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Message: <blockquote data-quote="porscheguy" data-source="post: 1240506" data-attributes="member: 2890">Yes.  You’ll note that many of the people who were outraged by his actions a month ago were angry because they saw it as him making a mockery of racially motivated crimes.  They rightfully saw it as a setback to progress.  Now we see that many of the same people who were outraged by him a month ago are now applauding the decision to drop the charges.  They see it as a victory against whitey’s legal system.What they don’t understand is if Jussie Smollett was dark skinned, unemployed Shitavious Washington from the south side, he’d be awaiting trial at the cook county lockup with a bond he had no hope of paying.  And he’d be forced to take a plea deal that meant several years in prison.</blockquote>