Following the June 1994 knife slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles, OJ Simpson was part of an infamous car chase.
The Bronco chase caused one television station to rearrange coverage of an NBA Finals game, featuring the chase on the main screen and the game as an inset.
Nearly every network was broadcasting the chase as it headed toward the cemetery where his ex-wife was buried, then wound back to Simpson’s house.
Cameras in helicopters showed Simpson holding a gun to his head as his friend Al Cowlings drove.
Because the chase was so slow, huge crowds had time to gather on overpasses, where they cheered wildly when he drove by.
