Why did prosecutors drop the charges against Jussie Smollett?

Jussie Smollett leaves court. (Credit: CBS News)

Prosecutors dropped charges against Jussie Smollett after police said the “Empire” actor staged a hate crime attack.

Rich Kolko, WINK News safety and security specialist, sat down with a former state prosecutor to try and answer the question on a lot of peoples’ minds: Why?

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