:43:04
You know what we got here, don't you?
A goddamn vigilante.
:43:12
My wife goes to Mace class,
would you believe that?
:43:15
The police commissioner's wife at
Mace class, learning to spray attackers.
:43:20
Now you tell me
there's a vigilante out there.
:43:23
My God, the lid's only
just kept down as it is.
:43:27
I can see panicked citizens taking
to the streets if this gets out.
:43:31
- They'll knock off anyone with long hair.
- I think I can find him.
:43:35
If we investigate, the press will know.
:43:38
I learn half of what goes on
in my own force from the newspapers.
:43:42
Tell me...
:43:45
...wasn't there a vigilante in Boston
about five years ago?
:43:49
- New York.
- New York. Right.
:43:52
See how they handled it.
It stopped there.
:43:56
- Well, what about this report? You've...
- I know.
:43:59
The Los Angeles police has asked
for advice on their vigilante situation.
:44:04
But there's something else
you should know, sir.
:44:07
Paul Kersey now lives in Los Angeles.
:44:10
You suggesting Kersey's
out there killing again?
:44:13
Paul Kersey was an interesting man,
so I kept a loose tab on him.
:44:18
He worked in Chicago for a while...
:44:20
...where he met an old friend
who ran a radio station in L. A...
:44:24
...and he transferred
his business out there.
:44:27
But that doesn't mean
that he's the Los Angeles vigilante.
:44:31
- No, sir.
- But, Christ, what if he is?
:44:36
Yes, sir.
:44:38
If he is, and if he's caught,
the trail leads straight back to us.
:44:42
- We had him, and we didn't prosecute.
- For damn good reason.
:44:46
Street crime was down 50 percent.
:44:49
Muggers were afraid to go out.
:44:51
We know we'd have a martyr
on our hands if we prosecuted.
:44:55
But the fact is, we let him go.
:44:59
If he's caught now,
he'll say we let him go.