Billy Henderson quotes from Black Lightning

What, those crooked cops send you down here like the overseer? Put the slaves in check? Huh?

Inspector Billy Henderson

While you're up in the pulpit with a $25,000 watch on, wiping your forehead with a silk handkerchief, I'm scraping young black men's bodies off the concrete. The street IS my pulpit. I wear work shoes, what kind of shoes you wear, Reverend?

Henderson

Only one squad car can work the march.

Jefferson

What? But that's almost guaranteed that someone's gonna get killed. Where did these orders come from?

Henderson

No one will say. I asked my commander, and then the chief, and eventually I tapped out at the deputy mayor's office when she wouldn't return my phone call.

Jefferson

Somebody's setting him up.

Henderson

Jeff, you gotta talk to him, try and convince him to cancel, reschedule, take a vacation.

Jefferson

No, I tried, after you walked out. He won't do it. He's... he's been inspired.

Henderson

By what?

Jefferson

Black Lightning.

Henderson

Black Lightning. Like I don't have enough damn problems. He's gonna get us all killed.

I don't get it. We roll in the cavalry and he's gone. Disappears.

Henderson

Eyewitnesses saw him get into a van.

You get a plate? A description of the van?

Henderson

They were fans, sir. It was willful amnesia.

How does a criminal and a freak have fans?

Henderson

[pause] Where'd you say you got that tip, sir?

I didn't. [sees Joey calling him] I gotta check this.

Henderson

I got some vacation days stored up. I'll use them to do some investigating. Just do me one favor.

Jefferson

And what's that?

Henderson

If I end up dead, in some alley somewhere, and they say I was dirty, make sure my wife and my family know the truth.

Jefferson

I'm not gonna let that happen.