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City? >> it was upsetting. i want you all to realize this. we have been working on this investigation for about three weeks. we saw several shootings and homicides in that period of time. we don't take away resources from violent crimes because this person is a celebrity. you all gave this a lot more attention than it probably deserves. when you get the opportunity, the shooting victims and families of this city that are victims of those crimes, give them the same amount of attention. this shouldn't have garnered the attention that it did but it did because of his celebrity status. >> mr. smol...

Smollett appeared in court waking a black vest and black clothing. the same thing that we saw in his mug shot. so a little movement right now. we might see them. while we're waiting for that, i'll tell you about the details of how they turned this case. they tracked down the two brothers that police say with the cooperation of the local community, tips. that led them to the grain any security video. detectives say it was data from ride sharing that they tracked down and led them to the brothers. the brothers were picked up at o'hare airport and took to area central where the brothers were ques...

>> let me reiterate again, you will heard me say consistently that we were treating smollett like a victim, and we did. might have had some peculiarities with the case, as we do with most cases. so it wasn't until the 47th hour that it took a change. so we give him the benefit of the doubt up until that 47th hour. but when we discover the actual motive, quite frankly, it pissed everybody off. we have to invest valuable resources. when you all put things out there into the universe that is not actual facts, then it causes us to have to chase all that stuff down. those are resources and time spe...

Okay, thank you all. >> the 47th hour, a little bit more details about what it was? >> while, at the 47th hours when the two brothers decided, like the commander reiterated, with the help of their lawyer, they decided to confess to the entirety of what the plot was. >> racism or discrimination -- >> you said you want smollett to be held accountable. i am curious. >> absolute justice would be an apology to the city that he smeared. admitting what he did, and then be man enough to offer what he should offer up in terms of all of the resources. in queue.

During the staged attack where they punched him a little bit. but as far as we can tell, the scratches and bruising that you saw on his face was most likely self-inflicted. >> [ inaudible ]. >> 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 we do with most cases. so it wasn't until the 47th hour of their 48-hour hold time that we could legally hold them in custody that it took a change. so we gave him the benefit of the doubt up until that 47th hour. when we discov...