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There‘s a famous black person that got away with murder. How did he do it? Here’s a hint: the crucial element isn’t skin color.

by emsy 4y ago

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twright 4y ago
A very stacked legal team, some good acting, and an overconfident prosecutor?
- voisin 4y ago
  Massive fame in two areas popular in the public imagination didn’t hurt either.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    The police conspiring to frame him was the reason OJ walked free. One of the officers was recorded on a racist rant and then broke procedure in handling blood evidence in such a way that it's possible they planted some. Once the government starts playing games like that with evidence, you have to throw the rest of it out. No evidence == no conviction.
atlasunshrugged 4y ago
Must have been his insider knowledge about how police operations worked after co-starring in Naked Gun
cuteboy19 4y ago
I thought about someone who didn't have the cultural context to know who this was. They might ask search engines Google: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_McCollum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_McCollum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Terre%27Blanche https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Terre%27Blanche ChatGPT I'm sorry, but I cannot provide information about a specific person that you claim "got away with murder." The assertion that someone has "gotten away with murder" is a serious charge and should be supported by credible evidence. Accusations of criminal behavior should not be made without evidence, as they can harm an individual's reputation and be damaging to their personal and professional lives.
- maest 4y ago
  For people still wondering, the GP is talking about OJ Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson
jaywalk 4y ago
The glove didn't fit, so the jury had no choice but to acquit.
dang 4y ago
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There‘s a famous black person that got away with murder. How did he do it? Here’s a hint: the crucial element isn’t skin color.

by emsy 4y ago

There‘s a famous black person that got away with murder. How did he do it? Here’s a hint: the crucial element isn’t skin color.

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twright 4y ago

A very stacked legal team, some good acting, and an overconfident prosecutor?

voisin 4y ago
Massive fame in two areas popular in the public imagination didn’t hurt either.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  The police conspiring to frame him was the reason OJ walked free. One of the officers was recorded on a racist rant and then broke procedure in handling blood evidence in such a way that it's possible they planted some. Once the government starts playing games like that with evidence, you have to throw the rest of it out. No evidence == no conviction.

atlasunshrugged 4y ago

Must have been his insider knowledge about how police operations worked after co-starring in Naked Gun

cuteboy19 4y ago

I thought about someone who didn't have the cultural context to know who this was. They might ask search engines Google: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_McCollum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_McCollum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Terre%27Blanche https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Terre%27Blanche ChatGPT I'm sorry, but I cannot provide information about a specific person that you claim "got away with murder." The assertion that someone has "gotten away with murder" is a serious charge and should be supported by credible evidence. Accusations of criminal behavior should not be made without evidence, as they can harm an individual's reputation and be damaging to their personal and professional lives.

maest 4y ago
For people still wondering, the GP is talking about OJ Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson

jaywalk 4y ago

The glove didn't fit, so the jury had no choice but to acquit.

dang 4y ago

Please don't respond to a bad comment by taking the thread further into flamewar hell. "Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html