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Absolutely not. Quite the contrary. They originally dropped the charges against him in agreement for 16 hours of community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bo
by rlanday 5y ago
Absolutely not. Quite the contrary. They originally dropped the charges against him in agreement for 16 hours of community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bond. He inflamed racial and political tensions for attempted personal gain, which is quite a serious crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/television/jussie-smollett-charges-dropped.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/television/jussie-sm...
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoPoliticians regularly inflame racial and political tensions for attempted personal gain. That doesn’t seem like a good argument.
- betwixthewires 5y agoPoliticians also regularly get away with it, which is a cornerstone point in the article that supports its premise.