Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx has “consistently failed” to protect Chicago residents from violent crimes, a Democratic city council member told “Fox & Friends First” on Friday.
Alderman for Chicago’s 15th Ward Raymond Lopez, whose office and home have been vandalized in recent weeks, calls Foxx after approving 42 prosecutors, the majority of whom were burglars, amid a second wave of insurgency and looting and Windy City this week.
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“This is too bad, too late at the moment,” Lopez told hosts Jillian Mele and Todd Piro. “We would have committed misdemeanors two months ago when the city of Chicago was first rioted and fired by these organized looters.”
Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx announces that charges have been filed against singer R. Kelly on February 22, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
He added: “Now to say that we are finally taking action after the second round only sends the message that Chicago does not have a uniform crime strategy because politicians are too busy to bake then they are protecting the public.”
Lopez’s remarks come after Foxx said, “Right fingers of guilt will not make us any safer … will not bring us closer to justice … stop shooting than looting, and our communities deserve more,” in an op -ed for the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday.
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The Tribune reports that Foxx has dismissed more than 25,000 criminal cases – including murders – in its November 2019 term, a rate 35% higher than its predecessor.
“The approach Kim Foxx is taking is to shirk her responsibility and her failure to actually do her job, which is to prosecute criminals,” Lopez said.
“You have to show that there are consequences for bad behavior. That is not a partisan issue. That is not a political issue,” he said. “That’s a universal issue that if you do something wrong, you need to be held accountable, and it has consistently failed over the years, and now it’s just a culmination of all those efforts.”
In June, Lopez called on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to plead for help after riots and looting that gripped the city following the death of George Floyd, and in audio received by WTTW-TV, the Democrat mayor told him: “I think that you’re 100 percent full of s —, is what I think. “
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The Chicago Police Department has launched a website with video of the looting to identify criminals, but the alderman says it will not work if the elected officials do not cooperate.
“The real test will be whether or not CPD, whether or not the state’s attorney, and whether or not Lori Lightfoot drives people to take action,” Lopez said. “Simply releasing videos for entertainment will do nothing unless we are willing to prosecute and hold people accountable.”
