{"id":1572967,"date":"2022-07-27T08:51:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572967"},"modified":"2022-07-27T08:51:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:51:33","slug":"the-lee-zeldin-attack-and-the-perils-of-bail-reform-in-americas-big-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lee-zeldin-attack-and-the-perils-of-bail-reform-in-americas-big-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lee Zeldin Attack And The Perils Of Bail Reform In America\u2019s Big Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-lee-zeldin-attack-and-the-perils-of-bail-reform-in-americas-big-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>How bipartisan strides made in the criminal justice movement are being hijacked by radical bail and police reform policies in the states and cities with skyrocketing violent crime rates, and how moderate and conservative politicians can help \u201cright the ship\u201d during this year\u2019s midterm election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>In the last week, the suspects caught on video committing a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/25\/wild-video-shows-teen-punching-grappling-with-nypd-cop\/\">brazen assault<\/a> on a police officer and, in a separate incident, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-republican-congressman-and-ny-gubernatorial-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-at-campaign-event\">assassination attempt<\/a> on Republican New York gubernatorial nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/25\/gop-nominee-rep-lee-zeldin-all-in-pushing-bail-reform-repeal-if-elected-governor\/\">Rep. Lee Zeldin<\/a> \u2013 have both been released without bail less than 24 hours after being charged with their violent attacks on public officials. This is thanks to New York State\u2019s radical bail reform law, passed in 2019, which ended cash bail in the Empire State, sharply limiting pretrial detention. As a result, suspects in the midst of a cycle of criminality are returned to the streets \u2013 and crime across New York and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/oakland-violence-homicides-chief-leronne-armstrong-ghost-guns-zero-bail\/\">other cities<\/a> nationwide that have adopted similar progressive policies has skyrocketed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This has prompted an outraged response from many, to include police union president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11047577\/Thug-fought-cop-Manhattan-subway-station-CHOKEHOLD-released.html\">Pat Lynch<\/a> and former New York City Police Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/10\/ex-nypd-commissioner-bill-bratton-laments-soaring-crime\/\">William Bratton<\/a>, who was once <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/crime-statistics-nypd-police\/1145112\/\">credited<\/a> for the largest drop in a municipal crime rate in American history, to post on his LinkedIn profile with a message urging politicians to repeal these controversial criminal justice-reform related laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In New York, Zeldin\u2019s attacks on bail reform have intensified following his Thursday night attack by fellow Army veteran David Jakubonis, who allegedly rushed Zeldin while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/22\/david-jakubonis-used-10-cat-keychain-in-lee-zeldin-attack\/\">wielding an edged weapon<\/a>\u00a0at a campaign event near crime-plagued <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/surge-in-rochester-violence-renews-discussion-of-criminal-justice-reform\">Rochester<\/a>. Another recent case involving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/11\/feds-release-cartel-smugglers-with-1-2m-meth-due-to-bail-laws\/\">the arrest of drug traffickers who were released<\/a>\u00a0after being charged with over $1 million worth of illegal methamphetamines. \u201cAs a former prosecutor, I will tell you that when someone comes at someone else\u2019s neck \u2026 that alone is meeting the elements of some very severe charges that are on the books,\u201d Zeldin said Monday at a campaign stop in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Many progressive politicians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/20\/opinion\/kamala-harris-and-rand-paul-lets-reform-bail.html\">championed<\/a> the elimination of the cash bail system in many states\u00a0under the banner of \u201ccriminal justice reform\u201d. However, with a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/17\/briefing\/violent-crime-ukraine-war-week-ahead.html\"> sharp rise in violent crime<\/a> over the last two years, these reforms have become a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/bail-reform-emerges-new-flashpoint-midterm-messaging-crime-rcna35165\">talking point<\/a> for voters fearing violent crime in their communities. Amid a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/midterm-elections-2022\">contentious midterm elections season\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/violent-crime-rates-surge-in-u-s-during-the-pandemic-138002501609\">rising crime rates<\/a>\u00a0in many American cities, the Democratic quest for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/bail-reform-emerges-new-flashpoint-midterm-messaging-crime-rcna35165\">bail reform<\/a> may be undermining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2020\/02\/23\/trumps_own_criminal_justice_reform_142464.html\">strides<\/a>\u00a0made in the overall criminal justice reform movement.<\/p>\n<p>While both sides of the aisle support <a href=\"https:\/\/broadandliberty.com\/2021\/03\/10\/ben-mannes-calculating-the-risks-in-criminal-justice-reform-laws\/\">criminal justice reform<\/a>, their approaches are drastically different. On the left, the progressive approach to criminal justice reform is one that favors relaxing arrests, prosecutions, and charging for a myriad of crimes. The approach favored by conservatives, as exemplified in the bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/2018\/12\/18\/18140973\/state-of-the-union-trump-first-step-act-criminal-justice-reform\">First Step Act<\/a>\u00a0during the Trump administration, examines draconian \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bop.gov\/inmates\/fsa\/overview.jsp\">mandatory minimum<\/a>\u201d sentences that have contributed to America\u2019s high incarceration rate, while examining clemency and civil rights restoration initiatives for those who have\u00a0already\u00a0payed their debt to society.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/white-house-backs-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd-n1259184\">George Floyd Justice in Policing Act<\/a> was passed, in which the House passed federal police reform legislation in response to public outcry over Floyd\u2019s murder. One week prior to the passage of the Floyd act, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/101\/SB\/PDF\/10100SB4025lv.pdf\">Pre-Trial Fairness Act<\/a>, which eliminated cash bail based on the notion that bail\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/02\/22\/970378490\/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-eliminate-cash-bail\">constitutes<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cpoverty tax\u201d overly impacting people of color.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Consequently,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/illinois-becomes-first-state-end-money-bail-part-massive-criminal-n1258679\">Illinois<\/a>\u00a0joined a league of other progressive jurisdictions that have made changes to their bail systems in recent years, such as New York\u2019s aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/downloads\/publications\/new-york-new-york-2019-bail-reform-law-highlights.pdf\">2019 law<\/a>\u00a0that completely eliminated bail for most misdemeanors and some felonies, limiting a judge\u2019s discretion to decide whether to detain a person accused of a crime primarily based on whether they are likely to return to court when released.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-a-new-wave-of-woke-district-attorneys-are-allowing-criminals-to-flourish\">district attorneys<\/a> in\u00a0cities like Chicago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov\/Pages\/BailReform.aspx\">Baltimore<\/a>, Los Angeles, San Francisco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rstreet.org\/2022\/05\/31\/criminal-justice-reform-efforts-and-rise-in-crime-spotlight-on-city-of-st-louis-mo\/#:~:text=Pretrial%20Release&#038;text=1%2C%202020)%2C%20the%20Missouri,if%20a%20safety%20concern%20exists.\">St. Louis<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/the-end-of-cash-bail-in-philadelphia-district-attorney-to-issue-policy-change\/176941\/\">Philadelphia<\/a>\u00a0have also curbed the use of money bail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/us\/articles\/2022-07-12\/detroit-cash-bail-reforms-to-strike-at-racial-inequality\">Recently<\/a>, Detroit\u2019s district court, the largest in Michigan,\u00a0agreed to change its bail practices in settling a lawsuit filed by two advocacy groups. These legal changes or prosecutor-driven directives have established legal barriers to the setting of cash bail and\/or pre-trial confinement for criminal defendants, regardless of the fact that many have a myriad of prior charges and\/or even pending trials at the time of their latest arrest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comptroller.nyc.gov\/reports\/nyc-bail-trends-since-2019\/#:~:text=Reforms%20approved%20in%202019%20in,bail%20for%20most%20violent%20felonies.\">Supporters<\/a> say ending cash bail makes the criminal justice system fairer for poor people, keeping them\u00a0 out of jail simply because they can\u2019t afford to make bail. Bail reform proponents cite an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/17\/pretrial-releases\/\">analysis<\/a>\u00a0from the Prison Policy Initiative that studied research from 13 jurisdictions where pretrial amendments had taken place, to include New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and San Francisco, claiming to have found no evidence that crime increased as a result. This is directly refuted by record-high violent crime rates\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/p00050\/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-may-2022\">reported<\/a> in the time frame directly correlating with the passage of these laws.<\/p>\n<p>In each of these cases, politicians have ignored the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/new-coalition-of-law-enforcement-police-unions-warn-against-ending-cash-bail\/article_0862fe58-5cdc-11ea-8e12-f335935572ef.html\">urging<\/a>\u00a0of criminal justice leaders and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/illinois-mother-estranged-husband-murdered-baby-cash-bail-crime-homicide\">victims<\/a>\u00a0who contend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How bipartisan strides made in the criminal justice movement are being hijacked by radical bail and police reform policies in the states and cities with skyrocketing violent crime rates, and how moderate and conservative politicians can help \u201cright the ship\u201d during this year\u2019s midterm election cycle. In the last week, the suspects caught on video &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1572969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}