Empire Star Beaten in Homophobic racist MAGA attack

[gemma_rae]

If any one can help him, it's the Rooskies!

 

[Ken King]

Seems it was a political decision to drop the charges, not that the charges were defective. And the mail hoax is still open for the Feds.

 

[Bird Dog]

Does this mean Sapidus is coming back?

He’s already back.....sex change and plastic surgery to make him look like Taylor Swift.........TCROW..........

 

[vraiblonde]

Seems it was a political decision to drop the charges, not that the charges were defective. And the mail hoax is still open for the Feds.

Must be nice to be a low level entertainer who most of the country had never even heard of, yet have enough pull to be above the law.

 

[Ken King]

Must be nice to be a low level entertainer who most of the country had never even heard of, yet have enough pull to be above the law.

I suspect a straight out bribe, Cook County kept his bail money, voluntarily of course.

 

[Toxick]

I suspect a straight out bribe, Cook County kept his bail money, voluntarily of course.

I suspect he flipped and dropped names of people who put him up to it.

 

[TCROW]

Yep. The justice system works well for you if you have a bit of money.

Meanwhile, how many are rotting in a steel cage for victimless crimes like weed possession?

 

[GURPS]

SHOCK: Controversial Chicago Prosecutor DROPS Charges Against Jussie Smollett, UPDATE: ‘Not Exonerated’

In a shocking development Tuesday morning, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, and records of his case will be sealed, in a decision made just a month after a grand jury charged Smollett with 16 counts of felony misconduct...

www.dailywire.com

 

[This_person]

SHOCK: Controversial Chicago Prosecutor DROPS Charges Against Jussie Smollett, UPDATE: ‘Not Exonerated’

In a shocking development Tuesday morning, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, and records of his case will be sealed, in a decision made just a month after a grand jury charged Smollett with 16 counts of felony misconduct...

www.dailywire.com

Now, why would it need to be sealed? Where’s the transparency?

 

[Midnightrider]

Yep. The justice system works well for you if you have a bit of money.

Meanwhile, how many are rotting in a steel cage for victimless crimes like weed possession?

yep, the american justice system rewards people who can afford decent lawyers. How else would the offer of giving up the bond money in exchange for dropping charges happen?

it reminds me of the 'program' MD used to have where you could make a donation to the good drivers fund to avoid a traffic conviction that may make your insurance go up. If you could afford to make a one time payment to the state they dropped the charge.

 

[Monello]

Charges dropped?!?!?!

That's some major league white privilege. Affluenza? Did his lawyer channel Johnnie Cochran? What times do the riots begin for this judicial injustice?

 

[glhs837]

yep, the american justice system rewards people who can afford decent lawyers. How else would the offer of giving up the bond money in exchange for dropping charges happen?

it reminds me of the 'program' MD used to have where you could make a donation to the good drivers fund to avoid a traffic conviction that may make your insurance go up. If you could afford to make a one time payment to the state they dropped the charge.

yep, the american justice system rewards people who can afford decent lawyers. How else would the offer of giving up the bond money in exchange for dropping charges happen?

it reminds me of the 'program' MD used to have where you could make a donation to the good drivers fund to avoid a traffic conviction that may make your insurance go up. If you could afford to make a one time payment to the state they dropped the charge.

You could also do community service in lieu of money , but only twice And the money was for Project Graduation.

 

[Auntie Biache']

Hmmm....

Chicago Police Superintendent Minces No Words in Response to Jussie's Charges Being Dropped

This is a press conference for the ages, wow...

www.chicksonright.com

 

[Grumpy]

Hmmm....

Surprised that Emanuel is coming out against this as strongly as he is.

 

[Auntie Biache']

Surprised that Emanuel is coming out against this as strongly as he is.

Faux Rage. I suspect his pockets were lined, too. However, I don't think the precinct chief is faking it.

 

[SamSpade]

Surprised that Emanuel is coming out against this as strongly as he is.

Only a little surprised. He may be liberal, but he's also mayor and must support the police.
And the police are livid, because they dumped a lot of man hours chasing this down - they did their job,
and it just got tossed out.

 

[vraiblonde]

Ah, Chicago....

The SA should have recused herself; she was clearly compromised. We'll see if the folks remember this come election time.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Now, why would it need to be sealed? Where’s the transparency?

It's Chicago.

After being approached by a politically connected lawyer, State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx asked Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to turn over the investigation of Jussie Smollett’s reported attack to the FBI, according to communications provided to the Tribune.

The exchanges began Feb. 1, three days after Smollett claimed....

“Spoke to the Superintendent Johnson,” Foxx emailed Tchen back on Feb. 1. “I convinced him to Reach out to FBI to ask that they take over the investigation.”


The same day, Foxx texted with Smollett’s relative, whose name was blacked out in copies released by her office.

“Spoke to the superintendent earlier, he made the ask,” Foxx wrote. “Trying to figure out logistics. I’ll keep you posted.”

“Omg this would be a huge victory,” the relative replied.

“I make no guarantees, but I’m trying,” Foxx wrote back.

The released texts between Foxx and the relative stop on Feb. 13, the same day a memo was sent out by Foxx’s chief ethics officer, April Perry, informing staff that Foxx “is recused” from the Smollett investigation. It did not say why

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-records-20190313-story.html

Here's what SA Foxx has to say about transparency:

Transparency is not only our obligation as civil servants, but critical to efficiently and effectively fulfilling our public safety mission: Our work must be grounded in data and evidence, and the public should have access to that information.

https://www.cookcountystatesattorney.org/about/commitment-transparency

 

[Chris0nllyn]

The SA should have recused herself

She did.

 

[glhs837]

Ah, Chicago....

The SA should have recused herself; she was clearly compromised. We'll see if the folks remember this come election time.

She did recuse herself, IIRC, after it was found out she was shopping the case to the FBI to get it out of the city. And the guy who took it was of course hand-picked by her.