O.J. Simpson‘s acquittal in his 1994 homicide trial stays one of the crucial controversial verdicts to this point, however a member of his protection — the so-called Dream Crew — stands by the methods they used to get him off.
Maybe probably the most controversial of their methods was taking part in the “race card” in the course of the trial … a call legal professional Carl Douglas defends, claiming either side knew race would play an element within the case.
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He tells TMZ … “The prosecution played the race card as well when they brought on a Black prosecutor (Christopher Darden) for the first time when the jury was all assembled on the first day of trial.”
For these unfamiliar, O.J.’s trial for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman got here within the aftermath of the Rodney King beating, by the hands of LAPD officers — so, L.A. was already a powder keg when it got here to race relations and police.
Many criticized Simpson’s authorized workforce for leaning into the mistrust between the Black group and cops, saying the legal professionals solely did so to safe a not-guilty verdict for his or her A-list consumer.
The actual fact is, it labored, however Douglas fires again on the notion they have been “playing the race card” … and as an alternative says they merely introduced the proof as that they had it.
Bear in mind, LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, who investigated the murders, found the notorious bloody glove on the homicide scene.
O.J.’s authorized workforce referred to as out Fuhrman’s credibility by resurfacing tapes of the detective making racist feedback — and urged he may need planted the proof.
Douglas informed us, “When you are presented with facts suggesting that a primary detective in the case had a racial animus against Black and Brown suspects, and Black and Brown prisoners, so strongly that he wanted to separate from the police department because he couldn’t control his anger … that had to be an issue that we had to follow and seek to exploit if, in fact, it was true.”
His backside line is evident … the protection workforce did nothing totally different than the prosecutors — merely utilizing proof to try to win the case.
The jury simply purchased their “evidence” greater than what the prosecutors introduced, however his level is … they did what all attorneys do in a trial, and he has no regrets about it.
