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Chief Bahia: I don't, however, approve of whatever dealings you have with this Blitz character. I want you to tell me exactly what's going on there.
Reed: Ah. I don't know, we just kind of... ran into each other a few times. And it seemed like she... means well? And maybe... she can do some things we can't, because we're police.
Chief Bahia: So you're saying that because our job is too hard, we need to rely on vigilante children to do our work for us.

Rafael Scarfe: How many investigations from the time we put boots on the ground, begin and end in these projects?
Misty Knight: Dozens.
Rafael Scarfe: And now somebody comes along and wants to clean up a year's worth of patrol work by himself? I don't see anything wrong with that.
Misty Knight: A vigilante? Yeah. There's something wrong with that: it's anarchy. A complete breakdown of the system. There are rules and regulations to what we do.
Rafael Scarfe: And lawyers and paperwork and excuses? Other than mopping up blood... and arresting the same piece of shit over and over, you know? There's not much we can do as cops.

Neyla: Legally I can't enter the premises without a warrant, but now a thief like you...
Sly Cooper: A thief like me can go wherever he pleases. I read you.

"I'll minimize the "vigilante" stuff in the press; tell them it's creeps killing creeps. Nobody cares, anyhow. It'll be just like before, Mr. Vigilante. With one important difference: you're gonna work for me."
Inspector Richard Shriker letting Paul Kersey go do what he does best, Death Wish 3


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