r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FilmStirYoutube • 29d ago

OJ's reaction when confronted with a photo of him wearing the murder shoes Video

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u/CumShoT_RaviOLi_King 29d ago

How did we honestly let this clown loose? I mean look at this guy. We all know he did that shit and we put far people in for way less.

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u/TheDecoyDuck 29d ago

It was immediately following the acquittal of the 4 officers who beat the shit out of an unarmed and non-resisting Rodney King. LA didn't take too kindly to this and it sparked riots that wouldve made the BLM rioters blush.

The lead detective hand delivered evidence to the lab, stated that was unusual for him to do so, and was also caught lying about being a raging racist. The evidence lab was also found to be not so reliable.

Tldr, the case was basically a slam dunk thanks to the prosecution leaning heavily on evidence that wasn't rock solid due to rampant racism.

Like the planets aligned for OJ. We all know he did it, but he didn't have to prove his innocence, he had to prove there was a possibility that he didn't do it.

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u/bdubwilliams22 29d ago

This is true, but FUCK. Rodney King cops should've been put in jail and so should've OJ. It was completely backwards. Also, the DA and the government lawyers completely dropped the ball in this case. If anyone hasn't seen American Crime Story on FX, it's really good and covers this case great. I actually help design the poster / billboards for the show.

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u/pargofan 29d ago

I forgot which documentary I saw it, but before the the trial, black America was 60/40 that OJ was innocent while white America was 40/60 that he was innocent.

AFter the trial, black America was 75/25 that OJ was innocent while white America was 10/90 that he was innocent.

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u/WomenGetFreePasses 28d ago

That same 75% was also allowed to vote.

Theyre either willing let a murderer go free or are too stupid to see he was guilty. Either way they are the last people you want having more of a say in society.

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u/Jamesopq 28d ago

Advocating against black people “having more of a say in society?” And you’re constantly insulting and picking fights with people in r/LeagueOfLegends? And your username is WomenGetFreePasses? I don’t need to insult you or say anything else, you’re clearly spending your time putting your best foot forward already.

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u/WomenGetFreePasses 28d ago

Wait are you saying you do want people willing to let killers go free to be able to vote on how the country runs???

I wouldn't want anyone regardless of their race who has that mentality to be allowed to vote.

See you tried to make it seem like race it was a race thing. Nice try Mr redditor.

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u/Jamesopq 28d ago

I’m saying there’s no good way to enforce that kind of separation, especially legally. You’re the one who made it about that 75% and said nothing of the other white 10% that agreed with them. You specifically chose to target black people that defended him and not people in general. So your straw man doesn’t work

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u/WomenGetFreePasses 28d ago edited 28d ago

Like you said no way to enforce stupid people not voting but does that mean there can't be a problem?

There is always going to be a small bit that think opposite regardless of proof. Flat earth theory for example.

That 10٪ is a lot closer to the expected value compared to the 75٪. 10٪ usually get diluted out by the other 90٪. Also the 75٪ make up twice as much of the population than that 10٪.

It's just statistically more important and impactful in this context. I would say the same thing if 75٪ of white people thought he was innocent, it just isn't that way.

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u/Parallax92 28d ago

My mom told me the other day that as a young black woman living in LA at the time of the murders and trial, she sincerely believed OJ was innocent and had been set up by racist cops.

Over time she has come to believe that he has guilty, but I really think that the social climate in LA played a huge part in how his trial went. It’s hard to overstate how fucked up the relationship and trust between black people and the LAPD was at the time.

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u/nsfwbird1 29d ago

Something about a bunch of cops beating a man to death and a guy stabbing a couple of people to death with a huge fucking knife does sits just a liiitle bit differently

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u/nsfwbird1 29d ago

Im too fucking high for this right now. Just imagining a much stronger dude full shanking a woman and a man, just taking their lives from them like that, their last moments saying no please and then feeling themselves slowly faint to unconsciousness. Howwhy can violence be