Tales of Baltimore (2020)

8

On the fourth floor, in 410, Dawson and Leo enter and begin searching around the area.

Dawson: Alright. You check the room. Under the beds and in the drawers.

Leo sits down, before tending to his wound while Dawson searches the room.

Leo: I think my nose is broken.....I can't realign it by myself...

Dawson: Are you gonna help me or not?

Leo: Please...it hurts....

Dawson sighs, before she realigns Leo's nose, causing him to grunt painfully.

Dawson: Damn....he got you good.

Dawson sighs, before she walks over to the fridge and grabs some ice, placing the cubes in a dry towel. She then hands Leo the towel filled with ice as he places on his broken nose, wincing. After a few moments, Dawson continues searching the room. In the lowers, the screams of the occupants in the line-up and the shouts of the officers are heard.

Dawson: Where is it?

Leo looks down at his blood on the rag and speaks.

Leo: You don't seriously believe all that bullshit, do you?

Dawson ignores this and continues searching

Leo: He wasn't armed....

Dawson stops searching and faces Leo.

Dawson: What? Who?

Leo: My friend. The dead one. He was unarmed.....That cop....the one in charge. He killed Kevin.....just like he's gonna kill the rest of us.

Dawson: Why? You gonna say something stupid? Give em a reason to?

Leo: We didn't give em a reason to.  You heard the way they were talking to me! It's obvious the only reason those cops needed to beat on us like this is our skin color. Two black guys and a Mexican guy! Plus, the Native-american guy with two white girls. That's the only reason they needed!

Dawson: Shut up. This is not a race matter, all right?

Leo: Why do you say that? Because the douchebag cop in charge happens to be black along with his one white kiss-ass partner? That don't mean shit. I may be Hispanic, but I know a Uncle Tom when I see one.

Dawson: Those cops are looking for the prick who was shooting at the National Guard. I was there. I saw them shooting at us.

Leo: Kevin wasn't a shooter and he damn sure didn't have a knife. Those cops downstairs ain't nothing, but bigots.

Dawson: So if some guy comes at me with a knife, you think I'm gonna let him stab me because he's white? Come on, man. Think. There's assholes in every race.

Leo stands up.

Leo: I was with Kevin all night.....He was scared when those pricks starting shooting at us....he ran.....he didn't have a knife on him. Why would he attack a cop if he was scared without a knife? That makes no sense.