In a stunning move Tuesday, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office — without any prior warning to the Chicago Police Department or the mayor — announced that it had dropped all 16 felony charges against actor and singer Jussie Smollett and wiped his record clean despite believing the charges against him were warranted. Amid instant, massive backlash, including from Chicago’s Democratic mayor, State’s Attorney Jamie Foxx, who was in contact with members of Smollett’s family during the investigation, has attempted to downplay the decision, insisting that the lenient treatment of Smollett is “available to all defendants.”
But Chicago-based crime reporting site CWB Chicago says the evidence makes clear that Smollett’s “sweetheart deal” is not business as usual like Foxx’s office wants the public to believe. In a report published Wednesday night, CWB Chicago lays out the case that Smollett is indeed enjoying special treatment.
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