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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
I don't think he ever said the suspects were White.
The media just assumed that it appears.
" No suspect description available in Smollett case, police say"
https://www.cnn.com/entertainment/li...156a19cf4139ec
So are the police lying to us or is the media putting out "facts" without even checking them?
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This is one of hundreds of takes on it:
"In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Smollett was attacked by two white men who were reportedly wearing ski masks, and who put a noose around his neck while using anti-gay and racist slurs. At one point, the men reportedly screamed, “This is MAGA country!”
"Empire" star Jussie Smollett was brutally attacked by 2 men who beat him up, put his head in a noose and screamed, "This is MAGA country."
Sources directly connected to Jussie tell TMZ, the actor arrived in Chicago from New York late Monday, and at around 2 AM he was hungry and went to a Subway. We're told when shortly after he walked out on his way home, someone yelled, "Aren't you that f***ot 'Empire' n*****?"
The 2 men -- both white and wearing ski masks -- viciously attacked Jussie as he fought back, but they beat him badly and fractured a rib. They put a rope around his neck, poured bleach on him and as they left they yelled, "This is MAGA country."
Jussie took himself to Northwestern Memorial where he was treated. He was discharged later Tuesday morning.
ThatGrapeJuice.Net first posted this letter which was sent to Fox Studios in Chicago with cut out letters spelling, "You will die black f**." Our sources say the letter was sent 8 days ago."
"Early Monday morning, Empire star Jussie Smollett was allegedly attacked by two masked white men in Chicago who beat and berated the 36-year-old actor while yelling racist and homophobic slurs and putting his head in a noose, pouring an unknown chemical on him before fleeing on foot. Smollett, who told police the two men yelled “this is MAGA country,” was transported to a nearby hospital." - The Root
"A gay cast member of the Fox show "Empire," Smollett, told police two white men shouting racial epithets and gay slurs beat him up, doused him with an unknown chemical and tied a rope around is neck after he left a Subway restaurant around 2 a.m. Tuesday." CBS News
All these media were reporting the assailants were white on an assumption, and reporting that he told police that they were white?