Where were you when O.J. got acquitted?
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I was having a yogurt after medical microbiology. I knew he'd be acquitted so I shook my head and said meh and finished my yogurt and then went to the toilet and took a leak.
Freshman year at UNI, in the dorms. Everyone had their windows open and a vast array of reactions echoing around the quad.
OPs moms house releasing my own verdict
I don't recall but I definitely remember the Bronco "chase" with Al Cowlings and where I was.
I was walking through the Iowa Memorial Union and stopped by a tv when they were about to announce the verdict. I remember people cheering when they announced not guilty.
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The floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange. It is the only time I can remember that the ticker stopped during trading hours.
Yeah, it was definitely not a big enough event to remember where I was.
I think the only 2 events where I can remember where I was is 9/11 and the Challenger explosion
Grade school.. the l grade above us was able to watch the verdict together in classroom and so did pretty much the entire school, except for our grade, we were eating lunch when the kids from the grade above entered the lunchroom and announced the news of not guilty.
Fr. English class in Thee Fort Dodge, IA. Lots of perplexed looks on everyone's faces when the not guilty verdict came in.
Columbia tearing apart on reentry was another and, oddly, I remember where I was when I was told Elvis had died. 🤷♂️
I had recently moved to NJ and was working a contract in Westchester Country, NY. I believe I was at work, and everyone went to the break room to watch it. The thing I most remember is the shocked look on Kardashian's face, who I suspected was the one who threw out OJ's bloody clothes.
Yea I remember this much more than the verdict. It was during an NBA Finals game (Rockets-Knicks I believe) and I was pissed that they broke in to the game to cover the Bronco chase.
7th grade. We combined with the class across the hall to watch the verdict. Pretty white, Conservative school so lots of scoffs. Let's face it though, he was guilty AF.
BTW, the Cedar Rapids Kernels had just won an excellent baseball game and my dad and I were driving home from that to watch World Cup '94 and the NBA Finals when we heard the chase on the radio, and the TV stations were dominated by it when we turned on the TV at home.
BTW, the Cedar Rapids Kernels had just won an excellent baseball game and my dad and I were driving home from that to watch World Cup '94 and the NBA Finals when we heard the chase on the radio, and the TV stations were dominated by it when we turned on the TV at home.
Roaming around Elmendorf AFB (JBER) as a green Airman lost for the "acquittal".
Same, I don’t remember when he was acquitted. But I remember we were visiting one of my aunts in Minneapolis when the bronco chase interrupted the nba finals.
In line at OP's mom's house when I asked why she's letting all the black people go to the front and she said she's sticking it to whitey since she's 2% black.
Some place on base at Offutt where they were broadcasting the verdict.
I completely missed the Bronco chase. Didn't have the TV on, and it was pre cell phone and Internet. It was like a different world.
I completely missed the Bronco chase. Didn't have the TV on, and it was pre cell phone and Internet. It was like a different world.
Middle school science class, I think 7th grade. We stopped class to tune in and watch.
At the time I didn't think he was guilty but on further reflection of it, I think he was the prosecution and the police just completely blew it.
At the time I didn't think he was guilty but on further reflection of it, I think he was the prosecution and the police just completely blew it.
My Dad was a criminal defense attorney. He said that at the time watching it. They made elementary errors, like the glove demonstration, bringing Mark Fuhrman on the stand, etc.
806 east college street Iowa city. Shitty AUR apartment.
Those where the things that I was thinking of that killed them.
I also think the LAPD didn't handle the evidence completely by the book either. That was a lesser problem but if you are potentially charging a rich dude with a crime you need the cops to do everything exactly by the book. Because if you don't the defense has the talent and the resources to find every minor mistake you made and point it out to the jury. And when the cops investigating look bad the whole case starts to look bad.
I was in the drive thru at Arby's and the people inside started cheering. The window guy told me. I can only imagine the look on my face when he told me. He had a big smile and I did not.
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A friend lived there. Yes, AUR sucked but I think the current companies maybe suck more.
I was about 20 working at an electronics/appliance store in Tallahassee. Every TV in the place was showing the verdict. Half the place cheered and half groaned.
I was on lunch break from work. I was a few minutes late getting back, but it was timed pretty good.
I was 35.
I was 35.
I was on my way back to work from lunch. Sat in my car to listen to the verdict. I was stunned.
Hey I lived there too, late 2000s. Suffice it to say we did not get our security deposit back.
We watched it in class. I was in 7th grade at Harding Middle School. GO CHARGERS!
