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Former Northwestern Grad Student Receives $1.25 Million In Evanston Police Brutality Case

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Brothers Questioned By Police Were Paid $3,500 To Stage Jussie Smollett Attack, Sources SaySmollett paid two brothers to stage an attack against him, directed them to buy items used in the alleged assault and actually rehearsed it with them, sources say.

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