Posted on 03/24/2021 10:40:56 AM PDT by John Semmens
Illinois State Senator Elgie Sims (D-Chicago) was chased and threatened by a gun-wielding fellow motorist in Springfield. No shots were fired. Sims reported the incident to police and the man was later arrested. However, the arrested man, Michael Hoyle, was released after posting $1,500 in bail. Sims was outraged.
Interestingly, Sims sponsored successful legislation that would ban cash bail for those who can't afford it. As he explained "money bond doesn't guarantee public safety or someone's appearance in court, it supports a system where freedom is based on the size of someone's bank account. We've tried the failed tough on crime polices in the past. It's time we show more compassion for offenders."
Sims insists that "there is no inconsistency. I'm no random citizen. I'm a state senator. I help make the laws that rule our state. The leniency that the legislation I supported was for cases where both the victim and perp are nobodies. Waving a gun at a member of the government is a threat to our democracy. There must be more stringent and severe consequences for criminals like Hoyle who show no respect for those who rule them."
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Schadenfreud of the Day.....good for the SOB.
“Interestingly, Sims sponsored successful legislation that would ban cash bail for those who can’t afford it.”
A tragedy when the chickens come home to roost isn’t it?
Sort of satire about satire.
One of the rare times that a politician is actually affected by the laws and policies that they helped create.
They are usually exempt from most of those laws and policies.
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