{"id":297863,"date":"2024-04-13T03:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T08:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/o-j-simpsons-defense-attorney-says-playing-race-card-wasnt-dirty-move"},"modified":"2024-04-13T03:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T08:51:16","slug":"o-j-simpsons-defense-attorney-says-playing-race-card-wasnt-dirty-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/o-j-simpsons-defense-attorney-says-playing-race-card-wasnt-dirty-move","title":{"rendered":"O.J. Simpson&#039;s Protection Lawyer Says Enjoying Race Card Wasn&#039;t Soiled Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"57.1599118943\">\n<section id=\"cb-6dcb0cbc53b0660ec35716f7ac57bfee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240412_822431e08c024c888dcdb1c31223d834\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0d206211-65cc-4fb3-b06e-a644e3339447\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/82\/4by3\/2024\/04\/12\/822431e08c024c888dcdb1c31223d834_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"oj simpson and carl douglas\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6dcb0cbc53b0660ec35716f7ac57bfee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7740ba36a0f6ad1e535bcab02daa0bbb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.3255813953\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/o-j-simpson\/\"><strong>O.J. Simpson<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s acquittal in his 1994 murder trial remains one of the most controversial verdicts to date, but a member of his defense &#8212; the so-called Dream Team &#8212; stands by the strategies they used to get him off.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7740ba36a0f6ad1e535bcab02daa0bbb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2fac95df215bbcfcd745495c785f0664\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Perhaps the most controversial of their strategies was playing the &#8220;race card&#8221; during the trial &#8230; a decision attorney <strong>Carl Douglas<\/strong> defends, claiming both sides knew race would play a factor in the case.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2fac95df215bbcfcd745495c785f0664--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-92864db8529cc9fb03cd91e17baec2af\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3318a6e5-79a7-434c-9f0f-2a47ade2d64e-753240264-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3318a6e5-79a7-434c-9f0f-2a47ade2d64e-753240264-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/16by9\/2024\/04\/12\/a2bc160a6e5c44949ffd9d387b30ac64_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-92864db8529cc9fb03cd91e17baec2af--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c5bb1adb138615ae616c7e78622aff8f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.4158415842\">\n<p>He tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;The prosecution played the race card as well when they brought on a Black prosecutor (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/christopher-darden\/\"><strong>Christopher Darden<\/strong><\/a>) for the first time when the jury was all assembled on the first day of trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c5bb1adb138615ae616c7e78622aff8f--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cb11b0da2cd47e17627df1e6f199da19\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.3129770992\">\n<p>For those unfamiliar, O.J.&#8217;s trial for the murders of his ex-wife <strong>Nicole Brown Simpson<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ron-goldman\/\"><strong>Ron Goldman<\/strong><\/a> came in the aftermath of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rodney-king\/\"><strong>Rodney King<\/strong><\/a> beating, at the hands of LAPD officers &#8212; so, L.A. was already a powder keg when it came to race relations and police.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cb11b0da2cd47e17627df1e6f199da19--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ce5d288c45d6dd6bda5059a670bcdc9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Many criticized Simpson&#8217;s legal team for leaning into the distrust between the Black community and cops, saying the lawyers only did so to secure a not-guilty verdict for their A-list client.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ce5d288c45d6dd6bda5059a670bcdc9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b2a693dfd17fcaf6da18980b9eac0615\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240412_1edfb714164a4066a682b3395a3ddea9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0d206211-65cc-4fb3-b06e-a644e3339447\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/4by3\/2024\/04\/12\/1edfb714164a4066a682b3395a3ddea9_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"oj simpson and Carl Douglas\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b2a693dfd17fcaf6da18980b9eac0615--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5555c28ead667876da4cb8e4e1abaac4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The fact is, it worked, but Douglas fires back at the notion they were &#8220;playing the race card&#8221; &#8230; and instead says they simply presented the evidence as they had it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5555c28ead667876da4cb8e4e1abaac4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d540d14cd214844e75206f02228a41f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Remember, LAPD detective <strong>Mark Fuhrman<\/strong>, who investigated the murders, discovered the infamous bloody glove at the murder scene.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d540d14cd214844e75206f02228a41f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8e621b18e2f4ddee1547d1de489578f5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240412_5e06e5334fa6447098e1637ea90d3eda\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0d206211-65cc-4fb3-b06e-a644e3339447\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5e\/4by3\/2024\/04\/12\/5e06e5334fa6447098e1637ea90d3eda_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"mark fuhrman_sub\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8e621b18e2f4ddee1547d1de489578f5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-83f55a1c7dd682c4c10357f2714e0684\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>O.J.&#8217;s legal team called out Fuhrman&#8217;s credibility by resurfacing tapes of the detective making racist comments &#8212; and suggested he might have planted the evidence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-83f55a1c7dd682c4c10357f2714e0684--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e4b76deda6084fe02d002a6233574ed3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Douglas told us, &#8220;When you are presented with facts suggesting that a primary detective in the case had a racial animus against Black and Brown suspects, and Black and Brown prisoners, so strongly that he wanted to separate from the police department because he couldn\u2019t control his anger &#8230; that had to be an issue that we had to follow and seek to exploit if, in fact, it was true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e4b76deda6084fe02d002a6233574ed3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-58de5a8dddd9f0c0d2c104cba233fa2d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>His bottom line is clear &#8230; the defense team did nothing different than the prosecutors &#8212; simply using evidence to attempt to win the case.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-58de5a8dddd9f0c0d2c104cba233fa2d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4fd71022077ebc680c93b02809f915e5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-iframe-block canvas-iframe-block-permalink canvas-iframe-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4fd71022077ebc680c93b02809f915e5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bac7b5a2118ba32a75649d30084247a3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The jury just bought their &#8220;evidence&#8221; more than what the prosecutors presented, but his point is &#8230; they did what all attorneys do in a trial, and he has no regrets about it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bac7b5a2118ba32a75649d30084247a3--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/04\/13\/oj-simpson-defense-attorney-carl-douglas-race-card-not-dirty\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O.J. 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