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'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
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break these cuffs said:
Pretty sure this guy loves himself way to much to go for that.
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I think so too. My guess is, that he may go into hiding and then maybe pull a Matt Jarbo Move. He was in a tough place, so hard times, orange man and his cohorts running loose, hate crime all around and shit. He felt such an intense emotional pressure and it was just all a cry for help, because the Hate is totally for real.

At least the ones who whine about it not being true and wishing for the stunt Jussie pulled, to be true would certainly lap it up. Because Jussie is still a poor, poor oppressed gay black guy.
 
OUTRAGE! In 3... 2... 1....

never.

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Cosmos said:
And I hate it when people downplay hoaxes like this because they “raise awareness” or “start a discussion.” No, liars like Jussie make it harder for actual victims of bigotry to be believed.
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AnOminous said:
And because the media invariably focuses on high profile spectacular looking cases, that are always vastly more likely to be fake in the first place, you have fake story after fake story. Actual hate crimes that fill the stats aren't glamorous and they don't involve fucking celebrities. Some bunch of poor kids get someone from a nearby neighborhood who crossed the wrong line and beat the shit out of him while calling him a nigger or a gook or whatever and it doesn't even make the news. And it's often PoC on PoC. Not roving bands of white Klansmen or MAGA-hatted Catholic schoolboys.
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Exactly. I'm seeing "Jussie is hurting actual victims" a lot on reddit and its infuriating because its like someone decrying global warming because it might drive the jackalope to extinction. I'd love some introspection from the people who believed this, Covington, the drive-by and, fuck, even the Fiddler on the Roof story so readily. Instead of spending so much time focused on the jackalopes, how about worrying about something real.
 
I saw similar sentiment during MeToo - if a claim didn't add up, or an otherwise progressive individual was outed as a pervert, shit heads were concerned that the gabbagerbling alt right Horde would have fuel against the left rather than, you know, the whole fucking point of that hashtag.
 
Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack
By Charlie De Mar, Brad Edwards, Suzanne LeMignot
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, upset after a racist letter sent to the show’s studio didn’t get a “bigger reaction,” is suspected of paying two men to attack him a week later, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

“When the letter didn’t get enough attention, he concocted the staged attack,” a source told CBS 2 Investigator Brad Edwards. Other sources corroborated that information.

The blockbuster revelation into at least part of Smollett’s potential motive comes two days after CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported Smollett and two brothers — Ola and Abel Osundairo — staged the attack on Jan. 29 in Streeterville.

De Mar spoke on the phone exclusively with the Osundairo brothers Monday afternoon. In a joint statement, they said: “We are not racist. We are not homophobic, and we are not anti-Trump. We were born and raised in Chicago and are American citizens.”

Smollett received a letter containing a white powder Jan. 22. The letter was mailed to Chicago’s Cinespace Studios, where the show “Empire” is filmed. The letter prompted a HAZMAT response. CPD says the “white substance” was later determined to be aspirin.

The note was crafted with letters apparently cut out from magazines to form words. The pieced-together message contained racial and homophobic threats directed at Smollett. A magazine is one of the pieces of evidence retrieved from the brother’s home last week during a search conducted by CPD. Investigators also recovered a book of stamps.

The brothers are acquaintances of Smollett.

When asked about the letter in a televised interview last week, Smollett said, “On the letter, it had a stick figure hanging from a tree with a gun pointing toward it.” It also had “MAGA” — reference to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan Make America Great Again – written as the return address.

“In due course all the facts will reveal themselves and at the end of the day my clients are honest and credible” the brothers’ attorney Gloria Schmidt said.

During the search of the brother’s home last week, a “piece of paper/writing” was also seized. CBS 2 is the only news source with video from inside that house. Police evidence logs exclusively obtained by CBS 2, show investigators took the writing sample, magazine, and a “wallet with stamps.”

Chicago police say the FBI is handling the investigation surrounding the letter, because that’s a federal-level concern.

Smollett claims two men attacked him in Streeterville early Jan. 29 as he was heading to his apartment. He said they yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him, poured a chemical on him and put a rope around his neck.

Sources say at least one of the brothers bought the rope used in the incident at Smollett’s request. The sources also say the “Empire” actor paid for the rope, which was purchased at the Crafty Beaver Hardware Store in the Ravenswood neighborhood the weekend of Jan. 25.

Sources said one of the brothers held the rope and poured bleach while the other wore a plain red hat and yelled slurs at Smollett.

The sources say the red hat was bought at an Uptown beauty supply store and that the attack was supposed to happen before Jan. 29. The brothers told detectives the three men rehearsed the attack days prior to it happening. Smollett paid the brothers $3,500.

When Edwards reached out to CPD, immediately prior to this reporting, a spokesperson responded via text:

“We are not doing any interviews or making any official statements until we can corroborate some information that was shared with police. Until we meet with the Empire cast member, we are not able to confirm, deny or comment on any of the information that was released unofficially.


“When this investigation is over, we will have a detailed accounting of the case. While we are not in a position to confirm, deny or comment on the validity of what’s been unofficially released, there are some developments in this investigation and detectives have some follow-ups to complete which include additional investigation and speaking to the individual who reported the incident.”
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GrungyLawnChlorinate said:
Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack
By Charlie De Mar, Brad Edwards, Suzanne LeMignot

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"Upset his first hoax did not garner sufficient asspats, some asshole doubled down and concoted a much more theatrical, unlikely hoax"

We'll never know, but I really hope this was all on account of some overly dramatic fag's thirst for attention and hugs. It'd be such a good metaphor for so much right now.
 
If he had just claimed something like he was punched in the back of the head while called a faggot on his way home from Subway no one would really second guess it. He’d get all his victim pity he craves. Instead he concocts Tumblr fanfiction and just assumes everyone will take it at face value.
 
Cosmos said:
And I hate it when people downplay hoaxes like this because they “raise awareness” or “start a discussion.” No, liars like Jussie make it harder for actual victims of bigotry to be believed.
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I honestly cant name any real non black on white hatecrime in the US since trump got into office. the closest one is the pulse shooting, but the progressive stack dictates the self hating gay muslim that shot up the place, was oppressed and thus it cannot be classified as a hatecrime.
 
BillyGoat2 said:
I honestly cant name any real non black on white hatecrime in the US since trump got into office. the closest one is the pulse shooting, but the progressive stack dictates the self hating gay muslim that shot up the place, was oppressed and thus it cannot be classified as a hatecrime.
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The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation[a] in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, while Shabbat morning services were being held. Eleven people were killed and seven were injured. It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States.[4][5]

The sole suspect, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers,[6][7] was arrested and charged with 29 federal crimes and 36 state crimes.[6][8] He pleaded not guilty to all 44 crimes laid against him in federal court.[9] Using the online social network Gab,[10] he had earlier posted anti-Semitic comments against the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)[11][12] in which Dor Hadash[13] and Tree of Life[14] was a supporting participant. Referring to Central American migrant caravans and immigrants, he posted on Gab shortly before the attack that "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in."[15]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting
 
BillyGoat2 said:
I honestly cant name any real non black on white hatecrime in the US since trump got into office. the closest one is the pulse shooting, but the progressive stack dictates the self hating gay muslim that shot up the place, was oppressed and thus it cannot be classified as a hatecrime.
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Millions of transgender women across the country get misgendered every day and cis white heteronormative manbros like you ignore it. That doesn't mean it isn't happening.
 
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