Trust in Authority: A Cop's Assurance
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Trust him... he's a cop.
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Tension and Threat in a Confrontational Moment
Raymond Avila: [after catching Dennis in his home]
Get off my bed.
Dennis Peck: [about shooting Amy Wallace]
Sorry about the dyke, Raymond. Cute little ass.
Dennis Peck: [spitting blood; draws a knife and slowly gets back up]
You're so fucking easy, Raymond. Like a big baby with buttons all over. I push the buttons. I'm gonna miss my children. I'm gonna miss them.
Raymond Avila:
Put the knife down.
Dennis Peck: [to Kathleen]
You think he was aiming for my leg? That's good. That's very good, Raymond.
Raymond Avila:
I'm taking you in.
Dennis Peck: [gets up; runs for Raymond with the knife, Raymond shoots Dennis twice, killing him]
Fuck you. You're so correct. You do not feel because YOU do not have children. You do not know what it's like. Everything changes when you have children. You don't think about yourself anymore. You think about nothing but them. You'd go around the world for them, you SELFISH YUPPIE!
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Conflict Over Unauthorized Deal Negotiation
Amy Wallace: [conferring in private after Raymond offered immunity to Van Stretch]
You are not authorized to make this deal. It's a violation even to offer it!
Raymond Avila:
Look at him. He wants to talk. If Peck were clean, there'd be nothing to talk about.
Amy Wallace:
I am the senior partner. Your mistakes go on my file! Either you retract the offer to Van or I will!
Amy Wallace:
All right. How about this then? Why don't you and Dennis Peck both pull them out and I'll decide which one's bigger!
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Confrontation and Betrayal Among Friends
Steven Arrocas: [to his wife]
I could kill you.
Dennis: [throws him a gun; whispers in his ear; gunshot]
Go ahead. Kill her. Come on, Steven. Be a man! Kill her. She paid me to kill you. She did. Go on, shoot her. She's a tramp. She's a "big" tramp. Your parents are dead, and you've got a tramp for a wife. She fucks everybody. Steven, that was my foot.
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Tensions Rise in a Confrontational Encounter
Amy Wallace: [about Dennis Peck]
You're fucking him, aren't you?
Penny Stretch:
Get out of my house.
Raymond Avila:
I hope you got off, Pen.
Penny Stretch:
GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!
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Controversial Perspectives on Relationships and Desire
Dennis Peck: [about Avila's wife]
She's very pretty too. A little skinny for my taste, but they say the skinny ones give good head so...
Dennis Peck:
Okay, here's what's going to happen. I'm going to fuck her for a while and teach her how to come.
Raymond Avila:
Get up!
Dennis Peck:
Then that way, she can show you what she likes!
Dennis Peck: [coughing blood]
They said you're a pretty good boxer, Raymond. You're pretty fucking good. Not bad!
Raymond Avila: [throws a handkerchief at Peck]
Clean yourself up!
Dennis Peck:
Give my best to Kathleen!
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Trust and Doubt Among Cops
Steven Arrocas:
Can I trust you?
Dennis Peck: [whispers in his ear]
Of course you can trust me. I'm a cop.
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Loss of Trust Among Fellow Officers
Sgt. Amy Wallace: [to Raymond]
You know all your friends from the force? You don't have them anymore.
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Perception of Internal Affairs Among Officers
Sgt. Amy Wallace:
What Oats said about your fellow officers respecting and honoring you is, as you probably know, complete crap. Most of the cops hate our guts. To the extent that they credit us with having any. They think we're climbers who went into I.A.D. for the promotions, which is true, not that we necessarily get them. So, they're polite because they're afraid of us. That's all.
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Unfiltered Confessions of Officer Dennis Peck
Officer Dennis Peck: [after decking Raymond in an elevator; about Raymond's wife; decks Raymond again; dangles a pair of panties in front of Raymond, then gives them to him]
Hi, Raymond! You know what she really wanted? You know? Yeah, I should have guessed. She liked it in the ass, Raymond. That's right. Right in the fucking ass! Drove her crazy. She came so much, for a second I thought she was going to pass out on me. You know what they say about Latin fighters, Raymond? You know what they say? Too fucking MACHO! That's right. TOO FUCKING MACHO! They don't backpedal when they have to. So they're used up. Young. Yeah, why don't you clean yourself up with that. That's right. Clean yourself up.
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The Lonely Struggles of Law Enforcement Officers
Officer Dennis Peck:
How many cops you know, huh? Got nothing. Divorced, alcoholic, kids won't talk to them anymore, can't get it up. Sitting there in their little apartments, alone in the dark, playing lollipop with a service revolver?
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