‘I am making this statement so everyone else knows. They will not get away with this.’ Text from Jussie Smollett a focus on second day of his trial

“This was horrible. I mean the crime was a hate crime, but a horrible hate crime. There was a noose, there was bleach,” Theis said. “It was local news, it was national news, international news. Everyone wanted to know what happened, from the mayor on down, everybody wanted answers.”