Dragnet.

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned to juvenile detail.

For the past two weeks, there have been rumors of a teenage gang war taking place in your city.

You don't know when it's going to start.

You don't know where.

Your job.

Stop it.

It was Tuesday, September the 8th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night and watch out of juvenile detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Powers. My name's Friday.

We just transported a prisoner from the main jail, and it was 10.39 p.m. when we got to Georgia Street Juvenile.

The interview room. Sit down, Angelo. Yeah. Where they caught you, Angie? Yeah, Angie. Why'd you tell the officers who arrested you that you're 18? How'd they find out different? All they had to do is check your record. I don't make any difference. Some of them say 16, some say 17. They're all different. You're 17, though, aren't you? Yeah, 17. All right,

you want to tell us about this burglary? I told the other guys, ain't that enough? We want to hear it? I don't figure if you tell it once that's enough. I copped out. I told them all about it. Why don't you ask them?

All right, boy. Give us a story.

You got a match?

Be better if you don't smoke, don't you think?

Well, my folks don't care. They let me smoke.

The law doesn't.

Until... you ask them all right boy give us a story you got a match you're better if you don't smoke don't you think well my folks don't care they let me smoke the law doesn't until you're 18 oh yeah come on angie tell us about it nothing to tell ain't a couple other kids broke into a house it's all there is to it we just broke into the place what about the stuff you took i told the other two guys all about that the officers from burglary yeah they said it was from central told them all about it everything you took? I told the other two guys all about that. The officers from Burglary?

Yeah, they said it was from Central. I told them all about it, everything. You show them where the plant was? I told them. I told them. What'd you steal? Huh? The things you stole, name them for us. Just different stuff. You know, like you find in a house, all kinds of stuff. Was there an electric mixer? Yeah, good one. You know, with orange juice attachment, good.

What else?

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