100%

He did the opposite of what you claim. His selfish hoax is a boon to racists. It provides cover for people who commit hate crimes. 

Constantly saying he allegedly did what he did is kind of stupid given how obvious it is that he did it and I doubt you would extend the same curtesy if it was a white guy falsely accusing a group of minority men beating him up.

Snakes alive. I hope no one paid Rich Juzwiak for writing this drivel. If one did, I hope one would get a refund

The D- “could of been” career left Hollywood Station & won't be back!  Try to avoid methed up ppl!

(I submitted this comment as a reply to someone else’s comment as well.)

The judge said one thing that really stuck with me. Smollett harmed actual victims of actual hate crimes. Especially those who are now worried about coming forward and facing increased skepticism.

When I first heard the story my immediate reaction was that he was full of shit. Walking around with the noose still around his neck? GTFO!

I don’t know how this can be seen as anything but a mental health issue. I guess it goes to show there are megalomaniacs orchestrating their own persecutions, albeit on smaller scales, probably all over all the time. It’s a form of gaslighting or something, and evidence indicates when these charades are unveiled the…

I think the sentence should be doubled because he can't even wear a mask correctly in the courtroom.

“Smollett’s sentence was overly harsh, but it should be noted that his story quickly crumbled under scrutiny.”

Absolutely not. Racists don’t need him to confess. They know he’s lying. No one anywhere on the political or racism spectrum believes he’s innocent. Everyone knows he’s lying. He’s no doubt on countless racist memes, and this latest drama will no doubt spawn countless more. The only thing he did by consistently…

All I could think about when I heard him say that was how his family must have felt hearing it. As if he hasn’t put them through enough already, now he is suggesting for no reason at all that he will be killed in jail. I think he deserves every bit of this sentence, not only for giving ammo to those who deny hate…

Name one positive outcome he achieved.

It softens the blow of the reality of the situation.  People don’t want to admit a fake hate crime could happen.  

Now it would all come full circle if he tries to orchestrate a fake “suicide’ in jail

I would not be surprised at all if he does kill himself in jail so he can achieve final martyrdom by getting people to believe he was killed.

Overly harsh? He deserves every day of that sentence and more.

Piece of shit D-list celebrity purposefully plans and executes an elaborate staged hate crime for publicity and your take away is, “Fuck the White justice system”? Seriously?

i) He deserves it, mainly because he keeps lying about it, so stop making like this is harsh, especially after you yourself said he was ready to throw the 2 guys under the bus.