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Clips from The Wire - Transitions (S05E05)

"What are we, invisible?"
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"Nah, just fucking with him, man."
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"Fuck it."
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"Watching your crew work a ground stash, you mean?"
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"What the fuck?"
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"Asshole!"
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"Y'all taking a charge for this, you know that?"
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"Hey, Colicio."
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"Shut it down. It's a police operation here."
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"- Let's back these vehicles up. - Excuse me, officer."
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"Here you go."
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"Yeah."
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"But if I'm approached, my answer will be to decline the position"
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"- Wish me luck. - Good luck."
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"So far this year... 11."
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"13 if we add the two in the freezer I ain't I.D.'d yet."
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"Damn!"
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"They're all dead and no fixed address?"
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"Dropping like flies in the southern lately."
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"Yeah. So who do we know working 12 to 8 in the southern?"
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"And knowing my sister's son the way I do,"
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"But, in accepting such a gift,"
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"to have them learn our names..."
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"Now, last year, there was a robbery."
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"I'm saying, you know, what if this happens again?"
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"- Where do that put my people? - That's for you to discuss with Joe."
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"All I'm asking for is an insurance policy."
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"And covers Joe."
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"The young man makes a point."
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"Who can say what tomorrow will show us?"
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"You go."
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"that he used as a down payment on some property."
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"The moment he signs the application, he's exposed."
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"With leverage like that, this case needs to go federal."
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"Let me have some time to digest this."
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"Is there another way to go at this? How strong are our theft counts?"
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"Straightforward document cases, four counts. He stole from his own charities."
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"We convict, that's ten years per count."
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"You think it might be OK for me to sit in on one of your budget meetings?"
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"On our good days."
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"Ed? This is Scott Templeton."
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"Give me a sec."
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"Christ! All's I'm trying to do is dump Burrell."
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"They don't know him. They know Burrell, and they could phone when they needed."
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"Only till Daniels gets groomed. We can't fire everyone all at once."
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"Can we accommodate him?"
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"The same Mcculloh Homes that's adjacent to Andy Krawczyk's $300 million expansion"
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"Before that, I was at the Kansas City Star for three years,"
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"- The Sun's a fine paper. - Before the cutbacks, maybe."
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"You have anything to do with those ground rent stories last year?"
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"It's good stuff, real good stuff."
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"You can just toss that."
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"let him cut his teeth as deputy for operations,"
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"For the mayor, that was the last straw."
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"Full pension and a job on the mayor's criminal justice coordinating council,"
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"E-dot deadline's creeping up. Where are we at?"
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"Stan? It's Twigg, and I'm on a deadline, so cut the bullshit."
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"Is that how you pay back a mother?"
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"The pros from downtown are here. What can I do for you gents?"
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"You got a copy of the shift roster?"
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"- Didn't Oscar get a Realtor's license? - That would be his day job."
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"I'll be fucked."
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"Call me if you decide to move."
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"male, homeless, little or no decomp."
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"We need to get to it before anybody else sees."
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"You want to know why?"
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"He caught one - a botched kidnapping."
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"G-3, "Authority and responsibility to coordinate the investigation"
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""shall rest with the homicide detective.""
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"and they shitcan him out the unit."
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"Area chief?"
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"How you still alive, yo?"
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"Said, "Tell Omar he put his hand in the wrong pocket.""
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"Did they not know that I made myself a candidate?"
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"Motherfucker, I am the primary on 22 bodies more than a year old,"
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"The lab can't keep up with this year's cases."
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"Or buy yourself a chemistry set."
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"Motherfucker, don't even..."
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"Hard to say. Beneath that gruff veneer, he's actually very emotional."
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"Looking for the theme in your homeless case?"
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"You know who you were beating on yesterday? You fucking know?"
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"trying to get around our bullshit to an after-school program."
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"Boy, I seen some stupid shit in my day,"
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"Tony, you got to write this smart."
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"became volatile due to the noise,"
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"- You ain't gonna back me? - I'm charging you."
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"and snatched up the Mcculloh Homes for whatever developer you're hiding."
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"We've asked you in to answer questions"
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"Now, then, I show you a canceled check dated 22 January, 2007,"
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"I'm not answering no more questions."
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"Why did we even grand jury, then?"
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"Senator, we'd like to talk to you."
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"Grand jury's supposed to be secret. Who called the reporters?"
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"about my dealings here in the community."
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"I'm-a unload my club and clear a mil."
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"I'm gonna snatch up every vacant I can get my fingers on."
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"Milton's into that, except he got a deal with that bullshit prisoner entry program."
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"Last up. We got Hungry Man."
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"Incursions? Ain't you the articulate motherfucker?"
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"Salary with the coordinating council, then a D.C. Job."
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"but not for doing the job."
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"Make quality-of-life cases. Get on top of the murders."
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"But get elected, and suddenly, they know police work."
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"Daniels, too, when he gets here."
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"Yeah, I know it's been a while. But..."
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"I swear I didn't ask for this."
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"I wanted to say a few words about public service"
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"...making Baltimore a safer city."
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"The criminal justice coordinating council needs new leadership..."
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"If you would. Thank you."
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"How much of that insight and analysis can we get in tomorrow's story?"
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"Little to none."
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"Twigg could work the department sources,"
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"Mayor's office set up the press conference. They're not gonna tell the truth."
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"and fuck if we didn't buy ours out."
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"Gus, I understand that you're disappointed with the cutbacks,"
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"- for more than a year. - Zorzi!"
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"- This isn't a federal probe? - I would have had that. This is city."
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"Why not shove the broom up my ass, and I'll sweep the floor while I'm at it."
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"There's no way Jay checks what I'm doing."
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