The issue of law enforcement incompetence and misconduct was much in the air, and Mr. In that unfolding drama, the defense had pointed to a series of blunders by the Los Angeles police and prosecutors. Garland took control of the legal side of the case the next morning. “That was exactly what we wanted to avoid.” Garland wanted the bombing case to unfold, and decades later he was still repelled. This undignified spectacle served as a photo negative of how Mr. The bombing took place on April 19, 1995, at a time when the former football star’s criminal trial, which began that January, was a national obsession. Garland last year about the Oklahoma City bombing, it was the first thing he mentioned. The skit lasted less than a couple of minutes, and it’s been largely forgotten - except by the attorney general of the United States, Merrick Garland.
It was a (sort of) funny sendup of the way those connected to the double murder trial had suddenly become famous. Jay Leno’s “Tonight” show featured a ragged chorus line of black-robed hoofers meant to resemble Judge Lance Ito, who was presiding over the trial, as well as a look-alike for Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor. The Dancing Itos were a lesser pop culture legacy of the O.J.
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