re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story series long thread

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Yeah, that whole Bronco chase with the gun to his head really screamed "I'm just an innocent man grieving for the ex wife I used to beat like a rag doll!"

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Did you watch the real O.J. chase and trial when it happened? I did. Everybody was speculating that he was making a run (slow) to the Mexican border. That was the most bizarre chase that I have ever seen. I had the most conflicting emotions watching that trial, seeing a childhood icon being put on trial for a horrible crime. I mean at first I was thinking, they were going to pull his Hertz endorsements before I realized how serious it was.

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I don't think you really have to circle the wagons about how crazy the media was because everyone has lived that, either in the OJ trail or more recently the Zimmerman trail.

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I don't think it compares to Zimmerman much at all other than crowds around, but I think OJ's crowds were much bigger and the film of people in other areas of the US gathering for the verdict was pretty amazing.

Zimmerman was unknown. OJ was an icon since his college days. He was a hero to some people. He was well known and beloved. A Heisman winner. Going from there to a trial for the murder of two people was just bizarre. It was hard for many people to even imagine that he could have committed these crimes. He went from beloved by all to hated by so many. It was crazy.

That chase was nuts to watch. I remember sitting in my kitchen with a friend and we just had our chins on the counter in disbelief. If you didn't grow up knowing who OJ was etc..., you don't have the same feeling of WTH is going on here. Hard to explain, but it's just not the same. People who grew up after the trial just can't understand or comprehend it. They grew up thinking OJ was a murderer and horrible person from day 1. Now, he may have been, but that's not what the public knew at the time or all of those years before this happened. Black, white, Martian green....people loved the guy. This was a shocker in a huge way.

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I do not know how they are could given you more of that feeling with out beating it to death.

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It's difficult to put into words, but watching this series and other shows about this case don't come close to the feeling at the time. It's simply not the same and it's not even close.

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My point with Zimmerman wasn't to compare the size of the trial but have a recent example of what a racial charged media frenzy looks like. Everyone has seen that story. I am glad the show hasn't focused on that aspect because we already know it.

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OJ was just to such a much higher extent than Zimmerman it is truly incomparable. It's like comparing the Gulf War with World War II. The whole nation really didn't give a damn about Trayvon and Zimmerman was clearly the scape goat of the year. We always have one.

OJ though, no one could believe what they were seeing. It was bizarre from top to bottom, and the twists and turns were truly shocking. Lets just put it this way: no one gives two shits about the prosecutors and defense teams of most trials these days. Every aspect of that trial was obsessed with, and no one has gotten that level of press before or since. Comparing it to Zimmerman is just really laughable.

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I love the comments about people who asked otners about watching the trial live.The trial was UNBELIEVABLEY tedious and boring to watch.The freakin DNA portion of the trail alone was beyond anyone's comprehension when it came to watching a live trial.There's absolutely no sain person EVER that was "glued to the TV" for the entire length of the outcome.

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The trial went on for 9 damn months and was heavily watered down. It was a total circus. The high points though, holy shite, couldn't be believed, as the show puts it well. It was fricking insane.

Lance Ito was a train wreck.

He should have gagged everyone and refused to allow cameras in the courtroom.

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the high points

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Yes,no doubt there were explosive moments but few and far between and the best way to catch up with the trial every evening was with nightline or whichever outlet that carried the new.

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I love the comments about people who asked otners about watching the trial live.The trial was UNBELIEVABLEY tedious and boring to watch.The freakin DNA portion of the trail alone was beyond anyone's comprehension when it came to watching a live trial.There's absolutely no sain person EVER that was "glued to the TV" for the entire length of the outcome.

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You're so wrong. I watched every moment of the trial including the DNA portion. While it could get boring, the details of DNA were still young. I was and am sane. The trial was fascinating from start to finish to me even the slow parts.

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You're so wrong

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Wouldn't be the first time and didn't mean to insult.
Sorry,was just difficult to watch for me most of the time.

Like I said I stayed pretty informed with some of the daily updates.

There are others on this thread that did the same and I'm pretty suprised at the "facts" they (not you) present in OJ's defense.Most are nothing more than defense theories and talking points.And some of their trial recollections are flat out incorrect.

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d I'm pretty suprised at the "facts" they (not you) present in OJ's defense.Most are nothing more than defense theories

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Well, what do you think the prosecution's facts are?

Both sides attempt to prove a theory.

The State isn't some damn Gospel just because they put forth their theory.

I find it amazing in this day and age (after we've been fully privy to the scandals, lies, incompetence, some not very smart people (ala Nancy Grace in Atlanta) and inner-workings of criminal prosecution for years) that people still view what the State says, as if it's The Truth and Gospel and the defense is just trying to lie.

The State isn't always right, their theories are often wrong and worse, maliciously wrong -

The State is just a bunch of average lawyers making little pay...usually their theories are often terrible short-sighted, wrong and promoted just to close a case as quickly as possible so they can punch out and get drunk.

The defense had a higher IQ by far than the State - as is usual...which is why defense costs $$$ and State just rolls out the latest law school grad greenhorn.