Hunter

Get out of here with that!

What's the charge?

Interference with a police officer.

Do you realize this is all on tape?

Shut that off!

One more suspect who will not come to trial...

Thanks to this officer's brand of frontier justice.

You're not gonna drop this vendetta, are you, Raul?

It's not a vendetta.

You know, sometimes a soft approach can work.

Are you a complete idiot?

Captain, we're gonna make mercado eat his words.

Uhh!

McCall: You know exactly what I'm saying here.

You are completely, 100% predictable.

You are. For breakfast this morning,

you had a banana protein smoothie, skim milk...

What is that stuff you put in it?

Raw dates and some of that powder stuff.

That's what you had, right?

So that makes you a genius, right?

I have that every day for breakfast.

I know that you have that every day for breakfast.

That's what I'm saying... You're completely predictable.

I'm not predictable,

I'm consistent. There's a big difference here.

Oh, consistent. I see. That's fine.

Consistency is applying values on an everyday basis

that you really do care about,

which is discipline.

What value do you find in banana smoothies?

I value banana smoothies. That's all you need to know.

Dispatcher: All units, 211 in progress.

American jewelry exchange, Wilshire and euclid.

Shots fired. Possible homicide.

Suspects vacating northbound in unidentified vehicle.

Respond code 3.

L-56 responding.

What do you think?

I think it was them. Let's move.

Don't lose 'em.

Get that camera up here.

L-56 in high-speed pursuit of suspect yellow Camaro.

California license plate... Peter-Victor-X-ray-3-4-9.

Hunter: L-56.

2 suspects, mid-twenties... One latino, one Caucasian.

Request backup, southbound flower at 12th street.

L-56 out.

Did you get him firing that weapon? Great.

Hey! Move the Van!

Get out of here with that!

Stay tight on the victim, Wally. I got to chase 'em.

Why don't you go call an ambulance?!

This is l-56. All available units

on the lookout for a homicide suspect...

Male latino in a yellow Camaro.

Dispatcher has the license plate number.

Suspect was last seen heading north on Wilson,

near, uh...

Olympic boulevard. L-56 out.

McCall: He's alive... sort of.

Shut that off.

Man: He doesn't take orders from you.

This is a public event, and we're covering the news.

You know what that is?

I'll tell you something...

What the hell are you doing?! What's the charge?

Interference with a police officer.

Do you realize this is all on tape?

Shut that off!

We got enough.

I'll bet you $10,000 it doesn't get on the air.

Now, move it.

Hunter: Relax, will you? I told the truth

and so did you, so what's the problem?

Yeah, and god's on our side, and cheaters never prosper.

Ok, sergeants, the shooting team has been over the reports,

and the preliminary finding is you're in the clear.

What took them so long, Bern?

There was no gun found, hunter,

so there was some doubt, ok?

Bernie, we both know the bad guys had weapons.

The shooter dropped the gun in the car.

Obviously, the team found that to be the case.

See? I.A. Hasn't dulled his brain one bit, has it, Bernie?

I wouldn't be so sure of yourself, hunter.

Wyler's not around here to back you guys up anymore.

Look, wyler is not out in west Covina or anything.

He's downtown behind a desk with "deputy chief" on it.

Mm-hmm. There's a guy in that office over there

with a sign that says "captain"

who's been reading our reports about you.

Well, speaking of captain...

Captain devane wants to see you in his office, quick.

The reporter you busted is on the tube.

There was blood on the streets at the downtown goldmart area today,

but our story is not about the victims, but the predator...

L.A. Metro police homicide sergeant Rick hunter.

Kxrx cameras were on the scene today

as sergeant hunter opened fire on a speeding vehicle

in an area where a robbery had just taken place.

We learned that sergeant hunter did not know

whether he was shooting at the robbers

or at innocent citizens merely violating the speed law.

It was a judgment call. He's made them before.

His service file lists 7 officer-involved shootings.

One case involved a 15-year-old boy.

That boy died.

Today's victim isn't expected to live, either...

One more suspect who will not come to trial

thanks to this officer's brand of frontier justice.

We'll be following this story with special reports all week.

Back to you, John.

Just what we need.

Any idea why the hatchet job, sergeant?

Yeah. I arrested the jerk on a 148 p.C., that's why.

You picked the most popular reporter

on the biggest station in the city...

I didn't pick him.

To bust for interference?!

Come on, the guy cost us a murder-one suspect.

He's a belligerent jerk. He's guilty...

Guilty of a misdemeanor. For god's sake!

His lawyer was waiting with the bail money when they brought him in.

I want you to go down there and talk to mercado.

Tell him you're dropping the charges.

Cool him out. We don't need this kind of p.R.

Captain, the guy is a public nuisance.

He did a u-turn right in the middle of the road. He ignored our sirens.

He blocked him in. What are you talking about?

Would you excuse us? I'd like to talk to sergeant hunter alone.

Oh, no.

Fine.

Ohh...

Look, Charlie, let me just...

Look, Charlie, nothing!

This guy's got you in a vice, and he's starting to squeeze.

And he's not making my life any easier, either.

So, look, go just help him see it from your point of view,

and do it now.

You know, this is really ridiculous.

This is getting blown out of proportion.

You know something? I don't want to make your life miserable,

so I'm gonna go down and see him.

I'm gonna walk over to his office,

and I'm gonna talk to this guy,

because I know that's the only way you can reason with somebody

who does his yapping to a television camera.

Ok? Ok.

I'm gonna do it.

Thank you. Yeah.

Anchorman: That's the kxrx news up to now.

Thanks for being with us.

Man: That's a wrap.

Raul, great job. Thanks, boss.

The switchboard's lit up like Christmas.

Pro or con?

Well, we won't know until morning,

but they watched, didn't they?

This isn't about ratings at all.

5 months ago, hunter shot and killed a 15-year-old kid.

The guy thinks he's Wild Bill Hickok.

Do I need to remind you you're attacking a member

of the most important powerful institution in this city?

I'm not attacking the Metro P.D., just hunter.

I don't know. It's not how they think, Raul.

They protect their own.

Maybe you better ease off on this one, huh?

The guy's a trigger-happy psycho, right?

He's an embarrassment to the Metro P.D.

Look, the police commissioner

will probably give us an award for this one, Ralph.

Probably is not good enough, Raul.

You be certain on this one...

On every single move you make.

Tony...

Tony?

Tony, listen...

Shh! Shut up.

You've watched this thing about 50 times already.

That's right. I want to be damn sure

they can't make me out on that tape.

They can't.

Good. Then we got no problems.

The hell we don't.

Him and me were eyeball to eyeball.

I remember his face,

he remembers mine.

Uh, um...

Uh-oh. Look who's here.

Good morning, Mr. Mercado.

Uh, do you mind if we go in your office and have a couple words?

If it's all right with you, we can talk right here.

Ok. I just want you to know I came by

to tell you that I dropped the charges.

Just like that? Yeah.

What happened? You change your mind about my interference?

No, no, no. The 10 seconds your Van cost me

prevented me from apprehending the suspect.

Oh, really? Well, if you're so sure,