Reggie Harris was an inmate of Blackgate Penitentiary who was framed by the Crows for the alleged murder of Lucius Fox, who hold a grudge against Jacob Kane for this; but he eventually became a situational ally of him.
Biography
Framed for Lucius Fox's murder
At some point in his life Reggie was suspected to have started operate as a criminal in Gotham, eventually being in 2015 arrested for allegedly committing the murder of Lucius Fox, likely by the Crows, and sentenced to Blackgate Penitentiary as he was framed by Stu Donnelly, Angus Stanton and Raymond Calverick, who managed to corrupt a Crow agent to destroy evidence convincing the jury that the cameras in the interrogation room weren't working at the time Harris was interrogated.[1]
Meeting Jacob in Blackgate
In 2020, after Jacob Kane was sentenced there too for the alleged murder of his wife Catherine Hamilton-Kane, Reggie placed a knife into his meal and tried to provoke him to start a fight, however the former commander didn't fall for the trick and leave. Later, Reggie tried once more to harass Kane during his daily phonecall with his daughter ordering him to move, which he did dropping the phone in defiance.[2]
Few weeks later, when Chuck Dodgson attacked Jacob Kane in Blackgate's showers, stabbed him and violently beat him, Reggie intervened, preventing him from killing Jacob, thus; saving his life, stating that he was more useful to him alive as he was close to be release.[3] It’s possible he intended Jacob to prove his innocence.
Trial and Death
Appearances
Batwoman
Season 1
- "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury" (mentioned)
- "How Queer Everything Is Today!"
- "Take Your Choice"
- "Grinning From Ear to Ear" (flashbacks)
- "Through the Looking-Glass"