Chicago sues 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett over costs of police work despite dismissal of charges

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32. sore losers

is what it boils down to. The CPD was so sure he was guilty of something, but the case fell apart on charges were dismissed. SO the CPD wants to try to find something to penalize him with. Unlike the OJ case, where a private person sued OJ, this is the CPD, so they will have to prove their case. And since the charges were dismissed, then they will have to explain in court why they think the CPD is in the position of pressing charges. No matter how they try to dance around it, that is what they are doing. they didn't like the verdict, so they are stepping around it with this suit.

The CPD now has a huge problem: they better win this. Because, if they don't the slapback will be a monster: Not only will they get sued for attorney and court costs, they will be sued for harassment plus punitive. And there will be not a few who will see this as a racial or homophobic thing.

The CPD went ahead with an "we'll show him" attitude, but instead, they have got a tiger by teh tail and they have no one to blame but themselves. Maybe he was guilty, but the AG dismissed charges, and that is enough in a court of law to show there was not enough evidence for a conviction. When the CPD goes to court with this, the judge will ask them why do they think they know more than the AG, and if so, why didn't they present that evidence to the AG in the first place? Yes, they can get him to testify, but he already has testified in interviews and he has no obligation to say anything beyond that - IOW he can claim the CPD is retrying the case. Oops.