Tia Texada: Maritza Cruz

Quotes 

• Prisoner : If it wasn't her brother, it was somebody else's.

  Maritza Cruz : Oh, that's brilliant.

  Prisoner : Are you calling me stupid?

  Maritza Cruz : No. Pissing off a cop who's gonna be out of here by 5:00 is.. is genius.

  Prisoner : Well, at least I know how to do some math, bitch. There's a whole bunch of us and one of you.

  Maritza Cruz : Fine. I'm scared. I'm gonna be over in the corner trembling, bitch.

• Faith Yokas : [to Cruz]  I can't figure this. Why the hell would you go through all that to protect me?

  Maritza Cruz : I don't rat out cops.

  Faith Yokas : Look, we're not friends. I don't even like you.

  Maritza Cruz : You know what? I spent the entire day with a bunch of people telling me how much they don't like me. So you wanna fight, let's go. Let's go, let's just get it over with.

  Faith Yokas : I told you that night I didn't want you to be involved.

  Maritza Cruz : I was already involved. He was my prisoner.

  Faith Yokas : And I told you that I would face my punishment... .

  Maritza Cruz : This isn't about you! I don't rat on cops. It makes no difference who they are or whether I like them or not. I don't rat on cops.

  Faith Yokas : I don't owe you anything, Cruz. I didn't want you to do this.

  Maritza Cruz : Fair enough.

• Judge Alexander Stark : [about Cruz]  In the meantime, the defendant will be held at the Rikers Island detention center.

  Maritza Cruz : You can't be serious.

  Judge Alexander Stark : Next case.

  Albert Rivas : Your Honor, permission to approach?

  Judge Alexander Stark : Next case, as in the one after this one.

  Maritza Cruz : That's a death sentence and you know it.

  Judge Alexander Stark : A death sentence without a trial? Who would do a thing like that? I'm a big fan of due process.

• Albert Rivas : [to Judge Stark about Cruz]  Your Honor, my client has been a member of the NYPD for ten years. She hasn't missed a day of work except when injured in the line of duty. She's not exactly a flight risk.

  Steven Ross : To the contrary, Your Honor. The defendant has a list of civilian complaints lodged against her the size of the Manhattan yellow pages, and she's been the subject of three Internal Affairs investigations. Additionally, she has no living relatives or any other ties to the community. If she has a brain cell, she already has a plane ticket in her pocket.

  Albert Rivas : That's blatantly and demonstrably false, Your Honor.

  Judge Alexander Stark : That she has a brain cell or a plane ticket? Sergeant Cruz, do you, or do you not have ties to the community?

  Maritza Cruz : Depends on your definition.

  Judge Alexander Stark : What happened to your face?

  Maritza Cruz : I... tripped over my ties to the community.