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DEI Cronyism and Woke Grifters
In 2014, veteran reporter Kyra Phillips acknowledged that Al Cowlings had remained a mystery to most post-trial. She also shared that she had attempted to speak with him in the hopes of getting some clarity some 20 years after the car chase, but that he wouldn’t budge. “[I] dialed him up, he was not happy with me for about the first 10 minutes … and said, ‘I just want to be left alone. I’m not going to talk. I’m an old man … and that’s all I have to say,'” she recounted to CNN. Phillips added that no amount of cajoling changed that.
Speaking to reporters isn’t the only thing Cowlings has been averse to over the years, though. Two years after Phillips shared that he had refused to speak with her about the trial, the mini-series “The People v. O.J. Simpson” was set for release, and Cowlings was not impressed that he would be featured in it. In fact, he was so angry about it that a spokesperson for him told TMZ that he was considering legal action against the creators of the show. Cowlings’ concern was that his character would be called into question.
Granted, it seems Cowlings wasn’t too fazed by his portrayal on “The People vs. O.J.,” as the lawsuit never happened. One thing’s for sure, though: He’s not planning on speaking about the situation, ever.
