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But
witnesses
were
already
crowding
into
the
apartment
behind
him
,
some
people
who
lived
in
the
building
and
his
partner
from
the
patrol
car
.
Neri
ordered
Baines
,
"
Drop
your
knife
,
you
're
under
arrest
.
"
Baines
laughed
.
"
Man
,
you
got
ta
use
your
gun
to
arrest
me
.
"
He
held
his
knife
up
.
"
Or
maybe
you
want
this
.
"
Neri
moved
very
quickly
,
so
his
partner
would
not
have
time
to
draw
a
gun
.
The
Negro
stabbed
with
his
knife
,
but
Neri
's
extraordinary
reflexes
enabled
him
to
catch
the
thrust
with
his
left
palm
.
With
his
right
hand
he
swung
the
flashlight
in
a
short
vicious
arc
.
The
blow
caught
Baines
on
the
side
of
the
head
and
made
his
knees
buckle
comically
like
a
drunk
's
.
The
knife
dropped
from
his
hand
.
He
was
quite
helpless
.
So
Neri
's
second
blow
was
inexcusable
,
as
the
police
departmental
hearing
and
his
criminal
trial
later
proved
with
the
help
of
the
testimony
of
witnesses
and
his
fellow
policeman
.
Neri
brought
the
flashlight
down
on
the
top
of
Baines
'
skull
in
an
incredibly
powerful
blow
which
shattered
the
glass
of
the
flashlight
;
the
enamel
shield
and
the
bulb
itself
popping
out
and
flying
across
the
room
.
The
heavy
aluminum
barrel
of
the
flashlight
tube
bent
and
only
the
batteries
inside
prevented
it
from
doubling
on
itself
.
One
awed
onlooker
,
a
Negro
man
who
lived
in
the
tenement
and
later
testified
against
Neri
,
said
,
"
Man
that
's
a
hard-headed
nigger
.
"
But
Baines
'
head
was
not
quite
hard
enough
.
The
blow
caved
in
his
skull
.
He
died
two
hours
later
in
the
Harlem
Hospital
.
Albert
Neri
was
the
only
one
surprised
when
he
was
brought
up
on
departmental
charges
for
using
excessive
force
.
He
was
suspended
and
criminal
charges
were
brought
against
him
.
He
was
indicted
for
manslaughter
,
convicted
and
sentenced
to
from
one
to
ten
years
in
prison
.
By
this
time
he
was
so
filled
with
a
baffled
rage
and
hatred
of
all
society
that
he
did
n't
give
a
damn
.
That
they
dared
to
judge
him
a
criminal
!
That
they
dared
to
send
him
to
prison
for
killing
an
animal
like
that
pimp-nigger
!
That
they
did
n't
give
a
damn
for
the
woman
and
little
girl
who
had
been
carved
up
,
disfigured
for
life
,
and
still
in
the
hospital
.
He
did
not
fear
prison
.
He
felt
that
because
of
his
having
been
a
policeman
and
especially
because
of
the
nature
of
the
offense
,
he
would
be
well
taken
care
of
.
Several
of
his
buddy
officers
had
already
assured
him
they
would
speak
to
friends
.
Only
his
wife
's
father
,
a
shrewd
old-style
Italian
who
owned
a
fish
market
in
the
Bronx
,
realized
that
a
man
like
Albert
Neri
had
little
chance
of
surviving
a
year
in
prison
.
One
of
his
fellow
inmates
might
kill
him
;
if
not
,
he
was
almost
certain
to
kill
one
of
them
.
Out
of
guilt
that
his
daughter
had
deserted
a
fine
husband
for
some
womanly
foolishness
,
Neri
's
father-in-law
used
his
contacts
with
the
Corleone
Family
(
he
paid
protection
money
to
one
of
its
representatives
and
supplied
the
Corleone
itself
with
the
finest
fish
available
,
as
a
gift
)
,
he
petitioned
for
their
intercession
.
The
Corleone
Family
knew
about
Albert
Neri
.
He
was
something
of
a
legend
as
a
legitimately
tough
cop
;
he
had
made
a
certain
reputation
as
a
man
not
to
be
held
lightly
,
as
a
man
who
could
inspire
fear
out
of
his
own
person
regardless
of
the
uniform
and
the
sanctioned
gun
he
wore
.
The
Corleone
Family
was
always
interested
in
such
man
.
.
The
fact
that
he
was
a
policeman
did
not
mean
too
much
.
Many
young
men
started
down
a
false
path
to
their
true
destiny
.
Time
and
fortune
usually
set
them
aright
.
It
was
Pete
Clemenza
,
with
his
fine
nose
for
good
personnel
,
who
brought
the
Neri
affair
to
Tom
Hagen
's
attention
.
Hagen
studied
the
copy
of
the
official
police
dossier
and
listened
to
Clemenza
.
He
said
,
"
Maybe
we
have
another
Luca
Brasi
here
.
"
