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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? |