“We’ve got the gangs under control. This precinct isn’t the garden spot of the city, Savage, but we like to feel we’re doing the best job possible here. Now I realize your newspaper may take offense at that, but we really try, Savage, we honestly try to do our little jobs.” “Do I detect sarcasm in your voice, Lieutenant?” Savage asked. “Sarcasm is a weapon of the intellectual, Savage. Everybody, especially your newspaper, knows that cops are just stupid, plodding beasts of burden.”
