Friday, November 13, 2015

OJ Simpson- "Who will police the police?"

"Who will police the police? You will police the police!" - Johnny Cochran
I thought this quote from Johnny Cochran during the OJ case was somewhat brilliant and also a little unfair at the same time. It was a brilliant way to lure in the jury when it sparked a lot of feelings about the police. This wasn't necessarily referring specifically to the OJ case but more bringing up the past how the LAPD has continually gotten away with injustice. Cochran took this chance to persuade the jury to get even with the police and not let them get away with this incident and all of the past incidents they had caused. I felt like this phrase specifically referred to Rodney King since the police were all freed and they were acquitted. This was the people's chance to not serve justice to the legal system by not letting them have their way, even when majority of the evidence suggested that OJ was the killer. I felt it was unfair in a way to not persuade the jury just on the evidence supporting the case. They took advantage of the feelings people had once had in the past about the police and brought those same angry feelings back into this case to help feed to their side.

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