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For people wondering, he hired two guys to beat him up... and the cops figured it was all staged because those two guys... flipped when the cops tracked them down and arrested them. a crucial piece of evidence was a $3,500 check Smollet paid them.
because, you know. whose going to take a rap for a hate crime when they were paid by the supposed victim to do it? https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-alleged-jussie-smollett-attack/story?id=61124090
I remember being called racist on Reddit for pointing out that this seemed fake or he was making it up. The idea a bunch of Klan members riding around in trucks on Chicago’s south side at 3am to find Jesse Smollett randomly and put a noose around his neck but leave his subway sandwich in tact seemed like bad writing you would find on the CW
Should have just gone home with your 3am subway sandwich you fuckin idiot.
Good.
People who have been the victim of a real hate crime should despise this guy. All he’s done is give smug, ignorant jerks one more reason to deny the seriousness of the race problem in America.
Led to a great Dave Chappelle bit: https://youtu.be/wZXoErL2124?si=JfPB6FtqC7aBoAnQ
(I get it you hate Dave Chappelle, but it's still a great bit)
That whole special was hilarious!
Justice for Juicy!