In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)

Tear Down the Walls (1989)

Carroll O'Connor: Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie

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• Ed Rowen : You know what I see? I see a black man that I would not care to see any time, or any place.

  [Sgt. Skinner stops in the hallway and catches Chief Gillespie's eye, silently asking if he needs to step into the office] 

  Ed Rowen : [Chief Gillespie nods to Sgt. Skinner for him to come into the office] 

  Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs : Yeah, I see a man that I feel the exact same way about, not because he's a white man, but because he's a maggot.

  [Chief steps in to break up a fight between Rowen and Tibbs] 

  Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie : Easy! Easy! Hold it! Bubba, arrest Mr. Rowen for assault and for being a maggot.

  Sgt. V.L. 'Bubba' Skinner : Oh, we're real tough on maggots around here.