Illinois just voted to end cash bail (Chicago, Justice: lawyers, gated)

[Master Jay]

Although I am employed in a jail in Wisconsin, I am currently logged in, and part of Initial Court which is EXACTLY the court hearing where bail is decided!

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Grlzrl

All I know is that in every place they are doing this and other police 'reforms', violent crime is skyrocketing.

No the media is stretching the truth by hyping some isolated cases. Apparently the local Houston TV news stations have tried to undermine the Democratic takeover of the Harris County courthouses for the past few years by highlighting missteps and ignoring the GOP-led state government corruption.

Apparently the bail bondsmen's business--one of the prime TV advertisers--is suffering under bail reform and the TV stations teamed up with Crime Stoppers, the local police union, and a local Republican state representative to stop bail reform and undermine the Democratic stronghold on the county. They trotted out this victim and knitted a story reminiscent of the San Francisco case that Trump intervened by pursing the matter in Federal court and somehow secured a conviction that didn't happen in state court.

Of course the media would never attribute the crime wave to the economic decline right now or even acknowledge the income gap growing during the pandemic's recession/depression. The media has even tried to sugarcoat the fact that economic activity is stable or a slight up/down-tick (Wall Street) instead of the recession/depression on the ground (Main Street).

[Kracer]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

No the media is stretching the truth by hyping some isolated cases. Apparently the local Houston TV news stations have tried to undermine the Democratic takeover of the Harris County courthouses for the past few years by highlighting missteps and ignoring the GOP-led state government corruption.

Apparently the bail bondsmen's business--one of the prime TV advertisers--is suffering under bail reform and the TV stations teamed up with Crime Stoppers, the local police union, and a local Republican state representative to stop bail reform and undermine the Democratic stronghold on the county. They trotted out this victim and knitted a story reminiscent of the San Francisco case that Trump intervened by pursing the matter in Federal court and somehow secured a conviction that didn't happen in state court.

Of course the media would never attribute the crime wave to the economic decline right now or even acknowledge the income gap growing during the pandemic's recession/depression. The media has even tried to sugarcoat the fact that economic activity is stable or a slight up/down-tick (Wall Street) instead of the recession/depression on the ground (Main Street).

Gang members who commit most of the crime repeatedly, act independent of economic conditions.

Democrats own the media and in turn the media supports their political narratives. Talk about trotting out one off cases!!!!!!!!! The democrats and media own the franchise on sensationalizing stories that forward their political agenda at the cost of innocent lives.

Why for instance does the media ignore the B on B daily slaughter in places like Chicago and detroit?

Why does the media focus on the back story of some thug resisting arrest and how this career criminal's family suffers.

On the other hand, why, in cases of B on B crime does the media reduce the loss of black lives to a body count, sans empathetic backstories of family devestation?

Only if there were an organization who cared about black lives, too bad no one has thought of such a movement.

Why does the media ignore B on B crime and then attempt to make everyone believe police are hunting down black men???

The BLM organization site asks followers to turn in tales of misinformation while BLM persists in spreading false information also known as propaganda.

Income gap, you want to see an income gap, you voted for the right team! .

Unlike other politicians who came before, Trump actually started criminal justice reform, endorsed economic zones proposed by Tim Scott. Raised the income level of every demographic ignored by all previous administrations. Decreased the poverty level, lowest UE in history for all the demographics.

We all agree the justice system and prisons are in desperate need of reform. Trump is the only president who actually began those reforms.

As for democratic version of justice reform, we see no cash bail for everyone despite circumstances. Typical of the left who see issues only in terms of extremes, unable to see the degrees of an issue. Typical strategy that results in disaster for the black community.

The left judges all cops by the action of a handful and recoils in horror if anyone judges an entire demographic by the actions of a few. Few meaning the daily slaughter of hundreds of blacks in inner cities by other blacks. Existential hypocrisy by the left and defended by their media propaganda machine.

Solutions will never be accomplished, as the left and its media minions crush any conversation whose words or ideas violate the social justice rules du jour.

When will anyone care about innocent black lives lost??????

When will the left stop lumping all blacks into one basket?

When will the left stop pretending all blacks support every issue, for example, the devastating disastrous version of democrat defined bail reform?

[BOBNCHI]

"Democrats own the media and in turn the media supports their political narratives"

When any post or article begins with this old tired line, one doesn't need to read the rest of the story!

[Grlzrl]

Originally Posted by Kracer

Gang members who commit most of the crime repeatedly, act independent of economic conditions.

Democrats own the media and in turn the media supports their political narratives. Talk about trotting out one off cases!!!!!!!!! The democrats and media own the franchise on sensationalizing stories that forward their political agenda at the cost of innocent lives.

Why for instance does the media ignore the B on B daily slaughter in places like Chicago and detroit?

Why does the media focus on the back story of some thug resisting arrest and how this career criminal's family suffers.

On the other hand, why, in cases of B on B crime does the media reduce the loss of black lives to a body count, sans empathetic backstories of family devestation?

Only if there were an organization who cared about black lives, too bad no one has thought of such a movement.

Why does the media ignore B on B crime and then attempt to make everyone believe police are hunting down black men???

The BLM organization site asks followers to turn in tales of misinformation while BLM persists in spreading false information also known as propaganda.

Income gap, you want to see an income gap, you voted for the right team! .

Unlike other politicians who came before, Trump actually started criminal justice reform, endorsed economic zones proposed by Tim Scott. Raised the income level of every demographic ignored by all previous administrations. Decreased the poverty level, lowest UE in history for all the demographics.

We all agree the justice system and prisons are in desperate need of reform. Trump is the only president who actually began those reforms.

As for democratic version of justice reform, we see no cash bail for everyone despite circumstances. Typical of the left who see issues only in terms of extremes, unable to see the degrees of an issue. Typical strategy that results in disaster for the black community.

The left judges all cops by the action of a handful and recoils in horror if anyone judges an entire demographic by the actions of a few. Few meaning the daily slaughter of hundreds of blacks in inner cities by other blacks. Existential hypocrisy by the left and defended by their media propaganda machine.

Solutions will never be accomplished, as the left and its media minions crush any conversation whose words or ideas violate the social justice rules du jour.

When will anyone care about innocent black lives lost??????

When will the left stop lumping all blacks into one basket?

When will the left stop pretending all blacks support every issue, for example, the devastating disastrous version of democrat defined bail reform?

Great post!

[Caglee]

Originally Posted by BOBNCHI

"Democrats own the media and in turn the media supports their political narratives"

When any post or article begins with this old tired line, one doesn't need to read the rest of the story!

This is objectively true, though? Do Republicans own the media? Democrats control the messaging and narratives of the day. They also distort the media messages through the fact they also control educational institutions and can pump out "study" after "study" supporting their causes. Combined with social media (also all run by democrats), you have a feedback loop (echo chamber) of democrat propaganda which then foments into actual violence like we saw over the past year. Billions of dollars in damage, cities looted and burned, many people murdered or injured, all over a lie or manipulated data (police brutality/systemic racism).

We're now seeing that propaganda impact society through laws which radically alter the way our police departments and justice systems can operate. Violent crime IS skyrocketing, criminals ARE emboldened, and police ARE backing down. It has far less to do with the economic downturn, that's a distraction from what's really going on.

[UniKidNow]

Originally Posted by BOBNCHI

"Democrats own the media and in turn the media supports their political narratives"

When any post or article begins with this old tired line, one doesn't need to read the rest of the story!

You live in a bubble

[G in MP]

Originally Posted by Caglee

This is objectively true, though? Do Republicans own the media? Democrats control the messaging and narratives of the day. They also distort the media messages through the fact they also control educational institutions and can pump out "study" after "study" supporting their causes. Combined with social media (also all run by democrats), you have a feedback loop (echo chamber) of democrat propaganda which then foments into actual violence like we saw over the past year. Billions of dollars in damage, cities looted and burned, many people murdered or injured, all over a lie or manipulated data (police brutality/systemic racism).

We're now seeing that propaganda impact society through laws which radically alter the way our police departments and justice systems can operate. Violent crime IS skyrocketing, criminals ARE emboldened, and police ARE backing down. It has far less to do with the economic downturn, that's a distraction from what's really going on.

The left controls corp media and all the mainstream entertainment channels. And now, it's increasingly questionable who controls who, left controlling big tech or vice versa...but in any case they're in a very cozy bed with each other.

[goodfellas17]

Congratulations to Pritzker and the Black Caucus. You have just made life easier for the criminals in Illinois.

[Curly Q. Bobalink]

Originally Posted by Kracer

Gang members who commit most of the crime repeatedly, act independent of economic conditions....

When will anyone care about innocent black lives lost??????

When will the left stop lumping all blacks into one basket?

When will the left stop pretending all blacks support every issue, for example, the devastating disastrous version of democrat defined bail reform?

Maybe when black people stop voting for Democrats in the 90% range? That's pretty much a "We agree with what you're doing" stamp of approval right there.