The idea behind the 2 black guys was to sneak up on Tony. Tony would have seen Mikey coming, reached right for his stapler gun, and stapled Mikey's suit to his face before Mikey could even grab his weapon. Then Tony would have dropped him a few c notes for Fuckface-itus research.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea