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Article snippet: It started with a comedy routine. Hannibal Buress was doing a stand-up set in Philadelphia in 2014 in which he excoriated Bill Cosby, alleging that he was a hypocrite for criticizing the lifestyle of African-Americans despite having been accused of sexual assault. “He gets on TV — ‘Pull your pants up, black people. I was on TV in the ’80s! I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom!’” Mr. Buress said. “Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so, kind of brings you down a couple notches.” After the routine went viral, dozens of women publicly accused Mr. Cosby of sexual assault. Now, a prosecution of Mr. Cosby based on the allegations of one of his accusers, Andrea Constand, has ended in a deadlocked jury, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial. This has left people who have been watching the high-profile criminal case in limbo, including Mr. Cosby’s close friends and supporters, some of whom defended him to the very end. Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” for example, arrived at the start of the trial arm in arm with Mr. Cosby. As of 6 p.m. Eastern time, Ms. Pulliam had not noted the mistrial on Twitter. Neither had Mr. Buress. But here are some of the reactions of those closely connected with Mr. Cosby, as well as those from others around the globe. Mr. Cosby’s wife released a biting statement, which was also posted on Mr. Cosby’s Twitter account. Outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Mr. Co... Link to the full article to read more