Posted on 10/06/2021 9:15:07 AM PDT by Salman
Edited on 10/06/2021 9:20:30 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Facing heavy criticism after her office rejected charges against five suspects in a deadly shootout in Austin, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Tuesday slammed Mayor Lori Lightfoot for raising alarms about the case and said the mayor had her facts wrong.
But a short time later, Lightfoot brushed off Foxx’s claims and announced that she’d effectively circumvented her by asking U.S. Attorney John Lausch to review the evidence in the gang-related gunfight Friday morning in Austin that left one shooter dead and two suspects wounded.
“I’ve also reached out to the U.S. attorney to ask him to also evaluate the evidence that was there to see if there’s a possibility for federal charges,” Lightfoot told reporters.
The dueling press conferences reveal the stark division between Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor herself, and the county’s top law enforcement official over what evidence is needed to prosecute the suspects Chicago police had hoped Foxx would charge with first-degree murder and aggravated battery.
“Whatever evidence that needs to be gathered, the police department is going to be Johnny on the spot and make sure we get it,” Lightfoot after she appeared in Pilsen with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge at an unrelated event. “But this is, to me, a very compelling case.”
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Soros got Foxx elected to NOT prosecute criminals.
I’ve added ‘soros’ as a keyword on this article as Foxx is one of his bought and paid for toadies.
Both are communist beasts.
Those 2 deserve each other
Yes, she did say mutual combatants. WTAF?
crime is up across the board
will guns be declared a public health crisis?
if they get the vaccine passport, will it morph into a health passport?
first the vaccine, then guns, then global warming. game over.
A good prayer would be to ask the Dear lord, please cause the left to turn on each other and expose their corruption. To Please send a spirit of confusion and derision, and betrayal Into their ranks so that they defeat themselves in a spectacular manner, and to turn this country back towards the God-fearing country it once was where justice. True justice and and decency reign once again, so that we as a nation can become the great nation we once were before liberals tore it to pieces
Wow, which one should I be rooting for in this chest beating competition? (/s)
Exactly! The left are really,pushing for Biden to declare a ‘national emergency’ over climate, and now will do so over guns too because of latest news in Texas. Th3 left want us to be like Australia, no guns, so that they can ldemand everyone get vaxxed and make life a miserable living hell if they don’t. So that they can send I. The cops to beat the stuffing out of ‘resistors to the vaccine’
Cat fight.
The minority one.
I’m not convinced Lightfoot wants anything stopped. I wouldn’t be surprised if they just happen to support rival gangs.
Is Beetlejuice up for re-election? Looks to me like she is laying the groundwork to scapegoat Lee for the increased crime rate and murders on her watch.
Kabuki.
Same as the Jussie Smollett fiasco. How is this evil women still in power?
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