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Created racial divisions?

“The internationally publicized murder trial lasted from January to October 1995 and created racial divisions in the U.S.”

The trial did not create racial divisions in the U.S. Those divisions might have became more prominent and played out more publicly than usual, but they existed already. I would request editing to end the sentence with a period after 1995. 50.47.201.32 (talk) 20:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It "exacerbated" them. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote that bit originally. I meant rather that it created racial divisions like "black people mostly say o.j. is innocent, white people mostly say o.j. is guilty", divisions that legitimately didn't exist before the trial. but yes exacerbated is clearer Atubofsilverware (talk) 06:28, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistent information

In one place it says OJ Simpson died in Las Vegas, but in another place it says he died in Florida 99.181.40.199 (talk) 17:11, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 17:37, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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- change 'Soit-Bilt' to 'Spot-Bilt'. Spot-Bilt is the correct name for the shoe brand. GJPayne (talk) 10:56, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Linked to Spot-Bilt.—Bagumba (talk) 23:24, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo

“In August 2024, LaVergne revealed that Simpson owned him $269,000” should be changed to “owed.” Springbard (talk) 18:29, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed General Ization ^Talk 18:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oj Simpson

The article states that oj was friends with erik and lyle menendez in the mid 70s. They would have been 5 and 7 years old in 1975. I think this could be better described - their dad was a hertz executive while oj was a herz commercial spokesperson, and he was an acquaintence of the family because of that, rather than a friend of small children. 24.197.248.95 (talk) 05:27, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]