Posted on 01/31/2019 11:56:52 AM PST by Red Badger
New details are emerging in the alleged attack and possible hate crime against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
A dozen detectives are pursuing new leads and have tracked the actor's movements that night through video and photos, Chicago Police tell ABC News.
They say video shows Smollett walking across the street from two possible persons of interest, whose photos were released late Wednesday to the public. In the video, Smollett walks out of frame for about a minute and reappears on another camera "wearing a rope like a neck tie," police said.
Police are still hoping to speak to the two men seen in the video about the alleged attack.
"Photos of people of interest who were in area of the alleged assault & battery of Empire cast member. While video does not capture an encounter, detectives are taking this development seriously & wish to question individuals as more cameras are being reviewed," Chicago Police tweeted late yesterday.
As of Thursday morning, the press office for the Chicago Police Department told ABC News there haven't been any new developments.
President Trump called the attack "horrible" while discussing a wide range of issues Thursday afternoon.
"Doesn't get worse, as far as I'm concerned," he said.
The "Empire" star told police the alleged attack happened Tuesday about 2 a.m. The 36-year-old actor was subsequently hospitalized and released, local authorities said.
Smollett has been cooperating with local authorities to find the men he says allegedly attacked him and shouted racial and homophobic slurs, police said.
Smollett has declined to hand over his cell phone to detectives, police added.
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Trump merely stated a fact - this sort of attack is brought out from the worst in people - that it happens to seedy characters doesn’t change that...Trump merely disarmed tose who would call him homophobic, etc.
Fake Noose!
cant the police get fingerprints from the rope?
Exactly. All Trump said is that attacks are terrible.
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