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Jussie Smollett Was Involved In Creating Racist Letter, Which Later Led To Attack, Sources Say
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| 2/19/2019
Posted on 02/21/2019 7:54:10 AM PST by Gamecock
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To: dynachrome
Wonder how much that jacket he is wearing cost?These guys don't pay for designer clothes. They either receive them as gifts or pilfer them from costume departments. One of the perks of being an actor.
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:34:23 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: fireman15
You might appreciate this:
Not too long after 9/11, a friend of mine who worked at our town’s little PO noticed some white powder on a letter they were putting into someone’s PO box. First thing they did was to sniff the powder to find out what it was. Then realizing how STUPID a move that was, they notified the Postmaster, who IMMEDIATELY contacted the Postal Inspectors. Needless to say, the P.I.s showed up pretty quickly, and while rather amused by the employee’s dumb move, took this matter VERY seriously!
And they come down HARD on ANYONE who mails threatening letters with white powder in them.
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:38:39 AM PST
by
milagro
(There is no peace in appeasement!)
To: sparklite2
Maybe they cut out the letters but Jussie had to spell the words for them and directed them which magazine letters that looked the scariest to cut out...
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:39:16 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: Gamecock; All
_____________________________________________________
Kamala Harris Was Allegedly Involved In Jussie Smolletts MAGA Country Hoax
By cloverchronicle on February 15, 2019
On Friday, Chicago police released a statement saying two brothers are being questioned about a reported attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett. Detectives consider these brothers as potential suspects and have probable cause that they may have committed a crime.
According to the Chicago Tribune:
The statement, tweeted by police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, did not say what charges the brothers, both in their 20s, could face. On Thursday, police were describing them only as persons of interest and Guglielmi emphasized then that they were not suspects.
A law enforcement source told the Tribune the two men, who are black, were brought in for questioning Wednesday night from OHare International Airport.
Smollett originally claimed late last month that he was attacked by two white men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him while they wrapped a rope around his neck and yelled, This is MAGA country!
Sources close to the case have told multiple news outlets that detectives are investigating the possibility that Smollett staged the incident with the help of the aforementioned brothers, who happen to originate from Nigeria and work with the actor on Empire.
Speaking of sources
One person who apparently has knowledge of the situation claims 2020 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris may be involved (link):
https://cloverchronicle.com/2019/02/15/huge-kamala-harris-is-allegedly-involved-in-jussie-smolletts-maga-country-hoax/
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Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris, born October 20, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017.
A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 32nd Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017, and as the 27th District Attorney of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
On January 21, 2019, she officially announced her campaign to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:39:36 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: marktwain
Th CPD Superintendent boldly said the Jussie created the letter at this morning’s presser.
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:40:47 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: All
For what it’s worth...
“One person who apparently has knowledge of the situation claims 2020 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris may be involved:
This puppy [Jussie Smollett] is tied to Kamala. There is a chance this will come out.
CPD is pissed about the situation. They had the phone records before the spreadsheet was given to them.
They also had the two Nigerians from following them on video from walking to taxis, etc.
They had payment records.
The interview on Good Morning America will be damning.
Detectives have been 2 steps ahead the whole time.
Would suggest for people to contact their representatives to have Kamala investigated.
She is involved and wish I could tell you how I know.
Just contact your reps and push for them to look into this. It may help.
_____________________________________________
“Interesting.
But why would Harris help Smollett stage an incident like this?
Oh, thats right: To make Trump supporters, as well as the POTUS himself, look even more racist than the media already portrays them to be.”
https://cloverchronicle.com/2019/02/15/huge-kamala-harris-is-allegedly-involved-in-jussie-smolletts-maga-country-hoax/
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:45:59 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: All
“CBS reported once again citing unnamed police sources that the Osundairo brothers told police that Smollett had paid them to stage the attack and fessed up after detectives confronted them with evidence linking them to the rope that was tied around the actor’s neck in a noose.
CBS also reported, via anonymous sources, that Smollett paid the Osundairo brothers $3,500 before they left for Nigeria on Jan. 29 and promised them $500 more upon their return. CNN, also citing unnamed police sources, reported that Smollett paid the brothers to orchestrate the assault.
In a statement that evening, Chicago police said that information they learned from the Osundairo brothers during questioning had shifted the trajectory of the investigation, adding that theyd reached out to Smolletts lawyer to request a follow-up interview.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/qvyzeb/where-the-investigation-into-jussie-smolletts-alleged-maga-attack-stands-now
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:49:41 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: Sicon; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...
Reposted from Sicon's #29
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:51:28 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: milagro
Needless to say, the P.I.s showed up pretty quickly, and while rather amused by the employees dumb move, took this matter VERY seriously! So sorry, I was actually trying to respond to a different thread on a white powder incident, with more than one window on my computer open. I am glad that at least this thread was on a hoax letter.
Given the proportions of hoaxes to real threats has probably been somewhat less than a million to one the employees “dumb move” wasn't actually very risky. But we always took these white powder incidents very seriously even though one after the other was a hoax.
To: Gamecock
Postal inspectors have been on this since day #1. And they don’t go home without someone’s ass in their breifcase.
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posted on
02/21/2019 8:58:35 AM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: ETL
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:01:30 AM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: shotgun
I can’t imagine the brothers selecting
a hot pink Magic Marker, either. But a
raging queen? No doubt about it.
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:02:29 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: All
Kamala Harris gives awkward response when asked about Jussie Smollett claims
Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News
Feb 19, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared to be caught off guard Monday when she was asked about the latest developments in the alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett.
During an appearance at a bookstore in Concord, N.H., a female reporter asked the senator from California if she wanted to amend a tweet from Jan. 29, in which she said Smollett was the victim of an attempted modern day lynching and called the actor one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. Harris has also used the Smollett attack to push legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime.
Which tweet? What tweet? Harris asked. As the reporter specified the tweet in question, Harris appeared to look around for a campaign staffer before responding.
OK, so, I will say this about that case, she said. I think that the facts are still unfolding, and, um, Im very, um, concerned about obviously, the initial, um, allegation that he made about what might have happened.
And its something we should all take seriously whenever anyone, um, alleges that kind of behavior, but there should be an investigation, Harris added. And I think that once the investigation has concluded then we can all comment, but Im not going to comment until I know the outcome of the investigation.
Kamala Harris had no problem using inflammatory rhetoric to tie the #JussieSmollettHoax to @realDonaldTrump & his supporters, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tweeted late Monday. Now that she has the facts, why cant she even remember her divisive language? Why is she giggling about it? ...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-gives-awkward-response-when-asked-about-jussie-smollett-claims
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:06:01 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: ETL
What was this “Time’s Up” thing they were doing on MLK Day?
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:07:53 AM PST
by
cld51860
(Volo pro veritas)
To: milagro
So sorry, I was actually trying to respond to a different thread on a white powder incident, Never mind the white powder references were in this thread. I guess that I am getting confused in my old age.
To: All
From American Thinker...
Was Kamala Harris part of the Jussie Smollett hoax?
By Monica Showalter
February 18, 2019
After garnering a host of press attention for a supposed anti-black, anti-gay attack from supposed random supporters of President Trump, involving a noose, Hollywood actor Jussie Smollett looks pretty washed up now that a couple of Nigerians have been implicated by the Chicago cops in the perpetration of a hoax, supposedly to garner sympathy.
But another Hollywood guy, a film producer named Tariq Nasheed, who also goes by hip-hop rapper-like names of K-Flex and King Flex, thinks this isnt the end of the story. He smells a political rat.
His series of tweets raises suspicions that the political response to the matter, led by Democratic presidential candidates Kamala Harris (and Cory Booker), is suspicious, real suspicious, and there might have been a staged set-up in order to get a law passed and rack up voter points. ...
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/was_kamala_harris_part_of_the_jussie_smollett_hoax.html#ixzz5gBcNHIob
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:11:06 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: cld51860
What was this Times Up thing they were doing on MLK Day?
Kamala Harris, Jussie Smollett
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:13:41 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: ETL
In Spike “The Asshole” Lee’s movie “Do the Right Thing”, a building had the words “Tawana Told the Truth” spray-painted on it. I bet the next “Spike Lee Joint” will feature the words “I Believe Jussie” somewhere on the screen.
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:15:29 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
To: cld51860
Natalie Portman represented the Times Up movement as she marched in the Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles on Monday (15Jan18).
The Black Swan actress donned a black T-shirt bearing the logo of the Times Up movement, which aims to tackle gender inequality, discrimination and sexual harassment, as she hit the streets of Los Angeles on U.S. holiday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which marks the birthday of the late civil rights activist.
She was joined by Empire actor Jussie Smollett, his sister, Underground actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell, and Mudbound director Dee Rees, who all wore Times Up T-shirts.
Natalie also shared a video on Instagram showing the Times Up group and U.S. senator Kamala Harris yelling, Whats up? Times Up! In the caption, she wrote, Humbled to march with @kamalaharris @timesupnow in the spirit of #mlk for justice and equality #timesup....
https://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/celebrity-news/international-celebrities/natalie-portman-marches-for-times-up-at-kingdom-day-parade/
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:17:31 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: ETL
Thank you. There are so many causes these days it’s hard to keep up.
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posted on
02/21/2019 9:31:37 AM PST
by
cld51860
(Volo pro veritas)
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