Why should that "amaze" you Josh? Until a court of law determines otherwise (AFTER a trial by the way) he IS INNOCENT. Watching the prosecutor and seeing the bail set one can indeed argue that there may well be a bit of "racial motivation".
One could even argue that YOUR COMMENT "and IMO Michael Jackson isn't even black anymore.

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