The Broken American Dream: The Life of Simpson

Ulices 2022-12-02 14:40:56

In the second episode, when Simpson talks about the violence against Nicole on New Year's Eve, he says "both sides are at fault, it's over, no one was hurt", it's scary to see it, people who won't admit they're wrong are scary of.
Simpson can be said to have never cared about ordinary black people who are really vulnerable, and even said that he was almost evading his black identity, but when he was arrested, many, many black people were speaking up for him, saying he was wronged because of his black identity of. This is really very, very ironic and very sad. Simpson was not a sincere person, he was violent towards his wife, when he found racial issues in his favor, he started to say something about black rights, when he was acquitted, he started to participate in the activities of the black community. But since when did he care about black rights? His success and his murder suspicion have nothing to do with his skin color. Every black man cares about his skin color, except himself.
The LAPD was speechless. They treated Simpson normally before the trial not because they no longer looked down on black people, but because in their eyes, Simpson was not black and his fame transcended his skin color. Therefore, Simpson's final innocence is a victory for money, a victory for lawyers' defense techniques, a victory for procedural justice, but not a victory for the black affirmative movement. It is even said that defense attorneys have been successfully exploiting Simpson's black identity.
The innocent have been buried in the ground, who will complain about her grievances? She worked hard to get a divorce so that she would no longer be hurt, which shows that she at least respects her personality and wants to embrace a new life. Wonder if Simpson feels guilty about it after her death? Whether or not the court finds him guilty, does he feel guilty for the harm he caused her during her lifetime? In my opinion, his disappointment, his desire to commit suicide, was not for Nicole, but for himself, knowing that he would never have the life he used to have, and that he would never live up to the dreams of his youth. After the trial began, he was always relaxed. In the subsequent civil lawsuit, he was very unserious, and even his good friend cried when he saw Nicole's photo-Nicole had been left behind by him, This woman he wanted to control but couldn't.
The stupidity of the Los Angeles police in the process of collecting evidence has reached an unimaginable level. I really don't understand how they can be so stupid. Police and prosecutors have always said the issue of race is pushing the case further and further away from the evidence, but it is their job to convince the jury of the evidence, but they have failed their job and deserved to lose. All the defense attorneys had to do was make your evidence less credible, and they did. If the racial card is just a means, then it is the Los Angeles police who gave the means to take effect. Their previous racist behavior, their carelessness about their responsibilities, they are suffering the consequences. There is more than one card that can be played in this case, domestic violence is one, but there is no soil and no specific environment. If Simpson wasn't black, could his defense attorneys find another good card to get him off the hook? I don't know, not every card has the soil for the atmosphere of that era.
Black people's celebration of Simpson's innocence seems to me to be a projection and one-sided. For Simpson, they only saw skin color and ignored everything else. But this should not be blamed, because the injustices that black people have suffered have made them desperately need an outlet, a hope, even a one-sided and false hope. I agree with what one of the pastors said, he said it was not a victory for the black community, just a victory for a rich man. Simpson paid for the best service, and his opponents foolishly helped him pave the way, and finally handed over the victory - teammates like gods, opponents like pigs.
When Simpson was arrested again, how did those who cheered his innocence feel? More or less regret. But, who remembers Nicole?

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O.J.: Made in America quotes

  • Marcia Clark - Interviewee: [on whether to have OJ Simpson try on the leather gloves that was recovered from the crime scene at Rockingham and Bundy] Chris says I want to do it and I told him in no uncertain terms why we should not be doing this, and he said if we don't do this: they will, then I said let them and we can show why it was a bullshit experiment why it was never going to work between the shrinkage and the latex, it's never going to fit in the same way, don't do this: it was the biggest fight Chris and I ever had.

  • Fred Goldman: [referring to OJ Simpson answering the questions asked to him during his deposition in the civil lawsuit] He'd lied about everything! There's not one honest bone in his body. He's lived a life of fraud and being a fake for God knows how many decades, to a point where I think he just believes his own bull.