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

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, it was cops’ call to investigate it so vigorously

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire’’ actor’s latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much time and resources investigating squarely on law enforcement.

chicago.suntimes.com

"Don't you know that we have a narrative about the cops not caring about racist violence? You were supposed to hold up your end of that!"

 

[LocalFireDept]

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Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, it was cops’ call to investigate it so vigorously

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire’’ actor’s latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much time and resources investigating squarely on law enforcement.

chicago.suntimes.com

"Don't you know that we have a narrative about the cops not caring about racist violence? You were supposed to hold up your end of that!"

Perhaps it may have something to do with the fact that investigating a crime that never happened is literally always a waste of time and money.

 

[Humble Shitpost Merchant]

I mean, what the fuck was Chicago PD supposed to do? It was a case with international attention. People wanted them to do something. People who are now running for President were using it as a talking point. Celebrities were weeping over this shit on national television. It’s not exactly something they could just get away with ignoring, not in a Democrat stronghold.

They were in the same boat as Jussie. They likely didn’t want to have to investigate this every bit as badly as he did.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

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Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, it was cops’ call to investigate it so vigorously

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire’’ actor’s latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much time and resources investigating squarely on law enforcement.

chicago.suntimes.com

"Don't you know that we have a narrative about the cops not caring about racist violence? You were supposed to hold up your end of that!"

"What'd ya go and do your job for? Idiot."

 

[queue-anon]

Jussie's biggest mistake was calling the cops. He should have done what dangerhairs did months ago and claim he can't call the cops because he's afraid of them, which would actually hold a bit more water coming from a black guy in Chicago and than a white girl in Portland.

 

[TheBlackVolga]

You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!-The Italian Job

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[r00]

Jussie's biggest mistake was calling the cops. He should have done what dangerhairs did months ago and claim he can't call the cops because he's afraid of them, which would actually hold a bit more water coming from a black guy in Chicago and than a white girl in Portland.

Thats what fucked him up. His creative director made him call the police because he wasnt in on the scam and it all came tumbling down

 

[AnOminous]

Jussie's biggest mistake was calling the cops. He should have done what dangerhairs did months ago and claim he can't call the cops because he's afraid of them, which would actually hold a bit more water coming from a black guy in Chicago and than a white girl in Portland.

He should have just posted on social media and claimed he already had called the cops and they just called him a niggerfaggot and hung up on him, then started a hashtag.

 

[Pope Negro Joe the XIIIth]

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Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, it was cops’ call to investigate it so vigorously

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire’’ actor’s latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much time and resources investigating squarely on law enforcement.

chicago.suntimes.com

"Don't you know that we have a narrative about the cops not caring about racist violence? You were supposed to hold up your end of that!"

Like, I know juicy here is a fucking idiot, but where do you find utterly insane lawyers? I know juicy has nothing they can really work with, but that shit in so backwards and blows out the "COPS DON'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE" lie pretty hard and makes juicy look worse to a possible jury pool.

This whole thing is in a nutshell.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Like, I know juicy here is a fucking idiot, but where do you find utterly insane lawyers? I know juicy has nothing they can really work with, but that shit in so backwards and blows out the "COPS DON'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE" lie pretty hard and makes juicy look worse to a possible jury pool.

This whole thing is in a nutshell.

Yeah, if they hadn't seriously investigated you know the BLM remnants would've crawled into Chicago to screech. Hell if the cops hadn't been able to track the "attackers" it would've caused even more of a flury than it did.

It was kind of funny how the story was quickly ginned up, only to deflate like a whoopie cushion once actual evidence came out.

 

[The Reaper]

Yeah, if they hadn't seriously investigated you know the BLM remnants would've crawled into Chicago to screech. Hell if the cops hadn't been able to track the "attackers" it would've caused even more of a flury than it did.

It was kind of funny how the story was quickly ginned up, only to deflate like a whoopie cushion once actual evidence came out.

I hated that whoopie cushion effect. I had friends who refused to admit the action was wrong and they were wrong in jumping to conclusions. When it first happened it was white supremacy, and when they realized he lied it was a poor black man who had to resort to criminal acts to be heard. It was ridiculous and I just wish he’d’ve been convicted with something months ago to show everyone these acts are wrong, regardless of who you are.
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whoopie not Whoopi’s

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

To be fair to Jussay, Chicago PD is utterly incompetent. It wasn’t a big stretch to assume they’d never be able to trace it back to him.

 

[heyitsmike]

I just wish he’d’ve been convicted with something months ago to show everyone these acts are wrong, regardless of who you are.

Nah, I want this and the investigation into Kim Foxx to drag out until election time. I want this to stay in the news until November 2020. I want Republican voters to remember this.

 

[Gar For Archer]

Nah, I want this and the investigation into Kim Foxx to drag out until election time. I want this to stay in the news until November 2020. I want Republican voters to remember this.

It very well could. All we’ve had these past few months are these small incremental updates that aren’t being widely reported. Perhaps in the next year they’ll reach an actual conviction.

 

[pwnest injun]

Every political DA who refuses to uphold the law when it's meant to apply to some TDS idiot needs to be documented and defenestrated.

 

[FlightOfTheBumbleBee]

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Jussie Smollett lawyers: Even if actor faked attack, it was cops’ call to investigate it so vigorously

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: The ex-"Empire’’ actor’s latest court filing, while not admitting he staged the incident, pins the decision to spend so much time and resources investigating squarely on law enforcement.

chicago.suntimes.com

"Don't you know that we have a narrative about the cops not caring about racist violence? You were supposed to hold up your end of that!"

he looks like Neo from the Matrix.

 

[YW 525]

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Is this the best they could come up with? Allow me to blow a hole in this defense: Juicy faked a hate crime during a period in which racial and social tensions are at a raging boil and the police needed to make sure they did everything to prevent a multi-region race riot from breaking out.

If you're playing with matches in a water park you probably get a slap on the wrist.
If you're playing with matches in a petrol processing facility you're going to get slammed into the floor by anyone and everyone with objective authority.

 

[JohnDoe]

It looks like this clusterfuck is once more running into the incestuous knot of Chicago politics:

Special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett probe admits contributing $1,000 to State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s campaign in 2016

Spoiler: Article

The special prosecutor appointed to look into the politically charged case against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett revealed Monday that he’d co-hosted a 2016 fundraiser for now-Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx at his high-powered law firm and also cut a $1,000 check to her campaign. Dan K. Webb, the co-chairman of Winston & Strawn, wrote in a two-page declaration filed in Cook County criminal court that he had “no recollection” of attending the fundraiser or making a donation that he said was likely done at the behest of a colleague at the firm who put on the event.

Webb said the matter was brought to his attention last week by Michael Bromwich, an attorney for Foxx who “made it clear" that the state’s attorney will not claim any conflict of interest or make “any other objection related to this contribution.” “I should point out that it is common for Winston partners to host fundraisers for political candidates at our firm,” Webb wrote to Cook County Judge Michael Toomin, who appointed Webb as special prosecutor in the hot-button case in August. “It is also common that my Winston partners request that I contribute to these fundraisers.”

Still, the revelation that Webb donated money to Foxx’s campaign could potentially throw a wrench in Webb’s ongoing inquiry into how Foxx’s office handled an investigation of Smollett that has been rife with allegations of political influence over the judicial process. Webb is expected to discuss the political donations with Toomin at a hearing Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. In an emailed statement Monday evening, Foxx said she was notified of the donation by her campaign staff last Tuesday.

“Mr. Webb was notified that same day, and my office continues to cooperate fully with the investigation,” she said
A spokeswoman declined to say if Foxx remembered either the fundraiser or the Webb donation
Webb’s filing included a copy of the flyer for the fundraiser on Oct. 13, 2016. At the top of the invitation, it read, “Please join hosts Kimball Anderson, Oscar David, and Dan Webb in support of Kim Foxx, Democratic nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney.”
Anderson and David are both partners in the firm. Also included with the filing was a copy of Webb’s $1,000 check that he wrote from his personal bank account and dated the day before the event.

Webb, a moderate Republican, said Anderson was a political supporter of Foxx’s who organized the fundraiser at Foxx’s request. Anderson said he “does not recall” Webb attending the event, according to the filing. “Mr. Anderson stated that the fundraiser was sparsely attended, and that Ms. Foxx and her staff showed up very late,” Webb wrote. “Ms. Foxx then made a few comments to the remaining attendees, and apologized for her lateness and left.” Webb’s appointment as special prosecutor six weeks ago added even more star power to a case that has made nearly constant headlines since Smollett first reported to police that he was the victim of a homophobic and racist attack on a frigid January night in downtown Chicago.

Initially, Smollett drew support from celebrities and politicians across the country when he reported the attack, but that soon turned to condemnation when he was charged with filing a false report with police. The controversy intensified when those charges were dropped by Foxx’s office in February with little explanation. At the time, Foxx had recused herself from the case — purportedly after having contact with a member of Smollett’s family early in the investigation at the request of Tina Tchen, Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff. In June, Toomin determined that the entire Smollett case may be legally invalid from start to finish since Foxx inappropriately named her top deputy to take over after stepping aside.

A former U.S. attorney for the Chicago area, Webb is widely considered one of the city’s most distinguished trial lawyers in private practice, having handled a long list of high-profile clients and acted as special prosecutor or in a similar investigative capacity on five other occasions.
In selecting Webb as special prosecutor, Toomin called him “a man guided by a strong moral compass and integrity.”
Webb, meanwhile, told reporters after he was sworn in that he was honored to be called on to help "restore the public’s confidence in the integrity of our criminal justice system.”
jmeisner@chicagotribune.com

I wonder if they can find anyone in the state that isn't compromised in one way or another. I certainly hope that they can, because I'm itching to see Jussy swing for his crimes.

 

[TowinKarz]

This is where the Postal Inspector needs to step in and make it a Federal offense that the local cronies can't stop.

 

[pwnest injun]

This is where the Postal Inspector needs to step in and make it a Federal offense that the local cronies can't stop.

If it hasn't happened by now...