First of all, I didn't even know who he was until a couple of weeks ago. I've never seen Empire.
I find it very odd that he is facing 16 counts of lying to police...about a hate crime he staged against himself! (Paraphrasing Trevor Noah) Why?!! The charges seem excessive to me. It was a really stupid thing to do, but it points to a mental illness of some sort, a cry for help, and possibly someone so fed up with racism he felt he needed to make up an attack to get attention to a real problem...even though he was not a real victim in this circumstance. Although, I have no doubt he probably experienced racism and homophobia in his life.
Why would he do it? Certainly, there are better ways to promote himself, if that was all it was about. I doubt that was all it was about.
Thoughts?
I find it very odd that he is facing 16 counts of lying to police...about a hate crime he staged against himself! (Paraphrasing Trevor Noah) Why?!! The charges seem excessive to me. It was a really stupid thing to do, but it points to a mental illness of some sort, a cry for help, and possibly someone so fed up with racism he felt he needed to make up an attack to get attention to a real problem...even though he was not a real victim in this circumstance. Although, I have no doubt he probably experienced racism and homophobia in his life.
Why would he do it? Certainly, there are better ways to promote himself, if that was all it was about. I doubt that was all it was about.
Thoughts?
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