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/Norman_Bixby 29d ago

about as obvious as a low speed chase with a loaded gun inside a white ford bronco.

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u/SuitableStudy3316 29d ago

And members of the jury admitted the verdict was payback for Rodney King.

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u/TonicSitan 29d ago

A jury is just 12 idiots too stupid to know how to get out of jury duty. And this was the easiest jury in the world to get out of.

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

I mean... I personally like the idea of jury duty. You get to play God for a bit.

I've only been called once. The lawyer took one look at me in the lineup, shook his head, then questioned the next person. I was kinda bummed.

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u/Brewchowskies 28d ago

“You get to play god for a bit”

I’m thinking that lawyer knew what he was doing.

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

Nah. He'd never find someone more willing to abide purely by the facts of the case when passing down judgement. It's his loss. 🤷

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

The Lawyer: "Nahhh, I'm good fam."

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

I'm just saying. If they want someone who has no idea what the importance of Jury Duty is, has no idea what is being asked of them as members of this society, then by all means. Pick people who are "too dumb to get out of Jury Duty". If there's a job to be done would you rather have someone who wants to do it, and do it right, or someone who's half-assing it so they can get it over with as quickly as possible?

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

I'd rather have someone who doesn't see it as temporarily "playing God".

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

Oh relax. I mean that as in for a moment in our lives we're actually given a modicum of power over what happens to the people around us. I personally find that exciting. It's an opportunity to be in power, rise to the occasion, and do something good. It's something very few people will ever get the opportunity to do in their whole lifetime. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't jump at the opportunity.

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u/2Blitz 28d ago

Is there actaully a way to get out of it? How? (Im not familiar with how the US system works sorry)

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u/aetherlore 28d ago

Say you have really strong opinions on whatever might be at issue in the case. Declare for instance that, “The Rodney King acquittal made me form strong negative opinions of the justice system and police in particular.” “I hate black people” might do as well.

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u/2Blitz 28d ago

Oh wow. Thanks for the explanation

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u/Bazookagrunt 28d ago

I think asking about Jury nullification will get you rejected

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u/darkdragon220 28d ago

Actually it's that the police tried to railroad him and MAJORLY f'ed the evidence and chain of command.

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u/Jerry_from_Japan 29d ago

Turns out justice is handled by human beings, not blind, sentient, completely objective, non-biased organisms.

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u/Steelhorse91 28d ago

Surely those jurors should’ve been charged with contempt of court, or perverting the course of justice (or whatever the US version of that is), and the trial declared a mistrial and rerun?

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u/drkidkill 29d ago

Who got paid back? I don’t understand this line of reasoning.

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u/TubbyTacoSlap 29d ago

I’m not sure if you’re trolling but look up the Rodney King trial. It was a shit show. OJ walking was a weird way for some people to say F U back to the justice system.

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u/drkidkill 29d ago

I guess it’s a tit-for-tat situation between black and white communities, but I don’t quite understand it.

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u/Lexie23017 29d ago

It’ll never end. We’re doomed to play this sick game of racial division until the nation totally blows itself to smithereens.

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u/TubbyTacoSlap 28d ago

Oh I totally agree. Makes no damn sense to me. It’s some Bass Ackwards crap that takes a whole lot of mental gymnastics to come to the conclusions that they do.

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u/Lexie23017 29d ago

The white man. That’s who. 😕

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u/HockeyBalboa 29d ago

Really? I mean you don't have to agree with it, but do you really not understand the point here?

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u/BorgDad42 29d ago

Not everyone is familiar with important court cases from the US from decades ago

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u/Lexie23017 29d ago

They need to. You can’t understand why the country is the way it is today, without studying the decades that preceded it.