Posted on 03/29/2022 8:20:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chris Rock almost made the Oscars worth watching. Almost. Rock declined to press charges, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the matter has been resolved.
According to California law, prosecutors are responsible for holding guilty people accountable for their actions and an obligation to pursue justice despite influence from the alleged victim or the community. The prosecutor can consider factors including whether the victim is cooperative or not, but that should not be the determining factor on filing criminal charges. The decision should ultimately rest on whether there is evidence that a crime has been committed and whether the case can be proved in court.
The only factor that should matter is the first, but pragmatism requires the second. If there is little or no hope of ever attaining a conviction, there is no point in wasting time and money taking an unwinnable case to trial.
Naturally, House representatives Ayanna Pressley and Jamaal Bowman announced their support for Will Smith on Twitter before apparently realizing they had just endorsed violence and deleted their tweets. Bowman's staff took responsibility for his tweet and explained they thought the altercation at the Oscars had been staged, but Pressley didn't say anything. She just pretended the whole thing never happened.
Is the Will Smith prosecution unwinnable? It certainly shouldn't be. There were thousands of live witnesses in the audience and millions more on television. It should be simple for police to have a warrant issued for the show script. Unless there is a scene where Will Smith is supposed to charge Chris Rock on stage and slap his face, Smith should be charged with battery. Of course, that will never happen, because this is Hollywood and Black Lives Matter.
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Fat chance.
By the way, has the DA in NM working the Baldwin shooting case taken a permanent vacation to the Caymen Islands ?
Pinkett a few years ago complained about the Oscar’s being ‘too white’. Well they are now more black and this display did not help her cause.
Too much nonsense on this staged event, as transparently staged as the Three Stooges throwing pies at each other.
1) Will Smith is black.
2) Whether there was a script or not, these were just two actors “improvising”, which is what they are paid to do and the studios will stand by that.
Sorry but does any decent, rational person really care about Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock or Will Smith?
Hilarious. All staged. Actors will be actors.
Aint gonna happen but it’s fun to fantasize about arresting Will Smith and bringing it to trial.
If I were Chris Rock I’d just put out a tweet saying that my lawyers will be contacting Will Smith’s lawyers.
Prosecute for a slap, but not for shooting a gun...Got It
That would be a lot more enjoyable than the Oscars - more funny, a lot less miserably woke, and over in 2 minutes vs. 3 hours.
Will Smith is so overrated.
If Juicy Smolliay doesn’t have to do any jail time, good luck with Will Smith.
Won’t happen to the “vessel of love”.
I’d sentence him to “Community Service” cleaning up the homeless encampments that are plaguing LA.
COULD!
Black men don’t slap.
And Alec Baldwin still walks free, arrogant as ever.
Smith is not a political conservative, so the point is moot.
Black on Black altercation is normal. In chicago, actual murder is permitted. A slap is nothingness.
Besides that it was the Oscars in California and not America
They should have a challenge match in Hollywood, with Chris Rock and Will Smith duking it out until someone passes out. I bet you that Rock would whip his butt real good...
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