Where did Alonzo get his 1m ?
After they killed roger, 250k was everyone's share and Alonzo had jake's 250k too. So where did he get the remaining cash ?
shareYou're assuming he was flat broke. This was a dirty cop who was constantly scamming, extorting, and robbing people of money. Between that and his salary, he probably already had a good bit of cash.
shareYou are right that it was established early on that Alonzo is a dirty cop, but a specific instance where they showed that hes only 250k short or something like that would have been nice. Just something that stuck with me as I was watching.
Thanks for responding:)
No problem. It's true that Alonzo's money situation is ambiguous. All we really know is that he needed a lot of cash in a hurry. Even the siezure at Rogers's house poses some questions. Did he only need $250k? Did he need $500k and was he was planning on keeping Jake's cut the whole time? Did he keep more for himself than we are shown? One way or the other, we can assume that Alonzo knew the siezure would get him the money he needed.
shareI think what a lot of people are missing is that Alonzo clearly took a million from that heist. I know the numbers don't jive to what they were saying but why does it have to be true? Alonzo can say he is taking 250K but why can't he take a million? Forgive me if I misquote" First day on the job and a 4 million dollar bust " You said 5 million
This doesn't mean that Alonzo reported he found 4 million. He may have reported 3 million.
I read some people are saying he had the rest stashed. I don't believe that. He robbed Macy Gray to pay the wise men. Why would he have to do that?
My thoughts, he clearly took the mil from that heist!!
He robbed Macy Gray because that money from the Sandman can't be traced. If Alonzo makes a bank withdrawal and then pays off the Three Wise Men, he then leaves a paper trail, which could bite them if a talented investigator looks at the records
Alonzo says "That's a hundred grand in your hands. There's four million bucks in there ... first day on the job and you're on a three million dollar seizure" (to which Jake says, "You said four million.")
My guess is that Alonzo knew that there was 5 million in the trunk, and he took $1 million for himself to pay the Russians. Then he said 4 million just so that his boys, Jake, and probably the Three Wise Men can split $1 million from that figure amongst themselves