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Seen on twitter (from a satire account): “By staging his own abuse, Jussie Smollett was empowering himself. He knew a racist hate crime directed at him was inevitable and decided to steal the chance to perpetrate it from white people. He should be commended for that. Not to mention employing two PoCs in the process.”
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SNL would be ashamed not to tease Smollett. Let's see! | |||
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Mr Smollett is a stage kid who's led a particular life. A life which compared to the average person of any skin color would be exceptionally privileged. I think it boils down to Mr Smollett acting childishly. He's not inhuman. He's just a kid who never had to grow up. Every kid notices what gets a reaction, and then tests whether they can pull that lever at will. (One of my favorite observations of how kids act is that they only freak out about their own owies when they see their parents freak out.) Most of us outgrow the phase where we think it's so easy to keep getting that reaction. | |||
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Perhaps I overestimated the extent to which people understand the ways they can be caught committing a crime. I was talking about Jussie with one my kids, and I said it is almost impossible to get away with murder of someone you know. She said she thought if she gave it enough planning, she could do it. DNA. Moving the body. Disposal of the body. Cell phone tower pings. Cameras on every street. Keeping your story straight. It’s all just too much. | |||
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Andrew Sullivan’s take. I’m pasting it because it’s a small part of a bigger piece.
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I don't see how anyone can possibly take issue with politicians who immediately denounced this "crime." They were denouncing what was reported by the so-called victim, and they were right to do so. Remember, failing to denounce whatever should be denounced (at all, or quickly enough) will also land you in trouble. I think a lot of people had doubts but kept them to themselves. I say that is exactly what should have happened. We have law enforcement to go out and gather the evidence and ask the hard questions. They did, apparently. So for everyone who denounced the "crime" -- Booker, Harris, and yes Trump -- they did the right thing. | |||
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https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2...and-jury-indictment/
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It's standard police procedure to first interview every person who lives in a house after a murder has been committed. How do you think | |||
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Wow. 16 counts for (essentially) the same offense seems excessive.
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I am fairly certain it's to create room for bargaining. They'll drop some of the charges if he pleas guilty. Maybe even all but one. And if he doesn't ... he rolls the dice on sixteen consecutive sentences. | |||
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Exactly. Maybe abusive is a better word.
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Honestly, I don't think it's abusive. If defendants don't have any reason to bargain, they won't. In the case of a defendant with access to financial resources, as an actor on a big television series would be, money isn't a deterrent. The only deterrent would be more time in jail. If he goes to trial, he chews up an awful lot of limited public resources (the prosecutor's time and expense) ... resources that cannot be used to go after other crimes. So, if he's really not guilty, and if he really thinks he can persuade a jury that he's not guilty, let him roll the dice. Every plea bargain is always to avoid a risk or an expense, in one way or another (money, jail time, mental wear and tear, or other things). If there was no cost to going to trial, there'd be no reason for a defendant to take the plea bargain. You may be reacting to the fact that it's sixteen charges, rather than three or five. And that, in my experience, is a function of the crime he is alleged to have committed. Prosecutors and police HATE HATE HATE being lied to. They hate it more than murder. Lie to the cops, and the book gets thrown at you. | |||
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It's not just lying. It's committing a crime by lying then continuing to lie about it. Yeah, I think it is overkill but I agree with Quirt that it is leverage, mostly. But it is also making an example out of him for fooling the police in their eyes and wasting their time and resources. He likely won't do much, if any, time if he cooperates and takes the plea bargain offered.
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Police body cam showing him in his apartment wearing the rope like a tie when the cops arrive. https://twitter.com/CharlieDeM.../1143280367589367808
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Hoax 101. | |||
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