Smollett reported being beaten up by two men who shouted racist and anti-gay slurs and threw bleach on him. “The city came together to investigate and help the police with this crime.”The search went beyond surveillance cameras to include other electronic records. But police soon found footage of two men walking in the area of the attack and interviewed more than 100 people seeking witnesses. The private footage offered by residents included video from cameras embedded in doorbells that showed the men walking, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Although the camera network — which has raised privacy concerns among some civil liberties groups — was key, it was only one part of the investigation, Guglielmi said.

Source: National Post February 22, 2019 12:22 UTC