OJ: Made In America

[ArcherSPS]

Finishing up pt. 1 and pt. 2 is about to air on ESPN at 8. Really enjoying it so far.

 

[jdbulldog]

Tired of OJ. He is at best, a thug.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Not a thug. The only time he wanted to be black was when he was on trial. He is just a violent killer.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

There was a news story article from MyNewsLA.com last week that suggested that O.J might confess to the 2 murders when he is released in 2017. They guy claiming this was Ron Shipp who is supposedly a friend of O.J---he said it has weighed on O.J's conscience and manifested physically, O.J is over 300 lbs. and in horrible shape now. Also said he felt free to confess since he cannot be put on trial again, Double Jeopardy.

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[Uncle Ruckus]

You misspelled murderer.

 

[crushing]

If he confesses and doesn't get life he will know what real torment is.

 

[Digging dog]

OJ got away with murder. (I'm not a racist either)

 

[GOOD_DAWG2.0]

I will never understand why people think that rioting is okay. Or why you would want to do that to your own community. It's just not the way to get things done. It's the opposite of how people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandi etc. brought change about. I don't get it.

Just my take

 

[121Josey]

Not a thug... He is just a violent killer.

OJ is in jail for murder? That's news to me.

 

[Will James]

Out of all the celebs in Brentwood to pick for interviews they chose a transgender who threatened violence on a reporter in the past. Ok ESPN.......

 

[Will James]

I will never understand why people think that rioting is okay. Or why you would want to do that to your own community. It's just not the way to get things done. It's the opposite of how people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandi etc. brought change about. I don't get it.

Just my take

If the proper legal response was handed down like Reagan provides at Cal Berkley when governor there wouldn't be any.

 

[Will James]

Wait, the big outrage was over a knife wielding woman throwing said knife at cops and surprised when they defended themselves. The original hands up don't shoot.

 

[Will James]

These people trying to shame OJ for "not doing enough" are disgusting. All they see is color and no idea of individualism that OJ showed in the 70's and 80's.

 

[Will James]

Damn he just threw everything away.

 

[thekimmer]

You have to embrace black culture to be a thug?

Not a thug. The only time he wanted to be black was when he was on trial. He is just a violent killer.

Really? C'mon man.

 

[Will James]

I wish everyone knew the entire Rodney King story. He was acting as if on angel dust, threw off 4 officers and two tasers did nothing to slow him down. He lunged at a cop and that's just about where the video begins. The news cut the first part of the video to make it seem unjust. At the trial when the full video was shown the juries had to acquit the cops.

The media created and fueled the anger and thereby the ratings. Disgusting.

 

[BiscuitEater]

OJ is in jail for murder? That's news to me.

Newsflash Einstein .. NOT ALL killers are in jail. Welcome to the 'real' world.

 

[121Josey]

Newsflash Einstein .. NOT ALL killers are in jail. Welcome to the 'real' world.

You lost me. You do know OJ is in jail, right?

 

[dorndawg]

Haven't watched part 2 yet, part 1 was solid. The FX series was the best thing I've seen on tv in a while. That story is so fascinatingly interesting, it's odd it's taken so long for it to really be brought to TV (I know there were some crappy made for tv movies earlier). It has everything: murder/sports/celebrity/race/wealth/courtroom showdowns.

It kinda drives me nuts how it seems like a lot of folks don't believe two things can be true at once: that a) Oj killed those people, but also that b) the LAPD in the late 80s/ early 90s had a definite problem with racist police officers & hard-handed tactics.

 

[dorndawg]

Soooo, you're the kinda cat that's cool with police firing buckshot into the back of unarmed student protesters who are running away?

 

[BeardoMSU]

It kinda drives me nuts how it seems like a lot of folks don't believe two things can be true at once: that a) Oj killed those people, but also that b) the LAPD in the late 80s/ early 90s had a definite problem with racist police officers & hard-handed tactics.

Exactly.

 

[hatfieldms]

OJ is in jail for murder? That's news to me.

Do you really think he didn't kill her?

 

[GOOD_DAWG2.0]

Haven't watched part 2 yet, part 1 was solid. The FX series was the best thing I've seen on tv in a while. That story is so fascinatingly interesting, it's odd it's taken so long for it to really be brought to TV (I know there were some crappy made for tv movies earlier). It has everything: murder/sports/celebrity/race/wealth/courtroom showdowns.

It kinda drives me nuts how it seems like a lot of folks don't believe two things can be true at once: that a) Oj killed those people, but also that b) the LAPD in the late 80s/ early 90s had a definite problem with racist police officers & hard-handed tactics.

Also hard to believe that people can't understand that it was equally as unjust for OJ to get 33 years for the Las Vegas incident as it was for OJ to not be convicted in the murder case.

Some people celebrated after he was acquitted of murder. Others cried.
The people that cried when he was acquitted of murder celebrated when he got 33 years for the robbery thing. Two cases of misjustuce. Nothing to celebrate at all.

 

[121Josey]

Do you really think he didn't kill her?

It drives me crazy the people that answer a question with a question. So, where did I imply that?

ETA: Do you really think OJ is not a thug?

 

[hatfieldms]

The post replied to called him a killer

And you responded asking if he were in jail for murder? Nowhere did he say OJ was in jail for murde. He just said he was a killer

 

[121Josey]

And you responded asking if he were in jail for murder? Nowhere did he say OJ was in jail for murde. He just said he was a killer

Clearly, Dubmass, he didn't say OJ was in jail for murder. That's why I asked the question. OJ is in jail for being a thug. Shirley you will say that not everyone in jail is a thug.**

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

You lost me. You do know OJ is in jail, right?

edited to remove redundancy from the redundancy poast.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Clearly, Dubmass, he didn't say OJ was in jail for murder. That's why I asked the question. OJ is in jail for being a thug. Shirley you will say that not everyone in jail is a thug.**

OKAY... I get it now. My post was trying to emphasize that he is not merely a thug, he is a violent killer. Not all thugs are violent killers. Don't care about whether he is considered a thug, after seeing the murder photos online and reading the autopsy report, it is pretty evident he didn't just kill those two... He butchered them to the Jack the Ripper level, which is pretty damned demented.

 

[121Josey]

Where is the word jail in my post? I just said he was a violent killer. Period.

Keep looking. You'll find it - in my question.

You will find the phrase not a thug in your post

Exclamation point!

 

[GloryDawg]

I will never understand why people think that rioting is okay. Or why you would want to do that to your own community. It's just not the way to get things done. It's the opposite of how people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandi etc. brought change about. I don't get it.

Just my take

They would stop that **** if the goverment would stop rebuilding for them.

 

[121Josey]

OKAY... I get it now. My post was trying to emphasize that he is not merely a thug, he is a violent killer. Not all thugs are violent killers. Don't care about whether he is considered a thug, after seeing the murder photos online and reading the autopsy report, it is pretty evident he didn't just kill those two... He butchered them to the Jack the Ripper level, which is pretty damned demented.

Okay, I just got lost on your praise of black culture.

 

[dorndawg]

In fairness, it's not simply 33 years for mere robbery. He got 9-to-33 after being convicted of the following counts:

• Count 1: Conspiracy to Commit a Crime
• Count 2: Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping
• Count 3: Conspiracy to Commit Robbery
• Count 4: Burglary while in Possession of a Deadly Weapon
• Count 5: 1st Degree Kidnapping with Use of a Deadly Weapon (for Bruce Fromong)
• Count 6: 1st Degree Kidnapping with Use of a Deadly Weapon (for Alfred Beardsley)
• Count 7: Robbery with Use of a Deadly Weapon (for Bruce Fromong)
• Count 8: Robbery with Use of a Deadly Weapon (for Alfred Beardsley)
• Count 9: Assault with a Deadly Weapon (for Bruce Fromong)
• Count 10: Assault with a Deadly Weapon (for Alfred Beardsley)
• Count 11: Coercion with a Deadly Weapon (for Bruce Fromong as an alternative to Count 5)
• Count 12: Coercion with a Deadly Weapon (for Alfred Beardsley as an alternative to Count 6)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_robbery_case

 

[GOOD_DAWG2.0]

Well yeah but it's obvious to me that they stacked the charges knowing that they could convict him of whatever they wanted. 33 years for what he did isn't very just in my book. Just me maybe

 

[Miketice]

I agree they just loaded the boat with whatever charge they could think of. I'm also glad they did.

 

[dorndawg]

I don't disagree.

 

[mcdawg22]

The part that is so jarring so far to me is the Firestone interview. He is literally joking about the possibility that OJ beat his wife. It just shows how good PR can frame the truth in the light of overwhelming evidence.

 

[Will James]

Absolutely no different than Jim Crow just reversed.

 

[mcdawg22]

Absolutely no different than Jim Crow just reversed.

Yeah, no. 17'n idiot.

 

[Will James]

Yeah, no. 17'n idiot.

Race being the only factor in the case. Yeah, it's the same 17ing thing. No different than De La Beckwith in the 60's. Both are disgusting and wrong.

 

[mcdawg22]

Race being the only factor in the case. Yeah, it's the same 17ing thing. No different than De La Beckwith in the 60's. Both are disgusting and wrong.

See now if you had said the De La Beckwith case I would have agreed. Because it was a murder case that the defense pandered to the race of the jury to get a verdict. But you said Jim Crow in reverse which was an institutional segregation of millions of people over close to a hundred years that limited their opportunities, freedoms, and engagement in society. So sorry if I don't see the correlation.