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* NotSoDifferentRemark: The Emancipators' ringleader Cinque tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: The Emancipators' ringleader Cinque tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] colour with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.
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* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: A variation as the antagonist saying it isn't dying, but Cinque insists that even though the Emancipators have been defeated, their actions will inspire other radical groups to challenge the status quo. Hondo retorts that he and SWAT will be there to stop them as well.
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* NotSoDifferent: The Emancipators' ringleader Cinque tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: The Emancipators' ringleader Cinque tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.
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* SuicideByCop: Cinque tries to do this by making him seem like he's aiming, but has tossed his gun away. Hondo shoots him, but realizes what he's after when Cinque says he'll be just another Black person shot by the LAPD, and [[DontCreateAMartyr won't let him be a martyr]], saving Cinque's life with first aid.
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* TearJerker: Street make a tough decision by reporting the Parole Officer and send his mother back to prison.

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* DontCreateAMartyr: After Hondo shoots the Emancipators' leader, he immediately applies first aid to avert this.

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* DontCreateAMartyr: After Hondo shoots the Emancipators' leader, he immediately applies first aid for this.
-->'''Cinque''': Another black man shot by the L.A.P.D. Thank you for contributing
to avert this.the cause, brother.



* NotSoDifferent: The Emancipators' ringleader tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.

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* NotSoDifferent: The Emancipators' ringleader Cinque tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.

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* TearJerker: Street make a tough decision by reporting the Parole Officer and send his mother back to prison.

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* AllForNothing: The Emancipators' plan to blow up City Hall and kill as many politicians and police officials as possible fails. Hondo even rubs this in their ringleader's face.
-->'''Hondo''': You did a whole lot of damage...to a building.
* DontCreateAMartyr: After Hondo shoots the Emancipators' leader, he immediately applies first aid to avert this.
-->'''Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson''': You are ''not'' becoming a martyr on my watch!
* KangarooCourt: This trope is in the title. The Emancipators return to stage one of these for politicians they deem corrupt.
* NotSoDifferent: The Emancipators' ringleader tries to claim this about him and Hondo, saying they're both [[AngryBlackMan men of colour]] with anger at the failures of the system. Hondo [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up]] by retorting that he channelled his anger into something positive.
* PutOnABus: Cortez leaves S.W.A.T. to take up a job offer with the F.B.I.
* TearJerker: Street make a tough decision by reporting the Parole Officer and send his mother back to prison.prison.
* TrueCompanions: Deacon affirms this about the squad with his acceptance speech for the Police Star.
* UnflinchingWalk: Hondo does one while carrying the unconscious Cortez out of the bombed out City Hall.
* WhatADrag: The Emancipators hand one of the politicians they abducted over to a gang who are about to do this when S.W.A.T. raids their hideout.
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The SWAT team goes in pursuit again of the militant group The Emancipators, when the criminals hold a live stream kangaroo court to publicly execute city politicians. Also, Hondo fights to lift Darryl’s spirits; Deacon feels unworthy as he prepares to receive one of the LAPD’s highest honors; and Street catches a break in the search for his missing parolee mother.


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*TearJerker: Street make a tough decision by reporting the Parole Officer and send his mother back to prison.

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