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‘Persons of interest’ questioned in Smollett attack are not suspects: police
chicago.suntimes.com ^ | 02/14/2019, 10:27am | Staff

Posted on 02/14/2019 9:04:04 AM PST by Red Badger

Chicago Police said Thursday they are questioning two “persons of interest” who were in the area where actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked last month.

The two were found through “meticulous investigation,” CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.

“The people of interest are alleged to be in the area where a crime was reported. They are not considered suspects at this time as they are currently being questioned by detectives. We remain in communication with the alleged victim,” Guglielmi tweeted.

Smollett, an actor on show “Empire,” filmed in Chicago, has been responding to critics who question his report about being attacked. He told police two masked men shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him, attacked him and put a rope around his neck early on Jan. 29. The 36-year-old actor is black and openly gay.

Smollett tells ABC News it’s “ridiculous” to think he’d lie in his explanation for being outside at 2 a.m. in frigid Chicago weather.

He says he left the rope and clothes on when police arrived “because I wanted them to see.” He says accusations that the attack was a date gone bad are offensive.

No arrests have been made. Police say they’ve not found surveillance video that shows the attack but that the investigation is ongoing.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; empire; hoax; jussie; smollett
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1 posted on 02/14/2019 9:04:04 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Next Juicy will be claiming the lack of arrests is a hate crime by the po-po.


2 posted on 02/14/2019 9:07:22 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Red Badger

If they haven’t asked Smollett to take a lie detector test, why not ?


3 posted on 02/14/2019 9:09:39 AM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Red Badger

“He says he left the rope and clothes on when police arrived “because I wanted them to see.””

See what?

If the thing was actually put around your neck, then the cops would take it as evidence.

Leaving it there was an act of dramatic license to help spice up a fib.


4 posted on 02/14/2019 9:10:14 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: layman

Too early yet.

If they do, it’s over.......................


5 posted on 02/14/2019 9:10:19 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
They are not considered suspects at this time as they are currently being questioned by detectives.

Never Talk to the Police

6 posted on 02/14/2019 9:10:52 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: VanDeKoik

Yep.

Hollywood........................


7 posted on 02/14/2019 9:10:53 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Questions ranged from, “Did you see anyone else around?” to “Did you see any of your white homeless friends that support President Trump (may re-election be upon him)?”


8 posted on 02/14/2019 9:11:25 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Red Badger

How many people have been murdered in Chicago since that simpering faggot Smollet started this hoax?


9 posted on 02/14/2019 9:12:23 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

10, someone said..................


10 posted on 02/14/2019 9:13:35 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

If they were suspects, they’d be arrested. This is why they’re currently called a Person of Interest.


11 posted on 02/14/2019 9:16:36 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says)
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To: NorthMountain
How many people have been murdered in Chicago since that simpering faggot Smollet started this hoax?

He doesn't care. He is a true sociopath.

12 posted on 02/14/2019 9:18:15 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Red Badger

It’s very obvious. He made it up to boost his career. He deserves to go to jail.


13 posted on 02/14/2019 9:20:02 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Red Badger

Pretty soon, we will hear the Anti-Gay/ Homophobic slurs against the Police investigating this false Police report.


14 posted on 02/14/2019 9:22:21 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: I want the USA back

they next dem congress member from Chicago


15 posted on 02/14/2019 9:24:53 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Even black Americans aren’t buying this story.....................I doubt that many homos do either...................


16 posted on 02/14/2019 9:25:14 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Smollett tells ABC News it’s “ridiculous” to think he’d lie in his explanation for being outside at 2 a.m. in frigid Chicago weather.

But it would make perfect sense for the two alleged muggers to hang around outside his apartment at 2 AM in the frigid Chicago night waiting for him on the off chance he’d come out of his apartment?


17 posted on 02/14/2019 9:38:20 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Flick Lives

And consider this:

Smollett had been out of town, and had just arrived back from the airport when he decided to go to Subway.

So the ‘two attackers’ would have had to have waited for a loooooong time..........................


18 posted on 02/14/2019 9:45:06 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Lying racist bastard.


19 posted on 02/14/2019 9:49:51 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: Red Badger

IF he really got a broken rib or 2, those would show on an x-ray. Takes more than 2 weeks for a broken rib to heal.


20 posted on 02/14/2019 10:32:09 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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