Where were you during the OJ Simpon verdict?

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
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The ID network is currently showing the "Trial of the Century" from 20 years ago (dang it's been that long). The OJ Simpson trial was the most costly trial in California history. I remember when the verdict was being read that I was at work and our whole office was huddled around the radio. Half of our office cheered and the other half were in shock. I was in shock. Even funnier now that I think about it, is that many people were "paging" each other after the verdict.

How about you?

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  • Leonidas_meets_Spartacus
    Leonidas_meets_Spartacus Posts: 6,198 Member
    In the prison
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    I think was home actually watching it...and probably about to go play a summer baseball game.
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    8th grade History -- or Social Studies...whatever they called it back then.

    We watched it in class.
  • sissiluv
    sissiluv Posts: 2,205 Member
    Probably in preschool/daycare totally not caring because I had no idea it was even happening.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    IN!! b4 ninerbuff locks it for being divisive:flowerforyou: :wink:

    To answer....I worked evenings back then.
    I followed the trial most days.
    The verdict....
    Wow it's been 20 yrs already!?

    eta...spelling
  • StraubreyR
    StraubreyR Posts: 631 Member
    I don't remember where I was for the trial verdict, but I remember where I was when the "car chase" was going on.

    I was in a bar, there was a big screen TV behind the band tuned to the chase, and the band played Hey Joe and dedicated it to OJ. *laughs* Hard to believe it was that long ago.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    It was the summer between my junior and senior years of high school and I remember I had the day off from work, so I was sitting on the sofa simultaneously drawing, watching, and talking about it with my dad who was sitting in his recliner nearby.
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    At work (phone tech support), somebody read a new blurb on AOL about the verdict. I said, "Huh... go figure." and went right back to whatever I was doing. I knew about the trial and the build-up, but really didn't give two $h!ts about it.
  • DainaLC
    DainaLC Posts: 18,937 Member
    I remember it like it was yesterday, I was delivering my second son! :)
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    If the thread doesn't fit, you must acquit.
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    Well this isn't divisive at all.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I was working as a Physical Therapist Assistant when the killer was set free. During the chase I was at the Jersey Shore watching it with dh. Does anyone remember the "fake" ID witness who called the tv station and made a Howard Stern reference at the end saying "And Ba Ba Booey to y'all." I was DYING as I was a huge Stern fan back in the day!
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Was actually outside of my high school with the entire school because of a bomb threat. People had their car radios on waiting for the verdict. The verdict came and some cheered, some boo'd. A riot nearly broke out. It was nuts.
  • ValeriePlz
    ValeriePlz Posts: 517 Member
    8th grade home room!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    If karma plays a role, the deaths of Johnnie Cocharan, Robert Kardashian, and the demise of F Lee Bailey (disbarment) certainly seem to go against the verdict.

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  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    If karma plays a role, the deaths of Johnnie Cocharan, Robert Kardashian, and the demise of F Lee Bailey (disbarment) certainly seem to go against the verdict.

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    Exactly!:devil:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I was in the military...I was rehabbing my back and on light duty and driving a base shuttle van. I heard the verdict on the radio.
  • JTUSAFRet
    JTUSAFRet Posts: 28 Member
    At work, in shock but karma definately played a role, he is where he should have been 20 years ago, in prison!
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I was 4. This thread is full of old people.

















    :tongue:
  • CrusherKun
    CrusherKun Posts: 353 Member
    Lunch line in High School.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I was 4. This thread is full of old people.

















    :tongue:

    :angry: Stop or I'll hit you with my cane and throw my Depends at you!
  • bethfartman
    bethfartman Posts: 363 Member
    I was in my fifth grade classroom, our teacher put it on the radio. Wow, I haven't thought about that in forever.
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    I was doing a post-partum home visit during nursing school and the client's tv was on. I can't believe I've been a nurse for that long.
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    I was 5.
    Most likely playing with toys.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    I was 4. This thread is full of old people.

















    :tongue:

    :angry: Stop or I'll hit you with my cane and throw my Depends at you!
    And I'm sure I have a pager I can throw at him!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Along with some LP's!!!!

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  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    He did it!!!!!!!
  • jennifries227
    jennifries227 Posts: 113 Member
    Third or fourth grade... I remember our teachers pulled out a TV and had us watch it live. Then used the entire trial as a lesson for teaching us about the Justice system.
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    I was in kindergarten.
  • sassycraftyfit
    sassycraftyfit Posts: 31
    7th Grade English Class. We listened to the verdict on the radio.

    How crazy is that, though, that class stopped so we could hear the verdict of a murder trial. When does that ever happen nowadays?!
  • stamdl
    stamdl Posts: 1
    I was at a workshop full of CPAs. They actually wheeled in a TV into the lunch banquet room and we all watched. How bizarre is that?

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