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#JussieSmollett #ChicagoPolice #Documents #Courtrecords  Just over two months after prosecutors dropped the charges against Jussie Smollett, a controversial move that angered Chicago's police department, that department has released hundreds of pages of records pertaining to the comprehensive case investigators had developed against the Empire actor. The document dump Thursday, which had been set in motion with a court order last week, offers a fuller depiction of the twisting path that led from Smollett's report of a hate crime to his arrest for allegedly faking that report. Among the new details that came to light with the release is the fact that Smollett has an arrest record — a previous arrest and conviction — though the document does not clarify for what, exactly. The actor's legal team did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment Thursday. In general, though, the heap of booking materials, arrest reports, and other official forms reveal li