“Light It Up” quotes

Plot – In Queens, one of the poorest neighborhood of New York, there's Lincoln High School, as degraded as the messy area all around. Prof. Knowles is suspended and his students don't accept his punishment, so they occupy the school. Lester is the leader, a student and a good basketball player. Police arrives and agent Jackson negotiates with the students and Lester inveighs against him saying he wants his father back, who was killed long ago by some cops. Jackson's wife and son are dead too. In the meantime, out of the school people and reporters gather around and the police decides to do a blitz, which ends up with some students' detention.