Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.The city of Chicago wants"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to pay it $130,000 to help cover the costs of a police probe into an alleged racist and homophobic attack on him, a spokesman for the city's legal department said Thursday.
The actor's attorneys fired back at Emanuel, saying in a statement that the mayor and the police department owe Smollett an apology"for dragging an innocent man’s character through the mud."was indicted earlier this month on 16 felony counts for allegedly filing a false police report about the alleged attack.Jussie Smollet leaves court after state prosecutors dropped charges against him in Chicago on March 26, 2019.Smollett, who is black and gay, told police Jan.
Emanuel said Smollett's paying the city back for what it spent on the police probe would —"in a small way" —be an acknowledgment from the actor that he is guilty.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel comments on Jussie Smollett covering the costs of his police investigation is a black thing. Just one of the old '{JIM CROW' laws that white peoples continue to use against black peoples.
No, he shouldn't. If you want him to cover the costs of the investigation, then prosecute him and get a conviction. Otherwise, you have no basis for this demand.
If this case was dropped for the charges and reviewed by FBI, the mayor cannot just ask a payment from this actor. There are many cases in any city, does a mayor asks one to pay what a case costs? What the city taxes do?
stop now-- children are in cages and Flint needs good water--floods are everywhere- free all the men in jail who had- oz of marijuana--NOW- stop bail for poor people- pedophiles are not in jail---what else!!!!!!!
Agreed!
ChicagosMayor All of Illinois is broke they can't even pay their bills! I'm sure damn right they want the money back! Wonder why Illinois is broke Democrats have been in charge too long!
The people in the replies saying things like “well then have police officers pay for police brutality investigations” are a truly monumental level of stupid
This is a Democrat? Pushes to be to the right of GOP on immigration. Pushes RW candidates. Does Rahm hate POC? His reaction to this is way over the top.
Whos going to cover these costs Mayor
From 2004-2016. That's $55M a year on average paid out by taxpayers. Then in all fairness this should come out of the pockets and pensions of PD, city officials including the mayor right? Right?
It's their job to investigate crimes! Jesse was not convicted of a crime so why should he pay CPD for something they are already paid to do? Although, seems like they did it very poorly in this case!
Chicago_Police ChicagosMayor & who will reimburse Chicago for the many police brutality payouts & families of missing girls & the recent abuse of a young girl’s birthday party due to Incompetence
If a white guy did this and said black guys in Obama shirts attacked him and put a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him, sent a fake letter to himself, they yelled this is Obama country honkey... and it was all fake..and they let him off! Riots would happen! Jussiehoax
The truth comes out Obama strikes again
First, Smolete is guilty as hell. All the evidence bears this out. BUT, since you let him off the hook, he has every legal right to sue the balls off of the city of Chicago
130k def not gonna cover wasted taxpayers money
lock him up ! disgusting ! rich, elitist, privileged ! minority
Mayor: drop it. Move on.
All that police brutality in Chicago and they wanna go after Jussie. GTFOH
So The Chicago Police wants Victims to Pay for the Departments Failure to Prove any crime
130k cough it up....
I wonder ,if he was White if even an eyelash fluttered or are we now asking mo money This will be the new norm ?
Since he wasn't found guilty of any crime he can't be forced to pay for anything. The DA erased the whole matter so make Kim Foxx pay the city back
Reasonable request. Smollett
It won’t happen but.........
Why? He wasn’t found guilty of anything. If that’s the case then investigations of police brutality need to be footed by the officer.
Good, as he should
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