“What can I tell you, sir? Mr. Copeland was a bad man. He was going to...” – Marshal Samuel Gerard, The Fugitive ... Movie Quotes Database

[On the phone receiving a dressing down from his superior that he was supposed to capture and interrogate Copeland, not kill him]

What can I tell you, sir? Mr. Copeland was a bad man. He was going to kill one of my kids. Well, sir you can blame me, I mean I'm the one who shot him.

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