Letter: Disgusted by handling of Smollett case
Tyler Barriss was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Wichita, Kansas for making bogus emergency calls to authorities across the U.S., one of which ended with police fatally shooting a Kansas man over an online players' dispute.
Contrast that with the treatment of Jussie Smollett for what everyone believes was a racial and homophobic attack orchestrated by Smollett himself.
He had to do two days of community service and forfeit his $10,000 bond.
The estimated cost of the police for overtime is $130,000. That does not include the loss of manpower to investigate and help those who had actually been attacked and needed police investigation and protection.
Disgusting! Shame on those who allowed this to happen.
Karen Goettsche
Arlington Heights
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