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Smollett told police attackers knew he was on 'Empire'
komonews.com ^ | 02/05/2019 | Staff

Posted on 02/05/2019 8:22:02 AM PST by Red Badger

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett told Chicago police that his attackers seemed to know who he was before they beat him and tied a rope around his neck.

The detail about the Jan. 29 attack was contained in a police report recently released following a Freedom of Information request by media outlets.

The document notes that Smollett reported two men dressed in black and wearing black masks got his attention by mentioning the name of the TV show.

The actor says the men then shouted racial and homophobic slurs and poured an unknown substance on him. Smollett is black and openly gay.

The report says Smollett initially didn't want to report attack, but another person convinced him to do so.

No arrests have been made. Police say they continue to collect and review surveillance video.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: empire; hoax; jussie; smollett
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Keep talkin' Jussie, keep talkin'.......................
1 posted on 02/05/2019 8:22:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Once the authorities expose and catch him in his lie he’ll accuse them of homophobia and racism!


2 posted on 02/05/2019 8:24:23 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: dowcaet

No doubt, and so will the Hollyweird thugs he hangs out with.............


3 posted on 02/05/2019 8:25:30 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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I suspect the CPD leaked the police report because they don't want to be the ones saying Jussie lied to the police:

Jussie Smollett Police Report

4 posted on 02/05/2019 8:27:28 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: Red Badger

Personally, I think it was a planned hookup that went bad for him, and it’s the details of it he doesn’t want to be truthful about!


5 posted on 02/05/2019 8:27:33 AM PST by dowcaet
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The video that they already had shows him BEFORE and AFTER the alleged ‘attack’ with only a 60 second lapse of view.

In both, he is shown holding his cellphone and his Subway sandwich.

So the ‘attack’ lasted less than 60 seconds and he never changed his walking speed.....................


6 posted on 02/05/2019 8:30:02 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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Maybe they didn’t like his acting.

“I’ve seen more emotion from a fence post!”

Probably mean Chicago television reviewers.


7 posted on 02/05/2019 8:30:23 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Red Badger

He was cruising or he was trying to score drugs.

It finished badly.

He’s an actor whose daily bread & butter is acting —even believing HIMSELF— that he’s another person, that things that never happened DID, in fact, happen.

So he took a sow’s ear and sewed it into a liberal purse, conjuring up this MAGA-hat victim fantasy.


8 posted on 02/05/2019 8:30:23 AM PST by gaijin
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"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett told Chicago police that his attackers seemed to know who he was before they beat him and tied a rope around his neck.

Every red neck I know tunes into "Empire," it's their favorite show.

Everyone knows that...

(Husband thinks it's a grindr date gone bad....)

9 posted on 02/05/2019 8:30:44 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!!)
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To: Red Badger

No one is mentioning how much Smollett has to gain from a “hate crime” hoax.

No one is mentioning that there have been hundreds of “hate crime” hoaxes.


10 posted on 02/05/2019 8:31:12 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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No, it was a planned hoax, in support of his ‘friend’ Kamala Harris....................


11 posted on 02/05/2019 8:32:36 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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How many white people watch Empire?

Any who aren’t far-left loonies?

If the alleged attackers recognized him from that show, there’s no way they are anything but other blacks, because white lefties only get violent in groups of a hundred or more.


12 posted on 02/05/2019 8:34:11 AM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody is coming to save the day)
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It won’t matter because the Windy City is controlled by RATs and I’m sure the Chicago PD will “fix” this mess!


13 posted on 02/05/2019 8:35:32 AM PST by dowcaet
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He slipped on ice and cut his upper cheek. He was embarrassed to be clumsy.

When people would ask him, 'how did you cut your eye', he didn't want to tell them the embarrassing truth.

So he went to his apartment and concocted a plan.

He thought he could become a national celebrity and a gay/black civil rights hero by saying he was a victim of an alleged hate crime.

He thought adding 'they shouted 'This Is MAGA Country'' would be the icing on the cake because everyone in his circle of friends hates Trump.

14 posted on 02/05/2019 8:35:47 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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A Legend in his own mind.


15 posted on 02/05/2019 8:37:14 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: yesthatjallen

Another great theory.

I might lean towards yours.


16 posted on 02/05/2019 8:39:00 AM PST by gaijin
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To: thoughtomator

On the one hand, whites are bad because we think “they all look alike”.

On the other hand, redneck Trump supporters in Chicago (are there any?) can walk down the street at 2AM, in bone-chilling weather, and instantly identify obscure African American actors from obscure TV shows. And, of course, redneck Trump supporters always carry nooses and chemicals just in case they do run into an obscure TV actor.


17 posted on 02/05/2019 8:39:13 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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It’s the #1 show in Bug Tussle, Oklahoma.


18 posted on 02/05/2019 8:41:48 AM PST by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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Here’s what happened, he made up a story to impress his friends. They believed him but insist that he report it, he gets caught between reporting it or admit he lied to them. So he reports it.


19 posted on 02/05/2019 8:45:01 AM PST by Truthsearcher
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Interesting... “BWC incident until victim requested BWC be deactivated.”

“BWC” means “body worn cameras”, so Smollett didn’t want to talk to the police until they had turned their cameras off...


20 posted on 02/05/2019 8:55:13 AM PST by Boogieman
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