Former Chicago Police Chief Says He Wouldn’t Have Arrested Jussie Smollett if Actor Just Apologized
The former Chicago police chief is making some interesting revelations about Jussie Smollett’s case.
As we reported, the actor was found guilty of five counts of faking a hate crime and Eddie Johnson, who was the head of the Chicago Police Departmen019, revealed that he wouldn’t have pursued charges against Smollett if he had just admitted to making up the incident, per Morning in America.”
“I want people to understand this. This was not the most heinous crime of the century. He didn’t kill anybody. He didn’t blow up a building,” Johnson said.
“We would have been more than happy with just an apology at the end of all that we uncovered but for some reason, he just wanted to keep going down this road that he was actually a victim.”
Johnson was terminated late that year for misconduct.
“I have to be honest, when I first saw the video of him in his apartment with the noose around his neck I was concerned because I don’t think there’s many black people in America with a noose around their neck and wouldn’t immediately take it off,” added Johnson.
“And the way he was so nonchalant handling it gave me cause for concern. But I would not let the police department make him an offender until the evidence just got to be so overwhelming,” he said.
Johnson said he was mad about the wasted police power.\
“He comes back, gets attacked in a supposed hate crime, and during all this scuffle, they poured bleach on him, when he got up and went into his apartment building, he got up and still had that Subway sandwich with him. That doesn’t happen,” Johnson said.
“When people get attacked like that, whatever belongings they have out there, they usually leave it until the police can go back with them because they’re afraid,” he added.