Betrayal In Blue Quotes

“A traitor to both sides, the ultimate asshole…”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Never discount woman’s intuition Zack. That is real.”
“I never discount a woman’s anything, dear. The world would be a better place if woman were in charge.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“. . . being on the wrong side of a pissing contest is never a good thing.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Look at that asshole! Not a care in the world! Today, I fish; tomorrow, I blow up a mosque. Smart, hiding in plain sight. ”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Your friends dress like your enemies, and your enemies dress like your friends.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Benjamin Blaine,” he muttered. Glad that asshole is locked up for the rest of his miserable life.
But Jack was not naïve; he knew that there were thousands like Blaine, across America, spurred to action by the sinister rhetoric of a racist president. Either way, they were equally as dangerous, perhaps more so.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“If Jack Dylan was Captain Ahab, Bart Breitner was Moby Dick. Jack felt exhilarated, as Ahab must have felt when he finally encountered the great white. He would approach with caution and test the waters. He was alone, and he sensed extreme danger, but this was a tremendous opportunity that he could not pass up.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“How does a guy like Bart afford a boat like this? Does bigotry pay that well?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“A white supremacist with a conscience? Why don’t I believe you, Stone?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“If someone wanted to smuggle Sarin gas into the city, how would they do it? Where are the obvious and less obvious points of entry? How would they weaponize it?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Sarin in Dearborn? Are you shitting me? Jack pounded his desk; his morning coffee spilled all over the burglary file he had been studying.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Come on, Jack. Be reasonable. Let’s run this up the chain of command.”
“Acker will never approve, and even if he does, we would have to deal with some Barney Fife type cop up in Manistee, and he would never agree. I’m screwed either way.”
“Who’s Barney Fife?”
“He’s an old television character…oh…never mind . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Then let’s get to work. Sarin…shit! We must stop these guys…again.”
The men nodded, stone-faced. Was it really déjà vu all over again?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“The enveloping fog was eerie, like a tightening vice, given the possibility of a Sarin gas attack in Dearborn proper. Was the fog a sign of evil about to descend on the city?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“When the prosecution is confronted with concrete evidence of a defendant’s innocence during a trial or investigation, or even after a jury renders an erroneous guilty verdict, that prosecutor must come forward, as an officer of the court, to make sure that justice is done. Defense attorneys have no such obligation, even when they know their clients are guilty.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“How could a man “disappear” amidst all those elite law enforcement officials? Would things have been different if we were in charge?”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Twenty-five elite law enforcement officers against six racist assholes. Four to one; pretty good odds.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Dearborn and its’ police department only needs to do what they normally do. A higher level of vigilance is probably wise.”
What we normally do? Handling terrorist threats had become the new normal.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Florida? Are you kidding? I hate golf and it’s too fucking hot down there. They have hurricanes, for Christ’s sake. I’m not ready to retire.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“If the jury acquitted Jack, their verdict would brand Weaver as the loser of the biggest case in Manistee history. The community would remember; local judges, defense lawyers and fellow prosecutors would remember. Weaver would be that prosecutor who couldn’t convict the bombing guy.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Losing was out of the question.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Weaver smiled as he remembered, word-for-word, his criminal procedure professor’s ‘three rules’ lecture for criminal defense lawyers: ‘One, get the money up front; two, the client does the time, not you, and three, get the money up front.’ Zachary Blake was a guy who always got paid, one way or another.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“At the end of the day, however, these men were scientists. People lie, cheat, steal, even commit murder. On the contrary, science always tells the truth.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Brown-nosing kiss ass! I don’t give a shit; I’m about to get exactly what I want.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“With over twenty years on the circuit court bench and a neutral position with no skin in the game, Judge Paul Shipley was the wisest man in the room.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“If two people were present when a grenade was exploded and one of those people lost his life, which of the two would be more likely to have exploded the grenade, the one who lived or the one who died?”
“The one who lived, of course.”
“And why do you say, ‘of course?’”
“To put this into lay terminology, the one who pulls the pin and throws the grenade has the element of surprise, knows which way he’s going to throw the grenade and approximately how long he has to get the hell out of there.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Your objection is sustained, Mr. Blake. Please refrain from using the words ‘crime’ and/or ‘crime scene,’ Mr. Weaver. These terms call for a legal conclusion that the evidence has not yet established.”
Zack almost laughed out loud at Judge Shipley’s ruling on his objection. The jury just heard the trial judge say that there had been insufficient evidence offered, thus far, to establish murder.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“This big city boy is good. I’m going to enjoy this trial.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“The truth continues to be unimportant in this case.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue

“Bad judgment in Manistee would haunt him for the rest of his life because he was the only person left alive who knew, for certain, that he was innocent.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Blue