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@deilann @mekkaokereke Exactly. Which which is pretty much what the response was from most white folks and the national media at the time. Rodney King riots we understood. OJ, not so much. Partially because of coverage ignoring LA police history.

I'm the 58 year old child of white, southern, civil rights activists. I knew how racist the judicial system was in Mississippi, where I grew up. I assumed northeastern cities and the west coast were far better. I was very wrong.