OJ Simpson

[eddiememphis]

Most of you have heard that OJ died of cancer yesterday.

I'm sure that many of you on the site are old enough to remember the hoopla that surrounded the crime he was falsely accused of, the slow speed Bronco chase, the resulting trial in which he was proven innocent and his 20 year search for the real killer.

I didn't pay too much attention to it, being fresh out of high school and much more interested in girls, dirt bikes and beer, but it was hard to avoid.

The coverage that was on every television channel, newspaper and especially supermarket tabloids, lasted 16 months. Every week there were new sensational headlines screaming about him and the trial.

I am curious as to whether there will be another event covered so in depth and universally in this day of fractured and specialized media.

[rfenster]

OJ was framed.
OJ was guilty.

Both of the above statements are true.

[mb504]

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and his 20 year search for the real killer.

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Want to feel old(er)? It's been 30 years.

[Wulf202]

I am curious as to whether there will be another event covered so in depth and universally in this day of fractured and specialized media.

The johnny depp thing.

Oh no, anyways...

[eddiememphis]

Want to feel old(er)? It's been 30 years.

I think he took a break for the nine years he was in the clink.

[funkymonkey1111]

i remember watching the chase and it interrupting the NBA playoffs (championship?)

[funkymonkey1111]

Can you see a white full sized bronco without thinking of OJ? it's nearly as famous as the bandit trans am, the General Lee, or KITT (or any other famous TV vehicle)

[Ah Pook]

My barber, when I was in Lakewood, had a white Bronco. It had a “Not O.J.” Sticker on the back.

[flogger]

Interesting link on what happened to the Bronco and where it is today.

https://www.sportscasting.com/what-happened-to-the-white-bronco-from-the-o-j-simpson-chase/

[lpgasman]

Heard he was a real cut up.

[theGinsue]

I am curious as to whether there will be another event covered so in depth and universally in this day of fractured and specialized media.

Maybe, if they file an Insurrection charge against Trump. That might do it. We all know they want to do just that.

[flogger]

I smell a Kardashian's special!

[Scanker19]

This is so sad. Right before he was suppose to get married again too. He said he was going to take another stab at it……

[eddiememphis]

I smell a Kardashian's special!

Eww... I wouldn't want to smell that disaster.

[JohnnyDrama]

"If the glove does not fit...".

I liked Simpson. He was at the peak of his football stardom when I was in grade school and I thought the roles he chose to play in movies were hilarious. I even liked seeing him run through an airport.

My takeaway from the media coverage (I knew there was a strong bias) was how one sided it appeared to be and the disregard for the process of trial by jury. I was in college and working two jobs so I had other things to do with my time so I didn't follow the trial that much. I was also amazed at how quickly peers, coworkers and professors took sides. Mostly with the media. It was a sign of things to come.

As far as another media event that may compare, I doubt it. With the caveat that I think we see many such events covered with a similar volume on such a regular basis we have become desensitized to that level of coverage. The murder trial was mostly about an American football star with lots of money. OJ was an American event. Today, access to international news is easy enough that news consumers can shop around. Another comparable event will likely involve aliens landing on earth.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Unpopular opinion here but I think the system worked as designed. I think the preponderance of the evidence pointed to OJ as the killer but the state did not prove its case "beyond a reasonable doubt", far from it. Gil Garcetti charged OJ before they'd even solidified the case, probably because he was feeling political and public pressure. I was incredulous when they announced the charges so quickly, saying "they better have him on video, they don't charge people with BURGLARY that fast." That put the DAs under an artificial time clock to put on a case and led to errors like a timeline for the case that didn't make sense (in the way they expounded it), the whole glove incident, etc. That haste resulted in a bad case which resulted in an acquittal that gave OJ "double jeopardy" immunity when better evidence and explanations were developed.

The number of people celebrating his acquittal just because he was black was dumbfounding as were the number of people who couldn't or wouldn't see just how shaky the prosecution's case was.

[BushMasterBoy]

I think OJ's wife was killed because her friend didn't pay her cocaine account on time. If you don't pay, they kill your friend. This is how they motivate you to pay. Prosecutors don't want to admit this because it would take military action to stop foreign importation of illicit narcotics. The alphabets know this is the truth. The agencies are not in the truth business. The FISA act was just renewed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faye_Resnick

[funkymonkey1111]

Unpopular opinion here but I think the system worked as designed. I think the preponderance of the evidence pointed to OJ as the killer but the state did not prove its case "beyond a reasonable doubt", far from it. Gil Garcetti charged OJ before they'd even solidified the case, probably because he was feeling political and public pressure. I was incredulous when they announced the charges so quickly, saying "they better have him on video, they don't charge people with BURGLARY that fast." That put the DAs under an artificial time clock to put on a case and led to errors like a timeline for the case that didn't make sense (in the way they expounded it), the whole glove incident, etc. That haste resulted in a bad case which resulted in an acquittal that gave OJ "double jeopardy" immunity when better evidence and explanations were developed.

The number of people celebrating his acquittal just because he was black was dumbfounding as were the number of people who couldn't or wouldn't see just how shaky the prosecution's case was.

yep, that DNA evidence was a big stretch. What was it, like 30 billion to 1 that it was him?

[eddiememphis]

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

Basic law everyone knows.

[electronman1729]

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