July 16, 2022
No pity for thugs who shoot police
By Ray Hanania
I don’t know about
you, but I am sick and tired of hearing about how families of street gang thugs
killed by police file lawsuits against the police, screaming racism and
discrimination.
But when a police
officer is killed or injured, the silence is deafening from the same protesters
and community leaders.
I am sick and tired of
watching criminals released and then go out and commit more crimes.
It’s about time our
elected officials and our society stand up to the criminals and their enablers,
the parents and activists who are unaccountable when crimes are committed, but
are the first on TV when their thug on drugs is killed for refusing to listen
to police.
We need tougher laws
to punish anyone who uses a gun in a crime. There should be a mandatory
imprisonment of 10 to 20 years for using a gun–and a mandatory 30 years for
injuring a police officer. The death penalty should be mandatory for killing a
police officer.
Because punishments
are soft in Cook County, criminals are empowered. What do they have to lose?
Early in the morning
on Saturday, July 9, off-duty police officer Danny Golden helped to break up a
fight outside of a neighborhood bar in Beverly when one of the three involved
thugs shot him in the back
One of the thugs went
to his car, got an automatic weapon, and gave it to another thug. Golden was
shot in the back and paralyzed from the mid-abdomen down.
Where is the outcry
from the activists who scream racism now? The victim is a white police officer
and the criminals are African American!
Where is Jessie
Jackson or all those activists and “civil rights” lawyers who pounce on the
police with lawsuits and multi-million dollar settlements when a street gang
member with a weapon and on drugs is shot and killed by a police officer?
What are they doing to
help Golden, who is the victim of what is clearly an act of racism by the three
African American criminals.
The alleged thugs are
Bryant Hayes, 22, who is accused of firing the shot that struck Golden and
severed his spine. He is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with
a firearm and aggravated use of a weapon.
It wasn’t his fault!
He’s from a poor, broken family. Society turned him into a killer.
Also charged is thug
Justen Krismantis, 22, who reportedly went to his car, got the gun and gave it
to Hayes. He faces the same, weak charges.
Their pal, Demetrius
Harrell, 28, is charged with taking the gun from Hayes after Hayes shot Golden
and then firing it down the street toward Golden and others. A total of 19
bullets were fired by these thugs.
Harrell is from
Chicago Ridge. Hayes is from Chicago. Krismantis is from Chebanse.
These low-lifes
celebrated afterwards, texting back and forth about how it was so much fun.
Golden is a hero. The
incompetent Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx should not only file criminal
charges against these threats to law-abiding citizens, but attorneys should
also file a lawsuit against each of the families of these criminals and take
away everything they own. And the county and city officials should support
those lawsuits.
The threat of severe
punishment is what stops crime. Not political appeasement or false claims of
racism.
Only law-abiding
people will follow tougher gun control laws. But the criminals who ignore the
laws already and wield AK 47s and other automatic weapons get away with murder.
Throw them in prison.
Forget about compassion for the criminals. Lock them up in dingy, small, cement
cells with nothing to do except contemplate their own choices.
I couldn’t care less
how crowded the prisons are for the violent criminals who use guns in
committing crimes and homicides. When they are caught and convicted, throw the
book at them hard. Make it hurt.
Let them kill each
other in prison for all I care.
Golden has a life
prison sentence, so why shouldn’t the criminals?
I pray for Golden to
get better. The state, county and the cities involved should support his
family: Chicago, Chicago Ridge and Chebanse, where the thugs are from.
There’s a GoFundMe
page to help the Golden Family. Please donate now.
If you care to
understand the real issues of guns and the 2nd Amendment, listen to the TwoGuysonPolitics.com podcast
with guests Burton S. Odelson and former Congressman Bill Lipinski.
Check out Ray Hanania’s columns and political
podcasts at hanania.com.