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[ SIRENS WAILING ]
MAN: We're on Dakota Street.
We heard about 15 shots in this area.
HOLY [BLEEP]
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
Canuto: PULL OVER HERE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT SHOT?
THREE SHOT RIGHT HERE.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
THERE'S NOBODY UP THERE.
LET ME CLEAR THIS.
ANYONE ELSE UPSTAIRS?
BULL[BLEEP]
ANYONE ELSE IN HERE?! BOSTON POLICE!
[ DROPKICK MURPHYS' "OUT OF OUR HEADS" PLAYS ]
♪ ARE WE GONNA TAKE IT? ♪
♪ ARE WE GONNA LET 'EM KNOW? ♪
♪ ARE WE GONNA LET 'EM BRING US DOWN? ♪
♪ HELL, NO ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA CRASH A PARTY ♪
♪ EVERY NIGHT AND EVERY DAY, HEY ♪
♪ WE GOT 'EM ON THE RUN ♪
♪ WE ARE FULL EITHER WAY ♪
♪ HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO ♪
♪ THE ROOF IS ON FIRE, AND IT'S READY TO BLOW ♪
Canuto: MY NAME'S MANNY,
AND I BELONG TO THE DAY GANG UNIT.
GANG MEMBERS IN BOSTON ARE VERY DANGEROUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS THAT ARE ALREADY IN A BAD PATH.
BUT THEN THERE'S THE ONES THAT ARE AT THAT FORK IN THE ROAD --
KIND OF LIKE I WAS WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL --
AND MY GOAL IS TO PULL THEM OUT OF THE SITUATION THEY'RE IN
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THEY END UP DEAD.
I FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.
D IS MY PARTNER. WE GREW UP NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS.
WE WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOGETHER,
MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S LIKE, GROWING UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS TOUGH.
SOME OF THE KIDS THAT I GREW UP WITH JOINED A GANG.
SOME OF THEM IS DEAD.
MY PARENTS WAS REAL STRICT.
Araujo: AS THEY'RE GROWING UP, YOU KNOW --
[ CHUCKLES ] HE WAS THE WORST.
I WAS THE WORST, THOUGH.
WE'D BE ACROSS THE STREET AND USED TO HEAR D TAKING A BEATING.
MAN, YOU USED TO GET A BEATING, TOO.
[ LAUGHS ]
DON'T COME WITH THAT BULL[BLEEP]
Narrator: THE STREETS OF BOSTON'S ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD
HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH
SINCE MANNY CANUTO AND D ARAUJO WERE KIDS.
AND NEXT DOOR, DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN ARE JUST AS TOUGH.
THEIR PARENTS BOTH IMMIGRATED HERE
FROM THE CAPE VERDEAN ISLANDS.
NOW THEIR SONS HAVE DEVOTED THEIR LIVES
TO PROTECTING THE STREETS THEY GREW UP ON...
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
WE GOT A COUPLE THINGS WE HAVE TO *** OUT THIS MORNING.
THERE'S A WARRANT COMING OUT FOR AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT
THAT'S DOING ARMED ROBBERIES OVER ON DISTRICT 4.
Narrator: THE OFFICERS
OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FUGITIVE UNIT
GET THEIR ORDERS IN STREET- CORNER BRIEFINGS LIKE THIS ONE.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT DETAILS MATTER
AND YOU CAN NEVER SKIP ANY STEPS.
THE GANG UNIT IS A LOT MORE FAST-PACED
IN TERMS OF THE WAY THEY DO INVESTIGATIONS
'CAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY RESPONDING TO GANG ACTIVITY.
OUR UNIT IS A LOT MORE PATIENT AND A LOT MORE METHODICAL.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO LOOK FOR
ARE PEOPLE THAT OTHER POLICE OFFICERS CAN'T FIND.
Narrator: IT'S PAINSTAKING WORK,
BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS DANGEROUS.
JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO REMEMBER,
ONE MINUTE WE'RE WALKING AROUND, EVERYTHING'S FINE,
AND THEN ONE MINUTE IT'S NOT FINE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING?
HOW'S YOUR SON? IS HE STILL SICK?
HE'S GOT THE BIG "D."
DIARRHEA?
HE'S GOT YUCKY BUTT.
OH! BABOON ***? DUDE.
THEY CALLED ME YESTERDAY.
THEY WERE LIKE, "MR. MASON, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL BACK?
"WE NEED TO KNOW IF YOU GIVE PERMISSION
TO PUT DESITIN ON HIS BUM."
I'M LIKE, REALLY?
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN SOCIETY,
THAT YOU NEED PERMISSION TO PUT LOTION ON SOMEONE'S BUTT?
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: PARTNERS RYAN MASON AND SEAN JOYCE
HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM
TO SOLVE A RECENT STRING OF ROBBERIES IN THE SOUTH END.
THEY HAVE A SUSPECT'S DESCRIPTION BUT NO NAME.
SO, THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE PAWN STORE
UP HERE ON THE RIGHT.
AND THEN THE GROCERY STORE
IS GONNA BE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE ON THE LEFT.
SO, ALMOST DIAGONALLY ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER.
SO, HE CAME BEHIND THE COUNTER.
YEAH, THREATENED THE CASHIER WITH A KNIFE, TOOK CASH.
THEY GOT IT ON VIDEO?
YEAH. HE PUT THE CASHIER IN THE BACK ROOM.
OH, REALLY?
YEAH. HE FLED ON A BIKE.
Mason: THIS GUY IS THREATENING
THE DOMESTIC SOVEREIGNTY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT
THE FAMILIES OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO HE DID IT, LIKE, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY?
GETTING HIS MONEY TO GET HIGH FOR THE WEEKEND.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A SPREE THAT THIS IS GUY IS ON.
Narrator: FOR MANNY AND D,
CALLS FROM DISPATCH CAN COME AT ANY TIME.
WOMAN: Boston operations, all channels.
A male shot near Hamilton Street.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
I THINK HE WAS SHOT. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HOUSE.
SOUNDS LIKE IN THE HOUSE.
MAN: Suspect fled on foot.
HOW LONG AGO DID THIS HAPPEN?
Woman: IT JUST HAPPENED.
AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, I CALLED THE AMBULANCE.
THE SHELL CASINGS IN THE FRONT STAIRCASE IN THERE,
THERE'S LIKE FOUR OF THEM.
Araujo: YEAH, DID YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?
THIS SKATEBOARD, MAN?
YEAH.
Narrator: THE GANG UNIT KNOWS THIS HOUSE WELL.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE TO DEAL WITH GANG-RELATED ACTIVITY.
Canuto: THIS KID HERE,
HE'S PART OF A GROUP THEY CALL THE N.O.B. --
NORTON ONLY BARRY STREET.
THEY'RE A PRETTY ACTIVE GANG.
HE'S ALWAYS AROUND THEM.
THEY SHOT AT HIM FOUR TIMES.
I THINK THEY WERE DEFINITELY TRYING TO KILL HIM.
USUALLY, WHEN THERE'S A SHOOTING
BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT GANGS THAT'S BEEN FEUDING,
THEY'RE NOT GONNA TALK TO THE POLICE.
USUALLY, THEY TAKE IT INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
AND TRY SOLVE IT ON THEIR OWN
BY RETALIATION TOWARDS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THAT OTHER GANG.
Araujo: THEY ALWAYS JUST KEEP ON GOING BACK AND FORTH
AND THEN SOMEONE'S GONNA GET KILLED.
NOW THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
Canuto: WE GOT A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THE SHOOTER,
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA SEE
IF WE CAN LOCATE SOMEONE MATCHING THAT DESCRIPTION.
Narrator: HALF AN HOUR AGO,
IT WAS JUST ANOTHER SUNNY DAY IN BOSTON.
BUT NOW MANNY AND D HAVE TO MAKE SURE
A SHOOTING ON HAMILTON STREET DOESN'T SET OFF A GANG FEUD.
DUDE, MY ANNIVERSARY IS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
HOW MANY YEARS?
15, BROTHER.
WOW.
15 YEARS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[ INHALES SHARPLY ]
[ LAUGHS ]
WE'LL DUMP THE DUMP THE KIDS OFF AT YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
YEAH?
Narrator: THE FUGITIVE UNIT HAS A FACE BUT NOT THE NAME OF A SUSPECT
WHO'S BEEN COMMITTING ROBBERIES AT KNIFEPOINT.
Mason: USING A KNIFE LIKE THAT,
AND THE KNIFE THAT WAS DESCRIBED,
IT WAS A KITCHEN KNIFE, SO IT MAKES YOU THINK
THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY A SENSE OF DESPERATION.
Narrator: 35 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE
CAN HELP MASON AND JOYCE SEE CONNECTIONS OTHERS CAN'T.
WHY IS HE USING A BIKE?
HE'S NOT USING A CAR.
HE'S GONNA BE LIVING, PROBABLY, AROUND THAT AREA
IF HE WAS USING THE BIKE.
YEAH.
HE MIGHT BE HOMELESS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHELTERS DOWN IN THIS AREA, TOO.
YOU GOT ONE OFF OF MASS AVE.
YOU GOT ONE DOWN OFF OF PINE STREET.
THE CLOCK'S TICKING
BEFORE HE'S GONNA COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME AGAIN.
Narrator: THEIR NEXT STOP IS THE SHELTER OFF MASS AVE.
GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU?
THEY SHOULD TRANSFER YOU TO, LIKE, COMMUNITY-SERVICE OFFICE.
YOU LIKE THAT, HUH?
[ CHUCKLES ]
HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE PRETTY HARD TO TRACK.
THEY COULD BE STAYING AT ANY SHELTER
AT ANY NIGHT AT ANY TIME.
NO ONE FITTING THE ROBBER'S DESCRIPTION
HAS BEEN SEEN AT THIS SHELTER,
A REMINDER THIS HUNT IS JUST BEGINNING.
[BLEEP] DUMPSTER DIVING FOR THIS GUY.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? [ CHUCKLES ]
THAT'S WHAT WE GET.
THE HOURS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ANY SHOOTING
ARE THE MOST CRUCIAL,
WHICH PUTS MANNY AND D ON EDGE
EVEN BEFORE THE NEXT CALL COMES IN.
WOMAN: Dispatch to all units -- Robbery in progress.
Vicinity, Castlegate.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
Araujo: MY BET IS 595.
YOUR BET IS WHAT? 595?
YEAH.
SHOULD PULL UP ON THE SIDEWALK. PULL UP ON THE SIDEWALK.
MAN: Suspect spotted on foot.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER, SIRENS WAILING ]
[ SIREN WAILING ]
MAN: Suspect spotted on foot.
We have a suspect in custody.
[ DOG BARKING ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
1-0-3 to base.
We've got two suspects in custody.
Araujo: ONE GUY LOOKED AT ME,
AND THEN HE TOSSED THE FIREARM RIGHT HERE.
Narrator: AN ARMED ROBBERY TURNED FOOT CHASE IN DORCHESTER
HAS ENDED IN AN APPREHENSION
FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GANG UNIT.
Canuto: HE HAD NO CHANCE.
IT'S THAT CrossFit. [ CHUCKLES ]
FOR PARTNERS MANNY CANUTO AND D ARAUJO,
TWO ARRESTS AND A GUN OFF THE STREETS ARE A GOOD OUTCOME,
BUT THERE'S STILL THE THREAT OF A GANG FEUD LOOMING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THESE COPS
WILL DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO PROTECT.
THE FUGITIVE UNIT IS SEARCHING FOR A ROBBERY SUSPECT.
OFFICERS MASON AND JOYCE HAVE A DESCRIPTION TO WORK WITH
BUT NO NAME.
Mason: WE GOT A CALL FROM DISTRICT 4.
THE DETECTIVE, JOE LEEMAN,
LET ME KNOW THAT HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO THIS PERSON WAS.
Narrator: LEEMAN, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE CASE
BEFORE THE FUGITIVE UNIT,
GOT A CALL FROM A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT,
AND NOW THEY HAVE THE SUSPECT'S NAME -- VICTOR PAMEUS.
HE'S LIVING OUT OF DIFFERENT SHELTERS.
SO, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE FOR US
THAT COULD KIND OF LEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE STORE, HE TOOK A RIGHT ON WASH
AND THEN A RIGHT ON LENNOX.
SO, HE EITHER WENT TO LENNOX OR MISSION HILL.
I MEAN, HE'S GONNA BE IN THAT AREA.
THANK YOU.
TAKE IT EASY, GUYS.
TAKE CARE.
BYE, SEAN.
Mason: VICTOR PAMEUS IS IN THE MIDST
OF A ROBBERY SPREE,
SO WE'RE GONNA APPROACH HIM WITH THE UTMOST CAUTION.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK
AT SOMEONE'S INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY WILL BE HIDING.
Narrator: FOR THE GANG UNIT,
THE CONCERN ABOUT RETALIATION IS GROWING.
Canuto: SOMETHING BIG IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN.
IF WE DON'T STOP IT NOW, SOMEONE IS GONNA DIE.
Narrator: YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A DISPUTE
BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS ON BORDERING TERRITORIES --
THE N.O.B., THE NORTON ONLY BARRY GANG,
AND THE CVO, THE CAPE VERDEAN OUTLAWS.
Canuto: THERE'S LITERALLY, LIKE,
LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
AND TENSIONS HAVE GROWN BETWEEN THESE TWO GROUPS.
Narrator: WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN TURF, GANG MEMBERS DON'T USUALLY HIDE.
SO A SLOW DRIVE THROUGH FAMILIAR STREETS
CAN ALMOST SERVE AS A ROLL CALL.
Araujo: SEE HIM RIGHT THERE?
JEREMY GOMES?
YEAH.
STEPHAN PIRES?
EVERY TIME SOMEONE USED TO GET SHOT IN THIS AREA,
HIS MOTHER USED TO RUN UP, "IS IT STEPHAN?"
"NO, NOT STEPHAN."
Canuto: I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH STEPHAN PIRES
FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
I SEEN HIM AS A KID. I SEEN HIM GROW UP.
YOU KNOW, HE JUST GOT WRAPPED UP INTO THE GAME
WITH BEING A GANGSTER.
I LOOK AT A KID LIKE STEPHAN PIRES AND I SEE MYSELF.
THAT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN ME.
Stanton: I WANT TO SEE YOU MOVING, SHORTY!
CHANGE YOUR ANGLES! CHANGE YOUR ANGLES!
START SHADOWBOXING. GO.
OKAY, FINAL 30! SHAKE IT OUT! GO, GO, GO!
[ BUZZER SOUNDS ]
BRENDAN, IF YOU END WITH YOUR RIGHT, MOVE TO YOUR RIGHT.
IF YOU END WITH YOUR LEFT, MOVE TO YOUR LEFT.
OWEN, SAME THING.
MY NAME'S TIM STANTON,
AND I'M A DETECTIVE FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WORK OUT OF AREA B-2,
WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD.
Narrator: STANTON WORKS WITH YOUTH BOXERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Stanton: YOU KNOW, IT'S A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN
SELF-CONFIDENCE, RESPECT, SPORTSMANSHIP,
AND IT MAKES THEM A STRONGER PERSON --
NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT MENTALLY, AS WELL.
WHAT'S UP, TIM?
HEY, WHAT'S UP?
HOW YOU DOING?
NOT BAD.
WHAT'S UP, ZACK?
Narrator: RESPECT FOR STANTON'S INSTRUCTION RUNS HIGH.
LIEUTENANT GERARD BAILEY, HEAD OF THE GANG UNIT,
HAS BROUGHT HIS SON, ZACK, HERE TO TRAIN.
HIS FIRST BIG FIGHT IS IN TWO DAYS.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE COMPETITION.
THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANYONE LIGHTLY.
SO, LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
[ BUZZER SOUNDS ]
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD.
AND WHEN HE EXTENDS HIS ARMS, HE'S HARD TO BE TOUCHED.
SPEED. SPEED.
TURN THAT HIP OVER.
THERE YOU GO, ZACK.
[ WHISTLES ] GET SOME WATER.
GOOD EXTENSION ON THAT JAB.
THAT'S THE THING.
KEEP KIDS IN THE GYM,
NOT HANGING ON THE CORNER OR IN THE PARK,
WHERE THEY CAN GET IN TROUBLE.
YEAH.
[ KEYS JINGLE ]
Canuto: I LOVE BOSTON.
I LIVED, WORKED HERE ALL MY LIFE,
AND MY FAMILY'S ALL HERE.
MY MOTHER AND FATHER CAME HERE FOR A BETTER LIFE.
MY FAMILY ACTUALLY LIVES RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME.
MY PARENTS, MY GRANDMOTHER --
THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD THE PAST 31 YEARS.
♪ IT'S JUST THOSE ORDINARY MOMENTS WE ADORE ♪
♪ A SMILE THAT GREETS YOUR EYES WHEN YOU COME HOME ♪
HELLO.
HEY, YOU'RE HERE.
I BROUGHT SOME CLOTHES.
LET ME PUT THIS IN THE DRYER FIRST.
OKAY.
THE LAUNDRY, IT'S MORE THAN I THOUGHT IT --
[ CHUCKLES ]
I'VE BEEN BUSY AT WORK.
LIKE, I COULDN'T BRING IT OVER. SO, SORRY.
THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW.
[ Chuckling ] NO.
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN --
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, YOU'LL KNOW.
YOU WILL. WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, YOU WILL.
♪ SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY ♪
WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.
♪ AND NOTHING CAN BRING YOU DOWN NOW ♪
Female reporter: BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT --
A DEADLY SHOOTING INSIDE A BARBERSHOP,
AND THE POLICE ARE STILL ON THE HUNT FOR THE GUNMAN.
Male Reporter: THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 7:00 THIS EVENING
AT THE UNIVERSAL BARBER SHOP & BEAUTY SALON ON GENEVA AVENUE.
POLICE TELL US THE VICTIM IS A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
HE WAS DEAD BY THE TIME FIRST RESPONDERS GOT HERE,
JUST MOMENTS AFTER THE SHOOTING.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
THE DEAD MAN'S NAME HANGS HEAVILY OVER MANNY AND D.
IT WAS STEPHAN PIRES,
THE CVO GANG MEMBER THEY SPOTTED ON THE STREET
JUST THE DAY BEFORE.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE PULLING UP RIGHT NOW
WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT...
BARBERSHOP RIGHT HERE.
Araujo: IT IS SAD JUST SEEING YOUNG KIDS GETTING KILLED,
ESPECIALLY ME HAVING TWO KIDS.
Narrator: MANNY AND D HAVE SEEN THESE RETALIATION STORIES PLAY OUT
ALL TOO OFTEN.
THEY WORRY IT WILL ONLY ESCALATE FROM HERE.
THERE'S PEOPLE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S PEOPLE OUTSIDE -- ALL HIS BOYS
RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT -- A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS THERE.
Canuto: WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH,
YOU KNOW, GETTING BURIED,
IT'S EMOTIONAL.
I MEAN, YOU SEE THE FAMILY. YOU SEE HIS FRIENDS.
IT AFFECTS YOU.
AFTER STEPHAN PIRES WAS MURDERED,
HOMICIDE TAKES OVER THE CASE.
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, MYSELF AND D AND OTHER OFFICERS
WILL HIT THE STREETS HARD
AND LET THESE KIDS KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE TOLERATED.
Narrator: ONE NIGHT AFTER GANG MEMBER STEPHAN PIRES
WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN A BARBERSHOP,
THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENTS
FLOODED THE STREETS OF DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY.
GANG UNIT WILL BE DOING WARRANT SWEEPS,
LOOKING FOR ANYONE THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF CURFEW,
VIOLATION OF PAROLE.
Narrator: TIM STANTON, A 24-YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE,
IS LEADING TONIGHT'S SWEEP.
Stanton: JUST AS MANY BODIES AS THEY CAN TAKE OFF THE STREET,
KIND OF QUELL THE VIOLENCE.
I WANT YOU TO STEP OUT OF THE CAR.
WHAT'S UP, BABY? WHAT'S UP?
Narrator: A LITTLE AFTER SUNRISE, MANNY CANUTO AND D ARAUJO
HEAD BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE CONFLICT.
Canuto: COME HERE, MY MAN.
Araujo: WHAT ARE YOU GOING INSIDE FOR?
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING INSIDE, MAN?
I DON'T KNOW.
WAIT RIGHT HERE. WAIT RIGHT HERE.
PUT IT OUT. DON'T GOT NOTHING ON YOU?
WHY ARE WE GETTING STOPPED FOR, THOUGH?
YOU'RE SMOKING WEED RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR,
THEN YOU GUYS TRY TO TAKE OFF AND GO INSIDE.
HE LIVES HERE. I'M VISITING HIM.
Canuto: AND THEN, NOT ONLY THAT,
HE'S GONNA RUN AS SOON AS YOU SEE US?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MAN?
YOU STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE, MAN?
WHY ARE YOU PUTTING YOURSELF
IN THE PREDICAMENT TO GET ARRESTED, MAN?
YOU GOT TO STOP SMOKING, MAN. YOU'RE ONLY 17, DUDE.
Narrator: SMOKING MARIJUANA MAY NOT BE A VIOLENT CRIME,
BUT THESE GUYS ARE ON N.O.B. TURF,
SO THEY MAY KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT THE *** OF CVO MEMBER STEPHAN PIRES.
LAST NIGHT, THEY HAD A KID SHOT IN THE HEAD. BOOM.
NO.
[BLEEP] IS REAL.
NO COMING BACK.
FUGITIVE UNIT.
Narrator: THE FUGITIVE UNIT IS WAITING FOR THEIR WARRANT,
A "GO" SIGN TO TAKE DOWN THEIR TARGET -- VICTOR PAMEUS.
Mason: WE HAVE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE LIKE THIS --
IMPACT PLAYERS.
AND IT ALL COMES DOWN
TO THE SIMPLE PREMISE OF COMMUNITY POLICING.
Narrator: PAMEUS'S FILE REVEALS HE IS A CAREER CRIMINAL.
HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH DRUGS, CONVICTED OF ARMED ROBBERY,
AND HAS SERVED TWO BIDS IN STATE PRISON.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH HIS BOOKING PICTURES THERE,
AND THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS MULTIPLE TATTOOS.
YEAH, RYAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MISS THIS GUY.
HE'S GOT A TATTOO OF SUPERMAN ON HIS CHEST.
YEAH, I SAW IT.
RYAN, HOW'S THAT LOOK?
AS OF YESTERDAY, HE MAY HAVE MOVED OUT,
AND THE FORWARDING ADDRESS FROM THERE IS TO ANNUNCIATION ROAD.
RIGHT.
WHETHER IT'S HIS FAMILY OR WHATNOT.
THERE'S A VICTORIA ON THE LISTING,
AND HIS NAME IS VICTOR.
THE DETECTIVE RIGHT NOW IS AT COURT GETTING THE TICKET.
OKAY.
AND JUST PRINT OUT THE REPORTS.
SEAN, DID YOU PRINT THOSE YET?
CAN I TAKE A PEEK?
HE'S GOT A TON OF TATTOOS, BOSS.
HE'S ALL [BLEEP] TATTED UP.
OKAY.
HE'S GOT THIS ONE ON HIS CHEST, THOUGH.
CAN HE FLY?
ABSOLUTELY.
HE THINKS HE PROBABLY CAN.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: WITH THE GANG VIOLENCE HITTING HOME FOR MANNY AND D,
THEY PICK UP A DOUBLE SHIFT
AND HEAD BACK OUT INTO THE BOSTON NIGHT.
MAN: We heard about 15 shots off at Dakota.
SHOTS OFF, DAKOTA?
WOMAN: Did you hear those shots?
YEAH.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
MAN: We're on Dakota Street.
We heard about 15 shots right near this area.
DAKOTA AND GENEVA.
Canuto: WHEN YOU HEAR A CALL FOR A PERSON SHOT,
I MEAN, YOU GO FROM ZERO TO 100.
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU GET THERE,
HOW YOU'RE GONNA REACT,
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SEE.
IS SOMEONE ALREADY SHOT?
YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GONNA FIND SOMEONE WITH A FIREARM THERE?
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST GOOD TO PLAY IT IN YOUR HEAD
AND YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
AND IT KIND OF HELPS YOU OUT
WITH REACTING WHEN YOU GET THERE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T PREPARE FOR.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
HOLY [BLEEP]
WOMAN: Address?
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ SCREAMING ]
Canuto: HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT SHOT?
ANTHONY, THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON THERE.
Araujo: WHAT IS THERE?
THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON OVER HERE.
WHERE? WHERE?
THERE'S ABOUT THREE SHOT RIGHT HERE. ONE MORE HERE.
Three people shot dead.
ANOTHER ONE CAUGHT ONE IN THE THROAT.
RIGHT IN THE THROAT.
ALL RIGHT. THE AMBULANCE IS ON IT'S WAY.
THEY'RE PULLING UP NOW. JUST PULLING UP NOW.
[ RETCHES ]
Woman: [ SCREAMS ]
HE'S ALL RIGHT. HE'S ALL RIGHT, MA'AM.
MA'AM, HE SAID HE'S ALL RIGHT.
[ SCREAMS ]
Canuto: YEAH, USUALLY, WHEN SOMEONE'S SHOT, EVERYONE'S HYSTERICAL.
EVERYONE'S CRYING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL THE CROWD.
YOU'RE TRYING TO NOT DESTROY THE EVIDENCE.
THERE'S ONE MORE OVER HERE, GUYS!
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN SHOT?
MY SHOULDER AND MY WAIST.
YOUR SHOULDER AND YOUR WAIST?
YEAH.
I THINK HE WAS SHOT LIKE THREE TIMES HE SAID.
ANYONE ELSE UPSTAIRS?
THERE'S NOBODY UP THERE.
LET ME CLEAR THIS.
ANYONE ELSE IN HERE?! BOSTON POLICE!
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, SCREAMING ]
NO ONE WAS SAYING ANYTHING.
THEY WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
BUT, LIKE, THERE'S THREE PEOPLE SHOT. PUSH H&H.
Three people shot dead.
I'M DEAD OVER HERE.
YEAH.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT GOOD.
[ SCREAMS ]
[ SOBS ]
HOLD UP.
Woman: THAT'S HER HUSBAND.
Canuto: ANTHONY, THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON THERE.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
I THINK ONE OF THE GUYS SAID HE WAS AT THE DOOR
AND THEY JUST KEPT SHOOTING.
Canuto: IT'S A CRIME SCENE.
NOW HOMICIDE TAKES OVER
AND THEY RUN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE FROM HERE.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
IT'S BEEN BUSY. IT'S BEEN REAL BUSY.
IT'S GETTING CRAZY.
Narrator: COPS LIKE MANNY AND D DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN,
BUT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHEN GANGS ARE INVOLVED,
THE VIOLENCE CAN SEEM INESCAPABLE.
Canuto: SINCE I WAS A KID, MY MOM AND MY DAD ALWAYS SAID
THAT I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
ALL MY TOYS WERE POLICE CARS,
AND MY POWER WHEEL WAS A POLICE MOTORCYCLE.
[ PRAYING IN PORTUGUESE ]
I WANTED TO DO STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY,
DO STUFF TO HELP OUT PEOPLE.
SO, I THINK THAT'S WHY I CHOSE THIS JOB.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED WHAT I DID ASK YOU?
I REMEMBER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
YOU SAT ME IN FRONT OF YOUR BED
AND SAID, IS THIS WHAT I REALLY WANT?
THEN I SAID, "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO BE A BOSTON POLICE?"
THEN YOU SAID YES.
I SAID, "OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT HE WANT'S TO BE,
THEN GOD WILL BE WITH YOU."
WE'RE SO SCARED.
WE DON'T FEEL SAFE UNTIL YOU COME HOME.
I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE NEWS, WHAT'S GOING ON,
AND THINKING ABOUT YOU.
BUT THEN, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, WE PRAY ALL THE TIME FOR YOU.
IN THE CAPE VERDE COMMUNITY,
BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS A HIGH POSITION.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
MY FAMILY IS HAPPY FOR ME THAT I HAVE THIS JOB.
MANNY IS DOING GOOD JOB, 'CAUSE ALL THOSE CHILDREN,
THEY'RE ON THE STREET,
AND THEN, WHENEVER YOU GO TO COLLEGE AND YOU COME OUT,
THEY'RE STILL IN THE ROAD.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED FOR THOSE KIDS YET.
AND THAT'S WHY NOW, AS A POLICE OFFICER,
WHEN I DEAL WITH THEM AT 14, 15 YEARS OLD,
SOMETIMES I GIVE THEM THE SAME TALK [CHUCKLES] THAT YOU USED TO GIVE ME.
I'LL BE LIKE, "LISTEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK
15 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, AND THINGS ARE STILL GONNA BE THE SAME."
NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE.
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT ON YOUR OWN.
THE WORLD'S NOT GONNA CHANGE FOR YOU.
YOU NEED TO CHANGE FOR YOURSELF.
AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW...
THE THINGS YOU DO.
NOT FOR YOURSELF -- JUST FOR US, TOO.
IN THE FUTURE, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GET A NICE WIFE,
BECAUSE YOU DESERVE A NICE WIFE.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ CHUCKLES ] THAT'S GOOD.
SOMEDAY. SOMEDAY.
DON'T RUSH YOURSELF. DON'T RUSH YOURSELF.
SOMEDAY, I'LL BRING HOME A NICE WIFE.
BRING A NICE ONE. NO RUSH.
OBRIGADO.
TOOK CARE OF ME SINCE I WAS A KID, BABYSITTED, AND --
THEY THINK THEY DID IT ALL, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THEY HELPED OUT.
YOU DID MOST OF THE WORK. [ CHUCKLES ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
Narrator: TONIGHT'S FIGHT NIGHT
FOR TIM STANTON'S YOUTH-BOXING PROGRAM.
Stanton: OUTSTANDING! OUTSTANDING JOB!
THE OFFICERS REALLY DO CARE
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.
THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP THAT KID
THAT'S MAYBE ON THE FRINGE OF BEING A GANG MEMBER --
YOU KNOW, JUST THAT PERSON THAT'S JUST DOWN ON THEIR LUCK.
YOU GIVE THEM THEIR DIGNITY BACK.
HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE CHILDREN?
I JUST DON'T THINK PEOPLE SEE
THAT SIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENOUGH.
[ CHEERING, WHISTLING ]
Narrator: TONIGHT MEANS A LOT TO THE GANG UNIT IN PARTICULAR...
WHAT'S UP?
WHAT'S HAPPENING, BROTHER?
...WITH LIEUTENANT GERARD BAILEY'S SON, ZACK,
FIGHTING ON THE CARD.
GOOD.
[ BELL DINGS ]
Stanton: HANDS UP, ZACK.
WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE
THAT REALLY TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
SEE HOW SQUARE HE IS?
[ BELL DINGS ]
IF THERE'S SOME KNOWLEDGE I CAN IMPART
ON SOME OF THE YOUNGER OFFICERS
TO KIND OF MAKE THE JOB GO A LITTLE SMOOTHER FOR THEM,
THEN I THINK IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT
TO PASS THAT ON TO THEM.
ZACK.
WHAT'S UP, D? THANKS FOR COMING DOWN, MAN.
YEAH, THE BACK DOOR, MORE TOWARDS THE PARK DRIVE SIDE,
LIKE THE RUGGLES STREET SIDE.
Narrator: THE NEXT DAY, OFFICERS FROM THE FUGITIVE UNIT
ARE STAKED OUT AT THE ADDRESS
WHERE ROBBERY SUSPECT VICTOR PAMEUS HAS BEEN HIDING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST EVERYBODY ELSE IS OVER HERE.
OKAY.
WHEN IT IS YOUR SQUAD THAT'S RUNNING THAT CASE,
YOU ARE QUARTERBACKING THAT OPERATION.
AND WHEN YOU QUARTERBACK THAT OPERATION,
YOU NEED TO PUT PEOPLE STRATEGICALLY
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THIS PERSON IF THEY'RE COMING.
OOH, LET HIM GO IN.
WHEN PAMEUS DID COME THROUGH THE PARKING LOT,
WE ALREADY HAD EVERY SINGLE ANGLE
OF THE DEVELOPMENT COVERED.
WE HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY.
WE HAD TO MOVE METHODICALLY.
VICTOR!
VICTOR!
YEAH, 36, HE'S IN CUSTODY.
WHERE ARE THE NEEDLES?
WE KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE GOING UP TO A CERTAIN FLOOR.
WE GOT A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST, BRO. ALL RIGHT?
[ HANDCUFFS SNAP ]
Narrator: AFTER A STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES,
VICTOR PAMEUS HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN.
ANY KNIVES OR GUNS OR BAZOOKAS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
WHOA! WHOA!
YEAH, DANNY, I CAN DO THAT.
WHAT'S IN THIS BAG, BUDDY?
YOU HAVE SOME *** IN THERE?
YES, SIR.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
Mason: WHEN WE GO TO APPREHEND PEOPLE,
WE TRY TO SHOW THEM PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT.
PEOPLE LIKE VICTOR PAMEUS, THAT'S STILL SOMEONE'S SON.
THAT'S STILL SOMEONE'S BROTHER.
AND HE'S STILL A HUMAN BEING.
HEY, DARLENE?
HEY, IT'S THE POLICE? HOW YOU DOING?
YEAH, WE'RE JUST TALKING TO VICTOR OVER HERE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT,
AND HE JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT --
WHAT IS IT -- THAT YOUR DAUGHTER...
THE BABY. YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL,
BECAUSE HE'S GONNA BE TIED UP FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
HE ENDED UP GETTING ARRESTED.
YEAH.
OKAY?
[ SOBS ]
ALL RIGHT. BYE. BYE.
YOU GIVE HER A CALL RIGHT FROM THE STATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH, DON'T WORRY. IT'S ALL RIGHT.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
Mason: IT IS A GOOD FEELING.
THERE'S A SENSE OF SATISFACTION.
AND TO THAT COMMUNITY,
YOU'RE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT THIS WON'T BE TOLERATED.
Narrator: A STRING OF GANG-RELATED SHOOTINGS
HAS THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON EDGE
AND THE POLICE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT.
Man: DOWNEY!
YEAH?
1-0-1. 11-0-1.
FISHER!
YEAH?
4-11. 1100. MARTOS!
THAT WAKE IS TONIGHT FOR THE KID FROM ON THE 11 SIDE.
SO, BE CAREFUL.
TONIGHT'S THE WAKE OF ONE OF THE CVO MEMBERS.
HE'S ON OF THE YOUNGEST CVO KIDS, STEPHAN PIRES.
INTEL SAYS THAT A LOT OF OLDER CVO MEMBERS
ARE GONNA BE IN TOWN.
TENSIONS COULD BE HIGH. EMOTIONS COULD BE HIGH.
SO THEY COULD BE FLOATING AROUND ON THIS SIDE,
WHICH IS THEIR RIVALS', IF YOU WILL.
THEY'VE BEEN TRADING SHOTS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW,
AND A COUPLE BODIES HAVE FALLEN,
SO WE'RE GONNA MONITOR THE AREAS,
JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY
FOR THEM TO STRIKE TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Canuto: YEAH, THIS IS THE WAKE ON THE RIGHT.
WE'VE COME OVER HERE TO GAIN INTEL ON CARS
AND SEEING WHO ATTENDS THE SERVICES
AND WHO IS DRIVING BY THE SERVICES.
YOU GOT THESE YOUNGER KIDS GROWING UP,
AND THEY'RE PISSED OFF.
IF THEY KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE,
THEY'LL TAKE IT OUT ON THEM RIGHT AFTER THE WAKE.
Narrator: MANNY AND D
KNOW THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERS TO TRACK,
LIKE STEPHAN PIRES' BEST FRIEND, JEREMY GOMES.
Araujo: LIKE, IF YOU SEE JEREMY AND ALL OF THEM GOING,
AT LEAST YOU GOT AN IDEA,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE UP TO NO GOOD.
MAN: I have it.
Canuto: HEY, SIR.
IF YOU WANT TO LET THE OTHER GUYS KNOW,
IF YOU'RE STILL AROUND,
JUST LET THEM KNOW JUST TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT CAR,
'CAUSE IT DID LEAVE EARLY, SO HE COULD BE UP TO NO GOOD.
YEAH. THE RED CAR.
WHO'S THIS VEHICLE RIGHT HERE?
IT COMES BACK TO JEREMY GOMES.
PULL IT OVER, OVER HERE.
[ SIREN CHIRPS ]
VICTOR, K-11.
COULD YOU TICK US OFF AT COLEMAN AND QUINCY?
THAT'S FOR 291.
MAN: Coleman and Quincy or nearby.
Narrator: THE CORNER OF COLEMAN AND QUINCY STREET
IS THE HEART OF N.O.B. TURF --
NOT A PLACE A CVO MEMBER LIKE JEREMY GOMES WOULD USUALLY BE.
YO, WHAT'S UP? CAN YOU PUT YOUR WINDOW DOWN?
Gomes: I'M GETTING MY I.D. OUT FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE YOUR I.D.
JEREMY, WHERE IS YOUR REGISTRATION?
THE CAR IS REEKING WEED.
THE KID IN THE BACK WAS MOVING AROUND A LOT.
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. COME BACK HERE.
JEREMY, COME HERE FOR A SECOND. COME HERE.
YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE BEING STOPPED?
TRUST ME. I'M HIP.
Narrator: EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THE RULES.
EVERYONE HERE KNOWS WHAT'S AT STAKE.
I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR LOSS, THOUGH,
NO MATTER WHAT, ALL RIGHT?
THANK YOU.
I MEAN, IT IS -- YOU KNOW, IT SUCKS,
BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
THIS HERE, MAN -- THERE'S OTHER WAYS OF --
NO. NO. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.
COME HERE.
HEY, WE WAS JUST TELLING JEREMY, MAN --
DUDE, THIS WHOLE THING, MAN.
I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT A POLICE PERSPECTIVE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL.
THIS THING NEEDS TO STOP, MAN.
I'M NOT EVEN --
LOOK, OKAY. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU OUT THERE.
BUT, LISTEN, ALL RIGHT.
STEPHAN NEVER DISRESPECTED ME.
WE'RE TIRED OF SEEING THIS CYCLE, MAN.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
AND IT'S GETTING OLD, TOO, MAN.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE HISTORY, LIKE, THE WHOLE THING,
IT'S, LIKE, WHEN IS IT GONNA STOP?
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BE, LIKE, REALIZING THAT,
YOU KNOW, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
"I'M GETTING OLD. THIS [BLEEP] NOT THAT --"
THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
HUH?
[BLEEP] I DON'T THINK THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU GUYS, WE JUST WANT TO HELP.
ALL RIGHT. COOL. BUT WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AGAIN, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. TAKE CARE, MAN.
BUT BE EASY, ALL RIGHT, MAN?
STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.
BACK TO YOUR SHINY CRUISER?
[ SPEAKING PORTUGUESE ]
WE TRY TO TALK TO THESE KIDS AND TRY TO SHOW THEM
THAT THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST GANGBANGING
AND SELLING DRUGS AND SHOOTING EACH OTHER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING ALL THIS PRETTY MUCH OVER NOTHING.
EVEN THE BIGGEST GANGBANGERS WILL TELL YOU
THIS IS NOT THE LIFE THEY CHOSE.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST CAME ABOUT THEM.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT,
IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO WORK
A LITTLE BIT HARDER WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL
THAN YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WORK WITH THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL.
I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THEY TOSSED ANYTHING OUT THE WINDOW.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
Canuto: HEY, TIMMY, WHAT'S UP?
NO, THEY'RE DONE FROM THE WAKE.
WE ACTUALLY JUST STOPPED A CAR WITH A FEW OF THEM --
JEREMY GOMES.
YEAH.
YOU WANT TO MEET ME BY HAMILTON AND COLEMAN?
WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW -- HAMILTON AND COLEMAN.
WHAT IS IT?
YEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WHAT IS IT?
TIMMY STANTON IS COMING BY REAL QUICK.
HE SAID HE WANTS TO MEET UP FOR A SEC.
THERE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
HOW'D THAT GO?
BIG CROWD?
YEAH. YEAH.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
HANGING OUT.
A LOT OF, YEAH --
A LOT OF PLAYERS SHOWED UP. IT'S PRETTY BUSY.
THESE KIDS ARE HEATED.
Narrator: AFTER 24 YEARS ON THE FORCE,
TIM STANTON KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND A GANG FEUD.
NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT GIVE HIM A CHANCE
TO REMIND YOUNGER COPS LIKE MANNY AND D
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR.
OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE TENSIONS ARE HIGH.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THEY GOT EYES ALL OUT ON DECK.
THAT'S A GUN FOR THAT SIDE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
I GOT TO THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE LOW-KEY TONIGHT.
YEAH, 'CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL OUT HERE.
THEY KNOW WE'RE DEEP.
BUT THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW?
TOMORROW MORNING. YEP.
Narrator: TOMORROW, STEPHAN PIRES' FUNERAL
POSES EVEN MORE RISKS.
MANNY AND D WILL BE THERE TO KEEP THE UNEASY PEACE.
Narrator: THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRIDES ITSELF ON PREVENTING CRIME,
NOT JUST RESPONDING TO IT.
THAT'S WHY ON A MORNING LIKE THIS,
THE MORNING OF STEPHAN PIRES' FUNERAL...
...MANNY, D, AND A GROUP OF COPS
BEGIN THEIR SHIFT WITH SOME LOCAL KIDS
TO SET A POSITIVE TONE FOR A DANGEROUS DAY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Canuto: FOR THEM TO SEE A CAPE VERDEAN OFFICER
SPEAKING TO THEM, YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR FACE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE.
THEY LIKE IT WHEN WE DO IT.
THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT US GOING THERE.
Narrator: AND AFTER A WEEK OF VIOLENCE
IN ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER,
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KIDS ARE ALSO ESSENTIAL.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?
All: GOOD!
YOU GUYS HAD A GOOD TIME OUT THERE PLAYING?
All: YES!
ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU GUYS BEAT US.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT US.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEATEN YOU GUYS BEFORE?
ONCE.
ONE TIME?
WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS NOW
THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND IT'S GREAT.
WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING?
6:00.
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME I WAS UP THIS MORNING?
WELL, YOU WORK. THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
WHAT? THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY?
YEAH. I HAVE TO WAKE UP AND THINK EVERY DAY.
[ LAUGHS ]
BUT THEN THERE'S THE ONES
THAT ARE AT THAT FORK IN THE ROAD,
KIND OF LIKE I WAS WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
WE TRY TO TALK TO THESE KIDS AND TRY TO SHOW THEM
THAT THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST GANGBANGING
AND SELLING DRUGS AND SHOOTING EACH OTHER.
'CAUSE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ARE LIKE,
"NO, COME ON. YOU MIGHT RISK YOUR LIFE,
YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE KILLED."
IN LIFE, YOU MAKE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
DON'T EVER LISTEN TO SOMEONE ELSE.
YEAH.
YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW?
WE TRY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT WITH YOURSELF
IF YOU REALLY PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.
BUT JUST SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, AND THEY END UP DEAD.
[ INTRO TO GOO GOO DOLLS' "BETTER DAYS" PLAYS ]
Narrator: THE DAY WILL PASS
WITHOUT ANY MORE SHOTS BEING FIRED BY GANG MEMBERS.
FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT,
IT'S A SMALL VICTORY IN A LONG STRUGGLE.
AND FOR TWO COPS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY
VIRTUALLY THEIR ENTIRE LIVES,
IT'S A GLIMMER OF HOPE
AMID REMINDERS OF JUST HOW MUCH THERE IS TO PROTECT.
♪ AND YOU ASK ME WHAT I WANT THIS YEAR ♪
♪ AND I TRY TO MAKE THIS KIND AND CLEAR ♪
♪ JUST A CHANCE THAT MAYBE WE'LL FIND BETTER DAYS ♪
Araujo: AS A PARENT, HAVING TWO KIDS
AND TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR THEM
AND THEN, SUDDENLY,
SOMEONE WOULD JUST TAKE THEIR LIFE AWAY,
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH.
♪ I NEED SOMEPLACE SIMPLE WHERE WE COULD LIVE ♪
♪ AND SOMETHING ONLY YOU CAN GIVE ♪
♪ AND THAT'S FAITH AND TRUST AND PEACE WHILE WE'RE ALIVE ♪
♪ AND THE ONE POOR CHILD WHO SAVED THIS WORLD ♪
♪ AND THERE'S 10 MILLION MORE WHO PROBABLY COULD ♪
♪ IF WE ALL JUST STOPPED AND SAID A PRAYER FOR THEM ♪
♪ SO TAKE THESE WORDS ♪
♪ AND SING OUT LOUD ♪
♪ 'CAUSE EVERYONE ♪
♪ IS FORGIVEN NOW ♪
♪ 'CAUSE TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT THE WORLD BEGINS AGAIN ♪
Canuto: AND I SEE MANY KIDS THAT I GREW UP WITH,
PEOPLE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH,
AND SOME OF THEM GET LOCKED UP.
SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ARE DEAD.
A FEW OF US ACTUALLY MADE IT.
♪ I WISH EVERYONE WAS LOVED TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND SOMEHOW STOP THIS ENDLESS FIGHT ♪
♪ JUST A CHANCE THAT MAYBE WE'LL FIND BETTER DAYS ♪
♪ SO TAKE THESE WORDS ♪
♪ AND SING OUT LOUD ♪
♪ 'CAUSE EVERYONE ♪
♪ IS FORGIVEN NOW ♪
♪ 'CAUSE TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT THE WORLD BEGINS AGAIN ♪