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Would a judge operating under the new rules on Monday find Jamal Turner to be a threat to the community who should be jailed without bail? Would the judge send him home with an ankle monitor? Or would they just send him home? Nobody knows. But on Sunday, Judge Maryam Ahmad handed down the last cash bail order this county will likely ever see. And, for want of $500, Jamal Turner spent the night inside the Cook County jail.
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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Thanks To The Democrat Crime Purge Law — That Went Into Effect Yesterday — You Can Assault 4 Cops And You Won’t Go To Jail – CWB Chicago
Looks like a fine fellow. Evading police. Illegal gun in the car. Stuck in a traffic jam caused by a big bunch of other criminals. Probably a victim of systemic racism, inequitable highway construction and global warming. What a great city.
Take the 30,000 sq ft view of this arrest: This is the way people here live. Our laws criminals this lifestyle and mass incarcerate too many black and brown people. The SAFE-T Act decriminalizes this lifestyle and will prevent black and brown people from being incarcerated. And if you think about it this way, it makes sense. You may not live this lifestyle, and think this is abhorrent criminal behavior. But the Democrat party is merely recognizing that this is the way most of their black and brown voters live, and are responding accordingly. They are decriminalizing a lifestyle you… Read more »