Instead, NYPD's De Niro comes to the town and complains his jurisdiction ends before crossing the George Washington Bridge. Shouldn't the feds be investigating police corruption of such proportions?
shareThat's internal affairs
shareWhat I didn't understand was how the corruption of such proportions wasn't investigated by the FBI. I mean there's reasonable doubt a federal violation is at hand, and yet, only De Niro, an IA agent from the same police department in which these policemen work is sent after them, so when he crosses the bridge, he's out of his jurisdiction. If FBI was on the case, as in reality they most certainly would be, the question of jurisdiction would be taken care of, but I guess the movie didn't want that. Instead, it wanted a drama of a small-time Sheriff going against the powerful rotten cops.
shareMore than likely the corruption ran so deep they had the ability to silence anyone even attempting to tell about them. Freddy was probably their first real challenge in quite a while and that was one reason why they overlooked him so much.
shareYou’re absolutely right they should. In big cities, however, local and federal agencies often avoid each other like the plague.
shareAbsolutely.
shareBecause the FBI are not real cops. They are a punchline to real cops.
shareThe FBI is a fucking joke, theyre not real cops. They don't chase dickheads all fucked up on PCP, down an alley, then box them in the middle of the street. They don't sit w a mother who's child was just ran over by some asshole fleeing from Walmart in a stolen car, while the dead kid lays in the street waiting for detectives, crime scene and the coroner. Real Cops do.
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