cochran who would take the lead. >> outgoing, fun, and having considerable mastery of the details of the case. >> and known for defending celebrities like child actor todd bridges, football legend jim brown, and assumer star michael jackson. but would the all-star strategy work? >> it was not a dream team. it was a nightmare team. most lawyers don't get along with each other. there was a lot of competition for the limelight. but despite all of that competition, simpson's team comes up with this. they allegation that l.a.p.d. detective mark fuhrman was a racist who planted evidence. >> this is the l.a.p.d. >> the racist allegations simmering under the surface come to a boil just days before the trial begins when the defense wants permission to ask fuhrman if he has ever used the n-word. >> i will use the world because i am quoting him -- >> but prosecutor chris dardin wants to part of it. >> it is the nastiest word in the english language. it will offend the black jurors. it will be are you on the side of the white prosecutors and policeman, or the black defendant and his lawyer. >> cochran immediately fires back. >> not every american feels that way. to say that african-americans c