FBI releases file on OJ Simpson: The 475 page documents (2024)

OF THE CENTURY. WE’VE BEEN TOLD THAT POLICE STARTED TRACKING THIS VEHICLE AS O.J. SIMPSON’S WHITE FORD BRONCO WAS CHASED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES BY POLICE AND NEWS HELICOPTERS, 95 MILLION AMERICANS WERE WATCHING LIVE ON TV, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE CAMERAMAN, WHO WAS THE FIRST ON THE SCENE FROM THE AIR, AND HE SAID, YEAH, 24 SEVEN TV WAS NEVER THE SAME. EMERSON PROFESSOR DOUG STRUCK WAS A NEWSPAPER REPORTER AT THE TIME AND WROTE ABOUT THE CHASE. PEOPLE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO TURN ON THEIR TELEVISION AND WATCH EVENTS IN ACTION, WATCH THEM AS THEY’RE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT 16 MONTHS, PEOPLE REMAIN GLUED TO THE CASE, AND SIMPSON’S TRIAL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO PLAY OUT LIVE ON NATIONAL TV. EVERYBODY, I THINK, WHO WAS ALIVE, WHO WATCHED IT, REMEMBERS NOT ONLY THE WHITE BRONCO, UH, BUT THE FAMOUS LINE, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN’T FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT THE DEFENDANT OR ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON NOT GUILTY OF A CRIME OF MURDER AND VIOLATION OF PEOPLE AT THIS BAR IN BOSTON, GASPED WHEN THE NOT GUILTY VERDICT WAS READ. UNBELIEVABLE. OFFICIAL VERDICT. HE SLIPPED THE HOOK FROM THE BEGINNING. I REALLY NEVER THOUGHT THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS REALLY. IT WAS REALLY NEVER ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO REALLY PROVE THAT HE WAS GUILTY. IT WAS, UM, A VERDICT THAT TORE THAT BLACK AND WHITE COMMUNITIES. NOW, A STATE LAWMAKER, RUSSELL HOLMES, WAS WORKING AT A LIQUOR STORE IN EAST BOSTON AT FIRST, HE AGREED WITH THE VERDICT. NOT ANYMORE. I ABSOLUTELY FEEL HE WAS GUILTY. GUILTY NOW, UH, WHEN I SEE, UM, THE EVIDENCE AND THINK ABOUT IT FROM A 55 YEAR OLD VIEW. THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE LAST EVENTS THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCED TOGETHER IN GROUPS. SO WAS NINE OVER 11. IN MANY WAYS. BUT AFTER THAT, THE INTERNET AND SMARTPHONES MEANT THAT TODAY’S WHERE WERE