Cotton Comes to Harlem Page #2

2 days, 2 weeks,

2 months.

It's all the same.

I'm nailing his ass

to the wall.

Be smart, iris.

Get off the boat

before we sink it.

Ed. Digger.

Something new on the o'malley squeal. What?

They found the meat truck and the

golden money wagon all smashed up.

One got killed.

O'malley?

No.

Lieutenant wants you two

guys up there right away.

Where?

Harlem river yard.

Oh, by the way, what's with her? She talk?

No, but she's our main lead

to o'malley, so watch her.

Be cool, brother.

Jarema is hep.

She's a stone fox.

Watch your ass.

No sweat there.

Found some confetti.

Where's the loot?

Ask o'malley.

I know how you feel about o'malley. Do you?

You make him?

Yeah. He's a pickpocket

named early riser.

He was at the rally.

He works with a partner

named lo boy, a junkie.

They worked

the holy dream.

Could be the militants, ed.

They hate o'malley's guts.

No. They wouldn't

pull a job like this.

It ain't their style.

Hey, ed!

What is it?

Look at this.

Cotton from inside

the meat truck.

It ain't drugstore cotton.

What is it?

It's raw,

unprocessed cotton,

like from a bale.

Ah. It's a long time

since I seen cotton like that.

Digger, you ain't never

seen no raw cotton before.

You was born and raised right

here in new york, just like me.

What the hell

are you two doing here?

Digger found

a hidden drop slot.

This was in it.

It's full of trash.

The syndicate.

When o'malley was with 'em, he

talked, and they threatened to get him.

Why'd they wait?

White guns comin' up here,

trying to knock off

reverend o'malley, you think?

Could be.

Blacks find out about this,

there'll be hell to pay.

I want round the clock police

protection for reverend o'malley.

To hell with o'malley!

What about the $87,000

of poor black folks' money

that he stole from all

over this country? Stole?

That's right. Stole!

We ran a check on

o'malley's entire operation.

It's clean.

Absolutely legitimate.

Full clearance from

the state department,

securities exchange

commission,

the attorney general of the state

of new york. What else do you want?

What the hell does the attorney

general, the state department,

or even the president

of the united states know

about one goddamned thing that's

going on up here in harlem?

Ed o'malley's respected by

responsible people. Respect, my ass!

Pastors, race leaders,

politicians,

not to mention the large following

he has among black folk everywhere.

Black folk need hope

like everybody else.

What is it

with you people?

One of you like reverend

o'malley tries to do something,

does anybody try to help him? Hell no!

You're after him

like crabs in a basket.

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