Set in The Bronx's, 1959, Wallace Oswald, known to the rough streets as Copper, from a rebellious gang of close friends known as the Spooner Street Villains, finds himself in all sorts of trouble when he meets Mercedez Williams, a young Puerto Rican girl. Their love is forbidden by gang rivalry and race. Wallace will risk it all, his friends, his gang, his own life, for the sake of Mercedez. But is it all worth it?