Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A comment I've read on a few forums is that it's "karma" now that OJ has died. It would have been "karma" if he had died right after the criminal trail, or if he had died a horrible and painful death. But the fact that after the trial, he lived for another 29 years, had pensions that reportedly paid him between 100k to 300k annually and lived to 76, means that after the trial (apart from the prison sentence) he lived a life better than many others.
He lived in infamy for those years. He liked being famous and beloved.
A majority of the time, people are abused and killed by people who know them. He was that person.
They had a classical batterer/victim relationship. He beat her many times. Most of this was not brought up at trial. In the OJ film, it said she had written about 60 beatings in her diary. She also broke up with him about a month before the murder. A breakup is the most dangerous time for the woman. This is when an abuser will kill the victim. He had the classic personality of an abuser too: charming, affable to outsiders. People associate that with his celebrity, but he would have probably been charming even if he had not been famous.
He got away with a ton. Even the way the police handled it at the beginning and how they handled her calls before the murder. He got special treatment.
I do see how the Black community supported him. The LAPD was racist, used battering rams to destroy houses during the war on drugs, and this happened soon after Rodney King and those police officers being cleared. Also, he had some brilliant and charismatic lawyers--namely, Johnny Cochran and Barry Scheck.
Nicole’s diaries are questionable . She was also encouraged by her divorce lawyers to exaggerate or falsify domestic abuse claims to get more spousal support from OJ. Kris Jenner tried but failed to do the same thing to Robert Kardashian , an attorney who knew better and left Kris Jenner practically penniless in the divorce so she had to marry Caitlyn
Okay? The police came out several times. An officer testified she came out in a bra and sweatpants, they arrested him, he pled no contest and did community service by hosting a golf tournament. She had photos of herself beaten up. I guess that meant she wasn't in danger?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know black people who do not even call 911 for real emergencies just because they don’t want their kids to see the cops dehumanize them with force in their own homes . Not every cop does this but before body cameras , it was very real. You can be the caller to 911 and still be treated as the suspect
It’s hard to explain this phenomenon and why OJ freaked out and ran and feared getting killed by cops unless you have generations of stories or experiences of things like this. Cops are just not seen as friends in the black community
Ummm you know that OJ infamously said he wasn’t black, he was OJ, and was chummy with the police before the murders, right? OJ absolutely was not in fear the police would kill him. FFS, they let him lead them on a never ending slow speed chase and return to his home unharmed. Whatever larger point you’re trying to make about the relationship between the Black community and the police really can’t be made with OJ as your example.
OJ was on the cover of Jet Magazine with his first black wife and kids. That’s an all black publication and he did this at his peak. He also donated and was very philanthropic to black causes.
He was an athlete not a politician. What does his one dumb comment “I’m not black, I’m OJ”, which really means he wanted to be seen as a person not a color , and being chummy with police have to do with the fact that he probably was spooked and scared that day of the chase? The drive and the suicide note was one of someone who thought his life was over . Frantic behavior like this doesn’t mean he killed anybody . It could just mean he was terrified and knew he’d be a suspect
You’re moving the goalposts. Sure we can agree OJ was freaked out, but it was not because he thought the police were going to kill him. He was freaked out because he killed 2 people and knew that his life as he knew it, beloved sports icon who had also transcended sports, was over.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A comment I've read on a few forums is that it's "karma" now that OJ has died. It would have been "karma" if he had died right after the criminal trail, or if he had died a horrible and painful death. But the fact that after the trial, he lived for another 29 years, had pensions that reportedly paid him between 100k to 300k annually and lived to 76, means that after the trial (apart from the prison sentence) he lived a life better than many others.
He lived in infamy for those years. He liked being famous and beloved.
A majority of the time, people are abused and killed by people who know them. He was that person.
They had a classical batterer/victim relationship. He beat her many times. Most of this was not brought up at trial. In the OJ film, it said she had written about 60 beatings in her diary. She also broke up with him about a month before the murder. A breakup is the most dangerous time for the woman. This is when an abuser will kill the victim. He had the classic personality of an abuser too: charming, affable to outsiders. People associate that with his celebrity, but he would have probably been charming even if he had not been famous.
He got away with a ton. Even the way the police handled it at the beginning and how they handled her calls before the murder. He got special treatment.
I do see how the Black community supported him. The LAPD was racist, used battering rams to destroy houses during the war on drugs, and this happened soon after Rodney King and those police officers being cleared. Also, he had some brilliant and charismatic lawyers--namely, Johnny Cochran and Barry Scheck.
Nicole’s diaries are questionable . She was also encouraged by her divorce lawyers to exaggerate or falsify domestic abuse claims to get more spousal support from OJ. Kris Jenner tried but failed to do the same thing to Robert Kardashian , an attorney who knew better and left Kris Jenner practically penniless in the divorce so she had to marry Caitlyn
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know black people who do not even call 911 for real emergencies just because they don’t want their kids to see the cops dehumanize them with force in their own homes . Not every cop does this but before body cameras , it was very real. You can be the caller to 911 and still be treated as the suspect
It’s hard to explain this phenomenon and why OJ freaked out and ran and feared getting killed by cops unless you have generations of stories or experiences of things like this. Cops are just not seen as friends in the black community
Ummm you know that OJ infamously said he wasn’t black, he was OJ, and was chummy with the police before the murders, right? OJ absolutely was not in fear the police would kill him. FFS, they let him lead them on a never ending slow speed chase and return to his home unharmed. Whatever larger point you’re trying to make about the relationship between the Black community and the police really can’t be made with OJ as your example.
OJ was on the cover of Jet Magazine with his first black wife and kids. That’s an all black publication and he did this at his peak. He also donated and was very philanthropic to black causes.
He was an athlete not a politician. What does his one dumb comment “I’m not black, I’m OJ”, which really means he wanted to be seen as a person not a color , and being chummy with police have to do with the fact that he probably was spooked and scared that day of the chase? The drive and the suicide note was one of someone who thought his life was over . Frantic behavior like this doesn’t mean he killed anybody . It could just mean he was terrified and knew he’d be a suspect
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know black people who do not even call 911 for real emergencies just because they don’t want their kids to see the cops dehumanize them with force in their own homes . Not every cop does this but before body cameras , it was very real. You can be the caller to 911 and still be treated as the suspect
It’s hard to explain this phenomenon and why OJ freaked out and ran and feared getting killed by cops unless you have generations of stories or experiences of things like this. Cops are just not seen as friends in the black community
Ummm you know that OJ infamously said he wasn’t black, he was OJ, and was chummy with the police before the murders, right? OJ absolutely was not in fear the police would kill him. FFS, they let him lead them on a never ending slow speed chase and return to his home unharmed. Whatever larger point you’re trying to make about the relationship between the Black community and the police really can’t be made with OJ as your example.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You had racist jurors that would not have found him guilty even if there were a clear video recording of the crime.
Despicable.
This is my first response in this thread. It's interesting how so many of you are upset that a Black man got away with murder, but never blinked an eye of all the Black men wrongly accused, wrongly convicted, and/or wrongly lynched and executed. Cry me a river.
One has nothing to do with another. We don't let others go free to rights the wrongs of past crimes.
If you don’t see how black people would believe Oj was railroaded by police , then things are really hopeless.
LAPD setting up a crime scene with “blood and DNA” is a common pastime and not just in LA. Often, black men when arrested are clueless and give up blood samples thinking they are helping to clear their name not realizing the cops are trying to set them up and set up a scene. I believe something similar may have happened to Scott Peterson who is white and who I also think is innocent. He just looked guilty because he was a ahole who cheated on his wife. Similarly, OJ was an ahole who abused Nicole .
Darling, there was a car chase!
If he were white, people would say he was mentally distressed or ill.
Maybe he was on the run because he was distraught and knew as a black man, the cops would be after him and maybe kill him. You won’t understand the panic behind running unless you’re black
Who said I was not? I look around here in DCUM and I can't tell who is or who isn't.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You had racist jurors that would not have found him guilty even if there were a clear video recording of the crime.
Despicable.
This is my first response in this thread. It's interesting how so many of you are upset that a Black man got away with murder, but never blinked an eye of all the Black men wrongly accused, wrongly convicted, and/or wrongly lynched and executed. Cry me a river.
One has nothing to do with another. We don't let others go free to rights the wrongs of past crimes.
If you don’t see how black people would believe Oj was railroaded by police , then things are really hopeless.
LAPD setting up a crime scene with “blood and DNA” is a common pastime and not just in LA. Often, black men when arrested are clueless and give up blood samples thinking they are helping to clear their name not realizing the cops are trying to set them up and set up a scene. I believe something similar may have happened to Scott Peterson who is white and who I also think is innocent. He just looked guilty because he was a ahole who cheated on his wife. Similarly, OJ was an ahole who abused Nicole .
Darling, there was a car chase!
If he were white, people would say he was mentally distressed or ill.
Maybe he was on the run because he was distraught and knew as a black man, the cops would be after him and maybe kill him. You won’t understand the panic behind running unless you’re black
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You had racist jurors that would not have found him guilty even if there were a clear video recording of the crime.
Despicable.
This is my first response in this thread. It's interesting how so many of you are upset that a Black man got away with murder, but never blinked an eye of all the Black men wrongly accused, wrongly convicted, and/or wrongly lynched and executed. Cry me a river.
One has nothing to do with another. We don't let others go free to rights the wrongs of past crimes.
If you don’t see how black people would believe Oj was railroaded by police , then things are really hopeless.
LAPD setting up a crime scene with “blood and DNA” is a common pastime and not just in LA. Often, black men when arrested are clueless and give up blood samples thinking they are helping to clear their name not realizing the cops are trying to set them up and set up a scene. I believe something similar may have happened to Scott Peterson who is white and who I also think is innocent. He just looked guilty because he was a ahole who cheated on his wife. Similarly, OJ was an ahole who abused Nicole .
Darling, there was a car chase!
If he were white, people would say he was mentally distressed or ill.
Maybe he was on the run because he was distraught and knew as a black man, the cops would be after him and maybe kill him. You won’t understand the panic behind running unless you’re black
Anonymous wrote:I know black people who do not even call 911 for real emergencies just because they don’t want their kids to see the cops dehumanize them with force in their own homes . Not every cop does this but before body cameras , it was very real. You can be the caller to 911 and still be treated as the suspect
It’s hard to explain this phenomenon and why OJ freaked out and ran and feared getting killed by cops unless you have generations of stories or experiences of things like this. Cops are just not seen as friends in the black community
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You had racist jurors that would not have found him guilty even if there were a clear video recording of the crime.
Despicable.
This is my first response in this thread. It's interesting how so many of you are upset that a Black man got away with murder, but never blinked an eye of all the Black men wrongly accused, wrongly convicted, and/or wrongly lynched and executed. Cry me a river.
One has nothing to do with another. We don't let others go free to rights the wrongs of past crimes.
If you don’t see how black people would believe Oj was railroaded by police , then things are really hopeless.
LAPD setting up a crime scene with “blood and DNA” is a common pastime and not just in LA. Often, black men when arrested are clueless and give up blood samples thinking they are helping to clear their name not realizing the cops are trying to set them up and set up a scene. I believe something similar may have happened to Scott Peterson who is white and who I also think is innocent. He just looked guilty because he was a ahole who cheated on his wife. Similarly, OJ was an ahole who abused Nicole .
Darling, there was a car chase!
If he were white, people would say he was mentally distressed or ill.
Maybe he was on the run because he was distraught and knew as a black man, the cops would be after him and maybe kill him. You won’t understand the panic behind running unless you’re black
BS. No one would have blamed mental illness in the 90s. You run like that, you look guilty as hell no matter what.