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Melina Abdullah: BLM leader slammed, called 'moron, liar' for backing Jussie Smollett

'We must courageously love and protect one another and always remember that police lie,' Melina Abdullah said

Senior Black Lives Matter leader Dr Melina Abdullah has been heavily criticized on the internet for supporting Jussie Smollett, who allegedly staged a hate attack against him in 2019 to get publicity and a better salary. Dr Abdullah, the co-founder of BLM's Los Angeles chapter, insisted that “we can never believe police” as jurors' deliberation in Smollett’s trial is expected to resume on Thursday, December 9.

Abdullah said that the jury should free Smollet – famous for playing the character of Jamal Lyon in ‘Empire’ – as she stated: “It's not about a trial or a verdict decided in a white supremacist charade, it's about how we treat our community when corrupt systems are working to devalue their lives.” She also tweeted, “As they move in to closing arguments in the #JussieSmollettTrial, we must courageously love and protect one another and always remember that POLICE LIE. We love you Jussie! #JussieSmollett #PoliceLie #CopsLie @CoalitionJussie.”

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Abdullah also gave an explanation in her statement on why Smollet shouldn’t be tried. She said, “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.”

Abdullah continued, “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. While policing at-large is an irredeemable institution, CPD is notorious for its long and deep history of corruption, racism, and brutality.”

“From the murders of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, to the Burge tortures, to the murder of Laquan McDonald and subsequent cover-up, to the hundreds of others killed by Chicago police over the years and the thousands who survived abuse, Chicago police consistently demonstrate that they are among the worst of the worst. Police lie and Chicago police lie especially,” she added.

Abdullah’s comments have not been taken well by people online as a user slammed, “she is a moron, and a liar. She is a fabricator of deceit & defines everything wrong in humanity!” The second one said, “BLM is an upstanding organization. They are seeking the abolition of the family. Also, what has happened to all of the money they have conned out of the idiots. No one know where it went. There is no accountability.” “Doubling down on Jussie?  Wow,how lame,” the third one added.

A person noted, “Melina Abdullah has no idea what she is talking about. He claimed 2 white men jumped him when clearly in the video is 2 black men. To back him is to say it’s ok to lie if it fits your agenda. It also says then they should prosecute the brothers.” Another one wrote: “Does anyone really take this hostile racist, @DocMellyMel Melina Abdullah, seriously?? Just an angry, evil, bad human being.”