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Is OJ Innocent?
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Propaganda Machine
Jan 2, 2005

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Neurolimal posted:

IIRC Simpson lost all rights to his brag-book in civil courts to Nicole's family, and they're responsible for the covers that obfuscate the "If"

Very close, it was Ron Goldman's family. He lost the rights because he couldn't cover the civil judgement with liquid capital (even after all that endorsement and movie money). That's also how he lost stuff like his Heisman trophy.

The whole sordid affair is just so fascinating. My favorite factoid is that $480 million in productivity was lost when the verdict was read live on television.

E: this thread needs some dancing Itos:

https://youtu.be/QQezL9pLUN4

Propaganda Machine fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Sep 16, 2020

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Propaganda Machine
Jan 2, 2005

Truthiness!

Dont Touch ME posted:

I don't even know who that is but googling tells me he's a football star who maybe killed someone almost 30 years ago. Why uhhh, why does this matter?

"Well you see, with the wind down of the Rodney King riots just a few years earlier, this case was at an interesting junction of socioracial politics and the public investment in it derives from a fascination with that intersection. Furthermore, in the context of modern societ-"

Yeah cool whatever goon dude, I'm asking for the real reason. What aristocratic rear end in a top hat did OJ piss off

The lady he killed was really hot. We also hear about pretty blonde girls who go missing south of the border, because they're pretty.

Propaganda Machine
Jan 2, 2005

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doverhog posted:

What was the impact tho? That still confuses me. Everyone knew he did it yet somehow it still was a racial issue?

Very.

The crime occurred at OJ's house in Brentwood, an area on the far west side of town bordering on Santa Monica, an affluent and predominantly white municipality. OJ was tried in Los Angeles, which is ... substantially more diverse. People argued that he was found not guilty in no small part because he had a more black jury downtown (and remember, it's the Rodney King era here), whereas the rich white people in Santa Monica would have convicted.

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