A Glance at Recent Celebrity Treatment

During the past several months we have heard about Lidnsay Lohan's one day jail sentence after being busted for drunk driving twice, Nicole Richie serving 82 minutes of a four day jail sentence after driving the wrong way drunk, and Paris Hilton's 22 days of jail time after driving multiple times with a suspended license and DUI. Most recently we have heard about the possibility of Nick Hogan (a.k.a Nick Bollea) facing charges after wrecking his Toyota Supra, leaving his 22 year old passenger in the hospital in critical condition. We also heard about Michael Vick being suspended indefinitely from the NFL after pleading guilty to charges stemming from dog fighting.

These are obviously just a few of the many cases of celebrity troubles. Celebrities have been breaking the law and getting away with it, or facing extremely lenient consequences for years. Though there is no shortage of people outraged at this fact, what few fail to see is that these kinds of special treatment for celebrities hurt everyone. You may not think it affects you or your life at all, but you could end up facing the consequences of a celebrity thinking they can get away with murder (sometimes even literally).

In some cases, the parents are just as responsible for their children's behavior as their children are. Nick Hogan for example is a minor, which means that his driving privileges are ultimately decided by his parents. It has already been reported that he has boasted about police officers letting him go without citing him for his excessive speed because of his family fame. Yet even with these times that he did not receive a citation; he has still racked up 4 speeding violations in the last year alone. Two of these violations involved speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour, and one involved a speed of nearly double the posted limit in a construction zone while workers were present. Why on earth then had his parents not stepped in and confiscated their son's license and revoked his driving privileges?