The Nevada Prison System Letting O.J. and His Boys Have Softball Bats In Jail Is Preposterous
This may come as a surprise to many of you but I’ve actually never been to prison. One time I spent about an hour handcuffed to a folding chair in Athens, Ohio but that’s about it. Obviously my experience incarcerated in America’s criminal justice system is next to none, but I have watched enough TV to have general idea of what sort of things are or aren’t allowed in prison. It’s my understanding anything that can be considered a weapon is strictly prohibited. Shanks, spikes, wires, clubs, or really anything that can be fashioned into a weapon is strictly prohibited, which is why I was caught a little off guard when O.J. detailed his time as the prison’s softball league commissioner. As shitty of a person as O.J. is, he’s arguably one of the biggest celebrities that’s ever walked the face of the Earth so I would totally understand if the prison staff was a bit more lax and allowed O.J. and his boys some privileges denied to other inmates, but then JJ chimed in with this gem about his dad’s friend’s playing days in the clink:
Apparently we’re just letting violent criminals run around with softball bats now? Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t a bat considered a weapon?
As little experience as I have in prison, I do have quite a bit of experience on the diamond. Even in your standard beer league, tempers run high and every once in a while, a situation arises where competitors almost come to blows. O.J. even said himself that he often has to step in and diffuse the situation as the penal league softball commissioner, which means we’re just letting criminals duke it out with 27 oz. Brian Wegman end loaded editions.
Just about everything related to the O.J. Simpson saga is beyond surreal, but the fact that O.J. and his goons were allowed to police themselves with bats is downright BANANAS.