At the end, when he's summing up his case. He tells them to close their eyes as he's describing what happened to the little girl, then he says "now imagine she was white".
It's so emotive. I think the case would be lost without him saying that. They were all of the same racial mentality. This made the little girl the same as one of their daughters instead of 'some black kid that doesn't matter' .
Great writing.
I was already seeing her as white
shareYou must not have seen too many movies. I can think of a more powerful line in just about every movie I own.
The truth is this movie is so wrong, it’s saying there are circumstances where it’s ok to murder someone in handcuffs on the way to their trial, that is setting such a dangerous precedent
The trial had nothing to do with the girl who was assaulted, it was about not letting people decided to become the judge, jury and executioner by themselves, no one should be allowed to do that. If it’s ok to murder a rapist in cold blood then one day it’s going to be you on the other end of that rifle
I agree with you completely! It's made even more sad because that is the mind frame so many live in :(
shareI would put a white guy in jail too, if he decided to kill people and turn an innocent man into an amputee.
shareThat scene ruined the entire film for me. He already had the jury in tears with the description of the events. The jury should have gasped in disgust when he slapped them with that condescending and judgemental comment.
shareIn the book one of the jurors said that to the others doing deliberation. Of course they have to give that line to the lead in the film.
shareI think the case would be lost without him saying that.