Hey Crimesha?

Once again, the two-tiered justice system in full view (CWB reporting):

• A man accused of randomly attacking a woman in the Loop earlier this month, knocking her to the ground in a crosswalk, is only facing a misdemeanor battery charge, according to court records. The woman is the fourth person that Azzam Qattoum is accused of randomly attacking downtown since Christmas. He was charged with misdemeanors in all of the other cases, too.

  That’s a stark contrast to the felony charge filed against William Swetz, the Flossmoor man accused of tossing root beer in the face of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx last month.

  As we reported before, any physical attack on the public way can be charged as a felony in Illinois. The crime is called “aggravated battery in a public place.” That’s the charge Swetz faces for tossing his Big Gulp on Foxx. But the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office rarely approves the charge unless there are additional circumstances like robbery or theft involved.
  

Four separate attacks on strangers on the public way - three of them women - knocking a couple of them to the ground via brute physical force:

• misdemeanor charges

One splash of root beer on an idiot walking in the street where both parties were pretty much assholes to one another:

• two ASA's show up at a suburban PD and sit with them into the wee hours to get felony charges

Nothing to see here!