“All right, look at it this way. These men were cops. Three of them were killed in a row. What’s the automatic conclusion?” “Somebody doesn’t like cops.” “Right. A cop hater.” “So?” “Take off their uniforms. What have you got then?” “They weren’t wearing uniforms. None of them were uniform cops.” “I know. I was speaking figuratively. I meant, make them ordinary citizens. Not cops. What do you have then? Certainly not a cop hater.” “But they were cops.” “They were men first. Cops only coincidentally and secondarily.” “You feel, then, that the fact that they were cops had nothing to do with the
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