Another hate crime hoax

[corplinx]

that looks real

[sparks]

Like your moms tits?

[Abdul Alhazred]

Sources via ThatGrapeJuice.net also claim the Empire actor recently received a threatening letter in the mail with “You will die black fag,” written in disturbing ransom-style cutout letters.

Link

Supposedly the FBI is investigating that one.

Link: https://twitter.com/Homiekage/status/1090283693497896960

Could be federal crime? Sending terroristic threats through the mail? (to himself?)

It's a federal crime if he did it himself.

Maybe they'll find his fingerprints on the glue under the letters.

[WildCat]

that looks real

It's like the plot of a bad movie. And he was still wearing the "noose" 45 minutes later? Really?

[Abdul Alhazred]

An actor I've never heard of, but then I'm totally out of it when in comes to recent popular culture.

Anyone else here heard of hi before, or have seen his work?

[WildCat]

An actor I've never heard of, but then I'm totally out of it when in comes to recent popular culture.

Anyone else here heard of hi before, or have seen his work?

Lots of people have heard of him now, maybe that's the point?

[Abdul Alhazred]

An actor I've never heard of, but then I'm totally out of it when in comes to recent popular culture.

Anyone else here heard of hi before, or have seen his work?

Lots of people have heard of him now, maybe that's the point?

[Anaxagoras]

Since this thread is old, thought it would be good to follow up on this previous one:

What about this one.

http://abc13.com/teen-allegedly-kidnapp ... -/3478056/

A teenage boy was kidnapped from a bus stop Monday afternoon, and was found running away from suspects with torn clothes and no shoes, according to Houston police.

Michelle Lee, the victim's mother, called police when her 13-year-old son Zavion Parker never returned home from school.

As officers were gathering information, Parker was found safe, but had gone through a very traumatic experience.

And here's the answer:

Houston Police: Teen's story about being abducted by white supremacists wasn't true

[corplinx]

Just to be clear. Is that a giant penis with hair growing out of the head? I honestly can't tell.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Just to be clear. Is that a giant penis with hair growing out of the head? I honestly can't tell.

A crude caricature of Trump.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Here's an overview. The mainstream stories commented upon are all linked.
Also numerous Tweets from various principals.

Shifting Stories Cloud Claims of Alleged Hate Crime Attack Targeting 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett
PJ Media

[Abdul Alhazred]

DU not 100% "narrative friendly".
Many threads with differing approaches to the story, but here is one in the LGBT separately moderated sub-forum.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113751586

So a gay star gets beaten up
And here on DU multiple "Progressives" are questioning the story as fishy.

First instinct is to NOT be angry, but question the person who got attacked.



The DU Homophobia is still rampant.

[Anaxagoras]

Just to be clear. Is that a giant penis with hair growing out of the head? I honestly can't tell.

I wondered the same thing. Looks like it was drawn by a 3 or 4-year old.

[corplinx]

I thought DU was fine with physical violence against politically different people.

[Abdul Alhazred]

I thought DU was fine with physical violence against politically different people.

As a rule they do not allow it, but it has so massive a base some gets through.

[Pyrrho]

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jussi ... ck-police/

Chicago police released surveillance images of two possible persons of interest in the reported attack. | Chicago police

[Anaxagoras]

The two low-quality images appear to show two individuals wearing all black clothing, matching the description of the attackers given to police by Smollett. Police say they were walking on New Street near Illinois Street between 1:30 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. Smollett told officers the attack happened at 2 a.m. about one block away. Not much else can be determined from the photos.

So two people were seen about a block away about 15-30 minutes before the alleged attack.

I doubt they were involved, but if they are never identified it'll be a straw for people who want to believe him to latch on to.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Not many out on the street at that time in this weather.

"Person of interest" != suspect.

Here's a post over by Second City Cop, everybody's favorite Chicago cop blog.

"Persons of Interest" Photos
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2019/ ... hotos.html

Following the alleged "attack" on Lower Water Street, nearly twenty detectives scoured nearby businesses and properties for even a single frame of video footage of the "suspects." This is what they found:



So on the second coldest night of the year, a Hollywood actor, bundled up against -20 degree wind chill, was recognized by two "fans" in the dead of 0200 hours, on Lower Water Street (a known hangout for the seedy underbelly of MAGA supporters?) who happened to be carrying a canister of bleach and a piece of string, just in case they ran across a black, gay, Hollywood actor wrapped up against the elements in a place known more for homelessness than for the star set being seen in public.

Sounds completely believable, especially the part about this being "MAGA country" hours after the first interview and the insistence that body cameras being turned off (for a guy who makes his living in front of cameras) and the seeking of medical attention after (A) turning down an ambulance and (B) heading to the hospital hours later. Our contacts say that the "persons of interest" happened to wander into a camera frame and seem to have had nothing to do with the event in question - but the bosses want to look like they're doing something to appease Rahm and the Hollywood money people - Empire is losing money and viewers - so it's "All Hands on Dicks!"

In other news, another two percentage points were shaved off the clearance rate.

[Abdul Alhazred]

More n-dimensional Candyland in Hilbert space.

Wotta friggin' genius of strategery!

Trump condemns attack on Jussie Smollett: 'It doesn't get worse'
The Hill

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSchumer: Past time for Intel leaders to 'stage an intervention' with Trump Venezuelan opposition leader pens op-ed in NY Times urging unity Trump says he has not spoken to Whitaker about end of Mueller probe MORE on Thursday condemned the reported attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, which is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

“That I can tell you is horrible. It doesn't get worse,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

...

[Grammatron]

Hey Abdul, what's the word on the Democratic street about Trump's condemnation?