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Clips from The Wire - Soft Eyes (S04E04)

"We boxin' up in here, we ain't fightin'."
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"He wanna get in the ring with me,"
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"- we can go. - Look here, look here,"
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"But nobody gets in that ring"
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"unless they're being trained."
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"You wanna be trained?"
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"I've been watching you hit that bag."
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"the way you throw it, the way you land it."
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"Now if I was to train you,"
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"we'd have to start with floor work."
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"'Cause see, if you don't know how to move,"
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"you ain't got no business being in that ring."
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"So what you think?"
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"I'd train you myself, personally."
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"Nah, really I just wanna keep"
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"Uh-huh."
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"Is Dukie here:"
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"I take it to him."
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"Gimme."
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"Hey, Crystal."
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"Miss Donnelly said to give you these."
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"Okay. I'll be right down."
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"What?"
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"And for either of my opponents to suggest"
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"that downtown development comes at the expense"
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"of our city's neighborhoods,"
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"well, that's just unfair and, uh, divisive."
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"For them to suggest that my administration"
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"has not been responsive, well..."
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"Economic development cannot be a band-aid."
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"It is a long-term process that requires commitment"
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"to retraining our workforce and, as I said before,"
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"in a city where people feel safe."
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"So before we can even begin to think about"
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"Iuring new industries to Baltimore,"
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"these neighborhoods and this city safe once again."
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"Mr. Carcetti may think it's in his interest"
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"to exploit people's fears."
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"He's been doing it throughout this campaign."
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"I'm offended by it, personally."
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"But the fact is,"
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"that violent crime is down citywide,"
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"and our police department is working hard"
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"to keep it that way--"
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"and will continue to do so under my administration."
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"Councilman Carcetti,"
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"you have two minutes to respond."
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"Does anyone in this room really believe"
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"You calling me a liar, Tommy?"
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"the people of Rosemont, of Belair Edison,"
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"of Highlandtown or Cherry Hill"
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"there's less drug-dealing, less violence?"
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"Any statistics coming from the police department"
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"cannot be trusted, because under this mayor,"
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"the police are more concerned"
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"with protecting Clarence Royce politically than fighting crime."
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"There's no leadership and morale has never been lower."
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"I'll change that."
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"and as a result, our response to crime"
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"has been characterized time and time again"
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"by wanton indifference."
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"...32 yards!"
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"What do I mean by business as usual?"
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"What do I mean by wanton indifference?"
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"Well, last night in West Baltimore,"
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"on Lanvale Street,"
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"another citizen was shot and killed."
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"This time, the victim was a key witness"
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"in a drug case that had yet to come to court."
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"Courageously, this man had agreed to testify"
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"in two weeks time in that case."
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"The police should have been protecting him."
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"You're prime-time, Eddie."
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"...would not spend the money to protect him."
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"Now I have no doubt that in a moment or two"
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"Clarence Royce will accuse me of exploiting"
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"this man's death for my own political purpose."
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"But the truth is,"
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"a year ago I wrote the mayor a letter."
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"I have copies for anyone who wants one."
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"I begged him to spend the money"
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"and make witness protection a priority."
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"He ignored me."
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"I even teamed up with our legislative leaders--"
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"Delegate Watkins and others--"
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"to get matching funds for witness protection"
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"approved in Annapolis."
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"And incredibly those matching funds"
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"were never claimed by this administration."
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"Now to mention this now may be exploitive--"
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"I don't know. I only know it's true,"
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"and on such truths I ask the voters"
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"of our city to consider a change."
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"I am unaware of the specifics of the incident"
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"to which Councilman Carcetti is referring,"
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"uh, so I can't answer that directly, um..."
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"however, I can say that this city places"
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"the highest priority on protecting those citizens"
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"who come forward to testify,"
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"and we will continue to do so."
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"Mr. Carcetti states that he wrote a letter"
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"expressing his concerns, and I'm sure that he did."
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"I mean it's-- it's--"
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"it's easy enough to write letters"
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"when all you have to do is write letters."
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"But when you are required"
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"to run a city"
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"on limited resources,"
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"well, then-- well, then you understand"
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"that writing letters will not solve the problem."
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"Oh, no..."
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"Shit, girl."
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"You know I'm-a roll wit' you."
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"Mm-hmm."
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"Oh, shit."
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"Ain't nothin' worse than them bitches"
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"You know."
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"Hold on."
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"You think my son gonna go up"
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"to that school lookin' like himself?"
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