GrahamIt's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.
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AnthonyLook around! You couldn't find a whiter, safer or better lit part of this city. But this white woman sees two black guys, who look like UCLA students, strolling down the sidewalk and her reaction is blind fear. I mean, look at us! Are we dressed like gang-bangers? Huh? No. Do we look threatening? No. Fact, if anybody should be scared around here, it's us: We're the only two black faces surrounded by a sea of over-caffeinated white people, patrolled by the triggerhappy LAPD. So you tell me, why aren't we scared?
JeanI want the locks changed again in the morning.
RickYou what? Look, why don't you just go lie down, huh? Have you checked on James?
JeanWell of course I've checked on James. I've checked on him every five minutes since we've been home. Do not patronize me. I want the locks changed again in the morning.
JeanI would like the locks changed again in the morning. And you know what, you might mention that next time we'd appreciate it if they didn't send a gang member...
Jean[Yelling]... and it was my fault because I knew it was gonna happen. But if a white person sees two black men walking towards her and she turns and walks in the other direction, she's a racist, right?
[Furious]
JeanWell I got scared and I didn't say anything and ten seconds later I had a
[Jabbing her finger into Rick's chest]
Jeangun in my face. Now I am telling you, your amigo in there is gonna sell our key to one of his homies and this time it'd be really fucking great if you acted like you actually gave a shit!
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ShereenThey think we're Arab. When did Persian become Arab?
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AnthonyThat waitress sized us up in two seconds. We're black and black people don't tip. So she wasn't gonna waste her time. Now somebody like that? Nothing you can do to change their mind.
RiaI was white, and you were about to jerk off in the shower.
GrahamOh, shit. Come on. I would have said you were Mexican, but I don't think it would have pissed her off as much.
RiaWhy do you keep everybody a certain distance, huh? What, you start to feel something and panic?
GrahamCome on, Maria. You're just pissed 'cause I answered the phone.
RiaThat's just where I begin to get pissed. I mean, really, what kind of man speaks to his mother that way, huh?
GrahamOh, this is about my mother. What do you know about my mother?
RiaIf I was your father, I'd kick your fucking ass.
GrahamOK, I was raised badly. Why don't you take your clothes off, get back into bed, and teach me a lesson?
RiaYou want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How 'bout a geography lesson? My father's from Puerto Rico. My mother's from El Salvador. Neither one of those is Mexico.
GrahamAh. Well then I guess the big mystery is, who gathered all those remarkably different cultures together and taught them all how to park their cars on their lawns?
LucienEvery night there is a show with somebody shining a little blue light and finding tiny specks of blood splattered on carpets and walls and ceiling fans, bathroom fixtures and special-edition plastic Burger King tray cups. The next thing they show is some stupid redneck in handcuffs who looks absolutely stunned that this is happening to him. Sometimes the redneck is actually WATCHING the Discovery Channel when they break in to arrest him. And he still can't figure out how on earth they could've caught him!
[pauses]
LucienPsst. Do I look like I wanna be on the Discovery Channel?
Officer RyanYou know, you don't like me, that's fine, I'm a prick, my father doesn't deserve to suffer like this, he was a janitor, struggled his whole life, saved enough to start his own company, twenty three employees, all of them black, paid them equal wages when no one else was doing that, for thirty years he worked side by side with those men sweeping and carrying garbage, then the city council decides to give to minority owned companies preference to city contracts and overnight my father loses everything, his business, his home, his wife, everything, not once does he blame your people, now I'm not asking to help me, I'm asking you to do this small thing for a man who lost everything, so people like you can reap the benefits, and do you know what's its going to cost you? Nothing, just a flick of your pen.
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AnthonyYou see any white people in there waiting an hour and thirty two minutes for a plate of spaghetti? Huh? And how many cups of coffee did we get?
PeterYou don't drink coffee and I didn't want any.
AnthonyThat woman poured cup after cup to every single white person around us. Did she even ask you if you wanted any?
PeterWe didn't get any coffee that you didn't want and I didn't order, and this is evidence of racial discrimination? Did you happen to notice our waitress was black?
AnthonyAnd black women don't think in stereotypes? You tell me something man. When was the last time you met one who didn't think she knew everything about your lazy ass? Before you even open your mouth, huh?
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RickFuck! Why do these guys have to be black? I mean, why? No matter how we spin this thing, I'm either gonna lose the black vote or I'm gonna lose the law and order vote!
KarenYou know, I think you're worrying too much. You have a lot of support in the black community.
RickAll right. If we can't duck this thing, we're gonna have to neutralize it. What we need is a picture of me pinning a medal on a black man. Bruce? The firefighter - the one that saved the camp or something - Northridge... what's his name?
BruceHe's dark-skinned, sir, but he's Iraqi, his name's Saddam Hassif.
RickSaddam? His name's Saddam? Oh, that's real good, Bruce. Yeah, I'm gonna pin a medal on an Iraqi named Saddam. Give yourself a raise, will you?
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AnthonyListen to it man. Nigga this, Nigga that. You think white go around callin' each other "honky" all day, man? "Hey, honky, how's business?" "Going great, cracker, we're diversifying!"
FlanaganI mean, I know all the sociological reasons why, per capita eight times more black men are incarcerated than white men... Schools are a disgrace, lack of opportunity, bias in the judicial system, all that stuff... But still... but still, it's... it's gotta get to you, I mean, on a gut level, as a black man. They just can't keep their hands out of the cookie jar.
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AnthonyYou could fill the Staples Center with what you don't know.
FlanaganActually, we were thinking of you until we saw that. It's your brothers file. Twenty something years old and already three felonys. Three Strikes Law, the kid's going away for life for stealing a car. Christ, that's a shitty law. There's a warrant in there. But still, he had every opportunity you had. Fucking black people, huh?
GrahamSo, uh... all I need to do to make this disappear is to frame a potentially innocent man.
FlanaganWhat are you? The fucking Defender of All Things White? We're talking about a white that shot three black men and you're arguing with me, that maybe we're not being "fair" to him? You know, what? Maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. Maybe Lewis did provoke this. Maybe he got exactly what was coming to him. Or, maybe, stoned or not, being a black man in the valley was enough to get him killed. There was no one there to see who shot first, so there is no way way to know. Which means, we could get this wrong. Maybe that's what happened with your brother. Maybe we got it wrong. Maybe Lewis isn't the only one who deserves the benefit of the doubt. You're the one closest to all this. You need to tell us. What does your gut tell you?
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DanielShe had these little stubby wings, like she could've glued them on, you know, like I'm gonna believe she's a fairy. So she said, "I'll prove it." So she reaches into her backpack and she pulls out this invisible cloak and she ties it around my neck. And she tells me that it's impenetrable. You know what impenetrable means? It means nothing can go through it. No bullets, nothing. She told me that if I wore it, nothing would hurt me. So I did. And my whole life, I never got shot, stabbed, nothing. I mean, how weird is that?
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FlanaganThe D.A's squad loses its lead investigator next month. Rick is quite adamant that his replacement be a person of color. It's a high profile position, and he wants to send the right message to the community.
GrahamAnd the right message is look at this Black Boy I bought?
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[Peter notices a St. Christopher statue in Hanson's car and starts laughing]
Anthony[while Peter takes his St. Christopher out of the stolen Lincoln Navigator]Oh yeah, make sure you get that. Without him, things could've gone really fucking wrong tonight.
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ShaniquaMr. Ryan, my name is Shaniqua Johnson. I believe we spoke last night.
Officer RyanYeah, I wanted to apologize. I haven't been too much sleep and my father's in a lot of pain.
Officer RyanThe doctor he's seeing says he's got a urinary tract infection, but he's been taking this medicine for a month now and seems to be getting worse.
Officer RyanI'm saying this because I'm really hoping I'm wrong about you. I'm hoping someone like yourself, someone who has been given a helping hand might have a little compassion for someone else in a similar situation.
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Officer HansonI don't want to cause any problems lieutenant, I just want a new partner.
Lt. DixonI understand, your partner is a racist prick, but you don't want to disturb any bad feelings for him.
Officer HansonWell, he's been on the force for a long time.
Lt. DixonSo, you don't mind if there's a racist prick on the force, you just don't want him riding in your car?
Officer HansonIf you need me to go on record about this, I will.
Lt. DixonThat'd be great, write a full report. But I'm anxious to understand how an obvious bigot can go undetected for seventeen years, eleven of which he was under my personal supervision, which doesn't speak too highly of my managerial skills, but that's not your concern. I can't wait to read it.
Officer HansonWhat if i said I wanted a new partner for personal reasons?
Lt. DixonSo now you're saying he's not a racist prick, you just don't like him?
Lt. DixonNot him, you. You have uncontrollable flatulence and you're too embarrassed to ride with anyone else. That's why you're requesting a one man car.
Officer HansonI'm not comfortable with that, lieutenant.
Lt. DixonI wouldn't be either, which is why I understand your need for privacy, just like I'm sure you understand how hard a black man must work to get to stay where I am in a racist organization like the LAPD, and how easily that can be taken away. That being said, it's your decision. You can put your career and mine on the line in pursuit of a just cause, or just admit to have an embarrassing problem of the personal nature.
ShaniquaAhh! Oh, my God. What the hell is wrong with you people? Uh-uh! Don't talk to me unless you speak American!
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AnthonyNo, no, no, take that voodoo-ass thing off of there right now!
PeterI know you just didn't call St. Christopher voodoo. Man's the patron saint of travelers, dog.
AnthonyYou had a conversation with God, huh? What did God say? Go forth, my son, and leave big slobbery suction rings on every dashboard you find? Why the hell do you do that?
PeterLook at the way your crazy ass drive, then ask me that again!
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LaraI'll protect you, Daddy.
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GrahamI swear to you, Mom. I'll find whoever killed him.
Graham's MotherOh, I already know who killed him. You did. I asked you to find your brother, but you were too busy for us. We weren't much good to you anymore, were we? You got things to do. You go ahead. I'll sign the papers.
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Lara[referring to the impenetrable cloak]He doesn't have it!
Shaniqua[talking on the phone]Mr. Ryan, your father has been to the clinic three times in the last month. He's been treated for a urinary tract infection that is by no means an emergency. Now, if you have any more questions about your HMO plan, why don't you make an appointment to come in between ten and four, Monday through Friday.
Officer RyanWhat does my father do about sleeping tonight?
Gun Store OwnerI'm ignorant. You're liberating my country, and I'm flying seven four sevens into your mud huts and incinerating my friends. Get the fuck out of my store!
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Motorcycle CopCalm down, ma'am.
Kim LeeI am calm.
Motorcycle CopI need to see your registration and insurance.
Kim LeeWhy? Not my fault! It's her fault! She do this!
Jean[On the phone]I sent her out for groceries and that was two hours ago, you go through six housekeepers a year. I'm not snapping at you I am angry at the police Rick, at Maria at the dry cleaners who destroyed another blouse today, at the gardener who keeps over watering the lawn. I just thought that I would wake up today and I would feel better but I was still mad and I realized and it had nothing to do with my car being stolen. I wake up like this every morning.
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LaraHow far can bullets go?
DanielThey go pretty far but they usually get stuck in something and stop.
LaraWhat if they don't?
DanielAre you thinking about that bullet that came through your window?
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Officer HansonHey. Maybe they didn't tell you, but I've been reassigned.
Officer RyanYeah, they told me. I just wanted to say good luck and it was good riding with you.
Officer RyanLook at me. Wait 'till you've been doing it a little longer.
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RiaGraham, I think we got rear ended. I think we spun around twice, and somewhere in there, one of us lost our frame of reference. And I'm going to look for it.
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FlanaganInternal affairs says Conklin has two suspicious shootings on his record both black men, both times he was cleared because he cited self defense. Detective Lewis makes black man number three do you know any reason we should investigate further?
GrahamIt's more complicated than we originally thought. We found three hundred thousand dollars in the trunk of the car Detective Lewis was driving. The car is registered to a Cindy Bradley. We haven't been able to get in touch with because she apparently left town.
FlanaganSo it wasn't Lewis's car he might not have even known the money was in it.
GrahamYou really think you'll be able to make that fly?
Flanaganwe have attorneys for this slain police officer camping in our offices. We have his mother and half a dozen men of "the cloth" who swear that Lewis was one of the twelve apostles of Christ. We have two black city council men and a Congresswoman who called on the hour every hour demanding what the district attorney intends to do about this and you want the DA to walk into that press room and tell them all that the situation is "complicated"? Who knows about the money?
Graham[Sensing Flanagan is implying a cover up]You've got to be kidding
GrahamMyself, my partner, Jim Ferguson and Internal Affairs
FlanaganI guess I don't see a problem here as it wasn't Lewis's fault the money isn't evidence of any wrongdoing and even if it was we aren't going to prosecute a dead man which means the money Internal Affairs is holding can't even be considered evidence.
GrahamWe can do this whole dance if you want to but I'm willing to bet when the coroner's report comes back tomorrow it's going to say that Lewis was coked out of his head.
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Officer Ryan[approaching the bathroom]Hey, Pop, are you OK?
Pop Ryan[sitting on the bowl]If I could piss, I'd be OK.
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Gun Store OwnerYo, Osama, plan a jihad on your own time. What do you want?
ChristineFuck you! That's what this is all about, isn't it? You thought you saw a white woman blowing a black man, and that just drove your little cracker ass crazy!
FredAll I'm saying it's not his character. Eddie is supposed to be the smart one, not Jamal, right? You're the expert here but to me it rings false.
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Christine[to Cameron while impersonating a stereotypical African American slave]You're, right I have a lot to learn because I haven't quite learned how to shuck and jive, let me hear it again "thank you Mr. Po-lice man you sure mighty kind to us poor black folk, you be sure to let me know next time you finger fuck my wife!"
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Officer RyanPut your hands on top of your head, Ma'am.
Officer HansonYou see what's happening here? Do you want to die here? Is that what you want? Because these guys are going to shoot you and the way your acting they'll be completely fucking justified
Officer HansonFuck me? I'm not the one whose fucked here you're the one who's fucked here because it's not going to be my head blown off and onto that man's patio
Officer HansonUnless you think your wife is going to be better off with a husband who has a bloody stump for a head I want you to sit down on the curb and put your hands on your head and do nothing until I speak with these officers
CameronI'm not sitting on the curb and putting my hands on my head for nobody
Officer HansonThen stand where you are and keep your hands in plain sight can you do that?