O.J. Simpson: Endgame | Full Episode

I think OJ got away with so many things that he truly thought he was a God and couldn't be touched, like Nicole always told everyone, including me, that whenever something happens, OJ will get out of it and he did. , This is the best. running back who once played professional football football incredibly incredibly charismatic handsome millions of smiles Simpson is asking to be released on parole after serving almost 9 years for an armed robbery in Las Vegas I always thought he was. I've been pretty good with people. and uh, I've basically spent a life free of conflict, police, what are you doing, he's threatening you, going crazy, my kids are upstairs sleeping and I don't want anything to happen, okay, I just think it's important to represent my Sister, we have to do it. look at these relationships not as abusive relationships but as possible cases of murder if she fell when she was outside it is because you made her like her not because you were hitting her well no you were hitting her no he got away with savagely murdering two people OJ He couldn't have committed these murders.

Mr. Simpson is a fugitive from justice at this time. Have you been told that he is under arrest? How often does he get to see an American icon like this on trial for murder? find the accused or ortal James Simpson not guilty of the crime of rape murder no people it was not President OJ Simpson per se they were applauding that it once seemed that the criminal justice system was balanced in favor of a black person when Rodney King happened in The one captured on video see this is what we have been talking about all this time finally this is a turning point and then not everyone was acquitted, we have had more and more of those types of incidents where the police have been caught by the camera killing black men, women and children and has paraded two Baton Rou police officers will not face federal civil rights charges for the death of Alton Sterling on July 5, black people said they now understand how we feel we have not made so much progress.

We are still struggling with the same issues Colin Kaepernick, the former 49er quarterback, started the protest to draw attention to racism and police brutality. The OJ case was about this racial narrative. OJ Simpson is getting out of prison. He's sorry I think he's the only thing that matters. of time before he gets into trouble again, so this is the case with OJ Simpson. There is still an open murder case. Do you think the murder of Nicole and Ron Goldman will ever be solved when OJ admits that he killed Nicole and Ron Goldman? Yes, he will. so his movements captivated us from the football field to the courtroom I am James Brown in 1968 he won the Heisman in 1973 he was the NFL's Most Valuable Player a telegenic Superstar unfortunately none of that is what he will be remembered for by orenthal James Simpson became a lightning rod not because of rush but because of race Simpson's trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman was a grim and unexpected marker: it took its peculiar but powerful place in the racial journey in course of this country.

The not guilty verdict in Los Angeles tonight sparked a charged conversation about the police, the justice system and the minority community, as OJ prepares to be released from prison for the botched Las Vegas robbery for which he was convicted. The furious dialogue he ignited resonates louder than ever. 90 minutes almost 100 million people were paralyzed by a white Ford Bronco traveling on a 911 freeway in Los Angeles. What are you reporting? This is AC. I have OJ in the car. I saw it all. Helicopters, cameras in Bridges right now. We are all fine. but you have to tell the Cop to just back off, that he's still alive, that they had a gun to his head.

OJ Simpson, the football hero suspected of killing his ex-wife Nicole and his friend Ron Goldman, was a fugitive with a death wish. I called and he answers and I was like ohj this is a lie everyone loves you don't do this so my only concern is getting him to put the gun down. I'm the only one who deserves it, no, you don't deserve it, you don't deserve it. To be injured, Simpson would take the police back to his Rockingham estate and turn himself in and from that moment on I think America was absolutely transfixed by this story.

Prosecutors maintain that Simpson massacred both his ex-wife and that of his friend Ronald Goldman. It was a savage attack. Nicole. Brown Simpson was almost decapitated and a few feet away was Ron Goldman, 25, a waiter who was returning a pair of sunglasses to Nicole, how did he find out about the murders? My wife calling Fred Fred, the corner is calling and she said her son was murdered, what do you think happened? I think Ron found out about a murder in progress and paid the price for trying to help. There was a view of him in handcuffs. That was a sight that surprised all my people.

Define the comment. people My people are people from the African American community in Los Angeles and OJ Simpson was an iconic figure, he was Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan quickness agility he had that movement, you know, when he carried the ball Joe Bell grew up with him in the projects in one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Francisco and is writing a book about their friendship. He was like a cat. You know, you see a cat and it just jumps to the side or jumps in the air. That's that kind of quickness. Football was OJ's ticket out of the hood and into the spotlight during a decade of tumultuous change.

It was the 1960s, black activism was at a fever pitch and some star athletes were threatening to boycott the Olympic Games. 68, what they think is right, I guess they should do it. follow your beliefs well at this time I don't want to get involved in this because I'm not on the track I have no comment on the matter we knew that society as a whole would not accept you if you were a member of the Black Panthers, if you were this socially conscious person, always throwing up black issues and that meant he had no social conscience, he wanted to stay in that environment being embraced by white people.

OJ was direct in saying, hey, I'm not black, I'm OJ I want to be judged by the content of my character, not the color of my skin, I just want to be OJ. He distanced himself from anything that put him in a racial category, which made many whites feel comfortable. OJ would run. of racial issues faster than white people would take to OJ Simpson. If you go back and look at the Herz commercials he did, OJ was a confident backup personality for Herz, he saw older white women go to OJ, but never even a black gloss. boy who said run OJ run never made himself White kids his age absolutely pinched themselves because OJ Simpson wanted to be friends with them, he was their hero.

Sheila Weller wrote the book Raging Heart about Nicole and OJ's relationship with whom they began dating when she was just 18, 29 years old and married with two children. He set her up in an apartment in the nice little area of ​​Beverly Hills. Eventually, OJ divorced his first wife Margarita and married Nicole, once a friend and then a Los Angeles police officer. Ron Ship was at her wedding in At that moment I thought they had an ideal marriage, a loving couple, a loving couple, she was very funny. My sister was a practical mother. T. Brown was Nicole's little sister.

Nicole and OJ would have two children together, daughter Sydney and son Justin. she prepared the children for school, she prepared their lunch. I mean, I thought my sister had everything, she has a great husband, but behind closed doors there were secrets, there was violence throughout the thread of her marriage, but it was hidden, she hid it, he hid it. but it would all come to light on New Year's Day 1989, that night he, you know, slapped her on the boat, wrote a book about his conversations with OJ and Nicole knew about domestic violence, she had taught other officers how to recognize signs of abuse.

I'm not believing what I'm hearing, I mean I believed because she has these boots, but I'm thinking this can't be OJ San, what are you going through internally in my brain? "I'm like I'm an aggressor," Simpson pleaded. There is no contest for misdemeanor assault, but he served no jail time; his punishment was two years of probation, a fine and community service. When I look at it, it really wasn't that big of a fight, it's just that 3 years later he sat down for an interview with the ESPN host. Roy Firestone to talk about the incident with his wife, I mean, you know, the day after this ended, you know we looked, he said we had, you know we had a fight, we were both guilty, no one was hurt, it wasn't a big deal. thing and us.

We moved on with our lives several years after the incident. Nicole divorced Simpson, but the abuse did not stop. I want an emergency. Can you bring someone to 325 now? Greta Green. He's back, please, how does he look? It's OJ Simpson. I think so. You know his history, could you put something here? Okay, stay on the line. I don't want to stay in line. He will make it through the wait. One minute she felt like he was going to kill her and she told people and wrote. it in Diaries and she said it more than once, the ship says that after Ron and Nicole were murdered, the detectives asked OJ to take a lie detector test, he refused, I told him why you would say no OJ and he says, "Well, be honest, boat and chuckled and he says that I have dreamed of killing her if you were convinced in your mind that he did it.

He was totally convinced that OJ's dream was would become the nightmare of Ron's ship and soon the stage was set for a test, everyone would be watching what they had done. Our client is wrong, he can't believe these people, he can't trust the message: there has never been a. The jury that tried OJ would be sequestered for almost nine months. moment of the legal drama. Can you tell this jury where the defendant was between 9:35 and 11:00 p.m. Sir, no, I cannot star in the roles played by two prosecutors and a team of defense attorneys, some of the most brilliant and expensive legal minds in the country, known as the Dream Team, there was no dream, there was confusion within the field of law enforcement. defense and, thank God, Johnny.

Cochran was very capable of hiding it. He was born to represent OJ Simpson because he brought with him issues of police actions. He brought up issues of race. Johnny Cochran knew that most of the black community in Los Angeles was still reeling from the horrific images of Rodney. King, a black man beaten by white police officers, we had beaten the King, we had had a riot, the acquittal of the officers, after the King hit, this notion of a black person in conflict with the police department was so in-your-face and central that this clearly fits into that space that this was another black man pursued by the Los Angeles police and pursued with Vigor because the victims were white.

I don't think if this case had been about the murder of OJ Simpson's first wife, who was African American. woman that would have been covered on television I think OJ would have gotten out on bail I think this would have been forgotten a long time ago that he was accused of killing a white woman in addition to his celebrity that Dynamic also raised this trial because here you have what was once the ultimate taboo in this country a black man with a white woman at the time I was a correspondent for Time magazine in Los Angeles we put OJ Simpson on the cover and the photo they chose to put was his mugshot and for artistic reasons. quote and cite the reasons why someone decided to darken OJ, what does that say about the mindset, the subconscious thinking on the part of those who opted for a darker image than his natural color?

You know, he's a pink elephant, this is an 800-pound gorilla, so to speak. race is always there and it was in the courtroom where Fred Goldman hoped to get justice for his son. Do you think there was any chance that what was lost in that scenario was the fact that there were two murders among the victims? they were lost it was more of a race issue Goldman wasn't the only one worried the prosecutors realized too I could play the same game as them Marsha Clark was a fighter I certainly admired her tenacity but notably she wasn't prosecuting OJ alone Chris Darden Chris was certainly an excellent lawyer, but his first day in the courtroom was when we had a predominantly African-American jury sitting there, both sides were very aware of how the jury would view the defendant OJ Simpson at any given time, the defense team.

He asked the jury to see OJ's house in Rockingham, this has you all over it, and the defense team did some, shall we say, redecorating before the jury arrived. OJ Simpson, you see, had a grand staircase that went from the lobby to the second floor and there was a wall of photos that used to be there of his Caucasian friends and colleagues. If someone came to your house and you were on trial, you wanted to make sure there was nothingthere that could offend someone in your case, yes, but Carl. It wouldn't involve changing photos of my white friends to black friends if that's contrary to who he was.

Oh JB, if you are on trial for murder and your lawyers want to do everything they can to help you be found innocent. I dare say your perspective would change, man, Marsha Clark looked at me, said Carl, you know damn well he didn't have all those blacks on his wall and I said Maria, how dare you accuse us of this? And I dare say that it is something easy. for people to see in retrospect, similar to playing the race card, we play the evidence card, not the race card, didn't he feel that way once, J's friend Ron Ship agreed to testify about her violent marriage after the prosecutor showed her something gruesome.

Crime Scene Photos I wouldn't have Nicole's blood on Ron's boat. She was surprised when she looked at the Jews. It seems like they hated me. Many in the black community considered you a traitor. How did that affect you? It affected me a lot. I heard a lot of different things about why I shouldn't have done it, like one of the things I heard is that it goes back to the days of slavery, you know, all the things that we've been through in this country, that they felt that this O.J. Simpson should be a gift to us, regardless of the meaning, give him a pass for all the Things we've been through OJ's blood is all over Bundy, all over Rockingham, it's in the Bronco and the only other blood type we discovered They are the two victims.

Former LAPD Detective Tom Lang has written a book about all the evidence he says points to. OJ's fault. My belief at the time was that this was going to be a failure, there would be over 100 witnesses, but one would send shockwaves throughout the country. Mark Ferman, Detective Ferman or Mr. Ferman, the LAPD detective who went to OJ's house after the murders. and he claimed to have found a bloody glove that matched one found at the crime scene. I had a goal when I dated Mark Ferman. I had to get him to lie. I knew if I could get him to lie he was dead in the jury box and you say under oath that you have not addressed any black people like or talked about black people like in the last 10 years detective fman that's what I'm saying, sir, the defense called the witnesses, who said the complete opposite, they said the only good thing is a dead officer, prman, he turned around, looked at me and said, I told you we'll get it right, detective firman, resume witness D please, and with the LAPD's unpleasant history with the black community, it wasn't too big of a leap for the defense. to say that Ferman, the racist detective, had laid down the damn glove when they asked me.

I assert my fifth amendment privilege on that damn glove. And OJ testing it was the defining moment of the trial. I wasn't trying to get my hand into it. In doing this, he never made an effort to put on the glove, so the whole thing was a fiasco. We showed the jury, Mr. Simpson, that the failed demonstration would become the trials made for the television moment and Johnny Cochran's closing argument would leave the jurors. with seven memorable words if it doesn't fit, you must acquit Mr. uh Simpson, would he please stand up and face the jury?

The jury took less than 4 hours to reach a verdict. We, the jury and the action titled above, find the defendant or Orthal James. Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder no gu not guilty what I saw was white people on one hand No unbel Missing people on the other hand joy on one hand anger and frustration and disappointment on the other hand it's horrible he is guilty as a sin every television The station tuned in and the world watched everything that happened live. Oprah and her audience were also watching Mur's journey from 187 to Aelon. The reaction reflected the nation.

I was sitting next to Fred Goldman and just the sound of crying still rings in my heart. Then I looked at the deputy and said: Can I leave? I just wanted it all to end. People weren't applauding OJ Simpson per se, but they were applauding that the criminal justice system once seemed to balance in favor of a black person. Tomorrow will be the same yesterday will be the same as it was but once it seemed like the system was balanced in favor of a black man and still we Americans can't get over the fact that even OJ understood how important race was in his trial for murder for nine months.

After the verdict, he spoke with CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker. I have long accepted that many of the feelings we are having right now have nothing to do with Nicole or me, they have to do with things. that are happening in people's own lives and their own animosities, their own prejudices have come to the surface, you know, you're making this case, but the Goldman and Brown families were determined to address Ron and Nicole, what's it like? be OJ? Simpson today is difficult, it's like he's always been, you know, I'm playing better golf than ever. I dont have anything else to do.

I know I'll never do commercials and stuff like that. All I try to do is be positive, be good to my friends and be there for my kids. Not guilty of the crime of murder. 8 months after being acquitted of murder, the man who once focused on sports and endorsements spoke to 48 Hours correspondent Harold. Dal about his new life with Simpson and a new interest in a topic he previously avoided. People of color have been, in a sense, victims of the legal system for years and we have always been told that this is the way it is.

I realize that many people look at me as some kind of symbol. Now here was the guy who wanted nothing to do with race after being acquitted. I was walking in daiki and suddenly OJ was black again, but I think part of that was his need to have the attention that you get with God you prepare for your return the fact that he was Brothers I'm here I'm with you and everyone fell into the trap I couldn't believe it yet others in OJ's Social Circle were giving him the cold shoulder it felt like a guy who built this beautiful life was withering away we should all boycott everything he does 1 800 OJ says the reality was that OJ had to make a living and tried to repair his reputation this is Rockingham's door to my house, his ill-conceived solution, he offers his thoughts on the trial for a price as I walk up the stairs, white carpets up to the banister, they went through everything and there is no blood, that's all I want to do to provide for my family, my children and give myself. the opportunity for fair treatment to say what I need to say.

The Goldman and Brown families also wanted to weigh in and filed a civil suit against Simpson accusing him of being responsible for the murders. We had to find some way to get the justice we felt. The round deserved the best part of this civil Cas in many ways. I think I will be vindicated. The prospect of another trial did not seem to pass through the phase. OJ. You will see more truths come to light in this case. I look forward to it. Are you ready to take the stand this time? Oh yeah, I can't wait. You can't keep me off that stand.

Can we take a break? Yes, of course, Jesus Christ, there were several days of statements with OJ Simpson, what did he expect? It was achieved well. The main reason for the statements is to get him to say one thing and then discover that the evidence contradicted him. You never hit her with your hands, correct. I never hit her. Yeah, did you ever hit her? No, have you ever hurt her? Yeah, while The civil trial was going on that Simpson fought for and W custody of Sydney and Justin, they were 11 and 8 then, they had been living with Nicole's family, the kids were taken from us on Christmas Eve, that was really horrible, any good news for OJ quickly faded. when the civil verdict finding Simpson responsible for the deaths was announced, they had a predominantly white jury.

I have to believe that the Energizer in that verdict was not just race but the fact that OJ Simpson had been found not guilty in the criminal case our family is in. grateful for a verdict a responsibility when the verdict was handed down what were you thinking so Rod finally got some justice Ron and Nicole got some justice I remember taking a picture with the family and somehow we were all smiling good cool there is responsibility , there is a consequence, but that's okay, but we are still a grieving family, the verdict came with damages for the Brown and Goldman families, over $33 million in damages to be paid by Simpson, did you think OJ would ever pay?

I never thought twice about it. it was about getting a court to hold him accountable. Has anything been paid for the gold? He never paid a single cent. We didn't get anything we got by taking it away every time we took something away. He was getting a piece of Job Justice for Simpson was playing golf again trying to live a normal life you know it's illegal to be here man, I got it, I got it, I got it, no, no, I got it, he moved to Florida, but problems still continued, including an arrest. related to road rage, a charge he would defeat if you believed that OJ would have hidden the OJ Simpson that I came to know would never hide, he was not willing to hide, he was not afraid that bravery included making a lot of video rap musical ridiculed people asked me so many questions while OJ was getting attention for all the wrong reasons the supporting cast in the murder trial this show is a first for me as a TV host they were enjoying the spotlight the trial was a reality show the first and the best thing and I see that Bronco tastes like the pilot

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, it's what got everyone hooked, many of them tried to turn this into a career on a reality TV show, K kin, most notably KO, that infamous house guest of OJ Larry King had once said that.

KO you are the first reality star, I didn't know that I would be discovered and made famous in the wrong way, so when I went to a new place to sleep, I go to the rent.com guest house, so if the case of OJ Simpson was dad's. of reality TV was also the baby's father, most obviously the Kardashians. I don't think there would be a Kardashian phenomenon if his father hadn't been a member of OJ Simpson's dream lawyer team. OJ's own business ventures continue to raise eyebrows, especially by writing a book titled If He Had Done It Why the hell if you were acquitted of murder would you write a book whose title If He Had Done It That's How He Would Have Done It?

That makes absolutely no sense in the end they granted us the rights. to the book by the court by the court so our choice was to publish it ourselves it reads more like a confession than a fake book he put himself on the scene he got covered in blood I think he got away with so many things that really actually thought he was a god that couldn't be touched that was a step too far he went to Las Vegas OJ what happened what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas unless of course you're OJ Simpson, in which case the world will find out the police Let's say that Simpson, along with a group of armed men, broke into a room and stole sports collectibles.

This time around September 2007, OJ was dealt a different hand. OJ had heard that a dealer was selling his memorabilia and family photographs of him. Ironically, he had value in an orange juice that no longer exists and he went there with the five or six guys he went with. Oh, J would later say that he just wanted his stuff back, but things soon got heated. The hotel cameras captured this footage and one of the Simpsons Associates recorded an angry orange juice that would come back to haunt him, so what did you think when you saw the footage of him walking through the casino?

It's like there it is again. I was like oh oh no no OJ no. I thought: are you stupid? and then came the Hammers. Fell Hard OJ Simpson is in serious trouble again, in part because some members of OJ's team were packing guns for the botched robbery. Simpson was charged with 12 counts of assault with a deadly weapon or what happened to kidnapping. He is the person who committed these crimes. together, 13 years to the day orenthal James Simpson is not guilty of the crime of murder since Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Ron and Nicole, a very different courtroom heard a very different verdict counting five first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon guilty of first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon Judge Jackie Glass sentenced Simpson to the maximum sentence.

I have to tell you now that it was much more than stupidity. From 9 to 33 years in prison. 33 years in prison that echoed the $33.5 million verdict in the civil case. It is symbolic, it was revenge, revenge is a Judge Glass denies that it was revenge and says the sentence was appropriate for the severity of the crimes. Las Vegas lead attorney Azie Fumo would handle the appeal in Nevada, so what brought the case to the level it did was because of the presence of a firearm. Mr. Simpson told me that he never saw a gun, but let's face it, JB, if you and I had gone to get my things and you were alone with me, you and I would have gottenprobation for 33 years.

I have seen people kill people and not serve 33 years in the isolated High Desert of Nevada. Number 32 obtained another inmate number 102 7820 by all reports. OJ was a model prisoner with no violations yet, where some see a cold killer finally paying the price he has paid. a molester is a murderer people like that should be in jail others see a symbol of inequality White justice White justice means white people were going to get him if he ever put himself in a position for them to get revenge on him, they were going to do it while Simpson He was off the streets for almost a decade, when are we going to be saved?

America witnessed tensions between the police and the black community become pain

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y raw and spill out into the streets again and again, put your hand behind you, I can't help it. the sidewalks of New York City I can't bre I can't bre to the streets of Cleveland Tamir Rice shot to death in a city park by a Cleveland police officer from St Paul Minnesota oh my god to Ferguson in St Louis Missouri officer Wilson who killed Mike Brown in an instant the police officers responsible for the death of 12-year-old TR Rice in an instant no conviction for murder get on your knees get on your knees everything seemed to validate a distrust in the system the same distrust that the Simpson jury showed decades ago in Los Angeles, has there been any substantial progress with an African-American president of the United States?

That's huge progress that no one can deny, but there's still this huge suspicion and distrust between the black community and police departments. All over this country, any light at the end of the tunnel in your mind. I can barely see the tunnel, much less the light. It's the feeling of frustration at the heart of the NFL players' protest. Once again, a nation is divided by issues that appear to be rooted in race. After almost 9 years locked up, 70 year old OJ Simpson was eligible for parole, believe me, I wish it had never happened, but even when he pleaded for his freedom, Simpson couldn't avoid controversy.

I always thought he was. I've been pretty good with people and have basically spent a conflict-free life. Scandalous. He had beaten Cole. What happens with those conflicts? I am Arnell Simpson, so my father's oldest son. The most basic of human emotions arose a child pleading for the father he still loves we just want him to come home my vote is to grant him parole when he is eligible Mr. Simpson I vote for grant him parole when he is eligible and that will conclude this hearing thank you Thank you, thank you, you think you won't get in trouble.

Bus Association and one thing we as a community need to focus on is where we are. OJ, what happened, OJ, tell us something, Johnny, to save you this time, OJ, it will be one man, many still. Consider a killer slipping into the shadows and living out his days in silence. We know that the national conversation about race and the criminal justice system remains center stage. It's America's never-ending refrain. The pending task of a nation. When will race no longer measure or divide us? Then why? there is still a fascination associated with OJ because it reflects where we are today on issues of race OJ Simpson will soon be a free man hopes to return to Florida where he lived before he was arrested in Las Vegas the house in Florida no longer exists I lost that to foreclosure.

I'm sure Arnell and the kids will want him to be with them, but the probation officer will have to sign off and approve it. Wherever you go, you will have a challenge and I hope you understand and accept it. If he's going to try to cash in one way or another, you know he's retired from the NFL, so he's not a bulb, he has money legally, money that the Goldman and Brown families can't touch in the millions. I think it's only a matter of time before he gets into trouble again. Do you hope you're done with the whole OJ Simpson thing?

I would love what I've done, but if he thinks he's going to get out of jail and go free without us chasing him, he's dead wrong. the OJ stuff seems to go on and on LAPD Detective Barry Tellus is assigned to investigate the officially unsolved murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman this case the OJ Simpson case is considered open if information comes in that we need to investigate we will oh , I had no idea, I don't want it to open again, it's like I don't want to go through all that shit again, if something new comes up, it's like Let it rest, it's not going to change anything, nothing will bring my sister. under no circumstances do I believe he committed that murder the human tragedy continues Sydney and Justin were just children when their mother was murdered the Brown family is still in contact with the children you know they are a sister and brother and they have always had each other another and I am very, very proud of them.

I'm very proud of them because it couldn't have been easy. She left a great legacy, including Tanya Brown's book that highlighted violence against women, but I'd rather have my sister back than educate about domestic violence when Simpson is free America will tune in once again to what It has become our national diet career money celebrity it is about us as a society and as a people and as a nation Mr. Goldman, how do you do it? you honor your son I hope to honor my I hope to honor my son every day trying to make sure people remember who he was and we try to live our lives like he would those two people are what it's all about I don't have my sister, but she is very alive in my house, in my mother's house and in my heart, and I believe that you do not bury your love, do not remove them from the wall, do not sell their clothes, do not put photos in the drawers. they keep them alive he