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...example, I'm a 47-year-old white male, college educated, well read, with more than 25 years experience as a cop in the San Francisco Bay Area. I got tired of living in a metropolitan area and moved to a small town just north of Sacramento. Here, excluding the fast-food jobs, etc., there is no work beyond low-level labor and self-employment. And even though there is no "job explosion" here, many of us prefer to live in a more decent, friendly and respectful environment and not in cities. JOHN LASTER Auburn, California...
...been "Sally Jessed" and "Geraldoed" adnauseam only needed a nudge from a football player-turned-B-movie-actor-turned-B-murderer to go completely nuts. Every pathetic character in the long and sundry march toward the first verdict was vaulted into international fame. The ridiculous "surfer dude," the racist cop, the narcissistic judge, the scuzzy defense lawyers and the mutually enamored prosecutors--it was almost too much...
...beside themselves to reimprison or retry him. In the meantime, he lives in near seclusion, although he recently met with TIME for two days of interviews that offer his first detailed account of his case since his release. Tan, relaxed and defiant, he says he is not going to cop a plea, say, for time served: "I didn't come this far to cut a deal. My case will be fought on the merits, and I am completely innocent...
...Kevin cop out? Or did he happen by historical circumstance to get away from the rat race for his own benefit? Can we even ask these questions without being cliched...
Murphy is Scott Roper, a San Francisco cop making up his own rules in edgy face-offs with the criminal class of the Bay Area. Roper is no Dirty Eddie; he's a negotiator who has to ingratiate himself with the malefactors before he can blow their heads off. This offers plenty of chances for Murphy-style comedy, none of which writer Randy Feldman or director Thomas Carter bothered to exploit. Except for a decent scene in which Roper mimics a white bandit as a test for his galoot partner (Michael Rapaport), there's no room for Eddie...