Reporting on OJ Simpson’s death on Thursday, CNN’s Stephanie Elam said that people were “just happy to see that someone who was rich and famous and black, could get away with what other people did in the system as well too,” in relation to the famed 1990s murder trial case of the former football player.
Simpson married Nicole Brown in 1985, and the pair divorced seven years later. In 1994, Brown and friend Ron Goldman were found dead in her LA home. Simpson was deemed a suspect.
The infamous police chase ensued to arrest Simpson, with Simpson driving a white Ford Bronco on a Los Angeles freeway. He was detained and put on trial for murder.
Simpson was ultimately acquitted by a jury. In 1997, a separate jury found him liable for wrongful death and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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