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Did ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett stage homophobic, racist attack on himself?
The Mercury News ^ | 14 Feb 2019 | Cicero Estrella

Posted on 02/14/2019 5:42:55 PM PST by Steely Tom

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Police on Wednesday picked up two men at O’Hare Airport and questioned them about the alleged assault. TMZ reported that a raid of the men’s residences produced five bottles of bleach, a red hat, two laptops and other items. It had been reported that the substance poured on Smollett might have been bleach.

Family members of the two men said they left for their native Nigeria on the day of the alleged attack. Police kept tabs on their whereabouts and were waiting for them when they returned to Chicago on Wednesday.

Police said the two men are the same ones captured on a surveillance video screen grab on the night of the alleged attack.

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1 posted on 02/14/2019 5:42:55 PM PST by Steely Tom
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2 posted on 02/14/2019 5:43:42 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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NO SH*T SHERLOCK


3 posted on 02/14/2019 5:44:09 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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Probably.


4 posted on 02/14/2019 5:46:46 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Americans are now even outsourcing their MAGA ass-kicking to Nigerians!

build the wall!


5 posted on 02/14/2019 5:48:03 PM PST by PGR88
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Latest news is that the the two assailants were wearing MNGA hats- Make Nigeria Great Again. It was an honest mistake. It could have happened to anyone.


6 posted on 02/14/2019 5:49:41 PM PST by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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7 posted on 02/14/2019 5:53:27 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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ENOUGH!

Fer cryin' out loud...nine (9) damned stories on this page about this simpering swish!

Who the hell watches this stupid show he's on and who the hell cares what he did or did no do...at ANY damned time in his pitiful life?

Please!

No more!

8 posted on 02/14/2019 5:57:57 PM PST by Snake Skin Sonny
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"Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi said that police cannot confirm or deny the Chicago TV station’s report that Smollett and two other men that the police have been questioning about the alleged attack on the “Empire” actor perpetrated a hoax."

fixed

9 posted on 02/14/2019 6:01:04 PM PST by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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Does a Catholic bear crap in the Vatican gardens?


10 posted on 02/14/2019 6:02:48 PM PST by rfp1234 (I don't watch CNN for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet.)
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Nigeria? weren’t they one of the first and largest slave trading hubs in AFrica? And one of 38 African countries, or 70% of Africa, that have laws criminalizing homosexuality? Maybe this is just a good old case of culture clash. That the dems asked for and got.


11 posted on 02/14/2019 6:05:22 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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Yep.


12 posted on 02/14/2019 6:05:25 PM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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Drug deal gone bad?


13 posted on 02/14/2019 6:10:15 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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This thing is getting weirder and weirder.


14 posted on 02/14/2019 6:12:41 PM PST by BlackAdderess (When anyone can be fired at any time with the magic of Photoshop anyone can be blackmailed)
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Can we now get to the bottom of this hoax? Maybe the Chicago PD could give them a hand.
15 posted on 02/14/2019 6:23:38 PM PST by Phillyred
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Fer cryin' out loud...nine (9) damned stories on this page about this simpering swish!

Who the hell watches this stupid show he's on and who the hell cares what he did or did no do...at ANY damned time in his pitiful life?

Please!

No more!

Well, it is a story that's been simmering since it was first reported, 15 days ago; many people here and elsewhere have (a) predicted that it would be shown to be a hoax, and (b) stated that they were looking forward to the day the story blew up in Mr. Smollett's face.

Today seems to be that day, and there have been many stories in many outlets about these developments just in the last few hours.

There have been conflicting stories also, some saying the Chicago Police don't believe Mr. Smollett, and others saying the Chicago Police do not disbelieve him.

For all those reasons, there have been a lot of stories out tonight; I and others have posted them.

You can always refrain from clicking on any number of stories posted here that you dislike, or disapprove of, or find redundant or boring.

You can also hit the "Abuse" button and ask that the moderators remove a story that you think shouldn't be here.

16 posted on 02/14/2019 6:32:10 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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Even the MSM is starting to crack on this one. The MSM loves a good hate-crime against their favorite “minorities” but even they can’t report this with a straight face anymore. You’d have to be a total moron to think that his “MAGA country” part of the story was the slightest bit credible. That’s like the crips or bloods trying to establish a foothold in rural Wyoming, they’d get their a$$e$ killed and fed to the coyotes.


17 posted on 02/14/2019 7:27:30 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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No joke. I had no idea who he was or what show hatched him when this debacle hit and I don’t care in the slightest to find out now.


18 posted on 02/14/2019 7:29:48 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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I’m thinking either that or he was looking for love in all the wrong places. Skid row Chicago, a liberal stronghold comparable to Greenwich Village and San Francisco, is MAGA country, who knew?


19 posted on 02/14/2019 7:31:39 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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This is so believable. We all have access to FBI databases so that we can check the immigration status of a restaurant’s wait staff and bartenders.


20 posted on 02/14/2019 7:33:00 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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