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"Prejudice"
L&O, Episode 12.10
Production number: E2213
First aired: 12 December 2001
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McCoy Prejudice
Written By
Jill Goldsmith

Directed By
Ed Sherin

Plot[]

A couple stumbles upon the dead body of an African American businessman. Detectives Green and Briscoe investigate and are soon led to a racist whose defense claims his prejudice towards African Americans meets the criteria for a delusional mental disorder that drove him to kill.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

  • Steven Rishard as Ray Burrows
  • Dominic Fumusa as Scott Turner
  • Kevin Henderson as Doug Larsen
  • Reuben Jackson as Dr. Paul Bernard
  • Gay Thomas-Wilson as Angela Reddick
  • Lisa Bostnar as Roberta Shields
  • Steve Blanchard as Pub Owner
  • Chuck Patterson as Lester Harkins
  • Leith Burke as Kenneth Underwood
  • Arnold Acevedo as Danny Moreno
  • Patti Chambers as Lauren Hughes
  • Danielle Flora as Amanda Marvin
  • Sarah Jenkins as Marley Shelton
  • Tony Freeman as Irwin Henshall
  • Jennifer Riker as Waitress
  • Amro Salama as Cabbie
  • Phoebe Jonas as Emily
  • Curtis Mark Williams as Brad
  • John Pawlowski as Harold Shalowitz
  • Nancy Nutter as Jury Forewoman
  • Daphna Cardinale as Clerk (uncredited)

References[]

Quotes[]

Burrows: You know what I read that crystallized it for me?
Dr. Skoda: Why don't you tell me?
Burrows: An account by a guy who went around shooting MRCs.
Dr. Skoda: MRCs?
Burrows: Mixed racial couples. See, the key is, he always had to shoot the black guy first if he was going to shoot them both.
Dr. Skoda: Why is that, Ray?
Burrows: Well, because if he shot the white woman first then the black man would just run away, but if he shot him first then the white woman would stay to help. Then the shooter could get them both.

Background information and notes[]

  • McCoy mentions a previous case where a black man had used the "black rage" defense in court. This is a reference to the episode "Rage" from the fifth season, which was based on the Colin Ferguson case.
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