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Rafe wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:43 pm

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:13 pm
The question is: will he really be punished? At least 3 years of prison would be punishment - community service is not. And I have no illusions that this will end the false racism hoaxes. i was nearby when Sharpton pulled the Tawana Brawley fiasco for which he has never paid any price. Until there is a pattern of punishment against such false claims, they will continue.

I'm hopeful on this one. There seem to be a lot of factors working against Smollett, and I'd be surprised if he gets off with a slap on the wrist...even in Chicago. One factor an interviewed defense attorney brought up was that this was a bit different than a simple innocent-or-guilty scenario. He said perhaps the defense's greatest mistake was letting Smollett take the stand. Since he is was accused of staging the incident, then if the verdict repudiated his statements--which it has--then he wasn't committing simple perjury under oath...it was a planned and premeditated action. In other words, there can be no presumption of remorse in hoping for leniency because the very nature of the continued sham and perjury precludes remorse. This was a despicable act done purely for self-aggrandizement. I would hope that narcissistic motive weighs into the penalty, as well.

BTW, count 6, the one that came back not guilty, was (near as I can understand it) the wearing of a hood or mask to conceal one's identity during the commission of aggravated assault. He claimed his "attackers" put a hood over his head, but the not-guilty makes perfect sense because Smollett wasn't trying to conceal his identity...he couldn't wait to announce the purported blow-by-blow to the world everywhere he could get air-time, including (like our buddy Alec Baldwin) a prime-time segment on ABC news.

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:13 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:31 pm
Hate hoax's are so destructive they need to be severely punished. Putting an end to hate means ending these hoax's that have become rampant. Now maybe we can get rid of the guy who said bridges are racist.

The question is: will he really be punished? At least 3 years of prison would be punishment - community service is not. And I have no illusions that this will end the false racism hoaxes. i was nearby when Sharpton pulled the Tawana Brawley fiasco for which he has never paid any price. Until there is a pattern of punishment against such false claims, they will continue.

Paladin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:31 pm

Rafe wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:22 pm Smollett verdict: guilty on first 5 counts, not guilty on count 6. No real details yet; no cameras inside courtroom. But he was found guilty of staging a purported hate crime on himself.

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/jussie-smollett-trial

Hate hoax's are so destructive they need to be severely punished. Putting an end to hate means ending these hoax's that have become rampant. Now maybe we can get rid of the guy who said bridges are racist.

philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:07 pm

People in Chicago confuse Puerto Rican flag with Confederate flag and pull man and woman from car, murder man, critically wound woman leave bodies in street. Caution video extremely real.

It’s National Puerto Rico day and Juneteenth.

philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:26 pm https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/13/us/chica ... index.html

Former Marine veteran pushed into a metro train dies. 18 yo arrested. Skin head?

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:31 am https://news.yahoo.com/police-multiple- ... 54073.html

13 shot at house party honoring the birthday of someone murdered in Chicago earlier.

New mayor off to a great start. Will she blame the gun?

anygunanywhere wrote:These people are morons to think that their plan will work.

The people that vote for these morons are idiots.

Anygunanywhere

philip964 wrote:http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article ... 264901.php

First lady Michelle attends young teens funeral.

RIP.

This website allows you to track on a map the locations of the murders in gun free Chicago. This is January 43 murders.

http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/date/2013/01/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

5 so far in February.

Tells you something when a city that has few legal guns has a website devoted to locating homicides.