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[–]HeyImSancho[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In reading this one article, the police aren't happy, and there's no apparent reason other than the prosecutor recused themself because they knew the Smullets. The case was just dropped.

The public isn't happy, as I belong to that group ;), and I'm not happy. Real stuff happens to real people, and things like the actions of Jussie Smollet don't help reporting those bad things, or investigating them any easier.

Furthermore, we all know, what would've happened had this been a white guy; simply put, would it have been allowed to be dropped? Answer, no.

[–]bonked_or_maybe_not 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

there's no apparent reason other than the prosecutor recused themself because they knew the Smullets

Foxx recused herself because she had been texting Smollett, his family and friends. (But we found out today that she didn't actually recuse herself, just like Loretta Lynch claimed to recuse herself in the "Clinton Matter" but didn't.)

Foxx tried to convince Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to turn Smollett’s case over to the FBI — after Tina Tchen asked her because his "family was concerned about him."

“Spoke to the Superintendent Johnson,” Foxx emailed Tchen the same day. “I convinced him to Reach out to FBI to ask that they take over the investigation. He is reaching out now and will get to me shortly.”

The same day, Foxx texted with Smollett’s relative, whose name was blacked out in the released copies.

“Spoke to the superintendent earlier, he made the ask,” Foxx wrote. “Trying to figure out logistics. I’ll keep you posted.”

“Omg this would be a huge victory,” the family member replied.

“I make no guarantees, but I’m trying,” Foxx wrote back.

Because of this Foxx recused herself.

But here we are a few days later, with Foxx's office doing something many Defense lawyers are shocked by.