me i may need
you
where are we going mom i don't know yet
honey
now where are you going away
they'll track you down jennifer let me
help
haven't you done enough already please i
grew up in the streets
i know what it's like looking over your
shoulder let us help you
i used to be a banger well maybe you can
talk to this ramon god maybe he'll
listen to you
unfortunately ramon's way past talking
well then
we're leaving no jennifer wait look
like it or not we're all you enjoy you
have trust me
trust us please
okay
we have um a couple more bags in there
look don't worry just take your things
get in the car we'll get them
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so
this is all my fault hey
it is not yes it is they're trying to
hurt us because of me
i should have just run look running
never gets you anywhere
aren't we running now this is just until
you're safe
when will that be soon
hey why don't you go watch tv with grady
and miguel okay
go
this is not easy to explain
no
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let's just play it out this is number
one in the country
i'm just looking jammed she's been
kicking my feet
number one oh
somebody's got tastes around here all
right this this is the plan guys
ready you take the days 8 a.m to p.m
miguel get the night shift
you have a problem with us with your
schedule no
people with the way you're handling this
yeah i have a problem
okay you know better of all i know
are that these punks are strutting
around the streets like they own it
and jennifer and joey are locked up here
like a couple of prisoners
and these things take time all right how
much time
huh let me wait until joey collects
social security
until it's safe for them to leave yeah
all right
okay thank you very much bye
joey's teacher's gonna let him make up
the work he's missing that's great yeah
thanks you know i uh
i could show him some martial arts in
the meantime i don't know don't you
think he's um
a little too young for that still no no
i was about his age when i started and
god knows
what i did for my confidence
i think it would be good
still mad at me
what makes you say that well you
wouldn't be normal if you weren't
well i mean one minute everything's just
great
and then the next minute it's over like
that
over
i know i'm
i'm really sorry jennifer hey
i'm a big girl you don't have to explain
to me yes i do i acted like a total jerk
i got over it grady but um
joy didn't for months he asked me
where's grady isn't grady coming over
anymore
i i i can make it up to him
why should i trust you this time grady
because i
i know what he's missing all right i do
i
i grew up missing the exact same things
well i mean maybe it would be good for
him
well yeah so we're on no you and joey
are on
well yeah that's why i mean joining me
as long as we get that straight
okay joey joe
hey big guy
would you like me to teach you some
martial arts
yeah really okay uh try front kick
yeah roundhouse
okay a hook you do all of them
joy listen me and you
together we're gonna protect your mom
yeah okay okay
so what kid disappears just like that
huh
what that look like i'm a freaking fbi
yeah well i'm trying to find them
rapidly you hear me
and why we gotta kill him man he's a
little boy we got him scared already
it's already been decided
it's bad enough now man you're just
gonna bring more heat on us for no good
reason man
only reason we need is i say so you got
that i know the man's rep
you keep it up look at us out of
business bro who elongate
he's a lightweight man you let me handle
it
you're talking about me ramon
so what you're gonna search this place
too on patrol
oh you got real bad manners it's
impolite to this man behind his back
he puts you up to this didn't he
damascus huh
you didn't want to do the drive-by huh
you didn't want to pull up the people's
house now did you
did you i don't know what you're talking
about man
i think you do get out of here petrol
why
you afraid your homeboy here is going to
drop a dime on you
hamas if i were you
i'd watch my back i hear your man here
has
very good aim
ugh
no mom
mom no
mom
no no mom mom joe
joy joy wake up wake up
it's okay michael
there were these men
what men i don't know they had black
masks they came they took
mommy they said they were gonna hurt her
that's just a bad dream
no one's gonna hurt you or your mother
joey how do you know
because me grady and pedro will make
sure
i like having you guys around i don't
like being around
it's my good luck charm no more bad guys
i'm gonna get some sleep
thank you
so it was adam who stood up for you huh
without him i i guess i'd be banging out
license plates yeah
yeah adam helped me out too with joey
yeah i know uh grady he told me all
about
it yeah
i loved watching you with joey
i get a lot of practice with my little
brother
i just wish this would end
i know how about a hug
i need a hug thanks
morning
i'll just go check on joey
joey's gone what
what are you talking about your son is
gone alright he left this for you
mom i'm gonna make things safe for us
with your mom love joey
oh my god that's great
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you hear anything you let me know
what no sign of either of them oh god
we're gonna get joey he's gonna be okay
yeah what if it's too late huh
it's not too late jennifer i should
really be out there i should be out
there i should be looking for him
you're better off here joey may even
show up i'll send officer kelsey up to
keep you company
okay but you call me as soon as you hear
anything okay
man we make the keystone cops look like
consummate professionals
it's great
miguel hmm
yeah miguel what happened oh i i'll tell
you
i'll tell you what happened you just got
a little too caught up in the scenery
huh
nothing happened right even if it did
it's none of your business oh no see
you're wrong man cause when you let joey
walk out right from under your nose it's
my business
enough all right look whatever's going
on between you two and jennifer
that is your business but mine's finding
joey are you with me
two days ago joey was afraid to look at
ramon now
why isn't he afraid of him anymore i
told him that him
and i would help protect his mother i
thought they would make him feel better
the kid might be caring come on man no
he has a gun
and his school would be like picking up
a pack of baseball cards well you better
hope not
i'm heading over to the g rock hanging
out
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so
ramon valenzuela
who's asking the father you got an
invitation
i want to talk to remote unless you get
a warrant we don't got to let you in
you listen to the law school amigo
i suggest you let us in oh for what
you're gonna report us to the police
homeboy
oh
yo essay
where's ramon
it's my ladder's keeper man
what about the boy joey kramer
never heard of him bro i've got a
witness
sitting downtown willing to testify that
he saw ramon valenzuela killed little
jimmy
yeah tell me about it you don't believe
me
i'm gonna put ramon away for a very long
time
which means you're gonna be in charge
and since i feel that you're a very
bright guy i'm gonna give you an
opportunity
to give me an opportunity to eat
to breathe to walk down the street
without seeing my shadow right behind
you
as you see if i don't get what i want
that's exactly where i'm gonna be
you so much as jaywalk i'm gonna bust
you
keep talking look all i want is your
word
that you'll keep your gang away from
joey kramer and his mom forever
you so much as musk that kid's hair
our deal's off and if i don't go for
this deal
you know there's six of your homeboys
outside you go see them
or you could become number seven
okay but you got your deal man where's
joey you left her with ramon 10 minutes
before you got here
said something about going back to the
apartment
better not be too late
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ah
hey this are you looking for huh pedro
put the gun down oh no kid came to me
man
i wanted to get some kind of deal with
that right joey boy you're toast ramon
might as well let the kid go so you're
supporting a badge too now how miguel
what's this some kind of trick no
take me let the boy go remote
oh i can't do that troll
you ain't worth nothing to me
come on
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ready it's not worth it grady
next time i won't be there next time
is he the one joey
is he the one that was on your school
yard
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don't worry joey you won't touch your
mother again
no yeah jennifer told me what went down
man
there's no problem that's it then
no
i should have trusted you all right in
the future i will
i'm glad to hear it yeah i mean i figure
uh if i ever need a friend
we'll be there huh
count on it holmes i come out of here
i'm taking joy to the game
no no what i no no no i'm going to the
game with joey
no it's me i'm going no no no hey hey
you're both right
excuse me virgil you said uh you mean
joy we're going dude let's go no no no
no no it's joey and boudreau and me
what i said to both of you was that i
had three tickets
all right so there's one
there's two oh and uh
one for you jordan's playing tonight
have fun yes
have fun see
all right see ya
it's the least i could do after all that
happened if tomorrow you found a boy
who uh witnessed a crime do you think
he'd do it again
yeah i had my doubts there for a while
but i think that joey would be stronger
after this
something tells me that we all will be
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