On June 17, 1994, some 20 police cars chased O.J. Simpson’s white Ford Bronco down Los Angeles’ 405 freeway. It proved to be an especially bizarre pursuit, set in motion after the Los Angeles Police Department told Simpson to surrender in connection with the murder of two stabbing victims, one of whom was his ex-wife. The Bronco, driven by Simpson’s friend while the football star hunkered down in back, traveled almost leisurely down the emptied lanes, as if it were cruising along a residential boulevard. Helicopters buzzed overhead, Angelenos peered down from fenced overpasses, and the rest of the world watched the slow-motion chase on television.
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