The Illinois attorney general is now being asked to review the handing of the Jussie Smollett case. Ryanyoungnews has the latest:
In the weeks since"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett first filed a police report alleging he was the victim of a hate crime, the story has taken numerous twists and turns.
Here's how the case has unfolded:What happenedChicago police confirmed they were investigating a possible hate crime against Smollett.They said that in the early morning of January 29 he was attacked by two people who were"yelling out racial and homophobic slurs" and"poured an unknown chemical substance on the victim" in the Streeterville neighborhood where he had been staying while filming his hit TV show"Empire.
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