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(dog barking)
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(rumble of car engine)
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(barking continues)
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We got this call,
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and I didn't know
whose house it was.
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I had never been on a
call there but
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there had been 10, 11, 12
officers that had been
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on various calls over the years.
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Simpson is standing
on the left side
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of the driveway, by the shrubs,
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holding a baseball bat.
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Nicole is sitting
on the front part
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of a 450SL Mercedes,
windshield smashed in,
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and she's bawling,
heaving, I mean,
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almost uncontrollably.
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He's got this look on his face,
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like he's going to do battle.
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And I say, "Put the bat down."
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And he's got this look,
this rage look.
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I said, "Put the bat down."
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He didn't do it the second time.
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I took out my baton, and
I said, "Put it down now."
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And then all of a sudden
there was this calm
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that came over his face,
he dropped it,
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and he goes,
"Oh, sorry, Officer."
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And I went over, and
she was still crying,
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and I said, "Do you
want to make a report?"
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And she goes, "No."
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I remember saying
this because it was...
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I think expressing
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my displeasure
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that she was allowing
herself to be treated like this.
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I said, "It's your life."
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(somber music)
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Alright, let the
record reflect that
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we have been rejoined by all
members of our jury panel.
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Mr. Darden, you may continue.
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Did that search
warrant authorize you
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to drill a hole in a safe
deposit box at Union Bank?
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Yes.
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Whose safe deposit box was it?
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Nicole Brown Simpson.
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Recognize that item?
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Yes, it was in
a sealed envelope
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that was contained inside
the safe deposit box.
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The strategy had
been to open the case
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with a couple weeks of
domestic violence evidence.
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Did you remove that Polaroid
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from Nicole Brown's
safe deposit box?
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Yes, I did.
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Do you know who
took that photograph?
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I did.
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The swelling
over her right eye.
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That isn't how she
usually looked, is it?
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No, it's not.
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Going to present
all that evidence
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in an effort to knock Simpson
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off the iconic pedestal
on which he stood.
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And you mentioned
that pictures
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began flying off the walls.
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How did they come
flying off the wall?
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O.J. Was walking up the
hall, or up the staircase,
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and he started throwing them.
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He took them off
the wall and started
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throwing them down.
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Did the defendant
say anything?
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He wanted her
out of his house,
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and he threw her up
against the wall,
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and the eyes got real angry.
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It wasn't as if it
was O.J. Anymore.
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I was so disappointed.
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I just had no
comprehension about it,
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no knowledge.
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What did the defendant say
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about your sister's weight
while she was pregnant?
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He used to call her a fat pig.
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It's like finding out
your wife's a bad person,
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you know?
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911 Emergency, (inaudible)?
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I heard a female screaming.
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Hello?
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I definitely felt for Nicole.
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And then I heard
someone being hit.
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(taped screams)
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You know, I looked at him,
"You're a pretty bad person."
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He's capable of outbursts.
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(inaudible) in
the living room!
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If you have the personality,
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you can physically abuse women.
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I don't want to
stay on the line.
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He's going to beat
the shit out of me.
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Wait a minute.
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Well, then to me, you're also
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capable of murdering that woman.
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She felt like she
was in imminent danger,
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and so we made it life...
I made it life threatening.
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Miss Brown, directing
your attention
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to June 12, 1994.
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Had you and your
parents and your sister
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planned to go somewhere
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after the recital was over?
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Yes we did, we were
going out to dinner.
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Okay, and where were
you planning to go?
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We were going to
Mezzaluna Restaurant.
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The domestic violence
testimony was the 'why' of it.
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Did you invite
the defendant to go
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to the Mezzaluna?
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No, I did not.
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Did you hear
anyone else invite
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the defendant to go
to the Mezzaluna?
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No, I did not.
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Abusers blame their victims
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forthe cycle of violence,
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and on that particular
night I think it all
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came to a head for him.
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He went to the recital,
and the Mezzaluna
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date was made,
he was not included,
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and then he tries to reach
Paula later that night,
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at 10:03, calling her twice,
when he was in the Bronco.
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She was not there.
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And I think that was
the last straw for him.
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He was abandoned by Nicole,
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he was abandoned by Paula,
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and that's why we're here.
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There's a
connection with abuse,
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and could it lead to death?
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Sure.
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But I don't think
they proved that.
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How many times
did you hear her
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shout, "He's going to kill me,
he's going to kill me,"?
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Four or five times.
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Let me tell you,
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I lose respect for
any woman that take
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an ass-whupping when
she don't have to.
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Don't stay in the water
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if it's over your head.
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You'll drown.
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They did not get it.
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They just didn't care.
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They got it, I mean, you know,
it's not that complicated.
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They didn't care.
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So...
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Our hearts sank.
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We thought, we are
really going to have
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a tough time if our
jurors don't understand
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how this is relevant.
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The last thing I told her
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is that I loved her.
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Knowing what I
believed I knew,
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I still refused to testify.
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But, I get a call from
Chris Darden, he said,
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"Look, you know, you
don't, you're not going
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to testify, but I need
you to come down here.
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I've got to ask you
a couple of questions.
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Would you please?"
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I went, "Okay."
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Chris is sitting there,
and he goes,
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"Hey, man, how you doing,
what's going on?"
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30, 45 seconds goes by,
someone went,
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"Chris, you've
got a phone call."
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He goes, "Oh, Ron,
be right back."
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And as I'm sitting there,
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I look in front of me, you know,
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where Chris was sitting,
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I see this book,
and it has a big Ron
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and Nicole on it.
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I opened it up.
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And I see these beautiful
pictures of Nicole,
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with her modeling.
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I keep opening it,
nice pictures of Ron.
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And all of a sudden, I get
to the actual homicide pictures.
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Now, I've seen a million
homicide pictures,
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I've been in, I don't
know how many homicides
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in my 15 years as
an L.A.P.D. Cop.
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But all of a sudden you
look at some pictures
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of somebody you actually know.
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Looked at those pictures,
it changed me.
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It changed me.
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Everybody always
beating cops up.
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Man, there's a lot
of stuff that we see,
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and we suppress.
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I'll never forget the
first homicide that I saw.
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Oh, it was, um...
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excuse me.
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It was a 19-year-old girl.
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(police radio chatter)
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We got a call.
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When I went up there,
she was totally nude.
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She had been beaten to a pulp,
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and discarded in
the parking lot.
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I was like, "what kind
of guy would do this?"
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She was 19 years old.
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I couldn't even,
I couldn't make out her face,
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because it was beaten in so bad.
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Blonde hair.
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And we got a call that
the guy turned himself in.
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We went and picked him up.
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And I sat in the back
seat with this guy.
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I wanted to kill him.
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I mean, all I thought
about is this is somebody's
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daughter, sister, whatever,
that's never coming home.
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Oh, when I saw
Nicole's pictures,
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that was the same
thing, I felt like that,
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with O.J.
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Only an animal would
do something like this
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to the mother of your kids.
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Chris came back,
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and when he sat down,
I said, "I'm testifying."
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He said, "what?"
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I said, "I'm testifying."
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The People call Ron Shipp
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to the stand, Ron.
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To the stand, Mr. Shipp.
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Raise your right hand, please.
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Do you solemnly swear or
affirm that the testimony
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you're about give will be
the truth, the whole truth
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and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
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Yes, I do.
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Please be seated.
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Traitor.
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Judas.
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Ronald Shipp.
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R-o-n-a-l-d.
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Becky called him Judas.
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And what did
the defendant say?
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He kind of jokingly
just said, you know,
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you know, to be honest,
Shipp, that's what
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he called me, Shipp.
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He said, "I've had some
dreams of killing her."
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This is my one moment
to help put somebody
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who's responsible for
Nicole and Ron's murder,
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put them in prison.
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Do you and the defendant
remain friends today?
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Well, I still
love the guy, but...
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I don't know, I mean,
this is a weird situation.
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I'm sitting here.
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You say you still love him.
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Sure.
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Did he tell the truth?
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Yeah.
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But anybody's that's credible,
what do you have to do?
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Nothing further.
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You have to destroy them.
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You drink a lot, don't you?
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I used to.
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You've had a drinking problem,
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haven't you?
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In the past I have.
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They painted him out to be
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an alcoholic, womanizer.
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Isn't it true, Sir, that
you were with a friend,
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other than your wife.
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Yes I was.
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She was blonde, was she not?
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It was a friend of my
wife's, that's correct.
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I see.
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And when you were at his home,
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in the dark, with the blonde,
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who wasn't your wife,
who's here in court,
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you did ask that he bring
you a bottle of wine.
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Didn't you?
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That's correct.
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They destroyed him.
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You're not really this
man's friend, are you, Sir?
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Well, I guess you could say
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I was like everybody else.
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One of his servants.
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I did police stuff
for him all the time,
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I ran license plates.
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You weren't the kind of
friend that he would share
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some private secret
with, were you, Sir?
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Nothing except for
the 1989 beating,
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where he needed me.
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When they started
lying, and they came
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up with all these
different things.
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Isn't it true,
Sir, that you have
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told Mr. Simpson's friend that
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if Mr. Simpson
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weren't around,
you might have a shot
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at Nicole Brown
Simpson yourself?
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No, I did not.
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He looked at me with
that O.J. Simpson smile.
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And, oh, I felt
that hate come back.
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I felt it come back.
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Mr. Douglas, I hope you get
your facts straight, okay?
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Hold on, hold on.
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You're attacking me.
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Hold on, Mr. Shipp.
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This is sad, O.J.,
this is really sad.
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Your Honor, I
move to strike that.
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I was like, "This guy
deserves to rot in hell."
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I do remember that I
was told, you know,
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after I did make that
decision to testify,
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"You're not alone."
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And I saw a list, they
said, "These are the ones
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that are going
to be testifying."
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But after they got
through with me,
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everybody got amnesia.
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I will not have the blood
of Nicole on Ron Shipp.
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I can sleep at night,
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unlike a lot of others.
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Mr. Shipp.
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I think that was
the first person that
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it became evident that
everybody's expendable.
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That if the Titanic sank,
O.J. Was going to take
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a life vest for himself,
but he's going to probably
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take yours, too, just in case.
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He was a fighter,
he was a hustler,
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he was a competitor.
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To survive,
to get to where he was,
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he had to be good, and he was.
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I was struck by
how engaged he was.
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That when we're
in court that day,
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you'll recall, usually I'm
sitting next to him when we
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talk about that, you
know what I mean?
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In a lot of cases,
the defendant is really
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sort of incidental.
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You really have the sense
that it's legal team
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versus legal team,
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whereas I did have
the sense that he was
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a significant player
within his own team.
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O.J. Was brilliant
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in terms of how things played.
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You say that the
conversation with Mr. Simpson
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was eating you up.
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Is that your statement?
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That's correct.
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And did you hope to exorcise
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this pain from your body.
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He would give
me more than a few
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tongue lashings
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to make sure that
I would communicate
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in a way that would
convey the image
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that he thought would be best.
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I remember I had some
spittle on my mouth.
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And he said, "wipe your mouth!"
"Wipe the spit off your mouth!"
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He took me to the woodshed.
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But I was 39 years old,
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working on behalf of O.J.
Simpson and on television.
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I'm living the life of all
my colleagues would dream.
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So, if I had to eat
a little cheese,
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while being on TV, that was
a small price for me to pay.
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What was remarkable
about him was
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his ability to turn
on the charisma.
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And it, like that.
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In a moment, he could smile.
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He knew when the
camera was on him
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in that courtroom,
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and he would be, have a
really benign expression.
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And when the camera
moved away from him,
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the face fell.
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00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:11,998
Everything that
happened in that courtroom
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was by design.
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Who sat where, what
colors they wore,
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what ties they wore.
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Some days, it would
be very irritating
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to see the games the
defense was playing
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when they would
put on those ties,
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that kente cloth.
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00:17:28,884 --> 00:17:30,477
Stop it.
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He's communicating
to thejury.
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I know Johnnie well enough,
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I know how he works.
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00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,855
Now the prosecution,
Miss Clark.
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They're insulting you.
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They're insulting
the intelligence,
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and the credibility
of this jury.
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When they implied that
we are in some way
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trying to manipulate a
predominantly blackjury
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by my wearing this
African tribal tie.
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(laughter)
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That's an insult to this jury,
and I am personally offended.
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Not only on my behalf,
but also on the behalf
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of my esteemed colleagues.
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Mr. Shapiro...
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Mr. Bailey...
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And Mr. Scheck.
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I had spent a lot of
time thinking about cameras
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in the courtroom.
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The camera is going
to be out to about here.
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It was supposed to
be something that would
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00:18:16,298 --> 00:18:19,359
really elevate the
country's understanding
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of the American legal system.
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Having the cameras
in the courtroom
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allows everyone to see how
a trial really proceeds,
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so then they see the actual
evidence, as it's being
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00:18:27,543 --> 00:18:30,603
brought out, and
that's a good thing.
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00:18:31,180 --> 00:18:33,410
But that's not what happened.
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There was no internet.
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00:18:36,385 --> 00:18:37,978
There was no MSNBC.
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00:18:38,153 --> 00:18:39,382
There was no FOX.
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00:18:39,555 --> 00:18:41,523
There was one
cable news network,
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00:18:41,690 --> 00:18:45,593
and CNN covered the
case gavel to gavel.
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00:18:45,961 --> 00:18:48,522
This case was everywhere.
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00:18:49,132 --> 00:18:50,565
The Simpson Trial,
by any standard,
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00:18:50,733 --> 00:18:52,700
is a very, very big news story.
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In this country,
the O.J. Simpson.
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00:18:54,637 --> 00:18:56,103
At the O.J. Simpson Trial.
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00:18:56,272 --> 00:18:57,431
There are some big decisons
to report in the O.J.
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More on the O.J. Simpson
story tonight on Nightline,
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and tomorrow night on 20l20.
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00:19:02,577 --> 00:19:05,171
I think before O.J.,
what was the biggest story?
403
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,177
The Lindbergh kidnapping.
404
00:19:09,052 --> 00:19:11,612
I can't think of
one bigger than O.J.
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00:19:11,988 --> 00:19:15,014
Where celebrity drove the story.
406
00:19:15,190 --> 00:19:16,180
On the 3 Network Newscast,
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00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,258
the Simpson story has
been given more time
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00:19:18,428 --> 00:19:22,330
in two months than any
other topic this year.
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00:19:22,497 --> 00:19:25,092
There is a ravenous
public appetite forthis,
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00:19:25,267 --> 00:19:27,258
and the fact of the
matter is, it is one whale
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00:19:27,437 --> 00:19:29,132
of a good story.
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00:19:29,305 --> 00:19:32,502
O.J.'s celebrity status clearly
made it a big time story.
413
00:19:32,675 --> 00:19:36,406
But I think the fact that
you had the interracial
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angle there kind ofjuiced
it and I think it had
415
00:19:39,247 --> 00:19:42,649
a little extra pizzazz.
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00:19:43,151 --> 00:19:45,313
Here is a black
man, in America,
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00:19:45,488 --> 00:19:48,013
who is accused of
killing a white woman.
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00:19:48,190 --> 00:19:51,182
Black hero
killing white woman.
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00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:54,090
Black men killing white
women, nowthat happens.
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00:19:54,263 --> 00:19:55,525
Nobody cares.
421
00:19:55,698 --> 00:20:00,327
But black American hero
killing white woman
422
00:20:00,803 --> 00:20:04,067
was a giant thing.
423
00:20:06,308 --> 00:20:10,006
It was branded as the
'trial of the century',
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00:20:10,179 --> 00:20:13,080
and my mother said, "If
O.J. Had killed Marguerite,
425
00:20:13,248 --> 00:20:15,113
this would not be the
trial of the century,
426
00:20:15,284 --> 00:20:17,218
and his black ass
would be in jail."
427
00:20:20,757 --> 00:20:24,784
The Simpson Case never
felt like a real murder case.
428
00:20:25,728 --> 00:20:27,661
It felt like a media circus.
429
00:20:31,667 --> 00:20:33,497
I would walk out the
door, and there would be
430
00:20:33,669 --> 00:20:35,569
the press standing right
there with microphones,
431
00:20:35,738 --> 00:20:38,206
and cameras and
I'm wearing a white dress,
432
00:20:38,373 --> 00:20:40,432
and the press is holding
microphones in my face,
433
00:20:40,610 --> 00:20:42,544
and saying, "what's the
significance of the white dress?"
434
00:20:42,711 --> 00:20:44,043
"What does it mean?"
435
00:20:44,212 --> 00:20:46,373
You know, it was clean.
436
00:20:48,851 --> 00:20:51,411
There was a certain
amount of denial
437
00:20:51,586 --> 00:20:54,454
I was living in in
terms of how much
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00:20:54,623 --> 00:20:58,458
attention I would get
at any given point.
439
00:20:58,628 --> 00:21:00,425
As you can see,
Clark is smack-dab
440
00:21:00,595 --> 00:21:02,359
in the middle of
a national debate,
441
00:21:02,532 --> 00:21:03,759
and it has nothing
whatsoever to do
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00:21:04,132 --> 00:21:06,101
with the O.J. Simpson trial.
443
00:21:06,268 --> 00:21:09,397
Here's more on the
story from Judy Muller.
444
00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:10,766
I really hated it.
445
00:21:11,140 --> 00:21:12,698
The coverage of
it became, you know,
446
00:21:12,874 --> 00:21:14,399
real infotainment.
447
00:21:14,576 --> 00:21:16,408
O.J. Girlfriend in Playboy,
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00:21:16,579 --> 00:21:18,170
O.J. Girlfriend
before Grand Jury.
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00:21:18,346 --> 00:21:20,644
O.J. Defense Tip
Hotline unplugged.
450
00:21:20,816 --> 00:21:23,546
O.J. Houseboy's girlfriend
holds news conference.
451
00:21:23,719 --> 00:21:25,619
The O.J. Stories are everywhere.
452
00:21:25,787 --> 00:21:28,256
So is the ET coverage.
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00:21:28,423 --> 00:21:31,291
Ourjob is to tell
people what happened today,
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00:21:31,459 --> 00:21:33,223
and what was important.
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00:21:33,396 --> 00:21:36,524
We have lost sight of
giving people the news
456
00:21:36,699 --> 00:21:38,166
in terms of its significance.
457
00:21:38,334 --> 00:21:41,167
We're giving it to them in terms
of what we think simply
458
00:21:41,336 --> 00:21:46,206
is the most titillating and
the most ratings-grabbing.
459
00:21:46,374 --> 00:21:47,864
You think he'd be
there for you the way
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00:21:47,864 --> 00:21:49,126
you were there for him?
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00:21:49,403 --> 00:21:52,030
The celibacy thing,
I don't know about.
462
00:21:52,522 --> 00:21:55,651
There was so much hand-
wringing at TV networks,
463
00:21:55,744 --> 00:21:57,177
and at The New York Times.
464
00:21:57,344 --> 00:21:58,504
There was one editor at
The Times who was quoted
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00:21:58,679 --> 00:22:01,376
as saying, "Now I find
myself reading the Enquirer
466
00:22:01,550 --> 00:22:04,451
every week, and chasing
leads out of it."
467
00:22:04,619 --> 00:22:07,349
I think we have
to ask at what point
468
00:22:07,608 --> 00:22:09,838
do what should be
journalistic decisions
469
00:22:09,864 --> 00:22:11,923
become marketing decisions?
470
00:22:12,668 --> 00:22:15,262
I think a lot of the elitism
went out of the mainstream
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00:22:15,438 --> 00:22:17,167
media at that point.
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00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:19,831
And they're like, "well, if
this is what people want,
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00:22:20,209 --> 00:22:21,506
this is what we're
going to give them."
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00:22:21,677 --> 00:22:23,440
Tonight the woman
who calls herself
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Nicole Brown Simpson's
best friend, Faye Resnick.
476
00:22:27,550 --> 00:22:31,486
If Nicole was caught talking
to the gas station attendant,
477
00:22:31,653 --> 00:22:33,849
he would make it seem as
if she was having an affair
478
00:22:34,223 --> 00:22:35,382
with him.
479
00:22:35,557 --> 00:22:37,526
The cameras in the
courtroom, I think,
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00:22:37,692 --> 00:22:40,821
gave too much notoriety
to the witnesses.
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00:22:41,197 --> 00:22:42,788
I heard a thumping noise.
482
00:22:42,965 --> 00:22:44,398
How many thumps did you hear?
483
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Three.
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00:22:45,368 --> 00:22:47,267
(thud, thud, thud)
485
00:22:47,436 --> 00:22:48,527
Someone pointed out and said,
486
00:22:48,704 --> 00:22:49,466
"There's Kato Kaelin."
487
00:22:49,639 --> 00:22:51,162
I'll say, "Oh, yeah."
488
00:22:51,340 --> 00:22:53,364
And I'll gawk like
everybody else.
489
00:22:53,542 --> 00:22:57,444
The same can be said
for all the attendants,
490
00:22:57,613 --> 00:23:01,879
in the courtroom, I mean,
I remember one day
491
00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:05,743
I saw Marcia and she said,
"Larry King is in chambers
492
00:23:05,921 --> 00:23:07,548
with Judge lto."
493
00:23:10,275 --> 00:23:11,174
Did you talk
about him possibly
494
00:23:11,343 --> 00:23:12,106
appearing on your show?
495
00:23:18,433 --> 00:23:20,493
They made everyone
celebrities.
496
00:23:38,462 --> 00:23:40,828
I understood
money and attorneys,
497
00:23:40,997 --> 00:23:42,964
reputation and celebrity.
498
00:23:43,133 --> 00:23:44,566
And who am I?
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00:23:44,733 --> 00:23:46,598
I'm a nobody.
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I am nobody.
501
00:23:58,013 --> 00:24:01,074
I began to get some
insight into Fuhrman,
502
00:24:02,419 --> 00:24:05,012
and I said, "There's
thejugular vein."
503
00:24:06,455 --> 00:24:08,651
All we have to do is cut that.
504
00:24:08,825 --> 00:24:11,725
And there's nothing
left of consequence.
505
00:24:12,929 --> 00:24:14,863
He was going to
be theirfall guy.
506
00:24:15,030 --> 00:24:16,588
We all knew it.
507
00:24:16,766 --> 00:24:18,996
But they were going to go
after him any way they could.
508
00:24:20,436 --> 00:24:21,597
We heard from a
guy that Fuhrman
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00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:24,604
wanted ajob in South Africa.
510
00:24:25,709 --> 00:24:27,142
He wanted to be in a
force where you could
511
00:24:27,511 --> 00:24:31,948
shoot niggers that have not
been accused of anything.
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00:24:34,751 --> 00:24:37,584
Another witness said
Fuhrman had pulled her over,
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00:24:37,753 --> 00:24:40,746
and when he did a Corvette
went by with a black
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00:24:40,924 --> 00:24:43,825
guy driving and a nice
looking white girl.
515
00:24:43,993 --> 00:24:47,623
And Fuhrman spewed
out a line of epithets
516
00:24:47,797 --> 00:24:50,595
about how
unconstitutional that was,
517
00:24:50,767 --> 00:24:54,031
for this guy to be running
around with a white woman.
518
00:24:55,838 --> 00:24:58,433
These stories were hair-raising.
519
00:25:00,210 --> 00:25:02,677
These allegations get more
outrageous by the minute.
520
00:25:02,846 --> 00:25:05,838
And I'm stricken again
by the preposterousness
521
00:25:06,016 --> 00:25:07,813
of the claims of the defense.
522
00:25:07,983 --> 00:25:09,473
The people respectfully
submit to the court
523
00:25:09,653 --> 00:25:11,018
that what we have
here is not a defense,
524
00:25:11,188 --> 00:25:12,780
it's a smear campaign.
525
00:25:12,955 --> 00:25:15,185
We made him a central part,
526
00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:17,753
consistent with the themes
527
00:25:17,927 --> 00:25:20,020
that he's the boogeyman.
528
00:25:21,698 --> 00:25:24,565
Who is Mark Fuhrman,
and what was he like?
529
00:25:25,234 --> 00:25:27,725
I got a bunch of calls
from black police officers,
530
00:25:27,904 --> 00:25:31,567
who said, "Fuhrman is
absolutely not a racist."
531
00:25:31,741 --> 00:25:33,902
His former commanding
officer, who happens
532
00:25:34,077 --> 00:25:38,513
to be black, told me
that he was one of those
533
00:25:38,682 --> 00:25:40,706
people who made
the most remarkable
534
00:25:40,884 --> 00:25:42,818
turnaround, and became
such an exceptional
535
00:25:42,985 --> 00:25:46,251
detective, and was
really a good guy.
536
00:25:47,691 --> 00:25:48,953
Joining us now
is the former chief
537
00:25:49,125 --> 00:25:51,958
of the Los Angeles Police
Department, Daryl Gates.
538
00:25:54,931 --> 00:25:57,923
We knew that the police
department would take
539
00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,092
a very defensive posture.
540
00:26:00,270 --> 00:26:01,760
I think the record
supports the fact
541
00:26:01,938 --> 00:26:03,929
that Mark was a
good police officer.
542
00:26:04,107 --> 00:26:06,575
That he was a nice young man.
543
00:26:06,742 --> 00:26:07,971
He was not a racist,
he was this and that.
544
00:26:08,144 --> 00:26:11,203
The better he played to us.
545
00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:12,877
You cannot take the words
546
00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:14,516
of a defense team as the gospel
547
00:26:14,684 --> 00:26:16,914
in the city of Los Angeles.
548
00:26:19,789 --> 00:26:21,518
(applause)
549
00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:24,559
There was one glove
found at the crime scene.
550
00:26:24,828 --> 00:26:27,729
Its match was
found at his house
551
00:26:27,896 --> 00:26:29,865
bearing the blood
and hair and fiber
552
00:26:30,032 --> 00:26:32,023
from Ron and Nicole.
553
00:26:32,234 --> 00:26:34,931
How does it get more
incriminating than that?
554
00:26:35,638 --> 00:26:37,071
And that's why the defense knew
555
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,799
they had to knock
out that glove.
556
00:26:39,975 --> 00:26:41,636
I had to go.
557
00:26:41,810 --> 00:26:42,971
One way or another.
558
00:26:43,145 --> 00:26:46,604
Atruck hitting me,
they would have done
559
00:26:46,782 --> 00:26:50,081
whatever it took
to get rid of me.
560
00:26:51,921 --> 00:26:55,185
None of them thought that
I planted that glove.
561
00:26:55,357 --> 00:26:59,157
But they wanted the
question to loom.
562
00:27:00,195 --> 00:27:03,654
I am convinced that
glove was placed there.
563
00:27:03,867 --> 00:27:06,994
We call that framing
a guilty man.
564
00:27:07,737 --> 00:27:09,897
I mean, look, cops
plant guns, I mean,
565
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,301
why do you think
they plant guns?
566
00:27:11,674 --> 00:27:13,232
They don't plant guns
on somebody who they
567
00:27:13,609 --> 00:27:15,975
perceive as innocent, they
plant guns on somebody
568
00:27:16,145 --> 00:27:19,843
who they think is a dirt
bag, and they had maybe
569
00:27:20,016 --> 00:27:22,916
a questionable shooting,
so they needed to place
570
00:27:23,086 --> 00:27:27,078
the other gun in order to
justify their shootings.
571
00:27:38,902 --> 00:27:42,770
Mark Fuhrman picked the
glove up at the scene,
572
00:27:42,939 --> 00:27:44,906
put it in a baggie,
and carried it with him
573
00:27:45,075 --> 00:27:49,375
until he had a chance,
with no witnesses, to plant it.
574
00:27:51,146 --> 00:27:54,138
Do you realize how
ignorant he sounds?
575
00:27:54,951 --> 00:27:58,250
You have a man that's
a famous attorney,
576
00:27:58,421 --> 00:28:01,720
that has made up
everything without a shred
577
00:28:01,891 --> 00:28:04,155
of evidence, and
then you have people
578
00:28:04,327 --> 00:28:07,125
hook, line and
sinker, go, "Yeah."
579
00:28:07,297 --> 00:28:10,391
I do not for
one second believe
580
00:28:10,767 --> 00:28:12,257
there was any sort
of conspiracy here.
581
00:28:12,434 --> 00:28:14,732
15 people were at the scene
before Fuhrman got there,
582
00:28:14,904 --> 00:28:16,838
and viewed the
left-handed glove.
583
00:28:17,006 --> 00:28:19,166
The right glove was
found behind the bungalow
584
00:28:19,342 --> 00:28:22,641
when he ran into the air
conditioner and dropped it.
585
00:28:23,011 --> 00:28:25,809
Fuhrman would have
been willing to sacrifice
586
00:28:25,982 --> 00:28:29,348
his career and be
convicted of a felony
587
00:28:29,719 --> 00:28:31,346
when he didn't know who did it.
588
00:28:31,721 --> 00:28:34,087
And on top of it, there's
absolutely no motivation
589
00:28:34,257 --> 00:28:37,420
for anyone to want to do this.
590
00:28:38,927 --> 00:28:41,692
O.J. Had sinned
591
00:28:41,865 --> 00:28:45,164
having a consort,
let alone a wife,
592
00:28:45,335 --> 00:28:46,996
of white race.
593
00:28:47,170 --> 00:28:49,866
It was a capital offense
in Fuhrman's mind.
594
00:28:50,039 --> 00:28:54,907
So that would justify
to him whatever he did.
595
00:28:55,377 --> 00:28:58,676
And he had come to O.J.'s house,
596
00:28:58,847 --> 00:29:00,440
when Nicole
complained to police,
597
00:29:00,817 --> 00:29:04,377
as she often did, that O.J.
Was going to beat her up.
598
00:29:04,753 --> 00:29:08,246
When Fuhrman got there,
they sent him home.
599
00:29:08,424 --> 00:29:11,019
No complaint.
600
00:29:11,294 --> 00:29:14,354
I think Mark Fuhrman
dwelled on it,
601
00:29:14,731 --> 00:29:17,426
and was inspired by it.
602
00:29:17,901 --> 00:29:20,096
The People call
Detective Mark Fuhrman.
603
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,998
Detective Fuhrman, can
you tell us how you feel
604
00:29:25,174 --> 00:29:27,006
about testifying today?
605
00:29:27,777 --> 00:29:29,210
Nervous.
606
00:29:29,378 --> 00:29:30,868
Reluctant.
607
00:29:31,047 --> 00:29:32,445
Will you tell us why?
608
00:29:32,816 --> 00:29:36,183
Since June 13th, it seems that
609
00:29:36,386 --> 00:29:38,945
I've seen a lot of the evidence
610
00:29:39,189 --> 00:29:41,782
ignored, and a lot
of personal issues
611
00:29:42,025 --> 00:29:44,084
come to the forefront.
612
00:29:45,295 --> 00:29:47,262
If I don't put him
on I basically can't
613
00:29:47,430 --> 00:29:49,329
put the glove into evidence.
614
00:29:50,098 --> 00:29:51,292
And if I don't do that,
it looks like an admission
615
00:29:51,468 --> 00:29:53,766
that it was planted.
616
00:29:53,936 --> 00:29:55,461
So I had no choice.
617
00:29:55,838 --> 00:29:57,136
What did you do next?
618
00:29:57,307 --> 00:29:59,036
I asked Mr. Kaelin if
anything unusual happened
619
00:29:59,209 --> 00:30:00,836
last night.
620
00:30:01,010 --> 00:30:03,478
He said he heard a crash,
or thump on his wall,
621
00:30:03,847 --> 00:30:05,314
he thought there was
going to be an earthquake,
622
00:30:05,482 --> 00:30:06,471
and his picture shook.
623
00:30:08,184 --> 00:30:10,117
He looks confident, he's
tall, he's nice looking,
624
00:30:10,286 --> 00:30:11,150
has nice hair.
625
00:30:12,188 --> 00:30:15,885
He came off as a
nice guy to the jury.
626
00:30:16,059 --> 00:30:17,184
I walked out of the driveway,
627
00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:18,384
and I started walking in
the direction going back
628
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,825
towards Kaelin's room.
629
00:30:20,997 --> 00:30:22,191
They had no
reason to doubt him.
630
00:30:22,365 --> 00:30:24,856
I continued walking
down the path,
631
00:30:25,068 --> 00:30:30,199
and saw what now I identified
as a possible glove.
632
00:30:31,574 --> 00:30:37,308
If he were telling the truth,
that would condemn O.J.
633
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,107
Thank you, Sir,
I have nothing further.
634
00:30:40,884 --> 00:30:43,318
Early, early, early on,
635
00:30:43,485 --> 00:30:46,818
Fuhrman had been a witness
636
00:30:46,990 --> 00:30:51,551
that Lee staked out,
and he wanted to take.
637
00:30:51,927 --> 00:30:55,829
I thought it required
to dismantle this guy,
638
00:30:55,999 --> 00:30:57,364
as he should be dismantled,
639
00:30:57,533 --> 00:30:59,262
the work of somebody with a lot
640
00:30:59,434 --> 00:31:02,301
of cross-examination experience.
641
00:31:02,872 --> 00:31:06,068
I was the only one on the
Defense team that fit that bill.
642
00:31:08,243 --> 00:31:09,438
He's one of my heroes.
643
00:31:09,612 --> 00:31:11,102
F. Lee Bailey.
644
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,145
Mr. Bailey, what do you think
645
00:31:12,315 --> 00:31:14,282
Sam Sheppard's chances
are of going free?
646
00:31:14,450 --> 00:31:15,973
Sam is free, and
he's going to stay
647
00:31:16,152 --> 00:31:19,883
that way and the odds
are astronomical.
648
00:31:20,455 --> 00:31:23,049
F. Lee Bailey was one
of the great criminal
649
00:31:23,259 --> 00:31:26,160
advocates of his time, for sure.
650
00:31:26,328 --> 00:31:28,991
He pioneered a lot of,
you know, great techniques
651
00:31:29,165 --> 00:31:31,223
as a criminal defense lawyer.
652
00:31:31,401 --> 00:31:33,198
As far as I'm concerned
right now, Lee Bailey
653
00:31:33,368 --> 00:31:36,235
is the doctor, he's a surgeon,
654
00:31:36,405 --> 00:31:39,204
and I do what he tells me.
655
00:31:40,143 --> 00:31:43,476
He was obviously a
man of great ability.
656
00:31:46,449 --> 00:31:49,179
Detective Fuhrman,
you went out there
657
00:31:49,351 --> 00:31:52,184
in the alley, where
you've never been before.
658
00:31:52,355 --> 00:31:53,286
Yes, I went in that pathway.
659
00:31:53,456 --> 00:31:56,117
You walked there
by yourself, correct?
660
00:31:56,291 --> 00:31:57,520
Yes.
661
00:31:57,893 --> 00:31:59,054
You had three
detectives, who were armed,
662
00:31:59,228 --> 00:32:02,094
in the house, and
didn't tell any of them
663
00:32:02,264 --> 00:32:04,255
where you were going, correct?
664
00:32:04,434 --> 00:32:06,128
That's correct.
665
00:32:07,503 --> 00:32:09,266
The purpose of a
cross-examination is to peel
666
00:32:09,438 --> 00:32:13,534
back the witness' outer skin,
667
00:32:13,909 --> 00:32:16,070
and let thejury see
what's underneath.
668
00:32:16,244 --> 00:32:19,043
If it's a saint, you're
going to get buried,
669
00:32:19,215 --> 00:32:21,206
but if it's a Fuhrman,
you'll be making money
670
00:32:21,384 --> 00:32:23,351
every minute of the day.
671
00:32:23,518 --> 00:32:26,146
Didn't it seem strange to you
672
00:32:26,322 --> 00:32:28,916
that after seven
and a half hours
673
00:32:29,192 --> 00:32:32,286
that glove still showed
moist, sticky blood,
674
00:32:32,462 --> 00:32:33,951
Detective Fuhrman?
675
00:32:34,262 --> 00:32:35,559
No, I knew
nothing at that time
676
00:32:35,931 --> 00:32:37,297
when it was deposited,
or left there.
677
00:32:37,467 --> 00:32:39,128
That's seven and a half hours.
678
00:32:39,302 --> 00:32:42,362
That's enough for
blood to dry, isn't it?
679
00:32:44,574 --> 00:32:46,507
Under certain conditions,
yes, I'm sure it would be.
680
00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:50,237
Unless it's
encased in plastic,
681
00:32:50,413 --> 00:32:53,347
or rubber, and
evaporation is stopped.
682
00:32:53,516 --> 00:32:55,416
Wouldn't you agree?
683
00:32:56,219 --> 00:32:58,050
No.
684
00:32:58,655 --> 00:33:02,112
I thought Mark
Fuhrman told the truth
685
00:33:02,291 --> 00:33:03,485
about what happened.
686
00:33:03,659 --> 00:33:09,257
But, F. Lee Bailey, in
his brief starturn,
687
00:33:09,431 --> 00:33:11,525
knew how to pin him down.
688
00:33:12,101 --> 00:33:13,193
Detective Fuhrman,
when you said
689
00:33:13,369 --> 00:33:15,132
earlier that you were
concerned about matters
690
00:33:15,304 --> 00:33:17,704
that you viewed as irrelevant,
691
00:33:18,074 --> 00:33:19,974
that was about certain
language that some
692
00:33:20,143 --> 00:33:21,302
find offensive.
693
00:33:21,476 --> 00:33:22,568
Yes.
694
00:33:22,744 --> 00:33:24,541
Okay.
695
00:33:25,248 --> 00:33:28,547
I tried to put my
best demeanor forward,
696
00:33:28,717 --> 00:33:31,083
and as professional as I could,
697
00:33:31,286 --> 00:33:34,255
but it was pure survival mode.
698
00:33:34,424 --> 00:33:36,449
Do you use the word nigger
699
00:33:36,626 --> 00:33:38,092
in describing people?
700
00:33:38,261 --> 00:33:39,454
No, sir.
701
00:33:39,628 --> 00:33:43,155
Have you used that word
in the past ten years?
702
00:33:43,465 --> 00:33:45,661
Not that I recall, no.
703
00:33:46,034 --> 00:33:47,501
You mean, if you
called someone a nigger,
704
00:33:47,670 --> 00:33:49,534
you have forgotten it?
705
00:33:52,507 --> 00:33:53,405
I'm not sure I can
answer that question
706
00:33:53,576 --> 00:33:55,703
the way you phrased it, Sir.
707
00:33:56,311 --> 00:33:59,338
I had a dozen
witnesses that would
708
00:33:59,514 --> 00:34:01,675
bury him as a racist,
709
00:34:02,050 --> 00:34:03,712
so I wanted him to lie.
710
00:34:04,087 --> 00:34:06,554
Do you have difficulty
understanding the question?
711
00:34:06,722 --> 00:34:08,713
- Yes.
- I'll rephrase.
712
00:34:09,092 --> 00:34:11,652
I want you to assume that
perhaps at some time,
713
00:34:12,027 --> 00:34:15,485
since 1985 or six,
you addressed a member
714
00:34:15,665 --> 00:34:19,100
of the African-American
race as a nigger.
715
00:34:19,469 --> 00:34:20,993
Is it possible that
you have forgotten
716
00:34:21,170 --> 00:34:23,229
that act on your part?
717
00:34:23,406 --> 00:34:25,306
No, it's not possible.
718
00:34:25,475 --> 00:34:26,635
No I didn't, yes I did.
719
00:34:26,809 --> 00:34:28,276
Which one's right?
720
00:34:28,444 --> 00:34:30,377
One you're lying,
one you're a racist.
721
00:34:30,546 --> 00:34:33,242
I whacked him
with it really hard.
722
00:34:33,415 --> 00:34:34,609
In the face.
723
00:34:34,783 --> 00:34:37,082
And you say under oath,
that you have not addressed
724
00:34:37,252 --> 00:34:40,620
any black person as a
nigger or spoken about black
725
00:34:40,790 --> 00:34:44,453
people as niggers in the past
10 years, Detective Fuhrman?
726
00:34:44,627 --> 00:34:45,787
That's what I'm saying, Sir.
727
00:34:46,162 --> 00:34:47,390
So that anyone who
comes to this court,
728
00:34:47,562 --> 00:34:50,361
and quotes you as
using that word,
729
00:34:50,533 --> 00:34:52,125
in dealing with
African-Americans
730
00:34:52,301 --> 00:34:54,165
would be a liar, would they
not, Detective Fuhrman?
731
00:34:54,337 --> 00:34:55,269
Yes, they would.
732
00:34:55,437 --> 00:34:56,132
All of them.
733
00:34:56,305 --> 00:34:57,499
- Correct?
- All of them.
734
00:34:57,673 --> 00:35:00,335
I didn't use that
word to people.
735
00:35:00,510 --> 00:35:04,276
Face to face, suspect to police.
736
00:35:05,715 --> 00:35:07,740
Had I ever used the word?
737
00:35:08,151 --> 00:35:10,210
Well, obviously, yes.
738
00:35:10,386 --> 00:35:12,411
That's all I have, Your Honor.
739
00:35:12,588 --> 00:35:15,182
Alright, thank you very much.
You're excused, Sir.
740
00:35:16,359 --> 00:35:20,591
Once Judge lto allowed
race into this trial,
741
00:35:20,763 --> 00:35:26,326
there was no escaping
anything for me.
742
00:35:27,370 --> 00:35:31,534
I had a visceral reaction
to Fuhrman's testimony.
743
00:35:31,707 --> 00:35:37,304
It just didn't seem credible.
744
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,846
Another cop, white cop.
745
00:35:40,216 --> 00:35:41,843
Prejudice, bias.
746
00:35:42,285 --> 00:35:44,253
Watch out.
747
00:35:46,823 --> 00:35:48,222
The way you work around
something like that
748
00:35:48,391 --> 00:35:52,452
is to deal with the
physical objective evidence
749
00:35:52,628 --> 00:35:54,528
that we had.
750
00:35:58,501 --> 00:36:00,799
This was a case about blood.
751
00:36:01,170 --> 00:36:04,628
That was the heart of the case.
752
00:36:05,608 --> 00:36:09,271
Simpson had cuts
on his left hand,
753
00:36:09,445 --> 00:36:10,673
particularly on
the middle knuckle.
754
00:36:10,847 --> 00:36:12,337
How did you get the
injury on your hand?
755
00:36:12,515 --> 00:36:14,415
I don't know.
756
00:36:14,584 --> 00:36:16,347
To the left hand
side of the bloody
757
00:36:16,519 --> 00:36:19,283
shoe prints, walking
away, there were five
758
00:36:19,455 --> 00:36:21,320
blood drops found.
759
00:36:23,426 --> 00:36:25,394
Those blood drops were tested
760
00:36:25,561 --> 00:36:28,792
through different DNAanalyses,
and by different labs,
761
00:36:29,165 --> 00:36:31,497
and it came back to Simpson.
762
00:36:33,402 --> 00:36:36,530
Quite simply,
that was Simpson's blood.
763
00:36:37,506 --> 00:36:40,600
Inside the Bronco we
have Nicole's blood,
764
00:36:40,776 --> 00:36:42,801
we have Ron's blood
smeared inside there,
765
00:36:43,179 --> 00:36:45,204
and we have O.J.'s blood.
766
00:36:47,483 --> 00:36:50,714
2.1 miles away from
the Bundy crime scene,
767
00:36:50,887 --> 00:36:53,651
we've got blood drops
in the driveway,
768
00:36:53,823 --> 00:36:56,383
blood drops inside the house.
769
00:36:57,660 --> 00:37:00,390
The best thing about
scientific evidence
770
00:37:00,563 --> 00:37:03,396
is that it's objective,
it doesn't have biases
771
00:37:03,566 --> 00:37:05,693
or prejudices, that's
why we concentrated
772
00:37:05,868 --> 00:37:07,631
so much on DNA
773
00:37:07,803 --> 00:37:11,398
we went to two labs, first
time ever that's been done.
774
00:37:11,807 --> 00:37:14,298
We gave them sample
after sample.
775
00:37:14,477 --> 00:37:16,741
We gave the opportunity
to prove that
776
00:37:16,913 --> 00:37:19,438
it wasn't O.J. Simpson.
777
00:37:19,815 --> 00:37:22,477
I could have been the
biggest hero, perhaps
778
00:37:22,652 --> 00:37:24,847
in Los Angeles, if not
the country, if I could
779
00:37:25,221 --> 00:37:26,813
have walked into court
a week after he'd
780
00:37:26,989 --> 00:37:28,616
been arrested, and
said, "Guess what?
781
00:37:28,791 --> 00:37:30,418
It's not O.J. Simpson."
782
00:37:30,593 --> 00:37:34,188
But all the DNA evidence
points to Mr. Simpson
783
00:37:34,363 --> 00:37:37,696
as being the person who
committed those horrible crimes.
784
00:37:59,622 --> 00:38:03,649
I think a lot of people
stayed supportive up until
785
00:38:03,826 --> 00:38:05,691
the DNA.
786
00:38:06,028 --> 00:38:12,263
I was 99.9% sure he was
the killer right then.
787
00:38:13,502 --> 00:38:15,595
As the results were coming in,
788
00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:16,931
Mr. Simpson was saying,
"Look, you know,
789
00:38:17,306 --> 00:38:19,240
I can't explain it,
790
00:38:19,408 --> 00:38:21,706
but it's not true."
791
00:38:22,845 --> 00:38:24,779
There were six
lawyers in court.
792
00:38:24,947 --> 00:38:28,007
Sometimes seven, nine
behind the scenes.
793
00:38:28,617 --> 00:38:32,348
There were two lawyers,
Barry and Johnnie.
794
00:38:32,521 --> 00:38:34,887
Barry did the science,
and Johnnie did
795
00:38:35,057 --> 00:38:36,888
everything else.
796
00:38:37,059 --> 00:38:39,027
And even Barry did
everything else.
797
00:38:39,395 --> 00:38:42,831
He had a single minded
focus, and purpose,
798
00:38:42,999 --> 00:38:48,562
and he emerged over
the course of the trial
799
00:38:48,738 --> 00:38:51,298
as second chair in the case.
800
00:38:51,474 --> 00:38:52,873
Good morning, Mr. Fung.
How are you, Sir?
801
00:38:53,042 --> 00:38:55,272
Morning.
802
00:38:55,444 --> 00:38:57,844
My favorite lawyer
was Barry Scheck.
803
00:38:58,014 --> 00:38:59,914
He was the most colorful.
804
00:39:00,082 --> 00:39:01,913
I thought he was brilliant.
805
00:39:02,084 --> 00:39:03,449
Why don't we talk
about the envelope
806
00:39:03,619 --> 00:39:04,813
for a minute.
807
00:39:05,654 --> 00:39:07,349
There was a key
piece of evidence
808
00:39:07,523 --> 00:39:09,616
which was the envelope
that Ronald Goldman
809
00:39:09,792 --> 00:39:12,022
was bringing back to Nicole,
810
00:39:12,395 --> 00:39:13,657
and there was some
foot impressions
811
00:39:13,829 --> 00:39:16,559
in blood on the envelope.
812
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:22,367
Mr. Fung, when you
are collecting an item
813
00:39:22,605 --> 00:39:26,006
which could contain
fingerprints,
814
00:39:26,375 --> 00:39:27,774
you would not touch that
item with your bare hand,
815
00:39:27,943 --> 00:39:28,875
would you?
816
00:39:29,045 --> 00:39:30,808
I would try not to.
817
00:39:30,980 --> 00:39:33,608
Well, you say you try not to,
818
00:39:33,783 --> 00:39:34,807
it would be wrong to do that.
819
00:39:34,984 --> 00:39:35,575
Wouldn't it?
820
00:39:35,751 --> 00:39:37,412
Yes.
821
00:39:37,586 --> 00:39:39,645
We had looked at hours
and hours and hours
822
00:39:39,822 --> 00:39:43,451
of news footage of Mr.
Fung and Miss Mazzola
823
00:39:43,626 --> 00:39:47,027
picking up items of
evidence at the crime scene.
824
00:39:47,563 --> 00:39:50,396
Did you touch that
envelope with your bare hands
825
00:39:50,566 --> 00:39:52,363
while collecting it, Mr. Fung?
826
00:39:53,536 --> 00:39:54,969
No.
827
00:39:55,905 --> 00:39:57,463
Are you sure of that?
828
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:58,766
Yes.
829
00:39:58,941 --> 00:40:02,001
I'd like to show you this
piece of videotape, Mr. Fung.
830
00:40:12,154 --> 00:40:14,679
There, there.
831
00:40:14,857 --> 00:40:17,451
How about that, Mr. Fung?
832
00:40:18,461 --> 00:40:19,928
Is that a question, Mr. Scheck?
833
00:40:20,096 --> 00:40:22,792
Yes, how about that
picture, Mr. Fung,
834
00:40:22,965 --> 00:40:24,694
does that refresh
your recollection
835
00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:27,392
that you took the envelope
from Andrea Mazzola
836
00:40:27,570 --> 00:40:29,470
with your bare hand?
837
00:40:29,638 --> 00:40:31,629
It could be anything.
838
00:40:32,741 --> 00:40:35,471
They called it a
Perry Mason moment.
839
00:40:35,644 --> 00:40:36,576
You know, it was just
a good impeachment
840
00:40:36,745 --> 00:40:38,440
of the witness but
in some ways it really
841
00:40:38,614 --> 00:40:40,946
encapsulated the
problem that they'd used
842
00:40:41,117 --> 00:40:43,415
terrible methods in
terms of gathering
843
00:40:43,586 --> 00:40:45,645
this evidence and potentially
cross-contaminating
844
00:40:45,821 --> 00:40:47,652
it and destroying it,
just very precious
845
00:40:47,823 --> 00:40:50,451
crime scene evidence.
846
00:40:50,693 --> 00:40:52,854
I found that the specimen
handling procedures
847
00:40:53,028 --> 00:40:55,997
were done in such a
manner that there's
848
00:40:56,165 --> 00:40:57,757
a tremendous risk
of the potential
849
00:40:57,933 --> 00:41:00,527
of cross contamination.
850
00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:02,728
Something we'd
never do unless you
851
00:41:02,905 --> 00:41:04,805
absolutely have to is
cover a body because
852
00:41:04,974 --> 00:41:07,169
of contamination.
853
00:41:08,644 --> 00:41:09,668
A sheet was overthe body.
854
00:41:09,845 --> 00:41:10,869
You recall seeing that?
855
00:41:11,046 --> 00:41:12,138
I believe it was
a blanket, yes.
856
00:41:12,515 --> 00:41:14,745
Do you know where
that blanket came from?
857
00:41:15,183 --> 00:41:17,152
I believe the
inside of the house.
858
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,111
And can you tell us,
Detective, who took this
859
00:41:19,488 --> 00:41:21,581
blanket out and put
it overthe body, who did that?
860
00:41:21,757 --> 00:41:23,019
I did.
861
00:41:23,993 --> 00:41:25,722
You have to make some decisions
862
00:41:25,895 --> 00:41:27,691
to protect the evidence.
863
00:41:27,863 --> 00:41:29,490
Cameras were looking right down
864
00:41:29,664 --> 00:41:32,463
on the crime scene, all
the evidence, the bodies.
865
00:41:33,636 --> 00:41:36,571
As a general principle
as a criminalist,
866
00:41:36,739 --> 00:41:41,472
you try at all costs to
avoid taking an object
867
00:41:41,644 --> 00:41:43,839
that could have lots of
hairs and fibers on it,
868
00:41:44,013 --> 00:41:46,538
and putting it right into
the middle of a crime
869
00:41:46,715 --> 00:41:48,012
scene, don't you?
870
00:41:48,183 --> 00:41:49,013
That's correct.
871
00:41:49,185 --> 00:41:50,618
That's a terrible mistake
872
00:41:50,786 --> 00:41:53,186
from the point of view of
a criminalist, isn't it?
873
00:41:55,124 --> 00:41:56,682
Yes.
874
00:41:56,859 --> 00:41:58,884
Overthe past few days,
the defense has chipped
875
00:41:59,061 --> 00:42:03,521
away at the growing presumption
of O.J. Simpson's guilt.
876
00:42:03,699 --> 00:42:04,631
The way evidence
was collected, the way
877
00:42:04,799 --> 00:42:05,858
it was processed,
the way it was stored
878
00:42:06,035 --> 00:42:08,697
gave rise to reasonable
question as to whether
879
00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:11,066
something wrong
could've happened.
880
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,571
You did not change gloves
881
00:42:12,741 --> 00:42:15,869
between the collection
of each sample, did you?
882
00:42:16,045 --> 00:42:18,013
Not that I can recall, no.
883
00:42:18,180 --> 00:42:21,741
Dennis Fung was a
definite weak link.
884
00:42:21,917 --> 00:42:23,781
This kid, he tries, okay?
885
00:42:23,953 --> 00:42:25,750
They ripped him up terribly.
886
00:42:25,921 --> 00:42:29,482
On July 3rd, you saw blood
887
00:42:29,658 --> 00:42:33,185
on the gate that you collected.
888
00:42:33,562 --> 00:42:34,859
Yes.
889
00:42:35,030 --> 00:42:39,557
Let's look back at the picture
of the gate on June 13th.
890
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,538
Where is it, Mr. Fung?
891
00:42:50,245 --> 00:42:53,010
I can't see it in
the pic... photograph.
892
00:42:53,182 --> 00:42:55,912
We don't know what
happened to that blood.
893
00:42:56,084 --> 00:42:58,713
All I know is when
I was listening,
894
00:42:58,887 --> 00:43:00,878
they was saying they
took a picture where
895
00:43:01,056 --> 00:43:03,752
there wasn't no blood
on the back gate.
896
00:43:03,926 --> 00:43:06,690
And then a month later,
there was some blood.
897
00:43:09,164 --> 00:43:10,927
Why it didn't get picked up,
why it didn't
898
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:15,036
get collected,
difficult to explain.
899
00:43:16,078 --> 00:43:17,198
In the fog of war,
people on the scene
900
00:43:17,573 --> 00:43:21,703
and all the activity
going on around it,
901
00:43:21,877 --> 00:43:23,742
things get missed.
902
00:43:36,778 --> 00:43:37,937
It is my opinion
903
00:43:38,113 --> 00:43:41,343
that, that the bloodstain
contained EDTA.
904
00:43:41,717 --> 00:43:43,148
EDTA is a preservative
that was added
905
00:43:43,317 --> 00:43:45,114
to the blood samples
taken from Simpson,
906
00:43:45,286 --> 00:43:48,016
and the victims, and
if EDTA is present
907
00:43:48,189 --> 00:43:50,123
on the evidence, the
defense says the blood
908
00:43:50,291 --> 00:43:52,782
may have been planted.
909
00:43:53,094 --> 00:43:54,994
In your blood right
nowthere is a low level
910
00:43:55,162 --> 00:43:57,062
of EDTA, because it's
in everything you eat,
911
00:43:57,231 --> 00:44:00,064
it's in the laundry
detergent, it's everywhere.
912
00:44:00,234 --> 00:44:03,032
You're going to find EDTA
no matter what you do.
913
00:44:03,204 --> 00:44:04,796
But the defense is
trying to insinuate that
914
00:44:04,972 --> 00:44:07,099
somebody took the blood
that had been drawn
915
00:44:07,273 --> 00:44:09,175
from Simpson's arm, and
took that test tube,
916
00:44:09,343 --> 00:44:11,937
and sprinkled it all
overthe crime scene.
917
00:44:12,113 --> 00:44:14,013
And it's ridiculous.
918
00:44:14,982 --> 00:44:18,782
When you took
O.J.'s blood sample,
919
00:44:18,952 --> 00:44:20,979
you were at a place
called Parker Center?
920
00:44:21,156 --> 00:44:21,986
Yes, sir.
921
00:44:22,156 --> 00:44:24,091
What type of
security did you use
922
00:44:24,327 --> 00:44:25,851
for that blood vial?
923
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,357
I placed it in
a manila envelope,
924
00:44:29,864 --> 00:44:31,833
maintained control of it,
and hand-delivered
925
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,297
it to the criminalist.
926
00:44:33,468 --> 00:44:34,991
Where was the criminalist?
927
00:44:35,169 --> 00:44:36,864
At Rockingham.
928
00:44:37,738 --> 00:44:39,763
You're bringing
the suspect's blood
929
00:44:39,940 --> 00:44:43,898
back to a crime scene where
we're collecting blood?
930
00:44:44,112 --> 00:44:46,238
Really?
931
00:44:46,415 --> 00:44:49,041
How many times
have you taken blood
932
00:44:49,217 --> 00:44:53,676
from Parker Center
out to a crime scene?
933
00:45:02,030 --> 00:45:04,395
I don't know,
this may have been the first time.
934
00:45:04,833 --> 00:45:06,060
I don't know.
935
00:45:06,233 --> 00:45:07,825
I can't recall right
now any other times
936
00:45:08,002 --> 00:45:09,903
that I've done that.
937
00:45:12,207 --> 00:45:14,197
If you're ajuror who has
grown up in Los Angeles,
938
00:45:14,375 --> 00:45:16,036
and spent your whole life
hearing that the L.A.P.D.
939
00:45:16,210 --> 00:45:18,804
Is capable of doing
anything to a Black person,
940
00:45:18,979 --> 00:45:23,814
and you hearthat, you've
just been handed some doubt.
941
00:45:24,285 --> 00:45:27,118
When did we start carrying
blood in our pocket?
942
00:45:27,289 --> 00:45:31,156
When did our SID lab
stop wearing gloves?
943
00:45:31,325 --> 00:45:34,988
When did we not book
stuff in a timely fashion?
944
00:45:35,162 --> 00:45:37,062
That... there's no
rationale for that.
945
00:45:37,231 --> 00:45:39,825
We had a, I think, a
pretty good demonstrative
946
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,900
of a black box.
947
00:45:42,068 --> 00:45:43,729
The idea was that certain
crime scene evidence
948
00:45:43,905 --> 00:45:47,341
came in and the black
box was the L.A.P.D.,
949
00:45:47,509 --> 00:45:49,772
and the way they
handled the evidence,
950
00:45:49,943 --> 00:45:51,207
and on the other side
were all the results
951
00:45:51,378 --> 00:45:54,211
from Cellmark, the F.B.I.,
the DNA laboratories.
952
00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:57,112
It was pretty simple
when you broke it down.
953
00:45:57,284 --> 00:45:59,047
Garbage in, garbage out.
954
00:45:59,219 --> 00:46:00,312
I mean, you cannot
go back and say,
955
00:46:00,488 --> 00:46:02,115
"well, maybe they planted
evidence on the glove,
956
00:46:02,290 --> 00:46:05,885
"maybe on the back gate,
oh, there's blood missing."
957
00:46:06,060 --> 00:46:06,925
Big deal.
958
00:46:07,094 --> 00:46:08,823
How can that be a big deal?
959
00:46:08,997 --> 00:46:11,192
Scheck was very disingenuous.
960
00:46:11,365 --> 00:46:16,064
I mean, EDTA, missing
blood, coincidence?
961
00:46:16,238 --> 00:46:17,796
Corroboration.
962
00:46:17,972 --> 00:46:20,031
Something is terribly wrong.
963
00:46:20,208 --> 00:46:22,334
It was absolute nonsense.
964
00:46:22,510 --> 00:46:23,875
You believe that
that blood was
965
00:46:24,044 --> 00:46:25,909
planted by the L.A.P. D?
966
00:46:26,081 --> 00:46:29,380
You know, it's not
my job to believe,
967
00:46:29,551 --> 00:46:30,518
or not believe.
968
00:46:30,885 --> 00:46:34,218
Could the police
officers in Los Angeles
969
00:46:34,388 --> 00:46:36,914
have planted evidence
against Mr. Simpson
970
00:46:37,092 --> 00:46:41,529
in this case to improve
their chances of winning?
971
00:46:41,896 --> 00:46:43,420
You know, there was
certainly good evidence
972
00:46:43,597 --> 00:46:46,930
to support that hypothesis.
973
00:46:47,968 --> 00:46:50,164
Barry Scheck
really was an expert.
974
00:46:50,336 --> 00:46:52,032
Can you remember
the whole business
975
00:46:52,207 --> 00:46:54,265
about development
length and the notion
976
00:46:54,441 --> 00:46:56,000
of controls failing?
977
00:46:56,176 --> 00:46:58,509
He knewthat so much of
what he was trying to show
978
00:46:58,879 --> 00:47:01,074
with these witnesses
was just garbage.
979
00:47:01,248 --> 00:47:03,239
Mr. Yamauchi opened
up the reference tube
980
00:47:03,416 --> 00:47:06,181
in the morning and
spilled out the blood.
981
00:47:06,354 --> 00:47:07,446
It was unethical.
982
00:47:07,622 --> 00:47:10,021
He argued things he
knew were not true,
983
00:47:10,190 --> 00:47:11,452
he knew could not be true.
984
00:47:11,625 --> 00:47:14,060
The most likely and
probable inference
985
00:47:14,229 --> 00:47:17,995
is the one that is not for the
timid orthe faint of heart.
986
00:47:18,166 --> 00:47:22,102
Somebody played
with this evidence.
987
00:47:22,270 --> 00:47:24,830
And there's no doubt about it.
988
00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:27,437
Just so I'm clear,
989
00:47:27,608 --> 00:47:29,270
you believe that all
the blood evidence
990
00:47:29,443 --> 00:47:31,001
in the case...
991
00:47:31,178 --> 00:47:33,010
You know, you're asking me
this question, do I believe...
992
00:47:33,180 --> 00:47:34,579
Think, you know,
993
00:47:34,949 --> 00:47:40,546
is not the, because you're...
994
00:47:42,457 --> 00:47:47,086
the, as you know from
meticulously researching
995
00:47:47,261 --> 00:47:49,889
this case, and this
has been written about,
996
00:47:50,064 --> 00:47:54,057
we presented, you
know, sound arguments
997
00:47:54,234 --> 00:47:56,930
and evidence to explain
each piece of this evidence,
998
00:47:57,104 --> 00:47:59,469
and how it got there.
999
00:48:00,407 --> 00:48:03,604
You know, I'm not omniscient.
1000
00:48:03,979 --> 00:48:06,038
Do you think you did
what you needed to do?
1001
00:48:06,213 --> 00:48:08,204
I did the best I could.
1002
00:48:08,383 --> 00:48:10,578
It's the best
defense money can buy,
1003
00:48:10,951 --> 00:48:13,181
and that's very expensive.
1004
00:48:13,354 --> 00:48:18,224
For O.J. Simpson, an estimated
50,000 dollars a day.
1005
00:48:30,504 --> 00:48:33,234
O.J. Had money to spend,
1006
00:48:33,407 --> 00:48:35,671
and a willingness to spend it
1007
00:48:36,043 --> 00:48:38,011
on his own defense.
1008
00:48:38,178 --> 00:48:40,907
This was the first for me.
1009
00:48:41,082 --> 00:48:43,572
Zillionaires, one of a kind.
1010
00:48:45,318 --> 00:48:48,584
He'd been in jail
two orthree days, tops.
1011
00:48:48,957 --> 00:48:50,652
The first thing he wanted
to do is to make sure
1012
00:48:51,025 --> 00:48:53,153
that we started marketing
and merchandising
1013
00:48:53,327 --> 00:48:55,488
and generating a lot of money.
1014
00:49:05,674 --> 00:49:08,574
Because O.J. Was not
convicted of any crime,
1015
00:49:08,742 --> 00:49:12,008
and autographs was
his normal business,
1016
00:49:13,013 --> 00:49:16,643
he was allowed to still
sign autographs in jail.
1017
00:49:17,451 --> 00:49:20,045
Rather than taking a
jersey into the jail
1018
00:49:20,219 --> 00:49:22,380
to be signed, he would
take a number in,
1019
00:49:22,556 --> 00:49:24,718
like this, he would
sign the number,
1020
00:49:25,093 --> 00:49:26,060
and then the number would be put
1021
00:49:26,227 --> 00:49:28,126
onto ajersey like this.
1022
00:49:28,295 --> 00:49:30,126
Ratherthan being able to
take in a whole football,
1023
00:49:30,297 --> 00:49:32,128
would take in a panel.
1024
00:49:33,233 --> 00:49:35,326
He would sign the panel,
then the panel would be
1025
00:49:35,502 --> 00:49:37,969
sent in to the company,
1026
00:49:38,138 --> 00:49:40,129
then you'd have a football.
1027
00:49:41,342 --> 00:49:44,310
I'm not sure what
drove the market,
1028
00:49:44,479 --> 00:49:46,969
but it was driven.
1029
00:49:48,049 --> 00:49:49,709
It was nonstop.
1030
00:49:50,084 --> 00:49:51,745
There were times he'd sit there,
1031
00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:54,416
and go through 2500 cards.
1032
00:49:54,622 --> 00:49:59,149
And then say, "Okay, so 2500
cards times 25 dollars."
1033
00:49:59,326 --> 00:50:01,021
He'd run the math.
1034
00:50:01,196 --> 00:50:03,426
And he said, "Not bad."
1035
00:50:03,597 --> 00:50:07,625
He sat in jail, we did
three million dollars
1036
00:50:08,068 --> 00:50:09,763
in autographs.
1037
00:50:11,463 --> 00:50:14,899
It just went and
went and went.
1038
00:50:15,267 --> 00:50:16,962
There was no end.
1039
00:50:17,336 --> 00:50:18,735
Photos of he and
Johnnie Cochran
1040
00:50:18,903 --> 00:50:20,963
that he and Johnnie signed.
1041
00:50:21,340 --> 00:50:22,272
That's probably
the only item that
1042
00:50:22,441 --> 00:50:24,305
I did it, and I'd look
back, and I thought,
1043
00:50:24,476 --> 00:50:28,708
"Man, this sucks, I can't
believe we did this."
1044
00:50:28,947 --> 00:50:31,280
The Goldmans were screaming,
1045
00:50:31,450 --> 00:50:35,545
but you're innocent
until convicted.
1046
00:51:04,398 --> 00:51:07,128
What was found on the
glove at Rockingham?
1047
00:51:07,301 --> 00:51:10,738
Simpson's blood,
Nicole's blood, Ron's blood.
1048
00:51:11,672 --> 00:51:13,537
That glove is now tied
into three people,
1049
00:51:13,708 --> 00:51:16,176
that can only intersect
when they're bleeding.
1050
00:51:16,344 --> 00:51:18,279
That might be a time
frame that might be a little
1051
00:51:18,447 --> 00:51:21,472
difficult to put together,
unless you are
1052
00:51:21,649 --> 00:51:24,845
killing two people
and cutting yourself.
1053
00:51:25,219 --> 00:51:26,447
Whoever wore that glove
1054
00:51:26,622 --> 00:51:27,816
killed those people?
1055
00:51:28,189 --> 00:51:29,554
Yes.
1056
00:51:29,724 --> 00:51:32,283
I'd like to show
you a pair of gloves.
1057
00:51:33,628 --> 00:51:37,497
Showing you People's 164A.
1058
00:51:37,666 --> 00:51:40,566
That is an Aris
Leather Light glove
1059
00:51:40,735 --> 00:51:43,828
that was an exclusive
glove for Bloomingdale's.
1060
00:51:44,206 --> 00:51:45,503
And what is the size?
1061
00:51:45,674 --> 00:51:49,541
Size is extra large.
1062
00:51:50,211 --> 00:51:50,870
Is that a
Bloomingdale's credit card
1063
00:51:51,245 --> 00:51:52,473
sales receipt?
1064
00:51:52,647 --> 00:51:53,545
Yes.
1065
00:51:53,714 --> 00:51:54,477
And is there a signature
1066
00:51:54,649 --> 00:51:56,174
on the credit card receipt?
1067
00:51:56,351 --> 00:51:57,375
Yes.
1068
00:51:57,551 --> 00:51:58,280
Can you read that
signature to us?
1069
00:51:58,452 --> 00:52:00,386
Nicole Brown.
1070
00:52:03,926 --> 00:52:06,951
It was later in
the afternoon, and
1071
00:52:07,327 --> 00:52:08,818
the person they had
giving the testimony
1072
00:52:08,997 --> 00:52:10,520
regarding the glove.
1073
00:52:10,698 --> 00:52:12,188
Wait, may I try this on?
1074
00:52:12,366 --> 00:52:14,426
You could see where
it was leading up to.
1075
00:52:15,270 --> 00:52:16,531
So, this is an
extra large glove?
1076
00:52:16,703 --> 00:52:17,796
Yes.
1077
00:52:17,972 --> 00:52:19,735
Extra large is kind of small?
1078
00:52:20,441 --> 00:52:21,931
No, but they stretch.
1079
00:52:23,377 --> 00:52:25,403
Obviously, it was too big.
1080
00:52:26,847 --> 00:52:30,544
At 24 years old I could
see this is a trick.
1081
00:52:30,718 --> 00:52:33,243
Don't fall for it.
1082
00:52:33,421 --> 00:52:36,356
We can see that that
glove is big on his hand.
1083
00:52:38,626 --> 00:52:41,254
You don't have to do anything.
1084
00:52:43,597 --> 00:52:47,693
That afternoon I
got a call from Marcia,
1085
00:52:47,868 --> 00:52:49,563
basically affirming the
game plan, "we're not
1086
00:52:49,738 --> 00:52:51,672
trying the glove on, right?"
1087
00:52:51,839 --> 00:52:53,636
There's too much
of a gamble here.
1088
00:52:53,809 --> 00:52:57,745
It's shrunk, he's probably
been working out his hand,
1089
00:52:57,912 --> 00:52:59,970
absolutely not.
1090
00:53:01,315 --> 00:53:03,545
I went over to him,
and said, "Chris,
1091
00:53:03,718 --> 00:53:05,845
you know you're a good shit,
but you've got the balls
1092
00:53:06,020 --> 00:53:08,283
of a stud fieldmouse.
1093
00:53:08,457 --> 00:53:09,854
That glove won't fit
O.J., and if you don't
1094
00:53:10,024 --> 00:53:13,654
show thejury that,
be it the fact, I will."
1095
00:53:14,295 --> 00:53:16,524
Chris says, "I want to do it."
1096
00:53:16,697 --> 00:53:19,632
And I told him in no
uncertain terms why
1097
00:53:19,801 --> 00:53:21,894
we should not be doing this,
1098
00:53:22,068 --> 00:53:23,502
and he said, "well, if
we don't, they will."
1099
00:53:23,671 --> 00:53:24,695
And I said, "Then
let them, let them.
1100
00:53:24,873 --> 00:53:27,433
And we can show why
it was a bullshit
1101
00:53:27,608 --> 00:53:28,836
experiment, it was
never going to work,
1102
00:53:29,010 --> 00:53:30,739
between the shrinkage
and the latex,
1103
00:53:30,911 --> 00:53:32,539
it's never going to
fit him the same way.
1104
00:53:32,713 --> 00:53:34,442
Don't do this.
1105
00:53:34,615 --> 00:53:36,447
Don't do this."
1106
00:53:36,617 --> 00:53:38,676
It was the biggest fight
Chris and I ever had.
1107
00:53:38,854 --> 00:53:41,344
Darden, I think felt,
"You know, I've been pushed
1108
00:53:41,522 --> 00:53:43,457
around in this courtroom
enough, I've been made
1109
00:53:43,625 --> 00:53:45,559
to feel small."
1110
00:53:45,792 --> 00:53:49,924
You could see the
disaster coming.
1111
00:53:53,567 --> 00:53:56,399
There's a camera to our right.
1112
00:53:56,570 --> 00:53:58,038
Watching everything.
1113
00:53:58,406 --> 00:54:00,931
Johnnie comes back
from sidebar, and says,
1114
00:54:01,108 --> 00:54:06,045
"Okay guys, they're going to
ask O.J. To try on the gloves.
1115
00:54:06,581 --> 00:54:10,573
I don't want anyone to react."
1116
00:54:10,985 --> 00:54:12,452
We've been rejoined
by all the members
1117
00:54:12,620 --> 00:54:13,882
of ourjury panel.
1118
00:54:14,055 --> 00:54:15,022
Mr. Darden, do you have
any further questions
1119
00:54:15,389 --> 00:54:16,481
of Mr. Rubin?
1120
00:54:16,657 --> 00:54:18,682
Just a few, Your Honor.
1121
00:54:22,430 --> 00:54:23,728
Your Honor, at this time,
the People would ask
1122
00:54:23,898 --> 00:54:27,890
that Mr. Simpson step
forward and try on the glove
1123
00:54:28,068 --> 00:54:29,627
recovered at Bundy, as
well as the glove recovered
1124
00:54:29,804 --> 00:54:31,772
at Rockingham.
1125
00:54:33,375 --> 00:54:36,002
He can do that seated there.
1126
00:54:36,478 --> 00:54:39,002
You could hear a pin drop.
1127
00:54:39,380 --> 00:54:42,076
O.J. Was initially seated,
1128
00:54:42,450 --> 00:54:44,680
putting on the first glove.
1129
00:54:44,885 --> 00:54:47,081
I'm handing Mr.
Simpson the left glove
1130
00:54:47,456 --> 00:54:49,685
from Rockingham.
1131
00:54:50,658 --> 00:54:53,685
And right when it was
clear it did not fit,
1132
00:54:53,862 --> 00:54:57,593
O.J. Goes into Naked Gun mode.
1133
00:54:58,666 --> 00:55:01,635
He stands up, and
shows his hand,
1134
00:55:01,802 --> 00:55:04,702
and that's when
he's now, "Okay."
1135
00:55:11,645 --> 00:55:14,114
The guy's an
actor, for God sakes.
1136
00:55:14,482 --> 00:55:17,509
He's playing to
50 million people.
1137
00:55:24,625 --> 00:55:27,492
Alright, records
reflect Mr. Simpson has
1138
00:55:27,661 --> 00:55:29,390
both gloves.
1139
00:55:29,563 --> 00:55:31,395
What was he going to do?
1140
00:55:31,565 --> 00:55:33,760
Make a good faith
effort with plastic
1141
00:55:33,935 --> 00:55:35,060
over his hands?
1142
00:55:35,436 --> 00:55:36,562
Alright, will you
show that to the jury,
1143
00:55:36,738 --> 00:55:38,500
Mr. Simpson, and the (inaudible)
1144
00:55:38,672 --> 00:55:41,540
The whole thing was
so wildly inconceived,
1145
00:55:41,709 --> 00:55:46,613
so totally inappropriate,
so doomed to failure.
1146
00:55:46,781 --> 00:55:49,614
The idea that Chris
Darden would do this.
1147
00:55:49,783 --> 00:55:53,116
Mr. Darden, would
you wrap it up, please?
1148
00:55:53,822 --> 00:55:57,724
I looked at him like,
"I can't believe you did it.
1149
00:55:58,125 --> 00:55:59,990
You let him play you.
1150
00:56:01,195 --> 00:56:03,891
You are the weaker one."
1151
00:56:05,533 --> 00:56:07,832
And you didn't have to be.
1152
00:56:09,003 --> 00:56:11,597
You just take the gloves,
1153
00:56:11,772 --> 00:56:13,832
you take both attorneys,
1154
00:56:14,009 --> 00:56:15,771
and the deputy, and the suspect,
1155
00:56:15,943 --> 00:56:17,535
and you go into chambers.
1156
00:56:17,697 --> 00:56:20,462
And you do it on the
record in chambers.
1157
00:56:20,648 --> 00:56:23,811
You don't do it with
latex underneath.
1158
00:56:23,984 --> 00:56:25,849
My grandson couldn't have
gotten into those gloves
1159
00:56:26,020 --> 00:56:28,079
with latex underneath.
1160
00:56:28,790 --> 00:56:29,518
Did you observe the
manner in which Mr. Simpson
1161
00:56:29,690 --> 00:56:31,089
put the gloves on today?
1162
00:56:31,259 --> 00:56:32,487
Yes, I did.
1163
00:56:32,660 --> 00:56:33,685
You've seen people put
gloves on in the past.
1164
00:56:33,862 --> 00:56:35,227
Yes, I have.
1165
00:56:35,595 --> 00:56:36,927
Did he put the
gloves on in a manner
1166
00:56:37,097 --> 00:56:38,689
consistent with what
you've seen other people...
1167
00:56:38,866 --> 00:56:39,925
Objection, your honor...
1168
00:56:40,101 --> 00:56:42,763
Sustained.
The jury observed
1169
00:56:42,763 --> 00:56:44,560
what happened.
1170
00:56:44,906 --> 00:56:47,568
It made the
prosecution look silly.
1171
00:56:48,643 --> 00:56:49,735
Anything unusual about the way
1172
00:56:49,910 --> 00:56:50,935
Mr. Simpson put the
gloves on, based on your
1173
00:56:51,112 --> 00:56:52,875
experience?
1174
00:56:53,047 --> 00:56:53,911
Object, Your Honor.
1175
00:56:54,082 --> 00:56:55,947
Sustained.
1176
00:56:56,218 --> 00:56:58,208
I felt sorry for him.
1177
00:56:59,053 --> 00:57:00,680
Because he looked weak.
1178
00:57:00,854 --> 00:57:03,515
I have nothing further.
1179
00:57:05,227 --> 00:57:08,890
This was the
definition of the trial
1180
00:57:09,063 --> 00:57:10,189
lawyer's mistake.
1181
00:57:10,564 --> 00:57:12,623
Don't ask a question
to which you don't
1182
00:57:12,801 --> 00:57:14,769
know the answer.
1183
00:57:14,935 --> 00:57:16,960
He didn't know whether
that glove fit.
1184
00:57:18,973 --> 00:57:20,964
Chris honestly felt
that he would have
1185
00:57:21,140 --> 00:57:23,166
a dramatic courtroom
moment by demonstrating
1186
00:57:23,544 --> 00:57:25,979
the gloves fit.
1187
00:57:26,146 --> 00:57:28,979
It was an intuitive
move on his part,
1188
00:57:29,149 --> 00:57:31,208
and it was a mistake.
1189
00:57:31,585 --> 00:57:33,678
Had O.J. Never
put that glove on,
1190
00:57:33,854 --> 00:57:35,789
I would have
assumed that it fit.
1191
00:57:35,957 --> 00:57:37,981
I saw how big it was.
1192
00:57:38,993 --> 00:57:41,860
And that's when I just
knew that, you know,
1193
00:57:42,030 --> 00:57:43,622
why is this guy here?
1194
00:57:43,797 --> 00:57:46,028
He's ruining this case.
1195
00:57:47,602 --> 00:57:49,865
Outside of Perry Mason,
what could be more dramatic
1196
00:57:50,037 --> 00:57:52,666
than O.J. Simpson
showing the jury
1197
00:57:52,841 --> 00:57:55,604
that the killer's
gloves don't fit.
1198
00:57:55,776 --> 00:57:57,039
Prosecutorial attempts
at damage control
1199
00:57:57,211 --> 00:58:00,841
might not be able to undermine
the power of that image.
1200
00:58:04,653 --> 00:58:06,712
The funny thing
about the glove,
1201
00:58:06,887 --> 00:58:08,912
he didn't want to put them on.
1202
00:58:09,089 --> 00:58:10,283
I said, "Look, if you're
worried about the gloves
1203
00:58:10,658 --> 00:58:12,559
fitting or not fitting, just
don't take your arthritis
1204
00:58:12,727 --> 00:58:15,560
medicine, no big deal."
1205
00:58:15,729 --> 00:58:18,665
And he said, "Mike, my
hands would hurt like hell."
1206
00:58:18,833 --> 00:58:20,926
And I said, "why would
they hurt like hell?"
1207
00:58:21,102 --> 00:58:23,229
And he, and you could
just see the light
1208
00:58:23,604 --> 00:58:27,005
click, you know, just, ah,
hands would get swollen,
1209
00:58:27,175 --> 00:58:28,870
and couldn't bend his knuckles.
1210
00:58:29,042 --> 00:58:32,877
So, he didn't take arthritis
medicine for like two weeks.
1211
00:58:33,047 --> 00:58:34,139
Do you think that
made a difference?
1212
00:58:34,315 --> 00:58:37,614
Well, he couldn't
bend his hands.
1213
00:58:37,785 --> 00:58:39,583
You tell me.
1214
00:58:57,845 --> 00:59:01,042
One day a friend of O.J.'s,
Alan Austin, came up to me,
1215
00:59:01,215 --> 00:59:04,980
and he said, "Answer
a question for me.
1216
00:59:05,953 --> 00:59:08,614
What would Mark
Fuhrman have to know
1217
00:59:08,790 --> 00:59:11,816
before he placed
the glove there?"
1218
00:59:13,227 --> 00:59:17,789
Well, I don't know.
1219
00:59:19,067 --> 00:59:20,295
He said, "He would
have to know that
1220
00:59:20,667 --> 00:59:24,001
Orenthal James Simpson,
a six foot two and a half
1221
00:59:24,172 --> 00:59:28,040
black guy living in a
white world had no alibi.
1222
00:59:30,778 --> 00:59:32,871
He was in no woman's bed,
1223
00:59:33,081 --> 00:59:35,641
he was in no restaurant,
1224
00:59:35,983 --> 00:59:39,942
he was on no airplane,
he had no alibi.
1225
00:59:40,788 --> 00:59:44,656
So how could Mark
Fuhrman place that glove
1226
00:59:44,826 --> 00:59:47,386
if he didn't know that?"
1227
00:59:47,929 --> 00:59:52,628
And I said, "Are you
telling me he's guilty?"
1228
00:59:54,402 --> 00:59:56,996
And Alan just nodded.
1229
00:59:57,238 --> 00:59:59,866
And the tears were
streaming down my face.
1230
01:00:00,041 --> 01:00:04,171
And suddenly, I felt cuckolded.
1231
01:00:04,412 --> 01:00:06,744
Because I'm telling
you if O.J. Had put
1232
01:00:06,914 --> 01:00:08,745
his face up to the
glass to me, and said,
1233
01:00:08,916 --> 01:00:11,783
"Something happened,
and I just snapped,
1234
01:00:11,953 --> 01:00:14,854
and I went crazy."
1235
01:00:15,923 --> 01:00:19,359
I would've defended
and forgiven him.
1236
01:00:20,728 --> 01:00:22,355
When he put his face
next to the glass,
1237
01:00:22,730 --> 01:00:26,426
and said, "I swear to
God I didn't do this,"
1238
01:00:27,248 --> 01:00:29,183
and then it suddenly
looked like he did,
1239
01:00:29,457 --> 01:00:33,085
I got angry, I felt
wounded, I felt betrayed.
1240
01:00:33,268 --> 01:00:36,465
I know it sounds naive,
I know it sounds stupid,
1241
01:00:36,843 --> 01:00:41,213
it just didn't occur to
me that he could do that.
1242
01:00:46,359 --> 01:00:49,225
Dr. Golden
dictating autopsy case
1243
01:00:49,751 --> 01:00:54,884
94-05136, autopsy on
Nicole Brown Simpson.
1244
01:00:56,358 --> 01:00:59,623
Having studied
the crime scene,
1245
01:01:01,547 --> 01:01:03,913
I believe that Nicole had
come out of the house
1246
01:01:04,178 --> 01:01:06,442
expecting Ron Goldman.
1247
01:01:09,852 --> 01:01:13,049
She encountered O.J., then
she was quickly subdued.
1248
01:01:14,055 --> 01:01:16,524
There was evidence
of blunt force trauma
1249
01:01:16,692 --> 01:01:19,593
near the crown of her
head, possibly consistent,
1250
01:01:19,761 --> 01:01:22,526
per the testimony of
the coroner with having
1251
01:01:22,698 --> 01:01:24,858
been struck by the
butt end of the knife.
1252
01:01:25,034 --> 01:01:28,299
Scalp bruised, right parietal.
1253
01:01:28,470 --> 01:01:30,563
I believe she went down.
1254
01:01:33,108 --> 01:01:35,599
Four stab wounds,
three deep, one shallow
1255
01:01:35,778 --> 01:01:38,508
were inflicted upon the
left side of her neck.
1256
01:01:39,581 --> 01:01:42,914
Her head was on the first
step above the lower
1257
01:01:43,085 --> 01:01:46,577
pavement level where the
rest of her body was.
1258
01:01:48,791 --> 01:01:51,453
I believe that Ron Goldman
came upon the scene
1259
01:01:51,626 --> 01:01:53,686
after Nicole had been subdued.
1260
01:01:53,929 --> 01:01:57,490
As Ron came upon Nicole,
as he moved forward,
1261
01:01:57,666 --> 01:02:02,535
to the fallen Nicole, O.J.
Grabbed Ron from behind,
1262
01:02:02,738 --> 01:02:05,070
and probably had the
knife at his throat.
1263
01:02:05,707 --> 01:02:10,576
Simpson's left hand was
perhaps around Ron's chest,
1264
01:02:10,746 --> 01:02:12,771
and in the course of short
exchange, which could
1265
01:02:12,948 --> 01:02:14,472
have include some
sort of taunting,
1266
01:02:14,650 --> 01:02:18,450
Simpson poked Ron
in the right cheek
1267
01:02:18,620 --> 01:02:20,781
five times, and then
drew the knife blade
1268
01:02:20,956 --> 01:02:24,016
twice across his throat.
1269
01:02:24,426 --> 01:02:27,418
I suspect Ron, in an
effort to free himself
1270
01:02:27,596 --> 01:02:28,893
from Simpson's grasp,
went to the hand
1271
01:02:29,064 --> 01:02:32,693
that was controlling him,
Simpson's left hand,
1272
01:02:32,867 --> 01:02:34,528
grabbed it, pulled it and
probably in the process
1273
01:02:34,703 --> 01:02:36,694
wrenched the glove
from Simpson's hand,
1274
01:02:36,872 --> 01:02:41,536
hence the left hand glove
being found in the foliage.
1275
01:02:41,977 --> 01:02:44,036
And then Ron turned
with his back inside
1276
01:02:44,412 --> 01:02:48,076
the security bars at
the foot of the stairs,
1277
01:02:48,517 --> 01:02:50,508
it was in effect
a killing cage.
1278
01:02:51,553 --> 01:02:56,456
Ron had bars to his
left, bars behind him,
1279
01:02:56,625 --> 01:03:01,528
tree to his right,
stairwell coming down,
1280
01:03:01,697 --> 01:03:04,097
and he had a very strong,
powerful figure
1281
01:03:04,466 --> 01:03:08,732
with a very sharp
knife slashing at him.
1282
01:03:08,903 --> 01:03:10,804
Ron suffered defense wounds
1283
01:03:10,973 --> 01:03:13,464
to both of his hands,
deep defensive wounds,
1284
01:03:13,642 --> 01:03:16,634
so he's clearly trying
to parry the knife.
1285
01:03:16,812 --> 01:03:19,076
He suffered a number
of stab wounds,
1286
01:03:19,448 --> 01:03:22,542
as he's twisting and
turning in the scene.
1287
01:03:22,718 --> 01:03:25,448
At one point
Simpson catches Ron,
1288
01:03:25,621 --> 01:03:27,521
with a, it was
kind of a sweeping
1289
01:03:27,689 --> 01:03:30,954
stabbing motion to
Ron's left flank.
1290
01:03:31,126 --> 01:03:34,061
And the knife blade
penetrates Ron's abdomen,
1291
01:03:34,229 --> 01:03:38,461
and almost completely
severs his abdominal artery.
1292
01:03:39,635 --> 01:03:41,193
You've got about
a minute to live
1293
01:03:41,570 --> 01:03:43,537
because of the
massive bleedout.
1294
01:03:43,705 --> 01:03:47,539
Blood is filling Ron's
abdominal cavity,
1295
01:03:47,742 --> 01:03:50,576
blood is pouring out of the
wound of Ron's left flank,
1296
01:03:50,746 --> 01:03:53,715
soaking the left
pants leg of Ron.
1297
01:03:53,882 --> 01:03:56,146
And ultimately after a
matter of some seconds,
1298
01:03:56,518 --> 01:03:57,576
it's hard to determine
how many, I believe
1299
01:03:57,752 --> 01:04:00,983
Ron simply sank to the
ground in a seated position
1300
01:04:01,156 --> 01:04:03,885
with his back against
the upright bars.
1301
01:04:04,626 --> 01:04:06,685
As we know from the
evidence, there was movement
1302
01:04:06,862 --> 01:04:09,091
between the two bodies.
1303
01:04:09,264 --> 01:04:12,198
I suspect Simpson went
back to Nicole's body,
1304
01:04:12,568 --> 01:04:16,197
lifted her head by grabbing
her blonde head hair,
1305
01:04:16,572 --> 01:04:19,473
and causing the
massive incise wound
1306
01:04:19,641 --> 01:04:21,472
across her neck,
1307
01:04:21,876 --> 01:04:24,141
in the process severing
just about everything
1308
01:04:24,513 --> 01:04:27,073
in her neck and putting
a quarter-inch nick
1309
01:04:27,516 --> 01:04:28,847
in her C3 vertebrae.
1310
01:04:29,984 --> 01:04:34,479
This is a fatal
sharp force injury.
1311
01:04:34,656 --> 01:04:36,555
Simpson moves
back to Ron Goldman,
1312
01:04:36,725 --> 01:04:39,091
grabs his shirt so it
would be above Ron's
1313
01:04:39,260 --> 01:04:41,889
right shoulder,
transferring blood, head hairs,
1314
01:04:42,064 --> 01:04:43,929
from Nicole to Ron's shirt,
1315
01:04:44,099 --> 01:04:45,691
twists Ron's body to the side,
1316
01:04:45,867 --> 01:04:47,232
and we know there were four deep
1317
01:04:47,603 --> 01:04:51,039
intersecting knife
wounds to the left side
1318
01:04:51,206 --> 01:04:52,832
of Ron's neck.
1319
01:04:53,008 --> 01:04:54,873
In my opinion, overkill.
1320
01:04:55,043 --> 01:04:56,600
With regard to Ron, overkill.
1321
01:04:56,778 --> 01:04:58,678
With regard to Nicole.
1322
01:04:59,548 --> 01:05:01,948
Simpson at this
point stepped back,
1323
01:05:02,117 --> 01:05:04,278
stepped in the
blood that's pumping
1324
01:05:04,653 --> 01:05:08,144
from Nicole, and in what
appears to be a very
1325
01:05:08,323 --> 01:05:10,518
even stride, goes up the
steps, and out of the
1326
01:05:10,692 --> 01:05:13,126
crime scene, towards
the back of the house,
1327
01:05:13,295 --> 01:05:15,525
towards the alley,
where the Bronco had
1328
01:05:15,697 --> 01:05:16,959
to have been parked.
1329
01:05:20,702 --> 01:05:24,229
(barking dog)
1330
01:05:28,210 --> 01:05:29,541
Listen.
1331
01:05:29,711 --> 01:05:33,909
I just flat out, categorically
1332
01:05:34,082 --> 01:05:37,278
deny the fact that
he could do that.
1333
01:05:39,221 --> 01:05:41,212
Period.
1334
01:06:11,014 --> 01:06:12,879
I came up from court one day,
1335
01:06:13,037 --> 01:06:14,971
and Bill said, "I've
got some bad news."
1336
01:06:15,806 --> 01:06:17,740
More, again?
1337
01:06:18,609 --> 01:06:20,702
He said, "There are some tapes."
1338
01:06:23,881 --> 01:06:26,349
What if it could be proved
that Detective Mark Fuhrman
1339
01:06:26,517 --> 01:06:30,351
lied on the witness stand
when he denied ever using
1340
01:06:30,521 --> 01:06:32,785
the word nigger?
1341
01:06:32,990 --> 01:06:34,820
Oh, no.
1342
01:06:35,092 --> 01:06:36,525
Both sides want
to get their hands
1343
01:06:36,693 --> 01:06:38,422
on the twelve hours
of taped interviews
1344
01:06:38,595 --> 01:06:41,029
Fuhrman gave screenwriter
Laura Hart McKinny
1345
01:06:41,398 --> 01:06:45,356
as background for herfictional
script on L. A. Police.
1346
01:06:45,535 --> 01:06:47,901
On the tapes, Fuhrman used
racial epithets and talked
1347
01:06:48,072 --> 01:06:49,972
of framing people.
1348
01:06:50,140 --> 01:06:52,369
What the fuck, dude?
1349
01:06:53,510 --> 01:06:56,502
We were not
aware of the tapes.
1350
01:06:56,680 --> 01:06:57,976
Should he have
told you about them?
1351
01:06:58,148 --> 01:06:59,945
We were not
aware of the tapes.
1352
01:07:00,117 --> 01:07:02,642
It was pennies from heaven.
1353
01:07:02,985 --> 01:07:04,510
We'd been given a gift.
1354
01:07:09,693 --> 01:07:11,684
Miss Drummond.
1355
01:07:24,874 --> 01:07:28,072
Listening to that,
I just felt like somebody
1356
01:07:28,445 --> 01:07:31,106
opened up a drainpipe and
just rolled it over my body.
1357
01:07:49,199 --> 01:07:53,101
Things that were
said resonated
1358
01:07:53,604 --> 01:07:57,005
with things I had heard
for 30 years or more
1359
01:07:57,173 --> 01:08:00,142
about the way that cops think,
1360
01:08:00,610 --> 01:08:02,169
and act.
1361
01:08:12,155 --> 01:08:15,091
When you hear those things,
1362
01:08:17,627 --> 01:08:20,426
some of the characters
in that screenplay
1363
01:08:20,597 --> 01:08:23,623
I wrapped around some of
the people that I knew,
1364
01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:26,701
on L.A.P.D. And
other departments.
1365
01:08:27,070 --> 01:08:30,631
I can remember
where I heard them,
1366
01:08:30,807 --> 01:08:35,505
I can remember
some who said them,
1367
01:08:35,679 --> 01:08:38,739
and then there's a little
1368
01:08:39,716 --> 01:08:41,581
exaggeration in it.
1369
01:08:51,127 --> 01:08:54,756
Fuhrman may say he
was just fictionalizing,
1370
01:08:55,832 --> 01:08:58,892
but his words rang true.
1371
01:09:07,978 --> 01:09:09,137
Does that mean that
he planted a glove?
1372
01:09:09,512 --> 01:09:10,707
No, it doesn't mean
he planted a glove.
1373
01:09:10,881 --> 01:09:12,849
It doesn't even
necessarily mean that he's
1374
01:09:13,016 --> 01:09:14,040
an authentic racist.
1375
01:09:15,953 --> 01:09:18,717
But it means he's
prepared to act like one.
1376
01:09:20,190 --> 01:09:21,851
Yeah, it was pretty bad.
1377
01:09:23,659 --> 01:09:26,094
And there's nothing
that you can take back,
1378
01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:30,221
there's not like a, "Oh,
gee, gosh, I'm sorry."
1379
01:09:40,077 --> 01:09:42,739
We came to this
court seven months ago,
1380
01:09:42,913 --> 01:09:44,881
expecting a fair trial.
1381
01:09:45,047 --> 01:09:47,915
My son had a right to it,
1382
01:09:48,084 --> 01:09:49,985
we as a family
had a right to it,
1383
01:09:50,153 --> 01:09:53,054
Nicole and her family
had a right to it.
1384
01:09:54,558 --> 01:09:56,924
Instead we get this crap spewed
1385
01:09:57,094 --> 01:10:00,689
in front of the
cameras fortwo hours.
1386
01:10:00,864 --> 01:10:02,262
For what purpose?
1387
01:10:02,632 --> 01:10:05,864
I'd love to know what
thejudge had in mind.
1388
01:10:06,036 --> 01:10:08,003
This is now the Fuhrman trial.
1389
01:10:08,171 --> 01:10:11,038
It's not the trial
of O.J. Simpson,
1390
01:10:11,208 --> 01:10:15,041
who is accused of murdering
my son and Nicole.
1391
01:10:15,212 --> 01:10:15,445
(crowd chanting)
We wantjustice!
1392
01:10:15,445 --> 01:10:20,576
(crowd chanting)
We wantjustice!
1393
01:10:22,586 --> 01:10:23,985
In all their ugliness,
the tapes have now
1394
01:10:24,154 --> 01:10:26,622
been made public,
but Judge Lance lto
1395
01:10:26,790 --> 01:10:28,313
has yet to decide if
thejury will hear
1396
01:10:28,692 --> 01:10:30,887
what others already have.
1397
01:10:31,028 --> 01:10:32,791
The tapes shall be released.
1398
01:10:32,962 --> 01:10:34,260
We want them now.
1399
01:10:34,631 --> 01:10:36,826
We wantjustice now.
1400
01:10:38,135 --> 01:10:40,603
Thejudge was on the
fence as to whether or not
1401
01:10:40,770 --> 01:10:43,740
he was going to let
certain stuff come in.
1402
01:10:43,907 --> 01:10:46,102
That required
people speaking out
1403
01:10:46,276 --> 01:10:48,744
to say, "This is not
something you should be hiding
1404
01:10:48,912 --> 01:10:50,573
from they jury."
1405
01:10:50,747 --> 01:10:53,011
We know that if you
can railroad O.J. Simpson
1406
01:10:53,183 --> 01:10:57,984
with his millions of
dollars and his Dream Team
1407
01:10:58,155 --> 01:11:00,248
of legal experts, we
know what you can do
1408
01:11:00,624 --> 01:11:02,182
to the average
African-American and other
1409
01:11:02,359 --> 01:11:05,123
decent citizens in this country.
1410
01:11:07,063 --> 01:11:10,864
It was bigger
than O.J. Simpson.
1411
01:11:11,167 --> 01:11:14,967
Something larger
than him is at stake.
1412
01:11:16,039 --> 01:11:18,132
Release the tapes,
release the tapes.
1413
01:11:20,811 --> 01:11:25,077
O.J. Simpson became a
symbol of that decade,
1414
01:11:25,248 --> 01:11:30,811
of that time, of
that response to
1415
01:11:30,987 --> 01:11:35,788
has the mentality of America changed
1416
01:11:36,059 --> 01:11:38,823
in the civil rights struggle.
1417
01:11:40,097 --> 01:11:43,260
Or is it business as usual?
1418
01:11:43,433 --> 01:11:46,197
(chanting)
1419
01:11:48,104 --> 01:11:52,940
For me, as a
progressive Christian,
1420
01:11:53,910 --> 01:11:56,208
Democrat, I'm going like,
"when are we going to go
1421
01:11:56,380 --> 01:11:58,280
back to the evidence?"
1422
01:12:00,416 --> 01:12:02,078
You would find
yourself in a room
1423
01:12:02,251 --> 01:12:05,244
of ministers and
community leaders,
1424
01:12:05,422 --> 01:12:07,652
and the conversation
inevitably would go back
1425
01:12:07,824 --> 01:12:12,227
to O.J. And how O.J.
Was being mistreated.
1426
01:12:12,395 --> 01:12:14,830
Justice be done
in the courtroom,
1427
01:12:14,998 --> 01:12:16,863
we pray, "Yes!"
1428
01:12:17,434 --> 01:12:20,232
We are talking aboutjustice!
1429
01:12:20,437 --> 01:12:23,770
Instead of getting in
and saying, "Free O.J.",
1430
01:12:23,940 --> 01:12:26,204
as if he was a
political prisoner,
1431
01:12:26,375 --> 01:12:28,970
it for me was, "Let
mejust get quiet."
1432
01:12:29,145 --> 01:12:31,842
Let me sit there
and say nothing.
1433
01:12:32,015 --> 01:12:34,006
Free O.J., free O.J.
1434
01:12:34,184 --> 01:12:36,015
I really do believe privately
a lot of African-American
1435
01:12:36,186 --> 01:12:38,950
leaders felt the same.
1436
01:12:39,122 --> 01:12:42,022
If this case gets
covered up underthe rug,
1437
01:12:42,192 --> 01:12:45,958
we will nevertrust the
criminal justice system again.
1438
01:12:47,062 --> 01:12:48,155
You turned O.J. Simpson
1439
01:12:48,331 --> 01:12:51,266
into a civil rights cause.
1440
01:12:52,836 --> 01:12:54,235
Do you at all regret that?
1441
01:12:54,404 --> 01:12:56,235
Absolutely not.
1442
01:12:56,406 --> 01:12:58,931
O.J. Simpson was a vessel.
1443
01:12:59,109 --> 01:13:02,408
He was merely a
tool that allowed
1444
01:13:02,779 --> 01:13:06,112
something to come
out and be exposed.
1445
01:13:06,283 --> 01:13:07,271
So you were using O.J. Simpson
1446
01:13:07,451 --> 01:13:08,941
foryour own cause?
1447
01:13:09,119 --> 01:13:11,451
I was using O.J.
Simpson for our cause.
1448
01:13:11,822 --> 01:13:13,756
For black people's cause.
1449
01:13:20,163 --> 01:13:21,391
There was a realness
to the people who
1450
01:13:21,765 --> 01:13:23,027
were responding to
the Fuhrman tapes
1451
01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:24,258
outside the courtroom.
1452
01:13:24,434 --> 01:13:25,765
What was going on
inside the courtroom
1453
01:13:25,936 --> 01:13:29,030
was manipulation to the extreme.
1454
01:13:29,206 --> 01:13:30,901
This is a blockbuster.
1455
01:13:31,074 --> 01:13:32,336
This is a bombshell.
1456
01:13:32,509 --> 01:13:33,737
This is perhaps
the biggest thing
1457
01:13:33,910 --> 01:13:35,275
that's happened in any
case in this country
1458
01:13:35,445 --> 01:13:37,743
in this decade,
and they know it.
1459
01:13:37,914 --> 01:13:39,245
They've got to face up to it!
1460
01:13:39,416 --> 01:13:42,442
No one planted
any evidence at any time.
1461
01:13:42,819 --> 01:13:44,309
There has been no false
statement made about where
1462
01:13:44,488 --> 01:13:47,048
that evidence was found,
the analysis of the evidence
1463
01:13:47,224 --> 01:13:48,316
or its results.
1464
01:13:48,492 --> 01:13:50,357
And the defense wants to
squirm away from that fact
1465
01:13:50,527 --> 01:13:52,119
by playing the race card.
1466
01:13:52,295 --> 01:13:54,991
This isn't about any race card.
This is about credibility card.
1467
01:13:55,165 --> 01:13:56,894
This is about perjury.
1468
01:13:57,067 --> 01:13:58,500
The whole case got forgotten.
1469
01:13:58,869 --> 01:13:59,961
It was all about Fuhrman now,
1470
01:14:00,136 --> 01:14:03,003
it was all about
racial injustice.
1471
01:14:03,272 --> 01:14:06,174
Occasionally these cartoonists
come up with something
1472
01:14:06,342 --> 01:14:07,867
that's edifying.
1473
01:14:08,043 --> 01:14:09,511
It's a little child,
speaking to his mother,
1474
01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:10,904
watching television, who says,
1475
01:14:11,081 --> 01:14:12,514
"what's the forbidden
'N' word they keep
1476
01:14:12,883 --> 01:14:14,248
"talking about, Mommy?"
1477
01:14:14,917 --> 01:14:17,887
She said, "Nicole."
1478
01:14:33,396 --> 01:14:34,624
O.J. Simpson's
defense team,
1479
01:14:34,797 --> 01:14:36,697
stunned by Judge lto's
ruling last night,
1480
01:14:36,866 --> 01:14:38,959
that only two excerpts
of the inflammatory
1481
01:14:39,335 --> 01:14:41,394
Fuhrman tapes, filled
with racial slurs,
1482
01:14:41,571 --> 01:14:43,562
may be presented to the jury.
1483
01:14:43,740 --> 01:14:45,571
We think this jury is
much smarter than this
1484
01:14:45,742 --> 01:14:47,539
judge gives them credit for.
1485
01:14:49,479 --> 01:14:51,504
What he let in was enough.
1486
01:14:52,615 --> 01:14:53,877
Then we have two
excerpts Your Honor,
1487
01:14:54,050 --> 01:14:56,484
we would like to play at
this point, if we could.
1488
01:15:06,329 --> 01:15:07,819
It's a slap.
1489
01:15:07,997 --> 01:15:08,861
It's a slap.
1490
01:15:09,032 --> 01:15:09,964
Every time you hear it.
1491
01:15:11,367 --> 01:15:13,494
We have no niggers
where I grew up.
1492
01:15:13,669 --> 01:15:14,533
Do you recall him saying that?
1493
01:15:14,704 --> 01:15:15,898
Yes.
1494
01:15:17,473 --> 01:15:19,771
To hear anybody speak
on race like that,
1495
01:15:19,942 --> 01:15:21,705
is not okay with me.
1496
01:15:21,878 --> 01:15:23,368
When Officer Fuhrman
used the word nigger,
1497
01:15:23,546 --> 01:15:26,982
it was not lighthearted,
it was something that
1498
01:15:27,350 --> 01:15:30,547
he would use in
normal conversation.
1499
01:15:31,487 --> 01:15:32,647
Devastating.
1500
01:15:32,822 --> 01:15:33,754
I believe those tapes
never should have
1501
01:15:33,923 --> 01:15:35,447
been allowed in.
1502
01:15:35,625 --> 01:15:37,616
What is the nexus between
the tapes and the murder?
1503
01:15:37,794 --> 01:15:39,318
What does it have to
do with the evidence?
1504
01:15:39,495 --> 01:15:42,692
What proof is there that
any evidence was planted?
1505
01:15:42,865 --> 01:15:45,857
Well, it definitely became
believable that he was capable.
1506
01:15:46,936 --> 01:15:49,962
And I didn't have
trust in him anymore.
1507
01:15:50,139 --> 01:15:55,008
He was using it in a
demeaning, derogatory fashion.
1508
01:15:57,914 --> 01:15:59,438
You're saying
what's on those tapes
1509
01:15:59,615 --> 01:16:04,075
is not reflective of your
attitudes, or your experiences?
1510
01:16:04,454 --> 01:16:06,786
I don't know how
you feel, or see me,
1511
01:16:06,956 --> 01:16:08,014
but I can tell you this.
1512
01:16:08,391 --> 01:16:11,121
You would be shocked if
you saw me in the field.
1513
01:16:12,595 --> 01:16:15,393
I was so fair
1514
01:16:16,132 --> 01:16:21,593
beyond, beyond all scope
of what you had to be.
1515
01:16:21,904 --> 01:16:23,394
Fighting?
1516
01:16:23,639 --> 01:16:25,630
I didn't use tasers.
1517
01:16:25,808 --> 01:16:28,106
I didn't use sticks.
1518
01:16:28,544 --> 01:16:31,536
When I fought a suspect,
I fought straight up.
1519
01:16:31,781 --> 01:16:33,840
I was fair on the street.
1520
01:16:38,187 --> 01:16:41,987
There was a time that
I was pretty violent.
1521
01:16:44,694 --> 01:16:48,790
But that was
1522
01:16:48,965 --> 01:16:51,456
long before I was
on the police force.
1523
01:16:54,003 --> 01:16:55,470
Alright, Mr. Uelmen,
I take it at this point
1524
01:16:55,638 --> 01:16:57,799
you wish to recall
Detective Fuhrman?
1525
01:16:57,974 --> 01:16:59,771
Yes, Your Honor.
1526
01:17:01,043 --> 01:17:04,444
I didn't want to look
at him, he made me sick.
1527
01:17:05,047 --> 01:17:09,074
You have been a liar throughout.
1528
01:17:09,719 --> 01:17:11,653
And the only reason I
know that you didn't
1529
01:17:11,821 --> 01:17:13,948
plant the evidence is
because you couldn't have.
1530
01:17:14,123 --> 01:17:16,956
Otherwise, I'm with them.
1531
01:17:17,460 --> 01:17:19,052
Detective Fuhrman,
was the testimony
1532
01:17:19,228 --> 01:17:22,061
that you gave at the
preliminary hearing in this case
1533
01:17:22,231 --> 01:17:24,699
completely truthful?
1534
01:17:26,202 --> 01:17:29,535
I wish to assert my
Fifth Amendment privilege.
1535
01:17:30,706 --> 01:17:31,968
And one of the
most shocking moments
1536
01:17:32,141 --> 01:17:34,006
was when he took the Fifth.
1537
01:17:34,177 --> 01:17:36,737
You don't see police
officers take the Fifth.
1538
01:17:36,913 --> 01:17:40,178
Have you ever falsified
a police report?
1539
01:17:41,918 --> 01:17:45,046
I wish to assert my
Fifth Amendment privilege.
1540
01:17:46,022 --> 01:17:47,512
Any kind of questioning
is going to help to convict
1541
01:17:47,690 --> 01:17:50,124
him one way or another so
he had to take the Fifth
1542
01:17:50,493 --> 01:17:52,518
to avoid incriminating himself.
1543
01:17:52,695 --> 01:17:54,959
A lot of people don't
understand about the Fifth.
1544
01:17:55,731 --> 01:17:58,791
If you answer one question,
you answer them all.
1545
01:17:58,968 --> 01:18:02,597
I can't let the Defense
attorney just run with me.
1546
01:18:03,539 --> 01:18:04,938
I had to plead the Fifth.
1547
01:18:05,107 --> 01:18:07,575
Is it your intention
to assert your
1548
01:18:07,743 --> 01:18:09,677
Fifth Amendment privilege
with respect to all
1549
01:18:09,845 --> 01:18:11,870
questions that I ask you?
1550
01:18:12,048 --> 01:18:13,743
Yes.
1551
01:18:13,916 --> 01:18:14,883
Could I have a moment?
1552
01:18:15,051 --> 01:18:16,712
Certainly.
1553
01:18:16,886 --> 01:18:18,478
That's the main question.
1554
01:18:18,654 --> 01:18:20,918
I mean, he didn't ask
the main question.
1555
01:18:21,157 --> 01:18:23,489
Did you plant the glove?
1556
01:18:23,659 --> 01:18:25,650
That was the most important.
1557
01:18:25,828 --> 01:18:27,762
It didn't matter, he
wasn't going to answer.
1558
01:18:39,775 --> 01:18:41,208
I only need one other
question, Your Honor.
1559
01:18:41,577 --> 01:18:42,601
What was that, Mr. Uelmen?
1560
01:18:42,778 --> 01:18:44,746
Detective Fuhrman,
did you plant
1561
01:18:44,914 --> 01:18:47,815
or manufacture any
evidence in this case?
1562
01:18:48,618 --> 01:18:50,586
Hell, no, I don't
plant evidence.
1563
01:18:50,753 --> 01:18:51,879
That's your response.
1564
01:18:52,054 --> 01:18:53,749
And you get incensed.
1565
01:18:53,923 --> 01:18:55,857
L.A.P.D. Cops don't
plant evidence.
1566
01:18:56,025 --> 01:18:57,788
I made a damn fool
of myself by using
1567
01:18:57,960 --> 01:19:01,191
a racial epithet, I never
should have done that.
1568
01:19:01,597 --> 01:19:04,725
You lay it out, because you've
got nothing else to lose.
1569
01:19:06,168 --> 01:19:08,830
I assert my Fifth
Amendment privilege.
1570
01:19:10,239 --> 01:19:11,763
He didn't do that.
1571
01:19:11,941 --> 01:19:14,171
Why in the hell
wouldn't you do that?
1572
01:19:18,214 --> 01:19:19,772
For you, it's a documentary.
1573
01:19:19,949 --> 01:19:21,883
For me, it's the end of my life.
1574
01:19:24,754 --> 01:19:26,779
Now I'm going to
tell you a story.
1575
01:19:28,712 --> 01:19:32,739
In 1989,
1576
01:19:32,902 --> 01:19:35,497
I was married, I had a house,
1577
01:19:35,671 --> 01:19:38,799
had a daughterthat
was born in '91,
1578
01:19:39,175 --> 01:19:41,735
a son that was born in '93.
1579
01:19:42,511 --> 01:19:44,637
Had this group of friends,
1580
01:19:44,814 --> 01:19:47,248
unbelievable friends.
1581
01:19:47,617 --> 01:19:50,745
Every one of them was
different than me, though.
1582
01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:53,184
They all came from
intact families,
1583
01:19:53,356 --> 01:19:56,519
fathers, houses they
still go back to,
1584
01:19:56,692 --> 01:19:59,387
rooms that they
still had, but they
1585
01:19:59,562 --> 01:20:01,393
welcomed me into this group.
1586
01:20:01,564 --> 01:20:03,156
I thought I had it made.
1587
01:20:03,332 --> 01:20:06,529
I finally was really
happy for the first time
1588
01:20:06,702 --> 01:20:08,260
in my life.
1589
01:20:08,503 --> 01:20:10,369
Then I answered a phone.
1590
01:20:11,774 --> 01:20:13,742
I call upon the
public to remember
1591
01:20:13,910 --> 01:20:16,936
that Mark Fuhrman
is not the L.A.P.D.
1592
01:20:17,313 --> 01:20:19,281
The vast majority of men
and women at L. AP.D.
1593
01:20:19,448 --> 01:20:21,678
Are hardworking, honest people.
1594
01:20:21,851 --> 01:20:23,216
They're husbands, they're
wives, they're sons,
1595
01:20:23,386 --> 01:20:24,410
they're daughters.
1596
01:20:24,587 --> 01:20:25,884
They have mortgages.
1597
01:20:26,255 --> 01:20:27,813
They have kids they want
to get through school.
1598
01:20:27,990 --> 01:20:29,582
They work two and three
jobs just like I did
1599
01:20:29,759 --> 01:20:32,628
as a young officer in the
sixties and seventies.
1600
01:20:34,530 --> 01:20:36,794
And they want to
divorce themselves
1601
01:20:36,966 --> 01:20:39,366
from what they've heard
these past few weeks.
1602
01:20:42,210 --> 01:20:44,610
I believe the police
force did their job,
1603
01:20:44,953 --> 01:20:48,149
and did it correctly,
and I cannot see any
1604
01:20:48,957 --> 01:20:52,983
way that the framing of O.J.
Is something that is valid.
1605
01:20:53,161 --> 01:20:55,095
All the evidence points
back to the police department,
1606
01:20:55,263 --> 01:20:58,027
and it looks like a
major setup to me.
1607
01:20:58,199 --> 01:20:59,496
I think he's innocent.
1608
01:20:59,666 --> 01:21:02,101
And not just because
I want him to be,
1609
01:21:02,270 --> 01:21:05,295
it's just based upon the
facts that have been given.
1610
01:21:05,473 --> 01:21:09,034
I have found most
people to be vehemently
1611
01:21:09,209 --> 01:21:13,043
convinced that O.J. Simpson is
guilty of this double murder.
1612
01:21:13,228 --> 01:21:14,319
Well, I believe
that he was set up.
1613
01:21:14,481 --> 01:21:15,414
And he's a black man in America,
1614
01:21:15,583 --> 01:21:18,575
and black men in
America have a hard time
1615
01:21:18,953 --> 01:21:21,012
getting justice.
1616
01:21:47,861 --> 01:21:51,490
O.J. Was known as
a very good Black man
1617
01:21:51,665 --> 01:21:54,463
who had appeal across
the board, racially.
1618
01:21:56,136 --> 01:21:59,367
Whether O.J.'s guilty or not,
is maybe why you're here.
1619
01:21:59,539 --> 01:22:02,303
But my theory's that people
who live out in lowa,
1620
01:22:02,475 --> 01:22:04,773
or out in farmland, who've
never intereacted with us,
1621
01:22:05,145 --> 01:22:08,342
will suddenly have a
negative opinion of us.
1622
01:22:08,515 --> 01:22:11,484
The Black man's image, and
the beating that it's taken
1623
01:22:11,651 --> 01:22:13,619
after we've worked so
hard to show
1624
01:22:13,787 --> 01:22:15,550
that we're not all criminals.
1625
01:22:21,343 --> 01:22:22,970
The long awaited
closing arguments
1626
01:22:23,145 --> 01:22:25,306
in the O.J. Simpson trial.
1627
01:22:25,480 --> 01:22:27,209
This is the last great
hurdle for the lawyers,
1628
01:22:27,381 --> 01:22:30,283
as they try to convince
thejury that their version
1629
01:22:30,452 --> 01:22:32,511
of events is the right one.
1630
01:22:33,354 --> 01:22:34,788
Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen.
1631
01:22:34,957 --> 01:22:36,322
Good morning.
1632
01:22:36,524 --> 01:22:38,186
Finally.
1633
01:22:38,359 --> 01:22:40,020
I feel like it's been forever
since I've talked to you.
1634
01:22:40,194 --> 01:22:41,787
It kind of has.
1635
01:22:41,963 --> 01:22:43,932
I got up, and I spoke to them.
1636
01:22:44,099 --> 01:22:45,895
I gave my argument.
1637
01:22:46,268 --> 01:22:48,031
In the course of presenting
all of this evidence,
1638
01:22:48,202 --> 01:22:49,294
some evidence has
been presented to you
1639
01:22:49,471 --> 01:22:52,133
that really is not relevant
to answerthe question
1640
01:22:52,307 --> 01:22:56,106
of who murdered Ron
Goldman and Nicole Brown.
1641
01:22:56,277 --> 01:22:59,304
And it's up to you, the jury,
to weed out the distractions,
1642
01:22:59,480 --> 01:23:02,450
weed out the sideshows and
determine what evidence
1643
01:23:02,817 --> 01:23:05,286
is it that really helps
me answerthis question.
1644
01:23:07,389 --> 01:23:11,382
I thought, "They're
listening with half an ear."
1645
01:23:13,262 --> 01:23:17,323
From 9:36 until 10:54,
1646
01:23:18,399 --> 01:23:22,166
the defendant's whereabouts
were unaccounted for.
1647
01:23:22,336 --> 01:23:26,205
At 10:43, Allan Park,
the limo driver,
1648
01:23:26,375 --> 01:23:31,277
saw a person approximately
six feet tall,
1649
01:23:31,446 --> 01:23:33,914
two hundred pounds,
African-American,
1650
01:23:34,082 --> 01:23:38,916
wearing all dark clothing
walking up the driveway.
1651
01:23:41,056 --> 01:23:42,818
Stone faced.
1652
01:23:45,160 --> 01:23:47,060
Marcia Clark.
1653
01:23:51,150 --> 01:23:53,779
You are truly
a marvelous jury.
1654
01:23:53,954 --> 01:23:57,446
Perhaps the most patient, and
healthy jury we've ever seen.
1655
01:23:58,158 --> 01:23:59,625
When Johnnie was up there,
1656
01:23:59,792 --> 01:24:02,819
they were, "Oh, we're
there, we are there."
1657
01:24:02,996 --> 01:24:05,965
Like the defining
moment in this trial,
1658
01:24:06,133 --> 01:24:09,398
the day Mr. Darden
asked Mr. Simpson to try
1659
01:24:09,570 --> 01:24:12,130
on those gloves and
the gloves didn't fit,
1660
01:24:12,505 --> 01:24:13,996
remember these words.
1661
01:24:14,174 --> 01:24:16,642
It was the weekend after
the glove demonstration,
1662
01:24:16,810 --> 01:24:18,869
and we were talking,
and you know,
1663
01:24:19,045 --> 01:24:20,979
Jerry was on the speaker phone.
1664
01:24:21,147 --> 01:24:22,638
He says, "Hey guys, hey, hey hey.
1665
01:24:22,815 --> 01:24:24,646
I've got, I've got a phrase."
1666
01:24:25,519 --> 01:24:28,511
If it doesn't fit,
you must acquit.
1667
01:24:29,790 --> 01:24:32,725
The room then erupted.
1668
01:24:32,893 --> 01:24:35,953
High fiving, hey, hey, hey.
1669
01:24:36,129 --> 01:24:37,995
What everybody remembers
about Johnnie Cochran's
1670
01:24:38,165 --> 01:24:42,101
summation is, "If it doesn't fit,
you must acquit."
1671
01:24:42,469 --> 01:24:43,993
Which was cute and fine,
but it wasn't the heart
1672
01:24:44,170 --> 01:24:45,695
of the summation.
1673
01:24:45,873 --> 01:24:49,536
The heart of the summation
was, "whose side are you on?"
1674
01:24:49,910 --> 01:24:52,435
When you go back
in the jury room,
1675
01:24:52,613 --> 01:24:56,674
some of you may want to say
that, "well, gee, you know,
1676
01:24:58,218 --> 01:25:02,712
boys will be boys, this
is just like police talk,
1677
01:25:02,890 --> 01:25:04,721
this is the way they talk."
1678
01:25:04,892 --> 01:25:06,859
That's not acceptable.
1679
01:25:07,026 --> 01:25:09,052
That's the consciousness
of this community.
1680
01:25:09,229 --> 01:25:11,424
If you adopt that attitude,
1681
01:25:11,598 --> 01:25:13,725
that's why we have this.
1682
01:25:13,900 --> 01:25:19,203
There's no more
powerful a narrative
1683
01:25:20,207 --> 01:25:23,540
in American society
than that of race.
1684
01:25:23,810 --> 01:25:27,609
A racist is somebody
who has power over you
1685
01:25:27,794 --> 01:25:30,229
who can do something to you.
1686
01:25:30,917 --> 01:25:33,853
A police officer, in the
street, a patrol officer
1687
01:25:34,020 --> 01:25:36,750
is the single most
powerful figure in the
1688
01:25:36,924 --> 01:25:38,118
criminal justice system.
1689
01:25:38,492 --> 01:25:40,153
He can take your life.
1690
01:25:40,526 --> 01:25:42,995
And that's why, that's why
1691
01:25:43,163 --> 01:25:44,857
this has to be rooted out.
1692
01:25:45,032 --> 01:25:47,592
He was magical
to watch in court.
1693
01:25:47,768 --> 01:25:49,633
Just magical.
1694
01:25:49,803 --> 01:25:52,033
Stop this cover-up.
1695
01:25:52,206 --> 01:25:54,071
Stop this cover-up.
1696
01:25:54,241 --> 01:25:57,039
If you don't stop it, then who?
1697
01:25:57,578 --> 01:25:59,205
Do you think the police
department's going to stop it?
1698
01:25:59,979 --> 01:26:01,708
Do you think the D.A.'s
office is going to stop it?
1699
01:26:01,882 --> 01:26:04,476
Do you think we can
stop it by ourselves?
1700
01:26:04,650 --> 01:26:08,052
It has to be stopped by you.
1701
01:26:08,854 --> 01:26:10,220
It offended me,
1702
01:26:10,591 --> 01:26:11,751
because he was using
a very serious,
1703
01:26:11,925 --> 01:26:16,157
for real issue, racial
injustice, in defense
1704
01:26:16,530 --> 01:26:18,760
of a man who wanted
nothing to do
1705
01:26:18,932 --> 01:26:20,523
with the black community.
1706
01:26:20,701 --> 01:26:22,862
Van Atter, with his big
lies, and then we have
1707
01:26:23,036 --> 01:26:25,561
Fuhrman come right on
the heels, and these
1708
01:26:25,739 --> 01:26:29,869
two twin devils of deception,
1709
01:26:30,042 --> 01:26:31,771
it's part of a culture
1710
01:26:31,945 --> 01:26:33,845
of getting away with things.
1711
01:26:34,014 --> 01:26:36,244
It's part of a culture of
looking the other way.
1712
01:26:36,717 --> 01:26:39,242
If we determine the
rules as we go along,
1713
01:26:39,620 --> 01:26:41,520
nobody's going to question us.
1714
01:26:41,734 --> 01:26:43,896
We're the L.AP.D.
1715
01:26:44,057 --> 01:26:48,083
He and that team were
willing to go anywhere
1716
01:26:48,262 --> 01:26:53,859
that they could to
get the killer off.
1717
01:26:54,066 --> 01:26:55,864
It's just not honorable.
1718
01:26:56,036 --> 01:26:57,594
It's not right.
1719
01:26:57,770 --> 01:27:00,535
Officer Fuhrman went on to say
1720
01:27:00,707 --> 01:27:02,731
that he would like nothing more
1721
01:27:02,909 --> 01:27:07,608
than to see all niggers
gathered together
1722
01:27:07,781 --> 01:27:09,681
and killed.
1723
01:27:09,850 --> 01:27:12,683
He said something
about burning them,
1724
01:27:12,853 --> 01:27:15,583
or bombing them.
1725
01:27:15,943 --> 01:27:21,210
There was another man
who had those same views.
1726
01:27:21,928 --> 01:27:23,589
People didn't care.
1727
01:27:23,764 --> 01:27:28,599
People said, "He's just crazy,
he's just a half-baked painter."
1728
01:27:29,303 --> 01:27:31,294
They didn't do
anything about it.
1729
01:27:31,671 --> 01:27:35,334
This man, this scourge
became one of the worst
1730
01:27:35,708 --> 01:27:38,734
people in the history of
this world, Adolf Hitler.
1731
01:27:39,012 --> 01:27:41,845
The word Hitler
had not been in any
1732
01:27:42,015 --> 01:27:44,575
of the prior drafts.
1733
01:27:44,750 --> 01:27:47,583
People didn't care and
didn't try to stop him.
1734
01:27:47,753 --> 01:27:50,621
He had the power
over his racism.
1735
01:27:50,791 --> 01:27:52,053
And his anti-religions.
1736
01:27:52,225 --> 01:27:54,819
And nobody wanted to stop him,
1737
01:27:54,995 --> 01:27:57,930
and it ended up in world war II.
1738
01:27:58,098 --> 01:28:01,794
I found his closing
arguments to be irresponsible.
1739
01:28:01,968 --> 01:28:03,731
Thank you, very, very much.
1740
01:28:03,904 --> 01:28:06,031
I appreciate your attention.
1741
01:28:07,741 --> 01:28:10,801
We have seen a
man who perhaps is
1742
01:28:10,977 --> 01:28:14,140
the worst kind of
racist himself.
1743
01:28:14,313 --> 01:28:19,013
Someone who shoves racism
in front of everything.
1744
01:28:19,186 --> 01:28:22,986
Someone who compares
a person who speaks
1745
01:28:23,156 --> 01:28:27,957
racist comments to Hitler.
1746
01:28:28,127 --> 01:28:31,894
This man is a disgrace
to human beings.
1747
01:28:32,064 --> 01:28:34,124
(inaudible)
No.
1748
01:28:36,136 --> 01:28:38,627
He is one of the most
disgusting human beings
1749
01:28:38,805 --> 01:28:42,866
I have ever had to
listen to in my life.
1750
01:28:44,811 --> 01:28:47,210
He suggests because of racism,
1751
01:28:47,380 --> 01:28:50,816
we should put aside
all other thought,
1752
01:28:50,983 --> 01:28:55,147
all other reason, and set
his murdering client free.
1753
01:28:55,889 --> 01:28:59,985
He's a sick man and he
ought to be put away.
1754
01:29:07,523 --> 01:29:09,219
Johnnie pushed.
1755
01:29:10,185 --> 01:29:11,743
I may have used
a different analogy
1756
01:29:11,919 --> 01:29:14,184
but I can't
criticize what he did.
1757
01:29:14,556 --> 01:29:16,956
Did you go too far
with the Hitler analogy?
1758
01:29:17,125 --> 01:29:18,921
Some people
are offended by that.
1759
01:29:19,094 --> 01:29:21,221
Excuse us, excuse us.
1760
01:29:21,597 --> 01:29:23,564
Could you answer
it for us, Johnnie?
1761
01:29:27,131 --> 01:29:28,282
Yes.
1762
01:29:29,051 --> 01:29:31,679
The playing of the
race card as he did
1763
01:29:31,914 --> 01:29:37,181
in all respects,
insinuations that were made,
1764
01:29:38,634 --> 01:29:41,729
impacted how I
felt about Johnnie.
1765
01:29:41,904 --> 01:29:44,065
Do you owe an apology
to Fred Goldman?
1766
01:29:44,273 --> 01:29:45,968
He owes an apology to me.
1767
01:29:47,276 --> 01:29:50,712
I am so tired of the unfair
1768
01:29:50,880 --> 01:29:54,476
suggestion that Johnnie Cochran
1769
01:29:54,650 --> 01:29:56,618
played the race card.
1770
01:29:56,786 --> 01:30:00,244
We played the credibility card.
1771
01:30:00,623 --> 01:30:04,252
We played the
evidence card, man.
1772
01:30:04,627 --> 01:30:07,118
You have to look at
the evidence in a case.
1773
01:30:07,296 --> 01:30:08,923
And who in America
can deny the fact
1774
01:30:09,098 --> 01:30:11,726
that Mark Fuhrman is
a genocidal racist?
1775
01:30:11,901 --> 01:30:14,233
He's their witness,
he's in the middle of this case,
1776
01:30:14,604 --> 01:30:16,128
so race has to be an issue.
1777
01:30:16,305 --> 01:30:19,138
It would have been contrary
1778
01:30:19,308 --> 01:30:23,267
to our oath as advocates
to ignore race.
1779
01:30:23,646 --> 01:30:26,672
And to not exploit it,
given the circumstances
1780
01:30:26,849 --> 01:30:29,511
and the context of this case,
1781
01:30:29,685 --> 01:30:32,848
in this city and in this time.
1782
01:30:33,022 --> 01:30:37,015
The attorneys are
telling my brother's story.
1783
01:30:37,293 --> 01:30:40,729
And it's very shocking that
1784
01:30:40,896 --> 01:30:43,922
once Johnnie gets up
and starts telling what
1785
01:30:44,100 --> 01:30:47,035
we feel happens,
that this has rocked
1786
01:30:47,203 --> 01:30:49,137
somebody's world.
1787
01:30:49,305 --> 01:30:52,240
I think it's time for
everybody to wake up,
1788
01:30:52,608 --> 01:30:55,839
and realize that we are
in a for-real world,
1789
01:30:56,012 --> 01:31:00,176
and we have dealt with
racism all our lives.
1790
01:31:00,349 --> 01:31:03,216
Every single day.
1791
01:31:05,154 --> 01:31:06,621
It's hard, it's really hard.
1792
01:31:07,823 --> 01:31:09,791
This guy's on
trial for his life.
1793
01:31:09,959 --> 01:31:12,757
Not one word that
Johnnie Cochran said
1794
01:31:12,928 --> 01:31:17,126
was objected to,
by the prosecution.
1795
01:31:17,867 --> 01:31:20,734
Unlawful, under the
rules of evidence.
1796
01:31:20,903 --> 01:31:22,803
So, what's the problem?
1797
01:31:22,972 --> 01:31:26,203
On the other hand, really?
1798
01:31:26,375 --> 01:31:29,606
O.J. Simpson as
civil rights victim?
1799
01:31:29,779 --> 01:31:31,007
Hero?
1800
01:31:31,180 --> 01:31:32,670
It was disgusting.
1801
01:31:32,848 --> 01:31:34,042
It was appalling.
1802
01:31:34,216 --> 01:31:35,342
What was your feeling
when Mr. Cochran
1803
01:31:35,718 --> 01:31:38,812
compared Mr. Fuhrman
to Adolf Hitler?
1804
01:31:39,955 --> 01:31:41,889
Your personal feeling, Sir?
1805
01:31:42,121 --> 01:31:43,986
I'll address that
after the jury verdict.
1806
01:31:47,263 --> 01:31:51,632
(suspenseful music)
1807
01:31:59,075 --> 01:32:00,372
One month after the murders,
1808
01:32:00,743 --> 01:32:04,201
in July last year, 63% of whites
thought Simpson was guilty.
1809
01:32:04,380 --> 01:32:07,611
65% of blacks thought
he was innocent.
1810
01:32:08,050 --> 01:32:10,075
And now, more than a year
later, with all of the evidence,
1811
01:32:10,252 --> 01:32:13,744
having been laid out, 77%
of whites think Simpson
1812
01:32:13,923 --> 01:32:18,690
is guilty, and 72% of blacks
believe he is innocent.
1813
01:32:18,861 --> 01:32:22,092
Blacks and whites are
actually farther apart.
1814
01:32:25,134 --> 01:32:27,261
It's not even the trial
of the century anymore.
1815
01:32:27,436 --> 01:32:30,200
Suddenly, the case of The
People Versus O.J. Simpson
1816
01:32:30,389 --> 01:32:34,381
has become the trial
of Los Angeles.
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