Neither of them were right IMHO. First, was it established that Beansie was still engaged in illicit doings and kicking a vig up to Tony? I thought it was basically hinted that in the 10 years Richie was incarcerated Beansie went legit.

In any event, Richie should have gone to Tony and gotten him to intervene, instead of going and trying to shake Beansie down. Richie was way out of line. If Tony felt that Richie was owed something, I bet Beansie would have been a lot more likely (although still reluctantly) to give Richie a cut than having Richie come there, talk shit and then beat him up (and later try to kill him).

It probably woulnd't have helped him but Beansie should have told Richie to A) Come and talk to him later (i.e. not in front of customers), and B) If he was paying Tony while Richie was in prison, that Richie needs to get Tony involved and let Tony decide what, if anything, Richie should get.