CNN reporting

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/16...tt-attack/index.html

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.

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."

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.

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."

WOW!!! CNN reporting this!

If this is true, he is truly a POS and needs to be exposed for what this is.

Now I want to see him get charged with filing a false report and cough up all the cash that CPD wasted on this hoax.

Unfortunately the worldwide coverage of this will not be anything near the coverage of his "attack".

The police need to charge him to the extreme. Racism should not be tolerated, isn’t that the big message being splattered all over the country? This is the perfect opportunity to nip this shit in the bud and make damn sure the MSM doesn’t give this piece of gay shit a pass because he’s special. Keep his lying ass in the limelight until he fades to obscurity or hangs himself. I’ll settle for either.

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Originally posted by P-220:
WOW!!! CNN reporting this!

If this is true, he is truly a POS and needs to be exposed for what this is.

I'd like to see those in the media and Hollywood who wanted so much for this to be true to be shamed as well very publicly. These people couldn't get on twitter fast enough to condemn all Trump supporters and effectively blame Trump for the "attack."

Jussie Smollett tweet from a month ago

How do we get an ABC Robin Roberts follow up interview w/ this liar before he goes to (hopefully) jail, for hate crimes?

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Originally posted by dsiets:
How do we get an ABC Robin Roberts follow up interview w/ this liar before he goes to (hopefully) jail, for hate crimes?

The leftist media will report the story with as little venom as possible. They will give cursory attention to it only because they have to. The anti-Trump angle will be ignored and they will stop reporting on the story as fast as they can. Wait and see.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:

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Originally posted by dsiets:
How do we get an ABC Robin Roberts follow up interview w/ this liar before he goes to (hopefully) jail, for hate crimes?

The leftist media will report the story with as little venom as possible. They will give cursory attention to it only because they have to. The anti-Trump angle will be ignored and they will stop reporting on the story as fast as they can. Wait and see.

Regardless, I like the way the CPD has handled this. My impression of the CPD has gone up from where it was. /knocks on wood/

Agreed on CPD. My sense is that they knew it was a hoax from the beginning but had to tiptoe around the minefield that anything racial is these days.

I hope they or the DA follows up and prosecutes the hell out of this asshole.

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Originally posted by feersum dreadnaught:

Hard time for Smollett?
Don't throw Jussie in the briar patch.

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Originally posted by furlough:
My sense is that they knew it was a hoax from the beginning...

Who didn't?

Bye Felicia.

This tweet from last month is sure aging well




Also from James Woods' twitter feed:

This dude sure is an idiot. How did he imagine ever getting away with this?

In all seriousness, he's likely a suicide risk at this time.

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Originally posted by Micropterus:
In all seriousness, he's likely a suicide risk at this time.

I will buy the rope

He should already have some rope.

Nigerians? Shoulda hired South Africans.