A Look Back At The Different Reactions To The O.J. Simpson Verdict In 1995!.

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The faces!! Some whites were cheering for OJ @3:18 whole group, some blacks were mad.... People have different opinions

@3:38 a black angry man says yes he is guilty of it. Also @ 4:33

but I dont see how some were surprised he got off, I mean the cop that is doing prison time, ADMITTED to sprinkling OJ blood at the scene and setting him up, and also being a racist. Gloves Didnt fit. No weapons found...etc

 
 
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i would like to see this video with sound working.

i remember it like it was yesterday. we were watching it in my 7th grade english class. Teacher was clearly pissed. now that i'm a little older, i wouldn't mind following the case from start to finish.

a LOT of strange/wild things took place in the 90's, and due to my age, I was not aware of the magnitude. for example, two of the most popular rappers getting killed, one of the most popular athletes contracting hiv, the oj case. stuff like that is FAR from common.

edit: i found the vid with sound. I don't want to get into it, but people's attitudes on that case/verdict were interesting. it's almost certain that he either did it/or paid for it to be done, yet people still supported him. The cheering, the high fives, I just find it interesting.
 
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sooperhooper said:
i would like to see this video with sound working.

i remember it like it was yesterday. we were watching it in my 7th grade english class. Teacher was clearly pissed. now that i'm a little older, i wouldn't mind following the case from start to finish.

a LOT of strange/wild things took place in the 90's, and due to my age, I was not aware of the magnitude. for example, two of the most popular rappers getting killed, one of the most popular athletes contracting hiv, the oj case. stuff like that is FAR from common.

edit: i found the vid with sound. I don't want to get into it, but people's attitudes on that case/verdict were interesting. it's almost certain that he either did it/or paid for it to be done, yet people still supported him. The cheering, the high fives, I just find it interesting.
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i just realized that ford broncos are no longer in production. after researching it, ford stopped making them in 96, no way that's a coincidence. The negative publicity of this case more than likely caused the demise of this line.
 
Did black people really believe he was innocent or they were just happy that he got away with it?

And did white people do the opposite?
 
I was young, but I thought he was innocent cus of that " glove dont fit, must acquit" line. *shrugs*
Im black
 
I went to a predominantly white school at the time and I can remember all the minorities being hyped when we saw the verdict come in live on TV.  This was retribution for the Rodney King beating verdict.  

Pretty much everyone else was pissed, including the teacher in the class.  
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Looking back, ain't no way the Juice didn't do it.  
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I remember watching the verdict in my 4th grade class and the teacher actually taking a class vote if we thought he did it or not. I was the only person in the class to vote innocent and my reasoning was he's The Juice and he was too awesome in the Naked Gun movies to do it, that 9 year old logic.
 
superblyTRIFE said:
I went to a predominantly white school at the time and I can remember all the minorities being hyped when we saw the verdict come in live on TV.  This was retribution for the Rodney King beating verdict.  

Pretty much everyone else was pissed, including the teacher in the class.  :lol:

Looking back, ain't no way the Juice didn't do it.  :smh:  
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Of courses he did it. :lol:

But like you said, it was payback.

But is like the Joker said, many in the white community were mad because things didn't go as planned.
 
RustyShackleford said:
superblyTRIFE said:
I went to a predominantly white school at the time and I can remember all the minorities being hyped when we saw the verdict come in live on TV.  This was retribution for the Rodney King beating verdict.  

Pretty much everyone else was pissed, including the teacher in the class.  :lol:

Looking back, ain't no way the Juice didn't do it.  :smh:  
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Of courses he did it. :lol:

But like you said, it was payback.

But is like the Joker said, many in the white community were mad because things didn't go as planned.
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Yeah, it's obvious now that I'm older. But my high school self wasn't trying to know the ins and outs and facts of the case.

I just wanted to see a famous black man beat the case. :lol: :smh:
 
sooperhooper said:
a LOT of strange/wild things took place in the 90's, and due to my age, I was not aware of the magnitude. for example, two of the most popular rappers getting killed, one of the most popular athletes contracting hiv, the oj case. stuff like that is FAR from common.
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a lot of rock star ods/suicides as well in the '90's
i've thought about how it's less openly portrayed now, some folks arguably less pacified then
 
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Too young to recall the social impact of the OJ trial, never knew about the White vs Black, "payback for Rodney King", etc.

Did race have anything to do with the actual trial? Was the polarization just blind racial allegiance or did it have to do with the actual trial?
 
RustyShackleford said:
superblyTRIFE said:
I went to a predominantly white school at the time and I can remember all the minorities being hyped when we saw the verdict come in live on TV.  This was retribution for the Rodney King beating verdict.  

Pretty much everyone else was pissed, including the teacher in the class.  
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Looking back, ain't no way the Juice didn't  do it.  
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Of courses he did it. 
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But like you said, it was payback.

But is like the Joker said, many in the white community were mad because things didn't go as planned.
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If things "going as planned" = the correct verdict, sure ya right. 
 
actually at first, it was a shock to middle america...that oj would do such a thing (of course it would be found that he already had a local rap sheet regarding his wife)

but the turn was almost immediate ie the car 'chase' on live tv!

oj was an uncle tom so to speak
not endorsing the term - but am giving you a clear reference point, he was almost beloved by all before the time of his wife's death
the media was behind him, he was relevant - think michael straham but tougher
yet he did struggle with getting his foot into the mainstream back earlier in the late 70's to 80's when racial issues were even worse

some stuff came to a head in the 90's - it seems to not happen like that anymore - there's just too much stuff
 
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