Quotes
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Mayor Barrett : This is Commander Hicks from LAPD Metro SWAT. Now, if we could just move into the boardroom...
Dewitt : Jeremy DeWitt. You find these Emancipators yet?
Robert Hicks : Well, we're currently following up on a number of leads.
Dewitt : Great. That's a no.
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Robert Hicks : Look, I-I can appreciate that this is a tough time for you and your companies, but right now, the best course of action is to hold off, let the elite officers of SWAT do their jobs.
Dewitt : You want us to bend over for these terrorists?
Robert Hicks : Well, just lay low. You know, no statements, no tweets, nothing. If we find your employees before the deadline, then... you won't have to make a decision on the ransoms at all.
Leone : And if you don't find them before the deadline?
Robert Hicks : Well, I have faith in my officers. Let's see what they can do before you panic.
Dewitt : Well, with all due respect, Commander, my very well-paid kidnap-and-ransom specialist is telling me that I need to issue a statement ASAP.
Robert Hicks : Well, with all due respect, Mr. Dewitt, neither you nor your specialist have ever dealt with this group before. We have.
Dewitt : And they got away the first time.
Robert Hicks : Well, with no loss of innocent lives.
Dewitt : No. I never trusted the public sector. I'm not about to start now.
Robert Hicks : Well, what do you think you're gonna do?
Dewitt : Well, I'm gonna make some hard calls, because that's what my shareholders pay me to do.
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Jessica Cortez : [turning on the TV] We may have a problem.
Dewitt : Yonas is a valued member of our community. His wife wants her husband back. His children want their father back. And to these Emancipators, these cowards going after people who can't defend themselves, well, you listen to me. You harm this man, and I will use all the resources at my disposal to hunt you down. And if you've got an issue with that, you can come to my office and take it up with me face to face. Thank you. Thank you.
Jessica Cortez : Can't imagine that going over well with our radical friends.
