It has also been used as a 'get out of jail free' card both figuratively and literally in situations when street thugs physically attack or even kill a white victim. By claiming that the white victim of the street thug's attack used the dreaded "n-bomb", it is hoped that this will serve as a mitigating circumstance or even absolve the attacker of all culpability. Unfortunately; society at large seems to agree with this on some level. Once you claim victim status; you are teflon.
I can pretty much guarantee that every song on Myles Garrett's I-Phone has an "n-bomb" as every other lyric, and that he and his homies refer to each other by that term daily. Make a decision. Either the word is offensive, or it isn't. Stop trying to have it both ways with the selective outrage.
At the time any black that was accused of a crime of violence against a White person were counseled to say "He (or she) called me a nigger".
All you needed on the jury was one vote for a mistrial.