IS THIS EVIDENCE SMOLLET AND KAMALA HARRIS WERE WORKING TOGETHER?
Given Jussie Smollett's familiarity with Harris and Booker, consider also:
Variety: Jussie Smollett Recently Hosted Doc on Lynching, Filmmaker Talks ‘Coincidence’
In May 2018, Jussie Smollett appeared as the narrator and correspondent in an episode of the Epix documentary series “America Divided” that explored the subject of hate crimes, specifically lynching, in the state of Tennessee.
Now that the “Empire” actor has been charged with filing a false police report and Chicago police are convinced he staged his own hate attack because he was “dissatisfied with his salary,” Smollett’s involvement in the show is cast in a different light.
“When the news initially came out, we were horrified by the story and for myself, it’s hard to get away from the coincidence,” the series’ director Lucian Read told Variety.
“Of course in this country we believe in innocent until proven guilty, but assuming the allegations are true, I wonder whether coincidence is the right word — to take this truth about hate crimes and turn it into a fiction like that, it’s remarkable.”
“It seems both an incredible coincidence and also proof of the terrible things that happen in this country,” Read added.
Smollett initially described how he was attacked by two men in masks who threw bleach on his clothes and put a rope around his neck. However, prosecutors are now alleging that Smollett paid two brothers, Abel and Ola Osundairo, to help him stage the attack.
Reid said that Smollett was “a pleasure to work with,” and that despite the “crazy, strange” recent developments, he and the producers are still “very proud” of the episode and “think the best of Jussie.”
He continued, “We really believed it was the strongest episode in the season and explored issues that need to be discussed in this country. … Jussie and all of us were extremely committed to making a great show.”
Epix has since pulled the episode from its network and released the following statement: “In light of – and with respect to – the sensitivities around recent events, we can confirm that Epix is no longer making available the episode of ‘America Divided’ featuring Jussie Smollett.”
Each episode of the show consists of a celebrity host (everyone from Norman Lear to America Ferrara) exploring important narratives such as inequality, education, healthcare, and criminal justice through expert interviews and the testimonies of locals across America.
In episode four of Season 2, Smollett visits the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., which is “dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching,” according to its website.
He talks with its founder, Bryan Stevenson, about the lack of recognition for this terrible part of American history in a moving segment, and later sits down for a tense conversation with the local spokesperson for the family of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general whose statue was removed from a park in Memphis last year.
During an interview with 98-year-old Charlie Morris, whose older brother Jesse Lee Bonds was the victim of a lynching in Arlington, Tenn., in 1939, Smollett discovers that the men who committed the hate crime were briefly charged with murder, but then acquitted.Coincidental timing:
Blackenterprise June 2018: Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Tim Scott introduce bill that would make lynching a federal crime
"Maxine Waters: "I know Jussie. I love him. His family’s a friend of mine. I know his mom"
"NEVER FORGET that Maxine Waters embraced Damien Williams, the infamous thug who hurled a chunk of concrete at truck driver Reginald Denny and performed a victory dance over this innocent man’s battered body.
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Images of some of the heavy hitting politicians Jussie Smollett hangs with
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Then consider Jussie's mom's history with the Black Panthers:
“My mom was in the movement with Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, and one of her first mentors was Julian Bond,” Mr. Smollett said of the Black Panther founders and the civil rights leader.
“To this day, Angela Davis is one of her dearest friends. We’ve spent Mother’s Day with Angela.”..."CONSIDERING HIS RADICAL ROOTS,
WAS SMOLLLET ATTEMPTING TO START A RACE RIOT?
Jussie Smollett was not acting out for higher pay/recognition on the silver screen - rather, it's his parent's echo to rebel to draw blood
If one reviews the record of the LA Riots, one begins to recognize a pattern of behaviors attempting to kick off a race riot...
"During the days immediately preceding the violence, RCP [The Revolutionary Communist Party] -- which maintained close ties to the L.A. gangs known as the Crips and the Bloods -- had circulated throughout South Central Los Angeles a leaflet featuring a statement by RCP National Spokesman Carl Dix, titled 'It's Right To Rebel' -- a quote popularized by Mao Zedong.
Encouraged by Dix, RCP activists helped lead the riots that would leave 58 people dead, more than 2,300 people injured, some 5,300 buildings burned, and $1 billion in property damaged or destroyed.
On the ten-year anniversary of the rioting, RCP member Joseph Veale fondly recalled the violence as 'the most beautiful, the most heroic civil action in the history of the United States.'"
Yesterday on his show, Rush Limbaugh held forth on the connection between the Smollett Family and Angela Davis.
ReplyDelete“My mom was in the movement with Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, and one of her first mentors was Julian Bond,” Mr. Smollett said of the Black Panther founders and the civil rights leader.
ReplyDelete“To this day, Angela Davis is one of her dearest friends. We’ve spent Mother’s Day with Angela.”..."
The above is from the NYT (2016).
The prior POTUS encouraged Hollywood celebrity in the White House - on a scale never seen before. Hollywood actors and their activism received greater media coverage. Too many considered themselves policy gods and forgot that they are just overpaid actors.
ReplyDeleteIt does appear there was coordination between Smollett and K-C and the Sunshine Band in Congress.