Politicizing the Shooting

The polling must be disturbing to the Machine because they're using it to slime each other. Fata$$ has blamed the judge, the judge has blamed the legislature, and now an "anonymous defense attorney" (who probably contributes major amounts of cash to Machine politicians) is bad-mouthing the States Attorney who beat the Prickwrinkle's hand-picked choice:

• After Alphonso Talley allegedly killed Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew and critically wounded another officer at Swedish Hospital last weekend, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke blasted a judge for placing Talley on electronic monitoring months earlier. But court records show her office never asked the judge to reverse his release order and never appealed the matter to a higher court.

  Talley is also accused of beating and robbing a Family Dollar cashier in Albany Park before shooting the two officers with a gun prosecutors said he kept hidden on his body after being arrested. A seven-time convicted felon, he had absconded from electronic monitoring six weeks earlier while awaiting trial on armed carjacking and armed robbery charges.

  “Electronic monitoring is not an alternative to detention. It does not keep people safe,” O’Neill Burke said Tuesday, calling the county’s monitoring program “broken.”

  But defense attorneys and former prosecutors who spoke with CWB Chicago said that while Burke’s office is quick to criticize judges when things go wrong, it rarely challenges questionable pretrial release decisions in court.

And there are examples given, pro and con, for this poor excuse of a "Law."

And Kwame "give me all your guns" Raoul is bragging about how non-political he's been over this killing:

• Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, the state’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer, runs what may be the state’s most prolific press release operation, regularly publishing one, two, or even three releases on any given weekday. This week alone, his office put out at least 13 of them, covering topics ranging from his support for work authorization for asylum seekers to curbing illegal vaping product sales.

  Contacted on Friday by CWB Chicago, Raoul said he made a conscious decision to avoid commenting on the shooting.

  “The murder of one Chicago police officer and the life-threatening injuries of another officer who is in critical condition are horrific,” Raoul said in response to our inquiry. “These officers were serving our community and could not have predicted the senseless gun violence they were met with while at a hospital. The families of both officers are in my prayers as they process this tragic, life-altering event, and we join in their mourning.”

  Raoul acknowledged making a deliberate choice to stay out of the broader policy debate. “I have intentionally avoided politicizing this tragedy because the officers should be honored while we continue to prioritize the safety of our communities from preventable gun violence,” he said. “It must end. Full stop.”

But he raised zero objections to the Law when it was being passed and has refused to criticize any shortcomings of the Law since implementation....because he supports criminals. That's why he wants you disarmed.