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['W: 998][W:371]Empire' star Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crime

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This just out the Grand Jury OK'd charges for disorderly conduct. That's filing a false police report punishable by 1-3 years.
 
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Actor Jussie Smollett now a suspect in criminal investigation

(CNN)"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was "officially classified" a suspect in a criminal investigation Wednesday for allegedly filing a false police report, according to a tweet from Chicago police spokesman Officer Anthony Guglielmi.
A Cook County grand jury was hearing evidence just weeks after the young actor reported being the victim of a hate crime on January 29, the police spokesman said. Filing a false police report is a Class 4 felony.
Smollett's transformation from victim to suspect in a reported crime that captured national headlines came on the same day that a high-ranking police source said Chicago detectives were working to obtain the actor's financial records.
Investigators also have sought to ask the actor additional questions about the attack.

CNN has reached out to Smollett's attorneys for comment.

Jussie Smollett: Actor now a suspect in criminal investigation - CNN
 
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SLC said:
This just out the Grand Jury OK'd charges for disorderly conduct. That's filing a false police report punishable by 1-3 years.
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Is that it? Disorderly conduct?!?
Bloody hell, that POS is actually gonna get off with a fine and some community work ... (spit)
 
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Barnacle said:
Is that it? Disorderly conduct?!?
Bloody hell, that POS is actually gonna get off with a fine and some community work ... (spit)
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But, but, but hes Black, LGBTQ and likely a target of MAGA wearing hat people........

Swetnick, the accusers of Nick Sandman, and now Smollett need to really be made an example of this is getting out of hand.....So.... First you ACCUSE with NO evidence to back it up, Then you orchestrate your OWN attack to try to get your point across.........

Will this ever end...
 
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Barnacle said:
Is that it? Disorderly conduct?!?
Bloody hell, that POS is actually gonna get off with a fine and some community work ... (spit)
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Which if he were white would be true. But Chicago style 'justice' might have something else in mind because that's how they roll.
 
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Barnacle said:
Is that it? Disorderly conduct?!?
Bloody hell, that POS is actually gonna get off with a fine and some community work ... (spit)
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That's the local charges. The federal ones for the letter could get nasty indeed.
 
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Atomic Kid said:
Which if he were white would be true. But Chicago style 'justice' might have something else in mind because that's how they roll.
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Sure; that's why Chicago police assigned only a dozen detectives to review hundreds of hours of surveillance camera footage.
Come on, only a mere dozen ... pretty stingy ... I agree.
 
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If you really want to see justice for Jussie, people boycott whatever show he is cast in. Then Jussie would see justice in action, he'd get fired.
 
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Barnacle said:
Sure; that's why Chicago police assigned only a dozen detectives to review hundreds of hours of surveillance camera footage.
Come on, only a mere dozen ... pretty stingy ... I agree.
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Which they did because Smollett's celebrity status brought a level of scrutiny they would have much rather had preferred to avoid since they typically don't give a **** about these kind of cases. Which begs the question that if the Chicago police have access to a vast bank of surveillance cameras throughout the city why is it that they have only been able to solve just 15% of the city's homicides and less than half of that percentage for non lethal shootings.
 
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Atomic Kid said:
Which they did because the Smollett's celebrity status brought a level of scrutiny they would have much rather had preferred to avoid since they typically don't give a **** about these kind of cases.
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Hey, look.

Another baseless accusation....

Though there is a grain of truth. They don't have time for BS games. There are too many Chicagoans shooting other Chicagoans.
 
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Integrityrespec said:
If you really want to see justice for Jussie, people boycott whatever show he is cast in. Then Jussie would see justice in action, he'd get fired.
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Doesn't work with the left; they'd hail him as the guy who overcame (whatever) and would promote him even more. (grin)
 
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Atomic Kid said:
Which they did because Smollett's celebrity status brought a level of scrutiny they would have much rather had preferred to avoid since they typically don't give a **** about these kind of cases. Which begs the question that if the Chicago police have access to a vast bank of surveillance cameras throughout the city why is it that they have only been able to solve just 15% of the city's homicides and less than half of that percentage for non lethal shootings.
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No idea, but you could ask Rahm ... he appoints the police chiefs.
 
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Atomic Kid said:
Which they did because Smollett's celebrity status brought a level of scrutiny they would have much rather had preferred to avoid since they typically don't give a **** about these kind of cases. Which begs the question that if the Chicago police have access to a vast bank of surveillance cameras throughout the city why is it that they have only been able to solve just 15% of the city's homicides and less than half of that percentage for non lethal shootings.
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Because this level of staffing for a single case is not sustainable, and a narcissistic jackass like Smollett only makes the situation worse.

1 Yr-Old Boy Shot in the Head Gets Set Aside for Smollett
John Kass, Chicago Trib
 
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Fledermaus said:
Sounds like another baseless accusation in the making.
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Oh really?

Conflicting verdict favors Chicago cop in fatal shooting as trial ends in confusion - Chicago Tribune

"Conflicting verdict favors Chicago cop in fatal shooting as trial ends in confusion"

In a chaotic finish to a high-profile trial, a judge first announced that a jury had found that a Chicago police officer unjustifiably shot and killed a bat-wielding teen, then wiped away the verdict and the $1 million award to the teen’s family after noting that jurors had also found that the officer reasonably feared for his life when he fired.

Confusion abounded at the Daley Center courthouse Wednesday evening after the Cook County jury reached its conflicting verdict after 3½ hours of deliberations, capping an eight-day trial.

Judge Rena Marie Van Tine first announced that jurors had sided in favor of Quintonio LeGrier's parents — who sued the city and Officer Robert Rialmo — awarding them $1.05 million in damages.
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Things don't seem to have progressed all that much in Chicago since 1968.
 
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Jack Hays said:
Because this level of staffing for a single case is not sustainable, and a narcissistic jackass like Smollett only makes the situation worse.

1 Yr-Old Boy Shot in the Head Gets Set Aside for Smollett
John Kass, Chicago Trib
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No. It's because the Chicago have long ago lost the trust of the people like Smollett and nothing they have done recently gives anyone any hope that is about to improve.
 
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Atomic Kid said:
Oh really?

Conflicting verdict favors Chicago cop in fatal shooting as trial ends in confusion - Chicago Tribune

"Conflicting verdict favors Chicago cop in fatal shooting as trial ends in confusion"



Things don't seem to have progressed all that much in Chicago since 1968.
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Looks like the judge was just applying the law. If the jury found the officer reasonably feared for his life then they cannot find that his shoot was unjustified.
 
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Atomic Kid said:
No. It's because the Chicago have long ago lost the trust of the people like Smollett and nothing they have done recently gives anyone any hope that is about to improve.
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Smollett's action had nothing to do with trust. It was premeditated fraud.
 
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Jack Hays said:
Because this level of staffing for a single case is not sustainable, and a narcissistic jackass like Smollett only makes the situation worse.

1 Yr-Old Boy Shot in the Head Gets Set Aside for Smollett
John Kass, Chicago Trib
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And while we are on the subject of diverting resources how it is that these Nigerian descent brothers aren't facing any charges whatsoever when if we are to take their testimony at face value it shows that they both willingly and knowingly conspired to participate in a hoax to create a false report of a "hate crime". Seeing as though they did not do so of their own free volition or as a result of any pang of conscience. But only after being arrested and sweated by the Chicago police for nearly two days. That's not exactly what I would call as their lawyer did "innocence". Seems to me that if the Chicago police are having so many problems solving "real crimes" that they are sending the wrong message by not sanctioning in some way those that willingly and knowingly conspired to falsely report a crime which they had no intention of reporting until they were arrested and aggressively interrogated.
 
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Atomic Kid said:
And while we are on the subject of diverting resources how it is that these Nigerian descent brothers aren't facing any charges whatsoever when if we are to take their testimony at face value it shows that they both willingly and knowingly conspired to participate in a hoax to create a false report of a "hate crime" seeing as though they did not do so of their own free volition or as a result of any pang of conscience. But only after being arrested and sweated by the Chicago police for nearly two days. That's not exactly what I would call as their lawyer did "innocence". Seems to me that if the Chicago police are having so many problems solving "real crimes" that they are sending the wrong message by not sanctioning in some way those that willingly and knowingly conspired to falsely report a crime which they had no intention of reporting until they were arrested and progressively interrogated.
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Flip the accomplices to indict the perpetrator. Police 101.
 
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Jack Hays said:
Flip the accomplices to indict the perpetrator. Police 101.
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But didn't you just say that this crime diverted resources that were sorely needed elsewhere? Those brothers are just as guilty of that as Smollett if indeed that is the truth. You don't see Mueller letting his cooperating witnesses get off totally scot free for the crimes they had committed if they didn't come to him of their own free accord, do you?
 
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Fledermaus said:
Ooooh ooh one whole example.
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And a stunningly obvious one. And there are plenty more such examples if you really care to look for them. Which I doubt.
 
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