Jussie Smollett

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx got it right and wrong. She blasted the Jussie Smollett prosecution for wasting tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on what by any legal standard was a relatively trivial case. She lambasted vindictive police and prosecutors for their relentless determination to nail Smollett no matter what. There’s truth to this.

Actor Jussie Smollett finally gets his day in a Chicago courtroom. He is charged with six counts of disorderly conduct. But the charges are an afterthought to the real charge, that even a celebrity Black man can be the victim of a racist hate crime.