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99.999% of the time, it would be about him being black. But this is that rare exception. The guy has money and can afford a lawyer, he just doesn't want to. And he's being denied bail only until he meets with the judge for his other case. He's the only one of the people indicted who tried to fight FBI agents. The rest are still dumbasses, but not that particular flavor of dumbass.
He fucked around. This is the find-out stage.
If you think they won’t treat him differently just because he has money, then you’re mistaken. I was wrong in why he was denied bail, I admit that. But having money means nothing to the justice system when you’re black.
I'm not saying he won't be treated differently because he's black. All I'm saying is that I'm this particular instance, being denied bail is 100% predictable when you get into fights with FBI agents, and being denied a public defender is 100% predictable when you have plenty of money to afford a lawyer.
What happens from here? I don't know. But what's happened so far is exactly what you'd expect to happen with anyone in his position.
Situations like this really demonstrate the concept of intersectionality. The justice system will absolutely treat him differently because he has money. He will likely be treated poorer than a white person with money but he'll unquestionably be better off than than a black man with no money in the same situation. If nothing else when he inevitably goes to prison he'll have money to put on his "books" to buy things from the commissary. To say having money means nothing ignores decades (lol centuries) of evidence. There's no war but the class war.
Tell that to OJ
Well, he should see that he does not drop the soap in the communal shower...