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He was a gangbanger with the Scorpions. Michael wasn't into Scorpions anymore.

What the hell is this white boy?

I'm the white boy that's gonna dump you on your neck.

Standing in the way of business.

He did not defraud him.

You or your homeboy's father Curtis or his family again. I'm coming back here

with my homeboy.

Police!

Drop the shotgun!

Come on, brother.

Hey, it's me.

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Curtis. Curtis, listen. I need to talk to you, man.

Can you meet me?

Please, just meet me in Westwood.

At the corner of the boulevard and Brockton.

Right. Thanks.

Still moving in?

Yeah, yeah.

Need some help there, Captain?

No, I'm doing great.

You know, I think you ought to have one of the cadets from the Academy helping

you move, Captain.

Don't you think you should have one of the cadets from the Academy helping you

move? Absolutely right. I mean, what are people going to think when they see the

Captain carrying his own boxes through Parker Center?

I'll tell you what they're going to think.

They're going to think Charlie Devane does not use Academy personnel for his

own... Give me a second.

I don't know why we had to move in here anyway.

I liked it down in Central. I loved my old office.

I could find my phone there. Charlie, every police officer wants to work at

Parker Center because that's where all the action is. Besides, the Chief is two

floors up.

Oh, is that right?

The chief calls me about twice a year.

Devane!

Yeah, chief, it's great.

It's fabulous.

The decor is fantastic.

You're busy.

California driver's license says he's Michael Brown, 2250 82nd Street.

That's in gang territory. What's he doing over here?

Yeah, he's also got a Westwood College student ID card. Oh, God!

Let me go! Let me go! He's my brother! He's my brother!

Mike! Joe!

Mike!

Mike!

Joe, Mike.

Joe.

I know that this is difficult for you, Curtis.

You have to try to help us out.

I'm trying.

Michael called me, said he wanted to see me right away.

I found it important.

He didn't say what it was about?

No.

I just got here as fast as I could.

Hey, John. How you doing, honey?

I heard you were working in this case. Yeah, pleasure. Yeah,

the victim was Michael Brown, you know.

Oh, you know him?

Yeah, this is the kid growing up near the projects.

He was a gangbanger with the Scorpions.

Michael wasn't in the Scorpions anymore.

Curtis Brown was Michael's brother. I know who he is. A hotshot with the gang

unit. But he's wrong about Michael.

Anything with the shooter?

Yeah, three black males, early 20s, all of them wearing orange bandanas, driving

a gray Oldsmobile.

Apparently it happened so fast, nobody got a license.

We're coming to the 12th Avenue Daggers.

We've sworn enemies of Michael's old sex. I told you, Michael wasn't in the

anymore. He quit when he started studying at Westwood College. Take it

Craig. I will not have this man putting Michael down.

He didn't mean it personally.

Personal?

Hunter, it couldn't get more personal.

I think I'll go talk to some of Michael's old friends on campus.

Before you hand this in, I think we ought to go over it.

Ryan Lander?

Yes.

Sergeant McCall, LAPD homicide.

I'd like to talk to you, please.

Uh, homicide?

Uh, Barry, why don't we meet at the same place tomorrow, okay?

All right.

Something wrong?

Yeah.

It's about your roommate, Michael.

There was a drive -by shooting in Westwood this afternoon.

Very sorry to have to tell you this, but Michael was killed.

What?

We think it was a gang shooting.

A gang?

Michael quit the gang when he came here.

Does his brother know?

Curtis.

How well did you know Michael's personal life?

We were buddies.

We went to parties.

Double dated.

Had dinner at Michael's mother's place. Stuff like that.

Do you know if he kept in touch with any of his old friends from the gang?

No.

Michael didn't want any part of that life anymore.

This is crazy.

Yeah, it is.

Michael survives the ghetto and comes here.

No athletic scholarship, just brains and a lot of ambition.

Many winds of getting killed in the middle of Westwood.

Brian?

Ah, Sergeant McCollison. Eric. Cool.

Did you hear what they're saying on the radio?

I know how your friend Curtis feels, but it's wrong.

These kids never leave the gang. Dale, you've been out in the streets too long,

pal. Hunter, you work out here eight years with these gangs and see what it

to you, okay?

What do we draw down? I mean, 40 -plus grand a year?

These kids make millions on the drug business.

Dale, if you want a raise, I'm not the guy to talk to. What I want is some

satisfaction. If I could reach just one of these kids, Hunter, just one, to show

him that there's another way to go with his life, that he has choices, then...

I'd be a happy man.

Maybe Michael Brown is one of those kids.

I'm here.

Hey, Captain.

I just got a lecture in community relations from the chief.

Don't tell me. The chief doesn't like drive -by shootings at Westwood, right?

doesn't like drive -by shootings anywhere. The mayor is all over his

know what that means? Yeah, I get the picture. Look, we need results.

What do you got?

All right. The drive -by car was at Westwood stolen. We found it late last

in 12th Avenue Dagger District.

Wipe clean. No prints. Typical.

What about McCall? Did she find anything at the college? Every kid she spoke to

over there at the college who knew Michael Brown swears he had absolutely

ties with any gang. That cannot be.

A gang does not drive into Westwood and blow somebody away for nothing. Come on,

come up with something.

River, are you putting on weight?

No, sir.

You're a muscle.

That's good.

You're a muscle.

Come on, Dale, let's go earn $40 ,000.

Grabbing, grabbing me. Now, what am I to do? You got me. Yo, homeboy, come to

bed, man. No matter how hard I try to tell you the truth. Like what?

Uh -huh.

Whoever, my man.

What's that?

You tell me, Blade.

Michael Brown.

You say Michael Brown?

Never heard of him.

Turn that damn box down, boy.

What the

hell

is this white boy?

I'm the white poet that's going to dump you on your neck.

Who killed Michael Brown? It wasn't out here. Who was it? I don't know.

Look, you're the genius of the neighborhood. Figure it out. And you

me, otherwise you're going to see this face in an awful lot. You got it? You

it? Yeah, I got it, man. Relax.

Open up.

Is he in there?

Why, man?

Michael was one of us.

He didn't act like one of us.

When's the last time he represented the set?

Man, Michael was my friend.

He was our people.

The boy was nothing.

He was standing in the way of business.

And nobody, I mean nobody, stands in the way of business.

You understand that?

It didn't have the slogan.

I'm only going to say this once.

We all have a lot at stake here.

We don't need nobody running the game on us.

Michael didn't understand that. Do you understand that, Eddie?

Tell me you understand, Edward.

Tell me!

Yeah.

Yeah.

Iceman.

Brian Lander here.

We still on for tomorrow?

We better be.

Get him out of here. Give me Chadwick.

Come on in, Chadwick.

Sorry to keep you waiting. Have a seat.

It's okay.

Let's see, the last time you and I chatted, you didn't know who Michael

was.

You don't know anything about the Daggers.

And you'd like me to go straight to hell, isn't that right?

You know, you're here real good, man.

A good kid is dead, Mitchell. I don't think that's funny. You think that's

funny? My mama's the only one that calls me Mitchell.

Your mother must be awfully proud of you. Just keep my mama out of this. Then

let's talk about Michael Brown's mother. She's awfully proud of him until one

day he goes to Westwood and somebody wearing dagger colors. Watch the thread.

Somebody wearing dagger colors wants him so bad they drive to Westwood to shoot

him. What do you think about that?

Hey, look, I told you, man. I have never heard of no Michael Brown, all right?

Now you have no right to keep me here.

I know about this stuff.

Yeah.

Let's see how much you know.

Well, then you must know about the outstanding warrant for one Mitchell

Chadway. That's you for possession of a controlled substance.

You missed your court date, Mitchell.

But make yourself comfortable.

You're not going anywhere.

Anything? Nope, same old usual stuff. Guy's never heard of Michael Brown, the

Daggers, or the Scorpions. Funny how they all sound the same.

Let's see what this guy's got to say. Yeah, well, good luck. Come on.

Hey. Hi.

Devane said you threw out a net.

Yeah.

You know, Nicole, whoever killed Michael Brown wants us to think that the

shooting was gang -related. I just can't wait.

Any ideas yet?

No ideas, but I'll guarantee you something. We're going to find out one

another what happened to this kid.

Have you talked to Curtis?

You know, I tried to call him, but I haven't been able to get any response.

I sure hope he's not out there playing cop.

I'll get on the horn and see if I can locate him.

Give it a rest, okay?

Been a while, Eddie.

Yeah.

Hurts about Michael, though.

Michael always liked you, Eddie.

He had nothing but good words to say about you.

I liked Michael, too.

Everybody did. Not everybody.

Someone from around here killed him.

I wouldn't be too sure about that.

Oh, I'm sure.

You forget, I'm from around here, too.

What is it you want, Curtis?

I want to know who killed Michael.

I want you to tell me.

I don't know nothing.

Some people are damn good liars, but you sure ain't one of them.

Now, come on, tell me what you know.

Look who's here.

You ask a lot of questions, Mr. Brown.

You still snitching to the police?

Michael told me you were about as bad as it gets.

Why are you guys hanging around refuse like this? You got nothing better to do

with your lives.

We came here to relax, not to be hassled by you.

So why don't you take your questions and move on down the line, Brother Brown.

Who killed Michael?

Rack him up.

I asked you a question. Do not put your hands on me.

You're in violation.

You can't go around slamming people in the head with a pool cue.

You want to talk to me about it?

I thought that if I got Michael out of the ghetto and into college,

the world would be his oyster.

I didn't want him to make the same mistakes in life I did.

Well, Curtis, you don't have anything to be ashamed of.

But I don't have anything to brag about either.

I knew that if Michael got an education, he'd be better than me.

That's all.

Just because someone has an education doesn't make them better than anybody

else. But it can open doors, man.

Michael was making the right kind of friends at college.

Like Brian Landon.

They were talking about starting a business.

Maybe a broker.

Two hot shots like them could have made a fortune.

But those dreams died with Michael.

You see, Curtis, whose dreams were they? Were they Michael's dreams or were they

your dreams?

I'm just a street hustler.

Lucky to be making them.

I didn't pick this life, I just grew up in it.

I wanted to give Michael something I never had.

But...

I

can't read.

You didn't know that, did you?

Yeah, I fool a lot of people.

But I damn sure don't fool myself.

I'm a fake, Hunter.

Maybe Michael was living out some of my dreams.

But mostly those dreams were for him.

I wanted him to have a chance so he could make some choices with his life.

So he wouldn't have to just settle.

But the streets caught up to him.

This

is

insane.

Killing somebody was not part of the deal. It's the cost of doing business.

Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it? What do you think this is, one of

your business courses? If this gets back to me, my neck is on the line. Your

neck was on the line when this thing started.

Your company was dying.

When Michael took me down to the ghetto and pointed Iceman out, I knew the guy

was solid gold.

He had more trug money than he knew how to count.

I never should have gotten involved with this. If I hadn't gone down and talked

deal to him, your company would be belly up and you'd be out hunting for a job.

Maybe so.

But murder... Michael didn't give us a choice. It was him or us.

Look, if we just stay cool, no one's going to figure we had anything to do

it. We'll be in the clear.

What about this Iceman?

He would turn us in in a flat minute.

It is not going to happen.

Look, we are talking money here. Tons of it.

Yes? Mr. Taylor is here to see you.

Send him in.

Right on time.

We were just talking about you.

Is that right?

You know Chad Jorgensen?

Yes, of course.

Nice to see you again, Mr. Taylor, as always.

Let me show you something. It's a report on your offshore investments. You'll

find out that 33 % of those investments... You can save all that.

How much?

Oh, Brian, how much?

In the past six months, you've made a million two.

I can't tell you how sorry we are.

Thanks. Thanks for coming.

Both of you were very special to Michael.

Is she going to be okay?

Look, some people are gathering by the house later.

Stop by, please. It'll make her feel better. It really would, won't it?

Yeah. Okay.

You are not wanted here. Do you understand me? Hey, hey, I'm talking to

are not wanted here.

It wouldn't be right for Michael to be buried without his cause. Do not put

gang trash on Michael. Do you understand me?

He was not a part of you. Let him get out. He was family. He'll always be part

of us. Take it outside.

Iceman, you're forgetting something.

You got it all wrong.

We're all Michael's friends. None of you are his friends.

Not even you.

You used to be, but you ain't no more.

It wouldn't surprise me if one of you pulled the trigger.

You got a line saying it. Let him go on. Let him go.

All right, look, here's the drill.

You or your homeboys bother Curtis or his family again. I'm coming back here

with my homeboys. You understand that?

I've been thrown out of better places than this.

Take it home, fella.

The chief is climbing all over me.

I got nothing good to give him. I wish I had some good news for you, Charlie.

This might put us back on square one.

Got a list of all the calls that were made from Michael's room at the dorm.

One of them was placed to an Earl Taylor, better known as Iceman.

So maybe whoever was writing Michael was fooling around with those gangs.

I don't know about that, Joe. Excuse me. Hunter Homicide.

I want to talk to you about Michael Brown.

Yeah, who is this? It doesn't matter.

Just listen.

I was going to make a phone call when I found this body sitting there.

And then I saw a car drive out real fast.

Did you get the license number?

I wasn't wearing my glasses.

And the car was brown.

That's all I know. Did you see who was in the car?

I told you I wasn't wearing my glasses.

I appreciate your patience.

Thanks very much.

Del, what do you got?

An old friend wants to see you.

You want to see me?

You got five of my homies locked down.

I want them out.

So what do you want me to do about it? Well, try this on.

Your boy Iceman Taylor has himself a new friend.

We've seen him driving around town together.

We're willing to deal in a way.

What do you got to do better than that?

His new friend's a white boy. Drives a BMW.

It's a Westwood College sticker in the back window.

Is that any better, officer?

I'll have to check that.

I'll see what I can do.

Call me.

We stopped by Brian's dorm at Westwood College, but they said that he spends

most of his time here.

I can see why. This is beautiful.

How long have you lived here?

About six months now.

Brian only goes to the dorms to do tutoring.

How can you afford to go to school and pay for a place like this?

Well, Brian works for Chad Jorgensen Investments.

So he's pretty much up on everything.

He's made some really good financial moves on his own. He just has a knack

making money.

Brian, you remember Sergeant McCall and Sergeant Hunter?

Sure. Brian, how you doing? Good. Hi. Hi.

They want to ask you some questions on Michael's death.

Glad to help. Good.

Do you mind going somewhere else for us to talk?

Sure.

Just came in from R &I.

You know, I'm really sort of busy. How much longer is this going to take?

You have an arrest record in the state of Arizona for real estate fraud.

It was a misunderstanding.

Everyone got their money back.

What kind of investments do you make at Chad Jorgensen?

Dabbling commodities.

Like crack cocaine?

What are you talking about?

You said that Michael didn't keep in touch with any of his friends from the

gang.

Fact is, a phone call was placed from his dorm room to a known crack dealer

named Iceman.

Hey, who Michael called was his own business. No, what she's saying is,

is that you made the phone call to Iceman from Michael's telephone.

I never even heard of the guy.

Look, Michael was my friend. I want to find out who killed him just as much as

you do. I don't like being treated like a criminal. Nobody said you were.

I don't know who Iceman is.

Why won't you believe me?

Okay, here's what we're going to do.

We're going to let you go, and if you want to leave town for any sudden

please just give us a call.

Does this mean I'm grounded?

Brian, we can put you in jail now if you want.

I think the kid might rabbit.

I'm going to put a tail on him. Yeah, good idea.

Hunter.

Curtis, what are you doing? Man, I have been trying to reach you. I've been very

busy. What you got? You got anything?

We're working on it. You got something you don't want to tell me, right? Tell

everything I know. Well, look, man, I have got to do something now. You want

do something? Here's what you can do.

Go in the elevator, go down, get in your car, go home, and relax.

Understand one thing. Your friend's on the case. Talk to me. Okay, I do, I do,

do, but you gotta talk to me, man! I'll call you.

Hey, Hunt.

Yeah. Is that Curtis Brown? Yeah, it was.

How's he doing?

He's doing all right. He's a little upset, you know. Yeah, I expected it.

do me a favor, will you? Take this back to Phillips and R &I. Yeah, sure. Where

are you going?

I gotta go see a man about an investment thing.

So what do you think?

Which one you like?

Wool or raw silk?

You must have broke the bank for that gear.

I'm suited up at a grand a pop.

And it looks good on me, too.

How many of those you got left?

You can never have enough of a good thing.

Oh, come on, man. You faking and fronting, man.

That ain't the real you.

You know the cliche?

When in Rome, you're dealing with the white boys.

The Pays look as good as they do.

Or better.

Maybe that's the problem.

Speak your mind, boy.

I think we should not go into business with that white schoolboy.

Is that your opinion?

Hey, I'm just saying what all the homeboys are thinking, man.

Them white dudes only using us to get rich.

You got it backwards, homie.

We the ones using them.

And we getting richer.

But we're taking all the risk.

While you were out there buying all that new gear, that cop Webber's been asking

a lot of smart questions.

And he's been asking them about us.

Webber?

Webber don't know a thing.

And he can't prove a thing.

So he can ask all the questions he likes.

He ain't got nothing on us.

Well, he better not, man.

Because I just can't go back to that joint anymore.

Don't worry about it. It's not going to happen.

Soon we're going to own the joint.

Do yourself a favor.

Go see my dad.

Brian started on our intern program nearly two years ago, and then when the

program was over, I just kept him on as a part -time employee.

Really? Well, it sounds like you're impressed with his work, huh? Yes, very.

He's an intelligent and capable young man. As a matter of fact, when he

graduates, I intend to hire him on as a junior associate.

What's his job now?

He's a part -time research assistant. He does analysis of financial

opportunities, risk to investment, stuff like that.

Must be a well -paying job, huh?

My secretaries make twice as much as he does.

Oh, tell me, do you know if Brian has any other source of income other than

job?

We haven't really spoken about it. What does this have to do with your

investigation? It's a standard procedure, Mr. Jorgensen, really.

Really, that's all it is.

Oh, listen, one other thing. Has Brian ever mentioned a fellow by the name of

Earl Taylor, also known as the Iceman?

Um, no, uh, I don't recall anyone by that name. No. No. Oh, I see. Okay,

appreciate your time. Great, no problem.

Thanks.

Welcome to South Central.

And now the other half minutes.

What's popping?

We got a problem. The cops are coming down on Brian.

He knows enough to keep his mouth shut.

Not if they tie him into you.

If he has to beat a murder charge.

He'll turn us both in without a second's hesitation.

You take care of my money.

I'll talk to the boy.

I don't think you and I got anything to say to each other, okay?

I want to apologize.

I told you Michael was still in the gang.

Well, the more I check it out, the more I find that's not the case.

So if I caused you or your family any grief, I'm sorry.

I appreciate you telling me that.

Well, I'm going to be glad to know.

Thank you.

I'll be in touch, okay?

Yeah. 108 and 128, come in.

Captain Devane on tack two.

28 here.

Have you found anybody else that saw that Lander kid talking to Iceman

I'm still checking it out.

I'll get back to you.

Well, listen, let me know as soon as you find something, all right?

Right.

Hello? Hi, it's me.

Hi.

You packed?

Well, it's getting there.

We're taking an awful lot for a weekend in the Bahamas, don't you think?

Yeah, well, maybe if we like, we'll stay a while longer.

Look, I'm only a few minutes away. Be ready, okay?

Shots fired. Officer needs help.

It was awfully hot out here. Look, I don't know nothing about Michael and

Well, you're going to do the time for him if you don't start talking to me.

Lander was investing scorpion drug money, wasn't he?

And Jorgensen was in on it, right?

Walter, why don't you take this guy down to the clubhouse and book him on three

counts of murder.

It wasn't me that killed Michael and Eddie. Yeah, well, who was it?

Iceman done it.

Iceman done it. There's a surprise.

McCall, why don't you take Jorgensen? I'll take the Iceman.

Thanks a lot.

shotgun. I said drop it.

1 William 156, come in, please.

56, go. Hunter, I've got Jorgensen, but there's something else.

The divers can't find Lander's body.

75.

Grab the bags, let's go.

Ryan. Where are the bags?

You had Michael killed, didn't you?

Didn't you?

What, are you crazy?

Where did you hear that?

From me.

You were the last person on earth I thought would ever sell Michael out.

What, are you crazy? I love Michael.

You had him killed.

Come on, come on, Curtis. Come on, this is Brian.

Just put the gun down and we'll talk. You're going to talk, all right, or I'm

going to kill you. Now, I want to hear the truth.

Kurt, I've got money. You can have it all. Oh, no, no, no. You're not going to

buy your way out of this one. You tried to buy Michael off, didn't you? He was

going to blow the whistle.

Would he refuse?

You had him killed.

Drop the gun, Curtis. He's not worth it. He killed my brother.

I've got to make it right for Michael.

Michael wouldn't want this.

And you know it.

You said you wanted to give Michael something that you had never had.

Now's your chance to do that.

Do something for Michael.

Do something for him.

Curtis, learn to read.