It was an entertaining movie, but it was definitely fictional bullshit.@aloha-hoosier you don't need to tell me son. i watch deadliest catch
Aloha probably thinks Seagal's "Under Siege" is fictional bullshit, but we know the truth.
I liked her:
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@jdb torturous. Pure evil. There is so much violent crime in this country. So many evil people. I don’t know what you do to fix it. This guy obviously has a broken brain. Unless the judge is a brainwashed woke moron she has to feel horrible. I would imagine if the victim is in critical condition death would have probably been preferred to whatever mess she’s going to be getting out if she makes it.
sad.
Democrats love their criminals.
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1991689875226034389?t=H4n-zpoclhLStfOPYcvqPA&s=19
The system failed and that poor woman paid the price.Democrats love their criminals.
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1991689875226034389?t=H4n-zpoclhLStfOPYcvqPA&s=19
This is probably another example of the price we pay for not having a functioning, robust mental health system with involuntary confinement for dangerous people.
@bradstevens it did fail. and maybe the judge was another vapid woke soros judge without an ounce of common sense. but like you i live in a city with "issues." a heavy heavy confined docket and cases pouring in every day. look up the number of criminal cases filed in cook. it's obscene. so these judges, and i have friends, very close friends, who are judges, are pouring through cases on overcrowded dockets. doesn't absolve them. doesn't mean there aren't soros clowns etc. but it's getting to the point that law enforcement, prosecutors, das, really aren't the issue. the issue is hte number of violent crimes committed. and progressives/dems are an amalgamation of dumb/woke/naive/clueless/idealistic in defunding/bail projects but the root, their root, isn't wrong. they're just attackign the problem from the wrong angle. but the problem is how do we reduce the number of people committing crimes. not rehabilitation. recidivism etc. first time. a cultural shift. a mindset shift. is it reparations? what is it. i don't know. but with the amount of crowded dockets and crimes being committed intentional and unintentional mistakes will continue to be made in releasing bad guys
The prosecutor urged the judge to keep Reed in custody, noting that the attack was caught on video and that the victim suffered “very serious injuries.”
“The defendant poses a real and present threat to the safety of, especially this victim, whoever else was working in the hospital that day, and the community as a whole,” Gumila continued. “The defendant randomly and spontaneously became irate in this situation where the victim was just attempting to do her job as a social worker, and now as a result, suffered injuries so severe that she still has side effects on a daily basis.”
“There is nothing here indicating that the defendant was provoked, this was a random act, your Honor, and electronic monitoring would be wholly insufficient. It could not protect the victim or the community from another vicious, random, and spontaneous attack.”
Reed’s public defender, Nicholas Yannias, said Reed was being kept at MacNeal longer than what the psychiatrist had initially told him, “and his mental illness caused him to get paranoid,” resulting in the alleged attack. But, Yannias said, “he is now on proper levels of the medications he is on, and that has gotten him to a much better place. He has been going to MacNeal for 17 years.”
Reed, Yannias added, had been “working through this illness for 26 years” and does not work.
“He’s got three grown kids, ten grandchildren, they’re all very close-knit,” Yannias said.
“Jail is not an asylum. This is not a place to warehouse people with mental illnesses,” Yannias argued, invoking a line of reasoning commonly deployed by defense attorneys during detention hearings. “Mr. Reed needs services, he does not need to be incarcerated for being mentally ill and acting in accordance with his mental illness.”
Judges who hear that argument frequently counter that the streets are also not safe places for people in crisis. Molina-Gonzalez, however, did not offer that counterpoint.
A court officer told the judge that their analysis of Reed’s risk to the community resulted in a “new violent criminal activity flag,” meaning that if he were to be released and commit a new crime, it would likely be violent, according to the transcript. As for the likelihood that he would commit a new crime at all, the officer said he scored a “four out of six.” The officer recommended “maximum conditions” if the judge released Reed.
Molina-Gonzalez walked through what she heard and concluded that prosecutors failed to demonstrate that jail was the only way to keep the community safe. Instead, she said she would put him on an ankle monitor.
Gumila, the prosecutor, objected.
“For the record, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office respectfully objects to the Order of Electronic Monitoring based on the serious nature of this criminal offense and evidence presented that tends to prove that the Defendant is a threat to the physical safety of the victim and the community and our concern that the staffing necessary to monitor the Defendant and ensure the Defendant’s return to custody in the event the Defendant absconds from Electronic Monitoring would be inadequate,” she told the judge.
“Thank you,” replied Molina-Gonzalez. “I understand your position, but I can’t keep everybody in jail because the State’s Attorney wants me to, but I understand and respect your position.”
On Thursday, a spokesperson for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said Gumila’s objection has been standard policy for the office since April 7 under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.
“[Prosecutors] must object on the record whenever a judge denies our detention request in violent or forcible felony cases, cases involving prohibited firearm modifications, ghost or defaced guns, or detainable felonies on public transportation,” the spokesperson said.
After overruling Gumila’s objection, the judge ordered Reed to stay away from MacNeal Hospital, the hospital that had been treating his mental illness for 17 years.
“I want you to not go there unless you have a medical emergency,” the judge said.
“I’m gonna go somewhere else,” Reed responded.
She then placed Reed on “the highest level” of electronic monitoring “because of your ridiculous criminal history and lengthy criminal history.” But the judge then watered down the “highest level” by agreeing to allow Reed to leave his home 40 hours a week, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays.
Illinois’ so-called criminal justice reform bill, the SAFE-T Act, gives people on electronic monitoring permission to leave the house 16 hours a week for “essential” activities. Without providing any explanation, Molina-Gonzalez gave Reed those 16 hours plus 24 more to roam the streets.
@bradstevens wow. man. what a mess. real shit.
i have a friend who is a financial advisor and his employer's clients are a very, very large organization. whenever a client starts to challenge him, why didn't you, i feel like i should have taken my money out when, he says hmmmmmmmm i'm sorry we're going to have to elevate this, and he hits a button.
to only be so fortunate to hve a job like that
I don't understand how, given the facts before her on that guy, you let him out. He was clearly dangerous. Just really, really poor judgment. Given her past work experience, I'm actually surprised she's on the criminal docket (or a judge at all).@bradstevens wow. man. what a mess. real shit.
i have a friend who is a financial advisor and his employer's clients are a very, very large organization. whenever a client starts to challenge him, why didn't you, i feel like i should have taken my money out when, he says hmmmmmmmm i'm sorry we're going to have to elevate this, and he hits a button.
to only be so fortunate to hve a job like that
In a functioning democracy, she'd be ousted at the next election. 0% chance that happens.
Given her past work experience
what did you look at? i saw that she spent 15 years in the felony division of hte prosecutor's office. i don't know. i don't know what she was thinking. ugh.
This is probably another example of the price we pay for not having a functioning, robust mental health system with involuntary confinement for dangerous people.
Undoubtedly this is the price for rejecting God and throwing him out of our society, our schools, and our lives. American society is wicked and overflowing with heinous sin and corruption. Our cities make Sodom and Gomorrha look like Disney World.
Yep, I was wrong about that. Read a synopsis that said she came from prosecuting real estate licensing issues. But she also was in the felony division, and tried cases, for about 7 years:Given her past work experience
what did you look at? i saw that she spent 15 years in the felony division of hte prosecutor's office. i don't know. i don't know what she was thinking. ugh.
https://www.isba.org/barnews/2019/07/illinoissupremecourtappointsmolinaa
Makes her decision that much more perplexing. Or scary: imagine how many other people like this are in the system but let go everyday.
You know where God is very present in society, schools, and lives of their people? Where no homosexuality or perversion is allowed at all?This is probably another example of the price we pay for not having a functioning, robust mental health system with involuntary confinement for dangerous people.
Undoubtedly this is the price for rejecting God and throwing him out of our society, our schools, and our lives. American society is wicked and overflowing with heinous sin and corruption. Our cities make Sodom and Gomorrha look like Disney World.
Palestine.