Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

Don Johnson: Chief Lt. G. Calvert

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• Lt. Calvert : Our inspector... our Mexican-American inspector... is unlikely to be lenient.

  Brett Ridgeman : Politics like always.

  Lt. Calvert : Like cell phones, and just as annoying, politics are everywhere. Being branded a racist in today's public forum is like being accused of being a communist in the 50s, whether its' a possibly racist remark made in a private phone call or the indelicate treatment of a minority who sells drugs to children. The entertainment industry, formerly known as the news, needs villains.

  Anthony Lurasetti : There's certainly nothing hypocritical about the media handling every perceived intolerance with complete and utter intolerance.

  Lt. Calvert : It's bullshit. But it's reality.

• Lt. Calvert : [talking to Brett Ridgeman]  A couple more years and you'll be human steamroller, covered with spikes and fuelled with bile.

• Lt. Calvert : Ridgeman, gotta be aware of this stuff. Digital eyes are everywhere.

  Brett Ridgeman : I do what I think best when I'm out there. I was that way when we were partners, and I'm still that way now.

  Lt. Calvert : There's a reason I'm sitting behind this desk running things, and you're out there crouching on fire escapes in the cold for hours, with a partner that's 20 years younger than you.

  Brett Ridgeman : Hey, Anthony's got a mouth with its own engine, but he's solid.

  Lt. Calvert : That wasn't my point... I watched that video a couple times. You threw a lot more cast-iron than you needed to. And when we worked together, you weren't that rough.

  Brett Ridgeman : And?

  Lt. Calvert : It's not healthy for you, to scuff concrete as long as you have. You get results, but you're losing perspective and compassion. Couple more years out there and you're gonna be a human steamroller covered with spikes... and fueled by bile.

  Brett Ridgeman : There's a lot of imbeciles out there.

  Lt. Calvert : Yeah.