Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Recent News About Cook County State's Attorney's Office
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O'Brien urges U.S. attorney to step in where Foxx is failing to prosecute gun and drug crimes
O'Brien: State Attorney Kim Foxx is not 'enforcing the law'
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Opponent accuses Foxx of complicity in alleged Democratic Party scheme
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is missing in action as a federal investigation into alleged nepotism involving Democratic Party officials gains momentum in Chicago, according to a former judge currently campaigning on the Republican ballot to unseat Foxx in November.
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Emboldened by restorative justice, shoplifters in Chicago carry winter clothes from Marshall’s in plain sight of store employees
Shoplifters have become so brazen in Chicago that a Facebook video posted recently by CWB Chicago shows four of thieves strolling out of a Marshall’s in Lincoln Park, their arms loaded with winter clothes. Store employees appear helpless to stop them.
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Good Samaritan who held would-be CTA robber will not be charged
A spokesperson for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said that no charges will be filed against an armed citizen who last week held a would-be Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) mugger at gunpoint until police arrived.
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Former candidate says Chicago's 'Democratic Machine' to blame for soaring shoplifting rate
A physician and former U.S. Congressional candidate is not surprised about the soaring rate of petty crime in Chicago.
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Shoplifting up sharply under Kim Foxx’s restorative justice policies
A spokesman for Chicago’s police union places the blame for a sharp increase in shoplifting over the last few years squarely on the shoulders of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
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Bill Conway, candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney, says he can rebuild trust with the Chicago Police
Bill Conway, who just announced that he will challenge Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx in the Democratic primary, says he can heal the toxic relationship between the prosecutor’s office and the Chicago Police Department.
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Foxx's reelection bid faces obstacles after judge appoints special prosecutor to Smollett case
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's reelection bid faces an uphill battle following the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate her office's handling of the Jussie Smollett case.
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Chicago FOP to Kim Foxx: stay clear of cases involving police
Chicago’s police union has a bunch of reasons for requesting Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx exclude her office from the prosecution of any cases where police officers are victims of crime, or cases where they are accused of misconduct.
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CPD seeking truth behind activist judge Linda Pauel's order to release juvenile shooting suspect
Chicago police are trying to determine the real reason activist Cook County Judge Linda Pauel ordered the release of a 14-year-old boy arrested for the shooting of two men in Uptown last Monday.
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Chicago FOP 'appalled' at another media report associating police with 'white nationalists'
Chicago police continue to battle the media’s guilt by association fixation over the attendance of a handful of “white nationalists” at the FOP’s April 1 demonstration against Cook County prosecutor Kim Foxx.
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Chicago FOP: Jussie Smollett case just one example of Kim Foxx’s troubling prosecutorial style
For Chicago police, Jussie Smollett and a known gang member, David Johnson, are exemplars of the failings, even dangers, of Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s catch and release approach to her job.
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Judge to name special prosecutor in battery case of Kim Foxx campaign worker, “anti-police activist”
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself from the prosecution of a former Foxx campaign worker and “anti-police activist” who has been charged with striking two Chicago police officers at a demonstration this past July.
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Chicago FOP demands apology, retraction from Congressman Bobby Rush
The president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police has demanded that Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill) retract a comment he made at a rally last weekend in support of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx that the FOP “is the sworn enemy of black people.”
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Editorial: Jussie Smollet and justice
If Empire actor Jussie Smollet did actually make a false police report about allegedly being attacked last month, justice demands that he be prosecuted.
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From North Cook News
Foxx top aide resigns amid review of referrals to former law firm
A top Cook County deputy state’s attorney resigned last week after an internal review uncovered he was referring business to his former law firm at higher rates than normally charged by the county.