Detective Mark Fuhrman, whose frequent use of the N-word was the basis of O.J. Simpson’s successful defense in his double murder case, is providing commentary for Fox News as the former football star seeks parole for his robbery sentence. Let’s learn more about the ex-cop whose racial slurs helped Simpson go free.
1. Before the Simpson case, Furhman took part in taped interviews with a screenwriter in which he used the N-word 41 times. Judge Lance Ito determined that in all uses, Furhman was using the word in “a disparaging manner.”
At one point he said, “all these n—ers in L.A.