Posted on 02/16/2019 2:24:57 PM PST by Hojczyk
BREAKING NEWS.
Fox 32 reporter Rafer Weigel said Saturday afternoon that Chicago police sources confirmed detectives were able to show that the Nigerian brothers who were “persons of interest” and questioned by police, bought the rope found around Jussie Smollett’s neck at Ace hardware.
Jussie Smollett alleged two white Trump supporters violently attacked him at 2 AM in the streets of Chicago when he was walking home from Subway with a sandwich in his hand.
Smollett told police the attackers were white and hurled homophobic and racial slurs at him while they beat him, poured bleach on him then put a noose around his neck.
Strangely, Mr. Smollett still had the rope around his neck when the police arrived to his apartment to take a report of the attack.
According to Rafer Weigel, the Nigerian brothers agreed to cooperate with police after the police threatened to charge them with battery.
“There are unconfirmed reports that Smollett paid the two brothers to perform the alleged scheme,” Rafer Weigel reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Correct. Federal code requires all mailed threats to be authentic.
I liked that as well.
Life is hard. It’s harder when you’re stupid
Bkmrk
Maybe they just wanted to tie up some snow to send home.
“beat him, poured bleach on him”
Yet apparently, the only physical damage he seems to have is a cut on his cheek.
ultra FakeNews anti-Trump BBC need to update all their Fake news coverage - multiple pro-Jussie BBC stories linked in the article:
held over “alleged” attack, BBC!
16 Feb: BBC: Jussie Smollett: Suspects held over attack on actor released
Earlier, police had dismissed local media reports that the alleged attack was a hoax...
“When they first learned about what happened to [Jussie] they were horrified,” Gloria Schmidt told CBS Chicago. “This is someone they’ve worked with, so they don’t want to see somebody go through that.”...
Video: Attacked actor ‘has tasted brutality of hatred’
There were claims he had told police his attackers were wearing the Make America Great Again (MAGA) hats that are associated with President Donald Trump.
“I never said that. I didn’t need to add anything like that,” he (Smollet) said. “I don’t need some MAGA hat as the cherry on top of some racist sundae.”
But the attackers did say “This is MAGA country”, he said...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47258348
The place with the helpful hardware folks.
The Nigerians were just trying to give him money.....and he would not take it.
Ten bucks says that Jussie Smollett isn’t prosecuted *and* gets to keep that gig he was about to lose.
Ace is the Place!
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Great line.
Does this mean “product placement” has crept into crime?
The alleged victim held a Subway sub while the noose was still around his neck purchased from Ace Hardware.
Was anyone wearing Nike or did they mention shaving with Gillette blades before going out that day?
It pisses Nigerians off to be lumped in with African Americans. I’ve worked with quite a few.
CC
Wow! That’s some awesome forensics investigating!
Juicy Mullet going down!
(Criminally speaking that is...so get your mind outta the gutter.)
It’s OK, CPD has decided to go along with the hoax. That’s why they let his two accomplices go without any charges.
You know, black privelidge and all.
And he got Michael Cohen’s attorney..gee for a guy who hates Trump so much he has no problem hiring someone connected to Trump
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I’d say at this point, he’s seriously into saving his own skin as best he can, regardless of any political connections .... I’m curious who recommended this particular attorney to him. Someone commented on the CWBChicao twitter feed that the only way this could get any “better” is if he [JS] ran for it. Interesting thought.
Probably surveillance video showing the brothers in the building. Multiple times.
What? You're dreaming. If the cops announce this was all one big nasty lie to paint Trump and his supporters as racist, and this guy is charged and prosecuted, he's done. Bet the rent.
Even Hollywood isn't that stupid.
At what point does Juicy end up in a rehab for a “chemical imbalance” or an asylum suffering from depression?
Considering the holiday Monday, my money’s on by COB Wednesday
Put it on the literal fake hate crimes site
http://fakehatecrimes.org/
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