CSI: NY (TV Series)

Sangre por Sangre (2010)

Edward James Olmos: Luther Devarro

Quotes 

• Det. Mac Taylor : A handshake used to mean something. An officer was shot today and a civilian wounded. The ammo we found had your crew's signature on it. When a guy like you gets released from prison a week before people start getting shot, I don't believe it's coincidence.

  Luther Devarro : I don't hustle. You know what that means? I don't look people in the eyes and lie to them.

  Det. Mac Taylor : Am I supposed to believe that?

  Luther Devarro : I have as much reason as you do to want to bring those kids in who shot Hazel Ortega. I didn't give that order. But I have it on good authority someone in my crew did. The last thing I want is an army of badges canvassing my neighborhood with itchy trigger fingers. Someone's son is liable to be out on his stoop holding a cell phone and catch bullets.

  Det. Mac Taylor : There's one way to take the heat off your crew.

  [Devarro nods understandingly] 

  Luther Devarro : Send a uni to the corner bodega on 116th. You'll find two remorseful young men who fit the description of your shooters. This is a gift I hand to you, Detective.

  Det. Mac Taylor : I trusted you once. If you're lying to me about this, next time I'll be back with everything I have.

• Luther Devarro : [about Mac]  Fernando. Take a look at this man. If you're ever stupid enough to get arrested, this is the guy you want to put the handcuffs on. He's a fair man.

• Det. Mac Taylor : [to Luther Devarro]  I want to know if I'm gonna have a problem with your crew.

  Luther Devarro : This your way of paying condolences? Last time I checked, it was one of my men who had holes burned into him.

  Det. Mac Taylor : And killing more people is going to make it right?

  Luther Devarro : What's the alternative, turn it over to the NYPD? Cops like to see us as defendants or, better yet, deceased.

  Det. Mac Taylor : Doesn't have to be that way.

  Luther Devarro : I didn't make the rules.

• Det. Mac Taylor : [to Luther Devarro]  You want to teach the next generation? You tell them revenge lands them in prison or a grave. You're a man of intelligence. Reason with them.

  Luther Devarro : Men can reason all they want. Machines got minds of their own.

  Det. Mac Taylor : I want your assurance that this is not the beginning of a war.

  Luther Devarro : I hear your concern, but I can't make that assurance.

• Rick Devarro : [to Luther]  You killed Panthro? And Lisa?

  Luther Devarro : There was a time when crimes against the people in the neighborhood were not allowed.

  Rick Devarro : You still preaching that neighborhood garbage? You were gonna kill me for that? I'm your brother.