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Webb began to read one of the messages out loud that included the word "n***a," as Smollett winced and shook his head.

Then Webb moved to another of Smollett's messages, starting with "n***a" again, but this time Smollett cut him off, seemingly frustrated.

"Can you just say 'the n-word' or spell the word?" Smollett began. "Out of respect for every African American here."

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Wow. F this guy every liberal

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Dan Scott said:

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Wow. F this guy

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the way he swings, he would probably like it.

then accuse you of racism.

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Webb began to read one of the messages out loud that included the word "n***a," as Smollett winced and shook his head.

Then Webb moved to another of Smollett's messages, starting with "n***a" again, but this time Smollett cut him off, seemingly frustrated.

"Can you just say 'the n-word' or spell the word?" Smollett began. "Out of respect for every African American here."

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Wow. F this guy

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Seriously. What a ****.

HIS words and then tries to play victim.

Glad the prosecutor told him he could read them.

I hope they also charge small out with perjury as well. Because that's exactly what he's doing.

There's a thread of tweets on twitchy Link

It's hilarious.

aggiehawg said:

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There's a thread of tweets on twitchy Link

It's hilarious.

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That was an interesting thread. The arrogance of this guy is off the charts. And he has been known to make mini racist statements over the years, several to President Trump.

This one really gets me.

Smollett seems exasperated when asked if he testified his attackers "sounded" white.
"I never would say that they acted or sounded white." He says he made the "assumption" that they were.
"That would be racist to say that someone acted white or sounded white."

— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) December 7, 2021

Don't forget about this one.

Shut the hell up you bitch ass nigga. You will continue to run this country further into the ground and risk lives every time you breathe. You’re not the president. Just a dumpster full of hate. FOH. Sick to my stomach that literal shit currently represents America to the world. https://t.co/qoNWllmZIm

— Jussie Smollett (@JussieSmollett) January 12, 2018

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Smollett said he picked up his phone and told the person he had been talking to that he "got jumped." He testified that he noticed he had a noose around his neck as he returned to his apartment. Smollett said he removed the noose but a friend who was at his apartment called police and told him to put the noose back on so officers could see it. Smollett said he was upset police had been called because he would never have done so.

"I am a Black man in America. I do not trust the police," Smollett said. "I am also a well-known figure at that time and I am an openly gay man."

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Blame the cops?

What a dewsh!

Link

Did the defense think because Rittenhouse took the stand, it would play out just as well in this case?

YellowPot_97 said:

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He has to have an IQ in the 80s. From the shear stupidity of the original plan, the idiotic interviews, the absurd denials once caught, the MASSIVE ego. The entire thing is ridiculous! I almost feel bad for someone this dumb.

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he's gay and black.

Chicago will likely throw him a ticker tape parade even if convicted.

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Did the defense think because Rittenhouse took the stand, it would play out just as well in this case?

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Smollett is such a diva, I'm sure he insisted on taking the stand. Thought he could "act" his way through it.

Did you hear he's "the Black Cary Grant" in his own mind. Too suave and debonair to be tripped up by some lowly state prosecutor.

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He isn't just a dewsh, he's the supreme diva dewsh, fifth level, only one step removed from complete ********.

YellowPot_97 said:

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He has to have an IQ in the 80s. From the shear stupidity of the original plan, the idiotic interviews, the absurd denials once caught, the MASSIVE ego. The entire thing is ridiculous! I almost feel bad for someone this dumb.

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He truly believed that he could pull this off. You're being generous with an IQ in the 80s YellowPot.

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he's gay and black.

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…not just French!

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YellowPot_97 said:

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He has to have an IQ in the 80s. From the shear stupidity of the original plan, the idiotic interviews, the absurd denials once caught, the MASSIVE ego. The entire thing is ridiculous! I almost feel bad for someone this dumb.

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He truly believed that he could pull this off. You're being generous with an IQ in the 80s YellowPot.

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You're probably right.

I hope he does a couple years for lying under oath.

Updates will continue to be posted here today::

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jussie-smollett-trial-updates-closing-arguments-scheduled-to-begin/2702683/

If anyone has a better link to keep up with the closing arguments, please post it.

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I hope he does a couple years for lying under oath.

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my bet:

fine, pay costs, community service that he never completes, probation

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Sadly probably right

Entirely different justice system for us than what members of The Party get

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C@LAg said:

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I hope he does a couple years for lying under oath.

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my bet:

fine, pay costs, community service that he never completes, probation

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Sadly probably right

Entirely different justice system for us than what members of The Party get

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So I went and looked at the Illinois legal code. Seems he could be convicted for anything ranging from Class C misdemeanor to what they call a Class 4 felony. Under Illinois law, a prison sentence for a Class 4 felony conviction must fall within 1 to 3 years. Class 4 felony convictions can also include fines of up to $25,000.

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Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner to the police department or fire department of any municipality or fire protection district, or any privately owned and operated ambulance service, a false request for an ambulance, emergency medical technician-ambulance or emergency medical technician-paramedic knowing at the time there is no reasonable ground for believing that the assistance is required...

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All the other felony "false report" clauses don't apply to his case.

"Special prosecutor Dan Webb said during his closing argument that what Smollett did in January 2019 caused Chicago police to spend enormous amounts of time and resources investigating an alleged crime that turned out to be fake. Smollett, who is Black and gay, told police someone put a noose around his neck and yelled racist and homophobic slurs.

"Besides being against the law it is just plain wrong to outright denigrate something as serious as a real hate crime and then make sure it involved words and symbols that have such historical significance in our country," Webb said. He also accused Smollett of lying to jurors.

"At the end of the day he lacks any credibility whatsoever," Webb said.

From the usual link...

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I don't even so much care of Juicy gets taken down. Hopefully is career is over and now everyone knows he's a liar.

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He'll be celebrated regardless, and continue to cling to his lies. Dan Rather, Brian Williams, Hillary Clinton, Andrew McCabe, et al are the proof. There is no integrity on the left. The Party does as it pleases.

How do you define entitled? Getting offended by your own text messages?

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Smollett also became defensive when asked why he sent Instagram private messages to Abel Osundairo in the hours before the attack, with prosecutors suggesting he was filling him in on the fact his flight from New York to Chicago was delayed, which would delay the plan. 'N***** this is brutal. Still on this damn runway' was one of them, and another was: 'N***** finally made it.'

In the messages, Smollett repeatedly used the N-word but on Tuesday, he told Webb not to while reading the texts out loud, out of respect for 'every African American person in the room'.

Webb, who is white, apologized and Smollett quipped: 'Apology accepted but it's been used a lot.'

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I don't even so much care of Juicy gets taken down. Hopefully is career is over and now everyone knows he's a liar.

I want people like Kim Foxx to go down. Take down the root of the problem, not the symptoms.

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I agree.....Dave Chapelle turned this guy into a household joke even amongst his own people.

Soros-funded D.A.'s are an actual, real danger.

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Did the defense think because Rittenhouse took the stand, it would play out just as well in this case?

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Smollett is such a diva, I'm sure he insisted on taking the stand. Thought he could "act" his way through it.

Did you hear he's "the Black Cary Grant" in his own mind. Too suave and debonair to be tripped up by some lowly state prosecutor.

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I can't wait for Alec Baldwin to take the stand

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How do you define entitled? Getting offended by your own text messages?

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Smollett also became defensive when asked why he sent Instagram private messages to Abel Osundairo in the hours before the attack, with prosecutors suggesting he was filling him in on the fact his flight from New York to Chicago was delayed, which would delay the plan. 'N***** this is brutal. Still on this damn runway' was one of them, and another was: 'N***** finally made it.'

In the messages, Smollett repeatedly used the N-word but on Tuesday, he told Webb not to while reading the texts out loud, out of respect for 'every African American person in the room'.

Webb, who is white, apologized and Smollett quipped: 'Apology accepted but it's been used a lot.'

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"I wouldn't be quoting it if you didn't write it."

"The jury in Smollett's trial is expected to begin deliberating later Wednesday whether Smollett is guilty on six counts of a low-level felony for making what prosecutors say was a false police report about the alleged attack. He faces one count of felony disorderly conduct for each time he gave a report to three different officers."

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jussie-smollett-trial-updates-closing-arguments-scheduled-to-begin/2702683/

YellowPot_97 said:

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He has to have an IQ in the 80s. From the shear stupidity of the original plan, the idiotic interviews, the absurd denials once caught, the MASSIVE ego. The entire thing is ridiculous! I almost feel bad for someone this dumb.

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I agree with this except feeling bad for him.