"....all in"
Posted on 01/31/2019 12:36:42 PM PST by Red Badger
Jussie Smollett's family is squarely addressing people who may doubt his story about being viciously attacked, and in the process they seem to be placing some of the blame on President Trump.
Jussie's family just gave TMZ a statement, saying the actor's story has never changed, and he is one of the increasing number of hate crime victims. l They go on to say, "Hateful words lead to hateful actions." This seems pointed at the President, particularly because Jussie says the attackers screamed "MAGA Country" as they left.
The family says, "This was a racial, homophobic hate crime ... We want people to understand these targeted hate crimes are happening to our sisters, brothers and our gender non-conforming siblings."
The statement goes on ... "These are inhumane acts of domestic terrorism and they should be treated as such." They also make it clear Jussie won't be silenced by the attack, saying ... "We, as a family, will continue to work for love, equity and justice until it reigns supreme."
The family's strong words come just hours after Trump finally reacted to the attack ... although he didn't say anything about the MAGA-connection.
As we've reported ... cops have confirmed with us they have video of Jussie with rope draped around his neck as he walks through the lobby of his building. That video was captured by a building surveillance camera.
On top of that, police released photos of 2 persons of interest -- via shadowy surveillance footage -- in the area of the alleged attack about 15-30 minutes before it went down.
There is video of Jussie entering his apartment building with rope around his neck, but so far cops don't have video of the attack.
And, as we told you ... a woman who lives in Jussie's building says she saw a suspicious man -- whom she said looked like a "redneck" -- loitering just near the entrance to the building an hour and a half before Jussie says he was attacked.
And fake too.
[[a woman who lives in Jussie’s building says she saw a suspicious man — whom she said looked like a “redneck” ]]
LOL These people have become who they supposedly hate.
Wow. Almost all calling it a hoax
"....all in"
This is a “crime” right out of Orwell’s 1984.
The guy lied. Either a drug sale or hookup gone bad, and now he has to cover it up!
And fictional.
he looked a white guy.
More likely it just didn’t happen at all.
What his family says and TMZ’s desire to save their reporting mean nothing. It all depends on the results of the investigation. Sure, if they say in the end he made it up, some will still believe him, but most won’t.
LOL this douche bag made the ENTIRE story up..I hope once the truth comes out his douche bag family is forced to issue an apology
This entire thing is completely faked. Kinda like that racist white guy who shot the black girl in the parking lot, only to find out it wasn’t really a white guy that did it.
She said the ‘redneck’ was hanging around outside (in -5°F weather!) of where he lived. But the ‘attack’ didn’t happen ‘where he lived’..................
[[he looked a white guy.]]
“He looka lika man”
LOL!!..............That didn’t take long!...................
Police are on the hunt for a strawman wearing a red baseball cap.
Dont believe any of it.
The cops should check his phone, they have buggery apps these days and the rest of it for those kinds of people. He was probably workin’ a glory hole or trying to pick up a 9 ball of cocaine or both.
It is sad his family is playing along and refuses to admit how sick he really is and won’t get him the help he needs. F ‘em, I hope they die in a fire if that’s how they are. Wankers.
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