'Surreal': Katy Tur's mom who filmed the infamous car chase describes covering O.J. Simpson

O.J. Simpson has died at 76 years old from cancer. Simpson was a former NFL star whose wife's murder trial gripped the nation. NBC News' Cynthia McFadden, Los Angeles Time columnist Patt Morrison and journalist Marika Gerrard, who filmed the famous car chase, join Katy Tur to discuss.
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[@ecamp6360]

Let's not forget that this whole episode spawned the Kardashian nightmare.

[@lazyassbum]

yay

[@dozzer009]

Omg. What a freaking nightmare. Everything we don’t need in society now.

[@emmajones9975]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. This is hilarious

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

Horrific

[@ClaudiusPGreen]

The Kardashian Daughters. Gag me with a spoon, guys.

[@kickinghorse2405]

R.I.P. Nicole R.I.P. Ron

[@RalphLaak]

Satan drafted a new running back today....now he needs someone with bone spurs to serve Gatorade...😉😘

[@Christopher-jk9bj]

Your CORRUPT senile savior😂 with asthma for an excuse will do the honors

[@FlushCut]

Satan?

[@gnlilu6972]

The dumbest jurors. He is a monster. Stop talking about him! He does not deserve any recognition after what he did.

[@petercondos1018]

9 Jurors were black and OJ happened not long after Rodney King verdict and those jurors cheered like most of black Americans did when not guilty rang out . How are things with Joe Biden now ?

[@kevinmalone3210]

It's not surprising all of this is coming to light again, since Simpson died just recently.

[@yvonneplant9434]

WAS. He's dead.

[@junglegems7485]

OJ should not be getting this attention. I don’t give two “Beeps” about OJ. R.I.P. Nicole and Ron.

[@BillySBC]

Totally, the drug-fueled monster deserves to be remembered as the murderer he was.

[@bernardwylie9760]

Yet he is, and at this point, he’s probably looking up (not down) thinking the same thing. But if you can’t make a straight line from the dangers of the cult of celebrity/personality built around him to where we are today, you’re a fool. One of the first famous people to claim the allegations made against him were all a media witch hunt, at least partly because of race…..was OJ 🤷‍♂️. I find it unironic that the public figure most likely to be a provocateur of this notion today almost bought OJ’s beloved Buffalo Bills all them years ago.

[@khadijah8117]

I feel the same way about Nicole

[@daviddavis3389]

Yeh, but millions of US still like OJ!! He did not hurt Nicole.

[@mariej.richard5114]

But he will tho it’s America

[@robertjohnson1681]

The Simpson jury was also heavily stacked. Of the 12 jurors there were 9 Blacks, 1 Hispanic, and only 2 Whites selected. So the jury was 75% black despite the fact that blacks were just 10% of the potential jury pool in Los Angeles county where the case was filed. It was heavily stacked to benefit the Simpson defense considering polling showed that most black people thought Simpson was innocent and most white people thought he was guilty. So even if the prosecution had not made mistakes there was no way that mostly black jury was going to convict OJ Simpson. Especially considering one of the jurors was a former black panther that gave OJ a raised-fist “black power” salute after the verdict was read. No way were they ever going to get all twelve of those jurors to convict OJ Simpson. So much for justice for Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

[@juliemcclain7291]

May Nicole and Ron's family heal and find closure. ❤❤ OJ RIH

[@MothGirl007]

RIH indeed.

[@FlushCut]

RIH?

[@RaymondHng]

@@FlushCut Rest in H - - -

[@Graybeard_]

I came in for some lunch and turned on the news and ended up watching the infamous Bronco chase. I ended up watching the entire trial start to finish. He was guilty. He died a murderer.

[@ElleGen]

I was at a small club with a giant TV screen. Everyone was drinking and watching the screen. It was surreal.

[@Mncrr]

We joked that every white bronco was the Al cowlings edition.

[@TerryFlynn-sd1ho]

He absolutely murdered them and didn't have the decency to admit it even as he died! Good Riddance!

[@larrywong4966]

he murdered two people and got away with it

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

He was innocent. And was proven by the court of law.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@KrishnaSingh-ow1ieHe killed them. The prosecution failed to prove their case. Only innocent technically speaking.

[@774kblake]

OH- NOW I know why the world just seemed a like it's a little better place to live in this morning!

[@joansmit5782]

Absolutely cheered and clapped at this news. God gotcha!

[@LisaPhillips4494]

I was 5 months pregnant with my son when the Bronco Chase happened. I remember it very well☠️

[@_smurfitude]

Robert Shapiro (one of OJ’s lawyers) said: “We (OJ’s lawyers) had agreed to NOT play the race card, but Cochran and Bailey not only played the race card, they played it from the bottom of the deck.”

[@ElleGen]

Everyone remembers where they were during the Bronco case. It was unbelievable. I don’t recall any super famous person ever being tried for murder, and having it all out there on the media. Media wasn’t even that big before the 90s and 00s

[@micheleconner5083]

Yeah,it was. The 60's with the Kennedys,Martin Luther King. Not 24/7 like now,but stations went off at midnight. I think more coverage was given for JFK than Bobby or Martin. But then again, he was president.

[@emmajones9975]

What a shame, this is all he will ever be remembered for

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

He brought it on himself.

[@emmajones9975]

@@bellagirlgirl8827 my point exactly. He could have been a national treasure, but instead he will be remembered as the guy that got away with it.

[@22lyric]

By DECENT people. There are PLENTY of people, like the jurors, that don't CARE that he murdered two people.

[@ThruAWiderLens]

@22lyric Don’t blame the jurors. The State failed to prove its case because their star witness was shown to be a liar. If you blame anyone, blame LAPD for putting him on the case.

[@e-spy]

I went to the dentist during the OJ trial. He was more interested in the trial than his job that day. He ended up calling me later to come back because he had missed something that needed attending to. I was skeptical of OJ's acquittal, and that was cemented when he wrote his book, "If I did it". A man who needed to confess?

[@ersylanellajoy452]

mother daughter journalist " mom what did you think...."

[@jaylm4112]

Hmm so baby politicians do that too they get into it their kids.. and you get like fifteen million a year for your "expertise"

[@sallygray6791]

Her dad is now a woman, and he/her was the voice reporting from the sky.

[@HelHathNoFury1111]

I watched OJ's slow-roll car chase and trial. Guilty AF.

[@mr.a822]

Freaking NBC cut most of game 5 of the NY Knicks vs. Houston Rockets NBA Finals because of the O.J. Bronco chase. SMFH.

[@quill444]

April 10, 2024: After thirty long years, the search for the *Real Killer* finally comes to an abrupt end. 🏃🏼‍♂ 🏈 🔪 _"You Did It, O.J. You Did It."_ - j q t -

[@chrisd.8694]

He melted.

[@turdferguson3475]

My lasting memory of this crime was seeing a group of blacks celebrating the Not Guilty verdict. Simpson was clearly guilty of a brutal crime.

[@coreyo.conner7897]

RIP Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. 👼🙏🏽

[@willisknapick4405]

As for the trial, the most important people in the courtroom were not shown on the screen. That would be the jury. Not everyone was a "star" in that trial. Like it or not, our peers decide cases ultimately.

[@lindaminton]

Nobody on the jury was his peer. He was a rich celebrity and the jury was mostly bitter poor black women that believed the white girl deserved it. Fact.

[@captaincanada5139]

Good Riddance ! Karma Strikes Back !

[@COO415]

Hey dumb-dumb that's not karma. Death closes on us all, good riddance for you & others but that's karma. For me meh! about Juice's passing.

[@AwayGoalRule]

Tur’s voice from the helicopter over LA is such an iconic 90s thing. Legendary.

[@petercondos1018]

Isn't he a she now ?

[@jackrice2770]

Speaking of Greek gods: "Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." Seems applicable here. Object lesson for pretty women: maybe the football hero isn't your best choice for a life companion.

[@power966]

Thank you Mark Freeman. Your racist testimony freed the guy, who said I am not Black, I am OJ

[@JFS-v1r]

Katy Tur is still a stone cold fox

[@FlushCut]

Who?

[@MyPrecious536]

Oh, it fit.

[@micheleconner5083]

Exactly! If that glove had Ben dried flat and oj hadn't of had the rubber glove on,that glove would have fit. I was yelling at the tv,take the rubber glove off! It'll fit!

[@ClaudiusPGreen]

As an athlete, he was one of the greats. (I remember listening on the radio his record-breaking 2,003-yard game at Shea Stadium in ‘71, I think.) As a human being, not so much. RIP, Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. You should not be forgotten.

[@bryankolen7265]

Correction it was 1973

[@ClaudiusPGreen]

@@bryankolen7265 Thank you, @bryankolen7265. I stand corrected.

[@micheleconner5083]

He can't lie and cheat out of his final judgment! Not whishing RIP to him! Hope he doesn't have another restful minute through eternity!

[@johnishikawa2200]

The murderer is lucky that it wasn't Vincent Bugliosi who was the lead prosecutor . And even with THAT jury , Bugliosi would have gotten a hung jury at least , whereupon Los Angeles would have got another crack at him . Ron and Nicole were two innocent young people enjoying the prime of their lives when they were taken from their families by a vindictive and diabolical man who was feeling ' rejected ' and wanted to inflict pain on someone else .

[@sophiabeck3456]

I wish I could say sad. He was a sad soul. Arrogance gets in the way..

[@truesonic669]

I was wondering what Chris darden thinks

[@riobrasilsambashowssambist1453]

Off camera, Cochran told a friend, "O.J. is in massive denial, he obviously did it."

[@wayneblake544]

Wow, I didn't know!!!!! My condolences still go out to the family!!!!!!! 😔

[@quill444]

I'll never forget when my former wife, the mother of our son, started dating another man: I was very happy she had found someone who would perhaps love her better than I did. 💐 - j q t -

[@marcosjuarez7809]

O.J. Simpson and Donald J. Trump are both monsters.

[@sacrificialsuicide8007]

Hahahahaha.Tds at its best.

[@JamesChatting]

And 1/6 was worse than 9/11, right? Lunatic

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@sacrificialsuicide8007Oh, shut up!

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@JamesChattingNo, you are the lunatic.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

@@JamesChattingYou are the lunatic because you don’t know that O.J. Simpson and Donald J. Trump are both monsters.

[@GlennGoryl]

Evil Trumps Accomplishment

[@dirtyfrench2926]

OJ can finally rest peacefully knowing his wife's killer is dead...

[@MJEmjay]

He was someone with great talent but watching the entire trial start to finish......For me, he was guilty of killing his ex wife and Ron. May the continue to R.I.P

[@Totallygrateful777]

So long suckah

[@Gargoyle3438]

It's impossible to control rage, fury. You have to come out of it to some degree to get ahold of yourself. Intimacy is highly charged. Many incidents occur over that. A terrible tragedy.

[@dynamicdave2647]

Wow katy has a good articulate mom

[@RaymondHng]

Both her parents, Marrika Gerrard and Zoe Tur, are broadcast journalists.

[@RDX1981]

OJ best friend : the media

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Remember the Dancing Itos?

[@allenkranawetter9482]

Justice is served

[@williamstafford8248]

Amazing how when OJ was a ROCK STAR MILLIONAIRE he never used RACE.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

- Was Gilbert Garcetti (then-district attorney) _required_ to hold the trial in downtown? - The 2 & 1/2- year trials spawned a batch of courtroom 24-hr channel - and would exert influence upon reality programming, the trump campaigns and presidency, and celebrity trials such as the Amber Heard - Johnny Depp trial a couple of years ago.

[@michaelprivette9847]

How time flies, I remember being 13 years old playing basketball outside at my cousins house, and his parents telling us OJ Simpson was being chased by police, and we went inside and watched ….. I can literally see it like it was yesterday…. I remember thinking….. “that old man, whose football career was long over… killed 2 people…HOW??!!” now I’m almost as old as he was then….. and now realize he was still in GREAT SHAPE!! 😂

[@hangdogit]

Breaking News: A fugitve from justice with orage hair was seen fleeing Manhatten in a White Ford Bronco in a slow-montion chase. He is said to carry his passport and $10,000 in cash...

[@haroldrobinson9631]

I was working at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Georgia at a Sports bar. The whole hotel came to a screeching halt. Everyone was watching the car chase on television.

[@sallygray6791]

Unfortunately, the panels on both side are biased. This is unfortunate .

[@LynnVanEtten-wz3rm]

I remember the chase news and exactly where I was . Fall was bitter

[@jlkitz1775]

He did it. He didn't NOT do it because he was Black, famous, attractive or popular. Or because L.A.P.D. was trash! Peace and comfort to the Brown & Goldman families ❤

[@kevinmalone3210]

I remember Chris Darden being interviewed and being told, OJ thought he was a punk. Darden had a good comeback by saying, "I wasn't the one in the back of my car, holding a gun to my head...😅

[@leeatterberry1239]

My whole summer during that trial got ruined because of his crap on T .V.

[@robertperez357]

To much cover, the guy is dead, I need no more information, Ron and Nicole,are being offended here, that ashole must be forgotten !!

[@stoopidpursun8140]

I was playing Magic in the basement of a dorm room at college and watching Star Trek: the Next Generation when they interrupted with the OJ chase. It was the Ensign Ro episode. I was mad at them because I didn't care about the slow, stupid car chase. Took me forever to catch that episode on reruns.

[@JoanKieffer]

I really DONT WANT to hear about that murderer.again. I hope you get over this today.

[@sirjudge5055]

2:00 - This is so spot on! I used to have a client that I sold stolen goods to. He was enthralled with the OJ Trial. Because he was originally from Kenya and had no idea how our (in)Justice System worked. Nor, did he know I was a career criminal and that I knew the system front and back. He would talk with me for hours at a time about the case.

[@conorfurlong]

“People got to play along.” This was about the brutal murder of two people. This segment is staggeringly distasteful.

[@LulaMae21]

Sometimes the truth IS distasteful.

[@mrpopacannon]

The truth is i. The book dear oj simpson let me tell you a secret the butler did it. Order the book

[@helensieben3182]

His legal team were not highly paid, he paid them nothing.

[@pbase36]

Lots of anger in the comments. One important thing: Black folks did not create the division in this country. We never had the power to do so. Still don't.

[@Kathy-pr4wu]

Nobody is hating on OJ because he's black. The anger is for the murders of Nicole and Ron. The fact that the majority of people still think he was guilty even though he was acquitted in the criminal trial has nothing to do with race because most people loved him as an athlete and entertainer before the murders, he was almost heroic. The shocking disappointment to find out that he had a police-documented history as a wife-beater is what changed a lot of people's minds about him.

[@pbase36]

@@Kathy-pr4wu I'm not speaking on hatred of him, but rather the division that was highlighted during his trial. A lot has been spoken on and written about how different communities viewed his acquittal. The divide, for perhaps the first time, was clearly illustrated to millions of Americans. And the point I'm making is that black Americans did not create the divide, we never had the power to do so.

[@leonidesreyesweshouldinven6246]

And Black people still say , we get no justice .

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

I remember he was in that movie capricorn. Great movie. Great acting from o.j also.

[@peterbasil8833]

Interesting to note that OJ appeared frequently on the NBC Football wrap show that originated from the third floor, 30 Rock, exactly where the MSNBC studios are now located.

[@Stratoscope]

Katy, what a brilliant and unusual piece of journalism. My compliments to you and your entire team who put this together. Please give my thanks to your mom. I watched her video feed live on the day of the car chase!

[@register1430]

Katy is outrageously pretty. Def an interesting family tree. No death bed confession is disappointing. He'll be meeting Johnnie soon down there. Maybe waiting for that meeting first.

[@jlwilder8436]

Oh my gosh, get this app PSA off of all these MSNBC clips 🤨 (it's so weird) But also, nice panel; ) And a good segment.

[@kushviper]

More like “bodied the promise of Los Angeles”

[@jv-ep2tc]

DOESN'T FIT. that is what he said. give me a break. you can watch him say it on youtube FFS.

[@standing0]

Not newsworthy, he was a goof.

[@thinktank4768]

They focused on the glove. They should have focused on his SHOES. Some people die and never see the light of God.

[@Martin-xv]

I was in Chicago chipping golf balls.

[@Scarlet01812]

Literally the beginning of live LA televised car pursuits with helicopter coverage. OJ started it all

[@browngoldthread1239]

We were on Verdict Watch😢

[@biglongcadillac]

He couldn't concentrate

[@Bumper_jed]

😂

[@Bumper_jed]

Glad that Katy is talking to her parent

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not tarnish. /

[@herbneely2626]

❤❤❤

[@checkeredflagfilms]

Nothings Changed with the American people. An average day for Trump in the media.

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Nothing’s changed with the American people? You don’t know that O.J. Simpson and Donald J. Trump are both monsters and malignant narcissists.

[@nyphrodel]

I'm curious as to WHY Judge Lito didn’t recuse himself because of his wife's employment at the LAPD? She would hear, see, and so have information, of which she would more than likely share with her husband. How could he not be influenced in some way?

[@stevenoliviero3652]

In 1994 I walked into a pizza restaurant the people ther were watching news of infamous bronco case laughing made me sick.

[@steelernation6125]

INNOCENT UNTIL PROOVEN GUILTY .... HE IS A NATIONAL HERO

[@breal7277]

Was.

[@LulaMae21]

He hasn't been a hero for 30 years.

[@yonettethomas6270]

Which mother?

[@leebutz4727]

RIP OJ 🙏🏿

[@winstonsmith6607]

MSDNC wouldn't cover Deshaun Watson. If MSDNC was around at the time of the murder, they would have buried the story. Or perhaps 'Reverend' Al would be defending thatMonster

[@bobevans9955]

That's enough of the silliness now let's get back to whining and crying about Trump before you lose a few sheep you still have.

[@JB-js4xi]

tRump 🗑️

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Oh, shut up! O.J. Simpson and Donald J. Trump are both monsters!

[@SafetySpooon]

How do you jistake "disdain & laughter" for "whining & crying"? Oh, of course - you're a bagger. That explains everything.

[@bernardwylie9760]

Why? OJ is one of the best contextual examples of how we ended up with a cult of celebrity/personality built around Donald Trump. He was one of the greatest beneficiaries of OJ’s downfall. Over the last 30 years, the media attention, sensationalism, adoration that the likes of OJ enjoyed got bestowed on Trump, providing the platform for him to transition to national politics. Now Trump’s trials are destination court TV viewing. I’d like to say I’m wrong about this, but sadly I don’t think so.

[@JB-js4xi]

@@bernardwylie9760 well O.J. was loved by children all over the world in the 70s and was one of the best NFL players EVER and was indeed heavily marketed. And then killed his wife and her friend and Kardashian hid/destroyed the suitcase full of evidence. So there's three cults of personality involved here. Because Kardashians are famous for breathing and tRump is famous for failing, lying, conning and oh...the insurrection. All disgusting worthless 🗑️

[@MinifigNewsguy]

Hate to be that jerk… it wasn’t filmed. It was recorded on video tape and transmitted live on microwave signals. Also 1/2 of the LA stations didn’t have camera people - during that chase - they were the first markets with the “Gyrocam” the thing on the nose is a robotic camera.

[@lindaminton]

black women in LA are mourning their hero.

[@erob1962]

And so is yoMama

[@johnbrown4949]

We already knew your parents were in the news business. Your position was gained through nepotism. It’s what your kind of a full reporter with no interesting political takes.

[@jessem7556]

The great OJ Simpson!!

[@edutainme7265]

Ah, so that's how you networked your way into an MSNBC job.

[@seanmccartney5177]

Running from Democrats

[@scorpius6667]

🤔....Let's hope the Trump prosecutors can do a better job of proving Trump did commit the crime than the OJ prosecutors did!🤨 my opinion 🦂

[@G2MEDIAFACTS]

We all know where MSNBC and CNN stand on this subject.

[@danielc1978]

As opposed to....?!

[@protochris]

Doesnt Katy have two moms?

[@bryankolen7265]

Why don't you Just shut up and chill period.

[@RaymondHng]

Marrika Gerrard and Zoe Tur.