MKMercedes "Misty" Knight
You know Benjamin Franklin said that the only way that three people can keep a secret is if two of them are dead. First Dante, now Shameek. Chico's the last man standing.
RSRafael Scarfe
Benjamin Franklin? Didn't he electrocute himself flying a kite in a rainstorm? I wouldn't base any theories on that fool.
Benjamin Franklin is on the $100 bill sir.
ScarfeSo? He wasn't a president!
That's even more impressive! Come on, give the man some credit.
Scarfe
See... I thought you didn't have a boyfriend because you love the brothers, and not many brothers can get with a girl who carry a gun and kick their ass. But that's not the reason.
Oh, so now you're an expert?
Scarfe
The reason is you're a Celtics fan living in New York City.
Scarfe
[groans] Oh shit!
[Misty is looking at a board of crime scene photos from the Crispus Attucks raid]
Scarfe
Damn it, you're doing it again.
Damn it, you just broke my concentration.
Scarfe
As usual, your priorities are all out of whack. Now, you're looking at a picture of an empty husk of a building. I'm looking at millions of dollars of contraband.
You know this money belongs to Cottonmouth, allegedly.
Scarfe
Allegedly. Thing I can't figure out why would somebody go through all this hell outside, cause all this mayhem, and then leave the money behind?
To take it off the streets. Once it's logged, whoever it belongs to doesn't have access to it anymore.
Scarfe
That's quite a message someone's trying to send.
All that gunfire and no bodies.
Scarfe
Oh, you got that right. They are nobodies.
I mean, no bodies. Not one. Some big black dude in a hoodie takes on direct bullet shots slaps, punches and pulls people all over the place and doesn't kill a single one? That doesn't seem strange to you? It's like this person wanted us to shut this place down.
Scarfe
Who cares?
Scarfe
I'm serious. Who cares? How many investigations from the time we put boots on the ground, begin and end in these projects?
Scarfe
And now somebody comes along and wants to clean up a year's worth of patrol work by himself? I don't see anything wrong with that.
A vigilante? Yeah. There's something wrong with that: it's anarchy. A complete breakdown of the system. There are rules and regulations to what we do.
Scarfe
And lawyers and paperwork and excuses? [He and Misty sit back down at their desks] Other than mopping up blood... and arresting the same piece of shit over and over, you know, not much we can do as cops.
Jesus, Scarfe, whose side are you on?
Scarfe
I saw the Incident up close. What we can do as cops, what we can't do. [motions to his duty pistol] Now, unless this sidearm that I'm wearing suddenly turns into some kind of magic hammer, this whole job is irrelevant.
They have no training! No responsibility. You have to know what you're doing. They don't have the right to just start weeding out justice. Come on!
Scarfe
Some guy in a hoodie hits various gun running spots around the city today? I think that's wonderful. I think we should thank him.
Scarfe
Exactly. I don't like paperwork. But I'd rather get a papercut on my finger than a bullet in my ass. Look at—look at all them rounds! Look! [motions to Misty's wall of crime scene photos] You really wanna be in the middle of all this? And for what? For-for a chicken banquet dinner, and a photo with the Mayor as a reward? Shit. Hell no.
Wow. You are a credit to the badge, Scarfe.
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