Democrats remain mute on the breakdown of law and order in Democrat cities

John Kass:

National Democrats are silent about the violence in Chicago, about the skyrocketing increase in murders and shootings, and the mobs of looters who pillaged the city’s finest shopping district the other day.

There is no political advantage for them in mentioning the violence in Democratic cities. All they care about is getting rid of President Donald Trump.

And the national media — meaning the Democratic Media Complex of the Washington Beltway — is also consumed by Trump. That’s understandable. They loathe Trump, and there’s a presidential election going on. If they think of Chicago at all, it is to bend Chicago to their narrative about Trump.

But let me tell you about a Chicago man who doesn’t fit into any of the approved narratives.

Demisck Lomax.

I doubt Nancy Pelosi knows his name. And the Beltway media won’t mention Lomax on those Sunday TV political talk shows. He’s beneath their radar. They don’t have to deal with him.

But Chicago has to deal with him.

Because what happened to Lomax defines just about everything going on here lately.

Lomax was arrested in that giant mob of looters that descended on North Michigan Avenue early Monday. According to prosecutors, Lomax was outside the Burberry store around 12:30 a.m. About that time, caravans of looters were pouring into the wealthy and upper middle-class neighborhood, smashing windows, stealing from expensive shops and causing an estimated tens of millions of dollars in damage.

Prosecutors say Lomax used a chunk of concrete to smash the Burberry store window. When two Chicago cops tried to arrest him, Lomax allegedly grabbed another chunk and whipped it at the head of a Chicago police sergeant. Then he allegedly ran off. The cops chased him down and caught him.

He was in court Monday, just hours after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot — clearly embarrassed about the latest crime wave — held a news conference to publicly plead with prosecutors and judges to keep looters behind bars. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, the darling of the social justice warriors, held her own news conference in response to Lightfoot to tell everyone about her emotions and complain that she was being picked on.

“It does not serve us to have dishonest blame games when all of our hearts are breaking by what we’re seeing,” Foxx said.

Worry more about the hearts of victims. They have feelings too, Kim.

It’s clear, though, she’s under stress. Lightfoot is ratcheting up the pressure on her but still hasn’t called her out by name. And media is holding Foxx to account for not being tough on crime. A Chicago Tribune analysis, showing how she’s dropped more cases than her predecessor, adds to the pressure.

But let’s not get distracted. Can we get back to Lomax?

There he was in bond court, awaiting judgment.

You might think that allegedly smashing a plate-glass window on Michigan Avenue, then grabbing trench coats and other stuff that didn’t belong to him, then winding up and throwing a chunk at a sergeant, forcing the sergeant to block it with his hand (the sergeant getting that hand smashed in the process) might be enough to keep him behind bars. Especially with police body cameras, according to officials, showing the whole thing.

Lomax, 25, was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer. Prosecutors say he has previous narcotics convictions. You might expect him to sit in jail until trial.

And you’d be right, in that Chicago of old.

But this is the new Chicago, with social justice warriors running the prosecutors office and the judiciary.

So, what happened to Lomax, the (alleged) concrete chucker?

He walked out after paying $500 in bond. That’s right.

Cook County Judge Mary Marubio set his bail at $5,000. Lomax only had to come up with $500.

I first read about this fascinating story on the Twitter feed of CWB Chicago, which covers a lot of crime news. Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly, who represents much of the looted area, was furious with the bond for Lomax. So I confirmed the CWB account with law enforcement, then called Reilly.

“It has to change and change fast,” said Reilly. “What we’re seeing here with all the violence in Chicago is the result of a series of bad policy decisions, including the push for low bond and the criminal justice revolving door.
...

This is how the Soros sponsored justice system works.  It turns loose the criminals and imposes little to no consequences the perps.  It is why crime is expanding at a rapid rate in Democrat-controlled cities in this country.  It will also mean the loss of retail outlets in those cities and increased insurance rates for those who remain open.  That will mean higher prices for goods and services for honest people in those cities.