An alderman on the Chicago City Council wants Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to resign because of her pattern of dropping charges against alleged criminals.
Alderman Anthony Napolitano, an independent, said on Thursday that Foxx’s decision not to press charges against some people who were arrested during the riots in Chicago last weekend has put the city at risk. Napolitano, who is a former police officer, said that law enforcement has been trying to keep up with the city’s crime, but Foxx keeps refusing to press charges.
“We had a justice protest that was hijacked a couple of months ago by domestic terrorists. They looted and rioted the city. The CPD, the Chicago Police Department, locked up the criminals. Our state’s attorney let them go,” Napolitano told Fox News’s America’s Newsroom.
“On top of that, our [city] has probably the worst gang problem in the entire country … with 117,000 gang members. We average over 500 murders a year, over 2,800 shootings per year, and our state’s attorney just got credit for letting over 25,000 felony offenders go. The problem here is it’s a catch and release system. Why not hit everybody? Why not destroy the city? Why not loot it? Now, after this recent looting, they’re already in the process of letting the criminals go again,” he added.
Foxx, who garnered national attention after she dropped the charges against actor Jussie Smollett, has a reputation for dropping charges. She dropped 29.9% of charges against those arrested for felonies, according to the Chicago Tribune. Foxx outpaced her predecessor, Anita Alvarez, who dropped 19.4% of felony charges while serving as state’s attorney.
“If you are going to do the crime, you’re not going to do the time in the city of Chicago. They’re laughing at us for this. If people don’t stand up and make a stand right now, draw a line in the sand and get rid of the state’s attorney, this is going to get worse in the greatest city in the country,” Napolitano said.
