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As Murders Rage in Chicago, Radical Mayor Turns on Soros Prosecutor

Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2021
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AMAC Exclusive – By Andrew Abbott

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Earlier this month, at least four members of the Four Corner Hustlers, a Chicago street gang, poured out of two vehicles into a residential neighborhood and opened fire at a house occupied by a rival faction of the same gang. While most were using semi-automatic handguns, it was reported that some weapons were illegally modified to fire automatically. In response, at least three individuals returned fire from inside the house. When a police cruiser arrived at the scene, the gang members outside the home quickly fled. One of the vehicles was later “torched,” which is street talk for immolating the evidence. The other vehicle crashed after an extended police chase. All of the occupants inside the vehicle were arrested. The gang suspects in the home refused to surrender, triggering a standoff with SWAT officers. While they eventually did back down, no weapons were recovered from inside the home. In total, five people were arrested and one was killed.

But despite police capturing much of the deadly gunfight on camera, State Attorney Kim Foxx released all five suspects and rejected all charges against them. Foxx invoked the principle of “Mutual Combat,” a legal term referring to instances in which two parties enter into a mutually agreed fight “upon equal terms.” When pressed by reporters about the absurd decision, Foxx’s office shifted its message, stating that they had “determined that the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof to approve felony charges.”

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown criticized the decision, saying, “We want to charge everyone; we want the judge and the courts to sort it out, not to anticipate what might happen before a jury or a judge.” In cases like this, where it may be difficult to determine who started the engagement and suspects are uncooperative, determining outright blame can indeed be challenging. But for that very reason, most prosecutors will bring every charge forward and then work out a deal during negotiations. Discharging a firearm in a residential neighborhood, resisting arrest, arson, and illegally modifying a firearm are just a few of the crimes committed beyond the actual murder.

The decision to refuse all charges is so alarming that even far-left progressive Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned that it could plunge the city “into chaos.” Such a rebuke from a fellow Democrat may seem stunning to many political observers. But this is hardly the first time that Foxx’s office has come under scrutiny for effectively refusing to enforce the law.

Foxx first made national headlines in 2019 for her office’s handling of the now-infamous Jussie Smollett case. Earlier that year, actor Jussie Smollett filed a police report alleging that he was the victim of a hate crime. He claimed that two individuals wearing red “Make America Great Again” hats attacked him with a noose and an “unknown chemical substance” while calling him racist and homophobic names. The case received international attention. However, it was soon revealed that Smollett had staged the entire thing, and he was charged with filing a false police report, among other crimes. Despite this, Foxx refused to charge Smollett. This decision shocked the country and led to a special prosecutor investigation which found that Foxx’s office had mishandled the case.

But arguably the most egregious abdication of Foxx’s duty as state attorney came last month. Two girls, 7-year-old Serenity Broughton and her 6-year-old sister Aubrey, were victims of a drive-by shooting. While Aubrey recovered, Serenity died from her wounds. With the help of law enforcement, the victims’ family was able to find the shooter. However, Foxx again refused to prosecute the murderer, leading Commander Eric Winstrom of the Chicago Police department to chastise Foxx’s office. “Having people that we know committed murders, for cases we are confident should be charged, walking the streets is demoralizing,” he said. “To not try these cases and push back on the detectives saying we want more is a disservice to the detectives doing a great job but also to our community.”

Foxx’s actions should perhaps not be so surprising given that she is one of the pet projects of George Soros, the far-left billionaire who has in recent years dumped millions of dollars into state and local races with the goal of electing radical “social justice” prosecutors like Foxx across the country. Foxx won her elections in 2016 and 2020 with the help of millions in campaign funding from Soros. She now presides over the second-largest district in the country, meaning that the delusional Soros vision of criminal justice is now wreaking havoc on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

But while violent criminals roaming Chicago’s streets may be fine with George Soros – after all, he doesn’t have to live there – Foxx’s blatant dereliction of duty has perhaps finally turned Lightfoot, a mayor often criticized for her own radically progressive agenda, against a fellow radical progressive. Last week, Lightfoot sent out a campaign email that, while not naming Foxx directly, said the mayor “did not understand” the decision not to bring charges in the case. Lightfoot also said, “We know that we cannot have a city where this kind of incident happens and no one is held accountable.” In response, Foxx says she is “mortified” by Lightfoot’s criticism and that Lightfoot is inappropriately overstepping her authority.

For Lightfoot, going after Foxx is likely just a matter of political survival. Chicago has seen a record spike in murders this year, and Lightfoot will eventually have to face the voters. After enabling and even encouraging the rise in crime through Defund the Police rhetoric and soft-on-crime city policies, Lightfoot is now desperate for someone else to blame. While Foxx undoubtedly also shares a large degree of responsibility for not taking dangerous criminals off the streets, Lightfoot is no less guilty.

For the sake of public safety, Chicagoans can only hope for a new direction in both City Hall and the state attorney’s office at the earliest possible opportunity.

Andrew Abbott is the pen name of a writer and public affairs consultant with over a decade of experience in DC at the intersection of politics and culture.

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Enuf Said
Enuf Said
2 years ago

SOONER or LATER, the cannibals will turn on each other. So be it!!

Enuf Said
Enuf Said
2 years ago

Let the BLM, gangs, and thugs kill each other.

Steven H
Steven H
2 years ago

The DA must have graduated from a correspondence school for law. Mutual Combat is an antiquated law that legalized dueling which was a mutually agreed upon fight that was fair and did not endanger innocent people. I seriously doubt the case here involved any agreement, was not fair and did endanger the innocent.

Since the Left has shown their reliance on this law as a defense in this case, contact your local legislators to get it removed from your state laws so they can’t use it in other cases.

George
George
2 years ago

Why is Soros a citizen of the United States? Did he claim asylum? Wasn’t he a German citizen who worked with Nazis? If I am wrong, please correct me.

Stephen Lykins
Stephen Lykins
2 years ago

The victims of crimes not prosecuted due to Soros’ influence should file a class action lawsuit against the a-hole demanding the bulk of his billions and his PERMANENT eviction from the US.

Ed Straub
Ed Straub
2 years ago

The Mayor critical of the DA?Don’t be distracted by this. They are both on the same side. Don’t be deceived. These comments are for public consumption only. It’s all show business.

Becky
Becky
2 years ago

All one has to do is know History, know Communism, know that Soros is a Communist who sold his own people out to Hitler and the SS, and know Stalin’s platform and agenda.
One of the primary means to break a country in order to install Communism is to cause such a level of chaos and anarchy that a country breaks.
Bankrupting it is another means.
Flooding it with useless, welfare foreigners is another.
The Communists are winning America.
Patriots are losing it.

Theresa Coughlin
Theresa Coughlin
2 years ago

First of all. with regard to Mayor Lightfoot’s ridiculous contention that Foxx’s refusal to charge these gang thugs will “plunge the city into chaos”: Where has she been? Chicago is already in chaos with no sign of improvement any time soon. Second of all, let this be a lesson to voters everywhere. If you vote for soft on crime prosecutors and other soft on crime politicians, soft on crime policies is exactly what you will get. As a result, law abiding citizens will be endangered and to make matters worse will be unable to defend themselves because the soft on crime politicians (who conveniently all have their own private security details) also support gun control and defunding the police.

Boomer
Boomer
2 years ago

Alll parties involved sound like they likely have commited crimes in the past.
But it seems that being in your own home and being fired upon is reason to shoot back in self defense in this particular incident.
Probably a LOT more to the story…..

james carlyle
james carlyle
2 years ago

I don’t understand why lethal “Mutual Combat” is an acceptable behavior in a civilized community of citizens of the USA.

Rich
Rich
2 years ago

As long as the “legal” system won’t prosecute, we the people are sitting ducks. We don’t need more laws or confiscation of firearms, but a legal system that has “teeth” to deal with the problem. Anyone that is a mass killer deserves the death sentence, not sitting on death row for 20 years. You think the “legal system” is fair? Think again!

Dennis Stewart
Dennis Stewart
2 years ago

Use “MUTUAL COMBAT” as rationale and justification for whatever is good v. all that is evil!

George
George
2 years ago

It would be interesting to find out Soros’s purpose in destroying our country. Maybe we could get him interested in going after terrorist political groups.

mkedave
mkedave
2 years ago

“Mutual combat” is what you use when you refuse to prosecute a couple of drunks after a bar fight. With all the rounds going back and forth, these idiots were endangering everyone in the neighborhood. They need to be charged with reckless endangerment at least.

Jim
Jim
2 years ago

When did we stop bringing up our children right? Where is the integrity and morals that we at one time lived by. I know our nation was never perfect, but it seems communism and capitalism share a similar end product. The common humanity ruled by dictators drunk with power and no one to lead with a conscience or capitalism, which can lead the same evil minded leadership to the quest of power and control over humanity. We have a new all powerful god and that is money and power. To some it is just a monopoly game of life. To many it’s a struggle to survive because morality whether through religion or conscience no longer thrives in our country. Let us do one thing of kindness, and let it spread for we shall not pass this way again. That is the way to self satisfaction and happiness.

Joe M
Joe M
2 years ago

Lightfoot and Foxx are both as useless as t-ts on a bull ! Both need to be thrown out of office !!

J. Shenk
J. Shenk
2 years ago

African-Americans historically vote color over content. This is an established fact; however, to generically refer to black folks as “stupid” is inappropriate and offensive.

DJames
DJames
2 years ago

Patriots, It is time to get the hell out of this State. Chicago and Illinois are lost to the demonic Democrats. I am leaving next year. The Socialists want a class and Race war while depopulating the planet. And yes they are winning !

Dave Smith
Dave Smith
2 years ago

I’d put my response to this article here except I know that the cry baby mentality of what used to be America will label me with whatever makes them feel better about themselves even though that nagging feeling deep inside will continue eating at them because they know deep inside that my handling of situations like what’s happening in Chicago and across America is the right and honestly ONLY solution to these problems. But go on. Keep trying to pet the rabid dogs and act surprised when you get bitten! It’s not like the animals are running the zoos while their socialist masters sit back safely in their mansions…oh wait, that’s exactly what it it is! Well, it’s only little children getting caught in the crossfire so sleep tight America! Enjoy the rest…at least until the animals get to your neighborhood!

Garye
Garye
2 years ago

lightfoot and foxx are a disgrace to their offices, failures and should immediately be removed.
Both have acted in direct opposition to Citizens , refuse to enforce the law, and have stood by while hundreds have been MURDERED!!!
The media,self serving politicians and many organizations have over reacted when it suits a political agenda they are pushing ,but yet are silent while lives are taken weekly in Chicago.
Where are the protests?? Where is the accountability of these politicians ?
Where’s the outrage for the loss of lives??
I don’t hear any liberals or democrats saying a word.
Could it be that they dont care because there’s no political gain ,no conservatives to blame??
The democrat run cities and states are an embarrassment.
Why do people who live their tolerate these failed politicians and their policies????
THROW THE LOSERS OUT !!!

JJ Johnson-Smith
JJ Johnson-Smith
2 years ago

MUTUAL COMBAT?? SERIOUSLY?? Do Americans even know that Judges serve only “In Times of Good Behavior”, and CAN be de-frocked? WHO decides what is Good or Bad behavior? The PEOPLE do! Chicagoans need to get rid of these dangerous Prosecutors and Judges, AND their ridiculous little Mayor, a.s.a.p. If they want safer communities, they need to STOP voting Democrat!
duhaime.org/Legal-Dictionary/Term/MutualCombat

oren
oren
2 years ago

I’ve come to the opinion we are better off just letting the gangs kill each other off. Set up a program to relocate all of the folk in the neighborhoods who want to escape.

Jeanette
Jeanette
2 years ago

this is criminal and insanity defined! complete dereliction of duty as well. Remove them from their posts!

VikkiC
VikkiC
2 years ago

Sounds like it is time to recall both of them…Chicagoans should get off their dead butts and get rid of these two!!

TimToroian
TimToroian
2 years ago

Mutual combat is for fistfights you silly ditz, not gun battles. You will go after law-abiding citizens about guns but not gang members who illegally possess them? Actually, the overly zealous ATF should do something about the situation instead of harassing legitimate owners.

Hal
Hal
2 years ago

A lot of non-Black people are guilty of doing the same things you attribute to Blacks. Maybe there is no relationship to skin color …. maybe the bad behaviors you reference come about for many other reasons .. including some that might be manageable if the Black Community would coordinate cooperation more with the law authorities …..This is not a simple situation to remedy … but to remedy it all factions of the citizens of the community must want and participate in actions and duties that help deal with the problems.

David
David
2 years ago

Soros is an evil human being but he is very smart, his plan of destroying the American judicial system is working to perfection.

Sean Richman
Sean Richman
2 years ago

Its way past time to make illinois a safe state.The criminals in chitcago,rock bottom and I am sure that there are many more cities that need to fix this B.S.Why in the”H”do people put up with this.If we have officials that won’t eliminate these bottom feeders,then its time to elect politicians that will prosecute and if need be terminate these slug slime.You politicians know who they are,what in the:H”are you waitng for.

Don
Don
2 years ago

It’s time Chicago got rid of the democrat machine and elected a solid Republican to clean up the city and put criminals behind bars. The Democrats are certainly not doing their jobs and disrespect the citizens of that city.

JAMES MULDOWNEY
JAMES MULDOWNEY
2 years ago

Just recently the mayor said she had taken 5,000 guns off the streets this year. Chicago has some of the hardest laws in the country for the possession of guns. She did not indicate that anyone was prosecuted for this.

Brian
Brian
2 years ago

The likely goal of these leftists is to intentionally allow it to get bad enough to make people want to get rid of guns and to “require” federal intervention (hence defund the police campaign). Most cops are conservative and do not lack courage. Get them and the citizens’ guns out of the way and we can have our own little communist state here (refer to Australia for further details).

Leftists have never had any value for human life. They have always gotten giddy when some nut case opens fire at a school or other event, seeing it as nothing more than an opportunity to push their agenda. Everything and everyone, including two little girls gunned down in their own neighborhood, are just expendable, valueless pawns to them to be thrown away for their loftier goals of total domination.

Chuck
Chuck
2 years ago

This is the “new normal.” Arm yourselves and stay off the government radar.

Kevin S
Kevin S
2 years ago

I’ll differ: Black lives DO Matter. But Nig77ers DON’T – the difference is EVERYTHING !!!!

Mandy
Mandy
2 years ago

When I see a picture of Soros the only thing that comes to my mind is “the look of pure evil”.

Sharon Ormsby
Sharon Ormsby
2 years ago

Too little, too late for Mayor Lightfoot, and I’m appalled for those little children who got no justice. It’s very sad that the Fox woman doesn’t see Soros for who he is. He’s an absolute racist who is out to destroy our country and he will absolutely take down the black people if he can. He will let them destroy each other and say, well, my hands are clean, didn’t I educate her, she’s the one who made the decisions? Totally sad that she cannot see this. So very, very sad.

Kyle Buy you some guns,and learn how to shoot
Kyle Buy you some guns,and learn how to shoot
2 years ago

Another typical Demo. city. Kyle L.

‘Nonymous
‘Nonymous
2 years ago

Fox shouldn’t be allowed to clean offices, let alone occupy one.

Karole
Karole
2 years ago

Until Chicagoans wake up and stop electing the same radical Dems year after year after year, this will continue. A cousin of mine in Chicago about took my head off when I criticized Lightfoot.

Hal
Hal
2 years ago

Seems like Kim Foxx is trying to hint to Chicago hood gangs how they can dangerously go about with guns to settle arguments with other gangs and their members an d be OK in the eyes of law enforcement. IMO, the good citizens of Chicago need to stand up and insist that he resign … he is not following the law in the best interest of the citizenry who were likely or probably injured in this gun fracas. But … Chicago will be what it will be and has been for many, many decades .. a major city with major problems in enforcing the law. A lot of nice people and good cops in Chicago deserve better from their law and legal enforcement arms of city government.

Amelia Little
Amelia Little
2 years ago

I don’t know what voters in Cook County were thinking espeically after shrugging her shoulders about the false police report resulting in thousands of hours of police resources and money to the tax payers. But she is making horrible decisions in murder cases–to not even take them to trial, just tee-hee let them go. Sure, this last one was gangs shooting at each other, but now they are free for more shootouts and they can’t guarantee (nor do they care) that an innocent person, even child, would not be a dead victim. I’d hope they would go after her in a recall since she’s there til 2024. How many more will kill without facing consequences. And mayor lightfoot is a little late–NOW she’s chastizing the da? Hopefully SHE wouldn’t be re-elected–the actions of her and city council caused the increase in crime for tying the hands of police. Must be a haven for gangs and killers–come to chicago and no consequences for your actions.

Constant de Calonne
Constant de Calonne
2 years ago

No DOUBT MAYOR L LIGHTFOOT IS A SOCIALIST/ DEMOCRAT . MAYOR IT IS ALL ABOUT THEIR AGENDA OF POWER AND CONTROL !!!!! Just like COMRADE SOROS

J. Farley
J. Farley
2 years ago

First off, the Street Gangs are George Soros’s brown shirts, his Gestapo His SS his new Army and when the time is right, he will instruct them to stop the infighting and turn their Guns on you, you will not be safe going to the supermarket, getting gas for your car going to see the filth in the movie houses or going out to dinner, they will make your life a Living Hell,
As for the Woke Political Hacks, they are mir pons in Goerge Soros’s plan. He has his own people to put in their spots,

Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
2 years ago

Agreed ! ! !

Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
2 years ago

One dead ? Where is the marksmanship with this ?

Drue
Drue
2 years ago

Kim Foxx is just a talking head for Soros, who is a fanatical socialist. “Mayor” Lori Lightfoot is in so deep, she is drowning in her own political excrement. Like a clogged toilet, all of them should be flushed from office.

Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen
2 years ago

When I returned from combat, in Viet Nam (1970 ), I saw the changes taking place in that city THEN. One of the first things I did was get my FOID card so I could make legal gun purchases. Did EXACTLY that. Same day that I bought 2 for carry, I got correct shoulder holsters. Thank God I had to use them, then. Oh yeah, I moved away in ’77. Glad I did.

Constant de Calonne
Constant de Calonne
2 years ago

quite interesting that Mr Soros (philanthropist) is so much involved in NY /American politics I encourage folks to GOOGLE HIS WEBSITE . IF YOU READ THE SITE WELL HE IS A COVERT
COMMUNIST/ SOCIALIST PERSON WITH PAST NAZI INVOLVEMENT (-documented) . Seems he has very good PR PEOPLE WHO PORTRAY HIM AS A 91 YO . GRANDFATHERLY PHILANTHROPIST I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PROPAGANDA ??? DO YOU ???

D.P.
D.P.
2 years ago

It does my heart good, to see dems at odds with one another…..lets put these two in a room together and have them duke it out…..whoever comes out as winner gets to go on patrol in the worst gang area of Chicago as an assistant to a veteran detective….with no gun, no protective gear, no mace, and no help…..then see what happens.

Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
2 years ago

What took SO Long for action?

citizen2
citizen2
2 years ago

As long as these Leftist listen to Soros and his worms then death will be rampant. Soros is as evil an excuse for a human being that walks. Actually I do not think he is human, I think he is a demon of Satan. Soros is a Nazi sympathizer who should have been convicted to death at the Nuremburg Trials. Chicago needs a good, strong Conservative to take over and clean up the street of the gangs and murdering thugs that currently function with impunity. Time to turn this country around and kick the sorry, despicable Leftists back to the gutter where they came from.

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