Freedomland Page #9

Y'all know you ain't

supposed to be doing all this.

That's right. I wish y'all would move

so I could do something.

I should bust y'all in your face.

You. Forget y'all.

Get out of here.

Lorenzo! Lorenzo!

Why don't you come up

in here now, motherf***er?

I just saw that n*gger

with that b*tch's kid.

- Don't let him get away, now.

- That jacker's right under my bed.

- Y'all need a SWAT team.

- Y'all want them to come in here?

- Hell, yeah.

- No. No, you don't.

- Man, f*** you!

- Look, you see these cops?

They are just the tip of the iceberg.

Every cop in Dempsy and Gannon

is on alert.

There's a hell of a lot more of them

than there are tenants in here.

So if this sh*t jumps off...

...they gonna turn into

one big-ass police force...

...that's gonna be in here

kicking down our doors!

- "Our doors," huh?

- Please.

What you talking about, man?

You ain't one of us. Come on.

We ain't tolerating!

Leo?

Oh, so you all concerned

with city lines now and sh*t.

You take care of your town,

we'll take care of ours.

Just get them out of sight, all right?

You about to start the very thing

you supposed to be here preventing.

- When they step off, we'll step off.

- No, you step off, then they'll step off.

Just back them up.

I'll handle my end, all right?

Everybody play it cool.

Play it cool.

- Wanna piece of me?

- What the f*** you looking at?

You have a good night now,

you hear.

Rafik! Rafik!

- No!

- Can I help you with something?

No!

Hey!

- Come on, Rafik. Rafik!

- Don't do it.

Don't do it!

Get him out of here.

Miss Martin.

I have a charge here

of criminal negligence in the death...

...of Cody Martin

signed by Detective Lorenzo Council...

...of the Dempsy Police Department.

Do you understand

the charge as read to you?

Miss Martin?

How's your reception, counselor?

Can you see us?

Yes, we can, Your Honor.

Miss Martin?

Do you understand the charge?

Yes.

They gave us some deluxe

elbow room in here, huh?

So they got you

in protective custody, huh?

On suicide watch too.

It's just standard procedure.

You know, you aren't the only person

I got to visit in here today.

My son, Jason...

...he's over in the state wing

doing two to four for armed robbery.

No.

- Used my gun too.

- Oh, no.

Yeah.

All my friends say to me:

"Lorenzo, it ain't your fault

that boy landed where he did.

He got to take responsibility

for that his own self.

I ain't seen no pacifier in his mouth

the last 10 years."

Well, between you and me,

it is my fault.

I do feel responsible

because the kind of man he is...

...is the kind of man

I showed him how to be.

High all the time.

Selfish. Out of control.

I was never there

on a day-to-day basis.

And when I was,

I was fighting with his moms.

Yeah, well, that's who I was.

I'm so sorry.

Back then...

...I just didn't give a sh*t.

Now Jason's in prison...

...and he'll probably be in and out

of prison the rest of his life.

It's kind of late in the game...

...but all I wanna do now

is be there for him.

But with kids...

...no matter what you did or how bad

you think you messed up...

...God always finds a way

to give you another shot at it.

It might not be

with that particular child, but...

What I'm trying to say, Brenda...

...is that God's grace

is sort of, like, retroactive.

So every little kid out there

is Jason for me now.

And, no, they're not my blood,

but I can live with that.

And I'm happy. My life is good.

There's a lot of young women

in here, Brenda.

Some of them are good mothers,

some ain't. But they all need help.

On visitors' day, in the nursery,

even in prenatal.

And the warden in here

is an old running buddy of mine...

I love you.

What?

I love you for the way

you talk to me.

I've loved you

for the way you talk to me...

...ever since I first met you

in the hospital.

I wish I had your heart.

Look, I don't know if your lawyer

is gonna do a plea bargain...

...or whatever,

or if you're going to trial.

But you'll still be a young woman.

Lots of things that you can...

I'll... I'll...

I'll come see you.

Brenda...

...reach out to people in here,

all right?

Jas, how you doing?

Wasn't you just here

on Tuesday, man?

You want me to leave?

No, it's all good.

It's Christmas in July.

So like I said,

how you doing, kid?

You know, the Aryan Nation

was asking me to hook up...

...but I was a little bit nervous about

the whole initiation thing, you know?

Hey, Dad, you..? You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm real good.

- So, what you think?

- I was looking at that.

What's going on with you?

You know, out there

roughnecking.

- So you fell off your bed.

- Yeah, right...

I thought you should see this.

Hey.

You know that thing

with the carjacker?

I know I'm supposed to find it

in my heart to forgive.

But...

And her with Billy.

I mean, he wasn't getting none

from me, so...

But, Lorenzo, did he have anything

to do with hurting that child?

No. No, he didn't.

Thank you. Thank you.

"This child's life was not in vain.

He brought us together

in a common bond of sadness.

He reminded us

how human we are...

...and how hurt and pain

touches us all.

Go to God, little angel.

And thank you."

I really appreciate you bringing

me out here, Bobby.

I truly do.

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