OK, let me state for the record I'm not an OJ Simpson relative, friend or even supporter. I am though, relatively speaking, reasonably a friend of the down-trodden and disadvantage and I am a supporter of justice in all aspects of our life. So how in the hell in 2008, can OJ Simpson be going to trial in front of a jury of his "peers" and the whole jury is white??? Come on! I know a railroad job when I see it coming and I don't have to hear chuga-chuga, wooo wooo!In the Nevada, Simpson and a group of associates allegedly stormed a room at the Palace Station Hotel-Casino, brandishing weapons, to retrieve memorabilia largely related to the former football star's sporting career that he has insisted was stolen from him.
Simpson has insisted he did not know that anyone had guns and said he never saw weapons. Four of the gang, including the two who carried firearms, have struck plea agreements with prosecutors for reduced prison sentences in exchange for their testimony against Simpson.
"If you are here thinking you are going to punish Mr. Simpson for what happened in Los Angeles in 1995 this is not the case for you," This is what judge Glass said Monday to the potential jurist.
She went on to say, "I mean really, truly, folks,". "I'm not kidding around. Can you put that aside and understand that the case we are trying here and the info you're going to hear about here is totally separate from that case?"Now all that sounds pretty empty to me, when you then say to me, in all of Las Vegas, our justice system can't find one Chinese, Japanese, Hispanic or African American to serve on this trial? Vegas is suppose to be a legal and fair gamblin' town but this jury game is fixed. Can you say change of venue? Anything?
Once again I'm not saying OJ was right or wrong in his actions. What I am saying, is that this jury selection is indicative of abuse and how unfair African Americans and people of color are treated under U.S. law. And that is the only reason we say, "Free O.J."
