<P> While at Sal's, Mookie's trouble - making b - boyish friend Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito) questions Sal about his "Wall of Fame", a wall decorated with photos of famous Italian - Americans . Buggin' Out demands that Sal put up pictures of black celebrities since Sal's pizzeria is in a black neighborhood . Sal replies that it is his business, and that he can have whomever he wants on "The Wall of Fame". Buggin' Out attempts to start a protest over the Wall of Fame . Only Radio Raheem and Smiley support him . </P> <P> During the day, the heat and tensions begin to rise . The local teenagers open a fire hydrant and douse the street, before police officers intervene . Mookie and Pino begin arguing over race . Mookie confronts Pino about his negative attitudes towards African Americans, even though his favorite celebrities are black . Various characters then spew flowery racial insults into the camera: Mookie against Italians, Pino against African Americans, Latino Stevie (Luis Antonio Ramos) against Koreans, white police officer Gary Long (Rick Aiello) against Puerto Ricans, and Korean store owner Sonny (Steve Park) against Jews . Pino and Sal talk about the neighborhood, with Pino expressing his contempt for African - Americans, and Sal insisting that he is not leaving . Sal almost fires Mookie, but Jade intervenes, before Mookie confronts her for being too close to Sal . </P> <P> That night, Buggin' Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley march into Sal's and demand that Sal change the Wall of Fame . Raheem's boombox is blaring and Sal demands that he turn it off, but he refuses . Buggin' Out calls Sal and sons "guineas", threatening to close down the pizzeria until they change the Wall of Fame . Sal, in a fit of frustration and after being called a guinea bastard, calls him a "nigger" and destroys the boombox with a baseball bat . Raheem attacks Sal, leading to a violent fight that spills out into the street, attracting a crowd . While Radio Raheem is choking Sal, the police arrive . They break up the fight and apprehend Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out . Despite the pleas of his fellow officers and the onlookers, one officer refuses to release his chokehold on Raheem, killing him . Realizing that Raheem has been killed in front of onlookers, the officers place his body in the back of a squad car and drive off, leaving Sal, Pino, and Vito unprotected . </P> <P> The onlookers, enraged about Radio Raheem's death, blame Sal and his sons . Mookie grabs a trash can and throws it through the window of Sal's pizzeria, sparking the crowd to rush into the restaurant and destroy it, with Smiley finally setting it on fire, what actually diverts revenge away from Sal himself . Da Mayor pulls Sal, Pino, and Vito out of the mob's way . Firemen and riot patrols arrive to put out the fire and disperse the crowd . After police issue a warning, the firefighters turn their hoses on the rioters, leading to more fighting and arrests . Mookie and Jade sit on the curb, watching in disbelief . Smiley wanders back into the smoldering building and hangs one of his pictures on what is left of Sal's Wall of Fame . </P>

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