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"Out of the Half-Light"
L&O, Episode 1.11
Production number: 66202
First aired (US): 11 December 1990
First aired (AUS): 4 October 1993
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Greevey Out of the Half-Light
Written By
Michael Duggan

Directed By
E.W. Swackhamer

Max Greevey and Mike Logan's investigation into a Black teenager's claim that she was raped by White policemen is hampered by a publicity hungry for more information from this case and a Black politician who will not grant the detectives access to the victim.

Plot[]

A 16-year-old Black girl claims that two White policemen raped her. Greevey and Logan's investigation keeps hitting dead-ends, but Black Congressman Ronald Eaton blocks all attempts to question the victim, claiming that the police are trying to cover up their crimes against the black community.

Stone and Robinette begin to doubt the young girl's allegations when the evidence they have fails to prove that there was a rape in the first place. Even so, Eaton still intends to use the case as part of a campaign against the White-dominated legal system no matter how much he has to twist the facts to the press.

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Quotes[]

"You think I sold out?"
"Does it matter what I think? If it does, I'll tell you, but it's something you got to decide for yourself."
"You got a 'shave yourself in the morning' speech?"
"Maybe. Do you think of yourself as a Black lawyer, or a lawyer who's Black?"
"Depends on the context."
"You make a decision based on something from within. You live with it, you examine it, it's all you got."
"You think by morning I'll come to love it?"
"No, but I don't think you'll have any problem with the guy in the mirror. See you tomorrow."

- Paul Robinette and Benjamin Stone


"You look me in the eye and you tell me this system is just. This system is equal."
"At times the system stinks, Eaton. I know that as well as you do. But don't for one damn minute tell me that your self-aggrandizing polarization is going to solve the problem. Don't tell me that tearing down a 200-year-old justice system, no matter how flawed, is going to alter the consciousness of a society. Now, we're past the separate drinking-fountain stage. We're past legal discrimination. We're at the hearts and minds stage. And believe me, there's no quick fix."

- Ronald Eaton and Paul Robinette


"Another zombified soul casts his vote for order rather than justice. Negative peace over positive peace."
"Paraphrasing Martin Luther King's thoughts won't lend credence to yours. King walked with the angels...you'd slide in slime on your belly to get what you want."

- Ronald Eaton and Paul Robinette

Background information and notes[]

Episode scene cards[]

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Thomas E Dewey
Housing Project
Thursday, October 5

103rd and
Amsterdam Ave.
Monday, October 9

Jordan Hill's Apartment
200 E. 129th St.
Friday, December 15

Grand Jury RM.
New York County
Wednesday, January 3

Crawford Apartment
805W.112th St.
Thursday, January 11

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