"Previously, on NYC 22..." "Daddy?" "Honey, how was school?" "I wanted to know if you wanted to come to this press thing that..." "No." "I mean, I..." "The number of dope slingers in the park is starting to climb." "Some of you will be making undercover buys." "You need to get out of here now." "Your my dad's partner-- I saw you at school." "Go!" "First item, the old tenements on 118 and Manhattan are due to be torn down to make way for a commercial redevelopment." "Greatest crime fighters in the world:" "sheetrock and a crane." "Most of the tenants are gone except for a few holdouts in the last building, which was condemned at 0700." "Everyone must be out by noon today." "The Department of Buildings will serve and escort." "We will assist, make sure everyone behaves." "Does that mean no gunplay, Sarge?" "Moore, you know that block's changed." "Changed, my ass." "Moore took two in the keister back when it was a war zone." "According to Compstat, that area has seen a 47% decline in major crimes since 2000." "You stop right there, or I swear." "Item two:" "the City Ballers basketball tournament kicks off today at Carson Community Center." "That's 2,000-plus trying to jam into an area with a seating capacity of half that." "One-third, sir." "Excuse me?" "One half would be a thousand seats." "Four gyms, four courts, 300 people each." "See, I used to play there..." "Point is, with that size crowd, there's sure to be a few boneheads craving some cuffs." "We'll have a strong uniform presence." "And finally, we're getting complaints about too many vendors crowding the sidewalks along 116." "Anyone peddling without a license or flouting codes should be written up and sent packing." "And for all you geniuses not paying attention when you write summons return dates, there is no court on Saturday or Sunday." "Can you rookies do anything right?" "Actually, that was you and Martini." "Three times last week." "All right, it's a busy one today." "Get to work." "Did you talk to your daughter yet?" "No." "Soon." "I'm trying to figure out the right thing to say." "How about, "Your boyfriend's a drug dealer, busted once, will be busted again, cut him off"?" "I know." "All right." "♪ You're hired in the background, singers singing' ♪" "♪ Singin' ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la ♪" "♪ Okay, sing it ♪" "♪ Some people do it ♪" "♪ All for money ♪" "♪ Some do it all for the love, yeah ♪" "♪ Some do it all for the glory ♪" "♪ There's nothing else they're thinking of ♪" "♪ I saw a man in a four-door... ♪" "As a kid in the Bronx, we got evicted twice." "The first time the landlord starts filing complaints that my grandfather was never on the lease." "Never mind the old man is dying of lung cancer." "We get bounced, and we end up in the projects." "And mom starts working two jobs." "Doesn't know my brother's turning the place into his own mini-stash house." "Get raided, and blam-- back on the streets." "What happened then?" "My family went from cracked to shattered." "This makes me sick." "Three generations my family's been here." "Through the good, bad and ugly." "Where were all these big developers back when the dope heads and the crack dealers turned this block into the O.K. Corral?" "You ever had to write about something like this?" "Yeah, more times than I care to remember." "I hear it's gonna be all condos and tapas bars." "Yeah, well, you want to make an omelet you got to break some eggs." "These are the eggs." "Can use some help-- got a woman refusing to move." "I'll go." "First floor in the back." "Hey, Ruby, honey, it's, uh, it's your dad calling." "I want to get together with you when you have chance." "So, yeah, just give me a call when-when you can." "Okay, sweetie." "Ms. Gordon," "I'm Officer Sanchez." "Is there a problem?" "She has nowhere to go." "Who has nowhere to go?" "My granddaughter Janine." "She's in Haiti teaching school." "Can you call her?" "I haven't been able to reach her." "This is our home, the only one she knows." "When she comes back," "I have to be here." "I'm sorry, but that's not possible." "There's outreach workers outside-- they can help you find a place to stay." "And contact your granddaughter." "No." "She won't know where to find me." "I know this isn't easy, Ms. Gordon." "You got to get going." "Ms. Gordon?" "Uh, not safe to be moving that." "What the hell, man?" "We got it this far, right?" "You were told essential items only." "This is essential, and like new." "I bought it 'cause the landlord was too cheap to replace the broke one." "You promised, Eddie." "You promised we wouldn't have to move." "Hold-hold on." "How about this?" "Uh, what if you let him keep the stove if they promise this is the last big-ticket item?" "Yeah, all right." "Okay, all right." " Can you guys promise..." " Yes!" "Open the door!" "Open the door, Eddie!" "2-2, post 48 to central." "809 West 128." "We've got a 10-85." "♪ Uh ♪" "♪ Listen, first the Fat Boys break up ♪" "♪ Now every day I wake up ♪" "♪ Somebody got something to say ♪" "♪ Where's the love?" "♪" "♪ Look, scrapper, I got nephews to look after ♪" "♪ I'm not lookin' at you dudes, I'm looking past ya ♪" "♪ Ain't no love ♪" "♪ In the heart of the city ♪" " I heard the gunshots were a bunch of firecrackers." " Yeah." "Sounded like the real thing." "We think they were tossed from one of the windows." "Who's the hero?" "Eddie Cuevas." "He barricaded himself and a bunch of tenants in there with chains and a stove." "Unemployed agitator-- he's been giving us a headache since we showed." "Neighbors said he managed the local hardware store." "Closed last December." "Does odd jobs." "Three kids." "Wife left a few years ago." "He say what he wants?" "Not to leave." "Yeah, he's been yelling about the developer screwing him over." "Wants to talk to him." "Hey, Eddie?" "Sergeant Conrad." "Can you hear me?" "Yeah, I could hear you!" "Hi, Papa!" "Miguelito!" "I thought you was inside with us!" "All right, put the pad away." "Go to that construction trailer, call Child Servis for the kid, and keep a few land lines open." "Move those people back;" "set up a perimeter." "All right, guys, have to move." "We're not going anywhere, man!" "All right, here we go." "Back up top to Teach One, representing..." "Oh..." "Yes!" "Indoor foot patrol." "We really won the lottery on this one." "Crowd control is part of the job." "Ooh, looks like someone's happy to be back in their old playground." "Playground?" "More like my temple." "This is the most respected streetball tournament in the world." "Wilt, Kareem, Dr. J all made names for themselves here." "Then you got local legends, like Joe Hammond," "Earl the Goat." "I barely rated." "Somebody call Page Six." "I think Jackpot just said something kind of humble." "Don't get it twisted." "I got off here, too." "I once hit eight three-pointers in a row." "Took home the first place trophy." "...and see what you got." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "...with the step-back!" "He's dancing on him!" "Oh, my God!" "I didn't know you could do that!" "Looked good!" "That's okay, baby!" "You'll get him!" "Teach One couldn't teach a crack 'ho how to smoke pipe!" "Teach One with the pull-up." "Ice water... yes, baby!" "It's good!" "What is gonna happen now?" "Remind you of someone?" "I was better." "Way better." "Mm-hmm." "Excuse me, sir." "Ja, ja, ja." "I'm sorry." "Ma'am, I need you to move this under your table." "You're only allowed eight feet wide and three feet deep." "Where I come from, this is how half my family survived." "Trade and barter at the local bazaar." "Rules are rules, right?" "Special deal for my police friends: half price." "Look very handsome." "Like Robert Pattinson." "Who?" "This looks counterfeit." "No, no, no." "This is Viutonn." "V-I-U-T-O-N-N." "Different spelling;" "just as good." "Special price for you." "What's a pupusa?" "It's like a gordita." "What's a gordita?" "Where's your cart license?" "I must have left it at home." "Time to shut it down." "Got to write you up." "Let me see some I.D." "Can't we just warn this guy?" "Wouldn't be fair to the others." "And then nobody gets the message." "Okay." "All right, the Child Services asked you outreach guys to watch him for now." "No worries." "I'll trade my sword for your gun." "I would, but this isn't a toy." "This is magic." "Really?" "Well, then I would definitely hold on to it." "Come on, Miguel." "Let's get you something to drink." "Where's my boy?" "He's fine." "He's with the outreach folks." "But the sooner you come out, the better he'll be." "Not until you get the developer, Bobby Lutz, to come down here and honor his promise." "What promise was that?" "After they bought the building, he said the only way they'd renovate was if we paid more rent." "I got almost everybody to agree." "Soon as we pay, Bobby disappears, and somebody bought off the city to condemn this place." "And here we go!" "Rubberman, you already know." "Rubberman to the..." "Oh, ho, ho." "Put that in the books!" "Count that!" "My man!" "Jackpot!" "Jackpot Toney!" "What's up, Ray?" "Ah, I thought that was you, player." "I heard you were reppin' the blue these days." "Yeah, I'm bringing your name up all the time." "I tell these young men, life ain't just about ballin', it's about the complete man, after the... glory days are behind you." "Who's this fine young lady with you?" "Officer Perry." "You know who you're rolling with?" "Yeah, I do." "Jayson Toney used to be a big deal around here after I gave him that nickname." "Actually, the announcer C-Bone called it out." "But you never had a problem taking things, credit or whatnot." "Hey!" "Come on, defense!" "Yeah, well, you know, back in the day, ol' Jackpot was like a machine, put the quarter in and ding-ding-ding!" "back in the day, Cha-ching!" "Ding-ding-ding!" "," "Hit that number every time." "You talking about the points I put up or the money you made?" "There you go, getting all sensitive about the past." "You know I still got love for you, son." "You know that, son, right?" "Oh!" "That's my boy." "That kid's my new Jackpot." "Toothpick, oh, my God, a great pass and a better shot!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Come on." "Yeah!" "Yeah-yeah-yeah!" "Ms. Gordon wanted to know if she'll be able to reenter the building to get the rest of her things." "Not right now." "I'm sorry." "Some of the tenants are saying that even if they get Mr. Cuevas out, no one will be allowed back in." "Well, I'm not sure about that." "But did anyone reach her granddaughter?" "We tried." "We found out that she was working for a school in Haiti when the last earthquake hit." "She's been missing ever since." "Her granddaughter's dead?" "Officially, still missing." "Can I see your vendor license?" "I don't need one." "The First Amendment protects me." "That's only if you're selling written materials or art." "That's silkscreen with my original painting." "I don't think that qualifies." "It says here that anything people wear, like hats or jewelry, requires a permit." "The shirts are not meant for wearing." "They meant to be framed and hung up on a wall." "He's got a point." "Not his fault if his art is misused." "You gonna shut him down?" "These peddlers are driving my customers away." "I don't sell anything you sell." "19-and-a-half feet." "The rule is 20." "He is on my turf." "Move your table back a little." "Don't give him a warning." "Give that alien a ticket!" "Keep it up and you're gonna get a ticket for disorderly conduct." "Come on." "Those people in there are in danger." "If something goes wrong with the building and they get hurt, you're gonna be held responsible." "I told you ain't nothing wrong with this building that can't be fixed." "I wanna talk to Lutz!" "Any idea how much longer?" "Uh-huh, okay, thanks." "I heard of cops becoming reporters, but never the other way." "What's the matter, you couldn't find the press line, Ted?" "Hey, buddy." "Hey." "Sorry how things went down at the paper." "Well, Ted, it's not your fault they fired all the best reporters." "How's your daughter?" "She's great, yeah." "What a scene here." "What do you know about this Eddie guy?" "I'm hearing things, make it sound like he's not so nuts." "Yeah?" "Like what?" "Talked to an associate of Bobby Lutz who claimed that the development company never intended to renovate." "Lutz was just using whatever angle he could to get the tenants to leave." "So no one's coming to talk to Eddie." "Yeah." "He figures that out, this is gonna get uglier." "You see that woman over there in the red?" "Her and some other tenants are asking me if they could go back in the building." "They weren't able to get all their stuff." "That's too bad." "That's too bad?" "So what do I tell them?" "Tell 'em time's up." "Nobody's getting back in." "What's up with you and this Ray-Ray?" "Wah-wah-wah-wah..." "Each one, choke one, beeyotch!" "Why don't you shut your dumb mouth?" "Why don't you mind your fat ass?" "Say what to me?" "You want to bump with me?" "Oh, time-out!" "No!" "Hey, hey, break it up!" "Security to the side." "Everybody calm down, please." "Let's chill out." "We out here to play ball." "We are out here to play ball." "What were you doing running your mouth like that for anyway?" "Just trying to help the home team." "Why you sitting with the Brooklyn folks instead of Harlem?" "It's the best seat I could get." "Do you know how many corporate sponsors, college and NBA pro scouts are watching you right now?" "I got a full ride to Hofstra, man." "Which is something they can yank after something like this." "That was my girl." "What'd you expect me to do?" "White House..." "No warrants on either of them." "And this one doesn't want to press charges, so what do you think?" "I say we kick 'em both out, send 'em out different exits." "That's it?" "Look, Teach One doesn't get back in the game, his team loses, the get booted from the tournament." "That's serious punishment." "You're done." "Security, take 'em away." "You think you're gonna scare us out with that monster machine?" "No one's trying to scare you, Eddie." "But if you keep this up, you're looking at charges for holding people against their will." "I'm not forcing anyone to stay, all right?" "Do we really need a damn wrecking ball right now?" "My boss told me to have it here at noon sharp, and he wants to know what's taking so long." "Is that a serious question?" "He said to remind everybody those people are in an unsafe structure, in danger." "How dangerous are we talking about?" "Very." "Gas leaks, exposed asbestos, weak floors, could collapse." "I heard that the danger may have been exaggerated in order to speed up the demolition." "What are you, a mechanical engineer?" "Easy." "I also heard the developer's avoiding contact with us to prevent any delay." "At this point the developer is beside the point, and it doesn't much matter how imminent the danger." "The Building's Commissioner will not bow to some nutcase!" "The imminent danger is busting down the door and going in hard with families in there." "As long as Eddie Cuevas is talking to us, we're talking to him." "You shouldn't let your personal bias influence the way you do your job." "'Cause I almost gave that guy a summons?" "You're the biased one, siding with the store owners over the vendors." "I just think that if you spend a generation or two trying to build a business, you deserve some respect." "And you don't if you're a recent immigrant who doesn't own property?" "Officers, Officers, they got my wallet!" "They stole it!" "Okay, do you remember what they looked like?" "It was a pickpocket, not an armed robbery." "I just had it a few minutes ago when I bought this." "Then I tried to buy a pupusa, and it was gone." "You pay up or you don't leave." "What's the problem?" "She ate a meal and didn't pay." "What did she say?" "Not sure." "Sounds Spanish, Portuguese?" "Did someone take your wallet?" "I want my money." "Look, Ramon, we just had someone pickpocketed." "Looks like her, too." "Can you make an exception here?" "I keep making exceptions, it becomes the rule." "All right, how much does she owe?" "$13.67 plus tip." "My wallet's gone." "Yeah, do it, son." "Good pass." "Oh, good pass." "Hamburger Helper!" "No!" "Jackpot, Jackpot." "I got somebody I want you to meet." "This is my new prospect, Randy the Rubberman." "What's up, man?" "How you doing, man?" "I followed you when I was a shorty." "This kid had a poster of you on his wall." "Hey, look, man, you got some serious handles." "Thanks, B." "Hear that, Rando?" "Yeah." "You going all the way, baby." "What you got there?" "Just rolling a cigarette, baby." "Cigar paper with cigarette tobacco?" "Never heard of that?" "You need to hang on the black side more often." "Man, why don't you save yourself some trouble and go ahead and get rid of that?" "Check you out." "Protect and serve." "Come on." "Let's go." "What was that all about?" "I'm just trying to keep the peace." "I used to hang with those guys." "I indulged a bit myself." "How's it gonna look if I start hassling them?" "I don't know." "Might look like you're a cop just doing your job." "And you canceled both, right?" "Credit and debit?" "Okay, and if someone uses the card..." "Put on hold again." "Somebody will be with you shortly." "We appreciate your patience." "Next question." "How much money was in your wallet?" "Maybe $20, 22 bucks." "In dollars?" "No, in pesos." "Give me that." "Rumor going around you got your wallet picked." "Could be I misplaced it." "Then why did you check off "stole"?" "It's okay, rook." "Happens to a lot of cops." "That's not true." "Thank you for waiting, sir." "Yes, yes, I'm here." "Hi." "Today." "How much?" "No." "Do you have the name and...?" "Okay, appreciate it." "Bye." "Someone used my card a couple hours ago." "Charged a bunch of stuff." "And why do you sound pleased?" "'Cause I got the address." "Rubberman with the..." "Stepped out of bounds." "That's the game." "That's a wrap." "Party's to be." "Brooklyn Hustle eliminated." "Harlem Grinders, congratulations." "You advance to the next round." "What's with that logo on those hats, "BCC"?" ""Big Cash Clique."" "Name of Ray's little crew." "He tries to stamp it on whatever, whoever." "That kid, Tank Top, the one who started the fight, had the same logo on his necklace." "Damn, that's one way of getting rid of Randy's competition." "You get Teach One booted, he secures the win, and Randy, he shines for the media and the scouts here." "No, I don't want to talk to the lawyer, damn it!" "Yeah, I know, I know, I know it's my third call." "You know how you get me to stop calling?" "Come and pick..." "Oh, sorry, he got away from me." "It's all right." "Thank you." "Come, Miguel." "What is that kid still doing here?" "ACS won't shown up." "I don't want him here if we have to make try." "So find an RMP, and ACS can meet him there." "All right." "Look, Eddie, we couldn't get through to Lutz or anyone at the developing company." "Well, we ain't coming out until you do!" " Papa!" " Miguel!" "I don't want to go!" "You can't take my kid!" "You're giving us no choice, Eddie." "I'll come get you later, okay?" "Oye." "Be a brave boy, okay?" "For a little while!" "No, you can't take that kid!" "What the...?" "Are you kidding me?" "Aren't you gonna stop her?" "I want these people moved back a hundred feet, both directions!" "Now!" "We've identified ten tenants for sure, give or take a visitor, grouped in these two apartments." "No I.D. on the bottle throwers." "Best we can tell, they ran back in the rooftop door and barricaded it." "All right, we'll keep a couple guys up there for when we make entry." "At 1410 we go in." "Myers, you, Verdelli, Jackson, Trajano go to the the second floor with me." "Selmer, take Zakiyan, Dolan and Jenkins to sweep the uppers." "Anyone resist, we take 'em out." "Other than that, we hand 'em off." "ESU'll go in through the front door." "They will subdue the suspects;" "they'll hand them to us." "We cuff them, we move 'em out." "Load the men and women into one wagon, juveniles in the other." "We arresting the tenants?" "Yes." "All of them?" "All of them-- for obstruction of governmental administration and criminal trespass." "How can they trespass on their own home?" "Anybody have any questions regarding the actual mission?" "Good." "Let's protect ourselves and our fellow officers and get this done." "Yeah, that camera's just for show, to deter shoplifters." "Um... here you are, Kenny McLaren." "Says you charged $462.98." "Not me." "Right." "You bought... he bought... a stay-dri running suit, backpack, a sports bra, socks and a pair of toners." "What are toners?" "Sneakers that tighten up your butt." "You remember what he looked like?" "Yeah, pretty regular." "What does that mean?" "White, black, short, tall?" "White, five foot ten, about a buck 60, short blond hair." "You didn't think to check his I.D.?" "We don't assume all our customers are criminals." "And yet you have a fake camera on your wall." "I don't mean to be rude, 'cause I know you're a cop, but it's not my fault you didn't watch your wallet." "And yet you are rude..." "Chip." "You get covered by insurance, I lose the merchandise, I never get paid back." "Which seems like a good argument for checking I.D." "Come on, let's, uh, go talk to the vendors." "Thanks for the help there, Chip." "Mmm..." "I'm so quick, I can turn out the light and be in bed before dark hits." "I'm quick." "Hey, Randy." "Hey, can I holler at you for a minute?" "Oh, yeah." "All right." "I'll be back." "Don't go nowhere." "None of y'all." "Hey, what up, yo?" "How well do you kn Ray-Ray?" "Good." "Like an uncle." "So you know where he stays?" "Uh... yeah, in, um, in the Heights somewhere." "You met his relatives." "You mean, blood?" "Yeah, like his mom, his dad, his sister, his brother." "Have you ever met his wife or his kids?" "Where he was born, what high school he went to." "What was his first job?" "'use I'm just saying, if he was your uncle, you would know these things, and then some." "Okay, yeah." "Ray actually warned me that people would be pressing me, trying to hate on him." "Man, Ray wouldn't have to warn you if he didn't snake so many people." "Mm, let me get this, he, uh, take you to see scouts, got people doing your homework, that sound about right?" "Hey, uh, listen, B..." "What you need to understand is where it goes from here, man." "Okay." "With all due respect, you were something back in your day, but I'm not you, I'm me." "We're taking things to a whole nother level." "A Kobe level." "Ain't no stopping us." "Peace." "So, you just went around the block and reset?" "That's how it works." "Pay my tickets every month-- cost of doing business." "We're looking for a pickpocket." "You happen to see anyone lurking around, bumping into people?" "Yeah, like a hundred times a day." "White, five ten-ish, medium build?" "Could be you." "You are back for the sunglasses?" "Two for one, a special." "We've had a few people get their pockets picked around here." "Ah, yes, it's a common problem." "Have you seen any?" "Not recently, no." "You see anything, you let us know." "Of course, my friends." "You, uh, notice how much more crowded he is?" "It's probably he just has better prices." "Yeah." "The same merchandise I saw on other tables he's selling for half the price." "How could he afford to do that?" "At the market back home, there is this guy who would set up three walnuts and shuffle a pea back and forth." "It's called a shell game here." "Yeah, but he was so bad at it, he lost as much as he won." "Or so it seemed to his audience, who were getting their purses and pockets emptied by his partners." "Team in!" "Police!" "Get down!" "Get down!" "Move!" "Move!" "Move!" "Ms. Gordon?" "Janine's got to have her clothes." "A lot of her favorites she couldn't take because it was gonna be too warm down there." "Oh, my goodness, her trophies." "Most of these she won for soccer." "Star forward for the high school." "Oh, she would kill me if I forgot this." "I made it for her when she was little." "Wouldn't go anywhere without it." "Slept with it every night since she was nine or ten." "Ms. Gordon, it's time." "She didn't want to go." "She just graduated, and her English professor invited her to Haiti for the summer, to teach." "She didn't want to leave." "She was worried about me." "But I told her it was a... it was a good opportunity to see life like others lived it." "I'd be fine." "Said I'd... be here when she came home." "Officer Sanchez, what's going on?" "She's very upset." "I'm just letting her have a moment." "There is no moment." "Everyone's left the building." "Let's move." "Don't you have a heart?" "Excuse me?" "Her granddaughter's missing, and she's being thrown out, and on top of that, you want to arrest her?" "We're not social workers, we're cops." "We're doing a job." "You want to keep yours, put that woman in cuffs and have her outside in two minutes." "You hear me?" "Look up there." "Please." "How you doing, guys?" "When's Papa coming home?" "He's not, dummy." "Well, we're not sure about that yet." "We don't even have a home." "Where are we gonna go?" "Whatever foster care they'll dump you in." "No, no, no." "Come on, don't say that." "Why not?" "It's the truth." "Papa didn't throw that stuff." "He doesn't even like nutcracker." "Nutcracker..." "What's nutcracker?" "It's, like, a hard liquor." "You mix it up with fruit juice and sell it." "He doesn't let me go on the roof." "'Cause they drink it up there." "Miguel, who's... who's "they"?" "We ain't rats." "Listen, Manny, you want your father to get in trouble for something he didn't do?" "Big J and Lil J." "The guys we picked up in the sweep?" " They threw the nutcracker?" " Yeah." "Sorry things didn't go well with Randy." "Didn't think one talk would do much, but... no harm in trying, right?" "What the hell wrong with you?" "You messin' with my money." "What's up, Ray?" "Puttin' poison in my boy's ear." "Put out the blunt, Ray." "After everything I did for you." "I opened them doors for you." "No, you used my talent to open doors for yourself." "Now, kill the blunt." "It wasn't my fault." "That's you missing practice, you living in the club." "Spent all that money on hoes and bling." "No, that was on me... but it didn't help with promoting party time." "Pressing me to play injured." "And going behind my back, cutting deals" "I didn't know nothing about." "You better watch your mouth." "I'm not one of your little boys no more, Ray." "Oh, that's right... you're a punk-ass quitter... working for The Beast." "He told you to put out the blunt." "These are grown folks talking here, little girl." "Put your hands behind your back." "Now I'd like to see sonny boy do that." "As much as I'm tempted..." "I think she can handle it." "It wasn't the first time for this Big J." "He got charged with shooting off guns up there a couple of years back." "Yeah, what about Lil J?" "Uh, misdemeanors." "You know, I barely got two words out about the nutcracker stains on his shirt and he gave his brother up like a cash machine." "Oh, yeah?" "Thanks for the tip." "Yeah, no problem." "Hey, buddy." "That's some show you put on." "Oh, you know, Ted, just doing my job." "All the tenants going down?" "Yeah, you know, man, I can't talk about that now." "You know how Pete Hamill started his career?" "Writing about a father in Brooklyn who lost his job and got evicted." "Really?" "You're gonna pull the journalism 101 thing on me right here?" "After he wrote it, readers came out, they offered the guy work, legal services, money to feed his family." "A good piece can make a difference, you know that." "It's not a media bullpen." "I'm just talking to my buddy." "Good-bye." "ACS come for the kids yet?" "On their way." "What about that guy?" "Bumped that girl." "Didn't look like a jostle." "There." "The brunette." "Definitely a jostle." "She's kissing the guy." "Kenny, they probably left the area by now." "You never know." "Dipping a cop like that, might be thrill seekers." "It's been over an hour." "There." "Striped shirt." "I think that's the tourist who bumped me when we first showed up today." "You sure?" "Hey, buddy." "Me?" "I do something?" "Yeah, where'd your accent go?" "Accent?" "What accent?" "Oh, from earlier when you dipped me." "You got any I.D.?" "That's harassment, you know?" "We should report you." "Nice toners." "Look like new." "You didn't happen to get those at Chip's Sporting Goods, did you?" "Look out!" "Stop her!" "My perfume!" "His name's Steve." "I'll tell you where he lives." "Let's cut a deal." "My wallet." "Heard you got the bottle throwers." "Yeah." "A little help from the kid." "Whose reward is to see his father go to prison." "How's the old lady?" "Not good." "They're probably in there right now trying to decide what medals to give us for storming people's homes and locking them up." "Well, if that's what it means to be a cop, getting to where you don't give a rat's ass," "I don't think I can do it." "Okay, I've been over this with Sergeant Conrad and Inspector Woods, and I had the ADA on the phone." "Turns out the vacate order placard on the building had the wrong date on it." "The evacuation was supposed to take place tomorrow and not today." "So the tenants were not properly advised and assumed that they were lawfully in their homes." "Hold on a sec." "So that means that the..." "Apart from the bottle throwers who will be charged with assault... we can't really make any of the, uh, charges stick on Eddie or any of the other tenants." "Excuse me, Sergeant, I-I saw one of the vacate orders on the building today and, uh..." "I'm fairly sure it had today's... date on it." "I don't know what vacate order you saw, but... it went down with the building ten minutes ago." "You can go back there, you can search through the rubble," "I'll call the ADA again." "Or we could let these people go." "You got some nerve, White House." "'Bout time someone took Ray-Ray down a peg." "That sounded awful close to a thank you." "What's that smell?" "Don't ask." "Don't ask." "We're free to go?" "No ticket or anything?" "I know it's not much, given what you've lost, but I was able to grab this before I walked you out." "I'm not a crazy person, you know?" "I can read a newspaper." "It's just that I..." "I can't give up hope." "I know." "Thank you." "Hey." "Papa!" "Miguelito!" "Hey, Miguelito!" "Manny, my brave boys." "Thanks for watching them." "They're great kids." "They take our home down?" "Uh, that's what I heard." "All right." "Well... it's time to hunt for shelter then, right?" "Maybe a suite at the Trump Plaza." "It's a joke." "Better laugh than cry, huh?" "Hey, M-Mr." "Cuevas... hold on a second." "I'm gonna give you the number of a friend of mine." "And he's a reporter over at the Daily Ledger." "Just give him a phone call." "I guarantee you he'll get you story out to people who can help you." "I appreciate that." "Huh?" "You did good." "Helped that family stay together." "Helped that man be a father to his kids." "See they don't go down the wrong road." "All right." "I know what you're getting at and I left Ruby a message, she already called me back." "Well, what time are you gonna meet up with her?" "Ruby said she'd be right down." "Okay." "How is... police work?" "Pretty good." "How's my wife?" "Oh, she's, uh, battling the flu that's why she can't come down right now." "No doubt." "Look, Ray, I'd just like to say how happy we are you're pulling yourself together, getting a job." "That really makes my day, Evan." "I mean that sincerely." "I know you do." "Dad?" "Hey, honey." "Uh, Evan..." "Oh." "What's going on?" "Nothing." "No." "I just wanted to come by and say hi to you." "You didn't come all this way just for that." "Plus, you hate this place." "I wanted to talk to you about..." "Is this about Hazzard?" "No, no, I mean..." "You want me not to see him because you think he's a drug dealer?" "He is a drug dealer, honey." "I've known an army of guys like this and they have absolutely nowhere to go but down and they couldn't care less who they drag down with them." "With you, Ruby, it's like... these last couple years, you know..." "I've kind of forfeited my right to, uh..." "Okay, so..." "I can't tell you what to do." "I just..." "Yes, you can." "You're my dad." "I know." "I am."