“Empire” actress Taraji Henson called for her former TV son, Jussie Smollett, to be released from jail – and compared the hate-crime faker’s case to that of Emmett Till.
“Empire” actress Taraji Henson called for her former TV son, Jussie Smollett, to be released from jail – and compared the hate-crime faker’s case to that of Emmett Till, the black teen who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. shared a post on Instagram
“Emmett Till was brutally beat and ultimately murdered because of a lie and none of the people involved with his demise spent one day in jail, even after Carolyn Bryant admitted that her claims were false. No one was hurt or killed during Jussie’s ordeal,” she wrote. Henson’s post — which drew more than 47,000 likes, including from actors Gabrielle Union and Leslie Jordan — echoed letters read in court during Smollett’s sentencing last week.
“The punishment does not fit the crime…no one was hurt or killed,” Taraji P. Henson argued on behalf of “Empire” co-star Jussie Smollett.The black teen whistled at the white woman during a time when the segregated South was deep in the throes of Jim Crow and racial injustice.
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