folks, young and old, begin to get in the water and play.
we hear the familiar rap music of radio raheem's box.
we hear a car horn blowing. people move out of the way as the vehicle speeds through the spray.
the people all move to the car, for they know what is about to happen.
charlie pulls his flooded car over to the curb, jumps out, and runs to get hold of cee and punchy. of course, he's slow, as the kids turn into track stars and make like carl lewis.
charlie, a wet mess, tries to buy some sympathy from the folks; none is to be bought.
charlie drives away, fuming.
da mayor runs across the street and knocks eddie down, out of the way of the car. both are thrown as they are hit by the reckless driver.
a crowd gathers.
the people on the block run to sal's famous pizzeria to see the static.
officers long and ponte kick him.
the officers all look at each other. they know, they know exactly what they've done. the infamous michael stewart choke hold.
da mayor walks in front of the crowd.
mookie picks up a garbage can and dumps it out into the street. he walks through the crowd, up to da mayor, sal, vito, and pino.
da mayor pushes sal, vito, and pino out of the way as the mob storms into sal's famous pizzeria.
jade is running through the mob, looking for her brother.