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“Combating the epidemic of gun crime and violence is a national priority for this Department of Justice, and it is a top priority of mine,” said. “We will continue to devote substantial resources to supporting our law enforcement partners and prosecuting the most significant violent offenders.”
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Charge anyone in Cook County or for that fact Illinois and with the SAFET nonsense chances are the culprits will walk out with no cash bail, a promise to appear, maybe an ankle monitor or an order to be in a residence from 7am to 7pm. Their criminal behavior will continue. Going the federal route means a more serious charge, detention, longer sentences if convicted and placed in a remote prison away from family and friends.
I can’t wait to hear how Pritzker and Johnson spin this as an awful thing they’re doing.
They will blame Trump. It’s never their fault
In none of the cases mentioned in the article are people being prosecuted for committing crimes which have victims. They may have committed such crimes, but the charges are “possession” or “sale.”
I wish the article had provided some context from the State’s Attorney.
Aside from the fact that possession of firearms by some is illegal and the unlawful sale of them is likewise, both are pieces of the dangerous out of control gun crimes puzzle. That isn’t even considering what charges were brought in the first place and plead down to lesser charges. A good example is the man recently sentenced for “ unlawful discharge of a weapon into a vehicle “ after shooting and seriously injuring a woman in a car, down from the original charge of “ attempted murder “ which in fact is was.
The “victims” you’re looking for in vain are the people who now won’t be shot with the weapons and ammunition confiscated in these cases, and which would have been sold if these perps hadn’t been taken off the street..