The overwhelming majority of the students I saw cheering were white, fwiw. Probably hippies who thought they were celebrating some kind of racial justice moment.

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Posted by RECConspiracy

Birmingham, AL

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:46 pm to PowerTool

Did OJ ever figure out who did it? I know after the verdict he promised everyone he would try to find the killer.

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Posted by Chuck Barris

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 3:30 pm to AubieALUMdvm

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I think pretty much everyone knew he was guilty -- Saw many that cheered for it and then acknowledged that they knew he did it

If you know he's guilty, why would you be happy that another member of your race got away with murder? I hope every person that commits murder is found guilty no matter what their race might be

The Black community in L.A. (and I'm not talking about everybody, but I am talking about a lot of people) had a case of schadenfreude over the verdict because White people felt as powerless and angry about the O.J. acquittal as the Black community had felt after the cops who beat Rodney King were acquitted. The LAPD was known for serious problems with racism and corruption, and Black people generally found it quite funny that White people were suddenly so interested in the role that race can play in perverting the justice system.

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