A Show of Force (1990)

Amy Irving: Kate Melendez

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• Howard : I still don't like it, Melendez.

  Kate Melendez : It's aired.

  Howard : I want a piece on the wounded undercover again, okay?

  Kate Melendez : I'm on the phone.

  Howard : Fuck your preconceptions. How many times do I have to tell you, there are two sides to every story? Now, you wanna pick one, go work for editorial.

  Kate Melendez : You still talking to me?

  Howard : Okay, all right. How about a piece on the undercover agent?

  Kate Melendez : Hey, you remember the explosives? I just found out the DA's office is going to announce there weren't any.

• Captain Correa : Chavez knows a lot of information that I need.

  Kate Melendez : He was obviously afraid of how you were going to get it.

  Captain Correa : This isn't Chile. This isn't Cuba. We're Americans. We operate under the American law.

  Kate Melendez : So you gonna tell me the charges, then?

  Captain Correa : Every citizen's duty is to support enforcement of the law.

  Kate Melendez : What are the charges against me? Because I've got two kids at home, and you have no right holding me here.

  Captain Correa : I don't like you, either. You think you know what's going on. But you don't know a damn thing.

  Kate Melendez : You didn't have grounds for arrest, so resisting arrest...

  Captain Correa : Interfering with a lawful arrest, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer.

  Kate Melendez : So now you're gonna try and cut me a deal?

• Juanito : Mom? Why does Grandpa say you're not Puerto Rican?

  Kate Melendez : I'm Puerto Rican by marriage. Your dad's family lives in New York now, but he was born in San Juan, just like you guys.

  Juanito : Does that make us Puerto Rican?

  Kate Melendez : Sure you are.

  Sophie : I'm American.

  Juanito : No, you're not. You're not American.

  Sophie : Because I'm white. Pepita said.

  Kate Melendez : Pepita made a mistake. You're American because every Puerto Rican is American.