# OJ a Suspect in Vegas Break-In **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214 "2007-09-14T18:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/61 "2007-09-17T22:19:46Z")
With all these great links available, apparently what happens in Vegas \*DOES NOT \* stay in Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/62 "2007-09-17T22:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Funniest quote from the article: “I’m O.J. Simpson. How am I going to think that I’m going to rob somebody and get away with it?” [/QUOTE] I like the second part, where he says he’s only taking back what’s his so therefore it’s not robbery. Because, you know, breaking in with guns in hand is OK if you’re just taking what’s yours. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/63 "2007-09-17T22:45:26Z")
OJ’s back in the news? Why won’t he go away? I always enjoyed Chris Rock’s take: “That shit wasn’t about race… that shit was about fame. If O.J. wasn’t famous he’d be in jail right now. If O.J. drove a bus, he wouldn’t even be O.J. He’d be Orenthal the bus driving murderer.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/64 "2007-09-17T23:21:17Z")
So, any bets how long it’ll take _Law & Order_ to rip this one from the headlines? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/65 "2007-09-17T23:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] So, any bets how long it’ll take _Law & Order_ to rip this one from the headlines? [/QUOTE] Well the book (“If I Did It”) was announced in November, 2006, with resulting controversy, and the _Law & Order_ episode about the book aired in February, 2007. So I’m guessing we’ll see an episode about this latest development by December. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/66 "2007-09-17T23:49:45Z")
[QUOTE=SpoilerVirgin] Well the book (“If I Did It”) was announced in November, 2006, with resulting controversy, and the _Law & Order_ episode about the book aired in February, 2007. So I’m guessing we’ll see an episode about this latest development by December. [/QUOTE] Paging Dick Wolfe! Dick Wolfe, to the White courtesy phone… “Oh, Dick! You Been Juiced…! Ah-ha…!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/67 "2007-09-18T00:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Paging Dick Wolfe! Dick Wolfe, to the White courtesy phone… [/QUOTE] Playing the race card _already_? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/68 "2007-09-18T00:32:03Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Playing the race card _already_? [/QUOTE] That’s Vegas…! It just isn’t a simple Black or Red issue. Sometimes the ball lands on a Zero. Like OJ… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/69 "2007-09-18T00:33:22Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I hope he goes to prison, all the prison “pretty boys” get a crack at him, and he dies in a prison killing or riot . . . . [/QUOTE] Pssst, **Annie** , “pretty boys” aren’t usually the ones who _gets_ the cracks. **Jackmannii** , I read it that way too. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/70 "2007-09-18T00:36:43Z")
The JP says he was concerned about the flight risk. > [@](#): > > Justice of the Peace Douglas Smith, who made the decision to hold Simpson without bail, was “concerned about the flight factor” and because Simpson had no ties to the Las Vegas area, said Judge Nancy Oesterle, who addressed reporters on Monday. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20819336/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20819336/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/71 "2007-09-18T01:08:26Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] The JP says he was concerned about the flight risk. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20819336/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20819336/) [/QUOTE] This makes no sense. It’s not like he’s got a history of fleeing, right? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/72 "2007-09-18T01:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] This makes no sense. It’s not like he’s got a history of fleeing, right? [/QUOTE] Not very fast. What he has is a history of moseying. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/73 "2007-09-18T01:53:12Z")
[QUOTE=marshmallow] OJ’s back in the news? Why won’t he go away? [/QUOTE] I hope he goes away too-for at least thirty-five years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/74 "2007-09-18T01:54:28Z")
I think every cop, judge, and prosecutor in this case is going to bend over backwards to show how VERY FAIR they are in NOT JUDGING MR. SIMPSON for his alleged past crimes, and as a consequence softball him. Everyone thinks he is going to get a royal screwing because he got away with murder (allegedly). Don’t you think his lawyer is looking for anything at all, up to and including O.J.'s breakfast eggs being slightly runny as evidence that the justice system hates him? And who wants to be the Mark Fuhrman in this case? NOBODY. My bet is that O.J. cuts a deal for no jail time… any takers? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/75 "2007-09-18T03:10:44Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] I was hoping they would do another Naked Gun movie, with a whole bunch of really tasteless jokes about OJ. Don’t put him in the movie, just mention that he’s investigating the murder of his ex-wife at the golf course or something. Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] No, no, put O.J. in. But this time, make him do his own stunts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/76 "2007-09-18T03:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=jtgain] My bet is that O.J. cuts a deal for no jail time.. any takers? [/QUOTE] A pint of Sierra Nevada says he does at least a year. The case seems solid so far, and there is no race card to play, no outrage about a “beloved sports figure getting railroad by The Man.” Now it’s just a person everybody knows is a killer getting popped for armed robbery. Nobody will come to his defense, no matter how blatant the shafting he gets. Fuck him. I hope he rots. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/77 "2007-09-18T12:19:22Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Not very fast. What he has is a history of moseying. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the laughs! Did anone else wake up to news about OJ being arrested and Hillary’s health care and wonder how they got back to 1994? ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/78 "2007-09-18T12:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Thanks for the laughs! Did anone else wake up to news about OJ being arrested and Hillary’s health care and wonder how they got back to 1994? [/QUOTE] Yes. I’m glad I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/79 "2007-09-18T13:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Paging Dick Wolfe! Dick Wolfe, to the White courtesy phone… [/QUOTE] No, sir, the white courtesy phone. It’s the next one over. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214/80 "2007-09-18T13:36:46Z")
I work with a black guy, who is yes, a nasty racist. His response, “They’ll get him on the something. Always picking on OJ.” It’s really no surprise coming from him, but damn, take off the blinders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-a-suspect-in-vegas-break-in/419214.md?page=5)