Americans could not take their eyes off of the OJ Simpson trial ... only four hours for the jurors to reach a verdict. One of them, Lionel Cryer, a former Black Panther, smiled and winked at ...

When a predominantly Black jury in Los Angeles acquitted O.J. Simpson of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, Camille Charles remembers watching the ...

OJ’s trial largely served as a reaction to the Rodney King incident, as a large number of black Americans ... regarding the ...

O.J. Simpson, who broke into the public ... There were also reports of alleged "jury nullification" – in which the majority Black jury was accused of acquitting him based on racial motives.

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The pivotal role race played in OJ ... Black Americans, but like the country, the evidence was also divided. Bloodstains linked Simpson to the crime, but a mostly ...

On Oct. 3, 1995, Black residents in parts of Los Angeles spilled out onto the street, cheering and passing celebratory drinks. The world had just learned that O.J. Simpson had been acquitted of ...

Called “American Manhunt: OJ Simpson” (premiering ... Mark Fuhrman who were first on the scene, a juror from the trial, Goldman’s sister Kim, Simpson’s former agent Mike Gilbert, and ...

The jury would need fewer than four ... It's unclear when - or if - OJ Simpson said the now famous phrase "I'm not black, I'm OJ". It was first noted that he said something to that effect to ...

Along with his movie star looks, and his aversion to following the path of Black athletes who ... projected to a sympathetic jury of his peers. The trial of OJ Simpson lasted so long (11 months ...