American History X Page #3
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 sh*t. 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 f***ing 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.
DEREK:
Millions of white Europeans came to
this country and flourished within a
generation! A generation! So what
the f*** is wrong with these people?!
REPORTER:
What does any of this have to do with
your father?
DEREK:
Because my father was doing his
f***ing job! Saving a n*gger
neighborhood he didn't give two shits
about! And he got killed by some drug
dealer who still collects a f***ing
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.
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:
It's not exactly LAPD policy but I
want 24-hour surveillance on Vinyard
for a few days.
COP #2
(smiling in disbelief)
Twenty-four hour surveillance, sir?
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