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[Charger]

How in the hell did this little piece of human shit got released after 6 days??!?!

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-released-jail-appealing-conviction-legal-experts

What the fuck is wrong with the "justice" system of the US?!??!

[Zzzptm]

Not a flight risk, nonviolent crime, non-narcotics crime, released pending appeal... it's a standard deal, really...

[Charger]

It's a joke that's what it is.

Faking a hate crime is just as bad as committing a hate crime.

[Zzzptm]

If you don't like that, you really won't like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Couch

He's from my area. Killed 4 people in a drunk driving case and got probation because he was supposedly too rich to understand rules. After violating probation and fleeing the country, he served 2 years in prison. He's violated parole and served a day in jail for that.

[Typhon]

How in the hell did this little piece of human shit got released after 6 days??!?!

Black privilege.

[Zzzptm]

If you believe that such a thing exists, then your beliefs are sorely deluded. I know you often bring up what you hold up as factual evidence for said beliefs, but none of it has stood up under scrutiny. It's frequently warmed-over arguments used to justify slavery or other subservient conditions for Blacks and/or arguments invented to justify killing off efforts to eliminate social, economic, and legal barriers that were created to limit the opportunities of Blacks in America. That they are dressed up in cherry-picked factoids lacking context makes them attractive options on first view, but nevertheless do not in any way secure truthfulness for the meritless concepts.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

How in the hell did this little piece of human shit got released after 6 days??!?!

Black privilege.

Are you suggesting that whites found guilty are not released while their appeals are heard (assuming the crime is relatively minor)? I find that hard to believe.

[Charger]

The thing is the punishment did not fit the crime to begin with and then he gets away with a barely a slap on the wrist.

The biggest problem is that he did not get crucified in the media...and that's because he is black...a white person would have been crucified to death in the media. But black's cannot be critized in the media nowadays..at all. And it shows in this case very very well.

I even bet this guy can work again on some major production which would never be the case had he been white.

I don't very often wish harm to other humans but this piece of garbage should be beaten...and I was kind of hoping that might have happened in prison...but no...

[Zzzptm]

Smollett got plenty of flack for it in the media. Perhaps there was media reporting that he wasn't getting flack for it, but he got plenty of it. Now, he also has his supporters - anyone famous has supporters, even Putin - and they've voiced support for him publicly. But Smollett's gotten lots of criticism for setting back both public perceptions of the LGBTQ+ community and the Black community. He got fired from the show Empire after the hoax and hasn't gotten work since. His career is over.

But there are many more miscarriages of justice in the USA beyond this one. For example, Oklahoma recently incarcerated a woman who had a miscarriage on the grounds that she had violated the state's anti-abortion laws.

[Typhon]

How in the hell did this little piece of human shit got released after 6 days??!?!

Black privilege.

Are you suggesting that whites found guilty are not released while their appeals are heard (assuming the crime is relatively minor)? I find that hard to believe.

The crime was not relatively minor.  He was convicted on 5 felony counts of disorderly conduct.  So he actually got only 30 days for each count.  A 3 judge panel voted 2 to 1 to release him while he appealed.  The reason the 2 gave?  He would have served out his sentence before the appeals process had been completed.  Sure he would have served out his sentence, because the damn sentence was so light.

My hope is that now Smollett really gets mugged, there are no witnesses, and nobody believes him.   

[Charger]

My hope is that now Smollett really gets mugged, there are no witnesses, and nobody believes him.   

Haha! Now that would be karma!

[Charger]

It is now official BRUCE WILLIS is forced to quit acting due to Aphasia.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-bruce-willis-quits-acting-26596331

Horrible...just horrible.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^
It is sad news, at his best he was a phenominal actor. We knew he had an issue, maybe not the exact problem. Crying shame.


I hope the Razzie Award Committee feel suitably embarrassed for their "Bruce Willis" category this year.

[Thelemech]

Bruce Willis is one of my favorite actors, especially as an action star. It is a damn shame but not really unexpected considering the recent movies he has made. There have been rumors about him possibly suffering from dementia. Such a shame.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

A new Doctor Who has been announced... Ncuti Gatwa, a new name to me but apparently he's rather good in some of the things he's done. I suspect his choice is to attract the younger / diverse audience. But as a relative unknown to older audiences I suspect they may quickly lose much of that demographic.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61371123