CHICAGO — Ever since Jussie Smollett, a star of the television series “Empire,” first claimed in January that he was the victim of a bizarre hate crime on a Chicago street, the case has taken one baffling twist after another, attracted wide attention on social media and inflamed passions on all sides.
CHICAGO — It had all the elements of a suspenseful crime novel. There was a mysterious attack on a shadowy downtown street and a pair of perpetrators who managed to slip away.
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