[PghBaldy]

"He reportedly pleaded with his colleagues to believe that he did not pay two Nigerian brothers to attack him in a staged hate crime so that he could get a raise, as is alleged by police."

He could be telling the "truth" to his colleagues if only one part of what the police said is not true, like the motive.

[sjmjax]

"He reportedly pleaded with his colleagues to believe that he did not pay two Nigerian brothers to attack him in a staged hate crime so that he could get a raise, as is alleged by police."

He may well be telling the truth, seriously. His motivation wasn't to get a raise but to encourage retaliation against white, Trump supporters. "Justice for Jussie!"

He learned from a master. Sort of like what the meaning of "is" is. What is actually "the truth"?