Rush (1991)
John Ray Harrison: Mayor
Quotes
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Nettle : [appearing before a public city council meeting] As you gentlemen and ladies know, I took over the job of Chief of Police six months ago.
Mayor : [correcting him] Acting Chief of Police.
Nettle : Acting Chief of Police - yes, sir. Now, at that time I had only a cursory knowledge of the volume of drug trafficking within the city.
Nettle : [Holds up a drug syringe with a Police Department evidence tag on it] This syringe was found two weeks ago on a playground at Lamar Junior High.
Nettle : [holds up another syringe from evidence] A high-school teacher took this off a sophomore.
Nettle : [holds up a small revolver] This here came off a little colored boy who was selling marijuana joints to his friends.
Mayor : I believe we've seen enough now to appreciate your point, Acting Chief Nettle.
Nettle : With all respect, sir, I think the people of Katterly need to know what their children are facing when they send them off to school in the morning.
[hearty applause from the audience]