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In reply to the discussion: Swimmer Jimmy Feigen donating $11,000 to Rio charity as part of "settlement" to return to U.S. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)There are many people of color and varying ethnicities on this board, some of whom are participating in this very thread.
You might want to take your disdainful assumptions and pack them away. They are insufferable. And you might want to look at your own sanctimonious, assumption-laden posts before you continue with the name calling.
No one is saying these swimmers did nothing wrong--the objection is to the process. The shakedown, apparently, is a Brazilian tradition, from the gas stations to the halls of justice. It is shameful.
But hey, we Americans--of all colors and ethnicities--we happen to like that "due process" shit. That's what Mr. Khan was talking about when he waved his copy of the Constitution at Donald Trump...
It's not surprising that Brazil has problems--they pulled that shakedown routine on their own President, so I suppose we shouldn't expect visitors to be treated any better.
But you go on with your bad self, and your "assumptions."