Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx dismissed over 25k felony cases | Daily Mail Online

Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx dismissed over 25k felony cases | Daily Mail Online
"REVEALED: Top Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx's office has dismissed more than 25,000 felony cases - including murders, shootings, sexual assaults and Jussie Smollett's 'hoax' attack

• Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx dropped charges against 29.9% of felony defendants during her first three years in office, the Chicago Tribune found
• Foxx's case dismissal rate is more than 35% higher than that of her predecessor
• The state's attorney told the Tribune that its analysis gave an 'incomplete picture of her commitment to keeping the public safe'
• She said she's dropped cases against low-level, nonviolent offenders so prosecutors can focus on violent crimes
• But data showed Foxx's office has dismissed cases involving murder, shootings, sex crimes and serious drug offenses at a much higher rate than her predecessor
• Foxx gained notoriety last year when her office dropped felony charges against Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself ...Read all.

#1 This day 1963-----Little Stevie Wonder - 1963 Fingertips Part II

Clarice Feldman - Ed Markey @EdMarkey 10h Give every person in...

Clarice Feldman - Ed Markey @EdMarkey 10h Give every person in...

(D)Ed Markey-@

• Give every person in our country $2000/month for the duration of the pandemic, $2000/month for 3 months after that, and $2000/month retroactive to March.

(R)Ted Cruz-@tedcruz

• Why be so cheap? Give everyone $1 million a day, every day, forever. And three soy lattes a day. And a foot massage.
• We have a magic money tree — we should use it!

Black lives don't seem to matter.....

Scalise: NY AG's NRA Lawsuit Not Just About Taking Away Second Amendment Rights -- It Is About Targeting Conservatives

Scalise: NY AG's NRA Lawsuit Not Just About Taking Away Second Amendment Rights -- It Is About Targeting Conservatives:

Saturday on Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) decried the civil lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James against the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Global warming alert!-----Liawenee in Tasmania's Central Highlands breaks record for coldest temperature in island state - ABC News

Liawenee in Tasmania's Central Highlands breaks record for coldest temperature in island state - ABC News

• Key points:
• Liawenee reached -14.2 degrees Celsius just after 6:00am
• The previous record of -13C was recorded in 1983 at three other locations
• The former hydro town has two residents, a police officer and a fisheries worker

AM Fruitcake

History for August 11

History for August 11 - On-This-Day.com
Alex Haley 1921, Carl Rowan 1925, Mike Douglas 1925
  

Jerry Falwell 1933, Steve Wozniak 1950, Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea 1953


1896 - Harvey Hubbell received a patent for the electric light bulb socket with a pull-chain.


1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing of the microphone, the President said of the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

Portland Police: 'Extremely Dangerous Situation' as Demonstrators Attack Cops

Portland Police: 'Extremely Dangerous Situation' as Demonstrators Attack Cops:

Portland Police clashed with protesters on Friday night into early Saturday morning as demonstrators targeted cops, hurling chunks of concrete and explosives at officers in what the department described as an “extremely dangerous situation.”

The way we were-----Robertson, Phillips, and the History of the Screwdriver

Boob-tube-----Jack Benny vs. Groucho 1955