Jack McCoy uses a post-9/11 terrorism statute to prosecute a group of street fighters involved in a deadly retaliatory brawl--a move that A.D.A. Cutter strongly disagrees with.Jack McCoy uses a post-9/11 terrorism statute to prosecute a group of street fighters involved in a deadly retaliatory brawl--a move that A.D.A. Cutter strongly disagrees with.Jack McCoy uses a post-9/11 terrorism statute to prosecute a group of street fighters involved in a deadly retaliatory brawl--a move that A.D.A. Cutter strongly disagrees with.
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- TriviaRoberto Duran never really said "no mas" in the ring, although some people say that his body-language conveyed the idea.
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Cyrus Lupo: The Bloods and the Crips are not terrorists, and neither are a bunch of hardhats and day traders with anger issues. But it sure makes a hell of a sound byte when you're running for election.
D.A. Jack McCoy: [entering] I see. A few law school classes, detective, and all of a sudden you're an expert on jurisprudence?
Cyrus Lupo: Maybe not, but I do have one credential you don't. I spent four years chasing actual terrorists.
D.A. Jack McCoy: All the more reason I need you to testify. At the end of the day, we all want the same thing for the city. Safe streets, freedom from fear.
Cyrus Lupo: That's funny. When a cop stretches the rules, we get slammed. When you do it, we're supposed to hear the angels sing. I'll testify in your terrorism trial about what I saw and what I heard. But if you try to use my résumé to sell your case, you won't like what you hear.
This all starts when a young yuppie stockbroker is found dead on the men's room floor in his office showing some serious beating injuries. Seems like this idiot was spending his lunch hours doing some bare knuckle fisticuffs in Union Square.
The perpetrators are a bunch of loathsome testosterone driven white guys and the police don't do a thorough investigation and the idiots walk. That doesn't sit well with the firefighter brother of the deceased who gets his firehouse buddies and they have another rumble at a park near the East River. Mind you both brawls are videotaped anonymously and put on the Internet.
More than any other episode of Law And Order this one had the regulars themselves at each other's throats. Sam Waterston seeing the case go up in smoke tries to use a post 9/11 terrorism statute to get all of them. That doesn't sit well with Linus Roache, but he does what he's told. Waterston now the DA is making political decisions as he's going to have to run for election in his own right to the job he holds.
Jeremy Sisto and Anthony Anderson are also of differing opinions. But that's nothing compared to Sisto and Waterston having it out.
The only truly innocent person in this whole affair is Margot White a young married woman who was out at the park with her husband and young child. They get caught in the middle and he's beaten to death by God knows exactly who, but they really are all responsible. Her's is one touching performance.
What a horrible commentary on society today. Are some of us truly seeking our amusement, our kicks in behavior more suited to the gladiators in the Roman Coloseum?
You know Lupo and Bernard will do better due diligence in the next episode. At least we hope.
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- Jan 10, 2016