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Gunman left a woman paralyzed in River North just 4 weeks after officials sent his felony gun case to a “peace circle,” prosecutors say
I wonder how “peaceful” the poor woman who is now paralyzed feels?
Ojani Cruz was on a roll.
The 19-year-old had received one break after another since Chicago cops allegedly found a gun in his waistband during a traffic stop on April 6.
Prosecutors charged him with a felony, but Judge Susana Ortiz released him on own recognizance with electronic monitoring. She said the money she could have ordered him to pay for bail would be better spent on his 3-year-old child.
A week later, another judge, Edward Maloney, removed him from electronic monitoring and, even better, prosecutors referred his case to restorative justice court where, according to the court’s website, the gun violation would be resolved “through restorative conferences and peace circles.”
You might, MIGHT think they would, at some point get SERIOUS about thugs illegally carrying guns, but, no. And tragically, this is not the only case.
Cruz is the 24th person accused of killing or shooting — or trying to shoot or kill — someone in Chicago this year while on bail for a felony. The alleged crimes involve at least 53 victims, 11 of whom died.
Restorative Justice eh? Why don’t the idiots try restoring CONSEQUNCES for violent thugs?
