- Detective Ricardo Tubbs: Hey, wait a minute, man. Where you goin'?
- Joe Dan: To protect my people.
- Detective Ricardo Tubbs: You're gonna start a blood bath.
- Joe Dan: Trying to prevent one.
- Detective Ricardo Tubbs: By takin' the law -
- [cut off while speaking]
- Joe Dan: The law into my own hands? That's right. You're starting to sound like my father, Cooper.
- Detective Ricardo Tubbs: Well, maybe your father is right about some things, huh?
- Joe Dan: What about Little Rock and Selma, Cooper? You folks broke the law of the land for a higher good, right?
- Detective Ricardo Tubbs: Civil disobedience doesn't include blowing people up.