Johnnie Cochran Jr.

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In article , mbanet@netcom.com (David Waters) wrote: : The wonderful Pat Harvey (I wonder if she's available?), a female African : American news anchor in Los Angeles, will host a show called "High : Profile" premiering on Fri. 24 Feb. 1995. The first show will feature : interviews of Johnnie Cochrane and a couple of other "High Profile" folks : in Los Angeles...I forgot the other two people to be interviewed. : : The trailer for the show features a sound-bite in which Johnnie Cochrane : says: : : "I love being African American because, in this country, at this : particular time, it's exciting..." -JC : : Now, in all fairness, I don't know the full context of his statement or : what it is in response to. But I'm trying to imagine what he meant by : that particular statement...I guess that's the hook but I'd rather play : poker than stay home to watch the show!!! : : I'm just trying to figure out why someone would feel "excited" at *this* : particular time...was it less "exciting" to be African American before? : : Any predictions, comments, or thoughts? :

johnnie cochran is probably the only laywer in all of the country that police are actually afraid of opposing. he is the attorney who successfully sued the long beach police department in the case the black man who was found dead by 'suicide'. he was the attorney who got the lapd to stop using the chokehold. on more than one occasion i have told harrassing officers that johnnie is a friend of the family and watch them back off. johnnie has big time respect from all attorneys all around the country and is practically a cult figure to young black attorneys and law students in california. he is afrocentric and runs his practice in the 'hood.

johnnie was a superstar long before the oj case and will be long after. he has gone head up against the lapd time and time again and the lapd has blinked more than once. never underestimate this man.

i don't know about darden but i know at least one other black attorney in the los angeles district attorney's office has nothing but respect for johnnie. johnnie is responsible for guiding many young black folks through the legal profession and he gets his props all the time. no doubt, it's exciting!