Chicago mayor blasts prosecutors for dropping Jussie Smollett hoax charge
12:20pm PDT - March 26th, 2019 jussie smollett - ReutersChicago prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges accusing "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett of staging a phony hate crime, a stunning move that drew the fury of the city's police superintendent and mayor, who called the decision a "whitewash of justice."