Posted on 02/02/2007 10:17:46 PM PST by freespirited
In November O. J. Simpson sat for what would have been one of the most unusual interviews in television history — a hypothetical recounting of how, if he had been the killer, he might have murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman more than a decade ago.
The interview, taped in Miami to publicize a book, “If I Did It,” was never broadcast, as public outrage exploded over the idea that Mr. Simpson might profit from the murders that many people believe he committed, despite his acquittal in a criminal trial.
But a partial transcript of the interview Mr. Simpson had with Judith Regan, the publisher of the proposed book, makes vividly clear the disquieting nature of the entire exercise.
At one point during the interview, Mr. Simpson says: “As things got heated, I just remember Nicole fell and hurt herself. And this guy kind of got into a karate thing.” It was then, he says, that “I remember I grabbed the knife.” Later, asked about whether he had taken off a glove before handling the knife, Mr. Simpson says, “You know, I had no conscious memory of doing that, but obviously I must have because they found a glove there.”
According to the transcript, that moment is one of several during the interview in which Mr. Simpson, while maintaining that he is merely recounting a hypothetical narrative, says rather oddly that he cannot remember certain details.
The partial transcript of the interview — six pages transcribed from what were said to be nearly four hours of tape — was given to The New York Times by a person who had been involved in the aborted televised production.
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I have known Hollywood agents with more scruples than OJ!
Ooooh, that's low!
Channeling Johnnie Cochran:
"If I Did It ... I Got Acquitted!"
WHAT? OJ admits to the killings? / RC wakes up from rumplestiltskin-like slumber
Try A.C. Cowlings.
This trial, and subsequent reaction in the black community to the acquittal, was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. That's hard even to say, but it's true. I simply felt embarrassed.
I have always thought it was Al Cowlings, who probably gave the bloody clothes to Robert Kardashian to dispose of, was his primary accomplice.
The jury knew he was guilty, and they knew that the State had proven it's case. That wasn't the point... they wanted him to get away with it! After all, he did kill two white people and the race card was being played with a vengeance.
I don't know nothin' 'bout no NDA.
I'm flogging a dead horse, but I loved Robert Blake's alibi: I couldn't be guilty! I left the murder weapon at the restaurant.
Now that you mention it, I think Kato had a 'phone alibi' for that time, although that could just mean an open line.
Still as poorly as the prosecution ran the case the evidence was overwhelming.
I hope the jurors understand what they did, but of course they don't.
It must be true that murderers really want to tell someone about it, they can't keep it to themselves. Why else would someone do an interview like this????? Strange!
First, to promote a book that's going to make money; second, to promote a version of events that spins events or outright lies to make the crime appear to be something it isn't.
Since he can't be tried again for murder, I think the Justice Department needs to try him for denying Brown and Goldmen their civil rights. It worked on the Klansmen of the 60s. Just because the races are reversed doesn't mean it can't be a hate crime.
That was one of the more surreal moments of my life. I was working at Opryland in Nashville, in the employment office. We always had a TV set on in the waiting area, while applicants filled out forms and waited for interviews.
We saw a LOT of the O.J. trial that summer, more than I cared to. I was absolutely certain that he was going to be found guilty--not because of his skin color, but because of the overwhelming evidence against him, and his nutty behavior.
When the verdict was announced, I could not believe the reaction. All of the staff in the employment office were white; we were stunned, absolutely shocked, that he was found not guilty. Several black applicants were watching, and they yelled and shouted and jumped for joy.
I had never before felt such a gulf of understanding between races before or since. In that moment, my eyes were for the first time opened to how vastly different are the perspectives of middle-class whites and blacks in our country. It was unfathomable to me how we could be looking at the exact same trial, the exact same evidence, and have such diametrically opposed opinions about it.
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