The 12 jurors are part of the same population that voted for trump. Are we really still surprised at an average group of people making nonsensical decisions...
It was also after the aquital of a person who straight up murdered a black teenager (which caused riots) and a cop who was factually racist. Also the DA tried to move the trial to wildly conservative venue so they could guarantee a conviction.
Ppl like to agrue he got off because he was rich but the political/racial climate probably had a lot more to do with it