“[T]he smallness of people and the grandeur of their demands.”
Edward Condon Conlon, in Blue Blood
Conlon, a detective, formerly wrote the “Cop Diary” columns for The New Yorker.
“The entire criminal-justice system functions as an editorial process, as a story is refined, supported, and checked from the complainant to the cop, to the sergeant and maybe the lieutenant, and then to the ADA, and then to the judge, and sometimes to the jury.”
I believe the last name is Conlon, not Condon. I know because I’ve been meaning to read that book for the longest time but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
Oops.
I’ve finished the book and it is really quite exceptionally good.