Kim Foxx has been strangely quiet of late. The Democratic candidate for Cook County state’s attorney ran a high-profile campaign on a reformist platform earlier this year, which featured many media appearances, including a 5,000-word profile in the Reader in March. She was borne to victory amid near-daily street protests against incumbent Anita Alvarez, but has since remained conspicuously silent on a range of hot-button issues pertaining to prosecutors and police.
Nevertheless, we took advantage of her talking to us now to check in with her on issues that have come up—or persisted—since she won the primary, starting with police shootings.
—Kim Foxx, Democratic candidate for Cook County state’s attorney
Foxx also noted that reform efforts initiated from within the county could be moot if the U.S. Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation reveals patterns and practices of civil rights abuses within the police department. If it does, the DOJ has the option of issuing a consent decree, which would give it oversight of the department.
The intent of the felony murder law, as Foxx pointed out, is to allow prosecutors to charge someone with murder if, for example, a bystander dies as a result of a burglary that person was committing.
Though the Reader made multiple attempts to reach Pfannkuche for comment, the Republican candidate didn’t respond. v
