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Foxx’s proposal would have prosecutors not pursue cases in which
illegal guns or drugs were found during most traffic stops.
Several of Foxx’s fellow Chicago Democrats blasted the idea.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said, “The policy will keep
illegal guns in the hands of criminal offenders, rather than
getting them off the streets.”
South Side Republican Chairman Devin Jones said that what Foxx
is doing is egregious.
“It’s always done under diversity, equity and inclusion, and the
only thing that Black people end up being included in is more
crime, more death, poverty and destruction,” Jones said.
Jones said Foxx should represent the people of Cook County and
prosecute crimes against the public.
“If that’s not happening, we should not be paying you [Foxx] or
any of your assistant prosecutors a salary,” Jones added.
With her proposal to deny charges for crimes discovered after
traffic stops, Foxx cited a resolve to rectify racial
disparities in the legal system.
Jones does not agree with the proposed policy.
“What the Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx, is doing is
taking government overreaches that were happening and then
turning it into some type of political ploy to just allow
rampant crime and lawlessness,” Jones said. “It is harming Black
citizens first and everyone else next.”
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