Police sources: New evidence suggests Jussie Smollett orchestrated attack

[underpants]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/16/entertainment/jussie-smollett-attack/index.html

Chicago (CNN)Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that Chicago Police believe Jussie Smollett paid two men to orchestrate the assault.

The brothers, who were arrested Wednesday, were released without charges Friday after Chicago police cited the discovery of "new evidence." The sources told CNN that the two men are now cooperating fully with law enforcement.

The sources told CNN that there are records that show the two brothers purchased the rope found around Smollett's neck at an Ace Hardware store in Chicago.

[BlueintheSTL]

1. What a complete and utter fucking moron

How the hell did he actually think he could get away with this in 2019??? This is a slap in the face of victims to ACTUAL federal hate crime attacks. Hopefully he will go to jail for quite a while. This is also lesson to lot of people to stop RUSHING TO JUDGEMENT! You do not need to immediately to take a position right after a story breaks. Let the story develop as additional information/facts come to light. This is not too much to ask.

[Blue_true]

17. What reason on Earth would he have for doing that?

This is potentially devastating to real victims of hate crimes.

If this all is true, his career is as good as done.

[CatMor]

2. What on earth did Smollett expect to accomplish ..

It is so bizarre. Just to get his name in the news I guess.

[BlueStater]

3. Well, he's ruined his career, life, and reputation for absolutely no reason.

And gave the MAGA morons a chance to whine endlessly about being victims.

Great fucking job, you weirdo.

[underpants]

4. That's why I posted it.

The RW media is going to be all over this.

Ignore the Parkland shooter or the MAGA bomber and they think the Covington kids were a win.

[helpisontheway]

12. Yup..I noticed they kept showing his picture on Fox while I was at the gym

I was not listening to that channel but noticed Jussie’s Picture on the screen for quite a while.

[underpants]

18. Funny I was at the gym yesterday morning too

He was on Fox a lot and then I had the pleasure of seeing some guy discussing the Green New Deal state publicly that it's namesake The New Deal didn't work.

[Blues Heron]

5. GoFundMe scam possibly? split the loot three ways?

[musicblind]

6. Brian Seltzer, on CNN, said there were rumors

Smollett thought they might kill off his Empire character and wanted to prevent that???

[Jarqui]

7. Not good if true

Brutal impact on his career

But worse, I fear others suffering such attacks for real are more likely to get more skeptical responses ...

[FreeState]

10. This

If true he’s contributed to a social construct that hurts some of the most vulnerable among society.

[Ms. Toad]

14. As to the second - yes.

Assuming this new evidence pans out, now everytime we suggest that hate crime victims rarely lie, this prominent incident will be thrown up as an example that they do - and the exception will swallow the rule.

[at140]

8. Make the moron pay for all the Police man-hours

spent in investigating a fake crime.

[ADX]

9. *In my Ricky Ricardo voice*...

..."Jussie, you got some 'splainin' to do..."

[temporary311]

11. I'd hoped the fishiness was just my imagination.

But it stank like backwards B girl's story stank. Hopefully this doesn't hurt people who are victims of actual hate crimes.

[ripcord]

13. I think many had that feeling

But you always hope you are wrong.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. Once news broke that they worked on his show, this stood out as huge possibility

I wanted to hear they were total strangers.

I'm always amazed at pea-brained schemes. The true crime programs are loaded with this type of thing. We anticipated a few variables, like direction of the surveillance cameras immediately overhead.

What could possibly go wrong?

[madville]

16. CBS Chicago is saying that the brothers were paid $3500

and promised $500 upon their return to Chicago.