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Friday and Gannon are working out of the juvenile division when they get called to a movie theater to investigate an attack on a high school student.
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00:02This is the city, Los Angeles, California.
00:06A lot of it has always been here.
00:09The mountains, the deserts, the ocean.
00:15Some of it had to be developed, like oil, and water, and the land.
00:21The rest was built from scratch.
00:24A human mind conceived this, and this.
00:32Man has an instinct to create, or to build, or to improve.
00:38But the human mind can go other ways, too.
00:41Sometimes it gets lost, then it needs guidance.
00:44Reading signs and obeying them can sometimes help a confused mind.
00:48They tell you which way to turn, when not to turn,
00:52where not to drive, where not to park.
00:55In my business, this sign means something whether you drive or not.
00:59Sometimes, if you don't heed it, you'll see this sign.
01:03I work here. I carry a badge.
01:06It was Friday, October 6th. It was cool in Los Angeles.
01:09We were working the night watch out of juvenile division.
01:12The boss is Captain Morris.
01:13My partner's Bill Gannon.
01:16My name's Friday.
01:18We were assigned to juvenile patrol, and we had just gotten into the field.
01:22We received a radio call to go to a theater near Olympic and Western.
01:25We were told the manager would give us the details.
01:28All we knew was that a report had been received on a juvenile ADW.
01:32Assault with a deadly weapon.
01:42The story you are about to see is true.
01:45The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
02:14We're police officers.
02:15My name's Friday.
02:16This is Bill Gannon.
02:16Glad you got here.
02:18You're the theater manager, are you?
02:19Yes, sir. The name is Nash. George Nash.
02:21Okay, Rick, show the officers you're back.
02:22There's no reason to call the cops.
02:23I told you not to. You heard me. Didn't I say no cops?
02:25That's what you said.
02:26I don't care what he said.
02:27Nobody's going to do a thing like this in my theater.
02:29Said I'd take care of myself.
02:30Take care of what?
02:31Nothing.
02:31The creeper burned him. Look at his back.
02:33Shut up, Lauren.
02:34All right, turn around.
02:35Turn around, son.
02:37That's bad enough.
02:38You can imagine how it'd be if he wasn't wearing a jacket.
02:41Just look at it. It's ruined.
02:47Acid burns.
02:49H2SO4.
02:51Sulfuric.
02:52It's a good thing he had these other clothes on.
02:54Big deal. So you both took high school chemistry.
02:56What's your name, son?
02:57Rick Schneiderman.
02:58Where do you live?
02:591401 Axtell Avenue.
03:01How old are you?
03:0118.
03:02Now you.
03:03Lorraine Harper.
03:063883 and a half Vine Grove.
03:1016.
03:11Now suppose you tell us what happened.
03:12Look, my back's on fire.
03:13If you don't mind, I'd like to get something done about it.
03:15I've called for an ambulance.
03:16Should be here any time now.
03:17Who burns you and why?
03:19I don't know.
03:19You get acid poured down your back and you don't know why?
03:22Because he's a kink.
03:23Go hold his head up to the light.
03:24You ever have trouble with him before?
03:26No more than anybody else.
03:27Then you know him.
03:28Yeah, I know him.
03:29What's his name?
03:30Gerald Paulson.
03:31How old is he?
03:31I guess about 17.
03:32Where does he live?
03:33I don't know.
03:34Mr. Nash?
03:35No.
03:36I couldn't even get him to tell me his name.
03:38When I picked up the phone to report it, he just took off and ran.
03:40I'll check him out, Joe.
03:41All right, if I use the phone?
03:42Would you rather use the extension?
03:44Fine, thanks.
03:46What happened before he poured the acid on you?
03:48Nothing.
03:48He was sitting in a row behind us and the lights went out.
03:51Pretty soon I felt something hot in my back and I jumped up.
03:53Then I got my jacket off and it was all burned.
03:55You're sure it was the Paulson boy who did it?
03:57I still had the bottle in his hand.
03:58Joe's Central Juvenile Index turned up Gerald Paulson's address from a traffic citation they have on file.
04:03Where does he live?
04:04Never mind.
04:04We'll handle it.
04:05Go ahead.
04:05I'll get him later.
04:06You may get yourself a lot of trouble, son.
04:08From Gerald?
04:09He's so chicken he has to do it behind your back.
04:10Don't you count on it, boy.
04:12Next time you might do it to your face.
04:16We took an ADW report while the ambulance crew treated Rick Schneiderman's back.
04:20They told us the burns suffered by him were not serious enough to require hospitalization.
04:25He was advised to see his own physician.
04:287.30 p.m.
04:29We drove over to 1255 West Whelan Street, the Paulson boy's address.
04:34Gerald Paulson lived with his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kersop.
04:38Gerald had not yet returned.
04:40The parents were advised of the incident and instructed to bring their son to Georgia Juvenile as soon as he
04:44arrived home.
04:467.35 p.m.
04:48We booked the Schneiderman boys' acid-burn clothing as evidence.
04:52We resumed patrol.
04:53The area was fairly quiet.
04:55At 8.15 p.m., a radio call informed us that the parents and the subject, Gerald Paulson, were now
05:01at Georgia Street.
05:02We reported 1K-80 out to Juvenile.
05:07Miss Kersop, Miss Kersop.
05:09We did as you said, Sergeant.
05:10This is our son, Gerald.
05:12What happens now?
05:13We want to talk to him.
05:14Can we be with him?
05:15We'd like to talk to him alone.
05:17It's okay, Mom.
05:18Wait, is that all right?
05:19Yes, sir.
05:19Come on, son.
05:20This way.
05:32All right, son.
05:32Sit down there.
05:39All right, let's have your full name.
05:40Gerald Roy Paulson.
05:42I was named after my father.
05:44Not the one that's here with me.
05:45That's my stepfather.
05:47Yeah, son.
05:47We know.
05:48My real father's dead.
05:50I just barely remember him.
05:51I was five when it happened.
05:53I'm 16 and a half now.
05:55All right, son.
05:55There's something we have to tell you.
05:56You have the right to remain silent.
05:58Any statement you make can and will be used against you in a court of law or any juvenile court
06:02proceedings.
06:03Yes, sir.
06:03I know that.
06:04You have the right to the presence of an attorney.
06:05If you can't afford one, one will be appointed without charge before any questioning.
06:09Now, do you understand that?
06:10Yes, sir.
06:11But there's not much point to it, is there?
06:13What do you mean?
06:14Well, you know what I did.
06:15Whatever Rick and the theater manager said is true.
06:18There'd be no need for him to lie about it.
06:20Well, we'd like to hear your side.
06:21I appreciate that.
06:23I know you're trying to be fair.
06:24But I did what they said.
06:26I put acid on Rick's jacket.
06:27Why?
06:28I guess I just wanted to see what would happen.
06:30You can do better than that, son.
06:31Were you having trouble with this other boy?
06:33Rick?
06:34No, sir.
06:35Not before tonight.
06:36What about the girl?
06:37Sir?
06:38The girl.
06:38Is she a friend of yours?
06:39No, sir.
06:40I didn't even know her.
06:41Now, you look here, son.
06:42We have to make a report.
06:43Now, what do we put down here?
06:44That you just poured acid on a boy for no reason at all?
06:47No, sir.
06:48Then why did you do it?
06:49Well, he was bugging me.
06:51He was bugging you?
06:52Yes, sir.
06:53He and that girl.
06:54You want to tell us how they were bothering you?
06:56Well, you know, giggling and whispering and stuff and talking back to the screen.
07:01I guess they were having a good time, but they sure ruined the movie for everybody sitting
07:05near them.
07:06And you just happened to have that bottle of acid with you?
07:08Yes, sir.
07:09I didn't have time to take it home before the movie started.
07:12Where'd you get it?
07:12From a supply house.
07:14I bought it for my experiments.
07:16Chemistry, that's my hobby.
07:17I've got a lab in our garage.
07:19Well, I hope that explains everything.
07:21No, not everything.
07:22Sir?
07:22If you handled chemicals before, you know sulfuric acid is dangerous.
07:26But I just put it on his jacket.
07:27And his back.
07:28He was burned.
07:29He was?
07:30I didn't mean for that to happen.
07:32How bad was it?
07:33Any acid burn is bad.
07:35You ruined his jacket.
07:36Well, suppose I bought him a new one.
07:38Would that do any good?
07:39Maybe.
07:40I won't ask my mother for it.
07:41I'll save it up for my allowance.
07:43What do you think, sir?
07:44Will that help?
07:45I'll buy him a new one.
07:46Suppose you'd have gotten that acid in his eyes, boy.
07:49Yes, sir.
07:50Would you have bought him some new ones?
08:018.35 p.m.
08:02The subject was booked under Section 602 WIC 244 PC.
08:06Assault with a caustic chemical.
08:08I filled in the watch commander, Lieutenant Bongard.
08:11Since Gerald Paulson had no prior record
08:13and the parents appeared concerned and assured us they would control him,
08:16it was decided not to detain the subject.
08:18He would, however, have a hearing in juvenile court.
08:21Mr. and Mrs. Kersop were told they would be notified by the probation department
08:25as to when the hearing would be held.
08:27The subject was then released to his parents.
08:298.40 p.m.
08:30Bill and I went back on patrol.
08:33For the next 30 minutes, we cruised the area, checking hot spots.
08:37No one reported any trouble.
08:389.10 p.m.
08:40Kind of quiet for a Friday night.
08:42Yeah, seems to be for a change.
08:43I don't know, Joe.
08:45What possesses a youngster like that Paulson kid?
08:48Nice house, seem like good parents.
08:50Yeah, you know as well as I do.
08:51Yeah?
08:52Good home, decent parents.
08:53They don't always get the job done.
08:55You know, sometimes I wonder.
08:56What's that?
08:57Well, does that ever strike you this way?
08:58Some kids just seem to check into life with a sour streak.
09:02Well, you've got some argument there, Joe.
09:04Some psychologists tell you environment's everything.
09:07Yeah, I know.
09:08But it's tough to buy sometimes, isn't it?
09:11Being on the job as long as we have, you begin to swing more toward that sour theory.
09:15Some kids just seem to be born to turn out wrong.
09:18Well, most of the kids we handle, it doesn't seem to be any real discipline in the home.
09:22Seems to me like the youngsters have too big a say these days.
09:26Oh, I don't mean you have to lean on a kid all the time.
09:29They've lost some semblance of parental respect.
09:31Doesn't it look that way to you?
09:33Yeah, I'll go along with you.
09:34But sometimes all the discipline in the world won't straighten a lot of them out.
09:37Things are moving faster than when we were kids.
09:40Oh, you can't complain, God knows, when our economy's healthy,
09:43when there's real technological progress in all areas.
09:47We seem to pay a bigger price than we realize for those things.
09:50Yeah.
09:51You take me, Joe.
09:52I got four kids.
09:53My 16-year-old boy wants a car.
09:56I tell him, no, he's too young.
09:58The block lets his kid have one.
10:00My boy says he doesn't belong if he can't have a car.
10:02All the kids his age at school drive.
10:05All at once, I'm a real Fagin.
10:07I hold off giving permission as long as I can.
10:10Boy gets a job packing groceries at a market.
10:12Saves his money.
10:13Still wants the car.
10:15Yeah.
10:15I'm in competition as a father with a guy down the block.
10:19Didn't used to be that way, Joe.
10:20Times were different.
10:22That's what's affecting a lot of kids today.
10:24No discipline.
10:25Not the kind that means anything.
10:27They're way too young when they have a say in the home these days.
10:30As a society, we seem to be pushing youth ahead too fast.
10:34We're doing them a real disservice in my book.
10:37Maybe so.
10:38And they're missing the best part of their lives.
10:40Growing up like kids, not teenage adults.
10:43Yeah.
10:44You tell me, Joe.
10:45What's the answer?
10:46Well, if we knew that, we'd be out of a job.
10:549.18 p.m.
10:55We received a Code 2 call.
10:581K80, roger.
11:011255 West Whalen Street.
11:02The Paulson boys' address.
11:05I'm sorry about this, Sergeant.
11:07I tried to keep it in the family, but the boy wouldn't cooperate.
11:09Come in, please.
11:10What seems to be the trouble?
11:12Sergeant.
11:14I don't know what Gerald told you, but...
11:16Well, I guess you get the idea.
11:17What's that, sir?
11:18We didn't get along very good.
11:20Well, it's as much my fault as anybody's.
11:23Seems like being a father is something you have to learn right from the start.
11:27Yes, sir.
11:27Well, you can't jump right into it, I guess.
11:30Especially my time of life.
11:32You have a family, Sergeant?
11:33No, sir.
11:34I'm not married.
11:35Well, maybe I've been too strict with a boy.
11:37That's what his mother always said.
11:38Yeah.
11:39After what happened tonight, that business with the acid, that made her change her attitude.
11:43For the first time, she backed me up.
11:44She said, Gerald, do as your father tells you.
11:47You can guess what happened.
11:49Yes, sir.
11:50He said some pretty awful things to her.
11:52Me too, but that doesn't matter.
11:53I'm not his real father.
11:54Well, just what was it you told him to do?
11:56To clear all that chemistry stuff out of the garage.
11:58Yes, sir.
11:58And those things in his room.
12:00That army junk.
12:01I told him if he didn't get rid of it, I would.
12:03Where's his room?
12:04Down there.
12:05That's what really set him off.
12:07He shouted, you stay out of my room.
12:09If you go in there, I'll kill you.
12:11Is he in there?
12:11Not now.
12:12Didn't I tell you?
12:13He ran away.
12:14No, sir, you didn't.
12:15We'd like to check his room.
12:16I figured you might want to.
12:19Well, it was his mother going against him that really did it.
12:22She's the only one who could reason with him.
12:24Now I don't know who he'll listen to.
12:29Forty-five caliber automatic.
12:31M-1 carbine.
12:32I don't know how he got those things.
12:34It's not hard.
12:35You can buy them without a permit.
12:36You're supposed to be 21.
12:38Well, there ought to be a law against it.
12:39Yes, sir.
12:42Did you know he had one of these?
12:46Oh, that I do know about.
12:48Gerald told me he got those hand grenades from a friend.
12:51Grenades?
12:51He has more than one of them?
12:52Well, there are two of them, aren't there?
12:53Not in here.
12:55Oh, he always kept them in that box.
12:57They're just souvenirs.
12:58Maybe he took the other one with him.
13:00Anyway, he told me they were just duds.
13:02I don't know what he told you about the other one,
13:04but he lied to you about this one.
13:06Yes?
13:06This is no dud.
13:189.25 p.m.
13:19We requested all units in the general area to be on the lookout for Gerald Roy Paulson.
13:24They were warned that he was probably in possession of a live hand grenade
13:27and most likely emotionally disturbed.
13:31What do you think, Joe?
13:32Well, he's got a live grenade.
13:34Yeah.
13:34We got a figure he might try to use it.
13:36A boy like that gets mad easy, but enough to throw a hand grenade at somebody?
13:40That's not a big step up.
13:41From what?
13:42Throwing acid.
13:479.35 p.m.
13:49Still no report on Gerald Paulson from the other units in the field.
13:52Bill and I felt that there was an outside possibility that the Paulson boy might again confront Rick Schneiderman,
13:57the boy he had poured the acid on.
13:59He lived in an apartment on Extell Avenue.
14:03Oh, it's you.
14:04Did you talk to that Paulson creep?
14:05We talked to him.
14:06You haven't seen him, have you?
14:07Not since earlier.
14:08You staying home tonight?
14:09I hadn't planned on it, no.
14:10Plan on it.
14:11Why?
14:11Is he out looking for me?
14:12We didn't say that, but we've reason to believe that he's armed and dangerous.
14:15I'm not afraid of that kink.
14:17Your parents at home?
14:18My mother is.
14:19She's in bed.
14:19She doesn't feel good.
14:20Something she ate.
14:21Stay home and keep her company tonight.
14:23You think he's out to get me?
14:24He did once tonight.
14:25We want you to stay home until we pick him up.
14:27What's he up to?
14:28You have any idea where we might locate him?
14:30He's no buddy of mine.
14:31I wouldn't know.
14:31What about his friends?
14:32Anybody he runs around with?
14:34He's got friends?
14:35Well, it must be somebody he likes.
14:36I'm telling you the truth.
14:37I got no idea.
14:38I can't help you.
14:39I'm going to leave you one of our cards.
14:40Now, if he comes around here, don't you fool with him.
14:42You give us a call right away.
14:43Understand?
14:45Sure.
14:45Sounds like he's really done something this time.
14:47Not yet.
14:48We want to get him before he does.
14:529.48 p.m.
14:53The Schneiderman boy assured us that he would remain at home and he would contact us if Gerald
14:57Paulson showed up.
14:58We ran down the name of the boy's vice principal where the subjects went to school.
15:0310.14 p.m.
15:05We called the vice principal, Mr. E.J. Binion, and asked for his help.
15:08He told us the subject, Gerald Paulson, had a social problem and he was a loner.
15:14Mr. Binion had also told us that the only person who might be considered a friend of Gerald
15:18Paulson's was a boy named Paul Whidden.
15:20We ran down his address and drove over.
15:2310.40 p.m.
15:24I don't understand, Gerald.
15:25He's very difficult.
15:26We're really good friends, I think.
15:28That is, he'll look me up every day for a while and then with no explanation, I won't see
15:32him again for weeks.
15:33Have you seen him tonight?
15:34I wish you'd tell me why you're looking for him.
15:36I don't want to get him in trouble.
15:37He's in trouble, Paul.
15:38We're trying to keep him from going any deeper.
15:40How long ago was he here?
15:41Well, about 10 o'clock.
15:42Yes, I remember the news came on just as he left.
15:44Where was he going?
15:45Did he tell you?
15:46No, sir.
15:46How did he appear to you?
15:47Did he act strange?
15:48Well, I guess he did seem kind of funny.
15:50I don't know what it was.
15:51Like, he just couldn't sit still or stop talking.
15:53What did he talk about?
15:54Mostly about joining the Navy.
15:56UDT.
15:56I didn't pay much attention.
15:58He's always talking about UDT.
15:59I don't even know what it stands for.
16:01Underwater demolition team.
16:02What else?
16:03Pardon?
16:03What else did he talk about?
16:04Nothing.
16:05Nothing special.
16:06You're holding something back.
16:07Now, what is it, Paul?
16:07No, sir, I'm not.
16:08All right, now, look.
16:09I'm going to talk to you straight, and you better listen good.
16:11Gerald is armed.
16:12Maybe you knew that.
16:13Maybe you didn't.
16:13The point is, he's dangerous.
16:14Unless we get to him in a hurry, somebody might get hurt.
16:17Now, do you want that to happen?
16:17No, sir, of course not.
16:19Then tell us what you're knowing right now.
16:20All he said was, Paul, don't go to bed before midnight.
16:23You'll be hearing from me.
16:24Then he sort of laughed.
16:25What do you mean by that?
16:26I don't know.
16:27Well, he must have been referring to something or somebody.
16:29Now, think hard, Paul.
16:30Well, just before, he made a phone call.
16:32Who'd he call?
16:32Well, that won't help.
16:33We'll decide that.
16:34Now, who was it?
16:35Sharon Mather.
16:36That his girlfriend?
16:37I think he likes her, but they never had a date.
16:39She goes with another guy.
16:40Where does she live?
16:41Well, Gerald wouldn't go over there.
16:42What makes you think so?
16:43Well, he wasn't invited.
16:44Sharon's having a party, a record party.
16:47She didn't ask him.
16:48You don't think he'd crash it?
16:49No, sir.
16:49I know some of the guys who'll be there.
16:51They don't like Gerald.
16:52If he tried that, they'd throw him out.
16:54Maybe.
16:54There's a lot of them.
16:55Yeah.
16:56They're big guys, and they're a lot stronger than Gerald.
16:58No, son.
16:59Not anymore.
17:01Not anymore.
17:02Not anymore.
17:1610.50 p.m.
17:17Gerald Paulson had now been missing with a live grenade for just over an hour.
17:21So far, we were fairly certain he had not detonated it, but we still didn't know where
17:26he was.
17:27The only lead we had left was the girl having the party, Sharon Mather.
17:31She lived in the Baldwin Hills area.
17:33It was 11 p.m. when we got there.
17:35Miss Mather?
17:36Oh, no.
17:37I'm the housekeeper.
17:38She and Dr. Mather are out for the evening.
17:40We're police officers.
17:42Oh, I suppose it's about the noise.
17:44I warned them the neighbors would complain.
17:45No, ma'am.
17:46We're looking for a boy with a name with Gerald Paulson.
17:48Is he here?
17:48Gerald Paulson?
17:50I don't recognize the name.
17:52Well, we'd like to check.
17:53Well, yes, sir.
17:53Come in.
17:54Where's the party?
17:55Any particular room?
17:55Around back in the patio.
17:57Dear, I do hope there's nothing wrong.
17:59Yes, ma'am.
18:00So do we.
18:31Stay back.
18:32Stay back.
18:32Don't come any closer.
18:34All right, son.
18:35The party's over.
18:35Let's have that grenade.
18:37Come on.
18:37Hand it to me.
18:38Stay back.
18:39Who called the cops?
18:40Come on.
18:41Who called them?
18:42Let's have that grenade, Paulson.
18:44Keep coming closer, cop.
18:46Just keep coming closer and you won't know what hit you.
18:48Nobody in this house will know.
18:50All you people move out of here.
18:51Go through the house and across the street.
18:53Come on.
18:53Move.
18:54No, they don't.
18:55Nobody leaves till I say so.
18:57I swear I'll pull a pin.
18:59I swear I will.
19:01I'll blow you all to pieces.
19:03Gerald, why do you want to hurt a lot of innocent people?
19:05What have they ever done to you?
19:06Bunch of snobs.
19:07That's what they are.
19:08Phonies.
19:09Never invite me to their stinking parties.
19:12Well, I wasn't invited, but they'll remember I was here.
19:15Keep back.
19:16I'm warning you.
19:19All right, the rest of you people out here, do as you're told.
19:22Move out in front of the house.
19:24All of you.
19:25You take one more step and I'll kill you.
19:28I'll kill you.
19:29All right, son.
19:30You've shown everybody your main business.
19:32They know you mean it.
19:33Now let them leave.
19:33They haven't done you any harm.
19:34Just let them walk out of here.
19:36I'm sick of listening to you cops.
19:38I don't have to listen to you.
19:54I don't have to listen to you.
19:55I don't have to listen to you.
20:19I don't have to listen to you.
20:25I don't have to listen to you.
20:25I don't have to listen to you.
20:26We're all going to stand here and listen to the music.
20:29And we're going to keep listening until I say to stop.
20:32It's my party now.
20:33You're all invited to stay.
20:36You hear me?
20:38I don't have to listen to you.
20:40I don't have to listen to you.
20:41I don't have to listen to you.
20:46I don't have to listen to you.
20:50I don't have to listen to you.
20:52I don't have to listen to you.
20:55I don't have to listen to you.
21:02I don't have to listen to you.
21:15guitar solo
21:45guitar solo
22:07guitar solo
22:10guitar solo
22:23The pin, Bill, the pin!
22:34Get it in there.
22:35I'm trying, Joe, just a minute.
22:37We may not have one. Get it in there, Bill.
22:43Okay, it's safe.
22:55All right, let's go.
22:57Lousy cops. All I wanted to do was scare them.
23:00I never would have pulled the pin.
23:02You did.
23:03Well, it was an accident. You made me do that.
23:05Sure.
23:05All I wanted to do was scare them.
23:07Well, you're going to have to go to court, Paulson, without this grenade.
23:10Yeah.
23:11Now, you see if you can scare the judge.
23:31The story you have just seen is true.
23:34The names were changed to protect the innocent.
23:38On October 23rd, a hearing was held in Juvenile Court, Superior Court of the State of California, for the County
23:45of Los Angeles.
23:46In a moment, the results of that hearing.
23:52As a result of the hearing, the subject was placed under the supervision of the State Department of Mental Hygiene
23:57for treatment as a mentally ill person.
24:03The state of Minnesota, the defense and the Day morning.
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