It's gang central LA, chief. There's big overlap out there. There's black, brown, and a little white. There's 3 regular gangs, and one made up of all the gang rejects. It's what we call affirmative action gangsters.
S5 E5Half Load
FJFather Jack
God's grand design. That's a little bit over my head. But I don't believe in random.
But there was no motive in Reggie's death. And-and where there's no motive, there's no meaning.
FJFather Jack
You only think there's no meaning 'cause you're looking for it. But meaning isn't something you find, Chief Johnson, it's something you give.
S5 E6Tapped Out
What?
What? You're eating fruit!
I'm trying to cut back on fatty foods. Lauren says my diet makes me feel older.
You know what's making you feel older? Your age!
Excuse me, Chief, uh, am I to understand that you, and uh, Lieutenant Flynn and Lieutenant Provenza handed over all the evidence from the crime scene, including the gun, to a detective Dick Tracy?
OK, now... this... is... definitely... a major crime.
S5 E7Strike Three
Captain Raydor. I see you made your deadline.
RRaydor
Yes, ma'am. Officers Stern and Duran have been completely exonerated.
And because the way Force Investigation Division operates, I'll be investigating murders of more good cops just like them.
RRayder
Excuse me?
When officers are shot and killed in the line of duty, they're investigated by me. When they shoot back, they're investigated by you. That means that they'll think twice before defending themselves. That hesitation will mean that more good cops will die. I have to ask, have you ever considered what your principles cost?
RRaydor
Seventy million dollars. That was the settlement in the Rampart case. One hundred. That's how many convictions were overturned due to renegade police and lack of oversight in one division alone, not to mention the loss of trust the LAPD needs to remain effective.
There has to be a better way.
RRaydor
Well, until then, you've got me.
S5 E8Elysian Fields
You know hon, someday when you look back on your life, almost everything you see will be marked off with crime scene tape because you didn't make time for much of anything else.
S5 E9Identity Theft
Your Aunt Brenda is working. And she excused herself from the table.
It's okay. I'm used to adults making rules for me they don't live by themselves.
S5 E10Smells Like Murder
I don't want a murder suspect looking at a Crown Vic in the rear view mirror. Buzz, what kind of a car do you drive?
A Prius. Why? Oh, no. No, no.
We-we'll take such good care of it.
It's brand-new and I just washed it.
I promise. Such good care. (Buzz reluctantly hands over his keys) Thank you very much.
Please, just... don't bring it back with any blood in it or bullet holes.
CPChief Pope
(sarcastically) Good luck.
Thanks.
S5 E11Maternal Instincts
You know you're in the red zone, right?
The red zone is for the police. I am the red zone! Keep your head down and stay in the car!
I have to check the schedule?
He thinks I'm a youth volunteer.
And the nurses think you're his sister?
They only allow family members in the ICU. Thank God I heard you use his mom's name. Obviously Jake knows I'm not his sister, so I told him I was a youth volunteer. It was easier than explaining that you're my aunt.
[laughs] You two are so related.
S5 E12Waivers of Extradition
[to a suspect] Now, I want you to look at all the people put to death in Texas since February 2006; 84 in all.
Tommy Lin Hawkins, executed after six months of being on death row. Michael Jack Raleigh, executed one year after his conviction. Tyrone Derek Johnson -- you get the idea?
And these are all the people put to death in California during the same time period. [opens an empty folder] Not one. But since you have a lawyer and you won't talk to me, I'm walking out of here right now and turning you over to Texas, and trust me when I tell you that they will kill you dead.
S5 E15Dead Man's Hand
So what proof do you have that Sergeant Dunn and Detective Moore knew each other?
They denied it.
Okay, let's talk about what I mean by "proof". Because when I use that word, I mean some physical evidence we could all look at, you know, and go "Aah!"
S6 E1The Big Bang
[points at door] Read what it says here, Will.
Hard interview room.
What kind of message is that supposed to send to suspects?
Maybe it's supposed to be intimidating.
I decide when to intimidate people around here, not the building.
Well, the media just can't get enough of the new building.
I hate it.
Cops aren't happy unless they're miserable. Look at me. I broke my hand helping my daughter out of a tree in the backyard, now of course I haven't been to the gym for weeks. I feel fat. Do I look fat to you?
I have a murder. Do you want an update?!
And you've been having an affair for how long?
Less than a month, but I sort of fell into it because you've been away a lot.
So I want to kill you?
No, not me. My boyfriend.
Why not the both of you?
Because we were on the roof together for a while, but you waited until my boyfriend was alone to shoot him.
Are you sure my motive's jealousy and not irritation that everything you promised me you would bring to your new office is still boxed up in here?
It's not my fault! I park blocks from where I work! And you don't want to kill me, anyway, you want to kill my boyfriend.
I certainly do. So if I don't blame you for the affair, I have to blame the guy who seduced you.
That's right. But just so you know, I'd never blame the other woman. It would be your fault a hundred percent.
Who's the killer here, me or you?
You, you, you. Sorry, go ahead.
Jealousy can provoke a crime of passion, but it can also arrive in stages, like grief.
Shock. Denial. Rage.
Followed by gunshots to the head.
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