Law & Order (TV Series)

Out of the Half-Light (1990)

Richard Brooks: ADA Paul Robinette

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• Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Do you think of yourself as a black lawyer or a lawyer who's black?

  Paul Robinette : Depends on the context.

• Paul Robinette : Was it real, Mrs. Crawford? Was any of it?

  Mrs. Thelma Crawford : [pause]  Astria's pregnant.

  Paul Robinette : [thinks]  The Hill kid.

  Mrs. Thelma Crawford : But we're Catholic, so we thought if we said 2 white cops raped her, that her father would...

  Paul Robinette : Let her have an abortion.

  Mrs. Thelma Crawford : We didn't think it would go this far.

• Paul Robinette : So what? So what-what, we sit back and watch him tear the city in half? He's already set back race relations 30 years! I work with these people. I know how they feel, there is no cover-up! You know me! You think I'd be a party to it? This is unbelievable! I become a lawyer, turn down Wall Street, go into the one area I think I can help, and everybody thinks I'm a damn Oreo! Excuse me, Father.

• Paul Robinette : [to Astria]  I'm sending a social worker by.

  Lester Crawford : Look, we don't need any more help from *you*!

  Paul Robinette : [Stands up]  That's not an option, Lester. You beat her again, I'll come at you every way I know how.