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2021-11-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Jury Selection Begins in Jussie Smollett Case More Than Two Years after Hate Crime Hoax

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Posted by Fred 2021-11-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1
Only 2 years?
I thought the plan was to run out the statue of limitations.

Shouldn't he be sued for all the damages his hoax caused also?💰

Posted by NN2N1 2021-11-30 04:06|| 2021-11-30 04:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Jury selection ended on Monday and Prosecution and Defense gave opening statements.

Prosecution has new videotape of Smollett coaching a dry run a day before the hoax.

Defense is claiming the brothers set Jussie up somehow (no I don't understand that either)

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-11-30 11:32|| 2021-11-30 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ "Bitch[ez] set me up!" is the default Urban Alibi in such matters (see Barry, Marion)

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-30 12:14|| 2021-11-30 12:14|| Front Page Top

#4 today the defense asserted that the Osudairo brothers were sophisticated con men since they had cell phones and computers

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-11-30 17:52|| 2021-11-30 17:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Chicago's great columnist John Kass: Clown Up!

Is Jussie the only clown in the drama? Oh, no. Heck no.

Liberal media carried his hateful water on their news networks and print, gushing their concern and fanning his angry race baiting flames to weaponize his claims for political purposes. And the allies of corrupt corporate legacy media–those Democratic politicians who championed him and used him, from the president on down–are now taking a rather low profile.

Media and the politicians really don’t want to be reminded of Smollett. These big, evil and rather powerful clowns hope you won’t remember their roles in the play.

But my problem is that I can’t help but remember. And isn’t it rather cruel and heartless of them to slink off and abandon Jussie in this, his time of need? So I ask them, and you, in the name of all that’s decent:

Where are the other big clowns in the Smollett case? Don’t hide in the little clown car big boys and girls. Stand up, you big clowns. Clown up!

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-30 22:24|| 2021-11-30 22:24|| Front Page Top

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