Homicide Page #4

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- We need to take him.

But we need him alive.

That's the job we were given to do.

That's why they gave it to the cops

'stead of the F.B.I.

Our job is to bring him down alive.

- That's what they sent us for.

It's that simple.

That's what it is.

Listen to me.

I know that it stinks.

I know that there's so much death in the world.

I know that it's full of hate, mama.

I know that it all turns out wrong.

Here we are.

Here we are.

We're the garbagemen.

You think I don't know that?

I know that.

Looking for something to love.

You got something to love.

You got your boys.

That's something.

Look in my eyes.

I want to save your son.

Before God...

I want to save your boy.

Will you help me?

- Uh, Bob?

- Not now.

- The lieutenant.

- Not now.

He needs you on the phone.

He says now.

Time's running out.

Let's ride, mama.

- What the f*** does he want?

- It's the Yids.

- Blow 'em off.

- The doctor. Somebody took a shot at -

- Somebody took a shot at -

- That's what they said.

Bullshit. Bullshit!

One of the men who was at

the medical examiner's office...

assured me they will release it

before the end of the day.

- What is it?

- They say a shot fired at them.

Some guy on the roof.

- A shot fired? Yes or no?

- I don't know. Didn't hit nothin' if it did.

- Well, who heard it?

- The lady.

The lady? What lady?

Get the lady in here so she can show me.

- I'll show you.

- You'll show me what, sir?

- Who made the call?

- I made the call.

- What are we looking at? What's going on here?

- It happened here.

What happened? Give me this number

right now. My partner- Get him.

- There was a man on the roof.

- Uh-huh.

- And my wife heard a shot.

- Uh-huh. She heard a shot.

Yes, she did.

Would she know what a shot sounds like?

How would she know that?

- My wife heard a shot.

- There was a shot on the roof.

There was a man on the roof.

A man on the roof.

- Yes, ma'am.

- No, no, I'm not making it up.

It happened.

There was shooting.

- Ma'am, I don't know any reason why anyone -

- That's right.

You don't, do you? But I see that you feel that,

what -you're dealing with hysterical Jews?

I'm making it up.

Is that right?

We're always making it up.

Is that right?

It's all right, dear.

Let me tell you one thing.

- There was a man on the roof.

- Look, can I talk to you for a second?

Look, Doctor, why would anybody

be shooting at you?

- You follow me?

- Do I follow you?

Look, you - You're under

a lot of stress today-your tragedy.

I'm sorry for you,

what happened to your mother.

I'm gonna station a man on the roof.

You keep away from this side of the house. Okay?

It's always a fantasy, isn't it?

A fantasy? What's a fantasy?

I don't get you.

When someone wants to hurt the Jews.

I've got nothing against theJews, Doctor.

I'm a Jew.

And I'll tell you something else -

When the fantasy is true, when we've been killed...

then you say, ''What a coincidence that

at the same time we were being paranoid...

someone was coincidentally

trying to hurt us.''

What can I have

against the Jewish people, Doctor?

I'm sorry what happened

to your mother.

You say you saw someone on the roof.

I'm putting a man there.

You tell me what more

you think that I can do. All right?

I'm just trying to do my job.

I'm sorry.

You're trying to do your job?

Let's be frank, shall we? Can we do that?

- Sir, do you want to be frank?

- Yes, I do.

- I don't get the whole f***in' thing.

- It amounts to this. My mother was killed.

You're assigned to the case. I called downtown.

They say you're a good detective.

I want you to find her murderer,

and I want protection.

I know you think this is a bullshit case.

I don't care.

You're paid to do ajob.

Do your f***ing job.

- Have you got the pride for that?

- Don't get in my face, man.

Have you got the pride to do

the job you were given?

Do your job, or else.

Don't tell me ''or else.'' Don't tell me ''or else.''

I'm gonna do the job.

I'm not scared of your money, I'm not scared of you,

and I don't need your threats.

- I'm here to do the job!

- Excuse me.

Excuse me.

There was a disturbance.

It's nothing.

It's nothing to be alarmed at.

- My partner?

- Got to him. He says don't move.

He's getting back to you this number,

Okay, thanks.

- Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry about your grandma.

- Thank you so much for coming.

- Mama, I have to talk to you.

- Yes, darling.

Dear, go ahead.

Where is the photograph?

What's he saying?

Do you speak Hebrew?

It's not Hebrew.

He's speaking Yiddish.

- He's -

He says the years they spent

working together...

his time with her and with -

and with her husband...

were the closest ties he ever had

with any living being.

He calls her a great woman.

He's praising her courage...

in the years before the formation

of the state of Israel...

and he's talking about when they-

When they what?

- It's -

You know, it's jargon language Yiddish.

I-I-I don't speak Yiddish that well.

Detective, you're wanted

on the phone in the study.

- Thanks.

- You need anything else?

No, no, just, uh, hang tight.

And shut the door, will ya?

Detective Gold.

Tim! She -The old lady.

She gonna give him up?

She gonna give him up? You got her?

You worked her around. Fantastic!

Oh, f*** me!

Why do I always miss it?

She said what?

Oh, yeah, I'm the linchpin.

Big deal.

Oh, man. Was it sweet?

I would have been there.

I'm stuck here with my- my Jews.

You should see this f***in' room.

No, f***in' bullshit.

Bunch of high-strung f***in' bullshit.

They pay so much taxes - F*** 'em.

Yo! She did?

Fan-f***in'-tastic!

What? Oh, some bullshit.

Somebody's taking shots at 'em.

Hey, f*** 'em.

Don't tell me.

Don't send the old ladywork down there

and tell me how you're so surprised.

F*** 'em and the taxes they pay.

You tell me. Ten more bucks a week they're makin',

lettin' her work down there?

Ha! Hey, not my people, baby.

F*** 'em.

There's so much anti-Semitism

the last 4,000 years...

we must be doin' somethin'

bring it about.

I'll see you at the house half an hour.

Yo, Tim. See you then.

My grandmother was killed today.

She stayed down there

because she wanted to stay there.

She was a fighter.

She wanted to die there.

She died there.

You're a Jew, and you talk that way

in the house of the dead.

- Do you have any shame?

- I'm sorry about your grandmother.

No one asked you to be sorry.

No one asked for your sympathy.

We would have appreciated your respect.

Do you hate yourself that much?

Do you belong nowhere?

I - I'll find the killer. I -

I swear I'll find the killer.

I swear. Listen to me.

Please! I'll-

It was a backfire.

What do you think?

I think it was a car backfiring.

How do I get to their roof?

Through the kitchen.

You want backup?

No. Keep 'em out of here.

Hey!

Hey!

No, I, uh, think everything

is all right now.

We've got men all over.

Everything is fine.

There was someone on the roof.

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