Do you recall, at any time,
either at the wake or funeral,
just spontaneously saying, "I loved her too much"?
Not "too much." No. That I loved her.
- Okay. - 'Cause I didn't do it. I loved her.
As little as $69 a week.
Hey, Juice.
Then my wife said, "We'll never let him in our house."
Do you know why the blood on the panel of the Bronco
matched your blood?
No.
Do you know why the blood in the Bronco
matched Nicole's blood?
No.
I'm sure we're gonna have a real fine time together, right?
Well, if there is some trouble, I'll just bust a few skulls.
Do you know why the blood found on the Rockingham driveway
matched your blood?
No.
Do you know why the blood on the socks in your bedroom
matched Nicole's blood?
No.
Do you know why the blood at Bundy matched your blood?
No.
We are back on the record now…
The Los Angeles County District Attorney has just filed murder charges
against Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson.
He is expected to surrender to Los Angeles Police
for booking and arraignment shortly.
I think there is three times the media
that there was 30 or 45 minutes ago.
- A car coming in. - We see that.
We have a blue sedan. I see someone in the back, I can't--
No, just turning around. False alarm.
Why haven't you cleared this scene if there's nothing going on?
We've asked you to leave. You won't leave.
- Ready to go in two minutes. - Two-minute warning.
He's on the stage.
Mr. Simpson,
in agreement with his attorney…
was scheduled to surrender this morning to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Initially, that was 11 o'clock.
It then became 11:45.
Mr. Simpson has not appeared.
The Los Angeles Police Department,
right now, is actively searching for Mr. Simpson.
Mr. Simpson is a wanted murder suspect,
two counts of murder, a terrible crime.
We need to find him, apprehend him, we need to bring him to justice,
and we need to make sure that we find him as quickly as possible.
Didn't you have a tail on the suspect the entire time?
Commander Gascon, didn't you have a tail
on the suspect all the time?
Weren't you watching him constantly?
We're, uh, not gonna make any comments
relative to the investigative efforts itself.
- How did you lose him? - Would you like for me to answer?
Was O.J. given special consideration
because of, uh, his celebrity status?
There is no preferential treatment,
there has not been any preferential treatment.
He is a wanted murder suspect, and we will go find him.
Unbelievably, the most-watched, most-wondered-about man in America
has gone missing.
O.J. Simpson, one of our most public figures,
even before this week's incredible events,
is now one of our most wanted ever.
There is nothing like this in memory. Nothing.
♪ Known throughout the nation ♪
♪ As Hertz the superstar ♪
Howard Cosell used to say, "The Juice is loose,"
but believe me, he never meant anything like this.
There is some concern that possibly
with his connections and with his resources financially,
that he might charter an aircraft and possibly try to flee the area.
How many times have you wanted to pack it all in and take off?
Attention all units and stations for station 18 per LAPD.
Attempt to locate 187 suspect.
First name spelling Oscar-Romeo-Echo
November-Tango-Hotel-Alpha-Lima.
Middle: James.
Male, Black, six foot two, 210 pounds, 46 years old.
- O.J. Simpson. - O.J. Simpson
Where's he gonna hide?
How do you hide this guy? Where's he gonna go? What's he gonna do?
I pray for him, and I hope that he turns himself in.
We all would like to hear his side of the story.
I just hope he can run as fast now as he used to be able to.
We fully anticipated that Mr. Simpson would have been arraigned this afternoon.
As of this time, approximately 3:00 p.m., no one knows where he is.
If you in any way are assisting Mr. Simpson in avoiding justice…
Mr. Simpson is a fugitive of justice right now.
And if you assist him, in any way,
you are committing a felony.
Think about it.
We understand now that Furnell Chatman is standing by a news conference
by Robert Shapiro, O.J.'s attorney. Furnell?
Yes, he has just arrived, Robert Shapiro,
and he is about to inform us as to how things stand.
At about 9:30, I arrived at a residence in San Fernando Valley where O.J. was.
And I told him that I had been informed by the Los Angeles Police Department
that he was being charged with first-degree murder
and that we would have to surrender by 11 o'clock.
I told O.J. that we had to really get moving.
He said he needed some time to talk to his family.
He called his children and talked to them.
He called his mother and talked to her.
Sometime later in the morning, the police arrived.
It was at that time that we discovered for the first time
that O.J. was not present.
Al Cowlings was not present.
Now I would like to introduce Mr. Robert Kardashian.
This letter was written by O.J. today.
"To whom it may concern."
"First, everyone understand, I had nothing to do with Nicole's murder."
"I loved her."
"Always have and always will."
She called me and she says,
"Mom, I'm coming by with a friend of mine."
And I said, "Fine!" And she says, "Mama…"
"He's a Black man." I said, "That's okay."
- She was totally in love with him. - This girl was totally in love.
"Nicole and I had a great relationship."
"For most of our lives together."
Oh God, I can't even believe this.
Is he nervous?
I just trust that by the way you live
and by the way you treat others, O.J.,
by the way you value life,
that you will lead Nicole to say continually with breathless wonder,
"Oh God, I'm a woman most fortunate,
for out of all of this world, O.J. has chosen me."
I, O.J., take you, Nicole…
I, O.J., take you, Nicole.
To be my wedded wife.
Mr. and Mrs. O.J. Simpson.
It's gonna last forever.
And I can't wait to see their little babies.
Aren't they gonna be cute?
When you watch this tape when you get older,
see that little quilt you're laying on?
Mommy made that for you.
"To the press as a last wish,
please, please, please leave my children in peace."
"Their lives will be tough enough."
There's the hospital,
and we're gonna go in this hospital and pick up Justin Ryan Simpson!
And there's Mommy!
Daddy looks pretty handsome at 41, doesn't he?
"Like all long-term relationships, we had a few downs and ups."
"If we had a problem, it's because I loved her so much."
"Recently, we came to the understanding
that, for now, we were not right for each other."
"At least for now."
"I think of my life and feel I've done most of the right things."
"So why do I end up like this?"
"Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person."
I appreciated your cheers.
I already know it's what I'm gonna miss most.
"Thanks for making my life special. I hope I helped yours."
"Peace and love. O.J."
To me, it sounds like, you know, he want to commit suicide.
The note sounded like he's saying goodbye.
It's definitely a goodbye note, whether it means goodbye from this country
or goodbye from this planet.
He's a idol to kids, and I don't know what happened.
Like, the guy that I knew, the hero that I had, um,
it's like he's killing himself.
So, the note, I feel, is a goodbye note.
I used to run through airports. Now I fly through them.
With new Hertz Number One Express Service,
I fly non-stop from my plane to my car.
Highway patrol.
Yeah, I think I just saw O.J. Simpson on the 5 freeway,
and there was…
He's heading north, and I got the license plate of the white Bronco.
On the 5 from El Toro at 16:46 hours.
Special attention South County…
Bob Tur up in chopper two.
Bob, you believe that to be O.J. Simpson down there below you?
Here we are, open the door.
Okay. It's a white, white car.
O.J. Simpson is believed to be in the white Bronco
that you see in the center of your picture.
White Ford Bronco is northbound on the 5
occupied by one male, Black, in the number three lane
at approximately 30 miles an hour.
- O.J. - Freeway.
Bronco.
I have to interrupt this call.
I understand we're going to go to a live picture in Los Angeles.
California Highway Patrol has now confirmed
that it is definitely Al Cowling's vehicle.
And they are certain that O.J. is in the passenger seat.
I'm Tom Brokaw in New York. You're looking at a Ford--
Hi, I'm Geraldo Rivera…
911, what are you reporting?
This is A.C. I have O.J. in the car.
I'm coming up the 5 freeway.
Right now, we all… We're okay,
but you gotta tell the police just to back off.
He's still alive, but he's got a gun to his head.
31 unit, back up a little bit. The guy's got a gun.
Now police radio is saying that Simpson, the passenger in the car,
has a gun at his head.
Mm. Oh no.
Which explains why they haven't been stopping
and why they haven't moved up alongside.
Oh no.
Is everything else okay?
Everything right now is okay, Officer. Everything is okay.
He wants me to get him to his mom.
- He wants me to get him to his house. - Okay.
That's all I… That's all we ask.
- He's got a gun to his head. - Okay, and sir, what's your name?
My name is A.C. You know who I am, goddamn it!
Okay.
One car between us and…
I believe he's going to the 405.
- Conan, can you hear me? - Hello, Paul, can you hear me?
Yes, I can, Conan, go ahead. Where are you?
Well, we are right in front of O.J. Simpson's vehicle,
and let me assure you, that there's no way he knows that this is a television truck.
This is a very orderly pursuit. It's as if… It's almost like a motorcade.
You can see 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 units now
They're hearing it on the radio, catching it on the TV,
and then making a quick exit out of their houses.
Traffic in the south lane, stopping and looking.
Police cars trailing, other traffic stopping off to the right.
So, look, we've got people running across the freeway.
- That is dangerous. - Oh my goodness.
While officers keep their distance,
there's the concern of keeping other people out of harm's way.
I really, really, really feel sad. I mean, I actually feel for him.
You can actually see O.J.!
Civil rights organizations say the Los Angeles Police Department
has a history of brutality and misconduct
that goes back a quarter of a century,
including one incident that sparked the Watts riots.
If I went and beat your dog the way they beat this man, I'd be in jail.
The city's police chief said
he will support criminal charges against some of the men.
I perceived that Mr. King was in a full prone position
and then he made an aggressive attack toward Officer Powell.
Tell the jury what happened.
He… I continued to hit him and then knocked him to the ground.
Did you find any difficulty with the officer striking him?
No they're… This was perfectly within the LAPD policy and procedures.
Sometimes police work is brutal. That's just a fact of life.
When they do something, it seems like it's okay, you know, with the law.
As long they got on their blue uniform, it's okay.
Rodney King was, you might say, the straw that broke the camel's back.
You beat a dog, you go to jail.
How many more Rodney Kings does it have to be?
We should have protection and we do not!
Y'all fucking shut up!
Hey, hey, ho, ho. Daryl Gates has got to go.
And the jury has reached verdicts as to all other counts.
We, the jury, in the above entitled action
find the defendant Laurence M. Powell not guilty of the crime of assault
by force likely to produce great bodily injury…
Hundreds and hundreds of people now ripping off merchandise.
They're looting another liquor store up on Normandie.
It's a way for people to vent their frustration.
Now they're pulling the driver out.
We're seeing a dark day here in Los Angeles.
A lot of blood gushing from the man's head.
O.J. gets the call and the Juice breaks loose.
We have O.J.'s first wife, Marguerite, on the telephone right now.
- Marguerite, are you there? - Yes.
I just wanted to say, O.J., we love you, please.
Run, run, nigga, run!
Marguerite, you're urging O.J. to run, to escape?
Go, O.J. Just keep going! Keep going!
Stand up for yours! Just keep going!
- Hello? O.J.? - Yeah.
Ah…
- Hey. How you doing? - Ah--
O.J. You still there?
It's Tom again.
I'm here.
This is not to keep you guys away from me.
- I know that. Nobody's going to hurt you. - This is for me.
It's for you. I know that. But do it for--
This is for me, for me. That's all.
I know that. I know that. But do it for the kids too, will you?
- How? - Think of your kids.
No.
Please, just toss it out. You're scaring everybody, man.
- Ah, I'm not gonna hurt anybody. - I know you're not gonna hurt anybody.
- I did it for me. - I know you're not, man.
I'm just gonna go with me.
Please, you're scaring everybody, though.
- You're scaring everybody. - Just tell them I'm all sorry.
You can tell them later on today and tomorrow that I was sorry and that.
Sorry I did this to the police department.
Listen, I think you should tell them yourself.
Your kids need you.
I've already said goodbye to my kids.
Listen, no, we're not going to say goodbye to your kids.
- I already have. - You're going to see them again.
You want to see them again.
Please, you're scaring us, you're scaring them.
There's a lot of people that love you. Don't throw it all away.
- Ah… - Don't throw it all away.
I can't take this.
Oh, yes, you can. Yes, you can.
No, I can't.
You got your whole family out here.
- I can't take this. - They love you. Don't throw this away.
- Ah. - Don't do this.
They love you.
Don't do it, O.J.
It's going to work itself out.
- Let me get to my house. - We're going to do that.
I swear to you. I'll give you what…
I'll give you me. I'll give you my whole body.
Okay.
I just need to get to my house. I can't live with…
We're gonna do that. Just throw the gun out the window.
So where's the house?
No more, no further! Just stay right here!
District Attorney of Los Angeles, Mr. Gil Garcetti.
Will the fact that he has fled make things worse for him?
Any time you have an accused who leaves,
we believe shows a consciousness of guilt.
Now the car appears to be moving over
toward the slow lanes or the exit lane.
This is Sunset. The vehicle is exiting.
You can see cars pulled to the side.
- It passed 25 yards in front. - What was that?
This is just ABC network live coverage?
- Yeah. - Okay.
CBS is trying to get it.
He pulled off at Sunset, off the 405.
He's on his way back toward Brentwood.
Think about everybody else.
I can't do it here on the freeway. I couldn't do it in a field.
I went to do it at her grave. I want to do it at my house.
You're not going to do anything.
Too many people love you.
Your kids, your mother, your friends, A.C., everybody.
You've got the whole world. Don't throw it away.
Don't throw it away, man. Come on.
Shortly, we are going to be coming up on Rockingham.
And that is Mr. Simpson's home.
He's heading to my house.
You're listening to me and you're thinking. I know you're thinking.
- Oh. - You're tired too, aren't you?
- I am so tired. - I know. I know.
I just want to be with Nicole.
You don't need to be with Nicole.
You need to be with your family and with your kids.
He's making a right turn. I assume up into Brentwood Park
and appears to be on the way to, uh… either his home or very close to his home.
Fuck the police, yeah, fuck 'em!
SWAT team.
Back me up.
We're gonna let you go home. Let you pull right inside.
All we need to see is that gun come out the window.
- I'm not gonna point it at anyone. - I know that, man! I know that.
But you're scaring them anyway.
I'm not gonna point it at anyone.
Use your own discretion. You take him down if you have to.
Juice, just toss the gun.
All right, just…
Who is that out there?
Uh-oh.
Somebody's gone up. Do not know who that person is.
Officers are walking up to the vehicle, carrying somebody away.
Carrying somebody…
Officers are walking up to the Bronco.
It's total chaos here.
O.J., I beg you.
Juice!
- Don't do it, O.J.! - Juice! Come on!
Juice!
Listen to me! Listen to me, O.J. Listen!
Juice! I'm still here!
Juice!
I beg you, man. O.J., no! No, O.J.!
O.J.! Listen to him!
Free O.J.! Free O.J.! Free O.J.!
He's quite upset at the moment.
Emotional.
- Yes. - We may have something.
Okay.
- Movement on the ground. - Code 4.
Fortunately, it ended peacefully.
O.J. Simpson is in custody.
A lot of activity around the Brentwood home.
Here, as you can see behind me,
Robert Shapiro, the attorney of O.J. Simpson,
coming down to give some kind of live press conference.
I would also, at this point in time,
like to ask all members of the public
to please reserve any judgment on this case
until the evidence is reviewed and presented in a court of law.
With all of the questions about the public symphony… sympathy for Mr. Simpson,
we should not forget the fact
that we have two victims who were brutally slain.
Okay, here we go.
He just went into the Spring Street entrance.
He's going up to the 11th floor of the criminal courthouse to…
for the arraignment this morning.
Are you ready to go forward with the arraignment at this time?
- Yes, Your Honor. - All right.
- Want Mr. Simpson to stand, Your Honor? - Please.
Mr. Orenthal Simpson, is that your true name, sir?
Please speak up so you may be heard.
Uh, yes.
Pardon me, I'm sorry.
- May we start all over? - Yes.
You committed a crime of murder in violation of Penal Code section 187(a).
And that he did willfully and unlawfully and with malice and forethought
murder Nicole Brown Simpson.
…that he did personally use a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife.
And have you discussed those charges with your lawyers?
- Yes. - Yes.
At this time, do you wish to enter a plea, guilty or not guilty?
- Not guilty. - Not guilty.
Your Honor, at this time,
we would request under the law that we have
a hearing as soon as possible,
and certainly within the next ten days as provided by law.
He'll be part of the team and participate equally with everybody else.
His lawyers were often referred to as the Dream Team.
We're the dream team. We're number one. Come on!
Prosecution ain't got nothing on us.
- We're the best. - That's right. We're bad.
I think it's significant, but I think it can be obviously explained.