Posted on 02/26/2021 2:19:13 PM PST by Kaslin
Fox News host Dana Perino broke down into tears on Friday as she ended an interview with a domestic violence survivor in Illinois whose 18-month-old son was shot to death by her estranged husband after he was released from jail on a cashless bond.
Tragically, the killer was supposed to be in court at the time. Speaking through her tears as she composed herself, Perino said to co-host Tray Gallagher:
“Trace, I don’t think I’ve ever cried on TV. That was really hard.”
Fox News host Dana Perino broke down into tears on Friday as she ended an interview with a domestic violence survivor in Illinois whose 18-month-old son was shot to death by her estranged husband after he was released from jail on a cashless bond.
Tragically, the killer was supposed to be in court at the time. Speaking through her tears as she composed herself, Perino said to co-host Tray Gallagher:
“Trace, I don’t think I’ve ever cried on TV. That was really hard.”
It was hard to watch, as well.
“Trace, I don’t think I’ve ever cried on TV. That was really hard.”@DanaPerino became emotional after an interview with a survivor of domestic violence. Cassandra Tanner Miller’s husband killed the couple’s one-year-old son after he was released from jail without a cash bond. pic.twitter.com/sQuQQ8GqdW
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 25, 2021
Cassandra Tanner Miller was home with her 9-year-old daughter, Camryn, and 18-month-old son, Colton, when the children’s stepfather, Christopher Michael Miller, broke into the home on Sept. 21, 2019. Miller, a former corrections officer and member of the Illinois National Guard, brutally beat and strangled Tanner until she was unconscious.
He was released that day on an “I-bond.”
“I-bond,” is short for “individual bond,” a cashless bond that allows a person to be released from jail on his or her own recognizance, provided he or she promises to obey all court orders, attend all court dates, and not commit any other crimes; a policy avidly supported by the majority of the Democrat Party, including Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign staff, which we’ll get to in a bit.
Here’s what happened after Miller broke into the home, and reported by Fox News.
“Are you all ready to die?” asked Miller, who was supposed to be in court at the time.
Tanner’s daughter, who attempted to protect her younger brother, was bitten, strangled, and nearly tossed off the second-floor railing.
Although Tanner and her daughter were able to escape while Miller was reloading a gun, Tanner’s 18-month-old was shot 10 times in the head and killed.
“You’re a survivor and a mother,” Perino, becoming emotional, told Tanner. “Thank you for sharing your story and I hope the governor is listening,” she said, as the interview ended.
As she regained her composure, Perino noted to Gallagher: “And I understand that there is concern that cash bail has hurt segments of the population, that minorities are hurt more, but we also have to think about these victims.”
Incidentally, therein lies one of many fundamental differences between the right and the left. The left views those who commit crimes as victims — of racism, oppression, police brutality, whatever — while the right and other sane people view victims as victims.
The debate over cashless bail, while having gone on for years, was brought to national attention during the “peaceful protests” in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in May 2020, while in the custody of Minneapolis Police officers.
Here’s what happened after Miller broke into the home, and reported by Fox News.
“Are you all ready to die?” asked Miller, who was supposed to be in court at the time.
Tanner’s daughter, who attempted to protect her younger brother, was bitten, strangled, and nearly tossed off the second-floor railing.
Although Tanner and her daughter were able to escape while Miller was reloading a gun, Tanner’s 18-month-old was shot 10 times in the head and killed.
“You’re a survivor and a mother,” Perino, becoming emotional, told Tanner. “Thank you for sharing your story and I hope the governor is listening,” she said, as the interview ended.
As she regained her composure, Perino noted to Gallagher: “And I understand that there is concern that cash bail has hurt segments of the population, that minorities are hurt more, but we also have to think about these victims.”
Incidentally, therein lies one of many fundamental differences between the right and the left. The left views those who commit crimes as victims — of racism, oppression, police brutality, whatever — while the right and other sane people view victims as victims.
The debate over cashless bail, while having gone on for years, was brought to national attention during the “peaceful protests” in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in May 2020, while in the custody of Minneapolis Police officers.
But instead? Gov. Pritzker, on Tuesday, signed legislation making Illinois the first state in the nation to end cash bail.
“He absolutely let me down,” Tanner said. “I made a plea to him prior to him signing this bill and to hold off and to actually think about victims.” Ah, “the victims.”
As I said earlier, the left disagrees with you, Cassandra. Just ask Kamala Harris, 13 members of Biden’s presidential campaign staff, and the majority of the Democrat Party.
“Is Dana Perino your aunt?”
Quote Maha Rushie!
It’s not a battle between left and right, it’s between good and evil.
Pritzker frankly, does not give a damn about his average constituent. Maybe he’s the type who listens to Big Dollar donors only, unless hounded by a real reporter.
The bail bond industry is a corruption of criminal justice. Creating public policy based on anecdotes is a fool’s errand.
80,000,000 people voted for this.
As have 100s of thousands around the country when they voted for Soros back District Attorneys and Attorney Generals.
Of course, about 99.9% of the victims of these policies are NOT the DAs or AGs that live in areas that aren’t affected by these policies or have the ability/mechanisms to protect themselves.
Again.....this is what 80,000,000 people voted for and continue to vote for every year.
And of course, those that can do something about it, the state legislatures, do NOTHING. Because it ain’t him them....yet.
It’s not a battle between left and right, it’s between good and evil.
That’s right! Between those that love this country and those that hate it, in the “fundamental transformation” crowd.
and they wonder why the Capitol got “stormed”.....they keep pushing and pushing.....
SPJNK.
While not completely the same there is considerable overlap on those terms.
Why hasn’t she shed any tears for the other victims who have been killed after their murderers were released on cashless bail, or released by a liberal Judge, or D.A., who refused to press charges? Those people have blood on their hands far more often than police officers.
couldn’t someone at least try to bring a DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE charge against politicians who support no cash bail or those who fail to bring charges against criminals or release criminals early who go on to commit murder?
To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant’s conduct must be ‘so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime.
Huh?
Bratch......you have won the internet today
Exactly
Maybe because this victim was only 18 months old.
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It is both, IMO.
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