Jake: Were going to lose this case, Carl lee. There are no more points of law to argue here. I want to cop a plea, maybe Buckley will cop us a second degree murder and we can get you just life in prison. Carl Lee: Jake, I cant do no life in prison, you got to get me off, now if it was you on trial... Jake: Its not me, were not the same, Carl Lee. The jury has to identify with the defendant. They see you, they see a yard worker; they see me, they see an attorney. I live in town, you live on the hill. Carl Lee: Well, you are white and Im black. See Jake, you think just like them, thats why I picked you; you are one of them , dont you see?. Oh, you think you aint because you eat in Claudes and you are out there trying to get me off on TV talking about black and white, but the fact is you are just like all the rest of them, when you look at me, you dont see a man, you see a black man. Jake: Carl Lee, Im your friend. Carl Lee: We aint no friends, Jake. We are on different sides of the line, I aint never seen you in my part of town. I bet you dont even know where I live. Our daughters, Jake; they aint never gonna play together. Jake: What are you talking about? Carl Lee: America is a wall and you are on the other side. hows a black man ever going to get a fair trial with the enemy on the bench and in the jury box?. My life in white hands, you Jake, thats how. You are my secret weapon because you are one of the bad guys, you dont mean to be but you are; its how you was raised. Nigger, negro, black, African-American, no matter how you see me, you see me different, you see me like that jury sees me, you are them. Now throw out your points of law Jake. If you was on that jury, what would it take to convince you to set me free? Thats how you save my ass. Thats how you save us both. Very true and very powerful
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:24:15 +0000
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