FOXX FIRES BACK AT FOP OVER CLAIM OF ‘DEEP MISTRUST’
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Wednesday fired back at Chicago police union officials who in a letter this week said there is a “deep mistrust” between rank-and-file officers and Cook County’s top prosecutor.
In a letter to Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham, Foxx wrote that she had doubts about the sincerity of the union’s concerns about her commitment to prosecuting crimes committed against police officers and called out the union for not publicly denouncing purported white nationalists who stood among officers at a protest organized by the union in the spring.
The correspondence from Foxx comes after a conference call Wednesday morning with union leaders to discuss complaints raised in a letter the FOP sent to Foxx, calling for her to appoint a special prosecutor to handle any criminal cases where a cop is the victim of a crime or has been accused of misconduct.
“I am always available to address the concerns of your members. However, I am once again left with the impression that your aim is simply to make news, not progress,” Foxx wrote in her letter.
Foxx expressed concerns that the union’s “public antics” had led to racist and misogynistic threats, and that she was frustrated that the union had made no statement about white nationalists who joined the April protest.
“You claimed you don’t support those behaviors, yet those individuals somehow find comfort in your camaraderie,” Foxx wrote.
Foxx states that her office has approved charges in 96% of cases in which a police officer