Prince of the City Page #4

they don't want me to know.

See, to my cousin Nick, being a cop

is a sickness...

...to want to put people in jail.

Every time he introduces me

to somebody, he says:

"Remember, this guy's a cop."

I understand.

Danny, this is the second time

you've called me. What is it?

I know something is eating you.

I want to help.

How come you set up a meeting for me

with this guy, and don't check with me?

Look, I am not setting you up.

Brooks Paige is a guy you're gonna

want to know. He can be a friend.

A friend that heads the Anti-Corruption

Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Yeah, that's true.

Brooks is a good guy.

He's very up front.

Very resourceful.

Very prompt.

That's not true. All cops are like me.

I'm no different.

Well, I think you are.

That's why you're here.

You don't know why I'm here.

Where did you go to school, Paige?

I went to Harvard,

and before Harvard to Andover...

...and before Andover to St. Bernard's.

- St. Bernard's.

That's in the 23. That's little,

blond boys in blazers, right?

Oh, sh*t, Cappalino.

My own father can't understand

the pressures on cops.

What am I supposed to get

from St. Bernard's?

You people in the Chase Commission,

you tell cops...

...you're out to catch them taking meals

or taking Christmas presents.

You bastards, it's you guys

who run the whole f***ing thing.

You run it!

Starting with assistant DAs...

...who plea-bargain murder one

down to a misdemeanor!

Or lawyers wearing $400 suits, who

come up to cops in hallways and say:

"Hey, pal, this case don't mean sh*t.

Here's $50.

Here's $ 100, $500, $ 15,000."

Fifteen thousand dollars!

F***, I mean, we know

how you guys become judges.

You pay 50,000,

and... you're wearing robes!

You guys, you live in Westport

or here on Central Park West...

...while we're up in El Barrio

on 125th Street!

You want us to keep everybody

on the inside...

...so you can stay on the outside!

- That's not true.

- The f*** it's not true!

The f*** it's not true!

The first thing a cop learns is

he can't trust anybody but his partners!

I'll tell you something right now...

...I sleep with my wife,

but I live with my partners.

You people... You people,

you're just out to hurt us.

You wanna lay the whole

f***ed-up system on us!

But nobody cares about me

but my partner!

You understand that? Nobody!

You see, I see what kind of man you are.

And you, you know?

And then I look at my partner,

and I see what kind of man he is.

And there's no comparison, see?

It's me and him...

...and whatever guy we catch.

And we're gonna put him in jail,

we're gonna lock him up...

...and we're gonna take

his f***ing money.

F*** him, f*** them and f*** you!

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