Since when has associating with somebody been a crime?
You can have dinner with your neighbor and not be in trouble when it’s discovered he’s a serial killer. Hell, you can dinner with somebody you know is a mob boss.
It’s when you’re involved in the actual commission of crimes (including covering up crimes, or in various cases but reporting your knowledge of a particular criminal act) that it becomes an “go to jail” type issue.
That also doesn’t justify hanging out with repugnant criminals from a moral perspective, but moral and go-directly-to-jail criminal actions are not the same thing.
Since when has associating with somebody been a crime?
You can have dinner with your neighbor and not be in trouble when it’s discovered he’s a serial killer. Hell, you can dinner with somebody you know is a mob boss.
It’s when you’re involved in the actual commission of crimes (including covering up crimes, or in various cases but reporting your knowledge of a particular criminal act) that it becomes an “go to jail” type issue.
That also doesn’t justify hanging out with repugnant criminals from a moral perspective, but moral and go-directly-to-jail criminal actions are not the same thing.