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showing of our own mind at work.

Rock puts down his gun and says to his two peers, "Remember that these niggas put thirteen of our
people in a building that had bugs crawling on the walls." Someone opens the door to the room
where Rock and his peers are loading their guns, weaponry which will be used to attack the people
they call their enemies, and informs the three that everything is in place, that the targets are
returning to the corner.

Rock takes his gun and as many clips as he can store on his person, as do his two peers, and they
get in their designated vehicle and begin to drive towards their destination.

Eight minutes prior to the departure of Rock and his two peers, an elementary school had just
ended its school-day and the teachers were sending their students home. Among the students are
two sisters who live about five blocks away from their school. The sisters begin to walk down a
street that they could paint even with their eyes closed.

On the other side of the city, a man named Spider is pulling into a parking spot. After he parks, he
gets out of his car and begins to walk down an alley that leads to the backside of the storyteller's
apartment building. Near the backside of the building, hidden deep inside a bush, Spider finds the
bag of money that Jamal had left there for the enemy. Soon after, Spider enters the apartment
building to deposit Derek's letter with the help of a mailman, and then leaves.

In a police department somewhere in between the location of these two stories, there are two cops
who are arguing with each other in front of their superior officer. One white cop who is concerned
with the amount of drugs in the city, and one black cop who is concerned with the increasing
number of homicides in the city. They argue because the police department doesn't have enough
resources to be committed to both.

Rock parks the vehicle a few blocks away from the shooting spot, and the three of them split up to
surround the enemy. Rock becomes doubtful as he sees there are pedestrians around, but proceeds
despite this fact.

Malcolm and Marcus, who are standing on a street corner selling drugs to those who desire them,
are completely unaware of what is going to happen next. The two sisters who are now not too far
away from the corner that Malcolm and Marcus are standing on know of this corner, which is why
they always walk through an alley to get to the other side of the street.

Rock walks slowly towards the enemy, crushing an empty vial that once housed heroin. Rock, who
is to be the first attacker, reveals himself and begins to shoot at Malcolm and Marcus. All nearby
pedestrians scatter and all those who hear the shots from their homes begin to hide. Malcolm
quickly dives towards a nearby vehicle, one where he has placed a gun of his own on the top of the
front right tire. Malcolm quickly returns fire, as does Marcus after he has found cover. Coming up
behind them and on the side of them are Rock's two peers, who are also now firing at Malcolm and
Marcus. Because of the lack of training, the rounds that are being fired are hitting just about
everything except their intended targets.