American Crime Quotes
Man: I wish I had some better news, but I've been crunching some numbers and your bid for produce is not competitive.
Woman: There's no way to compete with these farms that use Mexican labor.
Kamara: I'm trying to help you.
Ishmael: But you don't care.
Kamara: I do care. I've sat here with boys your age who are going through... they have it worse. And yes, I do care. But eventually you learn that you can do and you can do and you can do but you can't make someone else do. So yes, I am trying to help. Sometimes all you can do is try.
Boy: I don't have a pimp. Marquez is my cuz. He's been looking out for me since I was six.
Kamara: He runs you.
Boy: He doesn't run me. I do it myself.
Woman: I wish you had called me. I don't have anything.
Kamara: He's underage.
Woman: I have a woman whose boyfriend is threatening to kill her and her children. I really don't have anything.
Kamara: My name is Kamara. I want you to know you're not in trouble. I'm not with the police. Nobody wants to arrest you. We just want to arrest your pimp. I work with Project Open Road, an organization that works with victims -
Boy: I'm not a victim.
You were supposed to be here with us. You gave up on that too.
Giving in is just admitting their right.
Leslie
Steph: You're torturing her.
Dan: What do you think jail is?
They reopened that school too soon.
Terri
Taylor's not just a shooter, people need to know that.
Anne
I'm taking responsibility.
Taylor
My while life has been nothing but a problem for her. She would be way better off had I never been born.
Taylor
