Guno צְבִי (05-24-2018)
Good on him. Convicted of transporting white woman across state lines.
Will Republican base abandon him now?
Guno צְבִי (05-24-2018)
If your going to start a troll thread at least tell the whole story first!
"May 24, 2018
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President Trump on Thursday pardoned Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, who was convicted in 1913 of transporting a white woman across state lines.
Decades after Johnson was convicted under the Mann Act, his case drew significant attention as a gross miscarriage of justice and a symbol of the depths of racism in the American justice system.
Johnson was convicted in 1913 of violating the Mann Act on charges that he transported a white woman across state lines “for immoral purposes.” The woman Johnson transported, Belle Schreiber, worked as a prostitute and had been in a steady relationship with the heavyweight champion.
Johnson was sentenced to a year in prison, but he fled the country for several years, returning in 1920 to serve his sentence."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/s...don-trump.html
No Republicans hate racism and will applaud Trump for this. The lefties on the other hand will condemn him for waiting so long.
anatta (05-24-2018)
Trust me, it sure as hell wasn't the Transporting Part the Pissed-Off Old Racist Whitey ...
Jack Johnson was changing the minds of White Women all over the world ...
Once you go Black ... Mamma Gone for Good.
ONE-N-DONE, YOU GOT PLAYED; Time To Play-On
Remember ... ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ... So STFU Bitch
Guno צְבִי (05-24-2018), Leonthecat (05-24-2018)
Guno צְבִי (05-24-2018), Leonthecat (05-24-2018)
a symbolic act of solidarity with people of color mistreated by the criminal justice system seems a little off brand for Trump. But Johnson’s case is far enough back in time — and has enough support from old, white, male, conservative boxing fans — that moving forward was unlikely to trouble anyone in Trump’s base
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/24/173901...johnson-pardon
I guess he was dead enough to pardon.
Bourbon (05-24-2018)
Johnson has some baggage about abusing women. That is why other presidents were reluctant to pardon him. This is not the first time Johnson's pardon has come up to a presidents desk.
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