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2019-03-28 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Jussie Smollett Will Be the New O.J.
[PJ] News that Jussie Smollett was being let off without doing time for tying up the city of Chicago and half the world's media with his bizarre accusation of being beaten by homophobic Trump supporters in the middle of the night was met by predictable fury from Chicago's mayor and chief of police.

But they needn't worry. Smollett should. He will be the new O. J., another man getting away with a crime he committed in full public view. That didn't work out very well for The Juice. In fact, he's a pariah for life. And it won't for Smollett either. He will be a despised person for the rest of his days and a symbol of unequal justice. He might as well have gone to jail, served the time, and been forgiven.

Yes, the media was playing up a potential sentence of 48 years, but that would have been unlikely to have happened. It would have been a few years and out, especially if the man apologized. Now he's in the situation of perpetually defending himself. Maybe he should hire a detective as O. J. did, promising to find just who the perps were ‐ someone perhaps in "the world of Faye Resnick," as Johnny Cochran famously put it.
Difficult to believe all of that was 25 years ago.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-28 08:03|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Yeah, he's going to go the Kaepernick arc: Will never work in the business again but will be a shining symbol to the SWJ class. Unlike the NFL there is no one lawsuit target for him to go after like the kneeler did...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-28 10:02||   2019-03-28 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Not exactly.
Posted by JohnQC 2019-03-28 10:50||   2019-03-28 10:50|| Front Page Top

#3 the feds are still investigating the death threat letter that Smollette received

probably won't go anywhere but who knows
Posted by lord garth 2019-03-28 12:01||   2019-03-28 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Have to keep the narrative alive that Trump Supporters are racists and all police are racists.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-03-28 14:58||   2019-03-28 14:58|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 Not exactly.
Jussie Wussie = O.J. without a knife or murderous intent.

O.J. was far better known and accomplished in many more arenas. Both narcissistic (or worse).
Posted by JohnQC 2019-03-28 16:12||   2019-03-28 16:12|| Front Page Top

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