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Today, in Trial O.J...
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lawyers argued over whether
the former Heisman winner
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is an arthritic cripple
incapable of murder.
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He has bad knees, arthritis
and limited mobility.
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He may look like Tarzan,
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but he moves like Tarzan's grandfather.
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After that, the jury got a peek
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at an exercise video Simpson taped
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just two weeks before the murders.
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Aw, break it all the way down!
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Feel it in the knees!
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Yeah. Love that intensity!
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- And if you're working out with your wife...
- Hello.
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Is this Laura Hart McKinny?
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Yes. How may I help you?
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The Laura Hart McKinny who
used to live in Los Angeles,
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who has tapes of LAPD
Officer Mark Fuhrman?
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How did you find me?
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I'm an investigator
working for O.J. Simpson.
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We believe our client is innocent
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and your tapes could really help him.
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Well, I don't want to help him.
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Look, I was just writing a screenplay
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about the LAPD.
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I met Mark,
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and I interviewed him for research.
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So there are tapes.
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What does he say?
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How inflammatory is it?
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I never asked to be a part of this.
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So, on the night of the
murders, you were in an alleyway
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behind Bundy Drive and
you heard a commotion
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near Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium?
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Yes. I-I heard two men arguing.
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The first man said, "Hey, hey, hey!"
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and the second man yelled at him.
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Uh, he was hard to understand.
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And did the second voice
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sound as if it was older,
more mature than the first?
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Calls for speculation, Your Honor.
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Sustained. Foundational.
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All right, then.
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The second voice
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that you heard, it sounded like
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the voice of a black
man, is that correct?
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- Object to, Your Honor! I object!
- Sustained.
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This is ridiculous!
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Sustained. Mr. Darden, where
are you going with this?
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Your Honor,
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I was asking in good faith.
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We know that the witness told a friend
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that he heard the angry
yell of an older man
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who sounded black.
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I resent that statement, Your Honor!
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You cannot tell by somebody's
voice whether they are black.
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That is a racist statement
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and entirely inappropriate.
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Your Honor, yeah, I am
offended that in America,
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in 1995, that we have to endure
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this kind of thinking.
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All right, I didn't make the statement.
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The witness did.
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Oh, please, Mr. Darden!
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I... if this is the witness' statement,
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then he is the racist, not me.
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But that is what you're suggesting.
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Hey, hey, hey! I suggest nothing!
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- Oh, yes, you did!
- I did not.
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- Yes, you did.
- Don't put words in my mouth!
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And that has created a lot of problems
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for myself and for my family.
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You continually make statements
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about me and race, Mr. Cochran...
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Wait. Wait, all right,
stop it, both of you!
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This is all improper. And
I'm so mad at both of you guys
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right now, I'm about to hold
the two of you in contempt.
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Let's take a recess so you can cool off.
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We will resume in 15.
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What was that?
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He is so cynical.
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I mean, of course there's such
a thing as a "black voice."
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- There are accents, speech patterns...
- I know that.
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But look what happened.
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His witness was failing,
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so Johnnie threw a racial stink bomb
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to deflect attention.
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That guy saw a Bronco near Bundy.
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He heard two men arguing
outside the condo.
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But now the jury has
completely forgotten that.
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Is it true?
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Yeah. Tapes exist.
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I think they're really ugly.
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They have phrases like, uh...
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Stuff like... "Get
niggers." "Frame niggers."
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"Plant evidence."
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Jesus Christ.
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- Can we confirm the authenticity?
- I've asked around.
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Her lawyers have shopped
the tapes to London papers,
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TV tabloids... they've heard snippets.
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Supposedly there's an offer on the table
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for 250 grand.
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Hmm. Why doesn't she sell?
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Well, that's the strange part.
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She doesn't actually
care about the money.
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She'd rather sell her screenplay.
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She's a screenwriter.
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Or, well, a wannabe screenwriter.
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She was living in L.A.
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She couldn't make a living,
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so she moved to North Carolina
to teach screenwriting.
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I don't understand.
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How can you teach screenwriting
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if you can't sell a script?
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Oh, Barry, Barry...
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Gentlemen, you are missing the point.
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I don't care who she
is or what she does.
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What matters are these tapes.
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We must get them.
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"Get niggers"?
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"Frame niggers"? That
takes my breath away.
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These tapes will allow
Mr. Simpson to walk free.
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Well, let's not get... too cocky.
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I mean, we haven't heard them.
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Look, lucky breaks don't
just fall from the sky.
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Oh, yes, they do, Mr. Scheck.
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God brought us these tapes.
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There is something much
larger at play here.
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This is manna from heaven.
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What is the defense doing?
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They got Ito to sign
a subpoena for what?
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13 hours of tape in North Carolina.
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I don't follow.
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Who is this woman?
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It just makes no sense
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why Fuhrman would blab to
an unemployed screenwriter.
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Why would Fuhrman do anything?
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I'm not gonna pretend
like I'm surprised.
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Whatever's on these tapes scares me.
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Well, maybe it's meritless.
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Fiction. Just Fuhrman and
this writer playacting.
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The defense has been obsessed
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with creating stories for the jury,
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and lawyers resort to stories
to distract from the facts...
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You know, Marcia, people like stories.
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It helps them make sense of things.
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Shit.
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Now who can deny there isn't a
higher power watching over us?
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I spent my life fighting for a cause
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and then, in the
biggest case of all time,
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with the whole world watching,
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a magical piece of paper appears.
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Well, we still need to get a judge
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in North Carolina
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to enforce the subpoena.
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A small technicality.
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I will venture forth
to secure our bounty.
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Well, obviously, I will accompany you.
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I mean, I discovered
Fuhrman, for God's sake.
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I mean, I invented him.
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Hang on, Bob. I won
every Fuhrman motion.
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Gentlemen, we still
have a case here in L.A.
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I don't understand.
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Why do more than two people
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have to get on the plane?
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Then it should be me.
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I have a winning record
in that jurisdiction.
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I tried over 200 cases there.
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200?
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Really? When?
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Seems like yesterday.
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But understand this:
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things change really slowly down South.
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And I know the Carolinas
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like I know the caramel
color in a single-barrel
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apple brandy,
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sipped over the blush
of the morning sunrise.
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Oh, come on. Really?
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I hired all of you.
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You know, whatever.
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I don't grovel.
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Just make sure you put
my name on the brief.
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Thank you, Bob.
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This is it.
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All right, let's go.
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Here are the transcripts.
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The judge will see
you gentlemen shortly.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you, sir.
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My friend, I can taste victory.
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Yes. Yes.
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- Shall we?
- Yes.
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It's unbelievable.
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It's horrible.
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Horrible we can sell.
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Look, the bastard is nailed. Dead.
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He directly contradicts the trap I laid
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- when he testified.
- Lee...
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it's more than that.
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It's evil.
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But this is what black
people have always known.
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And now
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it's right here.
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For everyone to hear.
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Your Honor, it would be a travesty
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if these tapes were not allowed
into the O.J. Simpson trial.
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These tapes are tangible evidence
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of the Los Angeles Police
Department's racism.
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They are a revelation of truth.
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May I approach the bench, Your Honor?
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No, you cannot.
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Your Honor, with all due respect,
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we ask you to enforce this subpoena
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and compel Ms. McKinny
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to turn over the tapes.
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It is important, it is imperative,
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it is... indispensible
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that we return them to California.
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Thank you, Your Honor.
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Mr. Cochran, there are no
TV cameras in my courtroom.
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There's no need for...
gratuitous alliteration.
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Your request is denied.
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These tapes are not
material to your case.
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Who is that man
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to say that they are not relevant?!
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- Johnnie...
- Those tapes are proof
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of the systematic
civil rights violations.
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What black people have always known.
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And what white people
have never understood.
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Johnnie, calm down.
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We'll just file an emergency appeal.
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And this time let me do the talking.
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What?
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Mr. Cochran, take a good
look where you're standing.
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We're in the South.
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Haven't you noticed the smell
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of mint julep and
condescension in the air?
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Right behind you, there's a statue
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of a Confederate
soldier holding a rifle.
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With all due respect,
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I don't know if you
play as well in Dixie.
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Your Honors,
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may I state first of
all what a pleasure it is
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to be practicing law once again
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in the great state of North Carolina.
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My heart gladdens with
the promise of justice
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when I stand in one of
the original 13 colonies.
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From the great Smokey
Mountains to the Pamlico Sound,
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I know that fair
consideration will be offered
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to all who set foot
in a Tar Heel tribunal.
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As the Bible tells us,
"Seek, and ye shall find,"
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and I thank the Lord
for helping us to find
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these terribly troubling tapes.
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The court has received
the tapes and transcripts.
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I will arrange for my
clerk to make you copies.
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I presume it'll take
a good amount of time
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for all of you to wade
through the materials
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and decide how much, if
any, you want to introduce.
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Oh, we'll want to introduce
plenty, Your Honor.
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- Maybe all of them.
- Your Honor, we will fight that.
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Mark Fuhrman consulting on a screenplay
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has no bearing on a murder trial.
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This is just more of
the defense throwing
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conspiracy mud at the wall
and seeing what sticks.
263
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Oh, it'll stick.
264
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It'll stick with the jury,
it'll stick with the public.
265
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"The public."
266
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What do they have to do with this?
267
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The truth, Marcia, they
have a right to know.
268
00:11:47,718 --> 00:11:50,076
This isn't a smoking
gun in the Simpson case.
269
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This is a smoking gun
for the United States.
270
00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:55,913
Your Honor, I anticipate this will be
271
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just a pro forma request.
272
00:11:58,745 --> 00:12:00,056
Actually, Mr. Cochran,
273
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I wouldn't jump to any conclusions.
274
00:12:02,021 --> 00:12:04,558
I need to review precedent
and make a determination.
275
00:12:04,577 --> 00:12:07,513
Until then, you and your
assistants may review the tapes.
276
00:12:07,633 --> 00:12:09,500
But other than that,
they are to remain sealed.
277
00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:11,728
You understand? Sealed.
278
00:12:58,507 --> 00:13:01,408
See, if you did it like they
teach you in the Academy,
279
00:13:01,443 --> 00:13:02,942
you'd never get a fucking thing done.
280
00:13:03,376 --> 00:13:04,944
If the suspect doesn't talk,
281
00:13:04,980 --> 00:13:06,913
you give him a shot in the
stomach with your stick,
282
00:13:06,948 --> 00:13:08,361
and you say, "Listen,
boy, I'm talking to you."
283
00:13:08,398 --> 00:13:10,542
Or you just grab 'em by the
hair and you keep punching 'em
284
00:13:10,571 --> 00:13:12,039
until they go down.
285
00:13:12,499 --> 00:13:14,453
See, people don't want
niggers in their town.
286
00:13:14,489 --> 00:13:15,888
People don't want Mexicans.
287
00:13:15,923 --> 00:13:18,658
They don't want anybody but good people,
288
00:13:18,693 --> 00:13:21,494
and any way you can do to
get them out, that's fine.
289
00:13:21,999 --> 00:13:24,897
We have no niggers where I grew up.
290
00:13:24,932 --> 00:13:26,678
Do you still use the choke hold?
291
00:13:26,698 --> 00:13:28,322
No, we had to eliminate it,
292
00:13:28,342 --> 00:13:31,734
because a bunch of niggers down
in the south of L.A. complained.
293
00:13:31,753 --> 00:13:33,938
Now, these niggers started
a bunch of organizations,
294
00:13:33,973 --> 00:13:36,541
because all the niggers
got choked out and killed.
295
00:13:56,294 --> 00:13:58,850
The longer this trial goes,
the little your numbers drop.
296
00:13:58,863 --> 00:14:00,808
I know. If we get to the March primary
297
00:14:00,842 --> 00:14:02,623
and people are still
talking about O.J. Simpson,
298
00:14:02,647 --> 00:14:04,607
there's something seriously
wrong with this world.
299
00:14:12,408 --> 00:14:15,038
Oh, God, think my numbers
are about to fall even lower.
300
00:14:15,057 --> 00:14:16,474
Excuse me for a second.
301
00:14:19,532 --> 00:14:22,278
All right. What?
302
00:14:23,782 --> 00:14:24,743
Has Ito ruled on the tapes?
303
00:14:24,772 --> 00:14:25,535
Not yet.
304
00:14:25,655 --> 00:14:26,926
And we're fighting to keep them out.
305
00:14:26,965 --> 00:14:28,129
But while we were reviewing them,
306
00:14:28,139 --> 00:14:32,756
we heard something... unexpected.
307
00:14:33,091 --> 00:14:34,491
You should sit.
308
00:14:34,803 --> 00:14:36,092
This is bad.
309
00:14:36,127 --> 00:14:38,460
No, I know, he hates
Mexicans, he uses the "N" word,
310
00:14:38,496 --> 00:14:40,011
he's a sexist pig.
311
00:14:40,029 --> 00:14:41,595
He utters every racial
slur known to man.
312
00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:42,881
Yes, that is all true,
313
00:14:42,904 --> 00:14:45,200
but there's sort of an O. Henry twist.
314
00:14:45,958 --> 00:14:48,249
Somebody he hates that
none of us saw coming.
315
00:14:53,209 --> 00:14:55,443
Okay.
316
00:14:58,918 --> 00:15:00,425
I hate this woman, you know the type...
317
00:15:00,454 --> 00:15:03,771
dyed blonde, one-inch
roots, slumped shoulders,
318
00:15:03,801 --> 00:15:06,788
a pouch big enough to hide cats in.
319
00:15:06,823 --> 00:15:09,103
She's the only marsupial
on the police force.
320
00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:11,525
- Peggy barely worked in the field.
- Wait, whoa.
321
00:15:11,645 --> 00:15:13,165
Peggy?
322
00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:15,267
Is he talking about
Peggy York, Ito's wife?!
323
00:15:15,387 --> 00:15:17,041
It sickens me that she's a captain.
324
00:15:17,072 --> 00:15:18,647
I refuse to take orders from her.
325
00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,859
She's as far from a
policeman as I've seen.
326
00:15:20,898 --> 00:15:23,445
Hell, she's as far from
a woman as I've seen.
327
00:15:23,565 --> 00:15:25,238
She just sucked and f...
328
00:15:28,179 --> 00:15:29,508
What did he just say?
329
00:15:29,544 --> 00:15:31,010
He says that she sucked...
330
00:15:31,046 --> 00:15:32,493
Is he saying that-that...
331
00:15:32,613 --> 00:15:35,148
Oh, I... cannot believe this!
332
00:15:35,183 --> 00:15:38,871
Jesus! Our star witness
insulting the judge's wife!
333
00:15:38,890 --> 00:15:41,621
Yep, not only does Fuhrman hate
blacks, he hates Peggy York,
334
00:15:41,646 --> 00:15:43,485
the highest ranking woman in the LAPD.
335
00:15:43,505 --> 00:15:45,505
- Didn't she sign the affidavits?
- Sure...
336
00:15:45,658 --> 00:15:47,155
when Ito was assigned to the case,
337
00:15:47,194 --> 00:15:50,112
Peggy claimed she had no memory
of any dealings with Fuhrman.
338
00:15:50,151 --> 00:15:52,898
Which seems hard to
believe since we learned
339
00:15:52,933 --> 00:15:55,204
she reprimanded him for writing "KKK"
340
00:15:55,228 --> 00:15:57,235
on a Martin Luther King poster.
341
00:15:57,270 --> 00:16:01,176
Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
342
00:16:01,296 --> 00:16:03,537
So, which means she can be
called as a material witness,
343
00:16:03,574 --> 00:16:06,010
in which case, Ito has
to disqualify himself,
344
00:16:06,045 --> 00:16:07,645
which means we're looking at a mistrial.
345
00:16:08,823 --> 00:16:11,211
That's $6 million of taxpayer money.
346
00:16:11,234 --> 00:16:12,377
One year of work.
347
00:16:12,408 --> 00:16:13,750
We're looking at a mistrial?
348
00:16:13,797 --> 00:16:17,020
Shit, the constituents will freak out.
349
00:16:17,266 --> 00:16:20,890
This screams gross incompetence.
350
00:16:34,256 --> 00:16:36,404
Marcia, let's take a deep breath here.
351
00:16:37,277 --> 00:16:39,141
Do we want a mistrial?
352
00:16:39,406 --> 00:16:40,934
Start over.
353
00:16:40,935 --> 00:16:42,892
Learn from our mistakes.
354
00:16:43,012 --> 00:16:46,081
Do it without Fuhrman.
355
00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:52,787
We are in perilous waters.
356
00:16:52,822 --> 00:16:55,148
The prosecution can
manipulate this situation.
357
00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,092
Marcia and Chris are in
trouble, their case is dying.
358
00:16:58,128 --> 00:17:01,062
Suddenly, they get thrown a
life preserver, Peggy on tape.
359
00:17:01,097 --> 00:17:03,430
So they game it, Ito gets
tossed for the conflict,
360
00:17:03,466 --> 00:17:05,266
they get a new trial.
361
00:17:05,301 --> 00:17:07,034
Jesus, a complete do-over.
362
00:17:07,070 --> 00:17:09,428
W-Wait a minute, try the case again?
363
00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,153
We-we can't, we can't
live through this again.
364
00:17:11,165 --> 00:17:13,804
And they could move the
trial back to Santa Monica,
365
00:17:13,837 --> 00:17:14,478
get a white jury.
366
00:17:14,513 --> 00:17:15,965
And this time they don't call Fuhrman,
367
00:17:15,989 --> 00:17:20,137
the LAPD doesn't get tarnished,
and the tapes never get played.
368
00:17:20,169 --> 00:17:22,462
The scenario is unthinkable.
369
00:17:22,486 --> 00:17:24,751
We are this close to
them being admitted.
370
00:17:26,404 --> 00:17:27,853
Does Ito even know yet?
371
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:31,596
My wife is mentioned on these tapes?
372
00:17:31,627 --> 00:17:32,950
Yes, Your Honor.
373
00:17:33,070 --> 00:17:35,541
And it's quite derogatory.
374
00:17:36,324 --> 00:17:37,334
Terrible things.
375
00:17:37,358 --> 00:17:40,699
Uh, it's a delicate
situation for all of us.
376
00:17:40,928 --> 00:17:42,001
Delicate how?
377
00:17:42,121 --> 00:17:44,184
The interactions Fuhrman described,
378
00:17:44,224 --> 00:17:46,790
given their explosive vocabulary,
379
00:17:47,024 --> 00:17:49,158
would seem to make it hard
for Peggy to forget him.
380
00:17:53,755 --> 00:17:55,713
So the implication is that Peggy lied
381
00:17:55,752 --> 00:17:57,758
so that I could be on this case.
382
00:18:01,055 --> 00:18:03,653
This whole situation is toxic.
383
00:18:06,725 --> 00:18:10,047
All right, I don't want
there to be any insinuation
384
00:18:10,057 --> 00:18:11,662
that we tried to keep this contained,
385
00:18:11,701 --> 00:18:16,032
so this conversation should
continue in open court.
386
00:18:16,067 --> 00:18:18,167
Thank you. If you'll excuse me.
387
00:18:19,957 --> 00:18:21,470
Your Honor.
388
00:18:33,752 --> 00:18:35,489
A concern has been raised
389
00:18:35,501 --> 00:18:39,452
regarding the court's ability
to be fair and impartial.
390
00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:44,692
It could be argued that
the court would not want
391
00:18:44,728 --> 00:18:47,092
the court's wife to be embarrassed.
392
00:18:47,212 --> 00:18:49,634
And what's unfortunate
393
00:18:49,646 --> 00:18:53,267
is that things are said
about people all the time,
394
00:18:53,302 --> 00:18:55,769
things that are not accurate,
395
00:18:55,804 --> 00:18:59,206
not kind, disparaging.
396
00:19:01,543 --> 00:19:05,779
I love my wife dearly
397
00:19:05,814 --> 00:19:09,651
and I am... wounded
398
00:19:09,687 --> 00:19:13,586
by criticism of her,
as any spouse would be.
399
00:19:14,288 --> 00:19:17,190
And, uh...
400
00:19:18,475 --> 00:19:20,003
I think that it would be reasonable
401
00:19:20,038 --> 00:19:23,562
to assume that... that
could have some impact.
402
00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:29,201
Women who work in
male-dominated professions,
403
00:19:29,236 --> 00:19:31,236
I think, are tougher than most.
404
00:19:31,907 --> 00:19:35,707
And if they are successful,
they are almost always...
405
00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:37,742
targets for this kind of treatment.
406
00:19:39,445 --> 00:19:43,151
There is also an argument
that this court, in ruling,
407
00:19:43,173 --> 00:19:46,050
might be motivated to
punish Detective Fuhrman
408
00:19:46,085 --> 00:19:50,688
for making these
statements about his wife.
409
00:19:50,808 --> 00:19:53,262
So it cuts both ways.
410
00:19:55,024 --> 00:19:58,397
This may be a conflict for me,
which could trigger a mistrial,
411
00:19:58,432 --> 00:20:04,067
so... I think that another
judge has to determine
412
00:20:04,102 --> 00:20:07,404
whether or not this case
can remain before this court.
413
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:30,471
This is insane.
414
00:20:30,484 --> 00:20:32,796
You couldn't get away
with this plot twist
415
00:20:32,808 --> 00:20:34,759
in an airport paperback.
416
00:20:40,962 --> 00:20:43,972
So... what should we do?
417
00:20:44,007 --> 00:20:47,041
Chris, I've been thinking
about this constantly.
418
00:20:47,531 --> 00:20:50,184
The problem is, it's too risky.
419
00:20:50,304 --> 00:20:52,349
If it's perceived that
we pushed for mistrial,
420
00:20:52,361 --> 00:20:53,531
it would trigger double jeopardy,
421
00:20:53,550 --> 00:20:56,934
and in that version, O.J. walks.
422
00:20:57,054 --> 00:20:59,195
Can you imagine the public reaction?
423
00:21:10,778 --> 00:21:12,705
What, you think I
wouldn't want a do-over?
424
00:21:13,322 --> 00:21:15,255
I would love to do
over all of my mistakes.
425
00:21:15,270 --> 00:21:16,342
Do over my life,
426
00:21:16,382 --> 00:21:17,744
do over my marriage.
427
00:21:20,922 --> 00:21:22,884
We have to plow forward.
428
00:21:39,559 --> 00:21:40,590
Oh...
429
00:21:45,461 --> 00:21:47,846
Your Honor, we don't
want to leave our court.
430
00:21:47,966 --> 00:21:49,987
We fought to get the tapes.
431
00:21:50,107 --> 00:21:52,436
They are hard evidence.
432
00:21:52,471 --> 00:21:54,558
The district attorney's star witness
433
00:21:54,590 --> 00:21:56,523
was caught lying under oath.
434
00:21:56,570 --> 00:21:58,408
He committed perjury.
435
00:21:58,911 --> 00:22:01,766
Now, the part that
relates to the judge's wife
436
00:22:01,813 --> 00:22:04,329
is very, very small.
437
00:22:04,357 --> 00:22:06,558
And because we don't want a mistrial,
438
00:22:06,581 --> 00:22:10,269
we propose that the tapes
be given to Judge Ito
439
00:22:10,457 --> 00:22:13,822
with that part redacted.
440
00:22:16,402 --> 00:22:19,897
Well... I'm going to require time
441
00:22:19,921 --> 00:22:21,510
to review this constellation
442
00:22:21,526 --> 00:22:24,172
of tapes and transcripts and records.
443
00:22:24,292 --> 00:22:27,429
Only after I have a
comprehensive understanding
444
00:22:27,453 --> 00:22:29,204
can I make a decision.
445
00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:41,887
Gotta wait for this judge to get
a "comprehensive understanding."
446
00:22:41,915 --> 00:22:44,162
How long? Things cannot be left to whim.
447
00:22:44,193 --> 00:22:45,947
Cochran, you have to trust the system.
448
00:22:45,978 --> 00:22:48,468
- We need to turn up the pressure.
- Pressure?!
449
00:22:48,507 --> 00:22:50,457
You want to turn up the pressure?!
450
00:22:50,492 --> 00:22:52,547
This city is about to explode!
451
00:22:52,570 --> 00:22:55,395
We have enough pressure!
452
00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:10,933
Mmm...
453
00:23:19,462 --> 00:23:22,853
I told you not to use Fuhrman!
454
00:23:22,888 --> 00:23:26,190
Now, how many times did I say it?
455
00:23:26,226 --> 00:23:28,292
"He's damaged goods." I
mean, I said it and I said it,
456
00:23:28,328 --> 00:23:31,462
but you just didn't take me seriously.
457
00:23:34,901 --> 00:23:37,171
You know, you put me on this trial
458
00:23:37,201 --> 00:23:40,433
because you wanted a black
face, but the truth is,
459
00:23:40,485 --> 00:23:42,649
you never wanted a black voice.
460
00:23:55,507 --> 00:23:56,767
Good afternoon.
461
00:23:56,887 --> 00:23:59,948
I'd like to introduce
members of our coalition.
462
00:24:01,012 --> 00:24:03,086
Miss Geraldine Washington,
463
00:24:03,206 --> 00:24:05,872
president of the local NAACP,
464
00:24:05,911 --> 00:24:08,997
Mr. John Mack, head of the Urban League,
465
00:24:09,033 --> 00:24:11,893
Mr. Danny Bakewell of
the Brotherhood Crusade,
466
00:24:12,013 --> 00:24:14,835
and the esteemed Reverend Frank Higgins
467
00:24:14,871 --> 00:24:16,774
of the Baptist Ministers Conference.
468
00:24:16,786 --> 00:24:19,073
Can we give them all a round of applause
469
00:24:19,108 --> 00:24:21,809
as our speaker of the
hour comes to the podium?
470
00:24:24,514 --> 00:24:25,972
We demand an immediate
471
00:24:26,003 --> 00:24:28,725
federal and state
investigation of these tapes.
472
00:24:28,739 --> 00:24:29,271
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
473
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:29,601
Right!
474
00:24:29,721 --> 00:24:33,008
We demand full disclosure
to calm a community
475
00:24:33,023 --> 00:24:35,251
unsettled by the
reports of their content.
476
00:24:35,290 --> 00:24:35,994
- Right.
- Yeah!
477
00:24:36,023 --> 00:24:39,242
- It goes way beyond O.J.
- Yeah!
478
00:24:39,297 --> 00:24:40,944
People are angry
479
00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:43,564
that these tapes confirm
what we've always known.
480
00:24:43,599 --> 00:24:44,665
- Yeah!
- Yeah.
481
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:47,567
Racist officers unjustly imprison,
482
00:24:48,428 --> 00:24:50,694
beat and kill African-Americans
483
00:24:50,732 --> 00:24:52,205
and other people of color.
484
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,373
My God, this is terrible.
485
00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:55,939
I tried to stop him.
486
00:24:55,958 --> 00:24:58,744
I want our leaders to listen
487
00:24:59,196 --> 00:25:01,647
and to listen very carefully.
488
00:25:01,683 --> 00:25:04,083
Release these tapes.
489
00:25:04,941 --> 00:25:07,620
Because this community is a powder keg
490
00:25:07,638 --> 00:25:10,885
capable of repeating
the actions of 1992.
491
00:25:10,904 --> 00:25:13,578
- Release the tapes.
- Release the tapes!
492
00:25:13,597 --> 00:25:15,032
- Release the tapes!
- Release the tapes!
493
00:25:15,050 --> 00:25:18,222
Jesus. Johnnie's
threatening another riot.
494
00:25:18,234 --> 00:25:19,664
Release the tapes!
495
00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:20,890
Release the tapes!
496
00:25:20,915 --> 00:25:23,340
- Release the tapes!
- Release the tapes!
497
00:25:23,365 --> 00:25:25,914
- Release the tapes!
- Release the tapes!
498
00:25:33,339 --> 00:25:34,758
Release the Juice!
499
00:25:35,815 --> 00:25:37,300
In the O.J. Simpson trial,
500
00:25:37,332 --> 00:25:39,622
the court handed down a
decision that Judge Ito
501
00:25:39,632 --> 00:25:42,181
will be able to rule on
the Mark Fuhrman tapes.
502
00:25:42,216 --> 00:25:43,782
A hearing is scheduled for today
503
00:25:43,790 --> 00:25:45,681
and a ruling is expected soon
504
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:49,187
on the highly controversial
and incendiary tapes.
505
00:26:05,738 --> 00:26:08,153
Your Honor,
506
00:26:08,176 --> 00:26:10,974
this issue can be decided with dispatch.
507
00:26:11,010 --> 00:26:13,226
We will present portions
of that transcript
508
00:26:13,255 --> 00:26:15,186
that are relevant to the credibility
509
00:26:15,205 --> 00:26:16,326
of Detective Fuhrman.
510
00:26:16,382 --> 00:26:17,914
30 occasions
511
00:26:18,144 --> 00:26:19,363
in which he uses the word
512
00:26:19,390 --> 00:26:22,474
"nigger" in a racially offensive context
513
00:26:22,531 --> 00:26:24,420
and which directly contradict
514
00:26:24,802 --> 00:26:27,369
the testimony he presented under oath.
515
00:26:27,802 --> 00:26:29,417
And we will also present
516
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:32,305
an additional 17 extracts
517
00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:35,964
where Detective Fuhrman speaks,
with personal experience,
518
00:26:36,254 --> 00:26:38,166
about police misconduct,
519
00:26:38,672 --> 00:26:40,468
planting of evidence,
520
00:26:40,503 --> 00:26:42,119
commission of perjury,
521
00:26:42,145 --> 00:26:44,955
and the presentation of cover-ups
522
00:26:45,001 --> 00:26:46,631
and false testimony
523
00:26:46,693 --> 00:26:48,547
in court proceedings.
524
00:26:52,715 --> 00:26:55,515
This is the hardest thing I've
ever had to do as a prosecutor.
525
00:26:56,819 --> 00:26:58,786
I don't want to be in the position
526
00:26:58,821 --> 00:27:00,788
of defending Mark Fuhrman.
527
00:27:01,602 --> 00:27:05,626
My job is to defend Ron and Nicole.
528
00:27:06,544 --> 00:27:08,194
The victims.
529
00:27:08,868 --> 00:27:10,029
But the bottom line
530
00:27:10,065 --> 00:27:12,032
is not Fuhrman.
531
00:27:12,152 --> 00:27:14,167
It's the concrete evidence.
532
00:27:14,202 --> 00:27:16,271
The defense just wants
to inflame the jury
533
00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:18,544
so they forget about the
facts and vote emotionally.
534
00:27:21,336 --> 00:27:23,929
I hope this very cynical
view will be proven wrong
535
00:27:24,049 --> 00:27:26,678
and the jury will rise to
the occasion and say, "No.
536
00:27:26,713 --> 00:27:29,248
We are going to look at the evidence."
537
00:27:31,059 --> 00:27:33,775
Because the rest of
this stuff is irrelevant.
538
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,160
I submit these cases...
539
00:27:42,195 --> 00:27:44,095
numerous cases...
540
00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:46,697
where racial epithets
were deemed immaterial.
541
00:27:47,525 --> 00:27:49,667
I beg of you, Your Honor,
542
00:27:49,702 --> 00:27:51,651
act on precedent.
543
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:56,407
Do not let the jurors hear these tapes.
544
00:27:57,709 --> 00:28:00,547
I am begging you from my soul.
545
00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:47,155
Any nigger driving a
Porsche who doesn't have
546
00:28:47,190 --> 00:28:49,742
a $300 suit on, you can always stop...
547
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:51,391
Anything out of a nigger's mouth,
548
00:28:51,426 --> 00:28:52,781
the first five sentences is a lie.
549
00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:55,229
People don't want Mexicans.
They don't want anybody
550
00:28:55,264 --> 00:28:56,826
but good people. Doesn't Ito have
551
00:28:56,851 --> 00:28:58,967
an impossible decision on his hands?
552
00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:00,450
The judge has no choice.
553
00:29:00,481 --> 00:29:03,853
He has to play the tapes. They exist.
554
00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:05,187
I don't envy the guy.
555
00:29:05,222 --> 00:29:06,539
I mean, pardon my French,
556
00:29:06,575 --> 00:29:08,540
but he-he's screwed either way.
557
00:29:21,341 --> 00:29:22,421
All rise.
558
00:29:22,456 --> 00:29:25,123
Department 103 is now in session,
559
00:29:25,158 --> 00:29:27,458
the Honorable Lance A. Ito presiding.
560
00:29:30,465 --> 00:29:31,529
Good morning.
561
00:29:42,048 --> 00:29:45,118
Over the recess, I've
had the opportunity
562
00:29:45,130 --> 00:29:47,418
to contemplate the issues at hand.
563
00:29:47,650 --> 00:29:49,346
Now, I have not yet decided
564
00:29:49,382 --> 00:29:50,817
what tape excerpts are appropriate
565
00:29:50,818 --> 00:29:52,213
for the jury to hear.
566
00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,708
However, I think that there is
567
00:29:54,741 --> 00:29:56,808
an overriding public interest
568
00:29:56,855 --> 00:29:58,437
in the defense's offer.
569
00:29:58,805 --> 00:30:01,193
And I don't want there
to be any impression
570
00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:03,826
that the court would ever
suppress any information.
571
00:30:04,168 --> 00:30:06,296
These tapes
572
00:30:06,651 --> 00:30:09,198
have become a matter
of national concern.
573
00:30:10,072 --> 00:30:11,123
Many entities
574
00:30:11,162 --> 00:30:13,069
have asked that they become public.
575
00:30:13,104 --> 00:30:15,203
So what I'm going to suggest...
576
00:30:17,308 --> 00:30:18,173
is that the defense
577
00:30:18,208 --> 00:30:20,842
play its presentation to
the court in its entirety.
578
00:30:21,860 --> 00:30:24,712
"National concern"? This
is a double homicide,
579
00:30:24,748 --> 00:30:26,915
- Your Honor, not Iran-Contra!
- Ms. Clark?
580
00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,282
The court in its wisdom
has made a determination.
581
00:30:29,295 --> 00:30:30,541
Why do we have to broadcast this?
582
00:30:30,546 --> 00:30:32,086
Truth, Ms. Clark, the truth.
583
00:30:32,121 --> 00:30:34,121
The court hides nothing from the people.
584
00:30:34,157 --> 00:30:35,256
- The truth?
- Nothing.
585
00:30:35,692 --> 00:30:36,952
You've presented
586
00:30:36,984 --> 00:30:39,642
a defense that is
based completely on lies
587
00:30:39,677 --> 00:30:41,137
and deceptions!
588
00:30:41,192 --> 00:30:42,729
Just teasing the public,
589
00:30:42,765 --> 00:30:44,231
the media by throwing them
590
00:30:44,267 --> 00:30:45,561
bits of the tapes.
591
00:30:45,584 --> 00:30:47,839
Inflaming the public's
passions in an attempt
592
00:30:47,886 --> 00:30:50,302
to exert political
pressure over His Honor.
593
00:30:50,334 --> 00:30:52,638
In an attempt to pressure
the court into admitting
594
00:30:52,674 --> 00:30:54,441
in the Fuhrman tapes. Mr. Darden!
595
00:30:54,476 --> 00:30:55,842
This case is a circus!
596
00:30:56,127 --> 00:30:58,411
And the defense has
made it into a circus.
597
00:30:58,710 --> 00:31:00,832
And the court has allowed
them to walk all over...
598
00:31:00,847 --> 00:31:03,030
Mr. Darden, you are close
to being held in contempt!
599
00:31:03,077 --> 00:31:05,191
Well, I should be held in contempt!
600
00:31:06,561 --> 00:31:08,787
There is nothing funny here!
601
00:31:09,745 --> 00:31:10,745
Mr. Darden.
602
00:31:11,155 --> 00:31:13,725
Chris, calm down.
603
00:31:14,317 --> 00:31:15,317
Don't.
604
00:31:16,113 --> 00:31:17,781
Mr. Darden!
605
00:31:17,901 --> 00:31:19,065
Mr. Darden!
606
00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:22,216
I am warning you.
607
00:31:22,259 --> 00:31:23,582
A good piece of advice...
608
00:31:23,627 --> 00:31:25,780
take three deep
breaths, then contemplate
609
00:31:25,801 --> 00:31:27,924
what you are about to say next.
610
00:31:37,950 --> 00:31:39,550
I would like counsel, Your Honor.
611
00:31:49,628 --> 00:31:52,329
All right, Mr. Darden,
you can have counsel.
612
00:31:52,364 --> 00:31:54,864
Do you wish to call your
counsel at this time, Mr. Darden?
613
00:32:14,781 --> 00:32:17,291
I would like to be heard
on behalf of Mr. Darden,
614
00:32:17,411 --> 00:32:18,786
Your Honor.
615
00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:21,427
Ms. Clark, do you represent
616
00:32:21,437 --> 00:32:22,469
Mr. Darden in this matter?
617
00:32:22,508 --> 00:32:24,669
I don't know if I'm legally entitled to.
618
00:32:24,685 --> 00:32:26,704
But I would like to be heard.
619
00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:29,210
Mr. Darden is simply responding
620
00:32:29,257 --> 00:32:31,798
to the unfair events that have
occurred in this courtroom today
621
00:32:31,833 --> 00:32:32,933
and other days.
622
00:32:32,968 --> 00:32:34,216
The court has been exploited
623
00:32:34,263 --> 00:32:36,002
by counsel for cross-purposes.
624
00:32:36,038 --> 00:32:37,837
Ms. Clark, I think perhaps
625
00:32:37,873 --> 00:32:39,942
you need to take ten
deep breaths, for you also
626
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,829
are about to be held in contempt.
627
00:32:43,512 --> 00:32:46,012
Shall I take off my watch and jewelry?
628
00:33:12,349 --> 00:33:13,781
Your Honor?
629
00:33:15,885 --> 00:33:17,719
Perhaps some of my
comments may have been, um,
630
00:33:17,747 --> 00:33:20,845
uh, somewhat inappropriate.
631
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,846
I apologize to the court.
632
00:33:22,881 --> 00:33:25,382
I meant no disrespect.
633
00:33:32,995 --> 00:33:35,603
All right, Mr. Darden,
I accept your apology.
634
00:33:35,723 --> 00:33:38,929
I apologize to you for
my reaction as well.
635
00:33:39,717 --> 00:33:41,570
You and I have known each
other for a number of years,
636
00:33:41,585 --> 00:33:43,954
and I know that your
response was out of character,
637
00:33:43,985 --> 00:33:45,201
so thank you.
638
00:33:46,056 --> 00:33:48,104
Thank you, Your Honor.
639
00:33:52,544 --> 00:33:53,653
No justice!
640
00:33:53,692 --> 00:33:56,311
No peace! No justice! No peace!
641
00:33:56,347 --> 00:33:58,713
No justice! No peace!
642
00:33:58,749 --> 00:34:00,749
No justice! No peace!
643
00:34:00,784 --> 00:34:03,152
No justice! No peace!
644
00:34:03,187 --> 00:34:04,853
No justice! No peace!
645
00:34:04,888 --> 00:34:07,366
No justice! No peace...
646
00:34:07,416 --> 00:34:09,697
Yeah, yeah.
647
00:34:10,490 --> 00:34:12,171
Let's go, after you.
648
00:34:12,189 --> 00:34:13,894
- Johnny.
- No justice! No peace!
649
00:34:13,929 --> 00:34:15,963
No justice! No peace...
650
00:34:15,998 --> 00:34:17,265
Thank you for coming.
651
00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,267
Yes, no justice, no peace.
652
00:34:19,302 --> 00:34:21,271
No justice, no peace.
653
00:34:41,607 --> 00:34:43,990
I had 66 allegations of brutality.
654
00:34:44,025 --> 00:34:46,326
Like, two of my buddies
were shot and ambushed.
655
00:34:47,026 --> 00:34:48,368
I was first unit on the scene.
656
00:34:48,408 --> 00:34:50,740
Four suspects ran into an
apartment in the projects.
657
00:34:50,763 --> 00:34:52,298
We kicked the door
down, I grabbed a girl
658
00:34:52,333 --> 00:34:54,032
that lived there,
grabbed her by the hair
659
00:34:54,068 --> 00:34:56,101
and stuck a gun to her head,
and used her as a barricade.
660
00:34:56,136 --> 00:34:58,103
I walked up and I said,
"I've got this girl.
661
00:34:58,138 --> 00:34:59,371
"I'll blow her fucking brains out
662
00:34:59,407 --> 00:35:01,106
if you come out with a gun."
663
00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:03,707
I held her, then I threw
the bitch down the stairs.
664
00:35:04,318 --> 00:35:06,915
- Can we use that in the story?
- Sure.
665
00:35:07,624 --> 00:35:09,136
It hasn't been seven years.
666
00:35:09,256 --> 00:35:10,281
Statute of limitations.
667
00:35:11,385 --> 00:35:12,750
I have 300-something pages
668
00:35:12,785 --> 00:35:14,239
of internal affairs investigation
669
00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:15,703
just on that one incident.
670
00:35:16,087 --> 00:35:17,560
We basically tortured those guys.
671
00:35:17,591 --> 00:35:20,225
We broke their bones until
their faces were mush.
672
00:35:20,260 --> 00:35:22,841
There was blood all the way to
the ceiling and finger marks,
673
00:35:22,867 --> 00:35:24,861
like they were trying to crawl out.
674
00:35:24,896 --> 00:35:26,863
It was unbelievable...
there was blood everywhere.
675
00:35:27,871 --> 00:35:28,965
How do you intellectualize
676
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,994
when you punch the hell out of a nigger?
677
00:35:31,041 --> 00:35:32,646
He either deserves it or he doesn't.
678
00:35:32,677 --> 00:35:34,804
Falsifying a report? Whatever.
679
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,773
That's putting a criminal in jail.
680
00:35:36,808 --> 00:35:38,174
That's being a policeman.
681
00:35:39,621 --> 00:35:41,899
Does that police station
have the smell of niggers?
682
00:35:42,580 --> 00:35:45,281
They've been beaten and
killed in there for 30 years.
683
00:35:46,293 --> 00:35:47,922
Immediately after we beat those guys,
684
00:35:47,961 --> 00:35:49,589
we found a garden hose in the back.
685
00:35:49,620 --> 00:35:50,773
We had blood all over us.
686
00:35:50,796 --> 00:35:52,621
With a dark blue
uniform, you don't see it.
687
00:35:52,675 --> 00:35:54,210
But we had to wash our hands.
688
00:35:54,758 --> 00:35:57,058
It looked like red paint.
689
00:35:57,483 --> 00:35:58,671
We cleaned our badges.
690
00:35:58,705 --> 00:36:00,082
We cleaned our faces.
691
00:36:00,821 --> 00:36:02,855
Then we went out to direct traffic.
692
00:36:30,748 --> 00:36:32,374
What happened in there.
693
00:36:33,145 --> 00:36:35,188
This is now the Fuhrman trial.
694
00:36:35,665 --> 00:36:38,272
This is not a trial
695
00:36:38,308 --> 00:36:40,474
about the man
696
00:36:40,510 --> 00:36:43,477
that murdered my son!
697
00:36:44,131 --> 00:36:47,082
We came to this court
698
00:36:47,117 --> 00:36:49,204
months ago...
699
00:36:49,324 --> 00:36:51,586
You know, I just realized something.
700
00:36:51,621 --> 00:36:52,298
What's that?
701
00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:57,091
Mark Fuhrman's initials are MF.
702
00:36:57,126 --> 00:37:00,027
I guess that's funny.
703
00:37:00,062 --> 00:37:03,330
But I don't feel like laughing.
704
00:37:06,419 --> 00:37:09,568
It seems like...
705
00:37:09,844 --> 00:37:13,172
like it's all over.
706
00:37:13,809 --> 00:37:15,808
Ito could save our asses.
707
00:37:16,245 --> 00:37:18,344
He could decide it's all irrelevant
708
00:37:18,379 --> 00:37:20,179
and not let the jurors hear anything.
709
00:37:20,215 --> 00:37:20,924
Come on, Marcia.
710
00:37:20,958 --> 00:37:22,041
They'll hear.
711
00:37:22,091 --> 00:37:24,432
A couple conjugal
visits is all it takes.
712
00:37:24,552 --> 00:37:25,881
Number of instances in which
713
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,501
he seems to be bragging about
the worst police misconduct.
714
00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:31,233
He seems to be bragging about the fact
715
00:37:31,272 --> 00:37:34,459
that he is a bad police officer.
716
00:37:42,369 --> 00:37:45,736
I'm so sorry I didn't listen to you.
717
00:37:47,141 --> 00:37:49,359
You deserved better.
718
00:37:53,375 --> 00:37:55,594
I know I'm too stubborn.
719
00:37:55,625 --> 00:37:59,349
I always refuse to back down.
720
00:37:59,385 --> 00:38:01,317
It's a problem.
721
00:38:12,223 --> 00:38:15,331
I shouldn't have bet on Fuhrman.
722
00:38:18,869 --> 00:38:20,378
Well...
723
00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,671
if we're apologizing...
724
00:38:24,074 --> 00:38:27,375
then I'm sorry as shit
about those gloves.
725
00:38:40,101 --> 00:38:42,646
Guess we should've
listened to each other.
726
00:38:55,295 --> 00:38:57,179
I got some work to do.
727
00:39:06,615 --> 00:39:07,615
These tapes
728
00:39:07,641 --> 00:39:10,900
expose the ugly reality of the LAPD.
729
00:39:10,928 --> 00:39:13,108
It can never again be denied.
730
00:39:13,138 --> 00:39:15,428
And we only hope and
pray that Chief Williams
731
00:39:15,849 --> 00:39:18,924
follows through on
his promise of change.
732
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,641
Eh, I trust that's
enough for your story.
733
00:39:21,664 --> 00:39:22,972
And thank you.
734
00:39:23,092 --> 00:39:24,652
- What?
- Ito is releasing the decision.
735
00:39:24,684 --> 00:39:25,701
Yes.
736
00:39:25,821 --> 00:39:27,165
Come on, come on, come on.
737
00:39:37,955 --> 00:39:39,611
No, Give me. Give me.
738
00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:40,732
Give me. No.
739
00:39:40,744 --> 00:39:41,784
- No.
- No.
740
00:39:41,904 --> 00:39:43,200
No, it's a nightmare.
741
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:44,394
Ito shafted us.
742
00:39:44,404 --> 00:39:45,803
He's disallowing all the beatings,
743
00:39:45,833 --> 00:39:47,310
all the manufacture of evidence.
744
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:49,131
My God, he's only
allowing in two sentences.
745
00:39:49,146 --> 00:39:50,587
"We have no niggers where I grew up.
746
00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:51,687
And that's where the niggers live."
747
00:39:51,718 --> 00:39:53,785
- All Ito cares about is the perjury!
- The perjury, yes!
748
00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:55,452
Fuhrman testified that
he didn't say the word.
749
00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:56,906
So two sentences prove otherwise.
750
00:39:56,930 --> 00:39:58,707
What about the other 13 hours?!
751
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:00,226
Uh, "The-The-Their value
752
00:40:00,252 --> 00:40:01,964
"is overwhelmingly outweighed
753
00:40:01,995 --> 00:40:03,836
by the danger of undue prejudice."
754
00:40:03,956 --> 00:40:05,915
"Prejudice"... that's
a hell of a word to use.
755
00:40:05,927 --> 00:40:07,762
Bring the whole team down here
756
00:40:07,882 --> 00:40:09,548
and call up every network!
757
00:40:09,668 --> 00:40:12,541
Shawn, dry them tears, girl. Let's go!
758
00:40:15,231 --> 00:40:17,677
13 hours of tapes down to two sentences.
759
00:40:17,707 --> 00:40:20,153
In the history of American
jurisprudence, never...
760
00:40:20,154 --> 00:40:21,408
Johnnie, stop!
761
00:40:21,450 --> 00:40:23,180
You're turning this into a referendum.
762
00:40:23,300 --> 00:40:25,090
Now, granted, it's a mixed decision,
763
00:40:25,145 --> 00:40:27,014
but Ito's given us enough to work with.
764
00:40:27,047 --> 00:40:28,018
Bob, you're blind.
765
00:40:28,042 --> 00:40:30,372
He's knocked out the
manufacturing of evidence.
766
00:40:30,403 --> 00:40:32,564
That's what gets us
to the planted glove.
767
00:40:32,582 --> 00:40:33,945
Now, look, I appreciate your passion.
768
00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:35,940
But we've been hired to defend a client,
769
00:40:35,950 --> 00:40:37,609
not to burn down a city.
770
00:40:37,654 --> 00:40:40,207
Now, I'm sorry that you're
disappointed, and I understand...
771
00:40:40,222 --> 00:40:42,332
No, you don't! That's impossible.
772
00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:44,106
There is no way you can understand
773
00:40:44,117 --> 00:40:46,717
what this is like, Bob.
774
00:40:51,094 --> 00:40:53,014
It's one of the cruelest,
775
00:40:53,063 --> 00:40:55,877
unfairest decisions ever rendered.
776
00:40:55,997 --> 00:40:57,571
It lends credence to all those who say
777
00:40:57,601 --> 00:41:00,179
the criminal justice system is corrupt.
778
00:41:00,644 --> 00:41:03,570
Now, Judge Ito is misleading this jury.
779
00:41:03,690 --> 00:41:07,002
Now, all the world knows
who Mark Fuhrman really is,
780
00:41:07,041 --> 00:41:08,802
except our jury.
781
00:41:09,028 --> 00:41:12,795
Our jury will be left in the dark.
782
00:41:12,915 --> 00:41:15,801
O.J. Simpson has been wrongly accused
783
00:41:15,921 --> 00:41:19,537
and framed, and the cover-up continues.
784
00:41:19,573 --> 00:41:23,355
Now, I know that many people
785
00:41:23,475 --> 00:41:25,709
share in our anger,
786
00:41:25,744 --> 00:41:28,592
but the citizens of Los Angeles
787
00:41:28,641 --> 00:41:31,882
should remain calm.
788
00:41:38,606 --> 00:41:39,804
Here, baby.
789
00:41:39,843 --> 00:41:40,843
Thank you.
790
00:41:47,465 --> 00:41:49,141
I'm still trembling.
791
00:41:51,587 --> 00:41:53,003
I'd...
792
00:41:53,038 --> 00:41:55,546
I'd hoped to accomplish so much.
793
00:41:55,666 --> 00:41:58,971
Johnnie... you have.
794
00:41:59,091 --> 00:42:01,332
Johnnie, you have.
795
00:42:01,387 --> 00:42:03,736
Those two lines say plenty.
796
00:42:08,884 --> 00:42:10,658
I feel like I failed.
797
00:42:14,731 --> 00:42:17,759
All those hours of tape
798
00:42:17,879 --> 00:42:21,110
and the jury will only hear 12 words.
799
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,123
But the world...
800
00:42:25,243 --> 00:42:27,253
they heard the whole truth.
801
00:42:29,834 --> 00:42:31,791
The hell with O.J. Simpson.
802
00:42:31,911 --> 00:42:33,461
He is an imperfect vessel,
803
00:42:33,494 --> 00:42:38,645
but you... you... got
your message out there.
804
00:42:40,686 --> 00:42:42,799
I'm proud of you, Johnnie.
805
00:43:09,209 --> 00:43:10,708
Boo!
806
00:43:23,605 --> 00:43:25,329
We call Detective Mark Fuhrman
807
00:43:25,330 --> 00:43:27,177
to resume the witness stand.
808
00:44:28,121 --> 00:44:31,130
It's hard to be hated by both sides.
809
00:44:31,250 --> 00:44:34,568
It takes a man of certain character.
810
00:44:38,699 --> 00:44:39,971
All right. Good afternoon, Detective.
811
00:44:39,998 --> 00:44:41,438
Good afternoon, Your Honor.
812
00:44:41,477 --> 00:44:44,143
You are reminded, Detective,
that you are still under oath.
813
00:44:45,646 --> 00:44:48,159
- Mr. Cochran, you may proceed.
- Thank you, Your Honor.
814
00:45:08,921 --> 00:45:10,221
Detective Fuhrman,
815
00:45:10,256 --> 00:45:11,869
was the testimony you gave
816
00:45:11,893 --> 00:45:13,175
at the preliminary hearing in this case
817
00:45:13,201 --> 00:45:14,611
completely truthful?
818
00:45:22,230 --> 00:45:24,799
I wish to assert my
Fifth Amendment privilege.
819
00:45:28,065 --> 00:45:30,228
Detective Fuhrman, have you ever
820
00:45:30,238 --> 00:45:32,351
falsified a police report?
821
00:45:34,771 --> 00:45:36,938
I wish to assert my
Fifth Amendment privilege.
822
00:45:39,995 --> 00:45:42,613
Detective Fuhrman, is it your intention
823
00:45:42,630 --> 00:45:44,571
to assert your Fifth Amendment privilege
824
00:45:44,595 --> 00:45:47,087
with respect to all questions I may ask?
825
00:45:48,065 --> 00:45:49,623
Yes.
826
00:45:49,743 --> 00:45:51,737
- Your Honor, may I have a moment?
- Of course.
827
00:45:51,776 --> 00:45:52,776
Thank you.
828
00:45:58,084 --> 00:45:58,827
Your Honor,
829
00:45:58,867 --> 00:46:01,336
can we curtail this performance piece?
830
00:46:01,371 --> 00:46:02,671
The witness has already made clear
831
00:46:02,695 --> 00:46:04,500
that he will not answer
any further questions.
832
00:46:04,531 --> 00:46:06,058
Actually, Your Honor,
833
00:46:06,308 --> 00:46:08,650
may I ask just one last question?
834
00:46:11,281 --> 00:46:13,559
- Thank you.
- Oh.
835
00:46:16,785 --> 00:46:19,048
Detective Fuhrman...
836
00:46:19,096 --> 00:46:22,785
did you plant or manufacture
any evidence in this case?
837
00:46:32,724 --> 00:46:35,403
I assert my Fifth Amendment privilege.
838
00:46:41,824 --> 00:46:43,952
No further questions, Your Honor.
839
00:46:49,145 --> 00:46:51,082
Thank you.
840
00:47:08,948 --> 00:47:10,656
Johnnie is a genius!
841
00:47:10,695 --> 00:47:12,261
Did you see what happened in there?
842
00:47:12,381 --> 00:47:13,755
Oh, man!
843
00:47:13,802 --> 00:47:15,101
Fuhrman framed me!
844
00:47:15,221 --> 00:47:16,221
He framed me!
845
00:47:16,269 --> 00:47:18,164
That was something, huh?
846
00:47:18,284 --> 00:47:20,737
That was a real success for the defense.
847
00:47:20,972 --> 00:47:23,027
Well, I won't be wearing
these much longer.
848
00:47:24,830 --> 00:47:27,037
Oh, man, that was magical!
849
00:47:27,791 --> 00:47:29,249
Johnnie's got charisma, man.
850
00:47:29,287 --> 00:47:30,045
Whoo!
851
00:47:30,108 --> 00:47:32,376
Oh. That was something!
852
00:47:32,426 --> 00:47:34,017
Oh!
853
00:47:36,047 --> 00:47:38,406
Bobby, have a good night, huh?
854
00:47:40,331 --> 00:47:41,630
Wow...
855
00:47:41,665 --> 00:47:42,709
Wow.
856
00:47:45,665 --> 00:47:46,529
Marcia!
857
00:47:46,592 --> 00:47:48,391
I've been looking for you.
858
00:47:48,441 --> 00:47:49,568
The ruling just came in.
859
00:47:49,587 --> 00:47:50,639
The ruling?
860
00:47:51,197 --> 00:47:52,837
What did Ito do now?
861
00:47:52,893 --> 00:47:54,252
Ito? No.
862
00:47:54,372 --> 00:47:55,974
The ruling on your divorce.
863
00:48:07,547 --> 00:48:09,588
I got primary custody.
864
00:48:11,007 --> 00:48:12,892
So you got everything.
865
00:48:18,530 --> 00:48:23,530
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