:28:03
Rolle was a cop?
:28:05
Yeah, the gang unit.
He's an amazing man.
:28:12
Excuse me, Mr. Rolle?
:28:14
I'm looking for Juan Lacas's file.
The secretary said you had it.
:28:18
The file is under review
at the moment, Mr...
:28:21
- Smith.
- Smith. Right.
:28:23
If it was Petarusky, I'd remember.
:28:25
Come on.
:28:29
Have a seat.
:28:32
Speaking of unusual commitment...
:28:35
how is it that a cop
becomes a high school principal?
:28:39
You want the short version?
:28:41
I was at the Liberty City riots
in 1980...
:28:44
not the best time to be
a black cop in Miami.
:28:47
You watch your own neighborhood
burn down...
:28:49
people you grew up with
getting shot and busted.
:28:53
You suddenly face a clear choice.
:28:55
Devastation or education.
:28:58
I chose the latter.
:29:00
I went to night school,
got my certificate...
:29:02
got my masters,
and now here I am.
:29:05
And running for city council,
I hear.
:29:08
If the voters are wise.
:29:10
What's your background, Mr. Smith?
:29:13
Standard liberal arts education.
I was a government bureaucratic worker.
:29:16
Mostly in Health, Education
and Welfare department.
:29:20
Then, uh, I guess, like you,
I wanted to teach.
:29:25
You won those scars
in the halls of academe?
:29:28
No. Nuns, eighth grade.
:29:33
Well, you better get back to work.
:29:36
I really can't issue those files
to a temporary employee.
:29:40
- Sorry.
- No problem at all.
:29:42
Thanks for your time.
:29:45
Oh, I've got to ask.
:29:47
Doesrt it make you nervous
wearing a watch like that around here?
:29:50
This watch was a gift
from the Junior League.
:29:52
Anyone trying to take this watch
will have to take this arm.
:29:55
It's been known to happen.
They hack them off with chain saws now.
:29:59
Students in Wood Shop
made these for me.