The perpetrator of the fake hate crime du jour is now reaping his rewards:
CHICAGO — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been officially charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, officials announced on Wednesday.
The Cook County state’s attorney’s office said Smollett filed the false police report claiming he was attacked on Jan. 29. A court hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CT Thursday.
Earlier on Wednesday, Smollett “officially classified” a suspect in a criminal investigation for allegedly filing a false police report, according to a tweet from Chicago police spokesman Officer Anthony Guglielmi.
A Cook County grand jury was hearing evidence just weeks after the young actor reported being the victim of a hate crime on January 29, the police spokesman said. Filing a false police report is a Class 4 felony.
Smollett’s transformation from victim to suspect in a reported crime that captured national headlines came on the same day that a high-ranking police source said Chicago detectives were working to obtain the actor’s financial records.
So: Filing fake hate crime reports to paint your political opponents as racist gay-bashers is bad, mmmmkay?
Now let’s go to the memes:
After a day of reading great memes I have finally found my favorite!! #JussieSmollettHoax pic.twitter.com/TWCoS90Sh2
— scott crane (@tazcrane) February 18, 2019
You are too gullible. https://t.co/dKgfcfmj6p #JussieSmollettHoax pic.twitter.com/cdPxpcZcnC
— WatchingYou (@TardWatcher) February 19, 2019
Did a meme #JussieSmollettHoax pic.twitter.com/Oct8y9Sk9N
— Leonard Archer (@fishpainting) February 17, 2019
And The Babylon Bee: “Jussie Smollett Offered Job At CNN After Fabricating News Story Out Of Thin Air.”
But wait! There’s even a cherry on top! Snopes actually fact-checked the Babylon Bee story: “This was not a genuine news story, although some readers mistook it for such.”
Conclusion: Snopes has some really, really stupid readers…
