Culture JDS Megathread - Jussay Smollett files fake hate crime report and doesn't get away with it lol

'Empire' star Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crime
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...tertainment/jussie-smollett-attack/index.html

“Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was attacked in the early morning hours on Tuesday in what Chicago police are calling a possible hate crime.

Smollett was attacked by two people "yelling out racial and homophobic slurs" and "poured an unknown chemical substance on the victim," police said.

According to police, one of Smollett's alleged attackers also put a rope around his neck. Both fled the scene.

Smollett took himself to Northwestern Hospital and "is in good condition," police told CNN.

Later Tuesday, CNN's Don Lemon spoke to Smollett and a mutual friend who was at the hospital with the actor. Smollett confirmed the incident took place.

He was shaken and angry that an attack like this could happen. Smollett told CNN he fought back at the attackers.

"Given the severity of the allegations, we are taking this investigation very seriously and treating it as a possible hate crime," the police statement said.

Smollett has starred on Fox's "Empire" since 2015. He plays Jamal, a successful singer in the musical Lyon family. Like his character, Smollett identifies as gay.

"We are deeply saddened and outraged to learn that a member of our 'Empire' family, Jussie Smollett, was viciously attacked last night," a representative of 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment said in a statement to CNN. "We send our love to Jussie, who is resilient and strong, and we will work with law enforcement to bring these perpetrators to justice. The entire studio, network and production stands united in the face of any despicable act of violence and hate -- and especially against one of our own."

A representative for GLAAD told CNN the organization has reached out Smollett to offer assistance and support.

"Jussie is a true champion for LGBTQ people and is beloved by the community and allies around the world," a GLAAD spokesperson said in a statement.

Anyone with information is asked to call Area Central Detectives at 312-747-8382

 

[millais]

I agree, because this is how it always seems to go with these stories. The Muslim girl who filed a false report about being attacked and having her hijab ripped off - was she ever charged? Regardless the media dropped her story like a sack of bricks. No consequences, they just stop talking about it.

That's what makes me the most bitter about shit like this. Calling it out, parsing the real story from the bullshit...it doesn't matter. If the narrative is false the people who crafted it don't face repercussions so long as they're still on the side of the institutions that publish it. It'll continue to happen, and the only detriment they'll ever face is a temporary drop in funding necessitating the occasional round of layoffs. The people directing things continue to benefit, the populace remains both incredibly divided and ignorant, and there is. No. Solution.

Thankfully, a surprisingly gratifying proportion of hate crime hoaxers get reamed by the courts for wasting police time and resources. I'm fairly certain the hijab one got punished in such a fashion.

 

[Goober_au]

This is an interesting choice of words in this tweet

 

[Dysnomia]

Money, Empire's ratings suck.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EiMA-FnJwSs

No crossover appeal. You need the white devil's ratings boost. Which is why they may have wanted Jussie's character to have a white boyfriend.

I'm still amazed that a black man was going to Subway when the hawk was out that strong. Nigga needed to get his sandwich on.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Technically he's not gay, but bisexual:


source

"Sometimes we just want to fuck something and it doesn't matter who."

--

‘Empire’ Creator Lee Daniels, Jussie Smollett Received Death Threats for Drama’s Gay Storyline

source (2015)



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There is a Walgreens that he might have passed on the way to Subway. It's situated between Subway and the area where the hoax occurred, just outside of the Loews hotel he was staying at.

They do have rope in stock at that store:

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There is also a Target a block down, closer to Subway. According to their website they don't have rope in stock there (seems odd).

O'hare airport has a large selection of shops available. Any chance one of those sells rope?

So they got some sort of barely literate scribbled death threat over a gay storyline? On it's face you immediately rule out wypipple. Simply because wypipple don't watch the show, don't know who Jussie is, barely know who Lee Daniels is, and quite frankly don't care about any of it. certainly not enough to go out in Chicago "Fuck It's Cold" type weather to do something about it.

 

[kobebyarlant]

Newly enhanced photos just released.

 

[Chewy Suarez]

So apparently according to Jussie at a recent stand up routine:

- he wasn’t hospitalized, he just went to a doctor immediately after the attack
- no cracked ribs, he was just bruised (has been stated before I think)
- was cleared to preform a standup routine by both his doctors in LA and Chicago (nonimportant but apparently he cancelled a meet and greet because of the attack?)
- he fought back

Thoughts?

 

[Pargon]

So apparently according to Jussie at a recent stand up routine:

- he wasn’t hospitalized, he just went to a doctor immediately after the attack
- no cracked ribs, he was just bruised (has been stated before I think)
- was cleared to preform a standup routine by both his doctors in LA and Chicago (nonimportant but apparently he cancelled a meet and greet because of the attack?)
- he fought back

Thoughts?

Has the timeline not been established that he went to his manager's apartment following the attack and sought medical treatment only after the police took his statement?

 

[OttoWest]

- he fought back

With a sandwich in one hand and his phone in the other, that’s some ninja level fighting skills.

 

[Ineedahero]

So apparently according to Jussie at a recent stand up routine:

- he wasn’t hospitalized, he just went to a doctor immediately after the attack
- no cracked ribs, he was just bruised (has been stated before I think)
- was cleared to preform a standup routine by both his doctors in LA and Chicago (nonimportant but apparently he cancelled a meet and greet because of the attack?)
- he fought back

Thoughts?

He fought back, but also kept the rope on, and also he got doused in some mystery liquid, and also it only took sixty seconds, and also the two maga men disappeared afterwards. Ok.

 

[NSFW]

He fought back...so that’s why the two men on camera have not come forward. He probably tossed their bodies in the river. Savage af!

He calls himself the “gay Tupac” now btw.

 

[Pargon]

He fought back...so that’s why the two men on camera have not come forward. He probably tossed their bodies in the river. Savage af!

He calls himself the “gay Tupac” now btw.

I agree, in that he ought to be shot to death as well.

 

[GrungyLawnChlorinate]

He fought back...so that’s why the two men on camera have not come forward. He probably tossed their bodies in the river. Savage af!

He calls himself the “gay Tupac” now btw.

You just know he changed his story because people were calling him a punk bitch. His friend us like, "Shit, I woulda kicked they Maga asses nigga." jussie replies, "well yes! I did fight back. I ain't no punk." The level of insecurity of masculinity and hypermasculine bravado inherent to hip hop culture is predictably pathetic like that.

Also, 2pac hated gay people with raging passion.

 

[Megaroad]

The level of insecurity of masculinity and hypermasculine bravado inherent to hip hop culture is predictably pathetic like that.

Also, 2pac hated gay people with raging passion.

Black culture is one of the rare places where you can find true "toxic masculinity" and racism but no one but Ice T would dare call that shit out since black men are all saints in the eyes of the woke.

Also funny that 2pac had a hate boner for gays when even some of his biggest fans think he might of been bisexual.

 

[CMCW]

This story has been fascinating me since it came out, When Smollett gets caught will he cite the fantastical nature of his accusations and over-acting from his concert footage as evidence of a mental breakdown? Or will he try to play the whole thing off as a social experiment to raise awareness of "hate crimes"?

 

[Butta Face Lopez]

Technically he's not gay, but bisexual

There is nothing not gay about saying "every now and then, after decades of sucking cock and fucking man butt, sometimes ladies look nice"

 

[r00]

Also funny that 2pac had a hate boner for gays when even some of his biggest fans think he might of been bisexual

He studied dance at college and did ballet.
If he wasnt gay, then he definitely did some gay shit

 

[polonium]

The media in Aus are gleefully reporting this as a horrifying hate attack with no self awareness at all.
They're not even trying to be unbiassed.

 

[heathercho]

The media in Aus are gleefully reporting this as a horrifying hate attack with no self awareness at all.
They're not even trying to be unbiassed.

The Daily Telegraph ran an article yesterday - not even a hint at how this could be possibly a hoax. Even said that they'd seen 2 suspects. Tabloid journalism at it's finest.

 

[GrungyLawnChlorinate]

He studied dance at college and did ballet.
If he wasnt gay, then he definitely did some gay shit

That was actually at his performing arts high school, he didn't do college. He might be alive today if he did 4 years at a university, instead of hanging out with lowlife gangstas.

 

[r00]

That was actually at his performing arts high school, he didn't do college. He might be alive today if he did 4 years at a university, instead of hanging out with lowlife gangstas.

And it doesnt make it less gay just cause balls dont touch