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Josie Morales is a clerk-typist and an uncalled witness for the city of Los Angeles in Rodney King’s Simi Valley trial. Morales lived next door to George Holliday, the man who recorded King’s beating. In her monologue, she talks about staying outside to watch the beating out of a social obligation to bear witness to what she knew was an act of injustice. Morales remembers insisting to the prosecutor, Terry White, that the officers would be acquitted if the prosecution didn’t call a resident as a witness; she even had a dream about it. In the end, Morales’s dream came true: all four officers were acquitted in the Simi Valley trial.
Josie Morales Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 quotes below are all either spoken by Josie Morales or refer to Josie Morales. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“No.”
I said, “We have to stay here
and watch
because this is wrong.”
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Josie Morales Character Timeline in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
The timeline below shows where the character Josie Morales appears in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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Smith interviews Josie Morales, a clerk-typist and uncalled witness in Rodney King’s first trial, which was held in Simi...
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During the trial, Morales kept in touch with Terry White, the prosecutor, who told her he’d call her when...
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Morales remembers telling a coworker about a dream she had where the officers were acquitted. The...
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