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(05-28-2010, 11:08 PM)Flofocus Wrote: I want your rose colored glasses man, I really do, Im totally with OAC here, the average person would have had these charges go through. We'll never know for sure.

Just because I didn't drink the "rich guys always get off" kool-aid doesn't mean I'm not seeing things straight ... my brother is a lawyer and my brother-in-law too ... they tell me that this kind of thing happens all the time (charges dropped) because of some sort of change in circumstance - and they also tell me that sometimes the wealthy or the well-known don't get a break that you or I would, because the crown is concerned about the appearance of favouritism.

Look ... if the fix was in Bryant wouldn't have been charged in the first place ... but he was ... and the reason the charges were dropped was due to the crown not believing he had a reasonable chance of getting a conviction.

There was no ringing endorsement of Bryant's actions ... no statement to the effect that "he was absolutely in the right" ... just reasonable doubt he wouldn't be found guilty.

Sorry - but I'm not buying the "us little guys wouldn't get that kind of break" scenario, because looking at it objectively (forgetting that Bryant is the stunt driving guy) it seems pretty clear to me that anyone in that position would have received the same treatment.