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Actor Jussie Smollett of the US television
program “Empire” was hospitalized Tuesday in
Chicago following a possibly hate-motivated
attack in which assailants tied a rope around his
neck, police and his co-workers said.
News of the early morning attack left the
entertainment world reeling and g*y advocacy
groups speaking out in support of the 36-year-old
actor.
Smollett was beaten at around 2:00 am by two
attackers who yelled “racial and homophobic
slurs” while he walked downtown in the third-
biggest US city, said police, who did not name
him but said the victim was an actor from
“Empire.”
Smollett’s fellow cast members and production
company identified him as the victim.
The attackers poured “an unknown chemical
substance” on him, and then wrapped a rope
around the actor’s neck, according to police.
“Given the severity of the allegations, we are
taking this investigation very seriously and
treating it as a possible hate crime,” the Chicago
Police Department said.
The actor and singer was reportedly in Chicago
for a scheduled Saturday concert.
Senator Kamala Harris of California, who on the
weekend launched her 2020 campaign to be
America’s first black female president, called the
incident “an attempted modern day lynching.”
“No one should have to fear for their life because
of their s*xuality or color of their skin. We must
confront this hate,” Harris said on Twitter.
Members of the “Empire” production team and
cast, as well as the studio that produces the
program, also spoke out.
“The entire studio, network and production stands
united in the face of any despicable act of
violence and hate — and especially against one of
our own,” 20th Century Fox Television said in a
statement.
The show’s co-creator Lee Daniels posted an
Instagram video calling Jussie “my son.”
“You didn’t deserve, nor anybody deserves, to
have a noose put around your neck,” Daniels said,
addressing the actor.
“Hold your head up Jussie. I’m with you. I’ll be
there in a minute. It’s just another f**king day in
America,” he said.
Advocacy groups including The Trevor Project and
the American Civil Liberties Union, quickly offered
their support as well.
“LGBTQ people of color live at multiple
intersections of oppression, too often facing
violence compounded by both racism and
homophobia,” the ACLU said.
“This isn’t the America we want to live in.
source: www.channelstv.com/2019/01/30/jussie-smollett-allegedly-attacked-in-possible-hate-crime/