All language subtitles for The Quad s02e04 I Am Not Your Negro.eg

- Previously on
"The Quad"...

- I'm going home.
- I'm happy for you.

- What are you
tripping for?

Browyn!

- Sir, I'm talented

and determined
and I can play my ass off.

- That doesn't excuse
your poor judgment.

- Can you just
take me home, please?

- Can we...
can we talk first?

- No, we can't.

- Look, I just want
to move on, Ced.

My dad is calling me
every five minutes

asking me,
am I okay.

- I'm having
a heart attack.

Oh!
[cries]

- ? All my sisters
and brothers ?

? Rise up together ?

? Stand together ?

? Oh, oh, oh ?

[Andra Day's "Rise Up"]

? ?

- Eric was
my firstborn.

So of course,
he was spoiled by me,

his father.

He was
such a joy.

I would say, "Well, you know
that we have to be troopers

"because mommy have to
go to work

"and you have
to go to school.

We can't play sick
'cause mommy have to go."

? ?

- ? You're broken down
and tired ?

? Of living life on
a merry-go-round ?

? And you can't find
the fighter ?

? But I see it in you
so we gonna walk it out ?

? And move mountains ?

? We gonna walk it out ?

- Your BP
and your pulse are fine.

You're not experiencing
cardiac arrest.

Have you been under
much stress lately?

Any history of
anxiety attacks?

[siren wails]

? I'll rise like the day ?

? I'll rise up ?

? I'll rise unafraid ?

? I'll rise up ?

? And I'll do it
a thousand times again ?

? And I'll rise up ?

[police radio chatter]

- Morning.
I'm not trying to be rude,

but I am late for
a meeting.

Could you tell me why you
pulled me over, please?

- Are you lost, ma'am?

- Excuse me?

- Well, this car
definitely doesn't live

in this neighborhood,
which means neither do you.

Are you lost?

- I work a few blocks
away from here

and my home actually is
in this neighborhood.

- Well, not on
this street it ain't.

Ain't nothing but crack dens
and rehab houses

on this block
and the next.

- I'm not sure what
you're asking me,

and I still don't know
why you stopped me,

but as I mentioned,
I have to get to work.

- You were driving
erratically.

Ma'am, are you under
the influence of something?

- Of course not.

- Step out of
the car, ma'am.

- Sir, please.

I'm the President of
Georgia A&M University,

and I should be
behind my desk

in the next
five minutes.

- I gave you a lawful order.
I suggest you follow it.

- For what?

No, I'm not
gonna do that,

but I will call the police
department and tell your boss

about how you are hassling
law abiding citizens...

- Get out of the car now!
- in the middle of the morning

in the street for no reason...
- Get out of the car now!

- for drugs or anything...
- Get out of the car now.

- Get off me.
What are you doing?

What the hell are you doing?
Get off!

Get your damn hands
off me!

- Hands on
your damn head now!

- Her hands are up.
Don't shoot her.

- Filming you all.

- Congratulations,
sunshine.

You just committed battery
on a police officer.

- Ow!

- Hey, come on, po-po,
what's up with that?

- You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can
and will be used against you

in a court of law.

- Let her go, man.

- Can not be...
if you can't afford one,

one will be
provided for you.

[cheers and applause]

- Good morning, folks.
Roland Barton here.

Senior analyst for
the Tom Joyner Morning Show

here broadcasting live

from the beautiful
Georgia A&M University.

- GAMU!
- Tom and Sybil,

we, of course, have
our 20 HBCUs in 20 days

national tour.

I'm here to interview
the president,

the first female president,
Dr. Eva Fletcher,

some faculty,
and the students.

But right now, I've got the
world-renowned band director

of the Mighty Marching
Mountain Cats,

Dr. Cecil Diamond!

Looking great!
- Thank you, buddy.

[cheers and applause]

- All right there.

You still gotta be
a little salty

after that upset in
the Battle of the Bands.

So you plan on bringing the
funk to bring the title back

to this university?

- Not even a question.

You know, even the greats need
a challenge every now and then.

- All right, Doc. Well,
it's good chatting with you.

Tom and Sybil, Doc gotta go.
- Thank you, brother.

I appreciate you.
- I appreciate it.

- Thanks for being here.
- All right, Tom and Sybil...

[applause]

I'm gonna talk with
some students here.

Let me go talk to sister
down here.

Sister, how you doing?
- Good.

Hi. My name is
Ebonie Weaver.

- Okay,
I see you, EB.

- And I'm
a music major.

The thing I love about
this school is my friends.

I mean, that's
why I'm here.

- You should ask her
about her music.

- Well, since you so loud,
let me ask you.

[laughter]

Come on, we on live radio.
Come on.

- Yeah, she got bars. I mean,
you know, not bars like me,

but yeah,
she got some serious flow.

- All right, what's your major?
You a music major?

- No. I'm not... I'm not even
gonna lie to you.

I'm only up here
'cause my mas made me come.

I'm still trying
to figure it out.

If I do stay, I'll probably,
like, major in, like,

you know, math
or something.

I just started doing
my music again, though, so...

- That's news to me.

- Come on, E, I already
told you about that.

- [laughs]
No, you didn't.

And why'd you
give me that track

if you knew you was
getting back into it?

- Okay, this is way
too much drama for me.

I ain't here for this.
Hey, brother, how you doing man?

You all good?
What's your name?

Where you from?
What's your major?

- Sydney. Sydney!

Sydney Fletcher!

- Oh, hey, Jason.

- Hey. I must have called your
name about a thousand times.

- Sorry. I have a quiz
in a few minutes.

Guess that's where
my head was.

- Oh, okay. Well, I don't want
to hold you up or anything,

but just wanted
to say hi,

see if maybe you wanted to
grab a cup of coffee sometime.

- Sure.
You around in an hour?

- Yeah. You wanna meet
at the coffee stand?

- Sounds like a plan.

Wish me luck.

- I don't think
you're gonna need it.

- [laughs]

- ? You never win, don't try to
act all innocent ?

? You know what you did,
you couldn't take... ?

- I don't see how you can
read and listen to music

at the same time.
- Hmm?

- I said, I don't see
how you can read

and listen to music
at the same time.

- It's called
multitasking.

[laughs]

- [giggles]

- Oh, yo, yo.

I've been meaning to...
to show you Ebonie's song

or her... her lyrics
at least.

It's my... my beat.

- Okay, but you're
gonna owe me

for messing up
my studying again.

- Come on, baby,

you know I've been paying you,
like, every night.

- Sto...
- [laughs]

- Stop.

[cell phone buzzes]

Who's that?

- Oh, it's my ma.

What's up, Ma?

Nothing, just, you know,
chilling with Browyn.

Yeah, I always got 'em
in my drawer, in my wallet...

[chuckles]
my backpack.

Yes, ma'am.

All right, Mom, I'll call you
later, all right?

I love you, too.

Okay, bye.

It's dope, right?
- Here you go.

- What?

What's wrong
with you?

- I didn't know you were
still writing songs

about Chantel, Cedric.

And before you lie,
I already checked.

The track was made
two days ago.

- You been snoopin'
through my shit?

- You handed me
your computer, Cedric.

It was right there.

- I'm not down with you
calling me out about something

you know nothing about,
all right?

- What?

- You think you're the one
who's supposed to be mad?

I'm the one who lost
somebody, not you.

[dramatic music]

- You're about to lose
somebody else, Cedric.

? ?

- Well, okay,
then you leave. Go.

I'm tired of
this shit anyways.

- Cedric, I didn't go through
what you went through,

but that does not
mean that

you have to stomp all over
my feelings like that.

? ?

Wow.

? ?

- Battery on a peace officer,
possible DUI.

- What was
her BAC?

- She snapped out before
we could do a field sobriety.

But we do have a warrant
from the judge

to conduct
a withdrawal.

- You were thinking
another collar for opiates?

- Of course. More Benzes
and Beamers cruising that block

than you can count.

- Let me know
if you need me.

- Will do.

- Where are
you taking me?

- We're gonna find out
what's in your system.

- I haven't even spoken
to my attorney.

I never gave consent
for this!

- Yeah, you didn't,
but a judge did.

So we're gonna take some blood.
- Let me go.

Let me go!
Let me go!

Let me go!
Somebody help me!

What are you doing?
Let me go.

Let me go! Let me go!

- Careful,
she's feisty.

- Yeah,
I heard that.

- Let me go!
Let me go!

Somebody help me!

No! No! No! Get off me!
No, please.

- We're just strapping
and step out.

- Let me go! Please!
Oh, God, get off me!

Get off me!
Get off me!

Get off me! Get off me!
Get off!

- Nurse!
- No! Please!

Please,
somebody help me.

No! No!

What... what are you...
what are you doing?

What are you doing?
No! No, no, no!

No, don't do that!
Don't!

- Hold her still.
- No!

[cries]

[breathes heavily]

[hip-hopic]

- There was this woman,
right, I took out on a date

and we went to
a nice restaurant.

- Mm-hmm.

- And as soon as
the waitress comes over,

she blurts out, "Do y'all steaks
come with the fat on 'em?

Because I like
the fat on mine."

- [giggles] I see
the type of women you date.

- No, you know,
the crazy thing is

I actually... honestly,
I hardly date.

- Hmm.

You're funny.

- And you're
beautiful.

- You're embarrassing me.

- Oh, well,
it's not my fault.

Blame your mother
and your father.

They're the ones who
gave you these genes.

- So they did.

- [laughs]

All right,
you know what?

Let's talk about
the elephant in the room.

I know that you had a really
rough time last semester.

- Yeah.

- I do.
- I did.

- So it's kind of hard
to know where you are.

I mean, what's appropriate,
you know?

Syd, I dig you,
I really do,

but can I ask you
out on a date?

Or does the thought of that
make me an insensitive asshole?

- You're fine.

I'm still
working through it.

Trying to process things
so I can move forward.

- Well, I get that.

But you know what,
truth be told,

I feel like right now
you could use a friend

way more than
you could use a date.

- Yeah, I kinda can.

The only one I have has been
acting like she doesn't know

she's the only one
I have.

- Time of your life.

HBCU grants must support
their schools with checks.

All right, simple,
so here's the deal.

I was supposed to be
interviewing Dr. Eva Fletcher

this morning,
but I just found out that

she's being detained by police
after a traffic stop.

Now obviously, we are
gathering all the details.

I'm looking at all
my social media feeds,

and apparently, the video
of her arrest has been posted.

Now, it looks like
driving while black

is still the reality
for black folks in America.

- I can be very, very protective
of my friends.

- I look forward to that.
- Hey, Syd.

Syd, I need to
talk to you.

- I'm kind of busy
right now.

- It's important.
Look.

- Get your damn hands
off me!

- What the hell?

- Yeah, she's still at
the police station.

We need to go
down there now.

- Oh, my God.

Jason, do you mind
taking me?

- No, not at all.
Let's roll. Come on.

[dramatic music]

? ?

- Look, I know this process
can be a little rough,

but it is
department policy.

- A little rough?

It is disgusting and degrading
and completely ridiculous.

Officer, may I please make
my one phone call?

- You didn't
get that yet?

- I'll take it from here,
Donna.

This ain't
your little university.

You know,
this is my house,

and I'm
the damn president.

You'll get your
phone call when I say.

- What is
your problem?

Did you get passed over
for a promotion

by a better qualified
woman?

- [chuckles]

Tell me this.

What do you think
the college will say

when they find out that
you were busted

cruising crack row
so early in the morning, hmm?

- Is that what
you really think?

[laughs]

[upbeat music]

? ?

- Did you hear that,
Rashaad?

- What'd you hear,
sir?

- Answer the question
asked, drum major.

- Yes, I did, sir.
- And?

- Saxes, on your feet.

- One, two, three.

You're up first, son. Here's
your chance to redeem yourself.

- What... what do you
want me to play?

- "Easy On Down the Road."

Grab your instrument,
head on out that door.

[upbeat music]

? ?

- Brilliant,
brilliant!

And what the hell
was it?

- "Jericho,"
my own interpretation.

- Oh, so you
freestyling?

Well, look at here, pop,
this ain't no rap battle.

- I know that, sir. I studied
classical music my whole life.

- And clearly, that still
wasn't long enough.

So interpret yourself
right on out the door.

- Sir, this being a program
that you started,

I really think
we should reconsider Noni.

- I agree.

The Symphony in Black
competition

is just over
a month away.

- Cara, have you lost
your damn mind

looking at your phone
in band?

- It's Dr. Fletcher,
sir.

She's been
arrested.

- Give me that.
- What are you doing?

- Out of the car.
- Get your damn hands off me!

- Hands on your head!
Hands on your head now!

[dramatic music]

- Hi.

I'm here to see my mom.
Dr. Eva Fletcher.

- I'll be with you
in a second.

? ?

- Excuse me. Hi.

I'm here to see my mother.
Dr. Eva Fletcher.

- Young lady, your mother's
all right, okay?

I saw her
a half-hour ago.

You need to go sit down
and wait.

And wait calmly.

- Lilah, have you
seen my mom?

- Not yet,
we just got here.

But listen, Sydney, you know
I'm with the D.A.'s office,

so they may not want me
back there to see her,

and that's
their right.

But I did bring my former
colleague, Kevin Carter,

and he is one of the best
criminal attorneys in town.

- How are you?
- Good.

- Listen, I doubt they'll
allow you to see her,

but let me go in there
and see what's what.

- I'm not leaving this station
until my mother does.

- Okay.
Understood.

So let us see what
we can find out, okay?

[indistinct conversation]

[siren wails]

- Hey, you can leave.
I'm gonna be here a while.

- Are you sure?
I'm happy to stay if you want.

- No, I'll be fine.
I'm just...

I'm not sure what's going on,
like why is she still in there?

- It's your mom.
She's no joke, a'ight.

She can get herself
outta anything.

- I need to
get back in there.

- All right. Well, let me know
if you need anything.

- I will.
Thanks again.

[somber music]

? ?

[door buzzes]

? ?

- This is Kevin Carter,
your new lawyer.

I trust him.
- Okay.

- Go, Kevin, before the chief
finds out I'm in here

and kicks
my ass out.

- Well, coverage of your case
is all over the news

and social media,
which is good for us.

Now, I already spoke
to the watch commander.

Apparently they pulled you over
for driving erratically.

- Bullshit.
Did you see the dash cam?

- Not yet, but the brass knows
this looks bad.

They want it
to go away.

[dramatic music]

- What'll happen to
the officer who arrested me?

- Well, if they're
dropping charges,

they're gonna want
everything to go away.

- Everything?

Like the way he mentally
and physically assaulted me?

That is not
going to happen.

I absolutely will not
agree to that.

- Then they'll delay
your release

and keep you here
overnight.

You'll be given
a court date.

Then they'll kick it
to my office.

And again,
that's not ideal.

You need to get out of here
as soon as possible.

- The officer will
probably be suspended

until an investigation
is completed.

- I want the dash cam video
from the squad car.

- Eva, will you please
listen to me?

- They threw me
up against the car

and pointed a gun
in my face!

And there is no way that I'm
going to pretend they didn't!

- Okay.

Okay.

[dramatic music]

? ?

out of the car now.

- What are you doing?
- Out of the car.

- What are you doing?
- Get out of the car.

- Get your damn hands
off me!

- Hands on your head!
Hands on your head now!

- Congratulations,
sunshine.

- You good?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

You know, when...

this shit is
crazy.

This merger shit,
this police brutality shit.

- I know it...
- They're killing us, E.

Can't you see that?
Come on.

If you can rough up the
president of a university,

when they know that everybody
got cameras on them,

what kind of chance
do we have?

I'm tired of it,
ain't you?

- I mean,
you can't be black

and not be
tired of it.

- [sighs]

You know she was
right by my side

when I was going
through all this.

Even when I tried to
push her away,

she... she tried to buy my mas
a ticket to fly here

when I got locked up.

I know nobody
believes it,

but she's trying to save us
from this merger.

- You know, I never really
thought about it again,

but she came to the hospital
to see me, too.

I mean, my dad says she was
probably trying

not to get sued, but...

maybe not.

- Maybe not.

- I know.

I know how you feel.

I really do.

But maybe...

you can put some of
what you're feeling

in your music.

- That's what's up, E.

Guess...

probably go down to the police
station, too, you know?

They got her at the same
one they took me to.

- Cool.

I'll go with you.

- You're a'ight,
you know that, E?

- You a'ight, too.

And this is getting
really weird right now.

- No, it's not.

- Ced, you have
a girlfriend.

And you know I don't
get down like that.

- I'm not with her
no more.

[Aisa's "Just For One Night"]

- ? Oh we can take our time
and take this slow ?

? Oh, oh, oh ?

? Teach me how you like
and do it again ?

- ? Yeah ?

- ? If you want we can do this
over and over ?

? And no one has to know ?

? I can give it to you
what you're asking for ?

- Wait, wait.

You got a condom?

- ? I can be
your shooting star ?

? Say we can do things
how you like ?

? What you wanna do?
Let me know ?

? Go fast go slow ?

? We can do this all night
long, boy, it's up to you ?

? Let me know
what's up with you ?

? Have you ever
loved someone? ?

? You just give them
all that they want ?

? I just wanna
hold you tight ?

? Even if it's
just for one night ?

? If it's just for one night ?

? If it's just
for one night ?

? If it's just for one night ?

? If it's just for one night ?
- [moaning]

- ? Oh, oh, oh ?

? Staring in your eyes
just makes me high ?

? Oh, oh, oh ?

? Just call me your fantasy ?

? Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ?

[indistinct conversation]

- I'd like to wear
them shoes.

- No, they're
my favorites.

Only ones I own that don't kill
my feet after a long day.

- Take 'em off or I'm gonna
take 'em off for you.

- You could try,

but I promise you it is
not going down that easy.

- Hmm.

You think
you tough, huh?

- No, but I am tired
and I am pissed off

and I am not in the mood
to be pushed around.

- I don't give a damn
what you in the mood for.

- Oh, I'm sure
you don't.

But look at us.

Two black women in a jail cell
ready to fight, for what?

[laughs]

Talk about
stereotypes.

- [laughs]
Bitch, please.

This apples
and bananas.

You the strange fruit
up in here.

Just gonna get your fancy lawyer
to come bail you out,

get you back to
your cushy life

while the rest of us
stuck up in here.

Trust me, princess,

outside of skin color,
you and I ain't nothing alike.

- Even if I
gave them to you,

what are you gonna
do with them?

- Sell 'em.
What you think?

- Then let's do this.

When I walk
out of here,

I will give them
to you.

Does that sound fair?

[dramatic music]

? ?

- ? I got one thing
on my mind ?

? They let me forget,
they let me forget ?

- How'd you
get in here?

- Bryce just
let me in.

I told him I had to talk to you
about something important.

So...

- Did you hear about what
happened to Dr. Fletcher?

- Yeah, I did.

Some student are gonna
go down there later.

- Yeah, to...
to support.

Yeah, I might
roll, too.

- Um...

Look,

I just wanted to say

I'm... sorry.

I was wrong for snooping
through your things

and I was wrong
for overreacting.

- Apology accepted.

- Good.
Look at me.

Look.

We got a good thing here
and I don't want to lose you.

Look, I'm sorry
for overreacting.

I know you and Chantel were
together since eighth grade,

and it's gotta be hard
not to miss her.

I'm sorry.

- ? I got one thing
on my mind ?

- Come here.

- ? I got one
on my mind ?

- You smell funny.

? ?

Cedric, why are you in
the same clothes as yesterday?

- You just got done saying you
were sorry for overreacting,

and now you're
sweating me again?

- Just answer
the question.

- I'm really not trying to do
this with you right now, a'ight?

- Just tell me
where you were!

- I was where I was,
all right?

Damn!

- So you're really
not gonna tell me.

Okay.

I guess we're really
done here then.

[scoffs]

? ?

- [chuckles]
What am I doing here?

- Hey, what time are we pulling
out for the police station?

- We'll leave in
about 20 minutes.

Hey, hey, can I holler at you
for a second?

- Not if it's
about Sydney.

- Hey, I forgot my phone.
I'll be back.

- Ebonie, how you doing
this afternoon?

- I'll be better when
Dr. Fletcher gets out of jail.

- So will I.

Damn shame how far
a bad cop will go.

- Or bad people
period.

- Well, as you can see,
certain bad people

aren't with us
anymore.

Let me ask you
a question.

Have you been keeping up
with your sax?

- What's that have
to do with you?

- It's nothing
to do with me

but everything to do
with our symphonic band.

There's an opening for a
talented musician like yourself.

It's all yours
if you want it.

I really want you
to be a part of this.

- Are you out of
your mind?

I nearly died playing
in your marching band,

and you have the nerve
to ask me to come back?

- I thought you
came to...

- That's your problem
right there.

You think too much
and you know too little.

I still have headaches,
Mr. Diamond, sir.

You think about that.

[somber music]

- ...the north side of Maple,
west of [indistinct].

I need available units
to respond.

? ?

- Your paperwork's
in this folder,

including the date
we go to court.

? ?

- Oh, my God, Mom!

Are you okay?
Where are your shoes?

- Sweetie, it doesn't matter.
I'm fine.

- It's a media frenzy
outside.

- Okay, let's just
go out the back.

- Hey, Dr. Fletcher.

Are you all right?
- Yes, I'm...

I just... I just want
to avoid the crowds.

I'm okay.
Let's just go out the back way.

- Whoa, you don't want
to go out the back.

It's what they're
expecting you to do.

[indistinct talking]

- He's probably right.

Come on.

[reporters yelling questions]

- Sydney, over here.

- Madison,
you're riding with us.

- Coming through. Thank you.
- Okay.

- Coming through.

[reporters continue]

- Dr. Fletcher, how's it feel
to assault the people

assigned to protect
and serve our community?

- Don't you think she been
through enough already?

[dramatic music]

? ?

e people are painting
their own narrative,

and I can't even defend myself.
- You will.

We just need to
come up with a game plan.

- It's the Deputy D.A.

- Thank you.

Lilah.
- Hey.

How are you holding up?
- I'm here.

Thank you
for everything.

I feel like we haven't
seen each other in ages,

and yet, you're here
when I need you most.

- You'd do the same
for me.

But listen, Eva,
it looks like this thing

will most likely
end up on my desk,

so I can't come over.

Probably was a mistake for me
to even come to the station.

Just know that
I'm all over it, okay?

I'm thinking
about you.

And Kevin will take
good care of you.

- Thank you, Lilah,
very much.

- Of course.
Take care of yourself.

- What are you doing?
What the hell are you doing?

- And you might want
to turn your TV on.

Channel 3.

- Will do.

Okay.
Hope to see you soon.

- The arresting officer
has been placed

on administrative leave,
but if I had my druthers,

he would have been fired
already.

- This isn't about
Band-Aiding the situation.

It's about changing the culture
and the way we're policed!

- What do you think of
Dr. Eva Fletcher's arrest?

- I ain't happy
to see nobody get arrested,

but maybe it'll help them
teachers and students

stop acting
like they're better

than the people
in this community.

- We tried to tell him we was
filming, but he didn't care.

He was like, oh, look
who's in the White House.

We can do what the hell
we want.

You see the type of stuff
we go through?

That's crazy.

- The school's not in
the best neighborhood,

but what's that
got to do with

all this ongoing
police brutality?

- See, that's the question
right there.

- That's why we need
that dash cam video.

We need people to see
from his point of view

what exactly was supposed
to be so damn threatening.

- Well, it takes time
to get police footage released.

- I've only been asking for it
for 12 hours!

I want the Metro Police
Department to know that

I am not their negro
nor will I ever be!

[sighs]

- You should rest,
Mom.

Maybe you should
lie down for a while.

- Yeah, I'm... I'm glad that
you're out, Dr. Fletcher.

Have a good night.

- I'll check on
you guys later.

- Okay.

We'll call you tomorrow.

- Okay.
- Thank you.

[somber music]

? ?

- ? I got it like oh ?

? I get it again ?

? I'm right in the place... ?

- Madison.

Is Sydney okay?

- I don't know, Miles.
Call her yourself.

- I did. I even tried
to take her to the station,

but she went
with what's his name.

- What, Jason?
- Yeah, yeah.

Who is this guy?

- Look, why do you
care so much?

You must have a dozen girls
throwing themselves at you.

- Sydney's been
through a lot.

She's not ready for
whatever it is she's doing.

- I feel the same way,

but she's got to figure
things out for herself.

- Are they smashing?
Her and this Jason dude?

- No. No, I mean,
I don't think so.

But seriously, this
conversation needs to end.

Syd and I barely
started speaking,

and talking to you is
just gonna piss her off.

[knock on door]

- Daddy.
- Hey, baby.

- What are you doing here?
- [laughs]

Came to see
my baby girl.

[laughs]

So how's Cedric?

- We're just making music
together, Daddy.

- Oh.

- Mom know you drove up here
to check on me?

- Of course not.

And don't you say
anything either.

I told her I was
going to Chattanooga

to meet with your Uncle Brick.
- Uh-huh.

That's what I thought.
[giggles]

- You know,

your president's arrest
was all over the news.

So when we talked and I heard
something off in your voice, I...

- Daddy, I'm fine.

Cecil Diamond
approached me.

- About what?

- Joining
the symphonic band.

I told him
I wasn't interested.

Couldn't believe he had
the audacity to consider me

in the first place.

- That's a bold
son of a bitch.

He had no business
approaching you.

I can always tell when
something's going on with you.

You know that.

- Yes, Daddy.

I know that.

- And that's why
I asked you about that boy.

- [laughs]

Will you quit meddling?

- If you road trip
with me.

- Oh, no.
Mnh-mnh.

As much as I love you, there is
no way I'm suffering through

Uncle Brick smacking his way
through dinner.

[laughter]

But seriously,

thanks for
checking on me.

- Of course,
baby girl.

- Which way
you park?

- Right down
through there.

- So you wanna hear a joke?
- Yes.

[jazz music]

? ?

- Mr. Weaver,
how are you?

- You approached
my daughter?

- Yes, sir, I did.
I wanted to give her...

- You know, given the fact that
we didn't sue you

or this damn university
for every penny y'all got,

seems like common sense would
keep you away from her.

- Look, I...
- No, you look.

See, you don't know what it's
like to have your daughter

beaten so bad that she
requires brain surgery,

to sit in a hospital
and not be able to help

or communicate with her
because she's in a coma.

And when all is
said and done,

nobody's charged
with anything,

leaving my family
to pick up the damn pieces.

- Mr. Weaver, have you ever
made a mistake that you regret,

turned a blind eye to something
you knew was wrong?

That kind of thing
stays with you.

And the only thing you can do
is hope that one day

you have a chance
to fix it.

The fact that Ebonie does not
want to come near the thing

that she came
to GAMU to do

rocks me to my soul.

I had a spot for her.

I thought if she took it
she'd feel better,

but now I realize
I should have contacted you

to see how you
felt about it.

- Stay away from
my daughter, Mr. Diamond.

[somber music]

? ?

Ta
- It's so like my mom to go through something this traumatic

and try to deal with it
by herself.

- Well, we can't choose
our parents,

but we can choose what traits
we take from them.

So I guess the trick is
not being just like them.

- ? Maybe for tonight ?

- I see what you did there,
Mr. Psychology Major.

- Hey. Hey.

- ? You are just a man ?
- [moans softly]

That feels good.

- ? Broken promises ?

- I feel like we've
known each other forever.

- I know, right?

- ? Let it go ?

- ? Let it go, let it go ?

- ? I know that
I'm not easy to love ?

? But I'll make it easy
on you ?

? Everything I want to do ?

- Hope I'm not
interrupting.

- No, no.
I was...

I was actually
just leaving.

Call you later, Syd.

- Yeah.

- ? All I wanna do is ?

- Clam jam much?

- You should thank me.

- Whatever, Mother.

- I see why Miles is
so concerned now.

- What?

- Yes, he concerned
and so am I.

- Wait, you had a conversation
with the guy

I told you
I was cool on?

- Yeah, Syd, I did.

- Why?

Why is everyone so damned
concerned with what I'm doing?

Look, we went
over this.

Stay out of my business,
I stay out of yours.

- We never had
that conversation.

- Well, we're
having it now.

? ?

- I think
he's a good kid.

He just needs a little bit of...
lots of love.

[somber music]

- Dr. Fletcher, I was
just coming to see you.

- Hey, Cedric.
What can I do for you?

- Nothing really.
I was just to give you props

for standing up to
the bullshit like you did.

- Thank you, but I
didn't have a choice.

Couldn't look at myself
in the mirror if I didn't.

- I have to
admit that

you surprised me
a little bit.

I didn't know you
got down like that.

- No, you
didn't know,

because fighting is all about
choosing the right war

and then refusing to lose
once the battle breaks out.

- I guess that's why
I been asking myself

when are the Metro cops
gonna get paid back

for what they did
to me.

Coming in my dorm, snatching me
up like I ain't shit.

If it hadn't been for you
and my mas,

I probably
would-a believed.

- You knew better.

You have a lot
to be proud of.

- I know I know better,
but what was I doing with it?

After they hinged you up,
I knew that I had to respond

to the craziness.

Like, I know that I'm not
the only one who's tired

and ready to
speak on it.

That's why I been
writing this song,

'cause I need to
get out how I feel.

- And how exactly
are you feeling?

- Did you not just hear
anything that I said?

- I heard exactly
what you said.

So I'm gonna have to
ask you to promise me

to channel all of this rage
into your music,

because your mother
would never forgive me

if something
happened to you.

And I wouldn't
forgive myself.

- I'm not gonna sit on
this, Dr. Fletcher.

Look, I'm not saying that
I'm gonna do something stupid,

but I can't sit here
and act like it didn't happen.

This song is just
the first step.

The beginning.

[somber music]

? ?

- The policing of
African-Americans is

a systemic issue this country
has been struggling with

since black people were
first enslaved here.

And back then,
we were only seen as property,

so it was
completely acceptable

to beat, hang,
kill us

as methods
of discipline.

- The day
he was murdered,

he was not selling cigarettes
that day.

? ?

He had just
broken up a fight.

- Exactly. Now, how long
must this go on?

It has to stop.

- And I was just screaming
at the TV

and I was saying, "Please,
y'all, stop. Let him go."

You could go around
killing our children

and just
getting away,

literally getting away
with murder.

- But if a 5'2",
120-pound black woman

in a Jag
wearing a suit

is a threat to
the police,

what chance does
everyone else have?

- And there are so many
mothers out there

who suffer as I do,

and if you listen
to the stories,

one story is worse
than the other.

- Don't touch me [bleep]!

- Damn, man.
- Turn around.

- Put your arm... put your hand
behind your back!

- I can't breathe!
I can't breathe.

- Next on "The Quad"...

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