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AMERICAN HISTORY Xscreenplay byDavid McKennaFebruary 6, 1997 INT. HOUSE - CLOSED EYESA young mans blue eyes slowly open. A girl moans from the next room.EXT. STREET CORNER - A LARGE TIREturns the corner and splashes through a puddle from anearlier rain. TUPAC SHAKUR blares from inside.INT.
SWEENEY
There weren't any organized white
gangs around Venice before those two
hooked up. Very few, if any. It was
mostly just black and Mexican. But it
was tiny. They hit it off though...
and Alexander hit the jackpot with
Derek.
Rasmussen reaches over and pushes play on a VCR.
RASMUSSEN
We got some uncut footage here.
Courtesy of NBC.
ON THE TELEVISION--
REPORTER
Earlier this evening...LA County
Firefighter Dennis Vinyard was shot
and killed while putting out a fire in
a suspected Compton drug den.
RASMUSSEN
(to the group)
This being February of '90.
EXT. VINYARD HOUSEHOLD - A LIVE BROADCAST - VIDEOTAPE
A YOUNGER DEREK, short haired with no tattoos, stands
next to the reporter. Derek wears a Venice High
Basketball jersey drenched in sweat. Towel around neck,
he thinks to himself as the man speaks into the camera.
REPORTER
To my right I have Lieutenant
Vinyard's oldest son Derek.
(to Derek)
How do you feel about all this, son?
DEREK
How do I feel? How do you think I
feel? It's typical.
REPORTER
Typical how, Derek?
DEREK
Well...look at our country. It's a
haven for criminals. Black...brown...
yellow...whatever.
REPORTER
So you're saying the murder of your
father is "race" related?
DEREK
Every problem in this country is
"race" related. Every problem, not
just crime. These problems are rooted
in the black community, the Hispanic
community, the Asian...every non-
Protestant group in our society.
(then)
Look at the shit. Immigration...
welfare...AIDS...they're all the
problems of the non-white. Look at
the statistics.
REPORTER
Most of these issues you're referring
to though son are related to--
DEREK
(interrupting)
No no no! Don't say poverty right now
cause that's not it. They're not a
product of our fucking environment
either! Minorities don't give two
shits about this country! They're
here to exploit...not embrace.
RASMUSSEN (O.S)
(over reporter's question)
When Alexander got his hands on this
segment...he copied it, sent it out
and it became the Gettysberg Address
for hate groups across the country.
BACK TO THE TELEVISION.
DEREK
Millions of white Europeans came to
this country and flourished within a
generation! A generation! So what
the fuck is wrong with these people?!
REPORTER
What does any of this have to do with
your father?
DEREK
Because my father was doing his
fucking job! Saving a nigger
neighborhood he didn't give two shits
about! And he got killed by some drug
dealer who still collects a fucking
welfare check.
Derek looks at the man and walks over to HIS MOTHER
DORIS, who smokes a cigarette. The camera follows him as
he puts his arm around her and escorts her back inside
their Venice Beach residence. The camera pans back to
the reporter who just stands there, speechless.
INT. BRIEFING ROOM - SAME
Rasmussen ejects the tape, the screen turns to fuzz, and
he turns it off.
RASMUSSEN
Vinyard was quietly released from
Chino on Saturday after three and some
odd years. And I think it's something
we might want to keep an eye on for a
few days.
SWEENEY
I don't wanna be an alarmist. But
payback is out there. I know it is.
And in this particular case...if
Vinyard gets popped...more people will
get popped.
RASMUSSEN
