If Jussie Smollett lied, look at the harm he caused Chicago — and America - Chicago Tribune"As TV actor Jussie Smollett told the tale, he was the victim of a politically motivated hate crime on a downtown Chicago street at 2 a.m. on a January morning.
That’s the story the Chicago Police Department investigated for more than three weeks.
...Smollett’s story about a hate crime riveted America.
Smollett said he was attacked by two men who hit him and yelled slurs.
They wrapped a rope around his neck, he said, splashed a chemical akin to bleach on him and shouted “This is MAGA country!” as if to connect their deed to President Donald Trump via his “Make America Great Again” campaign catchphrase.
...If Smollett’s story was bogus, the damage goes deeper: Smollett’s celebrity status generated intense national interest in his shocking allegation, exploiting the bleak narrative that America in 2019 is a place where intolerance not only occurs, but flourishes..."
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