Homicide: Life on the Street1993

Det. Tim Bayliss:
You still believe that my cousin killed that boy because he was an Arab?

Det. Frank Pembleton:
Hikmet was not an Arab. Turks are not Arabs...

Det. Tim Bayliss:
My cousin could not consciously kill someone.

Det. Frank Pembleton:
I don't think it was premeditated. I think it was inherent. Jim's racism is so much a part of him, that he didn't have a chance to think about what he was doing. Jim is worse than a Klansman. 'Cause at least in their white sheets, they are recognizable. Your cousin's brand of bigotry is much more frightening because, like still water, it runs deep. He doesn't even see it himself.

Det. Tim Bayliss:
You're wrong, dead wrong.

Det. Frank Pembleton:
The only one "dead wrong" is Hikmet Gersel. Did you see what happened when the verdict was announced? They applauded. Those law-abiding citizens, those good people applauded the death of a child. Let me ask you something, Tim - and then you tell me whether or not it was racially motivated - if that boy had been American, if that boy had been white - do you think anyone would have cheered?