It was a morals charge. We deep-sixed it for his father's sake.
6 seconds sound clip from the Kojak - Season 1, Ep. 5 - Girl in the River movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:16 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- What'd you expect? An only son. He always wanted that kid to be a cop. It's natural he was shook.
- Shook? Okay. But six months later, and Tom Donnelly never came unshook.
- Now, what are you tryin' to hide?
- It was a morals charge. We deep-sixed it for his father's sake.
- Don't you think you better elaborate?
- Another rookie registered a complaint.
- Theo, do I have to draw pictures?
- So Tom Donnelly had a skeleton rattling in the family closet, huh?
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