ESPN's Howard Bryant (allegedly) pulls a Jay Mariotti

Almost did.

 

One possible interpretation: Black citizen reacts with anger stemming from HIS prejudice (in all the "preconceived notions" of its definition) toward police intervention in an incident that appeared more suspicious to onlookers than to participants.

Sounds like another Beer Summit might be in order.

 

I am surprised how quick some people are to accept charges as facts when the cops never even saw him lay a hand on his wife.

 

What about the witnesses?

 

Eyewitness accounts are notoriously unreliable. (of course, so are denials from people accused of crimes).

 

I alluded to that earlier. Prosecutions go on all the time without the abused assisting in the process.

 

Remarkably, up until the last couple decades, police were mostly advised, even officially in police handbooks and such, not to involve themselves in these "private" situations - restore order and leave the parties to sort it out themselves. I'll dig up some more concrete facts and numbers about it later today. It's eye-popping.

 

It's difficult to know which was was better, that (didn't work too well for Nicole Brown Simpson) or this way where everybody's guilt is presumed.

 

I've got to imagine that this is what really, really swung it in the other direction.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6599191

 

Glad he was declared innocent. I hope he actually is.

I've always thought Howard was a good guy. I'm glad he didn't piss away a very good career, although some of the damage will never go away.

 

When is the civil lawsuit against the police filed?