No More Pulp
Whether you thought O.J. Simpson should have been arrested after the first domestic violence call, the surreal trial that distracted a nation or the subsequent public "Fuck y'all! I'm free!" events that became the norm, today was justice.
And in true Death Proof fashion, the man many had (unsuccessfully, mind you) tried to paint as some ruthless, vicious killer turned into a pile of mush:
Just to be clear here: I think O.J. did beat his wife and he should have went to jail for it instead of signing autographs for the visiting officer. I don't think he killed his wife or her lover because, quite frankly, he's too stupid and spoiled to murder them in the fashion they were found. I do believe that this exoneration made him think that America as a whole was pulling for him and wanted to see him free (nah, it was really racial payback for the Rodney King beating). And because of this belief, he thought he had a blank check to show his ass and rub everyone's face in the fact that he was a free man. In the end, it was arrogance that brought this man down.
But this also proves something: if you really want to get a celebrity (sports, politics, TV, music) to apologize for real, sentence them to jail.
P.S.: It almost goes without saying, but Fred Goldman is happy with the results.
And in true Death Proof fashion, the man many had (unsuccessfully, mind you) tried to paint as some ruthless, vicious killer turned into a pile of mush:
Shortly before the sentence, Mr. Simpson, wearing a blue prison jumpsuit, his arms handcuffed in front of him, made a surprise statement in which he told Judge Jackie Glass of Clark County District Court: “I didn’t want to hurt anybody. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong.”“I stand before you somewhat confused,” Mr. Simpson, his voice breaking, said in the rambling statement in which he uttered the word “sorry” at least four times.
Judge Glass seemed unimpressed, “The evidence was overwhelming,” she said before pronouncing sentence first on one of Mr. Simpson’s five accomplices, Clarence Stewart, 54, and then on Mr. Simpson himself.
Just to be clear here: I think O.J. did beat his wife and he should have went to jail for it instead of signing autographs for the visiting officer. I don't think he killed his wife or her lover because, quite frankly, he's too stupid and spoiled to murder them in the fashion they were found. I do believe that this exoneration made him think that America as a whole was pulling for him and wanted to see him free (nah, it was really racial payback for the Rodney King beating). And because of this belief, he thought he had a blank check to show his ass and rub everyone's face in the fact that he was a free man. In the end, it was arrogance that brought this man down.
But this also proves something: if you really want to get a celebrity (sports, politics, TV, music) to apologize for real, sentence them to jail.
P.S.: It almost goes without saying, but Fred Goldman is happy with the results.
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