▁" I ▁see ▁Sher iff ▁Bro oks ▁as ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁equation ▁... ▁Having ▁grown ▁up ▁in ▁Ark ansas , ▁I ▁have ▁family ▁members ▁that ▁are ▁rac ists . ▁It ' s ▁not ▁something ▁I ' m ▁proud ▁of , ▁but ▁I ▁understand ▁how ▁these ▁att itudes ▁are ▁perpet u ated , ▁and ▁that ▁everyone ▁sets , ▁or ▁has ▁set , ▁their ▁own ▁point ▁of ▁view ." ▁He ▁explains ▁the ▁belief s ▁of ▁Bro oks , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁exp ands , ▁" Bro oks ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying ▁' a ▁ro bin ' s ▁a ▁ro bin , ▁a ▁sp arrow ▁is ▁a ▁sp arrow ,' ▁and ▁he ▁believed ▁that . ▁It ▁was ▁important ▁that ▁Bro oks ▁not ▁be ▁played ▁as ▁the ▁s lack - jack ed ▁and ▁mean ▁Southern ▁sh er iff ▁s tere ot ype ." ▁Jo el ▁Ed g erton ▁suggested ▁Mart on ▁Cs ok as ▁for ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Bro oks . ▁After ▁meeting ▁Cs ok as , ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁intr igu ed ▁by ▁his ▁perspective ▁on ▁the ▁part . ▁He ▁rem embers , ▁" Mart on ▁saw ▁Sher iff ▁Bro oks ▁as ▁seeing ▁himself ▁as ▁an ▁adult ▁dealing ▁with ▁way ward ▁children . ▁They ▁were ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁that ▁didn ' t ▁necessarily ▁see ▁the ▁lines ▁between ▁color , ▁and ▁his ▁st ance ▁was , ▁God ▁put ▁those ▁lines ▁there ." ▁For ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Sher iff ▁Bro oks , ▁Cs ok as ▁por ed ▁over ▁published ▁records ▁and