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* BigotWithABadge: Officer Frank Lawler isn't just racist towards African Americans, he's also prejudice towards Mexicans and anyone else who isn't white.
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* BigotWithABadge: Officer Frank Lawler isn't just racist towards African Americans, he's also prejudice prejudiced towards Mexicans and anyone else who isn't white.
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!! Tropes associated with this episode:
* AngryBlackManStereotype: Albert is always angry and hostile, especially when it comes to white people.
* AssholeVictim: Given how before his death, [[HateSink Albert]] has spent the entire episode acting as an angry hatemonger. Because he punched his own mother, tried to rob a grocery store and would knock out the owner with a baseball bat, it's hard to feel sad for him.
* BigotWithABadge: Officer Frank Lawler isn't just racist towards African Americans, he's also prejudice towards Mexicans and anyone else who isn't white.
* BloodlessCarnage: We see Officer Frank shoot Albert in point blank range, but we don't see a drop of blood whatsoever.
* CallingTheYoungManOut: Martha gives Kevin [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan a slap to the face]] after blaming Mark for indirectly putting away his father and for saying the [[NWordPrivileges N-Word]]. She then tells him that as much as she loves Frank, he alone is responsible for his own actions and that she won't let racism be a part of their lives anymore.
** Flora would also call out Albert on his behavior and would even slap him after he insults his late-father's memory.
* GiveMeAReason: Frank takes Albert outside and releases him from his cuffs as a [[BaitTheDog false gesture of kindness.]] He correctly guesses that Frank intends to have Albert run so as to give him an excuse to shoot him. Frank would then [[PoliceBrutality beat Albert]] [[PoliceBrutality and then shoots him after he snatches the nightstick from him.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: As painful as it was, Mark chose not to cover for his former partner after he shot and killed Albert.
* IrrationalHatred: When his mother points out that Jonathan has done nothing to earn his rudeness and contempt, Albert says that it's because he's white and as far as he's concerned, that's more than enough of a reason to hate him.
->'''Flora''': Mr. Smith has never done anything to hurt you.
->'''Albert''': He's WHITE! That's good enough for me
* JerkAss: While [[BigotWithABadge Frank's racism]] puts him in this category, Albert is just as much of a jerk himself.
* PoliceBrutality: Frank punches Albert in the face and then he beats him to the ground with his nightstick. He then shoots Albert after he snatches the nightstick from him.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In his introduction scene, Frank openly called Gonzales a "Wetback" and later on in the episode, his son refers to Albert as "some nigger".
* PrejudiceAesop: Whether you're white or black, Racism and [[IrrationalHatred Irrational Hatred]] on both sides, can destroy one another and that in order to break the cycle of hate, we must get to know one another.
* {{Profiling}}: Frank pulls this twice. He caught Albert and his friends [[RightForTheWrongReasons for trying to steal a car]] and on the next day he harasses an African-American man whom he suspects is a drug dealer due to his expensive car, but Mark quickly determines the man’s true identity and he is let go.
* RayOfHopeEnding: [[BittersweetEnding After death of Albert and Frank's impending prison sentence,]] both Jonathan and Mark had arranged for Kevin and Julius to meet each other in order to help reconcile all the hostile feelings that led to this tragedy. The episode ends as Kevin and Julius cautiously introduce themselves to each other.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Friend.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: During their patrol, Frank and Mark had arrested Albert and his friends for trying to steal a car. While it was revealed that Albert WAS trying to steal a car with a metal tool, Frank was profiling the teens due to their skin color and would have arrested them regardless.
* SiblingYinYang: While Albert is [[JerkAss rude and hateful]], Julius on the other hand is [[NiceGuy well behaved and friendly.]]
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Flora tries to take the opportunity to talk some sense into Albert, but to no avail. He then points out that his father, a marine who died serving in the Middle East, was merely a pawn of white society, while angers Flora so much that she slaps him.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Kevin would embrace and imitate Frank’s racist beliefs. However, Martha has had enough and would vow that she won’t allow hatred to destroy his life as it did his fathers’.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Albert expresses his belief that racial prejudice is part of a “war,” and when his mother tries to talk to him [[WouldHitAGirl he punches her in the face]] and runs off.
* AngryBlackManStereotype: Albert is always angry and hostile, especially when it comes to white people.
* AssholeVictim: Given how before his death, [[HateSink Albert]] has spent the entire episode acting as an angry hatemonger. Because he punched his own mother, tried to rob a grocery store and would knock out the owner with a baseball bat, it's hard to feel sad for him.
* BigotWithABadge: Officer Frank Lawler isn't just racist towards African Americans, he's also prejudice towards Mexicans and anyone else who isn't white.
* BloodlessCarnage: We see Officer Frank shoot Albert in point blank range, but we don't see a drop of blood whatsoever.
* CallingTheYoungManOut: Martha gives Kevin [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan a slap to the face]] after blaming Mark for indirectly putting away his father and for saying the [[NWordPrivileges N-Word]]. She then tells him that as much as she loves Frank, he alone is responsible for his own actions and that she won't let racism be a part of their lives anymore.
** Flora would also call out Albert on his behavior and would even slap him after he insults his late-father's memory.
* GiveMeAReason: Frank takes Albert outside and releases him from his cuffs as a [[BaitTheDog false gesture of kindness.]] He correctly guesses that Frank intends to have Albert run so as to give him an excuse to shoot him. Frank would then [[PoliceBrutality beat Albert]] [[PoliceBrutality and then shoots him after he snatches the nightstick from him.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: As painful as it was, Mark chose not to cover for his former partner after he shot and killed Albert.
* IrrationalHatred: When his mother points out that Jonathan has done nothing to earn his rudeness and contempt, Albert says that it's because he's white and as far as he's concerned, that's more than enough of a reason to hate him.
->'''Flora''': Mr. Smith has never done anything to hurt you.
->'''Albert''': He's WHITE! That's good enough for me
* JerkAss: While [[BigotWithABadge Frank's racism]] puts him in this category, Albert is just as much of a jerk himself.
* PoliceBrutality: Frank punches Albert in the face and then he beats him to the ground with his nightstick. He then shoots Albert after he snatches the nightstick from him.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In his introduction scene, Frank openly called Gonzales a "Wetback" and later on in the episode, his son refers to Albert as "some nigger".
* PrejudiceAesop: Whether you're white or black, Racism and [[IrrationalHatred Irrational Hatred]] on both sides, can destroy one another and that in order to break the cycle of hate, we must get to know one another.
* {{Profiling}}: Frank pulls this twice. He caught Albert and his friends [[RightForTheWrongReasons for trying to steal a car]] and on the next day he harasses an African-American man whom he suspects is a drug dealer due to his expensive car, but Mark quickly determines the man’s true identity and he is let go.
* RayOfHopeEnding: [[BittersweetEnding After death of Albert and Frank's impending prison sentence,]] both Jonathan and Mark had arranged for Kevin and Julius to meet each other in order to help reconcile all the hostile feelings that led to this tragedy. The episode ends as Kevin and Julius cautiously introduce themselves to each other.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Friend.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: During their patrol, Frank and Mark had arrested Albert and his friends for trying to steal a car. While it was revealed that Albert WAS trying to steal a car with a metal tool, Frank was profiling the teens due to their skin color and would have arrested them regardless.
* SiblingYinYang: While Albert is [[JerkAss rude and hateful]], Julius on the other hand is [[NiceGuy well behaved and friendly.]]
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Flora tries to take the opportunity to talk some sense into Albert, but to no avail. He then points out that his father, a marine who died serving in the Middle East, was merely a pawn of white society, while angers Flora so much that she slaps him.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Kevin would embrace and imitate Frank’s racist beliefs. However, Martha has had enough and would vow that she won’t allow hatred to destroy his life as it did his fathers’.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Albert expresses his belief that racial prejudice is part of a “war,” and when his mother tries to talk to him [[WouldHitAGirl he punches her in the face]] and runs off.
