Assault on Precinct 13

Did you hear that?

Come on.

Freeze, this is the police.

Drop your weapons

and place your hands above your heads.

And in the local news,

six youth gang members were killed

in a shoot-out last night

with police in South Los Angeles.

Police Commissioner Davidson called

a news conference earlier this morning

to comment on the shooting.

As Police Commissioner

of Los Angeles County,

I have called this emergency

news conference. We have a crisis.

The juvenile gang problem

is completely out of control.

The missing automatic weapons

have not been recovered.

We now have a lead which shows

that some of the weapons

have fallen into the wrong hands.

It's true that law enforcement

is being driven to deplorable extremes,

but those guns are out there.

And believe me,

if the people who have them get organized,

no one will stand a chance.

Commissioner Davidson also said

that several weapons have been...

For the six.

One-W-90, this is Lieutenant Bishop in

unmarked vehicle, requesting assignment.

Is Staff Seven there?

Stand by.

One-W-20, this is Staff Four.

If I look around real hard,

maybe I can find something for you to do.

Hey, hey, Captain Collins. Hello there.

I'm surprised to hear your voice, sir.

W-20, so,

how's it going so far, Lieutenant?

One-W-90, okay. Seeing as

I've been on the job exactly four minutes.

W-20, I've got

a temporary reassignment for you tonight.

A little supervisory job

for the Police Department.

Proceed to Precinct Nine, Division 13,

and take over from Captain Gordon.

-Isn't that the Anderson Precinct?

-Affirmative.

But they're closing it down.

Nothing for me to do there,

except stare at the packing crates.

You wanna be a hero

your first night out, Lieutenant?

Yes, sir.

There are no heroes

anymore, Bishop,

only men who follow orders.

W-90, yes, sir.

Proceeding to Precinct Nine, Division 13.

KMA-492 off.

Starker?

This way.

-Well, they sure gave you some sweet job.

-Better than some.

Carrying a busload of hate

is not my idea of better than anything.

This is Wells and Caudell.

-Is he all right?

-He's just got a little cold.

-Where's Wilson?

-We got him in a special room.

This is Napoleon Wilson.

-Got a smoke?

-Close the door.

I want you to know something, Wilson.

Now, I don't enjoy driving

anybody to death row.

You try anything, anything,

I've got two guards with shotguns

and they'll blow you apart.

-Sure could use a smoke.

-You understand me, Wilson?

You mumble a little bit,

but I get the general idea.

Let's go.

Slipped right out of the chair.

Yeah. I don't sit in chairs

as well as I used to.

-Get him up.

-Come on, let's go.

I'm all jealous of you, Wilson.

You get all this VIP treatment.

Here they let me walk around almost free.

-Hey.

-What?

-You got a smoke on you?

-Yeah.

-But I'm not gonna give it to you.

-Why not?

-Not good for you. Smoking can kill you.

-You don't like competition, huh?

-You think you're real fancy, don't you?

-I have moments.

All right, knock off the talking.

Let's move. Move.

Okay if I stretch a minute?

You're gonna chain me to a seat

and drive for hours.

We get to Sonora,

you're gonna chain me in a cell.

Maybe for as long as 90 years.

Chains is all I got to look forward to.

Go ahead.

You know, Wilson, I'm gonna miss you.

That's not the truth, Warden.

Now, you should always tell the truth.

Even a little white lie

can sometimes trip a man up.

He don't stand up as good as he used to.

...but the

sun-spotting caused an unusually...

...with the early morning

shooting of six youths,

now known to be members of

a South Los Angeles gang

known as Street Thunder.

Davidson also commented on

the highly unusual interracial mixture

of the gang victims, and pointed...

All right, let's go over this again.

Now, what are you gonna tell Margaret?

-I forget.

-You're gonna say, "Margaret,

"I want you to come up and live with us

now that Fred is gone."

I want you to come and live with us,

now that Fred is dead.

-Gone.

-Gone.

"We have a big spare room

all ready for you."

We have a big spare room all ready for you.

"And I told my daddy,

if you don't come up and live with us,

-"then I'm gonna run away from home."

-She'll never buy that.

Okay, drop that one.

-Daddy?

-Yeah?

I'm hungry.

You'd rather eat than get your nanny

out of this horrible neighborhood.

Well, I'd know what to say to her better

if I had something to eat.

Where is that street?

I can never seem to find that street.

Why don't we ask them?

Bonaire Place. I think it's down here,

just a couple of blocks more.

Mrs. Seward says a policeman's

always there to answer questions

and to help you when you're in trouble.

Obviously, Mrs. Seward has never taken

any big steps outside of the sixth grade.

Huh?

We're not in any trouble, honey.

-Yeah?

-Hello, I'm Lieutenant Bishop.

Yes, sir.

One moment. I'll tell the Captain you're here.

-Hello, Lieutenant.

-Hi.

-I'm Leigh.

-Ethan Bishop.

This is Julie.

-Hello, Julie.

-Hello.

-Things are quiet.

-For a change.

-You took over at the right time.

-Apparently.

When are you moving?

They shut off the phones and the electricity

at 10:
00 tomorrow morning.

-That sounds pretty final.

-Would you like some coffee, Lieutenant?

-Yes, thank you.

-Just made some fresh. I'll get you a cup.

Thanks.

Hello, 7814.

No, I'm sorry,

the precinct has been relocated.

Let me give you the new number. 734-3612.

You're welcome.

The phone company should be doing this.

They're supposed to cut in at 5:00.

Hello. May I speak to Supervisor 12, please?

Yes, hello. This is 734-374...

-Black?

-For over 30 years.

I'm sorry. Two sugars.

I grew up four blocks from here.

When I was about four or five, my father

sent me in here one day with a note.

Detective read it and said,

"We lock up little boys who can't behave."

When he went to call my father,

I carved something on the top of his desk

with a letter opener.

For months, I was afraid he might see it

and come after me.

Why did your father send you in here?

For using foul language

in the presence of my mother.

What did you carve on the desk?

Kind of advanced for a little kid.

Your father or somebody obviously

got you out of Anderson early enough.

The Captain would like

to see you now, Lieutenant.

Be right there.

By the way,

no one took me out of Anderson

when I was a baby.

I walked out, myself, when I was 20.

-Enjoy your new police station.

-I will. Thanks for the coffee.

Well, are they out?

Then get them out!

Double your patrols.

Go ahead. Send them up there.

Don't call over here every time

another division stubs its toe.

What a night.

We've had a 3-12 every 15 minutes.

Twelve stolen cars, three burglaries,

eight aggravated assaults.

And it's not even 8:00.

Could be the sunspots.

Pressure on the atmosphere.

I heard it on the radio.

It's 7:
00. I'm going over

to the new station on Ellendale.

You take over here

till Weaver comes in at 4:00.

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