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Jussie Smollett Charged With Disorderly Conduct
Chicago Tribune ^ | 2/20/2019 | Jeremy Gorner

Posted on 02/20/2019 4:51:46 PM PST by BadLands59

about attack in Streeterville Jussie Smollett Jussie Smollett participates in an "Empire" panel during the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2017. (Willy Sanjuan/AP) Jeremy Gorner, Megan Crepeau, William Lee, Tracy SwartzChicago Tribune

“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report about an attack he said occurred as he walked to his apartment building in Streeterville last month.

The charge, a felony, was announced by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office Wednesday evening, hours after police called Smollett “a suspect in a criminal investigation … for filing a false police report.”

Earlier in the day, attorneys for Smollett, 36, met with prosecutors and detectives but it was unclear if the actor was present, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. The lawyers, Todd Pugh and Victor P. Henderson, could not be reached for comment. They have been joined by high-profile, Los Angeles-based lawyer Mark Geragos who has represented numerous celebrities, including pop star Michael Jackson, R&B singer Chris Brown and actress Winona Ryder.

On Tuesday, two brothers who had been under arrest in the case appeared at the criminal courthouse, also to talk to prosecutors and detectives, authorities said. They and their attorney, Gloria Schmidt, were seen near the grand jury rooms Tuesday afternoon, but police said they did not appear before a grand jury.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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To: lodi90

From CBSlocal.com

Disorderly conduct is a Class 4 Felony. CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller says Smollett could face probation to up to 1.5 years in prison.

He is expected in bond court tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Detectives will make contact with his legal team to negotiate a reasonable surrender for his arrest, according to a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department.

I bet Roger Stone would have appreciated the same respect that they are showing this little racist pos.


61 posted on 02/20/2019 5:06:27 PM PST by BadLands59
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To: BadLands59

Mail Fraud

Obstruction of Justice

Committing a Hate Crime

Just to get started...


62 posted on 02/20/2019 5:06:43 PM PST by TADSLOS (Being cremated is my last hope for a smoking hot body.)
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To: BadLands59

Well, they certainly threw the pamphlet at him didn’t they?


63 posted on 02/20/2019 5:06:54 PM PST by pfflier
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To: BadLands59

Fake laws.


64 posted on 02/20/2019 5:07:00 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: lodi90

[No perp walk?]


He did not commit murder, rape or serious assault, and he fingered no specific person for his false report, so I understand why CPD isn’t making a big deal out of it. The guy’s just a fairly harmless moron, compared to ten thousand or so murderers a year who really do deserve the needle (but only ~2 dozen of which actually get it, annually). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offenders_executed_in_the_United_States_in_2018


65 posted on 02/20/2019 5:07:04 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: BadLands59
Disorderly Conduct???
You Gotta Be Kidding me!

(Click The Pic)


66 posted on 02/20/2019 5:07:31 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: jjotto

Not one news net covering this at the moment....


67 posted on 02/20/2019 5:07:31 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: TexasGator

Joke? I’ll laugh my assessment off if he gets a few years!

I think of disorderly conduct as flipping over a table in a restaurant, or yelling because I didn’t get enough ketchup.


68 posted on 02/20/2019 5:08:12 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: maggief

Smollett could also face federal charges if it’s found he lied to FBI agents


Sorry, he’s a Democrat. That is not possible. LOL.


69 posted on 02/20/2019 5:08:24 PM PST by lodi90
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To: BadLands59

Sorry, the cbs link was https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/20/breaking-jussie-smollett-is-now-a-suspect-in-a-criminal-investigation-for-filing-a-false-police-report/


70 posted on 02/20/2019 5:09:19 PM PST by BadLands59
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To: Cold War Veteran - Submarines

According to Illinois Statute, disorderly conduct occurs when a person knowingly: ... Transmits a threat of destruction of violence, death or bodily harm to a school building or persons at a school—Class 4 felony. Transmits a knowingly false report of a criminal offense to a police officer—Class 4 felony.Nov 17, 2015

...

Thanks. Filing a false report by any other name...


71 posted on 02/20/2019 5:09:40 PM PST by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine; TexasGator

Ass, not assessment. More autocorrect follies.


72 posted on 02/20/2019 5:09:52 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: mewzilla

And the word felony is being left out of most headlines so far....


73 posted on 02/20/2019 5:10:21 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: BadLands59

It’s a felony under Illinois law. This might be the statute. https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-26-1.html

Also, the hoax appears confirmed, which is the real news here.


74 posted on 02/20/2019 5:11:01 PM PST by guido911 (all)
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To: BadLands59
Found this:

What is Disorderly Conduct in Chicago?

75 posted on 02/20/2019 5:11:13 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Moonman62

A misdemeanor won’t get you 1 to 3 in the big house, though. This might.


76 posted on 02/20/2019 5:11:29 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I’m pretty sure it is BS to make people believe he’s not getting off lightly by calling DC a felony.


77 posted on 02/20/2019 5:11:37 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use and racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Hes done this sh1t before. Thry ought to take this in context of that plus the threat letters he certainly faked earlier.


78 posted on 02/20/2019 5:11:38 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BadLands59

Color me shocked!! I had a gut feeling he was going to get a slap on the wrist....I have pretty much lost faith in our judicial system when convicting a demoKKKrats!! So PREPARE yourselves so next week... clapper says the mueller’s report would be anti-climatic...right! I smell a setup!! The much anticipated report from the lying crooked swamp released to the FAKENEWS waves while president Trump is overseas with pretty much of his administration on tow, will be force to defend himself from long distance....BASTARDS!!


79 posted on 02/20/2019 5:12:24 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: BadLands59

If O’Vomit had a son...


80 posted on 02/20/2019 5:13:10 PM PST by VideoPaul
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