Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm...
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Christine Collins:
Why would they do this? Rev. Gustav Briegleb:
To avoid admitting they made a mistake when they brought back the wrong boy. Of course, anyone reading the newspaper with half a brain would see through it instantly. Sadly, that would exclude about half the readership of the Times. Mrs. Collins, I have made it my mission in life to bring to light all the things the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about. A department ruled by violence, abuse, murder, corruption and intimidation. When Chief Davis took over the force two years ago, he said... Chief James E. Davis:
We will hold court against gunmen in the streets of Los Angeles. I want them brought in dead, not alive, and I will reprimand any officer who shows the least mercy to a criminal. Rev. Gustav Briegleb:
He picked fifty of the most violent cops on the force, gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the Gun Squad. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road, and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, They will do exactly that. This police department does not tolerate dissent or contradiction or even embarrassment. And you are in a position to embarrass them and they do not like it. They will do anything in their power to discredit you. I've seen it happen too many times to start going blind now. That's why I wanted to meet you, to let you know what you're getting yourself into and to help you fight it, if you choose to. Christine Collins:
Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm not on a mission. I just want my son home
Why would they do this? Rev. Gustav Briegleb:
To avoid admitting they made a mistake when they brought back the wrong boy. Of course, anyone reading the newspaper with half a brain would see through it instantly. Sadly, that would exclude about half the readership of the Times. Mrs. Collins, I have made it my mission in life to bring to light all the things the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about. A department ruled by violence, abuse, murder, corruption and intimidation. When Chief Davis took over the force two years ago, he said... Chief James E. Davis:
We will hold court against gunmen in the streets of Los Angeles. I want them brought in dead, not alive, and I will reprimand any officer who shows the least mercy to a criminal. Rev. Gustav Briegleb:
He picked fifty of the most violent cops on the force, gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the Gun Squad. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road, and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, They will do exactly that. This police department does not tolerate dissent or contradiction or even embarrassment. And you are in a position to embarrass them and they do not like it. They will do anything in their power to discredit you. I've seen it happen too many times to start going blind now. That's why I wanted to meet you, to let you know what you're getting yourself into and to help you fight it, if you choose to. Christine Collins:
Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm not on a mission. I just want my son home
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Why wouId they do this
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To avoid admitting they made a mistake
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when they brought back the wrong boy
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Of course anyone reading the newspaper with haIf a brain
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wouId see through it instantIy
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SadIy that wouId excIude about haIf the readership of the Times
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Mrs CoIIins I have made it my mission in Iife to bring to Iight aII the things
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the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about
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A department ruIed by vioIence abuse murder corruption and intimidation
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Movie Summary
Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when they try to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.
Actors
Christine Collins
Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Chief James E. Davis
