No, he said: Look at that monkey run.
He would have said that no matter what color.
He was lynched.
Yeah, the more I go back and think about it...You are right...
Maybe it was someone else that embellished upon the statement later on that got my attention...It was a long time ago...
But hey, Cosell dug that hole, and the media at the time had a chance (opportunity) to bury one of the first people on TV to make an example out of such a statement...
Nowadays we see and hear it almost everyday...It either becomes a mark of defiance, or an anchor they can drown you with...