{"id":852983,"date":"2021-10-06T14:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=852983"},"modified":"2021-10-06T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:14:12","slug":"like-the-wild-west-chicago-prosecutor-refuses-to-charge-releases-suspects-in-gang-related-gunfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-the-wild-west-chicago-prosecutor-refuses-to-charge-releases-suspects-in-gang-related-gunfight\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like The Wild West\u2019: Chicago Prosecutor Refuses To Charge, Releases Suspects In Gang-Related Gunfight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flike-the-wild-west-chicago-prosecutor-refuses-to-charge-releases-suspects-in-gang-related-gunfight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=852983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1325068736.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cook County State\u2019s Attorney Kim Foxx\u2019s office refused to charge five men arrested in connection with a gang-related gunfight that left at least one person dead and two wounded, even though police requested a number of felony charges for each individual suspect because the five men were \u201cmutual combatants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five men were released, leaving Chicago officials, including mayor Lori Lightfoot, incensed.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the men&nbsp;\u201clinked to a deadly gang-related shootout Friday in Austin were released from custody after prosecutors declined to charge each of them with a pair of felonies, including first-degree murder,\u201d even though \u201cpolice sought to charge all five suspects with murder and aggravated battery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"0p5Nxk\">\u201cThe brazen mid-morning gunfight, which left one shooter dead and two of the suspects wounded, stemmed from an internal dispute between two factions of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang, according to an internal police report and a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>All five suspects were \u201creleased without charges\u201d on Sunday because, according to the State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s office, they were targeting each other.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman first claimed that prosecutors had&nbsp;\u201cdetermined that the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof to approve felony charges,\u201d without specifying what evidence might be necessary to bring charges the Chicago Police Department felt were warranted. A later said noted that \u201c[m]utual combatants was cited as the reason for the rejection,\u201d a designation the Sun-Times noted refers to \u201ca fight or struggle that two parties willingly engage in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cook County prosecutor released another individual from custody last week for the same reason, despite indications that they were engaging in gang violence.<\/p>\n<p>One source that spoke to Chicago media said prosecutors\u2019 recent decision not to charge suspected gang members when they target each other would only lead to more violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just like the Wild West,\u201d the source told the Sun-Times.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Lori Lightfoot who, like Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, is a frequent critic of Foxx\u2019s office, largely over Foxx\u2019s lenient bail policies, which often let even violent offenders stay out of jail pending trial, warned that Foxx\u2019s decision could send the city \u201cinto chaos.\u201d Chicago is already looking at a record number of homicides and shootings in 2021, and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2021\/09\/45-man-beat-shot-at-his-pregnant-girlfriend-while-free-on-felony-case-prosecutors-say.html\">CWB Chicago, at least 45<\/a> of those incidents involved individuals out on bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they do not feel like the criminal justice system is going to hold them accountable, we\u2019re going to see a level of brazenness that will send this city into chaos,\u201d she said of suspected gang members. \u201cAnd we cannot let that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s complicated, for sure, but we really urge the state\u2019s attorney herself to get personally involved, look at the evidence,\u201d Lightfoot told media at a press conference on a separate issue. \u201cAnd I believe that there are charges that can be brought at a minimum against the individuals who initiated the gunfire. We can\u2019t live in a world where there\u2019s no accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foxx fired back that she doesn\u2019t \u201cplay politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mayor, as a former prosecutor, knows of the ethical obligations of the prosecutor, which is to only bring forth charges where the evidence and the law support it,\u201d Foxx told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t play politics,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe do prosecutions. And it\u2019s why we do our best to not engage in public conversations about cases because we recognize that as tragic and horrific as these incidents are, that if we want to see criminal justice and accountability, we do that in the courtroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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