The joy erupting in Howard University's student union was palpably motivated; O.J. Simpson would walk. "As the verdict was read, the place erupted into screaming and jumping. You couldn't hear," one observer put it. To the students, a falsely accused black man was able to get justice—in racist America, no less.
Carl F. Horowitz
Carl F. Horowitz is project manager of National Legal and Policy Center, a nonprofit group based in Falls Church, Virginia, dedicated to promoting ethics in public life. He has a PhD in urban planning and policy development.