Cop Land Page #5

You've got a crime rate here

of about, what?

The lowest

in northern New Jersey.

You got Hoboken

and Jersey City over here.

Newark.

We try to do a good job

with what we have.

With a staff of three?

No, Sheriff.

What you got is a town

that scares the sh*t

out of certain people.

Lieutenant, I told you,

I'm watching.

I mean, if you look around

you see none of these people

are wearing silk shirts.

Their pools are above ground.

You know?

You raise your family

somewhere decent,

I guess that's a crime now.

[Freddy]

Lieutenant, look around.

This is a town

with a population

of 1,000 people.

- I got news for you.

Not all cops are dirty.

- I'm not saying they are.

[Freddy]

He used to come by,

have drinks with the guys.

He never caused

any problems.

[Moe]

You mind if I sit down?

[Moe]

We buried a suit today.

We buried a suit today!

That doesn't bother you?

- He jumped off the G.W.B.

- Yeah, but his body never hit the water.

That doesn't bother you.

What does?

That I investigate cops?

- Being a man who always pined

to be a cop?

- I am a cop.

Pined to be N.Y.P.D.

Three forced absent,

ten years.

Appeals of hearing tests.

Right?

You may be law enforcement,

and so am I,

but you are not a cop.

Now, I may watch cops.

But tell me if Im wrong.

Every day out these windows,

so do you.

You watch cops too.

And since we are both

law enforcement,

we share a duty.

Do we not?

If there is a stink,

we must investigate.

We must gather evidence

because evidence

makes us see the truth.

Is this the stink

of a criminal act...

or is it a turd

in a bag?

I'll tell you something,

Sheriff...

I see cops who

lose their way every day...

and I don't like that...

because their ambivalence

is contagious.

They infect those around them.

They're like maggots--

where you find one,

you find a nest...

and I take that

real personally.

I went to the same academy

as our friend there.

Ray? Good man.

I stood by him

at graduation.

He was a beauty.

- He's been good to me.

- Yeah, a real collar man.

To the cop that he was,

to his memory, I am loyal...

but through the fog

of my loyalty, to the men...

the evidence makes me see

and, these days, what I see...

like an island

out of my reach...

I see this beautiful island

shining through this fog...

every house financed

by one of two mob banks.

That's right, Sheriff.

What I see is your town.

No, no you don't see that.

Babitch isn't dead.

You know that and I know that.

Ray got him

off that bridge alive...

before he could talk.

But he wasnt so lucky

the last time when the sh*t

hit the fan with Tunney.

That boy he took care of later.

But now what?

What does Ray do now?

That's the $64,000 question.

And that's why I'm here.

That's why Im here,

Sheriff.

Because youre

on the inside.

And besides the church traffic,

and the cats in the trees...

and all that other bullshit,

okay...

there isn't much here

for you to do

to keep your mind busy.

But I look at you, Sheriff...

and I see a man who's waiting

for something to do.

And here I am.

Here I am saying, "Sheriff...

I got something for you to do."

[Figgis]

# So let's make the most

of this beautiful day#

#Since we're together

we might as well say#

#Would you be mine

Could you be mine #

#Wont you be my neighbor ##

You know, Figgsy...

you don't have to sleep

at the station

if you dont want to.

You can stay in my basement

until you find a new place.

[Man]

Let's go!

[Man]

It's gonna be a long day,

Poppa!

- Okay, your turn to be a hero.

- [Figgis]Billy heard

they're having a party tonight.

# We had so many

good times#

# And some bad#

- # We shared the happiness #

- I'll take care of it, Phil.

# Shared the sad#

- # We suffered all#

- Hey, Frank, is Ray home?

What, you need us

to turn it down?

- No, I just need to talk to Ray.

- Whoa, come here.

Wait outside there.

- I don't wanna go through this again.

- [Man] It's too f***ing bad.

I can't!

I told the boys--

I mean,

they're downstairs now

saying good-bye.

- Ray, how many people you got

at this party? The whole 3-7?

- You got a party downstairs.

Here I am scrambling, cleaning

this thing up for you, and

you're throwing a f***in' party.

The mayor's gonna suspend

this case.

I'm making it happen tomorrow!

But sooner or later, Ray,

they gotta find a body in

that river or it will not hold.

Mets, it's

my sister-in-law's kid!

Didn't you say

he was adopted?

# I'm burnin', I'm burnin'

I'm burning for you#

[Ray] Turn it down!

- Don't go yet.

- I gotta drive Donna home.

Take her to the train.

Ray, this doesn't make

things very easy for me.

I mean--

This is a pretty big thing

you're having here the day

after. How do you think--

Freddy, what

are you talking about?

This guy came

to see me yesterday,

this Moe Tilden from I.A.

- He brought all these pictures and--

- Freddy.

That guy's had a hard-on

for me for years.

It's a personal thing.

- He is a scumbag.

- All right.

You know how they recruit

at I.A.D.?

They catch you on the take.

And they tell you

you can either do time

or join 'em.

Well, he knows you know

Superboy is--

I told him he was dead, Ray.

I told him he was wrong

about you, but--

I'm the sheriff.

I mean, I'm supposed to know

what's goin' on.

How do you think

this looks?

Go home, Freddy...

and don't think so much.

- Ray, I can't go.

- Freddy--

- Freddy, go home. Go home. Go home.

- I can't go--

[Music, Chattering]

[Man]

Yo, Ross, come over here.

Look at this.

Super!

It's not Murray.

It's not Murray.

He's part of a search.

- In Tempe, Arizona.

- Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia.

Murray, Murray.

Listen.

- I want you to have this.

- No, no, Aunt Rose, I'm fine.

Seriously. I gotta go--

Look, Murray, look.

Listen to me.

I want you

to have this.

All right, all right.

You made it for me?

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

You guys have

another fight?

We were supposed to have

a big talk.

Mmm.

So I sent Caroline

over to my moms.

And, um...

and Joey called and told me

that he was stuck...

and that he made

some arrest.

I mean, I--

I can't believe him

when he tells me...

anything.

Liz, you wanna

come inside?

[Record]

# I met a little girl

and I settled down #

You can get this on CD,

you know... in stereo.

It wouldnt matter

to me.

All right.

# We got married#

You know, it's a funny thing

when you owe someone your life.

# Then little by little#

# We drifted

from each other's arms#

Why is it

you never got married, Freddy?

# It was just restlessness #

All the best girls

were taken.

# And it was somethin' more

I guess #

# That tore us apart

and made us weep #

# I'm drivin' a stolen car#

# Down on Eldridge Avenue#

# Each night I wait

to get caught#

# But I never do #

- This is crazy.

- Yes.

All right, take it easy.

All right?

All right, Gabriel,

take it easy.

[Jack]

Murray?

Hey, Murray!

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