Jussie Smollett’s attorneys asked a Chicago judge on Friday to overturn his hate crime conviction — or give him a new trial — alleging that his constitutional rights were violated by the court during the jury selection process. Lawyers for the former “Empire” representative argued that the court made a series of errors during the trial, which they claimed were “preventing the political divisions plaguing the country,” according to a filing obtained by The Post. Smollett, 39, was convicted in December of lying to police when he told cops that…
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How hate speech led to hate crimes
Three days after US officials first used the term “China Virus” on a national news broadcast, a barrage of anti-Asian attacks began in New York City. Within hours, two Asian Americans were separately assaulted — the first of such hate crimes in the city for the year and marking a deeply troubling, sometimes deadly trend that continues today. “Where is your corona mask, you Asian b—h?” a 23-year-old woman was asked March 10, 2020, before she was slugged in the face. Hours later, a 59-year-old man was kicked to the…
Read MorePsaki Jazz ignites hate against Asians because Biden’s team has no answers
Oops, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did it again, this time blaming the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes on “hate-filled rhetoric and language about the origins of the pandemic” — meaning, of course, It’s Trump’s fault again. The absurdity is obvious because the motive behind the gaslighting of Psaki was the murder of Christina Yuna Lee on Sunday in Manhattan. At the scene of the accident was arrested a homeless profession criminal Osmad Nash. It comes on the heels of Michelle Alyssa Goo’s fatal push on the subway last…
Read MoreA man threatens to burn a bakery shop in New York above the Israeli flags
A man allegedly threatened to burn down a kosher bakery in Queens because of the Israeli flags displayed in the shop. The man threw hate speeches at a 26-year-old worker and customers at Bagels & Co in Fresh Meadows at about 3:40 p.m. last Wednesday, according to police. “Remove those Israeli flags and close the shop, or I will burn the building,” the suspect said. Police said the suspect filmed the ugly explosion on his cell phone. No injuries were reported during the accident. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force…
Read MoreThe attacker tells the woman to “go back to China”, punches her: cops
Police said a hateful attacker asked a woman to “go back to China” and hit her in the back of the head in an unprovoked attack in Lower Manhattan this week. The 26-year-old victim was unloading luggage from a car on Hudson Street near Dominic Avenue in Hudson Square around 3:30 p.m. on Halloween when a woman came behind her and shouted, “Get out of Chinatown. Go back to China!” according to authorities. . Police said the suspect then punched the woman in the back of the head. The attacker…
Read MoreNYPD releases video of Jewish man being shot with a possible BP pistol
A disturbing new surveillance video released by police shows a man in traditional Jewish costume being shot with a possible BB pistol in Brooklyn. Police said the 23-year-old victim was driving on Albany Avenue and Montgomery Avenue in Crown Heights around 10:30 p.m. Oct. 11 when three men pulled up inside a dark-colored Hyundai Sonata with silver wheels. When the victim tried to cross the street, the Hyundai driver turned a corner and someone inside fired an “unidentified shell” – believed to be a shot from a BB pistol –…
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