Ridley is the investigator for Abe Glitsky's homicide division who tries to warn him about Loretta and her past. Ridley's girlfriend Jacqueline works as a legal secretary. They come to the separation point when she expects him to go with her to Mohandas' rally, and he refuses. She sees it as a betrayal to his race, but he knows they are well on their way to clearing Kevin and won't participate in a rally that will only inflame the situation further.