After Jussie Smollett yelled “I am not suicidal” following his sentencing, Black LGBTQ community members explain his court outburst.
CHICAGO (WLS) — Some members of Chicago’s Black LGBTQ+ community said they understood why Jussie Smollett’s repeatedly said he was not suicidal Thursday before heading to serve out his sentence. Jae Rice, the communications director for Brave Space Alliance, said Black queer people aren’t safe in prison.”He was trying to say if anything was to happen to him in prison, like what happens to so many Black queer and trans folks, he wanted the rest of the world to know that it wasn’t suicide,” Rice said.
