Chicago Police Blast Jussie Smollett For Staging A 'Publicity Stunt'

Chicago Police Blast Jussie Smollett For Staging A Publicity Stunt

"It's Simply Shameful": Chicago Police Blast Jussie Smollett For Staging A "Publicity Stunt" The Empire actor told police two men threw a chemical on him, called him anti-gay slurs, put a rope around his neck, and shouted, "This is MAGA country." The superintendent of the Chicago Police Department blasted Jussie Smollett Thursday, saying the actor slapped "everyone in the city in the face". by choreographing a fake attack because he was dissatisfied with his salary.