Good grief...CLASSIC example of people not understanding when to STFU. This is looking a gift horse in the mouth, sticking your head into the mouth, and just begging the horse to clamp down. Which I hope is what eventually happens. Disagree....doing this for political purposes indicates a conspiracy, and I think would be MUCH worse than Smollett acting alone. One is the act of a lone person, the other indicates corruption of the entire system. Not sure how the system being corrupt isn't worse?
I wonder what kind of subway sandwich was worth keeping in the middle of that attack. I bet it was a meatball sub.
"The appearance of impropriety here is compounded by the fact that this case was not on the regularly scheduled court call, the public had no reasonable notice or opportunity to view these proceedings, and the dismissal was done abruptly at what has been called an “emergency” hearing. To date, the nature of the purported emergency has not been publicly disclosed. The sealing of a court case immediately following a hearing where there was no reasonable notice or opportunity for the public to attend is a matter of grave public concern and undermines the very foundation of our public court system." No joke. This goes straight to the corruption issue (as well as making one question whether Foxx even knows the law, which is a huge problem in itself). This was done without any of the prescribed due process. What 'emergency' could this even have been? That this goes against Illinois law AND the Illinois Prosecuting Attorney's group is pointing this out I think clearly indicates this is far from over. There will have to be an investigation...and that investigation isn't going to go well for Foxx and company. I don't see how she keeps her job. Which given the events here is a good thing. HOPEFULLY this also precludes whatever she promised to her when she agreed to do this...but that hasn't always been the case. FWIW...I think the way this was handled is FAR bigger news than the original incident. Which I don't think any of those who tried to sweep this under the rug anticipated--which shows just how corrupt the system is that they thought they could do all this without it coming back on them.
One individual can misguidedly do something without the aid or assistance of the political system and it isn't an indictment of the system. It is the same as if one individual who was avidly pro-Trump went on a shooting spree. That would not be an indictment of Trump or the Republicans but would instead be a tragic example of another crazy person doing something wrong. If Smollett did it with some crazy idea of bringing attention to a problem, that would still be horrible but at least he would be doing it for what he crazily thought was a higher purpose. If he did it to fatten his check and was simply charading as one who cares about the cause of stopping hate crimes, then he was willing to put later victims in a potentially worse situation for his own monetary gain. In my view, that is worse. And neither is an indictment of any political system.
The left has always know the justice system was stacked against those who were not rich nor powerful. The right is finally waking up and is SHOCKED, just SHOCKED - it took a well-off privileged black man escaping justice to get them all in a tizzy. You'd think the years of white collar criminals getting slaps on the wrist while minor drug offenders getting decades would have gotten their attention before. Nope, it took a black actor crying wolf.
Those don't match up with the implications that started this. It was implied this occurred for political reasons and that a conspiracy was involved, which he threatened to out if they prosecuted. So, Smollett doing it alone with some crazy idea isn't part of the discussion...that still falls under him doing it alone, whether for money or other. So, the choice is between big conspiracy done for political purposes, or Smollett acting alone. You still think Smollett alone is worse?
Ok. We are miscommunicating. You are talking about the idea that jussie was put up to this potentially to boost the anti-lynching legislation. I was talking about him acting alone (I'm ignoring the 2 Nigerians he hired) for either his own support of his politcal beliefs or for economic gain. I think both are bad but I think the latter is worse from my personal perspective. If I believed this was a big political conspiracy wherein others put him up to it, I would agree with you.
@NewRoxFan Is this one of the things you have been watching? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...-20-years-in-fatal-swatting/ar-BBVn019#page=2
Um, no, even reading it twice I am still confused of the point. Swatting? On-line gamers? Other than making a faked call to the police, don't see the connection.
Dave Schuler predicts a possible lawsuit by Smollett that will end up costing the city and county millions . . . My concern is that Mr. Smollett will sue the county and/or the city and we’ll be compelled to cough up millions we don’t have to protect Ms. Foxx’s and County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s behinds. Misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance by Cook County elected officials really needs to end. Or at least slow down a little. Right now it’s accelerating. http://theglitteringeye.com/youre-fired/
