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Who killed?

I'm guessing Joe Colombo.

The question is it cutting them out.

They gonna keep cutting us up.

You want me to make a deal with them after all we've been through the world,

bump project that's big bakers

in Harlem.

Nobody goes to get you out of my way so that I can get this thing built?

I told you I want a piece,

and I'm telling you that this will be.

I joined the Black Panther Party.

Elise,

I don't want you to come see me anymore.

I respect the fact you joined the Black Panther Party.

It's time to move on with your life.

You're part of my life.

I'm a part of this now.

Don't come back.

You got to do something that's gonna make people notice.

Bombing them though is only gonna give them an excuse to fuck us up.

They don't need an excuse.

They lock us up for nothing.

You're supporting this.

Violence is the pig's only language.

I ain't talked to Joe Columbo since the last time we spoke.

He will.

He's gonna be sending you after some of my union drivers.

You want me to protect your drivers,

Stella.

What about her?

She playing the hell at you.

She helping Bumpy Johnson back do you.

Congrats,

you're on the payroll.

You work for me now.

I think your luck doesn't run out.

We have a serious problem.

What is it?

What's wrong?

It's a chance.

Is that the best you got?

Saving the best for Columbo once you're gone for good.

You playing step and fetching for Whitey,

fuck you ***.

You ain't nothing.

You just a house ***.

How much you think you is?

Huh?

Bumpy ain't no different than the Italian bosses.

Shit,

you dumber than you look.

I think I forgot the way you've done me before.

Who taking the licking now?

I said no,

Frank.

I need this man alive.

I do this *** here now.

No,

put it down,

Frankie.

Great.

Put the fucking thing down,

Frank.

Wow

You got some fucking balls.

And see if your boss values your life more than you do.

Goddamn.

The Bumpy's got 24 hours to give me what I want.

My bullet hit me now.

Buy ain't never paying up to you.

We'll see.

Hey,

you keep this.

It's your blood anyway.

Pompei.

Any news?

Yeah.

We got a visitor.

Knock knock.

What the fuck you want?

Got a message about your boy Chance.

He's still alive

for now.

But if you want him back,

everything you do,

you got to pay up to Joe Columbo.

What if you shot the messenger?

Uh uh.

Anything happened to me.

Your boy Chance,

he good is dead.

And I'm guessing you like him a lot more than you hate me.

Put a cap in his head.

Fuck you're

on now.

Do it.

What the hell are you doing?

Go ahead,

do it.

They'll kill Chance.

I know what I'm fucking doing.

Just do it.

There's gotta be another way.

Let's think about this.

Fuck off.

Don't make me.

What's wrong?

Hey,

what's going on?

Hey,

talk to me.

I'm right here,

puppy.

Hey,

come on,

get on the phone.

Call the ambulance.

Puppy,

right?

Hey,

talk to me,

Puffy.

Open up my window open up again.

I swear to God things ain't gonna change.

I swear to God things ain't gonna change.

I keep a revolver with your name.

I keep a revolver with your name just in case.

lay on my back watching the ceiling.

I had a kilogram odds with the Irish mob,

Rolls Royce down Malcolm X Boulevard.

You got the 40 on me in the stand on me.

Snow White like I'm Dutch Schultz run the books

and let me show you how the numbers look.

You can't be lucky like you Luciano.

You

got the big body.

Open up my window.

Open up my window.

I.

I swear to God things ain't gonna change.

I swear to God things ain't gonna change.

I a.

just in case.

Ellsworth.

Calm down,

darling,

calm down.

Calm down.

We're in the hospital,

Mr.

Johnson.

I've had a minor heart attack.

Fortunately,

the infarction was I can't let you do that,

my darling,

please,

go.

You need to rest.

I have to give me 4

CCs of.

That's right.

Oh my goodness.

No.

Oh,

I love you.

Our focus is community initiative,

not violent actions that'll get us all killed.

We have to take a stand.

I say we target the precinct.

Hit them pigs right where it hurts.

We're supposed to be promoting self-defense,

not killing them.

Agreed.

We start killing cops,

we'll find ourselves in a world of shit.

OK,

let's talk symbolic action,

a statement of resistance.

I'm all for symbolic action,

but Siddiq's building a bomb.

There's that cop station that shut down on the 130th.

It's empty.

Too risky.

What about a cop car parked on the street when no one's around?

Just imagine the terror on the cops' faces when they come

out and see their cruiser being burned from the inside out.

It's ready.

And

I'm in favor of Jamal's plan.

Every black in Harlem

gets spooked when them pigs' cars drive by,

right?

Well,

it might be good to see one of them blow up.

And what happens if some old granny just happens to be walking by?

We'll keep the block posted.

Make sure there's no collateral damage.

You'll know the steps you're taking,

right?

We're crossing a line.

A line should have been crossed a long while ago if you ask me.

Wake your ass up.

Seems your boss don't give a shit about you.

Which means

I have no more use for you.

You know be pretty well at this point,

don't you,

Columbo?

Shoot me.

He got his dad.

Oh shit,

we forgot to tell him.

Hell no.

He doesn't know.

Yeah,

I got some news for you.

Bumpy.

He's in the hospital.

Oh,

it was like a heart attack or something.

Yeah,

they don't know if he's gonna live or die,

so I'm not too fucking worried about what Bumpy's gonna do.

Wait,

wait,

wait,

wait.

If Bumpy dies,

You're gonna need me.

How so?

Well,

I know where everything is.

Where he keeps his money.

The underground stash houses,

I'm next in line,

so

if bumpy dies.

You're gonna need

Me.

But if you don't,

He won't rest till you're dead.

*** talking nonsense.

Yeah,

maybe.

I don't know.

Maybe he's not as loyal as we thought.

I soldier.

You bought yourself a little time.

Who is it?

Hi Stella.

Long time no see.

What's the matter you look like you're just seeing a ghost.

Not going to let me in.

Nice place.

Thanks.

You ain't got nothing stronger than T.

It's early.

You're ready to stop boozing.

I'd take a little bourbon if you had some.

I don't.

What are you doing here,

Olympia?

I came to see my stepdaughter.

I missed you.

You know,

my father doesn't want you here.

Well,

your father's not here anymore.

They don't change things.

Oh,

but it does for me.

You see,

because I've decided.

To take back everything that you've stole from me.

The fuck you talking about?

I'm talking about my life,

my husband,

my friends,

my home,

everything that I have cherished.

is now gone because of you.

You tried to have me murdered.

You remember that?

All lies,

which you made my husband believe.

And after everything that I have done for you.

I raised you like you were my own.

I fed you.

I read your bedtime stories.

And I even did your dirty fucking laundry.

Enough of this bullshit.

You need to go back to New Jersey.

Now

And you need to pay for what you've done.

So maybe

You need to leave town.

Fair warning.

I know.

I stopped selling her.

But you did that for me.

didn't want to poison the community no more.

But you're still selling women's bodies.

Gambling and loan sharking.

Try my best

I got to do to get your approval.

You had your own time with me.

Who lost

I need your help.

Every man has to find his way.

I planted the seed.

I gave you my friendship.

Whatever wisdom I have,

but I can't tell you what to do.

You have to make choices.

You planted the seeds in the lease,

the Black Panther.

It's got me scared.

At least has a fortitude

that you can't even imagine.

She got that from you.

It's real.

You're real.

You're here

I mean you

Hey,

hey.

Bacon smells good today,

Ms.

Green.

Extra crispy with eggs over easy coming right up and two sides of grits.

You are a saint that serves.

He's your boy.

Still getting bigger by the minute.

Can't stop it.

Wouldn't if I could.

Say now.

Don't let them work you too hard.

Lord Jesus,

relax.

It's me.

They come here every day.

Oh,

the first without fail,

eating for free every day,

every day,

same time,

same shift.

Last I checked,

you wasn't no reporter.

So what's this really about?

They think they're invincible,

but they're flesh and blood like the rest of us.

Think that could use a reminder that you get blue blood on your hands,

you might not live to wash it off.

It would break your father's heart.

My father was good friends with Malcolm X.

The very man who taught me to yank the white man's foot off my neck.

The moment I decided to carry my own rifle,

my father wants me to sit down and stay in a woman's place.

Bumpy buried Malcolm.

If he had to bury you,

it would kill him.

Thought about that.

Malcolm put his ideals above his own life.

How can I do any different?

You smoking now?

I'm nervous.

I'm upset.

Alright,

just try not to

blow it in my face,

please.

All right.

Maybe what we need to do is pray.

I don't believe in prayer,

Ms.

Willow.

Bumpy's in the hospital.

Columbo has chance.

And you're not going to pray for them.

No,

I'm not.

I'm not going to get my hopes up,

pray for something that don't happen.

I hate that.

I'll tell you what,

let's pray for you too,

cause there's something I do know.

And that is God will hear me

and He will take care of Bumpy.

This I know.

All right

I'm asking for

some grace.

And I'm asking you to take care of.

And chance

Hold on,

Lord.

Are you going to eavesdrop or are you going to pray with me?

You can't do this wrong.

Just pray from your heart,

and God will listen to you because you're praying for the ones you love.

I love Bumpy.

And chance.

Even though sometimes it can be difficult and

Kind of mean at times,

but

I do love them.

Perfect.

Well,

let's pray for him then.

Come on.

OK.

Figured you was hungry.

dog's got to eat.

I'm trying not to stupid.

Don't eat.

Thank you too.

high and mighty now to work with Whitey.

Begging Columbo like a dog to save your skin.

So you better start putting some respect on my name.

As me,

the moment you get out that chair

and you're free.

You're going to put a bullet in Columbo's head.

I'm gonna put a bullet in yours.

How about I go tell Columbo that?

He won't give a damn.

Don't you get that?

You don't care about us,

black folk.

Bumy Johnson don't give a fuck about me neither.

Bumy Johnson gave you a chance.

You

fucked it up.

I mean,

come on now,

be real.

He's expect me to steal all that dope and not take nothing for myself.

And come on,

even you're smarter than that.

The fuck is so funny.

When I first came to Harlem.

I was as lost and stupid as you,

ready to rob,

steal,

kill anybody that got in my way.

He comes out here to seek your fortune.

I'd just gotten out of the army.

500 3rd Battalion Korea.

All black unit with a white lieutenant who treated us like cannon fodder.

I was one of the few who survived.

They even gave me a silver star.

I would proudly when I got home to Mississippi.

Until the city marshal and his boys

beat me blind

for jaywalking on Howard Avenue in Biloxi.

Through my house in jail.

When I got out,

Came north

Everybody in Harlem said.

Bumpy Johnson was the man.

So I asked him for a job.

He said,

Hell no.

He could see I'd become wild.

Disloyal to anybody.

Or anything.

That sound familiar?

How you end up with him then?

He didn't give me no job.

He gave me a book to read.

Native son Richard Wright.

Then he gave me another one.

Slowly but surely,

he made me understand that I needed brains more than fists.

That's when he gave me a job.

Small things at first,

running numbers and shit.

In bigger stuff,

gave me a big job right off the bat.

Maybe because he saw something in you,

maybe even.

Something great

Well,

that's too late now.

So fuck it.

Hell,

if he ain't dead yet already,

he ain't gonna give me no second chance in Elway.

He would.

Oh yeah,

he would.

If you let me go.

Get my ass out for you.

I don't think so.

I think we're about done with this.

The whole country,

so smart.

Spoke to my father.

He said we can handle Olympia any way we like.

What the fuck does that mean?

Means he doesn't want to deal with her.

Well

Maybe we'd leave it alone.

It could be dangerous.

You don't know her.

I know better than you,

actually.

Yeah

I knew her before she married your dad.

Oh yeah.

What was she liked back then?

ambitious

after your mom died,

she,

uh,

She went after Chen like a heat seeking fucking missile.

That makes sense.

Yeah,

I remember when she first moved in.

I was 9.

She bought me this cute little teddy bear

in front of my dad.

She acted like a perfect mother.

I could see it.

She'd do anything to get in go with chin.

Yeah,

cause as soon as he wasn't around,

she'd scream at me for no reason.

One time I didn't eat my vegetables or some shit.

She ripped off my teddy bear's head and threw it in the garbage.

you fall about it?

No,

I just would have made things worse,

but I knew in that moment I'd never love her.

It's funny these things you feel as a kid,

they stay with you.

Yeah

what are you gonna do?

You know,

shit happens.

Yeah,

it does.

Still,

I know she's planning something.

I'll keep my ears to the ground.

Might need more than just years with this fucking huton.

What do you like better,

the grits or the ghettoro that serves them?

Hey Porch monkey,

no littering.

Step off my dick,

you pig.

What?

You're under arrest.

We got plenty of room if anybody else wants to come.

What man being arrested for littering,

loitering,

and harassing an officer.

Now

pig.

You have no idea.

Get out of the fucking car.

What do you got?

I need intel

now.

They took a vote.

Go make a direct attack on one of your pig mobiles.

What does that mean exactly?

An empty cop car.

As a symbolic gesture.

Jesus Christ,

got no respect for nothing.

When?

Ain't been planned yet.

Can I be done?

You're done when I say you're done.

Go back.

Tell him we gave you a beat down,

let you go because

we didn't feel like doing the paperwork.

They're suspicious of infiltrators.

I hope they believe it.

They'll believe it.

Here,

drink up.

You need all your strength.

It's enough.

Can you send a pedigrew in to see me?

You have to avoid stress.

I spoke to Nat Pettigrew.

The men are out looking for chance right now.

You don't understand.

I understand perfectly.

Chance we did,

and they told me,

make a move.

I know it.

I got to figure out the plans.

You have to think about yourself and your family.

almost got me in check.

I got to figure a way out.

Once you get better,

you will set things right,

and in the meanwhile,

I will give Nat any instructions you have for him,

OK?

tried to build something

without the Italians.

Maybe it can't be done.

Just please don't make yourself upset over this.

Ellsworth,

if anything happens to your heart.

My heart goes with it.

I might as well be laying here in this hospital bed with you.

I can't live without you,

baby.

You have to get better.

That's right.

Well then close your eyes and rest.

The doctor said that's the best medicine.

Sleep

No man can be at peace

unless he has freedom.

In my dream

For any type of progress.

We have to dream as the first step.

My best man.

Jeez.

did

That's with me.

What should I do,

man?

I told you before,

I can't make choices for you.

My desire for you.

Was to gain consciousness.

I'm.

What's so funny?

Bro,

you can't gain consciousness

until you know every part of yourself,

even the weak parts may be counterintuitive,

but fear pushes us.

To be more resilient

And compassionate

To clarify what's truly

Important

Think on that for a while.

You dozed off there for a second.

a good piece of work.

That message you had me sending bumpy almost got me killed.

It's a risky business.

Yeah,

well,

I don't get paid enough for this shit.

Oh,

Frank,

Frank,

Frank,

I'll stick around.

I got something else for you.

Pays better.

I think you're gonna like it.

I think you should give it to Benny.

He ain't doing shit but standing back here.

He looks like he could use a little work.

This ain't a job.

You're smarter and more capable than Benny.

No offense,

none taken.

Pays $10,000.

So good.

To do what?

Kill Bumpy Johnson.

I don't know what you put in this,

but you're a crazy motherfucker.

Oh,

he's in the hospital.

Shouldn't be too difficult.

The motherfucker surrounded by guards.

He probably gonna die and I ain't even want to make sure he does.

The real money is in junk.

Don't we made a deal with the Genovese,

not the dealing all.

That hurts us all.

If he's gone.

That shit goes away.

What about his lap dog?

Chance?

I'll give him a shot to play ball and could be useful.

If not I get rid of them.

I use you,

use me.

That's right.

I don't know if that's possible,

but it is.

The power of my family behind you.

I'm bad for a country boy off the bus,

huh?

I mean,

I could do it.

Somebody's gonna have to take Bumpy Johnson's place.

Might as well be you.

And

I was surprised to get your call.

Thank you for seeing me,

Tommy.

Sit down.

Sit down,

OK.

Sit down.

I heard you were in town.

I just wanted to see how you were doing.

I didn't think you wanted to.

Or maybe you know

you blame me for what happened to Anne.

I don't blame you.

It was your fucking lunatic husband that did it.

He was always jealous of us.

I mean,

who could blame him?

We had really good times together,

me and you.

OK.

I didn't ask you here for that.

I understand

Look at Olympia,

what happened between you and me

can never fucking happen again,

you understand?

Sure.

So Olympia,

what are you doing back in town?

Why am I here?

I belong here,

Tommy.

And it's time for a little payback.

You know me.

I'm not a malicious person.

I've never held a grudge in my life,

but my stepdaughter,

she's evil.

She ran Vincent out of town.

Next it'll be you,

me,

of course.

What do you think?

She doesn't resent you for trying to have a we?

She's probably scheming with that Pino right now to take you out.

I don't know who the fuck you're talking to.

Where are you coming up with all this shit.

I hear things,

Tommy,

OK,

and I know her.

And she needs to go,

and it's time for good,

Tommy.

No mistakes.

I'm not vindictive.

It's not for me.

This is all for your sake.

Picks don't scare me.

Good.

you know if we do this,

they're going to crack down,

right?

I know.

It's just

it's important that we're seen as a force of good in the community which we uh

start blowing things up,

that perception may change.

Well,

look,

we are defending ourselves against our oppressors.

Just like in Vietnam.

You saying you believe in that war?

You've served over there.

My son

You got a son,

Rodney,

just a kid.

I was a kid.

No sooner turned 18.

They swallowed him whole.

chewed him up in basic training,

spit him out into the big muddy.

I didn't know.

I don't like talking about it.

Freedom might jinx his life.

I'll show you

My son sends me letters,

but the government reads them first.

They worried they'll say bad things about the army.

I can't believe this.

The US government spying on our own soldiers.

You must really miss him.

Has against the wall where we can see them against the walls,

you know the drill.

Cut the mattress.

Turn out those drawers.

Put the camera down.

Nothing,

nothing.

All right.

You know

I'm guessing you didn't bother giving yourself a warrant,

did you?

Sargeant

You son of a bitch.

Confiscate the cameras.

Give it up.

let's go.

Are you.

Hey,

can I get some help in here?

Back the fuck away.

Drop it,

to bed.

I figured Tombo was 10 years sorry.

Cheers,

he still alive?

Yeah,

I swear.

I might not be able to say the same for you.

Get on your knees.

Don't tell me,

boy.

Get on your fucking knees.

I know you ain't got no God,

so say goodbye to your mama or your kid.

You can see them in the next life.

Spare me.

These me like you did chance when you first met him.

You ain't have to many chances.

You never will be.

He tested me too many times.

Mama watching over me.

I need your strength right now.

I don't want to let you down.

But it ain't what we talked about.

I was sorry.

The real enemy is not our fellow black man.

But the system that pits us against each other.

came here and tried to kill me.

We must stop turning our guns against each other.

And recognize

Who the true oppressor is.

No

You know

Get out

I want to see his son,

white ass down here.

We could deal with Chad.

Look good.

I did what you guys asked me.

I invited Olympia to break bread.

I met with her.

I wanted to see what was on her mind.

And

Well,

Just like you predicted,

she said you

wanted to whack me.

Tommy,

you swear on this?

I don't want any trouble between the families.

All right,

then the answer is clear.

It really breaks my heart to say this because I still have feelings for her.

But she's got to go.

left it up to us.

No.

Stella,

Tommy's not the only boss she knows.

She could cause a lot of trouble.

She has dirt on me,

the Gambinos,

and God knows what else.

She could hurt a lot of people if she were a man,

this would be a no fucking brainer.

Stella,

I say we got to do it.

No,

that's not what I want.

I want to scare the fucking shit out of her.

And how are you going to do that,

Stella?

Tell her you followed through on everything that she asked,

that she killed me,

and then sent her a car to take her to the farm to see my dead body.

Then what?

Just leave the rest to me.

It's a good thing we moved the dynamite out of here

to a secure location in the nick of time too.

That was close.

The question is,

Who told them pigs to come look here?

You're saying we got a rat?

No doubt about it.

The minute we moved the explosives in,

everybody in this place knew it could be any one of us.

You sure it could be somebody sitting at this table right now.

Might be.

If I was the one that told Dolan,

it would be smart to get him to punch me in the face.

That is conviction.

Whoever it is,

I think I know how to smoke them out.

Yeah

I'm going to put myself in my father's shoes.

Ask myself what would Bumpy Johnson do?

Looking good,

Mrs.

Gigante.

Thank you.

What's your name,

kid?

Anthony

Anthony

How would you like to be my personal driver from now on,

Anthony?

I like that a lot.

Done.

How much longer till we get to the farm?

you fit

the fuck do you think approved this?

It's the one time message from Stella Gigante.

Stay the fuck out of Harlem,

you hear me?

You're a man,

I'm not.

Mrs.

Johnson.

It's lovely to see you again.

I wish I could say the same.

You look good.

So you're doing better.

That's right.

Have a seat

Yeah

How much do you want to return for

no chance?

You know,

I could be greedy and say 50% of Club St.

Claire,

but

I know you'll never go for that.

We'll be right back where we started.

Look.

We're both businessmen.

We should have settled this long ago.

5 points.

25,

7.5.

And we use your concrete.

I got to cut in the other families.

You of all people know how this works.

I tell you what,

Final off from Bumpy.

15 points for me,

5 for the other bosses,

and you use all our construction for the prices that we set.

Look,

we'll both make money.

And you'll get to rebuild Harlem.

Win chance is back with me

alive

and unharmed.

We got a deal.

That thing you got going with Frank Lucas.

It will last forever,

Joe,

when it ends.

My guess is,

We'll kill you together.

Good luck with the

Excuse me,

Rose.

Remember,

the tip we got said the Panthers may have a lot of dynamite here,

so be careful.

You ready.

Let's check it out.

Watch

Whoa,

what the fuck?

I ain't carrying,

but they are.

Whoa,

whoa,

whoa.

Drop the weapons or we shoot.

Are you fucking crazy?

This ain't gonna end well for you,

fucking idiots.

This ain't gonna end well for you.

Drop them,

boys.

You kill a cop,

your life is over.

Let's all pray it don't come to that.

All you got to do is give us the name of the informant who was working for you.

I ain't telling you shit.

I'm Bumpy Johnson's daughter,

remember?

My father has a way of getting answers when push comes to shove.

He taught me a thing or two,

so you should know what it means if you don't give me that name.

Meet

Big

dick Buster.

No.

You

OK?

She didn't want to let me go.

Certainly didn't.

that

told me.

He gave the guineas a piece for getting me back.

You didn't have to do that,

bumpy.

I knew the risk

What you say?

I got my priorities straight.

That you guys.

I'm nothing.

Careful,

Dell,

the man just got out of the hospital.

Come on

Oh.

OK.

He chose the wrong side,

at least.

Unity is our only strength.

All I know is pain.

All I feel is.

How can I maintain that shit on my.

I maintain.

All I know is.

I can maintain.

even in the really cheese before they even speak.