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On June 17, 1994 celebrity and NFL player OJ Simpson had failed turn himself in to the LAPD in connection with the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

He was spotted on the 5 Freeway in the back seat of his friend Al Cowlings’ Ford Bronco, sobbing and holding a .357 revolver to Cowlings' head as he drove.

Simpson's former football coach John McKay pleaded on the radio for Simpson to surrender. While watching the events unfold, Tom Lange realized he had Simpson's cell phone number and managed to connect to him. Eventually Simpson was talked into surrendering.

The chase ended at 8:00 pm at his Brentwood estate, where 27 SWAT officers awaited. After remaining in the Bronco for about 45 minutes, Simpson exited and went inside for about an hour; a police spokesman stated that he spoke to his mother and drank a glass of orange juice.

Inside the Bronco, police found $8,000 in cash, a change of clothing, a loaded .357 Magnum, a United States passport, family pictures, and a disguise kit with a fake goatee and mustache.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

How does this rank in terms of (in)famous highway chases from police? I'm asking because I've seen this scenario in the Simpsons, I think, and other fictional shows and I am wondering how much of a reference to OJ these are

[–] setsneedtofeed 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Very famous and recognizable, at least for people old enough to have seen it happen live. It has been referenced in South Park for sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I love SP! I'm going to rewatch that episode :D

[–] camr_on 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Easily #1. It's probably the only one most people think of when they think "police chase"

[–] aeronmelon 7 points 11 months ago

The words "police chase" always make me think about The Blues Brothers before anything else.

[–] xpinchx 6 points 11 months ago

Or "Bronco" tbh

[–] LesserAbe 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Definitely #1, although I do think about the guy that was joy riding a tank, think it was in San Diego. It was on one of those "wildest police chase" TV shows and they kept playing the same clips over and over, the tank running over cars and stuff like that. Also not sure if it really counts as a police chase, but there is the kill dozer.

[–] camr_on 2 points 11 months ago

That's true, the killdozer does live prominently in my memory.. I guess not as a police chase? It kind of is though

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Unless Trump tries to run for it in his limo, I think it’s pretty safe to assume the OJ chase in the Blanco Bronco will remain the most famous of all time.

[–] StorminNorman 14 points 11 months ago

It has to be close to number 1. I'm Australian and was only 9 at the time, and remember watching it on tv back in the day. The only other ones that have really stood out like that to me are the ones that end with the driver committing suicide on live tv...

[–] LemmyIsFantastic 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

FWIW, I cant recall a single other person's name from a car chase, but I have this entire day on recall. What I was doing, the incident etc. I've only got that with one other day. 9/11.

OJ was a huge household name, LAPD was beating prime left and right, racial tension was at an all time high type explosion. And Internet wasn't a thing but 24 hours news was, that brown bronco was on repeat for months, y maybe a year until that trial was over.

[–] skydivekingair 16 points 11 months ago

Brown Bronco? Is this a Mandela Effect, I clearly remember it was a White Bronco, and the photo this looks white as well…

[–] Tier1BuildABear 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's simply the number one car chase ever, with Bullitt pulling up the rear

[–] Subverb 1 points 11 months ago

Bullitt chase scene is a close second though.

[–] Subverb 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I was 30 when this went down. It's hard to overstate what an impact the events and subsequent trials had on the American phyche at the time.

It had everything. Murder, California, cars, celebrities, sports figures, wealth, lawyers, drama galore for ~~months~~ years to come.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great points! Also, "if the glove don't fit, you must acquit". That kind of reducing an issue to a single point and putting a catchy spin on it seems rampant in political messaging and advertising these days

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In the 1860s, the practice of lying, misrepresenting, and focusing on catchy and lurid topics was known as “yellow journalism.”

The phrase was later shortened to “journalism.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I believe that's factually incorrect. "Yellow journalism" became a known term circa the mid-1890s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism#Etymology_and_early_usage). Meanwhile "journalism" has essentially meant what term means today from an earlier time and has a different etymology:

journalism (n.) "business of writing, editing, or publishing a newspaper or public journal," 1821, regarded at first as a French word in English, from French journalisme (1781), from journal "daily publication" (see journal); compare journalist. (https://www.etymonline.com/word/journalism).

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 11 months ago

I was borrowing a joke from “America, The Book.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Part of the reason they don’t sell new Broncos in white. I just pulled that out of my ass, but realized I haven’t seen a new white Bronco yet.