Breaking: Charges dropped in case against Jussie Smollett. (See Staff Post)
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Yea, yea I just read thread title and notifications on apps. I guess it is good to be rich. Never mind what I said. Man, what kind of justice system is this?
So hes paying the fine and doing community service out of the goodness of his heart?
This really surprises you? In America you get all the justice you can afford.
The community service was done already. He is not being assigned to do community service. Check TMZ. He is forfeiting his bond.
I don’t understand US JUSTICE system. Manafort gets light jail time for screwing us democracy and Smollett gets record cleaned And gives fodder for alt right just by paying $10,000
Jussie doesn't deserve an apology, but every minority that lives in Chicago sure as hell does. I don't care how "obvious" a conclusion seems, the way the CPD handled the investigation into an attempted lynching was a travesty and makes me severely concerned about how cases of legitimate hate crimes are handled over there.
He was never doing community service. He does continual work in the community(activist).
Okay, this shit is getting confusing again. I'mma just wait for the smoke to clear
I'm going to say:
1) We don't really know what is going on. My guess is neither "sides" story is 100% true.
2) Chicago PD lies. They plant evidence and they leak shit to the media.
3) Taking a plea deal (or some other agreement) is not proof of guilt. People take plea deals to make shit go away and not face a potential worse outcome for things they didn't do.
4) If they had him dead to rights, no way they drop this. They goofed on something. It could be anywhere from the whole thing being made up to procedural problems. But Chicago PD did *something* they didn't want coming out in court.
There are a ton of holes in Jussie's story, and I definitely don't 100% believe him, but I'm not going to just assume everything being leaked out of the Chicago PD was on the up and up either.
1) We don't really know what is going on. My guess is neither "sides" story is 100% true.
2) Chicago PD lies. They plant evidence and they leak shit to the media.
3) Taking a plea deal (or some other agreement) is not proof of guilt. People take plea deals to make shit go away and not face a potential worse outcome for things they didn't do.
4) If they had him dead to rights, no way they drop this. They goofed on something. It could be anywhere from the whole thing being made up to procedural problems. But Chicago PD did *something* they didn't want coming out in court.
There are a ton of holes in Jussie's story, and I definitely don't 100% believe him, but I'm not going to just assume everything being leaked out of the Chicago PD was on the up and up either.
When you get in trouble lawyers often have you sign up for community service, or take anger management classes, etc. before any is handed down by the courts. It is then used to typically present to the DA that you are doing what you can to already make ammends, and is sometimes used in a decision to drop or lower charges without a plea deal.
Try getting a reckless driving or a DUI and hire a lawyer and that's what they'll have you do.
Weird thing here is the lawyer's statement claiming he's exonerated. I'm guessing it's just them being shady AF because no agreement stops them from making that kind of statement, and once charges are dropped double jeopardy comes into play I believe.
The PD is not at fault here
The only parties at fault are
1. Smollett for lying and giving alt right talking points
2. Chicago justice department for cleaning his record by accepting a $10,000 bribe
This is a joke
Yep sounds like CPD fucked up something to not even have a plea here. And without the plea he basically can say he was innocent all he wants now.
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