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In the city of chicago, it gets the same attention. this didnt get any special attention. you all gave this more attention specifically than we do. we give every hate crime in this city the same amount of vigor because there is no place for hatred in this city. as i said in the very beginning, i lived in the city of chicago my entire life. we just dont have any room in the city. and for somebody to use it for personal gain is just shameful because what it does is take away the resources we would...

Smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. so he concocted a story about being attacked. >> reporter: i think the rank and file and people in the city will be very happy with how strong the superintendent came across. i think the opening line talking about as a black man living in the city and talking about the noose and how he used that and how it upset several members of the police department is something else that people will applaud. a lot of times people complain about our covera...

Let me be clear about something, the shootings and homicides in this city were not impacted at all by this particular investigation. again, we give the same amount of resources to every hate crime that is reported. >> how many other people were involved? >> was it done purposely out of camera? >> i think that they knew where the one camera was but unfortunately it did capture the event. i believe that mr. smollett wanted it on camera but that particular camera wasnt pointed in that particular di...

Resources that were diverted to the wrong place. >> how do you defend a client like this at this point sth. >> i think the best thing and we will see this happen is there has to be conversations taking place between smolletts criminal defense attorneys and the prosecutors. i dont think he wants to continue this narrative. he has gone on national television and gave that very passionate statement about how he was attacked. now that is all being unravelled. i think if he wants to work again in thi...

>> good word. >> its not just a diversion of resources. we heard there were 12 detectives assigned. that is a large number. it was supposed to be a hate crime. a hate crime is a crime that is motivated by bigotry or racism towards a minority community. in this instance its not just a diversion of resources which he may also face restitution, he may have to pay that back, it is the fact that our country is so riven. this is a city, chicago where more young men were killed than iraq and afghanista...

Learned about the motive? >> so let me reiterate again. you all heard me say consistently that we were treating mr. smollett like a victim and we did. we might have had some peculiarities with the case as wth most cases. it wasnt until the 47th hour that it took a change. so we gave them the benefit of the doubt until the 47th hour. when we discovered the actual motive, quite frankly, it pissed everybody off because we have to invest valuable resources. what i want you all to really understand i...

You also said that he is dissatisfied with his salary. did you get that information from the two brothers? >> yes. >> who were the search warrants issued against? >> a number of individuals. we serve subpoenas and warrants on mr. smollett, his manager for phone records, the two people of interest that we had. we have a few search warrants and subpoenas waiting to come back. >> talk about the detectives and the amount of resources. can you quantify how many man hours went into this and can you co...

What he did. he orchestrated this. >> does he have to pay the money back? >> i think that is a subject for another day, but, of course, its because of what he did that we had to invest all of these resources. >> do you have text messages between -- >> the decision to recuse himself effect the charges? >> im a police superintendent. she is cook county states attorney. we talk almost every day about different cases. the fact that she recused herself didnt impact the case at all. >> did she drag he...

What he should offer up in terms of all the resources that were put into this. thank you. >> that was just a scathing take down of an alleged hate crime that turned out to be false. the chicago superintendent of police there with palpable anger really as he spoke calling this despicable, calling it shameful, saying that jussie smollett took drastic and legal tactics simply to gain attention and because he wasnt satisfied with his salary. rare that you see uniformed police officers be so direct a...

Kroo criminal justice system that celebrities are treated differently once they are in the criminal justice system. sometimes they are treated better than other defendants and sometimes it cuts against them as in the case with michael vick. lets focus on that. crimes that involve making false police reports to police like the dog fighting crimes arent often prosecuted and you dont often see people go to jail. this is a nonviolent crime if he did commit it. this isnt a crime where anyone was harm...