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Jussie Smollett attack: Surveillance video shows potential persons of interest in attack, police say
ABC7 Chicago ^ | Jan 30 2019 | Staff

Posted on 01/30/2019 3:47:57 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Surveillance video captured potential persons of interest in the attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in the Streeterville neighborhood, Chicago police said Wednesday afternoon.

A community alert with photos will be released soon, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a 4:53 p.m. tweet.

At about 2 a.m. Tuesday, Smollett, 36, was walking alone in the 300-block of East North Water Street when two people he didn't know started yelling racial and homophobic slurs at him, police said. He told Chicago police that the attackers yelled "MAGA country," Guglielmi said.

Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. A dozen detectives are working on the case and have reviewed hundreds of hours of surveillance video, police have said.

The video shows two people walking in the general area of where Smollett was and does not show the attack. Chicago police said they would like to question the two people in for questioning.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; empire; hoax; homosexualagenda; illinois; jussiesmollett; localnews; smollett; suspects; video
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1 posted on 01/30/2019 3:47:57 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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Chicago police said they would like to question the two people in for questioning.

Huh?

2 posted on 01/30/2019 3:48:49 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Past is prologue, context, and balm. Without it, all is panic." Charlie Cooke)
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To: yesthatjallen

Chicago police said they would like to question the two people in for questioning.

Huh?


3 posted on 01/30/2019 3:51:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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The video shows two people walking in the general area of where Smollett was and does not show the attack. Chicago police said they would like to question the two people in for questioning.

I question their motives.

4 posted on 01/30/2019 3:52:11 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: yesthatjallen

So apparently just WALKING in the area at the time is now considered a criminal offense..notice, NO video of the supposed attack, because it did NOT happen


5 posted on 01/30/2019 3:53:15 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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So the reported temperature was somewhere around -20 with wind.

Mr. Smollett was walking outside with his face uncovered? Had to be, in order for anyone to recognize him at all.

This story is just shot through with so much BS that nothing holds water.


6 posted on 01/30/2019 3:55:48 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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He told Chicago police that the attackers yelled "MAGA country," Guglielmi said.

Not at first.

His story changed.

7 posted on 01/30/2019 3:55:58 PM PST by x
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I feel sorry for the police. They can’t come out and call the guy a liar...yet. So they have to go through the motions. ANYONE walking around Chicago that night would have ski masks on BTW...or have their face covered. It’s frostbite if they didn’t. Plus two people walking in the “area” of downtown Chicago isn’t rare. What counts STILL is no video of the attack and no indication that ANYONE was near the hoaxer.


8 posted on 01/30/2019 3:56:15 PM PST by DouglasKC
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LOL! Gotta keep the radical lib message alive or else they’ll be given the same treatment as The Covington teens. God help the poor people who walked past the security cameras!


9 posted on 01/30/2019 3:56:44 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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Ugh... the police are actually following up on a report that some folks were yelling, "MAGA country."

I gather this might happen - though even a stretch there - to folks in the UK now; but here.... how is this even verbal assault, let alone a hate crime?

So, in the future many hundreds of full tactical, Mueller agents (ski masks so no ID) could surround a Trump rally and arrest everyone inside.

10 posted on 01/30/2019 3:57:14 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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Considering it was 2AM and FREEZING..I would suspect EVERYONE walking around would be covered in protective clothing over their heads


11 posted on 01/30/2019 3:57:33 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

If so, the top brass of the CPD is aiding and abetting a coverup.


12 posted on 01/30/2019 3:57:47 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Of be more interested in seeing the victim actually walking in the vacinity around the time... fact that doesn’t seem to exist (or at least not being reported) tells me more than anything


13 posted on 01/30/2019 3:58:31 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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Wow! Stunning news! The Chicago police have found video showing two people walking in Chicago...a rare and suspicious occurrence.


14 posted on 01/30/2019 3:58:38 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENT)
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If Jussie was out getting something to eat these guys could have been doing the same, coming back from a bar, leaving work, etc.

We'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

15 posted on 01/30/2019 3:59:15 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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The only way they could have recognized him was to have been in the subway with him when he removed his own hood, scarf and any other face covering. He was not running around in -20 with wind bare-faced.


16 posted on 01/30/2019 4:00:51 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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Were they carrying bleach and a rope..because doesn’t EVERYONE in freezing cold temperature carry bleach and a rope


17 posted on 01/30/2019 4:01:19 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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First clue, Chicagoland is NOT MAGA country.


18 posted on 01/30/2019 4:03:10 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Tax-chick
Chicago police said they would like to question the two people in for questioning.


Good luck with that.
19 posted on 01/30/2019 4:07:08 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
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Two guys walking in Chicago wearing MAGA hats would themselves have been victims.


20 posted on 01/30/2019 4:08:38 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
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