- Negro officer?
- Yeah, well, he comes from up North, you see, and he was kinda... passin' through.

15 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:48:21.332 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Mayor's on the line, Chief.

- Now, Chief, what's all this Miss Colbert's been tellin' me about a-a cover-up arrest?

- No, ma'am, we ain't had no cover-up. In fact, we just dropped the charges for insufficient evidence.

- Miss Colbert, I told you he was nobody's man.

- I came by to make it as clear as I possibly can that I do not want that Negro officer taken off this case.

- Negro officer?

- Yeah, well, he comes from up North, you see, and he was kinda... passin' through.

- I don't care what he is. If it wasn't for him, your impartial chief of police would still have the wrong man behind bars.

- I want that officer given a free hand.

- Otherwise... I will pack up my husband's engineers... and leave you... to yourselves.

- Now, Mrs. Colbert, now, don't you worry about a thing. Believe me, we're gonna take care of everything.

[...]

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