Abdulrasoul saw the bartender was wearing a necklace with the Star of David a six-pointed star generally recognized as a symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism and allegedly told the bartender to “take the necklace off." Abdulrasoul then made several antisemitic statements and commented that the bartender’s “people” were killing her “people."
Smollett’s jail sentence is excessive, but he brought it on himself. Most important, let’s hope we never hear again about “substantial abuses of discretion” from the state’s attorney’s office.
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