horrifying attack on Jussie Smollett

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theprestige said:
Orange Man Bad has self promoted himself into the presidency of the United States.

Jussie Smollett has self promoted himself right out of a job.

How is this even a question?
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Has he? We haven't even got to the second act.

Felony disorderly conduct?


Where's that laughing dog GIF?
 
How long til we find out Jussie faked the letter with white powder on it too? That's federal crime and federal time is it not?

Also I'm wondering if the manager was in on it as well or was he also duped?

The good thing is Jussie's family can be relieved these "inhumane acts of domestic terrorism.” didn't really happen and Chicago isn't MAGA country!
 
dudalb said:
Well, I was wrong.
I despise Smollett now. He just made things tougher for any real victim of bigotry.
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No, he hasn't. I promise you, the only people who will think twice about believing the next "real" victim of bigotry, are people who already would have even if this had never happened.
 
Smollett's Wacko Lawyers said:
“Like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked."
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Jussie Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence. Particularly when lies are told about him. What lies? Like the lie told that he was not attacked by white racist scumbag Trump-supporting bleach-loving Windsor-knot hang-rope habanero pepper bottle fag-hating MAGA-baiting puck nut mupp butt ski-mask wearing honky cracker ass hooligans and whatnot kind of pussy man-children.

That kind of lie.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RaferWeigel/status/1098400287805427712
 
The Big Dog said:
Top attorney Mark Geragos has joined #JussieSmollett legal team. He is assisting Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson. #CPD sources tell me an indictment of #Smollett could be coming in “a matter of hours. Not days”.

Rafer Weigel
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Not days. Hours. Hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours..........
 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-jussie-smollett-court-20190219-story.html

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself last week from the investigation into a reported attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett “out of an abundance of caution” because she spoke to one of his relatives after it was reported and acted as a go-between with Chicago police, one of Foxx’s aides told the Tribune on Wednesday.

The disclosure of Foxx’s reason for the recusal comes nearly 24 hours after her office unexpectedly announced she would be sitting out the case. Foxx’s decision prompted backlash on social media, including from her predecessor, whom she defeated in the 2016 election.

But on Wednesday afternoon, one of Foxx’s aides released a statement to the Tribune about the state’s attorney’s interactions with Smollett’s family after he reported the attack in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood on Jan. 29.

"Shortly after the incident occurred in late January, State’s Attorney Foxx had conversations with a family member of Jussie Smollett about the incident and their concerns, and facilitated a connection to the Chicago Police Department who were investigating the incident,” said Robert Foley, a senior adviser to Foxx.
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So, certainly within the boundaries of doing the job a prosecutor should do (hearing from families of victims about a case and directing them to resources). It is also possible, though, she wanted to jump in and "roll up her sleeves" from the get-go for a high-profile case.

Well intended or opportunistic aside, it has put her in a legal conundrum.

The issue isn't Smollett, it's those who could potentially be called as witnesses in the case. Initially the family had little likelihood other than corroboration of medical state, character witness, etc. Now this is the kind of case that, if taken to trial, would very much involve discussion of the family going to the state's attorney and what they discussed and what agency she directed them to.
 
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dudalb said:
SMolett has just become the best thing to happen to the bigots in a long time.
Man is a total idiot.

Just go on the internet and see how the bigots are jumping all over this,and you will see why I'm not in a forgiving mood.
Ah well, I will at least get some joy out of watching his career go down the drain.
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Can you be clear?
Are you referring to actual bigots? or just white people?

Where is your cut off on this? Does 'bigot' include people who support Trump who are not Bigots, but are glad this didn't turn out to be white Trump Supporters beating up a black/gay person?

Is it the 200,000 or so active white supremicists in the country?

Are the black activists who demanded Smollett's arrest also bigots?

I'm just trying to clarify what you are saying, because even some actual bigots would not be for violence against a person because of their skin color or orientation.

Maybe you just mean bigots who are OK with violence against people, or do you mean all bigots?, or maybe all whites? please specify. Bigots is an oft-thrown around term for a lot of people who are on the wrong side of politics these days.
 
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racist/bigot = current year heretic

This is religious fervor we're dealing with. Don't expect it to make sense.
 
Elagabalus said:
Your mistake is defining this as an act of racism when it clearly is an act of self promotion. How do the Orange Man and Jussie compare then? Who comes out on top in that category?
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Is not a matter of degree but style.

Trump is like a racist shredder, he has a huge amount of means, help and reach. And can on many fronts be a basted.

Jussie on the other hand is more like a racist batman. Equipped with more resources than any average person, but much less than trump he has to be more creative to make a large impact.
 
pharphis said:
Exactly. Also, I wouldn't consider the upper bound of 8% a "tiny number" either. 1/12 isn't all that rare.
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I recently listened to an interview with a mathematician who pointed out that most people misinterpret statistics.

Prime example: Trump's 14% (?) chance of winning that made everybody so friggin sure HRC was going to win. "A 14% chance is very significant" and "would you get on a train if you had a 14% chance of dying in a train wreck?"
 
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