EGK <
memy...@null.net> wrote:
>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 18:07:41 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <
a...@chinet.com>:
I'm a little confused. In one of Ubi's numerous instances of copyright
infringement in these several Smollett threads, I was reading the tweets
of the ABC 7 Chicago WLS-TV reporter (spacing out on which one) who said
that police had figured out that the two men across the street were
extra on the Empire set. They hadn't identified them at the time.
I'm not looking for that blog post but here's the latest version of the
story:
Police: 2 persons of interest released in Jussie Smollett case confirmed
to have been on scene; police investigating if attack staged, sources
say
2/16/2019 11:46 am
WLS-TV Chicago Eyewitness News
https://abc7.com/police-2-persons-of-interest-in-jussie-smollett-case-released-without-charges/5141900/
It makes zero sense that they were arrested Wednesday AS THE ATTACKERS as
police apparently never believed they were, then released without charges
Thursday. They're still persons of interest; I guess police don't feel
they've given complete statements yet.
How could Smollett have put them up to whatever it was if they're
Nigerian? If Smollett lied about the attack, the attack itself was never
staged for security cameras as Smollett went off camera during the
period of the attack. If Smollett had wanted to stage the attack on
security camera, he'd have needed two white actors.
There was an earlier report that cops had raided the home of the two
Nigerians, so it appears that cops were investigating the two of them
for bringing props to the scene. It sounds like, despite what the police
spokesman was telling the media that Smollett was still being treated
like the victim, cops had come to believe they were investigating a hoax
at least since the middle of the week.