[birds chirping]
[♪♪♪]
[birds chirping]
[♪♪♪]
[dog barking in the distance]
Baby can you believe this?
We're finally homeowners.
I know right.
It feels so good doesn't it.
It does.
I guess this is a long way from East Point.
The drive isn't that bad.
Says the woman who works from home.
Baby, you just got to give it a chance.
I guess your right.
I'm always right.
Man whatever.
[Imani laughing]
Come on, you ticklish?
[both laughing]
[Karen] Come on. Let's go.
Kyle, did you finish your homework?
Yes.
[Karen] You did?
Yes, Mom.
Sarah, what are you wearing?
I picked it out myself. Do you like it?
No, can you please go put on what I put on the bed for you?
Hurry up. We're gonna be late for school.
Switch your outfit.
Goodness.
All right.
[truck beeping]
Get it together.
Hi.
She seems nice.
Yeah, I'm sure.
Real nice.
Hey, Karen.
Hey.
New neighbors?
Yeah.
It's like that new neighbors. Huh?
And they're black.
Yeah, I noticed.
Yeah.
I think it's about time we add some diversity
to this neighborhood.
Me too.
You know, I've been here nearly 10 years
and I can't recall a black family
ever living on this block.
I know, right.
Yeah.
Hey, maybe we could even get one of them on the HOA.
That would be great.
Yeah, wouldn't it?
Absolutely. Why not?
Well, I have to go.
Busy day.
No problem. Okay.
Well, see you at the HOA meeting.
Okay. All right. Have a nice day.
Bye.
[Imani] Put it back.
[Malik] Put it back on the bottom?
[Imani] Yeah, put it back where it was.
Okay. Ah, that look real nice.
I don't know, maybe it was better how it was.
How's that baby? Good.
Yeah. Okay.
Hm? Yeah.
Okay.
Baby look at me.
Who would have thought us living in a white neighborhood?
Huh?
Well, if nothing changes, nothing will change.
Really?
Zen philosophy right now?
Is that what you doing?
Baby it's a new day and age.
We should be able to live wherever we want.
And why is our subdivision named Harvey Hill Plantation?
You know that's a Confederate soldier, right?
Baby don't worry about it.
I will get on the HOA board
and I will petition to change that.
Yeah.
You are a strong, beautiful,
intelligent and woke black man,
which is why I married you.
♪ It mean a whole lot that you love me ♪
I love you.
I love you more.
That's not possible.
It ain't possible.
[both laughing]
Come on. Turn around.
Oh, turn around?
Come on, baby. I'll be real quick.
Baby. That's what you always say.
And then an hour later we're passed out on a bed somewhere.
Look, we trying to conceive, baby.
Come on.
We need as many opportunities as we can get.
Oh, okay. With conceiving?
Yeah.
Well, according to my app,
we are not ovulating today.
How about that?
Well, we need to start getting some practice in.
I just need 30 pumps, baby.
Baby, you know you are not a minute man.
Huh?
[Imani laughing]
[drill whirring]
Huh?
Come on. Let's go check it out.
[♪♪♪]
[drill whirring]
Hm.
Somebody's taking home security serious.
I don't know why,
there's almost zero crime in this neighborhood.
I checked.
Come on.
Hmm.
[♪♪♪]
You have a good day, baby.
Okay. You too.
When I get back we goin' make some babies.
Oh, jeez. Bye.
Get in that house.
All right. Okay.
Oh, man. I love my baby.
Hi.
Hey, what's up?
How are ya?
Hi, I am Karen Drexler.
I'm your neighbor.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Malik.
Oh, I don't shake.
A bit of a germaphobe.
Yeah. Okay.
Well just want to come over and introduce myself.
I appreciate that.
I see you take home security very seriously.
Well, what would make you say that?
You know, I saw all the cameras around your house
and whatnot-
So you've been looking at my house?
No, no, no, no.
I mean, I just so happen to see you have so many-
'Cause your casing the joint?
Casing? We don't have any cash.
Excuse me.
[both laughing]
You're funny. A joke.
Okay.
Okay. Yes. I hear you.
Hey, one more question.
Did you get the HOA handbook?
Because it clearly states that when you're an owner
that you need to be taking your trash cans off the curb
right when the trash is picked up.
I kinda got off late from work.
Uh, I won't forget next time.
Thank you. That'd be great.
[car beeping]
[indistinct chatter]
Mike.
Hey, there, Sis.
Fancy running into you here.
What are you doing?
Good to see you. Hi.
So what brings you in here?
It's kind of a B rating restaurant, you know?
Oh, yeah we know, we're slumming it today.
Do you remember my friend, Beth?
Of, course. Hi, Beth.
- Hi. - Good to see ya.
Hey, I've got to get going back to work,
but if you and the kids need anything,
please call me, okay.
Okay. All right.
Your brother is hot.
You say that every single time you see him.
Well, he can read me my Miranda rights anytime.
Oh, stop.
[Beth laughs]
So, tell me about your new neighbors.
Okay.
They're black.
Really?
Mm-hmm. Can you believe it?
Well, are they good people?
I mean, where do they come from?
I mean, I talked to the husband for a couple minutes,
but I didn't get anything out of him.
They did leave their trash out on the curb.
After the trash had been picked up.
Yes.
That is not a good start.
You're telling me.
Tell them.
[men laughing]
Wonder they have a B here.
I'll be right back.
[indistinct chatter]
[Karen] Excuse me.
Yeah.
[Karen] How are you doing?
Having a blast? Huh?
Sure are 'cause I can hear you all the way over there.
It's really loud.
Mind keeping it down.
Uh, so.
So if you don't comply, I'll tell the manager.
Comply.
Listen, sweetheart.
We'll try and keep it down.
Thank you. Thank you.
That's settled.
All right, where were we?
I think fried green tomatoes.
[laughs] Comply.
[both laughing]
Okay.
[Beth] Do you want me to take care of that?
No, I got it.
[indistinct chatter]
Him.
[window thudding]
♪ You spent your whole life workin' the 9 to 5 ♪
♪ You put your dreams on hold for nickels and dimes ♪
♪ Don't you remember what it was you wanted in life ♪
♪ Did you forget about the pennies ♪
♪ You threw in the well wishing ♪
♪ Your grave shift would be over ♪
♪ You're dyin' inside
♪ Oh, you a slave to rhythm
♪ Your body and mind prison
♪ Now how do you find freedom
Hi. Karen.
Shit.
♪ A break from the mundane is something divine ♪
[Rain pattering]
Woo.
I remember you.
What's going on Karen?
Oh. See you're smoking the weed. Aren't ya?
[Malik laughs]
Your wife doesn't know, does she?
No, she doesn't.
Okay. Well, this can be our little secret.
Thank you.
Think maybe next time you could
maybe smoke up the street a little bit?
I hate for my kids to see the pot.
Smell it.
Sure. I know what you mean.
Yeah.
Can I ask you a question?
What's up?
How the heck did you and your wife
end up moving to this neighborhood
of all the houses that you could buy?
Why here?
Well, we wanted to live in a nice neighborhood
not too far from the city, but affordable to live, you know?
Yeah. That's what's happening these days.
Yup.
All you guys just seem to be migrating from the cities
and infiltrating the suburban neighborhood.
Infiltrating, huh?
That's what it is.
You know what I'm saying.
Okay.
Hey, may I ask what you do for a living?
I run a community center over at East Point.
[Karen] Community center. Okay.
And what do you do there?
We provide resources, job training,
afterschool programs, you know, athletics,
drug, alcohol rehabilitation.
We just started a STEM program
for teenagers and young adults.
That is so great, Malik.
I am so proud of you and I'm sure your wife
is so proud of you too.
Thank you.
It's very rewarding, you know.
I love what I do for my people.
You feel me?
Yes. Yes.
So what you do for a living, Karen?
Oh, what I do?
Well, I'm a stay at home mom these days.
Uh, my husband died.
Yeah.
It's so hard.
And I just look after my kids.
I see.
Yeah.
Neighborhood watch.
And what does your wife do?
You certainly have a lot of questions, Karen.
Look, come on.
I'm just a curious woman.
Can you blame me?
I just want to know what my neighbors are up to.
That's right. Got it.
Got it. My wife's a successful blogger, you know.
Oh, so she's the breadwinner.
Yeah, my wife's the ship.
She's a strong black woman.
Queen.
And does she wear the pants in the family as well?
Listen, Karen.
Look, it's been a long day for me, you know?
I do have a job.
I go to work.
All right.
But right now I'm gonna go inside my house. Okay.
Well, hey, just make sure you...
[laughs]
What? Just air out a bit.
Got it. Window down now.
You wouldn't want your wife
to know our little secret, right?
I sure wouldn't.
Sh, sh. Sh.
All right. Thank you, Karen.
Well, have a good evening.
All right. Appreciate it.
Appreciate it.
[thunder rumbling]
[door opens]
[cologne spraying]
[keyboard clacking]
Hey, baby.
What's that smell?
Cologne.
Baby, please tell me you are not-
Baby. No, of course not.
Of course not, baby.
Look. How was your day?
Busy.
There is so much going on in the world right now.
Indeed. Indeed. What's for dinner, babe?
[keyboard clacking]
Babe? Dinner?
Oh.
Baby, I am so sorry. I've been so busy.
We can order something.
You know. Look, it's all good.
I'll eat this apple right here.
It's cool. Okay.
All good. Don't worry about it.
You sure?
Yeah, baby. Listen.
Babe, have you met that new neighbor, Karen?
No, I haven't.
Is she nice?
Yeah. She's nice and entitled.
Wait a minute.
We have a white entitled neighbor named Karen?
Yes, babe.
And she's nosy as fuck.
[both laughing]
Oh, my goodness.
This sounds like something straight out of "SNL."
It's more like "Black Mirror."
Really?
It's just some real strange about her, you know?
It's like she says the most offensive shit
with this little grin on her face.
Crazy.
Hm.
Well, we just got to keep an eye on her.
Done. Finally.
Woo.
I am going to go take a long, hot shower.
[♪♪♪]
What are you doing?
Nothing.
Nothing?
No.
Get downstairs. Now!
[dramatic music]
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
[Sarah] Mom!
I'm coming.
I thought I would just take a pregnancy test
and see if we were successful two weeks ago.
It's negative.
Really, babe?
Yeah.
Come here.
Come here. Come here.
Just don't you worry. Okay.
Just got to keep trying.
All right?
I know you really want a child
and I want to be able to do that for you.
For us.
It's gonna happen when it's supposed to happen. Okay?
Okay.
You're gonna be walking around here,
barefoot and pregnant in no time.
Oh, whatever.
[both giggling]
We can try right now.
[loud thudding]
What was that?
I don't know, but we 'bout to go find out.
Let me get my pistol. Hold up.
[Imani] Pistol? Wait a minute.
Babe, I thought I told you to get rid of that.
We don't need it here.
Babe, look, I'd rather be caught with it
then without it.
Come on, grab your robe. Let's go.
[breathing heavily]
[Imani] Baby, should we call the police?
[Malik] No, I am the police.
Don't worry about it. I got you.
Come on.
[loud thudding]
Come on, baby. It's all right.
Stay close.
[trash rustling]
[♪♪♪]
[Malik] Who's that?
Oh, shit.
[laughs]
That's a dog, babe.
Oh, my gosh.
It's a dog, just in the trash. It ain't nothin'.
[Imani laughs]
Right?
A damn dog.
A dog.
You know, they need to get ahold of these dogs over here.
[Malik] Dogs probably racist too, huh?
[Imani] Baby.
[Malik laughs]
[Imani] They need to put them on leashes or something.
[Malik] I know, right.
All right.
Wow. What the hell.
[♪♪♪]
Is that camera pointing directly at our house?
It's looking right at us, babe.
[♪♪♪]
I see you.
I'm about to go have a conversation with Karen.
No, baby don't do that.
Baby she can't be spying on us and shit.
I know. I know.
-But- -Uh-uh.
Baby let me handle this.
[knocking on door]
- Hey. - Hi.
I'm your neighbor, Imani.
You must be Karen?
Yes. In the flesh.
It is so nice to finally meet you.
I know you already met my husband.
I did.
What a charming and handsome man.
Well, thank you.
Listen, I just wanted to come over and introduce myself
and bring you my homemade pecan pie.
Smells amazing.
It's my grandmother's recipe.
My kids just love pecan pie.
So does my husband.
Oh, I'm sure he does.
Listen, you have a camera
that seems to be pointing directly at our house.
Oh.
Yeah, well, I have a lot of cameras pointing everywhere
in the neighborhood.
Yeah, ever since my husband died,
I just want to make sure my family and I are safe.
I totally understand.
Maybe you can reposition that one.
Okay. No worries, captain.
[laughs]
I will take care of that one later for ya.
Thank you.
Have a good night.
Welcome.
Hey. Hey, one more thing.
Would you ever mind just putting up some curtains
on your window?
My son saw you undressing last night.
[Karen] Ooh.
Yeah, and I would just hate for him to see
that little strip tease between you and your husband.
Could be a little traumatizing for a 17 year old.
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
We will definitely fix that.
Yes. Thank you so much.
And thank you for the pie.
[Imani] You're welcome.
All right. I'll see you around.
Yeah. Maybe we can get together for tea sometime.
Absolutely.
You're just a sweetheart. Aren't ya?
Well, just let me know your schedule.
Did she just...
What?
[sighs]
Okay.
[♪♪♪]
What she say when you went over there,
she said she had her cameras directed
pointed at a house?
I mean, she said she would take care of it.
Well, that's one less problem we got to worry about. Shit.
All I know is that she better stay away from my man.
Is that right?
Yeah. How about that?
Come here, baby.
Look at me.
Haven't I told you how lucky I am to have you in my life?
I mean you're beautiful,
intelligent, sexy,
college-educated,
socially aware.
And on top of that...
A strong,
beautiful, black woman.
I mean, that's why I put a ring on it, baby.
Right.
Yes.
And there's no way I'd ever,
ever in my life be interested in another woman.
You hear me?
Yes, baby.
Okay. I love you.
I love you more.
[♪♪♪]
[basketball thudding]
Ha-ha. Is that right?
What you know about this, huh?
You live here?
Uh, yeah.
Karen's my mother.
Oh, yeah. I see.
She's a nice lady.
Sometimes. Yeah.
Thanks.
My name's Malik, man.
Kyle.
Nice to meet you, man.
Show me something. Let me see something.
Come on.
I'll put that D on you.
Come on, boy.
See, look at that.
See that's that grown man strength, boy.
That hit different. Get the ball, man.
Come on.
That's it.
That's it. What school you go to?
John Mayor High.
Okay. You play for the team?
Yeah. I play guard.
We won state last year, actually.
Nice.
Well look, let me know when you have some home games
this season, I'll come check you out.
Okay? Okay.
Um, I got to go to practice.
Okay.
It was good meeting you.
Nice meeting you, Kyle.
Don't forget what I told you, man.
[laughs]
Oh, teenagers, huh?
Yeah.
[laughs]
Good kid.
Yes.
Hey, would you mind putting some antifreeze in my car?
Kyle was gonna do it, but as you can see, he's busy.
- Sure, why not. - Oh, great.
Yeah. It's just right here.
All right, this should do it.
Is that it?
Mm-hmm.
This is really nice of you to do this.
[Malik] Oh, thanks. Whoa! Oh, shit. Uh-oh.
- Oh, my bad. - No worries.
Ah, man. Look at my hands.
Geez. I'm-
Wow.
Here come on in the house.
No, no, no, no. I'm gonna wipe it all on my shirt.
Look. No, no, no, no. Don't do that.
It's good now. I'm fine.
- Come on in the house. - Totally fine.
Please. It's the least I can do.
Come and use my sink.
All right. Just be quick.
Okay.
[Karen] Welcome to my humble abode.
[Malik] Wow. This is nice.
[Karen] Thank you.
[door closes]
[Karen] If you want to take the shirt off, I'm happy to wash it.
Don't worry about it.
I just need to wash my hands. That's all.
Are you sure?
No, it's fine.
I just need you to direct me to the bathroom
where I can wash my hands.
[Karen] Okay. Down the hall.
Second door on the right.
- This way. - Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Now did she say the first or second door on the right?
[♪♪♪]
[door opens]
[Karen] Did you find it?
Yeah.
[♪♪♪]
[door closes]
[♪♪♪]
There you are.
No, no, no, I'm good. I'm good.
Let's have a drink.
No, no, listen. I got to get home.
Why? So soon.
I know. I gotta go.
Well, thank you so much for your help.
Look, you're welcome. Thank you.
Thank you, Karen. All right.
Anytime you want to come by. Hey.
[♪♪♪]
[door opens and closes]
[Malik] Damn it.
[sighs]
Hey, baby.
- Babe, what's wrong? - I saw it, Imani.
What are you talking about? What did you see?
Karen. She's watching us, babe.
Wait, what?
Baby.
Babe, just talk to me.
Just slow down.
What do you mean she's watching us?
I went into her house and-
Wait a minute.
You went in her house.
Just to wash my hands.
I was helping her put antifreeze in her car
and it splashed over my shirt.
And then what happened?
I went into her house and she offered to put my shirt
in the wash pan.
Wait a minute.
You took your shirt off in her house.
Is there something going on with you and her?
What?
No, babe, I didn't take my shirt off.
When I went to wash my hands,
there was a Confederate soap dispenser
and Confederate soldiers on the fucking wall, baby.
I saw this shit. Okay.
But that's a whole other thing.
I found a control room
and saw where she can look right into our house, babe.
Oh, uh-uh, we have to do something about this.
Like what?
Well, you all set queen.
And if you download the app to your phone,
you can look at all of this remotely.
Top of the line.
That would be great.
[Drew] See all your cameras all at once.
And if you want, I'll push this button here.
I can send you my number, save it as Drew,
show you how to use this thing.
The kind I like.
[ducks quacking]
So we will be raising the HOA fees by $100 next year
in order to pay for the new water slide at the pool.
Great, talk. That's great.
I actually have another pretty serious situation
to bring to the table if I may.
Okay, Karen.
What is it?
Well, what it is is that I think we all know
that I got some new neighbors on my block.
Yes. The black couple.
[Karen] Yes.
Uh, it's African-American.
Oh.
Right.
Yeah. I haven't met them yet.
They seem like a lovely couple.
Oh, yeah.
Well, looks can be deceiving it turns out, huh?
What happened?
Oh, wow. Where do I start?
So the other night the wife
purposely undresses in her bedroom.
She has no blinds on,
gives my son a complete peep show.
[all gasping]
Oh, no.
[Karen] You think that's bad.
This other night I walk outside you guys
and I find her husband is smoking marijuana in his car,
outside of their home.
[laughs]
Come on, Karen. Really?
You're gonna give this guy a hard time
over a little weed?
Last I checked we had a pretty strict HOA,
no narcotics policy in here.
So yeah, I definitely think that the rules
need to be enforced.
And if not, we need to fine them.
Listen.
They just moved in and we need more people of color
in the neighborhood.
Ones that can afford it.
Well, that's racist.
Jan, please, let's be real.
African-Americans do make significantly less
than any other race,
except for maybe Mexicans.
But these are our new neighbors.
Clearly they can afford to live here.
Mm-hmm.
Racist.
See you guys aren't totally getting it.
What happens is, is it starts with weed.
Next thing you know,
we have criminals coming into our neighborhood.
Then we've got pimps and prostitutes.
Then you're having black babies.
Can you imagine?
You know how these people are?
These people?
Oh, come on. You know what I'm talking about?
No, I'm afraid I don't.
Would you care to elaborate?
I don't really feel like I need to
seeing is that I am the president of the HOA
and I would really like to move to cite these people.
Well, as you know that would require a vote.
So.
Well, then everybody in favor of citing these people
raise your hand.
[ducks quacking] [chair creaking]
Karen, look as much as we would like to lend a hand
to your cause, we don't want to rock the boat
if you know what I mean.
Right. But you'll rock it with me.
Not smart.
Meeting adjourned.
[♪♪♪]
[breathing heavily]
Woo.
Hey, girl.
Impressive.
Hey, Karen.
Looking good.
Listen.
I feel that you and I
might've gotten off on the wrong foot
and I would really love the opportunity
to get to know each other better.
Okay.
Sounds great.
Hi, my name is Karen.
Imani.
Stunning. What kind of name is that?
It's actually Swahili.
Swa-
[Imani] Swahili.
Yeah, I just love how your people,
you guys come up with the most interesting names.
Listen, uh, Karen I've got a lot to do.
I'm planning a house warming party.
House-warming.
- Yeah. - When?
Saturday.
Really?
Well, I certainly didn't get the invite.
Well, it's really intimate.
It's just friends and family.
Well, I know that we don't really know each other well,
but I do consider us like friends.
You know what?
Sure. Come on by.
It starts at 8:00 PM.
Awesome sauce.
I can't wait. Thank you.
- You're welcome. - All right.
Well have a nice day.
You too.
Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
[♪♪♪]
Look, here Justice, look,
I just want to tell you, man,
I appreciate you, brother.
Of course, brother.
Just for being there for me, man.
It's what black excellence is about right.
That's right. Congratulations, man.
Thank you, man. [doorbell ringing]
Oh, there's somebody at the door.
- Let me get this. - Right. Right.
You watch them. Keep an eye on that guy right there.
All right.
Hi.
[laughs]
Oh, man.
Karen.
Hello, handsome.
I brought you a fruitcake.
Wow. Thank you so much.
Hey, come on in.
Oh, look at the decor.
[Malik] Yeah.
This is amazing.
Yeah, my wife is like an inspiring interior designer.
I'd say. Yeah.
This is fantastic.
[laughs] Thank you.
- Are these swords? - Yes, yes. Yes.
These are actually Ethiopian ceremonial swords.
They sure are very ethnic.
Right. Nice and black.
Listen Imani's in the kitchen.
She'll show you where to put the fruitcake.
All right. All right.
Ah, looks nice.
Ooh, yeah.
Thanks, Karen.
There she is slaving away in the kitchen.
Hey, Karen.
Hey, loving your dress.
[Imani laughs]
Very provocative for my taste,
but to each is their own.
Well, thank you.
That's the chick who got me kicked out of the restaurant.
Who? Karen?
Yes. The Karen.
You see how she just walked by
without even acknowledging me.
What's her name?
Karen.
Right. But what's her real name?
Karen! I just told you that.
So Karen is a Karen.
Lord, God has a sense of humor.
So I brought you my world famous fruitcake.
It's to die for.
Oh, great.
Guess I'll just go mingle with some other guests
while you mix those mashed potatoes.
It's potato salad.
Of course it is.
Yeah. Look, I'm just saying.
They shot the man six times just for reaching for his wallet
like his life didn't even matter.
Huh. Black lives matter.
That's right.
Don't all lives matter?
Excuse you.
I'm just saying, why do only black lives matter?
All lives are not in danger
anytime there's an interaction with law enforcement.
Okay.
Well, I come from a family of law enforcement
and I know that bad things happen
to people that don't comply.
Bad things happen to black people, you mean?
Bad things happen to bad people, I mean.
Okay.
You don't remember me do you?
Mm-mm, I don't. Should I?
You got me and my friend kicked out of the restaurant
the other day.
Yo, yo, Justice chill, man.
Oh, yeah. That was you, huh?
Yeah, you guys were being really loud and unruly.
Loud and unruly.
You mean being black?
Come on.
This has nothing to do with being black,
but feel free.
Pull the race card.
Race card.
Let me tell you something.
Okay. Okay.
How about we play some games?
Hold on. You people are very angry.
Just relax.
You people?
Okay. Everybody just calm down.
See, that's your problem.
You think all black people are the same.
We're not angry.
We're fed up.
The problem is I can't tell the difference.
A very distinct one.
Since the first ship landed on the coast of Africa,
some 400 years ago,
we've been oppressed and held captive on this foreign land.
And here we go with the whole slavery thing.
Karen, you are out of line.
Me. I am literally just having a discussion.
Why do you guys always bring up slavery?
I'm not kidding.
This is so long ago.
Me personally, I've never owned a slave in my entire life.
Yes, but your ancestors did.
[Ismani] Okay. Okay.
Let's get to these games.
What does everybody likes to play?
Bottom line guys, if you don't like it here, go back.
Imani.
Back, back where?
She can't be saying this.
Africa.
Girl.
[Imani] Karen.
No. It's time for you to leave.
Why?
I thought we were gonna play games all together.
Karen, please now it's time to go.
I didn't mean anything by it at all.
I'm not even a racist.
Goodbye.
Are you okay?
Something is seriously wrong with that woman.
Well, I knew when you told her to come over here,
that was a bad idea, Imani.
Oh, so now we're gonna play I told you so.
She invited herself.
I'm just saying.
Well keeping the peace
certainly wasn't getting us anywhere.
Oh, it's like that?
Yes. It's like that, Malik.
You know what, you're supposed to have my back
no matter what.
And I do.
But bringing this white lady into our world
was a horrible idea.
Oh, like you've never had a bad idea in your life.
Hey, what's that suppose to mean? Huh?
Like bringing a baby into this messed up racist world
and we aren't even financially stable.
What happened to love?
Ain't that what it's supposed to be about. Huh?
But you want to bring up finances right now and shit.
[Imani] What?
What? Don't don't what me.
- [Imani] What? - You heard what I said.
[Imani] No, what are you talking about?
Because finances is what pays bills.
Yeah. It's very important.
[Malik] Geez, man.
[Imani] I mean...
I don't know, I mean, you do all right
at the community center.
Oh, all right.
I just do all right.
Yes, Malik. All right.
Look, you even said it yourself, baby,
that you were gonna get creative
and try to come up with some ways
to generate some additional income.
Baby we have a mortgage now.
Yeah. That's why I just started the STEM program, baby.
Okay.
That's why I did that to bring in
some additional government funding.
Look at me. It takes time!
All right!
This shit takes time.
Hey, don't be yelling at me.
That's not necessary.
You don't have to do all that.
We can talk civilized.
Take your time.
Take all the time you need.
I'm just saying right now might not be the best time
to expand our family.
[Malik] Well, you want a baby too, right?
So you tell me, huh?
When is the best time?
I do.
I just, baby, I just don't think this is the right time.
There are pandemics.
Police are killing us.
And now racism is right at our front steps.
It's not the right time.
You know what?
Get your shit together.
Get my shi-
Ma-
[♪♪♪]
- Hey. - Oh, shit.
Might want to spray some cologne while you're at it.
That stuff is so strong-
Look, Karen, you can't be popping behind vans and shit
hopping out on me like that now.
I want to apologize for tonight.
I think I had way too much to drink.
Karen, listen that whole go back to Africa line
was disrespectful and you know that.
Well, I didn't mean go back to Africa.
I'm just saying it's so long ago.
You guys need to move on.
Oh, God.
Listen.
It's obvious that you have an issue with black people.
You came up in my house, in my house warming party.
Okay. You disrespected everybody up in there.
Oh, I don't have issues with black people.
We just run in different circles
and I just feel that people need to socialize
with their own kind.
But sweetheart, you're different.
You are. You tried to diffuse it.
Something that your wife and your friends
need to learn how to do.
Okay.
I'm gonna go in my house right now
and I'm gonna go to bed.
All right.
Well, hey, good night.
Sweet dreams.
[♪♪♪]
[brakes squeaking]
Uh, trash days tomorrow, not today.
[trash rustling]
[sighs]
Stray dogs.
Dammit.
Ugh.
[door thudding]
Need to put those dogs on a leash or something.
- Hey. - Hey.
What's your name?
Sarah.
That's a pretty name.
What's your name?
Imani.
That's a pretty name too.
Aw.
What are you doing?
Just...
picking up this trash girl.
I don't know must have been some stray dogs
and some of them got in it.
Need some help?
Aw, that would be so nice.
Yeah, sure.
Just add what you can,
but please be careful there is glass everywhere.
So, what grade are you in?
Third.
Ah, third grade. How exciting.
You must have lots of friends.
Yeah. And I have a boyfriend.
What!
A boyfriend at your age.
[both laughing]
Yeah.
We don't kiss or hold hands or none of that yucky stuff.
We just play on the swings and eat lunch together.
Oh, okay.
Oh, that's nice.
That's nice.
What's your little boyfriend's name?
Colby. His dad is a big Lakers fans.
Hm. Interesting.
He's black.
Who? Kobe Bryant?
No, my boyfriend.
Really?
Does your mom know about Colby?
No way. I would get in big trouble.
She doesn't like black people.
Well, I'm black.
I know. She doesn't like you either.
Sarah, Sarah, what are you doing over here?
I was helping her.
Aw, that's really sweet.
I thought I told you you can't come over here.
Yeah, but I was just helping her.
That's all I was doing.
Yeah. Get in the house.
Get in.
Don't you ever do that again.
Was that really necessary?
[door closes]
Don't tell me how to speak to my child.
I'm just saying-
I'm just saying, if I ever catch you talking to her again.
Okay. Whoa, Karen.
Let's-
Leave my fucking family alone!
Get off my property Karen.
No problem.
[♪♪♪]
[indistinct chatter]
Who trying to get this L in Madden though.
Hi.
Excuse me. You can get it first.
Excuse me. Hi.
[All] Hey.
Hey, you guys live around here?
Yeah. I live down the street.
Do you live around here?
Do you mind showing me some ID
to prove that you live around here?
ID? What are you police?
I'm not showing you shit.
No, I'm not the police.
I'm the president of the Homeowner's Association.
Oh, okay.
And if you don't show me some ID,
I will call the police.
[Boy] Hey.
What's so funny about that?
Nothing's funny.
But you can go ahead and call them.
Do you know who my dad is?
No. I don't know who your dad is.
We'll keep trying us and you'll find out.
- Oh really? - [boy] Yeah.
Okay. Yeah.
You got it, son.
You got it. Son?
Watch.
You don't know who I am is the problem.
[phone ringing]
[boy] She's crazy.
[Karen laughs] No, I'm not crazy. You guys are
[boy 2] Are You trippin'?
Hey, Mike. Hey, listen.
So sorry to bother you while you're working-
Please get this on camera.
But I've come across some very suspecting teenagers.
[all] Suspecting?
That are casing.
Casing? What?
- We're not casing anything. - I live here.
Aye look, we was just walkin' to the homie's house
then this racist ass bitch rode up and started to harass us.
That is really rude.
I am not racist.
Mike, can you please hurry up?
Please. They're very aggressive, yep.
- [boy] Aggressive? - I'm really scared.
[boys] You're scared of what?
[sobbing] I'm actually-
- Because we're black? - I'm really, really scared.
Oh my God, they're coming at me. [Karen screams]
[boy] She's-- she's --
[boy 2] We're literally standing right here.
[boy] I told you I left my wallet with my ID at home.
If you take me down there, I can get it for you.
[police radio indistinct chatter]
Shut your mouth, boy.
Oh, so now I'm a boy?
Wait till I tell my father about this.
Mike, talk to you for a second?
Not now, rookie. I'm kind of busy.
Leave us alone. We didn't do anything.
That's it. You're all under arrest.
For what?
[Officer Wind] Trespassing.
Tresspass? I live here, man.
[♪♪♪]
Thanks for the dinner, babe.
You're welcome, babe.
I want to sell the house.
Wait a minute. You crying.
What's going on?
Talk to me.
We are living next door to a racist.
We're in a neighborhood with people who don't want us here.
Baby that's not everybody. Okay.
[Imani] Well, we know who it is.
I just...
I just want to live somewhere more diverse.
Look baby, we are not running from her.
We ain't running from white people.
I can't live like this.
I don't want to live like this.
You keep saying you're being the peacemaker,
but it keeps getting worse and worse.
[Malik] What happened?
Tell me, did somebody do something to you, huh?
I don't want to talk about it.
Great.
Now you want to shut down on me.
I'm not shutting down on you.
I just don't want to talk about it.
♪ Patty cake, patty cake
♪ Bakers man
♪ Bake me a cake
I knew it.
I just knew when they moved to this neighborhood
that this would happen.
I mean, did you see her filming you?
Karen? Don't worry about it.
It'll all blow over.
You know how these people are.
They throw a fuss about something.
Protest.
Nothing happens and they get on with their lives.
But the damage has been done.
Karen, look.
You know how many times I've been out simply doing my job.
I see these people recording me.
It's nothing.
Brotherhood takes care of its own.
I want them out of this neighborhood, yesterday.
Do you remember that black family
that moved in our neighborhood when we were little.
How could I forget?
I was constantly getting in fights with that kid.
And then two families came.
And then three families and then the drugs
and then the whole neighborhood went bad.
That's why mom and dad moved us away to the suburb
to get away.
Hmm-hmm.
Well, here they come again.
And I swear those kids the other day, they were casing.
They were so angry.
It was really frightening.
We did the right thing.
Now don't worry about it.
I need to get hold of the wife.
Come on Miranda. Let's go.
Hi, y'all. Happy Saturday.
Sorry I'm late, busy week.
[clears throat]
So what's our first line of business?
[Karen sighs]
Karen, I'm afraid we have some bad news.
Uh-oh.
We're gonna have to relieve you of your post.
Excuse you.
Me? Mm-hmm.
Why?
Evidently you called the police
on some kids in the neighborhood the other day.
You betcha I did.
They looked suspicious.
One of them lives in the neighborhood
and his father is a prominent civil rights attorney
in the city of Atlanta.
That's adorable. And?
They are filing a lawsuit against the police department
and the HOA.
Why?
They are claiming they were racially profiled.
Of course.
By the president of the HOA
and subsequently battered and unlawfully detained
by the police.
I didn't do anything.
Where's the proof?
Show me. Show me. There are images and videos
floating all over the internet.
Oh, really?
And you believe that that's the whole story, Jan.
Yes. It's gone viral.
Really? That's cute.
Well, the guy in the video is my brother
and he was just checking and making sure-
Unfortunately.
We can't have you as the president right now.
It's bringing the wrong kind of attention.
If you know what I mean?
No, I don't know what you mean.
Jan, you know me.
Come on.
Help me out here.
Tell him.
Jan?
So you guys have been talking before I got here. Huh?
Shit talking.
[laughs] That's classy.
Well, you guys aren't the boss of me
and you really did mess with the wrong person this time.
Woo-hoo!
But that's okay.
You know, I'm staying right here.
You know what?
I'm not gonna stay right here.
Why don't you guys study that.
'Cause I studied it like the damn Bible!
I know in and out!
I am not going down without a fight! You hear me?
All of you will get fired.
[door slamming] [Karen coughing]
[breathing heavily]
Chanel McFadden here with ATO News.
We're about to jump into a press conference
being held by a civil rights attorney,
Charles Wright concerning the recent viral video
of his son and friends being harassed and detained by APD.
We go live.
My son and his friends were roughed up
and unlawfully detained by Atlanta PD on Friday.
The incident began with the president of the HOA
who we have now identified as Karen Drexler.
I saw it. No one's casing your joint, Ma'am.
They're being very aggressive.
[boy] You're aggressive.
Based on this phone call, Atlanta PD showed up,
aggressively attacked and apprehended
my son and his friends.
[Imani] Hey, is that necessary?
Officer, what are they being charged for?
One of those officers was Officer Michael Wind.
Officer Wind has a long history of battery charges
and police misconduct.
Many of which are sitting on my desk as we speak.
This social injustice must come to an end.
We cannot and will not tolerate this.
Black lives matter.
[Karen coughing]
[water flowing]
[♪♪♪]
[indistinct chatter]
Here's a toast.
Toast, brother. Black excellence my man.
Hey, but look here Justice, man.
This whole thing with Karen and those kids, it's nuts.
Man, I told you she was crazy.
But I had no idea her ass was this crazy, Justice.
Bro, she's a Karen named Karen.
It's like God knew she was goin' be evil.
Yeah. Well, now Imani wants to move.
Well, I can't blame her.
Have you ever seen that show "Fear Thy Neighbor?"
I can't say that I have.
Well, I seen one the other day
and this guy killed his neighbor
because he was tired of hearing his kids skateboard.
Man, why you goin' say some shit like that, man?
Not that that would happen when you.
[thunder rumbling]
Yeah, he's here.
[♪♪♪]
Look, I had no idea it was this late.
Get home to my baby man so I can face the wrath.
Of Imani? [Malik laughs]
Bro, I feel for you.
Hell hath no fury like a black woman scorned.
Thanks for support, brother.
No problem, my brother.
See you Saturday.
Of course.
All right. Be safe. All right, You too, man.
Boy running like Kunta Kinte, boy.
Get home now.
[laughs]
[car engine running]
♪ Now that I'm rich
♪ I'm going to go there and meet him ♪
♪ And pay the price for my freedom ♪
[Officer Hill] Are you sure he has drugs on him?
Yeah, I got a tip from a reliable source.
[car engine running]
Gotta trust your superiors, rookie.
♪ I'm gonna sit at the table
♪ Hey
♪ Pass the beans and rice
♪ How did we go from whips and chains ♪
♪ To whips and chains
♪ How did we go from whips and chains ♪
♪ To whips and chains
[police sirens]
Here come the bullshit.
Damn.
♪ My car keys can't unlock me
[rain pattering]
[car door closes]
License and registration.
No problem, officer.
[Officer Wind] Slowly.
Give me a chance, now.
I'm gonna reach in my glove box right here
and look at my hands.
10 and two.
All right. Registration.
Driver's license.
Back. 10 and two.
Can you tell me why you pulling me over, officer?
I'll ask all the questions.
You been smoking marijuana?
No, sir. Not at all.
Would you mind stepping out of the car?
For what, officer. I didn't do anything.
Step out of the vehicle.
For what? Huh?
For what?
I said, I didn't do anything!
Step out of the car.
[car chiming]
[Officer Hill] Slowly.
Hands in the air.
Hands in the air. Come on.
Gets your hands off your gun.
I'm getting out.
Hands on the vehicle. What I do?
What I do?
You can't tell me? Huh?
What did I do?
Come on.
Like that. Do you?
Hands to your side. [Malik grunts]
Mike!
Stand down, rookie. I've got this.
Get your hands off me, Mike.
That nosy wife of yours caused quite a stir.
Time to pay the Piper.
Now hands behind your back.
What I do?
You can't tell me. Huh?
Get your fucking hands off of me.
Tell me what did I do, officer. Huh?
Calm down. Sit down.
Fuck you!
Sit 'em on the ground.
On the curb. Come on. [Malik grunting]
Now if I search your car,
we're not gonna find any illegal substances, are we?
No!
We'll see.
[♪♪♪]
[laughs]
What do we have here?
You planted that shit, man.
Appears to be well over an ounce, making it a felony.
That's not mine and you know that.
Read him his rights and put 'em in the car.
Man, get these cuffs off of me.
These cuffs off of me, man.
Relax. Relax. Relax.
You put that shit on me, man.
You a coward and you know that.
[Malik grunting]
That was for my sister.
[officer] Get the fuck off of him.
You motherfucker.
[♪♪♪]
No. No!
No! Get out of my way!
- Get out of my way! - Put down your weapon!
Read him his rights and put him in the car.
That's a direct order from your superior.
[♪♪♪]
That was non-standard police procedure, Mike.
When you got a hammer everything looks like nails.
I did not sign up for this.
- Is that right? - Yeah.
Afraid I'm a have to file a report.
- Is that so? - Mm-hmm.
I dare ya.
Do you even know who I am?
I know who the fuck you are.
You're a racist piece of shit.
I'm the old breed of law enforcement,
part of a fraternal over...
the brotherhood
that makes me fucking untouchable.
So you go ahead and tell and then you die.
And if you ever double cross me again in the field,
I'll kill you myself.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
Now get the fuck out of my face.
[police sirens]
And this is another reason why I told you to stop smoking.
But baby, that weed wasn't mine.
They set me up. He planted that shit.
Yeah, but your weed smoking made you an easy target.
Baby, so now it's my fault?
Yeah, it's your fault.
If you look, look at me, you gotta believe me.
All right.
Look what they did to my face.
Come here, babe.
I'm so sorry, baby.
I'm so sorry.
We are going to get through this together.
I know.
I love you.
I love you too.
Let's go home.
Let's go home. Let's get out of here.
[sighs]
What's up, guys.
I'm living in a neighborhood among racist people.
We've all seen the video.
It's very difficult to be surrounded by people
who don't value you or see you as equal.
[car alarm beeping]
What the hell are you doing, Karen?
Why are you on my car?
I just wanted to say
that I heard about what happened to Malik.
I'm so sorry.
I tried to tell him to stop, but you know how men are.
Hey, listen I thought that this would be a perfect time
for you and I to make amends.
You can't be serious.
Yeah.
I have something to admit to you
that I do have an ax to grind with you people
and I've just taken it all out on you.
You people?
Yes.
When I was a little girl,
we got pushed out of our neighborhood
when the whole crack epidemic started.
Sorry, it's so emotional.
[sobbing]
Okay. And?
Hold on. Let me come down there and talk to you.
I don't have any personal with you and your husband.
Okay, it's not personal.
I just think you guys need to move.
I just don't want you in my neighborhood.
It's just not the right fit.
I'm so sorry for you, Karen.
But you're gonna have to deal with it
because we're not going anywhere.
Have a good day, Karen.
Wait.
[door thudding]
[♪♪♪]
I changed my mind.
We're not moving.
We're hiring a lawyer.
[door buzzing]
- Please, come in. - Hello.
Thank you.
Hey, they're going right now
to talk to that Charles Wright guy.
The three of them together could ruin our lives.
You know what this means, right?
Listen, you take care of him and I will take care of her.
Okay.
I don't know if there's enough here
for racial discrimination case.
Typically these are very hard to prove
when it's amongst neighbors.
It's more than that,
she had her brother set me up who is a cop.
What's your neighbor's name?
Karen Drexler.
You mean the HOA president
who harassed my son and his friends with her cop brother?
That would be her.
Yes.
Well, let me tell you,
my office has uncovered some disturbing information
on her and her brother.
- Let me see. - [Charles] Indeed.
- Wait a minute. - [Malik] Thank you sir.
Really?
[Charles] This was Karen's husband, officer Ken Drexler.
He was one of three officers killed
by that black vigilante a few years back.
So afterwards it seems that Karen became unhinged
and was fired from her job as an elementary school teacher
for making racist remarks to the children.
Sounds like, Karen.
[Charles] And her brother, Officer Wind
is quite a piece of work as well.
Over the years,
he's had dozens of excessive use of force cases,
but the charges never stick.
You see, he belongs to a secret society of cops.
They protect each other.
They have members in every facet of law enforcement,
including the courts
and even the district attorney's office.
This is sickening.
Who are you telling?
So I found all this out after the incident with my son
and his friends, which was caught on video.
Mr. Wright, I was the one who sent you the video files.
Really?
Let me look into your husband's case,
see what we can come up with.
But I'll tell you a felony possession of marijuana
and assaulting an officer will not be easy.
[Imani] We're up for the fight.
[Reporter] High alert tonight after dozens of major cities
saw clashes between police and protesters
sparking protest...
[knocking on door]
...and an end to police brutality
and what some are calling-
Are you expecting someone?
No. That was the door wasn't it?
Let me go see who that is.
I'll be right back.
[knocking on door]
Just a minute.
[indistinct radio chatter]
We have a search warrant.
♪ Say ♪ Say
♪ My ♪ My
♪ Soul ♪ Soul
♪ Lord I'm asking you to save my ♪
♪ Save ♪ Save
♪ My ♪ My
♪ Soul
♪ Lord I'm asking you to save my ♪
♪ Save ♪ Save
♪ My ♪ My
♪ Soul ♪ Soul
♪ Lord I'm asking you to save my ♪
♪ Save ♪ Save
Charles, they took him.
You got to do something.
Imani. Imani!
Listen, I will call and check on him right now.
I'll call you back. Okay.
God.
[tense dramatic music]
What do you mean he hasn't been booked in?
I'm coming down there.
Hello?
Imani, there is something going on.
I need you to meet me at the station.
Okay. I'm on my way.
[lightning crackles]
[♪♪♪]
[thunder rumbling]
[glass shattering]
What the hell are you doing, Karen?
Is that anyway to speak to your neighbor?
You don't have to do this.
No, I do have to do this.
[glass shattering]
Come on, girlfriend.
Come on, girlfriend!
Let's do this!
[♪♪♪]
I demand to see my client.
What's his name?
Malik Jeffreys.
Imani, I love taking a tour of your house.
But let's play now. Shall we?
[whistling]
[♪♪♪]
How cute.
Look who brought a sword to a gun fight.
[grunting]
[gun firing]
[grunting]
[Dispatcher] We have a report of shots fired
at 888 Miranda Way.
[Officer Wind] Move!
[♪♪♪]
[groans]
Woman?
[♪♪♪]
[thudding] [Karen grunts]
♪ Here's the latest on the survival ♪
♪ And how the white man hid it in the bible ♪
♪ And they bring us down to our knees ♪
[both grunting]
Turn your ass over!
You ain't so tough now without your gun,
huh, girlfriend?
Huh?
Ugh. [Karen screams]
[both grunting]
[police sirens]
[gun firing]
[breathing heavily]
Woo!
Karen, you don't have to do this.
Yes, I do.
All you had to do, Imani...
was leave.
And this wouldn't have happened to you and your husband.
Secure the perimeter. I'll check the house.
I'm coming with you.
Just do what I say!
Woo!
Look at that.
[door slamming]
My people are here.
Oh, there he is. Just in time.
You okay?
Oh, I'm hunky-dory.
So how do you want to do this?
Do you shoot her or am I fucking shooting?
Last thing we need to do
is have another officer-involved shooting,
gets these people all riled up.
Fine, I'll fucking shoot her.
[gun firing] [Imani thudding]
[rain pattering]
[Karen] Uh.
So I'll say there was a struggle.
- She went from my gun. - Yep.
And that's when you shot her.
Yes, love it.
[breathing heavily]
What's going on in here?
Nothing.
Go back out to the car.
I'll explain everything on the way to the precinct.
She breathing?
Like I told you.
[police scuffling]
Come on. Get the fuck off me.
[Karen] Whoa.
She has a pulse.
Like I told you,
we will handle this. She has a pulse.
Go back out to the car!
Go back to the car!
Drop your weapon.
No. Drop your fucking weapon!
Rookie, I'm gonna need you to stand down!
[gun firing]
[Karen sobbing] Oh, no.
[♪♪♪]
Why didn't you just go to the car
when my brother said?
[gun firing]
I told you we weren't going anywhere, bitch.
[grunting]
[police sirens]
Hey.
Hey. Hey.
[Charles] Racism is this country's original sin.
And although we would like it not to be so,
bigotry and bias
and discrimination is alive and striving,
which is why we're filing this civil lawsuit,
not for monetary gains,
because money can never account for the atrocities
that Malik and Imani have experienced.
This is merely putting a band-aid
on a bullet wound.
More importantly,
we want to send a strong message
that we're tired of being disrespected
and brutalized and marginalized
by certain law enforcement
and other members of the community.
Weaponizing race and privilege to wage war
against an already disenfranchised community.
You're silence is compliance.
[♪♪♪]
All lives can't matter until black lives matter, too.
[♪♪♪]
[end credit songs]