Homicide: Life on the Street

Bayliss: I know you went to the temple last night. You knew Roshi Felder? Moss: Nobody disrespects me and walks away. Bayliss: So you did know him? Moss: They don't walk away. Bayliss: You killed him? Moss: Yeah, I killed him. Bayliss: Why? He held all life sacred. He went out on the street to live with people like you because he wanted to help them. Moss: I didn't need his help, I just wanted the soup. Bayliss: Just wanted the soup? Moss: It was just the one night. It was raining. You can't wash windows in the rain. I was hungry. Ain't no shame in a man being hungry. Bayliss: No, there's not. Moss: All I wanted was a bowl of soup. I didn't take no bread, I just took the soup. Bayliss: And Roshi Felder he gave you that soup right? Moss: I took my own, I took it from the line like everybody else. That monk he can't leave a man alone. All I wanted was the soup. Bayliss: So what did he do? Moss: He gives me a spoon. Bayliss: A spoon. Moss: I don't need that monk giving me no spoon, I can pick up my own damn spoon. He gives me a spoon, I can't let him walk away from that, he don't walk away from that. Bayliss: So you went to the temple last night and you beat him to death because of a spoon? Moss: You don't talk to me like that. You think I can let you walk away. [Larry Moss pulls a gun] Bayliss: Easy. Drop the gun, right now. Moss: Hey, don't you worry about it. You die, I take care of myself. Bayliss: I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to shoot you Mr. Moss. Drop the gun. Moss: I don't need anybody's damn help. Bayliss: I won't help you. Drop the gun, and I won't help you. [Moss fires the gun in the air] Bayliss: You drop that gun, now!

Bayliss: Bailey, Cohen and Jeffries they aren't killers, they're not murderers. You're talkin' about buddists Meldrick. Lewis: You can't have it both ways there Roshi Bayliss. I mean if buddists are regular human beings with you know human failings for alcohol or sex or whatever then they're capable of murder. I mean it's been that way since Cain whacked Abel. It's the oldest human failings in the darn godit book.