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From episode 6,''We  Own This City''
From episode 6,''We  Own This City''


What is the Justice
What is the Justice Department unwilling to admit?
Department unwilling to admit?


What are the police
What are the police trying to do?
trying to do?dddsa


Arrest everybody. We spoke
Arrest everybody. We spoke about this. I... I heard you.
about this. I... I heard you.


But why? What's the mission?
But why? What's the mission?
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In a war, you have enemies.
In a war, you have enemies.


In a war, civilians get hurt
In a war, civilians get hurt and nobody does anything.
and nobody does anything.


In a war, you count the bodies
In a war, you count the bodies and then you call them victories.
and then you call them victories.


Is the Justice Department, or
Is the Justice Department, or even the Office of Civil Rights,
even the Office of Civil Rights,


ready to declare that we
ready to declare that we long ago lost this war?
long ago lost this war?


That we have achieved nothing but
That we have achieved nothing but full prisons, and routine brutality,
full prisons, and routine brutality,


and a complete collapse of trust
and a complete collapse of trust


between police departments
between police departments and their cities?
and their cities?


I fought this war, Nicole.
I fought this war, Nicole. I was even good at it
I was even good at it


and honest when I did it. But
and honest when I did it. But it was lost when I got there,
it was lost when I got there,


and I did nothing but lose in my time,
and I did nothing but lose in my time, and the guys who are out there right now
and the guys who are out there right now


on the street, they
on the street, they all know it's lost.
all know it's lost.


Are you people ready
Are you people readyto say that out loud?
to say that out loud?


Is anybody?
Is anybody?

Revision as of 19:06, 30 April 2023

From episode 6,We Own This City

What is the Justice Department unwilling to admit?

What are the police trying to do?

Arrest everybody. We spoke about this. I... I heard you.

But why? What's the mission?

- The drug war. - Exactly.

And in a war, you need warriors.

In a war, you have enemies.

In a war, civilians get hurt and nobody does anything.

In a war, you count the bodies and then you call them victories.

Is the Justice Department, or even the Office of Civil Rights,

ready to declare that we long ago lost this war?

That we have achieved nothing but full prisons, and routine brutality,

and a complete collapse of trust

between police departments and their cities?

I fought this war, Nicole. I was even good at it

and honest when I did it. But it was lost when I got there,

and I did nothing but lose in my time, and the guys who are out there right now

on the street, they all know it's lost.

Are you people readyto say that out loud?

Is anybody?