| "Ramparts" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 9.11 | → |
| Production number: E0211 First aired: 13 January 1999 | ||
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| Written By Lynne E. Litt & Kathy McCormick Directed By Matthew Penn | ||
Plot[]
A police-department cover-up stymies the prosecution of a 30-year-old murder case involving a college protester and a security guard.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Tim Ahern as Kenneth Stratton
- Angela Bullock as Delores Powell
- Fred Burrell as Ross McMillan
- Al DeChristo as Clark Paley
- John Eddins as Spencer Johnson
- Daryl Edwards as Allan Taylor
- Cynthia Hayden as Ms. Latham
- Cordis Heard as Mandy Lewis
- Michael Higgins as Darryl Grady
- Mike Hodge as Jeff Young
- Pat Hodges as Diana Wells-Harrison
- Robert Hogan as Captain Walder
- Herb Lovelle as Sam Wilton
- Miles Marek as Roger Aimsley
- Saundra McClain as Tracy Howard
- Patrick McDade as Detective William Nolan
- Liam Mitchell as James Pinewald
- John Quinn as Sal Lange
- Luke Reilly as Darryl Grady, Jr.
- John Roney as Steve Aks
- Helen Stenborg as Christine Aimsley
- Roy Thinnes as Mr. Kushner
- Geoffrey Wade as Peter Hammermesh
- Rick Warner as Sergeant Michael Lucas
- Felicia Wilson as Felicia Johnson
- Mark Zeisler as Dr. Seth Bernstein
- Dan Ziskie as Captain Gene Sayres
References[]
- David Bernstein (victim)
- Black Panthers
- Canada
- Che Guevara
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- New Jersey
- Philadelphia
- Special Squad Three
- United States Army
- Vietnam War
- Weather Underground
- 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Quotes[]
- Carmichael: The state has every right to take action against terrorists.
- McCoy: Activists aren't terrorists!
- McCoy: I've cut you a lot of slack on this because you don't know a damn thing about the 60s. You weren't even born.
- Carmichael: I was born when the World Trade Center was bombed and the cops wouldn't have caught those people without undercover work.
- McCoy: I'm not saying it's never justified.
| “ | If bringing a cop killer to justice isn't reason enough for Mr. Kushner, I don't know what would be. If the police department doesn't want to be embarrassed by revelations about its behavior, then maybe it shouldn't behave badly. The police stalked, harassed and mistreated ordinary citizens whose political opinions they didn't like. Is this acceptable in a democracy? Is this acceptable in a society founded on freedom of thought and speech? Can our society survive secret police monitoring of law-abiding people who question government policy? The files I'm requesting...may be shaming to the department but they're not privileged, they're not protected. They're not sheltered by any conceivable argument Mr. Kushner can come up with. | ” |
| “ | There may be compelling reasons for the police department to keep certain files confidential... at least for a time. But governmental secrecy is anathema to democracy and must be motivated by more than a desire to avoid embarrassment and controversy. | ” |
–Judge Lisa Pongracic | ||
Background information and notes[]
- The episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "I Predict A Riot".
Episode scene cards[]
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