Bomb City Page #7

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[PANTING]

IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT,

BRO, JUST STAY...

STAY WITH ME.

CALL AN AMBULANCE!

SOMEBODY CALL:

THE F***ING AMBULANCE!

[BRIAN WHEEZING]

[CRYING]

IS HE OKAY?

HE'S DEAD,

HE'S F***ING DEAD!

[JASON]

NOT LIKE THIS.

BRIAN, SIT UP,

COPS ARE COMING, MAN.

DON'T YOU F***ING DIE.

DON'T YOU F***ING

LEAVE ME, MAN!

NOT LIKE THIS.

[PANTING]

NOT LIKE THIS.

[JADE SOBBING]

[JASON BREATHING HEAVILY]

[JADE]

NO!

[MICHELLE SOBBING QUIETLY,

SNIFFLING]

[MICHELLE]

WHAT DID YOU DO?

WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?

OH, MY GOD!

OH.

OH, MY GOD!

LORD, HELP ME.

HELP ME.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD,

WHAT IF HE'S DEAD?

[SCREAMING]

WHAT IF HE'S DEAD?

MICHELLE!

[MICHELLE]

WHY?

WHAT IF YOU KILLED HIM?

WHAT ARE YOU:

GONNA DO?

[SOBBING]

[KING SCREAMING]

[JADE SOBBING]

[JADE]

NO!

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[KING] JUST... F***ING

WAIT, DON'T LOOK AT HIM.

DON'T F***ING

LOOK AT HIM.

[MICHELLE SOBBING SOFTLY]

Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO

GO DOWN WITH ME, OKAY?

I'LL, UH...

I'LL TELL THEM THA Y'ALL WEREN'T IN THE CAR.

BUT WE WERE:

IN THE CAR!

MICHELLE, I DON'T THINK

YOU UNDERSTAND:

HOW SERIOUS THIS IS!

F***!

[CRYING]

F***!

F***!

F***!

F***!

NO...

NOT ME.

OH, GOD, NO, PLEASE.

[GROANS]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

MOM...

MOM, YOU AND DAD

NEED TO COME UP HERE.

WESTERN PLAZA.

IT'S BRIAN,

SOMETHING HAPPENED.

IT'S BAD, MA.

I DON'T KNOW.

PLEASE, JUST...

JUST COME.

[PANTING]

[MICHELLE]

I REMEMBER...

IT BEING SO COLD.

UNUSUALLY COLD.

AND THERE WAS GLASS

AND METAL EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS CHAOS.

IT... IT WAS WORSE

THAN ANY NIGHTMARE.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

CODY'S THOUGHTS

THAT NIGH LAY IN INTIMIDATION,

IN FEAR.

BUT NOT HATRED.

YEAH, BUT WHAT HE DID

IS STILL WRONG.

AND YOU CANNO DEFEND WHAT HE DID.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER,

TAPPING ON DOOR]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[OFFICER]

CAN I HAVE THE KEYS, PLEASE?

CHUCK.

[CHUCK]

WHAT? WHAT DO YOU GOT?

[PROSECUTOR] WE BELIEVE THAT THE

EVIDENCE WILL CONVINCE YOU,

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,

THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT,

THAT THIS IS WAS

NOT JUSTIFIED, AND...

AND THAT THE DEFENDAN INTENTIONALLY...

AND KNOWINGLY:

MURDERED BRIAN DENEKE.

HE HAD NEVER ATTEMPTED

TO APPLY HIS BRAKES

OR TURN HIS STEERING WHEEL

AS HIS CADILLAC HAD

APPROACHED BRIAN.

HE HAD FLED THE SCENE

OF A CRIME:

AND HE LIED:

TO THE POLICE.

WHEN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

HAD DESCRIBED:

BRIAN'S INJURIES,

HE CONCLUDED THAT BRIAN

HAD REMAINED CONSCIOUS

AS HIS BODY WAS DRAGGED UNDER

THE... UNDERNEATH THE WHEELS

OF THAT CADILLAC.

THE IMPACT...

IMPACT SO SEVERE,

THAT HIS COLLARBONE HAD BEEN

TORN FREE FROM HIS SHOULDER.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

OUR YOUNG PEOPLE...

ON BOTH SIDES:

OF THE AISLE:

IN THIS COMMUNITY

NEED TO BE TOLD:

BY THE 12 OF YOU

THAT WHAT YOU DO

CARRIES WITH I CONSEQUENCE.

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

NO MATTER:

WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.

AND NO MATTER:

HOW YOU DRESS.

I DON'T EXPEC YOU TO ENJOY SENDING

THIS YOUNG MAN TO PRISON.

I DON'T.

I EXPECT YOU TO DO I WITH A TEAR IN YOUR EYE

AND YOUR HEAR IN YOUR THROAT.

PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY

SAID,

"WE DO THINGS,

NOT BECAUSE:

THEY ARE EASY,

BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD."

TODAY I ASK YOU:

TO DO THE HARD THING.

I ASK YOU TO SEND A MESSAGE

TO THIS COMMUNITY

THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE,

ALL OF THEM,

WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES

OF THEIR ACTIONS,

AND THAT YOU ARE HOLDING

CODY CATES:

UNCONDITIONALLY RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE DEATH OF BRIAN DENEKE.

"DESTROY EVERYTHING."

IS THIS THE MESSAGE WE WAN TO SEND OUR CHILDREN

FOR GENERATIONS TO COME?

"DESTROY... EVERYTHING."

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THIS IS NOT A CASE

ABOUT DIVERSITY:

OR TOLERANCE,

THIS IS NOT ABOU JUDGING PEOPLE FOR

THE WAY THEY DRESS.

THIS CASE:

IS ABOUT A GANG:

OF YOUNG MEN:

WHO CHOSE A LIFESTYLE

DESIGNED TO INTIMIDATE

THOSE AROUND THEM,

TO CHALLENGE AUTHORITY

AND TO PROVOKE A REACTION

FROM SOCIETY:

ITSELF.

WHEN THOSE PUNKS BROUGH BATS AND CHAINS

OUT THERE WITH THEM

TO WESTERN STREE THAT NIGHT,

A CONSPIRACY WAS PU INTO PLAY

TO KILL AND MAIM THOSE

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

CODY HAD NO TIME

TO THINK:

OR PONDER,

HE HAD TO TAKE:

IMMEDIATE ACTION

AND HE TOOK IT.

AND IF HE HAD TO LIVE I ALL OVER...

HE WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

YOU SEE,

WHAT CODY CATES FACED

OUT THERE THAT NIGH WAS A BAD COMBINATION:

A MEAN DRUNK WITH A WEAPON.

AND SOMEWHERE,

IN THE INFINITE PROCESSES

THAT SHAPE A BOY

INTO A MAN...

SOMETHING HAPPENED

TO BRIAN DENEKE.

THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH

WAS, UNFORTUNATELY,

THE END RESULT OF A LONG LIS OF POOR CHOICES OVER

THE LAST SIX YEARS OF HIS LIFE.

YOU COULD EVEN ARGUE

THAT HE WAS DESTINED

TO DIE THE WAY HE DID.

HE WAS A VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL.

AND IT TOOK VIOLENCE

ON CODY CATES' PART...

TO PUT AN END:

TO FURTHER VIOLENCE

AND TO SAVE:

AN INNOCENT LIFE.

LET THIS BOY GO HOME.

RESTORE HIM:

TO HIS FAMILY.

'CAUSE HE DID

THE RIGHT THING.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

[MARILYN MANSON ON TV]

THE ONE STORY THAT, UH...

THAT REALLY STRUCK ME

AND GOT ME THINKING ABOU THIS WAS, A FEW YEARS AGO,

THERE WAS THIS:

TEENAGE PUNK ROCKER KID

WHO WAS RUN DOWN

BY A WHITE JOCK:

IN DAD'S CADILLAC.

AND, UH...

THIS BOY DIED:

BECAUSE HE LOOKED DIFFERENT.

SO THIS THING HAPPENS,

THIS GUY KILLS THIS KID,

AND IS CLEARLY GUILTY,

YOU KNOW,

HIS GUILT IS ADMITTED,

AND GUESS WHERE THIS

ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETE IS,

HE'S IN COLLEGE.

YOU KNOW, THE JURY FEL THE PUNK ROCKER DESERVED TO DIE

BECAUSE HE LOOKED

THE WAY HE DID.

AND NOT ONLY WAS HE KILLED,

BUT THEN, IN THE TRIAL,

HE WAS KILLED AGAIN

BECAUSE THEY...

YOU KNOW,

CRITICIZED HIS LIFESTYLE

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW,

WEAR A TOMMY HILFIGER SHIR AND KHAKI PANTS, YOU KNOW?

AND THEN THE KILLER WAS EVEN

APPLAUDED AT GRADUATION

BECAUSE HE WAS:

A FOOTBALL STAR.

THE AMERICAN DREAM,

STRONG, NORMAL.

HE NEVER A SPEN A DAY IN PRISON.

SO WHO DO WE BLAME?

YOU KNOW?

EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY,

YOU KNOW,

"TOO MUCH VIOLENCE,

TOO MUCH VIOLENCE TODAY,"

YOU KNOW?

[STAMMERS]

DID EVERYONE FORGE ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR,

OR THE BIBLE,

OR SHAKESPEARE, YOU KNOW?

VIOLENCE:

ISN'T BRAND-NEW.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION,

YOU KNOW?

I PUT THIS UP:

ON MY WEBSITE.

I SAID, "IS ADULT ENTERTAINMEN KILLING OUR CHILDREN,

OR IS KILLING OUR CHILDREN

ENTERTAINING ADULTS?"

I THINK THAT'S KIND

OF THE QUESTION:

WE GOT TO ASK:

OURSELVES TODAY.

AND, YES, ASK YOURSELF

THAT EVERY TIME:

YOU WATCH THE HUNGRY CAMERAS

AT THE CRIME SCENE,

OR AT THE FUNERAL,

OR AT THE PLANE CRASH.

YOU KNOW, I'M IN A SQUARE RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME,

I'M LOOKING AT MYSELF

IN A MONITOR, YOU KNOW?

WE SIT IN FRON OF THE TV

AND WE ARE THE TV.

WE'RE A COPY

STARING AT A COPY...

AT A COPY:

AND A COPY.

EVENTUALLY IT'S A XEROX

THAT'S SO DEGENERATED,

WE DON'T KNOW

WHICH CAME FIRST.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND THAT'S WHA I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BRIAN]

DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO,

I'M A F***ING ANARCHIST!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WHAT'S YOUR REASON

FOR EXISTENCE?

DO YOU BELIEVE:

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