Chicago has become America’s capital of the premature conclusion. Something outrageous happens. A shocking image appears on social media. Politicians rush to microphones. Activists rush to the cameras. Reporters rush to deadlines. Before the police have completed an investigation, before prosecutors have reviewed evidence, and before the public has any reliable understanding of what actually occurred, everybody somehow already knows exactly who is responsible and exactly what it means. Then, all too often, the facts arrive and destroy the narrative.
We saw it with Jussie Smollett. Chicago was told racist Trump supporters had attacked a television actor on a freezing winter night. Politicians issued statements. National media outlets amplified the story. Celebrities expressed outrage. The city was portrayed as a hotbed of Trump-inspired hatred. Then, after enormous expenditures of police time and public resources, the story collapsed under the weight of its own falsehoods. Such a spectacular embarrassment should have taught our leaders to be more cautious in condemning an entire group of people. Apparently not.
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