The Wire Season 1 Episode 01 - The Target Subtitles

00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,Cleaned, corrected & sync adjusted by Tronar

00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:28,- So, your boy's name is what?
- Snot.

00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:32,- You called the guy Snot?
- Snotboogie, yeah.

00:00:32,767 --> 00:00:33,"Snotboogie."

00:00:34,902 --> 00:00:36,He like the name?

00:00:36,337 --> 00:00:38,- What?
- Snotboogie.

00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:45,This kid whose mama went to the trouble
of christening him Omar lsaiah Betts?

00:00:46,481 --> 00:00:49,You know, he forgets his jacket...

00:00:50,685 --> 00:00:54,so his nose starts running,
and some a***e...

00:00:54,589 --> 00:00:57,instead of giving him a Kleenex,
he calls him "Snot."

00:00:58,292 --> 00:01:00,So, he's "Snot" forever.

00:01:02,296 --> 00:01:03,Doesn't seem fair.

00:01:03,998 --> 00:01:05,Life just be that way, I guess.

00:01:09,804 --> 00:01:11,So who shot Snot?

00:01:11,372 --> 00:01:13,I ain't going to no court.

00:01:21,682 --> 00:01:24,Motherfucker ain't have
to put no cap in him though.

00:01:24,152 --> 00:01:25,Definitely not.

00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:28,He could've just whipped his a***s,
like we always whip his a***s.

00:01:28,222 --> 00:01:30,- I agree with you.
- He gonna kill Snot.

00:01:30,324 --> 00:01:33,Snot been doing the same s***t
since I don't know how long.

00:01:33,294 --> 00:01:35,Kill a man over some bullshit.

00:01:38,566 --> 00:01:42,I'm saying, every Friday night...

00:01:42,270 --> 00:01:45,in the alley behind the cut-rate,
we rolling bones, you know?

00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:47,All the boys from around the way,
we roll till late.

00:01:48,009 --> 00:01:49,Alley crap game, right?

00:01:49,877 --> 00:01:54,And like every time,
Snot, he'd fade a few shooters.

00:01:54,982 --> 00:01:58,Play it out till the pot's deep.
Then he'd snatch and run.

00:02:00,288 --> 00:02:03,- Every time?
- Couldn't help hisself.

00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:06,Let me understand you.

00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,Every Friday night,
you and your boys would shoot crap, right?

00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:12,And every Friday night,
your pal Snotboogie...

00:02:12,433 --> 00:02:16,he'd wait till there was cash on the ground,
then grab the money and run away?

00:02:17,305 --> 00:02:20,- You let him do that?
- We catch him and beat his a***s.

00:02:20,107 --> 00:02:22,But ain't nobody ever go past that.

00:02:24,579 --> 00:02:26,I gotta ask you.

00:02:26,981 --> 00:02:30,If every time Snotboogie
would grab the money and run away...

00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:34,why'd you even let him in the game?

00:02:34,589 --> 00:02:35,What?

00:02:35,890 --> 00:02:39,If Snotboogie always stole the money,
why'd you let him play?

00:02:40,595 --> 00:02:43,G***t to. This America, man.

00:04:28,436 --> 00:04:30,- Guess what he says.
- What?

00:04:30,271 --> 00:04:32,"Gotta let him play, this America."

00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,No f***g way.

00:04:33,541 --> 00:04:35,- Would I make it up?
- He give you the shooter?

00:04:35,643 --> 00:04:37,Three Newports and a Grape Nehi
he's grand juried.

00:04:37,912 --> 00:04:40,It's down, Bunk.
Barksdale's in Part 12, right?

00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:42,Project murder, Westside.

00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:44,- Which one, now?
- Never mind.

00:04:45,019 --> 00:04:48,Gonna sit in on it for a bit.
Where you gonna be?

00:04:48,522 --> 00:04:51,I'm gonna drop this off on Nathan,
then I'm going to the office.

00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:54,- Don't answer no phones, Bunk.
- Yeah, yeah.

00:04:56,664 --> 00:04:59,And is that your signature
on that photo array card?

00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:00,Yes.

00:05:01,068 --> 00:05:04,And those are your initials as well,
next to the photo you identified?

00:05:04,705 --> 00:05:06,Yes.

00:05:06,207 --> 00:05:10,Mr. Gant, do you see the man you identified
from that photo array card...

00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:13,sitting in the courtroom today?

00:05:27,061 --> 00:05:28,He's right there.

00:05:28,863 --> 00:05:31,For the record, the witness
has identified the defendant...

00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:33,D'Angelo Barksdale.

00:05:34,335 --> 00:05:37,- Your witness.
- Thank you.

00:05:38,205 --> 00:05:39,Just one question, Mr. Gant.

00:05:40,608 --> 00:05:43,Have you ever seen this young man
before the day in question?

00:05:46,747 --> 00:05:50,- No.
- No further questions, your honor.

00:05:53,054 --> 00:05:56,You're excused, Mr. Gant.
Call your next witness.

00:05:57,391 --> 00:05:59,State calls Nakeisha Lyles, Your Honor.

00:06:13,674 --> 00:06:15,Do you promise to tell
the truth, the whole truth...

00:06:16,077 --> 00:06:18,and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

00:06:18,112 --> 00:06:19,I do.

00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:26,- Ma'**, can you state your name, please?
- Nakeisha Lyles.

00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:29,- And are you employed?
- Yes, I **.

00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:32,- And what is your occupation, Ms. Lyles?
- I'm a security guard.

00:06:33,594 --> 00:06:38,And were you employed as a security guard
on May 4, the day of the shooting?

00:06:38,766 --> 00:06:42,- What were your duties on that date?
- I was in the booth of 221.

00:06:43,838 --> 00:06:48,And is that the guard booth in the lobby
of the Fremont Avenue high-rise?

00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:49,Yes.

00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:53,And you're behind bullet-proof glass,
with a clear view of the lobby?

00:06:53,681 --> 00:06:55,- Yeah.
- Good.

00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:59,Now, Ms. Lyles, I know
this may be difficult for you...

00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:00,but can you tell us what you saw?

00:07:01,355 --> 00:07:04,A man, you know,
he was waiting for the elevator...

00:07:04,825 --> 00:07:07,and when another man
just starts beating on him...

00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:10,and like, the one man,
he g***t knocked down...

00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:13,- The victim g***t knocked down?
- No, the man with the gun.

00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:16,The man who was knocked down had a gun.

00:07:17,538 --> 00:07:20,And do you see that man
in the courtroom today?

00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:27,Nope.

00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:31,Excuse me?

00:07:34,622 --> 00:07:36,He ain't here.

00:07:39,226 --> 00:07:40,You don't...

00:07:42,062 --> 00:07:43,You testified.

00:07:45,866 --> 00:07:48,Ms. Lyles, do you remember
when Detective Barlow...

00:07:48,269 --> 00:07:50,showed you this photo array?

00:07:50,304 --> 00:07:52,- Yeah.
- Good.

00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:55,I call your attention to your initials
which identify this photo...

00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:59,as the man who shot Mr. Blanchard.

00:08:00,281 --> 00:08:02,Did you write your initials
above that photograph?

00:08:06,654 --> 00:08:08,He ain't the one that did the shooting.

00:08:09,223 --> 00:08:11,But you identified him.

00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:13,That's 'cause
he looked like the boy that did it.

00:08:13,861 --> 00:08:17,See, the one that did it,
I saw him come in the building a week later.

00:08:18,933 --> 00:08:22,You saw someone else
you thought did the shooting?

00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:25,Right, a week later.

00:08:26,273 --> 00:08:28,Ms. Lyles, when you spoke
with the detectives...

00:08:28,776 --> 00:08:30,you never said anything about...

00:08:30,177 --> 00:08:32,I tried. I called Detective...

00:08:36,417 --> 00:08:41,Yeah, Detective Barlow on May 13th at 2:00.

00:08:43,157 --> 00:08:45,- But he didn't call me back.
- Nicely done.

00:08:45,893 --> 00:08:48,- You called Detective Barlow?
- Yeah, twice.

00:08:50,397 --> 00:08:52,Yeah, I wrote it down in the log.

00:08:53,467 --> 00:08:56,- I need a price for pressure-treated.
- $14.

00:08:57,271 --> 00:09:00,That's the price that
you were going to quote me?

00:09:00,341 --> 00:09:02,Do you feel that, Mikey, do you feel it?

00:09:02,276 --> 00:09:04,'Cause I swear to God
that is my f***g d***k in your ear.

00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:07,- That's nice.
- Hang on, you f***g thief.

00:09:07,715 --> 00:09:08,What's up?

00:09:08,916 --> 00:09:10,- You been down the hall lately?
- What?

00:09:11,252 --> 00:09:14,Your case just hit the wall.
Barksdale's crew, they turned it.

00:09:14,655 --> 00:09:17,Two eyewitnesses and a statement.
No f***g way, pal.

00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:22,You listen to me, you little s***t,
there is no way in hell I ** paying that.

00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:24,No.

00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:27,You use my goddamn car
to chauffeur that dusty bitch around.

00:09:27,201 --> 00:09:29,- Yo, ease up.
- You don't understand.

00:09:29,270 --> 00:09:33,- I did it for that man and he do this.
- Getting heated ain't gonna help.

00:09:33,207 --> 00:09:37,- Greggs,...