Tawana Brawley https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:19:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Tawana Brawley https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Hate Crime Hoaxes: The Bad and the Good https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/02/hate-crime-hoaxes-the-bad-and-the-good/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:00:20 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=11042 Written by Walter WIlliams

Jussie Smollett, “Empire” actor, claimed that on Jan. 29, two masked men identifying themselves as Donald Trump supporters and using racial and homophobic insults attacked him. Smollett said the assailants yelled “This is MAGA country,” bashed his face, crushed his ribs, splashed him with bleach and put a noose around his neck. Smollett’s telling of the hate crime was gobbled up hook, line and sinker by the anti-Trump news media, but Chicago police say it was a hoax.… Continue Reading

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