Posted on 08/08/2019 3:27:23 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The 33-year-old man who police say went on a stabbing spree that left four dead and two wounded was identified Thursday, August 8 as a documented gang member with an extensive criminal history prior to Wednesdays deadly rampage that spread from Garden Grove to Santa Ana.
Investigators were still trying to determine what motivated Zachary Castaneda to attack the victims, who police say were random targets, Garden Grove police said.
Castaneda was made eligible for release under the AB109 inmate-realignment legislation, police said.
This person should have been in prison and not allowed to be in our community, Garden Grove Police Chief Tom DaRe said.
California law enforcement agencies have been crippled by AB109, and offenders are not being held accountable for their crimes, he said. Our community becomes vulnerable when these criminals are released back into our society.
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Next the gun grabbers will go after chef, Gordon Ramsay, for inspiring these knife killers with his knife skills.
An assault knife. Is that any knife with a black handle?
“Guy Unleashed Evil”???
No. Guy was Evil Unleashed. The government letting a known danger to society out of prison; They unleashed him.
Also known as the The Public Safety Realignment Act"
This was California refusing to build more prison space and sending felons to county jails that likely had their own overcrowding problems. As you note The Public Safety Realignment Act courtesy of the liberal side of SCOTUS in Brown v. Plata.
The "funny" thing is lots of criminals go to state prison for offenses that have been plead down from much more serious crimes so "non-violent" offenders may not have been exactly that when transferred out of CA state prisons.
Bet this was one of them.
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