Chicago’s best cop embarks on progressive policies, says he’s responsible for wave of crime

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The Chicago Police Superintendent on Monday blamed the justice system and progressive crime-softening policies for the city’s current crime spree, which has seen another bloody weekend in which 70 people were shot and 12 killed.

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has argued that judges must stop releasing suspected perpetrators of violent crimes before their trial to help stem the dramatic rise in violent criminal activity.

“We stop violent offenders, the courts release these people into the community,” he said.

A frustrated Brown said the city must “defy the courts to keep Chicago safe” by “keeping offenders in jail longer, without releasing murderers into our community.”

NEARLY 100 CHARGED KILLERS IN CHICAGO HAVE RELEASED FROM PRISON ON ANKLE MONITORS

Electronic surveillance has been a hot issue in liberal cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Law enforcement authorities have repeatedly called the program a dangerous initiative that puts too many criminals back on the streets and puts the public at risk.

On average, 3,400 accused offenders in Cook County are in the community under electronic surveillance at any given time, NBC5 reported.

In Chicago, more than 100 murder suspects roam the streets with ankle bracelets.

In April, a 7-year-old girl was killed after being shot several times in a drive-thru at a McDonald’s by a person who authorities said had been released from prison through electronic surveillance.

Police also reported other killings, stabbings and carjackings allegedly committed by people wearing electronic monitors.

Chicago police were also concerned about the retaliatory fire and the danger it poses to those caught in the crossfire.

Earlier this month, Chicago rapper London Sylvester, who went by the stage name KTS Dre and had been charged with several violent crimes, was ambushed and shot 64 times as he emerged from a prison in the Cook County under electronic surveillance. The 60-year-old woman he was with was shot in one of his knees. A second woman in her 30s suffered a scraped mouth, authorities said.

Critics like Brown have pointed to a policy change in 2017 at the Cook County Circuit Court that lowered some bonds and allowed suspected offenders to wait for their trial date away from jail. Brown called this “madness” and said the policy “makes us all less secure”.

Chicago is not alone.

In cities like Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis and Philadelphia, prosecutors have campaigned and been elected on liberal agendas, which include promises to incarcerate fewer people, to address the root causes of the criminality and eliminate racial inequalities in the justice system.

The problem, however, is that prosecutors in those towns have been hammered by police officials who said their agenda is directly contributing to an uncontrollable rise in crime.

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The problem is that several states have passed laws in recent years that facilitate the release of suspects. Illinois, for example, passed a law that will remove the cash bond entirely by 2023.

New York, which originally announced its landmark 2020 bail reform law, was forced to overturn parts of it after a series of stories emerged of violent crimes committed by suspects who had been released.

The backlash, led by conservative lawmakers as well as law enforcement, has been so intense it has forced Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to call his law a “work in progress.”

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