Venom directed at Kim Foxx is about taking down an African American reformer

The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | April 15, 2019 | Laura Washington

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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is not going to resign. She’s going to run.

Last month, Foxx plunged into a white-hot controversy when her office dropped all charges against the actor Jussie Smollett, accused of staging a fake assault and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.

The venom leveled at Foxx is not about Jussie Smollett. It’s about taking down the first African American woman to serve as the county’s top prosecutor, and about her efforts to bring justice and equity to communities of color.

Her law enforcement critics, mostly white men, say Foxx is soft on criminals and an enemy of the police.

FOP President Kevin Graham appeared on the conservative Fox News network to declare that Smollett is just the “tip of the iceberg.”

“We have had problems getting felony charges approved for battery to police officers,” Graham said.

Foxx is prioritizing resources away from low-level offenses to instead focus on violent crime. She has pushed to have those arrested on minor crimes to be released without a cash bail, so they can return to productive lives as they await trial. She has worked to overturn dozens of convictions of the wrongfully accused.

She has hired more women and people of color, and she has advocated for sexual harassment awareness and training.

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So a reformer is someone who refuses to charge convicted sex offenders who are arrested for refusing to register.

Okaaaaaaay....

[gogeo]

The venom leveled at Foxx is not about Jussie Smollett. It’s about taking down the first African American woman to serve as the county’s top prosecutor, and about her efforts to bring justice and equity to communities of color.

Honey, you don't get to decide what it's "about." For SJWs, it's always about identity, not about facts.