spoiler when undercover brooklyn north det . eddie santos and nestor serrano and be to meet his drug supplier tito zapatti and larry romano and in the williamsburg section of brooklyn in a buy and bust operation and with tito be the one who get bust and that thing go haywire with both det . santos and tito end up get shot and kill by each other . during the deadly shootout an innocent bystander six year old james bone jr. and jaliyl lynn and be also kill in the cross fire . with new york city slat to host the 1996 democratic presidential convention that summer that last thing that the city flamboyant mayor pappa and al pacino and want be a possible riot over young james bone tragic death by a possible and in be later determine that it be a bullet from tito gun that kill young james and member of the new york city police department . what be far more shocking then even bone death be that his killer tito zapatti be give probation by the well respect ny state judge walter stern and martin landau . when he should have be put behind bar for 10 to 20 year by be arrest with a kilo of cocaine in the backseat of his car . it soon become evident that the person who get judge stern his job and for a $ 50 and 000 . 00 payoff and be non other the brooklyn political bos frank anselmo and danny aiello . it anselmo who involve with mayor pappa in a land deal and involve the new york subway system and that would bring him and his real estate friend ten of million of dollar over the next two year . it would also indirectly connect mayor pappa in the bone killing by connect him to judge stern and who make it possible for tito be be free and who a mutual friend of both him and his gomba and or landsman and frank anselmo . to keep all this from blow up the late det . santons be frame and by work undercover without the authority from his superior and in the bone shooting . in fact those frame santos go a far and hide some $ 40 and 000 . 00 in cash in his upstate summer home making it look like he be be pay off by tito uncle mafia bos paul zapatti and anthony francoisa and for let his nephew deal drug with him get a piece of the action . which may well explain him and as well a tito and get shoot by tito welsh on his pay santos off . a thing turn out it mayor pappas deputy in city hall kevin calhoun and john cusack and who end up mess everything up for his bos by be too honest in find who be responsible in cover up tito criminal record that allow him to be out on the street . the fact that kevin uncovered lead straight to frank anselmo and a major political supporter of mayor pappa and who a it turn out be connect by the hip to tito mafia chieftain uncle paul . a bit over plotted city hall do show how big city corruption can filter up and as well a down and to everyone in city government without them and like mayor pappa and even know about it . mayor pappa big sin be that he be friend with brooklyn bos anselmo who be put people into job and like judge stern and who be subject to be blackmail from anselmo real bos mafioso paul zapatti . spoiler it only take a deadly shootout in williamsburg to set everything into motion not by only tito and besides det . santos and james bone and be kill but why he be allow to be out on the street in order to bring the very popular new york city mayor down . mayor pappa be look forward to much big thing and like governor or even president and in his future political pursuit . a it turn out his top deputy kevin calhoun in not look the other way be responsible for his demise . as well a that of the mayor good friend frank anselmo and the person whom he help put on the bench and a a state judge and judge stern . who decision in let tito zapatti off make this whole disaster and which result in at least a half dozen murder and one suicide and possible .