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‘Persons of interest’ questioned in Smollett attack are not suspects: police
chicago.suntimes.com ^ | 02/14/2019, 10:27am | Staff

Posted on 02/14/2019 9:04:04 AM PST by Red Badger

Chicago Police said Thursday they are questioning two “persons of interest” who were in the area where actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked last month.

The two were found through “meticulous investigation,” CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.

“The people of interest are alleged to be in the area where a crime was reported. They are not considered suspects at this time as they are currently being questioned by detectives. We remain in communication with the alleged victim,” Guglielmi tweeted.

Smollett, an actor on show “Empire,” filmed in Chicago, has been responding to critics who question his report about being attacked. He told police two masked men shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him, attacked him and put a rope around his neck early on Jan. 29. The 36-year-old actor is black and openly gay.

Smollett tells ABC News it’s “ridiculous” to think he’d lie in his explanation for being outside at 2 a.m. in frigid Chicago weather.

He says he left the rope and clothes on when police arrived “because I wanted them to see.” He says accusations that the attack was a date gone bad are offensive.

No arrests have been made. Police say they’ve not found surveillance video that shows the attack but that the investigation is ongoing.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; empire; hoax; jussie; smollett
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To: Red Badger

When I was growing up in Mass, my family had a body shop in Lawrence, which in the 80s looked like Beirut with buildings, it was rough as hell. Our place was vandalized, robbed broken into regularly in the summer.
Come winter we never had a problem. I’m not saying I know the attack didnt happen, but troublemakers dont bother with attacks in subzero temps. They like to be warm with everyone else


21 posted on 02/14/2019 10:42:42 AM PST by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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To: ridesthemiles

Next day they changed it to ‘bruised rib’....................


22 posted on 02/14/2019 10:51:35 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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To: Red Badger
He says accusations that the attack was a date gone bad are offensive.

Falsely claiming you were attacked by Trump supporting racists in order to get attention and whip up racial and political animosity is offensive to >300 million Americans.

23 posted on 02/14/2019 11:06:10 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
" President Trump (may re-election be upon him)"

I'm going to borrow that for use elsewhere.

24 posted on 02/14/2019 11:13:43 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

It’s free. Others are using it on twitter, also.
It’s mine but, if it creates Splody heads, I’m happy.


25 posted on 02/14/2019 11:15:30 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: NorthMountain
"How many people have been murdered in Chicago since that simpering faggot Smollet started this hoax?"

It can be checked out at Hey Jackass

26 posted on 02/14/2019 11:19:54 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Red Badger
Smollett tells ABC News it’s “ridiculous” to think he’d lie in his explanation for being outside at 2 a.m. in frigid Chicago weather.

He was out looking for a "foot long" - and not the kind they sell at Subway.

27 posted on 02/14/2019 11:23:43 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Red Badger

Having spent much of my life born, raised and living in Chicagoland...observations:

1. Nothing in Chicago is meticulous.
2. Nowhere in Chicago is it MAGAland.


28 posted on 02/14/2019 11:31:48 AM PST by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: Freedom56v2

Question:

The ‘threatening letters’ were traced to a Post Office in SW Chicago. I assume they read the postmark (!).

What kind of area is that? Black, white, mixed, rich, poor, middle class, drug war zone?................


29 posted on 02/14/2019 11:40:14 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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To: GreenHornet

Must have gotten the ‘combo’ meal....................


30 posted on 02/14/2019 11:40:57 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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To: Menehune56

Looset Goosey Juicy Fruit.


31 posted on 02/14/2019 11:43:11 AM PST by dennisw
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To: Red Badger

Color? Gender (meaning what shade of They they are:-)?


32 posted on 02/14/2019 11:43:25 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Harpotoo

There are 245 different genders, or so the libs tell us.........................


33 posted on 02/14/2019 11:50:47 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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