Dueling demonstrations erupt in Chicago over handling of Jussie Smollett's charges, with a group led by the city police union demanding the resignation of the Cook County state's attorney.
Jussie Smollett speaks with members of the media after his court appearance at Leighton Courthouse on March 26, 2019, in Chicago.Earlier Monday, Jackson and members of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition, rallied in support of Foxx at a Chicago church.
Joining Jackson was the Rev. Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of The Faith Community of Saint Sabina Roman Catholic Church in Chicago. Foxx said she recused herself about a week before Smollett was formally charged after consulting her office's chief ethics officer about a phone call she received from Tina Tchen, the one-time chief of staff for former first lady Michelle Obama, asking on behalf of Smollett's family about the status of the case. She said she later spoke to a relative of Smollett's whom she would not identify.
Smollett told police that on Jan. 29, he was walking on a street near his apartment around 2 a.m. when he was set upon by two men. The attackers allegedly shouted racist and homophobic slurs and the words "MAGA country" before hitting him, pouring “an unknown chemical substance” on him -- possibly bleach -- and wrapping a rope around his neck, he told detectives.
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