Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside - Chicago Tribune
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Something important has been lost in the embarrassing saga of Jussie Smollett..
What’s been lost is this:
I’m told tha
t two dozen detectives were assigned to the Smollett case.
Can Chicago afford that, what with all the unsolved murders and shootings in this town?
No.
There were some 18 people killed in Chicago after Smollett began telling his story in late January, that story in which he cast himself as the hero, about having to fight off pro-Trump racists.
...But two dozen detectives for Smollett just doesn’t seem right.
Make no mistake.
I’m not blaming the detectives, or the Chicago Police Department.
They work for a politician.
His name is Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who famously announced a few years ago that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
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“This was an attempted modern-day lynching,” tweeted Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris of California.
“No one should ever have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin.
We must confront this hate.”
...It was a perfect anti-Trump story. It fit the prevailing narrative of many in the media (who are themselves liberal Democrats) that Trump supporters are racist and just itching to find some minorities to beat up.
...Or you might consider
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin.
She looked into the camera, and sighed, and her sigh was full of her politics.
“This is America in 2019,” she said.
We get it, Brooke.
We’re terrible.
Donald Trump is the president, and everything’s gone to hell.
A few weeks ago,
after Smollett began telling his tale — in which he’s the hero fighting oppression and hatred — a
1-year-old child was shot in the head.
It looked like a street gang may have been targeting his mother.
She’s been shot before.
The child, Dejon Irving, is on life support.
I don’t think there were two dozen detectives assigned to Dejon Irving’s case.
But
he’s not a star to be used by politicians in pursuit of power.
He’s not a symbol.
Politicians don’t tweet his name.
He’s just a little boy from Chicago, shot in the head."
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