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Do you mean to tell me there aren’t MAGA supporters cruising downtown Chicago in subzero temperatures on the off-chance they can lynch an obscure gay black actor?
Hope they throw the book at Smollett for this hoax. If it hadn’t been so implausible it might have stated a race riot.
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https://pagesix.com/2019/03/22/union...smollett-case/
"Chicago'’s police union has demanded a federal investigation into the county’'s top prosecutor for allegedly interfering in the Jussie Smollett case after being contacted by Michelle Obama'’s former chief of staff..."- Ginger
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Originally posted by Harry D View PostSmollett off the hook. Charges dropped
Tell me more about white privilege.
It has to do with being wealthy.
Smollett willingly forfeited his $100,000 bond in a backroom plea deal to drop the charges. For most people, it smells of bribery. You can't afford to drop the $100K? The trial proceeds.
You may not have notice before, Harry, but wealthy people seldom go to jail in the U.S. unless they have bad lawyers.
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Originally posted by rjpalmer View Post
It has nothing to do with race, or being black or white.
I don’t want to hear anything more about how white people are overprivileged and above the law when a black actor gets sixteen felony charges tossed out of court.
Like you said, it’s all down to wealth, class and connections.
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Originally posted by rjpalmer View Post
It has nothing to do with race, or being black or white.
It has to do with being wealthy.
Smollett willingly forfeited his $100,000 bond in a backroom plea deal to drop the charges. For most people, it smells of bribery. You can't afford to drop the $100K? The trial proceeds.
You may not have notice before, Harry, but wealthy people seldom go to jail in the U.S. unless they have bad lawyers.
But this is total bullshit. and sad. another example of our skewed justice system and failure of our political leaders."Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?"
-Edgar Allan Poe
"...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."
-Frederick G. Abberline
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Abby - the discrepancy came about because Smollett's bond was $100,000, but one is only required to relinquish 10% to get out on bail. A few early reports this morning stated that he gave up the whole kit and caboodle, but you're right; this doesn't appear to be the case--it was mere chump change: 10K. But really, what's a misplaced decimal point or two when you're a member of the smart set?
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The affair grinds along...
The article has links to an online repository of the case documents.- Ginger
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Woohoo! Special Prosecutor appointed to make sure that Mr.Smollett gets the impartial justice that he so publicly demanded.
A high-profile former U.S. Attorney was appointed special prosecutor Friday morning to re-examine the Jussie Smollett case and why charges were abruptly dropped against him.
And, from almost two months ago, although I missed it at the time:
New video obtained by Fox News shows the Osundairo brothers and Jussie Smollett walking outside on the night of the alleged attack in Chicago; Matt Finn reports.
New video obtained by Fox News shows the Osundairo brothers and Jussie Smollett walking outside on the night of the alleged attack in Chicago.- Ginger
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