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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, every time a white person erupts in hysterics over the outcome of the OJ trial, I know I am dealing with:

(1) a person too stupid to understand what "beyond reasonable doubt" means.

(2) an idiotic racist who thinks white lives are more important than all other lives. If you are not similarly disturbed and aggrieved by the [I]thousands[/I] of unavenged black deaths in the time since the OJ trial, feel free to take a flying leap off the nearest bridge.[/quote]

AMEN![/quote]

I completely agree--especially with #2.  Black people don't care about OJ (and I suspect the feeling is mutual).  However, if anyone ever expresses outrage about the OJ verdict, but remains aggressively silent on the countless Blacks that have been murdered by police officers...and the George Zimmermans of this country, I know exactly the type of white person I'm dealing with and the conversation ends immediately.  I have NO time for white people who don't recognize everyone's humanity and right to justice, regardless of race.[/quote]

+1. I was in high school in LA during the trial and remember being so relieved when he was acquitted. Now, as an adult I am sickened that I celebrated a guilty man getting away with murder. But OP hit the nail with how so many of us felt about race relations with lapd. To me, it wasn't a case against OJ, it was against the LAPD, and we celebrated their loss. I am biracial (AA/white) and have lived through my father getting harassed by LAPD, my uncle getting "arrested", beaten and left in an alley, mom harassed for being with a black man, cousin killed by Asian gang and his case never taken seriously because "black lives don't matter." It's a horrible way to feel.

I don't understand how Furman has any credibility and still makes a living consulting with news networks.[/quote]

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