O.J. Simpson‘s acquittal in his 1994 homicide trial stays some of the controversial verdicts so far, however a member of his protection — the so-called Dream Team — stands by the methods they used to get him off.
Perhaps 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 each side knew race would play an element within the case.
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He tells TMZ … “The prosecution performed the race card as nicely after they introduced on a Black prosecutor (Christopher Darden) for the primary time when the jury was all assembled on the primary 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 group 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 reality is, it labored, however Douglas fires again on the notion they had been “taking part in the race card” … and as an alternative says they merely offered the proof as they’d it.
Remember, LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, who investigated the murders, found the notorious bloody glove on the homicide scene.
O.J.’s authorized group known as out Fuhrman’s credibility by resurfacing tapes of the detective making racist feedback — and prompt he may need planted the proof.
Douglas informed us, “When you’re offered with details suggesting {that a} main detective within the case had a racial animus towards Black and Brown suspects, and Black and Brown prisoners, so strongly that he needed to separate from the police division as a result of he couldn’t management his anger … that needed to be a problem that we needed to observe and search to take advantage of if, actually, it was true.”
His backside line is obvious … the protection group did nothing totally different than the prosecutors — merely utilizing proof to try to win the case.
The jury simply purchased their “proof” greater than what the prosecutors offered, however his level is … they did what all attorneys do in a trial, and he has no regrets about it.