Hate Crime

JUSSIE SMOLLETT: DOES ANYONE BELIEVE HIS HATE CRIME STORY?

Can’t help but wonder what actress Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft County) is really thinking about her brother Jussie Smollett’s Chicago trial, which has finally begun. Does she pretend to be supportive of his claim that he was a hate crime victim? Former Empire star Jussie still insists that two men attacked him in Chicago yelling “This is MAGA country!” – they beat him up and hung a “lynching” rope around his neck. Coming from Chicago, we were horrified at these charges. Police investigated and not long after, two Nigerian brothers confessed that Jussie HIRED them to fake the attack to get attention from his Empire producers. At worst, Jussie can be convicted of 6 counts of filing false police reports. But will his career ever recover? We could live without ever seeing his smirking face again…

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MARK WAHLBERG: NOT AS SWEET AS HE LOOKS

He should know better than to pose with a truly adorable dog- Mark Wahlberg is nearly invisible in this photo. That furry face! It was only last year during the BLM protests that Wahlberg foolishly posted a photo of George Floyd online, along with sympathetic comments. Outraged readers immediately brought up Wahlberg’s own history of racially motivated hate crimes that he committed as a teenager. In fact, they take up four paragraphs on his Wikipedia page. Wahlberg immediately took down the George Floyd pic and stayed under the radar for awhile. A short time later, Wikipedia changed the title of “Hate Crimes” on Wahlberg’s Wikipedia page to “Racial Incidents.”

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IT’S ABOUT TIME: CHICAGO INTENDS TO PROVE JUSSIE SMOLLETT LIED

Frankly, we never got over the fact that charges against Jussie Smollett were DROPPED after he orchestrated that fake hate crime in Chicago. His claims of a racist and homophobic attack by two white guys (one wearing a MAGA hat, no less) were honestly too absurd to believe. And when the two guys were found and claimed to be hired by the Empire actor to fake the crime against him, we were happy that our hometown Chicago is NOT that evil. Tons of evidence popped up to prove Jussie lied. When he was mysteriously set free, we chalked it up to corrupt politicians. What a nice surprise – angry Chicagoans are finally vindicated with these new charges against Jussie – we can’t wait to hear the whole story in court.

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JUSSIE SMOLLETT: HE GOT AWAY WITH IT!

We will not soon forget the smug look on Jussie Smollett’s face when all that evidence was piling up that he had filed a fake police report about a hate crime against him. At first, we felt sorry for him – he’s such a sweet looking guy and we thought he might have mental problems. Obviously, what he has are EGO problems. He DID get a ton of publicity, but in the end, it was not sympathetic. The fact that he won’t be prosecuted was a shock at first – but in reality his only crime was fooling the Chicago police and wasting their time. He hired expensive lawyers to “influence” the right people and it probably cost him a LOT of money. It’s the idea that he thinks he got away with this and seems to enjoy the idea of being a hate crime victim that GRATES on our nerves…

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