Original Gangstas (1996)

Isabel Sanford: Gracie Bookman

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• Michael Casey : On behalf of the Mayor and myself, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for comin' here to this house of worship to try and settle matters regarding this serious and tragic situation. Now I will be leaving you in the privacy of the good Reverend Dorsey, who will mediate all sides. And if I can be of any help, I'll be right outside.

  Reverend Dorsey : Thank you Mr. Casey.

  Michael Casey : You're welcome.

  Reverend Dorsey : You know I've known the Bookmans for as long as I've been here. I've known Laurie Thompson here since she was what this high. Spy, Damien, see, I know your folks. And the rest of you, I know all your cousins, your aunts, your brothers and sisters. So I'm standing in the middle here. I am the mediator. So let's talk. Let's see if we can't stop this thing.

  Spyro : If the old man keeps his mouth shut, we'll call it done.

  Reverend Dorsey : Short, sweet and simple. Done is done, fact is fact and God's truth is the truth!

  John Bookman : That's why we're here Reverend. I want to know the truth. Who shot my father?

  Spyro : I thought we were being serious, Reverend! I don't want no jokes.

  Reverend Dorsey : Now, damage was done on both sides. Marvin Bookman did the wrong thing, but the retaliation was the wrong thing, too.

  Gracie Bookman : Just a minute. My husband didn't do anything wrong. These animals killed her son in front of our store.

  Kayo : Hold up. You don't know nothin' about that shit, bitch.

  John Bookman : That's pretty tough talk coming from a faggot like you who don't even know what sex his mother is.

  Reverend Dorsey : Johnny, please.

  Damien : Now, Reverend, this was our deal, but I'm going to throw this in the pot, and that's going to be it. Our boy, he missed his shot. And we don't miss many. Now if that old man can keep his fuckin' mouth shut then maybe, just maybe you'll be able to survive on our streets.

  Gracie Bookman : Burn in hell! Who do You think you are? You're nothing more than the dog shit we wash up from our sidewalks in the morning!

  Reverend Dorsey : Gracie, please.

  Gracie Bookman : Oh, quit this, Reverend. What kind of a deal is this? We spend our lifetime working and striving for goodness. And you sell us out to him? And here's our deal. I want everyone involved to turn themselves into the police. And I want the boy who shot my husband to confess. And maybe, just maybe, we'll let you survive.

  Damien : I'm out of here.

  [the rebels leave] 

  Michael Casey : No you can't just walk out. What the hell happened here?

  Reverend Dorsey : I think World War lll was declared.