What was the jury’s makeup - I doubt the LA jury was an all white KKK card carrying jury... But I can’t find any info on the jury, who could have convicte him of second degree murder, but chose the lesser charge... ( The jury , not the media or cops get to convict people, and determine the severity of the crime) 12 people agreed..
It sounds to me like the jury simply didn’t feel that there was evidence of intent to commit murder.