I don't really care about the latest OJ verdict, because I don't care about OJ. But just how funny/ironic is it that dude gets pinched 13 years to the day after this no-so-great Moment In Negro Infamy?
Again, I couldn't care less for the Juice, and I'm glad his trial hasn't been publicized much with the Presidential campaign going on. Come to think of it, Kwame's story didn't get much pub either. Perhaps getting a brotha in the White House will finally end the media's longtime obsession with Negroes Gone Wild.
Let this be a warning to any cat who is lucky enough to get away with something he so blatantly did on a mere technicality. This is something every black child should know anyway.
Sometimes when I was young, I would do something so gully that it clearly warranted an ass whoopin. My mom would call my Dad to tell him, and he'd get on the phone with me and promise to "handle it" when he got home from the office. I would be on edge from the moment he hung up the phone till the time he came in the door. But on some rare occasions, he would either get sidetracked with something else when he got home, or just let me off easy because he was too tired. The last thing I would do when I got this sorta reprieve was act ungrateful. I knew I had been spared. There would be no jumping on the bed, no Family Feud, and no Atari. I would retreat to my room and thank the high heavens that I didn't get what I had coming.
OJ apparently didn't learn this lesson. This dummy literally pissed away his free pass. Instead of acting humble, dude has literally rubbed his acquittal in the face of white America for the past decade and change. He's written books. There was that Pay Per View stunt. He won't stay off the gold course. He's stealing bootleg cable. He's still dating white girls. It's like dude doesn't realize he got off. It's almost like he believes he didn't do it.
Well surprise Juice, the check that your hands wrote just came due. The penal system cashed that joker and your ass is headed to the clink from now till infinity.
Again, I couldn't care less for the Juice, and I'm glad his trial hasn't been publicized much with the Presidential campaign going on. Come to think of it, Kwame's story didn't get much pub either. Perhaps getting a brotha in the White House will finally end the media's longtime obsession with Negroes Gone Wild.
Let this be a warning to any cat who is lucky enough to get away with something he so blatantly did on a mere technicality. This is something every black child should know anyway.
Sometimes when I was young, I would do something so gully that it clearly warranted an ass whoopin. My mom would call my Dad to tell him, and he'd get on the phone with me and promise to "handle it" when he got home from the office. I would be on edge from the moment he hung up the phone till the time he came in the door. But on some rare occasions, he would either get sidetracked with something else when he got home, or just let me off easy because he was too tired. The last thing I would do when I got this sorta reprieve was act ungrateful. I knew I had been spared. There would be no jumping on the bed, no Family Feud, and no Atari. I would retreat to my room and thank the high heavens that I didn't get what I had coming.
OJ apparently didn't learn this lesson. This dummy literally pissed away his free pass. Instead of acting humble, dude has literally rubbed his acquittal in the face of white America for the past decade and change. He's written books. There was that Pay Per View stunt. He won't stay off the gold course. He's stealing bootleg cable. He's still dating white girls. It's like dude doesn't realize he got off. It's almost like he believes he didn't do it.
Well surprise Juice, the check that your hands wrote just came due. The penal system cashed that joker and your ass is headed to the clink from now till infinity.
Some Negroes just never learn.
Christopher Darden is smiling inside. Johnny Cochran is somewhere in West heaven shakin' his damn head.
Question: Is OJ Simpson the dumbest Negro in the history of Negroes? Do you think he "did it"?
Question: Is OJ Simpson the dumbest Negro in the history of Negroes? Do you think he "did it"?
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Who didn't see this coming?
How many BM 13 years ago said publicly that OJ was guilty? (Chris Darden doesn't count and neither does Alan Keyes) My black 19-yr old son was attacked last night by a 29 yr old black man. Why do BM act this way?
The black man tapped my son w/ his car; then said black savage got out of the car and punched my son in the face, breaking his glasses. BM are savages who prey on other BM. I've seen the endangered species t-shirts worn by BM. Why are YOU endangered? Because you prey on each other like animals. I HATE BLACK MEN. How many of you have seen the video of the black man in the LA MickeyD's punching a black teenage girl in the face? Probably think the girl deserved it. Where is Al Sharpton in this savage attack? I mean he got famous championing the cause of an alleged black victim. Oh, in this case, the perpetrator is one of you savages. BM certainly don't call other BM on the carpet for being assholes.
This is just OJ's chickens coming home to roost. I didn't follow the trial, but I just happened to be watching the news in the wee hours of the morning when the verdict was read live.
That makes two OJ live verdicts for me; one 13 years ago when I was in college, and last night's.
Back then, I remember cheering (like a lot of other black people) when OJ was found not guilty. As a young adult, I was somehow silly enough to believe that the verdict represented some larger victory for the African American community. I actually believed that he was framed and DIDN'T do it. As I look back now, there is still no doubt that he was framed. However, I now believe the framing was of a man who was truly guilty of the crime in which he had been accused.
The difference with last night's verdict is that this time I wasn't foolish enough to believe that OJ DIDN'T do it...
I'm betting this conviction holds up under appeal.
OJ's been acting like he's the Teflon Don, squandering years of freedom that could have easily been spent behind bars.
The thirteen years to the day is uncanny. Speaking of cosmic justice!
Yet, I don't think prison is gonna be all that bad for OJ. He'll be treated as a celebrity there, and given access to all the faux floozies he can handle.
OJ didn't learn from Jack Johnson. I'm sure the Goldmans are elated.
EG
Cheri T. said... "However, I now believe the framing was of a man who was truly guilty of the crime in which he had been accused."
Yeah, OJ was framed. And he also committed the crimes of which he was accused. I knew that 13 years ago.
I believe that the glove was planted, and possibly some blood evidence.
The detectives that went to his home waited an awful long time before going, and contradicted themselves as to whether OJ had been discussed during the trip.
Mark Fuhrman had been one the cops that had responded to a domestic dispute years earlier.
I believe they were convinced OJ did the killings, but there wasn't enough evidence (unless they plant it) to make it stick.
And making it stick was paramount!
Yes, I think he did it, before and this time around.
He tried to use his money and resources to escape prison and previously it worked for him. Not so lucky now.
I hope the conviction stands and that he spends many days locked up in prison.
@Anon; hatred of BM will affect your love for your own child who you indicated is a BM. Hatred breeds more hatred.
@AB;
I don't think OJ's behaviors or attitude would be different if he had dated non white women. You appear to infer that they contributed to his lack of honesty, his choice to commit crimes and in his episodes of lying to authorities. I disagree. Dating white women didn't cause him to fall. He should only blame himself!
Brother Average... the comment about O.J. and the white women may not be understood by todays'people. Half the population is too young to fathom the mindset of the Black male of the pre 70s. The juice was raised in a totally Black enviroment where the dating of white women was not the norm and well as dangerous in ceertain locals. By virtue of his position -loved by the whites as long as he was filling those stadiums- he was given a "safe pass" to take his white women. I agree that that "pass" that very few Black men of our age group could get made the Juice think he was special. Some may disagree but I feel where you were coming from.There were also two types of relationships that men of my age had with white women. A lot of my peers used the white women for money in the drug/revolution culture of the 60s. If OJ would have killed a Black women 13 years ago,,there would not be no way the amount media coverage. The Juice knew the history of our transformation to the white women...he should have chilled out for a moment.
I try not to rescue people, especially those ably equipped to rescue themselves.
However, I saw the--"He's still dating white girls"--remark differently than some here.
I read it to mean: OJ's flirting with disaster because those whites who believe that he's already murdered two whites, one a woman and one a man, are certainly hoping he gets his comeuppance, and will do everything in their power to assure it.
That OJ's still dating whites make them all the more eager to see him incarcerated for the earlier killings.
If OJ killed once, he could kill again.
Hence the following conclusion by AB:
"...dude has literally rubbed his acquittal in the face of white America for the past decade and change."
Risky behavior on his part: bound to have an unfortunate ending, especially since so many were out to get him.
I understand the history of BM/WW relationships and I am old enough to have lived though some of that history.
I just don't think continuing to date them was his downfall.
He appears to be an arrogant, entitled ass who still opted to make poor, stupid decisions.
This attitude exists among many BM athletes who dominate the national headlines today.
Whom he dates is not his problem. He has biracial children and a bond with White Americans as a result. No need to foster any self esteem/identity issues for them.
He thought he could get away 13yrs ago any he thought he would get away now.
Again I say, stupidity and arrogance brought him down, not the race of women he may have dated.
I don't think anything said here will alter my opinion on that point.
@ Cinco
What Black Diaspora said.
@AB
I respectively agree to disagree.
I always thought he was guilty. ALWAYS. I followed his first set of trials and tribulations so closely that it actually gave me nightmares. If OJ walked up to me, I'd probably faint in fear. He IS The Boogeyman to me. Outside of all that, he's a stupid person and that's why he did any of that stuff. And that's why he's finally going to jail. Thank God.
@Cinco - you're right - hatred breeds more hatred. I'll learn to love the BM who disrespect me, my family and my community. I can love the savageness right out of them. OJ typifies the majority of BM who commit crimes in and against the black community who are given a pass and are NEVER shamed or called on the immoral behavior.
Definition of Dumb:
lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
OJ may have been somewhat intelligent enough to hire a brilliant team of lawyers to get him off the murders of Brown and Goldman in 1995 (RIP Johnny Cochran), but he was too stupid and dull witted to use good judgment in his actions thereafter. Something to be said about laying low.
Bet OJ was listening to this on his Ipod on his way to the robbery.
@ knowtheledge
Yeah, that MOP was prolly Juice's theme music.
@ anonymous
I think you're taking out your frustrations, however justified, on the wrong target.
@ anon;
You clearly didn't get my point. Spewing that hatred will not help you or your son- it will perpetuate the cycle. You appear to need more help than a blog and commenters can provide.
OJ is not the norm in reference to BM's that commit crime he is more of the exception.
What up, A.B...
I had a two week old daughter when all of the OJ mess 13 years ago was going on and I had the pleasure of explaining to my now just turned 13 year old daughter this morning why OJ is an idiot.
You were aquitted of murder. I'm black and I felt you were guilty. (I've gotten into more than one argument with random black folks about that who told me that as a black person, I should be glad that OJ got off. I didn't see it that way. I also don't think Mike Tyson raped that chick but that's a whole nother story...).
He has had ample opportunity since 1995 to sit his ass down, stop doing hood rat ish and sail into the sunset as a footnote in unsolved murder mysteries.
Instead, his ass wants to run up in a hotel room like he's Bobo Brazil, tryin' to jack somebody to get back stuff that he had hidden to keep away from the Golden family and their million dollar judgment again him.
And yes, I believe he heads straight to the front of the line for Dumbest Negro in the history of Negroes. And yes, I believe he "did it".
With all the intense interest in OJ before, during and after his acquittal, you'd think that evidence exonerating OJ would have popped up by now or at least, a plausible theory of some sort.
None.
OJ got his. And he should have. You nailed this one AB. Kudos.
Hard to believe its been thirteen years already! I also believed at the time that he did it and I still do.
They were determined to get him one way or the other.
As a WW maybe I oughtta stay out of this, but this post has been haunting me for days so, here I go stepping in it...
Anon: purely emotional reaction to your post. Makes me want to cry (I know; I'm soft). The fact that the thug broke your son's glasses just killed me. But I have to jump on cinco's bandwagon. I hope you can fight your impulse to generalize about black men. There are so many honorable black men (and, as likely our blog-master, "average"-citizen black men). They're all over the place. Love your son -- as I'm sure you do and always will -- and he'll have even better odds of being one.
...and (maybe I should shut up) again the subject of black men dating white women arises. Again, in the (perhaps utopian) world of my early years, sometimes black, white, brown, yellow and plaid people were married, had kids, did stuff together, gave birth to and adopted kids of said happy rainbow. These were real people I really grew up around. In the harsh real world of my adulthood, I learned it's a lot more complicated than that. I do think I get it as much as the non-aggrieved party can. In most human relationships, the injured party is the more vigilant. For brevity (and because you don't need me telling you), I'll skip the particulars of my "getting it".
The OJ story itself is a study in "more complicated". Not just his white wife, but the LAPD, Mark Fuhrman, you know the story. And the man himself, in any color, doesn't represent the finest of humanity. He's ostentatious, blinded by ego-centrism, machismo, anger, who knows.
Obama (the other case in which the black man/white woman question arose) is an exceptional case too. He is, inevitably, hugely symbolic. As a *first* it makes sense that there's no room in his narrative for any complication.
But... Naiveté and idealism alert: Is it just too damn bad if two people, one black and one white, fall in love with each other? At some point (point in time or in philosophic consideration) isn't our basic human affiliation larger than our tribalism (for lack of a better word)? Hasn't that factionalism been at the root of so many of the problems in the country and in the world?
A dumpload of treacle, maybe, written quickly (cuz I told myself I wouldn't) -- and at a couple days old, probably hypothetical. I guess I'm both advantaged and disadvantaged by my sheltered upbringing.
@ annelisa
Just to clarify the 'white women' comment, this was nothing more than a mention of the long-held assertion (backed up with a history of examples) that nobody would have really cared if OJ had offed his black wife. There's no way this story would have turned into a media circus and an examination of race in America. Period. OJ would have been Rae Carruth, the story would have lasted a week, not a decade.
The portion of the American public so outraged by this, and OJ's subsequent acquittal, was only reminded of his brashness everytime he showed up in another tabloid with yet another 20-something blonde. I could imagine this might agitate people to some degree. 5 of the jurors from the Vegas trial (all of whom were white) said they had preconceived notions about Simpson. I couldn't imagine that a decade of thumbing his nose at the Browns helped.
The post otherwise meant to infer nothing about interracial relationships. I apologize if this seemed to be the case, but these things happen when you're trying to blog about a breaking story while feeding a toddler. Sorry.
AB: I know... and I appreciate the clarification. I realize your comment was part of a multi-layered observation about dynamics and perceptions. There's also the trophy girlfriend (of any color) element to OJ's post-acquittal arm-candy ...and, damn, I hate that there's a real chance less attention would have been paid had OJ's wife been black.
Appreciate it. Get back to that toddler, I'll get back to hyperventilating about Sarah Palin.
@ cinco and
@avg bro -
MY POINT IS THAT BLACK MEN COMMIT CRIME WITH IMPUNITY, and the BLACK COMMUNITY NEVER CALLS THEM ON THEIR
ACTIONS
OJ IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY HONORABLE BLACK MAN
He has to be the dumbest public figure to date! How do you get off for murder in the national spotlite then get sentenced for kidnapping years later? Dayyyum!!!
Oj's a f**kin idiot all day long. I think he did do it. And I think he deserves what he gets. Like what was said before, he shoulda sat his ass down. And in the words of Bernie Mac he needed to "shut was was called 'the f**k' up"! (sorry been watching Kings of Comedy)
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