Comments on: The OJness of it all http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Neo http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89821 Neo Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:29:23 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89821 Once again, the bodies of Nicole and Ron are exhumed from their graves for the benefit of the "Court TV" side of the universe. Once again, the bodies of Nicole and Ron are exhumed from their graves for the benefit of the “Court TV” side of the universe.

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Today’s bail setting seems to also show a differnt Prosecutor at the
table.What other deals are being made, noly time will show.

]]> By: Buddy Larsen http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89819 Buddy Larsen Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:29:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89819 if he's no longer alive he can't jury jive if he’s no longer alive
he can’t jury jive

]]> By: scott http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89818 scott Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:24:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89818 Maybe OJ should call the Cochran Firm.. Maybe OJ should call the Cochran Firm..

]]> By: Stace http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89817 Stace Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:46:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89817 That was a great article, Roger. I didn't know the story of the two younger DNA lawyers. Sometimes I question our criminal justice system, which for the most part works, but there's no doubt that some wealthy defendants have gotten off solely because of the snowjob tactics of their high-priced attorneys. I was shocked too at how this case became an issue of race--the guy wouldn't even date anyone who didn't have blonde hair. To me, class and gender were more pertinent issues. Here you had a man who had stalked and murdered his ex-wife, and he had the money and the male posse to ensure that he would walk. Remember the Dancing Itos? The last time I was picked to serve as a juror on a criminal trial, our no-nonsense female hispanic judge gave us a talk on what to expect. She said, "This isn't California; you'll be out of here by Friday". And we were, after putting the rapist away for life. Of course, that's much easier to do when no celebrities are involved. That was a great article, Roger. I didn’t know the story of the two younger DNA lawyers. Sometimes I question our criminal justice system, which for the most part works, but there’s no doubt that some wealthy defendants have gotten off solely because of the snowjob tactics of their high-priced attorneys.

I was shocked too at how this case became an issue of race–the guy wouldn’t even date anyone who didn’t have blonde hair. To me, class and gender were more pertinent issues. Here you had a man who had stalked and murdered his ex-wife, and he had the money and the male posse to ensure that he would walk.

Remember the Dancing Itos? The last time I was picked to serve as a juror on a criminal trial, our no-nonsense female hispanic judge gave us a talk on what to expect. She said, “This isn’t California; you’ll be out of here by Friday”. And we were, after putting the rapist away for life. Of course, that’s much easier to do when no celebrities are involved.

]]> By: Patrick Tyson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89816 Patrick Tyson Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:29:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89816 Once upon a time there was a police department run as if it were a law unto itself whose chiefs went largely unchecked by politicians and, not insignificantly, prosecutors. Then an arrest, to use one description of it, was videotaped and some of the officers who made it were tried for the manner in which they made it in Simi Valley and, a couple of years after the resulting carnage, one of the rich (a plus) and famous (a mixed blessing) was tried for the murder of two people not of the same race in Los Angeles. Justice miscarried all over the place and a great many of the guilty moved on while paying a small price for their misdeeds while no insignificant number of the innocent, except in living with things in the perverse state that persisted, paid a heavy price. And, naturally, a good many good people were shocked, shocked, shocked by what had happened. Once upon a time there was a police department run as if it were a law unto itself whose chiefs went largely unchecked by politicians and, not insignificantly, prosecutors. Then an arrest, to use one description of it, was videotaped and some of the officers who made it were tried for the manner in which they made it in Simi Valley and, a couple of years after the resulting carnage, one of the rich (a plus) and famous (a mixed blessing) was tried for the murder of two people not of the same race in Los Angeles. Justice miscarried all over the place and a great many of the guilty moved on while paying a small price for their misdeeds while no insignificant number of the innocent, except in living with things in the perverse state that persisted, paid a heavy price. And, naturally, a good many good people were shocked, shocked, shocked by what had happened.

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89815 David Thomson Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:06:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89815 A very good argument could be made that the police responding to Rodney King's out of control behavior were acting prudently by moderately kicking and hitting him. It may sound initially easy to handcuff such an individual---but nothing could be further from the truth. Eyes can be gouged along with other injuries. The ensuing fracas might end up with officers being injured and having to really hurt King! Try to imagine, just for a moment, how you might place handcuffs on a large and insane acting man in a similar circumstance? A very good argument could be made that the police responding to Rodney King’s out of control behavior were acting prudently by moderately kicking and hitting him. It may sound initially easy to handcuff such an individual—but nothing could be further from the truth. Eyes can be gouged along with other injuries. The ensuing fracas might end up with officers being injured and having to really hurt King! Try to imagine, just for a moment, how you might place handcuffs on a large and insane acting man in a similar circumstance?

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89814 David Thomson Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:39:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89814 "They don't even attempt to cuff him. This wasn't four 100 pound weaklings trying to subdue a champion athlete. The violence is gratuitous." I strongly disagree with your opinion concerning the so-called gratuitous violence. Nonetheless, let's have people arrive at their own conclusion. Here is a link to the tape: http://tinyurl.com/yrky67 “They don’t even attempt to cuff him. This wasn’t four 100 pound weaklings trying to subdue a champion athlete. The violence is gratuitous.”

I strongly disagree with your opinion concerning the so-called gratuitous violence. Nonetheless, let’s have people arrive at their own conclusion. Here is a link to the tape:

http://tinyurl.com/yrky67

]]> By: Terry Gain http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89813 Terry Gain Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:53:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89813 The tape is available on line. It looks like there are about 6 cops. Four of them stand around him as he is on his knees and then side. They are kicking him and hitting him with their nightsticks. They don't even attempt to cuff him. This wasn't four 100 pound weaklings trying to subdue a champion athlete. The violence is gratuitous. The tape is available on line. It looks like there are about 6 cops. Four of them stand around him as he is on his knees and then side. They are kicking him and hitting him with their nightsticks.

They don’t even attempt to cuff him. This wasn’t four 100 pound weaklings trying to subdue a champion athlete. The violence is gratuitous.

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89812 David Thomson Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:36:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/09/16/the-ojness-of-it-all/#comment-89812 "I have been aware of and wary of the leftist media for 35 years. This conservative saw him beaten to a pulp with my own eyes." Excuse me, but I also saw the same tape---numerous times. Rodney King was stoned out of his mind and fighting the officers. He is a very big man and can easily harm someone. King was not 5"1 and weighing 120 pounds! The response of the police was not overly excessive. “I have been aware of and wary of the leftist media for 35 years. This conservative saw him beaten to a pulp with my own eyes.”

Excuse me, but I also saw the same tape—numerous times. Rodney King was stoned out of his mind and fighting the officers. He is a very big man and can easily harm someone. King was not 5″1 and weighing 120 pounds! The response of the police was not overly excessive.

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