Scotty Appleton

Scotty Appleton is the main hero of the 1991 drugs movie, ''New Jack City. ''He was played by Ice-T. He tries to make a deal with a stick-up guy, Pookie, who runs way with the dough. When Scotty goes after Pookie and then shoots him, the police let him go. Later he volunteers to take Nino Brown, main villain and drug dealer, down and is partnered with wild cop and hero, Nick Peretti. They spy on Brown during Thanksgiving and notice Pookie, who has turned into a crack head, and later doesn't put him in jail but in rehab and then later wants to aid to defeat Nino Brown.

They see into Nino's world as Pookie works there at The Carter, Nino's crack house, but relapses and is discovered by Nino's henchmen to be wired and working with cops. His minions then order that The Carter be blown up and in flames and to destroy Pookie. Scotty and the other heroes find inside the burning building the dead body of Pookie, who has a bomb in him, which is defused. Then after Pookie's funeral, Scotty and Nick, volunteer to pretend that they are drug dealers to get Brown. With Frankie Needle's and Gee Money's help and Scotty and Nick going undercover, Scotty and the heroes nearly are successful in taking Nino down and Scotty kicks his ass and lets him know that Nino's gang initiation kill was his mom and Nino is arrested.

Then at Brown's trial, Nino does a plead of guilty to a lesser charge and says he was forced into his criminal way of life because of threats and that Kareem Akbar, a villain and criminal, is the leader of the CMB. Nino Brown gets a sentence of 1 year in jail, which makes Scotty mad and Nino says later he can come work for him. Outside of the courtroom, Nino is killed and shot by an old man, which makes both Scotty and Nick happy to say the least.