Michael Moynihan: Waiting for the OJ verdict in San Francisco
On October 3, 1995, Michael Moynihan was teaching in San Francisco where classes were abandoned as the OJ verdict came in. The tension later spilled into the classroom
OJ Simpson died on Wednesday, aged 76. Picture: Tim Ockenden/PA Wire
ON the morning of October 3, 1995, I was in the common room of Heald Business College in San Francisco along with the other students and faculty members, all of us waiting for the verdict in the OJ Simpson murder trial.
At the time I was an instructor in English and communications in the college (and also, for one unforgettable semester, basic maths. When my late father heard this news he whistled and said: “America truly is the land of opportunity”).
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