Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty Because America Is The Best Country On Earth
CHICAGO — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has plead not guilty to multiple charges of disorderly conduct. Smollett is charged with lying to Chicago police about the January attack in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood. Prosecutors allege that Smollett staged the attack because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to promote his career. A grand jury indicted Smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false report. Smollett has denied that he staged the attack and maintains he is innocent.
We’ve talked at length about how *allegedly* horrible this guy is so no need to belabor the point here. Jussie Smollett is banned from Chicago for (allegedly) lying his ass off about several things and getting dozens of people fired. I’m not wasting any more ink on this clown’s character deficits. He’s staring at 64 years on 16 separate felony charges so I suppose that alone kind of speaks for itself.
Instead I want to talk about AMERICA. The one Jussie Smollett hates and wants to see divided and torn to shreds so he can make a few extra bucks to one day grease the wheels of some crooked Ivy league (non Harvard, obviously) administrator to get his daughter on a field hockey scholarship. The America that embraced Jussie Smollett’s talent for years on primetime. The one that adored his career before he burned it alive on GMA
That’s my America and even though Jussie Smollett has no respect for it I want to take a second to give some shine to Innocent Until Proven Guilty (IUP). It’s hard to say if there are 12 people on this earth, like all over it, that could possibly believe Jussie Smollett didn’t orchestrate this attack. The beauty of this country is they could all end up in the jurors’ box together and this guy technically could skate free. Hate it or love it there’s something to be said for that kind of flexibility. Granted I don’t think the Founding Father’s had this asshole in mind when they dropped IUP almost 250 years ago but here we are. For what it’s worth I’d like to be the first person in history to do something and formally nominate myself for Jury Duty. I’m fair, balanced, sit next to WSD for 30 hours a week and dropped out of law school twice. I’m practically a Jury Duty Prodigy. This is Chicago – someone who knows a guy, please get me on the short list.