Toni Preckwinkle defends her criminal justice record as primary opponent Richard Boykin claims she’s ‘pandering to the … defund the police movement’ – Chicago Tribune*
“The jails in this country are at the intersection of racism and poverty, and the idea that just because you’re poor, you should stay in jail until your case is disposed of, it seems to me, is profoundly unjust,” Preckwinkle said. “We moved away in our criminal justice system from cash bail for those kinds of (petty) offenses. And I think that’s smart public policy.”
She is such a liar. These are not petty offense violators being released. She makes it sound like they wrote a bad check or stole a pack of cigarettes. These are violent thugs who have rap sheets a mile long, and they should be in jail without bail after victimizing innocent people, instead of being let out to prey on new victims and cause further pain. Furthermore, what happened in past history has zero bearing on today’s thugs. There are no past grievances that can be addressed by coddling today’s perpetrators.
Ex Illini
3 years ago
You moved away from accountability for any offense Toni. Can’t you be honest about anything?
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.
She is such a liar. These are not petty offense violators being released. She makes it sound like they wrote a bad check or stole a pack of cigarettes. These are violent thugs who have rap sheets a mile long, and they should be in jail without bail after victimizing innocent people, instead of being let out to prey on new victims and cause further pain. Furthermore, what happened in past history has zero bearing on today’s thugs. There are no past grievances that can be addressed by coddling today’s perpetrators.
You moved away from accountability for any offense Toni. Can’t you be honest about anything?