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Originally Posted by larrymcg421
I mean, I'd have thought the connection to the OJ trial is one of major reasons he got off was because the LAPD tolerated cops like Mark Fuhrman for far too long.
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He got off because Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden did a horrible job of prosecuting him. Darden's decision to have OJ try on the glove was especially egregious. They also botched the situation with Fuhrman, opening up the opportunity for Cochran to deflect the jury's attention from the facts of the murder to Fuhrman being a racist.
Interestingly, the LA cops were pals with OJ before the murders went down, and in fact they had always looked the other way on the prior domestic violence incidents. He lived a life of luxury and privilege, and shunned African American causes until after the trial, where they rallied by his side.
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the case was the jurors buying into the ludicrous allegations that OJ was framed and the evidence was planted. So we're to believe that law enforcement officers from three separate jurisdictions, many of whom had never even met each other before that fateful night, planted hundreds of pieces of evidence and risked their careers and potential prison time to frame a guy they had always liked.