Do you remember where you were?

[Nifty]

I absolutely remember where I was. I was in Thermodynamics (I think it was Thermo, mighta been Engineering Mechanics) class at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. (Yup, Florida A&M and Florida State share the engineering school. One of the mission statements of the engineering college is to have 50% minorities and women, so having Florida A&M students allows the college to achieve that goal.)

Anyways, the students of one of the universities were running up and down the halls of the college, screaming wildly and cheering with joy and elation at the verdict.

That's the only reason I remember where I was.

[lukster]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Yes but they only followed the law as it was explained to them.

Certainly that was the defense's case. I think the prosecution told them they should convict. They had and made a choice in the matter.


Presented to the jury: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Dna.htm

Johnny Cochran proved his lack of character when he refuted dna evidence in this case yet had built other cases touting the virtue of dna evidence.


I know someone will ask for a source for my last statement so I'll be proactive here: http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2006/08/10/news/lake_county/b49a5cb7e6841568862571c600089d87.txt

[Mustaine]

when did that happen again?

maybe if i had a time in history it could jog a memory, but otherwise i have no clue.

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by lazs2
All those blond people burning down the nicest sections of LA and san diego...  it was horrible.

lazs

Is that kinda like all those black folks lynching the nice blonde people up until the late 1960s?

[MrBill]

Originally posted by lazs2
All those blond people burning down the nicest sections of LA and san diego... it was horrible.

lazs

reply Originally posted by Chairboy
Is that kinda like all those black folks lynching the nice blonde people up until the late 1960s?

Keep fanning the flames boys, helps with the understanding and healing.

I know it will take a lot more than just you two to stop the hate, but we have to start somewhere ... one person at a time ... care to be part of the solution or do you wish to remain part of the problem????

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by MrBill
Keep fanning the flames boys, helps with the understanding and healing.

I know it will take a lot more than just you two to stop the hate, but we have to start somewhere ... one person at a time ... care to be part of the solution or do you wish to remain part of the problem????

Fair enough, I just get agitated when I see folks gloating over things like the riots because, and I'm guessing here, it validates their feelings that blacks are "inherently uncivilized" or somesuch nonsense.  For some reason, it's more socially acceptable to have those thoughts about folks who are muslim too.  Back in WWII, it was "the japs", as demonstrated in part by the acceptance of the internment camps for US CITIZENS who were of asian descent.

[Pooh21]

Chairboy if you use this too much it will lose its Mint Condition status











Deboinar when in a van full of co-eds you will never score if you tell them you want to get rich just so you can whack blonde chicks with impunity. You tell them you are rich now, then you score.

[Chairboy]

Pooh,

Question: When Lazs gloats about black people rioting, that's ok though?

[lukster]

Originally posted by Chairboy
Pooh,

Question: When Lazs gloats about black people rioting, that's ok though?

I think he was doing more mocking than gloating. Or, he may have just been ridiculing the timidity of blondes.

[Elfie]

From the contamination to the DNA evidence to not explaining to the jury that leather can shrink after its been wet. "If the glove doesnt fit"

Saw a forensics show on Discovery channel. The forensics expert got data on just how much shrinkage could be expected with that brand of glove. He then soaked the same brand of glove in blood and then measured how much it shrank when it dried. The amount of shrink fell within the manufacturers guidelines. IF that had been OJ's glove, it still would have fit him, albeit more tightly than it did before it shrank.

That same show showed how much of the evidence against OJ had been fabricated. IE....traces of blood preservative in the sock, blood stains on the front AND back of the sock, blood from the door of the white Bronco etc.

Amazes me how people try, convict and sentence alleged criminals in their own minds before a case even goes to court.

[FUNKED1]

I was walking by Kam's in Champaign.  I stuck my head in the door and watched the verdict read on TV, then laughed my bellybutton off and went to class.

[lukster]

Originally posted by Elfie
The amount of shrink fell within the manufacturers guidelines. IF that had been OJ's glove, it still would have fit him, albeit more tightly than it did before it shrank.

I watched him try on the glove. Looked like it fit to me, although tightly, and he was stretching his hand out as much as he could.

I also remember watching him lead the cops on a chase thorugh LA in his bronco. Not the sort of thing an innocent person does.

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by lukster
I also remember watching him lead the cops on a chase thorugh LA in his bronco. Not the sort of thing an innocent person does.

Pretty liberal use of the word "chase".

[Shifty]

Originally posted by Chairboy
I know!  I was outraged, it's like the justice system didn't get the memo that he'd been convicted in the court of public opinion already and that the whole "due process" thing was just window dressing.

Were you just as worried about Scott Peterson's bad rap?

[Elfie]

Originally posted by lukster
I watched him try on the glove. Looked like it fit to me, although tightly, and he was stretching his hand out as much as he could.

I also remember watching him lead the cops on a chase thorugh LA in his bronco. Not the sort of thing an innocent person does.

I too watched him try on the glove, it appeared to me that he was trying to wiggle his hand into the glove but it wouldnt go on all the way. /shrug


As far as the chase goes, stress causes us to do things we normally would not do. I'm sure murder charges or even the possibility of murder charges would cause most people tons of stress, guilty or not.

Regardless of guilt, the LAPD was very inept with the investigation imo. Ie....searching the Bronco multiple times before finding a blood spot on the outside under the door handle, searching his home multiple times before finding a sock in the middle of the floor with blood on it.


*edit* How do you stretch out your hand? You can spread your fingers and thumb, but the palm area of your hand doesnt spread out, at least I cant get mine to do that.