:38:09
Remove the hat and the sunglasses.
:38:14
Detective Appleton, when you
infiltrated the CMB...
:38:18
...did the defendant, Mr. Nino Brown...
:38:20
...attempt to buy two and a half kilos
of cocaine from you?
:38:26
Did he? Can Michael Jordan slam-dunk?
:38:28
Of course he did. He's a dope dealer.
:38:31
That's what they do, buy and sell dope.
:38:35
I'm not guilty.
:38:36
You're the one who's guilty.
:38:39
You lawmakers, the politicians,
the Colombian drug lords...
:38:42
...all you who lobby against
making drugs legal.
:38:45
Just like you did with alcohol
during Prohibition.
:38:48
You're the one who's guilty.
:38:51
Let's kick the ballistics here.
:38:54
Ain't no Uzis made in Harlem.
:38:57
Not one of us in here
owns a poppy field.
:39:01
This thing is bigger than Nino Brown.
This is big business.
:39:04
This is the American way.
:39:07
I'm sure that the court
was enlightened...
:39:11
...by your geopolitical tirade.
:39:13
Unfortunately, society at large
is not on trial here.
:39:18
You are, Mr. Brown.
:39:21
Were you or were you not...
:39:23
...head of the narcotics consortium,
the murderously bloody...
:39:27
...CMB?
:39:31
I could not hear you.
Would you please speak up?
:39:34
Yes, I was a member.
:39:37
But I was forced into this way of life.
:39:40
I've been dealing drugs
ever since I was 12 years old.
:39:43
I didn't have the chances
that you have, Miss Hawkins.
:39:46
I wasn't born with a silver spoon
in my mouth, Miss Hawkins.
:39:53
I wanted to get out,
but they threatened to kill my mother.
:39:57
Who are you talking about,
Mr. Brown? What "they"?