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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He should have responded, "Damn, I'm going to feel that hit all the way to August."
No, he’s not. He was released while awaiting an appeal. It was just tooooo dangerous to keep him locked up, somebody might want to hurt little Jussie if he remained locked up.
https://nypost.com/2022/03/16/court-orders-jussie-smollett-release-from-jail-during-appeal/
Agreed. There was no benefit to either person to stage it and it wouldn’t make 30 million tune in next year to hopefully see something similar again.
#41 I read they already kissed and made up.
Chris Rock has agreed to have sex with Will Smith’s wife Jada....
You may have that wrong, it’s Will he will be having Sex with.
Doesn't Hunter live there?
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