As a little kid, I had passed by the TV when I saw this episode airing. The murder stuck with me forever. Years passed and i am now in the process of getting my history teaching certificate. I plan on showing this episode to my students.
I will never forget this scene. Whenever I hear or read the word "monster" I hear Bette's voice in my head. You can feel her pain through the scene. It makes me want to cry. She is a phenomenal actress. And they even added the same clip again at the end which shows how powerful it was in the moment.
Watching this just pisses me off cause its still going on I go through it too as a black man why not show love and compassion to each other you this fills me with so much rage because you can't control the color of your skin how can you be so evil to someone because of what color they are you are less then human you are a monster a dog you are fesces on the ground I hope the racist of the world learn from what they have done and come to repentece hatetred is of the devil
I read up that this episode was inspired of Emmett Till, it's a shame that Emmett Till will never get justice for what was done to him, unlike the character in this episode.
It was interesting that they had the father, who was the overt with prejudice and bad behavior throughout the episode, be the one who could follow through the murder, while the brother, who seemed the most amenable to the black family as neighbors, end up being the most malicious. Just adds some nuance to the characters that most will probably not notice.
Not really. One’s a racist pu$$y POS with no balls and no morals, and one is the same but more violent. Sorry, there’s no nuance to racism. Either you’re a racist or you’re not.
i have here been treated like dirt by more black people than ever and I am white what did I do to deserve this treatment going outside taking a walk trying to get my body back in shape hadn't had a problem with any white people so don't accuse all white people of being the bad guys here in Grand Rapids Michigan I'm not a racist three of my nephews and necises are black three of my good friends in were black and everyone matters if you have blood running thru your viens you matter just tired of being treated like crap for no reason slavery ended over 150 years time for people to lower their ego's drink a big ole glass of get over yourself and move hate revenge treating people poorly solves nothing
Such a sad ending. I couldn’t hold back my tears when I first saw this. The saddest thing is that we can hear Martin Luther King on the radio speaking out against racism while this disgusting hate crime is taking place.
COLD CASE , WAS AND IS A SHOW , THAT MADE ME WEEP AND SOMETIMES BREAK DOWN IN 😢 TEARS , EVEN IF THE EPISODE WASN'T RELATED TO RACISM ....... 😰 ....... NO MATTER HOW 😎 " STREET " OR 💪 " TUFF " , WE MAY SHOW OR CLAIM TO BE ON THE SURFACE .... OUR ESTEEM , CONSCIENCE , EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS ARE ...... FRAGILE .... 😱 🤪 .
I love Cold Case but I've never seen this episode. Seeing this scene, I can't imagine how scared Zeke must have been when he was being killed by those horrible men, they killed him because he stood up for his dad and wanted the little girl's dad to admit of what he did to his friend, and it cost him his life. That little girl would have to live with the trauma for years seeing her uncle and his friends kill a sixteen year old boy, and you can see in her dad's eyes that he felt guilt and knowing it was all his fault and he was a damn coward Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Civil Rights movement Emmett Till, a 14 year old African-American boy who was accused of offending a white woman Jimmie Lee Jackson, Civil Rights activist whose murder sparked the marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama Johnathan Daniels, a white Civil Rights activist, martyr, and hero Viola Liuzzo. a white housewife and Civil Rights activist Herbert Lee, a dairy and cotton farmer and Civil Rights activist Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Carol Denise McNair , four young girls 11-14 killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner , Civil Rights activists and field workers of Congress of Racial Equality Paul Guihard, French-British reporter for Agence France-Press who was killed in a 1962 riot and only reporter who was murdered during the Civil Rights Era Medgar Evers, Civil Rights activist, WWII veteran and field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Willie Brewster, an innocent African-American man who worked at Union Foundry Benjamin Brown, a college student and Civil Rights activist Johnnie Mae Chappell, an African-American woman killed in a drive-by during the Jacksonville, FL riots Vernon Dahmer, a white leader of the Civil Rights movement and president of NACCP known for his recruitment of African-Americans to vote Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, two 19 year old African-American boys, one a college student and the other a mill worker Roman Ducksworth Jr., an African-American military police officer who was killed in a hate crime by his fellow racist officers Willie Edwards, an African-American husband, father and Winn-Dixie driver Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr., Delano Herman Middleton, and Henry Ezekial Smith, college students and protesters killed in the Orangeburg Massacre Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a white Civil Rights activist and Presbyterian minister who was killed by a bulldozer during a protest on construction grounds of a segregated school George W. Lee, an African-American Civil Rights leader, vice president of the Regional Council Negro Leadership, and head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oneal Moore, the first African-American deputy sheriff in the parish William Lewis Moore, a white postal worker and member of CORE who staged lone protests against racial segregation Mack Charles Parker, an African-American man who was accused of raping a white pregnant woman Lemar Smith, a farmer, WWI veteran, Civil Rights activist, and organizer of black voter registration Lemuel Penn, a decorated WWII veteran and Lieutenant Colonel killed 9 days after the Civil Rights Act 1964 James Reeb, a white Unitarian minister and Civil Rights activist who was killed during the Selma to Montgomery marches while participating John Earl Reese, a 16 year old boy killed in a hate crime Clarence Triggs, an African-American bricklayer and participant of the Civil Rights march for voting Virgil Lamar Ware, a 13 year old eighth grader killed after the Birmingham church bombing Ben Chester White, a Deacon and caretaker who was not involved in the Civil Rights movement Sammy Younge Jr., Civil Rights activist and the first black college student to be murdered when he was trying to desegregate a "Whites Only" restroom These were the people who risked their lives and killed for no reason because they were trying to make America a better place for all. I hope their killers rot or rotting in Hell. RIP to the brave men and women and thank you
There's also George Stinney. He was given the electric chair aged only 14 for a crime he didn't do by a racist all-white jury in 1944 in South Caroline.
Of all episodes of cold case, this is hardest to watched duel that is was based on a true case and it not one of those pieces of garbage was never brought to justice
Faye was a monster in more than one way. She verbally pissed on the grave of a dead baby, she took it upon herself to pass judgement on homosexuals and make their lives miserable in the name of religion, and worst of all, she allowed her own lesbian daughter to be abused by her father and to be driven to a life of porn and desperation, and used her money to hide it instead of supporting her. Apart from Jenny's story, season 1 was by far the best season of the series because it dealt with real life issues such as a gay couple starting a family and the conflict between homosexuality and religious fanatics/modern day Nazis. Season 2 was still good, but from season 3 onwards it was utter crap, only about sex, affairs, lying, cheating and eventually an unsolved whodunit. As that critic and blogger put it, just a "sapphic Playboy fantasia" which "catered to straight men". For me, Generation Q is the REAL season 3. The original seasons 3 to 6 were just a bad dream.
Okay, the girl in the tape is her DAUGHTER everybody. If you watch the episode, they establish Cora Buckley (the young girl) ran away because her father was abusing her. There were reports on the abuse, but Faye got them dismissed and paid for silence regarding them. And Bettes right. Faye is 100% a monster.
My goodness what incredible scene BETTE breaks down over the loss of the baby? And TINA sees her it just BREATHTAKING TO ME? I COULD NOT STOP CRYING ... IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART ..THEN FAE TRIED TO HUG BETTE AND THEN BETTE PUSHED HER OFF AND CALL HER A MONSTER 👹!!! WOW AWESOME WHAT A PEFORMANCE... I THINK JENNIFER BEALS IS THE MOST TALENTED ACTRESS WHY SHE HAS NEVER WIN AWARD THE TIME SHE WAS ON THE L WORD ? I will never understand stand .T
How can someone be so hateful. Losing a child is very hard in itself. How dare a person be so thought less. Bette was very upset. Glad she refused her compassion after the fact she broke her heart.
Horrible ending to Cold Case. The one that came right next to it was a Perfect Day. When the Child Murdering cop throws his little girl in the bay from a bridge.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.
