This case drives home the fact that there just aren't enough hate crimes being committed in the US to satisfy the Left.  They have to manufacture hate crimes in order to draw attention to the "problem" and themselves.  But, I digress...

Smollett was found guilty of the first 5 charges and not guilty of the sixth.

The 39-year-old "Empire" alum was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct related to
false statements to Chicago police officers in regard to a 2019 hate crime against himself. In
2019, he claimed that two men attacked him due to his skin color and sexual orientation.

Since being accused of staging the attack, Smollett has maintained his innocence and said
during his two-day testimony that "there was no hate crime hoax from my standpoint."

Prosecutors, however, argued that Smollett carried out a "dry run" of the attack the day before
it occurred in 2019.

The charge is a class 4 felony that carries a prison sentence of up to three years, but experts
have said if convicted, Smollett would likely be placed on probation and ordered to perform
community service.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-verdict-alleged-hate-crime-hoax-trial

We'll have to follow up with the sentencing after it's official.

White privilege?  More like "politically and celebrity connected" privilege.  Same thing that got the charges dropped and the records sealed the first time...

https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=33579.msg298651#msg298651

The Quartering live streamed the verdict and commented...#justiceforjussie

Jussie was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in the Cook County Jail, 30 months of felony probation, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a $25,000 fine for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019.

After the judge announced his sentence, Smollett lowered his face mask and said he was innocent.
"Your honor, I respect you and I respect the jury, but I did not do this," the actor told the judge, before
turning to the court. "And I am not suicidal. And if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did
not do it to myself. And you must all know that."

Just before he was taken into custody, the actor yelled again that he was innocent and raised a fist in
the air.

Cook County Judge James Linn spoke for more than 30 minutes before announcing Smollett's sentence,
telling the actor that he wrote the script and picked the actors for the hoax, and that his premeditation for
the act was an "aggravating factor" in the case.

"There's a side of you that has this arrogance, and selfishness and narcissism that's just disgraceful," the
judge said. "You're not a victim of a racial hate crime, you're not a victim of a homophobic hate crime.
You're just a charlatan pretending to be a victim of a hate crime, and that's shameful."

The judge ordered Smollett to be held in protective custody "by Mr. Smollett's request and this court's
recommendation," according to court documents obtained by CNN.

On Friday, the actor was being housed "in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras in the cell
and by an officer wearing a body worn camera who is stationed at the entrance of the cell to ensure that
Mr. Smollett is under direct observation at all times," the Cook County Sheriff's Office said.

The office stressed Smollett was not being held in solitary confinement, noting he is entitled to "substantial
time out of his cell" and is able to use a telephone, watch TV and interact with staff.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/us/jussie-smollett-sentencing-trial/index.html

Waiting for the Nigerian brothers to sue for defamation and slander.  When Jussie changed his story and said they did the deed of their own volition, he basically called them liars and criminals.

How much fuel did this one person (can't call him a man) pour on the racial and political division in this country -- and for what?  To get a bigger paycheck?

The news told the weak minded what to believe and say. Like other things as well.

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Here's a fun op-ed from Kim Foxx. Guess she has time to write op-eds instead of prosecuting.

Chicago Sun-Times: Kim Foxx: In Jussie Smollett case, our justice system failed. Here’s how and why..
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/10/22971657/jussie-smollett-case-our-justice-system-failed-states-attorney-kim-foxx-op-ed

Some sort of weird not accepting you were in the wrong, blaming everyone else, and saying that it will lead to an inequitable future if we continue to demand that people don't commit hate crimes.

Here's a fun op-ed from Kim Foxx. Guess she has time to write op-eds instead of prosecuting.

Chicago Sun-Times: Kim Foxx: In Jussie Smollett case, our justice system failed. Here’s how and why..
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/10/22971657/jussie-smollett-case-our-justice-system-failed-states-attorney-kim-foxx-op-ed

Some sort of weird not accepting you were in the wrong, blaming everyone else, and saying that it will lead to an inequitable future if we continue to demand that people don't commit hate crimes.

She has no credibility.  She said she recused herself from that case, when the truth was exactly opposite.  She "faked" recusing herself without making it official, because she knew an official recusal would have required a special prosecutor be appointed.  She didn't want an impartial prosecutor she couldn't manipulate investigating the hoax.

Chief prosecutor did not officially recuse herself
from Jussie Smollett case, her office says

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/entertainment/jussie-smollett-states-attorney-recusal/index.html

She should be charged with lying too.

at least she didn't blame Trump

at least she didn't blame Trump

Im sure she did.

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at least she didn't blame Trump

This thought none of this would have happened if Trump wasn't being blamed?  Foxx said she believed Smollett, so she also believed the underlying "it's Trump's fault" narrative.

"This is MAGA Country!" 

 

He's getting sentenced and still can't help squeezing a bit more attention seeking narcissism out of the situation. Between this guy and Baldwin it makes you wonder about the amount of undiagnosed mental illness in Hollywood.

That might explain why so many of today's TV and Movies are total crap but the studios keep doubling down on the same mistakes that are destroying their business.

Let's say Jussie is telling the truth.

If so, then what really happened?  The convoluted and confusing stories Jussie kept giving throughout the investigation don't add up.

It started with a "threatening letter" made from cut up magazine clippings.  When that failed to get him noticed, he hired two people to stage an attack.  Why he felt the need to involve two others when he could have simply fabricated the attack story on his own shows he's not very bright.  Then he wrote a CHECK to the Nigerian brothers to buy supplies and pay for their assistance.

He left a "noose" made from clothes line around his neck for officers to see.  He said he had bleach poured on him.  He described White guys in MAGA hats as the attackers after midnight on the most brutally cold night of the year.  He had the ability to go home carrying is Subway sandwich -- after he was attacked!

The only part of the story that makes sense is the lack of any video of the attackers -- something Jussie planned on by choosing that location.

This story didn't pass the sniff test the first time around.  Then when the prosecutor lied about recusing herself and was found to have obstructed the investigation and trial, it became obvious he was lying.  Someone who's telling the truth doesn't need to rig the judicial process.

He's now stealing more than the 15 minutes of fame he is entitled to.  Being Gay and Black doesn't give you the right to lie to the Cops or the public.

Wonderful!  Once in a while our justice system gets it right.

Now Alec Baldwin next please.

Jussie was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in the Cook County Jail, 30 months of felony probation, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a $25,000 fine for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019.

Thats actually not bad all things considered.

I hope the fines cover the cost of the taxpayer funded investigation.

Thats actually not bad all things considered.

I hope the fines cover the cost of the taxpayer funded investigation.

Look up the word "restitution."

Look up the word "restitution."

Look up the word pretentious.

What I was saying was that I hope it covers the cost, as in all of the cost, not just some of it.

Look up the word pretentious.

What I was saying was that I hope it covers the cost, as in all of the cost, not just some of it.

Do you even bother to find answers on your own?  I read 3 articles about him repaying the cost of the investigation before this thread was updated.  "Restitution" means exactly that.   Who else would he need to repay $120K to?  Kamala Harris for the favors she burned on his behalf?

Stop being a child.  Learn how to find things on your own.