Commentary: The struggle between a progressive agenda and the complexities of governing are worth keeping in mind when Brandon Johnson is inaugurated.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx addresses the Chicago City Club at Maggiano’s Banquets on April 25. In her speech, Foxx announced she will not run for reelection next year.
Of the three speeches, Foxx’s was most complex and most telling. She took to the podium with what appeared to be two speeches in her hands, then laid the papers down and spoke plainly, and forcefully, about what she has accomplished in office. She noted that, among state’s attorneys in Illinois, she was a rare supporter of the SAFE-T Act that eliminates cash bail but is in limbo now because ofAware of the critique that her approach as prosecutor — emphasizing the rights of the accused as much as those of the victims — has contributed to an increase in crime, Foxx emphasized that violent crime on her watch actually fell in Cook County from 2017 to 2019, until a “once-in-a-lifetime pandemic” spurred a national spike in violent crime.
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