The Brotherhood of Justice

Hey, Derek!

Hey, Derek! Let's go!

Morning, bro.

How's it going?

I like the Huey Lewis look.

Yeah? Really?

Really.

Yeah, I think you're right. Thanks, bro.

Hey, don't mention it.

Morning, Maria.

Everybody gone already?

Your father left very early this morning. Before 6:00.

Probably had a golf game.

Where'd my mom go? Did she say?

A meeting, I think. A breakfast.

The Pink Roses Club?

No, I don't think so.

Okay. The Ballet Auxiliary?

Maybe.

Morning.

Hey, did you hear about the Mission Saturday night?

What about it?

Thirteen cars got ripped off.

Thirteen cars?

Not the cars, just the radios.

They had a concert up there. I think Mom and Dad went.

Cops know anything about it?

Ethnic minorities.

What, Willie?

White boys don't steal?

Hi, Derek!

Hey, Derek! How's it going?

Kid.

Hi.How you doing?

Good. How are you?

I'm okay. I missed you yesterday.

So maybe tonight, huh?

I gotta work.

You may be blowing a major opportunity here.

I'm off tomorrow night.

All right.

Why would anybody ever pick these colors?

Hi, Victor.

Hi, Christie.

What is it with you and that guy?

Nothing. He's just quiet, that's all.

"Quiet"?

Derek, he's a nice guy.

I gotta go.

Bye.

Bye.

See you at lunch, beautiful!

The secretary will read the minutes from the last session of the council.

How about we just dispense with minutes?

We've got important things to talk about.

Such as?

Such as the complete breakdown of law and order at this school.

Yeah.

As witnessed by the condition of my locker this morning.

Everybody's locker.

They broke into Sinclair's locker and stole his...

Might I point out

the parliamentary procedure is still in effect here, ladies and gentlemen.

Point of order, Mr. Pres.

How about a little parliamentary procedure out there, where it counts?

Yeah, you got it. Law of the jungle out there.

Yeah, come on, Barnwell. Let's get down to it.

I'd like to go on record, Julie.

There will never be a return to law and order

until...

spray paint is abolished from this earth.

Well, it's not that big a deal.

But we are being ripped off left and right.

I mean, pretty soon you're gonna have to carry your lunch around in a safety deposit box.

Does the distinguished senior class representative wanna make a motion?

No. Just ticks me off, that's all.

Yeah, I second that emotion.

Second that, what?

That emotion. Amen, brother.

You know how many times me or one of my boys

has been out here in the last couple of months, Bob?

Nine.

Yeah, for vandalism. Right, nine.

And a dozens times for fights and theft,

and close to 40 times for drugs.

You clocking the mileage, Wes? Is that what you're doing?

You gotta help us, Bob.

You help us, we help you.

Do you have any idea how much this little party last night is gonna cost?

Estimates haven't come in yet.

You know that ad...

"Pay us now or pay us later"?

You've been doing it your way for three years now, it's time to try ours.

Forget it, Wes.

Now, look. The taxpayers

are tired of reaching into their pockets over and over again

to pick up the pieces, to sweep up the glass.

To repaint this, to rebuild that.

This place was like a country club when it started.

Another year of this, it's gonna look like all the rest.

I know you're trying to help, Wes, but I'm an educator.

I can't allow this school to be turned into an armed camp.

Oh, come on, Bob.

A few undercover cops is not an armed camp.

The problems we have are no different than the problems facing

a lot of schools in this country.

I'll deal with it my way.

If this keeps up, pretty soon

you're gonna have to do it my way.

So... what's a pretty girl like you doing working in a crummy joint like this?

Suckering guys like you into paying 15 cents more a gallon

at a full service pump.

TRing, tring! Work time officially declared over!

Coffee break! Where's the gang?

Oh! Need I say more?

We are your official rest period.

You are honey.

We are going to commandeer the whole situation.

Take me, I'm yours.

What's this?

Hey, hombres. What you do?

This is where we live.

Clear out, Mule. Don't be messing in my business.

What'd they do?

I said, beat it, didn't I?

They didn't do anything.

I say these be the boys that stole those radios Saturday night.

Who wants to bet?

Yeah?

Hey, listen up.

You break into my car,

I'm gonna rent a helicopter

to take you up 3,000 feet

and drop you out like a sack of sewage.

Comprende?

Mule, what's the matter with you?

You see a couple of Chicanos and you think they're guilty of something.

Now, beat it, all of you. Now!

Well, they're in a police car.

Yeah, they're nice guys.

What time are you off?

I'm off at eight o'clock. I'll be here at 8:01.

Look, I wanna get cleaned up first. Look at that.

Okay, make it 8:02.

Oh...

Now, when do I get to eat dinner?

I'll buy you dinner.

You will, huh? Let me guess. Uh... Italian.

Whatever you want.

Mm-hmm. Delmonico's?

Ah. Impeccable taste.

Yes. In men, too.

Eight thirty?

Eight thirty two.

Okay.

Why does he do that? I don't know. He's an animal.

He's a mule.

I'll see you later.Okay.

You are the light of my life and I can't live without you. You know that.

You doll, you.

Pepperoni, mushrooms and extra cheese. See you Saturday, Christie.

Okay.

Saturday?

Yeah, I got a new job. I start waitressing here in a few days.

What about the gas station?

It's only three afternoons a week. It's just not enough.

Well, you know, not enough for you, but too much for me.

Well, my father doesn't own a car dealership, Derek,

and not everybody in this town can live in a five-bedroom house on Bluffside Drive.

We're never gonna have any time.

Yes, we will. I'll make time.

Hi.

Hi.

Sorry.

Since when has he been working here?

I don't know. A couple of weeks, I think.

Is that what gave you the idea?

Money gave me the idea, Derek.

Some of us need it, some of us don't.

Well, let's get fat.

Hey, come on, Ramundi. Since when is a dime bag 20 bucks, huh?

20 bucks!

Hurry, Jerry, I gotta get going.

Here, I'll take that.

Give me some dust then.

Good morning. Thank you all for coming.

You people are among the best and the brightest in the state,

so I'm sure you can stand to miss a class.

Some of you probably know or may have guessed why I've asked

to speak to you this morning.

Last weekend's incident was an insult