DOJ To Release Thousands Of Prisoners: Crime Wave To Follow
Obama’s Department of
Justice, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, is less concerned with
enforcing the law than it is with fixing the wrongs of years gone by. As
such, they will begin releasing thousands of non-violent drug offenders
from federal prison. The idea being, that these prisoners were unfairly
sentenced under “racist” laws.
This comes on the heels of
Obama’s Fair Sentencing Act and Holder’s push to restore voting rights
to convicted felons. Regardless of opinion of America’s war on drugs, it
is the law of the land. It is not the Executive Branch’s job to
reinterpret or ignore the law. Correcting a perceived injustice should
not come at the expense of our safety.
What the government is
planning to do is set thousands of prisoners loose in our communities.
They may be currently in jail for non-violent drug offenses, but that
doesn’t mean they aren’t criminals. Many of them have lengthy arrest
records. Many more took plea deals that knocked down additional non-drug
related charges.
The idea that these
prisoners are law-abiding saints that got caught up in an unjust system
is a joke. They are street hustlers and thugs that happened to get
caught selling drugs. They have no respect for the law and no ability to
earn a living legitimately.
What do you think is going
to happen when they hit the streets? Will they resume pursuing that
advanced college degree that was rudely interrupted by the crack
distribution conviction? Perhaps they will take a position on the board
of directors at a Fortune 500 company.
Or, more likely, they will
steal cars, rob liquor stores, and resume a lucrative career in drug
distribution. One statistic that I would love to see but won’t because
the DOJ will never release it is, how many of these prisoners end up
back in jail within a year of their release. Considering that criminals
have a 78% recidivism rate, I’m sure that number will be pretty high.
Due to prison over
crowding in California, the federal government has forced the state to
do something similar and set thousands of so called non-violent
offenders free. Since this has been going on, property crime and assault
rates have increased significantly in the Golden State. Gee, I wonder
if there is a connection?
These prisoners will
re-offend. Of that there is no question. But Obama and Holder are really
setting themselves up for more trouble than they can handle. As soon as
one of these criminals rapes or kills someone, when they should have
still been in prison, the doo-doo is going to hit the fan.
If Obama is really looking
for people to grant clemency to, he should start with folks whose only
crime is legally owning a gun before it was made illegal by an
unconstitutional state gun ban. Oh wait, this isn’t about justice or
personal rights; it’s political posturing.
Obama breaks and ignores
the law for a variety of self-serving reasons. This newest action may be
the most despicable of all. He is going to unleash thousands of
criminals on society because he wants to prove to the black community
that he has their back. He’s sick and tired of being accused of not
doing enough to help black people so he’s going to let all of these
offenders out of jail. Ironically, many of these newly sprung convicts
are going to return to their black communities to commit further crimes.
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