Chicago Protestors Revolt Over Jussie Smollett’s Case
The week started off quite hectic in Chicago during protests broke out over Jussie Smollett’s case.
Cops, activists, and hundreds of other demonstrators rallied at the State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s offices following last week’s decision to drop all charges against the Empire actor.
“Foxx must go!” shouted members of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police, according to Page Six. That’s when activists fired back, “Racists must go!”
Local groups, including the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, rallied outside Foxx’s downtown office — largely outnumbering activists who were there in support of Jussie.
“If police don’t do their jobs they fire them, but [Foxx] didn’t do her job and nothing happens to her,” retired CPD officer Patrick Learnahan told the Chicago Sun-Times.
“FOP members have called for a federal investigation into Kim and her decision to drop the charges”, reports Page Six, “arguing that she may have broken the law when she tried to take the case away from Chicago police.”
“Somebody needs to tell Kim Foxx she’s the prosecutor, not the public defender,” said Peter Garza, a retired CPD detective. “You can’t have a prosecutor who has this mindset of a public defender.”
Well clearly we’ll be talking about this story for years to come.