Deadline
You may have the grace
to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes
And into your brother's face,
your country...
and say simply, very simply,
with hope, good morning.
Maya Angelou, On the Pulse of
Morning, which she read
At president Clinton's
inauguration last month.
Come on, Vanessa,
that was too easy.
Ever, did you ever
sit down and wonder,
What freedom's freedom
would bring?
It's so easy to be free.
Nikki Giovanni,
Walking Down Park.
And Nikki Giovanni
went to Fisk.
Yeah, but what if you could
go to Harvard or Princeton?
Fisk was there for us when
Harvard and Princeton weren't,
And it's also closer to mama.
Your mama's strong. She'll be
just fine without you.
I'm all she's got left.
Beyond reason,
I'm attached to you,
The feeling of your touch,
my grandmother's soft skin,
Seeing in your eyes our unborn,
Smelling mama's kitchen
in your hair, family to be.
That's beautiful. Who wrote it?
Wallace Samson, family to be.
I wrote it for you.
Thank you.
I love you.
I love you, Wallace Samson.
A subtitle by R3VOLV3R.
Fire Matt Harper!
That's him! That's Matt Harper!
Fire Matt Harper!
It actually wasn't
that bad a story.
Yeah, well, I'm not the one
who wrote the headline
And then decided to only use
pictures of black people.
Matt, hightail it down to Amos.
Someone shot the police chief.
On it.
Supposed to have a good
barbecue joint there.
Teddy's barbecue,
the best in town.
"Come on, y'all. "
"The taste of life
is oh, so sweet. "
"They're finding money
in the street. "
"Some folks can live a life
that's charmed. "
"Some folks can
go through hell unharmed. "
"The taste of life
is oh, so sweet"
"But hard luck days
have caught me"
"In a corner full of kill. "
"So why does the road
seem the hardest when uphill?"
"I want a break that I don't
have to make. "
"I want a break that
I don't have to make. "
"I want a break
that I don't have to make. "
"I want a break that
I don't have to make. "
"I want a break
that I don't have to make. "
What are you looking at, huh?
Now, now, now,
it's all right, Emma Jean.
It's all right.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I understand the chief
was your dad.
Have you no decency?
Just doing my job, sir.
Well, I'm just doing mine.
Why don't you boys escort
this vulture out of town?
Are you serious?
I have a right to be here.
So sue me. I'm a judge.
Oh.
Such a shame, Matt.
They've got you all wrong.
Okay, I get the message.
Hey. What?
The wedding planner was today.
Uh, what are you...?
Delana. What?
Delana. Delana, hang on.
Never a good sign
when they take the key.
- Hey, Delana.
- Hey, Walker.
Hey, Matt, you got a...
you got a minute?
Hey, uh, yeah, sure.
This is Trey Hall.
Everett Hall the third,
actually.
Matt Harper the first.
What brings you to The Times?
I live in Amos, Alabama.
I saw you there yesterday.
I have some information you
might be interested in.
Oh, uh, great.
Wow.
So, what do you know about
chief Peringer's murder?
Nothing. I'm here about
a different murder.
Who?
Wallace Sampson,
A 15-Year-Old black kid,
shot in the head.
Where?
By the store,
Right near where chief Peringer
was killed.
- When?
- 19 years ago.
That's what I'm trying
to figure out,
But no one wants to talk.
No, no, no. I mean,
why... why... why now?
I was nine then.
You were probably in diapers.
Why do you care?
Wallace was the son of our
housekeeper, Mary Pell Sampson.
I knew Mary Pell lost a son,
But I didn't know until recently
that he had been murdered.
So, why come to me?
I need help.
The local
authorities are a joke.
We don't have
a real newspaper in Amos.
Plus, my father is seriously
hassling me
For getting into this.
The Wallace's shooting
Is still an open wound
in the black community.
It bothers them
that no one cares.
"We're travelin', travelin'"
This is Delana.
Leave a message.
Hey, honey, I'm really sorry.
I'm gonna be tied up
on a story all weekend,
But I'll see you Sunday.
"When the daylight's done. "
"This road is weary but
our work has just begun. "
"Come and go with me
down behind the sun. "
Windrow started
as a cotton plantation.
My great-Great-Great grandfather
bought it after the civil war.
I've been in and out
of schools up north,
But that house
is where I grew up.
I live in the left wing now
And my dad lives
in the extreme right.
My father likes to hunt birds,
but I like to hunt plants.
Plants and a cold case murder?
Mm mm.
Funny combination of interests.
Actually, they have
a lot in common.
Solving Wallace's murder
Is like finding a plant
I can't identify.
I can't stop until I do.
There's someone
I want you to meet
Who was here
when Wallace was killed.
It's been 19 years since
Wallace was killed
won't be exorcized,
So it was no surprise
When black people want to know
who killed Wallace,
But when a white person does...
especially a Hall...
well, that's something
different.
Tell me what happened.
Well, it started out as some
bottles and rocks being thrown.
Police had to break it up.
The next night,
everything had quieted down
When he was gunned down
in cold blood.
You know why they shot him?
Sure, black kid
at the wrong place.
Let me show you something.
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