I actually live in the Los Angeles County area in California where all the trials are happening or of major concern to the community. Kobe Bryant is a Lakers star and we would hate to lose him. If he is guilty then that is the end of his career, no doubt.
What I find interesting about it all is the panties issue. If Kobe did rape her as she described, why was semen for another man found on her panties, not Kobe's as I understand? Also, I think I heard that she even changed panties. Did she do this so that she would have on the panties that she was wearing the night of the alleged rape, or did she change panties in an attempt to fool people by wearing some with semen on them. And she was stupid enough to believe that science couldn't figure out that the semen wasn't Kobe's. Something is wrong, very wrong with this girl, and her story, and her sex life in general. Personally, I think Kobe was set up.
O.J. Simpson is another case completely. Any man who beats a woman, as O.J. did, is a coward. He is sick. He was guilty. And, Nicole(his slain wife) was money hungry and paid with her life, god rest her soul. I actually met her mother and sister.
Our justice system rests on one thing if you haven't figured it out yet. M-O-N-E-Y
But, don't focus on African American trials of celebrities, look at the Kennedy trials too.M-O-N-E-Y