Street Justice (1991–1993): Season 2, Episode 3 - Cross Fire - full transcript

laughs

i feel like i'm in high school again i

have a solution for that

you have any vacation time coming

about 10 days hi department owes me 14.

we could slip away to merrimack island

what do you think that they'd notice

no no see that's the beauty of it i

could leave before you

and come back after they'll never put it

together a squadron with 20 detectives



in it and you don't think anyone will

figure it out

do you think we would i don't know

hey what are you looking at you're not

gonna believe this

but there's two guys doing a deal at the

end of the alley want to surprise them

no it's a nickel bag would you give them

a pass i'm not exactly

dressed for an arrest they'll never know

how lucky they were

trisha what's up gang

shots fired officers need assistance

second i grab



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please throw down your weapon and step

into the light

come here

such a lovely lady for a cop

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it's okay just hold on

god my help is coming just hold on

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he says

son will you talk to him

oh

adam they're not doing anything i know

kills i know

but we have to let him go instead

it's good that was good but i slipped

you let's try a uh

tie kick thai shin kick okay windmill

ridge hand

like it's gonna matter excuse me

like it's gonna matter sir

that's better damon half of any

technique is confidence

you're doing good all right you're doing

good just keep it up okay

huh you know what they say miguel comes

around my friend

goes around brother okay well can you uh

send them around somewhere else please

yeah but i'm just trying to get you

involved man i know you need the inner

discipline

nice move i teach you that

i saw it in a book a book a book

you're sending a book a book i'm

teaching you you're signing a book

you still wearing the gang's colors man

yeah well you know sometimes no i don't

know sometimes

but as i'm giving you free lessons on my

time tell miguel get you out of a gang

and you don't even tell them oh i told

them all right everything miguel said to

say

my mother needs help with the baby i

gotta get a job

and

and i don't have a respect that you did

they told me if i want out the game i

have to jump my way out

so i just put the colors back on

let's jump it means you got to fight

everybody in the set

oh he's not ready for that we gotta get

him out of the gang oh what do you want

to move into on beverly hills

what can we do to help i just have to

face it by myself man

but i will all right

see you back here next thursday right

i'll try

but it's true i have to find a job

and he's getting a little dangerous

coming down here with or without my

colors

the gang doesn't like it

um let's get rid of the pines

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let's keep everyone else out sit here

tristan

you close these parts i'll see you for a

second just a second

how's she doing she's not doing too well

can you and i'm not doing much better

look charlie i want to get this thing

started

no way adam you know we can't

investigate our own shootings it's

department policy who we're gonna let do

it some suit from ied

no well chief is sending his best

shooting team they've got the highest

conviction rate in the city

simmons and island do you know them only

by rep

gentlemen

sergeant adam boudreau terry simmons

gilbert allen good to have you board

we're gonna do whatever it takes to get

your cop killer and don't worry sergeant

boudreau we know every wormhole in that

precinct we'll get your shooter for you

uh sooner the better you know it

let's go talk to the lady

let's go

let's try this again

are you sure you can't give us more

detail about the shooter

i was pretty far away at least until he

got behind me

i understand that but he did turn full

face to you outside the garage right

well yeah so if you saw him in a lineup

something might click

right i mean

you will keep an open mind about this

won't you

all we're trying to do is nail the guy

who killed your partner yes of course

i'll do anything it takes

you don't have to worry about her she's

the best cop on my detail

well if that's the case

maybe there's uh one more thing she'd

like to explain

not sure i understand what were you and

detective shoehand doing alone in that

alley

we called in our break we were just

eating our lunch of course you were but

why were you doing it in another

precinct

parked at a site what were you trying to

hide

nothing were you on the take

no meeting your bag mad no of course not

then what were you doing

don't you think that's enough

we just wanted to be alone for a while

we were having an affair

so is that why paul violated department

policy and

charged the shooter without cover

i made a bad entry

and when the perp draw on me i screamed

paul ran into the line of fire because

he was trying to save me

the shooter was really aiming for me

and i got pulled killed

please stay with him you didn't know

what do you think i don't even like good

friends riding in the same car

and that's where they hid it from you

yeah

anybody run a check on that dead drug

dealer yet yeah it won't do any good but

don't worry

we'll be able to ramp this up fast how

half the african-american men in this

city fit that sketch

you don't know this outside the way we

do the mo only fits a few players

so don't worry just be married to your

beeper and we'll invite you to the party

i hope they really are as good as a rep

pace

assume the position williams yep so why

are you doing this

what do you think you owned four blocks

of grand street cause we gave them to

you

any cop rouse you we give you a pass

anything happens

you give us a call so why ain't our

phone ringing i don't know what you're

talking about

you fence ten car radios a day you never

listen to the news

who capped the drug dealer in the comp

who's posting he's the big man oh man

keep your voice down mr smith's gonna

hear you

why henry i've never seen you rattled

before

you do know something no man see

what makes you think that

this is a question of price gal only

scores a royal flush

once in his life and you got to pay when

he does

you know what i think williams what i

think you're resisting arrested look man

i don't care if you

break it man cause see a banger who

whacks a cop will whack anybody

and i want a thousand and total secrecy

or i'm not telling you a damn thing

easy terry easy so

you got it so valuable look man i was

dealing no second when the music started

i can count every shot bam bam brown

when the dancer stopped i saw a guy

smoke out the back of the garage

you pull him from the books i could do

better than that terry

i could name him if only we had a deal

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you don't want to push the river on this

you have to give yourself time

i just wish we hadn't been working the

same car

why didn't you tell me about you and she

went how would you reacted

you would have separated us i just

wanted to spend some time with him

instead i got him killed kelsey

don't take this all on yourself no i

panicked adam

when the shooter got behind me i forgot

everything i ever learned

you think i did any better when denny

was killed at least you got your perp

i mean i was looking for my gun

listen kelsey you can't think that way

you have to let it go adam

simmons and allen just radioed in got a

name

you know man this would go a lot faster

if you like helped out

yeah you wish me oh you you want you

want me to go out there and whitewash

your fence

all right yeah hey let me get it let's

see

damon see no no slow down

wait okay now you stay there inside okay

i'll be right there

what the heck i just called damon

somebody snitched on a job that the 99

trays did because damon wanted out of

the trays

they think damon did it so they're gonna

try to kill him tonight

no man no not this time

you listen up man you don't gotta run

you don't have a clue to what my life is

oh get out of that what do you want me

to do stay here so they'll smoke my

family

no no we go to boudreau we work it out

no man no police they'll just make

things worse

why man you got a problem with the

police that we don't know about

you know any gang member who doesn't how

much you forgot miguel

that much man okay

look we're gonna take you to the bus

station we're gonna pick up your mom

we're gonna hide it for a couple of days

you gotta promise you'll work this

through with us let's go

all right it's a deal man let's go all

right

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oh

what the hell are you doing here i have

protected gay men all right the 99 trays

are after him the pentameter on him

we got word he's a cop killer shung was

gunned down three hours ago

he was using you to get out of town

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grady

let's try it again we know you were in

the garage

no i never went near it

i was trying to get a job down at the

cafe on grand when the shooting happened

then you had to pass the garage of

course i passed it

but you just said you didn't i meant i

didn't go inside

why are you doing this to me grady and

miguel

told you i was in class but like you

just said

your class didn't start until after the

shooting are you trying to change your

story go home

hey look why don't you do yourself a

favor

and cop a plea right now because i

didn't do it man

you don't know me anymore i've changed

then why were you running

all right squared away simmons and ellen

aren't going to file assault charges

against you

and what about moore he's been arrested

for shoehem's murder

no i saw him at the dojo there's no way

he just pulled the trigger

and what are you now a mind reader ah

that's not fair all right b

look miguel is just trying to help break

dan out of the gang the same way that

you broke miguel out

too bad it didn't work for damon i know

him

all right i know him i went to a gang

funeral my son cry his heart out

he wants to quit he was really running

from the 99 trains

and you should have called me why are

you so sure that he's the killer huh

he fits kelsey's description and when

put him under surveillance he ran it's

cause he thought the 99 trades were

trying to kill him then why didn't you

call me

he's afraid to go to the cops

grady you've been teaching him for two

months and he wouldn't let you call me

yeah maybe he's lying to you maybe he's

trying to get you to cover for him while

he gets out of town maybe it's as simple

as that

go home oh

man

charlie adam

what are you doing kels i'm all right

just hope i can recognize the shooter

you ready just give us a second

just call it like you see it you'll do

fine can we get on with this

yeah we're simmons seeking a statement

from the cafe owner

send them in

is this your idea of a joke my client

stands out like a sore thumb

it's the best we could do on short

notice

she's right you know this won't hold up

at trial adam i'm not in charge here

you want to roll it over till tomorrow

while my client spends the night in a

cell with 4k streeters

no your choice counselor

then we'll proceed

tell me detective kelsey do you see

anyone who resembles the shooter

i'm not sure i saw him mostly in profile

turn him to the left

okay how about now

give us some time alan we want this to

stand up don't we

yeah you're absolutely right then i'm

sorry kelsey

front look uh

why don't you close your eyes

go back to the time just before your

partner

before paul was killed what are you

trying to pull

just refreshing her memory counselor

really

looks more like hypnosis if you want to

be disruptive you can observe outside

the box

look can we just get through with this

please

of course i'm sorry kelsey

now picture the scene

you're in the car and suddenly

you see the shooter you chase him down

but he's behind you now open your eyes

kelsey

who do you see who gunned paul down

number three that's the man i put in the

drawing

he's the one who killed paul

thank you

all right charlie what was going on in

there

well you have a problem with it didn't

you object when allen selected that

lineup

now what happened alan got the chief on

the phone

and he pointed out that they have a

higher conviction rate than anyone in

this precinct including you in fact they

have a perfect record

so what we're gonna just run with the

crowd on this one we throw out the book

because that's becoming the popular

thing to do adam they're always right

i don't care what the reputation is

charlie what i saw in that room was

wrong

i don't think it matters adam

simmons just got a statement from the

cafe owner moore left an hour earlier

than he claimed he lied about his alibi

he tried to run

and kelsey made a positive id even his

pd's going to tell him to cop a plea

now you're going to go to the chief and

tell them that these hot shots are

cutting too many corners

i don't know what i'm gonna do i do know

i want to put this cop killer away just

as bad as anyone else but i'm not gonna

railroad more and i'm not gonna let

anyone else do it no matter how perfect

the record is

i told kelsey that i was gonna give her

a ride home i think she needs to talk to

someone

want some coffee ah sure

why why don't you let me make it no

it'll give me something to do

easy here easy

shoeham made his own decision kills so

did the shooter

look you can't punish yourself like that

i can't if i deserve it

what good will it do you'll just destroy

yourself

look if you really cared about shoeham

don't you think you owe him better than

that

better than that i am doing better than

that

i'm putting his killer away are you sure

about that

what you sure you picked the right man

you saw me i made a good id no

no what i saw is that you're hurting so

bad you don't know how vulnerable you

really are i don't want to hear this

adam

you have to kelsey look simmons and alan

are using your grief just to twist you

into any shape they need they've got the

best record on the force

you can't put a suspect away based on

some cop's reputations

you got to stick to the facts i am

sticking to the facts

look it's not just me adam the cafe

owner's back in the case too

backing it

is that the way simmons and alan talk

about this case

what they do to the cafe owner

i don't know nothing they took a

statement

somehow i doubt that what are you gonna

do adam

i'm gonna make sure we're putting the

right man away

i suggest you look into your heart ask

yourself the same question

i'm gonna leave the mug books for you in

case you want to look at them

mr swanson i'd like to talk to you

please

i'm detective sergeant pedro

metropolitan police

yeah i know i saw you at the precinct

then why were you trying to avoid me

maybe because i feel i've already done

my part okay

what more do you want me to do swear

that i saw the shooting or you'll haul

me in because of my parking tickets

are you saying that someone pressured

you into altering your statement

give me a break look

honestly i'd really like to know that's

why i'm here please tell me

your pal at the precinct made it clear

that i'd start flunking my health

inspections if i kept on

defending a cop killer

why what were you saying about devon

moore

i'm glad he was here when the cop was

shot

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and you let them talk you into changing

your statement why

because i wasn't that sure and it must

have been wrong anyway

how's that because that lady cop picked

him out of the lineup

i mean he must have been guilty right

wrong you're both being manipulated to

use each other as an excuse to hang this

kid

we don't have any hard evidence against

him

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will the cafe owner testify the man's

too afraid to take on the entire police

department

i can't believe kelsey would accuse the

wrong man uh she's feeling guilty and

confused and she was right pickens for

simmons and allah

oh yeah that justifies lynching more

don't jump to conclusions lady i'm still

not sure he's innocent

but i don't want to see him put away on

flimsy evidence like this well that'll

give his mother a lot of comfort when

she goes to visit him in prison

so what are you going to do

i'm going to go talk to kelsey again

then i'm going to work the other end of

the case

one other hand raymond bechner

a drug dealer the shooter killed first

can i see you in my office

i'd rather talk to kelsey first but i

don't think she wants to talk to you

why don't you let her be the one to tell

me that are you afraid

you won't be able to control what she

has to say

what are you trying to imply that you

talked to kelsey yet

yes and she was in tears now simmons

tells me that the cafe owner doesn't

want to testify

do you want to tell me what you're up to

i'm up to trying to find shuham's killer

unlike these two

officers who were so busy trying to

build the perfect case that they twisted

the cafe owners on until it just about

broke

my god are you a cop or a defense

attorney

you forget how to deal with a reluctant

witness i remember

what it means to be a good cop it

involves a lot more than lynching random

suspects

there is nothing random about damon

moore i know

i saw his gang file he accused you too

of brutality a couple of years ago

went all the way to the d.a it's the

only blemish on your perfect records

if you're saying that we picked him out

for revenge you're wrong

well why else did you single him out huh

what led you to damon moore

good old-fashioned police work then why

is this case so rotten

it wouldn't be if you weren't doing your

best to blow holes in it

are you gonna stand for this any case

can be made to look bad if a cop on the

inside puts his mind to it

but that isn't our job right

our job is to find shuham's killer

that's already been done

why don't you go home and get some rest

adam you need it

oh sure adam what are you gonna

adam

what are you doing jesus coming apart on

this williams you want to tell us why

man i don't know what you mean

are you positive you gave us the right

name and of course why would i lie to

you oh

i don't know a thousand dollars wouldn't

induce you to lie

nah that couldn't be it man you don't

have to worry i didn't make this

up your case is gonna stick yeah i know

it is because you are gonna testify

what me you tripping ain't no women you

promised me secrecy are you sure

did you get it in writing what are you

looking at

look man you do this and ain't nobody

gonna want to talk to me

i'm gonna have nothing to snitch to you

we don't care

you and kelsea are the only two people

who saw the shooter so you are gonna

stand up with her tomorrow and sell the

case to the d.a

do you understand do you

yeah okay sure

i do i do it

we are going to pick you up in the 9am

shop tomorrow and you'll remember

if we find out you were lying

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so

you jenny oh now this is an improvement

i'd like to talk to you for a moment

jenny you can do anything you want to me

for a moment just show me your money

first

i'm not who you think i am no who are

you

adam goudreau metro police oh no [ __ ]

i'm not here to hassle you i just want

to talk

why your neighbors said you lived with

raymond beckner

is that a crime no

but what happened to him is even if he

was dealing drugs

you know anything about his murder no

if he left me a little short on life's

necessities

you sure about that maybe you know more

than you think

this file says he was a user just like

you users talk they have big dreams

what we raise to partner with someone

who had enough juice on a block

you ever mentioned anybody like that

somebody he'd like to impress with a big

flash wrote

yeah sometimes quite a lot lately but

there's no one you want to hear about

why's that

jenny your boyfriend was murdered

ray said but the guy was snitching for

some cops

you got a name what's the snitch's name

williams henry williams

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thanks

don't bother patrol nobody's home anyway

what the hell is this yeah i knew you'd

show up sooner or later kelsey the cafe

owner

you're hitting all the bases aren't you

more

isn't the shooter williams is lying and

you are making a big mistake

no no no no you're making the big

mistake boudreaux

sneaking in on our informant murder in

your eyes after you have been ordered

off the case

you are way over the line now let's go

i think lieutenant pine might want to

talk to you

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the chief wants us to wrap this up and

we're going to

even if it costs you your bag

you got anything you want to add to this

charlie it's out of my hands adam the

chief gave them the mandate

what if it cost us a cop killer i'm

telling you

williams is lying and i'm betting that

he's the one that did this

your judgment is shot adam you spent too

much time with the civilians and not

enough time being a cop

and you're real cops right yeah real

cops investigate

we've got the highest cnc rate in the

city

i hate to imagine how many of those

convictions are innocent

and even if one or two were i guarantee

you they were guilty of something else

that's worth the risk to put away the

guilty ones look

you can put away all the criminals in

the world there's no way you're gonna

convince me that that justifies

sacrificing an innocent man and sending

him to jail oh come

off it boudreaux you see the madness in

the street

half the time our hands are tied all we

are doing is getting around that

you know what the madness is madness is

you're so bent

on lynching this guy on shoe ham's

killing that you're gonna let the real

guy stay out on the streets

malloys yeah no

no no he's not here chaos

how's it going i've been doing some

thinking um could you give him a message

for me

sure will you tell him that i've been

looking through his mug books

and he's right i been thinking with my

emotions instead of my head

i didn't make a good idea i didn't even

come close

tell them something's burning on the

stove or i will kill you

kelsey hello

i'm sorry something's burning on the

stove danny

i've got to go give my love to charlie

what's up i was talking to kelsey about

the case right and

she calls me denny tells me to give her

love to charlie

well charlie's lieutenant pine well yeah

but

and danny's my dad yeah your dad was

killed on my

duty

let's call the precinct why don't you

tell me how you're so sure it was

williams adam

all right think about it williams kills

shoehand

he knows the only way he can save his

own neck is to get someone else arrested

for the crime

so he picks more because he knows you

two already hate him

he gets him running with this phony

threat from the 99 trays which looks

very convincing

and then he gives you moore's name it's

crazy

it would never work it already has

worked you guys were so glad for a

chance to get back at moore

that you fell right into it doesn't

matter because we're gonna prove you

wrong tomorrow pedro

we're confronting him with kelsey

you already told him that yeah you told

him he's gonna face kelsey tomorrow

pine what yeah

yeah there may be trouble with kelsey's

that was a death sergeant how far you're

gonna let this go charlie

give him his gun

we'll go with you

what are you doing setting the scene

creating the mood of a depressed lonely

calf lady

why because you would have recognized me

as soon as you heard my voice

oh is this where your piece is no

go ahead you creep have some fun no

see there's gonna be no bruises no

evidence that i was here

she's gonna eat your gun like a good cop

who blames herself for a partner's death

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hello on the boys pizza i've got your uh

pizza here get rid of them while i kill

them

it's impossible i didn't order anything

oh it's funny i mean uh

i'm holding the double pepperoni i'm not

leaving until well you pay me i'll call

the cops

i see it get rid of them okay i'm coming

it's about time

hey how's it going that's gonna be

what's 1200

run

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man i want to make a deal

i'll tell you all about that case

i want your badges

you okay

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you