Rock and a Hard Place Page #8

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here, it's motivation.

Even though there's temptation, but

it's motivation to get up outta here.

It feel good to see the cars and the houses

and to be free and get out

of boot camp for a little bit.

(indistinct chatter over PA)

Officer:
You can see these

guys, they're not in chains.

It's really a test of their discipline.

And we've really never

had anybody that stupid

to walk away from the program.

You feel like you're so

close to the outside life,

you're basically just free right here.

So close to just home.

- Lopez:
Down, up.

- Cadets:
Aye, sir!

- Lopez:
Down, up.

- Yes, sir!

- Get on line.

- Aye, sir!

Five, four, three, two, and one.

- Yes, sir!

- Damn, outstanding!

- Aye, sir!

- You got anything for 'em?

- Carry on.

- Aye, sir.

Sirs, good afternoon, sirs!

(quiet chatter)

Reporter:
Now to a developing

story in southwest Miami-Dade,

the search is on right

now for two inmates

that escaped around lunchtime today.

Reporter #2:
Dozens of

Miami-Dade police officers

searched on the ground, in the air,

looking for the two inmates...

James Dukes, arrested for

burglary and grand theft,

and Manuel Guzman, arrested

for robbery and carjacking.

Reporter #3:
Officers say he and

Dukes were out doing work detail,

which is trash pickup

or landscaping labor.

According to police,

they simply walked away.

- (Lopez sighs)

- Reporter #4:
And new tonight, Miami-Dade police

have now captured both

escaped prisoners.

Reporter #5:
About

4:
15 this afternoon,

police took inmate James

Dukes into custody,

finding him inside an apartment

in southwest Miami-Dade.

Reporter #6:
20-year-old Manuel

Guzman is back in police custody,

those hours on the

run coming to an end.

A couple of your cadets, the ones that

we've been giving the most chances to,

decided to freakin' take off.

Just, "Let me just take

off. The hell with it.

Everything that I've worked

for to this point, it's gone."

Right? I guess I'm

talking to my butt, right?

Cadets:
Aye, sir!

If they close this program...

you're screwed.

'Cause there's no other form of

rehabilitation around for you.

Any opportunity you had to

freakin' change your life

and to do something better

and to go to school is gone.

And then what are you gonna do?

You're gonna go to prison.

Then you're gonna have to deal

with a whole bunch of other stuff

'cause you're gonna be in general

population, 'cause you're all adults.

You're gonna have to deal with

things that are very unpleasant.

So, is that what you want?

You want them to stop

the program at this time,

and that's it, we're

done? (clapping hands)

Cadets:
Sir, no, sir.

Youngblood:
Sir, can a young cadet

have permission to speak, sir?

- Yeah.

- Aye, sir.

So, this cadet feel like...

this cadet lost two brothers,

sir, out of this platoon.

But at the same time, sir,

those cadets, they knew better, sir.

They got a mind of their own.

- Okay.

- They decided, you know...

made that mistake, sir, they

gotta pay for that mistake, sir.

- Get in my rack.

- Aye, sir.

Sir, good evening, sir.

(speaking Spanish)

Damn, he's gonna do... Jules,

you think he's gonna do time?

What you think? 10... 10 the lowest, right?

10 the lowest. That's what

they gonna throw at them.

Violation of probation,

manda... mandatory escape charge,

plus his original charges,

which they're probably

gonna give him the max, dawg.

Okay, shh, shh, shh. All

right, that's it, that's it.

I'm through being nice to you guys.

- Be quiet, all right?

- Aye, sir.

- Good night.

- Good night, sir.

- Good night, lady.

- Good night, sir.

I'm just gonna go over a couple of things.

Just, you know, right now,

it doesn't look good

for the department,

it doesn't look good for us.

Um, if the cadets have questions,

try to answer them as best you can

without divulging information

and just stay positive,

'cause we will rebound

and we will continue to move forward.

Okay? Anybody have questions?

Fouquet? Private Cork?

It's unfortunate, but

everything is about choices.

And those individuals, they old enough,

they got common sense,

they know right from wrong.

It just came down to

making a decision,

and it turned out to be a bad decision.

Roosevelt:
As far as Guzman go,

- it was a shock.

- Green:
He was a squad leader?

- That's a squad leader.

- Yeah, he was a squad leader.

So he is... and obviously, Dukes

had made some kind of progress.

He was showing progress.

I... I honestly...

I am shocked and I'm surprised.

It's our job to continue

to move ahead and move on,

and to continue to keep the other 33,

you know, going in a positive direction.

- (helicopter whirring)

- (horn honks)

(door buzzes)

(door closes)

(door opens)

So, first of all,

I wanna know what the hell's

going on in your heads.

What do you think was gonna happen?

You think we were gonna

give you a slap on the wrist?

- Not at all.

- They had helicopters in the air.

They had freakin' units all

over the place looking for you.

They had SWAT teams out there.

Think about that.

And in the news, they had you looking

like you were a serial killer or something.

So, what do you think the

future holds for you now?

Wait and see.

How bout you Dukes?

What do you think the

future holds for you now?

A whole lot of dismay and destruction.

- Say again.

- Dismay and destruction.

Prison.

Do you have anything to

tell me before I split?

I wanna say I'm sorry.

I know you disappointed

in me, me and Guzman,

and we could have been somewhere better

than where we is now,

sitting in red jumpers.

We could have been

getting ready to graduate.

I wanna say I'm sorry to my mom, my dad...

my family.

(sighs)

I wish there was more I

could do for you, but I can't.

All right?

(door opens)

(door closes)

Manuel Guzman,

you escaped from the

boot camp program.

You're now facing six

years in state prison.

Mr. Dukes, please stand.

The State of Florida has

charged you with escape,

a second-degree felony.

You will be adjudicated guilty,

sentenced to seven years

in the state prison,

followed by three years

of reporting probation.

- (gavel bangs)

- Okay, we'll be in recess.

(Fouquet shouting)

27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19.

Everybody, get

shoulder-to-shoulder.

- Do it now!

- Cadets:
Aye, ma'am!

Ten-hut! 10, nine,

eight, seven, six,

five, four, three,

two, and friggin' one.

- Done and done.

- I said and one.

Done and done.

Green:
The incident with

Dukes and Guzman was bad.

I tell you all the time, if

you look bad, I look bad,

so right now, we're looking bad.

So, it behooves me to get out of my house

and cancel my plans for my

Saturday morning to get in here.

I don't want this to

deter everybody else here.

I still want Platoon 15-1

to continue to move forward.

- Everybody understand that?

- Ma'am, yes, ma'am.

What's y'all motto? Somebody

give it to me real slow.

Red, green, blue, gold, the

strong survive, the weak will fold.

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