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This McClinton is such a liar! and a traitor, and a crook, and I just hope the jury can see through this bunch of men, including the detective with the "dimples" and the D.A.
They all wanted a piece of O.J.! the fame and easy money, Vegas police wants the fame and glory of "getting" O.J. when California couldn't. What kind of trial is this? Why all this waste of money? There was no kidnapping! There was no robbery! Just a set up for dumb O.J.!

The playing of the McClinton tape backfired big time on
the prosecution and showed huge contradictions in his
own testimony and I feel helped impeach him.
Rogerasked him specifically about two things OJ stated
on the tapes.

1/ Oj saying you sure looked menacing in that room.

2/ OJ asking McClinton… ” you didn’t pull your piece
out in the hall did you ?

When McClinton was asked why OJ had said this he said
OJ wanted to make sure the gun wasn’t seen on the
surveillance cameras.

If OJ was concerned about the surveillance cameras how
can anyone believe that he said to McClinton out in the
hallway before entering the room..”Take out your piece
and look menacing when going into the room”

I think McClinton got the idea to say OJ said this before
entering the room from the conversation on this tape which
was made AFTER the incident at the Palace Station. By this
time OJ knew there were guns in the room from the media
on the radio saying he was involved in an armed robbery and
from having talked to Riccio who also told him guns were
there.

In order to get his deal with the prosecution, he had to
give the prosecution something that said OJ knew he had
a gun and order that it be shown. So he put together these
two statements made on the tape, and came up with OJ saying
out in the hall before entering the room.. ” Take out your
piece and look menacing”.

By the way why wasn’t McClinton also charged with providing
a weapon to somone not authorized to carry a concealed weapon
to commit a crime.

I don’t think it can be any clearer that McClinton took it
upon himself to play the bigshot in this whole thing and
bring a gun and pull it out. He is the one in the room acting
like Joe Thug and a character in a bad “B” movie , shouting
orders to everyone and yelling threats. You can tell by his
demeanor on the stand he likes to be “THE AUTHORATIVE FIGURE”.

His testimony reeks of someone trying to save their own
behinds from LIFE in prison to a measley 1-6 yr jail term.But
like Alexander is hoping for probation.

this whole case has a cast of characters,,,some of who is believable, some of who are not,,, mcclinton in my eye looks like the typical thug,, and i agree with some folks,, some of his testimony he said he was the one saying stuff and not oj,,,,,,,,,,,,gabe grasso is a wonderful attorney but i would have prefered yale galanter on this cross,,,, he seems more like a bulldog goin after what he wants out of his witnesses,, to bring out the liars in them,, all of them taped recorded this event,, to make money,, bottom line,,,,,,, and i hope oj walks on this one,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, not guilty verdict,,,,,,,,, and no one held anyone there under duress,, even the victims didnt appear like victims,,,,, it was a stupid ,assinine situation that went wrong just to get oj's stuff back,,,,,,,,and as for the goldmans,,, let it rest already,,,,,,,,,, stop going after oj,, makes you seem desperate,,,,,,, you were estranged from ron for a long time which was brought out in the trial,,,,,,,,,,,,even the brown family does not want any part in revenge, ,or money matters,,,, they even criticized the goldmans for this,, let ron rest in peace already,,,and mr. goldman you and your daughter just want money,, we shall see what the defense brings to the table,,, when the prosecution rests,,,,,,,,,,,,, thats if they didnt do that by now,,,,,,,,,,

I don't care if the guys with The Murderer were thugs and thieves – hey, that's what The Murderer is, after all – convict this monster and put him away before he goes on another murderous rampage.

And God bless the Goldmans.

The real point that your commentator fails to bring out is why did OJ elect to robbery when he had legal recourse? This blunder will put him in jail for thinking he is above the law. By the way the commentator should report not comment on legal issues. Her bias is sickening.

For the sake of argument, let's use a football analogy here:
You are in a room with 8 of your friends watching a football game. 6 of the people in the room are rooting for one team and the other 3 are rooting for the opposing team. Every one is talking and shouting and having generally loud conversations. Now the next day, can you tell me who was standing next to you, what they were eating or drinking, what team they were rooting for and what exactly did they say during the whole game? Now, can you tell me what everyone else in the room was doing at the same time? Eg. where was everyone standing at any particular time, did the referees make the right calls, was everyone in agreement that the winning team won because of great playing or bad calls by the ref's., what was any particular person talking about at any given time? Do you think every one that was in that room will say the same thing you did? Or is everyone lying because their story does not match yours? Oh, and all of this is being recorded so you can listen to it and match up voices with faces and who said what and who did what and why that person did what they did......
Now, how does this work for this case? Even the prosecutors and defense don't agree with the transcriptions of all of the recordings that came out. You can't understand half of what is said on them. All of the people in that room were affected differently. Whether they are victims or co-defendants. I understand it is the defense' position to make all of the witnesses out to be falsifying testimony and they are just trying to get the truth. But with 9 people involved, we will never know the real story behind this whole incident. But from what I am reading here, it seems that some of you believe that only O.J. is capable of telling the truth. Whether O.J. asked McClinton if he had the gun out in the hallway or if he told him to take it out and look menacing, only means that O.J. knew he had a gun. Also, Stewart has appealed to get his trial seperated from O.J.'s because he is sure that if he gets convicted it will be because of O.J.' history and not his own doing. Maybe the other co-defendants felt the same way. Even if they had elected to go to trial, they could still have been called to the witness stand to testify against O.J. so taking a plea deal did not get them any more sympathy from the prosecution than a trial would have. And I believe that O.J. and Stewart were offered some sort of plea deal if they would admit guilt on their part for this incident. But it was their decision not to take it. They have a right to a trial by jury and chose it. The others also had the same right and this does not mean that they are any less guilty than O.J. and Stewart. Maybe the others believe that Nevada has enough evidence to convict!!!!

The Judge is LAZY, un-professional and Helps hide the fact the McClinton was never told to bring a gun. That state sided with the real criminals and she is trying not to get that fact out. The people of the state are going to hang them for spending all this money.

Maybe they can find a suitable place for Oj, like under the jail?????

One point that was overlooked is that Mclinton said he didn't have a gun at the time O.J asked him when he showed him his CCW. Now, did O.J asked him to bring it IF he can? Or not to forget to bring it since he did mention that he was going home to change clothes?
I personality think Mclinton took 'Menacing' as bring the gun with you since he said OJ asked for 'the boys' for security. It was Mclinton's idea to smooth things out (make the process goes without interfering) by bringing the gun. There was no reason for O.J to say 'no guns' if he knew the boys were loaded. He would have more likely said put back or down your guns.
But POLICE/FBI were to blame by not responding at this the first place they were called about O.J's memorabilia being auction without his permission. They would have go collect them, handle them to O.J which eventually the story would have been on the news and the Goldman's would have claim them.
Now that is what I call JUSTICE. But I guess the authorities have a different plan.
But the law's of the land can never outruled the laws of the heaven.
They always come down crushin..!

WHY IS IT THAT OJ IS THE ONLY ONE TELLING THE TRUTH! THERE
WAS A CRIME COMMITED PERIOD. LOOK WHAT HE HAS CREATED FOR ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLED! NOT ONE MENTION OF THAT. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT HIM.
RON IN BURBANK CALIF

mcclinton said he showed his permit in the room that he had gym clothes on . permit in wallet !!!! when the cops broke down his door permit was there with gun and he was out of town. He got cought in a major lie there and if i was a jurior i would through out his testemony

Since when can a defendent be forced to take the stand and testify
against someone else who is also on trial (during the same trial)
and incriminate themselves.
McClinton never mentioned OJ told him to bring a gun to the police
unti he got his sweetheart deal of PROBATION..
All he told them was he wanted him and Alexander to come along
as security.
He got the idea of saying the word menacing from the night after
the incident at the Little Budha restaurant.. McClinton just charged
it to being said out in the hall of the Palace Station , as to be...
take out your gun and look menacing..
With all the securities cameras why would OJ tell him to take it
out in the hall .
How interesting nobody , not one of the people involved , testified
that they heard this statement being made in a crowded hall .

This guy is an out right liar trying to save his own skin.
If the police department want to get OJ, they need to do it the right way.
This is not the right way. These characters are all lying crooks who are trying to save themselves by throwing them a big fish.
All of these guys are looking to make money off of OJ.
Riccio and Fromong and any of the others making money with books, tabloids, TV shows, etc., should be made to donate the money to a charity, not the Goldmans, but a charity randomly selected.
If OJ was not there, none of this would have made it to trial or TV.
I don't care what Mr. Ford says. This was a situation where a lot of guys played Alpha Male, acted thuggy, had big mouths that got out of hand. The real crooks if you are truly honest with yourself is Riccio.
Next in line would be either or both of the men selling OJ's things without a receipt showing they owned it, especially his mother's things.
That would burn anyone up. All the other guys except the one with the gun, just got caught up.
The judge is probably shopping a book, tape, or TV show around Hollywood like the Anna Nicole Smith judge. She has a terrible disposition and she has left the door wide open for an appeal.
She has enough experience to see bull**it when it comes into her court room and she knows those guys are all bull**it.

First of all, I agree with John Murphy, the host should just report what is going on and not give his or hers own opinion. It is really funny how everyone but OJ says he saw a gun or guns and why would OJ ask about a gun permit if he didn't want any guns there. OJ is nothing but a murdering liar. By the way, has he found the person that killed Nicole and Ron Goldman. OJ said that he wouldn't stop looking until he found the murderer. I guess he looked in the mirrow.

What did McClinton have to gain, going to help OJ....Nothing!!!!
Didn't he only meet OJ that week-end? Just another football fan in awe of OJ SIMPSON.
When he comes to his senses, and realizes how stupid it was, of course he gives up SIMPSON...who Wouldn't????

Jami, you defend the devil in hell if he'd hire you to be his defender. You probably already have.

kim AMEN............

Poor OJ. Why's everybody pickin' on him? This trial in Nevada is taking precious time away from OJ and his "Primary Purpose in Life;" finding the true killer or killers of His Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Let's get real here people. Anyone that thinks that OJ did not know or want the guns involved in that robbery, and yes it was a robbery beyond any doubt, is living in a fairy tale land. Beardsley testimony convicts OJ beyond any doubt. Beardsley had no ax to grind but his
9-11 telephone call clearly shows there was an armed robbery and OJ orchestrated the whole thing. Hopefully, the jury is not color blinded this time.

All I can say is the prosecution is dead wrong and having these crooks testify is senseless. They are trying to get away with robbery and only way to pin this is on OJ. Believe me i'm not a supporter of O.J. but this is a total use of money for a trial that shouldn't have been. You listen to the cops on the recorder that they were after O.J. and this trial has nothing to do with the 1994 murder. I feel so sorry for the Goldman family and of couse nicole simpson who lost her life along with mr goldman's son. But this should've never went to trial.
I predict O.J. will walk.

Fact 1. OJ recruited his group. Fact 2. Two in his group had guns. Fact 3. OJ and his group entered a hotel room and forceable removed property at gun point. Fact 4. OJ and his group committed a felony, armed robbery. Fact 5. OJ is guilty and should be convicted. Beardsley 9-11 call more then substantiates these facts. Hopefully, this jury will judge the case based on the obviously convicting evidence and not on the color of his skin.

Jami, this "OJ can't possibly be guilty because he's black" act is really starting to wear thin.

OJ Simpson should have been put in prison for murder years ago, and everyone knows it. Maybe, his free ride is over and he will finally get the punishment he deserves for his actions. He is the only one responsible for them.

ps, sorry about my spelling, it was suppose to be look in the mirror

Maybe things would be clearer if OJ would stand up for himself in a court of law. I'd love to hear his side of the story from his mouth. This trial is like a kids game of telephone. No-one gets the right information at the end. Maybe instead of sitting and rolling his eyes and shaking his head he should tell what happenend from his standpoint. If he could sit on a witness stand and be believable maybe everyone could give everything a rest. So why won't the defense ask him to do so....possibly because he is unable to defend himself believably.... If the jury is as confused as I am....OJ walks again.

Today Counsel (Grasso) did a real good job in exposing Michael McClinton's character by putting doubts in the heads of the jurors as to the credibility of McClinton. Grasso got skills. I like his style. Not only did he twist McClinton up in his testimony, he exposed McClinton's bad conduct to the jury. If then McClinton is an individual of sound charactor, why does he have so many alaises? McClinton falalsified documents to the DMV in order to obtain a driver license, among many other things a reasonable person would not do!

Further, when Mr. Grasso asked McClinton if he knew what a "snitch" was and what happens to "snitches" when they go to prison, was a question asked for a reason. McClinton sounded like a "new nut" when he answered Mr. Grasso. But for all the dirt McClinton's done in the past, it's "snitching" which has kept his behind free and not locked up. You know we all got skeltons in our closet whether we admit to it or not, but McClinton got monsters in his closet. In my opinion his crediability is shot

Does anyone know what day the gun permit was obtained by McClinton? Also who is paying for Stewart's defense.

I can hardly wait to hear Jami's lament about OJ's testimony because these crooks have tried to hang poor ole OJ. Everyone knows OJ absolutely would not lie and he is an upstanding citizen in every sense of the word. Problem is, OJ will NEVER subject himself to the scrutiny. It's just too easy to sit in his seat by counsel and blow his lips out and talk to himself. Jami, you have commented on the character of each of the previous witnesses and I would LOVE to hear what you think about OJ's integrity. It's too bad the jury can't watch BEST DEFENSE cause you sure are trying to help OJ out, but then you MIGHT influence public opinion. You have repeatedly said OJ is being persecuted because of his murder trial. When people believe that justice has been thwarted, as many did in his murder trial, they believe that maybe he should have tried to abide by the law instead of robbing people (I assume you do believe he robbed them but if not, I would surely like to know what YOU call it). Even if it is your persona to defend OJ, it is kind of pathetic to try to separate OJ's character from his compadres. I believe OJ has dangerous tendencies and if you as a female don't believe that then you didn't hear the 911 tapes of Nicole.

I'm sure the DA will give Osama Bin Ladin a plea deal to get OJ Simpson.

This is a very deceptively titled column ... it ought to be called " For the Love of OJ". OJ is as guilty as sin. Armed robbery. I'm not an officer of the court ... I don't have to reserve judgement. "Innocent until proven guilty by a court of law" .... -that does not mean we (citizens) are to cast aside common sense and facts. More recently this column described a witness escorted into the courtroom in shackles as the most trustworthy witness and as a witness with nothing to gain (by lying). Can I get water with that? -I'm finding this (column) all too hard to swallow.

I really don't care who was in the room or who did what, however, once the statement was made "everyone against the wall, no one leaves the room" OJ could have called the whole thing off but did not. He knew that someone had a gun.

This witness obviously w/his background of falsification of something as necessary as HIS TRUE IDENTITY (NAME) not ALIASes, cannot be taken seriously for a witness to the TRUTH in saying to us that OJ "told" him to bring a gun.

Implications are he (either knowing or not knowing his own lack of interpretation skills per his personal lack of character for honesty), made his own decision before hand to "be backup" by BRINGING HIS GUN..HIS (McClinton's, if that's his real name)... DECISION ONLY!

What are they going to do to the people who stole the items?I think they should receive some punishment also.This trial is just window dressing for the public.You already know whats up.They could'nt get him first or second time,so hang him know right?

I still did'nt see were he told him to bring a gun he said he had on shorts oj ask did he have his gun he said NO oj said i want you to come with me.At no time did he say oj told me to go home and get my gun. I think that a question the lawyers should've askl

Armed robbery is just that armed robbery. Doesn't matter if it's your stuff or not, there are better ways to reclaim your own property, for example, the court system. DAH. When you hang with the dregs of society, what does that make you? OJ did exactly what he intended, to rob and steal stuff he'd given away to someone to sell, then didn't get any money quick enough, so he decided to steal it back. And, by design, he got a bunch of thugs to help him, knowing they wouldn't be credible onthe stand because of their background. How credible is OJ???? He's been in court more times than most of these losers.

this is just wrong to many lies .

All the guys that made a deal did not do a bad thing.They just went to help O.J. They did not make any money O.J. just used them.O.J. should have done it by the law. Just get the police and nobody would be in trouble. I think O.J. thinks he is above the law. He did not even pay his judgement he was ordered to pay. But he can hire three lawers. How much is this costing him? Are these lawers doing this free? Hope to here from you.

Mrs.Jami Floyd I sure hop your wrong about O.J. walking. Do you know something that everone else don't. I hope he don't walk he should obay the law. He should have got the police to do what he did. You must like O.J. How is he paying for his case? I heard he was broke.

I think o.j was to mad to see a gun or see what everyone else was doing. like everyone said he was just going off about his stuff.

I hope OJ gets what he deserves in prison. He is a sociopath murderer and I agree with murphy...the bias is sickening. If "THE JUICE" gets off this time, I will lose all faith in our justice system.

Just set him free on probation already and stop wasting the taxpayers money. That probably the only thing they are going to do to him ayways just to avoid another useless riot. Doesn't make any sense to see African americans getting pissed off about a verdict and then going out and destroying their own neighborhoods. The ghettos and hoods already look like crap anyways so why not go out and make your hood look a little bit more like a garbage laden drug infested rat hole anyways. Always helps to bring down the property value of your hood. ò¿ó

CALAHAN, WHAT DREAM WORLD ARE YOU LIVING IN? DID YOU NOT HEAR HE ASKED THE AUTHORITIES TOO HELP HIM AND THEY REFUSED.. YOU DUMB BUNNY!! CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS..DANG!

Jami, You and O.J got something goin ?

Bearsley should have never called 911 if they were friends and if he didn't want to get OJ in trouble. GIVE ME A BREAK!! It would have never been known by the world and we would not be blogging about this. He is like the mob guy that takes the heat hoping to be taken care of after doing the time, after all he is unemployed. They should all do time because this was a crime plain and simple and if not just for being stupid little thugs playing security and robbers.

I think you have all these guys trying to see who can flip first.They
are all out to make money off of OJ(tape Recorders) I think Riccio
was the the biggest rat in the whole pack . He started it all.
This should never have gone to court. The comments the officers
made on tape show what they were thinking.

Mr. McClinton is nothing but trouble. I think he is only out for himself and probably brought the gun with him – not because he was asked by OJ but, because he decided to do so on his own. Some people do things to look big and dangerous for themselves.

It is quite apparent that Jami Floyd is an O.J. sympathizer as she does everything she can to sway the publics opinion to not guilty.
What happens if 5 guys go into a bank, with the intent to rob it, and only one of them has a gun? They are all treated equally in the court of Justice! So why try the "he didnt know anyone has a gun card"?

You wouldnt be saying this if it was anyone else!

I believe him

Kim ........ You are Sooooo Right!!!!!

When I said "I believe him"...I was meaning McClinton!.....All this was OJ's doing......hope he goes down for this 1......watch it be a hung jury!.....it sure wouldn't surprise me!.......has been above the law like most celebrities....What a shame, sometimes, about our justice system!

13 yrs. to the day . could other forces be at work here. Time to pay

Just heard the verdict.

All I can say is that we should've expected MOB justice form this Kangaroo Court from a town built by the MOB.

Our Constitution guarantees a speedy trial PLUS the right to be tried before a jury off our peers: I hardly think an all white jury in a MOB town qualifies as a jury of O.J.'s peers!

The State "bought " witnesses with promises of reduced sentences or immunity from prosecution. What's the difference between offering a witness freedom from spending the rest of his life in prison if he testfies for the State, and offering him something TANGIBLE like money?

O. J. Simpson got the same sort of Kangaroo Court justice that James Traficant got in Cleveland. Coincidentally, both MOB towns.

I'm one of the old bloggers from the criminal trial. I never forgot Simpson's physical abuse of his wife. I even attended the civil trial on a daily basis so as to track every word of his hoped-for punishment and financial ruin. You can't abuse, kill or steal at will. There are laws. This jury got it right: for Simpson and for all of us.