4 d. ago The Truth About Jussie Smollett is madder than anyone expected

The Truth About Jussie Smollett has shot into Netflix’s top 10 films – and for good reason. The documentary revisits one of the most polarising celebrity scandals of the past decade, weaving together court evidence, conflicting testimony and a media firestorm into a story that’s stranger than fiction.

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4 d. ago Police probe hate crime after footballer 'subjected to homophobic abuse' in match

Police Scotland have confirmed they are treating an incident of homophobic abuse against Edinburgh City goalkeeper Mark Weir as a hate crime after a supporter was ejected from Elgin City's Borough Briggs stadium

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4 d. ago Scots police probe hate crime after 'homophobic abuse' of footballer

Police Scotland described the incident has 'despicable' and they were following a positive line of enquiry.

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4 d. ago City Hall earmarks £875,000 to tackle hate crime and extremism

City Hall earmarks £875,000 to tackle hate crime and extremism  BBC

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4 d. ago SNP Government considering adding ‘sex’ to Hate Crime Act after backlash

The change was announced today by the Government.

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5 d. ago Minneapolis school shooting updates: FBI investigating attack as domestic terrorism and hate crime against Catholics

FBI director Kash Patel makes statement but local police chief refuses to be drawn on motive of attacker who killed two children at church schoolMinneapolis Catholic school shooting: two children killedShock and horror after shooting: ‘Kids should not be fearing for their lives’Today’s incident marks the fourth deadly shooting in 24 hours in Minneapolis.Over the course of Tuesday into Wednesday, three people were shot and killed in three separate shootings.The level of gun violence across the city within the last day is deeply unsettling. Across three separate multiple-victim shootings, eight people have been injured by gunfire and three have lost their lives. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago What happened to Jussie Smollett and where is he now as Netflix documentary lands

Jussie Smollett, who starred on the TV series Empire, was accused of staging a hate crime against himself in 2019 and now it's been made into Netflix documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?

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9 d. ago Where is Jussie Smollett now six years after hate crime hoax scandal?

Jussie Smollett was taken to trial in 2019 for allegedly filing a false police report after the actor claimed he suffered a racial and homophobic attack in Chicago

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly claims she was Starmer’s ‘political prisoner’ after release from jail for race hate post

Connolly said Donald Trump’s lawyers are ‘keen to speak’ after she was released from prison on Thursday

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly released from jail after 10 months behind bars for race hate tweet

The Tory councillor’s wife was released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly to be released from jail after 10 months behind bars for hate tweet

The Tory councillor’s wife will reportedly be released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

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1 week ago Jussie Smollett says he felt ‘emasculated’ by public’s reaction to alleged hate crime

Netflix’s new documentary ‘The Truth About Jussie Smollett?’ airs Friday

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1 week ago Can a Netflix documentary explain what really happened to Jussie Smollett?

An eye-opening new look at the controversial, confusing story of the Empire actor whose violent attack was then disputed provides complicated new evidence Few had it made at the beginning of 2019 quite like Jussie Smollett, an actor and singer who successfully navigated child stardom on the way to becoming a fixture on the hit TV series Empire. That was until late January of that same year, when news broke that Smollett had been attacked outside his downtown Chicago apartment in a possible hate crime. (Smollett is Black and gay.) The breakout details that Smollett shared early on – specifically, that he had been jumped by two Maga foot soldiers who doused him in bleach before placing a noose around his neck – both galvanized public supporters and made them cynical. (Really? They shouted: “This is Maga country?” In Streeterville?) What’s more, the police didn’t do themselves many favors by registering their skepticism early and loudly.Ultimately, Smollett, who was suspected of stagin...

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2 w. ago What to Stream: Offset, John Cena, John Grisham and legal fights by Jussie Smollett and Amanda Knox

Migos rapper Offset releasing his third solo album “Kiari” and Samara Weaving playing a reformed getaway driver in the heist thriller “Eenie Meanie” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

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3 w. ago Men 'who filmed themselves targeting Orthodox Jews with water pistols' are arrested on suspicion of racist hate crime

The men, aged 26 and 36, were taken into custody for questioning on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Suspect in killings of Israeli Embassy staffers indicted on federal hate crime charges

Elias Rodriguez is accused of gunning down Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.

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3 w. ago Controversial actor Jussie Smollett returns to Fox in latest Special Forces cast

The ‘Empire’ actor’s hate crime hoax conviction was overturned last November

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