What blows me away is how justice is not served in the US!

[Journeyman]

4. But if he made a deal to plead guilty in exchange for leniency for her . . .

then there's nothing for me to be angry about. He may have made a choice: his freedom for hers. And the State would gain by not having to pursue a long trial. This happens all the time, and absent any evidence it hasn't happened in this instance, I can't muster much outrage over what is SOP in the criminal justice system.

And it may have had nothing to do with his being black, his being a man, or his being an equal partner in crime. It's just the way the law works at times.

Black men do get screwed over in American jurisprudence. Drug dealers can get treated harshly in the Courts. Lovers (or friends) can sacrifice for the benefit of others.

There's too many options for outrage, too many points for acknowledgement, to pick or choose any particular response, absent further clarification.