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Chicago to sue Jussie Smollett after he refuses to pay investigation costs.
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truly
A story like this doesn't usually last more than a week or two
This. Do they normally ask people charged with crimes that are then dropped or dismissed to pay for the investigation? This seems like a backhanded way to save face.
They got nothing. Yeah it's annoying the DA Mitch McConnell'd it, but you can't go fishing after the fact.
Because he did nothing wrong and cops charging people for investigating them is not something you want to set president for
I don't see the problem, if Kim Foxx can't drop the new charge then this is CPD's strategy to make Jussie Smollett pay.
He's guilty af but why should he pay for something that he did not admit to and that the city/pd/DA botched hard? The precedent would be astounding.
CPD and Rahm need to hold the L to their chest. Morons.
Giving the police another tool to fuck the American public with is *not* hot yall.
CPD and Rahm need to hold the L to their chest. Morons.
Giving the police another tool to fuck the American public with is *not* hot yall.
Nailed it.
If they can sue you for investigation costs to make the city money, they will be filing and then dropping charges against every Joe Schmoe in the universe for jaywalking investigations and then hitting them with unjust lawsuits and fines.
This completely reeks of the city hating that this guy got off and are trying to do everything in their power to fuck with him. For the record, I believe he was probably guilty based on what little I've seen about his case, but he'd be an idiot to pay this. Charges were dropped, the city missed its chance. Anything more is unjust and likely unconstitutional.
Says who? Certainly not the law, and that's what matters. If that's what they think, they can charge him. Trying to have it both ways doesn't cut it, or at least it shouldn't.
Like, are you seriously alright with this? Because if you are, you're saying that guilt is irrelevant; the City should be able to charge you anyway.
And what that means is then say the police would be able to make up bullshit charges, then do a bs investigation and then charge you for that investigation anyway even if you're not charged or found not guilty.
Like, obviously that's not what happened here. Duh. But that's the type of precedent this would open up regardless and why you have to think outside the Smollett case itself as stuff like this won't tenain confined to it.
The fact of the matter is that regardless of his guilt, he wasn't actually found legally guilty or even charged with breaking any laws so just fining him anyway because "we all know he's guilty" would set a very worrying precedent that would kind of undermine the entire legal system s d the ability to find someone not guilty/aquit someone of/drop charges to begin with. Either someone's guilty, or they're not. Not establishing guilt, but doing a workaround like this that's totally all "well, we didn't even press charges against you, nevermind actually find you guilty, but we're going to sct like you are anyway" would be really worrying from a legal perspective, have broad implications outside of this case, and should be laughed out of any courtroom that has even a semblance of sense to it for those reasons.
Technically, a lawsuit means lower burden of proof so yea they can.
I mean OJ wasn't "guilty" but he got successfully sued.
Fuck Jussie. But also fuck the police. They don't have a leg to stand on since they dropped the charges.
If he's innocent there's no way he should have to pay, if he's not innocent they shouldn't have dropped charges
The people who let him go said he is not exonerated and find him guilty so yeah I'm totally ok with this.
The people shouldn't have let him go in that case. That, or it should have been a stipulation in a plea deal, otherwise they can kick rocks.
This isn't about his guilt or innocence in criminal court. I think it is fine to settle this in civil court; let them decide if he is financially responsible for any wrongdoing.
Well the attorneys are being investigated as well because no one understands why he was let go to begin with.
So after making a fucking mockery out their investigation, they're now demanding that he should pay despite having the charges dropped?
Honesty these lying to the police for a fake investigation has happened before and I don't think I've ever seen someone go to jail and probably never paid for the full investigation cost. Normally it's always something similar to what he got. Honestly the only reason why this is still a thing is because he is black and made up a trump supporter. Had it literally been the opposite we wouldn't have ever heard a peep again
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Its because the CPD tried to frame him and the attorneys could see how flimsy their case was (there's a reason the videos of the brother's "confession" which is the lynchpin of CPD's case hasn't been released)
This. They spend more money defending shitty cops every day. Don't grow a spine now....
Fuck that hope he wins they trying to make an example of him because he us black, what he did was wrong but this is about vengeance and punishment because a black guy got off nothing else fuck them
By the family of the victims, police using this avenue after the city dropped charges set a bad precedent that can affect every USA citizen.
The police didn't drop the charges. They police are upset the prosecutor dropped the charges and are taking maters into their own hands so to speak.
You shouldn't have to pay for police investigations under any circumstance; it's a public expense to ensure the public good (theoretically). The idea of billing for police services, especially when no charges are placed, is ridiculous. But especially for an iinvestigation as faulty and useless as the CPD one in this matter. Smollett can probably claim it's broken and not fit for purpose under consumer regulations.
Hey some people make bad choices. This guy was one of them more than a few times now.
What a fool.
What a fool.
The CPD runs an illegal black site and had made thousands of people dissapear. The law is what they say it is as far as they're concerned
Oh sure of course, the CPD tried to frame him 🙄
You guys will make the wildest excuses.
Hmm yes a bunch of cops wanting to put a away a black activist this is something that is completely unprecedented in United States history.
So have you. That doesn't mean that people are entitled to sue you for damages though...unless you were in court...
right?
