Crazy K

Jerome Johns, aka "Crazy K" is the secondary antagonist of the "Hard-Core Convert" segment in Tales From The Hood.

Biography[]

Crazy K was a violent gang member and homicidal psychopath who had killed several people mercilessly. One day, he was driving down the streets of Los Angeles in his Mustang, when he noticed the car of Lil' Deke, another local gang member whom Crazy K had some beef with. Crazy K follows Deke, parks in a neighborhood and has a brief argument with him, before shooting Deke to death. In retaliation, three other men attack from a house nearby. The men shoot Crazy K, and just as they are about to kill him, the police arrive at the scene. Due to one of the shooters firing at the police officers, all three gunmen are shot in retaliation by the officers. Crazy K is badly injured but survives, only to get arrested by the cops.

Crazy K has receives a life sentence for suspicion of murder three times along with other charges. Dr. Cushing arrives at the prison and transfers Crazy K to another facility, where meets an inmate who is a homicidal white supremacist, who has also dedicated his entire body to tattoos of symbols of Nazism. The Nazi raves about killing black people and the end of days for blacks, which angers Crazy K and causes him to punch the man in the face. The man then asks Crazy K the race of the victims he killed, silencing Crazy K because all of his victims were black. The man grows fond of Crazy K and he tells him that there will be a few black people who will be spared as long as they think like him. After speaking to the man, Crazy K is told by Dr. Cushing that she purposely put him there to meet someone who is just like him. She then tells him that she has been hired by the government to administer a rehabilitation process on Crazy K, in hopes that he will change his ways.

Crazy K is put through a process of torture to make him learn the consequences of his actions. First, his hair (with a "K" cut into the front) is shaved off. He is then forced to witness a slideshow of images involving KKK members and victims of lynching, interspersed with grisly footage of gang violence. Lastly, he watches a montage showing all those he has killed. Dr. Cushing goes into the fact that Crazy K killed many innocent African Americans without remorse or second thought.

Crazy K is put through the next stage, in which he is put in a sensory deprivation chamber. There, he is confronted by the souls of his victims. These include an old friend of K's, as well as an innocent young girl, who was killed by accident when a bullet from Crazy K's gun went through her wall. Crazy K refuses to accept any responsibility for any of the deaths, and Dr. Cushing warns him that he won't get another chance for forgiveness. He briefly hints at how his violent ways and uncaring outlook stem from a traumatic childhood. The souls protest and accuse him even more, but he grows increasingly angry and defensive.

Death[]

Having refused a chance for redemption for his sins, he is transported back to the moment when he was shot. Crazy K is brutally shot dead by the three gunmen, and the story ends with his corpse lying abandoned on the street.