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Trump considering full pardon for late boxer Jack Johnson
Posted on 4/21/18 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 4/21/18 at 2:54 pm
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President Donald Trump says he’s considering “a Full Pardon!” for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of “immorality” for one of his relationships.
Trump tweets that the actor Sylvester Stallone called him to share Johnson’s story.
Trump says Johnson’s “trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial.”
The president adds: “Others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done, but yes, I am considering a Full Pardon!”
Johnson was convicted in 1913 for violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.
Wapo
This post was edited on 4/21/18 at 2:54 pm
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Posted on 4/21/18 at 2:59 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Dude had gold teeth and used to sip champagne while walking his pet leopard on a leash thru his nightclub 
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:02 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I'd like to see it happen if only for the heads that would explode...
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:07 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.
Is this still law?
Asking for a friend
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Oh but it's a good thing this didn't apply while I've been an adult.
Johnson was convicted in 1913 for violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:10 pm to ShortyRob
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Oh but it's a good thing this didn't apply while I've been an adult.
Yeah, thank frick!
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:29 pm to ShortyRob
Immoral purposes meaning prostitution, although it was so loosely written as to be flexible, in his case being used to punish Johnson for consorting with white women.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:34 pm to the LSUSaint
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Is this still law?
Only if you are a white guy.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Johnson was convicted in 1913 for violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.
He was convicted because he was banging white women...the Mann Act was just a way to get him like Al Capone and tax evasion.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:39 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Does Trump know he's dead? Just wondering
Posted on 4/21/18 at 4:27 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Trump wants to show everyone how easy it is for him to pardon someone.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 4:29 pm to Jim Rockford
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Immoral purposes meaning prostitution,
Thank goodness cause otherwise, even with only 1 year in jail per count, I'd be fricked.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 4:48 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Trump considering full pardon for late boxer Jack Johnson
Unfortunately it's long overdue and moot, but as a symbolic gesture and executive action I wouldn't mind, dude was the Babe Ruth of boxing during his prime, so so dominant
Posted on 4/21/18 at 4:54 pm to chalmetteowl
Go watch arena football - you have terrible taste in everything so I’m not surprised you dislike Trump.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 4:57 pm to ShortyRob
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Thank goodness cause otherwise, even with only 1 year in jail per count, I'd be fricked.
I don't follow
You normally bring women from other states into your own to get laid?
Posted on 4/21/18 at 5:00 pm to texridder
Melt LIbtard. Trump is proving he isn't racist like all the damn libs say he is.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 5:06 pm to ThePTExperience1969
quote:yeah, it was a different day back then....i read a book about johnson years ago, and its obvious that he was probably one of the top 5-6 boxers of all time....i agree with the pardon 100%....what he did is not even a crime, nowadays....he was a character, and i think james earl jones played him in a movie, long ago....i can't even remember the name of the movie
Unfortunately it's long overdue
Posted on 4/21/18 at 5:17 pm to Knight of Old
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I'd like to see it happen if only for the heads that would explode...
who's gonna give a frick that today's president pardoned someone who didn't give two shits what the white man thought of him when he was alive?
trump hard, man!
Posted on 4/21/18 at 5:19 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Trump's racism never stops
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