January 24, 1995 marked the first day of the events that produced what was nicknamed “ The Trail of the Century” . The first official day of the trial of Orenthal James Simpson versus The People took place in June of 1994 in Los Angeles California when Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found dead outside of Brown’s home. Brown's ex-husband O.J was the first to be notified and questioned upon his return from his Chicago trip. Soon after Nicole’s funeral Simpson failed to surrender to the charges and lead police on a high-speed chase down the 405. After the chase, and much pleading and debate, Simpson “peacefully” went into custody. Thus began the over year long journey of the trial. In his trial Simpson was represented by Johnnie
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This occurrence sparked an uprising the black community surrounding Los Angeles. Blacks began to destroy their own city, wrecking buildings, businesses and destroying anyone who wasn't on their side. They wanted to send a clear message to the LAPD showing them what would happen if the attacks on their people wouldn’t stop. When the riots were all said and done King walked away with 3.8 million dollars, just a small fraction of what he requested, and the officers responsible walked away with 2.5 years in prison for the violation of Kings civil rights. This marked the end of the LA Riots but it did not stop the blacks from harboring anger and losing any and all trust that they had in the LAPD. By the time the Simpson trial rolled around most blacks in LA had no faith in the integrity of the LAPD. Their judgment was clouded. They felt like anything that the LAPD did involving a black person was corrupted and unjust. And because the evidence that was collected by the LAPD was the apart of the primary evidence used against O.J. no one wanted to believe it was true. The people believed he was framed and that he was becoming another victim of the LAPDs …show more content…
He had a part in collecting most of the evidence used in the trial. He was the first one to attempt to question Simpson at his home on the night of the murders and when no one answered the door he jumped the fence and the bloody glove that was said to have helped O.J. in the murders was found. Clark attempted to use him as prime evidence in Simpsons prosecution. She believed that the evidence that the Fuhrman found (the bloody glove, socks, the blood marks on the Bronco) were clear indicators the Simpson was the one responsible. Soon after Fuhrman was put on the stand the defense went to work trying to paint him as a racist. Furhman was asked under oath by Cochran if he had ever used “the N-word” in describing a black person. Fuhrman denied the accusation. This was soon revealed to be untrue when tapes by screenwriter Laura Hart McKinny were found. These tapes had hours of interviews with Fuhrman where he consistently used the “N-word” to describe blacks. He talked about chants and “advice” that he would give incoming policeman on how to deal with blacks who were arrested. He discussed abusing and mistreating blacks upon arrest. It was clear that he wanted blacks gone. This helped the defense convince the jury that Fuhrman was crooked cop who was out to get
This occurrence sparked an uprising the black community surrounding Los Angeles. Blacks began to destroy their own city, wrecking buildings, businesses and destroying anyone who wasn't on their side. They wanted to send a clear message to the LAPD showing them what would happen if the attacks on their people wouldn’t stop. When the riots were all said and done King walked away with 3.8 million dollars, just a small fraction of what he requested, and the officers responsible walked away with 2.5 years in prison for the violation of Kings civil rights. This marked the end of the LA Riots but it did not stop the blacks from harboring anger and losing any and all trust that they had in the LAPD. By the time the Simpson trial rolled around most blacks in LA had no faith in the integrity of the LAPD. Their judgment was clouded. They felt like anything that the LAPD did involving a black person was corrupted and unjust. And because the evidence that was collected by the LAPD was the apart of the primary evidence used against O.J. no one wanted to believe it was true. The people believed he was framed and that he was becoming another victim of the LAPDs …show more content…
He had a part in collecting most of the evidence used in the trial. He was the first one to attempt to question Simpson at his home on the night of the murders and when no one answered the door he jumped the fence and the bloody glove that was said to have helped O.J. in the murders was found. Clark attempted to use him as prime evidence in Simpsons prosecution. She believed that the evidence that the Fuhrman found (the bloody glove, socks, the blood marks on the Bronco) were clear indicators the Simpson was the one responsible. Soon after Fuhrman was put on the stand the defense went to work trying to paint him as a racist. Furhman was asked under oath by Cochran if he had ever used “the N-word” in describing a black person. Fuhrman denied the accusation. This was soon revealed to be untrue when tapes by screenwriter Laura Hart McKinny were found. These tapes had hours of interviews with Fuhrman where he consistently used the “N-word” to describe blacks. He talked about chants and “advice” that he would give incoming policeman on how to deal with blacks who were arrested. He discussed abusing and mistreating blacks upon arrest. It was clear that he wanted blacks gone. This helped the defense convince the jury that Fuhrman was crooked cop who was out to get