The Grim Sleeper Page #4

You, the white man with a

badge, you don't know...

a damn thing about what

it's like to grow up...

with feet plant into your throat

from the day you were born.

I don't know why God takes

a girl, who's down so low,

and let a monster steal her life, but

I do know that you don't get to say...

that life isn't valuable.

Those girls had lives that matters.

And how they died, matters

to the people who loved them.

Are you hearing me?

These girls were loved!

So, this is the mother of the

victim accusing us of racism.

Captain, I'm little tired

for stories about racists cop.

You know as well as I

do that this department...

has the 'mother' of all race issues today.

- And you know that it cuts both ways.

Their community won't talk

to us about a weather,

and now they're screaming that

we don't talk with them enough?

No matter what we do, we can't

work it out. I'm not like that.

How about you stop complaining and

tell me how you're going to stop...

this bloody reporter?

You spent an hour convincing me and Brad

why we shouldn't go public with this guy.

Maybe you should spend some

time convincing her. - Forget it.

She's just a noise. - You have

luxury of ignoring noise, I don't.

Don't let her get to noisy.

Hey, little man.

Little man!

Anthony!

You know you have a fork in

front of that plate, right? - Yes, sir.

I'm going to hang out

with Loretta tonight.

What? Is it so bad for me if

I go kick with some friends?

Those friends of yours,

they're no kind of friends.

Have not I done everything I was supposed to

lately? I'm clean as clean gets.

Don't I deserve the trust?

I trust you, mama.

- Thank you, baby.

Well?

It's good. Very good.

Very disturbing.

Are you gonna run it?

- I'm gonna put it on the cover.

That's really great.

The LAPD is not gonna be happy.

You're very critical of them.

They deserved it.

Now you have to come up with catchy

name for the killer.

It's okay, I'll be here when

you wake up. I promise.

Why don't we just call him like

the cops called him in the '80s?

".25 caliber killer. " - No, it's stale.

It needs to be something original, sharp.

Come on, think.

Most of the bodies were found on the

Western. "The Western Avenue Killer"? - No.

"Western Avenue Slayer"? - No.

Hey, pretty lady, need a ride?

- No, thanks. I'm good.

What is different about this killer?

- He likes to put his bodies in dumpsters.

He took a 13 year break.

- Like Rip Van Winkle?

Rip Van Slayer? - No.

I'll look in the mirror. Surely I must look

like a dog, if you think I'm going to bite.

At least you don't have

tongue hanging out.

So you're not a dog person.

You're cat person?

It's all just fun. Don't need

nobody drive me to no place.

Nine victims. Jesus!

Like the Grim Reaper himself.

Took a long break.

I know how to call him.

Oh, yeah, I'm stoned. I'll give the

you grass. We will be fun.

Are you crazy?

How do you know I don't bite?

I guess I like to live dangerously.

And you don't. - I guess

you don't know.

I guess I won't if you don't get in this

car and try a pipe I got in my pocket.

Sims. - Det. Sims, guess how many

news vans are parked outside my window.

I don't know, I can't see them

out of my bathroom window. - Five.

I said I didn't want any noise. Do you

have any idea how much noise...

five news vans can generate?

What's this about, Captain? - Get a copy of

LA Weekly/i and get down to my office.

Now.

I've got reporters peeking into windows,

I've got city Council furious because...

they want brief. A Brass upstairs

threaten to replace me.

They won't do that.

- See, Bill, that's your problem.

You think you know what's

gonna happen, but you don't.

I still say that I was right

to try to keep ".25 Calibre"...

off the radar. - Trying and

doing are two different things.

Not now, Claymar. - It's gonna have to

be now. Looks like we have another victim.

Out of our jurisdiction.

- The Grim Sleeper victim?

I would say 'yes', but Sims gets touchy

when I call him The Grim Sleeper.

If it's true, another victim, and I was

wrong, she could have been warned.

Well, if it is another victim, why don't

we break the news instead of letting...

LA Weekly do it for us?

Morales, there you are! Did you see my story?

You wanna got me promoted to reporter?

Yeah, it was really good. - Thanks,

I could not have done it without you.

What's wrong?

They just brought in a woman, gunshot

victim. She was black.

They found her a half of a mile

from Western, in a trash bag.

We really appreciate you

come in here, Mr. King.

We're very sorry for

the loss of your sister.

She's got a son, man.

How am I suppose to tell him?

You're still here.

I can't get it out of my head.

The look on that man's face.

- Yes, that's the worst part of my job.

I thought that by

writing this article...

That it will make him stop,

that no more women will die.

I don't know what to do now.

You're gonna figure it out.

You 're the most stubborn, pain in the

but buldog reporter I've ever met.

It's the nicest thing

anyone's ever said to me.

You think it was

a compliment.

Come on, I'll buy you lunch.

No, I have to go and track

down Detective Sims.

I appreciate everything

that you've done for me, Jasper.

You're an amazing friend.

A friend, so.

Awesome.

Come here.

We will issue a statement when

DNA results come back.

From initial review, it is possible that

Ebony King was killed by the same person.

We put together a six men task force,

devoted solely to apprehend the person.

The Grim Sleeper task force?

We call it "800 task force".

- Why "800"?

That's... a room number where

we set up in this building.

We'll issue a release at the end of the

day, a list of steps taken thus far,

and the number for

our new tip line.

We want the community to

know how seriously we take...

this threat to the safety of our citizens.

How seriously we've always taken it.

In the meantime, media inquiries can be

direct to me or Det. Claymar here.

In fact, I'll let him

answer your questions.

Is this good for you

and your little ego?

This crap storm that you created?

- My story was not crap, every word...

was true. - Not one thing you said

about this department was accurate.

And how was I suppose to known

that? You refused to talk to me!

Or to anyone. You acted like a murderer

on a loose was your secret to keep,

and now someone else is dead.

Do you see Det. Sims examining the

evidence or going after the killer?

No, he is here, managing

a media crises!

Do not worry, I'm on it.

What is that suppose to mean? Do you

have a lead we don't know about yet?

Are you saying that you would like to

work together on this? - Work on what?!

This is not your story, this

the case! My case!

Not deaths of actual people, but the

case! With the little label on it...

that says "Property of Bill Sims".

Have you once reached out

to the families of the victims?

No, you haven't. Do you know how I

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