Posted on 03/26/2019 12:37:50 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The family of Empire actor Jussie Smollett praised prosecutors for dropping all charges against the Fox star in connection to filing a false police report, stating that Smollett is an “innocent man” who was “unjustly smeared.
“Our son and brother is an innocent man whose name and character has been unjustly smeared. Jussie is a son, a brother, a partner, a champion for human rights, and a genuine soul who would never be capable of what he was falsely accused of,” a statement via the Smollett family reads. “He was the victim of an assault and then falsely blamed for his own attack,” the statement continued. “This morning truth has prevailed and he has been vindicated. All charges have been dismissed and his record expunged (cleared).”
“The painful incidents we’ve witnessed him endure over the past 7 weeks have been heartbreaking and unjust to say the least. While many were quick to rush to judgement before hearing the actual truth, we are grateful that the truth about Jussie has come to light,” the statement continues. “We look forward to bringing the real perpetrators to justice. We thank God and our village for standing by us during this trying time.”
Earlier Tuesday, Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes announced that the actor’s record “has been wiped clean.” Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs in downtown Chicago on January 29. Police and prosecutors have said the black and gay actor falsely reported to authorities that he was attacked because he was unhappy with his pay on the Fox show and to promote his career.
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Was there a meeting at an airport in Arizona?
I guess those two Nigerians just wanted a red hat, ski masks, and some rope and went together to buy them.
Maybe they were planning a ski trip.
If he was really innocent, he will demand his attackers be prosecuted.
Any why did he forfeit his Bail money to Chicago if he is innocent?
Uh... so DA Kim will have something to offset her personal office's expense budget? "T.H.A.N.K. Y.O.U. !"
It is NOT a first offender deal. That FReeper is wrong. Even Smolletts lawyer says it isn’t.
A first offender deal includes deferred prosecution, anotherwords if the first offender ever commits another crime this one could be re-prosecuted. In this case his case was forever dismissed and permanently sealed.
A first offender deal certainly wouldn’t include the offender immediately going out and stating he is innocent and falsely prosecuted.
A first offender deal would include community service served specifically for that offense, not some vague “he is already active in the community”.
There is no category for this other than a gross perversion of justice. Calling it an application of a program which actually makes some sense is misleading.
Real first offender situations involve conditions such as future law obedience, reimbursement to victims, related community service, and probation. Upon completion of those conditions the charges would be dismissed and expunged (which doesn’t mean eternally sealed btw).
In this case Smollett was let off Scot free except for forfeiture of $10k upfront bail.
This is f’d up. Smollett could have started riots that may have killed a lot of blacks.
How the hell does that help his “cause”?
Turn it around. If the DA where white and the perp were white and the fake hate crime had targeted a Democrat politician, the shrill screams of “Racism” would be echoing from CNN to the NY Times to the Wash Post to NBC tp See BS to ABC. . More proof of the new Democrat Fascist party tanking shape in the USA. Rules for thee but not for “woke” politicians and activists
“Wait.
I stepped away from twitter for just a few minutes.
You’re telling me Avenatti’s co-conspirator in the federal extortion case is Mark Geragos?
Geragos, the CNN contributor? Geragos, the Jussie Smollett lawyer?
Geragos, the Colin Kaepernick lawyer?
OH,
BE STILL MY HEART”
https://mobile.twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1110275564911427584
> It is NOT a first offender deal. That FReeper is wrong. Even Smolletts lawyer says it isn’t. <
Ha! That snake would tell you that 1+1=3.
In all seriousness, it does sound like a first-offender/second-chance deal to me. Smollett forfeited his bond. And he evidently did some kind of “community service”. Why would the DA mention all that if Smollett wasn’t in some kind of program?
Now, this Smollett deal might not fit the mold of other deals across the nation. But remember, this is Chicago. Anything goes.
The is dead.
We are no longer a nation of laws.
The Chicago police union is calling for the feds to investigate the Cook County DA. Now that we have a real AG maybe it will happen.
Are you saying posting will not resurect the now dead US?
If the hoax were not stopped, the country would be on fire if the leftists had their way. I would even think Mueller would withhold the report to add to the Trump coup and “resistance”.
This poor innocent man (I hope that’s not biased). Let me reword that. This poor innocent human being has been slandered. He must have his attorneys take the Chicago police to court. He is a first offender except for his previous case of providing false information. His record is sealed and has been wiped clean. It would be interesting to find out how he arranged this.
Word is like Ron Brown said he was going to talk if indicted.... Next thing we know he ended up dead.
Jussie Smollett said he was going to rat out Obama that that is behind this attempted race war do the same thing if indicted. Then all of a sudden all charges are dropped.
Yeah this thing is A LOT BIGGER than on the surface.
The Chicago cops would do the Sergeant Schultz.
The world of the wanna be in control Democrats where everything they say or do is for the ‘people’ and everything the Republicans say or do is for Russia.
Queerdom.
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