Dragnet: The Big Children

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For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Tuesday, April 27th. It was overcast in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of juvenile bureau. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Kinsling. My name's Friday. I was on the way back in communications.