The Democratic Party's soft-on-crime policies harm people. We have numerous cases of career criminals being cut loose by judges, regardless of their crimes.
In Racine, Wisconsin, 20-year-old Shamya Anderson was accused of a hit-and-run that killed 44-year-old Dwayne Carr. Anderson left Carr in the road, where he died of his injuries.
After being arrested for that hit-and-run, a judge released Anderson on a $50,000 signature bond. Conditions of the bond included not driving, and Anderson does not have a valid license.
Well, Anderson got behind the wheel of an SUV with three children and crashed into a Racine city bus, injuring eleven people:
Tamara Carr said time has stood still since her brother, 44-year-old Dwayne Carr, was hit by a car and left for dead.
'He’s all I ever had, especially on that side of the family. So just losing him, I don’t have anything now,' she said. 'Just trying to live each day but, I really want some justice for my brother.'
It was not until late January that prosecutors charged Anderson with hit-and-run for Dwayne Carr’s death. In February, court records show she was released on bond and ordered not to drive or commit any new crimes.
Racine County prosecutors said Anderson ignored those bond conditions on Wednesday when she got behind the wheel and caused a crash near 16th and Murray.
A criminal complaint said surveillance video showed Anderson's SUV driving 'recklessly at a high rate of speed, swerving in traffic' when she lost control and spun across the centerline. Court filings said she sideswiped another SUV before spinning into the path of the bus.
The crash injured 11 people. Police said most of the passengers on the bus were high school students.
These judges do not get it.
She's now being held on a $500,000 bond. She may be released, bu it's less likely.
Yes, it is.
Racine is a city south of Milwaukee, but the answer is: not soon enough.
Yes, they do. Perhaps the GOP-led state legislature could do something about that.
This writer drove around the metro Milwaukee area A LOT for her previous job. Drivers are dangerous.
If she gets out on bond again, she'll absolutely reoffend.
It's a miracle she didn't kill one of the kids on the bus or one of the kids in her SUV.