Of course they do! Did you expect anything different?
Why?
Because you would have to be a racist asshole to believe two MAGA guys (in Chicago of all places) were out at 2:00 a.m. in bitterly cold 19° weather lurking around with bleach and a noose just knowing Smollett was about to get hungry for a Subway sandwich. Not to mention they have a video of the two Osundairo brothers in Ace hardware buying bleach, rope, and MAGA hats.
Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse with his family as the jury begins to deliberate in his trial, December 8, 2021. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
Black Lives Matter is backing Jussie Smollett — who’s on trial for allegedly staging a hate crime attack — because “we can never believe the police,” a founder of the movement said in a statement.
“As abolitionists, we approach situations of injustice with love and align ourselves with our community,” Dr. Melina Abdullah, director of BLM Grassroots and co-founder of BLM Los Angeles, said in a Tuesday statement.
“In an abolitionist society, this trial would not be taking place, and our communities would not have to fight and suffer to prove our worth,” Abdullah said.
“In our commitment to abolition, we can never believe police, especially the Chicago Police Department (CPD) over Jussie Smollett, a Black man who has been courageously present, visible, and vocal in the struggle for Black freedom,” the statement continued.
BLM is backing Jussie Smollett because “we can never believe the police.”KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images
Smollett, who was charged with six felony counts of disorderly conduct, claims that two men yelled anti-gay, racist remarks and hit him in Chicago in January 2019.
Prosecutors in the case have said the 39-year-old actor planned the ruse to get attention — a claim Smollett has repeatedly denied.
Jurors in the case began deliberating Wednesday and are set to resume Thursday morning.
Melina Abdullah said, “In an abolitionist society, this trial would not be taking place.”AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File
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