naked gun trilogy. on screens big and small, as an actor, pitch man, network football analyst, o.j. simpson observers say had a charm, that smile, that guy next door vibe, that made whites and african-americans equally comfortable with him. in june, 1994, a much more ominous and bizarre chant of go, o.j., go. pockets of small crowds in l.a. cheered simpson as he led police on the notorious white bronco chase. simpson s charges found him eventually acquitted but as compellingly as he brought americans of all races together in admiring him in the 70s and 80s his trial cast the deepest and most disturbing divides. it pitted black against white