I mean, Rock saying he doesn’t want to press charges and that he’s fine doesn’t necessarily mean that Smith could stay. That decision wasn’t necessarily up to him

It must have been a little funny, because Smith laughed at it.

“And the Oscar goes to... Will Smith for King Richard! Accepting the award on behalf of Mr. Smith is Chris Rock.”

I would love to see the entire feed from the camera that was trained on the Smiths at the Oscars.  Starting from Will laughing at the joke.

Smith should have been walked out of the theater during the commercial break that immediately followed the slap and not allowed to come back. They had time to make that decision, they just didn’t.

(Although I guess that part is up to Chris Rock.)

It’s probably the truth. The show must go on in that business. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Right.  If you are I had run up on stage and slapped someone they would just keep chugging along, huh?

He’d also likely be banned from the premises of the Oscars for the duration.

I can’t believe they haven’t thought up a better excuse other than ... well it was live and we had a show to do so we just kept going. Someone came up on the stage and assaulted someone else. Case closed. Smith should have been thrown out and probably arrested. (Although I guess that part is up to Chris Rock.)

The pardon doesn’t erase the fact that Plessy was convicted. In practical terms, there is no way to erase that fact. Plessy v. Ferguson stands with Dredd Scott as one of the worst SCOTUS decisions of all-time. It’s also one of the most famous SCOTUS decisions ever. So long as there’s some historical record of American…

The guy can’t get emotional.. if he does.. he will be labeled as an Angry Black Man (patent pending) and possibly shot (it doesn’t matter where, ABM = Death to the police/circumstances).. and if not, then he just has to deal with it..

This wasn’t indifference, this was survival.

At a bare minimum, implicit bias training should be made mandatory for all police officers nationwide.

This is like a white fragility field study. I hope they can make it into a documentary voiced by the great Sir David Attenborough.

Oh you mean the same tik tok that censors videos that have tags like “black lives matter” and “black audience” but is totally fine with tags like “white lives matter” and “white audience”?

I am very concerned about Elphick. Not because I think she was harmed, but because that level of adult tantrum is indicative of a serious mental health issue.

And yet, not one bill sent to any bbq Becky or pool patrol patty for wasting police resources.