Ocasio-Cortez said the prosecutor’s false statement illustrates the need for far-reaching reforms to the criminal justice system
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused a Chicago prosecutor of lying to a judge about the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. The firebrand progressive lawmaker said it was much more than an unintentional “error” when the prosecutor falsely claimed that Toledo had a gun in his hand when a police officer shot him dead on a Chicago street. “The prosecutor did not ‘make an error.’ He lied,” AOC tweeted late Thursday night. “He lied about the police killing a child.” Ocasio-Cortez said the prosecutor’s actions illustrate the need for far-reaching reforms to the criminal justice system, not just holding individual police officers accountable for their actions.
