Or maybe they really just don’t appreciate privileged white Americans falsely accusing its native citizens of crimes because of course the world will think the brown natives are only capable of this.

Someone on Twitter referred to him as “Swim Shady” which is so brilliant, and I hope it catches on.

Nope. Ugly Americans need to follow the law when traveling, no matter how corrupt the country they visit. The arrogance and possible making false statements? Leave your damned privilege at home, Olympians. Being named Johnny instead Jamal might be a get-out-of-jail free card in the US, but it don’t work that way…

The memes/jokes have made this ridic story worthwhile.

It’s not a joke to lie about getting robbed at gunpoint by cops. You think that if Russian swimmers pulled that stunt in New York people would just chuckle?