10 years ago today...
Hard to believe it, but today is the 10th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson murder trial verdict. Back in 1995 I was teaching 7th grade language arts, and I remember that they actually interrupted all of the classes and played the verdict live over the school TVs for everyone to see. I taught in a predominantly white, upper-middle class school and was somewhat surprised when the entire class cheered wildly when the verdict was read.
A recent poll showed that 87% of whites and 29% of blacks believe that O.J. is guilty of the murders. I find that to be a very interesting statistic, but I wonder what it means. How can the discrepancy in the numbers possibly be that high? I personally thought he was guilty--otherwise why was the infamous "chase" in the white Bronco necessary? But is my opinion biased because I'm white and he's black? I'd like to think not, but I guess I can't say for sure.
A recent poll showed that 87% of whites and 29% of blacks believe that O.J. is guilty of the murders. I find that to be a very interesting statistic, but I wonder what it means. How can the discrepancy in the numbers possibly be that high? I personally thought he was guilty--otherwise why was the infamous "chase" in the white Bronco necessary? But is my opinion biased because I'm white and he's black? I'd like to think not, but I guess I can't say for sure.
posted by Patrick at 9:11 PM
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10 years and O.J. still hasn't found the real killer. Imagine that!
He must not have any mirrors in his house or he would have found the killer years ago!
LOL
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