In wake of Jason Van Dyke case, Kim Foxx pledge to seek more special prosecutors has not come to pass – Chicago Tribune*

“There is an inherent conflict of interest because of the intimate relationship between the prosecutor’s office and the police, and to suggest that doesn’t exist is disingenuous,” Foxx said at a campaign forum in January 2016. But Cook County prosecutors in her administration have never sought the appointment of a special prosecutor in a police shooting case. And in at least two instances, Cook County prosecutors have said they opposed bringing in outside attorneys to reinvestigate police shootings, saying their office had already reviewed the cases and determined charges were not appropriate.