“The men, a former professional basketball player and a lawyer...”
“and a lawyer” - there’s the source of the problem.
Hang the alwyer for what he is and does, and hang the basketball clown ongeneral principles.
OOPS! My mistake. I didn’t realize they were both black and therefore members of a priviliged class, allowed to be crude, rude, lewd, and also allowed to be all purpose Gimmie Pigs.
Tattooed... there, finished it.