>People don't randomly have bleach and rope on them so that
>and the threatening letters would suggest this was a
>pre-meditated attack.
>
>Additionally, to catch Smollett in the streets like that also
>suggests they either knew where he frequented or were
>following him that night.
>
>To me, that's alot of investment to attack someone that isn't
>particularly known for his activism and, I'd think, wouldn't
>be that symbolic a target.
>
>Did some racist domestic terrorists decide that attacking a
>member of the "Empire" cast would send some terrifying message
>to black people in America? Possibly... but it's getting into
>the realm of being stranger than fiction.
>
>It would be more believable if he'd just randomly been jumped
>or if he were on a Colin Kapernick level of activism.