Steven Seagal: Lawman (2009) s01e09 Episode Script

Crack War

Jefferson Parish 911 Operator.
Yeah.
and the truck saw a body in the driveway.
He's laying on the ground? He's about 5'3.
" about 140.
255, I going to need crime scene.
Just saw him now.
He got a gun.
On the wall.
On the wall.
On the wall.
What you found? We got four bags of what appears to be marijuana.
I, myself, always thought addiction is a physical thing.
Oh, they done robbed them and took the car.
Where they hit you? When's the last time you smoked a rock? Why your fingertips all burnt up, huh? I make a living in the movies, but for the past 20 years 11, 825, code 6.
I've also been a cop.
And along with some of the finest deputies on the force, I serve the people of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Code 94-G, shots fired.
My name is Steven Seagal.
All units respond.
That's right, Steven Seagal, Deputy Sheriff.
We're gonna take a little run up here in an area that's prone to some problems with narcotics trafficking.
There's a lot of different crack activity.
Hey, guys, listen up.
Just got a call in reference to a 103 involving three individuals fighting.
They're also reporting a possible stolen vehicle's involved.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
Heading to the west bank now.
kind of really have to be on our toes here.
Some of the areas here have turned really bad since Katrina.
Tremendous amount of narcotics, prostitution, guns.
We want to get there as soon as we can there to defuse the situation before anybody goes to the hospital.
Yeah, he said they all ran down the street.
They got some people down the street right now.
That's them up there, y'all.
Everybody be careful.
It's time to go to work.
Where y'all going? Oh, they done robbed them and took the car.
My car right now.
He got beat up? Put your head down.
Where they hit you? He's got a bump on his head right there.
One guy? Two guys.
Two guys.
You saw their face? Yeah.
Mexican guy says to the black guy, "I'm gonna give you $10.
You go buy me some beer.
I'm gonna loan you my car.
" Black guy borrows his car, goes to supposedly buy him some beer, and all of a sudden, he gets out of the car for some reason, and somebody hits him on the head, and the car goes missing.
He don't have no driver's license or nothing.
You know that? I can't see how you let him use that with no license or nothing.
He's too nice.
Yeah, he's too nice.
That's too nice.
What we have here sometimes in situations similar to this is, it's called a rock rental.
And basically, someone loans the vehicle to someone who wants to go score drugs.
In return, instead of paying up cash, they pay him drugs.
So that may be the case here, but we really don't know.
And certainly if this man is a legitimate victim, then we want to treat him like that.
Did you rock rental his car? No weapons? When's the last time you smoked a rock? Huh? Where you work at? Put your hands out like this.
Huh? You don't work, huh? Why your fingertips all burnt up, huh? I thought you just told me you don't work.
So the guy is saying he didn't do anything wrong, but somehow nothing adds up.
And this is where years of police work and knowing how to interview somebody kind of, you know, can help you.
If you are lying, then you will go to jail for filing a false report.
If you stopped and you was talking to somebody and they took your car, that's fine.
If you gave them the car, that's fine.
But don't talk about somebody robbed your car.
Think about it.
Think about it.
This guy really does have a bump on his head.
He's saying it wasn't a rock rental.
We're not sure what's going on.
We're gonna just try to investigate a little bit further.
I'm gonna look for your car.
Let's get out of here, y'all.
And it was a white Toyota? Oh, right here.
That's it, t-top.
It's right here.
Eric, y'all come back down here with the victim.
Tell him the keys are in it too.
He came down the block from where they were last seen, and obviously the victim's vehicle is right here.
We just found the car right up the street from the place where he says it was stolen.
This guy's denying buying drugs, and we haven't found any on him.
He's gonna go home.
At this point, it seems like everybody's feeling a little bit better.
There's guys that are selling the rocks, and then there's the guys that are shooting crack.
Those guys are really getting so mentally dehabilitated that, you know, they can't even function other than, where could they get the money for their next fix? Having spent so much time in Hollywood, I've seen a lot of good friends and people where their lives just completely spiral out of control due to drugs and alcohol.
That's why I feel like rehabilitation programs are so important.
Hello.
How are you? Uh-huh, all right.
How you been? Larry.
Good afternoon.
John Fortunato, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
This is called Bridge House.
It's a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.
We're about to get a tour of the whole facility and meet some of the people who are living here and see what they're going through.
We work with people who have lost everything, Who have alienated themselves from family, employment, friends and have nowhere else to go.
Here's somebody who is reaching out to people in tremendous need of somebody that has some answers and that can lead them into a program to give them stability.
This is Jeff and Dwight.
Recovering alcoholic and drug addicts? Yes, sir.
What do you guys feel like is the single most hardest thing in being able to stay clean? I guess it's dealing with emotional aspects.
I've been here approximately nine months now, and the freedom that I feel since I've been here-- I've lost a lot of fear and anxiety in my life.
It's not a physical addiction as much as spiritual and emotional stability.
I've never really thought about how important those things are in terms of having the strength to be able to jump back up and own yourself again.
I think, a lot of times, people start drinking and getting on drugs because they're very unhappy with their life and they don't feel like they have a job or something to do or anything that they can accomplish.
It's called escape.
When I really admitted that I was an addict, my life changed, and it's because I'm here.
I've always said that you can't go get help for a problem until you admit or you're ready to just acknowledge that you have a problem.
No one can do it.
You've got to do it yourself.
Ain't that right? I'm proud of y'all.
Thank you.
And my guys are proud of you.
Thank you very much.
The power of the mind is infinite.
And all of these people that we're seeing have tremendous potential to become something so much greater than they are.
The Bridge House is giving them a tremendous amount of opportunity.
I think that they really have the potential to become that which they aspire to.
Come out here, Buzz.
We applaud him.
It's pretty obvious, without him, this place wouldn't be here.
We really appreciate all you do for this community.
And anything we can do, please don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you.
Well, thank you for thinking of us.
Speaking of one thing we could do, I'm going to volunteer one of my warriors to participate in the legs contest.
And that's my partner right here.
That's that gentleman right there.
Wait, now.
The Bridge House depends on charitable donations.
They're having a large benefit in the next few days, a "best leg" contest.
We think Larry Dyess may win.
Thank you, brother.
God bless you all.
As many people as there are out there who are trying to bak their addictions, there's just as many people out there content to be a user and to victimize others.
That's why we're out here patrolling.
Roger that.
We had some complaints about a house in this area that's possibly dealing drugs, so we're gonna go ahead and check it out, see if we can find any narcotics or/and weapons.
See if we can get some of these guys off the street.
Watch this guy's hands.
All right, boys.
Let's jump up.
Let me see them hands.
Let me see them hands.
On the wall.
On the wall.
On the wall.
We had some complaints about a house in this area that's possibly dealing drugs, so we're gonna go ahead and check it out.
All right, boys.
Let's jump up.
Let me see them hands.
Let me see them hands.
On the wall.
On the wall.
On the wall.
Everybody on the wall.
Spin around.
Spread your legs.
Spread your legs.
Open your mouth.
Your leg, man.
Your leg.
Come on.
Yeah, spread.
These guys might be drug dealers.
Drug dealers usually carry guns, so we're patting them down.
They also might be users, which means they may have needles in their pockets and somebody could get stuck, which could be more deadly than a gun.
What's this in your back pocket? I'm glad to see you're practicing safe sex.
Got no weapons on you, huh? Yeah, he ain't got nothing on him.
These guys don't have anything on them, but we ain't done yet.
Black male, Let me know when you're ready for the second one.
We're gonna search the property across the way.
Oftentimes, they'll hide stuff across the street, because then they don't have anything on them.
When the customers pull up, they'll come from this house, come across the street, pick up the drugs over there, and make their transactions.
Our narcotics unit has hit this house probably 20 times in the last two years.
And what they were doing is sort of hiding it in these little spots right here.
We ain't finding nothing yet.
They're always changing up their game, so we have to change up ours just to try to stay ahead.
Crack pipe right there.
>> Hey, I got something.
What you found? What? Bag of weed? One of them was over here.
We got four bags of what appears to be a green vegetable substance, Which it--after it's tested, I'm sure it's gonna be marijuana.
Where was it? Just right there on the sidewalk? It was right here.
That's why they didn't break when we pull up.
Anybody want to earn up to this weed? Huh? That could have been a good felony arrest for the amount of marijuana we had, but Nobody had any drugs on them tonight, so we can't ally charge anybody for these drugs.
But we're gonna just kind of hold them here until their records check come back.
17, go ahead, man.
You didn't know you was wanted? At the very least, two of these guys are gonna take a ride tonight for outstanding warrants.
All right, let's go.
Sometimes it works out like that, where they get arrested for the attachments.
And maybe they get away with the bigger crime, but they still take the ride.
Get the paperwork, Lawrence.
17, make it a 107 and 18.
Call headquaers.
tell them to get a crime scene unit over here so we can turn this weed over to them.
So it's a little bit of a letdown.
Yeah, we got some drugs, but what we really like to do is get the drug dealers that are feeding the addicts.
All right, everybody ready? >> I think, karmically, those folks that are doing the bad things are gonna get caught, one way or another.
What the is this? The back door is wide open.
That's weird, huh? It's an old man and an old lady.
She's flipping us off! I can't believe she just-- excuse me, ma'am.
was that your new turn signal? How you doing, sir? Your door's open over there.
Hi, how are you? I didn't understand that turn signal.
Is that something new? Okay, but this door was wide open.
Just like this.
Oh, yes, ma'am.
So that's when we hit the siren, and you kind of gave us a little directional signal.
I wasn't sure if that single finger was something-- Well, because your door was open.
Wow.
What's this world coming to? Hey, you want us to help you? We're gonna put it right here, baby.
All right, there you go.
There you go.
All right, sir.
Y'all have a good day.
That was a classic, ma'am, I got to tell you.
And it was so profound.
That's kind of, you know, deep.
Ha! We just got a complaint from a local motel.
We know it very, very well.
We've arrested people there msny times for crack and prostitution.
And we're heading over there now.
What brings you to this neck of the woods? Hi, sir.
Everybody get up underneath the awning over here.
Came back here and discovered that they were standing outside here.
It looked as though they had a crack pipe.
Y'all are not doing nothing up in here? Turn around, girl.
What's she got in her shirt, man? Pull it out.
I'm looking for crack.
Grab this and pull it out.
These are ramrods here.
Hey, hey, I'm gonna ask you one time.
Where's the crack pipe in there? Because you got a push rod on the bed.
It's not my room.
Where's the crack pipe at? I don't know.
If I tear the room apart and I don't find it, I'm gonna be pissed off.
I'm looking for crack.
We came back here and discovered that they were standing outside here.
It looked as though they had a crack pipe.
Hey, hey, I'm gonna ask you one time.
Where's the crack pipe in there? Because you got a push rod on the bed.
If you don't tell me-- it's not my room.
If I tear the room apart and I don't find it, I'm gonna be pissed off.
Look at that.
They even have porn on the TV.
Grab this and pull it out.
This is a broken crack pipe.
We found all the paraphernalia but no crack itself.
The suspects may have smoked everything.
They usually go through it very, very quickly.
We've also found copious amounts of prophylactics, three girls, one guy, and porn on the TV.
I don't know what kind of party they were having, but we're about to run their names and see what kind of priors they got.
JP17, 599.
I got a black male What are y'all doing here? What? You know what happens around here.
There's a lot of prostitution, and there's a lot of drugs.
Were you smoking it earlier today? Do you use drugs? No.
It's just hard for me to believe that you don't use drugs.
I kind of get the feeling that these girls are not being exactly straight with us.
With the crack pipes in the room, I'm sure there was something going on.
Look, Mack said he don't want y'all over here.
This a run-down property-- totally, totally run-down.
We try our best to keep it clean, but then you get ones like this that come around here, you know, that make it bad.
Y'all have any crack now? No, sir.
We're not finding anybody who's wanted here, and without the drugs, we're gonna have to let them go.
The three of y'all, roll.
Let's go.
17, 1199.
We got that subject in custody.
Can you verify that with New Orleans? We determined that one of these subjects may possibly have a warrant out of New Orleans.
We're trying to verify what that warrant is for.
What's the charge? Theft.
This gentleman went to the Bridge House.
He's been clear for five months, but you ain't gonna stay clear if you're hanging around in places like this.
, no.
You might not want to smoke crack, but if they're smoking crack next to you, how easy is that to take a hit off the pipe? This individual has been in rehab, and I think if he could have stayed one with the concepts that they taught him, he wouldn't be here right now.
Let me ask you something, Why are you here? What they taught you at the Bridge House, man? Probably the same stuff that we're telling you right now.
They're going to verify-- Please stand by.
Copy that.
Thank you.
Unfortunately, this guy is wanted for theft.
He's gonna have to take a ride.
Having had the opportunity to go to Bridge House for rehab, it's a shame that he's let himself go like this.
But maybe now he'll get a chance to think about what he's done and try to mend his ways.
10-4, thank you.
All right, let's roll.
Hello, dear.
How are you? Can I get a hug? How are you? What about me? Do I get a hug? There are many different ways to combat drug abuse.
And Bridge House is having a kind of a fun evening where our own Larry Dyess is gonna be competing in the best legs contest.
Whoo! Got to cool them off a little bit.
We're getting ready for a charitable benefit.
It's called the Mr.
Legs Contest 2008.
Show me what you got.
We're just gonna get together and go out there, strut our stuff, and see if we can't make some money for Bridge House.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
We got a special star in the house tonight.
John Fortunato! >> I'm sorry.
Ha ha ha, funny.
And his Co-Deputy, Steven Seagal! All right, are we ready to start introducing our contestants? Number one tonight, here's Angelina Jolie.
Now you know why Angelina and Brad have been together so long: Brad knows how to pick a good woman.
Cupid! Cupid wants to be Mr.
Legs because the people of Louisiana love legs.
Oh, that's right.
Play to Steven Seagal.
Coach hot pants! Whoo, ladies! Oh, yeah, rock the house down.
And, last, Larry Dyess.
Detective Dirty Harry.
Ooh, watch out, ladies.
He's coming to get you.
Calm down, girls.
Sure, he's got a big stick.
Got a fan club already, boy! All right.
Do we really think he's gonna make it? I think we're ready.
And the winner Coach hot pants! Whoo! Larry Dyess did not win, but the good news is, we raised a lot of money for this organization.
I think that they are gonna use the money for a really noble cause, and that's why we have given so much faith to Bridge House.
Thank you very much.
Thank y'all.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.

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