Marc Lamont Hill Says O.J. Simpson ‘Killed Two People In Cold Blood’ But His Acquittal Was ‘Necessary’ In ‘Racist’ Legal System
CUNY professor and media personality Marc Lamont Hill weighed in on the life and legacy of O.J. Simpson on Thursday by arguing that while Simpson was guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, his acquittal was “necessary” because of the “racist” American legal system.
“O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood,” began Hill. “His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system. But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.”
O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system. But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) April 11, 2024
“Saying he left the black community and admitting he is a m*rderer but believing he still deserves black criminal immunity is wild,” replied one befuddled commenter.
“I never said that. The witness was caught lying. That raises legal doubt. That’s why the verdict was proper. Regardless of race, the system has to be fair,” shot back Hill.
I never said that. The witness was caught lying. That raises legal doubt. That’s why the verdict was proper. Regardless of race, the system has to be fair.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) April 11, 2024
Hill went on to further explain his position when another commenter asked how such a result was “correct and necessary when [Simpson] killed two people in cold blood?”
“Because of the state failed to meet its burden. A racist police officer created reasonable doubt because of his lies and documented racism. This is how the system is supposed to work. There’s no exception for people you don’t like,” he replied.
Hill is presumably referring to Mark Fuhrman, an LAPD detective who worked on the Simpson case and investigated the crime scene on the night of the murders. On the witness stand at Simpson’s trial, Fuhrman lied about whether he had used the N-word in the preceding 10 years and tapes were introduced to prove that he had perjured himself.
Those tapes also revealed that Fuhrman had at one point claimed to have treated Black Americans violently. Another witness testified that Fuhrman had once said that if he had his way, “all the n****** would be gathered together and burned.”
Simpson’s defense attorney Johnnie Cochran referred to Fuhrman as “a lying, perjuring, genocidal racist” in his closing statement.
