The Thin Blue Line
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:06:01
He had a confession there
he wanted me to sign.

:06:08
He said that I would sign.
:06:10
He didn't give a damn what I said.
I would sign this piece of paper.

:06:15
I told him I couldn't.
:06:20
"I don't know what the hell
you people expect of me.

:06:24
"But there's no way I can sign that."
:06:27
He left. He came back in 10 minutes.
:06:30
And threw a pistol on the table.
:06:34
Asked me to look at it. Which I did. I looked.
:06:39
He asked me to pick it up.
:06:43
I told him no, I wouldn't do that.
:06:46
He threatened me.
:06:48
Again, I told him no.
:06:51
He pulled his service revolver on me.
:06:56
We looked at each other for...
To me, it seemed hours.

:07:01
I do not like looking down
the barrel of a pistol.

:07:05
I do not like being threatened.
:07:08
When he finally saw
that he would either have to kill me...

:07:12
or forget the signature...
:07:13
I guess he forgot the signature,
because he put his pistol up.

:07:17
He took the pistol on the table,
put it up and stormed out.

:07:23
I had a casual, friendly conversation
with him to start with...

:07:27
to try to size him up...
:07:29
to see what he liked and what he didn't like.
:07:34
I found almost immediately
that he didn't have much conscience.

:07:37
Anything he had done,
it never really bothered him.

:07:42
He had done other things
that he told me about...

:07:45
that didn't seem to bother him in the least.
:07:47
He showed no expression whatsoever.
:07:51
It's just like he's sitting here
talking about the color of this wall...

:07:57
or the shooting of the police officer.

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