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13 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Yosi Yahoudai
Some pinned the outcome on clever lawyering; others on the still-raw memories of the Rodney King verdict — but in many ways, the case was as much about the LAPD’s reputation as it was about Simpson’s guilt or innocence. [read post]
15 Apr 2024, 5:20 am by Michael C. Dorf
That view was a product of centuries of American racism but also what were then very recent events.Before Simpson's case, the decade's racial politics were defined by the brutal police beating of Rodney King, the shocking acquittal of the perpetrators, and the likewise shocking riots that ensued in Los Angeles. [read post]
13 Apr 2024, 5:00 am by Yosi Yahoudai
It wasn’t merely that Simpson was a wealthy celebrity, or that he had fled police, or that he was arrested by the same law enforcement agency whose officers had been caught on camera beating Rodney King. [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 10:04 am
L.A. rioted when police officers were acquitted of assaulting Rodney King. [read post]
29 Mar 2021, 9:40 am
Simpson’s criminal trial for the murder of his ex-wife. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 9:54 am by Steve Davies
Rodney Frelinghuysen (N.J.), Frank Wolf (Va.) and Charles Dent (Pa.). [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 9:17 am
Simpson, the Los Angeles police officers accused of assaulting motorist Rodney King and actor Robert Blake, acquitted of murdering his wife, are among those whose state court records would be sealed in California if the state adopted a law closing records on criminal acquittals. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 3:57 am by California Stem Cell Report
The newspaper, located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, quoted John Simpson, stem cell project director of Consumer Watchdog of Santa Monica, Ca., as saying, "I think it's crazy. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 10:55 am
Throughout the course of the weekend, I also caught up with my roommates, Carolyn Elefant (@carolynelefant) and Nicole Black (@nikiblack), as well as Andy Simpson (no Twitter username for him—he's a Twitter curmudgeon!) [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 3:27 pm by Anthony Wright
  Remember Mark Furhman—the cop in California who lied about using race in his interrogation techniques during the OJ Simpson case.How about the cops that beat the blood out of Rodney King and would have gotten away with it had they not been on camera? [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 8:52 am by Seth Borden
Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Kay Granger (R-TX), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Jesse Jackson Jr. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 1:55 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
While these three Dems all deserve recognition, one could easily have identified Republicans - like James White, David Simpson, Konni Burton or John Smithee - to add to their list. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 8:00 am by Cassandra Stubbs
Additionally, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay to Rodney Reed after a groundswell of public opposition clamored against his execution in light of powerful new evidence of his innocence. [read post]
18 May 2010, 7:54 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
***Wheeler, as a Delaware person and 2005 grad of Caesar Rodney High, made KYW local news on 18 May 2010. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 11:22 am by Michael Markarian
Lawmakers voting no on the amendment:  Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ),  Kay Granger (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jaime Herrera Buetler (R-WA), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Scott Rigell (R-VA), Martha Roby (R-AL), Hal Rogers (R-KY), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Chris… [read post]