Gayle King and Kobe Bryant

I’m so angry right now and I don’t know where else to take it, so I’m taking it here. Really?! Gayle King is getting DEATH THREATS for questioning Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant being charged with rape?! Really?! Let me just say, I probably wouldn’t have brought the issue up at this time, out of respect for Kobe’s family because I know how devastating it is to lose the most important person in your life, let alone two of them, NOT because I’m committed to protecting the sanctity of a Black man or his legacy. Why would I be committed to that when so many Black men have given Black women their ass to kiss even when Black women have spent countless hours defending them?

With that said, since Gayle chose to question Lisa Leslie about this, she was CORRECT to point out it was unlikely Lisa would’ve seen Kobe act in a sexually aggressive manner because they were friends. She was RIGHT to correct her about the procedural history of the case and state the case was dismissed, because the victim refused to testify because she was getting death threats I believe, as opposed to the case going "to trial." (Sidenote: isn’t it so interesting AKA misogynistic that so many Black people suddenly have so much faith and belief in the criminal "justice" system when it comes to Black men being charged with crimes of sexual violence?)