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Officer Castillo is the white police officer whom Quan is accused of shooting and killing; he died on the night that he and Officer Tison came to Martel’s house to break up a noisy party. Officer Castillo was combative and terrified of the armed Black boys outside of Martel’s house, one of which was Quan. He pointed a gun at the boys and at Martel, ignoring Officer Tison’s attempts to calm him down. Though Quan didn’t shoot Officer Castillo in this moment, the novel never reveals who did.
Officer Tommy Castillo Quotes in Dear Justyce
The Dear Justyce quotes below are all either spoken by Officer Tommy Castillo or refer to Officer Tommy Castillo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8: Deal
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But then they’d start searching for the gun that did match. Which could lead to trouble for everyone, Martel especially. Quan knew what contraband the guy had in his house. Which surely could lead to searches of Martel’s other properties.
Quan couldn’t let that happen. Especially not after everything Martel and the guys had done for him. He wouldn’t’ve been able to live with himself.
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Chapter 9: Dawg
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He kept pushin’. Come on, kid. We know you did it. Might as well just say so...shit like that.
When he said You know if we get one of your little buddies in here, we can get ‘em talkin’. You should just save ‘em the trouble, that’s when I broke. Just said
Fine, man. I did it. You happy now?
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Officer Tommy Castillo Quotes in Dear Justyce
The Dear Justyce quotes below are all either spoken by Officer Tommy Castillo or refer to Officer Tommy Castillo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8: Deal
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But then they’d start searching for the gun that did match. Which could lead to trouble for everyone, Martel especially. Quan knew what contraband the guy had in his house. Which surely could lead to searches of Martel’s other properties.
Quan couldn’t let that happen. Especially not after everything Martel and the guys had done for him. He wouldn’t’ve been able to live with himself.
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Chapter 9: Dawg
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He kept pushin’. Come on, kid. We know you did it. Might as well just say so...shit like that.
When he said You know if we get one of your little buddies in here, we can get ‘em talkin’. You should just save ‘em the trouble, that’s when I broke. Just said
Fine, man. I did it. You happy now?
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