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The star has found himself on the wrong side of the #MeToo movement’s cancel mob, with CNN publishing allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior in 2018. After expensive, exhaustive investigations, those conspiracy theories were proven to be unfounded. And in the year prior, the actor stoked conspiracy theories about then-President Donald Trump colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. In 2018, Freeman joined celebrity efforts to defund the gun manufacturer Remington Arms, pressuring Bank of America to revoke a loan to the company. Most recently, he has lent his likeness to campaigns for coronavirus vaccinations and masking, going so far as to shame the vaccine-hesitant on The Daily Show. On other political issues, Freeman has been more markedly left-wing. Back in 2016 he happily posed for photos with a grin and a thumbs up with several officers in New Mexico when he was there filming Villa Capri. Policing should be about that phrase ‘To Serve’ found on most law enforcement vehicles.”įreeman has shown his support for the police before. “It’s time we are equipping police officers with training and ensuring law enforcement is not defined only as a gun and a stick. “Look at the past year in our country – that sums it up,” Freeman was quoted as saying in the university’s press release. Morgan Freeman speaks onstage during the 51st NAACP Image Awards, Presented by BET, at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Februin Pasadena, California.