In Contempt

You are descendants of Kings and Queens,

walk proud, walk proud, heads up!

Brothers and sisters, you are free!

Citizens stay woke, don't jump to these unjust laws!

I fought for freedom and your nose are

in these phones and gadgets!

Your minds are enslaved again!

Put in on a t-shirt and be woke upstairs, now!

Beautiful black woman,

you are descendants of Kings and Queens.

Walk proud, head up,

my black and brown brothers,

The justice system is a new Jim Crow,

the new slavery, you gotta fight it!

- Morning, Akin. - Morning.

Thank you.

I'm gonna need another one of these.

- Starting a trial? - Yeah, have you heard anything?

Is Hammond ready to go?

Well, he told Dashay that he was ready for something,

I dunno if it's yours, but...

You are my hero.

Don't worry, I'll put it on your tab.

Thank you.

Jamal, part F, 30 minutes.

God, I hope that coffee's for me.

Black and sweet, just like you like it,

- you want a chip? - Na.

Come on, it's like bacon in a bag.

Mmm, I brought up your guys first.

Thank God, I got four cases in F3 in thirty,

and it looks like my attempted rape

- is gonna go. - Oh...

Adler's in a mood,

- he already started calling cases. - Docket ending 3-8-2.

People vs. Franklin Cowling,

Obstructing Governmental Administration, step up!

Counsel, state your name for the record.

Gwen Sullivan, Defenders Association

of New York County for Mr. Cowling.

Your Honor, the people have a one time

only offer of six months.

Sounds eminently fair, what say you, Miss Sullivan?

I say I need 15 minutes to talk to my client.

No need to discuss, discourse, dialogue!

Are you off your meds?

I ain't messing with them meds,

that's the government trying to control me.

OK, Your Honor, don't you think a second call

- would be useful here? - Is your client 7-30, counselor?

- Well, no, but you can... - Six months, yes or no?

This court suppresses, represses and depresses

the body and integrity of the black man.

Stick a fork in it, we're done! I'm revoking bail.

Wait, what? Your Honor, we didn't...

- Your client was late! - We never...

Put it over till tomorrow.

- He.. He's locking me up? - Yes, but don't...

- You in on this, ain't you? - No.

Franklin! Franklin, it's me, Gwen!

Don't grab him, don't grab him,

he doesn't like getting grabbed like this.

Get off of him, he doesn't like being restrained.

Damn, I know you said you boxed him.

But you went in like Mayweather!

In light of what just happened...

Your Honor, we'll take the six months.

Hey.

So, what's your story? Are you moving packs?

You left a Louis bag from Bernies.

Yo, I got two videos up on Worldstar,

do you wanna be my third?

Alright.

Hilary Banks.

That's your boss, right there.

Hi, Vanessa Hastings.

Tom DelGato, attorney in chief.

- Morning, Lisa. - Morning, Tom.

It's ten o'clock.

What happened to your only at lunchtime rule?

Rules are made to be broken, honey.

Are they?

So, we can do an actual dinner, too?

Let's keep it at one work day screw for now, Richard.

Why, when they're so much fun?

'Cause you're a married man

and I'm a traditional girl...

With traditional values.

Ah.

Jesus, you're like a pit-bull in pumps!

We had bets at the office, you know,

where you'd come after me.

I don't think anyone picked the men room.

Well, we're both lucky your stall was locked.

It was a bad ID, you're gonna lose the hearing,

come down off the sixth and I'll get him to take it.

You can have five.

Uh-uh, that was too easy, what's going on?

Fine, you can have eight.

Your case is falling apart,

that's why you're being such a tight ass with the Rosario.

That case is air tight, you've got, er...

An hour to take the five,

after that, deal's off the table.

- Hey, Andrew. - Hey.

The D.A. came down to five,

with good time you'll be out in four.

See, I knew this was coming.

You know I have your back

but if you blow trial, it's not five years, it's fifteen.

I don't care if it's 50, I ain't never touched that girl.

Brandell, a straight A engineering student

is gonna get up on that stand, point at you and say,

"I will never forget the face

of the man who tried to rape me."

All I know is that I went out for a run,

next thing I know I'm in the back of a cop car,

chick I ain't never seen talking about

I tried to rape her.

Nine months, I've been locked down

for something I didn't do.

I lost my job, my wife,

her and my kids had to move back in

with her momma in Atlanta.

I ain't seen my little girls.

- You had her locket. - I told you, I found it!

It's a bad fact,

please don't play like you don't know that.

You know... What's funny?

I-I actually couldn't believe my luck.

I thought I could give

- that locket to my youngest daughter. - Brandell,

you take the five years,

your Tosh is in pre-school by the time you get out.

You blow trial, she's in college.

I didn't do this,

I'm not copping out... I can't.

Then we fight.

Ladies and gentleman,

the police did a procedure in this case called a Show Up.

That's a line up, a line up in the streets,

a line up with only one choice,

my client, Brandell Willis.

Had my client not been running in the...

Yo, Fight Club!

Oh God, jeez.

I heard someone couldn't keep their hands

off one of their clients today?

Heard it ended with you in handcuffs.

- You jealous? - Only 'cause I wasn't there.

Turn around.

Don't tell me the judge is finally coming

to watch you on trial.

We're meeting for lunch at the club.

- Hmm. - What?

Just imagining what it's gonna be like

to have you call me boss.

Cute, I call you a lot of things, Charlie,

trust me, boss ain't never gonna be one of them.

And anyway Tom would never promote you over me.

I don't know, only one of us beat down

- a court officer today. - And the other one of us

doesn't want to break a nail, now get out.

I promise not to enjoy

- bossing you around at all. - Beat it.

- OK, I'm going. - Beat it, beat it.

Yes, she wants me.

There seems to be a mistake,

I applied for the civil division.

Normal case load for a new attorney

is 125 misdemeanors.

125?

You gonna be able to handle this

without bitching and moaning?

Because I hate bitching and moaning,

raises my blood pressure.

Really?

Well, hello, young Condoleezza Rice.

I'm Vanessa Hastings, I'm new.

I gotta share my office with a rookie?

What did I say to you a minute ago?

You hate bitching and moaning.

You see that, she's only been here 15 minutes

and I already like her better than you.

Who's my assistant?

- Take that back. - Tom!

Not now, Charlie, I have to go talk to Judge Adler,

some idiot got handcuffed in his courtroom this morning.

You know, I heard she was more heroic than idiotic.

All I know is that, because of you,

I have to put on a tie.

OK, listen, I got Hammond to come down to five

but I can't get my guy to swallow it.

Say you gotta go I.D.

Oh God, I'm just hoping the show up was bad.

You're gonna roll the dice and hope a defense reveals itself

for the suppression hearing?

Oh, please, you know I always have

something in my back pocket, I just don't know what yet.

- What judge you pull? - Blackburn.