“[T]he next time police are reluctant to prosecute a case of gay-bashing . . . the next time people are afraid to testify against someone with clout . . . the next time average citizens let gang bangers go free because they’re scared to cooperate . . . the next time police just don’t want to put in extra effort because they think it’s not worth it . . . the next time people laugh when you say you’re from Chicago . . . remember this case.”

What?

It is not clear whether the dismissal will affect a separate investigation by the FBI into a letter that threatened Smollett and which was sent to the studio where “Empire” is filmed shortly before the alleged attack on Smollett.

Chicago police have said that Smollett himself sent that letter.

Smollett has not been charged by federal authorities in connection with the letter. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, which would handle any federal prosecution of Smollett if it were to be initiated, declined to comment.

Citadel’s center of gravity already is shifting toward the center of global finance. Citadel, which Griffin founded in Chicago almost three decades ago, has more than twice as many investment professionals in New York as in its hometown.