horrifying attack on Jussie Smollett

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LTC8K6 said:
What about the letter?
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Stamps for mailing and a magazine for cut-out ransom-style letters.

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Charlie De Mar of CBSChicago reports that police raided the home of the two "persons of interest" last night, seizing bleach, a wallet with stamps, a magazine, computers, and more. A relative of the men told De Mar that the two left for Nigeria on the day of the purported attack.
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http://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/02/smollett-two-others-in-active.html
 
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NEW: Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson called @ABC7Chicago tonight to say Jussie Smollett is considered a victim and the police investigation is on-going.

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UPDATE: Representatives for Jussie Smollett say “Today Jussie did answer routine followup questions for Chicago Police Department and continues to cooperate.”

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NEW: 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment say
"The idea that Jussie Smollett has been, or would be, written off of EMPIRE is patently ridiculous. He remains a core player on this very successful series and we continue to stand behind him.”
 
theprestige said:
I heard as I was crossing the intersection, ‘Empire!’ And I don’t answer to Empire, my name ain’t Empire. And I didn’t answer, I kept walking, and then I heard, ”f— Empire n—.’ So I turned around and I said, ‘What the f– did you just say to me?’​

What an ass.

- "Empire" is his livelihood. As a performer and entertainer, it's always in his best interest to answer to the name of his product, and give prospective fans a positive experience, even if they don't know exactly what his name is. Giving someone the could shoulder because "my name ain't Empire" is counter-productive. It's bad business.

Being a public figure is hard. Nobody is motivated to put on their Entertainer Face at two in the morning. Everyone would understand if he were short with a fan from time to time. But the way to excuse that is to say "I'm sorry, I'd had a long day/flight/week/whatever, and I was tired. I regret coming across like a jerk. That's not me at all, and here I am making it up to you now that I'm back to my normal self." Not, "piss off, that's not my name."

- If he doesn't respond to "Empire" because that's not his name, why respond to "f— Empire n—"? That's not his name either. Why not just keep walking? He doesn't want to entertain a fan. He doesn't want to get into a fight. He just wants to keep walking. Or does he?

Somebody calls him "Empire" and that pisses him off. Then they actually say something mean, and it's the last straw. Instead of walking home and eating his sandwich, he turns around and engages. He won't answer to the name of his show, but "f— Empire n—." rings a bell?

This version of his story paints the picture of a man who went out to buy a sandwich, but was actually looking for trouble.
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This breaks the inanity meter into microscopic shards. Addressing this isolated aspect:

"Hey empire" is something a fan would say, and he may not have wanted to deal with a fan at that time and place.

"f— Empire n—" is obviously hostile, and it's not at all strange that it would prompt a different sort of reaction.
 
varwoche said:
This breaks the inanity meter into microscopic shards. Addressing this isolated aspect:



"Hey empire" is something a fan would say, and he may not have wanted to deal with a fan at that time and place.



"f— Empire n—" is obviously hostile, and it's not at all strange that it would prompt a different sort of reaction.
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Oh crap! There's an inanity meter on this forum? And I broke it?!

Dang, I'm sorry, varwoche. Let me pay for the repairs. Is a check OK?
 
Mike! said:
A few years ago, a guy killed his wife and children. He had planned it for some time and had sent himself threatening letters so when he finally did kill them, he thought he'd already created an alibi for himself with the threatening letters. It didn't work in the end, and they proved he was responsible. So the idea of pre sending yourself threatening letters isn't exactly a new one. Personally, I feel the lack of video evidence and the idea he walked around with a noose around his neck for 45 minutes is a bit troubling.
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angrysoba said:
Yeah, if he was planning to kill his wife and children and needed an alibi.

Who the **** plans to do something dumb and get beaten up in a bar or fall off their bike while drunk during filming?

It's trivially easy to say you fell off your bike sober. Not so easy to explain a brutally murdered family. Do you see how your comparison makes no ******* sense at all?
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That was my first post in this thread, and the idea was poo pooed as ridiculous right off the bat. :rolleyes:
 
varwoche said:
This breaks the inanity meter into microscopic shards. Addressing this isolated aspect:

"Hey empire" is something a fan would say, and he may not have wanted to deal with a fan at that time and place.

"f— Empire n—" is obviously hostile, and it's not at all strange that it would prompt a different sort of reaction.
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If it's just an attempted Nigerian Grift that would tie things up nicely. Just sayin'.
 
Source states phone records provided by Smollett were a spreadsheet. He downloaded his phone activity into a spreadsheet and then deleted certain phone calls. “He did the [detectives’] job for them because then they only had to focus on the numbers he deleted.”

...As CWBChicago reported over a week ago, investigators already had Smollett's complete phone records via subpoena of his provider.
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https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1096154580314931201

They didn't really need him to provide phone records because they already had them.
 
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William Parcher said:
The missing 60 seconds is like pure genius. Like something from like the Nixon era.
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As they say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.
They could have gotten immeasurably lucky on that one as easy as planning it at this point.

My hunch is, all three are in on this in the end, but who knows now?
There's plenty of 'Who does this kind of thing?', to sort though before Columbo turns says, "Just one more thing, if you don't mind..."
 
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