Do you have a link to this? I don’t see it and have a debate going on a different site with people who are absolutely convinced that this is a hate crime by masked “MAGA supporters.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/empire-star-jussie-smollett-hospitalized-after-homophobic-attack-tmz
From the DB: A Chicago Police spokesperson told The Daily Beast that the attackers’ genders are unknown, and that their faces and hands had been covered. TMZ reported that the attackers shouted “This is MAGA country,” but police told the Beast, “There is no report of that being said.”
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11:18 AM PT — We’re told cops recently visited a Target Department Store close to where the incident happened and obtained surveillance footage. Our source says the video shows one person — presumably Jussie — walking down the street. Officers also visited a nearby apartment building to ask for video.