Jussie Smollett, the actor who claimed he was attacked by Trump supporters in a hate crime, is now in police custody and one step closer to facing the wrath of the law. Fox News reports:
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is under arrest and in the “custody of detectives” Thursday morning, Chicago police Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi said.
Smollett, who had felony criminal charges approved against him Wednesday, turned himself in to police, authorities said.
Smollett was charged just hours after he was “officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation” for allegedly “filing a false police report” in connection with his Jan. 29 attack claims, police said. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved the “Disorderly Conduct / Filing a False Police Report” charges.
Smollett’s attorneys Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson told Fox News Wednesday, “Like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked. Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense.”
What Smollett did was disgusting, and an insult to Trump supporters who were broadly painted as racists, and actual hate crime victims of all colors.
Smollets’ sisters were employed by Hussein Obama in Illinois
Hussein will move heaven an earth to protect this man
Smollet is in the USA on a visa that has expired
I am positive that this man will skate on any conviction levied against him
Apparently, Smollett has been tweeting for the last three years his extreme hatred for Pres Trump. There was a listing of his tweets, going back to 2015, before Trump even ran for president, that I saw this morning. Some of them were quite explicit and vulgar, all against Pres Trump and all his supporters. It certainly makes it clearer as to why he staged this racist attack. Smollett had a white father so it’s hard to understand his hatred of all white people and why he would sacrifice his career and freedom for this horrible hoax!
In no uncertain terms the use of MAGA country the clear implication of a group instigating this kind of hatred towards another in fake attempt to garner personal gain: Does this not merit prosecution under hate crime statutes? Smollett’s actions could have, and were in fact clearly intended to instigate hatred to all President Trump supporters. This simple fact cannot be argued nor should it be left out of the prosecutorial actions that come against this self serving individual.
LEFTIST/COMMUNISTS can do whatever they want without paying a price for their actions.
This is a very sad and disturbing situation , that thankfully did not cause any race riots ! Why would this young man, Smollett, destroy his life and career in such a vile display of phony racism?
And the press “never” covered the fact that Smollett’s father
is white and Jewish! Where and when did Smollett develop
such white racism?? Hopefully he will get his just rewards!!
It is shame. This is the second hate crime hoax by blacks. Remember the Air Force Academy hate crime hoax committed by a black cadet? I am not in favor of it. Trying to bring back racism is bad. It really hurts those who are really victims.
Faking a hate crime should receive an equal or even greater penalty than actually committing one. He should have to pay for every single second of man hours used to investigate and work his case AND he should serve hard time and the maximum sentence for his crime in prison. In fact, I’d put him to work in some of the hard physical labor required to build the wall along the Southern border… a sort of hate chain gang made up of people who have created crimes against the MAGA movement.
If convicted, a likely but not quite certain outcome, and sentenced to imprisonment, this put should be billed for food and quarters.
it is sad and heart breaken for this to happen in black history mouth but smollett will finaly get what he wants three hots and a cock
Gee, I haven’t heard anything from the Show’s producers or associated actors. A few condemned the right early on.
He has already been fired. He might get probation from the city of Chicago, but the USPS does not screw around and he can get up to 15 years for sending terrorist letters through the mail. – and he should.
Yes, where is the outcry from Hollywood elite and all the bleeding heart liberals? If this were the other way around, (if a Trump supporter claimed black Obama supporters attacked him in that matter) there would be riots, non stop media condemnation !
Boy talk about ‘double standards’.
Chicago is still sort of missing the point when the spokeman’s cop says something about, ‘dragging Chicago through the mud’.’
Not addressing it as the real “hate crime” that it is…against Trump & his supporters!
It is not so much the words of the cops, it is the words of Rahm Emanuel that make me angry. He did not blame the no-account “actor” Smollette, he made it sound as if this really happened as a hate crime. Emanuel = POS.
The problem that I have with Mr. Smollet is that he claimed to be a victim , claimed that he endured a vicious physical and symbolic racial and homophobic attack with veiled threats. Without a doubt, such incidents do happen. But in Mr. Smollet’s case, he exploited the social and political climate to cast himself as a victim, using evil as a means to gain sympathy, in concocting this false attack upon himself. We have no real idea how often this occurs, because knee-jerk liberalism and leftist ideologues are pervasive, and the media orchestrates their cause, rendering such lies truthful to the public mind. We can only imagine how often this happens, how persons making such claims are want to spin that they are victims of racism, homophobia, or some other forms of discrimination, and capitalize on public and a pervasive social sentiment, to elevate themselves.
Society has undergone enormous change, and there are many powerful movements from identified “protected classes” — women, “racial minorities,” the LBGTQ+ whatever, to gain power, invoke laws that provide for themselves a higher standard of protection of their civil rights, and diminishing the civil rights of others who are not within their protected class. They already have “affirmative action” but they want to be “greater than equal” to the common man.
Note that I will not even say which class is being diminished because that would bring condemnation. Our society has become seriously depraved when the truth cannot be spoken anymore. The aforementioned groups should tread very carefully. A backlash could be forthcoming, and the divisions that are wrought could cause this nation to collapse back into chaos, to include another civil war.
Should have to pay back the Cook County Sheriff and Chicago Police for every minute of man hours wasted and should be sued by any victims where the police could not get to their home or business in a timely manner because he had them “tied up on his case”. I hope he spends every penny he ever earned on attorneys and hopefully there will be no GoFundMe page.
He deserves to pay for all the wasted time and resources by the CPD. Fine him for all the money wasted by the CPD investigating his lies and send him to prison where he can get all the gay sex his little heart desires.
Faking a hate crime should be treated as a hate crime.
Tom Cat has it right. If justice were to prevail, this individual would be incarcerated. The again, if justice had prevailed, most Leftist Democrats would be behind bars.
you are so right
Being a liberal in a total liberal town and being gay and a minority will eventually only get him a slap on the hand and forgiveness for the thousands of dollars wasted on the investigation of his lies.
The Real Racists And Thugs are the Left !! Their actions are giving us a Clear Picture of who they really are !! Disgusting !! I do hope this “thug” gets smacked with paying back dollars “wasted” and jail time for sure !!
Maybe there is hope!! When a TRUMP HATER GETS JUSTICE.
Yes, he needs to pay for this little stunt.
Here is how you nail Smollett! Let him pay for the hours of resources he wasted from the Chicago PD plus jail time. Only way to get him focused is to hit him where it hurts in his pocketbook.
wonder who else is involved the rapist coory booker..the slut harris..maybe senile waters..maybe even obama..notice the first one with the big mouth is always involved..