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(A P ) — Johnnie L. C ochran Jr.,
w ho becam e a legal superstar after
helping clear O .J. Sim pson during a
sensational m urder trial in which he
u ttered the fam ous quote “If it
d o esn ’t fit, you m ust acquit,” died
T uesday. He w as 67.
C ochran died o f a brain tum or at
his hom e in Los A ngeles, his family
said.
“C ertainly, Jo h n n ie’s career will
be noted as one m arked by ‘celeb
rity ’ cases and clientele,” his family
said in a statem ent. “But he and his
fam ily w ere m ost proud o f the work
he did on b eh alf o f those in the
com m unity.”
W ith his colorful suits and ties,
his gift for courtroom oratory and a
k n ac k fo r c o in in g m e m o ra b le
phrases, C ochran w as a vivid addi
tion to the pantheon o f best-know n
A m erican barristers.
T he “ if it d o esn ’t fit” phrase
w ould be quoted and parodied for
years afterw ard. It derived from a
dram atic m om ent during w hich
S im pson tried on a pair o f blood
stained “ m urder g loves” to show
ju ro rs they did not fit. Som e legal
experts called it the turning point in
the trial.
Soon after, ju ro rs found the Hall
o f Fam e football star not guilty o f
the 1994 slayings o f his ex-w ife
N icole Brow n Sim pson and her
friend R onald G oldm an.
F o rC o ch ran , S im p so n ’s acquit
tal w as the crow ning achievem ent
in a career notable for victories,
often in cases with racial them es.
Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. puts on a pair o f gloves in
this Sept. 2 7 ,1 9 9 5 file photo, at the Los Angeles Criminal
Courts Building, to remind the jury in the O.J. Simpson double
murder trial that the gloves Simpson tried on did not fit him.
“Remember these words, " Cochran said.
He was a black man known for cham
pioning the causes o f black defen
dants. Som e o f them , like Sim pson,
w ere fam ous, but m ore often than
not they w ere unknow ns.
“T he clients I ’ ve cared about the
m ost are the N o Js, the ones w ho
nobody know s,” said C ochran, who
proudly displayed copies in his o f
fice o f the multimillion-dollar checks
he won for ordinary citizens w ho
said they w ere abused by police.
“People in N ew Y ork and Los
A ngeles, especially m others in the
A frican-A m erican com m unity, are
m ore afraid o f the police injuring or
killing their children than they are
Man Shot in Face After Attempted Robbery
Parry Low , 47, told police that
three m en shot him in th e face ju st
after 5 a.m . on M arch 30 as the
victim w as w alking over an Inter
state 5 bridge. He stated he w as
leaving a 7-11 store to pick up a jo b
application.
T hree A frican-A m erican men
w ere on the bridge, and the victim
claim s the three m en dem anded
money. T he victim then turned and
attem pted to run off, but one o f the
suspects allegedly shot him in the
face.
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A c c o rd in g to S g t. B ria n
Schm autz, the victim ran to his
house and called 911.
A K-9 unit w as unable to pick up
a scent, but bullet casings were
found. T here is som e speculation
that the three men left North P ort
land on M AX in order to flee the
crim e scene and they are still on the
loose.
Low w as taken to Em anuel H os
pital for injuries but authorities
believe they are non-life th reaten
ing.
Road Rage,
Teen Raped at Columbia Park
Racial Slurs Lead
to Stabbing
A uthorities say T rav is A y o tte an d Jared N elson,
b oth 24, ch a se d a b lack d riv e r W illa rd Jo h n so n
Jr. d o w n th e S u n set H ig h w ay 2 6 o n last W e d n e s
d ay ev en in g .
T h e tw o m en alleg e d ly flash e d th e ir h e a d
lig h ts, and the p a sse n g e r lean ed o u t th e w in d o w
to sh o u t racial slu rs at Jo h n so n .
Jo h n so n , 5 4 , e x ite d at 185th A v en u e and
th o u g h t h e lo st th e su sp ects. H o w ev er, w hen
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o f m uggers on the co m er,” he once
said.
By the tim e S im pson called, the
byw ord in the black com m unity for
defendants facing serious charges
was: “G et Johnnie.”
O v er the years, C ochran rep re
sented football great Jim Brow n on
rape and assau lt ch arg es, acto r
T odd B ridges on attem pted m urder
charges, rapper T upac S hakur on a
w eapons charge and rapper Snoop
D ogg on a m urder charge.
He also represented form er Black
Panther E lm er “G eronim o” Pratt,
w ho spent 27 years in prison for a
m urder he d id n 't com m it. W hen
C ochran helped Pratt w in his free
d om in 1997 he called the m om ent
“the happiest day o f my life practic
ing law .”
He w on a $760,000 aw ard in a
w rongful death law suit filed by the
fam ily o f R on Settles, a black co l
lege football star w ho died in police
custody in 1981. C ochran ch a l
lenged police claim s that Settles
hanged h im self in jail after a sp eed
ing arrest. T he play er’s body was
exhum ed, an autopsy perform ed
and it revealed Settles had been
choked.
His clients also included Haitian
im m igrant A bner Louim a, w ho was
tortured by N ew York police, and
T yisha M iller, a 19-year-old black
w om an shot to death by Riverside
police w ho said she reached for a
gun on her lap when they broke her
car window in an effort to disarm her.
But the attention he received from
all o f those cases d id n ’t com e re
motely close to the fame the Simpson
case brought him.
A fte r S im p s o n ’s a c q u itta l,
C ochran appeared on countless TV
talk show s, was aw arded his ow n
C ourt TV show , and traveled the
w orld o ver giving speeches.
He rem ained a beloved figure in
the black com m unity, adm ired as a
law yer w ho was relentless in his
pursuit o f justice and as a philan
thropist w ho helped fund a U CLA
scholarship, a low -incom e housing
complex and a New Jersey legal acad
em y, am ong other chari tableendeav-
ors.
Jo h n so n reach ed h is h o u se , th e tw o m en a p
p ro ac h ed him . Jo h n so n sta b b ed A y otte in the
ch e st in w hat he said w as se lf-d e fe n se. P o lice
say he w ill n ot fac e ch a rg es.
T h e tw o attac k ers face ro b b ery an d in tim id a
tion ch arg es.
A 12 -y ear-o ld girl claim s a young black
m an rap e d h er on M arch 29 at C o lu m b ia
P ark in n orth P o rtlan d .
T h e su sp e c t a lle g e d ly a sk ed h e r for
th e tim e an d th e n d ru g th e g irl at
k n ife p o in t in to th e C o lu m b ia C o ttag e
b a th ro o m s. T h e su sp e ct frig h te n e d the
girl w ith a fiv e-in c h b lad e and p ro ce ed ed
to rap e th e v ictim , a c c o rd in g to S gt. K im
K eist.
T h e v ic tim w a s ta k e n to L e g a c y
E m an u el H o sp ital fo r an e x a m in a tio n .
T h e su sp e c t is a y o u n g b lack m an in his
e a rly ’20s. H e is ab o u t 6 -fe e t-ta ll and
w o re a b lack b aseb a ll cap , w h ite T -s h irt,
b lack p u ffy ja c k e t an d d ark d en im je a n s .
Shooting Suspect Arrested
A year-old m urder case cam e closer to
being solved last T hursday w hen Portland
Police arrested 17-year-old B irgilio M arin
Arellano.
A rellano w as w anted for shooting and
killing 16-year-old Alexx A lexander on June
6. 2004 in w hat has been described as a
gang-related attack.
A lexander was shot inside a car he was
riding in after a low -rider show at E xpo
C enter in north Portland. E vidence from tw o
Portland hom es and one M ilw aukie hom e
w as collected on T hursday but it w as not
said w hat clues led them to A rellano. They
found the suspect at the intersection o f SE
162nd A venue and S E F oster Road.
A nyone with inform ation can contact
D etective Cheryl K an/.lerat 503-823-0457.