Chicago police rip Jussie Smollett for staging attack to ‘advance his career’: [See Video excerpt of press conference]
#JussieSmollett #HateCrime #Arrest Jussie Smollett staged his own hate attack because he was “dissatisfied” with his salary, the Chicago police superintendent said on Thursday — as he excoriated the “Empire” star for taking “advantage of the pain and anger and racism to advance his career.” The Windy City’s top cop, Eddie Johnson, divulged the alleged motive behind the Jan. 29 attack, during which Smollett claimed his attackers called him racist and homophobic slurs and looped a noose around his neck. “The stunt was orchestrated by Smollett, 36, because he was dissatisfied by his salary,” Johnson said at a press conference. Earlier in the morning, Smollett was arrested and charged with filing a false police report — a felony — the culmination of an increasingly unraveling story that gripped the nation. In his impassioned remarks, Johnson said that as a black man who’s grown up in Chicago, he was “offended” and “angry” over Smollett’s alleged lies. “This annou