Been watching the ESPN 30 for 30 series "OJ: Made in America" on Netflix.
Recommend it, including for anyone who doesn't understand his acquittal in the murder of his wife and Ron Goldman. Goes into OJ's life, his refusal to align himself with other athletes in the civil rights struggle, and his pursuit of wealth and celebrity in white America as a non-threatening black man who transcended race. It also goes into the history of the LAPD, especially under the leadership of Darryl Gates, its terrible relationship with the black community and the various scandals that culminated in Rodney King, the subsequent riots, and three years later, OJ's acquittal. I hadn't realized (or I'd forgotten) but Detective Mark Fuhrman, the man who found the glove behind his house, took the fifth on the stand when asked under cross examination whether he had planted evidence in that very case! After 267 days of testimony and thousands of pieces of evidence, the jury took 3.5 hours to acquit him. Chickens (and Mark Furhman and a poor prosecution) coming home to roost...
As an aside, his wife was bad enough, but poor Ron Goldman. Just happened on the scene as he was returning a pair of glasses left behind earlier that evening in the restaurant where he was a waiter. A few minutes earlier, he would have handed them over and left before OJ got there. A few minutes later, OJ would have been gone and he'd have discovered Nicole's body.
Recommend it, including for anyone who doesn't understand his acquittal in the murder of his wife and Ron Goldman. Goes into OJ's life, his refusal to align himself with other athletes in the civil rights struggle, and his pursuit of wealth and celebrity in white America as a non-threatening black man who transcended race. It also goes into the history of the LAPD, especially under the leadership of Darryl Gates, its terrible relationship with the black community and the various scandals that culminated in Rodney King, the subsequent riots, and three years later, OJ's acquittal. I hadn't realized (or I'd forgotten) but Detective Mark Fuhrman, the man who found the glove behind his house, took the fifth on the stand when asked under cross examination whether he had planted evidence in that very case! After 267 days of testimony and thousands of pieces of evidence, the jury took 3.5 hours to acquit him. Chickens (and Mark Furhman and a poor prosecution) coming home to roost...
As an aside, his wife was bad enough, but poor Ron Goldman. Just happened on the scene as he was returning a pair of glasses left behind earlier that evening in the restaurant where he was a waiter. A few minutes earlier, he would have handed them over and left before OJ got there. A few minutes later, OJ would have been gone and he'd have discovered Nicole's body.