The Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Mayor Rahm Emanuel just held a press conference calling out this deal made between Smollett and the State’s Attorney, and they completely dump on it.
It’s amazing just how blunt Emanuel is being, calling it a “whitewashing” of justice and said from ‘top to bottom it’s not on the level’.
Johnson, who spoke first, said that justice was not served.
Here’s the first video from Johnson:
“Do I think justice was served? No. … I think this city is still owed an apology.”
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson responds to all charges being dropped against actor Jussie Smollett. https://t.co/DpurFFq6NW pic.twitter.com/9FkVoIIzgW
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) March 26, 2019
And here’s a short one of Emanuel:
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel compares Jussie Smollett’s dropped charges to the recent college admissions scandal: “You cannot have, because of a person’s position, one set of rules apply to them and another set of rules apply to everybody else” https://t.co/kNQqMavks3 pic.twitter.com/mwx1mChCqH
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 26, 2019
UPDATE:
Here’s more from Emanuel:
BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on dropping of Jussie Smollett charges: “This is a whitewash of justice.” https://t.co/B2ahaJSxt3 pic.twitter.com/UI65nAD8Rp
— ABC News (@ABC) March 26, 2019
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Jussie Smollett was “let off scot free, with no sense of accountability for the moral and ethical wrong of his actions” https://t.co/kNQqMavks3 pic.twitter.com/tPLBJZe7Sl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 26, 2019
Rahm Emanuel: “Mr. Smollett is still saying that he is innocent, still running down the Chicago Police Dept. How dare him?”
“You have a person using hate crime laws…to advance your career and your financial reward. Is there no decency in this man?” https://t.co/B2ahaJSxt3 pic.twitter.com/5OJEd8KtmW
— ABC News (@ABC) March 26, 2019
You know it’s bad when someone like Rahm Emanuel calls you out.
