Posted by Jack
BREAKING NEWS….
Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation tell CNN that Chicago Police believe actor Jussie Smollet paid two men to orchestrate an assault on him that he reported late last month.
The men, who are brothers, were arrested Wednesday but released without charges Friday after Chicago police cited the discovery of “new evidence.”
The sources told CNN the two men are now cooperating fully with law enforcement.
Smollett told authorities he was attacked early January 29 by two men who were “yelling out racial and homophobic slurs.” He said one attacker put a rope around his neck and poured an unknown chemical substance on him. (One of the brothers worked on the set with Smollet, gee what a co-incidence!)
The sources told CNN there are records that show the two brothers purchased the rope found around Smollett’s neck at an Ace Hardware store in Chicago.
CNN’s attempts Saturday to reach both Smollett’s representative and attorney were unsuccessful.
Smollett identifies as gay and since 2015 has played the gay character of Jamal on the Fox TV drama “Empire.”
What happened
According to Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, the actor told detectives he was attacked by two men near the lower entrance of a Lowe’s store in Chicago. Police were told the two men yelled “‘Empire’ fa***t” and “‘Empire’ n***er'” while striking him.
The day after the incident, police released surveillance images that showed two silhouetted individuals walking down a sidewalk, and police said they were wanted for questioning.
The two men were arrested Wednesday. Police on Friday said the men were being viewed as “potential suspects” and that detectives had “probable cause that they may have been involved in an alleged crime.”
But by Friday night they had been released, Guglielmi said, “due to new evidence as a result of today’s investigations.”
“And detectives have additional investigative work to complete,” he added.
One of the men has appeared on “Empire,” Guglielmi said. A police source also told CNN on Friday night that the men had a previous affiliation with Smollett, but did not provide additional details.
Smollett has expressed frustration about not being believed
Following the alleged attack, Smollett’s colleagues and fans rallied around him, expressing shock and sadness.
“We have to love each other regardless of what sexual orientation we are because it shows that we are united on a united front,” Lee Daniels, the creator of “Empire,” said in a video posted to his Instagram page on January 29. “And no racist f*** can come in and do the things that they did to you. Hold your head up, Jussie. I’m with you.”
Smollett gave his first detailed account of what he says was a hate crime against him, and the aftermath, in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Thursday.
During the interview he expressed frustration at not being believed.
“It feels like if I had said it was a Muslim or a Mexican or someone black I feel like the doubters would have supported me a lot much more,” Smollett said. “And that says a lot about the place where we are as a country right now.”
Smollett also refuted reports that said he told police the attackers wore “Make America Great Again” hats.
“I never said that,” he told ABC’s Robin Roberts. “I didn’t need to add anything like that. They called me a f****t, they called me a n****r. There’s no which way you cut it. I don’t need some MAGA hat as the cherry on some racist sundae.”
CNN’s Ryan Young and Brad Parks reported from Chicago, while Dakin Andone reported and wrote this story in Atlanta. CNN’s Lisa Respers France, Sandra Gonzalez and Shawn Nottingham contributed to this report.
It was obviously a hoax. Anyone with even half a brain could see it from the beginning.
Anyway, here’s what I posted in the Frederick Douglass entry before this entry was up:
Poor old Smollett…his story is unraveling faster than a mummy on a merry-go-round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtwkYxIQrM&feature=youtu.be&t=2140
Hope you people don’t get Smollett’ed
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Joe says:
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 2:15 pm
Wonder if Chris will issue an apology…
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Joe says:
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 5:25 pm
A lot of liberals around here should start apologizing…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-16/smollett-hires-michael-cohens-criminal-defense-lawyer-assault-story-takes-dramatic
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Joe says:
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 6:21 pm
In this day and age when cities like Chicago are blanketed with surveillance cameras and when cops have access to everything a smart phone produces, sends and receives (phone calls, texts, geo-location info, etc.) how on earth did Smollett think he could get away with such a harebrained scheme?
Not only is he a liar and a criminal, he’s an idiot. But to the liberals, like those who infest this blog, he’s one of America’s finest patriots.
What is it exactly you think I said about this case that warrants an apology?
You were very rude to Jack and others for pointing out the obvious.
See PS’s enumeration of your comments below.
Thanx, Post Scripts!!!!!
My pleasure J. Soden!
So it turns out his “attackers” were Nigerian? I had no idea the Klan had a branch in Nigeria. :0
Here’s what Kramala Harris had to say:
“This was an attempted modern day lynching.”
She is either too stupid to see through this ridiculous hoax or she new it was fake and she said that just for political purposes. Which is it, Chris?
Montage: Watch the Media Uncritically Accept Another Outlandish ‘Hate Crime’
https://news.grabien.com/story-montage-watch-media-uncritically-accept-another-outlandish-h
And here’s some comedy courtesy Nancy Palooza…and the TURKEYcrats…
CONFUSION: Pelosi wishes ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ — on Valentine’s Day!
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/confusion-pelosi-wishes-happy-thanksgiving-on-valentines-day/
The president just lied about the former president telling him he was close to going to war with North Korea, which never happened. It was one at least 15 false claims he made in the same press conference. But sure, Pelosi accidentally saying the wrong holiday is important.
Did you read the post? The word comedy was used. It was FUNNY. But you liberals have no sense of humor.
And do you really expect me to believe you and Obama over Trump?
Joe:
And do you really expect me to believe you and Obama over Trump?
No, because you are an idiot.
At least I didn’t get Smolletted.
At least I didn’t get Smolletted.
Find where I said that I was certain Smollett was the victim of a hate crime and that it wasn’t a hoax. You can’t.
And you’re buddy Jussie has been charged with a felony and more charges may be coming for that fake letter of his. But I guess you can’t see through that letter of his either. You’re a lot like Jussie. Maybe you’re his brother. Chris Smollett?
So I saw that was a hoax from the start and you didn’t, yet I’m the idiot? What a delusional liberal you are!
“you’re buddy Jussie”
*your.
And I’ve never even heard of him until this incident. You see everyone who disagrees with you as an undifferentiated mass, which is why you posted that photo of Jussie with Obama, because you, like many Trumpers, are a collectivist posing as an individualist.
You “saw” that it was a hoax from the start because of your own political bias. That you were right in this instance doesn’t make your motives pure, nor does it make how you got the right answer valid. Your glee in this has been perverse.
When MAGA people claim they’ve been attacked, I don’t automatically assume they’re lying—even though there have been plenty of hoaxes on that side. False reports of anything are rare, so I tend to listen to people who say they’re victims until I see evidence to the contrary, which is what I did in this instance. I think that’s fair. You seem to think we should automatically believe that people who say they have been the victims of hate crimes are lying from the start just because you don’t want to believe in hate crimes. Yes, you’re an idiot, as shown by your continued cult-like faith in Trump, a man who gets caught in at least one new lie on a good day.
I’m a collectivist but you’re not? That’s rich coming from someone who wants the gooberment poking around in every aspect of our lives.
You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. And the fact is I saw through Jessie’s lies and felonious behavior from the start and you didn’t.
Joe, yes you did.
You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.
And the fact is that I saw through your buddy Juicy Smollett’s lies and felonious behavior from the start and you didn’t.
I’m looking for a link to a story where Obama refutes this claim. I can’t find one. There are Obama aids that refute the claim but were they in every conversation between Trump and Obama? I doubt it. The statement is that Obama told him something. Did he or didn’t he? I can’t find a response from Obama that says he didn’t. Maybe there is one, but I can’t find it.
Common sense… sorry, I can’t find it either.
Interesting……. But Chris is sure Trump lied. I believe he said “The president just lied about the former president telling him he was close to going to war with North Korea, which never happened.” Remember what Reagan said, “It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.”
Again, I implore you to actually live up to your namesake. Do you really think Obama would have told Trump that he was close to war with North Korea, even if that were true? Why would he do that? What would he stand to gain? How would that do himself or the world any good?
Trump has a history of making up things that people told him in order to make himself look better. This has been extremely well documented. How can you be unaware of this in 2019?
Chris, I now understand the root of your problem. You are so enamored with your opinion that you just automatically accept it as fact. You stated “Trump lied” as a fact. The real fact is in your opinion Trump lied.
The only other possible reason is you accept what all the anti Trump talking heads out there are telling you to believe. This seems to be the root of the whole Liberal issue with Trump. There are so many things the Liberals believe about Trump that are not based in fact but in opinion. When I talk to liberal friends and ask for proof of their claims about Trump more often then not I get the response “I just know it”. There is no evidence, but “I just know it”.
So how many people do you have to have believe an opinion before it is a fact; 1, 100, 100,000, 1 million, 100 million? Well, it doesn’t matter how many people believe it. If there isn’t proof it is not a fact.
Again, “It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.”
Ok, I guess I am gonna have to show the receipts, since the Trump supporters here appear to have that Drew Barrymore condition where every day they wake up they forget every previous day.
Here’s the Boy Scouts refuting Trump’s lie that they called him to tell him he gave the greatest speech ever:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/02/boy-scouts-say-chief-did-not-call-donald-trump-his-speech/532225001/
Here’s John Oliver refuting Trump’s lie that Oliver had invited him onto the show:
https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/last-week-tonight-donald-trump-john-oliver-1201631194/
Here are former presidents refuting Trump’s lie that they told him they supported the wall:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/trump-claimed-ex-presidents-told-him-they-wanted-build-wall-four-them-say-its-not-true/?utm_term=.a20be9ea1120
Of course, maybe you think all of these people are lying and only Trump is telling the truth, in which case, congratulations! You’ve accidentally joined a cult.
There is a pattern here. Trump makes up things that people told him that make him sound great. He does this because he is a vain narcissist who cares only about people seeing him as great.
This is obvious, and it is obviously what happened in this case, because under no circumstances would Obama have ever told Trump he was about to go to war with North Korea.
And think about it: Even if it were true, wouldn’t spilling this secret make Trump look bad anyway? Why would he reveal such a thing? Again, the only motivation would be to make himself look better than Obama.
So you have a president who is either lying for self-aggrandizement or spilling a state secret for self-aggrandizement. And you are gonna get all huffy when he is accused of lying as part of a long, long pattern of lying to make himself look better?
That’s the hill you want to die on?
A person with common sense wouldn’t do that.
This one’s for Chris.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/political-theatre/prefect/
Wait, Obama took a picture with an actor?! I’m so scandalized! This proves that Obama was in on the hoax attack, which was probably paid for by George Soros through Mexican ISIS abortion money.
Very funny Chris.
That picture? Well, they’re both frauds like you.
Jussy…Jussie…whatever he calls himself…was right about one thing…
Frauds are everywhere y’all. Protect the mind, heart and spirit of you and your people at all costs. Just remember… Salt, cocaine and anthrax can all appear to be sugar…(the “refined” kind of course) just be careful out here fam. Happy Sunday. Love you. Real talk. Love on.
— Jussie Smollett (@JussieSmollett) January 27, 2019
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-16/smollett-hires-michael-cohens-criminal-defense-lawyer-assault-story-takes-dramatic
Jack, your first post on this issue (now archived) seems to have been correct, at least based on this article. It was all too coincidental, given the timing.
Seems J.Soden and you were on to something with your hoax opinions right along.
This one’s specifically for Chris . . . . .
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/16/report-chicago-police-believe-jussie-smollett-paid-two-men-to-stage-attack/
Smelled like a hate hoax from the very first.
And here’s another one specifically for Chris . . . .
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/18/nolte-looks-like-jussie-smollett-chose-wrong-surveillance-camera-to-capture-attack/
Hey, actors are all nut-bunnies. Everybody knows this. Look at Alec.
Unhappily, everyone is also aware of this unhappy reality: had a white nut-bunny commissioned a black assault, you would be ignoring the situation … not crowing vindicated indignation.
Crowing Libby? lol
Post Scripts, what ya got to come to reckon is them liberals y’all got here, fussin’ with them is like putting socks on a rooster.
Heh heh Had to do sum huntin’ bout that crowing and the lol part, first I reckoned ya was saying liberal only lie, but now I figure you was just chuckling bout’ what she was a saying and that it had no more chance than a june bug in a chicken coop
Hey Libby, how about an example where a “white nut-bunny commissioned a black assault”?
Here’s one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/31/a-cops-wife-tried-to-pin-a-burglary-on-blm-police-say/?utm_term=.14fb4219086d
Famous last words: “On Tuesday morning, black, openly gay actor Jussie Smollett — best known for his work on the Fox show “Empire” — was horrifically assaulted in Chicago by two men carrying a noose and a possible “chemical substance.” The Boston Globe
Horrifically assaulted, eh? Medical report notes: A scratch on the cheek. (and this appears to be contrived by the victim)
Chris says:
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 4:39 pm (Edit)
Again: the police confirmed to the media that he had been attacked. That is a fact that was pointed out in the article you linked to. I cannot explain this any clearer, and the fact that you think *you* need to get through to *me* when you can’t even comprehend the facts you present is hilarious.
Chris says:
Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 11:29 am (Edit)
The police confirmed that he was attacked. The article you linked to does not state as fact that the attack was a hate crime, only that it happened. The media doesn’t need to use the word “allegedly” unless they are describing specific individuals suspected of being the attackers. You should know all of this.
(Chris, no the police didn’t. I never found any evidence that the police bought into Smollet’s story. And further,the suspicious nature of it raised many red flags in my mind, leading me to think the story could have been a hoax. Furthermore, I was angry that many of our news media ran this highly suspicious story with all its discrepancies as fact. And they did it in ways that could only incite people to violence and cast further dispersions upon the president for their own political gain. That part seemed especially irresponsible and unjust to me.)
Post Scripts says:
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 11:35 am (Edit)
Chris, Chris, Chris… you don’t get it. My criticism was directed at the media for writing the story as a horrific attack had occurred, not an alleged attack or that the victim claimed he was attacked, but as a statement of fact… that he was absolutely attacked! Gee it is so hard to get thru to you sometimes. By the way did you stop consider this may be a hoax? Did that part ever, at any time, ever enter your mind? If so, you are and I are in agreement. I’m just asking the questions and pointing out odd parts of his story that seemed to be suspicious, sorry that I’m not taking the “alleged” victims story on face value like the liberal media did. I’m not saying the cops should not investigate, they should. But, they should have an open mind to all possibilities, which they have demonstrated and so should you.
Jack, I was going based on the facts as presented in the Boston Globe article you linked to, which seemed to indicate that the police had confirmed an attack had taken place. Whether the attack was staged was an issue I did not delve into as I was waiting for further information. I am still waiting for further information, though I will say the evidence we have seems to indicate Smollet likely staged this attack. I don’t need that to be true or false; I have never seen his show and I know that there are enough real hate crimes to be a problem without idiots adding to the stats with staged ones. If it turns out to be true that he staged the attack I hope he is fully prosecuted and he should definitely be dropped from the show. I was not ready to assume he was lying right away because false accusations of any type of crime are rare, and I wanted more information before I leapt to a conclusion. Note again that I did not say that I believed the attack was definitely a hate crime or that Smollet was telling the truth about the attack at all in the original post.
Chris, that was indeed the core issue. The police did not confirm this case as legit. As you said, we did not need this story to be confirmed or refuted. It is what it is. All I really cared about is the truth and to a lesser extent how the media exploited and agitated this incident. That part speaks of low journalism.
So maybe you can’t always trust what you read in the Boston Globe.
But the Globe was right. There was an attack, and they reported the facts of the attack as reported to them by the police. That the attack was staged doesn’t change any of that.
The Lunatic Leftie Media Bobbleheads – and that includes Chris – have a large amount of egg to remove from their faces.
You’d think after Covington and other “jump-to-conclusion” stories they might have learned to WAIT for real evidence.
Guess not.
We were lied to by this “victim” from the very beginning and the lame stream media went right along with it and amplified it for its own purposes until they no longer could.
Anyone who couldn’t see this hoax was Smolletted from the start and as long as the lame stream media could perpetuate the lie.
Let this be a lesson to you and don’t ever get Smolletted again.
Jussy or Jussie or whatever he calls himself makes $20,000 an episode, probably much more as that was from a couple of years ago. He’s a rich man. Maybe he can donate some of his fortune to real victims of real crime. But I bet you will never hear the lame stream media suggesting that.
..,the lame stream media went right along with it and amplified it for its own purposes until they no longer could.
And of course corrupt politicians like Kramala Harris and for that matter almost all of the Demorat Party.
And of course all the hypocritical virtue signallers in Hollyweird.
Dang, even Nancy Blowsi is bailing…
Pelosi Deletes Sympathetic Tweet For Jussie Smollett
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/17/pelosi-deletes-tweet-jussie-smollett/
This just keeps getting uglier. Jussie needs to come clean and the sooner the better. He is doing more damage to himself by continuing to lie.
Jussie Smollett Case to Go to Grand Jury
https://www.tmz.com/2019/02/17/jussie-smollett-grand-jury-attack-brothers-trump-empire/
Victims of the past are Heros today.
Have we hit bottom yet?
Lest we forget, here are some REAL hate crimes . . . . .
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/18/hoax-hate-crimes-list/
Sabo strikes again!!!!!!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/right-wing-artist-sabo-takes-aim-at-jussie-smollett-in-new-street-art-in-los-angeles/
Dang, I doubt Kramala’s father would even vote for her.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/19/kamala-harris-jamaican-father-donald-harris-rips-2/
But you can bet Jussy would.
And of course, Chris and Libby.
Feb 20th, 4:41 AZ time
Twitter just erupted with this story https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/20/chicago-police-jussie-smollett-suspect-in-a-criminal-investigation/
Ironic that it looks like Jussie will be arrested for a hate crime he reported as a hate crime! Fox Studios may have to fire this clown after all!
Chris Smollett,
How Many Intersectional Diversity Pokemon Points Is Gay, Black & Jewish Jussie Smollett Entitled to?
http://www.unz.com/isteve/how-many-intersectional-diversity-pokemon-points-is-gay-black-and-jewish-jussie-smollett-entitled-to/
Jussie Smollett’s Hoax and the Pseudo-Religion of Blackism
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/02/jack-kerwick/jussie-smolletts-hoax-and-the-pseudo-religion-of-blackism/
Yes, Jack … crowing … all of you … 57 comments later.
You should be embarrassed. I don’t know why you aren’t embarrassed.
Raw Footage: Jussie Smollett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Z_JOGmXpe5I