Dahleen Glanton: Dropping charges against Jussie Smollett may have been the right thing to do. But it won't make him free

The problem with the Jussie Smollett case is that people let it get under their skin.

By the time the actor was arrested for allegedly staging his own racial and homophobic attack, almost everyone, including the police, had lost all objectivity. In announcing the charges back in February, police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Smollett had dragged "Chicago's reputation through the mud."

At that point, it was personal.

On Tuesday, the Cook County state's attorney's office abruptly dismissed all charges against Smollett. Suddenly, the 16 counts of disorderly