One of the biggest examples was when he beat the shyt out of dude with the phone. He was already tight about his mom and dude annoying him was the last straw.tony is a crime boss, a sociopath nut job with severe anger issues and violent tendencies. you can't always count on a guy like that to make the rational, moral decision each and every time.
if you say the wrong thing or just rub him the wrong way in that moment who knows what he's capable of. with the exception of his wife and kids all bets were off.