The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ crime research in its opinion section this week.
Read the WSJ editorial: Illinois’s No-Bail Criminal Experiment
For a preview of what’s likely to play out, Illinois can look at Cook County, home to Chicago, which reduced the use of bail in 2017. According to Wirepoints, 15,000 defendants freed before trial through the middle of 2022 were charged with new offenses, including murder and attempted murder. Last year Cook County’s Medical Examiner recorded 1,002 gun-related homicides, up from 881 in 2020. In the first 11 months of this year, Chicago had 3,258 people shot, including 208 shootings in November, reports WTTW.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Justice delayed: legal challenge to SAFE-T Act postponed as judge waits on Gov. Pritzker
- Democrats Pay a Political Price for Going Easy on Crime
- Changes to Illinois’ SAFE-T Act a vindication for opponents of the law, but the Act remains dangerous to Illinoisans
- Proposed SAFE-T Act changes fall far short of the structural fixes needed
- 100 a day: Chicago motor vehicle thefts explode as SAFE-T Act changes debated
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.
It seems like the no cash criminal law was enacted to balance out how some criminals
“got out” of jail while low income folks didn’t have the cash or the mafia back-ups. However, due to the sheer amount of crime in all major US cities. The law should be modified to accommodate just the simplest crimes like parking, driving without tail lights, random accidents. Petty destruction. Make it fit the crime and make the rest pay.
They want the ensuing chaos. That’s why George Soros keeps spending millions of dollars to get DA’s like Kim Foxx elected. It’s the same in most major cities.
The chaos is a secondary consequence not the primary objective. They’ve told us repeatedly what they believe: ~ the criminal justice system disproportionately incarcerates black people, and is therefore racist ~ crime is a result of poverty in a racist system ~ incarcerating fewer black people will result in a better, more equitable outcome for black people ~ society can’t arrest its way out of a crime problem ~ pointing out that black people disproportionately commit crime is racist We all want to help black people. Nobody wants Black/Brown people to have higher crime rates, lower incomes and worse outcomes.… Read more »
1. 1804 Shootings, 334 Homicides from January thru June 2021. Almost every shooter and homicide were BLACK – 97.7%, but BLM and Chicago‘s Democratic Politicians blame “police and systemic racism.” 2. The Chicago mayor is black. 3. The Superintendent of Police is black. 4. The Cook County States’ Attorney is black. 5. The Chief Judge of Cook County Circuit Courts is black. 6 The Illinois Attorney General is black. 7. The Chicago Fire Department Commissioner is black. 8. The Cook County Board President is black. 9. The State Senate Majority Leader is black. 10. The Illinois Lieutenant Governor is black.… Read more »
“According to Wirepoints, ” – Congratulations! Being quoted in the WSJ is a testament to your journalistic integrity. Well done!
The WSJ Editorial Board took a good swing, but missed. The main reason stated by Democrats for getting rid of cash bail is ‘equity’ – they hope to inflict Chicago-style crime on the rest of IL
Increased crime is merely a side-effect of Equity. They’ve told us repeatedly what equity means in the SAFE-T: It means a get out of jail free card for the black community, so the nephews, fathers, baby daddies, sons and cousins of the black community can be home in time for dinner. The Black Caucus believes the racist criminal justice system puts black people in jail, not criminal behavior, so the black caucus changed the laws to benefit the black community. No one expects the community to commit less crime! They only want less punishment. That’s equity. The reality is that… Read more »
Excellent.
Disagree. It’s open season come Jan 1 for well off formerly ‘safe’ neighborhoods – the pickens are there. Easy money. Just look what the Wildlings did to the Mag Mile – now amplify that an order of magnitude across the state.
It’s about logistics. The Mag Mile and most gentrified north side neighborhoods are in close proximity the parts of the city where criminals live. It’s a short drive or train ride from the south or west sides to get downtown or to a gentrified neighborhoods. It’s a short distance from Austin to Oak Park, west Evanton to Skokie or East Evanston, Wheeling into Buffalo Grove or Arl. Hts, Greater Crossing into Oak Lawn, etc. Far suburbs, gated communities, the north shore and even the NW suburbs for the most part – these places are quite a distance from high crime… Read more »
The Hoods from Chicago have for decades come to central IL to hideout and conduct biz. I80 / I55 are a major route for drugs from Mexico. It will get worse all over.
Of course, Pritzker and Illinois Dem’s haven’t claimed that ending cash bail is going to reduce crime nearly as much as they’ve made the point that people charged with crimes will be treated with more equity-n-fairness. This, even though they call their law the SAFE-T Act. What an oxymoron of a title. In any event, starting January we’ll see what happens, and what is reported to the citizenry. I suppose we can count on never ending self-congratulatory back-slap press releases from the Legislature and Governor extolling the many wonderful (mendaciously fabricated) things that the SAFE-T Act has accomplished. Gun criminals,… Read more »
The reality is that crime is going mostly stay the same in low crime and safe communities. High crime communities will turn even more chaotic and will spread to neighborhood communities. Communities like Oak Park, which already struggle to contain criminals coming from Austin, will be overwhelmed. A lot of places that are otherwise safe now will likely to go hell – Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park bordering the south side of Chicago. Burbank, Cicero, Alsip, even Lake View and Irving Park bordering uptown and Edgewater become significantly less safer. But places like Barrington, Wayne, Tinley Park, for the most part… Read more »
The real experiment playing out now is operating a state without a private sector. I expect to live long enough to see it end in tears.
Hopefully, Illinois will revert to a Territory with a Territorial governor who will have the authority to abolish decades of Democratic policies and set the stage for a return to statehood under more responsible governance.
Northern IL has an enormous private sector concentrated in manufacturing and professional services. Untold wealth passes through Chicago and the suburbs. The rest of the state has a massive agricultural sector making IL the #1 soy bean producer, #2 corn producer, #1 pumpkin producer, and #4 or #5 for hogs, and so on, much of this prosperity is held by family farmers and passed on to massive agricultural conglomerates. I believe that IL will stay wealthy but it’s going to concentrate into a smaller number of hands and stay concentrated in certain geographic areas. IL as a state will continue… Read more »
You are describing what happened to Detroit.
Let the party keep going on. Have fun and make money. The only thing students in CPS learn is how to be criminals. Job well done teachers and government.
Wirepoints being recognized in the WSJ is helping executives nationwide. They will scratch Illinois off their list for future investment/expansion.
This is just the beginning. Wait until the state infrastructure starts to seriously deteriorate due to tax dollars being rerouted to pensions. That will really kill business in Illinois. Less business leads to less jobs, which leads to higher taxes for those still employed. Those of you remaining in Illinois must be so rich that you don’t worry about this stuff.
You may have noticed my comment above has nothing to do with crime, the article subject. Issues like crime might seem unrelated to jobs or taxes, but most of us see a strong connection. Unfortunately, ultra-liberals don’t see it, which is why they consistently fail and always will fail.