All charges dropped !!!

[StagLefty]

16 felony charges dropped by DA on Smollett case ????

[Sawin]

it doesn't align with their initiatives....

[hollohas]

They said "his service to community and forfeiting his $10k bond" was enough. BS.

The grand jury even added 15 additional charges after reviewing the case and we're supposed to believe his community service and basically a $10k fine is an appropriate resolution? The guy created a national shitstorm and cost the city what I can only guess is a TON of money investigating it. But $10k wipes the slate clean. Insane.

[Hoser]

Hollywood is a powerful tool.

[cstone]

Funny, I read that as. "Hollywood is full of tools."

I could be wrong, but I've heard that the courts in Chicago are kind of busy with all of the homicides and attempted homicides, not to mention the numerous aggravated assaults and other various crimes that actually happened. Prosecuting people who invent crimes to bring attention to themselves in an oddly perverse way seems to be giving the person what they wanted. I had never heard of the guy prior to the faux-attack, and I won't dwell long after this post on what becomes of him after his fame has expired.

Buh bye.

[OldFogey]

Oh, c'mon! If any of us decided to do a little false reporting with the police I'm sure that the authorities would let us off, too!

[BushMasterBoy]

Best legal system money can buy. MakeAmericaGreedyAgain. MOFO should be in a chain gang cleaning up a highway of trash. Like they do in the deep South. Feel free to misconstrue my statement any way you want.

[Irving]

Oh, c'mon! If any of us decided to do a little false reporting with the police I'm sure that the authorities would let us off, too!

Cause jails and prisons are just packed with old white suburbanites.

[Bailey Guns]

Old, white suburbanites aren't generally predisposed to crime like some other demographics are.

People don't normally do jail time (or they do very, very little time) for false reporting. But this rises to a different level. I can see a where not sentencing him to jail would be appropriate...but not dismissing all charges. Possibly a plea to one felony with no jail, large fine and lots of community service. There is clearly a double-standard with certain groups of people and how they're treated by the courts. Smollett is obviously a member of the privileged class. Speculation on my part but I'm gonna say it was very politically motivated. And it's clear which side of the spectrum is favored.

[kidicarus13]

Hollywood is a powerful tool.

Race, media, and liberal talking heads are powerful tools.