Jussie Smollett 'took advantage of the pain and anger of racism', say Chicago police

The actor, who handed himself in on Thursday morning, claimed he had been attacked and beaten by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs because he was 'dissatisfied with his salary' on the TV show Empire, Chicago police said

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