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Melba 2022-03-21 09:01:10

1. Power leads to corruption, and absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Alorzo's anti-drug work, like drug trafficking, is almost in a dark area without any surveillance. And he has a background of relying on the police, and he has almost become the overlord of Los Angeles drug traffickers. Not only for small drug dealers, you can dominate without fear, even for the biggest drug lord in the city, you can also be called a brother, no, you can call the latter a dog, and if necessary, you can use the most vicious wrist to kill the other party to get it. Self-interest. Fortunately we have a decent young police officer Jack. In the case of system failure, we can only look forward to the moral self-discipline of the parties concerned.
The most terrifying thing is not the underworld, but the unconstrained public power.

2. When Alorzo said three million had been seized when he divided the spoils, Jack asked, isn't it four million? Alorzo smiled and said "No Taxation Without Representation". This was the most popular slogan for resisting British colonial rule during the American Revolution.

3. The former roommate was from Los Angeles. He said that gunshots were often heard in LA at night. It seems that the law and order in Los Angeles is really bad enough.

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Training Day quotes

  • Stan Gursky: [in a steakhouse restaurant] Alonzo, heard you had an expensive weekend in Vegas. How did you ever screw up so bad?

    Alonzo: Hey, I didn't know. It's not my town. I'm not omniscient.

    Lou Jacobs: The Russians don't care if you have a badge. They'll whack you. You ought to hop a jet out of here.

    Alonzo: Why? It's an easy fix. I'll just cash in on an account.

    Stan Gursky: Which one?

    Alonzo: One of my old ones, my first one. The guy's a high security risk anyway. If I'm not around, who's gonna help keep him off the radar?

    Stan Gursky: All right, it's your call. I do not want you to dick this up. I don't want to see you on the front page like the rest of those assholes.

  • Jake: [after meeting with the Three Wise Men] How much money was in that bag?

    Alonzo: 40 G's.

    Jake: What was that for?

    Alonzo: You really wanna know?

    Jake: Yeah. I asked, didn't I?

    Alonzo: Nothing's free in this world, Jake. Not even arrest warrants.

    Jake: Shit, I didn't wanna know.