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We had conversations between family and friends that we hadn't had.
My thoughts he has mental issues. He allowed someone to beat him up also. Right? I would never.Doesn't look that way.
I'm not sure who would be considered the victim of a hate crime here. He may be a hateful person, but I don't see how he can be charged with a hate crime.
I'm also not going to completely discount the possibility that he's dealing with the onset of a mental illness. This is a weird, poorly thought out, erratic, and generally unusual crime. If he's genuinely struggling with something, I'd rather he get help asap.
seriously? I suspect if you think real hard about that post there's a part that you might want to rethink using. Not because I think you meant it bad, just that it might not be the best word to describe a black gay actor.
tulc(just thought it should be pointed out)
My thoughts he has mental issues. He allowed someone to beat him up also. Right? I would never.
The alleged motive...
Jussie Smollett, Upset Over Salary, Staged Assault, Police Say
Jussie Smollett, upset by his salary and seeking publicity, staged a fake assault on himself a week after writing himself a threatening letter, the Chicago police said Thursday after the “Empire” actor surrendered to face a felony charge of filing a false police report.
The Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson, visibly angry at a morning news conference, said Mr. Smollett had taken advantage of the pain and anger of racism, draining resources that could have been used to investigate other crimes for which people were actually suffering.
“I just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention,” he said, referring to the news media.
The police say the staged assault was carried out by two brothers to whom the actor had paid $3,500 and that they have a copy of the check Mr. Smollett used to pay them. Also recovered, they said, were phone records that showed Mr. Smollett speaking to the brothers an hour before Mr. Smollett said the incident took place, and an hour after that time.
My thoughts he has mental issues. He allowed someone to beat him up also. Right? I would never.
Ahhh...it was money after all. What a greedy piece of garbage.
He deserves more than he pleaded for.
If these allegations are true and it would appear the police have the goods, i think this guy is a narcissist, to go to these lengths and convince himself it is ok. To me, this is also racist behavior, when one needs to manufacture racist claims.
I thought he had bruised ribs. I read that on here.He sure didn't look very beaten up. Since none of it was on camera, and he had no injuries to show, it's likely that being "beaten up" is as phony of a claim as the rest of his story.
I thought he had bruised ribs. I read that on here.
The idea of two people (of any color) in Chicago walking around wearing MAGA hats was the first thing I thought was unlikely. And then shouting "This is MAGA country!" was when I told Mrs.tulc I think this is not going to be real.
tulc(could see two guys getting jumped for wearing MAGA hats in parts of Chicago being much more likely then the opposite)
Does anyone want to make a guess as to why he thought pretending to be the victim of a hate crime would end up being profitable for him?
It would appear that when someone is of a protected class, a news story about them becoming a "victim" makes headlines. The Smollett case is a prime example. Once he reported this "attack" to the police, we all found out about it because it was splashed all over the news. He got what he wanted at that point, and it made him a household name.
I don't know how far this would have went. This has happened before. Usually the victim gets a settlement. After spending a lot of time in prison . By that time the statute of limitations runs out.But what if the police had arrested someone else. Then what? How far would he have allowed this to go?
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