He had a $100k bond, and usually 10% of that needs to be paid in cash, hence $10k.
They'll go back to the same shit they've always been doing. Prosecutorial discretion usually favors the rich, even when prosecutors try to correct for it.
They REALLY need to investigate these CPD leaks.
This wasn't a leak seems like a FOIA request according to the article.
Bit easy to be confused. Cwb is run by the CPD basically and get all their leaks
They were the source of all the leaks in the previous threads prior to the mainstream news outlets reporting Jussie staged the attack, so I jumped the gun too early this time.
It’s really funny how a post saying there was no clear explanation was made and thread marked after this.
i mean, a white kid paid a person to say that Robert Mueller raped her, published stories and was about to have a freaking press conference before the woman backed out (backed out while people were waiting at the press conference mind you) and he didn't even spend a single afternoon in jail, so... its not just rich people.
It's not a clear explanation because it believes cops.
Because that same page people were still posting conspiracy bs.
The attackers though...
Wait, after all this, someone genuinely believes he was attacked for real???
So wait...you think the police are framing Smollet and he really was attacked by two Nigerian brothers who are apparently in on the framing? Was this entirely orchestrated by the cops?
People feel there has to be more to it than that because it feels so unbelievable that the widely hated black man would get off with a typically light punishment for what is otherwise usually seen as a pretty light crime. And honestly, that's not necessarily the wrong impulse because even if you agree that's what should be the punishment, seeing any part of law enforcement being less racist than the mainstream liberal opinion is a little weird.
The theoretical motive would be to spend less time in jail.
I'm asking about their motive for attacking him in the first place.
I'm not sure I understand the implication of this. Is the State Attorney's Office trying to find cases with similar resolutions to show the public that the Smollett deal was normal?
Faking a hate crime and getting national attention is a pretty light crime?
The national attention part shouldn't be the police's problem to solve. The main reason it's a crime at all is it wastes police time and resources, but it's not like you need to threaten years of jail time to properly deter that.
I don’t believe anyone here is calling for years of jail time. It took tons of resources to solve, that could’ve been better used on actual crimes. At the very least I’d expect him to have to pay the cost of the investigation, which is significantly higher than $10k, and admit guilt.
Since when was false police report or any other punishments meant to be calculated on recuperating police dept costs? Which are probably being calculated with the highest interpretation of the opportunity costs involved.
Did he really though? His career and reputation are ruined. The guy is a laughing stock.
Nobody believes that
Kim Foxx is getting destroyed in Chicago. Maybe a way to save some face if you're her. But maybe it was a mistake.
His castmates don't seem to think so
Like I could have swore I remember reading she was pissed at him when it first came out it was all a hoax but whatever.
Taraji had her own run in with fake news regarding her kid, so this is surprising.
I read earlier it was the judge's decision and not the State Attorneys. Chicago can't catch a win
