Smollett gets his 48 acres and a Mueller…

 

So, um…No collusion with 2 Nigerian/American brothers?

Prosecutors are dropping all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett. The surprise reversal announced Tuesday appears to clear Smollett of allegations that he filed a false police report earlier this year when the actor, who is gay and black, claimed that he was attacked in a possible hate crime.

Smollett, who appeared in court Tuesday, was indicted last month by a grand jury in Cook County, Ill., on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for the incident. Each count would have carried a possible penalty of up to three years in prison.

Now, Smollett’s attorneys say the actor’s record has been “wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him.”

“He was a victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public causing an inappropriate rush to judgement,” attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes said in a statement released by a spokesperson.

“Jussie and many others were hurt by these unfair and unwarranted actions,” they continued. “This entire situation is a reminder that there should never be an attempt to prove a case in the court of public opinion. That is wrong. It is a reminder that a victim, in this case Jussie, deserves dignity and respect. Dismissal of charges against the victim in this case was the only just result.”

Don’t be fooled:  While this article does not conclude that Jussie Smollett committed a hate crime, it also does not exonerate him.

A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department referred all questions to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, which cited Smollett’s community service in explaining its decision to drop the charges.

“After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollet’s volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit his bond to the City of Chicago, we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case,” the office said in a statement emailed to NPR.

Prosecutors added that they stood by the police investigation and prosecutors’ decision “to approve charges in this case.”

So a sort of bribe?  What the frak is wrong with Chicago?!  At least Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is reportedly upset

 

that the 16 felony counts against actor Jussie Smollett, who investigators said faked a hate crime against himself, were dropped on March 26.

Sources told CBS Chicago reporter Charlie De Mar that Johnson is “furious.”

“He had no heads up this was going to happen,” De Mar said, conveying information from the unnamed sources.

“I can tell you that Chicago Police are furious over State Attorney Kim Foxx’s decision to drop all charges against Jussie Smollett,” added Rafer Weigel of Fox Chicago. Officers told Rob Elgas of ABC Chicago that Johnson wasn’t told about the charges being dropped and learned about it while at a scheduled police graduation at Navy Pier.

Smollett should have been prosecuted for what amounts to fomenting racial discord and animosity, as if there isn’t enough division in this country today.  He seemingly cried “wolf” and aside from tarnishing his career and name, he is getting off free, without remorse.  Without apology to the nation.

Smollett saving face:

“I’ve been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I was being accused of,” he said, in his first public comments since an interview last month on Good Morning America.

“This has been an incredibly difficult time. Honestly one of the worst of my entire life. But I’m a man of faith and I’m a man that has knowledge of my history, and I would not bring my family, our lives or the movement through a fire like this.”

 

Well….at least he’s not beating himself up over this sad chapter in his life and in the annals of American history.

 

What a weird high profile celeb case of insanity and injustice.