The West Wing (TV Series)
Celestial Navigation (2000)
Edward James Olmos: Judge Roberto Mendoza
Quotes
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Judge Roberto Mendoza : You pull all the strings you want, Toby, but not for me. Come Monday, I'm gonna avail myself of the criminal justice system for which I have worked my entire adult life.
Toby Ziegler : Judge, due respect. Get your things and let's go.
Judge Roberto Mendoza : [angrily] My kid was in the car, Toby. They patted me down and they handcuffed me in front of my nine-year-old boy. Then he and his mother got to see them put me in the squad car and drive away.
Toby Ziegler : He's also seen you wearing a robe with a gavel in your hand.
Judge Roberto Mendoza : He doesn't understand that. He doesn't know what that is. He understands what the police are because he watches television. That's what he's gonna remember, his father being handcuffed. So America just got another pissed-off guy with dark skin.
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Toby Ziegler : It's your lucky night, officers. There isn't going to be a report, there isn't going to be an investigation, no one's getting suspended. And no one's filing a hundred million dollar lawsuit against the county that they would almost surely win. But in this room, you're gonna apologize to Mr. Mendoza. And then you're gonna get in your squad car and you're gonna follow us and you're gonna apologize to his son.
Sgt. MacNamara : Judge Mendoza, we sincerely apologize for our mistake.
Judge Roberto Mendoza : Thank you.
Toby Ziegler : Let's go.
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[Justice Mendoza has been wrongfully arrested]
Toby Ziegler : Hello, Mr. Justice. How are you?
Judge Roberto Mendoza : Incarcerated, Toby. How are you?
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Toby Ziegler : [Toby is in a jail cell with Judge Mendoza who's been erroneously arrested for drunk driving] One phone call, Judge. "Toby, this has happened. Tell them my name's Roberto Mendoza and the President's named me to the bench!"
Judge Roberto Mendoza : They pulled me over because I look like my name is Roberto Mendoza and I'm coming to rob your house.
