In the spirit of him having died and the pure curiosity from someone who was not alive during this trial; why was there such a racial divide in the OJ trial? I’ve seen a bunch of photos of people reacting to the verdict when it came out and in a lot of them every white person is upset while every black person is happy.
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Same sort or problem as michael jackson or tiger woods or numerous black celebrities. A lot of black folks saw OJ as a cultural hero and inspiration being targeted by the white authoritarian oppressive state.
The prosecutors bungled the case of course, but you see with say Trump, prosecuting a celebrity with a following and money is harder than a normal person.
People aren’t stupid, whatever you think of the verdict, rich black people can commit crimes just like rich people of any race can, and everyone knows that. But no one wants to believe someone who is icon of their group has done horrible things, and convincing yourself they are innocent is easier the less obvious the evidence is. You and I might believe in DNA evidence for example, but if you don’t want to believe it, it’s easy to tell yourself someone faked the results.
Simpson was hugely popular in his younger days, because he was so good at his sport, and it’s really not much more than that. If you see yourself as belonging to the same social, racial, athletic, geographic, or whatever group as someone you don’t want to believe they are a brutally violent murderer.
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