When a grand jury revived the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the indictment for many people called to mind two nights on two different streets in the same big city.
Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx offered the new public explanation in a statement issued along with the release of 2,000 pages of documents in the case
The Chicago area’s likely next top prosecutor handily unseated an incumbent on a wave of frustration over police shooting investigations, but even with that support she’d take over the job facing immense challenges.
First-time candidate Kim Foxx ousted Anita Alvarez in this week’s Democratic primary, as the re-election bid of the two-term Cook County state’s attorney was dogged by criticism over her waiting a year to charge a white police officer in a black teenager’s shooting death.