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* BenevolentBoss: Freddy is patient and pleasant with his two deputies and doesn't resent their decisions to [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOuttaHere.]]


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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Freddy loves Liz (the girl he saved when he lost half of his hearing in the BackStory), but she married another man. [[spoiler:Even after his death, she leaves town while being on somewhat poor terms with Freddy.]]


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Randone is a DirtyCop and DomesticAbuser, but he's rattled by Ray's decision to sacrifice his nephew's life.


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* GreaterScopeVillain: Mob boss Toy Torillo is the man all of the {{dirty cop}}s are working for, but he only appears in a couple of newspaper photos and isn't directly involved in the central intrigue surrounding Murray Babitch.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of subservience. Not to mention he has no problem with the fact they have VERY little respect his authority.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of subservience. Freddy has hearing problems, but his aim with a pistol establishes that his vision is outstanding, so there's no doubt whatsoever that he saw and identified Babitch looking at him in the back of Ray's car. Not to mention he has no problem with the fact they have VERY little respect his authority.

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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The dirty cops plant a gun in the black teenagers's car to confirm Murray's story that they were armed and shooting at him, but it's inmediatly foiled by an angry paramedic who tosses the gun away.
* DirtyCop Doesn't take long to figure this out.

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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The dirty cops plant a gun in the black teenagers's car to confirm Murray's story that they were armed and shooting at him, but it's inmediatly inmediately foiled by an angry paramedic who tosses the gun away.
* DirtyCop Doesn't DirtyCop: It doesn't take long to figure this out.out regarding most of the cast.



* {{Jerkass}}: Most of the DirtyCops are this but Randone and Rucker take the cake as the both of them are MASSIVE douches especially Randone as he not only physically and verbally his wife but cheats on her with Ray’s wife Rose...........
* JerkassHasAPoint: Tilden might sound like an asshole when he grills Freddy about not really being a cop and not having much to do in patrolling the town, he is right the locals have no respect for his authority and due to the town being populated with cops? Criminals avoid the city at all costs.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tilden might be curt and somewhat abrasive but he’s dedicated to his job and wants to expose the charade that Garrison really is.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Most of the DirtyCops are this but Randone and Rucker take the cake as the both of them are MASSIVE douches especially Randone as he not only physically and verbally his wife but cheats on her with Ray’s wife Rose...........
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Tilden might sound like an asshole when he grills Freddy about not really being a cop and not having much to do in patrolling the town, but he is right the locals have no respect for his authority authority, and due to the town being populated with cops? Criminals cops, criminals just avoid the city it at all costs.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
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Tilden might be curt and somewhat abrasive but he’s dedicated to his job and wants to expose the charade that Garrison really is.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Ray fires his gun next to Freddy's ears to completly deafen him. When Freddy later mortally wounds him in the climatic shootout, Ray's final condemning swears to Freddy go unheard as the latter points out he can't hear him.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ray fires his gun next to Freddy's ears to completly completely deafen him. When Freddy later mortally wounds him in the climatic shootout, Ray's final condemning swears to Freddy go unheard as the latter points out he can't hear him.



* SteelEarDrums: Averted when a firearm discharge is deliberately used to deafen Freddy, who’s already deaf in one ear.

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* SteelEarDrums: Averted when a firearm discharge is deliberately used to deafen Freddy, who’s already deaf in one ear. However, it's only temporary, as the ending voiceover mentions.



* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Averted, The camera zooms out from the paper Heflin is reading to show the stories related to the incident completely fill two pages. He then closes the paper to reveal the front page is devoted to it as well. The exposure of an entire town packed with corrupt cops [[spoiler: which is then involved in a massive gunfight]] would probably be pretty big local news.

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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Averted, Averted. The camera zooms out from the paper Heflin is reading to show the stories related to the incident completely fill two pages. He then closes the paper to reveal the front page is devoted to it as well. The exposure of an entire town packed with corrupt cops [[spoiler: which is then involved in a massive gunfight]] would probably be pretty big local news.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The dirty cops plant a gun in the car of the black teenagers's car to confirm Murray's story that they were armed and shooting at him, but it's inmediatly foiled by a paramedic who tosses the gun away.

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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The dirty cops plant a gun in the car of the black teenagers's car to confirm Murray's story that they were armed and shooting at him, but it's inmediatly foiled by a an angry paramedic who tosses the gun away.
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* FakingTheDead: After an attempt to plant fake evidence fails, Murray and the dirty cops fake the former's suicide by pretending he jumped off the bridge while hiding in the back of one of their cars.

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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The dirty cops plant a gun in the car of the black teenagers's car to confirm Murray's story that they were armed and shooting at him, but it's inmediatly foiled by a paramedic who tosses the gun away.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Ray fires his gun next to Freddy's ears to completly deafen him. When Freddy later mortally wounds him in the climatic, Ray's final condemning words to Freddy go unheard as the latter points out he can't hear him.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ray fires his gun next to Freddy's ears to completly deafen him. When Freddy later mortally wounds him in the climatic, climatic shootout, Ray's final condemning words swears to Freddy go unheard as the latter points out he can't hear him.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ray fires his gun next to Freddy's ears to completly deafen him. When Freddy later mortally wounds him in the climatic, Ray's final condemning words to Freddy go unheard as the latter points out he can't hear him.



* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: The initial shooting happens because Murray thinks one of the victims shot out one of his tires, when in fact the victim was taunting him with a steering wheel lock and the tire was popped by a leftover shard of glass from the beer bottle that Murray crushed while leaving a parking lot. Jack is then caught trying to plant evidence of a gun in the car to try to vindicate him.

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* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: The initial shooting happens because a drunk driving Murray thinks one of the victims shot out one of his tires, when in fact the victim was taunting him with a steering wheel lock and the tire was popped by a leftover shard of glass from the beer bottle that Murray crushed while leaving a parking lot. Jack is then caught trying to plant evidence of a gun in the car to try to vindicate him.
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* DangerTakesABackseat: In the back of a patrol car.

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* DangerTakesABackseat: In the back of a Freddy gets into his patrol car.car and is greeted by Frankie LaGonda, one of Ray’s right hand men in the backseat as he tries to intimidate Freddy into standing down with his investigation.
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* SteelEarDrums: Averted when a firearm discharge is deliberately used to deafen one of the characters.

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* SteelEarDrums: Averted when a firearm discharge is deliberately used to deafen Freddy, who’s already deaf in one of the characters.ear.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of complacency and subservience. Not to mention he has no problem with the fact they have VERY little respect his authority.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of complacency and subservience. Not to mention he has no problem with the fact they have VERY little respect his authority.



* JerkassHasAPoint: As curt as Tilden is with Freddy about him not really being a cop and not having much to do, he is right because the cops have no respect for his authority and because the town doesn’t attract criminals due to it being a safe haven for cops.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tilden might be curt and no nonsense but he’s dedicated to his job and wants to expose the charade that Garrison really is.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: As curt as Tilden is with might sound like an asshole when he grills Freddy about him not really being a cop and not having much to do, do in patrolling the town, he is right because the cops locals have no respect for his authority and because due to the town doesn’t attract criminals due to it being a safe haven for cops.
populated with cops? Criminals avoid the city at all costs.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tilden might be curt and no nonsense somewhat abrasive but he’s dedicated to his job and wants to expose the charade that Garrison really is.
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* CowboyCop: Murray ”Superboy” Babitch and Joey Randone. Eventually Freddy becomes this in the end to save the day.

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* CowboyCop: Murray ”Superboy” Babitch Babitch, Jack Rucker and Joey Randone. Eventually Freddy becomes this in the end to save the day.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: As curt as Tilden is with Freddy about him not really being a cop and not having much to do he is right because the cops have no respect for his authority and because the town doesn’t attract criminals due to it being a safe haven for cops.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tilden might be curt and nonsense but he’s dedicated to his job and exposing the charade that Garrison really is.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: As curt as Tilden is with Freddy about him not really being a cop and not having much to do do, he is right because the cops have no respect for his authority and because the town doesn’t attract criminals due to it being a safe haven for cops.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tilden might be curt and no nonsense but he’s dedicated to his job and exposing wants to expose the charade that Garrison really is.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of complacency and subservience which the is why the cops get away with the stuff they do.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of complacency and subservience which the is why the cops get away subservience. Not to mention he has no problem with the stuff fact they do.have VERY little respect his authority.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Once again Freddy. His admiration for the NYPD, Ray and the fact he looks the other way when they commit criminal acts just reeks of complacency and subservience which the is why the cops get away with the stuff they do.
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* Jerkass: Most of the DirtyCops are this but Randone and Rucker take the cake as the both of them are MASSIVE douches especially Randone as he not only physically and verbally his wife but cheats on her with Ray’s wife Rose...........

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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: Most of the DirtyCops are this but Randone and Rucker take the cake as the both of them are MASSIVE douches especially Randone as he not only physically and verbally his wife but cheats on her with Ray’s wife Rose...........
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* JerkWithAOfGold: Tilden might be curt and nonsense but he’s dedicated to his job and exposing the charade that Garrison really is.

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* JerkWithAOfGold: JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tilden might be curt and nonsense but he’s dedicated to his job and exposing the charade that Garrison really is.

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* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler: Figgsy]] returns at the end to save Freddy during the climactic shoot-out.
* CurbStompBattle: Method Man vs Two Cops??? Method Man EASILY destroys both of them as he critically wounds Randone’s partner and then kicks Randone’s ass and throws him off the roof.

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* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler: Figgsy]] returns at the end to save Freddy during the climactic shoot-out.
* CurbStompBattle: Method Man vs Two Cops??? Method Man EASILY destroys both of them as he critically wounds Randone’s partner and then kicks Randone’s ass and throws him off the roof.
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* CurbStompBattle: Method Man vs two cops? Method Man KICKS BOTH of the cops asses with ease. He first destroys and cuts up Randone’s partner and then manhandles Randone and throws him off the roof!!!



* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend Monica. She got caught during a fire bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for her to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]

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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend Monica. She got caught during a fire bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for her to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]killed.]]


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*Jerkass: Most of the DirtyCops are this but Randone and Rucker take the cake as the both of them are MASSIVE douches especially Randone as he not only physically and verbally his wife but cheats on her with Ray’s wife Rose...........
*JerkassHasAPoint: As curt as Tilden is with Freddy about him not really being a cop and not having much to do he is right because the cops have no respect for his authority and because the town doesn’t attract criminals due to it being a safe haven for cops.
*JerkWithAOfGold: Tilden might be curt and nonsense but he’s dedicated to his job and exposing the charade that Garrison really is.
** Figgs also qualifies for this as well as he is the only one who takes Freddy seriously and he eventually puts aside his own selfish reasons to help him bring down Ray.
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*CurbStompBattle: Method Man vs Two Cops??? Method Man EASILY destroys both of them as he critically wounds Randone’s partner and then kicks Randone’s ass and throws him off the roof.
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* CowboyCop: Murray ”Superboy” Babitch and Joey Randone.

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* CowboyCop: Murray ”Superboy” Babitch and Joey Randone. Eventually Freddy becomes this in the end to save the day.

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* CowboyCop: Murray ”Superboy” Babitch and Joey Randone.



* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for her to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]

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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend.girlfriend Monica. She got caught during a fire bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for her to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]
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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]

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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear her to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]
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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]

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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which bombing at his house, which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house so they could both leave town and start over but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]]
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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]] As he really did care for her.

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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret for inadvertently getting her killed]] As he really did care for her.killed]]
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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [MyGod,WhatHaveIDone?] his regret and disgust for inadvertently killing her.

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* DeathIsDramatic: Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [MyGod,WhatHaveIDone?] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his pain and regret and disgust for inadvertently killing getting her killed]] As he really did care for her.
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* DeathIsDramatic: Burn victim.
* {{Dirty Cop}}s: Doesn't take long to figure this out.

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* DeathIsDramatic: Burn victim.
Figgsy’s girlfriend. She got caught during a fire bombing(which he planned to collect the insurance for) at his house but Figgsy didn’t mean for hear to get caught in the fire and his tears clearly show [MyGod,WhatHaveIDone?] his regret and disgust for inadvertently killing her.
* {{Dirty Cop}}s: DirtyCop Doesn't take long to figure this out.
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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The camera zooms out from the paper Heflin is reading to show the stories related to the incident completely fill two pages. He then closes the paper to reveal the front page is devoted to it as well. To be fair, the exposure of an entire town packed with corrupt cops [[spoiler: which is then involved in a massive gunfight]] would probably be pretty big local news.

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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Averted, The camera zooms out from the paper Heflin is reading to show the stories related to the incident completely fill two pages. He then closes the paper to reveal the front page is devoted to it as well. To be fair, the The exposure of an entire town packed with corrupt cops [[spoiler: which is then involved in a massive gunfight]] would probably be pretty big local news.

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