Reply #38: OJ Trial

[dollydew]

Ooh boy, look at that black boy swing! That was a factor. I think the prosecution did a terrible job presenting their case. I'm a member of a family that had a lynching victim, with no justice. Why is Justice more important for some families than for others? Remember, black folks didn't run the society. We built much of it but had no political or economic power. We didn't write the laws. We didn't write the Bill of Rights or the Constitution. We were not even considered full human beings. Remember the 3/5 law that slave owners could use to boost their electoral power? We could be used to enable slave owners to have more voting/economic power. If those who wrote the laws and endorsed them refused to follow their edicts how is that our fault? The ruling elite refused to to follow the laws THEY WROTE. No problem. A law for me but not for thee. It happened over a long period of time. It was not "isolated incidents". Juries, populated by average Americans (most of whom were not non-white) gave non-guilty verdicts despite photographs and eye witness testimony. In a few cases brave judges and juries ruled in favor of these targeted Americans long after the "War of Independence" long after the "Civil War". They were also threatened. America has a severe case of amnesia. There is such a thing a historical and collective memory.