'Do I think justice was served? No ... I think this city is still owed an apology,' Chicago's police chief says after Jussie Smollett's charges were dropped.
“From top to bottom this is not on the level,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. “At the end of the day, it’s Mr. Smollett that committed this false claim.”
While Johnson and Emanuel said they were mad at prosecutors, their harshest words were aimed at Smollett.beaten up by two masked menThe actor, who is black and gay, said his attackers hurled racist and homophobic slurs before punching him, putting a noose around his neck and pouring what he said was bleach on him.
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