{"id":31422,"date":"2019-02-23T06:55:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T10:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=31422"},"modified":"2019-02-23T06:55:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T10:55:23","slug":"smolletts-lynching-documentary-part-proves-kamala-harris-lynching-legislation-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=31422","title":{"rendered":"Smollett&#8217;s &#8216;Lynching&#8217; Documentary Part Proves Kamala Harris&#8217; Lynching Legislation Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jussie Smollett Recently Hosted Documentary on Lynching<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_117324\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/smollettphonerecord1-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117324\" class=\"size-full wp-image-117324\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/smollettphonerecord1-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-117324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominik Bindl\/Getty Images for Tribeca TV<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Actor Jussie Smollett had recently hosted an episode on lynching for the documentary series \u201cAmerica Divided.\u201d The Epix network has since pulled the episode featuring the embattled actor after the actor was arrested and charged of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.<\/h2>\n<p>by Alana Mastrangelo<br \/>\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n<p>Jussie Smollett appeared in a documentary that specifically touched upon the topic of lynching last May, according to a <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/tv\/news\/jussie-smollett-lynching-documentary-epix-1203145356\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">report<\/a> by <em>Variety<\/em>. The <em>Empire<\/em> actor was a narrator and correspondent in an episode of the Epix documentary series, \u201cAmerica Divided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The episode\u2019s director, Lucian Read, told <em>Variety<\/em> that he was horrified when Smollett\u2019s story initially came out, adding that for him, it was \u201chard to get away from the coincidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"powr_1\" class=\"a8d padok\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"powr_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/player.powr.com\/iframe.html?account=100010177&amp;player=743&amp;domain=breitbart.com&amp;terms=jussie%20smollett%20hosted%20documentary%20lynching%20episode%20embattled%20featuring&amp;uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2019%2F02%2F21%2Fjussie-smollett-recently-hosted-documentary-on-lynching%2F&amp;c=1550914799550\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOf course in this country we believe in innocent until proven guilty and all that,\u201d said Read, \u201cbut assuming the allegations are true, I wonder whether coincidence is the right word \u2014 to take this truth and turn it into a fiction like that, it\u2019s remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smollett had initially reported that he had been attacked by two men wearing masks, who threw bleach on him and put a rope around his neck.<\/p>\n<p>The actor\u2019s story caused many members in Hollywood, the mainstream media, and the Democrat Party to immediately and uncritically react, spurring a national frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>Newly announced Democrat 2020 presidential candidates, such as Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Cory Booker, quickly reacted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/18\/kamala-harris-wont-comment-on-jussie-smollett-after-calling-alleged-attack-attempted-modern-day-lynching\/\">calling<\/a> Smollet\u2019s unverified story an \u201cattempted modern day lynching,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/01\/cory-booker-demands-house-pass-anti-lynching-bill-in-response-to-jussie-smollett-incident\/\">demanding<\/a> that Congress pass an anti-lynching bill.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the actor has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/21\/jussie-smollett-in-custody-after-surrendering-to-police\/\">arrested<\/a> and charged with one count of felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, as Chicago police say that new evidence suggests that Smollett had staged his own attack.<\/p>\n<p>Read told <em>Variety<\/em> that the actor had been \u201ca pleasure to work with,\u201d and that he and the producers are still \u201cvery proud\u201d of the episode that had been hosted by Smollett, despite the \u201ccrazy\u201d and \u201cstrange\u201d recent developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really believed it was the strongest episode in the series and explored issues that need to be discussed in this country,\u201d said Read, \u201cJussie and all of us were extremely committed to making a great show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The network has since reportedly pulled the episode, stating, \u201cIn light of \u2013 and with respect to \u2013 the sensitivities around recent events, we can confirm that Epix is no longer making available the episode of \u2018America Divided\u2019 featuring Jussie Smollett.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/21\/jussie-smollett-recently-hosted-documentary-on-lynching\/\">https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/02\/21\/jussie-smollett-recently-hosted-documentary-on-lynching\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jussie Smollett Recently Hosted Documentary on Lynching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}