Vigilante

Hey.

I don't know about you guys, but me,

I've had it up to here.

There are some 40-odd homicides a day on our streets.

There are over two million illegal guns in this city.

Man, that's enough guns to invade a whole damn country with.

They shoot a cop in our city without even thinking twice about it.

Now, come on.

I mean, you guys ride the subway.

How much more of this grief we gonna stand for?

How many more locks we got to put on our goddamn doors?

Now, we ain't got the police,

the prosecutors,

the courts or the prisons.

I mean, it's over.

The books don't balance.

We are a statistic.

Now, I'm tellin' you,

you can't go to the corner and buy a pack of cigarettes after dark,

because you know the punks and the scum own the street when the sun goes down,

and our own government can't protect its own people.

Then I say this, pal,

you got a moral obligation,

the right of self-preservation.

Now, you can run, you can hide, or you can start to live like human beings again.

This is our Waterloo, baby!

If you want your city back, you gotta take it.

Dig it? Take it!

How we doin'?

Make another sound, and I'll cut ya.

No! No! Help!

Please! Stop it! No!

No!

No! Shh! Be quiet.

No! No!

No! Get off-

No! Shh.

No! Help! Help! Stop! No!

Help! Stop!

Be quiet.

Shh.

I won't forget your face.

Stop it!

How come we never get a case on the ground floor? Hiya, pal.

Ken, what do you have for your favorite detective?

Oh, miss, you mind staying a little longer?

So far, nobody's heard anything. Nobody's seen anything.

The usual. If you come up with anything, I'll be working upstairs.

Alex, we're workin' on the roof.

Let me explain somethin' to you.

They started trial proceedings without me, right?

They never notified me. Chips?

Yeah. They knew where I was, right?

They got no proof that they never notified me of the papers.

So my lawyer's gonna throw mistrial at 'em, right?

- The little guy with the cap? - That's him.

I got this case beat, I'm tellin' ya.

The next time I go to trial, I'll be old enough to collect social security.

You understand me? I'll be old enough to collect social security.

And I got this thing beat, I'm tellin' ya.

A shame all this crime. Thank you, Mrs. Vogel.

- You ain't got no more stories, Rubin? - Come on, you guys.

What are you breaking my balls for? Hey, who are these three guys?

Slime! Rubin, man!

Leave me alone!

Leave me alone! Come on!

Leave me alone!

There it is. Yep, there it is.

Just keep watching. Here we go.

Okay, now. Oh, no.

They must be scared.

Wow. That thing's going around. Yeah.

Pretty good. Nice and easy. We're gonna bring it around.

- Pretty good. - It's going out far.

Now, watch how I control it. And bring it down like that.

Bring it up like that.

Wow! Coming again. Coming again.

Bring it around. Not too close to the trees.

There we go. Here we come in for a landing.

And it's down. Okay, go get it.

Okay, Daddy, I'll go get it.

Ooh, I'm freezing.

Be real careful out there, Scott.

Oh, Eddie, it’s just-

It's so important that we spend more time together, all of us.

Whee! Listen.

Business is taking up a lot of my time right now.

But I had a good idea the other day.

As soon we got a little bit more dough coming in,

what we'll do is we'll pack up the van and we'll take a little bit of a trip to Florida maybe.

Good idea?

Oh, that'll be wonderful.

Here you go, big man. I'm hungry, Daddy.

Nice. Hi, baby.

Are you cold? I'm freezing.

You guys ought to put in air conditioning.

Hey, Eddie, how you doing? All right.

You just in time for the football pool. You want in?

Who have I got? Blind pick.

Only cost a buck. Blind pick, huh?

Here's my lunch money. Who's gonna pay me off?

Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. How about you, Ramon? You wanna get in on it?

Hell, no, man. Every time I bet with you, I lose.

Where's the machine? Right there.

Burke, you want in? Yeah.

Ramon. Eddie. ? Cómo está?

Not bad. How you doin'? You look terrific, man.

Younger as the years go by. Yeah, I'm losing my hair.

Come on. Burke.

This is the motor I pulled out. Yeah.

And that's the motor I put in, and it still don't work.

Okay, let me at it. It's all yours.

Fill it fast, pendejo.

How long do you think it's gonna be? Oh, about another 15 minutes.

It's $10.

How much, man? What are you, deaf? Ten dollars.

We ain't got it. You punks make me sick.

You look like some kind of animals. We don't want you in this neighborhood.

Now, you get out of my station. Get out of my-

- Mommy! - Stop him!

- Hey, lady. - Get out of my station.

What the hell are you doing? Hey, stop it!

Get off of me! You stop that!

Stop it! You leave Mr. Nulty alone!

Get out of-

I'm gonna call the police on you. Call the police.

Fuck you. Bastard!

Yo! Rico!

! Vamos!

Hey, guys. I got a good story for you. I just heard it this morning. You guys wanna hear a story?

No stories today, Jake, huh? Just a nice, cold beer.

You bring me some cash today? Payday's tomorrow.

Put it on the tab.

The beer's warm. Pour it yourself, huh?

You got coffee? You get that from Tracy.

Hey, look who's on the tube.

Listen, there are certain politicians in this city...

who don't wanna see a successful Italian businessman.

I own a leasing company. I rent equipment.

It’s just racist propaganda.

Just because I dress well and I live well,

does that mean that I'm involved with sex or narcotics?

Looks like the feds caught up to Stokes.

As far as the indictment, my lawyers are gonna handle it. I-

Nah.

Dudes like Stokes don't get caught, man.

Everybody knows that with his connections,

the most he'll ever do is weekends at the federal country club.

Come on out.

Scott, I want you to go upstairs and I want you to put yourself to bed, okay?

I don't wanna put myself to bed.

Scott, just do it. Okay?

Please?

Mommy will be right up.

Take your jacket.

Berry Craftsman, Incorporated. Eddie Marino, please.

I'm sorry. He's not in right now, ma'am.

How long ago did he leave? Fifteen minutes ago.

Never mind. I'll call back.

Hey, Jake. Gibby, how are you?

Okay. How are you? Good to see you.

My lunch ready? Yeah. A couple of minutes. Relax a while.

Okay. Thank you. Overtime for me. I don't care.

I'll work till 8:00 tonight. I'll see you guys in the morning.

You pick up the check. Right, right.

We got more coffee? Where's that girl?

The law is here.

Last night we found a kid on a lot over on Jackson Avenue.

His friend said somebody pulled him off the street.

Broke every bone in his body.

Then left him in the lot like a sack of dirty laundry.

Now, I know we only got two cars out on nights when we need 10.

But I'm in that seat eight to 10 hours a day, in the heat, in the rain.

I don't wanna hear about no goon squads or lynch mobs.

You guys start something like that,

and sometimes it don't quit on its own.

After work, stay home like other people.

Which people, Officer Gibbons?

The ones who are afraid to come out of their houses after dark?

Enjoy it, Gibby. Thanks, Jake.

Is Eddie Marino back yet?

No, he isn't, ma'am.

Would you have him call his wife as soon as he gets back?

Sure. Thank you.

Police operator 729.

Yes. This is Mrs. Marino at 87721 22th Street.

I just had an incident with a man at a gas station and he threatened me.

Now I’ve just seen him in the front of my house.

Could you please send a patrol car right away?

We can't do anything about a verbal assault, ma'am.

But I am alone here with my baby.

Please.

Calm down, lady. Calm down. Relax.

We'll send over the next available patrol car.

This is gonna be easy.

Hey, you're really too smart.

- The name's Rico. - Ooh.

Lady, you don't know who the fuck you messin' with, man. Are you crazy?

You're crazy, lady. You got some nice family, lady.

Are you gonna come over and slap me in the face and kickin' my people around?