Jussie Smollett charged with felony disorderly conduct for attack hoax

First the facts. Chicago police today charged Empire actor Jussie Smollett -- a proudly homosexual black man -- with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report when he reported that he was attacked by two masked men. A spokesthingy for the Cook County State Attorney's office approved the felony charge this afternoon. The charge is a Class 4 felony which carries a possible prison sentence of one to three years.

Mr Smollett told the police and the media -- especially the meejua! -- he was attacked by two masked men early on the morning of January 29th while he was walking home from a Subway sandwich shop downtown. His story -- and he stuck to it -- was that the men beat him, made racist and homophobic comments and yelled "This is MAGA country!" before looping a rope around his neck and fleeing.

Chicago's finest spent hours going through private and public surveillance video from the area where the actor said he was attacked, but couldn't find footage of the alleged assault. They did, however, find and publish images of two large black men they said they wanted to question. Two Nigerians answering the description were picked up last week at ORD as they returned from their homeland. (Their immigration status in the USA is unclear.) They were held for 48 hours, questioned, and then released last Friday.

Now Walt's comment.

Sounds to me like yet another case of TDS: Trump Derangement Syndrome. But is that a defence? Stay tuned!