Attorney General William Barr bashed progressive district attorneys taking office around the country, a group that includes Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins, by calling decisions to decline prosecutions “demoralizing to law enforcement and dangerous to public safety.”
Barr, speaking Monday to the Fraternal Order of Police conference in New Orleans, didn’t mention Rollins by name, instead referring broadly to lefty prosecutors elected in big cities where Rollins, along with Philadelphia’s Larry Krassner, have campaigned and taken office with controversial lists of offenses their offices will default to not prosecuting as standalone charges.
For Rollins, that includes drug possession, theft, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Barr lambasted such decisions from these prosecutors, saying, “Once in office, they have been announcing their refusal to enforce broad swathes of the criminal law. Most disturbing is that some are refusing to prosecute cases of resisting police. Some are refusing to prosecute various theft cases or drug cases, even where the suspect is involved in distribution. And when they do deign to charge a criminal suspect, they are frequently seeking sentences that are pathetically lenient. So these cities are headed back to the days of revolving door justice.”
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ReplyDeleteSoros said he would bring down America by financing left wing prosecutors across the country.
ReplyDeleteI can understand minor drug charges, I've even seen some worrying statistics on the number of people arrested were their only crime was resisting wrongful arrest. Disorderly conduct seems to be used as a fall back when your doing something the cops don't like but that is not illegal.
ReplyDeleteBut how do you not prosecute theft! That is absolutely insane. I bet they will charge the guy being stolen from if he shoots his robber.
In a world of fools there are no rules.no consequences.on civility,that is where we are headed.get prepared to ride it out America!
ReplyDeleteAll prosecutors take an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of their jurisdiction. If they blatantly refuse to prosecute certain laws they have committed misconduct in office and should be charged with such by the the State prosecutors office and if convicted removed from office.
ReplyDeleteBarr has NO credibility, he is a Trump lap dog.
ReplyDeleteGet Trump to uphold the constitution while you're at it