Rush (1991)

John Ray Harrison: Mayor

Quotes 

• Nettle : [appearing before a public city council meeting]  As you gentlemen and ladies know, I took over the job of Chief of Police six months ago.

  Mayor : [correcting him]  Acting Chief of Police.

  Nettle : Acting Chief of Police - yes, sir. Now, at that time I had only a cursory knowledge of the volume of drug trafficking within the city.

  Nettle : [Holds up a drug syringe with a Police Department evidence tag on it]  This syringe was found two weeks ago on a playground at Lamar Junior High.

  Nettle : [holds up another syringe from evidence]  A high-school teacher took this off a sophomore.

  Nettle : [holds up a small revolver]  This here came off a little colored boy who was selling marijuana joints to his friends.

  Mayor : I believe we've seen enough now to appreciate your point, Acting Chief Nettle.

  Nettle : With all respect, sir, I think the people of Katterly need to know what their children are facing when they send them off to school in the morning.

  [hearty applause from the audience]