Claims of white privilege in the criminal justice system are about as legit as Smollett’s MAGA attackers, writes cwtremo.
The disgraced actor, sentenced to 150 days in prison for faking a hate crime against himself in 2019, was released on a $150,000 personal recognizance bond as he awaits an appeal of his conviction.
In the time since Smollett first lied and claimed that mysterious Trump-loving racists tried to lynch him in downtown Chicago in the dead of night, Smollett has served less than a week in jail. The eyewitness and video evidence against him is so great as to be insurmountable.
This puts to the sharp test all of the Left's claims of a racist criminal justice system. It seems no more likely than the possibility that the attack on Smollett was legitimate — which it most certainly was not. Just like Smollett's claim of being attacked by two white men wearing"Make America Great Again" hats was a laughably obvious lie, so too is the notion that the criminal justice system is hard on black criminals and easy on white ones. Most white people could never be let out on appeal despite being so clearly guilty.Smollett's release has rightly generated a lot of public anger.
Claims of white privilege in the criminal justice system are about as legit as Smollett’s MAGA attackers.
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