Does anybody believe that Jack Johnson....

[T.Horton]

Violated the Mann Act or do you believe there was a frame-up?

[Mike Tyson77]

Dude...Jack didnt brake no law. Jack Johnson is one of the GREATEST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was 50 years ahead of his time.

[Canelo Phresh]

the man act was bull**** anyways. and wasnt the white prostitute they busted him for transporting across state lines his wife? it was just a frame up cuz they couldnt stand a loud mouth black champ that couldnt be whipped

[NChristo]

He violated it, for the 1st case anyway but of course all charges were dropped and he married the woman, the 2nd case it's highly possible he was framed and him leaving the country with his wife makes it look more so (Imo, I mean who would go straight back to their wife after being accused of going with a hooker ) and the all white jury is suspicious, but honestly given his track record with prostitutes it wouldn't surprise me if he did it really, either way looking back the Mann act was of course just bollocks used to harass him, they (allegedly) found a way too put him behind bars took it in the blink of an eye.

[Miburo]

He probably did violate it, but of course they were looking to hit him with anything and it was a BS application of the law.

[rob snell]

thug

Johnson was a thug who battered a woman into hospital.

[T.Horton]

Johnson was a thug who battered a woman into hospital.

true but that doesn't mean that he violated the mann act, does it?

[T.Horton]

the man act was bull**** anyways. and wasnt the white prostitute they busted him for transporting across state lines his wife? it was just a frame up cuz they couldnt stand a loud mouth black champ that couldnt be whipped

the act stated (paraphrasing) that he had to be transporting women for the sole purpose of profiting. to my knowledge Johnson was not a pimp.

[Barn]

the act stated (paraphrasing) that he had to be transporting women for the sole purpose of profiting. to my knowledge Johnson was not a pimp.

Yeah but, they could put him down because it actually stated "immoral purposes." Which isn't a concrete boundary and apart from the obvious things, what someone may deem immoral someone else may not. The white man used this to their advantage.

[Barn]

Yeah but, they could put him down because it actually stated "immoral purposes." Which isn't a concrete boundary and apart from the obvious things, what someone may deem immoral someone else may not. The white man used this to their advantage.

Here's a nice quote, yeah it's from Wikipedia but, it sums up nicely what I'm saying above.

It's ambiguous immorality language allowed selective prosecutions for many years, and was used to criminalize forms of consensual sexual behaviour.