The South Shore Press front page story on an admitted drug dealer who avoided jail time by being sentenced to a treatment facility, justifiably raised the ire of Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney.
Instead of spending eight years behind bars for selling a deadly concoction of fentanyl-tramadol that led to three overdoses, one of them fatal, drug pusher Omar Aitcheson will go to a rehab program. If he keeps his nose clean, pardon the cocaine pun, he gets his felony conviction wiped clean and doesn’t spend a day behind bars.
My heart broke reading the victim impact letter from the victim’s sister, whose brother most certainly did not deserve to die.
The defendant most certainly deserved prison time, and Mr. Tierney’s outrage as a prosecutor is completely justifiable.
Sadly, soft on crime laws and policies that coddle criminals, keep violent offenders out of prison, and our communities less safe, is part of the proud platform of Democrats here in the People’s Republic of New York and across the country.
Look no further than Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
When angry mobs and violent protestors burnt Minneapolis to the ground and attacked law enforcement, Walz refused to call in the National Guard to protect people, property, and the police.
Harris then doubled down on her radical progressive “defund the police,” pro-criminal record.
Two months before she was asked by Joe Biden to join his Presidential ticket in the summer of 2020, then United States Senator Harris promoted the bail fund to spring those criminals from prison.
“If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” wrote Harris on Twitter on June 1st, 2020.
One of those bad actors Kamala Harris helped get out of jail went on to kill someone.
Let that sink in: Walz didn’t lift a finger to bring in the National Guard to stop rioters from destroying a city, burning down buildings, and attacking police.
Those bad actors who were arrested for these violent, criminal acts, were subsequently sprung from prison by none other than Kamala Harris.
Shockingly, Harris’s tweet is still up and the link to the Minnesota bail fund is still active. People can still donate.
Here in the Empire State, left wing lawmakers passed “no bail” reform that ties the hands of police, prosecutors, and even judges. Under the law that went into effect in January 2020, some criminals accused of felonies walk right out of court like a revolving door of violence on our streets and within our communities.
The shocking result (tongue planted firmly in cheek)? Crime increased in communities outside of New York City (all suburbs and upstate), with 66% of those released without bail got caught committing another crime. Half of those criminals committed a felony.
Whether it is here in Suffolk County, across New York, in Minnesota, or across the country, it is time for law-abiding taxpayers to smarten up and choose elected leaders who will crack down on crime, put criminals behind bars where they belong, fully fund police, and fight to keep our communities safe.
When the electorate sends soft on crime radical progressives to Albany, the Minnesota Governor’s mansion, or the White House, the predictable results will be unsafe streets, a rise in violent crime, and communities where no one wants to visit, let alone live.
There are statewide elections for the NYS Senate, NYS Assembly, all Congressional districts, some U.S. Senate seats, and of course the President of the United States.
Use your noggin and common sense.
Vote for public servants who will keep you and your family safe, who will provide police and prosecutors the proper tools to protect us.
You most certainly don’t want to become the victim of a violent crime at the hands of a violent thug who should have been behind bars, but was out on the street thanks so soft on crime politicians.
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