CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- An assistant to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said in court Tuesday that she had no idea her office was prosecuting one of her campaign volunteers when she took a selfie with him at a racially-charged event at Rainbow-Push.
It was early this month when the FOP staged a Kim Foxx protest over the Jussie Smollett case and its belief she’s soft on crime. She then appeared at Rainbow-Push, where speakers assailed the police union as racist.
And it was there that activist Jedidiah Brown took the picture with Foxx. Her office was prosecuting Brown for allegedly punching police officers.
They're represented by attorney James McKay.
“The eight police officers that I represent were stunned when they saw the man that they arrested at that press conference with miss Foxx on April the 6th,” McKay said.
McKay piled a petition for a special prosecutor.
“What you saw today was a battle between the FOP and Kim Foxx and my client was used as a pawn in that battle. It had nothing to do with his case," Erickson said.
McKay said, "that's complete nonsense."
Erickson noted the officers are the defendants in a civil rights suit filed by Brown.