The Glass Shield Page #8

He was involved in a hit-and-run,

and the department covered it up,

Hmm,

- You know him?

- Yeah, Business Affairs,

That's one reason we couldn't get

the Commission to do anything

about Ernie Marshall's death,

Massey was pulling the strings,

Hello,

Hey, Foster,

What's up?

What?

That can't have happened,

Next time, why don't you have your gang

jump on me like they jumped on Deborah?

Huh?

You're gonna shoot me now, huh?

Cold-blooded killer, right?

Cold-blooded,

You got that right,

I'll put a bullet in you,

blow you all over the walls,

All right, that's it!

Johnson, out of here,

No, no, no, no, no!

Don't worry about him, He can't shoot me,

My hands aren't tied

behind my back, right, Bake?

And if he does shoot you, I will testify

in a court of law that it was self-defense,

Self-defense?

I'm not carrying a gun,

Oh, but I guess you can always

find a gun to plant on me,

- You wanna try me? Huh?

- Hey!

J, J,, chill out, man,

- Come on, J, J,!

- Get him off me!

Break it!

Just relax!

- Don't make me break it!

- Jesus, Baker!

Please, for God's sake!

Don't be a fool,

Now, give me the gun,

Put him in a cell,

- Come on, Come on,

- Don't, Don't, Don't!

I have the right

to make a phone call,

- You're not under arrest,

- Then let me out of here,

What are you doin' here?

Foster's downstairs in Booking,

tryin' to be some kind of a boy scout,

We can't keep Johnson

locked up forever,

I would,

Chuck... Get Jack Bono in here,

You brought your army,

- What in the hell is this?

- Police blackmail,

Councilman Reese's son

was positively identified

as the driver

of a hit-and-run vehicle,

'Course, there were no charges,

Councilman Reese is

on the Police Commission,

Livingston here,,,

child molestation,

No charges,

I don't know

if this is true or not,

You could ruin

these people's careers,

You think about what you're doing

before you get involved in all this mess,

I have thought about it, and you're

protecting the wrong group of people,

- I know these people,

- Councilman,

When I leave here,

I'm going straight to the newspapers,

Get me the Attorney General's Office,

Did you, um...

get Massey's files to anybody?

Locket and Reverend Banks,

- They're gonna take care of it,

- We got one,

Just one,

We should probably let her rest,

- You take care of him,

- OK, I will,

Yeah, We should go,

- We'll see you,

- OK,

- Get some rest,

- See you later,

It's a search warrant, The U, S, Attorney's

Office is seizing all our records,

What?

They just sit around

and watch paint dry,

What's the matter?

Dad,

Mom,

Barbara and I decided that,

well, since I'm out of a job now,

that we should...

- go ahead and get married,

- Well, congratulations!

I knew you wouldn't let

your little brother outdo you,

Who is that at this hour?

- Johnny Johnson?

- No, I'm Harold Johnson,

- Is Johnny Johnson here?

- Yes, he is,

I'm his father,

Is there some kind of trouble?

No problem, Mr, Johnson,

I'd like to speak to your son, please,

- Is everything all right?

- Everything is fine, May I speak to him?

- I hope you're happy,

- Oh, I am, You know I am,

- Mm-hmm, I know you are,

- J, J,!

There's a marshal

at the door for you,

- Are you Johnny Johnson?

- Yeah,

Here's a date and time

to appear in court,

Sign right here for me, please,

- What did I do?

- Read what it says,

J, J,, you have been

charged by the government

with violating

Teddy Woods' civil rights,

under the color of authority,

- Do you know what that means?

- I didn't violate anybody's civil rights,

Then sit down and talk to us, J, J,

Please,

Mr, Bono said he stopped Teddy Woods

because he was a black male,

Bono asked me to support

his report, which I did,

- You lied?

- Baby,,,

I was doin' what I thought

was right at the time,

- I can't believe you did that,

- Barbara, I was a cop,

I was thinkin' like a cop,

- I'm sorry,

- You said he had been stopped

because he made a traffic violation,

J, J,, you lied

on the witness stand,

The conclusion

from the internal investigation

just has you

nailed to the floor, man,

And Bono, because he cooperated,

has no charges,

- Bono is in the clear?

- Yeah, he gave you up,

So he was granted

immunity from prosecution,

Stupid,

Stupid, stupid, stupid,

What happened to rescuing

innocent people from the bad guys?

You were so bright-eyed

not long ago!

Your eyes are like looking down

the barrel of a gun now,

- I was doin' my damn job,

- I don't owe you sympathy,

You know what? Just once I wish you could

hear something from my point of view,

You're supposed to be my woman!

I'm not your property!

Look, I'm not gonna say you were right

just because I love you,

I can see through that badge,

It doesn't hide the evilness,

I thought I was doin' right,

You know, uh,,,

I really thought

I was doin' the right thing,

Could you just

leave me alone right now?

I need to be alone,

No, you don't,

Kick it,

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Children

The sins of the father

taken over by the son

The way it's gone down

since the time begun

Plymouth Rock landed

on the black man's soul

Just like the way

most history's told

Broken spirit, broken face

Slavery dropped down

on a noble race

African warrior wipin' the boots

Of a white slave master

who stole his roots

Don't let him read,

don't let him write

Don't let him stand up

long enough to fight

And just in case

that's what he's got in mind

Hang him from a tree

with a piece of twine

He's half a human,

three-fifths of a man

Southern God

don't even give a goddamn

And if you think

this is all old news

The black men today

are still singin' the blues

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Children

Yesterday it was a plantation

Today it's a city street

See the homeless brothers and sisters

Livin' in a cardboard,

nothin' to eat

Can't get no home

without a job

Can't get no job

without a home

Can't get no car

without some credit

Can't get a damn thing,

I already said it

America's built

on the back of the black

Raped Indian land

and won't never give it back

Founding fathers

took affirmative action

For white males

only got the satisfaction

Ownin' lands,

castin' votes

Shuckin' off the shadows

on the black scapegoats

It ain't no puzzle,

needs no clues

To see why the black man

sings the blues

Wade in the water

Wade in the water

Children

A wave of crime

sweeps across the nation

Many black men

in incarceration

Dangerous thugs

could start a riot

So build more jails

to keep 'em quiet

Or give 'em drugs

to sell to one another

Then watch the black man

kill his brother

He swallowed his rage

for 400 years

Now he packs a nine

instead of a spear

So what would you do

in such a situation?

No money, no job,

no education

No respect, no self-esteem

Just pickin' up the crumbs

of the American dream

Don't know jack

from where he came

He's never to know

his tribal name

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