FAST FIVE: "We Can Never Believe Police": Cal State Prof Denounces Smollett Verdict As A "White Supremacist Charade" “We Can Never Believe Police”: Cal State Prof Denounces Smollett Verdict As A “White Supremacist Charade” Authored by Jonathan Turley, After the conviction of Jussie Smollett, many in politics and the media admitted that the evidence against the actor was overwhelming despite the early coverage lionizing Smollett. Indeed, while Smollett garnered overwhelming coverage as a courageous victim, some have now objected to the coverage of the verdict as excessive. Some cable hosts simply ignored the conviction while CNN and MSNBC downplayed the...