Black Lives Matter issues statement, says they could never believe police over a black man like Jussie Smollett

Here’s a great catch by Townhall’s Guy Benson. As you probably know, Jussie Smollet’s trial isn’t going too well for him, with Smollett’s defense attorney wrapping up by asking (rhetorically) if Smollet was “dumb enough to go into Obama’s city and pretend there’s Trump supporters running around with MAGA hats?” Yes, that was the defense admitting that the whole thing was a hoax.

We’ve already reached our verdict, but as Benson points out, Black Lives Matter has issued a statement on the trial, saying that the organization could never believe the police, especially the Chicago Police Department, over Smollett, a black man.

National BLM organization statement on Smollett: “In our commitment to [police] abolition, we can never believe police…over Jussie Smollett, a Black man who has been courageously present, visible, and vocal in the struggle for Black freedom.” https://t.co/mSXpu9EyN3

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 8, 2021

The statement reads, in part:

In an abolitionist society, this trial would not be taking place, and our communities would not have to fight and suffer to prove our worth. Instead, we find ourselves, once again, being forced to put our lives and our value in the hands of judges and juries operating in a system that is designed to oppress us, while continuing to face a corrupt and violent police department, which has proven time and again to have no respect for our lives.

In our commitment to abolition, we can never believe police, especially the Chicago Police Department (CPD) over Jussie Smollett, a Black man who has been courageously present, visible, and vocal in the struggle for Black freedom….

It's always astonishing to me when a person or group says who they are up front and yet they have followers and adherents who are surprised or defensive when the person or group do or say something that falls in line with who the person or group always claimed to be. To wit: BLM

— Jim Jindra (@hawley5150) December 8, 2021

He will likely be found guilty as it appears he deserves to be. This will be a very good thing. Racism exists. But it doesn't exist nearly to the level of where the race baiters would have us all believe. And its made much worse by "people" like Smollett.

— TheSchuettTeam (@SchuettThe) December 8, 2021

We're at the 2+2=5 moment.

— Kirk High-Land (@KirkHighland) December 8, 2021

They have, in one paragraph, lost ALL credibility. How sad.

— motherofthejackal (@Irena926K) December 8, 2021

Note that their main commitment is to the abolition of police. They say it over and over again. But for many criticizing BLM in any manner is racist.

— Kurt Tazelaar (@KurtTazelaar) December 8, 2021

This is cult behavior.

— Tsukkomi (@ljenkins314) December 8, 2021

https://twitter.com/pflugel/status/1468687409781129217

And this organization rakes in millions in donations.

BLM is just a stupid Marxist extremist group made up of people who know nothing and can't be taught.

— Jim Jennings (@jjenningsUSA) December 8, 2021

Still not sure why this guy matters more than the black Americans actually being murdered in Chicago on the regular.

— Vicki Lynn (@reddmedusa) December 8, 2021

https://twitter.com/SeekingQuetzal/status/1468688781104631814

At least we don’t foresee any riots when Smollett is found guilty; if it had been televised, maybe, but we don’t even think enough progressives care to get involved in this mess.

Related:

Jussie Smollett attorney’s closing argument to the jury ‘isn’t the defense they think it is’ https://t.co/v0cOICP75N

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 8, 2021