[lbo-talk] Cops, was Po,,,i

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Sep 30 18:48:11 PDT 2009


Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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> Or, to follow Jordan's lead on the OJ saga, we can reference Chris
> Rock who, on the occasion of OJ's acquittal said: "black people are
> too happy, and white people are too mad." A pretty astute observation
> I thought which got to the heart of how both endlessly forgiving and
> wild eyed accusatory opinion were often inspired by other factors
> besides the case's raw details.

I think this misses the point of the OJ trial. You had two felons, OJ and the Los Angeles cop. You culd not punish both, but it is more important to punish racist cops than punish murderers. The jury made the right decision in a tricky situation.

Carrol



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