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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 5210597" data-attributes="member: 12508">The hit and run was witnessed by an off-duty Memphis police officer, so there&#039;s no doubt Fred did the crime. As floridays pointed out, nobody but Fred knows whether he was drunk. But, he did leave someone in the street to die, and that says a lot. Why take off? I&#039;d like to have seen the extent of damage to the car and other factors in the crime. Smith was born into money, sir. His daddy owned the Mid-South Greyhound franchise at a time when bus systems were still very profitable. Dad left him a very large sum of money. Fred was a big deal in 1975, not only because of Federal Express, but because of his family ties. So, your point about him not being &quot;royalty&quot; is ridiculous. Fred killed a classmate while at Yale in a car accident where he was driving. Again, the presumption is that he was drunk, and that Daddy got him preferential treatment. There is no mention of intoxication I can find, but one really has to wonder.Everybody does stupid stuff when they&#039;re young, and maybe the classmate who died was one of those situations. But the hit and run was an adult Smith, who has just been indicted that day for a very serious crime. $2M in 1975 is more like $10M today. Would he go out and drown his sorrows? Kind of sounds like it. Oh, and swindling your own sisters? Nice. Cleared, but under the shadiest of circumstances. &quot;Hey, Sis, how about dropping your case for X dollars?&quot;There&#039;s more. Insider trading charges, multiple affairs, and the ATA deal, which killed a successful airline when Fred didn&#039;t fulfill his end of the bargain.By then, he also had politicians and even more money helping him out. As I&#039;ve said before, FedEx was (and is) very good at changing court venues to find a sympathetic judge. A jury found Fred and FedEx guilty in the ATA case, and a judge overturned the verdict after a change in venue. That&#039;s what money buys.It&#039;s kind of like Michael Jackson, who should have been found guilty decades ago, but his money bought him out&nbsp; of jail through settlements, connections, and greed on the part of parents who wanted cash instead of justice. If it had been my kid, he&#039;d have been dead a long time ago and I wouldn&#039;t have a penny.Fred is a POS. Yes, he served in Vietnam, so good on him for that, but that doesn&#039;t excuse his egregious behavior(s). Thank you for your service Fred, now go straight to jail where you probably belong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 5210597, member: 12508"] The hit and run was witnessed by an off-duty Memphis police officer, so there's no doubt Fred did the crime. As floridays pointed out, nobody but Fred knows whether he was drunk. But, he did leave someone in the street to die, and that says a lot. Why take off? I'd like to have seen the extent of damage to the car and other factors in the crime. Smith was born into money, sir. His daddy owned the Mid-South Greyhound franchise at a time when bus systems were still very profitable. Dad left him a very large sum of money. Fred was a big deal in 1975, not only because of Federal Express, but because of his family ties. So, your point about him not being "royalty" is ridiculous. Fred killed a classmate while at Yale in a car accident where he was driving. Again, the presumption is that he was drunk, and that Daddy got him preferential treatment. There is no mention of intoxication I can find, but one really has to wonder. Everybody does stupid stuff when they're young, and maybe the classmate who died was one of those situations. But the hit and run was an adult Smith, who has just been indicted that day for a very serious crime. $2M in 1975 is more like $10M today. Would he go out and drown his sorrows? Kind of sounds like it. Oh, and swindling your own sisters? Nice. Cleared, but under the shadiest of circumstances. "Hey, Sis, how about dropping your case for X dollars?" There's more. Insider trading charges, multiple affairs, and the ATA deal, which killed a successful airline when Fred didn't fulfill his end of the bargain.By then, he also had politicians and even more money helping him out. As I've said before, FedEx was (and is) very good at changing court venues to find a sympathetic judge. A jury found Fred and FedEx guilty in the ATA case, and a judge overturned the verdict after a change in venue. That's what money buys. It's kind of like Michael Jackson, who should have been found guilty decades ago, but his money bought him out of jail through settlements, connections, and greed on the part of parents who wanted cash instead of justice. If it had been my kid, he'd have been dead a long time ago and I wouldn't have a penny. Fred is a POS. Yes, he served in Vietnam, so good on him for that, but that doesn't excuse his egregious behavior(s). Thank you for your service Fred, now go straight to jail where you probably belong. [/QUOTE]

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