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Boxer Jack Johnson, who was the first black world heavyweight champion, has received a posthumous presidential pardon after years of bipartisan efforts by lawmakers and family members to clear his name — and a personal appeal from Sylvester Stallone to President Trump.
I had to look this guy up, had no idea who he was. The pardon sounds like a good thing to me, it shouldn't have taken so long. One of our former presidents should have done it. Better late than never I guess.
jack johnson was railroaded using a law that was designed to end sex trafficking. it is about time that someone set the record straight and pardoned this man. why obama or clinton didnt do it escapes me.
I had to look this guy up, had no idea who he was. The pardon sounds like a good thing to me, it shouldn't have taken so long. One of our former presidents should have done it. Better late than never I guess.
His story is awesome and well worth the read. He was a nearly unbelievable character. We used to have a statue of him in South Texas.
One of my favorite parts of his biography was a instance when he had purchased a racing modified automobile in an age when horse and buggy were still common and was stopped for a "speeding " .
The sheriff came up with the large arbitrary fine of $50 on the spot, as speeding tickets were not a common thing.
Jack peeled a $100 off of a large wad and told the sheriff to keep it because he would be coming back through the exact same way.
He should have pardon Dr, Mudd first and still should.
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