horrifying attack on Jussie Smollett

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Silly Green Monkey said:
Is there such a mentality? It seems Smollett was believed exactly the same amount as anyone who filed a report with the police. They investigated his claims, tracked down suspects.

Now, if you want to talk about the armchair detective mentality.....
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You did not notice any claims of racisim in regards to legitimate issues with his story? In this very thread?

I did, go back and re read.
 
The significance is, that the brothers were leaving for Nigeria later in the day. He did not want them around to be rounded up by the CPD.
 
Drewbot said:
The significance is, that the brothers were leaving for Nigeria later in the day. He did not want them around to be rounded up by the CPD.
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It seems like the 29th was chosen during rehearsals, though.

Jussie apparently wanted the attack to occur by the 29th for some reason.

The brothers are Americans, not Nigerians.

They were born and raised in the USA.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I thought it was 'key' if used as the name of a place and 'kway' if used as a generic noun for a dock?
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I don't think I have ever heard the term used outside of song lyrics. Most Americans pronounce it "dock" or "pier".

I think of it as "kay'.
 
LTC8K6 said:
It seems like the 29th was chosen during rehearsals, though.

Jussie apparently wanted the attack to occur by the 29th for some reason.

The brothers are Americans, not Nigerians.

They were born and raised in the USA.
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yes I know that, but It had to happen by the 29th early AM, because they were leaving for Nigeria. The Americans were going on a trip out of the country. We are yet to find out if this was paid for by Smollett.

The other reason may be lagging ticket sales for his concert that weekend?

Was the manager going to cancel his tour due to lagging sales?
 
Mike! said:
I read someplace that it needed to happen before the anti-lynching bill came up for a vote.
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Yeah, maybe she was talking to him about how people keep telling her that the Lynching Bill is obsolete, 'there hasn't been a lynching in 20 years'.

But she was running for president and needed something to pass before the campaign gets rolling.

Jussie says to her, he says, 'hold my beer'
 
Drewbot said:
yes I know that, but It had to happen by the 29th early AM, because they were leaving for Nigeria. The Americans were going on a trip out of the country. We are yet to find out if this was paid for by Smollett.

The other reason may be lagging ticket sales for his concert that weekend?

Was the manager going to cancel his tour due to lagging sales?
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I think it's far more likely that the trip was scheduled as part of the planning around the 29th.

To me, the reports read as if the brothers do not know why the attack had to occur by the 29th.
 
Perhaps also there was a show-runner/writers meeting coming up, and he was afraid he was being written out of the show as well.
That was the first theory IIRC


Meadmaker said:
I don't think I have ever heard the term used outside of song lyrics. Most Americans pronounce it "dock" or "pier".

I think of it as "kay'.
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SIDENOTE:
In The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

He definitely pronounces it 'Kee'

But the subtitles it is spelled Quay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VktJNNKm3B0
 
Drewbot said:
Yeah, maybe she was talking to him about how people keep telling her that the Lynching Bill is obsolete, 'there hasn't been a lynching in 20 years'.

But she was running for president and needed something to pass before the campaign gets rolling.

Jussie says to her, he says, 'hold my beer'
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Normally, no way this would be plausible. But given the facts thus far, Harris holding Smollett's beer may well be a viable explanation.
 
I can't imagine that Harris herself has any knowledge.

If Jussie decided to do this, he did it for his own reasons.

If it happened to help Harris, that was just an extra benefit.

Jussie did this for himself, for some reason that we haven't heard yet.

Remember that it is linked to the letter.

The letter must have been planned a few days prior to it's delivery, so Jussie had the hoax idea in mid-January.
 
Q: Why did you guys fly to Nigeria?
A: Jussie had paid us a lot of cash for the hoax and we decided that we would spend it on a trip. We love Nigeria.
Q: Why did you do the attack before going to Nigeria?
A: It either had to happen before our trip or after getting back. We all decided on before.
 
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