Charges Dropped in the Jussie Smollett Case

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hog88 said:
Yes but shouldn’t we expect better?
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If this was a small time case where it made little more than the local bylines in the newspapers, I'd agree.

With the amount of national media coverage this got, the hammer needs to be dropped. Furthermore, if the FBI starts taking a look at the local DA and finds corruption in their ranks before nailing them to the wall, I'm all for it.

I generally agree the local level solutions need to be applied. However, we are talking about Chicago here.
 
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Vol737 said:
I pray to God I never have to rely on this justice system if my freedom were hanging in the balance. If there's any question the country isn't already lost, this should answer it. Every last player has a motive, from sitting judges to politicians and prosecutors. And they will apply their pressure to fit their narrative or motives. God help us all.
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If you're a young, black, gay man, you're good to go.
 
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hog88 said:
Feds have no business in this and Trump needs to keep his mouth shut about it.
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Had a local PD in Oklahoma doing some shady ****. The fbi stepped in and **** them down. Sometimes the feds are the only ones that can handle corruption at the local level
 
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C-south said:
Maybe but I’d rather justice be dealt at whatever cost. Fake hate crimes need to be dealt with the same severity as actual ones.
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C-south said:
Maybe but I’d rather justice be dealt at whatever cost. Fake hate crimes need to be dealt with the same severity as actual ones.
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That is an absurd position. Some hate crimes can get the death penalty. You think capital punishment would be appropriate for a fake hate potentially? Good think our constitution protects us from absurdity like this.
 
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volfanhill said:
That is an absurd position. Some hate crimes can get the death penalty. You think capital punishment would be appropriate for a fake hate potentially? Good think our constitution protects us from absurdity like this.
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And had a race war kicked off and people killed over a hoax?
The above is my issue with this. This could have been very bad.
 
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volfanhill said:
I must have missed the race war that took place in the two weeks this POS went from victim to culprit.
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Fortunately it didn’t happen. But very easily could have if the police didn’t expose the BS quickly.

You can’t just gloss over this. 16 felonies and he gets community service. That’s crap man.
 
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Obsessed said:
Fortunately it didn’t happen. But very easily could have if the police didn’t expose the BS quickly.

You can’t just gloss over this. 16 felonies and he gets community service. That’s crap man.
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I am not trying to gloss over it. He should be charged and stand trail for this felonies.

However, the assertation that anyone faking a hate crime should be punished like they actualy comittied the hate crime is absurd.
 
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Mick said:
Apparently he is the victim of prosecutorial misconduct. Why else do you think they dropped the charges?
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The prosecutors office didn’t say that. They said they felt he was punished enough by the community service and the forfeiture of his bail. And then this POS doubles down and says he was innocent of all charges and he couldn’t be “his mothers son” if he lied about this.
 
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Obsessed said:
Fortunately it didn’t happen. But very easily could have if the police didn’t expose the BS quickly.

You can’t just gloss over this. 16 felonies and he gets community service. That’s crap man.
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this never got the attention some of the earlier stuff got. Ferguson or Baltimore. It was a political move but there was no sudden shift towards civil unrest because of it.
 
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Mick said:
Apparently he is the victim of prosecutorial misconduct. Why else do you think they dropped the charges?
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Lol. Bro..you tighten down that tin foil hat too much?

He is the benefactor of prosecutor misconduct
 
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volfanhill said:
The prosecutors office didn’t say that. They said they felt he was punished enough by the community service and the forfeiture of his bail. And then this POS doubles down and says he was innocent of all charges and he couldn’t be “his mothers son” if he lied about this.
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Sure thing, Throw the book at someone then drop the charges. That fact has led to the DOJ and FBI getting involved. Do I think he has been exonerated, no. I think you have completely ignored the investigative shortcomings that led to the charges being dropped. Like I said before, the POS descriptor for Smollett is accurate IMO.
 
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Mick said:
Sure thing, Throw the book at someone then drop the charges. That fact has led to the DOJ and FBI getting involved. Do I think he has been exonerated, no. I think you have completely ignored the investigative shortcomings that led to the charges being dropped. Like I said before, the POS descriptor for Smollett is accurate IMO.
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Where has anyone claimed prosecutorial misconduct? I haven’t seen it.
 
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nuclearjunky said:
So the prosecutor actively seeking to help the person she was prosecuting for felony crimes is grounds for dismissal of all charges based on prosecutorial misconduct? Is that really what your suggesting?
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No. hill hadn't heard about any of that and I was informing him.
 
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