07/04/2016

The People v. OJ Simpson

So I'm watching The People v. OJ Simpson.
I'm not American, I've never followed the story before, but ever since I started watching the series, I have actually researched the case.
I do believe Simpson was guilty as fuck.
But, LA PD was careless, they didn't follow procedure and the evidence didn't even reach the jury. They were starstruck at the beginning and made great mistakes due to that reason.
Simpson was also filthy rich, he hired an excellent team of lawyers, with different specialties and great connections. Would an innocent person need to hire 5-6 lawyers?
The jury was selected in a way that would favour Simpson as well.
I think LA PD was racist at the time, well hell, even today USA police is racist.
However, Simpson wasn't accused of double homicide due to his race. He was rich, he was a star. His race was irrelevant on this one.
Nevertheless, for black Americans he was a hero. A self made person, the American dream.
So as the tv show shows, they didn't want to believe that a person like Simpson was guilty. A case of denial.
And that denial ensured that Simpson wasn't found guilty. Even though he was.
A win towards racist LA PD, a loss towards justice.
For instance, Simpson was abusive to his ex-wife. The police knew, her family knew, their friends knew. But he was famous. So he got a pass.
Years later he committed more crimes (owed taxes, battery & burglary, speeding, pirating broadcast signals, criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, assault, robbery and using a deadly weapon). He was actually sentenced in the end. But if any other person -who wasn't famous- had committed all the crimes Simpson did, they'd have be treated very differently.

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