Posted on 04/05/2023 8:56:47 AM PDT by thegagline
Soft-on-crime Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is blowing tax dollars on prosecuting Donald Trump — while giving career criminals a real break.
Rodney Johnson, 53, who has nearly 90 busts on his rap sheet and two state prison stints under his belt, saw his felony robbery charges knocked down to slap-on-the-wrist misdemeanors by Bragg’s office last week, law enforcement sources told The Post Tuesday.
“This guy has been breaking the law for 35 years,” one law enforcement source said.
“He’s been a one-man robbery spree preying on low-wage workers, then when the cops catch the guy, Bragg’s office downgrades the felon charges,” the sources said.
“All the while [Bragg] chases an indictment of the former president for paying a porn star. Priorities.”
But the criminal was handed just $1 bail on the previous charges, records show. It wasn’t clear on Tuesday whether the suspect had made bail. *** A major principle of our system is the more crimes you commit, the worse the punishment,” said defense attorney Mike Discioarro, a former Bronx prosecutor. “How is this guy getting a deal?***
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The face of systemic racism:
BTTT
He cut’s deals for Obama’s standing army.
what happened to the three strikes laws?
Didn’t you get the memo? Numbers are racist.
And corruption
What color is Rodney Johnson?
If he’s not orange, it’s cool, right????
But Alvin said just yesterday that no one is above the law.
What can you expect from a low IQ Affirmative Action Haarvard Law Graduate who is bankrolled by a Communist?
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