News [Breaking] Jussie Smollett: All Charges dropped; Police and Chicaco Mayor respond... (1 Viewer)

[Ashla_K]

 

[QueenB]

I have so many questions....

 

[Ashla_K]

I have so many questions....

Same... but we will probably never know the truth. Not only his charges were dropped, none of the evidence would be made public because of the agreement Jussie and prosecutors came to. Unbelievable...

 

[QueenB]

Same... but we will probably never know the truth. Not only his charges were dropped, none of the evidence would be made public because of the agreement Jussie and prosecutors came to. Unbelievable...

its just so weird

 

[quinby]

........

 

[ForgottenSoul]

I really think something weird happened here if he was 100% guilty there is no way he gets off.

 

[Venomous]

Idk, despite the AG, PD, & Mayor continuing to run their mouths, something stinks and it's not just my socks. You don't just drop 16 felony charges for $100,000 & some trash picking.

 

[Ashla_K]

I really think something weird happened here if he was 100% guilty there is no way he gets off.

That's actually what bothers me the most. If they didn't find any substantial evidence against him, why they just don't say it instead of hiding the facts? For what I've seen, the nature of his case requiered to be reviewed by a grand jury, which was the one that charged him on 16 counts, based on the collected data.
Now, according to the agreement made with prosecutors, he has to pay 10k and do community service. I'm not saying that he should've gone to jail forever but this seems like a slap on the wrist for me and again, if he's innocent why are they hiding the truth?

 

[AmysTeri]

Jussie has been neither truthful nor consistent, but you know what? Whatever. He has paid his way out of this ordeal and life will continue. I do hope the full truth will come out. I hate the way the CPD handled the case, too many fishy things are happening w/ regards to the case (esp. re: Kim Foxx), and I don't even know where the FBI are in their investigation of the letter.

This entire...debacle has been ridiculous from day. one. The foolery.

 

[Venomous]

Right, now that I've seen more replies it's time I clarify that while I'm not saying Jussie is innocent, I'm also not necessarily implying he's the fishy one. Y'all are really that ready to believe a notoriously, historically corrupt justice system just like that? Do people forget Chicago PD literally just disappeared people to an off-the-books warehouse like they were playing CIA for years with no basic rights, most without access to lawyers, and that the majority of those detained there were black?

No one has clean hands here, that's for sure, but there's way too much trust in law enforcement's account, considering their very recent past.

 

[AmysTeri]

Right, now that I've seen more replies it's time I clarify that while I'm not saying Jussie is innocent, I'm also not necessarily implying he's the fishy one. Y'all are really that ready to believe a notoriously, historically corrupt justice system just like that? Do people forget Chicago PD literally just disappeared people to an off-the-books warehouse like they were playing CIA for years with no basic rights, most without access to lawyers, and that the majority of those detained there were black?

No one has clean hands here, that's for sure, but there's way too much trust in law enforcement's account, considering their very recent past.

Nope. However, CPD's notorious corruption does not make me trust Jussie Smollet's claims, and CPD's dirty track record mean that they 100% always corrupt in every case they process. (I'm not saying that you're saying that, I'm just speaking in general.)

CPD handled this entire case as if we were in a cop TV drama -- making statements before all the evidence was in, pandering to the media, posturing as if they were going to "put Jussie in his place," so to speak. But even before CPD came out with anything, some people were questioning Jussie's story because it sounded outrageous. Of course, given the climate, a lot more people were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. But then the GMA interview came, and that's when people really started to side-eye him. CPD's evidence, what little of it there may be, was enough to have people continue to question his story (while also trashing CPD, because we have a long memory when it comes to the unfairness of the justice system against AAs).

So nah, we don't place our full trust in CPD, nor did most of us forget about it. Some of us just don't believe Jussie either.