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00:13You up early on a Saturday?
00:15Did you forget that you don't let anyone in your house
00:17sleep in on Saturdays?
00:19No, I didn't forget.
00:20I'm glad you didn't forget.
00:22Did I have a choice?
00:23No.
00:24Shaking my head.
00:26You can shake your head as long as I don't see you
00:28shaking your head.
00:28What you doing up so early, boy?
00:33I'm going to work.
00:34They said I can pick up some extra shifts on the weekends.
00:36OK, and those extra shifts aren't interfering
00:38with your homework, are they?
00:39This is your senior year, and I expect to be attending
00:42a graduation in a few months.
00:44Look, they will have to get done.
00:45I need the money.
00:46Bad.
00:48Why do you need money so bad?
00:50I'm a senior, Dad.
00:51I mean, there's prom, and that alone is its own thing
00:54nowadays.
00:54Then after prom, there's the day at the amusement park.
00:57Then there's the senior day, senior trip, graduation,
01:02the graduation night celebration, the day after graduation trip.
01:05Not to mention beach week.
01:06Oh, and also the bonfire Saturdays.
01:10Y'all young people done lost y'all damn mind.
01:12Why do you say that?
01:13Because that's too much.
01:14That's ridiculous.
01:15But why is that ridiculous?
01:17I mean, we're celebrating a big accomplishment in our life.
01:20You old folks should really support us on this one.
01:23How about you celebrate by putting your money in the bank
01:26to save for your future in college?
01:28See, I knew you and Mom were stuck in the dark ages.
01:32Y'all don't understand, nor will you find these essentials.
01:39You know what, son?
01:40You're smarter than I give you credit for.
01:42Hence why I'm up early to go to my part-time job.
01:45Because I have such little support.
01:47Hold on, hold on.
01:48Such little support?
01:50This roof over your head, that food in your stomach,
01:52that is our support.
01:54Noted and appreciated.
01:55I will pay for my own graduation events.
01:59All right, you know what, son?
02:01I know I don't say it enough, but I'm proud of you, man.
02:05You are showing a lot of maturity lately.
02:09Thanks, Dad.
02:10Yeah.
02:14Hey, Philip.
02:15Bye, Grandpa.
02:16Bye, Philip.
02:18Hey, grandson.
02:19Hey, Grandpa.
02:20Oh, man, what you doing?
02:21Reading a book.
02:22What you reading?
02:24This author put a collection of Dr. King's speeches and writings.
02:29How is it?
02:31Um, you know, I just started.
02:33Sandra recommended it.
02:34It's good, though.
02:36A lot of people don't know that Dr. King's life is more than just one speech.
02:39Right about that.
02:40Yeah, he actually had a whole lot of teachings that people don't even know about.
02:45You know, Dr. King was a smart man.
02:47Another place of time, Dr. King would have made a great president, man.
02:52Uh, Jeremy.
02:53Hmm?
02:54Jeremy, it's a detective wanting to talk to you.
02:56A detective?
02:57Yeah, Detective Elliot.
02:59What now?
03:00There's some property about that carjacking, man.
03:03Probably.
03:04He's supposed to be a hearing next week, I think.
03:05He said it's pretty serious.
03:07We're going to talk to you.
03:07Here we go.
03:14No matter what you do, I love you.
03:17No matter where you go, I'm behind you for sure.
03:21Always remember love ain't ever why.
03:24Yeah.
03:24We'll make it if we say it together.
03:32All right, now listen, listen.
03:33Don't say nothing that can incriminate you, right?
03:35Just say, no comment, or you can plead the fifth.
03:39Yeah.
03:40Man, they're not here to interrogate me.
03:42Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.
03:43That's how they get you.
03:44First, they come in like they all nice and stuff.
03:46And next thing you know, you in handcuffs, on your way to the big house.
03:51Wait, don't say we didn't warn you, then.
03:53How you doing, detective?
03:55How you doing, Mr. Washington?
03:57How you doing, man?
03:58How can I help you?
03:59I was hoping I could get another statement from you.
04:01Oh, I got another statement.
04:02Come here, come here, come here.
04:03There it ain't go.
04:04There it ain't go.
04:05Look at it, man.
04:06I told you, you need to get yourself a lawyer.
04:09Oh, truth.
04:09I could be your lawyer.
04:10You don't know I'm not a lawyer.
04:12Yeah, I'm something like a paralegal.
04:15Shut up.
04:16All right.
04:17Please, please, sit down, please.
04:19We sitting down.
04:20When you go to the big house, we be trying to help you.
04:23Don't say nothing.
04:24We trying to help you.
04:25We're trying to help you.
04:26We're going to be here holding it down while your butt's upstate.
04:29Yes.
04:30Everything okay?
04:31Hey, man, they're crazy.
04:33Just pray for me, please.
04:35Come over.
04:36Um, but if I remember correctly, man, I think I gave you all the information I had the first
04:42time you came by.
04:43Yeah, but I knew District Attorney Prince Collins ran on being tough on crime.
04:47She really wants to throw the book at these guys.
04:49Ooh, I heard about that new DA, man.
04:51She's tough.
04:51She ain't nothing to play with, man.
04:52Well, somebody need to be tough on crime because it's getting terrible on this side of town.
04:57Yes, there's been a significant uptick in crime over the last year and a half,
05:01especially juvenile crime.
05:03I still can't believe that they were so young.
05:05Thirteen and fourteen.
05:07And that's a damn shame.
05:08Where the hell are parents at?
05:09That's the million dollar question.
05:11Yeah, yeah.
05:12Something got to be going on at home if they want to be out in these streets robbing and
05:15thugging.
05:16Well, whatever the case, the DA wants to try these two as adults.
05:19Wow, she is tough, man.
05:21She ain't nothing to play with.
05:23Try as adults at thirteen and fourteen?
05:25Well, if they old enough to do the crime, they should be old enough to do the time.
05:29Well, you sound just like Ms. Collins.
05:31So what does it mean if you try them as adults?
05:34It means we can get them significantly more time.
05:37Well, under our new sentencing guidelines, we can get them an additional ten years.
05:40Oh man, ten years?
05:42Yes, an additional ten years.
05:43Bringing our total to fifteen, maybe eighteen years.
05:46But we can't get to that number unless we try them as adults.
05:50I don't know, man.
05:51Is that an appropriate sentence for kids that young?
05:53Like I said, if they old enough to do the crime...
05:56Mr. Brown, shut up, man.
05:57Let me talk to them.
06:00Will they serve this sentence at an adult prison?
06:03Yes, sir.
06:04This is a very serious crime, Mr. Washington.
06:07Yeah, I know.
06:08I experienced it.
06:09Yes, but we need your help with this.
06:11Oh man, don't worry about it.
06:12We gonna get you some help.
06:13Trust me.
06:14We can see to that.
06:15He gonna help.
06:16For real.
06:18Mr. Washington.
06:19Hope you understand that this could have ended a lot differently.
06:23Frankly, we're lucky that you're even here to talk to us about this.
06:26A lot of these incidents end with the victim shot and dead.
06:35I was so relieved when Vinnie brought Reginald in.
06:39I would never have forgiven myself if anything had happened to him.
06:43Ah, Anastasia, we keep telling you.
06:45You cannot blame yourself for what happened.
06:47He's okay.
06:49Thank God.
06:50That is what you should do.
06:51Thank the good Lord and then let that go.
06:54Easier said than done.
06:56Okay, so how was your walk this morning?
07:00Walk this morning?
07:01Oh heavens no, we didn't walk this morning.
07:03Leah and I told him to take a break from walking.
07:06Oh, I hope he didn't do that.
07:08Only we most certainly did do that.
07:10Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
07:12What?
07:13No, this is the day that I would have advised him to go for a walk.
07:17No F.A.
07:19I think it's time we rethink this walking thing.
07:22Ha, rethink walking.
07:24What is there to rethink?
07:26Do you realize that yesterday could have ended very tragically?
07:30Any day can end tragically.
07:33Only a fool would not have learned from those events.
07:37Okay, I agree with you there.
07:39So, learn from it.
07:41Hence, no walking today.
07:43No, no, Alastasia.
07:45Learn the right lesson.
07:47Gretchen out it's fine to go for a walk.
07:49He's safe.
07:50As long as he goes with one of us, that company's in for the walk.
07:54That was me.
07:55Uh-huh.
07:56And why can it not still be you?
07:58Or any of us if we're available?
08:00I am afraid of the responsibility.
08:03Here.
08:04Fear.
08:05The end of so many good things.
08:09A mistake like yesterday can have very bad consequences.
08:13Anastasia.
08:15We have a saying in my country.
08:18Do not look where you fell.
08:20Look where you tripped.
08:22What?
08:23It means do not focus on what happened yesterday.
08:27Focus on what caused it to happen.
08:29This way, you can make a better and safer decision next time.
08:34Efe, you have a very interesting way of looking at things.
08:39Anastasia.
08:41Reginald loves walking.
08:43Why would you and Leah take that away from him?
08:46Eh?
09:00I need a statement from you.
09:04Saying what?
09:06If I could just give from you a statement saying that you were afraid for your life.
09:10Which makes sense because they did have guns.
09:13So you want me to say I was afraid for my life?
09:16Hey, anybody got their cell phone?
09:17Yeah, I've got mine with me.
09:19Why?
09:19Well, you're sweating.
09:21You look like you've been running.
09:22What's wrong?
09:23Yeah, you okay, Tom?
09:23I just got carjacked.
09:25Carjacked?
09:26Where were you?
09:27Up the street at the stoplight.
09:28Well, are you okay, Jeremy?
09:30I'm fine.
09:31Uh, did they have guns?
09:32Two big ones.
09:33Oh my God.
09:33Oh, did you call the police?
09:35Nah, I left my phone in the car, man.
09:37I just ran over here.
09:38I'll go get Mom.
09:39I'll call 911 right now.
09:40I'll look out for the police.
09:44What happened?
09:45Uh, Jeremy just got carjacked.
09:47Did they have guns?
09:48Yeah.
09:49How many was it?
09:50Two of them.
09:50That is terrifying.
09:52Hey, did you see what they look like?
09:54Man, they had on masks, but I know they were young.
09:56Young?
09:57Yeah, yeah, like probably like 18, 19.
09:59They were young.
09:59Oh my goodness.
10:00Yeah, that's terrible.
10:02What happened, baby?
10:04Man, I'm at the light.
10:05This kid comes up to me trying to get my attention.
10:07I roll down my window like a dumbass.
10:09Next thing I know, it's a tech nine in my jaw.
10:11What?
10:12I just...
10:13Yeah, I'm fine.
10:15I'm fine, baby.
10:15All right, you know, they wanted the car.
10:16I gave it to them.
10:17Yeah.
10:18That's smart, man.
10:19A car can be replaced.
10:21Exactly.
10:22This is crazy.
10:23Yeah, I know.
10:24I know, baby.
10:24I'm fine, okay?
10:25Crazy things happen sometimes.
10:27Okay, the police are on their way.
10:28Now, Jeremy, I want you to write down everything
10:30that you remember while it's still fresh in your mind.
10:32Yeah, okay.
10:32Here's a pad.
10:34So you want me to say I was afraid for my life?
10:37That's all we need.
10:38And I think we can get these two young criminals off the streets
10:41and locked up for a very long time.
10:44See?
10:44See?
10:45That right there.
10:46Yeah, what about it?
10:47That's what I'm having an issue with.
10:50Jeremy, I'm not understanding you, man.
10:52Do you understand they could have killed you
10:54and left your family without you?
10:56Yeah, I understand that, Grandpa.
10:58But they kids.
11:00They kids that killed?
11:02Didn't you just hear him?
11:03Yeah, I know that, Mr. Brown.
11:04Well, what you confused about?
11:06Yeah, but they're 13 and 14.
11:08And locking them away for 15 years or more?
11:11I don't know about that.
11:13Detective, can I have some time to talk to my wife and family about this?
11:18Uh, sure.
11:20But I would need your statement right away.
11:22The DA's preparing the case now.
11:24Okay.
11:25Yeah, I understand.
11:25I'll get it to you soon.
11:28Okay.
11:32Let me offer you one more reality while you think about this.
11:36If the fact that they could have killed you is not enough to persuade you,
11:40then consider how you would feel if they got a slap on the hand.
11:44And the next time they killed someone's mother or father or son,
11:50would you be able to live with that, Mr. Washington?
12:05No, I don't want to live with that.
12:07Then I look forward to getting your statement as soon as you're ready.
12:17Jeremy, sometimes I don't understand how your brain works.
12:22I don't feel good about this, Grandpa.
12:25You don't feel good?
12:26Well, tell me, how did you feel when they was carjacking you at gunpoint?
12:32That was a bad day for sure.
12:34I know, because I seen your face.
12:35And I saw your wife and children's face.
12:38You didn't deserve that, and they don't deserve that.
12:41Don't you care about that?
12:42Of course I care about that.
12:44Then why don't you give the detective the statement that will help put these thugs away?
12:49Well, look, I want them to be punished.
12:52Well, they need to be punished.
12:53Yeah, but I would much rather they be rehabilitated.
12:58No, you got to leave that to God, man.
13:00You're not responsible for what's in a man's heart.
13:02Yeah, but that's the thing.
13:04They're not men.
13:06They're 13 and 14-year-old kids.
13:08Yeah, but they're kids that committed adult crimes.
13:11Crimes that kill people.
13:12If they're not stopped, they'll continue to do the same thing.
13:15And son, you have the power to stop this.
13:18They need to go upstate for 15 years and rethink their decision, man.
13:23Yeah, yeah, I get it.
13:25I'm probably going to give this statement.
13:26I just need some time to think about it.
13:29You need time to think about it?
13:41Hey, speak of the angel.
13:46Me?
13:47I don't know if I'd classify myself in such terms.
13:50Oh, well, you're lucky that I am the one that called you it because I see you that way.
13:55Ah, I feel terrible about the events yesterday.
13:57Ah, why?
14:00Because I hate people making a fuss over me like that.
14:03Are you kidding, Reginald?
14:04You're worth the fuss.
14:06You people are really too kind.
14:08How are you feeling today?
14:10Ah, well, I have to admit I'm down in the dumps about this.
14:12Well, we need to get you out of the dumps.
14:15Yes, Reginald, you have so much to be thankful for.
14:18Yeah, I know, but it's difficult to accept that you're aging and times are changing and it'll never
14:24go back to the way it was.
14:25Well, that is why you have to enjoy this moment and you have to enjoy every day.
14:30But I can't be irresponsible and affect other people's lives.
14:35Well, stuff happens, Reggie.
14:38Things happen.
14:39Look, if you don't want something to happen to you,
14:41go inside your room and lock the door and don't come out.
14:44Then what kind of life is that?
14:47No.
14:47You have to live every day, every life.
14:51Things happen and you just have to ride the waves of life up and down.
14:57That, my friend, is not so easy.
14:59Of course it is.
15:00Well, you're such the optimist, Effie.
15:03Because it is easy.
15:03It is not easy, Effie.
15:05But it is as easy as taking a walk.
15:08Well, I think my walking days are over.
15:11Oh, if your walking days are over, jump inside the grave.
15:15Because then your life is over.
15:18You and Anastasia need to get dressed and go for a walk right now.
15:22Go for a walk now?
15:23Yes.
15:25You love walking, Reginald.
15:26It is one of my favorite things.
15:29Anastasia, please.
15:30You want to go for a walk, Reginald?
15:33After yesterday?
15:35Couldn't.
15:36Anastasia, please.
15:37If you want to go, I'll go with you.
15:41Should we?
15:42We should.
15:44Yes.
15:45Okay, both of you get dressed and go for a walk.
15:48I'll meet you back here in 10 minutes, Reginald.
15:50I have to admit, I'm nervous.
15:53Go, go, go.
15:54Hardee, hardee.
15:54I got you.
16:14Hey, Dad.
16:15How'd it go?
16:17Worked at Double today, so.
16:19Wow, you gave up your whole Saturday.
16:20Yeah, and I'm wiped.
16:23It'll pay off one day.
16:25I know.
16:26Do you?
16:28Yeah, because hard work pays off.
16:33You work again tomorrow?
16:35Uh, yeah, it's another double shift.
16:37So when are you going to do your homework?
16:39I'm going to do it right now.
16:41Phillip, I know we hard on you.
16:46Yeah, it's like you guys get a kick out of making my life hell.
16:50Nah, it's the opposite.
16:52We love you.
16:54Oh, love.
16:55That's what it is.
16:56Well, you can love me a little less.
16:59Impossible.
17:00I'm sorry.
17:01You know things in life we do to ourselves, right?
17:07Dad, I know I've been making a lot of mistakes.
17:09Yeah, well, you're young.
17:10You're going to make mistakes.
17:12That's what happens when you're young and ignorant.
17:15Oh, I didn't say anything about ignorant.
17:17Yeah, of course, because ignorant people don't know they're ignorant.
17:22Well, I promised you and mom that I'd be making better choices.
17:26And you have.
17:27You have.
17:27Being on the honor roll and receiving the diamond award has your mom and I very happy.
17:32Real talk.
17:33And I appreciate you guys for sticking with me.
17:36You said that like I got a choice.
17:38Son, man, what am I going to do, give you up for adoption?
17:41Don't I want your ass?
17:43Gee, thanks.
17:45Yeah, no problem.
17:47I don't know why you're fronting like your eyes wouldn't pop out of your head when I left.
17:51Oh, no, no, no, fella, we're sorry.
17:53Yo, come back, please, and we miss you.
17:57Yeah, I don't know if I would say all that.
18:00Yeah, but you would miss me.
18:02Of course I'd miss you, man.
18:04Yeah, my son, I love you.
18:07That's why I'm so hard on you.
18:10I just want you to know that one mistake can change your life forever.
18:16Yeah, and God knows you make me pay the consequences for my mistakes.
18:22Anyways, I'm about to go get started on my homework.
18:25Hey, what'd you say?
18:27I'm about to get started on my homework?
18:29Nah, before that.
18:40I'm about to get started on my homework.
19:00I was afraid you weren't going to finish up.
19:01I was having second thoughts, I must admit.
19:04Well, are you ready?
19:05I am.
19:06Come on.
19:07You guys going for your walk?
19:08Yes, we are.
19:10Have fun.
19:25Yeah, Detective Elliott?
19:27Yeah, it's Jeremy Washington.
19:29How you doing, Mr. Washington?
19:30Yeah, I've decided to give my statement.
19:33That's all we need.
19:34Oh, wait, wait.
19:35Don't celebrate too fast.
19:37I'm going to give my statement because I was afraid that day.
19:40But under one circumstance, I don't want these kids to be tried as adults.
19:46Yeah, I know, I know, but I was a kid once and I have kids.
19:50And I just don't think that one mistake should define someone for the rest of their life.
19:58I'm sorry.
20:20I'm sorry.
20:35I'm sorry.
20:36I'm sorry.
20:36I'm sorry.
20:37I'm sorry.