we can only guess as to why not. >> victim ronald goldman's father, fred goldman, had his own ideas. quit following him on the freeway. do what you would do with any other fleeing felon. he's a fugitive. he's running. take him down. i don't mean take him down, shoot him and kill him. stop him. arrest him. >> when you were meeting with other members of the l.a.p.d. as this was going on, tell me how you were preparing and strategizing for number one, possible gunfight, shootout, or number two, surrender. >> when we had those discussions it was a dynamics discussion whether or notway should do some time of intervention. it could have gone sideways instantly. he could have jumped out of the car and there could have been a situation that required the officers on scene to protect themselves. it could have resulted in a shooting. >> still free and leading police on this bizarre slow-speed chase, o.j. does something unexpected. he calls his deceased ex-wife's family from the back seat of the bronco. >> did o.j. at any time call you? >> i did talk to him. and i said, listen, you've got two ki

simpson would not, could not, and did not murder his former wife nicole brown and ronald goldman." cochran pitched a narrative that painted the l.a.p.d. as racist and jumping to judgment. "the fact that blood mysteriously appears on vital pieces of evidence and it's predicted what the results will be, regarding dna, when that evidence still in the police lab, is devastating evidence of something far more sinister." and even if the prosecution was convinced it had the evidence to convict simpson "the mere fact that we find blood where there should be no blood; in the defendants car, in his house, in the driveway, and even on the socks in his very bedroom." driving that point home produced the defining moment of the case. "a potentially powerful moment appeared to backfire when prosecutors asked o.j. simpson to put on the bloody gloves, they say, he used to commit murder." "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit." "good evening the crime was shocking, the verdict dramatic, the trial of o.j. simpson is over." for those old enough, october 3, 1995 will always be one of those days where you