Ross Cassell -> Bob Klahn wrote:

 RC> The OJ Simpson case, no way could he have done it, he is black.

I agree with most of your list (didn't the La Cross DA lose his job over
that case?) However in the OJ case you living 3000 miles from LA must be
unaware of the factors that led to his acquittal. I'd like to say first
that more than likely he did it, however the jury found the only way it
could ethically do so. There's an excess of 60 years of police brutality
towards people of color (not *JUST* blacks). I'm pretty sure that Driving
while black started in LA. Has any other police department in the country
been investigated by the FBI and kept under supervision of the FBI for over
a decade? LAPD was on both counts. The LAPD has a history of planting drugs
and other things on people of color. During WWII in what became known as
the "Zoot Suit Riots" sailors stationed in LA took exception to
the Chicanos attire, apparently they didn't like the fact that these suits
(which were really stylish in their day) used far more material than a
regular suit would. The sailors spent two days beating the hell out of any
Latino they encountered and the police just sat and watched. For more
instances of police unequal treatment of people of color goggle
"Sleepy Lagoon murder mystery". Going even farther back then that
in the 1880s after the US Congress passed the Chinese Exclusionary acts
some Irish guys in LA took exception to the tiny little Chinatown LA used
to have and rampaged through murdering men women and children. Again the
police did nothing to stop the whites. The point of all this is that the
prosecution did a sh*tty job building their case with a police department
known all over the country as corrupt and willing to plant evidence to get
a conviction against people of color.

Sorry, that turned into something of a rant there didn't it?  :)


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