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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChicago prosecutor loses her fight with Black Lives Matter
While most of the focus of Tuesday night's primaries was on the battle for the White House, something extraordinary occurred in two local elections. Both Chicago's Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Timothy McGinty, the Cuyahoga Prosecuting Attorney in Ohio, lost their bids for re-election.
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Chicago prosecutor loses her fight with Black Lives Matter (Original Post)
NCTraveler
Mar 2016
OP
The elected position of county DA is so important, way more than most realize.
Jackie Wilson Said
Mar 2016
#1
Here's some interesting local analysis on the primaries (including this one) in Chicago:
surrealAmerican
Mar 2016
#2
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)1. The elected position of county DA is so important, way more than most realize.
The DA can sculpt an area to reflect his or her racist views or liberal non racist views.
The DA can really make or break the fabric of trust people have and the way they look to non residents.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)3. You are so correct . She has a horrible history here
http://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2015/anita-alvarezs-tardiness-in-charges-against-officer-part-of-a-pattern-of-dubious-judgments/
Read her actions before she was holding the Laquan case back
She really had to go . Long overdue
Read her actions before she was holding the Laquan case back
She really had to go . Long overdue
surrealAmerican
(11,340 posts)2. Here's some interesting local analysis on the primaries (including this one) in Chicago:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/illinois-primary-results-emanuel-sanders-clinton-foxx-alvarez/Content?oid=21454641
It was really her handling of the Laquan McDonald shooting that caused her loss.
It was really her handling of the Laquan McDonald shooting that caused her loss.
Chisox08
(1,898 posts)4. Bye Anita!
Rahm is next on the list, he shouldn't have been re-elected in the first place.