Empire star Jussie Smollett hospitalised after a racist & homophobic attack.
 

He was approached by two men who beat him up, tied a noose around his neck and doused him in an unknown chemical. All while yelling out racist and homophobic slurs at him.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/95...fcaabced72.png

https://edition.cnn.com/entertainmen...ack/index.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47053406

Absolutely disgusting. Poor man, they need finding pronto.

The thread title should have "USA" at front as this is a USA person on USA tv and will not be familiar to forum members

Sad...I saw a video yesterday where prison guards in americase handcuffed 4 black inmates to a table so a white supremists could stab them up....world's gone mad with hate.

Yes I saw that too, luckily one got out of his handcuffs and bravely had a go at the guy and stopped further bloodshed

America must be a terrifying place to live if you have any sort of difference these days, hopefully they catch the scumbags that did it.

No video evidence. No description of the accused for police to go on. Just his word so far.

If it were a white man claiming the same had happened to him at the hands of black men would you simply trust his word?

I'm glad..I made a thread on it cause I can't believe the guards angle.

No

No evidence? There’s 2 links in the OP

there's an Empire uk??

Both links say there is no evidence, other than his claims. Not saying it isn't true... it may well be., But two links to the same news story is not evidence.

:joker: :joker:

I know, I read them

No it was broadcast on a minor channel so it needs USA as no one knows about him or the show (both of which are american)

and it should say "alleged" as there evidence save his account at this time

sue me

I mean the police say there’s no evidence but we have to realise that this is America we’re talking about. The police will just about hide anything in favour of a white person over a gay black man. I doubt Jussie would lie about something like this

No need to be a smart ar.se but this is how lies and mistruths spread around the internet

We need better evidence than your conspiracy theories about America, and your trust in a person you only know from the television.

Firstly, your faith in him is sweet, but you don't know him from Adam.

And yes, I do realise it's America. And the police say there is no evidence. And yes, I agree there are probably a minority of rogue cops who are racist. But you can't condemn the whole country because you've read about some racist cops online. Evidence is evidence. And there is none.

good grief dont talk nonsense

You need better evidence. Do you honestly believe that someone would lie about something like this, regardless of fame or whatever. Abuse like this is common and it’s hardly a conspiracy that the cops in USA are not lenient or impartial

Shut up.

Yeah I get you to be honest but then again stuff like this is common in USA so it’s safe to assume

You’re right :love:

The report does say that he has just been released from hospital which does imply he was attacked or suffered harm .... just saying :shrug:

Terrible Chicago
attack on that star.

But apparently we should just go by police reports and nothing else :shrug:

That's good news.

As a lawyer engaged to an American, and who has spent a lot of time over the years living and working in America... your view is skewed. I'm guessing you've never been to the USA and all your knowledge comes from TV and the Internet. You say "abuse like this is common" but you don't know and can't site any instances. There are well over 300 million people in the USA and here you are, speaking about ALL the cops not being lenient nor impartial. How about the black cops?

Anyhoo... there is no evidence for this, and you have no evidence for your other claims either.

I just can't imagine a star with as much to loose as Jussie Smollett would do this to himself for press??

I mean I’ve been to Canada a lot, I know it’s not the same thing but I know that white cops normally use authority to their own discretion. And don’t worry, I’m an aspiring lawyer :love:

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I dont think anyone is saying he was not attacked but plenty of folks have tried to cover up why they were attacked so that is why it will be investigated so that justice will be served

Then, with respect Sherzyk, you need to understand what evidence is.

Also, a sweeping statement like "white cops normally use authority to their own discretion" is not helpful and sullies every decent white cop out there, lumping them in with the racists.

Apparently it happened a 2am in the morning. So it's hard to imagine it would be a planned attack, because how often does he roam the streets at that time? Surely he'd normally be home at that time.

Police reports apparently say that they wore masks and gloves. So where's the evidence they were white?

This could be totally true, but the story is looking a bit fishy at the moment, time will tell I suppose.

The attack sounds terrifying

Love how that's your first thought.

I always have the interests of fellow members first and forefront, and the proper procedure of law and fair reporting.