maximus wrote:
It really astounds me that he is not already in jail for filing a false police report, especially one that stirred up racial tensions. It sends a wrong message to America. Michael Jackson, O.j.Simpsion, and now Smollett all committed major crimes and got away with it because of fame, fortune, and lawyers.So now people do things that they would have never done a few years ago and then lie about it. When the celebs lie, when the leaders of our country lie, when the once most trusted intel agencies lie, (the FBI and the CIA) lie, the citizens just fall right in and start lying about most things, especially their wrong doings.
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AGREED. We had it right in the 50s when celebrities and sports figures were expected to be good role models, IMO