Joseph was five years old. Merriam was six years old. Antoine was ten years old. The boys made their way across the yard and ran to the front of the school only to find the front gate locked. They climbed over the fence before the sight of the Police Recruiters. They made it in time to participate in the end of the meeting; the LAPD’s Juvenile Recruitment Program.
 
        However one officer decided he was going to arrest the two brothers on charges of breaking into the school but Joseph clarified that they didn’t break into the school; they broke out of it. Out of the current three siblings, Joseph was the more intelligent and the other two not only knew it but feared it and conspired to give him drugs to make him stupid. Joseph had overheard them when they spoke of it to their mother, so knew enough not to accept any form of drugs disguised as food or drink from his siblings. He fed himself.
 
        Joseph, short of breath, explained their situation to the Police and inquired if he and Antoine were in time to register for the program. They were. The initiation was a hand to hand battle against a choosing of the recruited member of a Unit. And the Units were: Unit 18, Unit PBS, Unit F13, and Unit C14. Joseph was suspicious of such unwise recruiting tactic but gave in to believe it was what men did; honorable men.
 
        Antoine wasn’t choosy about what unit he was going to be initiated into but Joseph suggested Unit 18 on account that Unit 18 was composed of Residents and not Citizens. The brothers were simple Residents, a status hated by the other Units. That was why Unit 18 was the most hated by all.
 
        Antoine was headed into Unit PBS. Joseph took him to the side and explained things to him, regardless Antoine favored Unit PBS on account that its abbreviation stood for Play Boys and Antoine was intrigued by such notion. He wanted to be what he believed such group was; womanizers. When he engaged in the fight, he was immobilized by the brandishing of a weapon from the PBS opponent. Joseph knew immediately it was a crime.
 
        “You’re going to die. What are you going to do?” asked an Officer. Antoine dropped to one knee and prayed. It was deemed as a correct response; to make your peace with God. While he was praying, the PBS opponent pistol whipped him and was then arrested for assault and brandishing of a weapon. Antoine claimed he wanted justice but he really was after revenge. Joseph pulled him off to the side and explained that he had to make the arrest and prove that he would uphold the law and not take it into his own hands. That was the test; to witness if one could make a citizen’s arrest, to uphold the law; not to break it.
 
        But Antoine thought differently. He believed in not being a tale teller, so he dropped the charges with expectations to be allowed to beat up his assailant. “I passed the test, so now give me what I want!”
 
The Police prevented him from beating on his opponent. The PBS recruitment was deemed annulled and Antoine, at the assurance of Joseph, was then recruited into Unit 18. It was the correct Unit for him due to his immigration status.
 
          Then it was Joseph’s turn...