OJ Simpson dead

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Think it was very much a political decision, this trial came hot on the heels of the LA riots that pretty much spiralled out of control which were as a consequence of the acquittal of the officers who beat up Rodney King. Him being freed was awful for the family and friends of his victims but probably saved scores of lives.

Not the two that mattered in this case.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Doesnt matter who was to blame or listing reasons. The fact is, it became a race thing and the murder of 2 people was a sideshow.

The defence were successful in playing the race card.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Not the two that mattered in this case.

If you have Netflix, the documentary about the 1992 LA riots is really good background.

 

[youngbob]

File under "Oh no, anyway..."

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

If you have Netflix, the documentary about the 1992 LA riots is really good background.

Seen it. Absolutely bat shit what was going on in LA at the time, but it shouldn't have had any bearing on the case. OJ's defence took full advantage of the situation and made it all about race. It certainly didn't help the prosecutions case that the defence got somone to testify that one of the prosecutions main witnesses was frequently heard using the N word.

 

[Marklr]

I thought we were getting some warm weather in the UK? It's still a bit cold here. Do I open the window or not? hmm... problems, eh?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Good riddance.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Yeh, it was definitely off.

Shame we never got the confession before he died.... that we know of.

He wrote a book about how he did it!

Called it “IF I did it!”

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[LangleyBlue1970]