Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett
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All charges mysteriously dropped.
Rumours of an apparent Obama influence, police and mayor not happy...also interestingly 1 day after his lawyer was implicated in the Michael Avanati charges
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Yeah very suspect
Sounded like they had plenty of evidence to prove his so called attack was a hoax
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Some great stuff in the reddit thread.
This is super shady, debate about police investigation fuck ups, inability to make it a watertight case, influence from all corners... wtf, it is madness!
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That's Chicago for you! I can't even say I'm really surprised.
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Guess they won't waste two years and a net ~$10 million on investigating this collusion.
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@antipodean said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
Guess they won't waste two years and a net ~$10 million on investigating this collusion.
Yeah that should be the priority when people break the law.
This guy was willing to sell people down the river just to raise his profile. He was on his way to the police station to ID people he knew couldn't possibly be guilty. Utter scum.
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If your innocent why would you surrender your bond?
Hopefully most studios will avoid him like the plague.
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@Kirwan said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
@antipodean said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
Guess they won't waste two years and a net ~$10 million on investigating this collusion.
Yeah that should be the priority when people break the law.
This guy was willing to sell people down the river just to raise his profile. He was on his way to the police station to ID people he knew couldn't possibly be guilty. Utter scum.
Guess I need to be clearer when I'm being sarcastic.
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Good example of Hollywood privilege I guess. Sealing the details of the case is shady as fuck, and has obviously not been well received.
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consider for a second the uproar if this was a rich white celeb making up an assault story involving 2 black men.
I hope to hell he is still an outcast after this..
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@Rembrandt or Donald Sperling, clippers owner who asked his girl to stop instagramming
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Well, well, well. Connection to Michelle Obama's attorney.
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The plot thickens! Sealed documents 'accidentally' released. Possible evidence of corruption
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@Rembrandt oh wow. This is getting super juicy!!
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This is a colossal backfire. If there was any sympathy for Smollett, it’s evaporated.
But the consequences could be enormous and terrifying. This is a green light for hate crime hoaxes. Expect to see more of it. It’s all upside and no downside. Get away with inciting a race war, and you get a race war. But if you get caught, no biggie, it’s all under seal and you’re free to go after stuffing envelopes for two afternoons.
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Letter to Smollett’s lawyers today from the City of Chicago legal department: They are demanding an “immediate” repayment of $130K for resources wasted investigating his hoax.
“If the amount is not timely paid, the Department Of Law may prosecute you for making a false statement to the City under the section 1-21-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago or pursue any other remedy available at law.”
Read the whole thing (pdf) it is good!
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And don’t forget that hoax letter. That’s U.S. Mail, which makes it a federal crime. The FBI will be investigating, if they haven’t already.
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@Rembrandt hahaha what the fuck
