Where were you June 17th, 1994? Like 9/11 when the towers came crashing down, you recall what you were doing at that time. On June 17th, OJ Simpson tried to flee LA where he was a person of interest after murdering his X-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman. The former NFL running back and Hollywood actor had 95 million people watching from home as he and former NFL player Al Cowlings led Police on a low speed chase on a freeway in LA. Regular programming was interrupted being the NBA finals, to show the guilty as sin aka the Juice trying to make a run for it in his white Bronco. Simpson would have his day in the court room with his dream team of lawyers led by the great Johnnie Cochran who got him acquitted on all charges. Simpson had his freedom but paid out of pocket in the civil trial that followed the criminal case. At the age of 61, Simpson would see the inside of a cage for 9 years for armed robbery charges in Nevada. In the end, the Grim Reaper used cancer to invade his prostate & end the Juice at the age of 76.

OJ Simpson, who is Orenthal James and nicknamed The Juice, was one of the best running backs on the gridiron of all-time. Simpson’s college days on the west coast he played for USC during the late 1960’s, and he won a Heisman trophy. He then was picked number one overall in the 1969 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills. During the 1970’s playing in the frozen tundra of Buffalo, Simpson was that team for that decade. He was the face of the Buffalo organization that did not really have any good teams for Simpson’s work on the ground carving opposing defenses every week with his rushing skills. Simpson would be the first running back to rush for 2,000 yards in one season, which he did that in 1973. Back in the 1970’s, the NFL only played a 14 game schedule so it makes that accomplishment even more special. Simpson was awarded the MVP in that 1973 season. He played 11 seasons in the NFL, 9 with the Bills and two back home on the west coast with the 49ers. Simpson was a 6X pro-bowler. After his career, he was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame. Simpson, like Bill Cosby, had that personality that everyone liked. Simpson would be the pitchman for Hertz Car Rental with commercials that went nationwide. He took on the role of football commentator for Monday Night Football for the NFL after he hung up the spikes. He then dabbled in Hollywood taking on a nice part on the big screen in the Naked Gun series.

On television, Bill Cosby and OJ Simpson were reliable, but off the cameras they were real life monsters.

The murders of OJ Simpson’s X-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman were brutal knife stabbings. Someone with pimped up hostile feelings built up until they exploded. The Simpson trial was an absolute circus from the television cameras to the country divided on racial colors. It was the trial of the century that had all the hot points like race, gender, domestic abuse, money talks with celebrity justice, and then the Police conduct and mishandling of evidence.

Then the prosecution led by Marcia Clark making OJ try on the gloves. Which Johnnie Cochan turned into one of the top lines in this entire saga: “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”

The gloves ended not fitting as it was one of the multiple victories portrayed by Simpson’s dream team defense. All the evidence was there for Simpson to be put in jail for life. The 911 tapes of his X-wife Nicole Brown calling the Police on him multiple times did not play a factor. The prosecution dropped the ball. Then we are left with Simpson going free on October 3rd of 1995. Months and months we had to stomach the Kardashian family and his pool boy out of work actor, Kato Kaelin.

The best thing against rich people is to bleed them dry. What comes around goes around is the mentality that plays a factor in this botched trial. OJ Simpson probably had to pay big money at Menards for his dream team of lawyers. He also had to pay through the nose with the lawyers who took the civil trial. Simpson would end up losing 33.5 million that he had to pay the Brown and Goldman family. This is the best revenge you can get for these celebrities who think they are untouchable. Why did Simpson serve 9 years in a Nevada prison? Trying to get his own sports memorabilia back from a collector as Simpson and others came in guns blazing in hotel room to get his stuff back. What kind of element do you find that would really help him out with such a crazy plot. Simpson probably sold the the memorabilia in the first place. Simpson being jailed. Simpson losing money will not bring two of his kids’ mother back. It will not bring Ron back to the Goldman family. It shows the past can catch up to even one of the best running backs in football.

The news learning that OJ Simpson has died trumped this circus once again for the world to talk about. Some people still say he did not do it. Why did he flee in the Bronco? Some say he hired the mob to take care of his X-wife. I’m sure a mobster is thinking bullet in the head, game over… I’m in and out. Nobody for hire is going to stab their case file multiple times like some slasher movie. If he did hire the mob, then he’s still guilty. Then in 2007, the book If I Did It: Confessions about the Simpson Case and OJ’s interview with him admitting it in a way he would not get prosecuted. Why drudge up old stuff like that and infuriate the Brown and Goldman families. Simpson is not a good dude. He just played a good dude when the camera was rolling. I mention Bill Cosby because he was also a guy when the camera was rolling he was your father or your uncle. Then an obsessed sexual predator when the camera was turned off. This also goes to white, yellow, and brown celebrities are people we should not be the face of any discussion when it comes to peace or wrongful justice in any race or creed or gender. I’m sure most athletes, Hollywood acting guild members, and politicians are horrible people. Many people idolize them and that is the problem when we discuss hatred. I never want to see cancer thrive and kill anyone. Some things in life are more powerful than people like OJ Simpson. Simpson could run, but it ended up he couldn’t hide. His football stories will not be talked about. It’s what he did off the field being a human being that will be talked about in his memory.