states has, by reflection upon the integrity and morality of the police of this country made it impossible to convict a criminal, made it impossible to arrest one and today in the cities of our nation you cannot walk the streets of public parks without fear of physical molestation because if you arrest someone today they try the policeman on monday instead of the criminal. >> george wallace did not win the presidential election in 1968. he did all right better than you might think. five states. he did well enough in '68 he scared the republicans he might take so many of their voters he would cost them their election. with his rhetoric on the supreme court in particular he pushed the republican nominee much further to the right. the republican nominee was richard nixon, who believe it or not started off as a california moderate and even a liberal by california standards but soon enough richard nixon was on the campaign trail doing his best george wallace talking about the forgotten americans, non-shouters, the non-demonstrators, not racists or sick that plagues the land.