For weeks, ABC’s
The Rookie hit viewers over the head with the evils of racist white cops, personified through Officer Doug Stanton (Brandon Routh). While Officer Stanton may be gone, the show is just getting started on the racial white guilt.
Inspired to be a training officer so that no more rookies will have to deal with the likes of Officer Stanton again, Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) must go back to get his college degree, which he starts doing in February 21’s episode “Revelations.”
Enter the latest way to incorporate race, with Nolan taking a class on “Ethics and Criminal Justice,” taught by Fiona Ryan (Toks Olagundoye).
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Nolan: It s okay, we re just arresting him for burglary for stealing this backpack.
James: What, you need four cops for a kid stealing a bag?
Stanton: Yo, my man, back off.
Nolan: It s It s okay. It s okay. Look, calling for backup is simply protocol. We don t know if the suspect is armed. Better safe than sorry.
James:
Stanton: You want us to stick around?
Nolan: No, uh, we re cool.
James: I m not cool. Are you?
West: Look, this guy just made one of your neighbors a victim. Okay? He s going in. Simple.
James:
It s never that simple. Alright? If the city wasn t spending 50% of its budget on cops, then maybe he would have gotten a leg up instead of the short end of the stick.