Chicago PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson went so far as to say “it was Smollett who committed this hoax,” as he was calling out the case’s prosecutors for not alerting the police about their dismissal plans.
Outside of Empire and its own array of scandals, certain officials within the city of Chicago have been majorly critical of the decision to drop the charges.
As well, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanual said that the most recent events were “not on the level,” and he went so far as to call the decision a “whitewash of justice.”