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    Charges dropped against 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett

    Chicago PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson, Rahm Emanuel call Jussie Smollett charges being dropped 'whitewash of justice'

    After charges were dropped against "Empire" star Jussie Smollett for allegedly staging his own hate crime, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are furious with the outcome, calling it a "whitewash of justice" that cost the city more than $10,000.

    "Where is the accountability in the system? You cannot have because of a person's position one set of rules applies to them and another set of rules apply to everyone else," Emanuel fumed, relating the ruling to the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal that broke earlier this month.

    "Our officers did hard work day in and day out, countless hours workign to unwind what actually happened that night. The city saw its reputation dragged through the mud ... It's not just the officers' work, but the work of the grand jury that made a decision based on only a sliver of the evidence [presented]," he continued. "Because of the judge's decision, none of that evidence will ever be made public."

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    Foxx’s call to Johnson came after an influential supporter of the “Empire” actor reached out to Foxx personally: Tina Tchen, a Chicago attorney and former chief of staff for former First Lady Michelle Obama, according to emails and text messages provided by Foxx to the Chicago Sun-Times in response to a public records request.

    Tchen passed Foxx’s number to a relative of the actor, and the ensuing conversations with the family member were cited by Foxx last month as the reason she recused herself from Smollett’s prosecution as the actor faces disorderly conduct charges for allegedly making a false police report.
    https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/re...t-to-kim-foxx/


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    There should have been a stipulation that he at least get some kind of Counseling/Therapy, because as they say down here in the South: "That Boy Ain't Right!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    There should have been a stipulation that he at least get some kind of Counseling/Therapy, because as they say down here in the South: "That Boy Ain't Right!"


    One could get the impression we havent seen the last of him in the news.

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    Chicago PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson, Rahm Emanuel call Jussie Smollett charges being dropped 'whitewash of justice'
    Yep, they're ticked and rightfully so...


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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Yep, they're ticked and rightfully so...

    The attorney general who I believe was made to drop the case, when asked even he said he was guilty. Pre politics/privilege.

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    Did they drop the charges Smollett made or is that still being investigated ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Did they drop the charges Smollett made or is that still being investigated ?
    They pretty much investigate that out and came to the conclusion he staged it. This was clearly an influence/political thing.

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    The prosecutor who dropped Jussie Smollett's charges says he believes the actor lied to the police

    The prosecutor who dropped the charges against Jussie Smollett said he still believes the actor lied to the police about the racist and homophobic attack he allegedly staged in Chicago in January.

    In a surprise hearing Tuesday, Joe Magats, the first assistant state's attorney in Cook County, Illinois, announced he decided to drop charges against Smollett. The stunning reversal 18 days after a grand jury indicted the "Empire" actor on felony disorderly conduct outraged the Chicago mayor and police department.

    The decision to drop the charges does not mean the actor was innocent or any new evidence was presented, Magats told CNN affiliate WLS.

    "We believe he did what he was charged with doing," he said. "This was not an exoneration. To say he was exonerated by us or anyone else is not true."
    He said charges are dropped in thousands of cases, but Smollett's case is getting scrutinized because he is a celebrity...

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/enter...day/index.html

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    Can't they be made to continue with the charges by a higher authority

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