Wednesday, December 29, 2004
I ALMOST POSTED about this the day before Jerry Orbach died, it was such a great line -- and so Lennie Briscoe.
Yet another "Law & Order" rerun. Lt. Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), who is black, couldn't understand how a black kid could be suspected of shooting up a school. She reprised the borderline-racist routine -- drugs or gang warfare she could believe, but this was a white person's crime.
"Maybe we've finally reached full equality" (or something to that effect) was Orbach/Briscoe's reply.
Yet another "Law & Order" rerun. Lt. Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), who is black, couldn't understand how a black kid could be suspected of shooting up a school. She reprised the borderline-racist routine -- drugs or gang warfare she could believe, but this was a white person's crime.
"Maybe we've finally reached full equality" (or something to that effect) was Orbach/Briscoe's reply.
