Wait: Chicago PD with RECENT history of pressuring PoC into false statements gets benefit of doubt

[uponit7771]

... but the the guy who has a history of advocating for minority rights and no criminal history does NOT !?!!?

I'll wait, especially seeing it was ... NOT ... Smollet who sealed the case so no one can see what happened.

If the CPA and CPD have done everything on the up and up let us see ... it's the CPA's choice.


Your take ?

tia

[Bettie]

1. I have no idea who or what to believe about this

but it is extremely fishy that they suddenly just said "NOPE! Nothing to see here!" and dropped (then sealed) the whole thing.

[uponit7771]

3. +1, that's my thing .. .why would the CPA seal the case if they're on the up and up !? This looks

... funny from the outset but I don't want to give the CPD the benefit of the doubt with their recent history of paying 100 million in police brutality

[Wounded Bear]

10. I'm with you on that one...

I try to avoid commenting on stories like this because the "facts" seem to be so fluid in the first few days of reportage.

Now? I don't know what to believe.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. His lawyers asked for the case to be sealed.

And that was granted by whom?

[uponit7771]

4. Are we sure it was Smollets lawyers that requested the case sealed? tia

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. According to this story, yes.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/27/jussie-smolletts-legal-team-wants-case-sealed-plan-to-file-motion-for-expungement/

But that doesn’t mean they had to do it.

[uponit7771]

6. Hmmm the story doesn't have a quote from Smollets team, I've searched and haven't ...

... found anything from his attorneys claiming it was them that asked for the case to be sealed.

I do agree the CPA and CPD doesn't have to seal the case ... I hate that Red Don is getting involved.

We'll see, I'm still not going to give the CPD the benefit of the doubt seeing their recent history of terrorizing that area to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of judgments against them.

[BlueTsunami2018]

7. I'm with you.

I’m just trying to find out how the case files got sealed.

You know Тяцмр is only sensationalizing the story because it stokes white resentment, the main catalyst for his election “victory”.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[Dr. Strange]

9. Now it's supposedly due to an error by a clerk.

WTFery abounds.

[uponit7771]

11. Yeah, somethings up here ... I want to hear from Smollet's attorney on whether or not they requested

... the case be sealed.

Also, it looks like the CPD is lying about deferment ... there's some crap going on here.