Newly released 911 audio reporting alleged Jussie Smollett "hate crime" attack

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“I work with an artist. I don’t really want to say his name, but he states that … he went to Subway (sandwich shop) he was walking by, and some guys … jumped him or something like that,” the manager said. “And I just want to report it and make sure he’s all right.”

“OK, so, we’re just checking the well-being?” the dispatcher replied.

“Yeah,” the manager said, later telling the dispatcher he was waiting in the building’s lobby.

“He was cool. He didn’t want to call you guys,” the manager said of Smollett. “But I feel he needs to make a report.”

“OK, you can’t make the report for him,” the dispatcher explained. “Did he want to make a report?”

“He’s definitely going to make the report,” the manager said. “I’m going to make him make the report.”