“And it’s also just worth noting how much was impacted by this trial, Jake, as so many things happened. We saw policing changing here in the city. And it’s also worth noting because of that unrest, that racial unrest in the 90s, that is why so many people who may not have been invested in OJ Simpson were just happy to see that someone who was rich and famous and black, could get away with what other people did in the system as well too,” Elam said.

Simpson died on Wednesday at 76 after a battle with cancer.

Simpson married Nicole Brown in 1985, and the pair divorced seven years later. In 1994, Brown and friend Ron Goldman were found dead in her LA home. Simpson was deemed a suspect.

The infamous police chase ensued to arrest Simpson, with Simpson driving a white Ford Bronco on a Los Angeles freeway. He was detained and put on trial for murder.

Simpson was ultimately acquitted by a jury. In 1997, a separate jury found him liable for wrongful death and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages.

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