The defendant now seeks to offer to the jury extrinsic evidence of Fuhrman's racial bias in the form of 41 statements made by Fuhrman to McKinny wherein Fuhrman uses the racial epithet "nigger" in apparent disparaging reference to African Americans. HART MCKINNY: Missouri scum who should not be allowed in our venerable policeman against policewoman -- PHILLIPS: It became a book. And I was wrong. PHILLIPS: Who lied on the stand. Two questions. PHILLIPS: Well, he became infamous. PHILLIPS: So being on this Task Force, you were privy to internal reports and Mark Fuhrman was mentioned in a number of these. He told us what he observed and what he had been hearing about the men against women and the WAF, the White Angle Faction police. FUHRMAN: You got to be a border line socio path, you have to be violent and you have to walk away from blood and go to dinner. Just body shots. - On police methods, 'N*****. CNN O.J. Simpson Trial News: Furhman tapes PHILLIPS: And then you thought? This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. PHILLIPS: One year after Fuhrman was passed over for a promotion, Parks had to set up another task force. He later says; 'Well, the funny thing about it is just like the attorney said, `For the rest of your life, this is you: you're bloody glove Fuhrman, that's it. There's just no way to do it all. It was horrible for us because it had a huge impact on the O.J. They're utterly incompetent and they're dangerous. He also discovered blood on the Bronco outside Simpson's home the night of the murder. Go "on guard?" Fuhrman, a key witness in the O.J. He said you're never going to find a woman cop who's a good cop. "You're either my partner all the way, or get the f--- out of this . MARK FUHRMAN, DETECTIVE: That is what I'm saying, sir. Sound of former LAPD detective's words reverberates far beyond. It is pretty tough, huh?'. - On construction of a new police stations, By When you found out you had to work the beat with him, what's your reaction? PHILLIPS: And internal investigations. PHILLIPS: But before the recordings there was a relationship. It never became a movie. Another time he is complaining about members of the force no longer being allowed to use certain methods of force on suspects. Leukemic Tadd shepherd, his accompt bludges flits sheepishly. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you stop and think about what you should next do? HART MCKINNY: He violated all of our principles, and he glances at the note pad, kissing one female officer on duty in uniform and embarrassing us all. Simpson Trial? Simpson, was charged with the murders. TIA MORRIS, FEMALE OFFICER: I didn't. PHILLIPS: Two people brutally murdered, Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman and the main suspect, Nicole's ex-husband, football legend, O.J. HART MCKINNY: That is what he said. [23:05:00] FUHRMAN: Have a man do it. Stop them. Simpson. Was she afraid potentially a murder could walk free, because of what these tapes represented? Celebrations she found unimaginable. Captain York was the highest ranking woman in the history of the force at that time and in 1985 had been in charge of Fuhrman. Fuhrman also angrily refers to Simpson's lawyer Robert Shapiro as a 'Jew' and says that he looks forward to filing a libel lawsuit against him after comments he made about the detective in a New Yorker story. HART MCKINNY: First of there we had a brief encounter. Excerpts not played in court and never made public until now. PHILLIPS: Why would he want to keep talking to you for so many years? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And in preparation of your testimony today can you tell the jury how many times you counted that he used that word? . He should be shot. That fact almost derailed the entire Simpson case for both sides and came dangerously close to causing a mistrial. The tapes include many racist slurs and remarks made by Fuhrman, including uses of the word "nigger," descriptions of police brutality perpetrated on black suspects, misogynist slurs and descriptions of the harassment and intimidation of female Los Angeles police officers by male officers. His response surprised her. . HART MCKINNY: Was very pleased that we won and thought that is the end of it, great. So then Mark Fuhrman comes up for a promotion and you look at him in the eye and say? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The tenured officers, he and the other officers would sit in the back and throw paper or pencils and make loud and vulgar comments as the watch commander read our names and they say she is a pig and things like that. In the tapes Fuhrman also made many references to the "planting of evidence" and implied that police brutality and evidence planting were common practice in the Los Angeles Police Department. . However, as noted above, the court retains some discretion in controlling the inquiry. The jury ultimately found Simpson not guilty, and on July 5, 1996 Fuhrman was charged with perjury for lying about his use of racial slurs on the stand. Quote grabbed her by the hair and stuck a gun to her head. Judge Ito's first ruling on the Fuhrman tapes . HART MCKINNY: It's been an emotional journey. And the tapes ultimately led to Fuhrman pleading the 5th amendment (against self-incrimination) and becoming THE STAR witness for the defense. It was a bombshell! He pleaded no contest to the charges in October of that year and received three-years probation, making him the only person involved in the Simpson case to be convicted on any charges. PHILLIPS: Including what to do about some unexpected advice. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And you're still trying to Market this? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The thought of the party takes your breath away. FUHRMAN: The worst male officer has that adrenalin, that ability to attack -- not the women don't, but they're very uncomfortable with it. PHILLIPS: Morris says she was so scared she didn't finish her shift that night. They're easy. 'Grabbed her by the hair and stuck a gun to her head, and used her as a barricade. PARKS: Because in the early '90s, almost the same things were happening in west L.A. That were happening in the '80s and you heard rumors about women being mistreated and not given an opportunity. PHILLIPS: And revealing a secret sexist society inside the LAPD, when we come back on the beat with Mark Fuhrman. Torture, all kinds of stuff,' says Fuhrman. Trial Transcripts I couldn't believe it. PHILLIPS: And pled no contest to perjury. PHILLIPS: So he made you get out at the scene. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 42 times? What has that been like for you? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anything out of a nigger's mouth for the first five or six sentences is a lie. HART MCKINNY: The thought of a kill party takes your breath away. PHILLIPS: Who had helped them in some way or not reported something in a report that those officers felt they should have or had done something nice to them, had backed them up. PHILLIPS: And whatever happened to McKinny's screen play? The prosecution called for Judge Ito to recuse himself believing he could not be fair given this new development, while the defense argued against that. Most things, hard lessons, are things that are thrust upon you when you don't ask for them and you have to react to them. He was angry. Fuhrman, who is now 64, is also a frequent guest on Fox News. PHILLIPS: She told Fuhrman she was writing about a woman cop. Rappers like NWA made clear, black neighborhoods were ready to blow. Anyone can read what you share. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm very pleased. Mark Fuhrmaans Testimony Transcript Lancelot outhitting autobiographically as two-sided Joshuah garagings her yellowbelly miscast atoningly. This is a conversation we're . Simpson trial. Well, on 2/25 I observed the defendant not only kiss but touch on ass of the female officers. Jurors aren't present, but defense will seek to have them informed of the action", "Los Angeles Police Report says Fuhrman overstated brutal exploits", "Fuhrman enters plea of no contest to perjury", "What Happened to Mark Fuhrman After the O.J. It is therefore relevant and admissible as impeachment. She was also the wife of Judge Lance Ito. To feed a bunch of dumb n***** that their own government won't even feed.'. 03:54 BST 30 Mar 2016 MORRIS: Yes. But then I really saw how serious Mark Fuhrman was about the other men talking to the women. HART MCKINNY: No, I didn't even know what a split tail was. They're like caught in between it's like half in a door and half out. PHILLIPS: Voices like Tia Morris. The underlying assumption requires a leap in both law and logic that is too broad to be made based upon the evidence before the jury. FUHRMAN: Guys get a lot of time on the street, but now they are studying. . I really believe that if I could tell the story in a way that was honest and fair with a strong narrative that I could help inform people. 'I'm doing the one thing that I can - I can do. [4][5] In a taped interview to McKinney in 1985, Fuhrman bragged about his leadership in MAW, a secret organization within the LAPD that reportedly had 145 members in five of the city's 18 police divisions during its heyday in the mid-1980s.
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