Chicago’s ‘Reform-Minded’ DA Lets Gunman Off Easy After Killing a Man and Wounding a Bystander

Kim Foxx, a George Soros-backed prosecution attorney, dropped murder charges following shootout between Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx and George Soros (D.). / Getty Images

A “reform-minded” prosecutor in Chicago refused last week to bring murder charges against a felon who killed one person and wounded another in a shootout that prosecutors now say was “self-defense.”

Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney (D.), dropped murder and attempted murder charges against Juan Ferba. Juan Ferba was accused of firing at least 14 shots on a South Side street corner in December. according to CWBChicago. At a bail hearing, Prosecutors stated that Ferba was in an argument with a man. Both pulled out their guns. Ferba hit the man in the head three times and also struck a woman sitting on a nearby bus with her hand.

Chicago police charged Ferba with murder and attempted murder last week. Prosecutors tossed the charges and instead charged Ferba with murder and attempted murder. “for self-defense.”

Ferba has been sentenced for a previous violent felony offense, according to court records show. He was also given a chance of committing another offense by a pre-trial public security assessment. He is still in custody failing to pay $1,000 bail.

Foxx is part of a group called criminal justice reform prosecutors that George Soros has pushed into office. The left-wing billionaire donated $2 million for Foxx’s 2020 campaign. Like Soros-backed Philadelphia prosecutor Larry Krasner (D.), Foxx oversees a murder rate that has been high for decades, with over 800 homicides in Chicago by 2021.

Foxx spokesperson said that Foxx is a private office. “unable to comment on pending litigation.”

Jason Johnson, President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund told the Washington Free Beacon Foxx “drops felony cases, especially those involving violence and gun offenses, at an alarming rate.”

“While it’s appalling, it’s unsurprising that a radical D.A. like Kim Foxx would give leniency to a convicted felon committing violence with an illegal gun because she’s done it over and over again,” Johnson pointed to at most two other cases. Both saw girls as young as seven- and eight-years-old killed in shootouts.

“She only folded after the police and mayor publicly excoriated her,” He spoke of the first case. “And this was just last year. The police had to file charges against

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