I would imagine that if the pressure keeps up, then they will have to explain the reasoning behind the decision drop charges. I was not on board with burying the guy underneath the jail that some said we should do if this was faked, but, more than $10,000 lost and some community service I think is warranted. I think if he had admitted guilt as well as those things, that it would meet my personal bar. But, letting him skate on that and only doing the little that was done does not seem like its enough for me and many others.
What I hope is that the backlash against this is not overdone.
So when the executive administration undermines the credibility of our institutions its bad. When someone does it to stick it back to them, its lulz. Cause if he is going to cause damage, then you might as well as burn it all down.
Well, from that tweet above, it looks like the decision to drop was made in order to troll conservatives. LOL
NEW from Chicago: Joe Magats, the first assistant state's attorney who made the final decision to drop the charges against Jussie Smollett, says in an interview: "We didn't exonerate him."
This is just like retarded feminists with the me-too movement just as much black lives matter. If you want to be seen as reputable - then at MINIMAL you need to hold people accountable for lying. At minimal you need to be behind bars for 6+ months IMO.
If you don't understand that what you are doing is reprehensible and a complete spit in the face of real victims - then it will continue to be done. No consequences = no remorse.
Not my opinion. I think this guy should get time, especially with his clout because it shits on all the victims of real crimes and raises tension in the public. However, the gravity of the situation with the executive and dysfunctional government is much more severe than this. Sometimes I laugh at the circus this admin is, too, btw.
Seems if you pay a fine/donate $10k, you are off the hook. The FBI may not be as nice with the US Mail stuff.
Police department should be pissed as well.
However, police sources tell CBS 2 the resources expended were significant. Twenty-four detectives were removed from regular cases, expending up to 1,000 hours, overtime not included. Police outlined the extraordinary detail of their investigation.
“We interviewed over 100 individuals in a canvass of the area and a followup canvass as our investigation expanded,” said Commander Edward Wodnicki from the Area Central Detective Unit.
In addition, police spent dozens of hours of examining surveillance video from 55 city pod cams and private cameras. And working with federal authorities, they executed 50 search warrants and subpoenas for phone, social media and financial records.
The Fraternal Order of Police is hoping Smollett is ordered to pay back the cost.
“If he is convicted, that the city of Chicago provides him with a bill for all the services that have been rendered from that police department,” said FOP president Kevin Graham.
I would imagine that if the pressure keeps up, then they will have to explain the reasoning behind the decision drop charges. I was not on board with burying the guy underneath the jail that some said we should do if this was faked, but, more than $10,000 lost and some community service I think is warranted. I think if he had admitted guilt as well as those things, that it would meet my personal bar. But, letting him skate on that and only doing the little that was done does not seem like its enough for me and many others.
What I hope is that the backlash against this is not overdone.
I wonder if the Feds will even look into the mail threat.
Yeah. Any normal person would be completely screwed, but this guy gets to go on and never publicly admit guilt nor face charges or any real penalty. Pretty sweet deal for him. Sickening.Seems if you pay a fine/donate $10k, you are off the hook. The FBI may not be as nice with the US Mail stuff.
I would imagine that if the pressure keeps up, then they will have to explain the reasoning behind the decision drop charges. I was not on board with burying the guy underneath the jail that some said we should do if this was faked, but, more than $10,000 lost and some community service I think is warranted. I think if he had admitted guilt as well as those things, that it would meet my personal bar. But, letting him skate on that and only doing the little that was done does not seem like its enough for me and many others.
What I hope is that the backlash against this is not overdone.
I don't think is clout should matter. What he did was more than what normal person could have probably done. What matters to me is the damage caused.
Are you laughing in a macabre way, or because it was directed at Trump? If its the former, then I can understand. Reality is just a weird place right now.
WTF this guy should be in jail.
Bullshit. What's the real reason?
How so?
The person who decided made an obvious reference to it. I'm not saying that's definitely the case, but i can easily see someone getting pissed off.
That's too inferential. We have solid evidence that Foxx was contacted by two outside VIP's, one of whom happened to be Michelle Obama's chief of staff, or formerly IIRC. One of them asked her to pressure the police to agree to transfer the case to the FBI, purportedly because the CPD was leaking bad things about Smollett to the press. We also know that for undisclosed reasons, she "recused" herself, but not her office, from the case. These connections are far more likely than a political motive. Most corruption is out of self-interest.