Qbsean10, I don't see it that way with the car crash. The idea of a "part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop" is a reference to driving through any real scary neighborhood in America. Bruce wasn't saying this was something Ralph/Johnny did literally.
Instead, he talks about him waiving his gun around. So I see Ralph/Johnny having shot the night clerk, drunk and belligerent in the worst part of town, looking for a fight where it is easy to find one. (Underlying suggestion, Ralph/Johnny is white working class guy, he's waiving his gun in the black neighborhood). The cops arrest him before he gets himself killed (perhaps his hidden desire at this point).
Qbsean10, I don't see it that way with the car crash. The idea of a "part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop" is a reference to driving through any real scary neighborhood in America. Bruce wasn't saying this was something Ralph/Johnny did literally.
Instead, he talks about him waiving his gun around. So I see Ralph/Johnny having shot the night clerk, drunk and belligerent in the worst part of town, looking for a fight where it is easy to find one. (Underlying suggestion, Ralph/Johnny is white working class guy, he's waiving his gun in the black neighborhood). The cops arrest him before he gets himself killed (perhaps his hidden desire at this point).