O.J. Simpson left a tangled legacy as an athlete who inspired young Black men and a controversial murder case that encapsulated the “psychology of Black and white America,” former Minnesota Vikings player Jack Brewer and legal expert Ford O’Connell told Newsmax on Thursday.
In a joint interview on Newsline after the announcement of Simpson’s death from cancer at the age of 76, Brewer and O’Connell reflected on the legal and social nuances of Simpson’s infamous murder trial the ended in 1995.
“O.J. Simpson on the football field was one of the greatest to ever do it,” Brewer said. “You’re talking about a man who rushed for 2,000 yards when they only played 14 games. … so he was literally before his time when it came to athleticism.”
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