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Shifting gears to crime and punishment... I present Illinois' SAFE-T Act. Admittedly, I learned of this from Tucker Carlson's monologue from last night but, not wanting to swallow the spin from a cable news talking head, I've been doing a little reading up.
It ain't pretty.
The Safety Accountability and Fairness Equity Today Act will end cash bail in the state of Illinois effective Jan. 1, 2023 for all but the most forceful crimes. I have family in Orland Park, IL (Chicago burb) and Tucker played a clip of him speaking out against this bill. Here's some of the statement he read into the record at a council meeting:
“We must not allow this law to stand as passed,” said Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau. “I can’t even begin to tell you how dangerous this act is.” The mayor listed a handful of provisions that will go into effect on January 1, 2023:
• Abolition of cash bail for almost every offense. Including, but not limited to, kidnapping, armed robbery, second degree murder, drug induced homicide, aggravated DUI, threatening a public official and aggravated fleeing and eluding.
• Offenders released on electronic monitoring have to be in violation for 48 hours before law enforcement can act.
• Denies victims their constitutional rights
• Officers will no longer be able to remove trespassers from your residence or place of business
“Someone could decide to live in your shed, and all we could do is give them a ticket,” said Pekau. “This is a massive threat to residents of Orland Park, Cook County and Illinois.”
“But it doesn’t end here,” said Pekau. “There is currently a bill in front of the house to remove school resource officers from our schools, which means no school resource officer at Sandburg High School. The city of Chicago has already done this,” he said. “I personally do not want to see the city of Chicago become the standard for how we conduct public safety because they have abandoned their police officers, abandoned their residents and created a war zone full of criminals.”
“It’s like they won’t stop until they destroy our communities and our society,” explained Pekau. “We all need to take a stand against this, this is a very dangerous bill.”
A Trustee further notes:
To put into perspective the repercussions of the SAFE-T Act, Trustee Kampas noted a recent statement by the Will County State’s Attorney. “On July 4th, the Will County State’s Attorney stated that of the 640 detainees, 60 of which have been charged with murder, all of them will have their bonds extinguished in January due to the new pretrial system,” said Kampas. “The DuPage County State’s attorney recently had similar remarks with the over 500 detainees there.”
It ain't pretty.
The Safety Accountability and Fairness Equity Today Act will end cash bail in the state of Illinois effective Jan. 1, 2023 for all but the most forceful crimes. I have family in Orland Park, IL (Chicago burb) and Tucker played a clip of him speaking out against this bill. Here's some of the statement he read into the record at a council meeting:
“We must not allow this law to stand as passed,” said Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau. “I can’t even begin to tell you how dangerous this act is.” The mayor listed a handful of provisions that will go into effect on January 1, 2023:
• Abolition of cash bail for almost every offense. Including, but not limited to, kidnapping, armed robbery, second degree murder, drug induced homicide, aggravated DUI, threatening a public official and aggravated fleeing and eluding.
• Offenders released on electronic monitoring have to be in violation for 48 hours before law enforcement can act.
• Denies victims their constitutional rights
• Officers will no longer be able to remove trespassers from your residence or place of business
“Someone could decide to live in your shed, and all we could do is give them a ticket,” said Pekau. “This is a massive threat to residents of Orland Park, Cook County and Illinois.”
“But it doesn’t end here,” said Pekau. “There is currently a bill in front of the house to remove school resource officers from our schools, which means no school resource officer at Sandburg High School. The city of Chicago has already done this,” he said. “I personally do not want to see the city of Chicago become the standard for how we conduct public safety because they have abandoned their police officers, abandoned their residents and created a war zone full of criminals.”
“It’s like they won’t stop until they destroy our communities and our society,” explained Pekau. “We all need to take a stand against this, this is a very dangerous bill.”
A Trustee further notes:
To put into perspective the repercussions of the SAFE-T Act, Trustee Kampas noted a recent statement by the Will County State’s Attorney. “On July 4th, the Will County State’s Attorney stated that of the 640 detainees, 60 of which have been charged with murder, all of them will have their bonds extinguished in January due to the new pretrial system,” said Kampas. “The DuPage County State’s attorney recently had similar remarks with the over 500 detainees there.”
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