CNN introduced some controversial protection of the demise of former NFL participant OJ Simpson, on a number of events struggling to convey why individuals have been joyful he was acquitted within the double homicide of his spouse Nicole Brown Simpson, and her buddy Ron Goldman.
Correspondent Stephanie Elam was first out of the blocks together with her evaluation Thursday afternoon.
Elam, a local weather change analyst for the community, appeared to suggest individuals have been thrilled to see that OJ, as a black celeb, might get away with homicide.
“It’s also just worth noting how much was impacted by this trial, Jake, as so many things happened. We saw policing changing here in the city,” she started.
“And it’s also worth noting because of that unrest, that racial unrest in the 90s, that is why so many people who may not have been invested in OJ Simpson were just happy to see that someone who was rich and famous and black, could get away with …” Elam continued, stumbling for a second, “… what other people did in the system as well too.”
JUST IN—CNN’s Stephanie Elam reporting on OJ Simpson’s demise by chance mentioned the quiet half out loud:
“So many people were just happy to see that someone who is rich and famous, and black, could get away with… er … what other people did in the system as well, too.” pic.twitter.com/7j4zPCUlo5
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 11, 2024
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With Friday, got here a brand new day. A recent begin for CNN of their protection of OJ Simpson. Nevertheless it didn’t get significantly better. In reality, commentator Ashley Allison made issues worse together with her evaluation.
Allison asserts that whereas OJ was clearly not a social justice warrior, he did symbolize the black neighborhood. Why? As a result of his victims have been white.
“I cheered, I was happy. I don’t think I had a concept of like who was guilty and who was not,” she mentioned noting she was solely within the eighth grade on the time OJ received off.
“It was so racially charged because of what had happened just before with Rodney King, but also just how black Americans feel about policing.”
“It’s not like O.J. Simpson was the leader of the civil rights movement in his era. You know, he wasn’t a social justice leader,” Allison explains.
“But he represented something for the black community in that moment in that trial, particularly because there were two white people who had been killed,” she states. “And the history around how black people had been persecuted during slavery. There were just so many layers.”
WTF: CNN Contributor suggests black individuals recognized with OJ as a result of he ok*lled white individuals.
“[OJ] represented something for the black community in that moment, in that trial, particularly because there were two white people who had been k*lled.”
These remarks are insane.… pic.twitter.com/zJHNDJ0I7t
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 12, 2024
Fascinating Evaluation
OJ Simpson, 76, died at his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday after battling prostate most cancers. CNN failed miserably in attempting to convey why his acquittal for the violent homicide of his spouse and her buddy was celebrated by some.
Or possibly they succeeded. There actually was a big contingent of people that have been joyful to see him ‘get away with … whatever’.
And an equally giant contingent who needed him to get away with it as a result of it could be a victory over the police, victims be damned as a result of they have been white.
Marc Lamont Hill, a former CNN contributor fired for his previous excessive feedback, additionally raised eyebrows along with his tackle the OJ Simpson case.
“O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system,” he wrote on X.
“But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.”
Allison and Elam appear to disagree.
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