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DAYUM! That Juicy REALLY hates himself so much that he invents crimes against himself and went to the mat to defend them and dragged BLM down with him! 'We can never believe the police': BLM backs Jussie Smollett in final days of trial Actor Jussie Smollett, on trial for allegedly faking a hate crime in 2019, is receiving support from Black Lives Matter in a statement from one of its directors arguing police can “never” be trusted.
Smollett is being charged with six felony counts of disorderly conduct in a case where witnesses allegedly told police Smollett paid them to help him stage a hate crime, according to ABC News.
“In an abolitionist society, this trial would not be taking place,” read the statement from Dr. Melina Abdullah, Director of BLM Grassroots and Co-Founder of BLM Los Angeles.
Instead, we find ourselves, once again, being forced to put our lives and our value in the hands of judges and juries operating in a system that is designed to oppress us,” continued Abdullah’s statement, “while continuing to face a corrupt and violent police department, which has proven time and again to have no respect for our lives.
Abdullah wrote in the statement that alongside a “commitment to abolition, we can never believe police, especially the Chicago Police Department (CPD) over Jussie Smollett.”
The two suspects implicated in what Smollett alleged was a violent attack against him, including anti-gay, racist and pro-Trump remarks, reportedly told police Smollett asked them to help him concoct the hoax, according to ABC News. They said Smollett was allegedly disappointed by the lack of attention a threatening letter sent to his work received.
The jury enters its second day of deliberations Thursday. In Illinois, filing a false police report is a class 4 felony, which carries a sentence ranging from one to three years behind bars and fines of up to $25,000.
Smollett also faces a civil lawsuit from the City of Chicago over the costs associated with investigating “Mr. Smollett’s false statements,” TMZ reported.
https://wset.com/news/nation-world/blm-backs-smollett-in-statement-from-leader-arguing-police-cant-be-trusted "He’s dumb enough to go into Obama’s city and pretend there’s Trump supporters running around with Maga hats? Give me a break." -- Smollett defense attorney tells jury in closing arguments
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