Nikki Joli, a transgender activist in Jackson, MI, is charged with burning down his own home-- a crime investigated by the FBI as a hate crime. Five of Joli's pets were killed in the blaze.

https://www.detroitnews.com/st...own-home/2816523002/

Here's the Chicago Police Chief from earlier on today on ABC:



Link to original video: https://youtu.be/mz8Uncxd1UQ

^^^ Interesting how they precede the interview with a mostly one-sided view in favor of Smollett.

That female reporter, Robin whatever, has absolutely no shame. She should be charged with something for her interview with Smollett, in which she did not ask one probing-- journalistic-- question.

It's been instructive watching the seditious Old Media criminal bastards work to salvage what they can from this "story". I'm hearing "alleged" and "new facts" coming to light. It's become "even so, but still..." as they chip away at whatever institution is involved in judging Smollett's veracity. This institution most damaged by this mess is in fact the news but who'd gonna tell Average Joe?

More evidence found by Charles Barkley:

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Here's the Chicago Police Chief from earlier on today on ABC:



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Sir Chuck has given so much good material.

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
Here's the Chicago Police Chief from earlier on today on ABC:



Link to original video: https://youtu.be/mz8Uncxd1UQ

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Big shock

Scroll up this page, guys. How many times has that dead link and big pic on this page? Please think before you post. There's no reason for that link and pic to be quoted.

This is clutter and nothing but clutter.

Speaking of fake hate crimes, here's one you won't read about in your daily media propaganda push:

This LGBT Activist’s House Was Burned Down. Police Now Suspect He Set the Fire Himself. Cops arrested Nikki Joly of Jackson, Michigan, for alleged hoax that resulted in the death of his five pets.

In 2017, prominent Michigan LGBT activist Nikki Joly, a transgender man, was the victim of an apparent hate crime: An unknown arsonist burned down his house, which had two dogs and three cats trapped inside. Some presumed the act was retaliatory—a response to Joly's successful campaign to persuade the government of Jackson, Michigan, to adopt an anti-discrimination law, for which a local newspaper declared him "Citizen of the Year."

Now the police finally have a suspect in custody: Joly.

Police have long suspected that Joly set the fire himself, though it took a while to collect sufficient evidence. According to The Detroit News:

Joly told [police] that, on the morning of the fire, he bought $10 of gas at a Marathon station so he could cut his grass. He began to mow, but it got too hot so he stopped with the backyard half done.

He went to work at the church and got a call from Moore at 1:02 p.m., said the report. Moore had forgotten to pack her lunch so asked Joly to bring it to her at work. The couple share one car.

Joly returned home, which was two miles away, went inside for a minute or two, and left, he told police.

The fire was reported by neighbors at 1:16 p.m.

The sequence of events would have made it difficult for anyone but Joly to set the fire, Grove said in the police report.

"The timeline shows a window of less than five minutes for another person to enter the residence, splash gasoline around, ignite the fire and then leave without being scene," wrote Grove.

Joly told an insurance company investigator the arsonist must have been in the home at the same time he was, according to the report.

Lab tests by police found traces of gasoline on the clothes Joly was wearing on the day of the fire, said the report.

Joly didn't own the house, and thus did not collect any insurance money from it. He did receive more than $58,000 in donations, however. He may have suggested to friends that he was upset about the diminished attention being paid to his advocacy in the wake of the anti-discrimination law's passage—a possible motive, according to the police.

The authorities investigated a second suspect—a man who was angry about the anti-discrimination ordinance—but determined that he could not have been at the scene of the crime during the window of time in which the fire was set.

Just because Joly has been charged does not mean he is guilty, of course. He is entitled to due process and a presumption of innocence. Many in his community refuse to believe he could have played a role in the fire, given that it killed his five pets. Other former supporters of Joly's now believe they were duped, however.

"I feel as though I was used for a money scam," said Jeff Graves, a drag queen who helped solicit donations for Joly after the house burned down. "It hurt and it still does."

News of this suspected hate crime hoax comes amidst the unraveling of the Jussie Smollett attack: The Empire actor claimed he was assaulted by two men, racist homophobes, who shouted "this is MAGA country" as they doused him in bleach and put a rope around his neck. Police now suspect Smollett hired the men to fake the attack, and have charged the actor with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.

The existence of two high-profile hate crime hoaxes—neither of them yet proven in a court of law—should not be used to discredit every alleged hate crime. But this news does provide a timely reminder that many stories are more complicated than they first seem. Self-described victims should be greeted with support and sympathy, not automatic belief that they must be telling the truth. Sometimes, they're not.

And, as Reason's Nick Gillespie, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, and I have all observed in recent articles, there just isn't a lot of evidence to support the idea that hate crimes are growing more prevalent.

Would it still be a hate crime if that idiot was beaten senseless for killing his/her two dogs and three cats?
What a complete piece of waste.

Meanwhile, racist trees in S.Carolina lash out:

https://www.washingtontimes.co...ns-out-be-pollen-po/

some more detail:

https://abc7chicago.com/jussie...-grand-jury/5177586/

A Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, according to court records.

The Cook county State's Attorney's Office confirmed the indictment, which they said was returned by a grand jury on Thursday.

The grand jury returned two separate sets of charges. The first set are related to what Smollett told officers about the alleged attack, including that the attackers called him racial and homophobic slurs, struck him with their hands, put a noose around his neck, and poured some sort of chemical substance on him.

The second set of charges are related to the second interview Smollett had with police about the alleged attack later that day.


Experts believe it is likely he will strike a plea deal and potentially not spend time in prison.


The new set of charges each carry a possible sentence of probation to four years. Smollett already pleaded not guilty to the first disorderly conduct charge

Smollett had also reported a threatening letter sent to him on the "Empire" set containing a white powder, a week before the alleged attack. The letter is currently in the FBI crime lab for analysis, sources said, and experts believe Smollett could face federal charges for allegedly sending the letter.

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https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2...and-jury-indictment/

He is scheduled to be arraigned on March 14.

The counts focus on allegedly false statements he made to two different Chicago Police officers. Each count covers various alleged acts that Smollett falsely described to the officers–including that he was hit by two men, that they yelled racial and homophobic slurs and poured a chemical on him.

Let's all check and see how many of the MSM report on this indictment!!!! Don't hold your breath...

Boom! He is now a person prohibited from possessing ammunition and firearms.

Someone call the cops in Chicago and tell them to get a warrant to kick his door down to seize Smollett's guns!!

What guns?

And the FBI is examining the letter, which no doubt he sent to himself. This opens up the possibility of additional federal charges.