Posted on 04/09/2019 6:27:32 AM PDT by PBRCat
Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case includes a long list of miscalculations. Add to it her decision to stand with U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., as he called the Police "the sworn enemy of black people."
Questions about Foxx are grounded in decisions she made to insert herself into the Smollett case, to drop all charges against him and to let court records stay sealed without protest. Her explanations regarding the case have been condescending and inconsistent.
Foxx is the lead prosecutor of the nation's second-largest county. She is law enforcement. It might have been Foxx's most egregious mistake so far.
Hours after that rally, those so-called enemies of black people responded to a mass shooting in West Englewood, Rush's home base. 20 children were playing outside during a baby shower when someone began firing from down the block.
One witness credited police officers with saving the life of one of the children by beginning chest compressions as he bled from his wounds.
So far we've heard no comment from Rush's office about that shooting.
Rush also called supporters of mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot co-conspirators in police brutality. He said "blood would be on those voters' hands" in the next police shooting. That was his desperate attempt to help his candidate, Toni Preckwinkle. It didn't work.
There was a time when Rush softened his tone. In 1999, Rush's son was killed in a tragedy described as "bizarre." The aspiring cosmetologist was gunned down. Rich died several days later after a heavy loss of blood.
Chicago police worked to solve his murder. They arrested two men who later were convicted in the death of Rush's son. A former Black Panther, Rush said, "I've moved on. ... Where race or racism predominates, we don't solve the problem by overemphasizing it."
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
A product of 50 +++ years of raising a FERAL ARMY that hates us.
.........got where they are with our tax dollars.......
You bad.....BOL
You smart; you got the joke.
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