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All Charges Against Jussie Smollet Dropped. Sentenced to Community Service Only.
KIM FOXX, ALREADY ACCUSED OF DOING FAVORS FOR JUSSIE, DOES ONE MORE FAVOR.
Sorry for the stompenating -- I'll bump the Morning Rant back to the top in a bit. But everyone's going to be talking about this, so might as well make it official.
Listen: There are no legal consequences for filing a hoax report of a hate crime. None. Zero. If you're in a Protected Class, you can break the law to "raise awareness" to your heart's content.Jussie Smollett will not be prosecuted for allegedly faking a racial attack, because all charges have been dropped!!! Jussie and his lawyers ran to court Tuesday morning in Chicago, where he was facing 16 felony counts of lying to police in the alleged racial and homophobic attack. Jussie will surrender his $10,000 bond. We're told he has agreed to perform community service. But that's it. The case is over.TMZ claims the prosecution case "disintegrated" because the check Smollet paid to the brothers can't be proven to be in exchange for participation in the hoax, but can be claimed to be for workout coaching. This "reporter" quotes this statement, which I'm going to assume is from Jussie Smollet's fixers, though it's not identified as such.
Charges against Jussie Smollett have been dropped by the state and his record has been wiped clean. pic.twitter.com/lHpLvBGc3S
— 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕤𝕙 (@WashNews) March 26, 2019
Last week, the president of the Chicago police union asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx interfered in the police investigation of Empire star Jussie Smollett. Further reporting suggested Foxx may have interfered after receiving a text from Tina Tchen, former chief of staff for former First Lady Michelle Obama. "It seems a totally inappropriate thing to do, to ask a prosecutor to get involved in a case that early on," Martin Preib, 2nd vice president at the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), told PJ Media on Friday. Tchen urged Foxx to bring the FBI into the case on February 1, three days after Smollett claimed to have been attacked in a racist hate crime. ... Foxx had recused herself from the case, but Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) President Kevin Graham demanded an investigation last week. Graham sent a letter to U.S. Attorney John Lausch, asking for an investigation into Foxx's interference in the Smollett case and her role in several exonerations of convicted killers. "Such conduct merits a review by your office. Private attorneys are not allowed to interfere with ongoing police investigations, particularly at the request of private individuals associated with subjects being investigated by the police, in this case, a subject later determined to be the offender, not the victim," Graham said in the letter. "According to the media reports on public documents, one of Smollett’s relatives was communicating with Ms. Foxx about her request to transfer the case to the FBI," he added. "Ms. Foxx ultimately recused herself from this case as a prosecutor based on those communications with relatives of Jussie Smollett. That recusal is wholly insufficient. In order for Ms. Foxx to properly charge and try this case, her entire office should have recused itself and a special prosecutor been appointed."The request for the DA to get involved was, obviously, an attempt to get the police to focus on finding the "real attackers" and not spend as much time wondering if Smollett's story was true, obviously. Special government favors for special government friends. UPDATE: POLICE SUSPECT KIM FOXX IS DOING FAVORS FOR A FRIEND! TMZ has updated, and yeah, it's all about Kim Foxx.
We're told the State's Attorney, Kim Foxx, told Chicago police she was dropping the case because Jussie would have only gotten community service if convicted and she said he has already performed community service so there is no point in prosecuting him. We could not find any record of Smollett doing community service. We're told Chicago police are "furious" and feel something untoward is going on with Kim Foxx.Sooo... Kim Foxx is offering you a buffet of explanations: Either they can't prove what the check was intended to pay for or Smollett's already done the community service work he would be sentenced to serve so why bother noting he broke the law at all? When someone gives you several explanations and invites you to choose the one you find the most plausible, you know that person is telling the truth. Update: This isn't new news, but I missed it: Commenters are underlying the records in this case have also been sealed. As if the people involved were minors. So now with the records being sealed, there is less risk of digging into the case and further negative stories about Smollett -- or Foxx. We'll see if any annoyed cops want to do some unofficial unsealing. Trump, Barr: Order the FBI to prosecute the Threats by Federal Mail rap.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2019 11:23 AM (RBOtF)
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 26, 2019 11:24 AM (ro+xn)
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2019 11:24 AM (aXucN)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2019 11:24 AM (RBOtF)
Two Americas.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2019 11:25 AM (NYS7S)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2019 11:25 AM (RBOtF)
Posted by: brak at March 26, 2019 11:26 AM (TT3D+)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2019 11:26 AM (RBOtF)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 11:26 AM (ymnmz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, professional Propaganda critic at March 26, 2019 11:27 AM (LISuA)
Where's Capone when you need him?
Oh right- dead.
Posted by: Delaforce at March 26, 2019 11:27 AM (ycPBq)
Posted by: Jake from State farm at March 26, 2019 11:27 AM (Jj+59)
This is so blatant and corrupt, but almost everyone here called it. Zero jail time for the protected class.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:27 AM (UfkIY)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:27 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:27 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (AB9tT)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (U7k5w)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (TrAyK)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (PIF9T)
I should be shocked, but I don't think one single moron thought anything was going to happen to this walking turd. Just sickening.
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (sLicW)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (0rsWa)
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Michael L Blair at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (z5Yqe)
Posted by: jmel at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (OeWgo)
I got some questions:
1) Did Smollett have a pattern of paying his trainers in $3500 blocks of money?
2) Didn't the two trainers already confess that the money was for their acting?3) WTF were they buying those face masks for?
So transparently fake justice!!!!
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (s+xNd)
Posted by: Museisluse at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM (Y4BFQ)
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (ro+xn)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (UfkIY)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (TrAyK)
Illinous is and always has been the most corrupt state at all levels of government.
People need to go to jail.
Posted by: Nevyan at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (a7HML)
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (vluVv)
"We believe justice shouldn't be blind"
(haven't heard it in a while, but every time it played I used to wonder "WTF?")
Posted by: NavyMom at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (KJpFu)
But not something like "hey blacks, quit beating the crap out of gays."
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: mercenary13 at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (ymR5v)
I wouldn't go that far, but I certainly wouldn't mind seeing him held down and not released until he shouts, "This is MAGA country!"
Posted by: Dr. T at March 26, 2019 11:31 AM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Nevyan at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (a7HML)
This is feeling like "Polly want a cracker" anymore. That fucking cracker ain't ever coming Polly.
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 26, 2019 11:31 AM (sLicW)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:31 AM (OMgAl)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 26, 2019 11:31 AM (YslsA)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 26, 2019 11:31 AM (AM1GF)
Posted by: Redd Foxx at March 26, 2019 11:32 AM (sLicW)
Posted by: Major General at March 26, 2019 11:32 AM (t41dG)
Listen: There are no legal consequences for filing a hoax report of a hate crime. None. Zero.
Is accurate if, and only if, the following is also in play...
If you're in a Protected Class...
Otherwise, you get the Flynn/Manafort treatment for certain.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2019 11:32 AM (NYS7S)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 26, 2019 11:32 AM (Vgw1E)
Good to know.
*seethes*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 11:32 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (OMgAl)
#BurnChicago #SonsOfOLeary
Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 26, 2019 11:31 AM (AM1GF)
This can be arranged with just a little grass.
Posted by: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (sLicW)
There's more going on here than meets the eye.
Posted by: simplemind at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (tqzDO)
Posted by: brak at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (TT3D+)
Posted by: Liberty at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (12YG0)
...because Jussie would have only gotten community service if convicted and she said he has already performed community service...
WTF?
When did he do this??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (vluVv)
Oh, I forgot, taxpayer money grows on trees, or in this case, the property taxes on houses that already lost 15 percent of their value due to the exit tax.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (YslsA)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (PbpT7)
dropping the case because Jussie would have only gotten community
service if convicted and she said he has already performed community
service so there is no point in prosecuting him. We could not find any
record of Smollett doing community service.
Somebody needs to let Foxx know that there is community service and "servicing the community". Servicing the community of black gays by doing blow-and-gos isn't the community service one would expect for a criminal sentence.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Zombie Bobby Kennedy 'zombie expert for Green Book' at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (0rsWa)
Posted by: trapper's girl at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (BoLk7)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (/H8v6)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (PbpT7)
When did Justin Smollett perform community service for this??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (t41dG)
Posted by: WR at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (5CAq2)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (U7k5w)
Posted by: SturmTodler at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (hmWEM)
>>>When did he do this??
TMZ goes on to say there is no record of him doing community service.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:34 AM (PbpT7)
See #57
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (TrAyK)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Luke dukes at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (kgUmS)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (OMgAl)
When did he do this??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (4eGON)
Probably when he was 18 and caught in a burglary. It sure as f*ck can't be his picking up his tray at McDonald's.
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (sLicW)
It's getting to the point where the Left's tribalism has rendered the justice system unworkable.
Posted by: zombie at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (5tb4C)
Posted by: jd at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (qFkYf)
Posted by: Luke dukes at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (kgUmS)
*ears perk up*
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (OMgAl)
When did he do this??
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:33 AM (4eGON
He's been giving hummers left and right.
Posted by: Cannibal bob at March 26, 2019 11:35 AM (0rsWa)
Posted by: simplemind at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (9b/Pf)
Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (UFgOG)
Posted by: Luke dukes at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (kgUmS)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: pookysgirl at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (XKZwp)
Only solution for Chicago: nuke, from space. Twice, just to make sure.
Posted by: DocJ at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (NYS7S)
You still tripping the light fantastic?
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (vluVv)
_________________
Prosecutors could prove that the check was in payment for the hoax by putting the Nigerian brothers on the stand to testify to the fact that Smollett agreed to give them the check in exchange for their participation in the fake beating.
This is bullshit.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (fqUgw)
So all charges dropped, sentenced to already-performed community service, which, in fact, never happened.
Do I have that right?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (KUaJL)
WTF?
When did he do this??
Posted by: Soothsayer"
Raising awareness of hate and violence in the Trump era.
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (MxEKc)
That noosey hate crime would've involved federal charges too, right?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Kim Foxx at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Orenthal James at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (Ttdys)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (BkYvb)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (OMgAl)
Posted by: brak at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (TT3D+)
To be clear: this is a fantastic outcome. The more Americans see what Social Justice looks like, the more Lynching Justice will look attractive. And that is what we need right now.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (JH+YW)
Posted by: Shains -- Climate Justice Warrior at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Luke dukes at March 26, 2019 11:36 AM (kgUmS)
true
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (OMgAl)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (JUOKG)
To be clear: this is a fantastic outcome. The more Americans see what Social Justice looks like, the more Lynching Justice will look attractive. And that is what we need right now.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (JH+YW)
This will become normal.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (OMgAl)
Yes, they had to drop that charges because there's more than one possible way to interpret a piece of evidence. The defense provided a defense, and we all know prosecutors surrender whenever that happens. Super believable.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (ppBhU)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (Rarvo)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (+hchb)
8 Considering all his involvement in the community? WTF?
No, it's true, Jussie would blow anybody
Posted by: Kat_man at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (WxRrI)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (3H7Jo)
This really is sickening which is why they did it. To dispirit us. This is payback over Mueller not going their way.
I guarnatee you Obama and Michelleplaced a phone call or two.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (UfkIY)
I mean, everything else aside, the only law he actually broke was filing a false police report.
But still... to nolle pros the whole thing? Eh, doesn't look good.
But on the flip side, I doubt people actually go to jail very often if their only crime is filing a false report and they otherwise have a clean criminal record.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (GBteo)
But this brings things back to normal.
Posted by: blaster at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (ekmuQ)
if it's the "racist c*nt" one, well, i don't love the language, but it's okay, at least until my advertisers tell me I can't say anything
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (PbpT7)
Also having politically-connected friends is useful, very useful.
Just ask Hillary. Or John Brennan. Or James Comey. Or...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Lois Lerner at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (WVWI8)
Posted by: Brian at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (K84+K)
This really is sickening which is why they did it. To dispirit us. This is payback over Mueller not going their way.
I guarnatee you Obama and Michelleplaced a phone call or two.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (UfkIY)
I don't think filing a false police report with a local PD is a federal crime.
And if it is, it shouldn't be.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (GBteo)
In TOTALY unrelated news..... USC has announced that Jussie Smollet will be enrolling in fall classes and has accepted an athletic scholarship in Olympic Weightlifting.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (+hchb)
I believe there has been a rule, here, to keep a couple of words off the blog.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (OMgAl)
Jussie's probably got a book in the works, and he'll go on all the talk shows, and some H'wood anus will say, "Hey, let's put in in a movie. What black superhero can he play so he can lecture us all about racism?"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (AB9tT)
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (gmo/4)
@agrimm34
BREAKING: Prosecutors drop charges against Jussie Smollett; "Empire" actor will forfeit $10,000 bond payment, have records in case sealed just over a month after he was charged
Posted by: Deep State in DEEP SHIT at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (BqBId)
Posted by: One of the Daleys at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (ufFY8)
Yeah, that's just spin.
To get to 16 felonies, I'm s ure the cops added a bunch of conspiracy and contempt of cop type charges, but the underlying crime has nothing to do with the payment.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (GBteo)
When someone gives you several explanations and invites you to choose the one you find the most plausible, you know that person is telling the truth.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (PbpT7)
do nothing.
Posted by: garrett
Paycheck and pension > Justice and integrity.
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (/H8v6)
if it's the "racist c*nt" one, well, i don't love the language, but it's okay, at least until my advertisers tell me I can't say anything
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (PbpT7)
O.k., sorry, my misunderstanding.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (OMgAl)
Posted by: Perry Mason at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (9/tT/)
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2019 11:29 AM (vluVv)
One could say interesting timing, natch.
But that's crazy talk
No way would a democrat do something like this to get bad news out of the headlines...
Posted by: SturmTodler at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (hmWEM)
Burning Times getting closer, faster.
Go short on Salt.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (6eEQ+)
Buy salt.
Buy ammo.
Buy tobacco.
All valuable trade goods.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (bcbK8)
KIM FOXX WAS IN FACT THE PERSON THAT DROPED CHARGES
CHICAGO POLICE "FURIOUS"
Posted by: ace
+++++
If they don't resign, then they accept it.
Sorry. That's just the way it is.
If it bothers them that bad, resign. Otherwise, they accept it and go back to work.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (SAhpk)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (0OmEj)
if it's the "racist c*nt" one, well, i don't love the language, but it's okay, at least until my advertisers tell me I can't say anything
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (PbpT7)
___
Would c*nty racist be more better?
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (eZuvF)
Posted by: Shains -- Climate Justice Warrior at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Deep State in DEEP SHIT at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (BqBId)
wait -- WHAT?
Now THAT is odd.
Maybe it's a thing in Illinois, but I've never heard of forfeiting a bond used as punishment...?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (GBteo)
At least that's what the media has been saying for the past couple days about another criminal investigation.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (xqdqQ)
Posted by: Jolo at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (WrMOC)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (3H7Jo)
Well, well, well...
I had been predicting community service + 1 year unsupervised probation for Jussie's big fat felony.
But, the prosecutor here went all out, and just dropped the charges and didn't even bother with the fig-leaf of a conviction or USP.
Moreover, they said that Jussie has already completed the community service requirement, though no record of such can be found.
The #Resistance Special.
We see it over and over again.
The Awan Brothers/Debbie Schultz.
The Inauguration rioters.
Eric Clanton (bike lock professor)
Rene Boucher (Rand Paul assault)
All of Antifa.
All of the coup conspirators.
All of the Clinton gang.
Whatever station in life you happen to occupy, as long as you are committing crimes on behalf of the Party, you will face no consequences for those crimes.
This is not a soluble problem within the confines of the civil polity. LE and the Courts are administering law on behalf of their lawless, Statist co-conspirators. We can't turn to them.
We cannot address these issues through elections, as "both" political parties are those selfsame lawless, Statist co-conspirators.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (AzW6q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (r+sAi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (AllCR)
crossing the street in Cook County gets me screwed either way.
Posted by: The Chicken at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (Qb6F8)
And if it is, it shouldn't be.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
It was the mailing himself the white powder that made it federal.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (SAhpk)
________________
Yep, in murder-for-hire cases the person who hired the murderer routinely claims that the money they transferred from their bank account to the murderer's account was for something other than murder (e.g., "it was a gift," "I was paying back a loan he'd made me," "he'd done some repair work at my house and I was paying him for that," etc.), but prosecutors don't just go "Okay, that makes sense, I guess we have no case against you now so we'll just drop the charges."
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (fqUgw)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (4eGON)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:37 AM (OMgAl)
---
Phillips always has grungy restrooms.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 11:42 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (4knXT)
This really is sickening which is why they did it. To dispirit us. This is payback over Mueller not going their way.
I guarnatee you Obama and Michelleplaced a phone call or two.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (UfkIY)
I don't think filing a false police report with a local PD is a federal crime.
And if it is, it shouldn't be.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (GBteo)
Sending a (false) threat through the mail is though.
Posted by: Liberty at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (12YG0)
Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (NLLmE)
What about the mail fraud case. That's Federal. Was that ever started ?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (oC40p)
Posted by: Jeffrey Carter at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (8kPU/)
I'm reminded of the Kremlinology of the cold war days.
How are we supposed to understand the nuances of Chicago corruption from far away?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (fuK7c)
..
That's what I'm waiting for.
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (MAstk)
And if it is, it shouldn't be.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
___________
Boy, you really seem to be going out of your way to defend Smollet.
He also mailed himself all sorts of fraudulent mail to build this conspiracy
(1) having devised or intending to devise a scheme to defraud (or to perform specified fraudulent acts), and (2) use of the mail for the purpose of executing, or attempting to execute, the scheme (or specified fraudulent acts)."
Much of this fraud was also carried out over state lines, didn't he also fly the trainers out of the country to avoid police?
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (UfkIY)
Posted by: w at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (cYWKd)
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2019 11:44 AM (r+sAi)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2019 11:44 AM (3H7Jo)
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (xqdqQ)
No, it just means that prosecutors decided not to go forward with the case.
Nolle pros's are super common. Like if you get picked up for a misdemeanor, and have an otherwise clean record, it's really common for the State to continue a case, demand you do community service, then assuming you do the community service and dont get arrested again within 6 months or a year, nolle pros the case.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:44 AM (GBteo)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:44 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Deep State in DEEP SHIT at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (BqBId)
wait -- WHAT?
Now THAT is odd.
Maybe it's a thing in Illinois, but I've never heard of forfeiting a bond used as punishment...?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM (GBteo)
Wanna bet he doesn't end up getting it back? I think that bit is just posturing and a few months from now he will have quietly recovered his bail bond.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at March 26, 2019 11:44 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 11:44 AM (NgKpN)
maybe it is this simple : if you can't convict Trump then we won't convict anybody.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (Qb6F8)
He'll be on call to blow any cop who wants it for the next three months. After that the cops will have to pay him $2.75 for a blow-job. Police discount.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (K8LjS)
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*taps chin*
Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: CHICAGO PD at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (8XRCm)
We're talking about Chicago, where all crime is ignored. Especially if it affects race relations...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (O2RFr)
Tell me this was not because of Mueller.
Meh, it's good timing if not. No matter what, this is a kick in the balls to the notion of a fair and impartial justice system.
This is gasoline on a smoldering fire of major civil discontent.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (zBaqJ)
I love that the exact same community service is a requirement for graduation at many colleges.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:43 AM (UfkIY)
No, I'm just saying that anyone who thought the dude would get jail time is nuts.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (GBteo)
Posted by: nothingtoseehere at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (35JIE)
This is a gift to CNN. Now they have something to cover for the next two weeks instead of their failure
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (TAmPV)
but, if he was smart, he wouldn't have pulled this shit to begin with.
we are no longer a nation of laws.
/me looks at MRI report on his knees, wonders why he ever joined the Army to defend this country.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (rf8q9)
(The old joke, often misinterpreted as itself being racist, is in fact a condemnation of how racist the sheriff's departments were in the South during the Jim Crow era. The body of a black man is found at the bottom of the local pond, completely wrapped in chains. The sheriff is summoned and asked what he thinks happened, and he opined, "Looks like he stole more chains that he could swim with." In other words, local law enforcement has great leeway to investigate or not investigate crimes according to their biases.)
Posted by: zombie at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (5tb4C)
But of course. Or, maybe he was just being generous that day. Either one would be fine.
I'll remember that for the time I need to pay someone to make a hit for me. "Ms. DA, I saw this hood and thought to myself, 'Gosh, this fella looks hungry. I think I'll give him $10,000, you know, for groceries and stuff.' So I did. Not a thing suspicious about that and how dare you impugn my integrity!"
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (MAstk)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivism at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (HaL55)
I'm pretty sold on the Chicago dogs, though I take the peppers off.
Love the bridges and the old buildings, the hotties everywhere.
(I'm trying to say something nice instead of my usual Chicago rant)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (bcbK8)
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Really?
Is forfeiting what he posted or the actual 10,000?
Posted by: Bail Bonds how do they work? at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (9b/Pf)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (TrAyK)
Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: CHICAGO PD at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (8XRCm)
Well, sounds like they skipped the normal process and just nolle pros'ed it preemptively to give his lawyers / PR people a sort of win.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (GBteo)
....
YES
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (MAstk)
I should add, provided they have evidence he mailed or was involved in mailing the letter.
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (MAstk)
LOL. Even if Jussie had performed some sort of community service for something that still makes no sense, at all.
Lock him (or her or what Kim is) up.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (K8LjS)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (O2RFr)
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You don't have any political connections, and you're not a Leftist. Go commit a politically charged crime against the Left in Chicago, and see if you are ignored.
You'll be in for a surprise.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (AzW6q)
But of course. *#$%^@
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (ptqGC)
another big news drop after Trump was exonerated from all collusion and obstruction
Two in a row. Do we hear THREE?
Get that positive Trump story and the failure of CNN and NBC, MSNDelinquencies off the TV now!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 11:47 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (oC40p)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (RA/Vr)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (3H7Jo)
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (xqdqQ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (AB9tT)
Posted by: Soros at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (9b/Pf)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (O2RFr)
The cops should strike over this. Or at least have a long blue flu. This continued, in-your-face parading of two sets of laws for two classes of people will end in fire otherwise.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (ju9gW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (vEIlU)
They might think (shitcago stooges) this is a win, but it's a loss for all of us.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (r/xAU)
So glad I left that state the week I turned 18...
Posted by: SturmTodler at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (hmWEM)
Never expected anything different.
Crook County could teach master classes in corruption and politcs.
And a special ha - ha for the CPD, out there supporting a political structure that has betrayed them at every turn, all for a pension.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (wA4OO)
Does that satisfy everyone?
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (vluVv)
Posted by: Bail Bonds how do they work? at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (9b/Pf)
I think he had a 100k bond.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (oC40p)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (TrAyK)
None of that is a crime.
His crime was filing a false police report. And maybe an attenuated mail fraud crime, but... eh. He sent the mail to himself...
...And the cops really had to stretch to get to 16 felonies out of that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (GBteo)
Krispy Keme still has the Hot and Fresh sign lit up and their Pensions are funded...
They won't give 2 shits.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (3H7Jo)
CNN will use this to shift the discussion back to RACIST!!
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (TAmPV)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Bail Bonds how do they work? at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (9b/Pf)
In theory he'll either pay the entire amount directly to the court to get the bonding company off the hook, or the bonding company will pay and go after him to get reimbursed.
In reality this is a ONE BIG PHONY CORRUPT SHITSHOW and Smollet will quietly get everything back once the attention dies down.
Because that's how we roll in the Two Americas now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (4knXT)
They won't give 2 shits.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2019 11:49 AM (3H7Jo)
--
How many Krispy Kremes we talkin'?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (vEIlU)
But of course. *#$%^@
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Maybe I should move to Chicago - My kind of town. - Justin Trudeau
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (gmo/4)
No, I'm just saying that anyone who thought the dude would get jail time is nuts.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
______________
You're making the case this a "normal" outcome, which it most certainly isn't.
This is ALL about Trump and politics, not the normal course of justice.
Anyone else pulled something like this and they would be getting more than community service. And he didn't even get community service.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (UfkIY)
Posted by: Blake - used trebuchet salesman at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (O2RFr)
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Yup.
Jussie is doubling down on 1. his innocence and 2. his victimhood status.
He cant simply acknowledge he got away with one. He's go to preen to whole world now.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (8XRCm)
_______________
That official will be a judge, who will say that the false reports were merely opinions, not facts, and therefore not actionable.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (fqUgw)
Cover up much?
Reminder: Smollet hoax happened 1 week after the epic failure of the Covington kids story -- the story they were using to say MAGA hat = KKK hood, Trump = KKK/Hitler.
Smollet works with CA politicos Kamala Harris and Adam Schiff.
They don't want this investigated. They don't want the records of who Smollet was calling before and after the crime to be made public.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (now3g)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (r/xAU)
But of course. Or, maybe he was just being generous that day. Either one would be fine.
I'll remember that for the time I need to pay someone to make a hit for me. "Ms. DA, I saw this hood and thought to myself, 'Gosh, this fella looks hungry. I think I'll give him $10,000, you know, for groceries and stuff.' So I did. Not a thing suspicious about that and how dare you impugn my integrity!"
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (6eEQ+)
Whole thing is horseshit.
The Brothers confessed the check was for the HIT.
And the check existed.
What more proof do you need?
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (NgKpN)
Being charged as one was very hurtful, but I accept your heartfelt apology.
Posted by: Juicy Mullet at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (ppBhU)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (paXcf)
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (O2RFr)
Smollett; "Empire" actor will forfeit $10,000 bond payment, have records
in case sealed just over a month after he was charged
Posted by: Deep State in DEEP SHIT at March 26, 2019 11:40 AM (BqBId)
wait -- WHAT?
Now THAT is odd.
Maybe it's a thing in Illinois, but I've never heard of forfeiting a bond used as punishment...?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:41 AM
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Nothing but cover so they can claim he was punished. It all B$.
Plus you don't forfeit your bond if you are innocent and they let you go. It's just more political garbage.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (JUOKG)
My outrage machine is broken on this one.
He was never gonna do time, it was a victimless crime, and our side won whatever p.r. battle there was to be had.
High profile hoax exposed the media, exposed Hollyweird and helped move the Overton window to the right on hate hoaxes.
I'm calling this one a win with a bonus point for proving to everyone that DAs office is corrupt as well.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (gCzjH)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (dNzKv)
I'm going to guess the two Nigerians are back in Africa and won't be seen for a very long time.
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (MxEKc)
--
Co-directors of the DNC's new IT department.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (ApUNS)
We're told the State's Attorney, Kim Foxx, told Chicago police she was dropping the case because Jussie would have only gotten community service if convicted and she said he has already performed community service so there is no point in prosecuting him.
That's BS. Convicted felons don't get community service.
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (TAmPV)
The Brothers confessed the check was for the HIT.
And the check existed.
What more proof do you need?
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (NgKpN)
A confession signed under oath, and notarized by five witnesses, would be good.
Posted by: St. James Comey, Ignorer of Sins at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (4knXT)
Posted by: Soros at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (tqzDO)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:46 AM (GBteo)
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I did not. But that's the problem. If you and I arranged for you to put on blackface, and beat my ass while shouting "Das right, white boy! I'm with her! This is Clinton country," and we got caught for it, you can rest assured that both of us would be charged to the hilt and given the maximum sentence provided for by the law.
This is our biggest and most dangerous problem we face as a nation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (AzW6q)
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (CQ3Qb)
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (MxEKc)
Burp! The Lion King.
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (RA/Vr)
This is ALL about Trump and politics, not the normal course of justice.
Anyone else pulled something like this and they would be getting more than community service. And he didn't even get community service.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (UfkIY)
Procedurally, it's weird. I describe the normal process above.
But the outcome is about what I'd expect.
If I were a prosecutor and saw a complaint from the cops that included 16 felonies when the underlying behavior was filing a false police report, the deal I'd probably offer would be pleaing to a misdemeanor, and some community service... and maybe paying some kind of fine due to the amount of resources the cops wasted.
Which is kind of what he got, although it's procedurally weird how they got there (I assume politics were involved)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (GBteo)
Not the other way around.
Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (w7KSn)
His crime was filing a false police report. And maybe an attenuated mail fraud crime, but... eh. He sent the mail to himself...
...And the cops really had to stretch to get to 16 felonies out of that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
___________
Send some white powder to yourself through the mail pretending it's anthrax and get the authorities involved and see what happens. You're not going to be walking scot free.
Pay some people to stage an attack in front of state surveillance cameras, lie to police repeatedly, and fly the members of the conspiracy out of the country and see how you fare.
Are you just a big fan of Empire?
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (UfkIY)
Posted by: mr tmz at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (m/Gc2)
This is ALL about Trump and politics, not the normal course of justice.
Anyone else pulled something like this and they would be getting more than community service. And he didn't even get community service.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:50 AM (UfkIY)
Worse, this is all about RACE and trying to attack Whites in the US. Make us all bow to our new Masters out of shame.
Not
Gonna
Happen
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Illinois State Attorney's Office at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (K8LjS)
so they overreacted?
/
Posted by: trapper's girl at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (BoLk7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (+y/Ru)
Sitting in the grandstands I agree with you. If I were a Chicago cop...
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (fuK7c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (Hk+Y0)
CNN will use this to shift the discussion back to RACIST!!
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic
It takes Avenatti off the front page.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (r/xAU)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (RBOtF)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (sX1BW)
His TV show made thousands of homos feel good about themselves.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (4knXT)
Posted by: Drider at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (Sr/4K)
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (sX1BW)
So if he had succeeded in pushing his false allegations would you have been outraged?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (oC40p)
Which is kind of what he got, although it's procedurally weird how they got there (I assume politics were involved)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
_________________
There was no deal, he didn't plead guilty.
If he admitted his crimes and made a plea deal, I could understand a much lighter sentence. But he didn't do any of that, he still insists he was attacked, they just cut him loose.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (UfkIY)
We'll see.
so much bs
Only Andy McCarthy has the guts to say "someone might have put their thumb on the scale"... Napolitano is a wuss
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Furious George at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (9vQJW)
Posted by: HRC at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (FJYfm)
Posted by: Bill Hedrick at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (6vJUd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (ApUNS)
I guarnatee you Obama and Michelleplaced a phone call or two.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:38 AM (UfkIY)
Why would you be dispirited? This doesn't refute our points about how shitty Obersturmfuhrer Mueller is. If anything, it enhances it. Now white America sees that there is no middle ground for inciting hate crimes against actual Americans. It's either let him go free thanks to corrupt lawyers (which is most of them) , or break out the nooses.
This is how the Klan got started. And way worse people than me will happily recruit off this.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (JH+YW)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM (JUOKG)
I've never heard of that. Granted, my criminal justice experience is limited to interning in a prosecutors office during law school, but... at least in the state I was working in, bonds were most definitely not used as punishment. And the only time anyone ever forfeited their bond was if they left the state to avoid going to court and had to get picked up and extradited back.
Even just missing a court appearance or two wouldn't necessarily mean a bail forfeiture (which pissed off some people in my office)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (GBteo)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (SAhpk)
Hey, wanna kick this football?
Posted by: Lucy at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (4knXT)
But I'm betting that the two Nigerian brothers have been disappeared.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (Kpl3J)
He was found guilty on Twitter, which today seems to matter to some people for some fucking reason.
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (xqdqQ)
paying for the attack to show you're a (very rich victim) however..
you win.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2019 11:52 AM
The crime was only "victimless" because it was incompetent. He wanted the blood of MAGA supporters spilled on every street in America, with his "beating" video played over and over like Rodney King's second coming.
Do we usually let criminals off scott free because they suck at criminality? I didn't know competence was a requirement for conviction, now.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 11:56 AM (ju9gW)
Posted by: eleven at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (NLLmE)
It wasn't a victimless crime.
The hoax was intended to smear Trump supporters as racist, anti-gay thugs. The MSM and Democrats would have ridden this story all the way through the 2020 election. This was not a simple case of some crazy dude getting attention.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 11:51 AM (MxEKc)
Supposedly they were born here.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (oC40p)
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Unless he is running against Obama, this seems unlikely.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: DXO at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (nzKWW)
It's Shitcago.
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (LL1Be)
Posted by: O.J. at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (ppBhU)
This is how the Klan got started. And way worse people than me will happily recruit off this.
Posted by: trev006
____________
When people feel the politics is hopelessly rigged, they stop participating.
Would you even bother to vote if you lived in Chicago?
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (UfkIY)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:48 AM (O2RFr)
NO
From what I am hearing...he did it, but the Local DA does not think he would get jail times and essentially they aren settling for him forfietingn his bond $10,000 and fubar "community service lol". NOT that he is innocent
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Raniere at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (z8c2c)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (O2RFr)
OJ can help.
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: kallisto at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (9xfh1)
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (aXucN)
Great news! I found Kurt. He's happy again. Back to his old self. He should be back here any minute.
Posted by: Kurt's Mom at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (jYje5)
Posted by: DXO at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (nzKWW)
Eggs, omelets, etc...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (4knXT)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (paXcf)
Oh, heh, right, this kind of fix remains effective in all localities of the Clinton Archipelago.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (37IEG)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (K8LjS)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (r/xAU)
You can go to the grocery store there and pick up a carton for your weekly needs.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (XrCyE)
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*taps chin*
Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: CHICAGO PD at March 26, 2019 11:45 AM (8XRCm)
I love this.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (OMgAl)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (r/xAU)
So I guess they are still looking for the 2 MAGA hat wearing white racists?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (O2RFr)
They've been spotted in Indiana heading south
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (TAmPV)
https://bit.ly/2uwL95G
"Under Illinois law, criminal charges can be elevated to a hate crime
if an incident occurs "by reason of the actual or perceived race, color,
creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or
mental disability, or national origin of another individual or group of
individuals"
The police and the Cook County state's attorney's office can deem an
incident a hate crime. That designation can carry a more severe penalty
than someone otherwise would face if convicted.
A crime that might ordinarly be considered a misdemeanor could be elevated to a felony.
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Or dropped completely.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:53 AM (UfkIY)
Never seen the show.
I'm just not getting the outrage here.
This is about the outcome I expected.
And frankly, I don't think we should put people in jail for any "contempt of cop" type charges, unless there are aggravating factors. And pretty much the entire criminal justice system agrees with me, since you rarely if ever see it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (GBteo)
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He was the victim of his own crime.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (RA/Vr)
Posted by: Roy
No, dipshit, they're guilty because it's on video.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (Hk+Y0)
Shit like this is how Trump got elected.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (d6Ksn)
Posted by: Glenn John at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (Fj4AZ)
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (LL1Be)
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (xqdqQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (Hk+Y0)
If the left could get out of their reality-denial and projection mode and realize this, they might stop trying to achieve riots.
Posted by: Emmie at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM (UfkIY)
It's why I don't live in Zimbabwe, my friend. And the whole point of America, from Lexington to Reconstruction, is that you can always participate. Question is how.
There won't be a lot of need for lawyers like Ben Shapiro, except for target practice.
Because he will open a reasonably priced gun range. Clearly.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (JH+YW)
But I can't get to them until I hear what this guy has to say.
People will find out what happens when the public loses faith in the justice system.
Posted by: jwest at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (/roJx)
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (gmo/4)
I sincerely hope you get a big dose of it real soon.
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (TrAyK)
ILLINOIS
and if that doesn't work
CHICAGO.
The surprise is that he was charged, not that the charges were dropped.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (37IEG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 11:55 AM (vEIlU)
How is Concrete Blonde not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's a total disgrace.
Posted by: Vinz Clortho at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (9gHOW)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (OMgAl)
It wasn't a victimless crime.
The hoax was intended to smear Trump supporters as racist, anti-gay
thugs. The MSM and Democrats would have ridden this story all the way
through the 2020 election. This was not a simple case of some crazy dude
getting attention.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM
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It would have had some victims if there had been any white guys walking around there at 2 in the morning.
It would have been the Duke fake rape case all over again.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (JUOKG)
and the kids in BIG trouble (I'm not sure of the punishment) because one
of them said "pick my cotton" but didn't physically hurt anyone or say
the words to an actual black person?"
Yes, the video is cringe-worthy in it's dorky, weird pajama-boy vibe. Not exactly burning crosses at KKK rally villainy but they must have their lives ruined for the narrative.
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (MxEKc)
This is about the outcome I expected.
Which is the reason for the outrage....This type of "outcome" should not be expected in an "equal" justice system
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (O2RFr)
How the fuck is faking a hate crime and potentially causing innocents to be arrested " contempt of cop"?
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (paXcf)
Oh. Well, thanks.
As I said, I don't do criminal law... just dabbled a bit in law school.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (vEIlU)
does not think he would get jail times and essentially they aren
settling for him forfietingn his bond $10,000 and fubar "community
service lol". NOT that he is innocent
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 11:57 AM
That is NOT what Jussie's lawyer is saying to every camera he can find. He is calling this nothing less than a "vindication" of his "victim" client at the hands of cops who "rushed to judgment". And there is NO PUSHBACK from the reporters, because the NEW NARRATIVE has been uncritically accepted.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (ju9gW)
Posted by: Downcast at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (wIqOu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (U7k5w)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (vEIlU)
Posted by: East Bay Jay at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (Lg/Uq)
Michelle Obama got involved.
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (LL1Be)
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There's a word for that. Colloidal... no ....... collective.... no no...
.... COLLUSION. THATS word Im thinking of .....
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (8XRCm)
There was no deal, he didn't plead guilty.
He surrendered his bond in exchange for charges being dropped. That's a deal.
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (TAmPV)
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There was an aggravating factor - Jussie simply lied to the police in furtherance of the bigger fraud. Whether that fraud was perpetrated to enhance his personal fame and finances, or to incite hatred of an opposing political faction, or both of those things at once, is anyone's guess. But "lying to the police" was the least of this, and just so happened to be the chargeable offense.
It's aggravated as all hell.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (AzW6q)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (Hk+Y0)
We'd have to fix and repair everything afterward and it'd be with OUR money. We also aren't stupid enough to shoot each other for the hell of it.
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (xqdqQ)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (paXcf)
That's what I was thinking. God help us .
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (oC40p)
Posted by: Shocking! at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (7z3TL)
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 11:59 AM (LL1Be)
Yep. If she and Barry had a gay, liar for a son....
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (ptqGC)
That someone as morally bankrupt as yourself ever attained a license to practice law speaks volumes about the profession.
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (TrAyK)
Posted by: Kim Foxx at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (tqzDO)
Jussie, uh, performed that, uh, community service directly for me. And let me just say that Jussie is really a champ at performing that community service, almost a professional one might say.
He was, um, willing to perform that community service whenever I felt like I needed it, sometimes at, uh, odd times such as late at night or odd places like a bathroom.
I feel very close to Jussie and am, um, gratified I was able to help him accept responsibility for this incident. I hope I can count on him for more community service from time to time when I feel the urge.
Posted by: Former President Barack H. Obama at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (DuAZ5)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 12:03 PM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 26, 2019 12:03 PM (dNzKv)
It would have been the Duke fake rape case all over again.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (JUOKG)
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Imagine leaving a bar with your friends after watching a late PAC12 game and a couple of you wearing your team's light colored hats.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 12:03 PM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Sock monkey wanted: organ grinder, willing to train at March 26, 2019 12:03 PM (5Rlhy)
It would have been the Duke fake rape case all over again.
Or the UVA gang-rape hoax.
That hoax was being used by the Obama admin to push the "campus rape epidemic" narrative used to justify all sorts of policies on universities.
This is just another variation of the Fast and Furious scheme: instead of waiting for a crisis to push your polies, create the crisis and then push, push, push!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (LL1Be)
252 It's a good thing we don't like to riot.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 11:54 AM (Hk+Y0)
We'd have to fix and repair everything afterward and it'd be with
OUR money. We also aren't stupid enough to shoot each other for the hell
of it.
Posted by: Roy at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (xqdqQ)
I deem this to be true.
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (gmo/4)
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You made your point.
Knock off the ad hominems
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (LL1Be)
It's not illegal to tie a noose around your neck or hire your friends to hit you.
The only actual crime he committed was lying in a statement to the police. Which, well, happens all the time. Many people, believe it or not, are not honest to police officers.
Cops have a range of what I (somewhat sneeringly, I guess) call "contempt of cop" charges that they can charge people with if they so desire, but rarely do unless in combination with other charges, because those charges rarely hold up in court and they bog down the whole system.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Soup Rat at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (FFbtZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (O2RFr)
The hoax was intended to smear Trump supporters as racist, anti-gay thugs. The MSM and Democrats would have ridden this story all the way through the 2020 election. This was not a simple case of some crazy dude getting attention
.....
I'm nit intending to be trollish, which basically means this comes off as trolling, I'm sure.
But let's be honest, the media and Dems already are and have been for years, calling us queer haters, racists, etc.
If anything, this incident actually makes those types of baseless accusations LESS effective.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (gCzjH)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (U7k5w)
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/
1110563834232627200
[Sorry if it's been linked already]
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (Dh1wo)
SEE UPDATE
KIM FOXX WAS IN FACT THE PERSON THAT DROPED CHARGES
CHICAGO POLICE "FURIOUS"
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (PbpT7)
No reasonable prosecutor rule.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (K8LjS)
Yep. But it's worse than even that.
It's also a great way to cultivate street justice, race riots, and anarchy.
Things that cannot go on forever, won't. And pulling this sh*t by "those who care" are going to make things awful.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM (TrAyK)
...okay, whatever.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (GBteo)
This is about the outcome I expected.
And frankly, I don't think we should put people in jail for any "contempt of cop" type charges, unless there are aggravating factors. And pretty much the entire criminal justice system agrees with me, since you rarely if ever see it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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This is close to the outcome I expected, but I am most certainly outraged about it.
This was not minor infraction against cops like "no officer, I wasn't speeding", this guy probably spent millions in police resources, created an elaborate fraud, and basically tried to start riots around the country.
I guess some people here have made peace that they have been conquered and actually get mad at others for being uppity about it.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (UfkIY)
KIM FOXX WAS IN FACT THE PERSON THAT DROPED CHARGES
CHICAGO POLICE "FURIOUS"
So maybe the Feds can step in
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (wA4OO)
Posted by: Hillary at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (ptqGC)
Cuck Schemer spoke to AIPAC.
What did he say at AIPAC?
Chuck Schemer knowingly LIED to AIPAC audience and repeated the Fake News lie that the president called the white supremacists "fine people."
*Does anyone know if he got applause for this? I don't know -- but I'm curious of the audience's reaction.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (4eGON)
Get uppity, lose your pensions.
Yeah. I thought that would settle y'all down a bit.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (SAhpk)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 11:30 AM (PbpT7)
Are they "shaking with anger"?
The only thing the Chicago police would be furious about would be not getting their fair share of the Jussie money - 65%, at the minimum.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (K8LjS)
Posted by: Robin Roberts at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (hjaPQ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (t41dG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (RA/Vr)
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Hillary
Sealed. Like Obola's school records.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (SAhpk)
police. Which, well, happens all the time. Many people, believe it or
not, are not honest to police officers.
"
He didn't just lie when police came around asking question about some incident. He filed a completely fabricated police report. He sought hem out.
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (MxEKc)
That was harsh... Everyone is allowed an opinion , so don't let your anger over this make you say things you might regret
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (U7k5w)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (K8LjS)
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Some type of phony ass payoff is likely here.
The message our government keeps sending over and over again to the #Resistance is "We want you to dirt for us, and we control the system. If you get caught, there will be no consequences. And once we pass you through the system unscathed, you'll be taken care of for your troubles."
In Jussie's case I'm going with "generous book deal, with a hefty, non-recoverable advance."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (AzW6q)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (ptqGC)
I never ask God for anything, although at times I do thank Him.
But I do have a very strong belief that God is up there, and watching.
He gave us 10 Laws. ONLY 10. 1 of which is thou shall not bear false witness.
Yet our Country is now rife with people doing exactly that, and getting away with it.
We are about to see the results of that, as I can see a societal breakdown coming.
God Bless us, each and every one, because I think we are going to need it.
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (Dh1wo)
Posted by: Jussie Smollett at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (AyLBU)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (CQ3Qb)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Emmie at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Vinz Clortho at March 26, 2019 12:00 PM (9gHOW)
Bloodletting? I haven't thought of them in years. Now off to look for some dark music.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (XROPS)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:08 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 11:58 AM (paXcf)
That's what I was thinking. God help us .
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:02 PM
All that Harry did was to tell the truth - of course they overcharged, he lied to the police and make a false report, that's one offense of lying, not 16 offenses because his report had 16 sentences in it (or something like that)
But we've all gotten used to that kind of thing, because EVERY prosecutor on every level in every jurisdiction in this country now routinely overcharges, because the game is always pleading down and the prosecution always insists on dealing themselves a strong hand to start with.
Between 90% - 95% of all criminal cases in this country are now decided that way, if you didn't know. If you want to call that corrupt, then sure, I can't argue against you - it's also The System, everywhere now. And if you look at it honestly, the Prosecution is usually more corrupt than the Defense. (E.G., See Robert Mueller)
As the old saying goes, you don't want to look too closely at how the sausage gets made, because you're not going to like what you see.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: rickl at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (xjiRE)
I've worked with countless tweekers.
Not saying he's not on something but it ain't meth.
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (MAstk)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (MPuQT)
The only actual crime he committed was lying in a statement to the police. Which, well, happens all the time. Many people, believe it or not, are not honest to police officers.
He mailed crushed aspirin to his producers
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (TAmPV)
There was no deal, he didn't plead guilty.
He surrendered his bond in exchange for charges being dropped. That's a deal.
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 12:01 PM (TAmPV)
Sort of like buying your way into college. Two tiers of justice indeed.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (ymnmz)
Absolute joke.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (/tuJf)
When a Chicago fix is in, it stays fixed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: General Shabazz of the New (and improved!) Black Panthers at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (e1q4h)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (K8LjS)
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Some type of phony ass payoff is likely here.
The message our government keeps sending over and over again to the #Resistance is "We want you to dirt for us, and we control the system. If you get caught, there will be no consequences. And once we pass you through the system unscathed, you'll be taken care of for your troubles."
In Jussie's case I'm going with "generous book deal, with a hefty, non-recoverable advance."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 12:07 PM (AzW6q)
Fox is now owned by Disney, he will get a part in the next Star Wars and Obi Wan's Love child from a Gay Marriage (clone tech, ya know).
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (NgKpN)
I've worked with countless tweekers.
Not saying he's not on something but it ain't meth.
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (MAstk)
He's on mef.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (K8LjS)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (ptqGC)
police. Which, well, happens all the time. Many people, believe it or
not, are not honest to police officers.
He didn't just "lie to police". He created a false description of criminal actors that could have resulted in the arrest and charging of innocent people.
Just because the bomb didn't go off doesn't mean you didn't try to blow up the building.
But hey, let's not enforce the law in order to "show those filthy pigs" that we can lie to them.
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (LL1Be)
statement to the police.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM
He conspired with two others to lie to the police. That's criminal conspiracy, and they have sworn testimony and a check that proves it.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (ju9gW)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (Mcyqh)
Hey, everything is relative I guess.
He hasn't murdered anyone yet. MAN OF THE YEAR.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (Rarvo)
I get it, I guess I just see this as being their intended bloody shirt to wave 24x7 as proof Trump and anyone who supports him as KKK.
Kamala used this crime to ram through the lynching legislation (making it a hate crime in addition to being a crime crime). So it was already effectively used once.
Now consider how often the MSM mentions the Charlottesville white nationalist protests. Yeah, the Smollet "near lynching, bleaching, beating" would have been used daily to insist half the country (the Trump side) wants slavery, lynchings and on and on.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (W+vEI)
South Nigeria.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (oC40p)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (ppBhU)
Where does he rank compared to, say, Jimmy Carter?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (ptqGC)
This is exactly what would happen when there were problems. White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing for the exact same issue.
Such bullshit.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (/tuJf)
On the bright side, Chicago has so few crime problems that tying up multiple police officers for weeks funning down fake claims really just gave them something to fill up their free time.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (XROPS)
I guess some people here have made peace that they have been conquered and actually get mad at others for being uppity about it.
Posted by: Blago at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (UfkIY)
I get all of that -- I'm just saying that the underlying crime is fairly minor.
The criminal justice system isn't really the correct venue to express outrage over his actions though, as the crime he committed is usually (in the jurisdiction I'm familiar with) a class b misdemeanor, which usually means the charges get nolle pros'ed after some community service or other minor slap on the wrist type stuff.
What he did was morally outrageous, but not ... super criminal, if that makes sense.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Mike Flynn going to jail for less at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (U7k5w)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (fuK7c)
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Lot of words for glory hole
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (8XRCm)
You know, these days, if a lefty has committed a crime, it does not matter unless they had the intent to commit the crime.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (YslsA)
Posted by: nip at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (DfGpI)
As the old saying goes, you don't want to look too closely at how the sausage gets made, because you're not going to like what you see.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (Kpl3J)
98% of Federal Cases end in plea deals.
We have a Fed Prosecutor here who is about to retire, who has NEVER tried a case. NEVER.
Posted by: Don Q at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (NgKpN)
Complete and total exoneration!
Posted by: Robin Roberts at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (hjaPQ)
LOL....Is shoe going to do another "interview"? She's going to get whiplash (can i still say that?) keeping up with this story.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: The Juicy Smellit Rule at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (5Zpn2)
*Does anyone know if he got applause for this? I don't know -- but I'm curious of the audience's reaction.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (4eGON)
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Ask Witchdoktor when you see him. He's there at AIPAC.
Posted by: bluebell at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (aXucN)
C'mon man, that's unnecessarily harsh. I mean, I'm assuming that Harry is at least competent occasionally.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: No Quarter at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (4Eo4+)
This is pretty brazen, even for Chicago.
Posted by: pj at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (qlTN9)
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (D7e/V)
C'mon man, that's unnecessarily harsh. I mean, I'm assuming that Harry is at least competent occasionally.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ppBhU)
*makes note appropriately*
"Harry is less evil than Jimmy Carter"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Jolo at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (WrMOC)
Apparently they dont respect us enough to come up with a plausible lie
Posted by: Regular joe at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (6/uwW)
He just thanked G-d.
For fuck sake... I'm gonna blow...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (U7k5w)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (Dh1wo)
Sorry Tom. Seems our view of the truth is quite different .
It happens.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (oC40p)
He's still trying to. He's working on it still, right now.
So, what do we do?
And don't mention National Divorce. That is never going to be allowed by the NaggingWife Left.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (Rarvo)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (ptqGC)
But no one believes that is the reason for the non-prosecution.
My guess is CPD has other problems with this Foxx person and will use this case to extract some sort of concession from someone.
In other words, all of this is politics as usual for Chicago.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (sX1BW)
This is exactly what would happen when there were problems. White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing for the exact same issue.
Such bullshit.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (/tuJf)
And everyone learned the "appropriate" lesson of how to behave, I bet.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (XROPS)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 12:09 PM (ppBhU)
Agreed.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (GBteo)
The only actual crime he committed was lying in a
statement to the police.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:04 PM
He
conspired with two others to lie to the police. That's criminal
conspiracy, and they have sworn testimony and a check that proves it.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (ju9gW)
Mailed himself white powder to gin up an investigation into death threats?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (ju9gW)
Which is why I strongly suspect that none of us will ever see the Nigerian Brothers again.
But as I think on this, I think Kim Fox has made a mistake - this is too heavyhanded, too gross a display of raw political power. In many ways, it's like the Kashoggi killing in Istanbul; someone powerful thinks they're so powerful that they can get away with doing something awful in public, where everyone can see it. We'll see if that works out for Kim Fox.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (Kpl3J)
BS! This was no ordinary "local" case in which the DA decided to overcharge in order to seek a plea deal. Smollett commands a much broader following than your average American and has a history of being a racial agigitator. Smollett essentially screamed "FIRE!" nationwide in order to initiate a race riot. And he lied to the Chicago PD in attempting this stunt. That's not something you find in any normal piece of sausage!
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (TrAyK)
And I only take like, MAYBE 34% of those things.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: arminius256 at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (382aI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: kallisto at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (9xfh1)
Dropping the charges and sealing the files.
Absolute joke.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:06 PM (/tuJf)
So how are dems going to argue now that the Mueller report should be unsealed?
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (TAmPV)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (O2RFr)
And I only take like, MAYBE 34% of those things.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (oZ6kz)
Candy corn is a hell of a drug
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (bcbK8)
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In a political battle between Kim Foxx and the CPD, my money is on the CPD.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ppBhU)
Very, very rarely.
But I have my moments!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (GBteo)
He just thanked G-d.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ptqGC)
Leftie
Actor
Take your pick. They are all good liars.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (vEIlU)
Posted by: rammajamma at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (AjNMO)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (SAhpk)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (evq2A)
Posted by: Jussie Smollett at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (RKQ/v)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (ptqGC)
Maybe they split town? If they weren't around to testify, the case might have been tough to make (although I could be wrong about what evidence they have- I haven't followed it closely).
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (XROPS)
Sorry Tom. Seems our view of the truth is quite different .
It happens.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (oC40p)
As Pontius Pilate said, "What is Truth?"
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (Kpl3J)
This was not a "hate crime hoax". It was an actual hate crime against white Trump supporters.
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: Yo! at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (1XAal)
Posted by: No Quarter at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (4Eo4+)
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (MAstk)
Posted by: arminius256 at March 26, 2019 12:15 PM (382aI)
Well, I'm free if your hiring!
Posted by: OJ at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (NgKpN)
This is exactly what would happen when there were problems. White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing for the exact same issue.
Such bullshit.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (/tuJf)
We had a black kid at our high school....
He was very polite.
Posted by: jwest at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (/roJx)
Sorry Tom. Seems our view of the truth is quite different .
It happens.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:13 PM (oC40p)
Should have included that this wasn't a plea deal as you described.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (oC40p)
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (bim/x)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (oZ6kz)
Is THAT where I was last night?
Shit, it's all been a blur.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (U7k5w)
Fortunately for them, Democrats are not burdened with logic, truth, honesty or shame.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Fritz at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (2Mnv1)
Can we have a riot now?
Posted by: Yo! at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (1XAal)
This is going to open the flood gates for fake hate lynchings EVERYWHERE.
We're fucked.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)
I will not convict one of my own in a court of law.
Fuck the evidence, fuck the courts, fuck the people in this putrid corrupt system that is now only used to punish me and my kin.
And I will lie my ass off to get on any jury I can.I will actively resist this bullshit.
Posted by: Romper Stomper at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (3qhq4)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:17 PM (bim/x)
Well, it's not quite lying, since his client has not been convicted of anything.
Some might call it zealous advocacy.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (GBteo)
This is pretty brazen, even for Chicago.
IIRC, Foxx was mentored by Kamala Harris?
Kamala Harris, who used the Smollet "hate crime" to ram through lynching = hate crime legislation.
Kamala Harris who is using the "white nationalism" boogeyman as a campaign topic.
Kamala Harris, who has had campaign assistance from tv actor Jussie Smollett, and done joint appearances at other CA lefty events.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: No Quarter at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (4Eo4+)
He paid them with a check LOL
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (r/xAU)
He just thanked G-d.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:12 PM (ptqGC)
Leftie
Actor
Take your pick. They are all good liars.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (vEIlU)
/Looks displeased
Lets see, how does that go? Thou shall not bear false witness?
Posted by: Moses, from Heaven at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: WVinMN
This is why so many nics are no longer here, because, their opinions are then besmirched with nasty personal insults.
There was a time when dragging nics not on a thread simply to insult them and insulting nics in the above manner, were not allowed.
Now, not so much.
Posted by: slowdown at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (NAbCm)
Fortunately for them, Democrats are not burdened with logic, truth, honesty or shame.
Both Swalwell and Schitt for brains are out there today saying that Trump is guilty of collusion and they have seen the evidence... This is not going away
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: I'm really not that old at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (pYQR/)
I don't remember.
But IIRC, there was a phone call.
And the Canadian outfit that so beautifully designed the Obamacare website --- remember that fiasco?!? --- wasn't Michelle's college pal some kind of executive working for them?
Chick networks, yeah!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (Rxduq)
(The truly enraging thing? None of this surprises me. We're all just this cynical. That's corrosive to civil society.)
Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Gmac-Officialy a fossile-Now get offa my lawn at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (qZdIZ)
Posted by: Yo! at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (1XAal)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (66n07)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (ymnmz)
problems. White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing
for the exact same issue.
Such bullshit.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (/tuJf)
---
Seen in a microcosm during "random" employee drug testing. The same christian family man is tested every month, while the guy whose car smells like pot when he opens the door never has been.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (ApUNS)
This is going to open the flood gates for fake hate lynchings EVERYWHERE.
two can Play that game if they have no personal ethics.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (r/xAU)
they're working on the rewrite now, already.
shameless
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (Rarvo)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (t41dG)
Posted by: OCBill at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (df+Zi)
Posted by: No Quarter at March 26, 2019 12:16 PM (4Eo4+)
Although the Nigerians are no longer going to be around to question, apparently, it was always quite easy to point out why the story of them doing it on their own wouldn't wash. Smollett was 30 miles away from their home, after a flight that had been delayed for hours, in a place and at a time when no one could have predicted the would have been there. How could the brothers have found him, unless Smollett called them and told them where he was? It just wasn't possible.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
It was not me
But who carries a bottle of bleach around at 2am in minus 20 f in Chicago??
Posted by: Yo! at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (1XAal)
MAGA people, that's who. Chicago is teeming with them.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (ptqGC)
I. DID NOT. HAVE. RACIST. RELATIONS. WITH. THOSE TWO MEN.
NOT ONCE!!
Posted by: Jussie Smollett
And you want to get back to work for the American people.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2019 12:20 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (ju9gW)
Which is why I strongly suspect that none of us will ever see the Nigerian Brothers again.
But as I think on this, I think Kim Fox has made a mistake - this is too heavyhanded, too gross a display of raw political power. In many ways, it's like the Kashoggi killing in Istanbul; someone powerful thinks they're so powerful that they can get away with doing something awful in public, where everyone can see it. We'll see if that works out for Kim Fox.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (Kpl3J)
-------
The Dem's have finally found immigrants they want to deport.
Posted by: WisRich at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (G0vdT)
--
They have twice as many standards as you and I, that's how.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (ApUNS)
Agree . Harry's opinion that we are outraged for nothing is an insult.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (oC40p)
Posted by: I'm really not that old at March 26, 2019 12:19 PM (pYQR/)
I'm so, so sorry.
I saw Valerian in regular resolution and I also became nauseous. Because of the acting.
Though...Rhianna dancing in 4k....hmm
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (bcbK8)
.....
Clyburn said that chapter is closed.
If they are still pushing it it's against leadership.
Posted by: HA at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (MAstk)
Some might call it zealous advocacy.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (GBteo)
It's a fuckin lie and he did not donate his bond out of the goodness of his heart?
Lawyers are the scum of the earth. With all due respect the Moron Lawyers here
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (bim/x)
hey propaganda should work for me too!
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (r/xAU)
Facts are racist.
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: kallisto at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (9xfh1)
Given that we are in a Grand Solar MINIMUM, in which the danger of freezing to death in the next couple of hundred years is greater than any other natural threat the Earf faces, a dude has put together a great survival guide, here:
https://tinyurl.com/BandBScience-GMDPP
And to soothe our anger over the Smollett bullshit, here are Camille & Kennerly with some original music about Elves:
https://tinyurl.com/Harp-Twins-Light-Elves
Ahhhhhhh, I feel better already.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (now3g)
Posted by: Don Q. at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (NgKpN)
I thought they had phone communications and other evidence.. It's why they were confident to charge?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:22 PM (O2RFr)
they will flood the zone with his exoneration and claims of innocence, first. Then next week we'll be back to "racist MAGA incident against thoughtful actor."
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 26, 2019 12:23 PM (Rarvo)
In addition to Smollett identifying one of the attackers as white. That's not a believable mistake.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:23 PM (oC40p)
everyone needs an atty when things go bad.
or when someone bigger than you wants you to go down
Attys aren't the issue , it's the unequal law that is.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:23 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at March 26, 2019 12:23 PM (GEhPL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (bim/x)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:21 PM (oC40p)
Is that my opinion?
I think all I was trying to say that this is exactly how the criminal justice system works. Cops routinely vastly overcharge a suspect, prosecutors plea it out.
Now, you can have problems with that system, but you also shouldn't be surprised when the system does exactly what you'd expect it to do.
As I said, the criminal justice system is not an appropriate venue to want to punish this dude for what he did, since the outrageous parts of what he did weren't crimes.
The only crime he actually committed (putting aside the mail stuff) was a minor process crime of lying to the police.
Which, unless you're Martha Stewart, is not something most people go to jail for.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (bcbK8)
I thought they had phone communications and other evidence.. It's why they were confident to charge?"
Yes, they did - past tense.
But things get lost sometimes, funny that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (O2RFr)
However, some thoughts:
1. On February 20, 2019 the Chicago Sun-Times revealed -- "Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself from the jussie Smoleett investigation after facilitating conversations between Smolett's family and the Chicago Police Department [...]" according to the state's attorney officer and seniro advisor to Foxx Mr. Robert Foley "Shortly after the incident occurred in late january, State's Attorney Foxx had conversations with a family member of jusse Smolett about the incident and their concerns, and facilitated a connection to the Chicago Police Department who were investigating the incident [...]"
Fast forward to March and following a FOIA request we come to find out that the "facilitated connection' was actually undue influence on the investigators and possibly obstruction of justice:
2. March 14, 2019 Chicago Tribune reported -- "After being approached by a politically connected lawyer, State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx asked Chicago's police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to turn over the investigation of jussie Smollett's reported attack to the FBI [...]" it continues "Foxx reached out to Johnson after Tina Tchen, former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama, emailed Foxx saying the actor's family had unspecified 'concerns about the investigation."
Those emails between Foxx and Tchen began on February 1, 2019.
Now we are at March 26, 2019 and Kim Foxx has dropped all charges against Smollett (after previously recusing herself from the matter back in February) and trying to pass the investigation onto the FBI.
There needs to be a federal investigation into:
1. why Kim Foxx recused herself in February but suddenly intervened by dismissing charges in March
2. why Superintendent Eddie Johnson went along with this and for what reasons
3. who wanted this deal made for Smollett,
4. why that deal was made
5. what was the payoff or quid pro quo for completing such a deal
Federal DOJ needs to send investigators into that office IMMEDIATELY and open an investigation into this madness.
Posted by: Nevyan at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (a7HML)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (r/xAU)
Take care now Jane. Rest assured he will have a lot to answer for in the next.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (ofTez)
Posted by: El Kabong at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Fritz at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: JoeF. at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (NFEMn)
White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing for the exact same issue.
Such bullshit.
Posted by: JackStraw
We are constantly being told that just the opposite is the case. Disparate impact and all that jazz.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:05 PM (K8LjS)
Well, since that's now Disney's problem, couldn't happen to a nicer group...
Posted by: SturmToddler at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (8D42x)
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I can't fault his lawyers for doing their job - now they may have done more behind the scenes that are unethical or even illegal. The Avenatti's of the world disgrace the legal profession far more than these lawyers. Kim Foxx doesn't help much either, but she is more of a political animal.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (sX1BW)
Some might call it zealous advocacy.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (GBteo)
He forfeited a bond. That's proof of either his guilt or the prosecutor's extortion.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (K8LjS)
Remember that there were revenge attacks following Zimmerman's trial for the Trayvon Martin shooting: https://tinyurl.com/y3onjwyb
Posted by: TD at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (OKdWS)
One could easily argue what he did was a hate crime.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (bim/x)
When someone trivializes an attempt at promoting a nationwide race riot, then yes, they deserve to be personally attacked. And when these persons have a JD besides there name, you should be scared to death. Because this sort of nonchalant, lassiez faire attitude toward such wanton law breaking is going to end up destroying our country.
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (paXcf)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (r/xAU)
Eric Holder ... involved from the start with Trayvon, made sure the black panthers could march, and put a price on Zimmerman's head ... no problem.
the Holder upped his game in Ferguson ... took over the police, sent a bunch of agents in, HandUpDon'tShoot Lie propagated, riots facilitated by stand down orders to National Guard. Sharpton coordinating right from the White House. Black Lives Matter terror group formed (Soros Money?)
then the two black women in Baltimore (AG and Mayor? I forget) ... room to riot ... Freddie the drug dealer, head banger ... 4 innocent cops got malicious prosecution ... all innocent.
Jussie is just one of the more famous warriors ... now given corrupt government approval out of Chicago, the swindly city.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (GBteo)
Well, Harry, I for one do not blame you. You're just telling the truth about how our legal system works. Sure, there's no law against publishing violent anti-Semitic opinion in a "reputable" paper, and no way to predict the consequences will be a massive uprise in anti-Semitism resulting in widespread property damage and injury. It's all just a bunch of stuff that happened.
I imagine minorities in America will be very comfortable realizing that they live in a nation of laws, with one firm and clear legal standard where everyone participates equally.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (JH+YW)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (66n07)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (lD3vL)
It's all just too blatant.
Posted by: pep at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (wW03z)
White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing for the exact same issue.
Such bullshit.
Posted by: JackStraw
We are constantly being told that just the opposite is the case. Disparate impact and all that jazz.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (aKsyK)
*perks up*
All That Jazz is on?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (ofTez)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (oC40p)
Posted by: Emilio Lizardo, Ph.D. at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (fH8IH)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (AURKQ)
LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (bim/x)
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (D7e/V)
What we saw yesterday was a similar travesty of justice. I almost never mocked ace's shelving capabilities. I was kind and supportive and even offered help.
It was someone else (garrett) who I won't name (garrett) who has been relentless in his shelving shame. But instead of punishing the guilty (garrett), ace picked on an innocent bystander, me.
Two sets of justice.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (/tuJf)
On the brightside you can now hire two thugs to handle all your dirty work andwrite them off on your taxes as personal trainers.
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (TAmPV)
I'm in favor of trail by combat.
The armor, sword and shield version.
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: jmel at March 26, 2019 11:28 AM
Hold my beer.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y29dsac7
Posted by: Suffolk County DA Rollins at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Iblis at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (9221z)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
"we" ? Why do so many of the nics here speak for all, instead of for themselves?
Is everyone here in lock-step then?
Posted by: slowdown at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (NAbCm)
--
The only crime he actually committed (putting aside the mail stuff) was a minor process crime of lying to the police.
Which, unless you're Martha Stewart, is not something most people go to jail for.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM
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Wut?
Posted by: Michael Flynn at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (pMGkg)
What we saw yesterday was a similar travesty of justice. I almost never mocked ace's shelving capabilities. I was kind and supportive and even offered help.
It was someone else (garrett) who I won't name (garrett) who has been relentless in his shelving shame. But instead of punishing the guilty (garrett), ace picked on an innocent bystander, me.
Two sets of justice.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (/tuJf)
It was necessary to counteract all your 'being right' privilege.
Just be glad we aren't in Classical Greece.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (bcbK8)
.....
Does anyone really believe that there is a cadre of fake lynchers that were holding off on their hoaxes until they saw this outcome?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (gCzjH)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (66n07)
Aww, and here I was all ready to keep not watching that show....
uh, wait a second...
Yeah. OK. All is well. Carry on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (AURKQ)
He conspired with two others to lie to the police. That's criminal
conspiracy, and they have sworn testimony and a check that proves it."
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:10 PM (ju9gW)
Which is why I strongly suspect that none of us will ever see the Nigerian Brothers again.
But as I think on this, I think Kim Fox has made a mistake - this is
too heavyhanded, too gross a display of raw political power. In many
ways, it's like the Kashoggi killing in Istanbul; someone powerful
thinks they're so powerful that they can get away with doing something
awful in public, where everyone can see it. We'll see if that works out
for Kim Fox.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:14 PM (Kpl3J)
Not gonna hold my breath that Foxx will be called to the carpet. But, this is all to protect Kamala right now. She was in on it. They are taking some serious risks by dropping charges and sealing the record for what is essentially a BS story......unless Kamala is involved.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: sharon at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (ofTez)
LOL.
Winner!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (K8LjS)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (ofTez)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (ptqGC)
Two sets of justice.
Posted by: JackStraw
So, you're saying that Garrett was shlaming?
Posted by: pep at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (wW03z)
Two sets of justice.
...
all that wacky weed is affecting your memory. You have taken MULTIPLE VICIOUS SHOTS at me about shelving. You almost seemed to take PLEASURE in it.
Go back to your ganja, Buffalo Soldier.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (PbpT7)
1. why Kim Foxx recused herself in February but suddenly intervened by dismissing charges in March
2. why Superintendent Eddie Johnson went along with this and for what reasons
3. who wanted this deal made for Smollett,
4. why that deal was made
5. what was the payoff or quid pro quo for completing such a deal
Federal DOJ needs to send investigators into that office IMMEDIATELY and open an investigation into this madness.
Posted by: Nevyan at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM (a7HML)
1.) She's black, female and entitled--she does what the Hell she wants
2,) He ain't crossing Barry and Michelle
3.) See #2
4.) Trump got off, so now Jussie will too.
5.) To be worked out later.....
Posted by: JoeF. at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (NFEMn)
It's all just too blatant.
Posted by: pep at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM
I agree with you - Jussie never was more than a clown. They've just blown all of their credibility on saving a clown who wasn't worth saving.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (K8LjS)
That's really weird to me.
As I said upthread, the only time I ever saw people forfeit bonds was when they fled the state and the prosecutors office had to pay to transport the assholes back from wherever it was they got picked up on a bench warrant. Mayybe once or twice for people who no showed on a court appearance, but even then...
the idea behind bail is not supposed to be punishment, it's supposed to be an incentive to show up for court.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (GBteo)
Yup. The orders are to double and triple-down on everything. Of course Jussie was attacked by racist MAGA supporters, everything you heard from the CPD were racist lies. Of course Trump is guilty of treason with Russia, everything you heard from Mueller was just partisan lies. Of course there isn't a border crisis. Everything you hear about caravans and MS 13 members is just white supremacist lies.
They really are going to put us through all of this.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (ju9gW)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (r/xAU)
I'm in favor of trail by combat.
The armor, sword and shield version.
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (gmo/4)
In a big outdoor arena. We could sell tickets.
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (gmo/4)
Out with the old Chicago machine and in with the new.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (4+lhO)
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Which is why you would typically expect a plea to a misdeamor of filing a false report with bond forfeited and community service already rendered.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (sX1BW)
claims of innocence, first. Then next week we'll be back to "racist MAGA
incident against thoughtful actor."
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 26, 2019 12:23 PM (Rarvo)
Why shouldn't they ? It works. If I tell a lie, and you don't fight it - right on the spot - that lie becomes true. And everyone that listened to that lie and didn't push back on it just bought onto that lie - hook, line, and sinker.
I've seen crafty managers use that in meetings more times than I can count.
The only way things like Fake Lynchings go away is if and when Republicans start doing it better than Democrats.
Posted by: Rorschach at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (cYHwj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: nip at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (DfGpI)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (oZ6kz)
>>Go back to your ganja, Buffalo Soldier.
I'll just assume you are in pain and that's the hunger talking.
I will pray for your healing and enlightenment.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (/tuJf)
It's all just too blatant.
Posted by: pep at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (wW03z)
That's what i'm thinking too. I mean, even the friggin' Today Show mocked Jussie. The Dems I know all admit he lied.
The SJWs will claim he was innocent, but most people know better. It's like the OJ trial.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (d6Ksn)
Go back to your ganja, Buffalo Soldier.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (PbpT7)
oy, should I go hide for telling you to chose the reverse on your drill that specific day? I did offer to come help you, so that should count.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (r/xAU)
Which, unless you're Martha Stewart, is not something most people go to jail for.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM
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Wut?
Posted by: Michael Flynn at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (pMGkg)
News to me.
Posted by: George Papadopoulus at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (XROPS)
Obama was never really involved in machine politics in Chicago, but his mentors and supporters certainly were..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (so+oy)
And here I am thinking, you idiots they would do it for free.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (39g3+)
"We believe justice shouldn't be blind"
Deaf and dumb too!
Posted by: Paladin at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (wVcNm)
Rank and file FBI/DOJ furious
Still not furious enough to do a damn thing about it
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (Xvo1a)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 26, 2019 12:26 PM (oC40p)
Yeah, the procedure was very odd. It was designed so that his PR people / lawyers can say "he was exonerated."
But prosecutors have a lottt of discretion in how they handle their jobs and cases.
If something inappropriate happened here on the prosecution side (and it very well might have), that would be a separate issue.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (GBteo)
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And that is the real crime. We now all know who this guy is unfortunately.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (sX1BW)
"Chicago police union wants federal investigation into Kim Foxx's handling of Jussie Smollett case"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (Hk+Y0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2019 12:25 PM (bim/x)
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I know I'm a broken record, but we sure could use a law making a false accusation come with an immediate maximum-charge punishment that would equal whatever the rape/hate crime would've threatened the perpetrator.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (ApUNS)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 26, 2019 12:29 PM (MIKMs)
Pre-Order your new machine now and get a month's supply of gender fluid absolutely free!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (AURKQ)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (oZ6kz)
He was inciting hatred purposefully.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (oZ6kz)
Don't tease me
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:28 PM (GBteo)
It's a tax!!!
Posted by: Chief Jussie Benedict Roberts at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (K8LjS)
Which, unless you're Martha Stewart, is not something most people go to jail for.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM
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Wut?
Posted by: Michael Flynn at March 26, 2019 12:27 PM (pMGkg)
News to me.
Posted by: George Papadopoulus at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (XROPS)
Fantastic!
Posted by: Roger Stone at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (XROPS)
The legal system seems to me to be basically Lawyer Thunderdome. Two lawyers enter--one lawyer leaves. It has to do with hiding information, disqualifying witnesses, discredited evidence, etc. "Right" and "wrong" aren't even allowed in the building.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (AB9tT)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (Xvo1a)
Got those nice pensions to think about.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (d6Ksn)
FFS we are not a nation of laws.
Lets all just start anarchy in the streets everywhere. fuck it.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Rank and file FBI/DOJ furious
Still not furious enough to do a damn thing about it
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Oh they will do something about it. But it will probably be self-serving, something you don't like, and something we never hear about.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (sX1BW)
Another bit about Smollett: His mom was a Black Panther
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (W+vEI)
Of course she was. "Jussie" is street for "Kill Whitey."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (ptqGC)
I hereby invoke my trivia which has dis-endeared me to some.
The "ay ay ay, ay ay ay ay" riff in Buffalo Soldier is totally stolen from the Banana Splits song.
Listen and you will never unhear it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (W+vEI)
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*cough* COUGAR *cough*
....oh.
You meant the radicals from the 60s
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (U7k5w)
Kim Foxx is as dirty and corrupt as hell. She comes across as a grievance mongering bitch who is going to get even with The Man
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (OLCnA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (aKsyK)
Oh Tater, you are just a parody of every nasty thing people say about you now.
Posted by: El Kabong at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (datdl)
Sort of true except the MFM fully believed Jussie's b.s. accusations so we can tie it back to media malfeasance for political goals still.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (Dh1wo)
"Chicago police union wants federal investigation into Kim Foxx's handling of Jussie Smollett case"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 12:31 PM (Hk+Y0)
Because the police department and the Chicago FBI just got their faces smothered in shit and look like they failed miserably.
They should NOT be happy right now.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (YslsA)
But if charges were dropped, what legal basis do they have to do this?
Jussie should demand his money back
He already Paolied the prosecutor after all
Posted by: VMs phone at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (6MQK/)
It just might work.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (D7e/V)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Black Slaves Invented Cooking at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (ApUNS)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (oZ6kz)
I really don't think so.
Incitement is a very specific crime, I don't have the elements of it for my state, let alone Illinois, in front of me, but basically anything short of saying "YOU IN THE ANGRY MOB, GO MURDER THOSE TWO PEOPLE OVER THERE" is pretty much protected by the 1st amendment.
There has to be an element of imminence to it... There's some SCOTUS cases on this subject, I don't remember all t he details though.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (GBteo)
We almost lost the damn state to Stacy "Teefus" Abrams because of you fucking carpetbagging fuckers.
Stay in Shitcago, you assholes.
Posted by: mikeyG at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (MJQRs)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (AB9tT)
That's the whole damn point. It's a blessing, in fact.
I don't want a system predicated on "right" and "wrong" when 99% of the people in charge are flat out evil, and have no conception of what "right" and "wrong" are.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (AURKQ)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (so+oy)
If you then go back out and start running your mouth that you are innocent and continue to rub the cop's noses in your turd then WTF? We are back a square one. Smollett calling for the police to investigate a crime. It's hard to square that circle.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (ymnmz)
Posted by: nip at March 26, 2019 12:35 PM (DfGpI)
But if charges were dropped, what legal basis do they have to do this?
Jussie should demand his money back
He already Paolied the prosecutor after all
Posted by: VMs phone at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (6MQK/)
Yeah, I kind of agree.
I don't know of any legal basis for them to keep the bail money, unless he skipped out on a hearing or something.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:35 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at March 26, 2019 12:35 PM (TAmPV)
You can't do that easily. Because what will happen is lefties will rape people, the victims will come forward and then be prosecuted for a hoax and then imprisoned.
Think the Left wouldn't do that? Of course they would. You can't have victims put in the line of fire like that. They will NEVER come forward.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2019 12:35 PM (ofTez)
Jane D'oh, be prepared to hear more of this. Obastard and his beard have
been uncharacteristically silent these past two years. I think they're
busy behind the scenes, creating chaos in the Dem party so Mooch can
ride in as the party's savior.
It just might work.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (D7e/V)
Unleash the Lindsey!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:35 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:33 PM (U7k5w)
Good idea--while the LIVs are looking at Smollet.....
Posted by: JoeF. at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (NFEMn)
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (XROPS)
Yup. Just ask our two resident experts. I mean, even the Founders acknowledged we peons must accept that "justice" amounts to nothing more than what comes out the back end of a sausage grinder. Right?
Posted by: WVinMN at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (IZaNW)
He is going full powerbottom for Jussie on CNN right now.
Posted by: El Kabong at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (PPbDD)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (GBteo)"
Again, you're talking case law and precedent as if this was a sober legal decision. This was 100% political. No white man that faked a hate crime committed by two black men and lied on National TV about it would be getting off with just a forfeit bond and having their records sealed.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (JoUsr)
Posted by: Trent Reznor at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (dLnSm)
been uncharacteristically silent these past two years. I think they're
busy behind the scenes, creating chaos in the Dem party so Mooch can
ride in as the party's savior.
It just might work.
Posted by: creeper at March 26, 2019 12:34 PM (D7e/V)
I honestly think she would never win the election
Posted by: JoeF. at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (NFEMn)
Posted by: CN at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (U7k5w)
were you the one who told Harry Pothead over here "smoke this, it's good for you"?
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (PbpT7)
This is exactly what would happen when there were problems. White kids would get punished and black kids would get nothing for the exact same issue.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2019 12:11 PM (/tuJf)
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I taught at a high school in Philadelphia in the 70's.
Not yet 21 when I started, just out of college.
My maiden name is Spanish but not obviously so.
The first thing other teachers told me was to pretend I was Italian.
Dead serious and damned good advice.
The black students had NOTHING to fear from the school system. But they respected the Mafia.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (Rxduq)
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'Foxx, Foxx..' where have I heard that name before?
Oh, yeah, Anthony Foxx, the Dem mayor of Charlotte who arranged the $10 Million loan to finance the Dem Nat. Convention, which they defaulted on.
Of course, after the election, Obama appointed him Sec. of Transportation.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (xSo9G)
Chicago police furious
Rank and file FBI/DOJ furious
They're angry!
https://youtu.be/T5sRZ861gKc
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (aKsyK)
I hereby invoke my trivia which has dis-endeared me to some.
The "ay ay ay, ay ay ay ay" riff in Buffalo Soldier is totally stolen from the Banana Splits song.
Listen and you will never unhear it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:32 PM (fuK7c)
Truth.
The gent who actually wrote the Banana Splits song was employed by the same label the had Marley. Said label politely, but firmly, told him to "keep quiet" about the plagiarism. And, yes, I personally know this man.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (9Ni3Z)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (GBteo)
He is going full powerbottom for Jussie on CNN right now.
Posted by: El Kabong at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (datdl)
I wish there was a way to dump a truckload of potatoes in front of CNN's NY studio.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (ptqGC)
Now Jussie should sue the Chicago PD for Libel/Slandering his good name.
whichever applies...
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (PPbDD)
It's his only course of action!
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (ymnmz)
Oh, yeah, Anthony Foxx, the Dem mayor of Charlotte who arranged the $10 Million loan to finance the Dem Nat. Convention, which they defaulted on.
Of course, after the election, Obama appointed him Sec. of Transportation.
Nothing to see here, move along.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2019 12:37 PM (xSo9G)
I was thinking Redd Foxx.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: California at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (+CKkQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (Hk+Y0)
Heh, yup. Apparently Jussie's mom is good friends with Angela Davis. The guy is part of the Left's activist machine, not a random actor.
http://tinyurl.com/y25ssaxo
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (xSo9G)
Just a matter of scope here, no different.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 26, 2019 12:38 PM (37IEG)
this was a sober legal decision. This was 100% political.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (oZ6kz)
Pro Tip - A lawyer will be hard-pressed to ever admit the legal system is corrupt. Same way a basketball official will never say the ref is blind.
Posted by: Rorschach at March 26, 2019 12:39 PM (cYHwj)
But we're supposed to love and admire everything AG Holder did in his time under the corrupt as fuck Owebama administration.
FUCK the left.......WITH FIRE.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 26, 2019 11:39 AM (8XRCm)
Hmm, I would have guessed wrestling
Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 26, 2019 12:40 PM (M+Lyo)
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I think most lawyers would admit there is corruption in the system. It is an imperfect system, but is the best we have.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:40 PM (sX1BW)
Recall that this fake "attack" was followed by the introduction of Federal law against lynchings, which haven't happened in decades. Kamala Harris and the congressprogs did this.
Progs are trying to start a race war, which was also Bill Ayer's premise for his revolution where he wanted to kill 125 Million Americans so he and a couple of foreign governments could take over.
They're pushing and poking the bear. When the bear decides he's had enough and wakes up, the Progs (who control the message, the microphone and the amplifiers) will blame it on the bear. It's a classic tactic and they're using it.
#PurgeProgressivism
Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivism at March 26, 2019 12:40 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (xSo9G)
Now Jussie should sue the Chicago PD for Libel/Slandering his good name.
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Absolutely
He's already preening about his victimhood again
Posted by: VMs phone at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (6MQK/)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma
Oh, cool!
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (fuK7c)
this was a sober legal decision. This was 100% political.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:36 PM (oZ6kz)
80% political, 20% comical
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (K8LjS)
Posted by: Rorschach at March 26, 2019 12:39 PM (cYHwj)
I think corrupt is a strong word. There are certainly issues with the criminal justice system in particular, but I think overall our court system functions pretty well and english common law is, over all, a pretty solid system.
The problem is that it's easy to criticize the judicial system, it's just really hard to come up with something that would work better.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (GBteo)
what is, was.
what was, will be.
what will be, was, but will be again.
Posted by: Arnold Horshack at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (sGtp+)
iirc, she was the original killer panther group ... not the New Black Panther kinder gentler group? Holder also dismissed the 2 black panthers after the case was one ... they were intimidating voters at one polling place.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Chris M at March 26, 2019 12:42 PM (eAZVt)
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Correction, was a great solid system.
Our current civil system does suck.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:42 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Chris M at March 26, 2019 12:42 PM (eAZVt)
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You can go ahead and add that to the long list of things that won't happen in this rotten, dying system.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2019 12:42 PM (AzW6q)
NOTHING WILL COME OF THIS.
We are no longer a nation of laws.
We are a corrupt country with large swaths of shithole everywhere.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Our current civil system does suck.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:42 PM (sX1BW)
Heh, I was actually having a conversation about this with a lawyer friend recently.
It's not a bad point -- as states adopt more uniform codes, and as agencies rule make more and more in to law, our system is certainly, seemingly, transforming in to more of a civil law system.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (GBteo)
Joins
"Hand up! Don't shoot!"
The whirlwind they're sowing is going to be an F5.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (37IEG)
Posted by: Locke Common at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (YWpRe)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at March 26, 2019 12:30 PM (oZ6kz)
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This may not legally be "incitement," but your point is well taken.
After all, the whole justification of "hate crime" legislation in the first place is that these crimes create a toxic atmosphere in a pluralistic society.
Using that logic, hate hoaxes should be prosecuted as hate crimes.
And to the max --- because the entire purpose of these hoaxes is to generate division and hostility between groups.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (Rxduq)
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I think most lawyers would admit there is corruption in the system. It is an imperfect system, but is the best we have.
Posted by: SH
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Admit? They are the *promoters* of the corruption. And they know it. Have known (?), gee maybe dozens, I can't say that even one was highly principled. Character and integrity take a back seat to counter-arguments.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (CDGwz)
Quite the shame.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:45 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Locke Common at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (YWpRe)
A vast majority won't know it happened and will continue to just bend over and take it.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)
i'm too nice for that!
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:46 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2019 12:44 PM (CDGwz)
It's more complicated than that.
As a lawyer, you have a duty to zealously advocate for your client. If you're a criminal defense attorney (which I'm not), that means doing everything you legally can to defend your client, who may be horrible person who does horrible things.
Again, I get it -- the system is not perfect. But what is the alternative?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:46 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:46 PM (r/xAU)
Which, unless you're Martha Stewart, is not something most people go to jail for.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:24 PM
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Wut?
Posted by: Michael Flynn
Da Fuq?
Posted by: Scooter Libby at March 26, 2019 12:47 PM (e1q4h)
And if it is, it shouldn't be.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
You know there is a very famous book that proposes that the penalty for making false charges would be the same penalties of the alleged crime.
But hey, the left says we're so much more wiser than some silly make believe God.
Posted by: doesky2 at March 26, 2019 12:47 PM (OpyxE)
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corruption is correlated with the amount of money that can be brought to bear. + politics
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 26, 2019 12:47 PM (PPbDD)
The whole thing with Soros funding Media Matters as an agitprop propaganda machine .... maybe also some form of racketeering. Especailly as they coordinate with the DNC ...
then add in all the SJWs in social media blockading/censoring people based on politics ... breaking their own agreements of standards ... which itself is a "two way contract". As with law, I would guess the social media contract must be the same for all parties, uniformly applied? The attacks from within the social media reveal malicious and fraudulent intent.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: House Atreides at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (e1q4h)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (now3g)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:46 PM (r/xAU)
I didn't inhale.......did YOU!!???
Posted by: BJ Clinton at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (GBteo)
Both facts are entirely true. That is also when real Americans will conclude that lawyers aren't much good to them alive, and start planning for alternatives.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (JH+YW)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:46 PM (r/xAU)
I didn't inhale.......did YOU!!???
Posted by: BJ Clinton at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)
well yes I've done both, and inhaled one.
Once.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:49 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (GBteo)
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So, I'm the boss until you can come up with something better.
Posted by: AOC at March 26, 2019 12:50 PM (vDqXW)
Posted by: willow
Willow in a beanbag chair, getting high while watching JackStraw's hair getting blown back in that Maxell ad.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 26, 2019 12:50 PM (fuK7c)
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Here I point out that hate crime laws are not part of our common law.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:50 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (JH+YW)
Yikes, well let's hope it doesn't come to THAT.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:50 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:51 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (JH+YW)
Yikes, well let's hope it doesn't come to THAT.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
A tad late methinks.
Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at March 26, 2019 12:51 PM (e1q4h)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:52 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: nip at March 26, 2019 12:52 PM (DfGpI)
lets' have a vote?
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:53 PM (r/xAU)
Thing is, Jussie didn't seem to have top leftists helping him with his pathetic scheme ... but he still almost got away with it appearing real.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2019 12:53 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:51 PM (r/xAU)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire has never been extended to any other fact pattern, as far as I know, so... I'm going to say pretty much never are fighting words actually a thing.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:53 PM (GBteo)
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???
Hey, I'm a fan of dueling. The law has never really figured out a way to square defamation with our 1st A without dueling as a means of remediing.
Posted by: SH at March 26, 2019 12:54 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:41 PM (GBteo)
It's not the system, itself, that is the problem. The system is generally good and important. It's the scumbags who infest the system and pervert it, at the moment, that is the problem. It's the laughable mockeries of the system that are allowed to live in the system that are the problems. It's the people who take all meaning out of English within the system and are accepted by others in the system that are the problem.
It all comes down to a lack of courage - a dearth of courageous people - people with integrity - in the system. This is always an issue in government and is why the Founders took such great pains to limit the government's (all governments') powers. But that also fed the problem since courageous people don't tend to go into areas that are already limited in scope.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:54 PM (K8LjS)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:55 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: Paladin at March 26, 2019 12:55 PM (wVcNm)
One of them died in a "car accident" a couple of weeks back.
So, not so well.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 26, 2019 12:48 PM (now3g)
Run over by his brother?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:55 PM (K8LjS)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:55 PM (r/xAU)
Look they let Hillary bumble away Scot free from her many many crimes, none of which involved washing line or bleach, and she's an old fat assed white bitch who literally, cannot be trusted to not fall over.
So it's only right that a light loafered twofer, a black man who can sing and dance, he can open in Broadway, and later that night in Fire Island, such a talent cannot be caged.
Posted by: Jussie Molest at March 26, 2019 12:56 PM (OFzX4)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2019 12:56 PM (Dh1wo)
COB needs to look at this. I know it's coded, but I've learned how to code.
Posted by: Newest Nic at March 26, 2019 12:57 PM (jYje5)
blm ?
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:58 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 26, 2019 12:56 PM (Dh1wo)
***********
This was my very first time being first.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2019 12:58 PM (RBOtF)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 12:55 PM (r/xAU)
Well, the fact pattern in that case was kind of weird. NH had a law at the time against speech that intentionally offended people. A law which I don't think would ever pass 1st amendment muster in this day in age.
A dude called a cop a fascist or some such nonsense and was arrested for that.
The supreme court upheld NH's law on the theory that some things are so offensive that they aren't protected by the 1st amendment.
It's a REALLY weird case, and a really weird outcome.
Keep in mind that this was the 40's, post Lochner-era court, and a lot of FDR picked / progressive nutjob justices were on the court.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 12:58 PM (GBteo)
hmm, interesting I don't know that that is really valuable to anyone or conversely way too valuable to anyone.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 01:00 PM (r/xAU)
It all comes down to a lack of courage - a dearth of courageous people - people with integrity - in the system. This is always an issue in government and is why the Founders took such great pains to limit the government's (all governments') powers.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 26, 2019 12:54 PM (K8LjS)
Checks and balances, right? The problem is, the balancing forces are completely co-opted. If not for one brave man in the Presidency, the American people would have no elite advocates at all. Which is FINE, the Revolution made do with some planters, a brewer, and whatever Patrick Henry did. But right now the American people would be unquestionably better off if Donald Trump ordered the Marines to gun down the House of Representatives. Even the Republican side. Especially the Republican side.
The system is not designed for a foreign, totalitarian influence that malignantly permits incompatible minorities to usurp the American people. It is wholly incompatible to rule a people without God or a common culture.
Posted by: trev006 at March 26, 2019 01:00 PM (JH+YW)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 01:00 PM (GBteo)
while I understand his inciting and why we have to be wary, pretty much any speech could also be thus.
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 01:01 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: CrustyB at March 26, 2019 01:01 PM (ToSAM)
He's now known to the public at large and given people a reason to hate him. Also, what rational person would take him seriously if he reported the exact same crime next week? Actually, don't answer that...everyone who believed him the first time would be all-in the second time.
Posted by: tinymeats at March 26, 2019 01:02 PM (gJAok)
This is going to open the flood gates for fake hate lynchings EVERYWHERE.
We're fucked.
Posted by: Sponge at March 26, 2019 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)
It'll get bad enough that state and local governments will make wearing a MAGA hat a crime. Watch for it. It's coming.
Posted by: Sooner at March 26, 2019 01:02 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 01:03 PM (r/xAU)
Posted by: willow at March 26, 2019 01:01 PM (r/xAU)
Yeah, I highly doubt that NH law would be upheld in todays day and age on 1st amendment grounds (NH has subsequently repealed that law, by the way.)
Which is why i said it's a weird fact pattern.
Anyways, nood. I'm ascending to the new thread.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 26, 2019 01:04 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: rayj at March 26, 2019 01:05 PM (pI/IV)
on more mundane matters it works OK. But a necessary cog in the machinery is where the people rise up when little mafias/cartels form and protect their own. Chicago comes to mind, but many cities have versions of complete double standards and corruption that is rotting the country, taken as a whole.
So the people in time, need weapons to remove mafias when they take control of the system. The mafia got control in many places, by using just that sort of carrot/stick approach. Reversing it takes the same kind of "sovereign will power".
In the old Westerns, the white hat came along and killed the black hat bad sheriff. Doesn't happen now ... so we flail ... and fail, and descend into control by the cartels and special groups. The guild protects its own.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2019 01:05 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at March 26, 2019 01:17 PM (jWe5r)
Posted by: sillyme at March 26, 2019 01:20 PM (+2aqz)
Posted by: soulpile at March 26, 2019 01:44 PM (wJAJb)
Say it ain't so.
Posted by: firefirefire at March 26, 2019 02:04 PM (LVVMh)
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Posted by: firefirefire at March 26, 2019 02:12 PM (LVVMh)
Posted by: MikeN at March 26, 2019 02:14 PM (o/eHL)
I am also just cynical enough to believe that this was done on purpose.
This is Chicago, after all.
Posted by: El Polacko at March 26, 2019 03:01 PM (ix0A8)
Posted by: Beverly at March 26, 2019 05:01 PM (n3hU5)
Posted by: I am not corey Booker at March 26, 2019 10:48 PM (nRj4F)
1) Kim Foxx is a very publicly political protege of Cook County Board President Tori Preckwinkle. Preckwinkle, a black female, is running for mayor in a runoff-election this coming Tuesday against Lori Lightfoot, a black lesbian who has been a corporate lawyer in a firm that has defended corporations and Republicans. Preckwinkle says that makes Lightfoot evil. Lightfoot says Preckwinkle is part of the Machine and there will be no reform under her. Lightfoot also has served on Chicago's Police Review Board. Ex-Rep. Bobby Rush proclaimed that if Lightfoot is elected the blood of every black person shot by the police will be on her hands. Preckwinkle refused to disavow his statement. The Smollett situation makes Lightfoot's claims about the Machine more credible. She is now expected to win.
2) Kim Foxx is reputed to have had political ambitions above her current office. She was an up-and-coming Democrat. Those ambitions are likely dead.
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