applecorped
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The dissembling is impressive here
yet you called anyone who doesn't believe the evidence-less attack happened 'white supremacists' thus attacking a whole race because you don't like other's opposite opinion. seems you don't know what 'white supremacy' is.
you will still claim everybody who doubted him prior to the verdict being announced is a white supremacist (even if they're black).
In any thread, in any situation, we have to wait for facts.
Does it really matter, though? Once it is determined that he was lying about the major points, isn't it trivial in what manner he may have set his stage?
I'm still going with slipped and fell in the bathtub or whatever, which would account for the injuries, and a spur of the moment 'great idea' for publicity.
The existence of the letter argues for not "spur of the moment". Unless the letter is unrelated. He received a threatening letter with the word "MAGA" on it days before the attack.
It would be a strange coincidence if the letter was real but the attack itself was a hoax.
I think the evidence against the attack as reported now is fairly strong. No footage of the attack. plus the report of the attack has been revised and weakened a couple of times. plus the failure to provide phone records. Now its reported that he was reluctant to report it to the police, which makes it sound like he painted himself into a corner when his friend called police, and instead of coming clean he doubled down. at this stage I think it is more likely he either fell or got into an unrelated altercation. I think false reports should be dealt with harshly. Happy to be proven wrong though. But thanks for associating me with white supremisists simply beacause I do not believe one likely lying far left hero doing his best to give credibility to the other side.
Who would decline security, and go out at 1:30AM by themselves in a dangerous area, after receiving a death threat letter?
Meanwhile, Chicago police said Sunday that Smollett has yet to turn over data from his cellphone to verify that he was on the phone with his music manager, Brandon Moore, when he was allegedly attacked.
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“We have no reason to doubt the statements, but for a criminal investigation, we need to independently confirm the phone records,” Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
“We offered to take the phone to download the data and he expressed he couldn’t be without his phone for several hours.”
Last week, The Post traced Smollett’s likely route to the underpass from a 24-hour Subway sandwich shop where he bought a tuna sandwich and a salad.
Near the foot of a stairwell to the Loews, The Post found an empty hot sauce bottle that was partially filled with a clear liquid that smelled like bleach.
The Post alerted police, who seized the bottle. Guglielmi said it was turned over to the FBI for analysis.
The FBI declined to comment.
Cracks forming...?
Jussie Smollett’s neighbors cast doubt on his attack story
https://nypost.com/2019/02/11/jussie-smolletts-neighbors-cast-doubt-on-his-attack-story/
Why are people so unsure about the odor of bleach?
It's a pretty strong and distinctive odor.
Telling people about a crime is a very different thing to asking for an investigation with enough scope to determine if your story is true. People report fake stories to their partner and/or their friends and/or their colleagues and/or the media and/or the public. Sometimes the decision to tell a lie to one person balloons unexpectedly into a need to sustain the lie to a much larger audience. I think one of the patterns that trigger people to suspect a case isn't genuine is where somebody seems to be trying to maximise the social reaction to a shocking crime they have been the victim of while showing a lack of interest, or reluctance to, have the crime properly investigated.One thing I don't understand is how a reluctance to report the crime is seen as an indication that the crime didn't happen. If this was some sort of publicity stunt, then reporting it is a pretty important part of the publicity stunt.
A typical hot sauce bottle would seem a very odd choice to try to fill with bleach and then use to attack someone.
Typically they have a small shaker type opening.
Assuming this hot sauce bottle is in any way connected to anything, which after more than a week, is very questionable.
How come it wasn't big news that they found a possible bottle used in the attack?
Look at this case. It is a shocking crime, but somehow not important enough to him that he can't find a way of being away from his phone for a couple of hours. It's not a hard problem to find a way around if you are remotely inclined to find a way around it. Either he is spectacularly not interested in finding the people who attacked him, or he actively doesn't want to help the police. Even if there is private stuff on his phone, I should think he and his lawyer could find some way of getting the police the data they need.