District Attorneys don't always prosecute for the actual crime, they often work out a plea deal with the lawyers and that lets the criminal avoid lengthy jail/prison time and lowers the costs. Judges sometimes release suspects at lower bond/bail when someone comes in with a sob story about how this is all affecting their life, taking them away from the wife/girlfriend and kid(s), even though, as in the case of the A-hole who drove into a parade crowd (killed six, injured more than 60), he had previously run over his girlfriend/mother of his child. That turd was released for the low, low, low cost of $500, paid once again, by his enabler mother. He had used her car in both incidents.
The judge in this case left the bench in April, 2023, not a moment too soon.
The practice of releasing suspects without trial, with low bond/fleeing and not going to trial is killing people- literally. It also allows crime waves to continue and the main thing that happens with many criminals is that they have more street cred after being arrested/jailed more frequently and for longer time.
Schools are supposed to be 'gun free zones'- that's obviously not working.
For the cheap seats- In Milwaukee, the school system hasn't followed the state's decision that police officers be in some schools- they don't call them 'police officers', they softened it to 'School Resource Officer' because, apparently, it triggers some kind of emotional response in the students who often come from violent homes and neighborhoods. Now, the students are saying they don't feel safe with the officers in the schools, but I don't remember seeing anything about a major event, aside from the ones started by the students. The Milwaukee Police Union president asked "If they don't want officers in the schools, why are they calling?", due to the more than 3100 calls last year, when the schools had fights, etc.
For years inner city residents had a 'Snitches get stitches' attitude to giving info to the police about various crimes because retaliation was extremely common but they also cried and wailed when someone was killed, shouting "Where was (were) the Po-lice, to stop this?????".
The laws are in place but they're not necessarily being enforced. Law enforcement, prosecutors and judges are very responsible for a lot of the needless deaths. Yesterday's shootings could have been prevented, but they chose to do nothing.
I was discussing this kind of thing yesterday and thought that metal detectors should be at every school entrance but in Wisconsin, students & parents must be informed about occasional scanning and they're only installed when a school has had warnings that warrant some action- I'm sure the ACLU is behind this and is trying to prevent 1984 from occurring in real life- I don't have problems with some of their pet causes but they believe that people should have an expectation of privacy when they're in public places. If it saves lives, why would they not want to do something?
This is interesting- if something happens at a Milwaukee school, I KNOW the first thing that will happen is frantic calls to the Police. They cut all but one contract with the PD and that one is only to address chronic truancy, which is far too common. And where do the little dears go/what do they do when they're not at school when they're supposed to be? They're not at work- carjacking/theft, breaking into cars & homes, armed robbery and shootings are being committed by more 10-16 year old kids than ever before. Yes, ten year old kids.
MPS has ended all but one contract with the Milwaukee Police Department. Here’s what you need to know.
milwaukeenns.org
This is happening in many places in the US.
