Bill O'Neal: A badge is scarier than a gun.
Roy Mitchell Would you mind explaining that for me?
Bill O'Neal: Any **** on the streets can get a gun, sir. A badge is like you got the whole damn army behind you.
2nd most-quoted character in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021): in 4 of its 25 quotes
A line from Roy MitchellI'm all for civil rights but you can't cheat your way to equality. And you certainly can't shoot your way to it.
Scenes with Roy Mitchell
3 scenes Roy Mitchell Bill O'Neal: Hey, listen, I'm out, Roy. I'm out!
Roy Mitchell Calm down. Calm down, Bill.
Bill O'Neal: Don't you tell me to ****in' calm down, all right? I was almost killed, man! Now, Fred's in jail, I did the damn job, and I'm out!
Roy Mitchell No, that's not how it works.
Bill O'Neal: What the **** do you mean, 'That's not how it works'? Why don't you give me one good reason why I don't just book it outta here right now?
Roy Mitchell Because... Because, as I've mentioned, it's a year and a half for the stolen car, and five years for impersonating a federal officer. And if you run, I will hunt you down, you understand...
Roy Mitchell Forgive me, I'm confused. So, this kid, Alex Rackley, was labelled an informant, and then killed... by an actual FBI informant. And we're just letting him walk for murder?
Leslie Carlyle
It's beautiful. He's on the lam, right? So, any time he goes into a Panther office, we get a warrant for harboring a fugitive. He's in the interview room right now with our liaison guys, planning the next stop on his little tour.
Roy Mitchell Wow. That's, uh...
Leslie Carlyle
Takes a thief to catch a thief, Roy.
