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Detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder discuss the cynical reality of police work while driving through Seattle. Sarah challenges Holder's idealistic view of homicide by recounting a tragic case that highlights the systemic cycle of trauma and crime.
HOLDER: Worked county narcotics eight years, mostly undercover.
SARAH: You? A UC? Never woulda guessed.
HOLDER: Mostly street level buys and busts, Joaquim shooting Rakim, blah blah. War on drugs a hot crock o' shit.
SARAH: And you think Homicide's gonna be different?
HOLDER: Least you got a bad guy
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