Wednesday 30 March 2016

'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' Recap: Mark Fuhrman’s Racist Tapes Rattle Prosecution


'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' Recap: Mark Fuhrman’s Racist Tapes Rattle Prosecution

Dropping the ball! On the Tuesday, March 29, episode of FX's The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Chris Darden (Sterling K. Brown) was vindicated when the witness he never wanted to put on the stand, Mark Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale), turned out to be a racist with a known track record for brutalizing black people and falsifying police documents. As Chris and the prosecution dealt with this blow, the defense was overjoyed at how well Fuhrman’s past played into their strategy. more.....

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The episode started with two conflicting arguments from the defense and prosecution. A doctor on the witness stand testified that O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) couldn’t have murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman because he had crippling arthritis. Then, an exercise video taped by O.J. a few weeks before the murder was shown. He was squatting with ease.
With that argument weakened by the exercise video, the defense doubled down on following up on a tip that told them there were tapes in existence that held audio proof of Detective Fuhrman using racial slurs.

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