Love the comments as well as the story. Personally, I think Jerky John wants to create his own Jackson Pollock thinking about both Slicky and Connor. The conversation in the classroom between Rusty and Maddox was surprising. It is telling that this line left Rusty without a comeback.
A very rare occurrence for Rusty.
Rusty did a great job getting information out of John, especially about what the organization plans to do. There's going to be hell to pay if they start trying to stop parties and steal booze. Someone should warn the local police and hospitals, so they can prepare for Connor's raids. Of course Connor won't be there and have plausible deniability. It will be his minions like John that will end up in the hospital or jail.
Nice that Rusty got rewarded for scaring John out of the room!