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[Music] I think OJ got away with so much that he really actually thought he was a God
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that he couldn't be touched like Nicole always told everybody including myself that whenever something happen he will
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OJ his way out of it and he did this is the greatest running back to ever play professional football
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football incredibly incredibly charismatic handsome million dooll smile Simpson is asking to be released
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on parole after serving nearly 9 years for an armed robbery in Las Vegas I've always thought I was I've been pretty
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good with people and uh I've basically have spent a conflict free life police what is he doing is he threatening
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you going nuts my kids are upstairs sleeping and I don't want anything happen okay just a I think it's
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important to represent my sister we need to look at these relationships not as abusive relationships but as potential
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murder cases if she fell when she was outside it's cuz you made her fall right no cuz you were hitting her right no you
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were pounding her no he got away with murder savagely murdering two people OJ could not have committed these
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murders Mr Simpson is a fugitive of Justice right now have you been told you're under arrest how often do you get
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to see you know an American icon like this on trial for murder we the jury and the Abed entitled action find the
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defendant or orthal James Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder [Applause] violation
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no people weren't chairman OJ Simpson per se they were cheering that once one time it
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seemed that the criminal justice system balanced in favor of a black person when Rodney King happened in La
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captured on video see this is what we've been talking about all of this time finally this is a turning point and then
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it wasn't everybody was acquitted we've had more and more of those types of incidents where cops have been caught on
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camera killing black men women and children and have walked two baton rou police
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officers will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of Alton Sterling last July 5th black folks said
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now you understand how we feel we have not made that much progress we're still wrestling with the same
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issues Colin Kaepernick the ex-49er Quarterback began the protest to draw attention to racism and police
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brutality OJ's case was about this racial narrative OJ Simpson is going to be walking out of prison too bad I think
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it's only matter of time before he gets himself back in trouble so this is the OJ Simpson case
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there's still an open murder case do you think the murder of Nicole and Ron Goldman will ever be solved when OJ
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admits that he killed Nicole and Ron Goldman yeah it'll be solved [Music] then his move moves captivated us from
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the football field to the courtroom I'm James Brown in 1968 he won the Heisman by 1973 he was the MVP of the NFL a
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telegenic Superstar sadly none of that is what he will be remembered for orenthal James Simpson became a
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lightning rod not for rushing but for race Simpson's trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her
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friend Ron Goldman was a grim unexpected marker it occupied its own peculiar yet
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powerful place in this country's ongoing racial Journey his not guilty verdict in
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Los Angeles sparked a simmering loaded conversation about the police the justice system and the minority
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Community tonight as OJ readies to walk out of prison for the botched Las Vegas robbery he was convicted of the Raging
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dialogue he ignited resonates louder than ever for 90 minutes nearly 100 million people
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were transfixed by a white Ford Bronco cruising down a Los Angeles freeway 911 what are you reporting this is this is
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AC I have OJ in the car I watched the whole thing helicopters cameras on Bridges right now we all we okay but you
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got to tell the Poli just back off he's still alive that he got a gun to his head OJ Simpson the football hero
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suspected of killing his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman was a fugitive with a death wish I call and he
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picks up and I said ohj this is lying everybody loves you don't do this and so my only concern is to get him to put the
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gun down I'm the only one that deserves no you don't deserve that you do not deserve to get
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hurt Simpson would lead police back to his Rockingham State and give himself up and from that moment on I think America
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was absolutely transfixed with this story prosecutors contend Simpson butchered both his ex-wife and her
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friend Ronald Goldman it was a Savage attack Nicole Brown Simpson was nearly decapitated laying a few feet away was
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25-year-old Ron Goldman a waiter who was returning a pair of sunglasses to Nicole how did you find out about the
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murders my wife calling out Fred Fred the corner is is calling and she said your son was
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murdered what do you think happened I think that Ron walked in on a murder in progress and paid the price for trying
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to help there was a view of him handcuffed that was a view that shocked all of my
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people Define the comment my people My People Are People of African-American community in Los Angeles and OJ Simpson
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was an iconic figure he was Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan quickness agility he had this
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wiggle about him you know when he carried the ball Joe Bell grew up with him in the
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projects in one of the roughest neighborhoods in San Francisco and is writing a book about their friendship it
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was like a cat you know how you see a cat and he just he jumps to the side or he jumps up in the air that's that kind
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of quickness football was OJ's ticket out of the hood and into the Limelight during a decade of tumultuous change it
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was the 1960s black activism was at a fever pitch and some star track athletes were threatening to boycott the 68
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Olympics what they think is right I guess they must follow their beliefs well right now I don't want to be
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involved in it because I I'm not in track I have no comment on the matter we knew that society as a whole would not
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accept you if you were a member of the Black Panthers if you were uh this social uh conscious person always spting
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out black issues and that meant that he was not socially conscious he wanted to stay in that
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environment being embraced by whites OJ was straightforward about he said hey I'm not black I'm OJ I want to
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be judged by the content of my character not by the color of my skin I just want
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to be OJ he distanced himself from anything that would put him into a racial box which made a lot of white
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people feel comfortable OJ would run from racial issues faster than white folks would take it from OJ
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Simpson this if you go back and look at the Herz commercials that he did OJ was a safe Herz endorsement personality you
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saw elderly white women go OJ go but never so much as a black shine boy saying run OJ run never self-made
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White guys around his age absolutely pinched themselves that OJ Simpson wanted to be friends with with them he
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was their hero Sheila Weller wrote the book raging heart about Nicole and OJ's relationship they started dating when
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she was just 18 he was 29 years old and a married father of two he put her up in
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an apartment in the nice little area of Beverly Hills eventually OJ divorced his
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first wife margarite and married Nicole onetime friend and then LAPD officer Ron
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ship was at their wedding at that time I thought they had an ideal marriage loving couple loving couple she was a
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lot of fun my sister was a Hands-On mom T brown was Nicole's little sister Nicole and OJ
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would have two children together a daughter Sydney and a son Justin she would get the kids ready for school
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she'd pack their lunch I mean I thought my sister had everything she has a great
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husband but behind closed doors there were Secrets there was violence through the thread of their marriage but it was
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hidden she hid it he hid it but it would all come to light New Year's Day 1989 that night he had you know slapped
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her around ship who has written a book about his conversations with OJ and Nicole knew about domestic violence he
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had taught other officers how to recognize the signs of abuse I'm not believing what I'm hearing I mean I
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believed cuz she's got these boots but I'm like this can't be OJ San ship what are you going through internally in my
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brain I'm like he's a batterer Simpson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery but he served no jail time his
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punishment two years probation a fine and community service you when I look at it really wasn't that big of a fight
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it's just that 3 years later he sat for an interview with ESPN host Roy Firestone to talk about the incident
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with his wife I mean uh you know the day after this was over you know we looked at he say we had you know we had a fight
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we were both guilty no one was hurt was no big deal and we got on with our life several years after the incident Nicole
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divorced Simpson but the abuse didn't stop I want emergency can you get someone over here now to 325 Greta green
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he's back please okay what does he look like he's OJ Simpson I think think you know his record could you just s some
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over here okay just stay on the line I don't want to stay on the line he's going to beat the wait a minute she felt
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he was going to kill her and she told people that and she wrote it in Diaries and she said it more than once ship says
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after Ron and Nicole were murdered detectives asked OJ to take a lie detector test he refused I said why
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would you tell him no OJ and he goes well do be truthful ship and he chuckled and he says I've had dreams of killing
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her were you convinced in your mind then that he did it I was totally convinced OJ's dream would become Ron
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ship's Nightmare and soon the stage was set for a trial everyone would be watching what they've done to our client
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is wrong you cannot believe these people you can't trust the message there has never been a defendant in the history of
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this state that has had everybody bend over backwards for him the way this one has it's called the trial of the century
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the jury judging OJ would be sequestered for almost 9 months television cameras rolling on every moment of the legal
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drama and can you tell this jury where the defendant was between 9:35 and 11:00 p.m. sir no I cannot starring roles
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played by two prosecutors and a team of defense attorneys some of the brightest and most expensive legal Minds in the
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country known as the Dream Team there was no dream at all there was turmoil within the defense camp and thank God
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Johnny Cochran was very capable of keeping a lid on it he was born to represent an OJ Simpson because it
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brought in issues of police actions it brought in issues of race Johnny Cochran knew that most of
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LA's black community was still reeling from the horrific images of Rodney King a black man beaten by white police
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officers we had had the King beating uh we had had a [Music] riot the acquittal of the officers uh
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after the King beating this notion of a black person in conflict with the police department was
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so front and center that this clearly fit into that slot that this was another black man being pursued by the LAPD and
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pursued with Vigor because the victims were white I don't believe that if this case had been about the murder of OJ
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Simpson's first wife who was an African-American woman that it would have been covered on television I think
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OJ would have been out on bail I think this would be long ago forgotten he was accused of killing a white woman in
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addition to his celebrity that Dynamic also elevated this trial because here you have what was once the ultimate
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Taboo in this country a black man with a white woman at the time I was a correspondent for Time magazine in Los
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Angeles we put OJ Simpson on the cover and the picture that they chose to put was his mug shot and for artistic quote
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and quote reasons somebody decided to darken OJ what does that say about the mindset the subconscious thinking on the
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part of those who opted to go with a darker image than his natural color you know it's a pink elephant this an 800lb
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gorilla if you will in the room always race is always there and it was in the cour room where Fred Goldman had hoped
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to get Justice for his son do you think that there was any chance that what got lost in that setting was the fact that
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there were two murders the victims were lost it was more about race Goldman wasn't the only one worried prosecutors
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noticed it too I could play the same game they're playing Marsha Clark was a fighter I certainly admired her tenacity
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but notably she wasn't Prosecuting OJ alone Chris Darden Chris was a fine lawyer no doubt but his first day in the
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courtroom was once we had a predominantly African-American jury that was seated there both sides were keenly
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aware of how the jury would view the defendant OJ Simpson at a certain point the defense team asked that the jury see
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OJ's Rockingham home this has you all over it and and the defense team did some we'll say redecorating before the jury
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got there OJ Simpson you see had a grand staircase going from the foyer up into the second floor and there was a wall of
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pictures that previously were that previously were there of his Caucasian friends and colleagues if anyone was
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coming to your house and you were on trial you want to make sure that there's nothing there that might offend anyone
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in your case yeah but Carl it wouldn't involve changing pictures of my white friends to put up black friends if
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that's contrary to who he was oh JB if you're on trial for murder o and your lawyers want to do everything that they
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can to help you be found not guilty I dare say your perspective would change man Marsha Clark looked at me said Carl
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you know damn well he didn't have all those black people on his wall and I said Maria how dare you accuse us of this and
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I dare say it is something easy for people to look at in hindsight similar to playing the race card we played the
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evidence card not the race card it didn't feel that way to one time o J friend Ron ship who agreed to testify
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about their violent marriage after prosecutor showed him gruesome crime scene photos I would not have the blood
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of Nicole on Ron ship ship was surprised when he looked at the jewry they look like they hated me many in the black
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community considered you to be a traitor how did that hit you it hit me really bad I did hear a lot of different
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things as to why I shouldn't have done it such as one of the things I heard is going back to the slavery days you know
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all the things that we've gone through in this country that they felt that this OJ Simpson thing should be a gift to us
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irresp meaning give him a pass because of all the things we've gone through OJ's blood is all over
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Bundy all over Rockingham it's in the Bronco and the only other type of blood we discover are
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the the two [Music] victims former LAPD Detective Tom Lang has written a book about all the
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evidence he says points to OJ's guilt my belief at the time was this is going to
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be a slam dunk there would be more than 100 Witnesses but one would send shock waves Across the Nation Mark Ferman
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detective Ferman or Mr Ferman the LAPD detective who went to OJ's house after the murders and claimed to have found a
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bloody glove matching one found at the crime scene I had one objective when I set out with Mark Ferman I had to get
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him to lie I knew if I could get him to lie he was dead in the jury box and you say on your oath that you have not
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addressed any black person as a or spoken about black people as in the past 10 years detective fman that's what I'm
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saying sir the defense called Witnesses who said just the opposite he said the only good is a dead officer prman turned
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around looked at me and told me I told you we get you all right detective firman you resume the witness D please
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and with the lapd's unsavory history with the black community it wasn't too far of a leap for the defense to say
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that Ferman the racist detective had planted the bloody glove when asked I assert my fifth amendment privilege in
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that Bloody glove all right and OJ trying it on was the defining moment of the trial he was not trying to push his
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hand into it he was doing this he never really made an effort to get the glove on so it was the whole thing was a
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fiasco we show that to the jury Mr Simpson the botched demonstration would become the trials made for TV moment and
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Johnny Cochran's closing argument would leave the jurors with seven memorable words if it doesn't fit you must acquit
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Mr uh Simpson would you please stand and face the jury it took the jury less than
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4 hours to reach a verdict we the jury and the aboved entitled action find the defendant or orthal James Simpson not
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guilty of the crime of murder not gu not guilty what I saw was white people on one side No unbel Lack
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people on the other side elation on one side anger and frustration and disappointment on the
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other side is horrible he's guilty as sin every television station tuned in and the world watched it all happen live
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Oprah and her audience were watching too Mur viation of 187 a aelon upon the reaction reflected the nation I happened
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to be seated next to Fred Goldman and just the sound of crying still really rings in my ear
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I looked at the deputy and I said can I leave I just wanted it to be over people
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weren't cheering OJ Simpson per se but they were cheering that once one time it seemed that the criminal justice system
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balanced in favor of a black person tomorrow will be the same yesterday will be like it was but one time it seemed
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that the system balanced in favor of a black man and still we Americans can't get past that even OJ understood just
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how important race was in his murder trial nine months after the verdict he spoke to CBS News correspondent Bill
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Whitaker I've accepted a long time ago that that a lot of the feelings that that that we're getting right now has
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nothing to do with r Nicole or me it has to do with things that are going with on in people's uh
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own lives and their own animosities their own prejudices have all come to the surface you know uh doing this case
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but the Goldman and brown families were determined to make it about Ron and [Applause]
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[Music] [Applause] Nicole what's it like to be OJ Simpson today is it tough it's the way it's always been
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you know my my I'm playing better golf than I've ever played I ain't got nothing else to do my go I know I'll
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never do commercials and stuff like that all I'm trying to do is is be positive be good to my friends and be there for
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my kids not guilty of the crime of murder 8 months after being acquitted of murder
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the man once focused on Sports and endorsements spoke with 48 Hours correspondent Harold Dal about his new
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life o Simpson and a new interest in a subject he previously avoided people of color have been in a sense victimized
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for years with the legal system and we were always told that that's the way it is I do realize uh a lot of people look
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at me as some type of symbol now here was the guy who wanted nothing to do with race after he was
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acquitted he's walking around in daiki and all of a sudden OJ is black again but I think part of that was his
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need to have the spotlight you just get with God you get ready for your comeback
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the fact that he was Brothers I'm here I'm with you and and everybody fell for it I I couldn't believe it however
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others in OJ's Social Circle were giving him the cold shoulder it felt like a guy
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who built this beautiful life get all kind of withered away we should all boycott everything he
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does 1 800 OJ tells the reality was OJ had to make a living and tried to repair his reputation this is the Rockingham
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gate to my home his illc conceived solution offer up his thoughts on the trial for a price as I come up my stairs
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white carpeting all the way banister they checked everything and no blood that's all I want to do provide for the
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my family my kids and give me the opportunity in a fair shake to say what I need to say the Goldman and brown
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families also wanted their say and filed a civil suit against Simpson charging that he was responsible for the murders
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we had to find some way to get the justice that we felt round deserved the best part about this civil Cas is in in
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many ways I think I'll get Vindicated the prospect of another trial didn't seem to phase OJ you're going to see
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more truths come out in this case I look forward to it are you ready to take the
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stand this time oh yeah I can't wait you can't keep me off that stand can we take
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a break yeah sure Jesus Christ there were a number of days of depositions with OJ Simpson what was hoping to be
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accomplished well whole reason for the depositions is getting him to State one thing and then find that
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the evidence was contradicted him you never struck her with your hands correct I never punched her yes did you ever
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strike her no did you ever hurt her yes while the Civil Trial was going on Simpson fought for and W custody of
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Sydney and Justin then 11 and 8 years old they had been living with Nicole's family the kids were taken away from us
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on Christmas Eve that was really awful any good news for OJ quickly faded when the Civil verdict was announced finding
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Simpson liable for the deaths they had a predominantly white jury I have to believe that the
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Energizer in that verdict was not only race but the fact that OJ Simpson had been found not guilty in the criminal
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case our family is grateful [Music] for a verdict a responsibility when the verdict did come down what were you
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thinking then finally Rod got some justice Ron and Nicole got some justice I remember taking a picture with the
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family and somehow we were all kind of smiling okay great there's responsibility there's a consequence but
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it's like okay but still we're a grieving family the verdict did come with an award for the brown and Goldman
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families more than $33 million in Damages to be paid by Simpson did you think that OJ would ever pay never
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thought twice about it it was all about getting a court to hold him responsible has anything been paid to the gold he
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never paid one single penny anything that we received we got by taking it away from him every time we took
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something away from him he was getting a piece of job Justice for Simpson it was
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back to playing golf trying to lead a normal life you know you're illegal to be here man got I got him I got him no
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no no I got him he moved to Florida but trouble still followed including an arrest relating to road rage a charge he
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would beat were you of the belief that OJ would have laid low the OJ Simpson that I came to know would never lay low
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he wasn't about to hide he wasn't afraid that fearlessness included making a much ridiculed rap music video people
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ask me so many questions while OJ was drawing attention for the wrong reasons the supporting players from the murder
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trial this program's the first for me as a television host were basking in the spotlight the trial was a reality show
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the first and the best and I see the Bronco tastes like the pilot episode it's what got everybody hooked a
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lot of them tried to actually parlay this into a reality TV show career K kin most notably KO that Infamous house
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guest of OJ's that Larry King had once said that KO you are the first reality star little did I know that I'd be
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discovered and famous in like the wrong way so when I went a new place to crash I go to guest hous rent.com so if the OJ
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Simpson case was the daddy of reality TV it was also the baby daddy most obviously the Kardashians I
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do not believe that there would be a Kardashian phenomenon if their dad had not been a member of OJ Simpson's dream
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team of lawyers OJ's own entrepreneurial Ventures continue to raise eyebrows especially writing a book titled if I
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did it why in the world if you are acquitted of a murder would you write a book the title of which if I had done it
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here's the way I would have done it that makes absolutely no sense ultimately we
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were awarded the rights to the book by the court by the court so our choice was to publish it ourselves it read more
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like a confession than a pretend book he put himself at the scene he put himself
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covered in blood I think got away with so much that he really actually thought he was a
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God that he couldn't be touched he went one step too far he went to Las Vegas OJ what
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happened what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas unless of course you're OJ Simpson in which case
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the world hears about it police say that Simpson along with a group of armed men
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stormed a room and stole sports collectibles This Time Around September 2007 OJ was dealt a different hand OJ
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had heard a dealer was Hawking his memorabilia and family photos ironically there was value in an
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OJ that didn't exist anymore and he went over there with the five or six guys that he went with oh J would later say
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he quote just wanted his stuff back but soon things got hot Hotel cameras caught
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these images and one of Simpsons Associates recorded a raging OJ that would come back to haunt
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him so what did you think when you saw the footage of him walking through the casino it's kind of like there he goes
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again I was like oh oh no no OJ no I was like are you stupid and then the Hammers
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came down came down hard OJ Simpson is in serious trouble again in part because some in OJ's crew were packing
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pistols for the botched robbery Simpson was charged with 12 Counts from assault with a deadly weapon o what happened to
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kidnapping he is the person who put these crimes together he 13 years to the day orenthal
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James Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder since Simpson was acquitted for the murders of Ron and Nicole a very
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different courtroom heard a very different ver count five first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon
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guilty of first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon judge Jackie glass sentenced
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Simpson to the max I have to tell you now it was much more than stupidity 9 to 33 years in
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prison 33 years in jail that echoed the $33.5 million verdict in the civil case was it symbolic it was payback payback
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is a judge glass denies it was payback and says the sentence was appropriate for the seriousness of the
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crimes top Las Vegas attorney Azie fumo would handle the appeal in Nevada so what
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raised the case to the level that it did was it because of the the presence of a
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firearm Mr Simpson told me he never saw a firearm but let's be real JB if you and I had gone in to collect my things
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and you were just with me you and I would have gotten probation 33 years I've seen people kill people and not get
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33 years in the isolated High Desert of Nevada number 32 got another number inmate 102
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7820 by all accounts OJ was a model prisoner with no infractions yet where some see a stone cold killer finally
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paying a price he's an abuser he's a murderer people like that belong in jail other see a symbol of inequality white
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Justice white Justice meaning meaning that white people were going to get him if he ever put himself in a position for
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them to get back at him they were going to do it while Simpson was kept off the streets for almost a decade when are we
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going to save ourselves America witnessed tensions between police and the black community
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become painfully raw spilling onto the streets again and again put your hand behind you I can't
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bre from the sidewalks of New York City I can't bre I can't bre to the streets of Cleveland Tamir rice shot to death in
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a city park by a Cleveland cop from St Paul Minnesota oh my God to Ferguson in St Louis
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Missouri officer Wilson who killed Mike Brown did no time the police officers who were responsible for the death of
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12-year-old TR rice no time no conviction for murder get on your knees get on your
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knees it all seemed to validate a distrust of the system the same distrust that the Simpson jury showed decades ago
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in Los Angeles has there been any substantive progress an africanamerican president of
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the United States that is huge huge progress that no one can deny but there is still this great suspicion uh and
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mistrust between the black community and police departments across this country any light at the end of the tunnel in
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your mind I can barely see the tunnel let alone the light it's the feeling of frustration at
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the heart of the NFL players protest once again a nation is divided by issues that seem rooted in
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race after almost 9 years locked up a 70-year-old OJ Simpson was eligible for parole trust me I wish it would have
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never happened but even as he plead for his freedom Simpson could not avoid controversy I've always thought I was
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I've been pretty good with people and uh I've basically has spent a conflict free
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life outrageous he had beaten a Cole up what about those conflicts I'm Arnell Simpson U my dad's oldest
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child then came the most basic of human emotions a child pleading for the father
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she still loves we just want him to come home my vote is to Grant your parole effective when eligible Mr Simpson I do
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vote to Grant parole when eligible and that will conclude this hearing thank you thank you thank you
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you think you'll stay out of trouble bus Association and one thing we as a community must focus on is where
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are we OJ what happened OJ tell us something Johnny to save you this time OJ will a man so many still consider a
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killer slip into the shadows and live out his days quietly we know that the national conversation about race and the
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criminal justice system remains Center Stage IT is America's endless refrain a nation's unfinished business when will
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race no longer measure and divide us so why is there still a Fascination associated with OJ because it reflects
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where we still are today on matters of race OJ Simpson soon to be a free man hopes to return to Florida where he was
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living before he was busted in Las Vegas the house in Florida is gone they lost that to foreclosure I'm sure Arnell
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and the kids are going to want him to be with them but the parole officer is going to have to authorize that and
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approve wherever he goes he's going to have a challenge and I hope he understands and accepts it he'll be
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trying to cash in one way or another you know he's got his NFL retirement so he's
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not a bulber he's got money legally money the Goldman and brown families can't touch million in I think it's only
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a matter of time before he gets himself back in trouble do you hope you're done with all
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things OJ Simpson I would love the thing I've done but if he thinks he's getting
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out of jail and he's going to walk free without us chasing him around he's wrong
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all things OJ seem to go on and on LAPD detective Barry Tellus is assigned to investigate the officially unsolved
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murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman this case the OJ Simpson case is considered open if information comes in
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that we need to investigate we'll do that oh I I had no idea I don't want it open again it's like I don't want to go
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through all that crap again if something new comes up it's like Let It rest it's
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not going to change anything nothing is going to bring my sister back under no circumstances do I think he committed
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that murder the human tragedy continues Sydney and Justin were just children when their mother was murdered the Brown
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family is still in touch with the kids you know they're a sister and a brother and they'll always have each
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other and I'm very very proud of them I'm really proud of them cuz they it couldn't have been
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easy she's left quite a legacy including Tanya Brown's book that put a spotlight
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on violence against women but I'd much rather have my sister back than than educate on domestic
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violence when Simpson walks free America will once again tune in feeding on what's
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become our national diet race money celebrity it's about us as a society and as a people and as a
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nation Mr Goldman how do you honor your son I hope I honor my I hope I honor my son every
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day by trying to make sure people remember who he was and try to live our lives as he
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would those two people are what it was all about I don't have my sister but she's very much alive in my
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home in my mom's home and my heart and I think um don't bury your love don't take
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them off the wall don't sell their clothes don't put pictures in the drawers keep them keep them
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