Read Law and Order Storyline:
From 1937 to the 1970s the NYPD owned the New York City streets, and theIrish owned the NYPD. Officers ruled their beat, fighting crime the way
they wanted, and bending the law to take what they could. There was
only one rule - look after your own. When Sergeant Brian O'Malley's
prostitute lover pushes him out of a window, his friends in the police
cover up the details and give him a hero's funeral. His eldest son is
encouraged to join the boys in the force, but as he rises the ranks he
realizes that all favors must be repaid, whatever the repercussions.
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