Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Sanctuary (2017)
Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba
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Quotes
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Deputy Chief William Dodds : What's happening to this country? It's like all of a sudden, people feel free to say all the horrible things they're thinking out loud. No common decency. No filter.
Rafael Barba : People have always felt this way. Now they just feel empowered. They have permission.
Olivia Benson : Look, I get it, but can you really blame Carleen? She's angry, she's frustrated. She's married to a rapist murderer who clearly intimidated her into covering for him.
Rafael Barba : Uh, well, she's certainly playing the role of the dutiful wife.
Olivia Benson : You mean the dutiful abuse victim.
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Rafael Barba : I'm not omniscient, Liv. I don't have a judicial crystal ball. Nobody wants these bastards to suffer more than I do, believe me, but I... our legal system is the best that there is, but it's not perfect or pure. It never was.
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Rafael Barba : [to Carisi about threatening to deport Hector's wife] She's lying to protect a suspect involved in a horrific crime. Two people were raped, two people were killed. The mother and wife was forced to watch, to listen. So call me crazy, Detective, but in the case of a tie, my sympathy is with Maya and Lela, not with the wife of the perp.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : [to Olivia] Lieutenant...
Olivia Benson : You're right, Carisi. That is NYPD's policy. Absolutely, we all agree on that, but this is different. I'm not a shill for the Feds and I certainly don't give a damn about immigration status, but right now, what's happening in this city right now, we need to play every card in the deck.
