but his father remained in the car, still armed and a potential danger to both police and to himself. simpson was resting his chin on the barrel of a revolver. in his deposition, simpson said he wasn t thinking about the police. even after spending hours evading them. he claims to have been focussed on someone else. by then i was in so much pain for nicole, i wasn t thinking about the police at that point. those weren t things being arrested was not something that was on my mind at that time. choppers with cameras continued to hover over the scene. beaming live pictures to the millions who were watching the lapd s every move. you got to understand the history of the lapd. there were people betting on us that we were going to fail and have a horrific outcome. and the folks that were there
allowed to stay because police thought he could help. kardashian said that s jason simpson. so that s a name we re able to call out. he stops. he turns around. roger sandler saw it all and still believes jason was then in serious danger. jason simpson very well could have been killed that night if he had anything in his hand or had he made a move. in the deposition, dateline obtained, jason explained he just wanted to see his dad. did you run to the car? yeah. for what reason? desperation. i tried to reach through a.c. s window, and a.c. stopped me and pushed me back. and i guess it kind of shocked me, brought me back down to reality. i had the police behind me yelling and a.c. yelling and i had just turned around and just said, jesus, just get back in the house. let these guys handle it. jason was hustled inside and handcuffed. one crisis averted.
together made suicide seem less believable. there was his passport, a fake goatee and mustache, even makeup adhesive, and also the gun simpson had the entire day. he later offered an explanation that many found implausible. my kids had asked me to take them to knox berry farm, and i get harassed. i can t say harassed but people are after me all the time when i m in those places. around 10:00 p.m., simpson took one more ride, this time in a squad car. shortly after simpson s arrival downtown lapd commander david gascon finally delivered the news. o.j. simpson is in custody. he s been booked and processed. o.j. simpson once wore number 32. now he had a brand new number.
welcome back. o.j. simpson was now alone, in the white bronco that police and television crews had been trained on for hours. negotiators managed to lure al cowlings out of the suv and into simpson s house, then they convinced simpson to put down his gun. a perilous show down was nearing its end, and one camera would capture the final moments up close. here s josh mankiewicz with the conclusion of chasing o.j. simpson the unfold stories. an all-day drama had come down to this. police have asked reporters and crews to pull out of the area. an intense negotiation in the driveway, surrounded by s.w.a.t. snipers, their rifles aimed at o.j. simpson. millions had watched this drama play out on live tv, but few had been as close to simpson and nicole as kris jenner. you just can t believe that this is happening.
it was supreme chaos. late friday afternoon. and one more thing, beat the bronco there. roger sandler, cameras in hand rode in the car with albanese. roger would be the only photo journalist allowed on the estate. the caravan of lapd s.w.a.t. cars was going 80, 85 miles an hour on the california freeways to get to brentwood. we were somewhere between 10, 12 minutes ahead of the bronco. 10 to 12 minutes to set up and secure the entire estate before cowlings and simpson, who was still holding that gun, arrived at rockingham. and establishing a command of control so that we could move forward. soon a brand new and dangerous drama would play out beneath the big trees in o.j. simpson s yard where anything could happen. code red on the frequency. coming up