Commentary: For those shocked by Smollett's dropped charges, we in the black community say: Welcome
Aghast. That's one way to describe the feelings Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expressed after hearing that prosecutors had abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett.
The "Empire" actor claimed to be the victim of a racist, homophobic Streeterville attack Jan. 29. Following a police investigation, a grand jury indicted him on 16 counts of disorderly conduct for staging the attack and lying to police.
Sixteen. It's a number the city's criminal justice system
