The Bonfire of the Vanities
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And I stand before you
with a heart that is angry.

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It's heartbroken because our brother,
our neighbor, our son, Henry Lamb...

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...has been struck down
in the prime of his young life.

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And now he lies in a hospital...
broken, like my heart.

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But I tell you, my heart is also angry.
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Yes! Angry!
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Because the driver
of that car didn't do nothing for him!

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And neither did the police!
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And neither did this man!
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Mr. Abraham Weiss.
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That's my name. My own fucking name.
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That's a complete fuck-up.
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-Who the hell are you?
-Assistant District Attorney Kramer.

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I work in this office.
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Sources at Motor Vehicles say...
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...less than 200 Mercedes have plates
beginning with "RE, " "RB, " or "RP. "

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How did they get this information
out of Motor Vehicles?

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Calm down. We've had this information
for over a week.

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Why aren't we doing anything about it?
Why aren't we tracing the car?

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Actually, I suggested we--
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What am l? The Wizard of Oz?
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Trace the car? Trace the car?
We don't even have a witness.

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We don't know where it happened,
or even if it happened.

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Trace the car.
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We don't have a case,
even if we find the car.

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If we found the driver,
and the driver came to us and said:

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"Yeah, that's right.
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"I hit this kid the other night,
and I didn't stop.

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"I didn't report it. I'm the guy. I did it."
Then we got a case.

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Just trace the fucking car.

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