But, Daddy, what if I sit up front on the way
and she sits up front on the way back?
No.
I don't wanna have to ﬁgure this out
every time I wanna take my girls to dinner.
Can't we negotiate it, Daddy?
[chuckles]
[police siren]
Oh, man, here we go.
[siren continues]
All right, girls, what do we say to the police?
-Nothing. -Nothing.
And who talks to the police?
-0ur lawyer. -0ur lawyer.
That's right.
Officer, I'm just gonna get my registration.
Please keep your hands on the wheel, sir.
Where are you headed tonight?
Just taking my daughters to dinner.
May I ask why you pulled me over?
You seemed to change lanes without signaling two blocks back.
I assure you | always signal, especially with my girls in the car.
This is third time this week someone's pulled me over for no reason.
This your vehicle?
If you let me go in the glove box, I'll show you my registration.
-Is this your father's car? -Hey, don't talk to my children.
-Sir... -Look, I know the drill.
I'm black, I'm driving in a fancy white neighborhood,
nice car, you pull me over.
80 leave my children out of it. Thank you.
-Sir, out of the car now. -Come on!
You've gotta be kidding me!
Sir, because of your hostile attitude, I'm gonna have to cuff you.
Officer, please, take my license and call it in.
Find out who I am.
If you don't take this opportunity for yourself,
I guarantee, you will regret it.
Stay right there. Do not move.
Girls, it's gonna be all right. You hear me?
We're gonna be in Hamburger Hamlet in ﬁve minutes.
Okay?
Okay.
It's gonna be ﬁne.
Turn around.
Have a nice night, Mr. Assistant District Attorney.
All right. Like I promised you,
let's go get some burgers. I'm starving.
Daddy, what did he say to you?
Just grown-up talk, honey. Grown-up talk.
Daddy, did he call you a nigger?
No, he didn't.
He didn't have to.
And don't you girls ever use that word. Ever.
It's a terrible word.
You hear me? [engine starting]
Now let's go.
As you know, the O.J. Simpson trial will start soon
and we want to pray with our member and friend Johnnie Cochran,
who is litigating the O.J. Simpson case.
Johnnie, come forward.
[congregation applauding]
Let us pray.
-Lord, for this day we are thankful. -Yes, Lord.
For Johnnie Cochran, we are appreciative.
We pray for Johnnie Cochran as he accepts this challenge
to litigate the O.J. trial.
King Jesus listens when we pray.
-Amen. -Amen.
J‘ King Jesus is listening When you pray I
Great, now Jesus is on their side too.
[reporter] After the service, Mr. Cochran addressed reporters.
Of course we all know Mr. Darden is a fine attorney.
Mm-hmm.
But all of a sudden he shows up now,
after we've got eight African-Americans on the jury?
Why is that?
It's obvious to me Mr. Darden is being used as a tool
by the DA '5 ofﬁce because he's black.
Thank you.
I appreciate your concern,
but I refuse to be in the same room with a particular individual
and I think you know why.
No. I don't. I don't even know who you're talking about.
Is it Johnnie?
No, it's Lee!
Why did you drive all the way over here
if you weren't gonna go in?
You don't understand.
He is the godfather of one of my children.
Bob, what do | tell the team?
What you tell them is that I know that he is the source
who leaked it to the New York Daily News that l was in over my head,
that l was steamrolled. It's inflammatory! It's a lie!
What... Never mind. Don't tell me.
Just sit down, and come on, let's go. I got things to do.
He'll get here, if he gets here when he gets here.
All right, gentlemen.
[Shapiro clears throat]
There he is.
Judas!
I suppose that makes you Jesus.
Why don't you blow it out your ass, Bob?
Now that we have resolved that, everybody got it out of their system,
we got work to do. Everybody take a folder, please.
Here we go. Thank you so much. Pass that on, please.
We begin with domestic violence.
We have 62 instances of Simpson beating, degrading and stalking Nicole
over the course of their 17-year relationship.
He was a serial abuser. That proves motive.
We know they're gonna hone in on O.J.‘s past abuse.
He was a ticking time bomb.
Ron and Nicole's murders were a natural escalation of a pattern.
We have a solid time line to work with.
They are doing us a huge favor
establishing such a small window for O.J.‘s alleged attack.
Everything starts with the plaintive wail of the Akita.
I'm guessing everyone's aware their bombshell witness is a dog.
[chuckles]
There was blood in his car, in his driveway.
Her blood was on his socks in his bedroom.
There's no way they call Fuhrman to the stand.
He's damaged goods.
It's too big a risk.
And if they do call him, we've all seen his personnel ﬁle.
We'll rip him apart.
The amount of physical evidence is overwhelming.
There's mountains of it.
Frankly, it's more hard evidence than I've ever seen in a murder case.
The truth is, the LAPD rushed to judgment in targeting O.J.
The mere fact that we find blood where there should be no blood
is devastating proof.
[Bailey] Look...
The haphazard manner in which the evidence was collected and handled
gives us a signiﬁcant advantage.
I've seen it before.
Ofﬁcers start down a misguided path and refuse to turn back.
Then somebody realizes they need a better case.
We have motive, evidence and opportunity.
Evidence doesn't win the day.
Jurors go with a narrative that makes sense.
We're here to tell a story.
Ourjob is to tell that story better than the other side tells theirs.
[Bill] He would take it better if it came from you.
I think you have a warmer relationship with him
and he might be more understanding.
Then I'll do it.
Hello. Everyone, this is a list of who you'll be responsible
for putting on the stand.
Hank, you've got the crime lab guys.
I couldn't think of anyone more suited
to sort through all that blood evidence.
Bill, I know your hands are full with discovery, you take the coroner.
I'll take the dog bark witnesses, the cops at the crime scene.
Woody and Rock, you obviously have DNA.
Okay, we all know what we need to do.
Let's go.
-Marcia? -Yeah?
What?
Nothing.
Let's get to work.
[elevator dings]
-Mark Fuhrman. -Chris Darden. Have a seat.
ls Bill Hodgman's ofﬁce still on this ﬂoor?
It's upstairs. You know Bill?
Yeah. Yeah, he's a smart guy.
He won't be joining us.
That's fine with me, sir.
How would you describe yourself on the stand?
Pretty comfortable. I've done it before.
Are you going to be putting me up?
If that's not a problem.
I imagine that's not for me to decide,
but I definitely don't have a problem with it.
You should know the defense plans to raise some incidents from your past.
Allegations of things you've said. They're going to come at you.
What type of incidents?
We've seen that list of witnesses.
They're gonna claim you're a racist.
That's not gonna be an issue with me.
Ask around. I work with black cops everyday.
I think your SID investigated one of my black buddies.
I met with Fuhrman.
Good. You can ﬁll me in tomorrow.
He says all the appropriate things.
-But? -But, truthfully...
The guy's not right. I get a really bad vibe from him.
Chris, no one's asking you to date him. Just prep him.
He's one of those people that thinks that you can't see how he really feels
because he acts polite.
That makes no sense. Because when someone acts polite,
then they are polite.
Am I out of line saying you're bringing a preconception to this
because you're black?
Marcia, I don't expect you to understand.
But there's a way that certain white people talk to black people.
It's disingenuous.
-Fuhrman doesn't have to be a witness. -What?
He's not even the cop who entered the gloves into evidence.
-He doesn't have to take the stand. -Yes, he does.
You are playing into the defense.
I understand that this guy has had his troubles,
but his psych records have been ruled inadmissible.
So we're not panicking and we're not gonna let the police go on trial here.
This is not SID. The cops are our allies.
Chris...
He's what we've got.
Fuhrman has something to contribute and you need to get him ready.
So, you know...
Massage it.
Do whatever is necessary to make him come across as credible.
Do you see what you've done? It's after 8:00.
My babysitter's going to kill me. See you tomorrow.
[sighs]
Massage it.
[Ito] Mr. Dunne, I've read some of your past coverage of murder trials
in Vanity Fair magazine.
I'm lucky I write for a magazine
that allows me to take a stand, Your Honor.
There's no mistaking how you feel.
No, that's something I'm proud about.
I am assigning you a permanent seat in the front row.
You'll be next to the Goldmans.
And the seat is yours for the length of the trial.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Without... Being too forward,
I sense that you'll be able to sympathize with them
in a way that the rest of us cannot,
that you'll know how to deal with them,
not intrude or ask inappropriate questions.
Because of my daughter's murder?
Yes, well, I...
apologize for dredging up what I imagine is a deeply painful memory,
but I felt it was important that you know why.
I'm sure the Goldmans will appreciate the gesture, Your Honor,
I know I do.
The trial of Dominique's killer was torture enough,
but then the way he got off with a slap on the wrist...
Let's hope this one goes better.
Well...
[clears throat] Uh...
Hey, you're a Hollywood guy.
I know that you worked in showbiz.
You wanna see who sent me a fan letter today?
Who?
It's Arsenio Hall.
[through megaphone] O.J.! O.J.! You've been...
Let the Juice loose! Let the Juice loose!
No justice! No peace!
He '5 a rapist, he's a wife-beater; he's a murderer.
He has blood on his hands.
O.J. is innocent until proven guilty.
-Hold on one second. -Of course.
Hey, Johnnie, can I have a minute?
Big day today. How are you holding up?
I don't want you to take this the wrong way.
But that press conference you gave about me,
that was a cheap shot.
It was unfair and beneath the both of us as professionals.
In this trial, we're equals.
Everything from our past is out the window.
So, it's my sincere hope that we can agree from this point forward
to treat each other with respect.
Brother, I ain't trying to be respectful.
I'm trying to win.
Your Honor, we have submitted a motion
to exclude all 62 allegations of domestic violence.
This is a murder case.
This is not a domestic violence case.
Nor is it an inquiry into the characteristics
and personality of Mr. Simpson.
And all this evidence that was submitted is not relevant.
[clears throat]
You Honor, Counsel's reasoning is ﬂawed and their logic is specious.
The defendant's character and prior history are the point.
Let's do a hypothetical. Let's pretend
that we're not even gonna tell the jury
that Nicole and Mr. Simpson were married.
Ourjurors would naturally ask,
"Why would O.J. Simpson kill a perfect stranger?"
It wouldn't make sense.
and Mr. Simpson's jealousy
that his motive for committing these brutal murders can be understood.
Knock 'em dead, Darden.
Your Honor, I'd like to address a separate issue.
All right.
Your Honor, Detective Fuhrman's gonna play a very small role in this case.
But we believe when he's called to the stand,
we're gonna be forced to go back 15 odd years
to ask him about completely irrelevant statements
that people have claimed he's made.
And these statements are racially insensitive and divisive.
Question is, why bring them up.
They're gonna ask him if he made a racial slur
or repeated a racial epithet.
But why ask?
And there's no legal purpose for it.
But Mr. Cochran and the defense have a purpose for entering this area.
And that purpose is to inﬂame the passions of the jury
and ask them to pick sides.
The... The N-word is a dirty, filthy word, Your Honor.
It is so prejudicial and inﬂammatory,
that the use of it in any situation
will evoke an emotional response from any African-American.
We're talking about a word that blinds people.
And when you mention that word to this jury,
it will blind them to the truth.
They won't be able to discern what's true and what's not.
It will impair theirjudgment.
It will affect their ability to be fair.
It will force the black jurors to make a choice.
Whose side are you on?
The man or the brothers?
Is he serious?
So the People strongly urge the court, respectfully,
not to allow that vile word to be uttered at any time during this trial.
Your Honor, I did not plan to speak on this matter,
but I would be remiss if I did not respond
to my good friend Mr. Chris Darden.
[clears throat]
Mr. Darden's remarks this afternoon
are perhaps the most incredible remarks I've heard
in a court of law in my 32 years of practice.
His remarks are deeply demeaning to African-Americans.
And so first and foremost, Your Honor,
I would like to apologize to African-Americans across this country.
It is preposterous to say
thatAfrican-Americans collectively are so emotionally unstable
that they cannot hear offensive words
without losing their moral sense of right and wrong.
They live with offensive words,
offensive looks, offensive treatment every day.
And so, Your Honor, I am ashamed
that Mr. Darden would allow himself to become an apologist for Mark Fuhrman.
Who are any of us to testify as an expert
as to what words black people can or cannot handle.
Your Honor, across America,
believe you me,
African-Americans are offended at this very moment.
And so for a friend that I deeply respect,
I would say this was outlandish,
unfortunate,
and unwarranted.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Nigger, please.
Can I see?
[exhales forcefully]
"Seventy-six percent of African-Americans
do not believe Darden's doing a good job.
Often at times referring to the ADA as an Uncle Tom."
-Yeah, okay. Yeah. That's fine. -Hey, Gil.
-l'm in a hurry. -|'d like to do a few interviews.
-With the black press. -Why?
I think it's important that people understand
what my role is on this case-
Is it about the poll? Marcia said there was some poll.
-76 percent- -No one's going to press, Chris.
If I had to respond every time some crabapple said something about me...
You'rejust going to do more harm drawing attention to yourself.
DAs don't go on talk shows.
It's a sensitive case. No press.
Marcia...
We need to reconsider Fuhrman.
Look, he's wrong for this case.
You have had a rough couple of weeks.
We're not changing our trial strategy because of it.
Toughen up.
You're letting Johnnie get into your head.
Can I share something with you?
As long as I don't have to get out of this chair. I'm wiped.
In the '70s when l was in law school, afﬁrmative action was a big deal.
-I remember. -No, you don't. You're white.
l busted my ass.
I had the grades to get into that school.
But every time I entered the classroom,
I felt like people were staring at me.
Like I took some more worthy person's spot.
And that bullshit hurts.
And those feelings never leave.
And now, almost 20 years later,
I'm expected to sit and swallow
the same kinds of accusations all over again.
And Johnnie's out there trashing me
in front of every TV camera he can find.
But he's wrong.
Just like all those idiots who doubted you back then.
You are on this case because you are creative, dedicated and smart.
That's why I wanted you.
Thanks.
You're gonna help us win.
And Johnnie can go screw himself.
This case is about an obsession to win at any cost.
And we are conﬁdent that the evidence will reveal
that the LAPD is a blunders in blue operation.
-Hmm. -No?
No. It sounds like you're trying to be funny.
-l'm not trying to be funny. -But that's what it sounds like.
-You can do it. Go on now. -Okay.
All right. Let me try. Hold on.
We will reveal...
Mm-hmm.
...that the evidence collected by the LAPD
-was contaminated... -Hmm.
-...compromised, and corrupted. -[chuckling]
-What? That is it! -Oh, baby!
-That's it. That is it. -[|aughing]
Nice alliteration. 3 Cs.
It has a ﬂow, honey. It's perfect. You got it.
I'm glad you're on this.
It's like it's my destiny, baby.
Hmm.
Well, destiny has a powerful attraction.
-What you doing? -I closed my book.
-No, you didn't. -Yes, I did.
-No, you didn't. -What you doing?
Well, taking off my robe.
You bringing it to me? [chuckling]
-Let a brother... -Oh-oh.
Try...
-Oh. -To bring you it.
-[phone ringing] -[both chuckling]
That bad phone didn't ring.
It did ring. Go ahead, answer it.
Be quick.
Good evening. Johnnie Cochran.
-We have a problem. -What time is it?
Are you still at work?
You're kidding!
All right, all right. Go ahead, what you got?
Shapiro's staff messed up
and didn't submit 12 of our witnesses into discovery.
Really?
You're gonna have to remove those names
out of your opening statement tomorrow, Johnnie.
I'm sorry to do this to you.
I'm not removing those names, brother.
What?
No, no. Johnnie, we can't do that.
Here's the thing, Carl.
There comes a time when you gotta fall on your sword for your client.
Tomorrow is your day.
[line disconnects]
[policeman] Stay in the circle.
Don't let any of those reporters close to him...
Get over here. Push them back. Let's go. Let's go.
Back up, gentlemen. Back up.
[police siren]
Back 'em up. Back 'em up.
Let's go. Back up. Sir, back up. Do not cross this line.
Hey, sir, get back.
-[photographers clamoring] -[cameras clicking]
[photographers yelling for attention]
Come on, Bob, pretend we're at The Oscars.
[clamor continues]
All rise.
Court is now in session.
Judge Lance Ito presiding.
Good morning. Why don't we bring in thejury?
[door opens]
We've watched O.J. Simpson win the Heisman Trophy.
We've watched him in movies and commercials.
We think we know him.
But what we've been seeing is a public face.
The face of the athlete, the actor.
But like many public men, he also has a private side.
The O.J. Simpson you've never met.
The face of a batterer.
The abuser.
The murderer.
I would like to summarize the results of our evidence
from these heartless slayings.
The blood trail at the Rockingham property matches the defendant.
The blood found on the glove recovered at Rockingham matches the defendant.
The blood drops at the Bundy murder scene match the defendant.
And the blood found in the Bronco
matches a mixture of the defendant, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown.
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And so here we embark upon a search for justice.
A search for truth.
None of us were there on June 12, 1994.
We must rely upon the witnesses to get a full picture.
But let me talk about those witnesses the prosecution didn't mention.
Witnesses who will exonerate O.J. Simpson.
One might wonder why the prosecution didn't bring to your attention
Mary Anne Gerchas, or Rosa Lopez,
or Joe Stalin,
or Alan Austin. Or-
Your Honor, I hesitate to interrupt another lawyer's opening statement,
but it appears that for some reason
these witnesses have not been turned over to the People.
[banging gavel]
All right. Maybe we should excuse the jury.
Bailiff.
[door opens]
[indistinct]
[door closes]
-Mr. Hodgman... -Your Honor, what is this?
Opening statement by ambush?
This is a complete surprise. A horrible breakdown.
The People have not received reciprocal discovery.
Counsel, can you address these issues?
I will try, Your Honor.
I have to say, Mr. Douglas,
I've known Mr. Hodgman as a colleague and as a trial lawyer
and I've never seen the expression on his face that | see right now.
Mr. Hodgman, why don't you take a few deep breaths?
Give me a few minutes, Your Honor. l- I need to slow myself down a bit.
Mr. Douglas...
It's regrettable as I stand before you, Your Honor,
that we have not coordinated our efforts
as well as we would have liked.
I say that because I have some documents
that I do intend to give over to The People.
I tell the court with all seriousness
that I'm embarrassed by this and take full responsibility.
Your Honor, while I'm delighted and appreciative
that Mr. Douglas is taking full responsibility,
the fact remains the People have been denied their right to a fair trial.
Forgive me, Your Honor. ljust-
I'm not quite-
I can't speak. Just-
-Doctor! -Bailiff!
Is he okay?
Somebody call 911.
You're okay.
-l'm sorry. -lt's okay. Just breathe.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Well... Um...
Why don't we adjourn for the day?
Court will resume at 9:00 am. tomorrow. We now stand in recess.
Bill isn't coming back. It's like this building is cursed.
-His wife said he'll be fine. -Jesus!
Gil, you have to trust me.
The team will pick up the slack. We've got a good group.
Bill had a lot of responsibility and you're only one person.
I mean, do we add another senior prosecutor?
Look, I think Chris is ready to step up.
He is.
He took Johnnie's best shot,
came back strong in opening statements.
That's hard to do.
I think he would make an excellent co-prosecutor.
He's already on the team, Gil.
[Gil breathes forcefully]
He's ready.
[dial tone]
[phone ringing]
-Hello? -[Marcia] It's me.
So, listen, Bill isn't coming back.
What?
Wow. That's terrible.
Who's Gil assigning?
No one.
We talked this afternoon and I told him the best way fonuard
would be to elevate you to co-prosecutor.
If you 're comfortable with that.
My God. Marcia...
-Are you happy? -You know I am.
[chuckles]
I can't believe you did this for me.
I did it for the Browns and the Goldmans.
And now it's on us.
The relationship between the two families is quite peculiar
when you realize that the son of one is on trial
for murdering the daughter of another.
It's quite startling that they greet one another in court so warmly.
What about O.J.‘s girlfriend Paula? She can't still be with him.
The interesting thing about Paula
is she had broken up with O.J. the day of the murders.
I heard she was with Michael Bolton at The Mirage in Las Vegas that night.
But once O.J. was arrested she returned to his side.
Naturally, the big question has always been
why did Nicole return to him again and again?
I'm sure fear played a part,
but I heard that her parents pushed her
to reconcile with him every time they split
and that O.J. set her father up with a Hertz dealership.
She didn't know any better.
Did you realize she just turned 18 when they started dating?
-What else? -Well...
Next week promises to be extraordinary.
The jury will visit the crime scene and O.J.‘s mansion
and O.J. will be there, too.
Imagine, the ﬁrst time he's been back since the Bronco chase.
This won't do at all.
[Cochran] [distant] You got that one down there.
["Fantastic Voyage" playing]
Nice. I like that. I like that.
Put that there.
I like that. Oh, yeah. It's perfect now.
That's good.
That's good. That's even better. We're getting there.
I like me some blackies.
There's mama. All right. Good, good.
Ruby's in the house. Let's go. Beautiful. Beautiful.
Right over the fireplace there.
Thank you, sir.
Timing is impeccable.
You, careful with that.
Nice.
-Sure looks familiar. -|t's on loan.
From the Cochran collection. [chuckling]
[door closes]
[alarm buzzes and door opens]
How are you holding up?
Hey.
Now when the jurors tour the crime scene in Rockingham,
it's gonna be important for us all to make a positive impression.
Mm-hmm.
It will be the only time they see you outside the courtroom.
All eyes are gonna be on you.
But you, O.J., you're used to it.
You put on a smile and the people melt.
-Okay. -All right.
But I don't want you to be surprised when you see that we've...
-Redecorated. -Redecorated?
-Why would you do that? -We wanted to project the right image.
Someone ourjurors could admire and fully relate to.
People do admire me, Johnnie. Everybody loves my house.
It was in Sunset magazine.
O.J., the majority of ourjurors are black.
-Yeah. And? -Look...
Do me a favor. Try to imagine your life before any of this happened.
How many black people did you interact with on a daily basis?
How dialed in were you to the community,
issues the average black person deals with?
How many blacks did you actually consider a friend?
AC. And he's darker than I am.
Are you trying to say something about me, Johnnie?
Absolutely not. Nobody's judging you, brother.
But let's be honest.
Being nicknamed the mayor of Brentwood doesn't forge any bonds with ourjury,
people you need to acquit you of a double murder.
-Okay. All right. -Okay.
-I hear you. -Okay.
I can go along with all of that.
Good. Thank you.
When they say mayor of Brentwood,
I know what they mean when they're saying that.
I want you to know I never left anyone behind, Johnnie.
I did what I had the right to do.
l manifested myself out of a messed up situation.
And don't think there weren't people back from where I came from
hanging onto the back of my shirt the whole time
with a hand out, trying to get me to drag them up too.
[breathes forcefully]
But it don't work like that.
You gotta get it on your own. Nobody can do it for you.
And I ain't never apologizing
for buying a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood.
My neighborhood, but you know I have people comin' over the wall,
tryin' to get at me.
Take what I earned.
I ain't never apologizing for that, do you hear me?
Yes. All right.
| just wanna make sure we both understand what we gotta do.
You should see the house I bought my mama.
It had a pool and everything.
[brakes creak and hydraulics whoosh]
[indistinct chatter]
Everything all right?
What happened here?
Why did they clear out the place?
This doesn't tell them anything.
She was a mother. There was a family.
-[engine revs] -[po|ice siren]
[indistinct chatter]
Damn! Is that the...
[chuckling]
That's what I'm talking about. That's the Heisman!
-Yup. Yes, it is. -The Heisman.
-[Marcia] Can you believe this? -I can't believe any of this.
It's a complete misrepresentation. This isn't O.J.
These aren't even my kids.
I don't know who these people are.
Well, at least they got the muscles right.
Your Honor, may I ask
why all of Nicole's personal effects have been removed from Bundy
before the jurors have been able to see it?
It's quite... quite masterful.
[Marcia] What's with all the African art?
Where are all the pictures of O.J. with his white golﬁng buddies?
This entire house has been staged.
Where is the naked picture of Paula Barbieri by the bed?
[Marcia] Oh, I know.
It's been replaced with a picture of his mother in a wheelchair.
Get off my bench!
I don't want you on my bench, hear me?
Come on, O.J.
-He shouldn't even be in my house. -I'm sorry.
You need to keep your defendant under control.
He gets emotional. He just gets emotional.
He's all right now.
-Now... -[mumbles]
What?
There's something I've been meaning to tell you.
Whatever happens, don't do Fuhrman.
Make the white people do him.
-How dare he mess with my head? -Chris...
-|'m co-prosecutor, Pops. -Come on, Chris.
It's ridiculous I have to deal with this kinda garbage
during a trial of this magnitude.
-Chris... -Well, maybe he's intimidated by me.
I don't know. Another strong, intelligent brother.
The bottom line is, this has gotta stop.
Son, now you've been going on 20 minutes about how you in charge now.
Well, then ﬁne. You in charge!
So act like it and stand up for your damn self.
How do you know he's been trying to mess with your head?
What do you think he's trying to do?
Could it be possible that he's just trying to give you some good advice,
black man to black man.
How do you feel about interracial couples, Detective?
Don't care.
I'm not sure what you mean by that. What's there to care about?
I don't have an opinion. They're the same as anybody else.
Got any hobbies, Detective?
I collect World War II memorabilia. Medals mostly.
What about sports heroes?
Uh... George Foreman and Magic Johnson.
I'm surprised to hear that.
In the past, haven't you expressed a dislike for African-Americans?
No, sir, I have not.
Have you ever unfairly targeted African-Americans
-while on the job? -No.
Have you ever been accused of unfairly targeting African-Americans?
Probably, at some point suspects will say just about anything to get off.
Have you ever used a racial slur in describing an African-American?
No.
You're saying that you've never used the N-word?
What's this gotta do with the case?
Detective, have you used the word?
Has anyone told you that I've used the word?
So if the defense calls a witness to testify that you've used it,
-how do you respond to that? -I haven't. Ever.
I'm not putting Fuhrman on the stand.
And it's not because of Johnnie.
And it's not because I work their side.
-Are we past this? -No.
We're not.
Look, I'll take any of Bill's witnesses.
Well, that's real noble. He had the coroner.
Okay.
Could you guys give us a moment?
[clears throat]
[door closes]
I can't control who found the glove, Chris.
And the truth is, Fuhrman will present best if you have him.
And why is that?
Now say it. Go on. It's because I'm black.
[Darden] Hmm?
Go on.
Fine.
Your dislike for him will read to the jury anyway.
I will take him.
What's so difficult?
It's just a cop on a stand.
Great. Thanks.
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