Dept. of losing battles

On this week's episode of the miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson, Detective Mark Fuhrman, whose history of racial epithets helped to doom the prosecution of Simpson for double murder, is seen polishing his display case of Nazi memorabilia while the Meistersinger Prelude plays on the soundtrack. Apparently, Wagner is responsible not only for the Holocaust but also for systemic racism in American police departments.