Turns out Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel wanted Jussie to pay $130,000 to pay for the cost of investigating the claim that two men in Trump hats assaulted Jussie while shouting, “This is MAGA country.” Now, I’ve believed from the beginning that Jussie was lying. But once the prosecutors decided to drop the charges against him, […]
One day after all criminal charges were dropped against Jussie Smollett, many people are left with questions about the puzzling case — but will those be answered anytime soon? CBS Chicago received the redacted Chicago Police Department reports through a Freedom of Information Act Request, which offer some new insights into the criminal investigation. Detectives […]
News that a grand jury had indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count that Smollett had been arrested on last month had turned into 16. The reasons Smollett […]
Actor Jussie Smollett paid two brothers to stage a racist and homophobic attack on him and pose as supporters of President Donald Trump because he was unhappy with his pay on the hip-hop TV drama “Empire,” Chicago’s police chief said on Thursday. Smollett, who is black and openly gay, was arrested on Thursday and charged […]
Solomon Jones and Jay McCalla talk politics on Praise 107.9 HD2 every week. Well, now they’re taking the show on the road. It’s politics like you’ve never heard it before. Funny. Sharp. Honest. Real. And all from an African American perspective. This week, it’s Trump’s border wall, Mueller’s report, Bernie’s candidacy, and all the foolery […]
Actor Jussie Smollett was charged on Wednesday with filing a false police report when he said he was attacked by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs, Chicago police said on Wednesday, with the actor now facing arrest. Smollett, a 36-year-old black, openly gay actor on the hip-hop TV drama “Empire,” ignited a firestorm […]
In her weekly interview on Your Voice with Solomon Jones, CNN commentator Roxanne Jones said the black community should wait and see concerning the controversial Jussie Smollett case. Smollet told police that two Trump supporters attacked him because he is black and gay. Police now question that account. Roxanne Jones pointed out that all the […]
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