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Sheriff Jeff Bullard of Jefferson County said law enforcement and attorneys will be the ones who bear the brunt of these changes. "We did our job. We arrested them, incarcerated them," Bullard said, "and then the state's attorney makes the argument that they should be remanded for trial, and the judge, based on the SAFE-T Act guidelines, says, ‘Now I'm forced to let them go.’ That's going to increase crime victim frustration … and we share that frustration with them."
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
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.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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YouTube video of Polk County Florida sheriff Judd talking about organized theft rings. Tells the truth about why crime rates are rising and says criminals don’t stop committing crimes when they are arrested and released they just go back to stealing and other crimes because there are no consequences. The Attorney General of Florida speaks as well and makes Raoul look like an ass clown.
In view of this I watched some of the reruns of “The Wire.” Considering the new no cash bail the show has new meaning Enjoy your future Chicago…you voted for it.
Does anybody think the Pigster cares? Does anybody think that politicians with armed security around them 24hrs a day care? These people will never have to face the crime issues that confront commoners every day, business owners etc. All that will happen is crime will continue to rise and the usual crowd will scream racism.
I really cannot believe how stupid and insane this move is. Consequences will be tragic because you are taking away law enforcement’s ability, state’s attorney’s, and judges to have this discretion for violent repeat offenders. Granted Cook County has been a lost cause and now this insanity will spread to other counties. I still think that the time is coming when citizens who are well trained in firearms will blow some of these thugs away without injuring but kill them in self defense. What a state run by imbeciles. Hope that conservative counties go against it and label everyone like… Read more »
One can only hope that those who voted for this Act are the ones impacted by the lawlessness.
This will not end well.