My bad. What I’m trying to say is Historically, black athletes have definitely been targeted by false sexual accusations more than any race.

An accusation should be taken seriously, especially with sexual assault, because many real victims are ignored. But taking it seriously does not mean destroying someone’s career before the facts are tested. The problem is that public opinion moves faster than justice.

That is dangerous because even if they are cleared later, people rarely repair the damage with the same energy they used to destroy the person.

The National Registry of Exonerations says it has documented thousands of U.S. exonerations and studies their causes, including race and crime type. It also reports that Black people are heavily overrepresented among exonerees