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Clips from The Wire - -30- (S05E05)

"But if we..."
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"So this means that..."
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"Some were random killings,"
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"some were natural deaths that were likely manipulated."
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"- But they're not linked in any way. - But why?"
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"and declaring how we will stop at nothing"
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"and all the while... Hey, Norman, this is my ass here."
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"- "guess what, the joke's on us?" - Not to mention that the evidence"
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"And if it comes to that, you guys drop on your swords, so help me."
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"Never mind sending it to the grand jury for a criminal case?"
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"The cops that did this, they gotta go. You cannot be telling me I have to live with this."
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"as a matter of public policy."
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"Until we can reason the best way to address this,"
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"a lot of people who were legally responsible for the situation,"
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"I ran you through Sentinel Title and came back with seven pages of liens"
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"But that's Baltimore, isn't it?"
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"Any one who has the smell of this on them should be gone."
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"Instead of cleaning house like we need to, he's up there figuring out how to hide the dirt."
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"Those are your detectives."
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"Maybe he doesn't get to be governor but he is still the Mayor,"
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"and you know the weight will not fall on them."
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"- It never does. - Christ."
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"Sir, Baltimore Sun. One quarter."
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""but I still can't let him come up from the basement.""
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"Yeah."
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"My sister, all that shit in there."
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"I don't know, man."
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"I don't know."
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"Look, Rupert, go public with this thing if you want"
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"and then deal with those responsible through back channels."
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"I can see that."
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"to get yourself a full term as commissioner,"
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"and doing what you're told."
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"And you know what, Bill? You're not far off."
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"to be State Police Superintendent."
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"It's good to see you but you're not a student here"
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"I just came past to see Mr. Prezbo."
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"It's sad business, I know,"
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"and past that, you're gonna ask Mr. Williams for a broom"
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"I'm outdoors now."
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"I was hoping maybe I could get with you"
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"I got people ready to give me a really good place"
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"How much do you need?"
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"But if you could go one fifty more,"
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"Then I can get my work permit."
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"Yeah, you are."
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"Give me a couple minutes, I'll drive you down there."
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"If you are eligible, I'll write a check right to the bursar's office."
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"Besides, I ain't got the time to go down there today."
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"I can do it, if that's what you want."
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"But understand I'm gonna go down to B.C.C.C. In a few days"
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"and find out if you're enrolled."
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"barring any new developments, I don't need all this fucking manpower."
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"Shit is like a war, ain't it?"
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"- Jesus. What are they? - I don't know."
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"Why aren't we fired? Why aren't we in fucking bracelets?"
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"Oh shit, Lester."
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"Jesus fucking Christ."
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"C'mon, boy. C'mon."
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"We are crediting our own coverage"
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"Yeah, yeah. I read it."
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"And?"
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"No, no, no. I mean it."
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"Really makes me feel like I know this guy and his world."
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"The part of the story about the kid bothers him."
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"You told him you were writing about him?"
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"I know, but... I'm putting the guy's life out there."
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"To kill us, they'd have to kill Rawls, Daniels"
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"So they want us to do what? Run it down quietly? That's no problem."
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"- It works without the illegal tap. - Yeah, it does."
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"For them to drop the case now..."
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"It's like a sweater with the threads hanging off."
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"Mostly exaggerations and too-perfect quotes,"
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"sometimes on the record."
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"I called some of them back,"
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"Someone takes the time to..."
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"What're you gonna do?"
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"- He show that kind of money? - Put up his uncle's house"
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"on surety bond for a third of it. Bondsman is fronting the rest on a fake lien."
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"I don't mean you."
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"Look, the police say the source told them"
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"to type a charging document for you or Chris, right?"
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"They wiretapped me."
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"You ain't."
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"Get your shit together, man."
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"The bondsman came in with Levy."
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"A'ight. I'm on it."
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"Six and I'm out..."
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"Listen, we'll finish this tomorrow night, OK?"
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"Yeah, well."
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"I mean he's got what you're about."
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"You know, the good and the bad."
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"The bad don't bother me to have out there."
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"Scared of somebody callin' you good?"
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"Plenty of motherfuckers wake up every day and not get high."
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"Man makin' me sound special for doin' what the fuck I need to be doin'."
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"Read it."
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""You can hold back from the suffering of the world,"
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""you have free permission to do so"
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"He handed that to me the night that he had me start leading"
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"I kept it ever since."
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"He say he ain't supposed to show it to me before it goes in the paper."
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"- You get the tag? - I couldn't see it from where I was."
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"- Johnny Weaver. Tactical. - Fuck you. Why didn't you say so?"
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"J.W. Tryin' to keep your cover?"
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"Thank you, Jimmy."
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"What about the reporter? You could charge false statement, you know."
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"- I saw what I saw. - Alma is on the phone with police P. I.O."
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"I know they're jealous of how much play his stories get but the truth is..."
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"You ever notice that the guys who do that,"
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"Every last word is in my notes."
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"Copycat."
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"they've cracked an elaborate code that implicates everyone."
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"You don't know Lester Freamon."
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"Your guys were on those phones, tracking my clients"
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"the only wiretap you all have had up this year"
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"Sources?"
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"It's a figure of speech."
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"and, if you wait until this goes past indictments,"
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"at the pattern, and not see what this fucking guy's about."
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