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...YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN WHO DID not look forward to hearing the O.J. Simpson verdict [SPECIAL REPORT, Oct. 16] because I was sure another black man would not receive justice. I was overcome with emotion when the not-guilty verdict was announced. I was so proud. At last, justice had embraced a black man. I suddenly noticed that among my co-workers, none of whom is black, not a single person shared my feelings. You could see the disappointment in the faces of two of my female colleagues and the males were strangely silent. Since blacks are always assumed...
...SIMPSON TRIAL...
YOUR REPORT ON THE LOS ANGELES Police Department following the Simpson verdict painted a very misleading and inaccurate picture of the L.A.P.D. and the officers who struggle to maintain order in a very complex community. As a 22-year veteran of the L.A.P.D. and a member of the command staff, I take particular exception to your reference to the "good ole boys who still run the show." Any suggestion that the entire management staff should have been purged when Chief Willie Williams took over implies that those of us who are in positions of authority are resistant to change...
...MATTER HOW MUCH ANYONE LIKES OR dislikes O.J., adulation does not make him innocent and hatred does not make him guilty. If the people so caught up in this case would separate their emotions from the facts presented, it would be very clear that evidence alone did not prove Simpson's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and that this was primarily due to the mishandling of the case by the Los Angeles Police Department. Whether Simpson is guilty, only he only he knows for sure. But given the multitude of mistakes made during the investigation and the blow...
While O.J. Simpson continues his search for the true murderer and a golf club that will accept him, those courtroom gladiators we have all grown to love over the past 19 months have chosen to share their gospel with the Harvard campus. Perhaps it is their hope to join the long line of dignitaries who speak at Harvard. Or perhaps it is a desire to legitimize themselves in any way they...