The Wrap reports the NAACP Image Awards is being pressured to remove ?Empire? actor Jussie Smollett from their list of nominees. Smollett is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The actor was arrested earlier this month on the felony charge of filing a false police report claiming to be the victim of a hate crime. Conservative activist group Project 21 said in a statement, ?It would be nothing short of a slap in the face to those civil rights heroes for the NAACP to now honor Smollett with an Image Award while he?s suspected of using symbols of racial barbarism ? including a noose ? to shamelessly advance and promote his career."
Project 21 co-chairman Council Nedd II said, "The NAACP needs to make it clear that his behavior is not OK by removing him from contention for an Image Award.?
Smollett is due in court April 17. The NAACP Image Awards will take place March 30 in Hollywood.
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