Illinois prosecutors group condemns Kimberly Foxx's handling of Jussie Smollett case
by Katelyn Caralle
| March 29, 2019 12:31 PM
The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association condemned Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx Thursday for the handling of Jussie Smollett’s case.
Foxx “has failed in her most fundamental ethical obligations to the public,†the organization said in a statement Thursday.
The statement also said that the "manner in which this case was dismissed was abnormal and unfamiliar to those who practice law in criminal courthouses across the State.â€
Earlier this week, Illinois state prosecutors announced, in a surprising turn of events, that they would be dropping all 16 felony charges against Smollett, who allegedly filed a false police report.
The “Empire†actor, who is black and gay, claimed at the end of January that he was the victim of a hate crime where two men attacked him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs.
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