I am just saying anyone shocked about the CPD fucking up really shouldn't be
Breaking: Charges dropped in case against Jussie Smollett. (See Staff Post)
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He left a goddamn noose on him for what half an hour+?
He faked that shit guilty af
I'm more interested in HOW the CPD botched it to this degree
He faked that shit guilty af
I'm more interested in HOW the CPD botched it to this degree
White, Maga Hats and yelled "this is MAGA country!!" In a progressive section of Chicwgo during a polar vortex when no one else was outside at 2 in the morning.
Let's not forget that this two brothers would probably break his glass jaw if they were there to really beat him up.
The most unbelievable part would be these two attackers realized it was that "(racist term) from Empire"
No one cared about this dude enough to recognize him come on.
The whole set up smelled of ego stroking from the jump.
Maybe we should think/talk about how ignoring the bad things but boosting the "sexy" scandalized stories makes us somewhat if not totally complicit
The reason I wanted to post those stories is because I felt like they would fly under the radar and not be talked about or acknowledged at all. Me posting them again in here is still trying to do that.
We shouldn't need footage of police killing innocent people and/or dead bodies to discuss police corruption
"He asserted that he could see one of the men was white because he could see the skin around his eyes."
Jussie also said they were wearing ski masks, so his only view of their skin appears to be the holes in the ski masks, which can cause visual obstruction. It's possible they were wearing makeup or that he simply was wrong in his observation due to the craziness of being attacked.
I mean, these guys were amatuer actors too and they bought stuff at a store ahead of time to plan the whole thing. They also went full MAGA on him with racial and gay slurs, so.... I mean, they clearly know how to play the media.
It's not out of the realm of possibility that people just assumed a lot of the facts based on a shoddy police report/interview with a shaken victim who was under suspicion right off the bat.
He knew his attackers. They knew his schedule. He's worked with them before, on the show and with personal training. It would be easy for them to track him down and pull this off without it being a staged attack. And without Jussie accusing them because - why would they want to beat him up, unless they were planning on dragging him for more money? And then to use it to throw Jussie under the bus if the heat got too close to exposing them, which they did.
All of this is within the realm of possibility.
As fucked up as it all seems, he may actually be telling the truth!
I really dont think these dropped charges had anything to do with CPD.
Smollets family got exposed directly texting the State Attorney Kim Fox by the Chicago Tribune lobbying for this case to be moved or dropped. CPD called Fox out on this. She was forced to recuse herself from the case.
Except she apparently never did and she announced the charges have been dropped without even notifying CPD.
It reeks of political favor.
Can someone please explain to me what the Nigerian brothers had to gain in all of this assuming Smollett really was the victim?
This is entirely incorrect and based on nothing. This is what happens when you jump to conclusions.
It's so damn frustrating that posting like that is okay.
Ignoring known information to build your own narrative so you can call out nameless posters.
More money?
I mean, indirectly, they may have decided themselves to make Jussie a hate crime victim to get him to hire them as full time bodyguards? Or more physical training with them for self-defense?
I mean, anything is possible.
I'm so confused. So was he really attacked? Did the cops try to frame him? Or is this just some weird misunderstanding thing. Even so, if it was, shouldn't the people that attacked him be charged? Or is something more sinister going on?
BuzzFeed News @BuzzFeedNews
Statement from 20th Century Fox: “Jussie Smollett has always maintained his innocence and we are gratified on his behalf that all charges against him have been dismissed.”
1:05 PM - Mar 26, 2019
Statement from 20th Century Fox: “Jussie Smollett has always maintained his innocence and we are gratified on his behalf that all charges against him have been dismissed.”
1:05 PM - Mar 26, 2019
Passing around conspiracy theories is why things like this happen in the first place.
On the other hand the number of years he was possibly facing was insanely ridiculous.
Nobody knows for sure.
Jussie never changed his story though. So, it's possible the two Nigerian guys set him up and the whole thing was their idea and people just assumed Jussie staged the whole thing since the "vengeful black/gay celebrity looking for more money on Empire and attention" motif seems the easiest explanation.
Occam's razor isn't always as sharp as it intends to be. Sometimes shit really IS complicated and elaborate.
But, again, who knows.
The brothers' attorney straight up said that they accepted money to perpetrate the attack. That much is indisputable. I don't know what the hell happened in between then and now but I suspect Chicago-tier corruption shenanigans.
Wow, with that remark, it looks like his character will not be written off.
Honestly I want going to click this thread at all but this post was worth it.
I thought, his character was never going to be written off the show. I thought they planned to recast and keep the character on the show without Jussie.
And you believe lawyers and two dudes who beat a guy for money to be honest and truthful?
Where did the money come from? Did he write them a check? How do you prove the money was for a staged attack? What if the money was for something else and they are just saying it was for the attack since it's a convenient alibi to save their own asses?
How much money was it again? $3,500? Seems kinda low, doesn't it?
I'm going full Perry Mason on this case.
lol
I think he might actually be innocent now. But I need more info.
That does not make it indisputable. They have differing interests and would have/should have presented that. People continuing to assume conspiracies is wild.
And sending fake anthrax? Who should be sued over that? This starts and stops with Kim Foxx, friend of his family who can recused herself one minute and throw her weight around the next.
Here is Fox recusing herself:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-recused-506070211.html?amp=y
Here is the Sun-Times story on why she recused herself....Smollets family reached out to her directly and they had spoken. Foxx then wanted the case moved away from CPD, which Smollets family had requested: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/r...de-smollett-relative-reached-out-to-kim-foxx/
Here's CPD being pissed about that: https://wgntv.com/2019/03/19/chicag...o-kim-foxxs-handling-of-jussie-smollett-case/
Kim Foxx Office today
CPD reaction today
I dont know. This timeline to me reeks of political favor called in and then two political entities trying to show each other up which resulted in the decision today.
You could be right. I didn't keep up with Fox's decision on his character.
A timeline doesn't prove anything. When you are looking for a conspiracy it is easy to find.
Y’all saying he’ll never act again, dude could make a killing playing hateable villains for the rest of his life.
"Known information" means nothing in this thread. "Known information" is apparently any conclusion anyone in here wants to draw.
And I remember when "arguing in bad faith" was a banworthy offense here....
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