Why is it justified that the bar be sued? The bar has no legal obligation to call the police, the incident was not in the bar. Why not sue the man responsible instead?

1 out of 4 (25%) of the people who die to police are black.

I miss when twitter wasn’t important.

No. A liar is what we have right now. Maybe Pete has a different opinion than yourself on an issue, but that doesn’t make him a bold faced liar. You’ve given no evidence that he deliberately said something that he doesn’t believe in. From 20 fucking 11, when dude was still in his 20s. And he never said that his…

It’s been a week since there was sufficient reporting on the incident to allow any rational person to conclude that Smollett is guilty of a hate hoax felony.

oh, damn. yeah, case closed. memo should obviously read “beat up gay guy from empire”

“This is court of public opinion right, so we are all speculating wildly, ... and we all have opinions but come on .. we know how this is gonna end”

Are you telling me there is no possible way that someone who allegedly lied about a hate crime to the police would lie on the memo section of a check? Honestly, if the memo has said “hate crime hoax” or even something vague like “special project”I would question the legitimacy of the check. Considering the guys he…

I would like this all to be just a big misunderstanding and support Jussie BUT , to me is story never seemed plausible (really, you went out for Subway, in the middle of the night, on the coldest night of the year in CHICAGO) and did you expect him to put “hoax money” in the memo? We’ll see out it plays out.

And OJ was set up as well. Always a conspiracy.. there are bad cops and good cops but u r asking for us not to assume about Jussie so u can’t do the same for police officers? There are tons of police officers shot and that’s on the rise. But I don’t assume all ppl will do that. Funny when u r in trouble who r the…

Exactly.  The brothers were still placed at the scene and his version of events STILL doesn’t add up.

Turns out, the reported check didn’t explicitly state anything about a staged attack at all.

Yeah he can say that check is for anything in that memo , still sketchy as fuck. And that still does not change the fact that the same two guys that had evidence and admitted to buying all the items needed, where the only ones seen from multiple cameras leaving the scene and getting and a taxi, are the SAME ones you…

You cannot be so stupid to think because he wrote something in the memo of the check that means that is what the payment is for. You must really, really, really want to believe this happened. You are now making your self look silly.

Your post is one of the dumbest things that has ever been published on The Root, and that is saying a lot.

I don’t know what to believe anymore. For instance, I just read that Smollett is starting his own craft brewery. His first product is an audacious and slightly bitter IPA called ‘Didn’t Hoppen.’

Jussie told the police that his attackers had white skin.  So who’s lying?

Yea, I don’t understand why people are using the memo line as proof that it was all on the up-and-up. This is evidence that can be used by the defense but there is still plenty of evidence pointing toward a hoax.

As a victim of a racist falsely reporting that I called her the n-word to the principal (ruining my reputation), I am happy to see race-baiting pieces of shit like Jussie Smollett getting what they deserve

Turns out, the reported check didn’t explicitly state anything about a staged attack at all.