History Quotes / DirtyCop

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-> (To the corrupt Judge Lex) How much were you paid to [[MythologyGag betray the law]]?!

-->-- Chief Wiggum, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

-->--'''Marv''', ''SinCity: The Hard Goodbye''

It’s a show of power. How dare anybody ignore the authority of Civic Center? How dare a bunch of freaks try to think for themselves? So let’s go out and stomp on [[KillThePoor children, lunatics, and incompetents]], because by damn it makes our balls feel big.

->'''Ryan''': You know, it does me no good to hand over the video tape and then [[ILied you guys turn around and take us out.]]\\

->Beating people up in little rooms... he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you'd do it for a bad one. You couldn't say "we're the good guys" and do bad-guy things.

'''Eddie Pulaski''': It's a good thing [[{{Frameup}} we found you and retrieved the murder weapon.]]

->No one's playing games with you Mr. Marston. But if we were to play some games, it would be some interesting ones we could play: like hanging you for murder, or confiscating all your property--like that little farm of yours--''or!'' ''Or!'' Having you put in an electric chair! Those are the sort of games we ''could'' play.

->The truth is everyone wants the license to get a little dirty now and then. Our job [[InherentInTheSystem is to keep it manageable.]]

-->--'''[[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201412/least-influential-people-2014 Drew Magary]]''', "The 30 Least Influential People of 2014

->The cops don't know or care that there are gay people who are tops, bottoms, versatile, or something in between. They know and care even less about consent. They believe that if you're gay, it means you enjoy sucking any dick you stumble upon. And the actions of terrified people under duress seem to confirm their biases. If the choice is 'Give a hopefully intentionally terrible blow job' or 'have drugs planted on you and go to prison forever,' you tend toward the former.

->I stood there dumbly wondering what to do. Right in front of me, two men were being knocked about by four men who were, quite simply, enjoying their work. I was also witness to the fact that the victims had ''not'' resisted arrest, which of course [[CutHimselfShaving would be the police explanation for what happened.]] Cravenly, I got back into the cab. I asked my driver if he would be a witness with me. He shook his head sadly. 'I don't want no trouble. This [[ViceCity is a mighty dirty town]].'

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->Beating people up in little rooms... he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you'd do it for a bad one. You couldn't say "we're the good guys" and do bad-guy things.
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Sam Vimes]]''', ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' (a {{Deconstruction}} of the trope)

->In some neighborhoods, posing as a dirty cop is a great way to confiscate information. It gives you [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the authority that comes with a badge]], and invokes [[TheMobBossIsScarier the fear that comes with being a criminal]].
-->--'''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice''

->'''Sue Barlow:''' ''([[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps him]])'' You're a disgrace, Marshal Poole. You always have been.\\
'''Sheriff Poole:''' I know it. That's just the way it is.
-->--''Film/OpenRange''

->Don't make me laugh. Just because someone joins the police force doesn't make them some kinda 'agent of justice'. Know why I applied? So I could legally carry a gun. That's all. You'd be surprised how many are like that.
-->--'''Det. [[spoiler:Tohru Adachi]]''', ''[[{{VideoGame/Persona4}} Persona 4]]''

->The corruption in this city is so thick, the police dogs are taking chew toys as bribes.
-->--'''Gunter''', ''Series/BulletInTheFace''

->'''Roger:''' Takin' what I want, ''when'' I want! Plus, I'm a [[HeroicComedicSociopath sociopath]], so, you know, all this fits me like a slipper.\\
'''Stan:''' Oh my God, Roger's a dirty cop! And he's only been on the force for 3 hours!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''

->You got the money? Is it ''all here?'' I know what you're thinking. Another bent cop! Well, it's a bent world. Just 'cause [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch I lost a few partners]], those suckers from internal affairs have started sniffing around. Reckon they can smell me! Well, this city is just one big open sewer.
-->--'''Ray Machowski''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''

->'''Leon [=McAffrey=]''': You [[TheMafia greaseballs]] wanna put holes in each other, I don't give a shit. All I care about is my cut.\\
'''Toni Cipriani''': ''(revolted)'' Oh, I love a man of principle.\\
'''[=McAffrey=]''': Well, me too. I go to all the memorial services [[TheFunInFuneral in fast cars with hot broads.]] My '''''CUT!! Where is it?!'''''
-->--''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories''

->'''Frank Tenpenny''': This is a weapon, Officer Pulaski, that was used [[CopKiller to gun down a police officer]] not 10 minutes ago. Officer Pendelbury. A fine man, I might add. You work fast, nigga!\\
'''Carl "C.J." Johnson''': You ''know'' I just got off the plane.\\
'''Eddie Pulaski''': It's a good thing [[{{Frameup}} we found you and retrieved the murder weapon.]]
-->--''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''

->No one's playing games with you Mr. Marston. But if we were to play some games, it would be some interesting ones we could play: like hanging you for murder, or confiscating all your property--like that little farm of yours--''or!'' ''Or!'' Having you put in an electric chair! Those are the sort of games we ''could'' play.
-->--Federal agent '''Edgar Ross''', ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''

->They paid a few Transients off to start some trouble, deliberately marring a non-violent demonstration. Spontaneous violence, the only excuse Civic Center would have to send in the riot cops. These people are [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste bleeding down there for a scam.]]\\\
It’s a show of power. How dare anybody ignore the authority of Civic Center? How dare a bunch of freaks try to think for themselves? So let’s go out and stomp on [[KillThePoor children, lunatics, and incompetents]], because by damn it makes our balls feel big.
-->--'''Creator/WarrenEllis''', ''{{ComicBook/Transmetropolitan}}''

->The truth is everyone wants the license to get a little dirty now and then. Our job [[InherentInTheSystem is to keep it manageable.]]
-->-- '''Roy Earle''', ''VideoGame/LANoire''

->Oh, I know. Its a free country and I ain't got the right. But I got a badge. What've you got?

-> In this city, every cop must make a choice. You either grows corrupt, leaves out or go to war

-> I'm true to what I am. Like my friend Mr. Yogarov here--I killed his father, so now he kills me; that's fair. But you, [[EvenEvilhasStandards you're an oath-breaker, a worm.]]
-->-- '''Elias''', ''Series/PersonOfInterest''

-> I swear, the Arl's men are worse than the criminals we occasionally arrest. Some of them are the criminals we arrest.
-->-- '''Sergeant Kylon''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''

-> You know it's a wonder how that badge stays on, [[StealthInsult when it's pinned to slime]].

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->We stare racism right in the face as the camera swings up from Jimmy who has bled to death by gunshot wounds and experience Benny getting a vicious beating at the hands of the police (the authority figures!). It's shockingly graphic and ''(Avery)'' Brooks never shies away from the violence...Very cleverly he films some of this scene from our POV so it is literally [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the audience that is getting beaten up.]]
-->--'''[[http://www.docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/deep-space-nine-season-six.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Far Beyond the Stars"

->The biggest street gang in America.
-->--'''''Website/UrbanDictionary'''''

->If ultimately one sides with the police against the gangsters, it is merely because they are better organized and more powerful, because, in fact, the law is a bigger racket than crime.
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', "Raffles and Miss Blandish"

->I stood there dumbly wondering what to do. Right in front of me, two men were being knocked about by four men who were, quite simply, enjoying their work. I was also witness to the fact that the victims had ''not'' resisted arrest, which of course [[CutHimselfShaving would be the police explanation for what happened.]] Cravenly, I got back into the cab. I asked my driver if he would be a witness with me. He shook his head sadly. 'I don't want no trouble. This [[ViceCity is a mighty dirty town]].'
-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''', "Police Brutality"

->...the above named defendant did then and there unlawfully commit the offense of ‘property damage’ to wit did [[LawfulEvil transfer blood to the uniform]].
-->--'''Ferguson Police Department''' (MI), charge sheet for suspect Henry Davis, 1.20.29

->In a moral system, they could have become good officers, [[InherentInTheSystem but in our system]], well, they became the guys they became. It’s a shame the system breaks people like this.
-->--'''Alexei Kondaurov''', former K.G.B.-turned [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Putin]] critic

->The whole point of having police officers is to maintain law and order, which means they become useless when they decide to arm themselves like [[{{BFG}} a bunch of space soldiers in Halo]], roam the streets, aim their rifles at everyone they see, and choke out asthmatic black men. This is bad police work! This is not how you police. We'd be better off arming our cops with lollipops.

->...they were acting like cowardly bullies, drawing a weapon with intent to fire it on unarmed civilians and their pets. Their manner of speech and the act itself felt incredibly adolescent, as if a scene out of high school. They wanted to [[CompensatingForSomething show us their gun]], show us they were in charge and revel in our submission.\\\

-->--'''[[http://www.docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/deep-space-nine-season-six.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Far Beyond the Stars"

-->--'''[[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201412/least-influential-people-2014 Drew Magary]]''', "The 30 Least Influential People of 2014]]

->We stare racism right in the face as the camera swings up from Jimmy who has bled to death by gunshot wounds and experience Benny getting a vicious beating at the hands of the police (the authority figures!). It's shockingly graphic and ''(Avery)'' Brooks never shies away from the violence...Very cleverly he films some of this scene from our POV so it is literally the audience that is getting beaten up.

->We stare racism right in the face as the camera swings up from Jimmy who has bled to death by gunshot wounds and experience Benny getting a vicious beating at the hands of the police (the authority figures!). It's shockingly graphic and ''(Avery)'' Brooks never shies away from the violence, in fact he forces you to endure it far longer than ''Trek'' would usually dwell on such things because he wants to show you this is where prejudice can lead. Very cleverly he films some of this scene from our POV so it is literally the audience that is getting beaten up. This could be you if somebody felt that strongly that you were different.

->The whole point of having police officers is to maintain law and order, which means they become useless when they decide to arm themselves like [[SpaceMarine a bunch of space soldiers in Halo]], roam the streets, aim their rifles at everyone they see, and choke out asthmatic black men. This is bad police work! This is not how you police. We'd be better off arming our cops with lollipops.

->These Ventura County Sheriff's deputies weren't acting in the public's best interest, enforcing laws or ensuring anyone's safety, they were acting like cowardly bullies, drawing a weapon with intent to fire it on unarmed civilians and their pets. Their manner of speech and the act itself felt incredibly adolescent, as if a scene out of high school. They wanted to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything show us their gun]], show us they were in charge and revel in our submission.\\\

->Sometimes police corruption manifests itself in dick moves... Sometimes it manifests itself in other moves on dick: Officers have been known to threaten gay people with beatings or death in exchange for blow jobs. Make the mistake of showing your face at a gay pride parade and you've as good as volunteered: That's exactly what happened to a Web designer in Ahmedabad.\\\
The cops don't know or care that there are gay people who are tops, bottoms, versatile, or something in between. They know and care even less about consent. They believe that if you're gay, it means you enjoy sucking any dick you stumble upon. And the actions of terrified people under duress seem to confirm their biases. If the choice is 'Give a hopefully intentionally terrible blow job' or 'have drugs planted on you and go to prison forever,' you tend toward the former.

->'''Cpt. Nascimento:''' In this city, every cop must make a choice. You either grows corrupt, leaves out or go to war
-->-- ''Film/TheEliteSquad''

->'''Dredd:''' (To the corrupt Judge Lex) How much were you paid to [[MythologyGag betray the law]]?!
-->-- ''Film/{{Dredd}}''

->'''Elias:''' I'm true to what I am. Like my friend Mr. Yogarov here--I killed his father, so now he kills me; that's fair. But you, [[EvenEvilhasStandards you're an oath-breaker, a worm.]]
-->-- ''Series/PersonOfInterest''

->'''Sergeant Kylon:''' I swear, the Arl's men are worse than the criminals we occasionally arrest. Some of them are the criminals we arrest.
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''

->'''Carl Winslow''': You know it's a wonder how that badge stays on, [[StealthInsult when it's pinned to slime]].
-->-- ''Series/FamilyMatters''

-->-- ''{{Cellular}}''

-->-- ''TheEliteSquad''

->'''Sue Barlow:''' ''([[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps him]])'' You're a disgrace]], Marshal Poole. You always have been.\\

->In some neighborhoods, posing as a dirty cop is a great way to confiscate information. It gives you [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the authority that comes with a badge]], and invokes [[TheMobBossIsScarier the fear that comes with being a criminal]]."''

->Oh hey, did you hear about the race war nearby? That's newish. Congrats, Missouri! YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY SEC COUNTRY. We're roughly three hours away from all of St. Louis being [[DomedHometown covered in an invisible dome]]. It'll become a permanent race riot art installation. Come, everyone! Come and see all the dickhead farmland cops who are both overarmed and undertrained! ...SAY HI TO BOSS HOGG!
-->--'''[[http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2014-st-louis-rams-1624368531 Drew Magary]]'''

The cops don't know or care that there are gay people who are tops, bottoms, versatile, or something in between. They know and care even less about consent. They believe that if you're gay, it means you enjoy sucking any dick you stumble upon. And the actions of terrified people under duress seem to confirm their biases. If the choice is 'Give a hopefully intentionally terrible blow job' or 'have drugs planted on you and go to prison forever,' you tend toward the former.'

->''"In some neighborhoods, posing as a dirty cop is a great way to confiscate information. It gives you [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the authority that comes with a badge]], and invokes [[TheMobBossIsScarier the fear that comes with being a criminal]]."''

->''"Don't make me laugh. Just because someone joins the police force doesn't make them some kinda 'agent of justice'. Know why I applied? So I could legally carry a gun. That's all. You'd be surprised how many are like that."''

->''"It's not as bad as it looks. Especially if you're a cop. Cops got it made in Gotham."''

->''"The corruption in this city is so thick, the police dogs are taking chew toys as bribes."''

-->-- '''''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'''''

->''"We're supposed to call them cops. But everyone knows who they work for and what it takes to keep them happy. [[FrameUp Someone paid good money for this frame]]."''

->''"You got the money? Is it ''all here?'' I know what you're thinking. Another bent cop! Well, it's a bent world. Just 'cause [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch I lost a few partners]], those suckers from internal affairs have started sniffing around. Reckon they can smell me! Well, this city is just one big open sewer."''

->'''Leon [=McAffrey=]''': You [[TheMafia greaseballs]] wanna put holes in each other, I don't give a shit. All I care about is my cut.
->'''Toni Cipriani''': ''(revolted)'' Oh, I love a man of principle.
->'''[=McAffrey=]''': Well, me too. I go to all the memorial services [[TheFunInFuneral in fast cars with hot broads.]] My '''''CUT!! Where is it?!'''''

->'''Frank Tenpenny''': This is a weapon, Officer Pulaski, that was used [[CopKiller to gun down a police officer]] not 10 minutes ago. Officer Pendelbury. A fine man, I might add. You work fast, nigga!
->'''Carl "C.J." Johnson''': You ''know'' I just got off the plane.
->'''Eddie Pulaski''': It's a good thing [[{{Frameup}} we found you and retrieved the murder weapon.]]

->''"No one's playing games with you Mr. Marston. But if we were to play some games, it would be some interesting ones we could play: like hanging you for murder, or confiscating all your property--like that little farm of yours--''or!'' ''Or!'' Having you put in an electric chair! Those are the sort of games we ''could'' play."''

->''"They paid a few Transients off to start some trouble, deliberately marring a non-violent demonstration. Spontaneous violence, the only excuse Civic Center would have to send in the riot cops. These people are [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste bleeding down there for a scam.]]\\\
It’s a show of power. How dare anybody ignore the authority of Civic Center? How dare a bunch of freaks try to think for themselves? So let’s go out and stomp on [[KillThePoor children, lunatics, and incompetents]], because by damn it makes our balls feel big."''

-> '''Ryan''': You know, it does me no good to hand over the video tape and then you guys turn around and take us out.
-> '''Greer''': I swore I wouldn't do that.
-> '''Ryan''': Like you swore "to protect and serve"?

->'''Sam''': *wakes up* What's going on?
->'''Cop''': We're the police, sweetheart. Your civil liberties are about to be violated.
->'''Sam''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Great.]]

->"''I'm talking about a crooked cop, a dishonest cop, who got mixed up in drug rackets and got what was coming to him.''"

->''"The truth is everyone wants the license to get a little dirty now and then. Our job [[InherentInTheSystem is to keep it manageable.]]"''

->''"Oh, I know. Its a free country and I ain't got the right. But I got a badge. What've you got?"''

->'''Elias:''' I'm true to what I am. Like my friend Mr. Yogarov here--I killed his father, so now he kills me; that's fair. ''{to Tierney)'' But you, you're an [[TheOathBreaker oath-breaker]], a worm.
-->-- ''PersonOfInterest''

->''"We stare racism right in the face as the camera swings up from Jimmy who has bled to death by gunshot wounds and experience Benny getting a vicious beating at the hands of the police (the authority figures!). It's shockingly graphic and ''(Avery)'' Brooks never shies away from the violence, in fact he forces you to endure it far longer than ''Trek'' would usually dwell on such things because he wants to show you this is where prejudice can lead. Very cleverly he films some of this scene from our POV so it is literally the audience that is getting beaten up. This could be you if somebody felt that strongly that you were different."''

->''"The biggest street gang in America."''
-->--'''''UrbanDictionary'''''

->''"If ultimately one sides with the police against the gangsters, it is merely because they are better organized and more powerful, because, in fact, the law is a bigger racket than crime."''

->''"I stood there dumbly wondering what to do. Right in front of me, two men were being knocked about by four men who were, quite simply, enjoying their work. I was also witness to the fact that the victims had ''not'' resisted arrest, which of course [[CutHimselfShaving would be the police explanation for what happened.]] Cravenly, I got back into the cab. I asked my driver if he would be a witness with me. He shook his head sadly. 'I don't want no trouble. This [[ViceCity is a mighty dirty town]].'"''

->''"Police got a 'chokehold' they use out here though, man. They choke niggers to death. That mean you be ''dead'' when they're through...'Oh shit, he broke. Can you break a nigger? Is it okay? Let's check the manual. Yep, page 8: You can break a nigger. Right there, see?'"''

->''"...the above named defendant did then and there unlawfully commit the offense of ‘property damage’ to wit did [[LawfulEvil transfer blood to the uniform]]."''

->''"Oh hey, did you hear about the race war nearby? That's newish. Congrats, Missouri! YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY SEC COUNTRY. We're roughly three hours away from all of St. Louis being [[DomedHometown covered in an invisible dome]]. It'll become a permanent race riot art installation. Come, everyone! Come and see all the dickhead farmland cops who are both overarmed and undertrained! ...SAY HI TO BOSS HOGG!"''

->''"These Ventura County Sheriff's deputies weren't acting in the public's best interest, enforcing laws or ensuring anyone's safety, they were acting like cowardly bullies, drawing a weapon with intent to fire it on unarmed civilians and their pets. Their manner of speech and the act itself felt incredibly adolescent, as if a scene out of high school. They wanted to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything show us their gun]], show us they were in charge and revel in our submission.\\\
The worst part? There was nothing I could do. I asked Ty if it was a good idea for me to go after them and get their badge numbers. He said sure, if I wanted to spend a night in jail."''

->''"Sometimes police corruption manifests itself in dick moves... Sometimes it manifests itself in other moves on dick: Officers have been known to threaten gay people with beatings or death in exchange for blow jobs. Make the mistake of showing your face at a gay pride parade and you've as good as volunteered: That's exactly what happened to a Web designer in Ahmedabad.\\\
The cops don't know or care that there are gay people who are tops, bottoms, versatile, or something in between. They know and care even less about consent. They believe that if you're gay, it means you enjoy sucking any dick you stumble upon. And the actions of terrified people under duress seem to confirm their biases. If the choice is 'Give a hopefully intentionally terrible blow job' or 'have drugs planted on you and go to prison forever,' you tend toward the former.'"''

->'''Elias:''' I'm true to what I am. Like my friend Mr. Yogarov here--I killed his father, so now he kills me; that's fair. ''{to Tierney)'' But you, you're an oath-breaker, a worm.

->'''Elias:''' I'm true to what I am. Like my friend Mr. Yogarov here--I killed his father, so now he kills me; that's fair. ''{to Tierney)'' But you, you're an oath-breaker, a worm."

->'''Sam''': [[DeadpanSnarker Great.]]