:58:00
Sure, they laugh, they cry.
:58:03
But don't think it's your laughter
or your tears. It isn't.
:58:07
They're a different breed.
Believe me, I know.
:58:10
Who are you? God?
Didn't you ever make a mistake?
:58:14
Yes.
:58:15
When I was new on this job, we brought
in two boys caught stealing from a car.
:58:19
They looked like babies. They cried.
I let them go.
:58:23
Two nights later, two nights, one
of them held up a butcher in Harlem.
:58:27
Shot him through the head and killed him.
:58:29
Yes, I made a mistake,
and I'm not going to make it again.
:58:31
But, Officer, you...
:58:33
Young lady, I don't want
to discuss this with you.
:58:35
- Don't talk to her like that.
- Shut up. Sit down.
:58:43
When you're dealing
with the criminal mind, Mr. Pritchett...
:58:45
softness is dangerous.
:58:47
But if it's a first offence...
:58:49
It's never a first offence,
it's just the first time they get caught.
:58:52
Why are you so vicious?
:58:53
I'm not vicious, young lady.
I didn't steal this man's money. He did.
:58:59
Look, this is a war, Mr. Pritchett.
We're your army.
:59:01
We're here to protect you.
:59:04
But you civilians are too lazy,
or selfish or scared...
:59:07
or just too indifferent
to even want to appear in court...
:59:09
and see the charges through
that you, yourselves, bring.
:59:12
But if I get paid...
:59:13
I don't care about that.
This is a criminal action.
:59:17
Are you or aren't you going through with it?
:59:19
Because I'm not going to let him go.
:59:20
If I don't bring charges?
:59:22
Then I'll book him, anyway,
and subpoena you into court.
:59:24
It's my duty to protect you,
in spite of yourself.
:59:27
I guess I've got to leave it up to you,
Officer. Whatever you say.
:59:30
I say prosecute.
:59:33
All right, you know best.
:59:37
I'm sorry, miss, but he had no right
to rob me in the first place.
:59:41
That was a terrible thing to do.
:59:42
All right, Mr. Pritchett,
we won't take up any more of your time.
:59:45
Now, here's the address, we'll see you
in court tomorrow morning at 10:00.
:59:53
There goes John Q. Public. A man of iron.
:59:56
Mr. Pritchett.