"So, rashad has 82 apples..." "And 12 friends..." "All of whom are hungry." "And so he looks carefully at his apples" "And sees that seven have worms." "Another 15 have gone rotten." "But he wants to be fair" "And distribute all the good apples equally." "Distribute?" "Give out." "Well, just say that, yo?" "Okay." "Prez:" "Okay,so,howmanyapples" "Doeseachof  rashad'sfriendsget:" "A, four, b, five," "C, six, or d, seven?" "Take your time, but do it fast." "Hey." "Nigger said, "i got my rights."" "So, my boy said, "oh, yeah?" "Well, he's a left to go with your right."" "He was like, pow!" "( laughter )" "Calvin, you done already?" " Uh-huh." " Yeah?" "B, five." "How did you work that out so fast?" "Easy. "b, five" got the dinks." "The what?" "If you want, i could show you." "( class chattering )" "Boy:" "Don'tshowhim,showme." "You did this with the early math class, right." "So, you, like, got 82 apples... 12 niggers." "( laughter )" "And then how many blah, blah, blah" "Then you went, like, dinking all round this one" "And no other one." "So, answer is "b, five."" "Everybody get that?" "Class:" "Yeah." ""b, five," it got all the dinks." ""b, five," and i'm audi 5000." "( cheering )" "(thememusicplaying)" "¶whenyouwalk throughthegarden¶" "¶watchyourback¶" "¶well,ibeg  yourpardon¶" "¶walkthestraight andnarrowtrack¶" "¶ifyouwalk withjesus¶" "¶saveyoursoul¶" "¶gottakeepthe devil¶" "¶downin thehole¶" "¶he'sgotfire andthefury¶" "¶athiscommand¶" "¶youdon'tgot toworry¶" "¶holdontojesus'hand ¶" "¶we'llbe safe fromsatan¶" "¶whenthethunderrolls¶" "¶butyougotta keepthedevil¶" "¶waydowninthehole¶" "¶oh,yeah¶" "¶mmm¶" "¶we'llbe safefromsatan¶" "¶gottakeepthe devil¶" "¶waydowninthehole. ¶" "¶keepthedevil inthehole¶" "¶downin thehole¶" "¶keephiminthehole¶" "¶downin thehole¶" "¶keephiminthehole¶" "¶down,down.¶" "(bellrings)" "Landsman:" "Thepriorityshould beonmakingsure" "Theh filesareup todatewithall notes transcribed" "Tothestandard officereport." "Uh..." "On our day shift today, you may encounter" "Councilman and democratic mayoral nominee thomas carcetti," "Who's been fact-finding within the department." "So, if you go leaving your fax" "Lying around and he finds them, that shit's on you." "( chuckles )" "Lastly..." "As most of you are already aware," "Our cid commander raymond foerster," "Aftera longbout withcancer," "Passed away last night at johns hopkins." "Ahem." "Better eulogies are coming." "So, let me just say" "That the man served 39 years" "Attaining the rank of colonel" "Without leaving a trail of bitterness or betrayal." "In this department, that's not a career," "It's a miracle." "There'll be a detective's wake this evening" "Followed by viewings on wednesday" "And a burial mass on friday." "The family suggests donations" "To the colonel's favorite charities." "The addresses will be posted in the coffee room." "All told." "And,bunk,ijustgot yourovertimeforthe week." "Getintomy office andpullyourpantsdown ." "(laughing)" "Mm-hmm." "Greggs:" "No,no,no !" "Fuckthat." "You've finished your pot, you make the next one." "Okay." "I don't see the right one in here anyway." "(doorslams)" "Sergeant hauk." "Yes, sir." "I just got off with buford at iad." "He tells me there's a harassment complaint been filed." "Some jamaican woman says you had her stopped" "And searched by amtrak police?" "Yeah." "Well, you'll see in my report," "We had what we thought was reliable info" "That she was a drug carrier for mario stanfield." "Imean,we actually scopedstanfieldwithher ." "What was the info?" "The ci's been reliable." "Great track record with us." "Long history." "Ci 238." " Give me his name." " His name?" "Sir." "Sir!" "I've never been comfortable with, you know," "Tossing around names of informants in squad rooms." " I feel that it's-- - name." "Fuzzy dunlop, sir." "I might have to set up a meet with this character." "He's kind of leery of meets." "He's been reliable, i promise you." "I mean, this one baffled the shit out of me, too." "But he's never been off, never." "You jumped out on bad information, sergeant." "You brought in another agency," "And you brought discredit to this unit" "My unit." "In good faith though, sir." "Anything comes of this," "I have your report," "And i will bury you with it." "And in case you haven't been" "Payingattentionto  theelectionresults," "Your rabbi has left the building." " No tantrums today?" " What's the point?" "They're not even gonna suspend us, right?" "Right." "What's the point?" "So, we're here, like it or not." "Ifitmakesyou all  feelanybetter," "Thewordaroundschoolis" "You'redownherebecause youbeatthesystem." "You had no interest in being in a classroom" "And you made the classroom impossible for everybody else," "Andnowyou'reout ." "Youwon." "Ha, ha." "Yes!" "You feel like winners?" " Always." " That's how we do." "Who's we?" " Us." " No, who are you?" " Players." " Kingpins?" "Nah, that comes later." "Right now, we just corner boys." "Sohowlonguntil you'rekingpins?" "I am thinking two, three years." "Two, three years." "Let me ask, and i want everybody to write this down," "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" "Comeon,penciland paper." "Thisisn'tschoolwork, thisisabouty'all." "She's young but she's good." "Yeah, a doctoral candidate from the psych department" "At college park." "Thesis work is on social alienation and analysis." "Allright,showofhands, howmanywrotenba ?" "Yeah, but only for the lakers though." "I want to be a pediatric neurosurgeon" "Like that one nigger, what's his name?" " Ben carson." " Yeah, that dude." "He's a black surgeon at hopkins." "Youwantto be asurgeon,you needtogo to medicalschool." "Whatever." "Howmanywrotedowndead ?" "Shit, you saw that coming, huh?" "It's a shame you all have so little time" "And you're wasting it here with us." "You know where you're going." "Andwecan'tteachyou anythingyoudon'tknow aboutthat,right?" "That's what we've been saying." "Namond, put away the magazine." "I ain't reading no magazine." "Namond." "What?" "It ain't even mine." "It was laying here when i came in." "Y'all little pissers." "( laughs )" "You know, we giving them a fine education." ""it ain't even mine." "It was just laying here when i came in."" "You know this right here" "The whole damn school" "The way they carry themselves." "It's training for the street." "The building's the system, we the cops." "Yeah, you are for sure." "Imean,y'allcome inhereeveryday" "Andpracticegettingover." "Tryrunningall differentkindsof games." "Youknow,it 'spractice forthecorner,right?" "Ain't no real cops." "Ain't no real danger." "But y'all are getting something out of this." "Bet you didn't even know that." "Still rather be out there." "Can i?" "Cornerboys,huh?" "Letmeasky'allsomething." "Youknow,youhelpus honeinon this," "And maybe we do a little better job with you in here." "What makes a good corner boy?" " Keep your eyes open." " Keep the camera's trained" "Don't trust nobody." "( overlapping chatter )" "If you stupid in the hood, you get killed." "That's the only way." "And i'm telling you, this name in black right here got stink on it." "Eyeball witness, bunk." "Vernon, at least go back to the scene with me" "And take a fresh look." "You're out of line here, bunk." "You are." "A lot of names." "Too many." "No, we're good with it." "Listen, you back seat driving motherfucker," "The guy picked him out." "Omar fucking little." "Why he picked him out?" "Who the fuck cares?" "We got a dead female taxpayer on our hands," " And somebody's saying him." " I don't buy." "And look who you talking about?" "This ain't the motherfucker" "That came up with 62 ways for the peanut." "His name pops up on five or six cases i know of" "Including two of yours" "And you want to put him back on the street?" "But this ain't him." "That means someone else is walking on y'all." "Let me tell you something, bunk:" "The next body you catch," "I'm going to be crawling all over it," "Second-guessing your ass every step," "Pulling on every last motherfucking thread." "Yeah." "We going to see how you like it." "Hey, vernon." "Vernon, vernon, vernon, vernon." " Just go back on it with me." " What?" "Shit doesn't play out any differently..." "I'll give you a back rub" "That you ain't never going to forget." "( chuckles ) come on." "Ahem." "You know, you guys don't need to do anything" "You wouldn't normally do just 'cause i'm here." "I wouldn't know what we normallydoaroundhere." "I'm new and inexperienced." "Oh, you're" "Yeah." "I am." "Seriously, i'm just trying to get a feel" "For the department's response to the violence." "I'm not the hall monitor or anything." "So, this is your day?" "We catch a body, it's different." "Hmm!" "( siren wails )" "I believe you got my camera?" " I what?" " License and registration." "You do me one, i'll do you." "You got a card or something?" "City, huh?" "Video camera gotta come back." "Yeah, well, i see what i can find out about it." "But you know cameras." "Kind of like pigeons in a storm." "You know what i'm saying?" "Sometimes they come back." "Sometimes... ( engine starts )" "But i'll keep an ear out on it." "Hey, jim, he just say pigeons?" "He's fucking with you." "Look, you just got to tell marimow" "That you used the camera for the pc at the train station." "And then just admit the camera got took." "I already put it down to a ci." "I tell dickhead the truth," " He takes my stripes on it." " Oh, come on." "Look, i'm just saying you weren't suspended that long." "Is it because tiff dropped it," "Or because you had to do something for ms." "Donnelly?" "Do something?" "I don't know, like promise her something." "No, tiff dropped it, so it's dropped." "Ain't nothing past that." "That's good." "You know, the thing with the teachers" "And cops and whatnot," "They always come at you like think they got you by the ass." "But you keep your mouth shut," "Ain't nothing they could do." "So, more times then not, they go away." "Word on that." "( chuckles )" "I mean, it don't even matter." "Ms. Anna-- she got me on the short leash right now." "Can't go out the house unless she know right where i'm going." "Shit, at least you've got a leash." "(singingirishfolksong )" "( groans )" "( retching )" "( groans )" "Jimmy!" "What the fuck is that?" "Club soda..." "And lime." "Mincy bitch." "Why not just suck a dick and get it over with?" "That will get the bad taste out of your mouth." "Aah." "Yeah." "¶ i'm a free-born man of the usa ¶" "¶ i'm a free-born man of the usa ¶" "¶ i'm a free-born man of the usa. ¶" "( cheering )" "Almost new." "Don't wear no dead man's hat." "I'm just fuckin' with you." "Here, let's pray." "Here we lay a couple of new york boys" "Who came too far south for their own fuckin' good." "Fucking yankee pride at now, you fuckin' bitches?" "Let's get the fuck out of here." "You hungry?" "You want some chinese?" "( chattering )" "No talking." "( chatter quiets )" "Keep your eyes on your paper." "Yo, mr." "Prezbo, this say cars." "So?" "All the stuff we did in practice was about food." "It's okay." "It's just a different object." "Pay attention to the number." "Numbers are messed up, too." "We never did one-thirds." "It's the same operation." "1/4, 1/5, 1/3." "Follow the same steps." "It's just a different denominator." "How do you get 1/3 of a car?" "It's actually 1/3 of all the cars." "Was i talking to you?" "!" "( kids laugh )" "You get close enough..." "You could take a head shot." "Why?" "'cause maybe he vest up." "Word." "A chest shot maybe won't do it for you." "Then what?" "You." "It's his turn." "Thug,youon it ." "Yougotto shoot froma distance," "You can't risk a headshot." "You go for the belly, the dick, or the ass area." "Because the vest don't go down that far." "Bam!" "Take him out." "Then what?" "Walk up, finish him off." "With a?" "Head shot." "Damn, y'all coming along full effect." "The head, i hear that." "All right, now say he in a car." "Sergeant thomas hauk, baltimore city police." "Didn't i say city would come running?" "You did." "I'll checked his joker out for you." "See what's what." "Oneotherthing," "You'redoing okayrunningthem" "Newyorkniggers ofoffeastside." "Iknowthat." "But this thing you got with disappearing the bodies..." "My man saying if you just vanishing the bodies like that," "It do kind of defeats its own purpose." "Niggers don't know if they went back" "To the bronx or whatever." " You feel me?" " Of course." "I'll tell my people." "Hey, no disrespect to your professionalism or nothing." "Weallimpressedhow you" "Losethemotherfuckers likethat." "We just trying to send a message" "To these new york people in full effect..." "You know what i'm saying?" "I'll get back to you on this." "So, councilman," "I understand you were at cid yesterday." "See anything big with those downtown boys?" "Well, they messed up the lunch order." "No,i figured ineededto getcloser" "To the street, so that's why i am out here today." "Rolling with the mighty east of the east." "Now,remember,we had ashootingincidentlastweek ." "So,keepthosecorner fuckstoonewindow." "Don'tgetsurrounded." "Shit, remember we had that van full up for you guys?" " Couldn't find a fucking channel." " What the fuck you say?" "Dressed like that, stevie wonder make you as police." "Keepyourradio outofsight." "Volume up on those boom box." "10 bucks say we collar up first." "20 makes it worth our while." "Mr. Mayor, you know what's great about the easter?" "We are hungry motherfuckers" "Respectfully,i mean." "So, you're saying," "You don't ever give anybody a break?" " Anybody?" " Nah, nah." "'cause if you let him slide for a dollar," "It's a sign that you're weak." "Today's dollar is tomorrow's two." "Yeah, same with your crew." "Your boy come up short" "Saying spillage or police or whatever," "You let him be and then he gettin' over on you." "Then you a chump." "Girl:" "So,yougotto fuckhimup ." "You gotta, ahem, mess him up." "Nah, nah." "Something for real happen, you do that." "If you do it over some bullshit," "Thenallyoudid was  losea goodworker." "Man, you gotta fuck that nigger up, man." "( laughing )" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Whoa!" "Stop talking on top of each other." "This how you communicate out on the street?" "All right, it's like this:" "You boy come back to you, like," "Say this happened, that happened" "Boy:" "Thenfuckhimup." "In my mind, i'm gonna let him make it out of his own cut, too." "If you're good worker, he know what he need to do." "Girl:" "Yeah,hegotapoint." "He got a point." "I'm still gonna mess that nigga up." "Ifhethinksaboutit, saysitain'this fault," "Thenthatnigger runninggameon you." "And then you fuck that nigger up." "Girl:" "Hell,yeah." "All right, yeah." "But why?" "You know it gotta happen, man." "You know what i'm saying!" "Colvin:" "Wait,wait,wait!" "Onevoice." "Onevoice." "Y'all,onevoice." "Yo, yo, d, you tell him." "There always people watching." " Watching you." " True." "Yeah." "Man on radio:" "What'staking youboysso long?" "We'rereadyto pounce." "Hurryup,hurryup,  thisguy." "Thisguyrighthere." "Fuck you, guys." "Hey, yo, yo." "Yo, man, we need some pills." "Yo, you in the right place, man." " Get them for us." " I'm going to work, man." "Yo, 20 for the pills and 10 for you." "Leavethebike." "What, you want steal my bike?" "What the fuck i want your bike for?" "I got a car." "Give me a minute." "$20mightnotmean nothingtoyou." "Buti ain't makinganything toturnmoney." "Yougotto earnyour20." "Y'all some lazy motherfuckers." "This shit is right around the corner." "You have no idea how much we appreciate this." "I love it when they come to work pumped like this." "( tires screeching )" "Shit." "Come on, man." "I'm going to work." "Come on, man." "I'm going to work, man!" "Thisisbullshit,man !" "Thisissomebullshit righthere." "For real!" "For real!" "I ain't got no drugs, no shit on me." "I ain't got nothing on me, man." "And you taking my bike, too?" "!" "I need that." " This is bullshit, y'all!" " One down." "Comin'inthehood fuckin'withus ." "Thisisfuckedup righthere,man." "Andre, how you doing?" "This is a friend of mine-- detective moreland." "Hey." "You doing okay there or what?" "So,listen, formyfriendhere," "Tellmeonemoretime  howthethingwent down,willyou?" " The boy came in." " Omar?" "Omar." "He puts the nine on her." "Says to me, "whatever you got."" "Mm-hmm." "A nine, huh?" "Where were you?" "Where you see me at." "Mm-hmm." "Nine wouldn't go through this." "Why'dyoucomeout ?" "'cause he said to." "Trying to save her life." "Right, i'm saying..." "This is like bank of england glass." "Fort knox glass." " And who put that up there?" " Huh?" "Guymusthavehad  anelephantgun orsomeshit." "I don't know." "The boy had a mask on." "A mask, huh?" "Like zorro, huh?" "When did that happen?" "A few weeks back." "Put in a report?" " It got away from me." " Mm-hmm." "Andre." "We're going to need you to come down to the office" "Andstraightenout acoupleof things." "I'm running a business here." "I ain't going nowhere." "Givemeabottle ofmylanta." "Please." "His whole story is fucked, and here's why:" "First, it don't make any sense." "The shooter took out the woman" "And left him breathing to talk to you." "He should be dead, too." "Second, that's a drug depot in there." "Ah!" "The glass, reinforced steel," "Camera, low inventory." "And, third, he's shining us on" "About that big-ass .50 cal hole" "Because i know who put it there," "And he knows who put it there." "Andifhe weretosay," ""oh,that?" "That'somar'sprevious." "Rippingoff are-upin here--"" "Whichiswhathappened-- he'dbefucked." "So,what?" "A guy comes in the first time" "With a .50 caliber because he knows the glass is thick," "Then comes back the next week with a nine?" "( sighs )" "The job isn't about picking the stories we like best." "Motherfucker." "Now you gonna lecture me about what the job is?" "My apologies." "Okay." "Let'sgodowntown." "It's a new law, yo" "Three pills, that's felony weight." "And you're on a pre-indicted corner." " Huh?" " You better show some stash." "Or it's off to cheltenham." "Those dc boys down there, too, right?" "They love fresh baltimore ass." "I ain't know no stash." "They say it's better than pussy." " Those my pills." " Yeah?" "Have you ever heard of federal guidelines?" "Pre-indicted corners, homeboy." "That's three years mandatory." "Unless you mitigate." "Mit-a-what?" " The stash, front boy." " I don't know no stash." "Those my pills, man." "I'm high right now, look." "Yeah." "They gonna love him up in there." "Come on." " I saw him first." " Yeah." " Bitch is mine." " Those are my pills, i swear." "That's two." "Get the fuck in the car." " Damn, fractions?" " He's doing fractions." "Shit, you want to know what we talked about in my new class today?" " What?" " Slinging." "Yo, i'm not playing." "We talked about business." "About putting shit on the damn street." " Nigger, please." " It was that we was schooling them." "Yo, my new class is the shit." "Yo, you going by the gym today?" "No, man." "I gotta go vial up what's left on this package" "So i can re-up." "All right." " All right, man." " Peace, man." "That shit is crazy though, right?" "I got to leave soon, duquan." "Okay." "What level are you on?" "12." "Ah, i never made it past 10." "Want to see me get to 40?" "That's cheating." "Want me to show you how?" "Woman on phone:" "Baltimorecity policedepartment." "Yes, ma'am, this is sydney handjerker" "With handjerker, cohen, and bronburg." "I'm trying to locate a sergeant thomas hauk" "In regards to a client i am representing." "Hold,please." "Mayor'soffice, lieutenanthoskins." "Yes, hello, this is ervin pepper" "Of pepper, pepper, and bayleaf." "I'm calling in regards to a sergeant thomas hauk in regards to a" "He'snolonger onthisdetail." "Holdonforaminute." "Man:" "Majorcrimes." "Mayi helpyou?" "This is dr." "J. Calling with test results for thomas hauk." "He'sonthestreet." "Youwantto leave amessageon it ?" "Hello?" "Let's do it." "You just got to walk up on him, all right?" "Snap one." "We gotta make sure he from new york first, right?" "Gottaask." "Ask what?" ""you from new york?"" "No, ask a baltimore question," "Something a new york nigger won't know." "What's a baltimore question, yo?" "I don't know." "Like, maybe something about club music." "They don't know nothing about that shit up in new york." "Huh?" "Ask him, like, who young leek be." ""shakin' and jiggle it."" "Or k-swift." "Man!" "I know nothing about that 92q shit, man." "Man, who gives a fuck, yo?" "You don't know marc clarke?" "The big phat morning show?" "You ain't right, girl." "The average baltimore nigger know all that shit, all right?" "They don't listen to that shit up in new york." "They listen to some bullshit up in new york." " Go ahead." " Whatever." "Hey, got a bet going on, man." "What's up?" "Who'syourfavoriteone  onthebigphatmorning showshow,yo ?" "What, you a new york girl?" " Sanjay." " Who?" "Who?" "That show any day." "Snoop!" "Snoop, yo!" "Snoop, yo!" "Yo!" "Chill!" "Sanjay be on the show, too." "So, maybe i ask the questions from now on, all right?" "(hornhonks)" "And then they basically entrap some poor bastard" "On a bet, haul in $20 worth of drugs." "Now they got to process him, feed him," "Property voucher his bike-- next thing, they're working on" "Some 14-year-old smoke hound like he's bin laden." "The big haul there's three vials of cocaine." "I mean, are you with this?" "I've been fighting this bullshit for years." "The only way to go is high-end enforcement." "You pick the targets that will make a dent out there." "Reduce the violence." "So, what's the problem?" "Problem is i do what i'm told." "Meaning?" "Mr. Mayor, i'm no more a racist than you are." "Thing about affirmative action," "I'm just talking policy here, no offense intended." "None taken." "It's a numbers game." "And numbers games breed more numbers games." "In your 20% hike the hiring of black officers" "To keep up with the city demographic," "Butthat'salso gottobe reflected straightupthechain." "Which means fast-tracking some people past where their" "How do i say this?" "Their experienced warrants." "And he who owes his good fortune to the numbers," "Abides in them." "Gotta show arrest are up 15, 20%." "We'll worry about the quality later." "So, what you saw out there, it's a con game." "A band-aid on cancers." "So, no, i'm not with this, but i do follow orders." "However, if those orders were to change," "Or if i had the opportunity to change them myself..." "(rapmusic playingsoftly)" "(dooropens)" "Oh, no, you not!" "What's this shit doing in my house?" "I'm stretching bottles, ma." "You ever see your daddy" "Bring his work home with him like that?" "That's what you got alieutenantfor." "Police come to this door instead of your mother," "They will have this whole damn house." "This all got to be packed up and elsewhere right now." "All right, be cool." "Wait till bey hear about this." "Did you hear that naked-ass appeal to racial solidarity?" "I'd like to kick his pale, entitled ass." "Were you listening?" "He's no more a racist than i am." "Might have to kick your ass, too." "What have you heard about his fellow daniels?" "Major in the western." "Yeah, he's good." "Not much politically." "I don't think he's got any suction with anybody." "Where's the rice-a-roni?" "Ma, where's the rice-a-roni?" "There was this boy on the stoop looked like he was starving." "So, you cooked it for him?" "No,i justgaveittohim." "Just gave it to him?" "Boy ate a raw box of rice-a-roni?" "How much did you sell the groceries for?" "Don't look at me like that." "I gotta go out." "10?" "You have your rice-a-roni profits." "Michael, come on!" "Boy, i ain't gonna let you hold the dss card" "If you ain't gonna do right by me." "You're gonna let me hold that card." "You a hard child." "Next time, don't go selling the food out of our mouths!" "Yeah, like y'all say," "Don't lie, don't bunk," "Don't cheat, don't steal or whatever." "But what about y'all, huh?" "What, the government?" "What, the enron?" "Ha!" "Steroids, yeah." "Liquor business?" "Booze the real killer out there." "And cigarettes-- oh, shit." "Hey, you got some smokes in there?" "I'm trying to quit." "(kidslaugh)" "And drugs paid your salary, right?" "No, not exactly." "But i get your point." "We do the same thing as y'all." "Except when we do it," "It's like, "oh, my god, these kids is animals."" "Like it's the end of the world coming." "Man, that's bullshit, all right?" "'cause this like-- what's it-- hypocrite-- hypocritical." "I mean, yeah, we got our thing," "But this is just part of the big thing." " Exactly." " But this corner boy thing,right?" "I mean, all y'all did all this talking up in here." "You think you could sit down and write down the laws to your thing?" "Hell, yeah." "I'll doing it right now." "Shit." "No, i'm talking about can you'll do it together?" "I give the test on fractions." "Half the kids have breakdowns." "I still have a lot of kids who can barely handle whole numbers." "Well, if it's any comfort," "I have outside of my advanced class" "Maybe half a dozen reading at grade level." "Try having them on the periodic table of elements." "The thing is, it's your curriculum," "And you have to stick to it." " I can't." "It's absurd." " You have to." "Thattestin april isthedifferencebetween" "Thestatetakingover theschoolor not." "Maybe the state should." "Look, you teach math, youteachthetest." "North avenue is all about" "The leave no child behind stuff getting spoon-fed." "And what do they learn?" "Findsomemiddleground." "Every day try to do a little for the statewide." "And keep a unit problem on the blackboard for donnelly." "You know, she comes to visit," "She thinks you are on point." "The rest of the time," "Do what you feel like you need to do." "But be careful." "You're are still on the far side of your evaluation." "Thefirstyear isn'taboutthekids," "It's about you surviving." " ( sirens blaring ) - whoo-hoo!" "(rapmusicplaying)" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Hands on your head." " I was eating that." " Fuck you." " That's my lunch." " Fuck you." "Find a wall, motherfuckers." "Get down." "Get your feet up." " This is harassment." " What did i say to you?" "Fuck you." "That's what you said to me." "There's nothing here, man." " ( music stops ) - oops." "My bad." "Want to play games with me?" "I'm gonna be in your people's shit like this every day" "Until my camera comes home." "You hear me?" "Every day." "You and yours." "Let's go." "Ah, that felt good." "The old western deu rides again." "Yes?" "P.A.:" "Anyonefromcidreport atthefrontdesk." "Anycids,reportto thefrontdesk." "Respectfully, sir, i would feel better" "If you clear this through the chain of command." "Yes, sir." "I'll think about that." "(hangsup phone)" " Problem with the bosses?" " One in particular." "That was our mayor-to-be." "Carcetti?" "Seriously?" "He wants to meet." "You and him, alone?" "He wants to talk about the police department" "What works, what doesn't." "You have the mayor's ear now." "Look at you." "Here's the thing-- what do i say?" "What do you mean, what do you say?" "How honest should i be?" "I mean, it's one thing for me to talk tactical shit" "Or enforcement strategies," "But the shit that actually goes on" "I start talking about that, i don't know if i can stop." "Cedric, this is your chance." "This is a career." "And what if i take my shots at burrell and rawls" "And he decides not to clean house?" "What then?" "The new mayor calls you up," "Asks you for your take on things," "And you don't want to be, what, impolitic?" "Carcetti..." "I don't even know the man." "If he's calling you, it's because" "Guys like burrell and rawls are on the ropes." "Maybe." "I know there is a risk, but..." "Baby, i'd fire away..." "Both barrels." "Man:" "Allrightouthere,man." "Uptop." "Allright,allright." "Wegotthatgrop, wegotthatpop ." "Allright." ""shakin' and jiggle it," yo." "Who made that track?" "Yo, who you talking to, dawg?" "I'masking whoyoungleekbe." "You mean too fat's cousin?" " Who?" " No." "Nigger, then how the fuck shit i know?" "!" " Yo, who the fuck is you talking-- - ( gunshot )" " Man:" "Oh, shit." " What i say?" "Fuck that nigger." "(caralarmblaring)" "What up, b?" " Where ma at?" " Upstairs." "Michael, my daddy came home." "Daddy came" " Look who home." " Michael." "Damn, you grew." "And a pack of cools for maycia." "Still tricking for that clown?" "You know, i don't understand why people talk trash about him." "All i know is he loves me." "Well, when you get tired of him" "Going upside your head and all," "You'll really know who loves you." "Whatever." "Whoa." "Motherfucker, what?" "He had 12 years." "Parole." "It was only a drug charge." "You swore he wasn't coming back." "This is a good thing, michael." "It's going to be back the way it was." "The way it was?" "We a family again." "You lied to me." "People change, michael." "He say you can give him back the independence card, too." "He gonna take care of all that for us." "Thanks for coming up from washington." "The party is happy for the opportunity." "Yougotsomeheatbehind youatthispoint." "But down to business." "The way we see it, we got to cobble together a citywide turnaround" "Callitthebaltimore miracleorsomeshit." "Which starts with a 10% drop in crime." "Since that was your campaign cry," " You want the double digits." " No doubt." "Then he's got to do a bricks and mortar project downtown, put his name on something." "Well,weflushed withstadiums," "Got hotels out of the ass." "You guys got a good convention center?" "And a convention center expansion." "Gotta put something up." "Get the sign on it that says:" ""brought to you by tommy carcetti" "And the citizens of baltimore."" "Well, think on it." "But you don't have too much time to decide." "Anything else?" "Education always polls good." "Oh, no, we got to stay away from schools." "Our last four administrations" "Left us with an inner city system" "With inner city problems." "Wegetinvolved, starttalkingshit," "Itbecomesourmess." "Gotta respect the depths." "One, you get the drop in crime." "Two, you build something downtown." "And three, you stay away from schools." "And, four, you keep your boyish good looks." "You do all that, you might be running for governor in 2008." "Maybe take back that state house for us." "Hmm?" " Can you get him a square corner?" " Easy." "I don't like things with square corners." "They look weird at the bottom." "They don't fit the same space." "(chattercontinues)" "( sighs )" "You okay?" "Yeah." "You sure?" "Isitsomethingathome ?" "No." " Come on." " I said no." "Okay." "If there's ever anything you want to talk about..." "There'sme, butifyou'drather," "I can write you a pass" "To see the social worker." "Justsaywhen." "Michael, do you want to see the social worker?" "No." "I have to say, i've never seen kids" "Like them this animated in a classroom." "Focused-- the corner culture kids, at least." "The ones with deeper problems, they opted out." "Deeper problems?" "We'renotjustupagainst cornerlogicin there." "Iamseeingoppositional defiantdisorders," "Clinical depression, post traumatic stress," "And with the girl chandra," "Borderline psychosesmaybe." "And with those type of problems," "We are gonna have a social worker here fulltime." "But the corner kids, yeah, they really came alive." "Yeah, when they talk about what they know," "They talk from here, and they stay on point." "Shit, they have been even taking turns in there." "Question is can we get them" "In that kind of mindset with stuff they don't know?" "Can we have them learn on faith alone?" "In all honesty," "This is uncharted territory." "Where do you go from here?" "How about we just let this ride?" "See where it takes us." "All right, see, here's the thing" "Once you got it, it's all you." "Anything happen, i gonna have to fuck you up." "Yeah, but that's nothing." "'cause the guy trusting me on this-- marlo" "He'll kill you and your whole family." "So, don't go shaking the bottles, 'cause mario weighs that shit every time." " I ain't shaking shit." " See that you don't." "'cause if you do fuck with it, i'm gonna know." "All right, that's good." "All right, it's good." "All right, see, you under 13 and shit." "So, you safe from everybody but me and mario." "So, i'm lieutenant now?" "Yeah." "You're my lieutenant." "And all's i get is an extra $10?" "Yeah, you do this good, and we'll talk." "See this guy here?" "That's the grand jury prosecutor." "Now, you lie to us, it's just good clean fun." "But you tell tales to that three-piece motherfucker" "Oh, shit!" "I ain't telling lies." "Hey, gary, let me ask you this hypothetically." "Howmuchtimedoes awitnessgetfor lying toyourgrandjury?" "You kidding?" "As much as i can get him." " What's the max?" " 10 years." "Oh, you got people going away for 10 years?" "Oh, hell, yeah." "All the time." "10 years." "I thought he was going to say, like, two or three." "Hey, look, that motherfucker went upside my head." "I couldn't even see straight." "Which motherfucker are we talking about?" "Then they got me on that medication," "Made me groggy as shit." "Thenthismanstarts workingatme" " Fuck i did!" " I mean, shit." "I'm still groggy now." "I mean, i got to" "Is there a washroom around?" "Lying motherfucker." "For real." "( siren blaring )" "( on bullhorn ) pull over, asshole." "Shit." "Step out of the car, please." "Stepoutof thecar ." "Put your hands on the car." "Got anything on you?" "Have a seat on the curb." "Have a seat." "Cross your feet." "Put your hands on your head." "Fuck is this powder?" "Lime from my mama's garden." "What, are you building a clubhouse?" "Yo, that shoot nails." "Be cool." "Oh, i know what it does." "( fires )" "I want my fucking camera." "I heard what you said at comstat the other day." "I also hear you're a commander who knows police work." "Nice of people to say." "So, yesterday i did a ride-along in eastern," "Watchedstreetpops, undercoverrips," "So, what am i thinking?" "My guess?" "You witnessed a waste of time, money, energy," "And, in few cases, talent." "Rawls says it's burrell and his numbers game." "He says if i unleash him, put him in the driver's seat," "Then all of that bullshit goes south." "See a return of high-end police work." "Says it'll be the dawning of a new day." "Rawls said that?" "Yeah." "Says he's just following orders," "Being a good soldier." "What do you say?" "Mr. Mayor, if you want to talk to me" "About what happens in the street" "Or what goes on under me in the western," "I'll talk your ear off." "But i'm a soldier, too." "I don't go up the chain with my opinions." "I can respect that." "I will say this though." "We did have one unit doing high-end stuff," "Major crimes working out of an off site" "Down on clinton street." ""did" is past tense." "What wrecked it?" "Good question, mr." "Mayor." "With ray foerster's passing," "I'm going to need a new cid commander right away." "Would you object to being made colonel working under rawls?" "Under rawls?" "He is deputy ops, is he not?" "Is the mayor going to make the changes" "Or just leave it to the good soldier?" "What i'm really asking is" "How for real are you?" "Well, i guess we're going to find that out together, aren't we?" "Colonel daniels." "What the fuck do we do?" "I don't know." "These guys don't scare." "If we all kick in, you, me, sydnor," "Maybe we could afford a used camera." "I thought of that." "It ain't gonna match the serial numbers" "From the one for my asd." "We gotta get wood on mario." "It's the only way." "This randy kid, he can't give us a murder, right?" "Shit, he can't even give us a body." "Buthesayssome littlekevinkid" "Was the one supposed to tell lex" "To go up in that alley." "Plus, what did fuck-nut say little kev said?" "Lex went up the alley," "But he ain't coming back." "Maybe he saw the whole thing." "Maybe he's our eyeball witness." " Little kevin?" " Little kevin." "Four... 80, 100, 10, 20." "420." "Where's the rest?" "Um..." "I'm on a hard strip." "Stricker and lafayette." "What the fuck are you doing there?" "I got to build it up." "Nah, nah." "You ain't got to build up shit." "Yourfatherbuiltthem cornersandtheyowe you  'cause they owe him." "Bodie got a real short memory" "When it comes to giving props." "Ma." "I going to straighten this shit out right now." "Ma, let me build." "Ma!" "(knocking)" "Sir." "Bill." "We need to regroup." "I've come up with something fresh" "For the new administration." "Hmm?" "I don't mind telling you," "I'm uncomfortable the way" "Carcetti is running around in our shop." "He's talked to me" "Several times." "You're making your move, huh?" "We were a good team, you and me." "We were." "Ms. Ella, where bug at?" "He went home, michael." "Nah, he waits for me." "The man who came and picked him up said he was his father." "Andbugsaidso, too ." "Fuck!" " ( knocking ) - mmm." "The fuck did you do?" "And why'd you let him do it?" " Hey, listen-- - no." "That's how you got him with his head up his ass." "Unsolvinghisown fuckingmurders." "Your job is to turn red to black, not the other way." "And you, stand the fuck up for yourself." "You don't got to do the whole thing" "On your fingers, little man." "Look, first column," "Six and six is... 12." "Put down the two, you bring over the one." "Bug." " Hey, big man." " Get over to me now." " We were just going to-- - now." "( sighs )" "( sighs )" "Yo, hold on." "Yo, you owe me 800 on that, bitch." "You owe." "(musicplaying)"