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Observations:

• 1) Many blacks at the time of the OJ Simpson trial believed that OJ really could be not guilty. Their case was that the LAPD had it out for blacks.  I had a discussion at the time with a friend that actually did not believe he did it. ( black)
• 2) Whites may have had a doubt or two up until the time that OJ went awol in the white Bronco.  At that time all doubts were erased. 

At the time I told my black friend that denying the obvious in this case did not help the public image of blacks.   What it did was reinforce a vaguely held notion that blacks are looking for a unfair special pass here and there to help them get by. The aborted OJ book would have really helped victimhood clear this up.   It would have been some justice of sorts to have these last doubters minds turned to reality.   Because it was FOX affiliated companies doing the project the other media outlets found it easy to be critical. The trial and all the other endless hype served no purpose.  Letting blacks see in yet another way that "The Man" is not "keeping them down" would have.  Had the project gone forward maybe the next time a majority black jury sat in on a murder case they would have been less inclined to give their man a pass.  

As always very few things go right while most go wrong. If you think the man is keeping you down, wait till the murderers are in charge. Then you will have a valid case to compare against.

Addendum:

A poll on the 10th anniversary of the killings indicated that 87 per cent of whites were convinced the black super-star was guilty of the double murder, while only 29 per cent of blacks thought so.   90% of blacks vote unDemocrat. This tells you something and its not very flattering for blacks.

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