John Cusack attacked by police and 'hit by pepper spray' while filming Chicago protests

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: Independent UK

John Cusack has been attacked by Chicago police after filming protests and riots in the city.

The Say Anything actor has been using social media to document the protests that have arisen in the city in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

The 46-year-old was killed after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, while Floyd pleaded for his life.

Peaceful and non-peaceful protests, riots and looting have occurred across the USA in recent days.

Cusack wrote on Twitter: “Cops didn’t like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/john-cusack-george-floyd-protests-police-brutality-chicago-trump-a9540876.html

[Jose Garcia]

1. No tears for that antisemitic piece of s**t

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/18/john-cusack-apologizes-anti-semitic-tweet-after-defending-why-he-posted-it/%3foutputType=amp

[Doodley]

3. Don't rush to judge a Democratic Socialist who stands up for Palestinians.

[Bluepinky]

11. +1. Palestinians are people too.

[EX500rider]

12. Yes, who'd guessed someone who is anti-semitic would be pro-palestine? nt

[Doodley]

22. Where's the evidence he's anti-Semitic? And don't have to be anti-Semitic to defend Palestinians.

[EX500rider]

26. I saw the evidence in post #1 in this thread.......nt

[Jose Garcia]

15. Left-wing antisemitism isn't any better than right-wing antisemitism

[Doodley]

24. My wife is a Jew and can see he made a mistake. You call him a POS, for

making a mistake? He was trying to make a point about how the Palestinians are treated. He did it very badly. He apologized. That doesn't make him a piece of shit.

[Jose Garcia]

31. He originally blamed a 'bot' for the tweet, before trying to defend it

That's a sign that he is not being honest about the matter.

[Doodley]

32. I have lied before to save my embarrassment. Does that make me an anti-Semite? I have posted things

on Democratic Underground that were clumsy and read in a way I didn't expect. They were removed. Does that make me a racist? Joe Biden said something a few weeks ago that some said were racist. Why do we have to hold so many people fighting our cause to such an impossible standard?

[Major Nikon]

17. You can do that without anti-Semitism

So yes I think you can judge such things, especially when the offender falsely claimed their account was hacked by the alt-right before finally coming clean and admitting it was a fuckup while continuing to offer lame excuses.

Whatever you want to say about Cusack, it's pretty clear at least that one event was indefensible.

[Doodley]

23. He apologized. Are there other examples of him being anti-Semitic? For God's sake,

making a mistake doesn't make a person an anti-Semitic POS, as one poster suggested. We all make mistakes. If this is the only example, give him a break.

[Major Nikon]

30. That wasn't my claim so you'll need to take that up with the one who made it

He admitted the cartoon was antisemitic, and the apology came after he tried to defend it and after the backlash was untenable. My claim was he could make his point without the antisemitism, which I’m pretty sure even he agrees, albeit belatedly.

[Thekaspervote]

21. Agree! Could care less that he got sprayed...

[marble falls]

2. "Hey, John! Welcome back to Chicago! Now move along, there ain't nothin' to see here!"

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Cusack has money and the ability to hire a bulldog lawyer.

And I'd venture a good guess that he'll do just that.

[intheflow]

5. I don't have much to comment on this except

John Cusack is not 46 years old. That’s not even a typo. He was born in ‘66, which makes him 54. I hate sloppy reporting.

[pwb]

6. It was Mr Floyd they said was 46 not Cusak.

?

[intheflow]

8. D'oh!

Obviously my Sunday morning reading comprehension sucks.

[demigoddess]

13. no, their writing sucked.

it should have started off with Floyd as they switched to talking about him.

[They_Live]

14. And for a second there

I thought Cusack was killed by the police while Floyd pleaded with them to save his life.

[Bettie]

16. It was awkwardly worded

media is so video driven these days, it seems that writing skills have deteriorated significantly.

[intheflow]

18. Proofreading no longer exists.

People are posting articles from their phones. It's a brave new world in journalism.

[PatSeg]

7. That was poorly written

I think the age was referring to George Floyd, not John Cusack. I initially read it as Cusack as well.

[Arthur_Frain]

19. No kidding.

At one point in the article, I had to backtrack because it was reading as if Cusak had died.

[PatSeg]

20. Yes, that is how it read

I encounter this sort of thing a lot in newspaper articles these days. Also some totally unintelligible headlines.

[Doodley]

10. He's 54 next month. The article didn't say he was 46.

[Bayard]

9. Cusack is a favorite

He's made some really interesting movies that weren't box office hits, but very worthwhile watching (Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Runaway Jury, The Raven). Several came from Stephen King books (Stand by Me, 1408, Cell). Everyone knows the biggies--Con Aire, Grosse Point Blank, among others).

He's been an activist for many Democratic and Socialist causes, and endorsed Bernie Sanders.

I like this quote, “kick Trump’s loathsome Nazi ass out of the White House and into prison.”

[Doodley]

25. Well said. It is unfortunate somebody labeled him a piece of shit.

[Duppers]

27. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Runaway Jury, &

"Stand by Me" are some of my favorite movies but I don't favor some of those biggies. And, of course, there's his light-hearted romantic comedy "Must Love Dogs" - gotta like that. 😁

For sure, he's a versatile actor. And his sister, Joan, has given some funny performances.

I didn't know for sure but would've guessed he's a big liberal.

[SharonClark]

28. He's a Democratic Socialist.

I love many of his movies such as The Sure Thing, Say Anything, The Grifters, Grosse Pointe Blank, Being John Malkovich, and High Fidelity.

[AKing]

29. Stores are being looted all over the South Suburbs. Been going on for several hours...

Many towns are declaring emergencies and ordering all businesses to shut down. Heartbreaking.