Post Netflix Documentary Thoughts
I just finished watching the new documentary on Netflix, “American Manhunt, OJ Simpson.” I almost didn’t watch it because I’ve read and seen just about everything you can when it comes to this case, but I really recommend watching it. I have always felt really strongly about this case, and I think it’s one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in our country’s history. Here’s a few things I liked about this doc:
They don’t sugarcoat it or make it seem like he was a good guy who possibly got framed. He was an abuser, a liar, and a cheater. They went into detail about his many assaults on Nicole.
They included the witness accounts from both the guy who saw OJ disposing of something in the airport trashcan and the woman who saw him fleeing the scene in his bronco right after the murders. These are key details that do not fit into the “racist cops planted evidence” theory.
His agent shared the details of their conversation after the trial, where OJ basically tells him he did it. It bothered his agent so much that he quit the next day.
I can see how people got wrapped up in the excitement when this first happened and they just picked a side, but it’s blatantly obvious he did it. There’s no other logical explanation for his exact shoe prints at the crime scene, the DNA evidence all over his Bronco and his property, the eyewitnesses, the stalking and violence in the past, and his many lies and inconsistencies with his story. They showed him exactly as the person he was, not who his clown lawyers painted him as. I know he’s looking up at everyone now, fuming, as we all finally get to see the man he really was.