By Tyler Durden | 2 April 2019
ZERO HEDGE — Despite the Chicago Police Superintendent, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and even comedian Chris Rock condemning Jussie Smollett for staging a hate-crime against himself, the Empire actor has at least one defender:
Maxine Waters
“It’s the correct thing that the charges were dropped,” said the 80-year-old Democratic Congresswoman from California in a Sunday interview with Extra at the NAACP Image Awards.
“First of all, we probably will never know all of the details. We’ve heard a lot of information,” said Waters.
“No one was hurt — that is, physically, killed, shot — he never committed a crime before, he forfeited the bail and it’s this kind of situation where they close the case all over the country every day. I have learned this isn’t unusual.” […]
But he did commit a crime before Maxine and it’s actually super easy to find on the interwebs. I know geriatrics have a tough time with technology, but come on now.
The same argument could be used for Sandy Hook. No one was hurt.