Questions About Pacman Jones and Tank Johnson

David Xaviel is the Real Mr. X by Analyst Written on July 05, 2009
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As well as, when did Mr. Mitchell tell the dancers to gather the money: When it was in his bag, or when he was outside with an unnamed associate with plenty of opportunity (a bag full of cash) to bribe and intimidate the unnamed valet into baring false witness?

It seems to me that Pacman was just a convenient patsy and red herring because he had a reputation of accusations by strippers. 

I'm not claiming that Pacman did not "make it rain," -- I'm simply saying that people have focused on that to the detriment of the real question.  That being, who pulled the trigger?

I cannot listen to the Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and not hear the eerie similarities to "make it rain."  And something tells me that Mr. Mitchell was trying to live-out the plot from Ocean's Eleven.

The reports would have you believe that the shooter was just some random thug in a flurry of confusion, rather than an inside job.

Ultimately though, I do believe that the trivial misconduct by black people gets irrationalized while the trivial misconduct of white people will get rationalized.

Legally, if you have engaged in lewd acts with a person whom was under the influence, and you were not, or if one person was not of legal age to drink -- then that is rape. 

A common act amongst the antics of frat boys and white guys in general (but not me). 

Nevertheless, if some black guy gets drunk and hangs-out at strip clubs, then we're supposed to believe that he's Public Enemy #1.

What's the difference?  Both sides are intoxicated and in pursuit of sexual gratification. 

The difference is, white people will impugn black people in all sadistic irony to deflect criticism and remorse for their behavior, in order to score their brownie points.

 

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