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...separatist radicals who believe that there is no justice in America, except for that disbursed by O.J.'s acquittal. Conrad Muhammed declared to the Los Angeles Times, referring to the infamous verdict, "It's a justice system that for a change has worked. The jury believed that that racist character (Fuhrman) laid that evidence." Yet after boxer Mike Tyson was convicted of rape some years ago, Muhammed told The Bergen Record that the guilty verdict was invalid because "Indiana is the home of the Ku Klux Klan...
...trial showed that blacks have a suspicion of the police, and the police testimony was vital to the prosecution's case. Bringing in Mark Fuhrman as a star witness didn't help: regardless of whether you're black or white, it's obvious that Fuhrman is a despicable racist...
...time. They know their justified rage can be exploited, and have schooled themselves to distinguish between cynical appeals to their sense of racial injustice and valid pleas for the unjustly accused. What infuriates them is that whites often fail to make equivalent distinctions, dismissing blacks' protests against racist mistreatment as a tactic without bothering to investigate the mistreatment itself. And that is why the Simpson case is so divisive. Until blacks are convinced that the cops and the prosecutors are dealing fairly with them, they won't listen to anything else...
...went to the jury last week. That was in part because I think the evidence points to Simpson's guilt, as well as to police corruption--and I'm not alone, even among blacks. "I think it's possible for the Los Angeles police department to be corrupt and racist and for Simpson to still be guilty," says Julianne Malveaux, the African-American host of a radio show in Washington. "The evidence has clearly shown you can be a clean-cut cop like Fuhrman and still be a racist liar, or be a nice guy like O.J. who smiles...
...bedroom and to only one conclusion: Guilty. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran delivered a fire-and-brimstone assault on the Los Angeles police. He accused the department of plotting a frame-up of his client, who he said was innocent and had been targeted by a deceitful and ruthlessly racist detective, Mark Fuhrman. Defense attorney Barry Scheck said blood-DNA tests had been so tampered with they were worthless...