News just in... apparently died after an extended illness. :(

R.I.P Johnnie Cochran

Uh oh, anyone know OJ's whereabouts?

Uh oh, anyone know where OJ's whereabouts?

:rofl:

My mom said the EXACT same thing when I told her. :p :lol:

Uh oh, anyone know where OJ's whereabouts?


Yeah really! Why do I have a visual of a slow moving white Bronco down a California highway right about now!!!

Before anyone posts about this and starts with the bashing of Johnny Cochran because he got O.J. acquitted, there is something you should know about Johnny Cochran.

Johnny Cochran came into the public eye back in 1965, during the Watts Riots in Los Angeles. Cochran represented the wife of a man that was murdered by the L.A.P.D. because the man who was from the south was taking his wife to the hospital because she was in labor. The man thought that by putting a white cloth on to his car atena would signal that it was an emergency and that he could speed to get her to the hospital. As I said the L.A.P.D. beat and killed the man. It was Johnny Cochran who sued the city of L.A. and won the case for the mans widow.

So before you pass judgement on Johnny Cochran because of one case, you should know the facts about Johnny doing good and helping those in need.

Rest in Peace Johnny. Regardless of what other may say you were a good man.

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Wow! That's big news.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_COCHRAN?SITE=PAPHQ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

RIP.... :(

"If it doesn't fit, you must acquit"...I'll never forget that (even tho OJ was guilty as hell)

Famed lawyer Johnny C. has died. It was reported that it was a brain tumor. If no one knows who this is, he defended O.J. Simpson in his trail.

I was shocked. He haven't been in the public eye lately. He must have kept his illness a secret.

Sorry to hear about his death.

Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran is dead at 67

Story, here (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/cochran.obit/index.html).

CNN.com-March 29, 2005


He was one attorney celebrities and non-celebrities would love to have. He was a genius, though. :crying:

I just finished dinner when this story broke.

Yeah, I was surprised to hear about this, too.

Mr. Cochran was truly at the top of his game and at one time was the best lawyer in the country. I've had the chance to witness in person Mr. Cochran work his stuff in the courtroom. He helped a LOT of poor folk, black and white, across the country who had been wronged for whatever reason and could not afford a lawyer. He would make room for them in his already tight schedule and fly to whatever state they were in and defend them in person, instead of having one of his many associates handle the case. A lot of people bashed him for defending OJ, but he was just doing the job he got paid to do. I mean, hey. . . he won. This man could not be outsmarted in the courtroom and very rarely lost a case in all his years as a trial lawyer. Denzel Washington even modeled his character in "Philadelphia" after Johnny.


RIP Johnny :(

I knew he had been sick, RIP

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2003/02/25/image541839l.jpg

Great tribute on Larry King earlier tonight.

Jrnygrl:Before anyone posts about this and starts with the bashing of Johnny Cochran because he got O.J. acquitted, there is something you should know about Johnny Cochran.

Johnny Cochran came into the public eye back in 1965, during the Watts Riots in Los Angeles. Cochran represented the wife of a man that was murdered by the L.A.P.D. because the man who was from the south was taking his wife to the hospital because she was in labor. The man thought that by putting a white cloth on to his car atena would signal that it was an emergency and that he could speed to get her to the hospital. As I said the L.A.P.D. beat and killed the man. It was Johnny Cochran who sued the city of L.A. and won the case for the mans widow.

So before you pass judgement on Johnny Cochran because of one case, you should know the facts about Johnny doing good and helping those in need.

Rest in Peace Johnny. Regardless of what other may say you were a good man.


Actually, a few LAPD officers who were bad cops beat that man. The LAPD may
have some problems, but by and large it is a department of good police officers.

My condolences are with Johnny Cochran and his family, however.

Johnny Cochran had a very distiguished career, but like it or not, he will go down in history as OJ's attorney..

That trial was arguably the biggest media event of the 90's.

Johnny Cochran had a very distiguished career, but like it or not, he will go down in history as OJ's attorney..

That trial was arguably the biggest media event of the 90's.

Defintely. Hurricane Opal roared through here with hurricane force winds still about 12 hours after the verdict(around Midnight that night). It had made landfall near Pensacola about 3 hours after the verdict but got no coverage. 100 million watched the verdict come down at 1pm on a WORKDAY. Pretty amazing.

Johnny Cochran had a very distiguished career, but like it or not, he will go down in history as OJ's attorney..

That trial was arguably the biggest media event of the 90's.


For sure! I know he did some real good for truly innocent people in his time, but being a defense lawyer, you're bound to have to represent guilty people too. I was ready to strangle him for his grandstanding during the O.J. trial, but he DID do his job, and get the guy off. I hope O.J. is eternally grateful to him.

RIP Johnny - you were quite a character!

The good news: one down, a few million left to go.



Yeah, I don't like lawyers.

Where will O.J Be today if as not been for Johnny

R.I.P Johnny

If OJ did do it.... did he tell Cochrane??

And if so, did Cochrane take it to his grave??

Johnny Cochran was a great man and a respectable lawyer. He will be missed. :(

a respectable lawyer.

No such thing.

If OJ did do it.... did he tell Cochrane??

And if so, did Cochrane take it to his grave??

Yes, and yes.

No such thing.

Why do you not like lawyers? Everyone's bound to need one someday.

Why do you not like lawyers? Everyone's bound to need one someday.

Because I’ve dealt with enough of them to know they’re all liars, cheats and lowlifes who can put on suits and smile real nice.

And the fact that everyone will need one at some point is a bug, not a feature.

Did I forget to mention I'm getting a law degree? :crazy:

Cochrane, that ******! And yes, I'll openly call him a ******! And please do not accuse me of being racist. I'm not a racist. I'm for equal rights, I don't mind being friends with black people. But there is a division between black people and ******s just as there is a division line between white people and HONKEYS (as George Jefferson put it)....

I don't like Cochrane because he PLAYED THE RACE CARD EXTENSIVELY... just like the Jackson Family is doing for Michael right now.

It is sad that Cochrane died... like everyone else, we all must die at some point. That in itself is sad.

Screenwriter:Cochrane, that ******! And yes, I'll openly call him a ******! And please do not accuse me of being racist. I'm not a racist. I'm for equal rights, I don't mind being friends with black people. But there is a division between black people and ******s just as there is a division line between white people and HONKEYS (as George Jefferson put it)....

I don't like Cochrane because he PLAYED THE RACE CARD EXTENSIVELY... just like the Jackson Family is doing for Michael right now.

It is sad that Cochrane died... like everyone else, we all must die at some point. That in itself is sad.


Are you pro-law enforcement like I am?

Screenwriter:Cochrane, that ******! And yes, I'll openly call him a ******! And please do not accuse me of being racist. I'm not a racist. I'm for equal rights, I don't mind being friends with black people. But there is a division between black people and ******s just as there is a division line between white people and HONKEYS (as George Jefferson put it)....

I don't like Cochrane because he PLAYED THE RACE CARD EXTENSIVELY... just like the Jackson Family is doing for Michael right now.

It is sad that Cochrane died... like everyone else, we all must die at some point. That in itself is sad.


Are you pro-law enforcement like I am?

Sir, I don't know what I am. I try not to be overtly political. There's Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians... I don't know what to choose. Because I don't know what the truth is... one side is always right and the other side is always wrong. I got sick and tired of hearing Bush and Kerry campaign last year. It was so sickening. "VOTE FOR ME OR WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE."