A.C.E.

VIRAL MEDIA Written By Victor Ramirez

Victor Ramirez isvictorious.com victorious.ramirez@gmail.com Brooklyn, NY

TV COMMERCIAL IMAGES Ominous background music. A dark screen fades in. NARRATOR Computer crime is on the rise. OFFICE CUBICLE. A MAN in a SKI MASK places a USB DRIVE into a COMPUTER. NARRATOR (CONT'D) Radicals and occupiers taking to the street WALL STREET, TOMPKINS SQUARE, RIOTERS clash with POLICE. NARRATOR (CONT'D) And even to your neighborhood. A SUBURBAN HOUSE. POLICE kick a door and tackle SQUATTER PUNKS. NARRATOR (CONT'D) Budget cuts by the millions. Inside a COURTHOUSE, a city council meeting. A POLICE OFFICER hands his BADGE to dismissive looking MEN IN SUITS. NARRATOR (CONT'D) and Americans caught in a political game, paid for by your tax dollars. Exterior of a SUBURBAN HOME. An elderly WOMAN clutches her HUSBAND's hand. They stare terrified out the WINDOW. NARRATOR (CONT'D) But there is hope. The background music turns patriotic, uplifting. Exterior, a DARK SUBURBAN ROAD. 4 MEN in TACTICAL GEAR exit a WHITE SUV. The logo of AMERICAN COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT A DIVISION OF PAYMATIC SYSTEMS on the side. The SUN begins to rise behind them. OFFICER 1 Americans shouldn't have to live in fear. We've supported troops abroad, it's time to support troops at home. OFFICER 2 I'm EUGENE RUSSO, CEO of Paymatic Systems. Private policing is paid for by those who break the law. Tell your representative to vote YES on HR 3316. Lets keep (MORE)

2. OFFICER 2 (CONT'D) criminals AND politicians out of your pocket.

An EAGLE FLIES into the screen and SCREAMS. A STONE WALL, a STREAK OF FIRE, the ACE logo etched in place. EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - EARLY MORNING A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK with an ACE MAGNET sloppily stuck on the side RACES by. INT. PICKUP TRUCK - CONTINUOUS Two OFFICERS, LAUREUX (male, 30s) and MATTIX (male 20s) in TACTICAL GEAR and AVIATORS sit as driver and passenger. Two college age CAMERA MEN with a DV CAMERA marked ACLU sit in back and catch the action. DV CAMERA on Mattix. He schools the passengers. MATTIX OK, this is a domestic dispute call. Protocol is to use any means we have at our disposal to diffuse the situation and separate individuals quickly as possible. You guys need to be fast. When we jump out, you drag ass right up on us. Got it? The Cameramen nod nervously. Mattix pumps a SHOTGUN on his lap. He unloads RED SHELLS and places GREEN SHELLS in the receiver. LAUREUX Domestic disputes are wild cards. Be sure to keep your heads low. We dont know if a guy slapped his wife or a woman is ready to blow her husbands head off. Mattix shoots a look in Laureuxs direction. Laureux smiles. MATTIX Just make sure you guys catch my good side. EXT. RANCH HOUSE LAWN - CONTINUOUS A WOMAN on a PORCH throws anything she can find at a MAN

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below her. The WHITE PICKUP TRUCK pulls up and kicks a CLOUD OF DUST. Laureux and Mattix JUMP OUT, SHOTGUNS at the ready. The Cameramen FOLLOW keeping to the side of the TRUCK opposite the action. WOMAN That's right, get him! Get that sumbitch! The man walks to confront LAUREUX. GUN BLAST. The man DROPS back and CLUTCHES his chest. The Cameramen RUN AROUND to get a better shot. WOMAN (CONT'D) You bastards! The Woman RUNS to her man's side. She SOBS. Mattix TURNS the man over and begins to ZIP TIE his hands. The man GASPS for air. No blood. The woman STOPS SOBBING. Laureux RESTRAINS her by one arm and PULLS her to the porch. Mattix SHUFFLES through the man's pockets removing a WALLET. His eyes WATER from the pepper round. MATTIX (coughing ) Robinson, Dwayne T, DOB January 13th, 1978. Are you Mrs. Robinson? WOMAN My name is Stacy Shatler and I wasn't doing nothing so let me go. Laureux TOSSES Mattix a TICKET PAD and gets tossed back the WALLET. LAUREUX OK Miss Shatler. According to your neighbors who called 9-1-1, Mr. Robinson was assaulting you. Mattix quickly fills out a TICKET, STANDS Dwayne to his feet. He holds the TICKET PAD out with an attached PEN. Sign here. MATTIX

STACY Are you arresting us?

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LAUREUX No, M'am. We're arresting Mr. Robinson on suspicion of assault. MATTIX Listen lady. We don't have all day. There is a $200 daily holding fee and a $500 fee for the 9-1-1 call. Mattix PASSES Dwayne to Laureux and WALKS towards Stacy. MATTIX (CONT'D) The sooner we get him in holding, the sooner you can get down to ACE offices, pay his fees and get home to await your court date. You want to talk it out here? I'm willing to tack on a $500 mediation fee. EXT. PICKUP TRUCK - CONTINUOUS Laureux STEPS Dwayne into the back of the PICKUP TRUCK and lays him on his back. Mattix PUSHES the TICKET PAD in Stacy's direction. She signs and walks to the back of the truck. Dwayne WAKES UP and tries to OPEN his eyes. DWAYNE Stacy? Honey? Where you at baby doll? STACY I'm right here baby. I'm gonna come get you right away. Dwayne's eyes WELL UP. He SITS UP. DWAYNE Dont you pay these cocksuckers a fucking dime. Im sorry I hit you, baby. But dont fucking pay shit. This aint right. Mattix SHOVES Dwayne back and SITS in the PASSENGER SIDE. Laureux PASSES Stacy a BUSINESS CARD stapled to a BROCHURE. LAUREUX You know where the ACE offices are? Right up by the old bottling plant? She NODS and begins to SOB again.

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LAUREUX (CONT'D) Look. I'm Laureux. That's LA-ROO. I used to be local. If you have anymore questions you call the ACE customer service line and get my voicemail. You have a nice day. Laureux lets the Cameramen get in and takes the wheel of the PICKUP TRUCK. MATTIX Why are you always trying to get laid? A TV NEWS SEGMENT A local NEWS ANCHOR (Female, 30's) talks into the screen. To her right is the ACE LOGO. NEWS ANCHOR Well, members of American Community Enforcement showed up in Lively, North Carolina yesterday driving vehicles with Lively Police Department written on them. As NEWS 8's NIKKI RACE reports, this caused quite a stir. Specifically because Lively doesn't have a city police department. Angles on brand new WHITE CHEVY SUV with the ACE logo and a LIVELY POLICE STICKER below it. V.O. NIKKI RACE This was the talk of the town in Lively on Thursday. SUV's decked out in the City of Lively Police Department decals and driven by American Community Enforcement members. ACE OFFICERS with RIFLES slung walk a small town street. V.O. NIKKI RACE (CONT'D) Two Rivers Authority council members say having A-C-E patrol the streets was never part of their agenda. Grocery store PARKING LOT. A WHITE HAIRED MAN in a SUIT speaks into a MICROPHONE. The screen says, AL PETERSON, TWO RIVERS AUTHORITY. AL PETERSON You know I have no idea. I really don't. Because that hasn't been in (MORE)

6. AL PETERSON (CONT'D) any of the decisions that I've had passed in front of me. V.O. NIKKI RACE As it stands now the Big Horn County Sheriff department is contracted to patrol the city and A-C-E has no jurisdiction. A TOWN HALL MEETING. Al Peterson talks before a group of concerned citizens. V.O. NIKKI RACE (CONT'D) If that was changed, Peterson claims, it would have to go through the city council. We reached out to a representative of A-C-E and she had this to say. LAURA ESCAVEDA (Female 30's) a smart looking MBA type, stands in front of a WAREHOUSE OFFICE. ACE OFFICERS shuffle in and out behind her. LAURA ESCAVEDA On September 4TH, officials with the Two Rivers Authority Economic Development Agency signed a contract with Paymatic Systems to employ our private firm, A-C-E. The contract will go into effect October 1ST. Another TOWN CENTER. A group MEXICAN MEN are loaded into the back of a topless flat bed truck. Their HANDS are ZIP TIED behind their back. LAURA ESCAVEDA (CONT'D) As officers already have contracts with surrounding cities, A-C-E officers are simply familiarizing themselves with new territory. Nikki Race stands in front of the CITY COURT HOUSE. NIKKI RACE The Two Rivers Authority Economic Development Agency will present the information at a city council meeting tonight at 7:30. However, they stated as they already have a signed contract, they do not need council approval.