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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Indelible Substance
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“No.”
I said, “We have to stay here
and watch
because this is wrong.”
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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:
).
Indelible Substance
Quotes
“No.”
I said, “We have to stay here
and watch
because this is wrong.”
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
