OJ Simpson Case Still Racially Divides Americans, Says Political Analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that the O.J. Simpson Las Vegas robbery and assault case still racially divides Americans. He's the walking, talking epitome of the seemingly eternal racial divide in America.

The instant Las Vegas police slapped the cuffs on him it was as if time stood still again. During the murder trial a majority of whites raged that Simpson was a murderer and they were horrified that he might waltz away scot-free. Their worst fear was realized. Meanwhile, the same polls showed that a majority of blacks raged that Simpson was victimized by a racist criminal justice system and prayed that he'd be acquitted. They got their wish.

Hutchinson contends that O.J.'s Las Vegas escapade has changed nothing. The same polls, the same questions slanted in black and white, and the same predictable result. In a September Associated Press-Ipsos poll the overwhelming majority of whites said O.J. Simpson would get a fair trial but still thought he was guilty. The majority of blacks said just the opposite.

The Simpson case punched too many social, racial, and emotional hot buttons for it to ever slip to far off the public radar scope, Says Hutchinson, Simpson in a Las Vegas docket insures that.