jonathanpeterson

@deilann@tech.lgbt @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Don't know how old you were when O.J. was found innocent, but that EXACT question was on the lips of even white progressives when the verdict was announced. The public was positive of O.J.'s guilt and watching the trial proceedings was pretty much something for reality TV weirdos. The summaries we got on the news led us to believe first 4 stars of @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io's referendum and no more. There wasn't a lot of searching for common ground.

@deilann@tech.lgbt @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Exactly. Which which is pretty much what the response was from most white folks and the national media at the time. Rodney King riots we understood. OJ, not so much. Partially because of coverage ignoring LA police history. I'm the 58 year old child of white, southern, civil rights activists. I knew how racist the judicial system was in Mississippi, where I grew up. I assumed northeastern cities and the west coast were far better. I was very wrong.

@DrewKadel@social.coop she's dead right. I like the very succinct "bullshitting as a service"

@deilann@tech.lgbt @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io I assume you're aware that there was no significant American conversation about police framing black people for crimes as a result of the OJ verdict? The conversation was about what the prosecution may have done wrong. What Cocheran did. Maybe you should read contemporaneous reporting analysis of the trial. https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1260&context=mjrl https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/highlights/toobin.html The google article has a ton of links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_to_the_verdict_in_the_O._J._Simpson_criminal_trial