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In the city of chicago, it gets the same attention. this didn't 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 don't 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 be putting into other crimes. >> could the brothers be implicated for sending the letter? >> that...

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 coverage in terms of chicago because they think we paint too negative of a picture of a city. we are talki...

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 wasn't pointed in that particular direction. >> you said search warrants were executed on mr. smollett's manager. is the chicago police...

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 smollett's criminal defense attorneys and the prosecutors. i don't 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 this town, if he wants to have his career revived at some point, he has to end the bleed. this drip d...

>> good word. >> it's 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 it's 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 afghanistan. 12 detectives were trying to pull on threads and get to the bottom of it. the digital media foo...