Matt joined Steve Cochran to discuss the proposed changes to the SAFE-T Act that lawmakers debated on December 1, the language that still needs to be changed and whether or not any of this will make a difference. Getting rid of the 48-hour free roaming pass for EM defendants, making more crimes detainable before trial and restoring the community threat standard for pretrial detention is a start, but much more has to be done.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- 100 a day: Chicago motor vehicle thefts explode as SAFE-T Act changes debated
- Electronic monitoring horror show grows as lawmakers skate past SAFE-T reforms
- Poor communities bear the brunt of crime unleashed by Cook County bail reform and the SAFE-T Act: New Manhattan Institute report
- Chicago’s progressive agenda has been destructive for black communities
- Chicago Transit Authority violent crime aims for five-year high in 2022; Red Line stuck in “Wild West”
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.