There's a police sniper on the roof, and Di's on the phone, waiting on the street. There're several cop cars, Medavoy is strolling along, and a uniform is interviewing a woman. It's a big old honking crime scene, is what I'm saying. Baldwin comes up. They're all on the trail of the 'Do Rag Shooter. A uniform says the super says the state police came looking for a black male in apartment 2-J, and then Di goes to interview the stationery store clerk. The clerk is wearing this nice aqua and brown hooded sweater with fluffy brown fringe around the hood and an aqua pom pom on the zipper, a silver nose ring, and Scottish watch plaid pants. Cute! It's almost like recapping Buffy! For a moment. The Shop Girl balks at giving a detailed description because, "in my neighborhood, fools retaliate," and she doesn't want to get killed for getting involved. Di reminds her that the cop who got shot got involved when Shop Girl called 911 after getting robbed. Ooh, burn. Shop Girl gives a description of the shooter that differs slightly from Bloody Hands'.
Medavoy and Baldwin are up at the apartment where the shooter allegedly lives. They knock and hear woofing. A doggie! Medavoy says he hates dogs, and his stock plunges with me. What kind of person hates dogs? Then the barking subsides and Baldwin suggests someone is holding the dog's muzzle. He knocks again and Medavoy, dog-hater, suggests they try the fire escape, so they do.
Out on the fire escape, Baldwin says he'll kick in a window so they can go inside. The dog woofs. Medavoy says he doesn't want to blow the case doing an illegal search. I was about to say that! So they climb down.
Some gritty street scenes fly by, and we're still at the building. Di's on the phone getting info on the guy in 2-J, who's a -- guess what? -- black male in his twenties, named Tory, and Ricky and Sip come in strapping onbullet proof vests, you perverts. Di gets the word that Tory has a warrant out for failing to appear and the Blue cops move in. Damn, this is gritty. Medavoy ruins the moment by saying he'll take out the dog if it's loose. Sip busts on him asking if he thinks a dog can hold a gun in his paw. Hell, there are times when I'm sure my dog is reading my books and talking on the phone. I'm sure he'd hold a gun if I left one around. So anyway, they bust in and the dog, a nice rottweiler, barks a lot; Tory has a gas mask on his head; Medavoy cowers behind the closet door as Tory is instructed to lock his dog in there; they find crack and a crack pipe; Tory is hauled off without being charged or arrested; Medavoy says his gut told him not to bust in; Baldwin kisses his hand and pats Medavoy's tummy, and Medavoy empties his gun to the sound of a growling dog.
Sip's hauling Tory up the stairs at the station house and hollers to put him in the pokey. Di says Shop Girl didn't ID Tory from his mug shots, and Cheryl is still in the OR. Begin the interrogation, already!
Tory wonders if he didn't wake up in the Soviet Union this morning. 'Cause his rights aren't being extended to him, see? He makes a "brr" noise to Ricky, like, ooh, he's so scared, and Sip promptly smacks him upside the head, hard. Is this new characteristic of Sip's a Bochco fingerprint? The head smacking, it's, well, a little heavy-handed. I had to say it, people. ANYWAY, Tory eventually admits he was the Blue Shirt guy that ran. And his 'Do Rag friend? Oh, that isn't his friend. Sip grabs Tory's neck until he squeaks, and then Ricky says they'll hurt his DOGGIE if Tory doesn't say whom 'Do Rag is. Tory says, "Andre Cutler. Don't touch my dog, man."
In rolls Bloody Hands with a denim-jacketed 'do-rag wearing light-skinned black male in tow. He's been beaten, and says he's going to sue the cops. Sip looks surprised when the uniform says this do-rag's name is MITCHELL. Mistaken identity much? They call it DWB, or Driving While Black. SUCKS. They drag off Mitchell, who says, "Lo-ter-ry." Sip says he thinks they have the wrong guy, but Di says Mitchell fits the Shop Girl's description to a "t." Sip notices Mitchell took a beating. Ricky's like, "Di, you want to stay with Mitchell, we'll go get Andre?" Di shoots him a look, and Fancy sends them all out.
Fancy yells at the uniforms outside Mitchell's room for beating him. One uniform actually says, "We're looking for a cop shooter here." They hand over what Mitchell had on him -- crack and a toy gun. Fancy sighs. Don't worry; you'll be out of here soon, Fancy. He says to hold off on the paperwork and dismisses them.
The streets under a bridge sure are rough-hewn. Gritty, even. Di, Ricky, and Sip are in the car and talk about Cheryl. Sip says her husband is taking it out on her partner, and Ricky says he thinks maybe her partner should have stayed with her. Di gets her panties all up in a wad and her bra strap all up in bunches, and yells hysterically that Cheryl was just doing her job and that if it was a male cop that got shot no one would say his partner should have stayed with him. Period. 'Do Rag emerges, Ricky tells Di to hang back, she says YOU hang back, and she takes off after 'Do Rag. They chase (tm ace and sep). They take down 'Do Rag and then Di yells at Ricky to never tell her to hang back again. He looks all hangdoggy. Aww.