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...population; the black middle class has grown so large that it constitutes nearly a third of black families; African Americans of stature and achievement are everywhere in sight (see Colin Powell; Marian Wright Edelman; Ruth Simmons, the new president of Smith College; and Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran...
...animosities. There is O.J. Simpson, angry at a bad turn in his trial, lashing out at his would-be defenders, laying out instructions as he marches about the room in manacles; Judge Ito, weighed down by petty concerns, summoning lawyers to revel in his celebrity; Christopher Darden and Johnnie Cochran fuming privately over their public spats; the juror who talked about the flaws in the prosecution's case and the sacrifices she and her colleagues made during the nine-month ordeal; the police officers, including a duo nicknamed "Dumb and Dumber," who fell short in their jobs. Here...
...VERDICT, MARCIA Clark was tense. Says Lomax: "She seemed resigned. She wanted to talk about what if any good was going to come of all this, what reform of the system might happen." Cochran was in San Francisco on Monday afternoon when he learned that the jury had reached a verdict and would deliver it the next day. By 5:45 p.m. he was at the San Francisco airport, where a small group of well-wishers surrounded him at Gate 78. "I think it's going to be all right," he said quietly, flashing a smile...
...Cochran played to the sensibilities of the predominantly black jury, and he duped the members into believing that the trial of O.J. was the trial of the black race. In fact, if the trial had been held anywhere else or if it had been any other person, white or black, trial and conviction could have been completed in under a month, and no one would have cared...
This is the real problem with our justice system; and the result of the O.J. trial might be even more apathy on the part of whites. Let Johnnie Cochran and Robert Shapro defend people who are being falsely accused in Detroit and Harlem, and then maybe some real justice will be served. But as long as only the wealthy can afford justice, or the rape of it, the poor will be the only ones paying the real price...