For almost six weeks now, the alleged hate crime against the TV actor Jussie Smollett, who plays a role in the show “Empire,” has transfixed many Americans who have a stake in the well-being of our great country.

To quickly rehash the incident, in late January on a bitter cold, windy night, Smollett told Chicago detectives, he had left his home to get a sandwich and was accosted bytwo masked men who screamed anti-gay and anti-black slurs, specifically saying “This is MAGA country,” hit himand…