:23:04
Kids picking on 'em,
beating 'em up, calling 'em names.
:23:09
Someone put a dead squirrel
in my little Troy's locker.
:23:12
Poor boy came home cryin'.
:23:16
What'd he ever do to anyone?
:23:22
I just keep... tryin' to figure out
what I done wrong.
:23:29
They have been ploughed over by life.
He first got in trouble when he was 15.
:23:33
- Every kid does that.
- His daddy was never around.
:23:36
Most of your kids in the project
are raised by single parents.
:23:39
They're not rapin' and killin' people.
Really, Helen, you're being suckered.
:23:44
What about the parents of these victims?
:23:46
- Have you counselled them?
- You think they'd wanna talk to me?
:23:50
Don't people in your neighbourhood
need your help?
:23:53
Yes, Mama. I'm still workin' with them.
:23:55
But why are you visiting with murderers?
:23:58
For all the energy that
you're putting into them...
:24:01
...you could be keepin' other kids
from going to prison.
:24:05
Mama's friends read an article which
associated your name with Poncelet.
:24:10
- My name was in the paper?
- It has nothing to do with that.
:24:13
I am simply curious.
Helen, what has drawn you to this?
:24:18
Mama, I don't know.
:24:20
I feel caught more than drawn.
:24:24
The man's in trouble and, for some
reason, I'm the only one he trusts.
:24:28
Your heart's in the right place, but a
full heart shouldn't follow an empty head.
:24:33
Or an empty stomach.
:24:37
You'd always bring home strays.
If we'd taken in all those dogs and cats...
:24:41
...we wouldn't have had any money
to feed the children in this house.
:24:45
Your heart is large.
:24:49
Just take care that others don't take
advantage of it. I'd hate to see that.
:24:54
All right, Mama.
:24:56
My daddy took me to a bar when I was 12
and told me to pick my whiskey.