"I still want to believe with everything that has happened, that there is something called justice. Cuz if I stop believing that, then what's it all for?" Jussie Smollett to ABC News on February 14, prior to Smollett being charged with faking a hate crime against himself. Here is ABC's Good Morning America on February 21st, the morning that Smollett turned himself in to Chicago police. Note that no cameras were there to record Smollett entering the police building when often times media outlets are tipped off in advance to get the video of a "perp walk." "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is in police custody and has been charged with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false report, according to
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Rep. John Yarmuth digs in, doesn’t believe CovCath student Nick Sandmann
Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) joined me on 840WHAS to discuss his tweets damning the students of Covington Catholic high school as "appalling" and displaying "racist hatred" at a January field trip to DC. Yarmuth declined to apologize for tweeting before learning the wider story of a group of adult Herbrew Israelites hurling abusive, homophobic language at the students, and how additional video showed that the Native American group approached the students. Initial social and traditional media accounts reported that the students "swarmed" the Native Americans to mock and intimidate the elders. Whoooooaaaaa. Slow your roll, rush-to-judgment team. The videos don't lie. Agenda-driven social justice warriors supplying limited views do lie. Student Nick Sandmann appeared on TODAY to tell his story. It was