Lownsdale Chapman Square.
ANGLE - CHAD WOLF ON THE STEPS OF THE LOBBY
CLOSE UP to the front row. CAMERA FOLLOWS.
WILLIAMS
It is oh-dark-thirty.He closes up the plywood over the front doors.
ANGLE - TWO LITTLE GREEN MEN IN CAMO
LGM 1 nods toward WOLF
LGM 1
(sotto voce)
So who is that?WOLF
Lemme' have your attention for a moment.ANGLE - WOLF ON THE STEPS OF THE LOBBY
WOLF (CONT’D)
’Cause you're talking about, what you're talking about, bitching about that bust you shot, some son of a bitch don't want to do what he's told... somebody don't want to respect you, some broad you think you got a chance with, so on, let's talk about something important.
(to WILLIAMS)
Are they all here?WILLIAMS
All but the FBI.WOLF
(checks watch)
Well, I'm going anyway. Let's talk about something important.LGM 2 gets up, walks to a rack of rifles and flash-bangs and grenades. He starts to take a grenade.
WOLF (CONT'D)
Put. That tear gas. Down. Tear gas is for closers only, you think I'm fuckin' with you, I am not fuckin' with you: I'm here from DC, I'm here from Trump and Barr... and I'm here on a mission of mercy...
(he checks notes)
You're with BORTAC? You call yourself a cop, you son of a bitch...ANGLE - LGM 1
LGM 1 gets up, starts for the plywood over the front doors.
LGM 1
I don't have to listen to this shit.WOLF
You certainly don't, pal, ’cause the good news is: you’re fired.
(pause)
The bad news is you got, all of you've got just one week to regain your jobs. Starting with tonight. Starting with tonight's riot... Oh: have I got your attention now? Good. ’Cause we’re having a little contest. And the fellow with the highest body count wins first place. First prize is a brand new Silverado. You wanna' see second prize?He reaches into his briefcase, takes out a cheap contraption of camo webbing and pouches.
WOLF (CONT'D)
Second prize is a tactical diaper bag. Third prize is you're fired. You get the picture, are you laughing now? You got violent anarchists coming at that door, seventy-two minutes, Trump and Barr paid good money, get their names, to bust them. You can't bust the anarchists you're given, you can't bust shit, you are shit... hit the bricks, pal, and beat it ’cause you're going out.LGM 2
The intel's weak.Pause.
WOLF
The intel's weak! The fuckin' intel is weak? You're weak. I been in this business fifteen years.LGM 1
What's your name?WOLF
Fuck you, that's my name. You know why, Mister? ’Cause you drove an unmarked van to get here tonight, I flew a Sikorsky S-76. That's my name, and your name is you're wanting, and you can't play in the man's game, you can't bust them, then go home and tell whoever the fuck your troubles. Because One Thing Counts in This Life: Get Them to Kneel on the Sidewalk Before You. You hear me, you pieces of shit...? I know your war stories. I know the bullshit excuses that are your lives. What do you know...? What do you know...He starts to write graffiti on the marble wall of the lobby.
ANGLE - THE LOBBY WALL
writes huge in chalk: "A.B.C."
WOLF (O.S.)
A.B.C.
A. Always
B. Be
C. Cruel, Always Be CruelANGLE - WOLF ON THE STEPS OF THE LOBBY
WOLF (CONT'D)
Always Be Cruel.
(writes)
A.I.D.A.
Attention, Intimidation, Detonation, Arrest.
Attention: Do I have your attention!
Intimidation: Are you intimidated? I know you are, because it's fuck-or-walk: you bust or you hit the bricks.
Detonation: Are you ready to blow shit up for Christ?
and Arrest?
A.I.D.A. Get out there, you got the anarchists coming in. You think they came in to get out of the pandemic? A guy don't link arms on the line ’lest he wants to get busted: They're sitting out there, waiting to give you their dignity... You gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it?
Past his sell-by Acting Secretary Chad Wolf
addresses our Vezhlivye Lyudi.
