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(The Center Square) – Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is drawing bipartisan criticism for a proposed policy change on traffic stops. Foxx’s proposal would have prosecutors not pursue cases in which illegal guns or drugs were found during most traffic stops. Several of Foxx’s fellow Chicago Democrats blasted the idea. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said, “The policy will keep illegal guns in the hands of criminal offenders, rather than getting them off the streets.” South Side Republican Chairman Devin Jones said that what Foxx is doing is egregious. “It’s always done under diversity…

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