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  1. 04-21-2018, 04:48 PM #1
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    Trump considering pardon for late boxer Jack Johnson

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s considering a posthumous pardon for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of accompanying a white woman across state lines.
    Trump announced Saturday on Twitter that the actor Sylvester Stallone, a friend of his, had called to bring Johnson’s story to his attention.

    His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial,” Trump wrote from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. “Others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done, but yes, I am considering a Full Pardon!”Johnson is a legendary figure in boxing and crossed over into popular culture decades ago with biographies, dramas and documentaries following the civil rights era.




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  2. 04-21-2018, 06:06 PM #2
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    He should pardon him, he was a victim of the times and of his own talent.
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    Do you suppose the 9th circuit court would oppose it if he did?
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    Trump reveals more of his "racism"....
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    The pardon should have happened under POTUS Kennedy or LBJ. An ideal time in our history for it IMO. Better late than never.
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  9. 04-21-2018, 08:08 PM #6
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    Yeah, Johnson was railroaded for having a white girlfriend, no doubt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    Trump reveals more of his "racism"....
    I'm sure the primary race baiter here would find a way to say Trump is considering this just to pander to blacks. That race baiter has been absent lately.
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    Keep it about the thread guys not each other

    They used him having a white jewish girlfriend as a tool against his talent, they did not like him beating every white heavyweight boxers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by roadmaster View Post
    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s considering a posthumous pardon for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of accompanying a white woman across state lines.
    Trump announced Saturday on Twitter that the actor Sylvester Stallone, a friend of his, had called to bring Johnson’s story to his attention.

    His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial,” Trump wrote from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. “Others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done, but yes, I am considering a Full Pardon!”Johnson is a legendary figure in boxing and crossed over into popular culture decades ago with biographies, dramas and documentaries following the civil rights era.




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    Oh no, I am currently on a long weekend in another state with my wife. Will I be arrested?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    Keep it about the thread guys not each other

    They used him having a white jewish girlfriend as a tool against his talent, they did not like him beating every white heavyweight boxers.

    It didn't work.
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