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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? | |||
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 | Are you people readyto 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?