Posted on 08/13/2020 7:07:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
National Democrats are silent about the violence in Chicago, the skyrocketing increase in murders and shootings, and the mobs of looters who pillaged the city's finest shopping district the other day.
There is no political advantage for them to mention the violence in Democratic cities. All they care about is getting rid of President Donald Trump.
And the national media — meaning the Democratic Media Complex of the Washington Beltway — is also consumed by Trump. That's understandable. They loathe Trump, and there's a presidential election going on. If they think of Chicago at all, it is to bend Chicago to their narrative about Trump.
But let me tell you about a Chicago man who doesn't fit into any of the approved narratives.
Demisck Lomax.
I doubt Nancy Pelosi knows his name. And the Beltway media won't mention Lomax on those Sunday TV political talk shows. He's under their radar. They don't have to deal with him.
But Chicago has to deal with him. Because what happened to Lomax defines just about everything going on there lately.
Lomax was arrested in that giant mob of looters that descended on North Michigan Avenue early Monday. According to prosecutors, Lomax was outside the Burberry store around 12:30 a.m. About that time, caravans of looters were pouring into the wealthy and upper middle-class neighborhood, smashing windows, stealing from expensive shops, and causing an estimated tens of millions of dollars in damage.
Prosecutors say Lomax used a chunk of concrete to smash the Burberry store window. When two Chicago cops tried to arrest him, Lomax allegedly grabbed another chunk and whipped it at the head of a Chicago police sergeant. Then he allegedly ran off. The cops chased him down and caught him.
He was in court Monday, just hours after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot — clearly embarrassed about the latest crime wave — held a news conference to publicly plead with prosecutors and judges to keep looters behind bars. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, the darling of the social justice warriors, held her own news conference in response to Lightfoot to tell everyone about her emotions and complain that she was being picked on.
"It does not serve us to have dishonest blame games when all of our hearts are breaking by what we're seeing," Foxx said.
Worry more about the hearts of victims. They have feelings too, Kim.
It's clear, though, she's under stress. Lightfoot is ratcheting up the pressure on her but still hasn't called her out by name. And the media is holding Foxx to account for failing to be tough on crime. A Chicago Tribune analysis, showing how she's dropped more cases than her predecessor, adds to the pressure.
But let's not get distracted. Can we get back to Lomax?
There he was in bond court, awaiting judgment.
You might think that allegedly smashing a plate-glass window on Michigan Avenue, then grabbing trench coats and other stuff that didn't belong to him, then winding up and throwing a chunk at a sergeant, forcing the sergeant to block it with his hand (the sergeant getting that hand smashed in the process) might be enough to keep him behind bars. Especially with police body cameras, according to officials, showing the whole thing.
Lomax, 25, was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer. Prosecutors say he has previous narcotics convictions. You might expect him to sit in jail until trial.
And you'd be right, in that Chicago of old.
But this is the new Chicago, with social justice warriors running the prosecutors office and the judiciary.
So, what happened to Lomax, the (alleged) concrete chucker?
He walked out after paying $500 in bond. That's right.
Cook County Judge Mary Marubio set his bail at $5,000. Lomax only had to come up with $500.
I first read about this fascinating story on the Twitter feed of CWB Chicago, which covers a lot of crime news. Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly, who represents much of the looted area, was furious with the bond for Lomax. So I confirmed the CWB account with law enforcement, then called Reilly.
"It has to change and change fast," said Reilly. "What we're seeing here with all the violence in Chicago is the result of a series of bad policy decisions, including the push for low bond and the criminal justice revolving door.
"I don't want people in jail for nonviolent crimes, but now, there aren't any consequences for committing any crime. Police catch a lot of the bad guys, but bond court is a joke, with prosecutors and judges releasing violent offenders. It's predictable that they're going to do the same thing once they're released. It all sends a message. This has to stop."
But will it?
No.
National media and national politicians look down on Chicago from 30,000 feet as they fly overhead to the coasts. But here, on the ground, the people of the city flinch, waiting for the next wave of mob violence they figure is coming.
Those with means, like those in the expensive condos looking down on the mobs of looters on North Michigan Avenue, make plans to leave. And those without means know they're stuck.
They don't figure into any of the approved political narratives. They're just collateral damage.
I’ve met Kass. He’s a jerk.
But this time he’s a jerk who is right.
L
What , there’s still unlooted loot
Yep.
L
I don’t know who this alderman is, but I have no pity. He’s part of the Chicago Democrat machine, has probably enjoyed its perks for his career, used all its nanny-state, race-baiting PR tools, and should have clearly seen this all developing in the cities politics for a long time.
BLM, the rioters and the looters, are all to serve bringing on the Revolution.
Them setting the world on fire is exactly what the Left wants them to be doing ... why they’ll gloss it over but don’t you dare act like you’ll protect yourself from the menacing hoard!
The answer is simple.
Hold those committing crimes accountable and support the police’s necessity to use force to apprehend or stop criminality.
The left is nowhere close to doing this on either account and the chaos will continue with far reaching repercussions far beyond “shoppers row.”
Is it time for Judge Dredd yet?
I don’t want to say F Chicago and F the democrat run sh!t holes. But honestly I truly don’t know how these cities get on the right track without a severe reckoning.
For DECADES this garbage has been growing. Blatantly incompetent liberals are elected to office. They do not know how to govern, they do not know how to lead. Their cities go further and further down the toilet, and the MEDIA covers for them.
I don’t want trump to bail them out because they won’t change. These cities spew HATE toward the fed gov, then cry when the sh!t hits the fan and they need emergency money. I pray for them, and the victims of this cabal, but how else will they change, if not for getting their just desserts?
“and support the police’s necessity to use force to apprehend or stop criminality.”
Yeah, No.
I’ll never do that. I will support a citizen’s right to use force against any and all attacks on his person, family, or property. Authorizing the “police” to force citizen compliance with state demands was the mistake that killed individual liberty.
You never know when the laws will be turned against you, like when the communists finally have enough useful idiots to wrest the levers of power from the constitution.
When that time comes, you’ll regret supporting “the police’s necessity to use force to apprehend or stop criminality”
This is true. But somewhere there is a bail bondsman in the picture who is on the hook for the remaining $4500. They can do things the cops won't do to make sure that the perp shows up for his court date.
This is going to be the trend of the criminal justice system in $#*+hole liberal cities. Vigilantes and bail bondsman will do what the cops won't.
Bump
Throwing a chunk of concrete at a cop is assault with a deadly weapon, and the cop is justified shooting the man. But the dem mayors have forbidden them to defend themselves.
The dem mayors are 100% completely responsible for any and all the assaults and murders that happen in their cities. They will never be held responsible.
But will it?
No.
National media and national politicians look down on Chicago from 30,000 feet as they fly overhead to the coasts. But here, on the ground, the people of the city flinch, waiting for the next wave of mob violence they figure is coming.
Those with means, like those in the expensive condos looking down on the mobs of looters on North Michigan Avenue, make plans to leave. And those without means know they're stuck.
It's too bad "the people of the city" can't vote for something better.
Bookmark
I’ve met him, as well, But I didn’t find him to be a jerk.
“ It’s too bad “the people of the city” can’t vote for something better.”
It’s not that they can’t. It’s that they won’t.
L
I have many friends who are smart. None of my friends are jerks so the jerks who are doctors are not my friends.
By chance is his nickname Jack?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.