"But in the meantime I hear rumours that Johnny Brannigan is out of town looking for Earthquake, because it seems that while misconducting himself Earthquake severely injures a copper by the name of Mulcahy. In fact, it seems that Earthquake injures him so severely that Mulcahy hauls off and dies, and if there is one thing that is against the law in this town it is injuring a copper in such a manner. In fact, it is apt to cause great indignation among other coppers."
— "Earthquake", by Damon Runyon
"The thing about killing cops is we don't stop until we find the killer."
— Special Agent Seeley Boothe, Bones, "The Blood From the Stones"
"I, Eli Gorbinsky: hate Deputy Sheriffs. In fact I'd go so far as to say I hate all Police Officers and Parking Enforcers. And that's why I, Eli Gorbinsky: shot this here Deputy Sheriff!"
—Eli Gorbinsky after shooting Deputy Sheriff Gary Faulkner, The Boondocks
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy, but I say
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy, but I say
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
— Bob Marley, "I Shot the Sheriff"
Police Sergeant: You know what we did to cop killers on my world?
Wrex: You know what we did to dirty cops on mine?
Wrex: You know what we did to dirty cops on mine?
This next record is dedicated to some personal friends of mine, the LAPD. For every cop that has ever taken advantage of somebody, beat 'em down or hurt 'em, because they got long hair, listen to the wrong kinda music, wrong color, whatever they thought was the reason to do it. For every one of those fuckin' police, I'd like to take a pig out here in this parking lot and shoot 'em in their mothafuckin' face.
— Body Count, "Cop Killer"
"These were taken by a video surveillance camera, at the Westtown police station, in 1984. He killed 17 police officers that night. Men with families, children."
— Mossberg on the T-800, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Cops were different. You killed one, and others came after you. There was a pecking order in the amount of heat a killing drew: young men, particularly ethnics, drew the least; women and children brought much more; but killing a cop was like putting yourself in front of a flamethrower.
— The Cancer Cowboy Rides, by John Connolly
U.S. Marshal Gill Tatum: [The Marshal has arrived to confront Dr. Schultz] This is U.S. Marshal Gill Tatum.
Dr. King Schultz: Na wunderbar, Marshal! I have relieved myself of all weapons, and just as you have instructed, I am ready to step outside, with my hands raised above my head. I trust, as a representative of the criminal justice system of The United States of America, I shan't be shot down in the street, by either you or your deputies, before I've had my day in court.
Tatum: You mean like you did our sheriff? Shot 'im down like a dog in the street!
Schultz: Yes, that's exactly what I mean! Do I have your word as a lawman, not to shoot me down like a dog in the street?
Tatum: Well, as much as we'd all enjoy seein' somethin' like that, ain't nobody gonna cheat the hangman in my town.
Dr. King Schultz: Na wunderbar, Marshal! I have relieved myself of all weapons, and just as you have instructed, I am ready to step outside, with my hands raised above my head. I trust, as a representative of the criminal justice system of The United States of America, I shan't be shot down in the street, by either you or your deputies, before I've had my day in court.
Tatum: You mean like you did our sheriff? Shot 'im down like a dog in the street!
Schultz: Yes, that's exactly what I mean! Do I have your word as a lawman, not to shoot me down like a dog in the street?
Tatum: Well, as much as we'd all enjoy seein' somethin' like that, ain't nobody gonna cheat the hangman in my town.
Gordon Freeman: You know, where I come from, killing cops means they send a lot more cops.
