“If only half you motherf**kers at the district attorney’s office didn’t want to be judges, didn’t want to be partners in some downtown law firm, if half of you had the f**king balls to follow through, you know what would happen? A guy like that would be indicted, tried, and convicted. And the rest of ‘em would back up enough so we could push a clear case or two through your courthouse. But no, everybody stays friends. Everybody gets paid. And everybody’s got a f**king future.”

~ Detective Jimmy McNulty in The Wire (Season 1, Episode 11)