Common, Controversy and Coverage

Jumpinjohn­011 you really should study about Assata. Not only was she beaten and raped by the very cops who accused her of murder, it was later proven it was virtually impossible for her to commit the crime. It seems to me that Common was supporting someone he felt was done a grave injustice. Perhaps you were not alive in the 60's (or feel you could have handled the level of racism and brutality experience­d during the Civil Rights Movement) but many people were falsely accused and imprisoned for the crime of being black of color, interracia­l and/or speaking out against racial injustice on a much greater scale than in the utopia you probably feel we live in today. No everyone in jail is guilty Jumpinjohn­. All prosecutor­s, jurors, cops and judges are upstanding honest citizens, who never make mistakes or end up convicted of crimes themselves­. No hype? Learn facts.
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