Celeste: I didn't protect him. They didn't protect them. You know what burns me the most?
Kevin: What?
Celeste: I heard Louis was riding in the car with two black officers.
Kevin: How did you hear that?
Celeste: Witnesses on the street. How do they go to sleep at night knowing that Louis died and they didn't protect him?

I get why you did what you did today. I also get that sometimes this job chews up your soul in a different way than it does mine. I respect the hell out of you.

Voight

Was it worth it? Huh? You don't even know who you are yet? Why?!

Kevin

Kevin: Wow.
Lawyer: Is there something else you want to call me? I'm sure every name you have running through your head right now you've been called a hundred times.

Louis: Why are you doing this for me?
Kevin: Ms. Nichols told me who you really are. I see it. I see you.

I swear people forget how hard it hurts to not have a place to feel seen.

Celeste

Ruzek: How did you manage to avoid telling her you're CPD?
Atwater: It just felt good to be the dude at the bar she met and not the black cop. I didn't have to defend my job or my blackness.

Chicago PD Season 9 Episode 5 Quotes

I swear people forget how hard it hurts to not have a place to feel seen.

Celeste

Ruzek: How did you manage to avoid telling her you're CPD?
Atwater: It just felt good to be the dude at the bar she met and not the black cop. I didn't have to defend my job or my blackness.