Godfather of Harlem (2019) s02e10 Episode Script

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America first!
How many Negroes gotta die
before we take it to
these ofay motherfuckers?
Where's Congressman Powell?
He's still fighting those senators
filibustering the Civil Rights Act.
Only 23 arrests,
and the bosses are still untouchable.
Uncle Louis, I have
something to tell you.
I killed Benny Mangano.
If you don't testify
against your father,
I'm gonna send you to
jail for a very long time.
Your uncle had a good idea, Stell.
Two married people can't
testify against each other.
I don't want you seeing my daughter
or putting your hands on her.
It's the truth, Omar, and you know it.
The truth, Malcolm, is that
you have lost your way.
I must admit, I wanted
to kill him where he sat.
She is a temptress.
Sister Elise, will you marry me?
Captain Omar doesn't know
of your friendship with us?
Were you at the home of Malcolm X?
Yes.
Then leave this mosque immediately.
You are a worthless piece of garbage.
These are bad days, man.
In this business,
it's kill or be killed.
You make one move, my
men'll blow them all away.
I'm taking back the French connection.
Who scares you the most?
Bonanno or me?
I will take your side.
Bonanno's planning to wholesale the dope
without the help of the other Families.
Joe Bonanno's men are up there.
None of you were gonna leave here alive.
You want the dope,
then give me the money.
I take your offer.
It's time to get out of town, Joe.
Harlem is mine.
The issue of police violence
has come up again
with the shooting of a teenage
Negro boy by a police lieutenant.
Do you feel that this situation now
- has gotten to the crisis point?
- Tell us what happened.
Well, I think it would
be largely a matter
of wanton acts of murder
and police brutality.
And one of them drew a knife.
- That is the deceased.
- I would sincerely hope so.
We have to have law and
order in this city of ours.
Do you feel that the majority
of New York policemen are trigger-happy?
No, we have never claimed that,
nor have we ever claimed
that there is an official
Please, B.
Nothing good can come out of this.
We're going.
A protest at the police
station right now
is a bad idea.
A bad idea is the cops shooting
an innocent Black boy
for no reason,
whether they say he was
holding a knife or not.
What do you think's gonna happen?
The suspension of Officer Gilligan.
They don't suspend cops
- for killing Black people.
- That has to change.
Yeah, well, the only thing
that's gonna change
is the names of the victims.
Cops only understand one
thing, and that's violence.
You sound like Malcolm.
Well, he's right.
You gotta fight fire with fire.
That is not true.
The Civil Rights Act is going
to pass at any moment,
and without a single shot being fired.
Yeah, well, it hasn't passed yet,
and there's still time
for the shots to be fired.
We are going to this protest
even if you think it's pointless.
I'm not saying it's pointless.
I admire what you guys are doing.
But to be honest,
when I was in Alcatraz,
we'd suffer a thousand
outrages each day.
But then, one day, there'd
just be one too many.
And the guards and the prisoners
would try to rip each other apart.
That's what I feel is going
on in the streets right now.
Peaceful protest is vital.
The march began peacefully,
but emotions were running high.
Some protesters responded violently.
Tensions between the
Harlem community and police
- have been on the rise.
- Be safe.
We got no sign of Bonanno
anywhere, boss.
Nah, no one's seen him
in New York for weeks.
He's in the wind.
I gotta admit, Johnson knew
how to play his cards.
And what about the dope?
Johnson says it's due from Canada today,
so, you know, we pick up
our piece when it arrives.
You ain't mad he got the connect?
Ah, come on, he can have
the fucking headaches.
Far as I'm concerned,
him and I are square.
I need to speak to you.
- Privately.
- Yeah.
When your Jew lawyer arrives,
you know it ain't good news.
All right, get lost.
This is not an easy thing to tell you.
Our federal contact
says Robert Morgenthau
is trying to make an immunity deal
with an informant who
is very close to you.
Someone who could put you away for life.
Who?
Your daughter Stella.
No, bullshit.
Our contact is in the Department
of Justice secretarial pool.
She sees the minutes of
Morgenthau's meetings.
Not gonna be Stella. I mean,
that's that can't be true.
It's the truth.
Stella was one of Robert Morgenthau's
confidential informants
when you were arrested.
Come on, baby.
- Oh.
- Ooh!
Now all we got us is a seven-hour drive
to home sweet home, Harlem.
Hey, with the biggest
duji shipment in history.
- The biggest.
- Oh, yeah.
We ain't there yet.
- All right, now.
- They look good, though.
Let's get going.
Okay. You can go.
Or as you frogs say, "Bon voyage."
How do you plan to make
it across the border?
Bumpy was at Alcatraz with
the brother of a border guard
in Windsor, Canada.
He's being bribed.
I'm anxious to get back to France.
Your country is fucked up.
Yeah, the whole world's fucked up.
That's why people love getting high.
And after all the trouble
we been through,
driving it down, well, that
just seems like the easy part.
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
Get your hands off of me!
- We ain't going nowhere!
- You, too!
Stop killer cops!
Oh.
You scared me.
Are you talking to Robert Morgenthau?!
- Huh?! Tell me!
- No, I It's not that.
- Tell me!
- It's
He He just tried to get
me to testify against you,
- but I told him to fuck himself.
- No, no, that's bullshit!
Fineman told me that you were
a confidential informant!
No, it's not that, Dad!
Couple months ago, I was so
angry at you that I just
I told him a couple of things
- about your business.
- What did you tell him?
It wasn't much. It was
just that you were
getting a piece of
every building contract
at the World Fair and that you
worked with Bumpy Johnson.
Why would you fuckin' do that?!
Because you sent Benny to Florida
instead of giving him the
punishment he deserved.
Oh, now, don't you turn your back on me!
You hurt me! You hurt me.
Well, you're hurting me, too.
I don't know why you hate me so much.
I don't. I
When Morgenthau came back for more,
I said that I would never
testify against you.
Never.
Then he played me the tape.
What tape?
There's a tape where he
He taped a conversation
between me and Uncle Louis
where I told him I killed Benny.
You told Louis?
He told me to confide in him, so I did.
I didn't know the phone was tapped.
Oh, mother of Mary.
It's okay, Dad. We fixed it.
Does my brother know that
Morgenthau taped that conversation?
Does he?
Yeah, he tried to put
the screws to him, too.
Uh, you better stay in this room.
Lock it up. You understand?
You can't leave this room, okay?
Just tell me you're gonna
stay here, Stell, please?
Wake up, Daddy!
Wake up!
All right, I'm up.
Your picture's in the newspaper.
My picture's in the paper?
Let me see this.
- Yep.
- Now let me see that.
Yeah, that's me.
Who's that?
That man is Doctor Martin
Luther King, Junior.
He's a great man.
Not as great as you.
Honey.
Give your father some
peace and go get dressed.
Your sisters are at the breakfast table.
- Bye, Daddy.
- Bye, sweetheart.
Nice picture.
Yeah, I wish they'd taken
a picture of these senators
filibustering the Civil Rights Act,
reading pages of the phone book,
doing all other sorts of nonsense.
Even if this passes,
Black folks can use it as toilet paper
for all the good it'll do them.
Someone woke up on the
wrong side of the bed.
Betty, don't you think it's ironic
that these newspapers
will trumpet civil rights
while all over Harlem, there
are protests for a Black boy
who was murdered by a cop?
I do.
It makes me furious.
I've decided to give Mike Wallace
that interview he's been
pestering me about.
I thought you said you weren't
going to speak publicly
until you announced
your new organization.
I wasn't. But it's time
we let the people know
that this is nothing short
of state-sponsored,
racially-biased homicide.
Otherwise, this will just continue
happen again and again and again.
I lost my damn eye to these cops,
but that boy lost his life.
Cops said he had a knife, but
I spoke to Old Man Robbins,
and he said the boy was unarmed.
Listen to them sirens.
Today just don't feel right.
What do you want?
Our wiretaps suggest
that you have outmaneuvered the Italians
to receive that very
large narcotics shipment
from Marseille.
I got no idea what you're talking about.
I don't know where,
and I don't know when,
but I will arrest you.
Don't think for a second
you can get rid of me.
If you was really a prosecutor,
you'd be down at the police station,
arresting that cop for murder.
I'm a federal prosecutor.
That's a local matter.
But for the record, I think
it's horrible what happened.
Let's hope the protests stay calm.
Like Malcolm X says,
when a dog bites you,
you gotta bite it back.
You know, it might just make me
sad to put you away, Johnson.
'Cause I think, in a different world,
if you had made different choices,
me and you, we could've been friends.
Why? 'Cause
"Blacks and Jews share a
common history of oppression"?
No.
Because we're both driven
to be the best at what we do.
Unfortunately for you, you chose crime.
What you don't understand
is that being a criminal
ain't about choices.
It's about survival.
My family immigrated here in 1866.
We were ostracized,
treated as second-class citizens.
I chose to be a lawyer, not a criminal.
I chose to be a lawyer, too.
Can check the City College of New York,
where I put in my application,
and it was denied
'cause they found out that
"Ellsworth" was Black.
Hey, Cecil, I'm outta here.
- You take care of him, all right?
- Sure thing.
We do share aspects of a common history.
But if you think that my skin color
didn't affect the choices that I made,
you must be blind.
Hey, Johnson.
You, um You mentioned
Malcolm X before.
I, uh I hear that you
two are quite close.
So what?
Well, I received a confidential briefing
from our field office.
This would be highly unorthodox
for me to share with you, but
We have credible intel
from Mosque Number 7
that suggests there will be
an assassination attempt
against Malcolm X in the next few days.
Do with that what you will.
I understand your position
on this, Dear Holy Apostle.
You must stop the death talk
regarding Malcolm at Mosque Number 7.
Do you understand?
Yes, Dear Holy Apostle.
We don't want to kill Malcolm,
and we won't try to kill him.
Understood.
Let no man currently in
the Nation do anything
to bring disrepute to
me or the organization.
You have my assurance,
Dear Holy Apostle.
I will broadcast this message here
and in all the mosques
around the country.
Thank you, Omar.
I look forward to seeing you
when you return to Chicago.
He doesn't want Malcolm touched
by anyone in the Nation.
I think he still views
Malcolm as a prodigal son,
who will someday return to the fold.
But you and I both know the grave danger
that Malcolm poses to the Dear Holy One.
So what are we to do?
We cannot disobey the Dear Holy Apostle.
But for this one day
we're going to leave the Nation.
Hello, America, I'm Mike Wallace.
Join us tonight for a special
interview with Malcolm X
to discuss the ongoing riots in Harlem.
I've gotten used to the threats.
They come almost every day.
I don't even pick up the phone anymore.
I'm not talking about
crackpots on the street.
This warning comes from the FBI.
Bumpy, I can assure you,
the FBI has no interest
in protecting me.
Yeah, but I do.
Robert Morgenthau wouldn't
have given me that information
if he didn't think it was credible.
There's death talk in the mosques.
You can't just sweep it away, man.
Well, I've always said I don't
expect to live to a ripe old age.
Mm-hmm.
You told that to your little girls?
No, I didn't think so.
Look starting today,
I would like to put some of
my men on a security detail,
both at your home and when you travel.
They'll be discreet.
You won't even know
that they're there, Mal.
Brother, I appreciate you,
but I have followers who guard me
when I'm out on the streets.
You need professionals.
I have finally gotten to a point
where I'm making inroads
with other Black leaders,
amongst a whole range of churches,
the various civil rights organizations,
political action groups
all across the country.
Yeah, I saw your picture with King,
the white man's favorite Black man.
Hey, I need all the friends I can get.
Including me.
Brother, you know with the
narcotics, it's difficult for me
to publicly accept your help.
That's not me being two-faced,
that's me dealing with
the realities of life,
which you so often remind me to do.
And you remind me
that when the gangster
becomes political,
white America will tremble.
Indeed, I do.
Well, it works the other way, too, Mal.
If you wanna be political,
you better be a little "gangster."
Goddamnit, what's taking so long?
Maybe those goddamn Dixiecrats
decided to filibuster
because of your Powell Amendment,
which you shove into every goddamn bill
that's anywhere near Washington.
What good is the Civil Rights Act
if we can't deny federal
funding to racist institutions?
What good is it if we don't
have a Civil Rights Act?
Stop pacing. You're making me nauseous.
My friend, if this all works,
it'll be largely because of you
and all your great work.
There's still much work to do,
if you want your Great Society.
We need a voting rights act,
Medicare, minimum wage,
public broadcasting
Goddamnit, Adam, let's get this
blasted legislation passed first.
Since man crawled out of the slime
and started to hate each other,
there's never been
any law like this one.
But you're still not going
to invite me to the signing
if the bill passes.
You know I gotta throw
Martin Luther King a bone.
Yes?
Yes.
I see.
Thank you.
We did it!
Yes! Yes!
Yes!
Thank you, Jesus!
Yeah.
Congratulations, Mr. President.
Adam, I have a special gift for you.
Better than any stupid
pen I'd give out at the
the signing.
I want you to have it.
That is my personal lighter.
Had it with me since I first got elected
to Texas Congress in 1937.
I am honored.
Now, don't you go losing that
in any whorehouse, you hear?
Mr. President.
Adam Clayton Powell
does not pay for pussy.
And the latest from Washington.
After a long Senate debate,
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
has passed both houses of Congress
and will soon be signed into law
- by President
- Man.
All these fools got their hopes up
about some shit that don't mean shit.
I know you don't mean that.
Hey, you really think passing some law's
gonna change the way people think?
Gotta start somewhere.
Del, the world is changing.
All the races are gonna have to
start learning how to get along.
All I know is, if Whitey
hates me and my mama
and my granny and pappy
and everybody I know,
then I'm hating them back.
Can't you see that by hating Whitey,
you're giving them power?
I'm just living in the
world I was born into.
They got nothing for me,
I got nothing for them.
I had to sneak out the house,
- right out the window.
- What the fuck happened?
He knows that Morgenthau
tried to get me to testify.
- Oh, fuck.
- I kept you out of it.
He's gonna find out somehow
as soon as he starts digging.
We need to tell him that we got married
and that it's gonna be okay.
If we tell him we got married,
then he's gonna fuckin' kill me anyway.
B-But we did it to protect him.
What?
That's not why I did it.
What are you talking about?
I did it 'cause I love you, Stell.
To be honest,
I don't even know if I
care about him anymore.
I want you to be the
mother of my children.
I want to be a husband to you,
and I'm willing to give up
that whole fucking life
if it means I get to be with you.
Do you really mean that?
Yeah.
If he so much as lays a finger on you,
I'll rat him out to the Feds.
Don't talk like that.
Swear to God I would.
- Maybe I'm crazy
- You are fucking crazy.
Mr. Mayor, do you think the police
were justified in firing their weapons
as much as they did?
Well, the Commissioner
has told me that, uh
Oh.
It's a nasty scrape, but it should heal.
How about you turn that off?
I can't stand to hear Mayor
Wagner blaming this on us.
No mention of James Powell, either,
or why the riots started
in the first place.
What the hell happened?!
You were right our peaceful
protest turned violent.
The police kept pushing us back,
and when they started beating us,
the crowd started to fight back.
People were throwing rocks,
and we tried to run, and
- Mayme fell.
- What happened to your eye?
A cop punched me.
You tell me who it is.
He's fucking dead. He's fucking dead.
It is chaos out there.
Things have gotten out of control.
And Malcolm's right.
The press only aggravates this
by making it seem like
we're the ones going wild.
Yeah, he might be right.
But I wish he'd use his common sense
more for himself than
he does for the press.
- What do you mean?
- I got credible evidence
from Morgenthau himself
that there's going to be
an attempt on his life,
somebody from Mosque Number 7.
I told him I wanted to help
him out. He wouldn't let me.
He's so fucking stubborn, that guy.
Mosque Number 7? Who?
They don't know who or where.
At least, if they did,
they didn't tell me.
Hey, wait, wait! Where you going?
I have to go to the mosque.
- You can't go out there.
- I have to.
If you gotta go, I got men downstairs.
Want you to take one of
them with you, all right?
Hey.
Malcolm's interview ends at 9:00.
It's gotten crazy out there.
Are we compromised?
The television studio
is in midtown Manhattan.
Ain't no riots in Whitey's neighborhood.
No, Henry, but there will be security,
and also police.
Half of the police have
already been sent uptown
to keep Black folk
from going down there.
Good.
Then we'll know where he is.
That hypocrite will never miss a chance
to stand in front of the
white man's cameras.
He'll spread his lies and poison
by defaming the Dear Holy Apostle.
He'll seduce the white devils
like he seduced Elise Johnson
Enough.
Don't mention her name.
There's two methods of ingress
and egress at the studio
the front door and the side stage
entrance. I'll take the front.
Which gun do you want?
I've cleaned them both.
The Dear Holy Apostle tempers
his rage with mercy.
In this case, we cannot.
Tonight
Malcolm dies.
Vincent, I know why you called me here.
You were upset on the phone,
but I can assure you,
- I found a solution.
- All right, all right, everybody out.
Out, come on, let's go. Let's go!
Out!
- You got a fucking wire on?! Let me see!
- What're you doing?!
Let me see! Are you
wearing a fucking wire?!
- No!
- You son of a bitch!
Huh?! Fuckin' Morgenthau called you in,
and didn't fucking tell me, you fuck
- I protected you!
- Don't you fucking dare!
I put my reputation as
a priest on the line,
- and you question my loyalty?
- You let me fucking go.
- You let me go.
- For years, I've listened to you
whine and moan under
the cover of confession
while I turned a blind eye
to your obvious criminality.
I have molly-coddled a man
who is in lockstep with Satan!
That's right! You do Satan's handiwork.
- All right.
- From this point forward,
I will never take your confession again.
All right, come on, I'm sorry.
I-I-I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It was my idea to marry
your daughter to Ernie Nunzi
so they couldn't testify
against each other.
My idea!
Instead of thanking me,
you treat me like one
of your two-bit punks.
Ernie Nunzi married my daughter?
Livingston Wingate,
in all the years you've
been my chief counsel,
I have never seen you take a drink.
- That's because I don't drink.
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, you're going to make an exception.
- When the night has come ♪
And the land is dark ♪
To the Civil Rights Act?
And John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
whose spirit helped
push the hand of LBJ.
No, I won't be afraid ♪
No, no, no, I won't be afraid ♪
Mm!
Just as long ♪
Oh, a great day for our people.
And, I dare say, we can
allow ourselves to be bathed
in the glorious spirit of hope,
by the grace of God.
Well, I hate to be a realist,
Congressman,
but it's just a piece of paper
if no one takes it seriously.
It may even convince some
people that racism is over,
which it clearly is not.
For example, Jim Crow
may now be illegal,
but the Act doesn't address past crimes.
Wingate, have another drink.
We interrupt this broadcast
to bring you a breaking news story.
Not to diminish this historic moment,
I'm just saying, let's wait
and see how it affects
Hey, driver, turn that up.
to stay indoors.
While the Civil Rights Act
may have passed today,
the streets of Harlem
are on fire at this hour,
as riots and looting break
out over the shooting
of an unarmed Black teenager.
The National Guard has been called in
to try and contain the violence
as Mayor Wagner calls for calm.
More updates as they are available.
Maybe the rioters will calm down
when they hear about the
Civil Rights Act being passed.
What are you doing here?
Where's Omar?
- None of your business.
- Where is he?
Get out of this mosque, traitor.
You best tell me what
the hell's going on
before I take these glasses
and shove them up your ass.
And if you even think about lying to me,
I will end you.
I know you're wondering why I
bumped you up from Benny's crew,
made you my consigliere.
Well, I gotta admit, I-I was surprised.
And honored.
So what I'm about to
say goes no further.
Of course.
Ernie and Benny, they
didn't like each other.
They had a dispute.
Ernie shot him in the head.
- What?
- Yeah.
We all thought it was Bonanno.
It wasn't.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
Jesus Christ, why is this
fucking piece of shit
still walking the planet?
Well, he won't be for long.
I want you to take him out.
- Hey.
- Hey, Ern.
- Interrupting?
- No, go ahead.
- Boss, I got a great idea.
- What's that?
On account of that boy
who got shot up in Harlem,
Negroes are going crazy.
They're burning the
whole fuckin' place down.
Oh, fuckin' animals.
I got the perfect score
United Bank of Harlem.
With all the looting going on,
we take it down, the Negroes
will get the blame.
But there'll be cops all over the place.
Ah, that's the beauty of it.
They're gonna protect the
white business owners.
That's like 95% of the stores up there.
The bank is Black-owned.
It'll be wide fucking open.
I like this idea.
You got a crew?
No, I was just gonna
sneak in, sneak out.
You should take Lombardi.
He's good with safes.
- Oh, yeah?
- Absolutely.
All right.
All right, so, Lombardi,
you go with him.
You got it, boss.
Go ahead. Yeah, get outta here.
Stop the car.
- What's going on?
- We've been stopped.
There's a police blockade
at 125th Street.
Well, how am I supposed
to get to my office?
I'm sorry, sir.
We'll have to wait here
for now. We're trapped.
Congressman Powell.
What are you doing?
Saluting you, sir, on
your great achievement.
- You're drunk.
- Yeah.
Well, thing is, ever since I left my
law firm to come work for you,
I've been in awe of you.
Your dedication 50 bills
passed in the last year alone,
all helping minorities.
Our cause, my cause, me and my family.
It's not just Harlem that
owes you a great debt,
it's the world.
Oh.
Maybe, Wingate.
Maybe.
But there's still so much to do.
So much.
Get away from me!
I don't hear that shit!
Move your ass, nigger!
Stop killer cops! Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops! Stop killer cops!
- What the hell's going on?
- I don't know,
but they blocked the
whole damn street. Hey!
It's a fucking riot, man.
Look at all the cops.
We gotta get this truck
to the warehouse.
W-What am I supposed to do?
Put your elbow on that horn,
man, and drive, man!
Oh, fuck!
Come on, motherfuckers!
- Back the fuck up!
- Move! Coming through!
Stop killer cops!
Stop killer cops!
What you doing, man?! Come on!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Whoo! What a trip!
Junie Byrd!
Glad you made it back safe, baby!
Whoo!
- Welcome back, my brother.
- Junie,
these streets are crazy.
Let's get this shit unloaded.
Hey, yo, let's go, let's go!
One crate at a time, all
right? Treat each crate
like it's your motherfucking
girlfriend! Let's go!
Let's get this thing counted.
- Put it over there.
- Almost there, boys.
- 3,000 keys.
- Yeah, it's a beautiful sight.
Junie, I'm concerned
about security here.
I don't want nobody trying to break in.
I got some boys out front.
Yeah, yeah, but there's cops everywhere.
And Negroes are tossing Molotov
cocktails and shit, you know?
Whole fucking place could go up.
I better call Bumpy.
You said you were gonna
stay in your room.
I'm not a child.
We need to talk.
Got something to tell you,
and you're not gonna like it.
But Ernie and I are married.
Yeah, I know that.
Father Louis told you?
- Yeah.
- And ?
I think he's a piece of shit, okay?
He broke his oath,
and he killed my best friend.
And now he's using you to
protect himself from me.
You're so wrong about everything.
- Fuck.
- I love him.
He's a fucking killer
and a fucking thief.
Just like you.
Don't they say girls always look
for a version of their father?
Listen, he wants to better himself,
and I believe that he can.
And if he can change,
then maybe so can I.
And you, too.
And that's the only way
that this stinking world
is gonna get any better.
Jesus Christ.
You got feelings for him?
Yeah.
And he loves me. You know that.
Look, we've put each
other through a lot, Dad,
but you should know that I love you,
And I know you love me, too.
I think I can make a
go of it with Ernie.
But I need you to let that happen.
Would you protect him
as much as you do me?
Would you promise me that?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, sure, sure.
Yeah.
The whole load is in the warehouse?
Yeah.
Fantastic.
We did it, Chance. We fucking did it!
Yeah, I don't know if we have
enough security here, Bumpy.
I saw stores up in flames,
cop cars all over the damn streets.
No tellin' what's gonna happen.
Look, I think we might need to
move the duji somewhere else.
Okay. I'll be down there.
Just keep everything under control.
Hold on. What's this?
Why are you wearing that thing again?
I just came from the mosque.
Omar and Henry are going
to ambush Malcolm
after his television interview.
What? Where?
56th and Sixth.
Chance?
Don't know if I can control
things from here.
Look, we need you down here, Bumpy.
I need you to do your best, all right?
All right.
I gotta go take care of something.
Okay. Hurry up, though.
I'm gonna go with you.
The hell you are.
Let me handle this.
You did good. I'm proud of you.
And ain't nobody gonna touch
the man that saved my daughter.
All right?
Be careful. Please.
I will.
The police then came
into this bar behind me
and started attacking the patrons
and the bartender sitting in there.
Consequently, bottles
were thrown from the roof,
and the police started
firing their revolvers
at people on the roofs.
There was no bottles
thrown at the policemen.
It was the bullet was
shot through the glass.
Thanks, fellas. I'll be out in an hour.
Good evening. I'm Mike Wallace,
coming to you with a Special Report.
In 1959, I had the privilege
of interviewing Malcolm X
for the documentary presentation
"The Hate That Hate Produced."
Tonight, as a riot grips
the streets of Harlem,
I welcome Malcolm X back to our
studios in midtown Manhattan.
Thank you for having me.
You were, until recently,
associated with the Nation of Islam,
this country's most powerful
Black supremacist group.
Are you still a Black supremacist?
Well, if by "supremacist,"
you mean the supremacy of
fair and equal treatment,
the right not to be shot down
by police in our own streets,
then, yes, feel free to call me that.
You have openly advocated violence
- against the white man.
- No, sir,
I have openly advocated self-defense
against the violence of the white man.
Do you not agree that
progress has been made?
Just today we learned
the Civil Rights Act
will be made the law of the land.
Sir, the Civil Rights Act
is simply a piece of paper.
It bears little meaning to the situation
of the Black man and woman
in the Black gulags
that we call "ghettoes."
You're referring to the riots just north
- of where we sit right now.
- Yes, riots instigated
by the murder of yet another
defenseless Black boy
by a white cop.
Now, how long will this go on?
How long will a country
that is supposedly dedicated
to life and liberty
continue to deny that
same life and liberty
to its Black citizens?
Jesus.
Why, one might ask,
would Negroes spark a riot
and burn their own
communities and property
as an act of protest?
Mr. Wallace, barely a hundred years ago,
Black people were bought and
sold as property themselves.
So perhaps to them, the concept
of property means nothing,
especially when that property in
Harlem belongs to white landlords.
But wouldn't you agree there has
to be a more productive outlet
for the rage?
How often has the average white person
heard one of their own begging for mercy
as the cops slam down their billy clubs?
When was the last time
the average white person
experienced one of their own children
being killed in the streets by cops
for allegedly carrying a weapon
when yet no weapon was found?
When was the last time
the average white person
watched as their own are
killed in the streets by cops,
and yet no jury will
convict them of murder?
Now, if the shoe were on the other foot,
you'd say the rage was justified.
A riot, as my recent
acquaintance Dr. King says,
is simply the language of the unheard.
Get in the fucking car!
Get in, you fucking nigger!
Get in the car!
Get over here! You're safe in here!
Ernie! Ernie! Ernie!
Oh, thank God you're okay.
Ernie, hey. Where's Lombardi?
What the fuck? Boss,
what are you doing here?
Where's Lombardi?
- I made a mistake.
- He's right there.
Oh, shit!
Lombardi, no!
Hey, fuck! Hey!
Oh, shit.
What's the matter, boss?
It's what you wanted.
Oh, fuck!
Boss, it's done. We gotta go.
Ernie, I tried, all right?
Let's go!
I tried.
You little fuck!
Go ahead. Do it. Do it.
This ain't over.
Get the fuck outta here.
The riots in Harlem have escalated
as police and firefighters
struggle to control the siege.
Fires have broken out
in dozens of warehouses
and local businesses as
vandals continue to run amok
on Harlem's streets.
More than 100 injuries and 450
arrests have been reported,
and the cost of property
damage continues to grow.
Mama, come here.
The riots began several days ago
in response to the shooting
of an unarmed Negro boy
by a New York City cop.
Many Harlemites view the incident
as an unnecessary example
- of police brutality.
- Oh, my Lord.
and Senator Barry Goldwater have
Shit. Where the fuck is Bumpy?
I told him to get down here.
Holy shit. The duji's burning up.
There goes the fucking
French connection.
Just like that. Up in flames.
All that trouble for nothing.
What was the fucking point?!
What was the point?
I have to tell her.
What? No.
No, I don't believe it.
Ernie's dead?
He should burn in hell
for what he's done.
I understand why you're doing this.
I do.
I tried to save Ernie. I did.
You gotta believe me.
I got punishment coming
to me. I can take that.
I can I can do that.
But, baby, I didn't mean
to hurt you. I didn't.
I need you to believe me, all right?
I need you to believe me,
okay? I love you, all right?
Vincent, I'm afraid for you.
Don't worry, don't worry.
You know I can take care of myself, huh?
- Let's go.
- Okay. Don't worry. I'm gonna get you out.
- All right.
- Move it, buddy.
You did the right thing.
My fellow citizens,
I am about to sign into law
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we believe that all men
are entitled to the
blessings of liberty,
yet millions are being
deprived of those blessings
not because of their own failures
but because of the color of their skin.
My fellow citizens, we have
come now to a time of testing.
We must not fail.
Let us close the springs
of racial poison.
Let us pray for wise and
understanding hearts.
Let us lay aside irrelevant differences
and make our nation whole.