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 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 coming home to roost...
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 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 coming home to roost...