1 00:00:23,067 --> 00:00:25,101 Today, in Trial O.J... 2 00:00:25,136 --> 00:00:27,703 lawyers argued over whether the former Heisman winner 3 00:00:27,738 --> 00:00:31,272 is an arthritic cripple incapable of murder. 4 00:00:31,308 --> 00:00:34,469 He has bad knees, arthritis and limited mobility. 5 00:00:34,589 --> 00:00:35,792 He may look like Tarzan, 6 00:00:35,830 --> 00:00:38,246 but he moves like Tarzan's grandfather. 7 00:00:38,281 --> 00:00:40,348 After that, the jury got a peek 8 00:00:40,383 --> 00:00:42,350 at an exercise video Simpson taped 9 00:00:42,385 --> 00:00:44,446 just two weeks before the murders. 10 00:00:44,461 --> 00:00:45,920 Aw, break it all the way down! 11 00:00:46,633 --> 00:00:48,233 Feel it in the knees! 12 00:00:48,329 --> 00:00:51,191 Yeah. Love that intensity! 13 00:00:51,227 --> 00:00:52,692 - And if you're working out with your wife... - Hello. 14 00:00:52,728 --> 00:00:53,927 Is this Laura Hart McKinny? 15 00:00:53,962 --> 00:00:55,562 Yes. How may I help you? 16 00:00:55,598 --> 00:00:57,397 The Laura Hart McKinny who used to live in Los Angeles, 17 00:00:57,433 --> 00:00:59,966 who has tapes of LAPD Officer Mark Fuhrman? 18 00:01:02,371 --> 00:01:03,836 How did you find me? 19 00:01:03,871 --> 00:01:06,205 I'm an investigator working for O.J. Simpson. 20 00:01:06,241 --> 00:01:08,207 We believe our client is innocent 21 00:01:08,243 --> 00:01:09,742 and your tapes could really help him. 22 00:01:09,777 --> 00:01:11,377 Well, I don't want to help him. 23 00:01:11,412 --> 00:01:13,979 Look, I was just writing a screenplay 24 00:01:14,737 --> 00:01:16,126 about the LAPD. 25 00:01:16,150 --> 00:01:17,150 I met Mark, 26 00:01:17,547 --> 00:01:18,947 and I interviewed him for research. 27 00:01:19,434 --> 00:01:20,434 So there are tapes. 28 00:01:20,518 --> 00:01:21,518 What does he say? 29 00:01:21,595 --> 00:01:23,688 How inflammatory is it? 30 00:01:24,185 --> 00:01:25,524 I never asked to be a part of this. 31 00:01:33,872 --> 00:01:36,368 So, on the night of the murders, you were in an alleyway 32 00:01:36,403 --> 00:01:39,203 behind Bundy Drive and you heard a commotion 33 00:01:39,238 --> 00:01:40,838 near Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium? 34 00:01:40,983 --> 00:01:43,607 Yes. I-I heard two men arguing. 35 00:01:43,643 --> 00:01:46,316 The first man said, "Hey, hey, hey!" 36 00:01:46,370 --> 00:01:48,412 and the second man yelled at him. 37 00:01:48,447 --> 00:01:49,746 Uh, he was hard to understand. 38 00:01:49,782 --> 00:01:51,382 And did the second voice 39 00:01:51,417 --> 00:01:53,734 sound as if it was older, more mature than the first? 40 00:01:53,775 --> 00:01:55,051 Calls for speculation, Your Honor. 41 00:01:55,086 --> 00:01:56,786 Sustained. Foundational. 42 00:01:58,168 --> 00:01:59,168 All right, then. 43 00:02:00,145 --> 00:02:00,974 The second voice 44 00:02:01,006 --> 00:02:02,158 that you heard, it sounded like 45 00:02:02,194 --> 00:02:03,759 the voice of a black man, is that correct? 46 00:02:03,795 --> 00:02:06,374 - Object to, Your Honor! I object! - Sustained. 47 00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:07,844 This is ridiculous! 48 00:02:07,873 --> 00:02:09,811 Sustained. Mr. Darden, where are you going with this? 49 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,100 Your Honor, 50 00:02:11,743 --> 00:02:12,888 I was asking in good faith. 51 00:02:13,181 --> 00:02:14,710 We know that the witness told a friend 52 00:02:14,767 --> 00:02:16,704 that he heard the angry yell of an older man 53 00:02:16,737 --> 00:02:17,939 who sounded black. 54 00:02:17,974 --> 00:02:19,820 I resent that statement, Your Honor! 55 00:02:19,835 --> 00:02:22,396 You cannot tell by somebody's voice whether they are black. 56 00:02:22,516 --> 00:02:24,346 That is a racist statement 57 00:02:24,412 --> 00:02:25,921 and entirely inappropriate. 58 00:02:25,935 --> 00:02:28,782 Your Honor, yeah, I am offended that in America, 59 00:02:28,818 --> 00:02:31,252 in 1995, that we have to endure 60 00:02:31,287 --> 00:02:33,454 this kind of thinking. 61 00:02:37,345 --> 00:02:38,905 All right, I didn't make the statement. 62 00:02:39,019 --> 00:02:39,654 The witness did. 63 00:02:39,673 --> 00:02:40,900 Oh, please, Mr. Darden! 64 00:02:40,928 --> 00:02:43,597 I... if this is the witness' statement, 65 00:02:43,762 --> 00:02:45,666 then he is the racist, not me. 66 00:02:45,881 --> 00:02:47,234 But that is what you're suggesting. 67 00:02:47,269 --> 00:02:48,453 Hey, hey, hey! I suggest nothing! 68 00:02:48,491 --> 00:02:49,869 - Oh, yes, you did! - I did not. 69 00:02:49,904 --> 00:02:51,153 - Yes, you did. - Don't put words in my mouth! 70 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:52,606 And that has created a lot of problems 71 00:02:52,641 --> 00:02:54,399 for myself and for my family. 72 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:55,708 You continually make statements 73 00:02:55,733 --> 00:02:57,311 about me and race, Mr. Cochran... 74 00:02:57,336 --> 00:02:58,987 Wait. Wait, all right, stop it, both of you! 75 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,448 This is all improper. And I'm so mad at both of you guys 76 00:03:01,517 --> 00:03:04,350 right now, I'm about to hold the two of you in contempt. 77 00:03:04,774 --> 00:03:06,929 Let's take a recess so you can cool off. 78 00:03:07,049 --> 00:03:08,764 We will resume in 15. 79 00:03:21,552 --> 00:03:23,008 What was that? 80 00:03:23,632 --> 00:03:24,894 He is so cynical. 81 00:03:25,014 --> 00:03:27,639 I mean, of course there's such a thing as a "black voice." 82 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:29,794 - There are accents, speech patterns... - I know that. 83 00:03:29,905 --> 00:03:30,905 But look what happened. 84 00:03:30,957 --> 00:03:32,105 His witness was failing, 85 00:03:32,136 --> 00:03:33,732 so Johnnie threw a racial stink bomb 86 00:03:33,759 --> 00:03:34,891 to deflect attention. 87 00:03:34,946 --> 00:03:37,514 That guy saw a Bronco near Bundy. 88 00:03:37,998 --> 00:03:40,480 He heard two men arguing outside the condo. 89 00:03:40,519 --> 00:03:43,012 But now the jury has completely forgotten that. 90 00:03:48,929 --> 00:03:51,227 Is it true? 91 00:03:51,263 --> 00:03:53,743 Yeah. Tapes exist. 92 00:03:54,415 --> 00:03:55,626 I think they're really ugly. 93 00:03:55,746 --> 00:03:57,255 They have phrases like, uh... 94 00:04:01,123 --> 00:04:04,823 Stuff like... "Get niggers." "Frame niggers." 95 00:04:05,389 --> 00:04:06,628 "Plant evidence." 96 00:04:07,163 --> 00:04:08,411 Jesus Christ. 97 00:04:08,446 --> 00:04:10,545 - Can we confirm the authenticity? - I've asked around. 98 00:04:10,580 --> 00:04:13,348 Her lawyers have shopped the tapes to London papers, 99 00:04:13,383 --> 00:04:16,083 TV tabloids... they've heard snippets. 100 00:04:16,119 --> 00:04:17,585 Supposedly there's an offer on the table 101 00:04:17,621 --> 00:04:19,053 for 250 grand. 102 00:04:19,088 --> 00:04:20,388 Hmm. Why doesn't she sell? 103 00:04:20,424 --> 00:04:22,023 Well, that's the strange part. 104 00:04:22,058 --> 00:04:23,958 She doesn't actually care about the money. 105 00:04:23,993 --> 00:04:26,160 She'd rather sell her screenplay. 106 00:04:27,213 --> 00:04:28,313 She's a screenwriter. 107 00:04:28,367 --> 00:04:30,607 Or, well, a wannabe screenwriter. 108 00:04:30,662 --> 00:04:31,865 She was living in L.A. 109 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:32,871 She couldn't make a living, 110 00:04:32,894 --> 00:04:35,548 so she moved to North Carolina to teach screenwriting. 111 00:04:35,767 --> 00:04:36,503 I don't understand. 112 00:04:36,539 --> 00:04:37,705 How can you teach screenwriting 113 00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:39,272 if you can't sell a script? 114 00:04:39,308 --> 00:04:41,575 Oh, Barry, Barry... 115 00:04:41,610 --> 00:04:44,127 Gentlemen, you are missing the point. 116 00:04:44,247 --> 00:04:46,396 I don't care who she is or what she does. 117 00:04:46,516 --> 00:04:48,280 What matters are these tapes. 118 00:04:48,316 --> 00:04:49,582 We must get them. 119 00:04:49,617 --> 00:04:51,417 "Get niggers"? 120 00:04:51,870 --> 00:04:54,005 "Frame niggers"? That takes my breath away. 121 00:04:54,318 --> 00:04:57,557 These tapes will allow Mr. Simpson to walk free. 122 00:04:57,592 --> 00:05:00,393 Well, let's not get... too cocky. 123 00:05:00,428 --> 00:05:01,628 I mean, we haven't heard them. 124 00:05:04,598 --> 00:05:06,620 Look, lucky breaks don't just fall from the sky. 125 00:05:06,659 --> 00:05:07,935 Oh, yes, they do, Mr. Scheck. 126 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:11,570 God brought us these tapes. 127 00:05:11,826 --> 00:05:14,182 There is something much larger at play here. 128 00:05:14,302 --> 00:05:18,309 This is manna from heaven. 129 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:29,600 What is the defense doing? 130 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:32,005 They got Ito to sign a subpoena for what? 131 00:05:32,125 --> 00:05:33,750 13 hours of tape in North Carolina. 132 00:05:34,495 --> 00:05:35,584 I don't follow. 133 00:05:36,178 --> 00:05:37,520 Who is this woman? 134 00:05:37,950 --> 00:05:39,122 It just makes no sense 135 00:05:39,157 --> 00:05:41,057 why Fuhrman would blab to an unemployed screenwriter. 136 00:05:41,092 --> 00:05:42,558 Why would Fuhrman do anything? 137 00:05:42,593 --> 00:05:44,727 I'm not gonna pretend like I'm surprised. 138 00:05:45,019 --> 00:05:47,463 Whatever's on these tapes scares me. 139 00:05:47,498 --> 00:05:48,932 Well, maybe it's meritless. 140 00:05:48,967 --> 00:05:51,967 Fiction. Just Fuhrman and this writer playacting. 141 00:05:52,437 --> 00:05:53,568 The defense has been obsessed 142 00:05:53,603 --> 00:05:55,537 with creating stories for the jury, 143 00:05:55,572 --> 00:05:57,306 and lawyers resort to stories to distract from the facts... 144 00:05:57,341 --> 00:05:59,308 You know, Marcia, people like stories. 145 00:05:59,343 --> 00:06:00,909 It helps them make sense of things. 146 00:06:07,317 --> 00:06:08,615 Shit. 147 00:06:12,488 --> 00:06:15,522 Now who can deny there isn't a higher power watching over us? 148 00:06:17,950 --> 00:06:20,294 I spent my life fighting for a cause 149 00:06:20,330 --> 00:06:22,696 and then, in the biggest case of all time, 150 00:06:22,731 --> 00:06:24,597 with the whole world watching, 151 00:06:24,632 --> 00:06:26,132 a magical piece of paper appears. 152 00:06:26,168 --> 00:06:27,607 Well, we still need to get a judge 153 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:28,685 in North Carolina 154 00:06:28,718 --> 00:06:30,265 to enforce the subpoena. 155 00:06:30,304 --> 00:06:31,494 A small technicality. 156 00:06:31,541 --> 00:06:33,880 I will venture forth to secure our bounty. 157 00:06:33,908 --> 00:06:35,575 Well, obviously, I will accompany you. 158 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:37,743 I mean, I discovered Fuhrman, for God's sake. 159 00:06:37,779 --> 00:06:38,867 I mean, I invented him. 160 00:06:38,914 --> 00:06:41,981 Hang on, Bob. I won every Fuhrman motion. 161 00:06:42,016 --> 00:06:43,949 Gentlemen, we still have a case here in L.A. 162 00:06:43,985 --> 00:06:44,985 I don't understand. 163 00:06:45,019 --> 00:06:46,433 Why do more than two people 164 00:06:46,449 --> 00:06:47,449 have to get on the plane? 165 00:06:47,476 --> 00:06:48,371 Then it should be me. 166 00:06:48,415 --> 00:06:50,213 I have a winning record in that jurisdiction. 167 00:06:50,242 --> 00:06:52,004 I tried over 200 cases there. 168 00:06:52,124 --> 00:06:52,791 200? 169 00:06:53,057 --> 00:06:54,193 Really? When? 170 00:06:57,423 --> 00:06:58,662 Seems like yesterday. 171 00:06:59,503 --> 00:07:00,729 But understand this: 172 00:07:00,751 --> 00:07:04,118 things change really slowly down South. 173 00:07:04,238 --> 00:07:06,137 And I know the Carolinas 174 00:07:06,257 --> 00:07:08,815 like I know the caramel color in a single-barrel 175 00:07:08,847 --> 00:07:10,174 apple brandy, 176 00:07:10,608 --> 00:07:13,978 sipped over the blush of the morning sunrise. 177 00:07:14,311 --> 00:07:15,880 Oh, come on. Really? 178 00:07:16,178 --> 00:07:17,847 I hired all of you. 179 00:07:18,064 --> 00:07:19,349 You know, whatever. 180 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:21,351 I don't grovel. 181 00:07:21,387 --> 00:07:24,021 Just make sure you put my name on the brief. 182 00:07:24,631 --> 00:07:25,631 Thank you, Bob. 183 00:07:40,071 --> 00:07:41,037 This is it. 184 00:07:41,072 --> 00:07:42,371 All right, let's go. 185 00:07:48,979 --> 00:07:50,978 Here are the transcripts. 186 00:07:52,982 --> 00:07:54,982 The judge will see you gentlemen shortly. 187 00:07:55,017 --> 00:07:56,351 - Thank you. - Thank you, sir. 188 00:07:58,187 --> 00:08:01,121 My friend, I can taste victory. 189 00:08:01,157 --> 00:08:02,289 Yes. Yes. 190 00:08:02,325 --> 00:08:03,991 - Shall we? - Yes. 191 00:08:40,466 --> 00:08:41,640 It's unbelievable. 192 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:42,760 It's horrible. 193 00:08:42,841 --> 00:08:44,896 Horrible we can sell. 194 00:08:44,931 --> 00:08:47,031 Look, the bastard is nailed. Dead. 195 00:08:47,066 --> 00:08:49,901 He directly contradicts the trap I laid 196 00:08:49,936 --> 00:08:52,136 - when he testified. - Lee... 197 00:08:52,171 --> 00:08:53,438 it's more than that. 198 00:08:54,192 --> 00:08:55,806 It's evil. 199 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:02,078 But this is what black people have always known. 200 00:09:02,114 --> 00:09:03,447 And now 201 00:09:03,482 --> 00:09:05,682 it's right here. 202 00:09:05,718 --> 00:09:08,118 For everyone to hear. 203 00:09:14,497 --> 00:09:16,211 Your Honor, it would be a travesty 204 00:09:16,227 --> 00:09:18,993 if these tapes were not allowed into the O.J. Simpson trial. 205 00:09:19,113 --> 00:09:21,997 These tapes are tangible evidence 206 00:09:22,033 --> 00:09:25,167 of the Los Angeles Police Department's racism. 207 00:09:25,788 --> 00:09:29,171 They are a revelation of truth. 208 00:09:30,082 --> 00:09:31,697 May I approach the bench, Your Honor? 209 00:09:31,817 --> 00:09:33,312 No, you cannot. 210 00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:39,636 Your Honor, with all due respect, 211 00:09:39,674 --> 00:09:42,108 we ask you to enforce this subpoena 212 00:09:42,147 --> 00:09:43,945 and compel Ms. McKinny 213 00:09:44,065 --> 00:09:45,210 to turn over the tapes. 214 00:09:45,249 --> 00:09:47,789 It is important, it is imperative, 215 00:09:48,215 --> 00:09:50,075 it is... indispensible 216 00:09:50,081 --> 00:09:53,060 that we return them to California. 217 00:09:53,396 --> 00:09:55,062 Thank you, Your Honor. 218 00:09:56,290 --> 00:09:59,132 Mr. Cochran, there are no TV cameras in my courtroom. 219 00:09:59,617 --> 00:10:02,719 There's no need for... gratuitous alliteration. 220 00:10:03,446 --> 00:10:05,072 Your request is denied. 221 00:10:05,107 --> 00:10:08,337 These tapes are not material to your case. 222 00:10:10,221 --> 00:10:11,163 Who is that man 223 00:10:11,197 --> 00:10:13,889 to say that they are not relevant?! 224 00:10:14,009 --> 00:10:16,353 - Johnnie... - Those tapes are proof 225 00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:19,846 of the systematic civil rights violations. 226 00:10:19,895 --> 00:10:21,985 What black people have always known. 227 00:10:22,017 --> 00:10:23,916 And what white people have never understood. 228 00:10:23,932 --> 00:10:25,466 Johnnie, calm down. 229 00:10:25,678 --> 00:10:27,626 We'll just file an emergency appeal. 230 00:10:27,661 --> 00:10:30,694 And this time let me do the talking. 231 00:10:30,890 --> 00:10:31,493 What? 232 00:10:31,532 --> 00:10:34,466 Mr. Cochran, take a good look where you're standing. 233 00:10:34,935 --> 00:10:36,535 We're in the South. 234 00:10:36,655 --> 00:10:37,861 Haven't you noticed the smell 235 00:10:37,884 --> 00:10:40,671 of mint julep and condescension in the air? 236 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:42,296 Right behind you, there's a statue 237 00:10:42,318 --> 00:10:44,791 of a Confederate soldier holding a rifle. 238 00:10:44,911 --> 00:10:46,562 With all due respect, 239 00:10:46,682 --> 00:10:49,469 I don't know if you play as well in Dixie. 240 00:10:53,540 --> 00:10:54,540 Your Honors, 241 00:10:55,438 --> 00:10:57,826 may I state first of all what a pleasure it is 242 00:10:57,867 --> 00:10:59,527 to be practicing law once again 243 00:10:59,550 --> 00:11:01,825 in the great state of North Carolina. 244 00:11:01,860 --> 00:11:04,828 My heart gladdens with the promise of justice 245 00:11:04,863 --> 00:11:08,280 when I stand in one of the original 13 colonies. 246 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,635 From the great Smokey Mountains to the Pamlico Sound, 247 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:14,351 I know that fair consideration will be offered 248 00:11:14,368 --> 00:11:18,440 to all who set foot in a Tar Heel tribunal. 249 00:11:19,065 --> 00:11:22,912 As the Bible tells us, "Seek, and ye shall find," 250 00:11:22,947 --> 00:11:25,180 and I thank the Lord for helping us to find 251 00:11:25,215 --> 00:11:29,051 these terribly troubling tapes. 252 00:11:34,065 --> 00:11:36,679 The court has received the tapes and transcripts. 253 00:11:36,711 --> 00:11:39,027 I will arrange for my clerk to make you copies. 254 00:11:39,232 --> 00:11:40,794 I presume it'll take a good amount of time 255 00:11:40,823 --> 00:11:42,403 for all of you to wade through the materials 256 00:11:42,423 --> 00:11:44,866 and decide how much, if any, you want to introduce. 257 00:11:44,901 --> 00:11:47,535 Oh, we'll want to introduce plenty, Your Honor. 258 00:11:47,570 --> 00:11:49,420 - Maybe all of them. - Your Honor, we will fight that. 259 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:51,204 Mark Fuhrman consulting on a screenplay 260 00:11:51,239 --> 00:11:53,056 has no bearing on a murder trial. 261 00:11:53,176 --> 00:11:54,583 This is just more of the defense throwing 262 00:11:54,602 --> 00:11:56,657 conspiracy mud at the wall and seeing what sticks. 263 00:11:56,696 --> 00:11:57,401 Oh, it'll stick. 264 00:11:57,606 --> 00:12:00,373 It'll stick with the jury, it'll stick with the public. 265 00:12:00,493 --> 00:12:01,763 "The public." 266 00:12:01,883 --> 00:12:03,221 What do they have to do with this? 267 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,873 The truth, Marcia, they have a right to know. 268 00:12:06,098 --> 00:12:08,456 This isn't a smoking gun in the Simpson case. 269 00:12:08,576 --> 00:12:12,257 This is a smoking gun for the United States. 270 00:12:12,293 --> 00:12:14,293 Your Honor, I anticipate this will be 271 00:12:14,328 --> 00:12:16,395 just a pro forma request. 272 00:12:17,125 --> 00:12:18,436 Actually, Mr. Cochran, 273 00:12:18,456 --> 00:12:20,365 I wouldn't jump to any conclusions. 274 00:12:20,401 --> 00:12:22,938 I need to review precedent and make a determination. 275 00:12:22,957 --> 00:12:25,893 Until then, you and your assistants may review the tapes. 276 00:12:26,013 --> 00:12:27,880 But other than that, they are to remain sealed. 277 00:12:27,909 --> 00:12:30,108 You understand? Sealed. 278 00:13:16,887 --> 00:13:19,788 See, if you did it like they teach you in the Academy, 279 00:13:19,823 --> 00:13:21,322 you'd never get a fucking thing done. 280 00:13:21,756 --> 00:13:23,324 If the suspect doesn't talk, 281 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,293 you give him a shot in the stomach with your stick, 282 00:13:25,328 --> 00:13:26,741 and you say, "Listen, boy, I'm talking to you." 283 00:13:26,778 --> 00:13:28,922 Or you just grab 'em by the hair and you keep punching 'em 284 00:13:28,951 --> 00:13:30,419 until they go down. 285 00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:32,833 See, people don't want niggers in their town. 286 00:13:32,869 --> 00:13:34,268 People don't want Mexicans. 287 00:13:34,303 --> 00:13:37,038 They don't want anybody but good people, 288 00:13:37,073 --> 00:13:39,874 and any way you can do to get them out, that's fine. 289 00:13:40,379 --> 00:13:43,277 We have no niggers where I grew up. 290 00:13:43,312 --> 00:13:45,058 Do you still use the choke hold? 291 00:13:45,078 --> 00:13:46,702 No, we had to eliminate it, 292 00:13:46,722 --> 00:13:50,114 because a bunch of niggers down in the south of L.A. complained. 293 00:13:50,133 --> 00:13:52,318 Now, these niggers started a bunch of organizations, 294 00:13:52,353 --> 00:13:54,921 because all the niggers got choked out and killed. 295 00:14:15,799 --> 00:14:18,355 The longer this trial goes, the little your numbers drop. 296 00:14:18,368 --> 00:14:20,313 I know. If we get to the March primary 297 00:14:20,347 --> 00:14:22,128 and people are still talking about O.J. Simpson, 298 00:14:22,152 --> 00:14:24,112 there's something seriously wrong with this world. 299 00:14:31,913 --> 00:14:34,543 Oh, God, think my numbers are about to fall even lower. 300 00:14:34,562 --> 00:14:35,979 Excuse me for a second. 301 00:14:39,037 --> 00:14:41,783 All right. What? 302 00:14:43,287 --> 00:14:44,248 Has Ito ruled on the tapes? 303 00:14:44,277 --> 00:14:45,040 Not yet. 304 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,431 And we're fighting to keep them out. 305 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:47,634 But while we were reviewing them, 306 00:14:47,644 --> 00:14:52,261 we heard something... unexpected. 307 00:14:52,596 --> 00:14:53,996 You should sit. 308 00:14:54,308 --> 00:14:55,597 This is bad. 309 00:14:55,632 --> 00:14:57,965 No, I know, he hates Mexicans, he uses the "N" word, 310 00:14:58,001 --> 00:14:59,516 he's a sexist pig. 311 00:14:59,534 --> 00:15:01,100 He utters every racial slur known to man. 312 00:15:01,119 --> 00:15:02,386 Yes, that is all true, 313 00:15:02,409 --> 00:15:04,705 but there's sort of an O. Henry twist. 314 00:15:05,463 --> 00:15:07,754 Somebody he hates that none of us saw coming. 315 00:15:12,714 --> 00:15:14,948 Okay. 316 00:15:18,423 --> 00:15:19,930 I hate this woman, you know the type... 317 00:15:19,959 --> 00:15:23,276 dyed blonde, one-inch roots, slumped shoulders, 318 00:15:23,306 --> 00:15:26,293 a pouch big enough to hide cats in. 319 00:15:26,328 --> 00:15:28,608 She's the only marsupial on the police force. 320 00:15:28,647 --> 00:15:31,030 - Peggy barely worked in the field. - Wait, whoa. 321 00:15:31,150 --> 00:15:32,670 Peggy? 322 00:15:32,751 --> 00:15:34,772 Is he talking about Peggy York, Ito's wife?! 323 00:15:34,892 --> 00:15:36,546 It sickens me that she's a captain. 324 00:15:36,577 --> 00:15:38,152 I refuse to take orders from her. 325 00:15:38,172 --> 00:15:40,364 She's as far from a policeman as I've seen. 326 00:15:40,403 --> 00:15:42,950 Hell, she's as far from a woman as I've seen. 327 00:15:43,070 --> 00:15:44,743 She just sucked and f... 328 00:15:47,684 --> 00:15:49,013 What did he just say? 329 00:15:49,049 --> 00:15:50,515 He says that she sucked... 330 00:15:50,551 --> 00:15:51,998 Is he saying that-that... 331 00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:54,653 Oh, I... cannot believe this! 332 00:15:54,688 --> 00:15:58,376 Jesus! Our star witness insulting the judge's wife! 333 00:15:58,395 --> 00:16:01,126 Yep, not only does Fuhrman hate blacks, he hates Peggy York, 334 00:16:01,151 --> 00:16:02,990 the highest ranking woman in the LAPD. 335 00:16:03,010 --> 00:16:05,010 - Didn't she sign the affidavits? - Sure... 336 00:16:05,163 --> 00:16:06,660 when Ito was assigned to the case, 337 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:09,617 Peggy claimed she had no memory of any dealings with Fuhrman. 338 00:16:09,656 --> 00:16:12,403 Which seems hard to believe since we learned 339 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:14,709 she reprimanded him for writing "KKK" 340 00:16:14,733 --> 00:16:16,740 on a Martin Luther King poster. 341 00:16:16,775 --> 00:16:20,681 Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. 342 00:16:20,801 --> 00:16:23,042 So, which means she can be called as a material witness, 343 00:16:23,079 --> 00:16:25,515 in which case, Ito has to disqualify himself, 344 00:16:25,550 --> 00:16:27,150 which means we're looking at a mistrial. 345 00:16:28,328 --> 00:16:30,716 That's $6 million of taxpayer money. 346 00:16:30,739 --> 00:16:31,882 One year of work. 347 00:16:31,913 --> 00:16:33,255 We're looking at a mistrial? 348 00:16:33,302 --> 00:16:36,525 Shit, the constituents will freak out. 349 00:16:36,771 --> 00:16:40,395 This screams gross incompetence. 350 00:16:53,761 --> 00:16:55,909 Marcia, let's take a deep breath here. 351 00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:58,646 Do we want a mistrial? 352 00:16:58,911 --> 00:17:00,439 Start over. 353 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,397 Learn from our mistakes. 354 00:17:02,517 --> 00:17:05,586 Do it without Fuhrman. 355 00:17:09,981 --> 00:17:12,292 We are in perilous waters. 356 00:17:12,327 --> 00:17:14,653 The prosecution can manipulate this situation. 357 00:17:14,665 --> 00:17:17,597 Marcia and Chris are in trouble, their case is dying. 358 00:17:17,633 --> 00:17:20,567 Suddenly, they get thrown a life preserver, Peggy on tape. 359 00:17:20,602 --> 00:17:22,935 So they game it, Ito gets tossed for the conflict, 360 00:17:22,971 --> 00:17:24,771 they get a new trial. 361 00:17:24,806 --> 00:17:26,539 Jesus, a complete do-over. 362 00:17:26,575 --> 00:17:28,933 W-Wait a minute, try the case again? 363 00:17:28,945 --> 00:17:30,658 We-we can't, we can't live through this again. 364 00:17:30,670 --> 00:17:33,309 And they could move the trial back to Santa Monica, 365 00:17:33,342 --> 00:17:33,983 get a white jury. 366 00:17:34,018 --> 00:17:35,470 And this time they don't call Fuhrman, 367 00:17:35,494 --> 00:17:39,642 the LAPD doesn't get tarnished, and the tapes never get played. 368 00:17:39,674 --> 00:17:41,967 The scenario is unthinkable. 369 00:17:41,991 --> 00:17:44,256 We are this close to them being admitted. 370 00:17:45,909 --> 00:17:47,358 Does Ito even know yet? 371 00:17:49,487 --> 00:17:51,101 My wife is mentioned on these tapes? 372 00:17:51,132 --> 00:17:52,455 Yes, Your Honor. 373 00:17:52,575 --> 00:17:55,046 And it's quite derogatory. 374 00:17:55,829 --> 00:17:56,839 Terrible things. 375 00:17:56,863 --> 00:18:00,204 Uh, it's a delicate situation for all of us. 376 00:18:00,433 --> 00:18:01,506 Delicate how? 377 00:18:01,626 --> 00:18:03,689 The interactions Fuhrman described, 378 00:18:03,729 --> 00:18:06,295 given their explosive vocabulary, 379 00:18:06,529 --> 00:18:08,663 would seem to make it hard for Peggy to forget him. 380 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:15,218 So the implication is that Peggy lied 381 00:18:15,257 --> 00:18:17,263 so that I could be on this case. 382 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,158 This whole situation is toxic. 383 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:29,552 All right, I don't want there to be any insinuation 384 00:18:29,562 --> 00:18:31,167 that we tried to keep this contained, 385 00:18:31,206 --> 00:18:35,537 so this conversation should continue in open court. 386 00:18:35,572 --> 00:18:37,672 Thank you. If you'll excuse me. 387 00:18:39,462 --> 00:18:40,975 Your Honor. 388 00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:54,994 A concern has been raised 389 00:18:55,006 --> 00:18:58,957 regarding the court's ability to be fair and impartial. 390 00:19:00,872 --> 00:19:04,197 It could be argued that the court would not want 391 00:19:04,233 --> 00:19:06,597 the court's wife to be embarrassed. 392 00:19:06,717 --> 00:19:09,139 And what's unfortunate 393 00:19:09,151 --> 00:19:12,772 is that things are said about people all the time, 394 00:19:12,807 --> 00:19:15,274 things that are not accurate, 395 00:19:15,309 --> 00:19:18,711 not kind, disparaging. 396 00:19:21,048 --> 00:19:25,284 I love my wife dearly 397 00:19:25,319 --> 00:19:29,156 and I am... wounded 398 00:19:29,192 --> 00:19:33,091 by criticism of her, as any spouse would be. 399 00:19:33,793 --> 00:19:36,695 And, uh... 400 00:19:37,980 --> 00:19:39,508 I think that it would be reasonable 401 00:19:39,543 --> 00:19:43,067 to assume that... that could have some impact. 402 00:19:45,738 --> 00:19:48,706 Women who work in male-dominated professions, 403 00:19:48,741 --> 00:19:50,741 I think, are tougher than most. 404 00:19:51,412 --> 00:19:55,212 And if they are successful, they are almost always... 405 00:19:55,247 --> 00:19:57,247 targets for this kind of treatment. 406 00:19:58,950 --> 00:20:02,656 There is also an argument that this court, in ruling, 407 00:20:02,678 --> 00:20:05,555 might be motivated to punish Detective Fuhrman 408 00:20:05,590 --> 00:20:10,193 for making these statements about his wife. 409 00:20:10,313 --> 00:20:12,767 So it cuts both ways. 410 00:20:14,529 --> 00:20:17,902 This may be a conflict for me, which could trigger a mistrial, 411 00:20:17,937 --> 00:20:23,572 so... I think that another judge has to determine 412 00:20:23,607 --> 00:20:26,909 whether or not this case can remain before this court. 413 00:20:49,065 --> 00:20:49,976 This is insane. 414 00:20:49,989 --> 00:20:52,301 You couldn't get away with this plot twist 415 00:20:52,313 --> 00:20:54,264 in an airport paperback. 416 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,477 So... what should we do? 417 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:06,546 Chris, I've been thinking about this constantly. 418 00:21:07,036 --> 00:21:09,689 The problem is, it's too risky. 419 00:21:09,809 --> 00:21:11,854 If it's perceived that we pushed for mistrial, 420 00:21:11,866 --> 00:21:13,036 it would trigger double jeopardy, 421 00:21:13,055 --> 00:21:16,439 and in that version, O.J. walks. 422 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:18,700 Can you imagine the public reaction? 423 00:21:30,283 --> 00:21:32,210 What, you think I wouldn't want a do-over? 424 00:21:32,827 --> 00:21:34,760 I would love to do over all of my mistakes. 425 00:21:34,775 --> 00:21:35,847 Do over my life, 426 00:21:35,887 --> 00:21:37,249 do over my marriage. 427 00:21:40,427 --> 00:21:42,389 We have to plow forward. 428 00:21:59,064 --> 00:22:00,095 Oh... 429 00:22:04,966 --> 00:22:07,351 Your Honor, we don't want to leave our court. 430 00:22:07,471 --> 00:22:09,492 We fought to get the tapes. 431 00:22:09,612 --> 00:22:11,941 They are hard evidence. 432 00:22:11,976 --> 00:22:14,063 The district attorney's star witness 433 00:22:14,095 --> 00:22:16,028 was caught lying under oath. 434 00:22:16,075 --> 00:22:17,913 He committed perjury. 435 00:22:18,416 --> 00:22:21,271 Now, the part that relates to the judge's wife 436 00:22:21,318 --> 00:22:23,834 is very, very small. 437 00:22:23,862 --> 00:22:26,063 And because we don't want a mistrial, 438 00:22:26,086 --> 00:22:29,774 we propose that the tapes be given to Judge Ito 439 00:22:29,962 --> 00:22:33,327 with that part redacted. 440 00:22:35,907 --> 00:22:39,402 Well... I'm going to require time 441 00:22:39,426 --> 00:22:41,015 to review this constellation 442 00:22:41,031 --> 00:22:43,677 of tapes and transcripts and records. 443 00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:46,934 Only after I have a comprehensive understanding 444 00:22:46,958 --> 00:22:48,709 can I make a decision. 445 00:22:58,615 --> 00:23:01,392 Gotta wait for this judge to get a "comprehensive understanding." 446 00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:03,667 How long? Things cannot be left to whim. 447 00:23:03,698 --> 00:23:05,452 Cochran, you have to trust the system. 448 00:23:05,483 --> 00:23:07,973 - We need to turn up the pressure. - Pressure?! 449 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:09,962 You want to turn up the pressure?! 450 00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:12,052 This city is about to explode! 451 00:23:12,075 --> 00:23:14,900 We have enough pressure! 452 00:23:28,493 --> 00:23:30,438 Mmm... 453 00:23:38,967 --> 00:23:42,358 I told you not to use Fuhrman! 454 00:23:42,393 --> 00:23:45,695 Now, how many times did I say it? 455 00:23:45,731 --> 00:23:47,797 "He's damaged goods." I mean, I said it and I said it, 456 00:23:47,833 --> 00:23:50,967 but you just didn't take me seriously. 457 00:23:54,406 --> 00:23:56,676 You know, you put me on this trial 458 00:23:56,706 --> 00:23:59,938 because you wanted a black face, but the truth is, 459 00:23:59,990 --> 00:24:02,154 you never wanted a black voice. 460 00:24:15,012 --> 00:24:16,272 Good afternoon. 461 00:24:16,392 --> 00:24:19,453 I'd like to introduce members of our coalition. 462 00:24:20,517 --> 00:24:22,591 Miss Geraldine Washington, 463 00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:25,377 president of the local NAACP, 464 00:24:25,416 --> 00:24:28,502 Mr. John Mack, head of the Urban League, 465 00:24:28,538 --> 00:24:31,398 Mr. Danny Bakewell of the Brotherhood Crusade, 466 00:24:31,518 --> 00:24:34,340 and the esteemed Reverend Frank Higgins 467 00:24:34,376 --> 00:24:36,279 of the Baptist Ministers Conference. 468 00:24:36,291 --> 00:24:38,578 Can we give them all a round of applause 469 00:24:38,613 --> 00:24:41,314 as our speaker of the hour comes to the podium? 470 00:24:44,019 --> 00:24:45,477 We demand an immediate 471 00:24:45,508 --> 00:24:48,230 federal and state investigation of these tapes. 472 00:24:48,244 --> 00:24:48,776 - Yeah! - Yeah! 473 00:24:48,785 --> 00:24:49,106 Right! 474 00:24:49,226 --> 00:24:52,513 We demand full disclosure to calm a community 475 00:24:52,528 --> 00:24:54,756 unsettled by the reports of their content. 476 00:24:54,795 --> 00:24:55,499 - Right. - Yeah! 477 00:24:55,528 --> 00:24:58,747 - It goes way beyond O.J. - Yeah! 478 00:24:58,802 --> 00:25:00,449 People are angry 479 00:25:00,506 --> 00:25:03,069 that these tapes confirm what we've always known. 480 00:25:03,104 --> 00:25:04,170 - Yeah! - Yeah. 481 00:25:04,205 --> 00:25:07,072 Racist officers unjustly imprison, 482 00:25:07,933 --> 00:25:10,199 beat and kill African-Americans 483 00:25:10,237 --> 00:25:11,710 and other people of color. 484 00:25:11,745 --> 00:25:13,878 My God, this is terrible. 485 00:25:13,914 --> 00:25:15,444 I tried to stop him. 486 00:25:15,463 --> 00:25:18,249 I want our leaders to listen 487 00:25:18,701 --> 00:25:21,152 and to listen very carefully. 488 00:25:21,188 --> 00:25:23,588 Release these tapes. 489 00:25:24,446 --> 00:25:27,125 Because this community is a powder keg 490 00:25:27,143 --> 00:25:30,390 capable of repeating the actions of 1992. 491 00:25:30,409 --> 00:25:33,083 - Release the tapes. - Release the tapes! 492 00:25:33,102 --> 00:25:34,537 - Release the tapes! - Release the tapes! 493 00:25:34,555 --> 00:25:37,727 Jesus. Johnnie's threatening another riot. 494 00:25:37,739 --> 00:25:39,169 Release the tapes! 495 00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:40,395 Release the tapes! 496 00:25:40,420 --> 00:25:42,845 - Release the tapes! - Release the tapes! 497 00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:45,419 - Release the tapes! - Release the tapes! 498 00:25:53,059 --> 00:25:54,478 Release the Juice! 499 00:25:55,535 --> 00:25:57,020 In the O.J. Simpson trial, 500 00:25:57,052 --> 00:25:59,342 the court handed down a decision that Judge Ito 501 00:25:59,352 --> 00:26:01,901 will be able to rule on the Mark Fuhrman tapes. 502 00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:03,502 A hearing is scheduled for today 503 00:26:03,510 --> 00:26:05,401 and a ruling is expected soon 504 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:08,907 on the highly controversial and incendiary tapes. 505 00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:27,873 Your Honor, 506 00:26:27,896 --> 00:26:30,694 this issue can be decided with dispatch. 507 00:26:30,730 --> 00:26:32,946 We will present portions of that transcript 508 00:26:32,975 --> 00:26:34,906 that are relevant to the credibility 509 00:26:34,925 --> 00:26:36,046 of Detective Fuhrman. 510 00:26:36,102 --> 00:26:37,634 30 occasions 511 00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:39,083 in which he uses the word 512 00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:42,194 "nigger" in a racially offensive context 513 00:26:42,251 --> 00:26:44,140 and which directly contradict 514 00:26:44,522 --> 00:26:47,089 the testimony he presented under oath. 515 00:26:47,522 --> 00:26:49,137 And we will also present 516 00:26:49,175 --> 00:26:52,025 an additional 17 extracts 517 00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:55,684 where Detective Fuhrman speaks, with personal experience, 518 00:26:55,974 --> 00:26:57,886 about police misconduct, 519 00:26:58,392 --> 00:27:00,188 planting of evidence, 520 00:27:00,223 --> 00:27:01,839 commission of perjury, 521 00:27:01,865 --> 00:27:04,675 and the presentation of cover-ups 522 00:27:04,721 --> 00:27:06,351 and false testimony 523 00:27:06,413 --> 00:27:08,267 in court proceedings. 524 00:27:12,435 --> 00:27:15,235 This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do as a prosecutor. 525 00:27:16,539 --> 00:27:18,506 I don't want to be in the position 526 00:27:18,541 --> 00:27:20,508 of defending Mark Fuhrman. 527 00:27:21,322 --> 00:27:25,346 My job is to defend Ron and Nicole. 528 00:27:26,264 --> 00:27:27,914 The victims. 529 00:27:28,588 --> 00:27:29,749 But the bottom line 530 00:27:29,785 --> 00:27:31,752 is not Fuhrman. 531 00:27:31,872 --> 00:27:33,887 It's the concrete evidence. 532 00:27:33,922 --> 00:27:35,991 The defense just wants to inflame the jury 533 00:27:36,022 --> 00:27:38,264 so they forget about the facts and vote emotionally. 534 00:27:41,056 --> 00:27:43,649 I hope this very cynical view will be proven wrong 535 00:27:43,769 --> 00:27:46,398 and the jury will rise to the occasion and say, "No. 536 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:48,968 We are going to look at the evidence." 537 00:27:50,779 --> 00:27:53,495 Because the rest of this stuff is irrelevant. 538 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,880 I submit these cases... 539 00:28:01,915 --> 00:28:03,815 numerous cases... 540 00:28:03,850 --> 00:28:06,417 where racial epithets were deemed immaterial. 541 00:28:07,245 --> 00:28:09,387 I beg of you, Your Honor, 542 00:28:09,422 --> 00:28:11,371 act on precedent. 543 00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:16,127 Do not let the jurors hear these tapes. 544 00:28:17,429 --> 00:28:20,267 I am begging you from my soul. 545 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:06,875 Any nigger driving a Porsche who doesn't have 546 00:29:06,910 --> 00:29:09,462 a $300 suit on, you can always stop... 547 00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:11,111 Anything out of a nigger's mouth, 548 00:29:11,146 --> 00:29:12,501 the first five sentences is a lie. 549 00:29:12,538 --> 00:29:14,949 People don't want Mexicans. They don't want anybody 550 00:29:14,984 --> 00:29:16,546 but good people. Doesn't Ito have 551 00:29:16,571 --> 00:29:18,687 an impossible decision on his hands? 552 00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:20,170 The judge has no choice. 553 00:29:20,201 --> 00:29:23,573 He has to play the tapes. They exist. 554 00:29:23,620 --> 00:29:24,907 I don't envy the guy. 555 00:29:24,942 --> 00:29:26,259 I mean, pardon my French, 556 00:29:26,295 --> 00:29:28,260 but he-he's screwed either way. 557 00:29:41,061 --> 00:29:42,141 All rise. 558 00:29:42,176 --> 00:29:44,843 Department 103 is now in session, 559 00:29:44,878 --> 00:29:47,178 the Honorable Lance A. Ito presiding. 560 00:29:50,185 --> 00:29:51,249 Good morning. 561 00:30:01,768 --> 00:30:04,838 Over the recess, I've had the opportunity 562 00:30:04,850 --> 00:30:07,138 to contemplate the issues at hand. 563 00:30:07,370 --> 00:30:09,066 Now, I have not yet decided 564 00:30:09,102 --> 00:30:10,537 what tape excerpts are appropriate 565 00:30:10,538 --> 00:30:11,933 for the jury to hear. 566 00:30:12,053 --> 00:30:14,428 However, I think that there is 567 00:30:14,461 --> 00:30:16,528 an overriding public interest 568 00:30:16,575 --> 00:30:18,157 in the defense's offer. 569 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:20,913 And I don't want there to be any impression 570 00:30:20,936 --> 00:30:23,546 that the court would ever suppress any information. 571 00:30:23,888 --> 00:30:26,016 These tapes 572 00:30:26,371 --> 00:30:28,918 have become a matter of national concern. 573 00:30:29,792 --> 00:30:30,843 Many entities 574 00:30:30,882 --> 00:30:32,789 have asked that they become public. 575 00:30:32,824 --> 00:30:34,923 So what I'm going to suggest... 576 00:30:37,028 --> 00:30:37,893 is that the defense 577 00:30:37,928 --> 00:30:40,562 play its presentation to the court in its entirety. 578 00:30:41,580 --> 00:30:44,432 "National concern"? This is a double homicide, 579 00:30:44,468 --> 00:30:46,635 - Your Honor, not Iran-Contra! - Ms. Clark? 580 00:30:46,671 --> 00:30:49,002 The court in its wisdom has made a determination. 581 00:30:49,015 --> 00:30:50,261 Why do we have to broadcast this? 582 00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:51,806 Truth, Ms. Clark, the truth. 583 00:30:51,841 --> 00:30:53,841 The court hides nothing from the people. 584 00:30:53,877 --> 00:30:54,976 - The truth? - Nothing. 585 00:30:55,412 --> 00:30:56,672 You've presented 586 00:30:56,704 --> 00:30:59,362 a defense that is based completely on lies 587 00:30:59,397 --> 00:31:00,857 and deceptions! 588 00:31:00,912 --> 00:31:02,449 Just teasing the public, 589 00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:03,951 the media by throwing them 590 00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:05,281 bits of the tapes. 591 00:31:05,304 --> 00:31:07,559 Inflaming the public's passions in an attempt 592 00:31:07,606 --> 00:31:10,022 to exert political pressure over His Honor. 593 00:31:10,054 --> 00:31:12,358 In an attempt to pressure the court into admitting 594 00:31:12,394 --> 00:31:14,161 in the Fuhrman tapes. Mr. Darden! 595 00:31:14,196 --> 00:31:15,562 This case is a circus! 596 00:31:15,847 --> 00:31:18,131 And the defense has made it into a circus. 597 00:31:18,430 --> 00:31:20,552 And the court has allowed them to walk all over... 598 00:31:20,567 --> 00:31:22,750 Mr. Darden, you are close to being held in contempt! 599 00:31:22,797 --> 00:31:24,911 Well, I should be held in contempt! 600 00:31:26,281 --> 00:31:28,507 There is nothing funny here! 601 00:31:29,465 --> 00:31:30,465 Mr. Darden. 602 00:31:30,875 --> 00:31:33,445 Chris, calm down. 603 00:31:34,037 --> 00:31:35,037 Don't. 604 00:31:35,833 --> 00:31:37,501 Mr. Darden! 605 00:31:37,621 --> 00:31:38,785 Mr. Darden! 606 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:41,936 I am warning you. 607 00:31:41,979 --> 00:31:43,302 A good piece of advice... 608 00:31:43,347 --> 00:31:45,500 take three deep breaths, then contemplate 609 00:31:45,521 --> 00:31:47,644 what you are about to say next. 610 00:31:57,670 --> 00:31:59,270 I would like counsel, Your Honor. 611 00:32:09,348 --> 00:32:12,049 All right, Mr. Darden, you can have counsel. 612 00:32:12,084 --> 00:32:14,584 Do you wish to call your counsel at this time, Mr. Darden? 613 00:32:34,501 --> 00:32:37,011 I would like to be heard on behalf of Mr. Darden, 614 00:32:37,131 --> 00:32:38,506 Your Honor. 615 00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:41,147 Ms. Clark, do you represent 616 00:32:41,157 --> 00:32:42,189 Mr. Darden in this matter? 617 00:32:42,228 --> 00:32:44,389 I don't know if I'm legally entitled to. 618 00:32:44,405 --> 00:32:46,424 But I would like to be heard. 619 00:32:47,153 --> 00:32:48,930 Mr. Darden is simply responding 620 00:32:48,977 --> 00:32:51,518 to the unfair events that have occurred in this courtroom today 621 00:32:51,553 --> 00:32:52,653 and other days. 622 00:32:52,688 --> 00:32:53,936 The court has been exploited 623 00:32:53,983 --> 00:32:55,722 by counsel for cross-purposes. 624 00:32:55,758 --> 00:32:57,557 Ms. Clark, I think perhaps 625 00:32:57,593 --> 00:32:59,662 you need to take ten deep breaths, for you also 626 00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:01,549 are about to be held in contempt. 627 00:33:03,232 --> 00:33:05,732 Shall I take off my watch and jewelry? 628 00:33:32,069 --> 00:33:33,501 Your Honor? 629 00:33:35,605 --> 00:33:37,439 Perhaps some of my comments may have been, um, 630 00:33:37,467 --> 00:33:40,565 uh, somewhat inappropriate. 631 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,566 I apologize to the court. 632 00:33:42,601 --> 00:33:45,102 I meant no disrespect. 633 00:33:52,715 --> 00:33:55,323 All right, Mr. Darden, I accept your apology. 634 00:33:55,443 --> 00:33:58,649 I apologize to you for my reaction as well. 635 00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:01,290 You and I have known each other for a number of years, 636 00:34:01,305 --> 00:34:03,674 and I know that your response was out of character, 637 00:34:03,705 --> 00:34:04,921 so thank you. 638 00:34:05,776 --> 00:34:07,824 Thank you, Your Honor. 639 00:34:12,264 --> 00:34:13,373 No justice! 640 00:34:13,412 --> 00:34:16,031 No peace! No justice! No peace! 641 00:34:16,067 --> 00:34:18,433 No justice! No peace! 642 00:34:18,469 --> 00:34:20,469 No justice! No peace! 643 00:34:20,504 --> 00:34:22,872 No justice! No peace! 644 00:34:22,907 --> 00:34:24,573 No justice! No peace! 645 00:34:24,608 --> 00:34:27,086 No justice! No peace... 646 00:34:27,136 --> 00:34:29,417 Yeah, yeah. 647 00:34:30,210 --> 00:34:31,891 Let's go, after you. 648 00:34:31,909 --> 00:34:33,614 - Johnny. - No justice! No peace! 649 00:34:33,649 --> 00:34:35,683 No justice! No peace... 650 00:34:35,718 --> 00:34:36,985 Thank you for coming. 651 00:34:37,020 --> 00:34:38,987 Yes, no justice, no peace. 652 00:34:39,022 --> 00:34:40,991 No justice, no peace. 653 00:35:01,327 --> 00:35:03,710 I had 66 allegations of brutality. 654 00:35:03,745 --> 00:35:06,046 Like, two of my buddies were shot and ambushed. 655 00:35:06,746 --> 00:35:08,088 I was first unit on the scene. 656 00:35:08,128 --> 00:35:10,460 Four suspects ran into an apartment in the projects. 657 00:35:10,483 --> 00:35:12,018 We kicked the door down, I grabbed a girl 658 00:35:12,053 --> 00:35:13,752 that lived there, grabbed her by the hair 659 00:35:13,788 --> 00:35:15,821 and stuck a gun to her head, and used her as a barricade. 660 00:35:15,856 --> 00:35:17,823 I walked up and I said, "I've got this girl. 661 00:35:17,858 --> 00:35:19,091 "I'll blow her fucking brains out 662 00:35:19,127 --> 00:35:20,826 if you come out with a gun." 663 00:35:20,861 --> 00:35:23,427 I held her, then I threw the bitch down the stairs. 664 00:35:24,038 --> 00:35:26,635 - Can we use that in the story? - Sure. 665 00:35:27,344 --> 00:35:28,856 It hasn't been seven years. 666 00:35:28,976 --> 00:35:30,001 Statute of limitations. 667 00:35:31,105 --> 00:35:32,470 I have 300-something pages 668 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:33,959 of internal affairs investigation 669 00:35:33,998 --> 00:35:35,423 just on that one incident. 670 00:35:35,807 --> 00:35:37,280 We basically tortured those guys. 671 00:35:37,311 --> 00:35:39,945 We broke their bones until their faces were mush. 672 00:35:39,980 --> 00:35:42,561 There was blood all the way to the ceiling and finger marks, 673 00:35:42,587 --> 00:35:44,581 like they were trying to crawl out. 674 00:35:44,616 --> 00:35:46,583 It was unbelievable... there was blood everywhere. 675 00:35:47,591 --> 00:35:48,685 How do you intellectualize 676 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:50,714 when you punch the hell out of a nigger? 677 00:35:50,761 --> 00:35:52,366 He either deserves it or he doesn't. 678 00:35:52,397 --> 00:35:54,524 Falsifying a report? Whatever. 679 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,493 That's putting a criminal in jail. 680 00:35:56,528 --> 00:35:57,894 That's being a policeman. 681 00:35:59,341 --> 00:36:01,619 Does that police station have the smell of niggers? 682 00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:05,001 They've been beaten and killed in there for 30 years. 683 00:36:06,013 --> 00:36:07,642 Immediately after we beat those guys, 684 00:36:07,681 --> 00:36:09,309 we found a garden hose in the back. 685 00:36:09,340 --> 00:36:10,493 We had blood all over us. 686 00:36:10,516 --> 00:36:12,341 With a dark blue uniform, you don't see it. 687 00:36:12,395 --> 00:36:13,930 But we had to wash our hands. 688 00:36:14,478 --> 00:36:16,778 It looked like red paint. 689 00:36:17,203 --> 00:36:18,391 We cleaned our badges. 690 00:36:18,425 --> 00:36:19,802 We cleaned our faces. 691 00:36:20,541 --> 00:36:22,575 Then we went out to direct traffic. 692 00:36:51,791 --> 00:36:53,417 What happened in there. 693 00:36:54,188 --> 00:36:56,231 This is now the Fuhrman trial. 694 00:36:56,708 --> 00:36:59,315 This is not a trial 695 00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:01,517 about the man 696 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:04,520 that murdered my son! 697 00:37:05,174 --> 00:37:08,125 We came to this court 698 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,247 months ago... 699 00:37:10,367 --> 00:37:12,629 You know, I just realized something. 700 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:13,341 What's that? 701 00:37:13,353 --> 00:37:18,134 Mark Fuhrman's initials are MF. 702 00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:21,070 I guess that's funny. 703 00:37:21,105 --> 00:37:24,373 But I don't feel like laughing. 704 00:37:27,462 --> 00:37:30,611 It seems like... 705 00:37:30,887 --> 00:37:34,215 like it's all over. 706 00:37:34,852 --> 00:37:36,851 Ito could save our asses. 707 00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:39,387 He could decide it's all irrelevant 708 00:37:39,422 --> 00:37:41,222 and not let the jurors hear anything. 709 00:37:41,258 --> 00:37:41,967 Come on, Marcia. 710 00:37:42,001 --> 00:37:43,084 They'll hear. 711 00:37:43,134 --> 00:37:45,475 A couple conjugal visits is all it takes. 712 00:37:45,595 --> 00:37:46,924 Number of instances in which 713 00:37:46,963 --> 00:37:50,544 he seems to be bragging about the worst police misconduct. 714 00:37:50,583 --> 00:37:52,276 He seems to be bragging about the fact 715 00:37:52,315 --> 00:37:55,502 that he is a bad police officer. 716 00:38:03,412 --> 00:38:06,779 I'm so sorry I didn't listen to you. 717 00:38:08,184 --> 00:38:10,402 You deserved better. 718 00:38:14,418 --> 00:38:16,637 I know I'm too stubborn. 719 00:38:16,668 --> 00:38:20,392 I always refuse to back down. 720 00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:22,360 It's a problem. 721 00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:36,374 I shouldn't have bet on Fuhrman. 722 00:38:39,912 --> 00:38:41,421 Well... 723 00:38:41,541 --> 00:38:43,714 if we're apologizing... 724 00:38:45,117 --> 00:38:48,418 then I'm sorry as shit about those gloves. 725 00:39:01,144 --> 00:39:03,689 Guess we should've listened to each other. 726 00:39:16,338 --> 00:39:18,222 I got some work to do. 727 00:39:27,658 --> 00:39:28,658 These tapes 728 00:39:28,684 --> 00:39:31,943 expose the ugly reality of the LAPD. 729 00:39:31,971 --> 00:39:34,151 It can never again be denied. 730 00:39:34,181 --> 00:39:36,471 And we only hope and pray that Chief Williams 731 00:39:36,892 --> 00:39:39,967 follows through on his promise of change. 732 00:39:40,003 --> 00:39:42,684 Eh, I trust that's enough for your story. 733 00:39:42,707 --> 00:39:44,015 And thank you. 734 00:39:44,135 --> 00:39:45,695 - What? - Ito is releasing the decision. 735 00:39:45,727 --> 00:39:46,744 Yes. 736 00:39:46,864 --> 00:39:48,208 Come on, come on, come on. 737 00:39:58,998 --> 00:40:00,654 No, Give me. Give me. 738 00:40:00,688 --> 00:40:01,775 Give me. No. 739 00:40:01,787 --> 00:40:02,827 - No. - No. 740 00:40:02,947 --> 00:40:04,243 No, it's a nightmare. 741 00:40:04,363 --> 00:40:05,437 Ito shafted us. 742 00:40:05,447 --> 00:40:06,846 He's disallowing all the beatings, 743 00:40:06,876 --> 00:40:08,353 all the manufacture of evidence. 744 00:40:08,392 --> 00:40:10,174 My God, he's only allowing in two sentences. 745 00:40:10,189 --> 00:40:11,630 "We have no niggers where I grew up. 746 00:40:11,665 --> 00:40:12,730 And that's where the niggers live." 747 00:40:12,761 --> 00:40:14,828 - All Ito cares about is the perjury! - The perjury, yes! 748 00:40:14,851 --> 00:40:16,495 Fuhrman testified that he didn't say the word. 749 00:40:16,519 --> 00:40:17,949 So two sentences prove otherwise. 750 00:40:17,973 --> 00:40:19,750 What about the other 13 hours?! 751 00:40:19,773 --> 00:40:21,269 Uh, "The-The-Their value 752 00:40:21,295 --> 00:40:23,007 "is overwhelmingly outweighed 753 00:40:23,038 --> 00:40:24,879 by the danger of undue prejudice." 754 00:40:24,999 --> 00:40:26,958 "Prejudice"... that's a hell of a word to use. 755 00:40:26,970 --> 00:40:28,805 Bring the whole team down here 756 00:40:28,925 --> 00:40:30,591 and call up every network! 757 00:40:30,711 --> 00:40:33,584 Shawn, dry them tears, girl. Let's go! 758 00:40:36,274 --> 00:40:38,720 13 hours of tapes down to two sentences. 759 00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:41,196 In the history of American jurisprudence, never... 760 00:40:41,197 --> 00:40:42,451 Johnnie, stop! 761 00:40:42,493 --> 00:40:44,223 You're turning this into a referendum. 762 00:40:44,343 --> 00:40:46,133 Now, granted, it's a mixed decision, 763 00:40:46,188 --> 00:40:48,057 but Ito's given us enough to work with. 764 00:40:48,090 --> 00:40:49,061 Bob, you're blind. 765 00:40:49,085 --> 00:40:51,415 He's knocked out the manufacturing of evidence. 766 00:40:51,446 --> 00:40:53,607 That's what gets us to the planted glove. 767 00:40:53,625 --> 00:40:54,988 Now, look, I appreciate your passion. 768 00:40:55,008 --> 00:40:56,983 But we've been hired to defend a client, 769 00:40:56,993 --> 00:40:58,652 not to burn down a city. 770 00:40:58,697 --> 00:41:01,250 Now, I'm sorry that you're disappointed, and I understand... 771 00:41:01,265 --> 00:41:03,375 No, you don't! That's impossible. 772 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,149 There is no way you can understand 773 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,760 what this is like, Bob. 774 00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:14,057 It's one of the cruelest, 775 00:41:14,106 --> 00:41:16,920 unfairest decisions ever rendered. 776 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:18,614 It lends credence to all those who say 777 00:41:18,644 --> 00:41:21,222 the criminal justice system is corrupt. 778 00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:24,613 Now, Judge Ito is misleading this jury. 779 00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:28,045 Now, all the world knows who Mark Fuhrman really is, 780 00:41:28,084 --> 00:41:29,845 except our jury. 781 00:41:30,071 --> 00:41:33,838 Our jury will be left in the dark. 782 00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:36,844 O.J. Simpson has been wrongly accused 783 00:41:36,964 --> 00:41:40,580 and framed, and the cover-up continues. 784 00:41:40,616 --> 00:41:44,398 Now, I know that many people 785 00:41:44,518 --> 00:41:46,752 share in our anger, 786 00:41:46,787 --> 00:41:49,635 but the citizens of Los Angeles 787 00:41:49,684 --> 00:41:52,925 should remain calm. 788 00:41:59,649 --> 00:42:00,847 Here, baby. 789 00:42:00,886 --> 00:42:01,886 Thank you. 790 00:42:08,508 --> 00:42:10,184 I'm still trembling. 791 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,046 I'd... 792 00:42:14,081 --> 00:42:16,589 I'd hoped to accomplish so much. 793 00:42:16,709 --> 00:42:20,014 Johnnie... you have. 794 00:42:20,134 --> 00:42:22,375 Johnnie, you have. 795 00:42:22,430 --> 00:42:24,779 Those two lines say plenty. 796 00:42:29,927 --> 00:42:31,701 I feel like I failed. 797 00:42:35,774 --> 00:42:38,802 All those hours of tape 798 00:42:38,922 --> 00:42:42,153 and the jury will only hear 12 words. 799 00:42:44,123 --> 00:42:46,166 But the world... 800 00:42:46,286 --> 00:42:48,296 they heard the whole truth. 801 00:42:50,877 --> 00:42:52,834 The hell with O.J. Simpson. 802 00:42:52,954 --> 00:42:54,504 He is an imperfect vessel, 803 00:42:54,537 --> 00:42:59,688 but you... you... got your message out there. 804 00:43:01,729 --> 00:43:03,842 I'm proud of you, Johnnie. 805 00:43:30,252 --> 00:43:31,751 Boo! 806 00:43:44,648 --> 00:43:46,372 We call Detective Mark Fuhrman 807 00:43:46,373 --> 00:43:48,220 to resume the witness stand. 808 00:44:49,164 --> 00:44:52,173 It's hard to be hated by both sides. 809 00:44:52,293 --> 00:44:55,611 It takes a man of certain character. 810 00:44:59,742 --> 00:45:01,014 All right. Good afternoon, Detective. 811 00:45:01,041 --> 00:45:02,481 Good afternoon, Your Honor. 812 00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,186 You are reminded, Detective, that you are still under oath. 813 00:45:06,689 --> 00:45:09,202 - Mr. Cochran, you may proceed. - Thank you, Your Honor. 814 00:45:29,964 --> 00:45:31,264 Detective Fuhrman, 815 00:45:31,299 --> 00:45:32,912 was the testimony you gave 816 00:45:32,936 --> 00:45:34,218 at the preliminary hearing in this case 817 00:45:34,244 --> 00:45:35,654 completely truthful? 818 00:45:43,273 --> 00:45:45,842 I wish to assert my Fifth Amendment privilege. 819 00:45:49,108 --> 00:45:51,271 Detective Fuhrman, have you ever 820 00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:53,394 falsified a police report? 821 00:45:55,814 --> 00:45:57,981 I wish to assert my Fifth Amendment privilege. 822 00:46:01,038 --> 00:46:03,656 Detective Fuhrman, is it your intention 823 00:46:03,673 --> 00:46:05,614 to assert your Fifth Amendment privilege 824 00:46:05,638 --> 00:46:08,130 with respect to all questions I may ask? 825 00:46:09,108 --> 00:46:10,666 Yes. 826 00:46:10,786 --> 00:46:12,780 - Your Honor, may I have a moment? - Of course. 827 00:46:12,819 --> 00:46:13,819 Thank you. 828 00:46:19,127 --> 00:46:19,870 Your Honor, 829 00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:22,379 can we curtail this performance piece? 830 00:46:22,414 --> 00:46:23,714 The witness has already made clear 831 00:46:23,738 --> 00:46:25,543 that he will not answer any further questions. 832 00:46:25,574 --> 00:46:27,101 Actually, Your Honor, 833 00:46:27,351 --> 00:46:29,693 may I ask just one last question? 834 00:46:32,324 --> 00:46:34,602 - Thank you. - Oh. 835 00:46:37,828 --> 00:46:40,091 Detective Fuhrman... 836 00:46:40,139 --> 00:46:43,828 did you plant or manufacture any evidence in this case? 837 00:46:53,767 --> 00:46:56,446 I assert my Fifth Amendment privilege. 838 00:47:02,867 --> 00:47:04,995 No further questions, Your Honor. 839 00:47:10,188 --> 00:47:12,125 Thank you. 840 00:47:29,991 --> 00:47:31,699 Johnnie is a genius! 841 00:47:31,738 --> 00:47:33,304 Did you see what happened in there? 842 00:47:33,424 --> 00:47:34,798 Oh, man! 843 00:47:34,845 --> 00:47:36,144 Fuhrman framed me! 844 00:47:36,264 --> 00:47:37,264 He framed me! 845 00:47:37,312 --> 00:47:39,207 That was something, huh? 846 00:47:39,327 --> 00:47:41,780 That was a real success for the defense. 847 00:47:42,015 --> 00:47:44,070 Well, I won't be wearing these much longer. 848 00:47:45,873 --> 00:47:48,080 Oh, man, that was magical! 849 00:47:48,834 --> 00:47:50,292 Johnnie's got charisma, man. 850 00:47:50,330 --> 00:47:51,088 Whoo! 851 00:47:51,151 --> 00:47:53,419 Oh. That was something! 852 00:47:53,469 --> 00:47:55,060 Oh! 853 00:47:57,090 --> 00:47:59,449 Bobby, have a good night, huh? 854 00:48:01,374 --> 00:48:02,673 Wow... 855 00:48:02,708 --> 00:48:03,752 Wow. 856 00:48:06,708 --> 00:48:07,572 Marcia! 857 00:48:07,635 --> 00:48:09,434 I've been looking for you. 858 00:48:09,484 --> 00:48:10,611 The ruling just came in. 859 00:48:10,630 --> 00:48:11,682 The ruling? 860 00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:13,880 What did Ito do now? 861 00:48:13,936 --> 00:48:15,295 Ito? No. 862 00:48:15,415 --> 00:48:17,017 The ruling on your divorce. 863 00:48:28,590 --> 00:48:30,631 I got primary custody. 864 00:48:32,050 --> 00:48:33,935 So you got everything. 865 00:48:39,573 --> 00:48:44,573 Synced and corrected by Octavia - www.addic7ed.com -