- [Doug] Wouldn't you
love to see a thug
get dropped in this
mob and watch everybody
claw over who gets the collar?
- Boy, I didn't know
there were so many of us.
- I didn't know we
dressed so badly.
- You know this is my
tenth union contract
and I have never seen
turnout like this.
- Where's Booker?
- Says he gets nervous
in a room full of cops.
- You told me nauseous.
- He kidnapped a pool table
and we're all supposed
to meet him over at the bar
later and wait for the results.
- What results? The vote
isn't even going to be close.
- Well why should it be?
The contract is bull.
It's a total roll back.
- Oh, come on guys,
don't say that.
We won in a couple
of areas, didn't we?
- This is not going to
be a good night for you.
(blowing raspberry)
- [Judy] I'm sorry, but
inflation's over %.
That % increase is
nothing but a bone.
- Hey, if you're looking
for someone to defend
the contract, Hoffs, you're
talking to the wrong man.
- How can you vote to
put us out of work?
- Harry, tomorrow you,
me and about others
will wake up with
a scratchy throat,
temperature
somewhere around .
Three days later, we got
a new contract and we're
going back to work.
- I understand a sick out,
but I'm already getting
calls for picket duty.
We mean to take
this all the way.
- [Adam] Oh quiet
guys, here it is.
- And to almost
no one's surprise,
the Association of
Municipal Police
voted an overwhelming %
to reject the city's
final contract offer.
(cheers)
Union officials called
it something else:
an insult to the
brotherhood of police.
- How can we do this?
I can't stand it.
- Harry, will you relax?
It's only their
first final offer.
- She's right.
Any strike worth a damn has
at least five final offers.
- Where'd you hear that?
- From Tommy, our resident
negotiations observer.
- How'd he get stuck
with that gig, anyway?
- He didn't get stuck, he
learned it from his father.
- You sign up as an observer
during the negotiations
and you get the inside line
on what's really going on.
- So what's going on?
- He wouldn't say.
Oh, come on Harry,
don't sweat it.
Three days, we'll be back at
work raggin' for some time off.
- I wouldn't be so sure about
those other final offers.
- [Doug] You know
something we don't?
- Well he's
management, isn't he?
- I'm also a cop.
I don't like this deal any
better than the rest of you
but the fact is, our
budget is shrinking.
I'm not sure management's
got another offer to make.
? We never thought of finding
a place where we belong
? Don't have to stand alone,
we'll never let you fall
? Don't need permission
to decide what you believe
? Oh I said jump
down on Jump Street
? I said jump down
on Jump Street
? Your friends will be there
when your back is to the wall
? You'll find you'll need us
? 'Cause there's
no one else to call
? When it looks hopeless a
decision's what you need.
? You better be
ready to, be ready to
? Jump Jump Street
- [Adam] Head achy,
scratchy throat,
temperature
somewhere around ?
Oh yeah, yeah, sounds
like the flu to me, too.
Yeah, well, yeah, take
a couple of aspirin,
stay in bed, we'll see you
in a couple of days. Right.
(sighs)
(phone rings)
Yeah, Fuller.
Ah, let me guess, head
achy, scratchy throat,
- Yo!
- [Adam] yeah, take an aspirin.
- Hey captain, I was just, uh.
- You rehearsing your
nightclub act, Sal?
- Great acoustics in here, huh?
- Yeah, I noticed.
Yeah, thank you.
- So Captain, what
are you doing here?
- (sigh) So what
does it look like?
- Well, I thought
you were on strike.
- Yeah well, I'm a captain, Sal.
We're considered management,
and we're not allowed to strike.
- See, I don't
get this, Captain.
How could you be in the union,
and also be
considered management?
- Well, someone's got
to protect the city!
- So you're striking
against yourself?
- Don't think about
it too hard, Sal.
It'll just make you crazy.
- Sorta like how the guy could
be the grown up version of
the baby of the
mother in Terminator?
- Exactly.
- You know, I never got
that either, Captain.
- Look, Sal, since
there's no one here,
this might be a good
time to wax the floors.
You think you could squeeze
that in between encores?
- [Sal] Sure.
(phone rings)
- (sigh) Head achy?
Scratchy throat?
(phone ringing)
- Yeah?
- [Dorothy] Did
you just wake up?
Doug, it's ten o'clock.
- No. (yawning) I'm up. I'm up!
- Well did you read the paper?
- (sniffs) Paper?
- You guys really think you're
going to get away with this?
- Oh, well, you know.
We gotta do what we gotta do.
You see that bull they were
trying to ram down our throats?
- [Dorothy] Look Doug, I'm
really worried about this.
I mean we can't exactly live
on my salary alone, you know.
- Oh, don't worry Dodo,
everything will be fine.
- I just think we should be
careful about our spending.
You know, cut back
here and there.
I mean, don't order out so much,
and try to fix some
stuff around the house
instead of paying someone.
- Yeah, I'm with you.
- Good. I left a list with some
things on the kitchen table.
I know I'd feel a lot better.
- [Doug muttering] Yes Dodo,
okay Dodo, anything you say.
(whimpers)
- [Harry] I don't know
how long I can last.
This is driving me crazy.
- Harry, it's only
been minutes.
- I can't afford to
be out of work, Jude.
- You can afford it more
than any cop I know.
You still have the first
dime you ever made.
- Yeah, but the money's
for emergencies.
I was saving it for a rainy day.
- Believe me Harry,
it's raining.
- You know, I wanted to do
some investing this year.
- [Judy] In what,
more yuppie toys?
- My future!
- This strike is your future.
- That contract didn't
sound that bad to me, Jude.
- It was a slap in
the face, Harry.
We let them break us down now,
there'll be no stopping it.
They'll own us.
- But if the strike
goes on and on,
we're going to lose our jobs.
- That's not going to happen,
we're police officers,
we're highly
trained specialists.
- Oh yeah, try telling that to
the air traffic controllers.
- (crowd yelling)
Scab! Scab! Scab!
- You say you've been
here a half an hour,
I gotta believe you, right?
- Yeah, well, I just got a
couple of personal matters
I gotta take care of.
You can put me on for a
double shift next time.
- Yeah, sure, whatever you say.
What is that, that's
Booker, right?
- Yeah, Booker, Dennis.
- Oh yeah, Booker.
- Alright, thanks.
I'll see you later.
- Dennis.
- [Booker] Should you be
doing this with the flu?
- Go away, man.
Stop taunting me.
I told you, I'm not going.
- Come on, how can you turn
down the batting cages?
We'll belt a few,
grab a couple burgers,
hit a couple happy hours.
- The only thing I'm going
to hit is the happy laundry.
- I promise you, I
will have you back
in plenty of time
to do your laundry.
- Look, leave me alone, man.
Just go away, I
said I'm not going.
- Doug, the machine
throws curve balls.
- Curve balls?
- Yeah, curve balls.
- I like curve balls.
- Come on, what are
you worried about?
- (grunts)
(tools clatter)
Ah, alright, alright, I'll go.
You happy?
What am I worried
about anyway, man?
I got twelve sick days
right here in my pocket.
(sniffs) How many
sick days you got?
- Seventy-nine.
- (scoffs) Nobody
has sick days.
- I do.
I'm gold until spring.
- Thank you.
- These negotiators are
going around in circles.
I mean, you've got to talk
to them like children.
- Hanson, I hate to tell
you this, but Barb Simcoe
is one of the shrewdest
negotiators in this business.
- Shrewd? We had her on
the ropes all afternoon.
- Oh, we had old Barb
on the ropes, huh?
- Mmmhmm.
- Well, while you've
got her on the ropes,
she's working on positioning.
- Positioning?
- Yes, getting you to compromise
without you even knowing it.
Like if I make you think
you want one thing,
when what you really want
is something else entirely.
Are you with me?
- Yeah.
- Okay. For example, last night.
Last night, I wanted
Mexican, right?
- No, you wanted Italian.
- No, no, no. I told you Italian
because you were in a bad mood
and I knew if I said Mexican,
we'd end up with burgers.
So what did we have?
- Mexican.
- Mexican.
- You take care of this.
- I did that last night.
- Yeah, I know, but I've
got something you want.
Ride back to the office.
- That's cute.
- Neil! Hurry up with
them chicken wings.
- Would you relax? She's not
going to cut your head off
for being a little late.
- A little late?
- Mmhmm.
- A little late two hours ago.
Thank you. Sorry
I yelled at you.
- Hey, Johnny.
Oh, running one of
your personal errands?
- Can I buy you a beer?
- You already did.
You sh**t pool?
- A little.
- Yeah, like Paul Newman
played a little. Come on.
How about a buck a ball, huh?
- Two dollars a ball.
- Oh yeah?
- Yeah.
- That's what I love to hear.
(coins drop)
I remember when
we struck in ' .
I used to clean
up at this table.
- You weren't out
carrying a sign?
- Are you kidding? We had
five guys, all from the th.
One guy would show up
each day, stand on line,
and sign in the other four.
We'd each end up
picketing one day a week.
- Clever.
- The best part was the contract
expired during the
baseball playoffs.
Got to watch every
single game on the tube.
Yeah, I'll never forget the
Yankees fifth game against KC.
- Chambliss? Homer in the ninth?
- Yeah, right.
Who tied it up in the eighth?
- George Brett.
- Very good, kid.
- I remember next
year even better.
- [Both] Bucky Dent! (laughter)
- So how come you're out
walking the line now?
- Because I grew up.
I realized what being
a cop meant to me.
(balls break and
fall into pockets)
- Where have you been?
- Um, we went to
the batting cage,
and then the guys
wanted to get some beer.
- You forgot a few
things on the list.
- Well, you know,
it's a long list.
I got all strike to finish it.
- [Dorothy] That's not funny.
- I, I got, look, I got food.
Chicken wings and meatballs.
Egg rolls.
Corn dog.
- Bar food?
- Well you like bar food.
- Yeah, like when I'm at a bar.
- [Newscaster] The city's
striking police men and women
- Come on Dodo bird, please.
I'll finish the
list tomorrow, okay?
- Doug, don't you understand?
I'm worried. You're on strike.
- You don't have to be worried,
I mean it's not like the
two sides aren't talking
- [Newscaster] So
there was nothing new
in the union's proposal?
No concessions?
- [Woman] Nothing. I have
no idea what kind of games
they're playing.
The union assured us that
considerable adjustments
had been made, but
all we got in there
was rhetoric and grandstanding.
And this city had better wake up
to the potential crisis here.
We have no more to give.
The talks are over.
- As a result of last night's
failed negotiating efforts,
management has rolled all
sick pay into next year
in an effort to force striking
police officers back to work.
The city, concerned
with public safety,
has rushed all recruits
through the academy,
pairing them with
supervisory personnel
to maintain a police presence.
- Don't say it, Sal.
- Captain, you look beautiful.
- Hey. I didn't even
have to have it altered.
- You know, I realize
it's none of my business,
but speaking as a union man,
should you actually
be doing this?
- I'm following orders, Sal.
I don't have to like them,
but I do have to follow them.
- I love a man in a uniform.
- It's kind of lonely
in here, huh, Sal?
- No, yeah, yeah, I did all that
and I went to the grocery -
hey I saved us a fortune, man.
You know it really pays
to be a smart shopper,
you could take a lesson.
- Listen, I've got great news.
There's an opening in sales.
- Sales, like a salesperson?
- Well, it's just an
entry level position,
but the boss and I
are kind of friends.
- Oh, that's weird, you
never told me about her.
- Well, it's a him, I mean
we don't know each other
that well, we're just
friendly by the water cooler.
- How friendly.
- (sigh) Doug.
- Okay, okay.
- I was able to get us invited
to his house for dinner.
I mean, there's another
person up for it,
but if I make a good impression,
I think I got the job.
- Geez, Dorothy, I
don't know, sales.
I mean don't you have
to work on commission?
- So, I could make more money.
- You could also make less.
- Doug, I couldn't
possibly make less.
The job I'm doing now is stupid.
I hate answering phones.
- Hey, hey, shhh, quiet.
Do you want everyone in the
office to hear you screaming?
- You hate the idea of me
making more money than you.
- No, no don't be ridiculous.
It's just that I don't want you
to be all panicky about money.
It's not like we're
in the poor house.
(chickens clucking)
- What's that noise?
- (shushing) Nothing,
I've got the TV on.
Listen, Dodo, I would never
let anything happen to you.
We're going to be fine.
You know, Harry told
me about this company
who's hiring security personnel.
- We're not talking about
you, we're talking about me.
Why won't you ever support me?
(tense music)
- What? What? I
don't support you?
- Look Doug, when you wanted
to go into intelligence,
I believed in you.
And whenever a case
was bothering you,
who sat up all night listening?
- Well, I mean.
- When you wanted to
go back to Jump Street,
I wanted whatever
would make you happy.
So why can't you,
for once, be behind
something that's
important to me?
- Geez, you're right.
I'm sorry.
I guess I have been really
wrapped up in myself.
- So you mean we can go tonight?
- To your boss's
dinner? Yeah, sure.
We'll have a great time, and
I know you'll knock them dead.
- We won't talk about
you, or your work,
or the strike, or anything?
- No, I promise.
Tonight is your night.
- Thanks. Good luck with
your security interview.
- Hey, who needs luck?
I'm a highly trained
security machine (kisses).
- They're just being
polite to all these guys,
you and me are shoe-ins, Harry.
- I hope so.
- Listen, I want to thank
all of you for coming,
but we've just
filled the last spot.
- Thanks Art, I guess I'll see
you at nine in the morning.
Oh, hi guys.
- Hoffs, Ioki,
Penhall? Are they here?
- Come on, Sarge.
- Listen, if we're
going to win this thing,
we've got to have
everyone walk the line.
- Listen, I support
what you're doing,
but I'm just not really
that into this stuff.
- Kid, we don't do
this stuff because
it's in some kind of
a striker's handbook.
This is a battle of
public relations,
and if we're going
to win this thing,
I'm going to need
everybody out here
so management can
take us serious.
- Come on, they'll
give a number,
we'll give a number, and
they'll cut it down the middle.
- How many strikes
you been through?
- None.
- Let me give you a
little hint, okay.
This one's going to get nasty.
- Come on, you're
talking about cops.
- I'm talking about
guys' families.
Let me tell you what's
going to happen.
First, management's
going to get on the news
and say that we're
handing over the city
to the criminals over
a few lousy dollars.
And then they're going
to try to split us
by going after our leaders.
And then they are
going to fire everybody
and offer to hire us back
at the same old salary.
- Fire everybody?
- They're out to
break us this time.
And if guys like
yourself don't stand in
with the rest of us, we're all
going to go down the tubes.
- I don't know what
you're complaining about,
I started my twelve hour
shifts two days ago.
- Yeah, well,
counting this morning,
my partner's been a
cop exactly five days.
- All we've got to
do is get through
the next few days
without an incident.
(locker clicks)
(g*n fires)
(officers shout)
- This thing is sensitive.
Hey, Captain, ready to roll?
(locker slams)
Sir, it was an accident. I
promise it won't happen again.
- I have to file a report, Gary.
And I hate paperwork.
- You want to fink on
me? How can you do that?
- Alright, alright.
But if I catch you playing
with that thing again,
I'm going to whack
you with a newspaper.
- I promise I'll keep
it in my holster.
- (whispers) Oh boy.
Are you ready for this?
- For what?
(doors slam)
- Alright, here
comes another one.
(music plays)
(crowd shouting)
- So this guy's shelling out
all of this stolen
stereo equipment, right?
So I say to him,
"Hey, call my boss
spend a few extra bucks
on renters' insurance.
Believe me, you'll
sleep better."
- Yeah, well I appreciate
the lead, Mick.
- Well, okay, it's
not a big policy,
but the guy is , right?
His income's on the rise.
Another few years
he'll be in a house,
have a wife, a couple of cars.
- Lisa, that was an
absolutely fantastic meal.
- Thank you, Dorothy.
- Yes, I was just about
to say, I can't remember
when I've tasted
a reduction sauce
with quite that balance before.
- Reduction sauce? I didn't
know that's what it was.
- My aunt makes a
wonderful reduction sauce.
She used to call it
pan drippings, though,
and those were terrific
pan drippings, Lisa.
- Just the right balance,
wouldn't you say, Doug?
- None, for me, Reed-O,
if you have a beer
or something, but the
wine gives me a headache.
- My friend, that
is a ' sauvignon
now if that gives
you a headache.
- Something gives
me a headache, Mick.
- You know, I'm kind of
a beer guy myself, Mick,
although we appreciate
the thought.
(laughs)
- Doug, I've got a few
frosty steins in the den,
let's say we cr*ck
open a few brews, huh?
Will you excuse us?
- What a blowhard, huh?
- The guy was a little much.
- A little? You know, I
send a shlub like that
to a customer, man I can
just hear our stock plummet.
- Dorothy tells me that you have
an opening in your department.
- Do you think
she'd be interested?
- Interested? That
girl was born to sell.
- She does have a certain
non-aggressive style.
- Knowing when to push,
and when not to push
is a real talent.
- You know, you're
absolutely right.
Anyway, I thought you
needed a break from
mister motormouth too, so
(sniffs).
What's wrong, Doug?
- Geez, man, and I was really
starting to like you too.
I didn't tell you what I
do for a living, did I?
(sighs)
- [Picketers] Get out of
here you losers! Turkeys.
- (Exhales) Gary. Officer Sharp!
- Hmm
- Shift's over Gary, go home.
- (coughs) Thanks, Captain.
What a long night, huh?
- [Adam] Yeah.
- I think it was
a good one though.
I learned a lot.
You know, you're
a really good cop.
- Thank you and goodnight.
- Goodnight.
(tense music plays)
- What, Mick?
- It was a great dinner
party last night, wasn't it?
A little wine, a little
sparkling conversation.
I bail my new boss out of jail.
- It's not that funny, Mick.
- Oh, it is if you're
me. And when I slide over
into sales, those extra bucks
are sure going to smell nice.
- There will be other openings.
- For you, yeah, maybe
they'll open the back door.
(phone buzzes)
- Yes?
- Can you come into
my office, please?
- Yes, I'll be right in.
(phone clicks)
- Well, it's been
great working with you.
- Mr. Bowman, I'm
really, really sorry.
- Ready to do this? I want
you on my staff, Dorothy.
Welcome to the sales force.
- Oh, Mr. Bowman, thank you.
- [Dispatcher] T T
Traffic accident th
(Gary whistling)
(horn honking)
(tires screeching)
(horn honking)
(tires screeching)
- Um, Gary, you do have a
driver's license, don't you?
- Yes, sir.
- It's going to be
kind of embarrassing
if I have to write you
a ticket, isn't it?
- Yes, sir.
- (coughs) Listen, anybody talk
to you before you did this?
- Become a cop?
Oh, man. I've wanted to
be a cop all my life.
I flunked the academy
three times, you know?
- Yeah, I believe I read that.
- This strike's like
a dream come true.
- You're not worried
that when it's over,
you might not make it?
- Actually, Captain Fuller,
you shouldn't be
saying that to me.
I mean, we were promised
if we crossed the line,
we'd all have job security.
- Job security is what
this strike is all about.
- We're not supposed to talk
about the strike, Captain.
And if you try to influence me,
I'm supposed to tell someone.
I mean, you crossed the line.
- Look, Officer Sharp,
I'm doing my job.
I have no choice.
But as far as you go,
I'll just say that people,
especially union
people, don't forget
quite as easily as you think.
I mean someone slashed my
tires last night, Gary,
and people like me.
- So how goes the
big w*r of attrition?
- I can't talk about it.
- I can't talk about it.
You know I got a
buddy at the paper
who will pay big bucks for a
little info on this strike.
You sure I can't get
you over to my place
tonight and maybe squeeze
something out of you.
- I'll be a little busy tonight.
- Oh, with who?
Oh, okay, I know.
The secret talks.
- What talks?
- Old news, Hanson, everybody
knows about the talks.
- You're not supposed
to know about any talks.
- So pretend I don't.
So how late do you
think you'll be?
Midnight? One? Two?
- You just did it
again, didn't you?
- What?
- Mexican food.
= What are you talking about?
- You got me to tell you about
the all night
negotiating session.
Did you know about that?
Did you know about that?
- How would I know about that?
You're the inside guy.
So, are the two
sides any closer?
Come on, tell me something.
- Are you going to
talk to me, Dorothy?
Come on, this is
supposed to be good news.
Rumor is, the strike's
gonna be over in a day.
- I don't care about
your stupid strike, Doug.
I want this job.
- Can't you see, he's
just trying to bribe us?
- You didn't have to arrest him.
He only had a
little for himself.
He wasn't dealing.
- He did a controlled
substance in front of me.
I'm a cop.
- A cop that's on strike.
- No. You don't stop being a cop
just because you're
off the clock.
- You could have
looked the other way,
but no, you had
to arrest my boss
and make me look stupid,
just because you're jealous.
(slams table)
Well, I'm going to
take this job, Doug,
and you're going to have
to get used to the idea.
- Here you go. Hey, Dennis.
- Hey Judy, what's going on?
- Just doing my duty.
- Where's Stubbs?
- What, you didn't hear?
- What?
- He got nailed for
slashing Fuller's tires.
- He didn't slash any tires.
- Well, they pinned it
on him because he was
in charge of the picketers.
- I don't believe it.
- Well believe it, Dennis,
and it's on his record now.
He's gonna get demoted
and lose his pension.
(tense music)
(knocking)
- Hey.
No, don't get up, I
just came by to say hi
and see how you are doing.
- I'm screwed, Booker.
They're going to
burn half my pension.
I'll be out writing
parking tickets.
You want some tea?
- Yeah, yeah that
would be great.
That tire slashing is bull.
There's no way they're
going to make that stick.
Oh, it doesn't matter,
the department has
labelled me a trouble maker.
(tea pours)
It'll go in my jacket
now, I'll be demoted.
- That's crazy.
- I told you they're
going to play hardball.
They figure they'll make
an example out of me
and the rest of
you guys will fold.
- You're a good cop.
You got more collars
than most of these guys
will see in a lifetime.
- Yeah, but they don't care.
They don't know what
it is to be a cop.
They think all you do
is you put your suit on,
you clock in your eight
hours like everybody else.
Hell, I never stopped after
eight hours in my life,
did you?
- You're not a cop if you do.
- Tell me about it, kid.
- I just want to tell you
that the guys are behind you.
- [Television Reporter]
We have a news bulletin
on the strike negotiations.
- We'll help however we can.
- [Television Reporter] I'm
here with police management
spokesperson Barb Simcoe. Is
there anything you can tell us?
- We met for seventeen hours,
and planned on meeting
through the night.
But union negotiators
are stuck on a number
that this city
simply cannot afford.
- What's the next step?
- Tomorrow, notices
will go out in the mail
informing all officers
who fail to report to work
that they're employment
with this city
has been terminated.
- They did it
- [Television] More
details on the labor
impasse will follow
- Just like you said.
- [Television] on
the six o'clock
- They're out to k*ll the union.
(footsteps shuffle)
- Booker. I didn't
hear you come in.
Just catching a little
snooze between shifts.
Boy, these all night
rides are wiping this
old man's body out.
- Well maybe you
should leave them
to the guys who do
them for a living.
- You mean the guys
who slashed my tires.
- Yeah, those guys.
- Look, Booker, you
don't know me very well
so let me make
this clear to you.
I don't want to be doing this.
- And I gotta
believe you, right?
- (laughs) Frankly,
Booker, I'm so tired
I don't give a damn
what you believe.
- Look, no matter how I
feel about this strike,
we were ordered to
protect the city.
- Captain, you're helping
them break the union.
- Hey, don't push too hard, son.
- Captain, management
has just arrested a guy
for slashing your tires.
He's given his whole
life to police work.
He didn't do it.
And now he's going
to lose his pension.
- If you think I'm going to
defend that, you're wrong.
- What I think you're going
to do about it is nothing.
- Hey guys.
- Hey Harry.
- Do you believe what they did.
- This bar is for
striking cops, Harry.
- I'm on strike just
like you, Booker.
- No, not like me. I
support the strike.
You're doing everything
you can to break it.
- I'm not going to
walk the picket line
for something I
don't believe in.
- Harry, you wouldn't
be making one-tenth of
your salary if it
wasn't for this union.
- Oh, since when did you
become mister union man?
- Since I realized what
they're trying to do to us.
This isn't just about money.
They're trying to make us crawl.
- Thirty two five a year doesn't
seem like crawling to me.
- Well, Harry, they're
not prepared to give
us that anymore.
And how low will you go?
$ a day? ? ?
And maybe then, we'll have
to buy our own b*ll*ts.
- You do what you
want to do, okay?
When they put the
list out tomorrow
for guys to go back to work,
I'm going to sign it.
- Guys never forget
a scab, Harry.
Nobody forgets a scab.
- Gary, gary. I was kidding
about the driver's license.
- Hey, it's my
first credit card.
You know, I tried from
some banks and stuff,
but for some reason, they're
always turning me down.
I got this through
the credit union.
(sirens wail)
What are you doing?
- That guy's driving a
little too good for my taste.
- Man, you sure do go
back and forth on stuff.
(doors slam)
- What was I doing, officer?
- You forget where you
were going, Mr. Shaffer?
That was a pretty quick
turn, you made back there.
- Oh, sorry, I guess I
must have been daydreaming
can't really argue the ticket.
- You want to step out of
the car, please Mr. Shaffer?
- Sure, no problem, officer.
(door creaks)
You want to stay with
Mr. Shaffer for a minute.
- Hey, what did I do?
(radio chatter)
- X requesting
want and warrants on one.
- I thought you guys were
supposed to be on strike.
- Only the stupid ones.
- Yeah. Shaffer
th Street.
- Do you mind if I grab a smoke?
The pack's right there
on the dashboard.
- Sure, go ahead.
- Blue Chevy Nova
Papa Zebra John One
(tense music)
Gary!
(g*n fires)
Don't run. Don't run.
(grunts)
Sharp, what the hell were
you doing back there?
This guy's wanted for m*rder.
- Well how am I
supposed to know that.
- You're supposed to
know what's going on
around you at all times.
You're supposed to be a cop.
Let's go. Let's go.
(sirens wail)
(door opens and closes)
(footsteps)
- Doug,
I turned down the job.
I realized what you had
said, and you were right.
So I told Reed to forget it.
I mean, maybe I can do the job,
and maybe I can't,
but the way I got
the job was wrong.
(Doug exhales)
- Well, forget about it.
I mean, there will be
other chances, right?
And I'll be right there for you,
next time one comes around.
(crowd jeers)
- Cross this line, Harry, you
and I will never be the same.
- I gotta do what I
think is right, Booker.
All I want to do is to
go back to being a cop.
- Hey scab. Don't you
know what you're doing.
(crowd yelling)
- Listen to me. Don't you
see what you're doing?
If you cross this line,
you're going to k*ll us.
- It's over. They b*at us.
- Who says it's over.
They haven't b*at us until
we take what they give us.
- I'd like to keep fighting
them, but I'm broke.
- That's exactly when
you've got to fight harder.
- [Woman] That's
easy for you to say.
- No, it's not
easy for me to say.
I'm hurting too.
- Hurting is a
wife and three kids
and no paycheck coming in.
- Don't you see? Don't you
see what they're doing to us?
This isn't just
a one time thing.
If we fold now, the next time
they're going to come
back even stronger.
- [Man] I need money now.
There comes a time when you
have to look out for yourself.
- Then look out for yourself.
You keep thinking that
means going it alone.
We are not alone,
we are all together,
and the only way we
are going to win this
is by staying together.
- What makes you think we're
any closer to winning now?
- Because the city is scared.
For the first time, they realize
what cops mean to their lives.
They're ready to
give us what we want.
All we have to do is see it,
and believe in ourselves.
(hopeful music)
- [Man] What do you think
you guys? Give it a sh*t?
- A lot of effort
went into this,
along with a lot of personal
and professional sacrifice
from your negotiating team.
Although there may not be
any winners in this contract,
there most certainly
are no losers.
You know, something pretty
amazing happened yesterday.
Management tried to
break us with some
pretty nasty scare tactics.
And you people didn't fold.
Because you didn't
go back to work
when people said you would
management came to us
with a new proposal
that your negotiating team
can finally recommend.
We may not agree with all of it,
and we may not leave here
tonight with a contract,
but one thing they can
never take away from us
we hung in there and we
helped each other as brothers.
(clapping)
And I'll never forget that.
We ask that you
support this contract
and that you vote
in favor of it.
Thank you.
(applause)
- Hey, Hanson, what's
the story with Roosevelt?
Are we in or out?
- We're going in
day after tomorrow,
Fuller is scrounging
up a couple of covers.
- Harry, we got probable cause.
Why don't we just
drag the guy in.
- No, no, no. We are this close
from a hand to hand buy. No way.
(glass clatters)
- Hey, hey, come on
guys. The floors.
I've been working hard
and breaking my back.
(phones ringing)
- (Adam scatting)
(exhales)
(knocking)
Hey,
hey I hear you rattled off
some pretty inspiring
words the other day.
- Yeah, well,
anything to keep from
going back to work, right?
- Yeah, well, whatever the
reason, you made a difference.
You can be proud of that.
- Yeah, well, you
might feel differently
once you hear what
I got to tell you.
They strung up the wrong
guy for the tire slashing.
I did it.
- That's a pretty
rotten thing to do.
- Well, I thought I
could get away with it.
- You're not just saying this
so Stubbs can get
his pension back?
- No, Captain, I did it,
I mean if I say I did it,
that's the way you gotta
put it down, right?
- Right.
- Great. Well, thanks, Captain.
I'm sorry about the
tires. I mean, sorry.
I'll see you.
- Yeah. Oh, Booker?
- Yeah.
- About those tires
that you slashed.
You owe me $ .
- Thanks.
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