O.J. day 1

Nothing very interesting occurred as part of O.J. day 1 as it was all voir dire all day.

Outside, it was also a slow day, with most of the looneys [with the exception of the national media] staying away. The Review-Journal reported about one woman dressed as Wonder Woman and a man wearing only a barrel and carrying a sign blasting his grievances with the judicial system, who shouted "Power to the people! Power to the people!". (Review-Journal)

It would have been a day unworthy of even gossip-reporting except for the actions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF"). According to the R-J, one of the security measures taken for the Simpson case involved a sweep using ATF bomb-sniffing dogs, which was fine until the dog smelled something in the bed of the Simpson judge's truck. (Review-Journal)

The L.A. Times explained the incident:

A dog "showed interest" in a judge's pick-up truck. And not just any judge -- the very judge whose courtroom is being used for jury selection. Checking the truck bed, law enforcement discovered a bag of dry dog food.But what makes this story really funny is that when Kihara contacted the ATF for comment on the obvious, the agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office insisted the dog did not react to the dog food. According to Kihara, the agent "Instead...surmised the dog might have smelled something on the ground or even the remnants of a firecracker."

Ugh. I've resorted to reporting about a dog sniffing dog food. This is going to be a boring trial.