STS-7719

DRUG BUSTS: REEL BEGINS

AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN IN TAN JACKET, JEANS AND BASEBALL HAD WITH HANDS CUFFED BEHIND BACK. PLAIN CLOTHES AFRICAN AMERICAN OFFICER SEARCHES THE POCKETS OF THE ARRESTED MAN'S COAT. CLOSE UP OF OFFICER'S HAND IN COAT POCKET. CU OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAIN CLOTHES SMIRKING FACE. CU OF HAND CUFFED MAN'S HAND HOLDING A METROCARD PASS. WHITE OFFICER PATS HIM DOWN, ASKS IF HE'S GOT WEAPONS ON HIM. BLACK OFFICERS TAKES MANS HAT OFF TO MAKE SURE NOTHING IS UNDERNEATH. WHITE PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICER LEADS MAN BY HANDCUFFS TO PATROL CAR.

1980s POLICE CARS PARKED ON CITY STREET

BLANK SCREEN

PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICERS - ONE WHITE AND ONE BLACK FOLLOWED BY A FEMALE WHITE OFFICER JOG DOWN A CITY STREET FOLLOWING AND APPREHENDING TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN. WHITE DETECTIVE QUESTIONS ON MEN ABOUT SELLING CLEAN NEEDLES. BLACK MAN SAYS ITS TO PREVENT SPREADING AIDS. CU OF FEMALE PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICER COUNTING INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED NEEDLES THE BLACK MAN WAS HOLDING. SHE COUNTS 12. OFFICERS SEARCH MAN'S COAT POCKETS TO FIND MORE NEEDLES. OFFICER READS MAN MIRANDA RIGHTS WHILE PUTTING ZIP TIES ON THE MAN'S WRISTS. CU OF AFRICAN AMERICAN OFFICER'S HANDS SECURING ZIP TIES ON BLACK MAN'S WRISTS. BLACK MAN CURSES BUT AGREEABLY WALKS WITH OFFICERS TO PATROL CAR.

WHITE PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICER ON STREET CORNER WITH OTHER OFFICERS HOLDS RIFLE WHILE STANDING NEXT TO PATROL CAR. HE REPORTS THAT AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN IS VOLUNTARILY GOING TO THE STATION. MAN GETS IN BACK OF CAR WILLINGLY.

CU METROPOLITAN POLICE ARM BADGE OF OFFICER WEARING CAMOFLAGE. PAN OUT TO SHOW HIS FACE. AVIATOR GLASSES AND CHEWING GUM. HOLDS CLIP BOARD. ASKS MAN'S LAST NAME

INTERIOR SHOT OF AMBULANCE - AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN IN NECK BRACE STRAPPED TO STRETCHER. SIRENS IN BACKGROUND

INSIDE OF CALL CENTER. SHOTS OF OLDER WHITE MEN ON OLD PC COMPUTERS AND CORDED TELEPHONES.