Law & Order · Season 11
Did you think I was going to eat my gun?
Now why would you do a thing like that?
I disgraced myself. Dishonored the job.
You made a mistake.
I let him go. He killed a young girl, and I let him go.
So now he's caught.
Can you forgive me, Lennie?
All day long, Tommy, all day long.
[Briscoe and Green find a murder victim in a parking garage]
Guy stuck his car in a garage, thought he was safe.
He forgot the high cost of parking in Manhattan.
The law says your right to rage ends at the other guy's nose.
I don't see a warrant.
It'll be here in a minute.
It's my understanding that "in a minute" and "right now" are two entirely different things.
Mr. Morriston, this courtroom is not a singles' bar. You will conduct yourself with the proper decorum.
[Peavey is facing manslaughter charges for accidentally causing the death of a lab assistant while trying to free a monkey]
[looking to Maxine] She told me about this guy, John Brown, who led a raid on Harper's Ferry to steal guns to free slaves. Ever hear of him?
Apples and oranges.
Pretty brave guy, wasn't he?
[admittedly] Yeah, he was.
What would he do?
You've got to make this decision for yourself.
[pause] Thank you for your offer, Mr. McCoy. I want to go to trial.
[after Peavey is found guilty]
Man's dominion over the animals remains intact.
The jury decided to follow the law.
And a hero is born.
That's the trouble with lying, Kiki: you have to tell the same lies to the same people.
You got yourself the right kind of defendant. He's Brazilian, but he looks like he could be Puerto Rican. I mean, Brazil's still in Latin America, right? As long as he's Latino, you've got the right color of head on your stick.
I don't care what color of head's on my stick. All I care about is, did he do the crime?
Yeah, right.
What should be the standard to take the life of a teenager?
Where I come from, it's where the crime committed is so vicious, so cruel, he forfeits the right to get any older.
Where I come from a person can't forfeit that right. We can only take it from him.
With any luck, we'll be able to strap him to a gurney before he's 21. God help us all.
My dealings with the police have been a joke.
You haven't dealt with me, Miss Powers.
What kind of idiot arranges a pickup for ransom money?
The kind of idiot whose license plates read "HOSE MONKEY".
So you found my radio, huh? Great. If you happen to see a few wheels and an engine, let me know. My car was stolen four months ago.
Four months ago?
Yeah, some cops raided a chop shop up in the Bronx back in November. They showed up here with one of my front doors. Now you guys bring me my radio. At this rate, I figure I should have the whole car back in about seven years.
This is no champion, ladies and gentlemen. This is no favorite son. This is a man who got by on his talent, had others willing to lie for him because of it, had others do his bidding in order to profit from it. A child taken from his dying mother's womb will have to struggle to survive without her. Dina Meredith's mother will have to make it without her daughter. It's time to stop cheering for this man and for his ability to play ball. It's time to stop fretting about the opportunities supposedly taken from him, and to start thinking about the opportunities and the lives stolen by him.
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