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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.