Furhman like a lot of LA police at that time was dirty. This is what poisoned what should have been a slam dunk case. I idolized OJ throughout college and on every play on the Bills team. The only time I was ever against what I thought was the greatest football player to ever live was when he went up against my Beavers in the Hula Bowl in Hawaii. He got beat out for MVP of the game by the great Earthquake Bill Enyart who died in 2015. I still idolize OJ for his football exploits. But if you can't see beyond all the evidence that he was guilty of nearly cutting off the heads of his ex wife and that poor hapless bar tender returning her glasses then I don't know what to say. Are you sure you're not guilty of reverse racism in this case? I'm sure of my conviction. Who else has the motive? Who else had that exact training? Who else expressed anger directed at his ex? Who else had witnesses of his returning home in a very surreptitiously way at just the right hour? And then there's the strange chase in the white Bronco. Not to mention the physical evidence. His action in the hotel in Vegas adds to the picture of his demeanor. I'm sorry dviss but I gotta go 180° the other way from how you see it on this one.
It was a jury trial and they considered the LA police force to be corrupt which was certainly true. I had a friend that had a business employing about 100 people. He paid a local officer so he could get away with speeding and carrying a Tommy gun in his car. I heard him tell stories about how corrupt they were.
The jury let him off because of the cops that beat Rodney King got off. Some of them have said as much. He was found guilty in a civil trial. His pension should go to the Goldmans and Browns. It is terrible this case ever became about race. It is about a husband who murdered his wife.
Fun fact... His helmet had to be custom made due to his astonishingly large head -- fitted 8 1/2 HCP has some competition.