Soros-backed Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx preemptively announced that she will not prosecute protesters who are “peaceful” at the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
On Sunday, Foxx told the Triibe that her office does not prosecute protesters.
Despite the attention to “peaceful” protesters, Foxx also announced ahead of time that she will not prosecute anyone arrested for misdemeanors — such as disorderly conduct, public demonstration, unlawful gathering, criminal trespass to state-supported land, and even curfew charges.
“Mass arrest is a last resort,” Snelling explained in June: Despite this bravado, it appears that the CPD and the city will find little support down the line when the State’s Attorney’s Office finally gets involved in cases against protesters.
This sudden turn toward leniency runs against what she claimed in April, Wirepoints reported.
Despite this announcement of leniency, Foxx was talking tougher in April when she told the Chicago Tribune that her past policy, confirmed in a November 15 memo, would be set aside and hinted that protesters could expect to be arrested.
The Tribune reported that Foxx “was clear that her Nov. 15 memo wouldn’t apply during that time.” That, though, does not seem to be the case now.
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