O.J. Simpson's arrest in the Charleston Massacre, a biblical response to prejudice.

This is Dr. Jim Denison's Daily Article podcast for Monday, June 17, 2019.

25 years ago today, O.J. Simpson was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend

Ron Goldman. This, after police followed Simpson and his best friend Al Cowlings in Simpson's

white Ford Bronco through the streets of Los Angeles, an estimated 95 million people watched

the slow driving chase unfold on television. On October 3rd, 1995, Simpson was

acquitted of all charges. In a civil trial, two years later, he was found liable for several

charges related to the killings and sentenced to pay $33.5 million to the victim's families. Some of his property was seized and auctioned,

but most of the judgment has not been paid. After the 1995 verdict was announced, a CNN poll

found that 62% of white Americans believed Simpson to be guilty, while 66% of African Americans

believed him not to be guilty. A further window

into the racial divide, 58% of African Americans believed whites considered Simpson to be guilty

because of race. Only 20% thought they did so because of the evidence. 60% of the whites

believed African Americans who considered Simpson

to be not guilty based their position on race. Only 23% thought they did so because of the evidence.

Today also marks the fourth anniversary of the Charleston shooting. Dylan Roof, a 21-year-old

white supremacist, stood up during closing prayer

at a predominantly black, Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,

and began shooting. He killed nine parishioners. At 10.45 a.m. the next morning, police took

Roof into custody. Tonight and Wednesday night only,

a documentary about the shooting titled Emmanuel will be shown at theaters around the country,

featuring interviews with survivors and family members. It weaves together the history of race

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