httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG5CPhGoT3M
Photo O.J. Simpson was found not guilty for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Darden’s focus on the violence regularly inflicted upon Nicole and his characterization of the relationship as a “Ticking time bomb” make it easy for him to point to O.J. in court and call him a murderer.
I can’t help but agree with Robert Shapiro’s assessment that the jury “Discussed this case less than anybody in America.” It was a stroke of brilliance to show actual footage of people crowding around televisions – when the verdict was announced, it seemed as if all of black America was cheering while all of white America was stunned.
Later, she tells Darden that she was raped in Italy when she was 17 as a means of explaining what fueled her to become a lawyer.
He tells the press that it shined a light on and exposed the racist Los Angeles Police Department, and when he hears President Bill Clinton mention the case on television, Cochran says “That’s the victory – the story is now out of the shadows.” Cochran thought O.J. was guilty in the beginning; did he just use this case to push a racial agenda?
Darden dismantles the notion that Cochran did anything to effect change in the country, saying “The police will keep arresting, beating and killing us.” Sadly, he’s right.