“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin said Friday that many Black Americans were relieved by O.J. Simpson’s acquittal because of their frustration with the American justice system, adding police officers had killed more people than he had.
Simpson died of cancer on Wednesday at age 76, known for his football prowess but moreso for his arrest and infamous double murder trial that dominated 1994 and 1995. His acquittal remains one of the most controversial trial moments in American history, exemplified by the racially divided reaction at the time.
On ABC’s “The View,” co-host Joy Behar said “everyone still can’t stop talking” about Simpson’s death, recalling, “It was like a phenomenon when it happened, the trial of the century, the Bronco chase, the not guilty verdict. All of these things made people crazy.”
Behar later went on to ask, “Why do people see it through such different lenses do you think? I mean the guy had a bunch of …