Posted on 02/14/2018 2:51:50 PM PST by PBRCat
A man with a long criminal history that includes a conviction for armed robbery has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police commander.
Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Shomari Legghette, 44, was also charged with being a felon possession of a firearm and possession of narcotics.
Legghette has been arrested repeatedly and, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections, he has several felony convictions dating back to the 1990s that have landed him in prison. Most of them are drug-related, but his record also includes crimes that show a willingness to use a gun.
According to the department, he was sentenced to prison in 1999 for armed robbery and after he was released, he was arrested again and sentenced for possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number. Legghette was released in 2008 before being convicted again for possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number.
Shortly after he was placed on parole, it was revoked when he tested positive for drugs. He returned to prison again in 2015 after he was convicted for possession of a controlled substance.
Legghette, it turns out, is the kind of person that Bauer publicly worried about. Just a few months before his death, Bauer told a gathering of business professionals he was worried that what he called lenient treatment of hardened criminals by the legal system was putting the public in danger.
"Even when we catch somebody, there's still a long way to go to get them off the street," Bauer said. "We're not talking about the guy that stole a loaf of bread from the store to feed his family. We're talking about career robbers, burglars, drug dealers. These are all crimes against the community. They need to be off the street."
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Sounds Canadian, ehh ?
He needs a second bung hole right in the middle of his forehead.
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I didn’t know Paul Bauer, but I have several friends who knew him well. Tragic, senseless, loss.
In 2017 88% of homicides had no suspect but kill a cop and bada bing bada boom they got theyselves a suspect. (source, Hey Jackass).
Gee, what a surprise.
Was just about to note that......
He is not just a suspect, he was caught in the act.
One of Obama’s many sons
video at link (2:50)
Kim Foxx, a Soros plant as states attorney, will see to it that7 he skates.
He should have died in that stairwell too.
In Chicago, Baltimore and most big liberal cities, when a cop is gunned down, we are usually not surprised by the perp’s pics.
In their DNA!
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