YES! This is the article people of color should be writing. I've been also enraged a little bit by black people writing defending him on various levels. I think Steve Harvey is right though. In most industries, not just entertainment, money is all that matters.

There have indeed been cases where white people have falsely accused black people, and that doesn't make either one right. This kind of thing cannot be defended no matter who does it.

There are worse crimes to be sure too, and he will probably get a suspended sentence and probation because it is his first offense. But he may also lose his cushy well paying rockstar job. I've no sympathy there. Greed can bite you hard. Karma is a mean bitch.