horrifying attack on Jussie Smollett

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Today is the deadline for Jussie Smollet to pay $130,000 for investigation costs

CNN said:
Thursday is the deadline for actor Jussie Smollett to pay the $130,106.15 bill sent to him by the city of Chicago to cover the cost of the investigation into his claim he was the victim of a possible hate crime.

In a letter sent to the "Empire" actor on March 28, the city's corporation counsel said that if he didn't pay in the next seven days, he might be prosecuted using Chicago's municipal code or other legal remedies.

"The city feels this is a reasonable and legally justifiable amount to collect to help offset the costs of the investigation," city spokesman Bill McCaffrey said.

The letter was sent after a prosecutor unexpectedly dropped 16 felony disorderly conduct charges against Smollett, who was accused of staging the attack on himself.

CNN is trying to reach the actor's attorneys. Previously, they declined to comment on the letter and referred CNN to an earlier statement that said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson should apologize to Smollett...
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/us/jussie-smollett-chicago-investigation-bill/index.html
 
Hellbound said:
I heard he was on his way to the court house to pay the fine, but then these two guys wearing MAGA hats jumped out and took the money...

:whistling
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Those same MAGA hat guys have been stealing beer from me at night for years and leaving empties all over. The Chicago police better get their act together and get these guys before my beer expenses get any worse.
 
Hellbound said:
I heard he was on his way to the court house to pay the fine, but then these two guys wearing MAGA hats jumped out and took the money...

:whistling
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MAGAninjas are sooooo last month. MAGA pirates are what the hip kids are being attacked by.

theprestige said:
Shoulda hid it in his sandwich.
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Salad. Money camouflages better in salad.

Seriously, what is with you guys dissing the salad?
 
Senex said:
Those same MAGA hat guys have been stealing beer from me at night for years and leaving empties all over. The Chicago police better get their act together and get these guys before my beer expenses get any worse.
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Try putting bleach in one of your beer bottles.

Thermal said:
MAGAninjas are sooooo last month. MAGA pirates are what the hip kids are being attacked by.
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At least MAGA pirates seem to be real. For San Francisco definitions of "real".

Salad. Money camouflages better in salad.

Seriously, what is with you guys dissing the salad?
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I apologize for my insensitivity. You're absolutely right about the salad. Mix some cheddar into that lettuce, right?
 
Equal justice for all is a bunch of hooey.

People of wealth, power, or other status, and who know someone who is well-connected, can get preferential treatment in the criminal justice system. The well-connected have advantages not afforded to others.

SOME WAYS INFORMATION HAS BEEN KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC

An “emergency” hearing was held
On March 26, 2019, the hearing, the case, was not on the regularly scheduled court call. This meant that the public had no reasonable notice or opportunity to view the proceedings. 1
Uncontested sealing of court records
I'm not certain, but it may be that "the process employed by the State's Attorney effectively denied law enforcement agencies of legally required Notice (See 20 ILCS 2630/5.2(d)(4)) and the legal opportunity to object to the sealing of the file (See 20 ILCS 2630/5.2(d)(5)). The State’s Attorney not only declined to fight the sealing of this case in court, but then provided false information to the public regarding it." That all according to the Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association.2
There's no public, on the record explanation of why records were sealed
Attorney Brown Holmes, for defendant Jussie Smollett, asked "that the Court immediately seal the records."

The Judge did not read the motion to out loud, so there's no documentation as to why the court records were sealed.

Brown Holmes answered yes to having the order, and the Judge, after granting the State's motion to Nolle Pros, and after granting the State's motion to release D-Bond to the City of Chicago, the Judge simply said, "Motion, defendant, for immediate sealing of the criminal records will be granted as well." 3
The sealing order was not made public.

Little was said during that short, "emergency" hearing, so there's little public information about anything. It is not clear to me why it might take the Judge weeks–until late May–before he makes a statement about whether to unseal the records, when the "emergency" hearing lasted about five minutes.

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1, 2. Roupas, Lee. President, Illinois Prosecutor's Bar Association. "IPBA Statement on Jussie Smollett Case Dismissal." ilpba.org, 28 Mar 2019. Accessed from URL www. ilpba.org/announcements/7249825 4 April 2019.

3. WGN Web Desk. "Read the full transcript from Jussie Smollett’s court appearance." wgntv.com. 27 March 2019. Accessed from URL wgntv.com/2019/03/27/read-the-full-transcript-from-jussie-smolletts-court-appearance/ on 4 April 2019.

There is little-to-no transparency in the Jussie Smollett case.

Posted about 2:59 p.m. (EDT) Thursday, 4 April 2019 by Ernie Marsh
 
But isn't there a new hearing this week? Unsealing, probably?

eta: (From post 3500 above) ".....Meanwhile, CWBChicago sources have said that another “emergency hearing” in the Smollett matter is scheduled for Thursday. Details regarding the subject matter and who requested the hearing were not immediately available."

http://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/04/li...d-be-held.html"

So maybe we will learn somehtiung today. Just in time, this thread was slowing down.
 
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casebro said:
But isn't there a new hearing this week? Unsealing, probably?

eta: (From post 3500 above) ".....Meanwhile, CWBChicago sources have said that another “emergency hearing” in the Smollett matter is scheduled for Thursday. Details regarding the subject matter and who requested the hearing were not immediately available."

http://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/04/li...d-be-held.html"

So maybe we will learn somehtiung today. Just in time, this thread was slowing down.
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I have a feeling that the "emergency hearing" mentioned by CWB Chicago is one of two things we already now know for today...

1) The $130,000 is due today.

2) The local police union voted "no confidence" for Kim Foxx.
 
The city of Chicago has announced that they will now sue because Smollett has missed the payment deadline. The story is everywhere so just pick your favorite news venue.
 
William Parcher said:
The city of Chicago has announced that they will now sue because Smollett has missed the payment deadline. The story is everywhere so just pick your favorite news venue.
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Squandering a huge windfall because you have ADHD and constantly screw up all things having to do with administration? I can relate!
This is why my wife handles all the financial stuff.
 
Cool, more Smollett episodes on the way! It's my favorite sit-com!

Jussie, you are a frickin' gold mine of entertainment! Favorite thread ever!

I'd pay into a GoFundMe just to help keep the wackiness going. The dude is amazing, way better than any Netflix Original :thumbsup:

So is this like a civil suit, because he was never found guilty of a crime. Can a city do this? I hope so.

Total cliche, but you couldn't make this crap up! Chicago PD, Foxx, Rahm, the Tchen connection, the Obama link, the brothers, it's brilliant. Pulp Fiction on acid stupid pills.
 
mgidm86 said:
Cool, more Smollett episodes on the way! It's my favorite sit-com!

Jussie, you are a frickin' gold mine of entertainment! Favorite thread ever!

I'd pay into a GoFundMe just to help keep the wackiness going. The dude is amazing, way better than any Netflix Original :thumbsup:

So is this like a civil suit, because he was never found guilty of a crime. Can a city do this? I hope so.

Total cliche, but you couldn't make this crap up! Chicago PD, Foxx, Rahm, the Tchen connection, the Obama link, the brothers, it's brilliant. Pulp Fiction on acid stupid pills.
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With any luck, this will stretch decades like the OJ case. Multiple lawsuits, a self-published book with veiled admissions of guilt, impulsive criminal activity that leads to totally avoidable jailtime etc etc.

Who am I kidding? It's never going to be that good. OJ was more charismatic, more accomplished, a more important cultural icon who committed a much worse crime and escaped the consequences in a much more dramatic way.

The Smollet thing has the feel of a Coen Brother's comedy. Stupid person cooks up dump plot for idiotic reasons and involves stupid people to help him. It all goes south, but thankfully the stupid people investigating him are part of a stupid system and clumsily drop the ball. What did it all mean in the end? Who knows? Probably nothing. The end.
 
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Mumbles said:
Wow, $130,000.



I mean, if they're looking for savings, Chicago's paid out $370,000,000 in the past six years for police brutality, but, you know...130k is good enough.
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It's the dollar value that rankles? I figured you'd be more upset about the city suing the victim of a crime, for reporting that crime to the police.
 
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