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Man who beat murder case killed minutes after leaving jail (Chicago)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 3/8/2017 | Peter Nickeas and Steve Schmadeke

Posted on 03/08/2017 6:52:45 AM PST by simpson96

A Chicago man accused of murder who beat his case when prosecutors couldn't give him a speedy trial was killed after leaving Cook County Jail on Monday night, according to authorities.

Kamari Belmont, 23, was being held on separate murder and robbery cases stemming from a single night in 2015 in which he was accused of shooting one man during a robbery who later died and robbing another man a couple of hours later.

Cook County prosecutors in January dropped murder charges against Belmont and his co-defendant, Terrance Hogan, 23, after allowing too much time to elapse under the state’s speedy trial statute without bringing the case to trial, according to court records and Belmont’s attorney. Bail on Belmont’s robbery case was set at $100,000 the same day charges were dropped.

At 5:30 p.m. Monday, a friend of Belmont’s posted $10,000 bond. Belmont was released at 11:12 p.m.

Someone pulled alongside him in a white SUV on California Avenue a couple of blocks south of Cook County Jail on Monday night before midnight and started shooting. Belmont was shot multiple times.

The white SUV crashed, and those inside fled, according to police. Belmont collapsed in the street trying to flee and died at the scene. (snip)

Belmont's attorney (snip) said he didn’t believe Belmont’s killing was street justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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1 posted on 03/08/2017 6:52:45 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Thy name is karma.


2 posted on 03/08/2017 6:55:26 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: simpson96

He was quite the looker.Forehead tats....nice.

3 posted on 03/08/2017 6:57:24 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: simpson96

Belmont’s attorney (snip) said he didn’t believe Belmont’s killing was street justice. ..................... The snitch had it coming to him. ???? My guess.


4 posted on 03/08/2017 6:57:28 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Again it disapeared? Damn cursor is in cahoots with the tag line.)
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To: simpson96

Setup???


5 posted on 03/08/2017 6:58:05 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Puppage

The cost of those tats could have gotten him better med coverage.


6 posted on 03/08/2017 6:59:18 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Again it disapeared? Damn cursor is in cahoots with the tag line.)
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To: simpson96

Things don’t seem to working out too well for urban African Americans.


7 posted on 03/08/2017 6:59:35 AM PST by allendale
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To: Bringbackthedraft

“Belmont’s attorney (snip) said he didn’t believe Belmont’s killing was street justice”

Oh sure, that sort of thing happens all the time, at random.

I think the attorney said that so he will not open a can of worms and have something similar happening to him.


8 posted on 03/08/2017 7:00:55 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

That’s a shame.


9 posted on 03/08/2017 7:03:13 AM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: simpson96
Assuming that “Kamari” was,in fact,guilty of Murder 1 this can only be seen as a *very* happy ending.
10 posted on 03/08/2017 7:05:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Puppage

SUV-ma.................


11 posted on 03/08/2017 7:06:43 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Puppage

Kamari = I KARMA....................


12 posted on 03/08/2017 7:08:54 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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“Belmont’s attorney (snip) said he didn’t believe Belmont’s killing was street justice.”

More like sweet justice.


13 posted on 03/08/2017 7:09:15 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: simpson96

Al Capone’s goons?


14 posted on 03/08/2017 7:11:29 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: simpson96

So actually he didn’t!


15 posted on 03/08/2017 7:14:07 AM PST by vette6387
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To: simpson96

Darwin more efficient than justice system.


16 posted on 03/08/2017 7:18:16 AM PST by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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The lawyer said he’s known the family of the victim for over two decades. A pretty good guess that the family considers Cook County jail a second home and this lawyer has been a busy man representing them in court.


17 posted on 03/08/2017 7:19:22 AM PST by dowcaet
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Cook County prosecutors in January dropped murder charges against Belmont and his co-defendant, Terrance Hogan, 23, after allowing too much time to elapse under the state’s speedy trial statute without bringing the case to trial

Seems to me that the Cook County prosecutors are a big part of the problem if they let this happen.

When they have an opportunity to remove murdering scumbags from the streets and flub it by not doing their job in a timely manner they aren't doing the job they are paid to do and are further endangering the lives of innocent people.

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18 posted on 03/08/2017 7:20:56 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler ("Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory." --Miguel de Cervantes)
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To: simpson96

Society loses another aspiring rapper.


19 posted on 03/08/2017 7:29:55 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: simpson96

I bet that bail posted was from that someone who wanted him dead.


20 posted on 03/08/2017 7:31:02 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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