re: Did the black community actually think OJ was innocent

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Is it because they felt like they got one over on "the man"?

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IMHO, that was the prevailing sentiment in the black community in Los Angeles. It seems they saw that episode as an "us versus them" situation, as opposed to "did OJ do it."

I don't know that I would apply that sentiment, at the time, to communities across the country, but I do believe that case brought out suspicions about the police that had been simmering under the surface in other areas. It just seems like since the Rodney King and OJ cases, every time a cop shoots a black person it becomes a national issue.

Of course, the Al Sharptons of the world are eager to throw gas on any smoldering embers they believe can be built into raging infernos. Controversy is good for their bottom lines.