Line #39 Quotes/DirtyCop


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3	[[folder:Comic Books]]
4	->''"It's not as bad as it looks. Especially if you're a cop. Cops got it made in Gotham."''
5	-->-- '''Arnold Flass''', ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne''
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8	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
9	->'''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]].\
10	'''Greer:''' I swore I wouldn't do that.\
11	'''Ryan:''' Like you swore "to protect and serve"?
12	-->-- ''Film/{{Cellular}}''
13
14	->'''Dredd:''' What's the price of a Judge these days?\
15	'''Lex:''' Million. Split four ways.\
16	'''Dredd:''' [[BondOneLiner Three ways now]].\
17	'''Lex:''' Suits me.\
18	'''Dredd:''' Doesn't sound like much to betray the law. To betray the city.\
19	'''Lex:''' [[ShutUpKirk Save that shit for the rookies]]. Twenty years I've been on the streets. You know what Mega City One is, Dredd: [[ViceCity it's a fuckin' meat grinder]]. People go in one end and meat comes out the other. All we do is turn the handle.
20	-->-- ''Film/{{Dredd}}''
21
22	->''"In this city, every cop must make a choice. He either grows corrupt, leaves out, or goes to war."''
23	-->-- '''Cpt. Nascimento''', ''Film/TheEliteSquad''
24
25	->'''Constable "Happy Jack" Mulraney:''' But my allegiance is to the law. I'm paid to uphold the law.\
26	'''William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting:''' What in Heaven's name are you talking about? You may have misgivings, but don't go believing ''that'', Jack. That way lies damnation.\
27	'''Jack:''' I'm in no danger of damnation, Bill.\
28	'''Bill:''' Here's the thing: I don't give a tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum, you meat-headed shit-sack.
29	-->-- ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''
30
31	->''"I'm talking about a crooked cop, a dishonest cop, who got mixed up in drug rackets and got what was coming to him."''
32	-->-- '''Michael Corleone''', ''Film/TheGodfather''
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34	->'''Sue Barlow:''' You're a disgrace, Marshal Poole. You always have been.\
35	'''Poole:''' I know it. That's just the way it is.
36	-->-- ''Film/OpenRange''
37
38	->''"We're supposed to call them cops. But everyone knows who they work for and what it takes to keep them happy. Somebody paid good money for this frame."''
39	-->-- '''Marv''', ''Film/SinCity: The Hard Goodbye''
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41	->'''Rookie Cop:''' At least [[VigilanteMan he]]'s only shooting the dirty cops!\
42	'''Dirty Cop:''' We're ''all'' dirty cops!
43	-->-- ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun''
44
45	->''"Samurai, wanna make some dough as a bodyguard? The going rate has hit the roof. My commission's one ryo. Which side will you take? Seibei Manome runs a brothel. All the women you want. But he's going downhill. I'd bet on Ushitora Shinden. The inn at the corner. That's his place. Tell him Constable Hansuke sent you. I'd take you myself, but I'm the law around here. Don't forget, now. I get one ryo."''
46	-->-- '''Constable Hansuke''', ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''
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49	[[folder:Literature]]
50	->''When he learnt that the man had the post of a bailiff, he was not content with rejecting him but crushed him with abuse: he disregarded all honourable duties and made jeering language his business, tarnishing the whole course of his life with an evil reputation. His idea of profit was to ruin the poor, he was prepared to allow no one's innocence but launched wrongful charges against all, and was at the height of happiness when something lamentable occurred in another's fortunes. He toiled most of all to find out everyone's doings by clever, underhand investigations and lashed out at harmless characters whenever he could find some treacherous opportunity.''
51	-->-- ''Literature/GestaDanorum'', book VI
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54	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
55	->''"The corruption in this city is so thick, the police dogs are taking chew toys as bribes."''
56	-->-- '''Gunter''', ''Series/BulletInTheFace''
57
58	->''"In some neighborhoods, posing as a dirty cop is a great way to confiscate information. It gives you the authority that comes with a badge and invokes [[TheMobBossIsScarier the fear that comes with being a criminal]]."''
59	-->-- '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice''
60
61	->''"There are no laws on Ceres, just cops."''
62	-->-- '''Miller''', ''Series/TheExpanse''
63
64	->''"You know, I really don't know how that badge stays on, because it's pinned to slime."''
65	-->-- '''Carl Winslow''', ''Series/FamilyMatters''
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67	->'''Kojak:''' It's the badge. You used it, Nick. And that's not what it's there for. It's not a credit card.\
68	'''Ferro:''' It was personal. What's the matter, a cop can't be human? He can't be like other people?\
69	'''Kojak:''' ''You'' tried it. What's your answer?
70	-->-- ''Series/{{Kojak}}'', "Web of Death"
71
72	->''"Savage, you're a bigot. It's officers like you that give the police a bad name. The press loves to jump on instances like that, and the reputation of our force can be permanently tarnished. Your whole time on duty is dominated by racial hatred and petty personal vendettas. Do you get some kind of perverted gratification from going around stirring up trouble?"''
73	-->-- '''[[Creator/RowanAtkinson Chief Inspector]]''', dressing down Constable Savage, ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews''
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75	->''"No one loves a bent copper."''
76	-->-- '''Doyle''', ''Series/TheProfessionals''
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79	[[folder:Podcasts]]
80	->''"It's times like this, when you're approaching a mortuary late at night, covering up a series of murders committed by your niece because [[CreepyUncle you're sexually attracted to her]] that you ''have'' to stop and ask yourself: 'Am I a good cop?'"''
81	-->-- '''Mike''', ''Podcast/RiffTrax'', on ''Film/KissOfTheTarantula''
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84	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
85	->''You came to know your power intimately, just as you came to know [[{{Streetwalker}} the preening women in stilettos and fishnets]] who would kneel before you in alleyways, [[SexualExtortion servicing you free of charge lest you drag them kicking and screaming before the duty sergeant to face a charge of soliciting]]. [[HookersAndBlow You came to savor the kick of crack as you inhaled, lighter-flame dancing before your bloodshot eyes]]. You came to depend upon the money you took in return for looking the other way.\
86	You never thought of yourself as the bad guy, much less "evil." Hell, you never even thought of yourself as corrupt. From the talk around the station, you knew that sooner or later, every cop bent a little in the wind -- bent or broke.''
87	-->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade -- Clanbook: Setites''
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90	[[folder:Video Games]]
91	->''"I swear, the Arl's men are worse than the criminals we occasionally arrest. Some of them ''are'' the criminals we arrest."''
92	-->-- '''Sergeant Kylon''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''
93
94	->''"You must be stupid to accuse me of corruption to my face. In fact, I'm pretty sure you just attacked me."''
95	-->-- '''Watch Captain Audens Avidius''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''
96
97	->'''[[EveryManHasHisPrice Bribe]] the Constable'''\
98	London's [[OldFashionedCopper Constables]] are famously impossible to bribe. [[ImmediateSelfContradiction Unless they are bored, grumpy, hungry, or thirsty]]. This fellow looks to score at least three out of four.
99	-->-- ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'', "Stripes of Wrath"
100
101	->''"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 InternalAffairs have started sniffing around. Reckon they can smell me! Well, this city is just one big open sewer."''
102	-->-- '''Ray Machowski''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''
103
104	->'''Leon [=McAffrey=]:''' You [[TheMafia greaseballs]] wanna put holes in each other, I don't give a shit. All I care about is my cut.\
105	'''Toni Cipriani:''' Oh, I love a man of principle.\
106	'''[=McAffrey=]:''' Well, me too. [[TheFunInFuneral I go to all the memorial services in fast cars with hot broads]]. ''My CUT! Where is it?!''
107	-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories''
108
109	->'''Frank Tenpenny:''' This is a weapon, Officer Pulaski, that was used to gun down a police officer not 10 minutes ago. Officer Pendelbury. A fine man, I might add. You work fast, nigga!\
110	'''Carl "C.J." Johnson:''' You ''know'' I just got off the plane.\
111	'''Eddie Pulaski:''' It's a good thing [[FrameUp we found you and retrieved the murder weapon]].
112	-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''
113
114	->'''Michael:''' So tell me, Davey, who are these Bureau men trying to kill me?\
115	'''Dave:''' They're a corrupt division - gone rogue or on the IAA payroll.\
116	'''Michael:''' I thought ''you'' were the corrupt division.\
117	'''Dave:''' Corrupt? Only a little. ''Definitely below the average''.
118	-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
119
120	->''"The truth is everyone wants the license to get a little dirty now and then. Our job is to keep it manageable."''
121	-->-- '''Roy Earle''', ''VideoGame/LANoire''
122
123	->''"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."''
124	-->-- '''Det. [[spoiler:Tohru Adachi]]''', ''VideoGame/Persona4''
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126	->''"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."''
127	-->-- '''Federal Agent Edgar Ross''', ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''
128
129	->''The Patriarch's Marshalls keep the peace in Colorado Springs. Sometimes they keep a piece for themselves, too.''
130	-->-- '''Loading screen tip''', ''VideoGame/Wasteland3''
131
132	->''"Well, a criminal resists [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch and they get shot]]! Just another day in paradise."''
133	-->-- '''Det. Trapp''', ''VideoGame/ZettaiZetsumeiToshi 2''
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135
136	[[folder:Web Originals]]
137	->''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.''
138	-->-- ''Website/{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20389_5-shocking-facts-about-my-life-as-illegal-homosexual.html "5 Realities of Being Gay in a Country Where It's Illegal"]]
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140	->''"He's a corrupt police officer who tried to kill us. His version of Hell is a room full of people doing the right thing."''
141	-->-- '''Terry Lesler''', ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz''
142
143	->''The biggest street gang in America.''
144	-->-- ''Website/UrbanDictionary''
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146
147	[[folder:Western Animation]]
148	->'''Roger:''' Takin' what I want, ''when'' I want! Plus, [[HeroicComedicSociopath I'm a sociopath]], so, you know, all this fits me like a slipper.\
149	'''Stan:''' Oh my God, Roger's a dirty cop! And he's only been on the force for 3 hours!
150	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''
151
152	->''"Do you seriously think the police would accept a bribe? If we wanted that necklace, we'd just steal it from the evidence locker!"''
153	-->-- '''Chief Wiggum''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
154
155	->'''Smithers:''' Shouldn't we call the police?\
156	'''Mr. Burns:''' Every last one is on the take! And I should know -- I'm the one [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney on the give]].
157	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
158
159	->''Springfield cops are on the take,\
160	But what do you expect for the money we make?\
161	Whether in a car or on a horse,\
162	We don't mind using excessive force''
163	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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165
166	[[folder:Real Life]]
167	->''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.''
168	-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', "Raffles and Miss Blandish"
169
170	->''"In a moral system, they could have become good officers, but in our system, well, they became the guys they became. It's a shame the system breaks people like this."''
171	-->-- '''Alexei Kondaurov''', former K.G.B. member turned UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin critic
172	[[/folder]]

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