you just live here. anthony: was that an understatement? were there cops that bad? alex: yes, there were. yes, there were. i was one of them. the problem was very systemic. we don t have so much that problem anymore. it does happen. anthony: this is not a nature of the job, when you re asked to everyday go in and look at people at their most desperate and ugly that you become desensitized and maybe even turn into a monster. alex: just think about it. everyday they re looking at the worst of society and maybe they have a partner that gets killed or shot. it s all very overwhelming. many turn to alcohol and drugs to medicate. and i m not trying to be an apologist for the police, because you know, they do need to be held accountable. but we need to help them, we really do because they are out there and they re the ones who are going to show up at your home. anthony: mexican-american, living in east l.a. and a victim of a crime, you calling the police? expecting a sympathetic re
repeatedly. to quote nish ee those who chase monsters has to be careful they don t become monster. i used to arrest the bad guys. i never thought i would become a bad guy myself. anthony: did you become a bad guy? i did, yes. anthony: how bad? i became very aggressive. beating people. losing control. and using excessive force when there really wasn t any need for me to do that. i mean i worked most infamous police station known called ram port. one good picture for denzil washington for the portrayal of this bad police officer. i m the police. you just live here. anthony: was that an under statement? were there cops that bad? yes, there were. i was one of them. the problem was very systemic. we don t have very much that problem anymore. it does happen. anthony: nature of the job when you are asked every day to go in and look at people at
for amex can. spanish, that s okay. spanish is horrible. i ve always been given a hard time about my spanish. and that s okay. every mexican in history has always given hit to their spanish. you should know spanish. that s what i leerpds. this has been an age old thing where everyone is trying to out chicano each other. and i shouldn t feel that bad about it. anthony: what s the expression for a bad chicano. bow chow. is there a literal translation. rotting. you ve completely fake. lost all your culture so you should be hated. anthony: that s harsh. i know. anthony: when do you hear it? and going across the border, putting up the wall, scary? i think this is good. latinos need this to rally together. excite the world to havally lens land to come together. anthony: anyone that corrally
always given shit to another mexican about their spanish. you don t know this lingo, you don t know this pronunciation, but, yeah, you should know spanish better. al madrigal: well, that s what i learned. this has been an age-old thing where everyone is trying to out-chicano each other and that i shouldn t feel that bad about it. anthony: what s that expression for a bad chicano? al madrigal: pocho. anthony: is there a literal translation there? gustavo: rotting. so if you say pocho, you re basically saying you re a rotting mexican, you re completely fake, you ve lost all your culture. therefore, you should be hated. anthony: that s harsh. gustavo: i know. anthony: when you hear, like, about rounding up mexicans left and right and sending them off to camps and putting them across the border scary, angry? or al madrigal: i actually think it s good. i think latinos need this to rally together to it s like the world needs aliens to land and we ll actually come to
i never thought i would become a bad guy myself. anthony: did you become a bad guy? alex: oh, i did, yes. anthony: how bad? alex: i became very aggressive, and beating people, losing control, and using excessive force when there wasn t really any need for me to do that. i mean, i worked the most infamous police station ever known. it was called rampart. won best picture for denzel washington for his portrayal of this really bad police officer. denzel: i m the police. i run shit here. you just live here. anthony: was that an understatement? were there cops that bad? alex: yes, there were. yes, there were. i was one of them. the problem was very systemic. we don t have so much that problem anymore. it does happen. anthony: this is not a nature of the job, when you re asked to everyday go in and look at people at their most desperate and ugly that you become desensitized and maybe even turn into a monster. alex: just think about it. everyday they re looking at the