Anonymous Prosecutor in Kimm Foxx's Office: Criticism of Foxx is About Ethics and Justice, not "Racism"

He sent this letter to the community watch site that's had a lot of big breaks in the Jussie Smollett hoax, CWB Chicago.

In the wake of said criticism [about her decision to not even require Smollett to admit guilty], Ms. Foxx speaks at a Rainbow PUSH coalition meeting and states she cannot run an office "driven by anger and public sentiment." She says "the goal posts change" when an African-American takes the position of head prosecutor, seemingly calling the critique of the SAO's [State's Attorney's Office's] handling of the Smollett case racially-based and derogatory toward her people. This, while Jamal Green stands on the same stage and refers to the Chicago Police Department as the "blue klux klan," and Bobby Rush states that the Fraternal Order of Police has long been the sworn enemy of black people.

Notably, State's Attorney Foxx refused to speak out against these salacious remarks.

Also notable, the politicians, comedians, scholars, legal pundits and regular ol’ citizens alike that I mentioned above [who criticized Foxx's handling of the Smollett case] were not all white people. In fact, many African-Americans spoke out against Ms. Foxx's handling of the case.

It isn't about race, it's about basic legal ethics. And it should not have anything to do with that sordid history.

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Just to be clear - this is not an attack on Ms. Foxx's race, it is an attack on her ethics and her efficacy as State's Attorney.

posted by Ace of Spades at 05:45 PM

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