JC and the OJ

While I am sure for some of you, my title made you wonder what Jesus Christ had to do with Florida's finest crop, but that is not where I am going.

We had a lively debate at work today that was started by a disucssion of Johnnie Cochran's death. Yes, that JC, the man who will forever be famous for the line, "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit". Argue the merits of having to defend the various scum of the Earth later, one has to admit that Johnnie did his job right. The prosecution did a lousy job in the OJ case.

Johnnie's case was also buoyed by the fact that they had a proven and admitted racist on the case in the LAPD (actually, easier to list who was NOT racist as many cases since have proven). Also, everything was volatile as light (thanks to technology) was finally shining on the dark practices of the LAPD. So, right or wrong, the extra burden to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that OJ was guilty of violently and viciously murdering Nicole and her lover (don't even start, NO ONE returns sunglasses from a restaurant personally to someone's home) fell on an inept prosecutor.

Just as imitation is the greatest form of flattery, in celebrity circles, parody has the same weight. Johnnie was parodied a lot but none better than "Jacky Chiles" from Seinfeld. JC....get it?

The last thing I will say is that besides the absurd OJ case, Johnnie was already known for taking on cases of racial discrimination. That fight is a long, hard, seemingly never ending one. The cause has lost a great fighter in that respect. Condolences to the Cochran family. Rest in Peace, Johnnie.

Peace.
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