Within the nonfictional fiction of this narrative, Simpson was the antihero in an extended metaphor about the meaning of justice. It was a math equation: The fact that he stabbed two people to death had to be weighed against the history of racism in America. O.J. often appeared to be a very guilty man who had nonetheless been framed by the Los Angeles Police Department. He was a Black superstar who’d spent most of his career marketing himself as a man who transcended race, only to have race become the foundation of his defense.
