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Jussie Smollett Case – Police Have Evidence of Hate Crime Attack
Interview with Marc Lamont Hill


Torchde Team | October 22, 2020

Jussie Smollett still maintains his innocence on Instagram Live with interviewer Marc Lamont Hill. As a result, the public scrutiny and bashing started again. During the interview Hill brings up the public’s misconception that there was no evidence. In the Jussie Smollett case the police do have evidence of a hate crime attack.

Jussie Smollett Case - Police have Evidence of Hate Crime Attack
“There is an example being made. The sad part is there’s an example being made of someone that did not do what they’re being accused of.”
– Jussie Smollett Interview Marc Lamont Hill (Instagram Live)

Police Records Corroborate Smollett’s Story

Hill commented in the interview “One of the things specifically that the Chicago PD said with your case is that they could not find video of a hate crime attack. They couldn’t find anybody that fit the description that you gave them.”

Smollett’s responded : “It’s out there. There were also two other witnesses who saw white men – saw exactly what I say that I saw.” The official transcript of the 2019 dismissal as well as detective records were released to the public in May 2019. For a summary article and link to the report click here. According to the detective’s notes there were two witnesses that saw a white man around the time of the attack. One witness even said that she saw a rope hanging from inside the man’s jacket.

“They will always try to silence the people who are simply speaking the truth. The liars are the ones that are projecting” – Jussie Smollett
Interview Marc Lamont Hill (Instagram Live)

Footage of Attack

Smollett also spoke about the lack of footage: “There is a tape from what I see, but of course it cuts off right before it happens.” Indeed, there is no footage of the encounter but there is enough to connect the dots. According to detectives, a man can be seen walking up behind Smollett. Shortly after, the footage shows the attackers running away encountering a security guard – another witness who would later identify one of them as white.

Jussie Smollett is currently facing criminal charges and a civil lawsuit from the City of Chicago. He was limited in his expressions about the case and mostly encouraged the audience to research what actually happened. He ended the interview with these words after Hill thanked him for speaking ‘his truth’. “I don’t speak my truth – there is no such thing as yours and my truth, there’s only one truth. I don’t speak my truth, I speak the truth.”