O. J. Simpson has died.

Anyone showing sympathy should save it for his victims. He was a great example of 'Celebrity justice', he was approx the USA equivalent of David Beckham, and the jury was in awe of one of the greatest NFL players ever, AND a much-loved film star.

H was able to get a platoon of high-profile lawyers, had he been plain Joe Snooks living on benefits he'd have been convicted and died in jail.

Good riddance! A murderer, con man, felon.

It makes me realise just how quickly time passes..

BBC ignored the riot in London on Wednesday night

I have found the BBC to be right wing leaning. But they’re probably heading the other way now because it’s so unlikely the Tories will win the GE.

We just couldn’t believe the coverage the BBC gave to this story. Surely there were far more relevant items than the death of a somewhat dubious character in the USA. Really not interested. I do remember the case and the live car chase.

Domestic abuse was the cause of rioting in London 10th April ?
Or race ?

It’s still in living memory and as a number of us have acknowledged, is relevant on domestic abuse and race. Lessons

Big difference 20 years and different country

The not guilty verdict in the Rodney King case was disgraceful. The riots that followed were truly awful but how any right minded person thought those police officers weren’t guilty is beyond me.

Anniebach

Which is of interest to this country, a trial in America 1994
or riot in Southall Wednesday of this week

Perhaps both.

The Rodney King riots in California in 1992 may well have had impact on the verdict in the criminal trial of OJ Simpson in 1994.

Lessons learned from history?

Yes both but the BBC didn’t think so Iam .so wrong not to report the riot in Southall, i do not believe it was left or right wing bias

Maybe both those things Annie

I think the BBC is doing well when those right of centre claim that it has a left wing bias and those on the left accuse it of being too right wing.
And OJ- I do believe that he got away with murder.

Which is of interest to this country, a trial in America 1994
or riot in Southall Wednesday of this week

Freya - that’s nonsense to suggest leftie bias at the bbc. I’ll criticise its news coverage for being superficial now it’s rolling 24 hours

If you want in depth coverage watch Ch4

In what way to the BBC attack the Tory Government please?

Anniebach

Still covered by BBC, they didn’t report the riot in London this
week

Yes, much more important to us surely,than the death of a convicted criminal. There's the Beeb for you though. Skirts around the political, unless it's against the Tory Gov.

Galaxy

I am thinking of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman today.

Me too! I personally do not agree he was innocent, didn’t he subsequently commit another crime and “go down” for it?

Still covered by BBC, they didn’t report the riot in London this
week

I was surprised how much air time was given to this yesterday.

He, literally, led the police a merry dance chasing him as it was filmed live.

Hardly the action of an "innocent" person. A wrong'un who shielded himself with his celebrity.

DiamondLily

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

My thoughts exactly. I remember I was laid up from an operation and watching the case on television. I think there’s no doubt at all he was guilty.

There was a car chase. I had been in a bookstore that was empty except for the clerks, trying to find a book on classical history for my father. I went to buy it and the clerk said "Do you know where he is?" I had no idea what she was talking about. I must have been one of the three or four people in LA who wasn't watching the chase on TV. So she explained. I had to go under a freeway on my way home, and as I approached it I saw a lot of helicopters slowly moving along it. That's him, I realized. They're following his Ford Bronco or whatever it was, and he's going to be right above me as I go through the underpass. It was too late to avoid going under the freeway, and I kept thinking "Don't shoot, OJ, don't shoot . . . "

The whole city was caught up in it all. Months later a friend from England was visiting and wanted to go by his house, which was completely impossible because the police had it blocked of. They couldn't block off the place where his wife and her friend were murdered--it's on a very busy street. It was all tremendously sad.

The evidence is listed in my link above.
I am sure it can be checked if anyone wants to do so.

www.quora.com/Why-did-O-J-Simpson-get-off-Can-anyone-please-help-explain-the-O-J-Simpson-case-to-me-and-why-and-how-he-got-off-Do-you-believe-he-was-guilty-or-not