Over A Decade Ago, ‘The Boondocks’ Ridiculed Everyone for Ignoring R. Kelly’s Abuse

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/the-boondocks-r-kelly-episode-abuse-trial-1202034304/
Youtoob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygFnxmma58&list=PLrO26t9UvGau1lPC5FqsjZs4UUMVzb7lr (part 10)

The episode, “The Trial of R. Kelly,” was the second episode of the first season of “The Boondocks” and was written by series creator Aaron McGruder and Rodney Barnes. The plot dreamt up what the trail might’ve looked like where R. Kelly was charged with urinating on an underage girl. Many of the characters in the show adored R. Kelly and his music and therefore were willing to look past the incident and hope for his acquittal. When R. Kelly was proven innocent, the entire court room broke out in song and dance, leaving Huey to take center stage and criticize the reaction.

“What the hell is wrong with you people?” Huey says. “Every famous n**ga that gets arrested is not Nelson Mandela. Yes, the government conspires to put a lot of innocent black men in jail on fallacious charges. But R. Kelly is not one of those men. We all know the n**ga can sing, but what happened to standards? What happened to bare minimums? Are you a fan of R. Kelly? You wanna help R. Kelly? Get some counseling for R. Kelly! Introduce him to some older women! Hide his camcorder! But don’t pretend that the man is a hero! And stop the damn dancing! Act like you’ve got some goddamn sense, people! Damn! I’m through playing around here!”