Posted on 01/31/2019 11:56:52 AM PST by Red Badger
New details are emerging in the alleged attack and possible hate crime against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
A dozen detectives are pursuing new leads and have tracked the actor's movements that night through video and photos, Chicago Police tell ABC News.
They say video shows Smollett walking across the street from two possible persons of interest, whose photos were released late Wednesday to the public. In the video, Smollett walks out of frame for about a minute and reappears on another camera "wearing a rope like a neck tie," police said.
Police are still hoping to speak to the two men seen in the video about the alleged attack.
"Photos of people of interest who were in area of the alleged assault & battery of Empire cast member. While video does not capture an encounter, detectives are taking this development seriously & wish to question individuals as more cameras are being reviewed," Chicago Police tweeted late yesterday.
As of Thursday morning, the press office for the Chicago Police Department told ABC News there haven't been any new developments.
President Trump called the attack "horrible" while discussing a wide range of issues Thursday afternoon.
"Doesn't get worse, as far as I'm concerned," he said.
The "Empire" star told police the alleged attack happened Tuesday about 2 a.m. The 36-year-old actor was subsequently hospitalized and released, local authorities said.
Smollett has been cooperating with local authorities to find the men he says allegedly attacked him and shouted racial and homophobic slurs, police said.
Smollett has declined to hand over his cell phone to detectives, police added.
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Jussie Hater refused to allow Police to see his phone, after he told them he was talking on the phone throughout the entire incident.
That tells the story - Drama Jussie withholding evidence.
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Yep, from the same people who say “What does Trump have to hide, he should talk to Mueller with NO lawyer” think its NO big deal that an actor, who CLAIMS he was attacked, will NOT turn over his cell phone
"Doesn't get worse, as far as I'm concerned," he said.
I still believe the lying enemedia is taking words out of context. Either that or Trump is gullible and has swallawed the load.
Most here would not turn over their phone.
Smollett has declined to hand over his cell phone to detectives, police added.
Doesn't sound like cooperation to me. Jussie Boy went trolling for queer sex at 2:00 in the morning. It went predicatably wrong. Now he's blaming Trump supporters.
TWELVE detectives?? WTF?
Most here wouldn’t make up racist smear stories.
Trump said the politic thing to say. Anything else would have been pointed to as him being a racist. You just says its "terrible" and if it's proven the guy was lying you say THAT's just terrible too. Gotta pick your battles - there's no upside to calling the guy a liar for someone in Trump's position.
If a couple of guys tried to strangle you with a cord, wouldn’t you get it away from around your neck as fast as you could?
They might come back.
No, no. I'd keep wearing it for 45 freaking minutes.
/Jussie Boy.
Until it’s a proven hoax, and it will be, that’s all he can be expected to say..............
Maybe he’s into B&D........................
Internet rumor has it that he has kiddie porn on it................
Trump should have kept quite about this “incident”.
I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he knows the press lies. He knows that they would make him out to be sympathetic to the “truth” of what Smollet said.
And that’s exactly what has happened.
The press threw the bait out there. And Trump bit.
Gotta get that overtime while the gettin’s good..................
Some demographics are more equal than others
Bed & Breakfast?
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