FBI File Reveals Attempt to Convict Michael Jackson with Racist Law

[Brady]

FBI File Reveals Attempt to Convict Jackson with Racist Law

Documents contained in Michael Jackson's FBI file show that the LAPD tried to prosecute the star under the same legislation used in the past to smear black luminaries such as Jack Johnson and Chuck Berry.

Records show that the LAPD contacted the FBI on 7th September 1993 to ask whether the bureau would assist in the prosecution of Michael Jackson under the Mann Act.


The Mann Act, also known as the 'White Slavery Act', was introduced in 1910. Allowing officers to make arrests on the vague premise of 'immoral behaviour', the law was frequently used to smear black men, particularly those who consorted with white women.

Jack Johnson, the world's first black Heavyweight Boxing Champion, was the first person to be prosecuted under the act. In fact, Geoffrey C Ward writes in his book 'Unforgivable Blackness' that the potential to smear Johnson had been one of the primary motivating factors behind the introduction of the law.

Johnson was viewed by the press and the establishment as a black man who "didn't know his place". Not only was Johnson a black world champion more than 50 years before segregation was lifted, but he flaunted his success in a society which demanded that he be humble. He wore expensive clothes and jewellery and invested his money in a fleet of luxurious automobiles, a hobby for which he was repeatedly punished by white policemen who issued him with undeserved speeding tickets.

But what riled the establishment more than anything was that Johnson consorted with white women. Johnson was often accompanied on his travels by prostitutes, but so were the majority of his white contemporaries.

In 1913 Johnson was prosecuted under the Mann Act for 'transporting a female across the state line for immoral purposes'. None of his white contemporaries who also travelled with prostitutes were arrested or charged with similar crimes.

Johnson's alleged victims had travelled with him willingly and admitted it under oath. Moreover, the trips in question had taken place long before the Mann Act was even introduced. However, an all white jury convicted him regardless.

Years later the Mann Act was also used to sabotage the career of black musician Chuck Berry.

In 1959 Berry met a 14 year old waitress in El Paso and asked her to work as a hat-check girl in his restaurant. The girl agreed and he drove her from El Paso to St Louis on his way back from a concert.

On this flimsy premise Berry was arrested for 'transporting an underage girl for immoral purposes'. He was convicted under the Mann Act and sentenced to three years in prison.

In the same year Berry's white copycat Elvis Presley began openly dating Priscilla Beaulieu, a 14 year old girl. Furthermore, Scotty Moore's biography of Presley asserts that prior to his involvement with Beaulieu, the star had been dating an even younger girl.

Ergo, in 1913 the Mann Act was used to convict a black boxer whose only 'crime' was to indulge in the same behaviour as his white conemporaries. Later, In 1959, the Mann Act was used to prosecute a black musician for giving a job to an underage girl, while his white contemporary repeatedly slept with underage girls and went unpunished.

The Mann Act is an inherently racist law. Whilst it has not been used solely to prosecute African-Americans, the potential imprisonment of Jack Johnson was a primary motivating factor behind its introduction and since then it has been repeatedly used to convict black men of crimes that they didn't commit.

That Jackson was also targeted under the Mann Act is certainly intriguing and only strengthens the argument that he was targeted by a malicious prosecution on account of his race. In a way, it shows that little has changed since the days of Jack Johnson. The United States Attorney's decision not to prosecute Jackson under the Mann Act could be seen as a sign of progress, but the LAPD's decision to pursue Jackson in the first place - given the sheer abundance of evidence suggesting his innocence - remains disturbing.

That Jackson wasn't railroaded once he entered the courtroom is another indicator of progress. Of course, that the 2003 allegations against Jackson even made it into a courtroom was proof in itself that Jackson was given a bum rap - the allegations were nonsensical and his accusers were proven con artists - but while Johnson was found guilty of crimes that he patently did not commit, Jackson's jury at least made the right decision.

In Jackson's case it was only the media which tarred him as guilty.
http://charlesthomsonjournalist.blog...o-convict.html

credit to alm860 (former member for the info) who wanted to post it.

[Brady]

[DivineChristina]

wat tha hell..

[MJFan]

I miss you Michael, a year has gone too fast. I can't believe your gone

[MJFan]

wat tha hell..

what?

[Despairsrai]

........this poor man no wonder he was never at peace.

[DivineChristina]

........this poor man no wonder he was never at peace.

RITE!

gur! this old stank a$$ wurld dont dasurve gudd folk

[raij01]

can someone summarize?

[Brady]

there was so much I did not know, those Bastards

[Brady]

Michael even wrote a song about him

[Brady]

........this poor man no wonder he was never at peace.

RITE!

gur! this old stank a$$ wurld dont dasurve gudd folk

if only you knew half,

I wish I did'nt


Thomson is Letting the world know the shady plight of the press and giving the sad but true facts of a scamming family billking another celebrity. The Arviso family perjured themselves on the stand when they claimed Jackson had molested their son, kidnapped them at his house, and forced them to speak in a complementive video. Their story did not add up when it was proven that Jackson was out of the country on tour the times they were at his home. Janet Arviso even made several shopping trips to the strore on Jackson's dime, before returning to his home where she was supposedly held captive. Her plan of escape from an absent Jackson was by hot-air balloon. No mention of where she would have accuired one.

Thomson, who succesfully shed light on the comparasons between champion boxer Jack Johnson, and Michael Jackson, was able to stick to the facts of the extortion trial againt Jackson. Also noting that the only justice the Chandler family (that accused jackson) wanted was Jacksons money; steam rolling on his generosity.

Not to mention the shameful decietfulness of D.A. Sneddon with his "By any means nessasry vendetta," spending tax payer money, trying to build a case with no evidence, to convict an innocent man. Makes me wonder how many other innocent men he has tried to prosecute

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.ac...81474978114415

[Brady]

and no one ever wonders what the lyrics mean in scream???

[EDT]

[Brady]

believe it or not, it's the truth

[bigboi]

what happened to michael was a tragedy, especially because his honest and genuine love for children and the happiness it gave him to help them was twisted into something disgusting and vile. and the media and public crucified him.