TV channels everywhere cut to footage of O.J. Simpson's white bronco speeding down a California freeway evading 12+ police cars and 5+ helicopters?

The reason I ask is because over the weekend the significant other and I curled up on the couch and Netflixed the entire season of:

"The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story"

(we watched the entire series in just about a day and a half). Yes, we are sick.

The series was fascinating in that it brought back a lot of memories... memories that I hadn't given much thought to since that time as I was just a little tyke back then. However, after seeing the footage again it reminded me how much that day had been burned into my brain. I remember it like it was yesterday, well not quite yesterday, but I remember it quite well.

Where was I at the time?

I remember being in the living room with my pops watching a basketball game, I believe it was an NBA finals game but I can't say for sure. Suddenly, the game was interrupted in the middle of it's coverage, the feed was cut to a police chase taking place in California. The first thing I remember seeing was footage being shot from a helicopter of a white Bronco driving down the freeway with a line of police cars following in pursuit behind it.

The news casters were saying it was O.J. Simpson and he was being pursued for his involvement in the Nicole Brown murder case. At the time I didn't really know much about O.J. other then he was a football player and I had seen him in the Naked Gun films but that was about it. I didn't know exactly how big of a star he really was...

Next thing I knew my neighbors were barging in the door and gathering around the TV set going on and on about how unbelievable this car chase was and how they couldn't believe it was O.J. that was doing this. Some were even chanting "run juice run!"

At the time I couldn't really understand what it was I watching, but I knew it was big. I was more pissed that this stupid car chase was interrupting my basketball game and not only that but the chase seemed to go on forever. I kept thinking to myself, why don't they just shoot out his tires or someting?!

It wasn't until several years later did I fully grasp what it was that I had witnessed that day but apparently my subconscious had recorded it anyways. It wasn't until watching this serious over the weekend did I really get to delve into the facts of the case. It really was a fascinating case and a fascinating story which obviously goes without saying.

It was a sad story for just about everyone involved and I am not entirely sure whether justice was served or not. Either way though, there are only a handful of events that have been recorded in my brain's hard drive and for some reason, that event was one of them...

What about you guys, do you remember what you were doing when the O.J. Simpson car chase broke the news?

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I was living in Hollywood at that time, watching game 5 of the NBA finals -- Knicks / Rockets with a bunch of other NY'ers... They cut to the chase and only showed the game in the corner of the screen -- we were freakin' out!

Haha I think that was the same game I was watching! I knew I was watching some basketball game...

I was in venice beach around that time and remember the whole shocking story I followed for months so well. I had no idea there is a series. I also remember a flamboyant so called "socialite" girl who was hanging out with us a few times, telling me she knows that he loved smoking crack and it was quite clear it was him killing his wife. I thought the same......

Wow that is interesting... you should watch the series if you get the chance!

I will try to find it . I am in Europe now. I could get into more details but there were girls hanging out with him . Don't mean to gossip but this man got off the hook and I could not believe it .

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Absolutely, I do. I was standing outside of my girlfriend's house in the driveway. I don't remember what my girlfriend and I were doing at the time, but suddenly her mother came outside and said, "You have to come in here. O.J. Simpson is being chased down the highway by police. It's all over the news."

I come from a family of Bills fans and grew up with an autographed picture of my dad shaking O.J.'s hand on my wall, so this was a big deal. I had to explain this recently to my Japanese wife when they did an expo on TV over here. She was engrossed in the TV show and I asked if I remembered this court case. I was like, you're not even going to believe this. That man's autograph was framed and hanging in my bedroom for years.

That is unbelievable... it must have been more unbelievable to you at the time!

For some reason this story makes me think of the intro to the movie The Goonies, lol:

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Do you remember what you were doing when...

TV channels everywhere cut to footage of O.J. Simpson's white bronco speeding down a California freeway evading 12+ police cars and 5+ helicopters?

"The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story"

Where was I at the time?