Quotes
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David 'Deacon' Kay : Got this from the captain. It was just released online.
Cinque : [with voice distortion] We warned you to be good, or we'd be back. Well, this morning, we took five employees from five of the largest corporations in Los Angeles: DeWitt Investments, McCahey Construction, Kinari Imports, Caldow Pharmaceutical, Wayland Financial. For too long, these companies have avoided paying their fair share, hiding billions overseas and evading taxes, while ordinary citizens struggle to make ends meet and our communities starve. Well, no longer. To these five companies, we've calculated your fair tax burden to be $523 million. You'll each receive an individual bill. Your options are as follows. Send us the money. Your employees will be set free, and the funds will be distributed to charities around the country. Or don't, and your employees will pay for your sins with their lives. Your tax bill is due... today, courtesy of the Emancipators. You each have twelve hours to show the world how you actually care about your workers. Starting... now.
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Cinque : I hope you appreciated the first act. But don't worry, though. The show's not over. To those of you, like Mr. DeWitt, who think this is a game, I assure you, the stakes are very, very real. Your time just got cut in half. You all now have four hours to pay your debt to society, or your employees die.
Robert Hicks : Well, after they saw what happened to DeWitt's building, the other CEOs agreed to hold off on issuing any statements. Meanwhile, the hospital cleared Yonas Mekonnen for an interview. You two see if he can tell us anything that will help.
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Cinque : Sergeant Daniel Harrelson? The sergeant from South L.A.? I wanted to talk to the officer who's been obstructing me.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : Oh, I'm sorry about that.
Cinque : No, I admire your dedication.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : All right, you know my name. How about you tell me yours?
Cinque : You can call me Cinque.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : Cinque? Like the leader of the SLA in the '70s? That's real cute, man.
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Cinque : You know where you are, Sergeant? Factories like this used to employ thousands of people. The area was flourishing. So much potential wasted. Then the unions got busted. Workers replaced by cheap labor or robots. They locked us in ghettos and called them "projects". The police stopped policing, and let the gangs pump our veins with poison. And only then did the police return, in full militarized force, to imprison the very addicts and dealers they created in the first place.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : You making a point or are you just wasting spit?
Cinque : They tell us to put our faith in institutions. This is what institutions give you. Neglect. Abandonment. Destitution.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : You want that to change? Why don't you run for office?
Cinque : You're an optimist. Well, I guess you'd have to be, black officer at your level. I bet you joined the LAPD thinking you'd change the system from within. How's that working? We want the same thing. We've tried it your way. Now we try it mine. Burn it all down and rebuild from the ashes.
[mock gasp as Hondo spots a recording video camera nearby]
Cinque : Oh, no! You found me.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : Let's see how cocky you are when you ain't got a mask or a camera to hide behind.
Cinque : Good luck with that, Sergeant. Sun's getting low. Less than two hours left. Tick... tock. You know, I almost hope they don't pay. It'll be more fun that way.
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Cinque : Did you enjoy the show?
[amused laugh]
Cinque : Come now, Sergeant. Surely you didn't think this was over.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : It takes a special type of coward to have your lackeys take the fall for you while you cash in.
Cinque : Oh, they were eager to do it. They're serving the greater purpose.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : And what sick purpose is that?
Cinque : Marketing, Sergeant. The key to any great movement. It's time to put faces to our beliefs.
Victor Tan : [turning on the news] Hey.
Gelina : [being perp-walked into the police station] We will not be silenced by corporations any longer. We will not be silenced by the so-called police!
Cyhi : Society is dying from a poison called capitalism. It's time to rebel and rise up against it!
Cinque : Their arrests, their trial, the media will eat it up. You just gave me five megaphones to spread my message to the world. Thank you. Only a matter of time before the troupe is replenished and ready for the next performance. In the meantime... enjoy the intermission.
