* Jeff delivering a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his neighbors when they, [[{{Misblamed}} blaming Jeff for the neighborhood becoming a war zone despite the fact it was their idea to use him to protect the neighborhood without seeing these consequences]], decide to get him out of the neighborhood in hopes of making a deal with the Golden Lords. Also doubles as a TearJerker due to Robert Townsend's delivery. The hurt at his neighbors using him as a scapegoat is visible in his voice and expressions.
-->'''[[Creator/JamesEarlJones Earnest Moses]]''': ''Let's vote on it.''
-->'''Jefferson Reed''': ''You don't have to vote. I'll leave. I'm sorry about what happened to the neighborhood tonight, but I feel even sorrier watching what's going on in this room. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion How can we stop the crime and the gangs if we act like we don't see them?]] [[PoliceAreUseless Everybody complains about the police.]] They aren't perfect. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion But how can you complain when you do nothing?]] ({{Beat}}) You don't have to vote.''
* [[IronicEcho Having earlier stated he'd never give up his records for anything,]] Mr. Moses, feeling guilty for the above moment, [[BigDamnHeroes saves Jeff from being executed by]] [[BigBad Simon]], the leader of the [[GangOfHats Golden Lords]], by disarming him with a well-thrown record. This spurs the entire neighborhood to [[TookALevelInBadass help Jeff by standing up and fighting back against the gang with any weapons they can find]].
* The Bloods and Crips forming an alliance to defend Jeff from Byers and his syndicate. If that wasn't enough, the police show up to arrest the syndicate soon after.