Nothing showed up that would indicate, at least from those cases we reviewed, that racial slurs or planting of evidence was found, ... Maybe he was a racist on his own time, not on LAPD time.

I learned a strange thing... that in a jumble of unintelligible talk, the word "nigger" leaps out with electric clarity. You always hear it and it always stings. And always it casts the person using it into a category of brute ignorance. I thought with some amusement that if these two women only knew what they were revealing about themselves to every Negro on that bus, they would have been outraged.

Today, you proved to us that this data in all cases was very useful. You also showed us that in some cases the data was necessary. However, the [British EU] Presidency has not yet submitted a study that refers to all those cases wherein while data was useful it was not necessary. It would be useful if you could do this.

all the pieces of evidence, all the statements that have been reviewed, all the witnesses that have been spoken to.

If (the victim) was physically assaulted and there were any indications racial slurs were used, or that they had plotted and intended to harm him, this would constitute a hate crime.

The fact that we're having this discussion speaks volumes. There have been all kinds of racial slurs, but only this one continues to have the same powerful meaning for people that it did when it was first used. If you were to call someone a 'mick' today, you just might have to explain what that is.