In a bizarre reversal, Cook County prosecutors abruptly dropped all charges in an indictment accusing "Empire" star Jussie Smollett of staging an attack in Streeterville and falsely claiming he was the victim of a hate crime. In exchange, prosecutors said, Smollett agreed to forfeit the $10,000 he’d posted for his bond and perform community service, though Smollett and his attorneys maintain charges were dropped because he is innocent of the crime. The purported deal appeared to be hastily arranged and apparently was not put in writing.

The Chicago Police Department's partially redacted investigative files, posted below, were released to the Tribune and other media outlets in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Read more on the files here.

The files are presented as they were released via email