Did your parents, grandparents, older relatives think OJ was guilty or innocent?

[Anonymous]

I don't know anyone who thought he was ever innocent. The trial was an obvious farce.

- mixed white/Asian, and grew up in a very multicultural environment (including not of my own)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My whole family (white) thought he was guilty. I was working part time at an Association in DC while in grad school and they rolled a tv into the conference room for the whole staff to watch the verdict. It was fascinating! The white staff members gasped and the black staff members cheered. Given this country’s racist history I understand where many in the black community were coming from but to me the verdict was more of an example of how domestic violence is not taken seriously, even when a woman is killed. So depressing

This, too.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My whole family (white) thought he was guilty. I was working part time at an Association in DC while in grad school and they rolled a tv into the conference room for the whole staff to watch the verdict. It was fascinating! The white staff members gasped and the black staff members cheered. Given this country’s racist history I understand where many in the black community were coming from but to me the verdict was more of an example of how domestic violence is not taken seriously, even when a woman is killed. So depressing

This, too.

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I'm not sure the lesson is DV is not taken seriously. Seems like brutal slaughter is not taken very seriously.

[Anonymous]

The OJ Bronco from police chase is for sale if you want it.

They want 1.5 million highest offer so far $750k and they said no

[Anonymous]

https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/ford-bronco-used-in-oj-simpson-chase-up-for-sale/amp/

Here is the Bronco

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never met someone that thought OJ was innocent.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My whole family (white) thought he was guilty. I was working part time at an Association in DC while in grad school and they rolled a tv into the conference room for the whole staff to watch the verdict. It was fascinating! The white staff members gasped and the black staff members cheered. Given this country’s racist history I understand where many in the black community were coming from but to me the verdict was more of an example of how domestic violence is not taken seriously, even when a woman is killed. So depressing

This, too.

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I'm not sure the lesson is DV is not taken seriously. Seems like brutal slaughter is not taken very seriously.

60% of DV cases are dismissed, not even tried. Yet, more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the US.

[Anonymous]

Guilty, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guilty, but one creative free thinking family member always mentioned that he thought the son had played some sort of role in the murders. Who knows.

Um, evidence knows. He wasn’t involved

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He saved the kitten in Towering Inferno.
Seriously I am in the age group you ask about. White.
I think his son did it and OJ figured he had a better chance of getting off.

You are incredibly stupid. Please take this to heart.

[Anonymous]

There was enough reasonable doubt in the evidence to drive a truck through. Accordingly, he was found not guilty as he should have been.

That said, the case was about race more than it was about the murder. That’s just the reality of those times. It’s also obvious that most white people don’t understand this, which is why I try to not discuss this case with them.

My personal opinion is that I don’t know if OJ did it or not. I most definitely believe that he was an abusive, insensitive psycho (at best), but I also know that 1990’s LAPD cannot be trusted.

[Black woman who was in college during the murder and trial.]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was enough reasonable doubt in the evidence to drive a truck through. Accordingly, he was found not guilty as he should have been.

That said, the case was about race more than it was about the murder. That’s just the reality of those times. It’s also obvious that most white people don’t understand this, which is why I try to not discuss this case with them.

My personal opinion is that I don’t know if OJ did it or not. I most definitely believe that he was an abusive, insensitive psycho (at best), but I also know that 1990’s LAPD cannot be trusted.

[Black woman who was in college during the murder and trial.]

If you think abusive psycho ex-husband wasn’t responsible for the ex-wife’s murder, I have a bridge to sell you.

[Anonymous]

We never talked about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My whole family (white) thought he was guilty. I was working part time at an Association in DC while in grad school and they rolled a tv into the conference room for the whole staff to watch the verdict. It was fascinating! The white staff members gasped and the black staff members cheered. Given this country’s racist history I understand where many in the black community were coming from but to me the verdict was more of an example of how domestic violence is not taken seriously, even when a woman is killed. So depressing

Same experience here. Was working at a DC association with a lot of Black employees and we watched the verdict on a TV in our reception area. All the White staff gasped and some of the Black staff cheered. At the time, I noticed that the Black staff that cheered tended to be less educated than the ones that stayed silent, so there may be a class--not just a race--element to individual reactions. I remember feeling betrayed as a woman, not as a White, because of the disregard for the killing of a woman (and her friend) by a powerful, wealthy man. I remember thinking to myself: you can get away with anything if you're a man and have enough money, regardless of race. With the exception of the insanity and division of the Trump era (which we're still in), I had never before felt so alienated from such a large segment of our society.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think my parents know who he is. We lived in Europe at the time.