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How... how could you have been a cop?
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Frank Serpico

How... how could youhave been a cop?" They think that cops onlythink one certain way

How... how could you
have been a cop?" They think that cops only
think one certain way

Full Transcript

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How... how could you have been a cop?"
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They think that cops only think one certain way.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:59
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
La Lutta NMC,Gigantic Pictures

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Movie Summary

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.
In fact, even before I became a cop - Frank Serpico 00:07
In fact, even before I became a cop
Uh, police officers, to me - Frank Serpico 00:06
Uh, police officers, to me
Both my grandfathers were coalminers. - Frank Serpico 00:04
Both my grandfathers were coalminers.
My father's father, on his last paycheck - Frank Serpico 00:08
My father's father, on his last paycheck
But he made it back to Italy - Frank Serpico 00:14
But he made it back to Italy
You go out there - Frank Serpico 00:04
You go out there
When Italian-Americans came to this country - Frank Serpico 00:07
When Italian-Americans came to this country
At Ellis Island - Frank Serpico 00:06
At Ellis Island
These immigrants, they're different from - Frank Serpico 00:07
These immigrants, they're different from
They're illiterate. They have a different religion. - Frank Serpico 00:04
They're illiterate. They have a different religion.
There was someone who said - Frank Serpico 00:06
There was someone who said
And, C, I was supposed to pave them." - Frank Serpico 00:13
And, C, I was supposed to pave them."
And, uh, here was the counter and here was the workspace. - Frank Serpico 00:05
And, uh, here was the counter and here was the workspace.
My father, he had canaries all up in there - Frank Serpico 00:08
My father, he had canaries all up in there
And, when the bird was born - Frank Serpico 00:08
And, when the bird was born
And, uh, ahem, I guess you learn things - Frank Serpico 00:13
And, uh, ahem, I guess you learn things
He never heard of the word "zen" - Frank Serpico 00:06
He never heard of the word "zen"
I remember, it was a sunny day like today - Frank Serpico 00:11
I remember, it was a sunny day like today
And, uh, he walks up and he says, "Gimme a shine." - Frank Serpico 00:11
And, uh, he walks up and he says, "Gimme a shine."
I'm shining the shoes of the law." - Frank Serpico 00:08
I'm shining the shoes of the law."