Lines by Monica Rawling 3
Rawling[addressing a group of officers] Starting today, all drug and gang related homicides will go through Vic Mackey. I've posted a list of ten detectives and twenty uni's who will work directly under Vic. You'll be leading a task force designed to learn everything we can about the roughly fifty gangs who operate on our turf. Their membership, their businesses, chains of command. Federal asset forfeiture laws will now be enforced in Farmington. A drug dealer uses a car to distribute drugs, we're gonna seize that vehicle. A gang sells crack out of their back room, we're gonna take that home.
Rawling
Don't make this personal.
Vic : Ahh, the only difference between you and Aceveda, is you fooled me into thinking you actually had a goddamn backbone!
Rawling
You were the red-headed step-child when I arrived here. I put my ass on the line to give you a second chance when nobody else would. I gave you power, I gave you respect. So keep your mouth shut before you lose both! I know this is hard, but I need you to look at the bigger picture.
Rawling
[to Antwon] You wanna talk about indiscretions? Secrets from the dark? How about when you were a kid? Thirteen, fourteen, fat, not very popular. Burying your head under the covers to drown out the screams of your sister; your six year old baby sister who your Daddy raped, night after night and you do anything to stop could you? Too much of a coward to stand up to your old man; but not your Mama. She emptied two loads of buckshot into his gut. So. Daddy's dead, little sister's in the psych ward and your Mama,..is doing life in Chino all because you were too much of a coward to come out from under the covers. But, oh boy, are you making up for it now. Oh yeah, you're street tough, you're a gangster, full of cop-killing rage. But you're still too much of a coward to even save your own son. [Antwon makes an audible sign of distress] Cuff him.
Scenes with Monica Rawling 10
Monica
I worked with Rich Nelson.
Monica
Passed, three years ago. Cancer.
Damn, cancer's rough. But he was always talkin' about how he was gonna piss on my grave. Guess I gotta go grab a forty and pay my respects.
Bathroom. Family of four drown one by one.
Rawling
Damn.
Welcome back to Farmington.
Sir, I'm telling you... the kid had no choice. The dog was reaching. It was kill or be killed.
Rawling
Oh come on, Roy. The dog had a piece, he was gonna use it.
Rawling
Explain to me why taking this house was the right thing to do yesterday, and the wrong thing today.
Yesterday we had to stop the shootings.
Rawling
This house was bought with drug money. The mother knew it.
You said it would be a P.R. nightmare.
Rawling
Either it works or it doesn't. To make exceptions, to put a prettier face on it....sounds more like Aceveda than me. [Rawling walks out of the home and signs paperwork] Take it.
Rawling
You've cost this city tens of thousands of dollars in clean-up.
Rawling
We will, but you tell me who's planning this war with Poolboys, who's giving you these messages, I can make things better. [To Danny] Bring her something to eat while she thinks it over.
Settle a bet first. What's Raga stand for?
RRaga
Righteous Angel, Gorgeous Ass.
Rawling
I don't admire the artwork, but I gotta admire the confidence.
Rawling
Councilman. Getting me up there under the pretext of soliciting public support and then undermining me. Huh. Thanks for the crash-course in sandbagging.
I came willing to be convinced, I wasn't.
Rawling
Congratulations. You pushed half that crowd into Antwon Mitchell's hands.
Aceveda: Oh that's a slippery slope. Using the boogey-man to run roughshot over people's rights.
Rawling
Don't you have enough to do on city council? Or is this some power-trip of doing my job as well?
Aceveda: Actually, my job duties now include Vice-Chairing the Police Committee. Helping oversee how these seizures are implemented.
Rawling
Well... I guess we need to figure out how to get along now.
Aceveda: Learn to do what I say and we'll be just fine.
Rawling
If you can't withstand scrutiny about anything--I need you to step aside.
I don't step aside. I step up.
Rawling
We do the bust for you, get the heroin off the street. You get closer to Antwon Mitchell, and your agent's cover isn't busted.
DDEA Captain
You're making a lot of assumptions.
Rawling
The DEA's set up on a One-Niner bar, One-Niners are front and center on the tar trade. I'm a local, not a moron.
Rawling
I also looked into the crime stats. The numbers are up because you manipulated yours to make things look better. I'm getting punished because I reported mine accurately.
Sounds to me like now's a good time to start formulating an exit strategy for the seizure policy.
Rawling
The only person who can take me off this is the Chief and not without one hell of a fight from me.
Aceveda: Well then, I'd start training. I just spoke to him. He's still blue in the face from having to explain to the ACLU lawyers why you put a cop like Vic, in charge of such a controversial program.
Rawling
That's what all this is about, Mackey?
Aceveda: Starting tonight, Vic is the face of that church invasion. Pulling him off the street might buy you some slack.
Rawling
He's working. I stand by my choice.
Aceveda:You just won't take help, will you?
Rawling
Help from you? Sure. Orders? No.
Aceveda: If Mackey's off the table, I'm going to have to set my sights on the policy in general.
Rawling
[about two missing officers] Anything?
Canvassed the whole area, there's nothing.
Rawling
Ohh shit.
Went knocking, half the people weren't answering their door, the other half were sleeping.
Rawling
Let me use your radio. [Danny hands her the radio] Staff, Nine-Tango, I'm Code 6 on Alexandria Circle. Be advised, we have two officers unaccounted for, requesting Attack Alert. All watches will be held over.
We should notify the families.
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