“Jussie Smollett.
Jussie Smollett.
...Is in police custody after turning himself in overnight.
He is accused of faking a hate crime after his story
of being attacked by racists fell to pieces.
This is Producers now of his show have
announced they are removing him
from the final episodes of the season.”
Jussie Smollett appeared in court Thursday after
surrendering to authorities in the early
morning on one felony count of disorderly conduct
for filing a false police report.
As a result, Chicago PD held
a press conference condemning Jussie.
“We do not, nor will we ever tolerate hate in our city.
Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain
and anger of racism to promote his career.”
Ok for the moment I’ll put aside the fact that this
came from the same department who have yet to hold their own
accountable for false claims made in the case of Laquan McDonald,
but we’ll get to hypocrisy in a minute.
Because The first half of this is reserved solely for Jussie.
A man who, allegedly, staged his own attack for personal gain.
According to reports Jussie was dissatisfied with his salary,
and so sought to utilize the divisive political climate
we live in to get ahead.
And I, along with countless others, believed him.
“I just want young people, young members of the
lgbtq community, young black children to know how strong they are.”
So, if what is alleged to be true, he took advantage of
the fact that hate crimes are on the rise according to FBI statistics,
especially towards marginalized groups in this country,
and he used that to stage a hate crime of his own,
that put others at risk.
This could have led to innocent people getting hurt.
That’s gross, and it’s never ok with me.
If you spent time and resources, like I did,
voicing your outrage over this allegation,
there's no hiding from it.
It doesn’t go away.
We must speak out against what he did.
Or else, the conversation just becomes agenda over justice.
And those who will pay the price for Jussie's actions
are those victims in the future who will have to hear his name
every time an instance, or conversation involving racism or
homophobia is brought to the surface.
Because while between 2016 - 2018
there has been an estimated 21,000 hate crimes in america,
there have been an estimated 50 reported false.
But by remaining silent on this after previously reporting on it,
I think you allow the exception to become the rule.
So I retract my previous comments on this case, as it appears
Smollett took advantage of a very sensitive issue.
He undermined the experience of those within the black lqbt
community to vilify another group of people, and gain from it.
There’s no hiding.
Hatred for Trump clouded pursuit of the truth,
and I’m not ok with that.
And I feel that those who make
false accusations should be held accountable, hence why I made
this video in the past.
"It's because they can.
It’s because there is no punishment to people
like adam or patty when they waste police time.
And that is why I’m proposing the basic bigot charges.
And I want it to be written into the laws of this nation.”
So while we’re on the subject can we hold
them accountable as well.
But now for the second part of this video.
Which speaking of Trump, the president of the united states
who wasted no time tweeting out about Jussie
while saying nothing on the coast guard who
sought to massacre democrats and notable media figures stating
and I quote ‘wanted to create a white homeland,’
let me start by saying this
in response to Trump’s ask...
“I’d just like to say,
from the bottom of me heart, I’d like to take
this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody.”
You see, there’s understanding what Jussie did was wrong,
and then there’s also historical context
to take into account when a man
who took out a full page spread to call for the deaths of the
central park 5, doubling down on his belief that they are still
guilty despite DNA evidence proving otherwise,
“And It’s more than anger, it’s hatred, and I want society to hate them.”
And has NEVER EVER APOLOGIZED,
is demanding an apology now.
And to his band of merry followers who blindly
place their allegiance towards this man, who take no issue with
the case above, or the fact he pushed the birther theory to no
apology also, and who themselves, were adamant that
the maga bomber who videoed himself at trump rallies
and had a full trump scooby doo car,
who also by the way sent me death threats,
was actually a soros funded puppet,
are now trying to lecture us on integrity - spare me.
Your hypocrisy is laughable in this instance.
So you can type ‘gotcha’ till your mum's wifi runs out,
but this case does not erase those instances,
or pizza gate, or birthergate, or the maga bomber instance,
or the countless times those preaching from their
self-mounted moral high ground, vilified an entire community
based on the actions of one.
I will learn from my reporting on this incident.
But I will never retreat to a state of skepticism over empathy.
If found guilty, Jussie smollett will have to
answer for what he did, and judging by the extent Chicago PD
have gone to, it’s very likely he will.
And all I say maybe after this they can
designate the same time and resources
or look into the false reports provided by officers in the
Laquan McDonald case.
Because it is all about justice, right?
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