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To: Saulamanca who wrote (22682)	2/21/2020 12:34:35 PM
From: Saulamanca	Respond to of 51736

DOJ Lawsuit Targeting Sanctuary Cities Spells Trouble for Mayor Lightfoot, Kim Foxx February 16, 2020 by Florian Sohnke *Mayor’s policy barring cooperation with ICE, Kim Foxx’s vacated convictions sound alarms in Washington, D.C.* Among the most popular quarters in San Francisco, the Embarcadero is recognized for its waterfront attractions. From its numerous piers, residents and tourists can gaze at the hilly terrain surrounding the city, sip coffee at an outdoor café, enjoy the cool Bay Area breeze or catch a glimpse of the Bay Bridge or the iconic clock tower at the top of the San Francisco Ferry building. An area known for heavy pedestrian traffic, it was here, adjacent to the entrance to Pier 14 near the San Francisco Bay Trail, where 32-year-old Kate Steinle was murdered in July 2015 as she walked arm in arm with her father, Jim, and friend, Frances Williams. Rushed to San Francisco General Hospital after a bullet entered her back and pierced her aorta, Steinle was declared dead two hours after the shooting... ...Framing part of her activity while serving as prosecutor as advocacy for the wrongfully convicted, among those to whom Foxx has issued a get-out-of-jail-free card are Ricardo Rodriguez, Gabriel Solache, and Arturo Reyes. Criminal cases which implicitly reflect not all illegal immigrants to the U.S. are noble, hard-working men or women whose desire is to build a better life for themselves and their families in America, all three entered the U.S. illegally and were implicated in grisly murders in Chicago. A Spanish Cobra gang member, Ricardo Rodriguez was sentenced to 60 years and imprisoned in 1998 for the 1995 fatal shooting of Rodney Kemppainen, a homeless man tragically gunned down in a suspected gang-related drive-by shooting. After nearly two decades behind bars, on March 27, 2017, the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) inside Foxx’s State’s Attorney Office vacated Rodriguez’s conviction, basing grace on discredited testimony from the lead detective in the case, Reynaldo Guevara. A retired violent crimes detective, Guevara was alleged to have coerced a witness into establishing Rodriguez as Kemppainen’s killer. At the same time Rodriquez was entering prison, Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes were hatching a scheme to murder Jacinta and Mariano Soto and abduct their two children. Hardly exemplary citizens, in a crime so morbid it could make anyone retch, both Solache and Reyes are believed to have stabbed the couple 59 times before fleeing with the pair’s children. Convicted in 2000 for the mortifying crime, Solache was sentenced to death; Reyes received a life sentence without the possibility for parole. Although the Illinois Appellate Court upheld both convictions in 2006, over a decade later, Ms. Foxx’s office vacated both sentences in late 2017, again basing mercy on both Solache’s and Reyes’ insistence Guevara tortured them in interviews while assisting the official inquiry into the Soto murders. Foxx vacating both Reyes’ and Solache’s convictions occurred despite the fact former Foxx deputy, Eric Sussman, publicly admitted both men likely committed the crime. More appalling, in an outrage to common sense, decency, and the memory of the victims, all three loathsome figures involved in these despicable crimes have retained legal counsel and are seeking damages from Chicago... chicagocontrarian.com