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It means propositioning and then mugging homosexual prostitutes.

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Village meaning Greenwich Village... a notoriously open-minded section of Manhattan.

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Small nit - Prostitutes do the rolling (robbing) of 'Johns'. So, it implies he is acting as a prostitute and then robbing his customers. Generally rolling a john is done without performing any services.