The Closer, Season 3

Gabriel:
Dont. Don't do this.

Brenda:
What? Sergeant, now is not the time to discuss this.

Gabriel:
Kenyon Richards devotes his life to feeding and helping people, saving lives in some of the poorest communities in this city.

Brenda:
We will talk about this later. [She turns to go back in the interview room, but Gabriel intercepts her]

Gabriel:
If you arrest him, you will be sending a message to every gangster in town there there is no point to change, that they're beyond forgiveness, that no matter who they become, they will always be who they were.

Brenda:
I am not sending a message. I'm solving a murder. That is my job. [Brenda tries to open the interview room door, but Gabriel grabs the knob.]

Gabriel:
I thought our job was to protect and serve. Who are we protecting by sending him to prison? Who are we serving? Okay, I don't know who Kenyon Richards was 15 years ago, but the man he is today, the man that he has become, does not deserve this!

Brenda:
That is for a judge and jury to decide. Now, if you are ready to substitute your own personal sense of right and wrong for the law, which is what we are sworn to uphold, you should turn your badge in today. Step aside. Now. [Gabriel stares her down] I said, step aside, Sergeant! [Gabriel angrily releases the knob and Brenda goes back in the interview room]