This here is a flare gun, sucker. So unless you want your entire intestinal tract lit up like Cape Canaveral, you've got exactly 10 seconds to tell me who you are.
Are you crazy, man? What are you--
8 seconds!
What are you talking about, man? You know who I am!
Rafael Tubbs died 3 weeks ago in that New York shootout with Calderone. 4 seconds! Who are you, man?!
His brother. I'm his brother, Crockett! I know we all look alike to you Southern crackers but not this much. Look at the picture, man! Look at it!
[Crockett looks at a picture of Rafael]
Rafael was the best. He was the reason why I became a cop. My ID's in my right pocket, man.
[Crockett looks at Tubbs' ID]
Ricardo Tubbs. La Bronx. Armed Robbery Division? Why?
Homicide up north wasn't getting anywhere.
The interdepartmental memo, priority security clearance... all forged.
How else could I have gotten down here? A Bronx street cop on a Brooklyn narcotics investigation? Tell them there was a death in the family? Or as a veteran detective first-class on assignment? That bastard killed my brother.
Counterfeit setup bread, fake memos, forged security clearance! God! The biggest score of my entire godforsaken career and I've teamed up with some outlaw New York street cop out on a hit mission.
It's called justice, Crockett.
It's called vengeance, my friend, plain and simple. Now I may seem somewhat unorthodox to the untrained eye, but when it comes to being a cop, I am strictly business, pal. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna put my life on the line for some outlaw cop on a personal vendetta! Because when it gets personal, it gets messy. And when it gets messy, the wrong people get killed. ¿Comprende? I'm blowing the whistle to Rodriguez. You're out of this operation, Tubbs, as of now.
There is no operation without me, Crockett. Calderone'll back out of this place so fast it'll make your badge spin.
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