[yesthatjallen]

Police said the rope is similar to rope sold to be used as a clothes line. Detectives have identified local stores where it’s sold and are reviewing surveillance video from those stores.

At this point, police have not found anything that conclusively proves Smollett was indeed attacked.

The police are in a bind. They strongly suspect this is a hate crime hoax but to say so will result in blacks and gays attacking them for not believing Jussie, not taking his claims seriously, and not performing a legitimate investigation.

So their goal is to stretch out the investigation hoping the longer it goes on the more likely Jussie will either trip himself up or confess. Hence these ridiculous news drops. 'The rope is similar to clothesline'.

I doubt he'll confess even if the police produce video tracking every step back from Subways showing no one attacking him or even approaching him.

[Red Badger]

Supposedly they have video of his whole walk to Subway and back............................