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“ | You think I don't know you? I know everything about you. Whіtеy gets shot or gets a hangnail, they snap and Tom comes running. But my brother gets shot. And no one...no one does nothing. No one gives a damn! No one but me! | „ |
~ Thomas' confession |
Stevie Thomas is the main antagonist of the Law & Order episode "Suicide Box". Stevie is an attempted cop killer, motivated by his rage over the unsolved investigation into his brother Eric's fatal shooting.
He was portrayed by Chad Tucker.
Biography[]
Stevie's brother Eric was shot dead and his case went unsolved. The investigation was rife with disorganization and misconduct, including inaccurately ruling his death a suicide, burying the reports of the poorly conducted autopsy, and so on. Every department on his case covered up their failures and disregard, multiple officials resigning and taking their files with them. Stevie was furious enough he took his mother Janet's car, went to a cop bar, and shot Officer Alice Cushman in a drive-by shooting. She narrowly lived from only being wounded in her shoulder, Stevie later being tracked and arrested.
He refused to cooperate with police, and when he fought with NYPD Homicide Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Ed Green about injustice and racism in the system, Green played on Stevie's emotions to tell him he knew his rage had a reason and the confess what his motives were. Stevie admitted to the shooting to give attention to Eric's murder, and he was charged and taken to trial. His attorney, Carl Halpert, brought numerous documents he could gather that proved the poor chain of command and burial of evidence and lack thereof throughout Eric's case. Even serial killer Jason Hendri, who confessed to killing Eric while in prison, testified at trial. With the argument about the system's vendettas and incompetence, Stevie was acquitted.